It was already September 15 when Lu Ran received the new shop order. Early in the morning, Zhang Wenyuan waited respectfully outside the Hanging Flower Gate, and when Yinyue came out to pass the word, Zhang Wenyuan bowed and followed Yinyue to the study in the inner courtyard to talk back to Lu Ran.

Lu Ran leaned half of his body in the bamboo chair, with a shallow smile on his face, his eyes lazily glanced at the list in his hand, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, his hand supported his head and groaned for a moment, Fang got up and smiled at Zhang Wenyuan: "Okay, let's divide it like this." After a while, you take this list to the eldest brother, and ask Mr. Zhao to write a deed according to the list and send it to the second uncle. You will let the eldest brother arrange the rest. After a slight pause, Lu Ran instructed again, "These things are not too troublesome, it is best to settle them today, and it will save you from running back and forth." ”

Zhang Wenyuan nodded with a smile, took the list and withdrew, turned his head and ran to the county office.

Yinyue looked at Zhang Wenyuan's back, patted her hands and breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled briskly at Lu Ran: "It's good now, we have split up, and the bad luck in the house has nothing to do with us, so the girl will not be affected." ”

"You've got a good idea!" Lu Ran was amused by the flying smile on Yinyue's face, and raised his hand to point at Yinyue and scolded with a smile, "You girl, no matter how I say it, my surname is Lu, in the eyes of others, even if we are separated, we can't get rid of the Lu Mansion." ”

"Isn't this the same as nothing?" Yinyue sighed, the smile on her face fell, and she frowned and sighed in distress.

"You're not wrong. But you girls and I have never been very rude, so that's a different matter. Lu Ran said, snorted very lightly, his eyes were soaked with a bright smile, and his tone was decisive with a hint of mockery: "In the final analysis, those so-called family style and reputation are the same as people's hearts." The rumors are reversed, and it just depends on personal ability. ”

As he was talking, Yu Guang caught a glimpse of Tan Sanniang swaggering into the courtyard, Lu Ran was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head self-deprecatingly, waved away the sarcasm and disdain in his heart, and a smile reappeared on his face, and he looked at Tan Sanniang with bright eyes and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few days, how can I look at Sanniang's complexion a lot better." But what's the good thing? ”

"Isn't it a good thing that the scourge of the Wen family is gone?" Tan Sanniang replied vaguely, avoiding Lu Ran's gaze, waving her hand and pointing at a few pear trees in the yard and asking Lu Ran, "I went to Baohe Building to take a look, the pear blossoms in the yard are still blooming, why haven't these plants bloomed?" ”

Lu Ran looked at Tan Sanniang's awkward face with a smile, raised his eyebrows, and did not dismantle it, staring at Tan Sanniang with bright eyes, and said along with the words: "The pear blossoms in Baohelou are covered with a special method, and it took a lot of effort, but what I want is just a novelty." Where do we need to toss so much in this yard? ”

Tan Sanniang nodded, hummed approvingly, and then pursed her lips in disgust: "That's right, those literati like to toss the most." Isn't it just a flower, the eyeballs are about to fall, and I haven't seen a new one. ”

Lu Ran smiled and nodded, and asked while smiling, "I invited the sister of the Li family to go to Qingfeng Tower to watch the lights today, will you go?" ”

Tan Sanniang seemed to be stunned for a moment, glanced at Lu Ran thoughtfully, the hesitation in her eyes flashed for a moment, and then nodded decisively: "I am a guard, so I naturally want to follow you all the way." ”

At the beginning of the unitary period, the sky was getting dark, Lu Ranfang took a few girls and mothers-in-law to take a carriage at the second gate, and laughed all the way to Qingfeng Building. There was already a girl waiting on the corner door, and respectfully led Lu Ran and the others around the courtyard and sat down in the private room on the second floor.

Not long after, Li Ting, the third girl of the Li family, also took someone upstairs. Lu Ran hurriedly got up to greet him, pulled Li Ting and said with a smile: "Sister Li, please take a seat!" As he spoke, he hurriedly turned around and asked Hongrui to serve tea.

Li Ting pulled Lu Ran with some joy in her eyes, tilted her head and looked at Lu Ran carefully, Fang nodded with satisfaction and smiled: "The two of us don't have to be so polite." Halfway through the words, Li Ting paused her voice, turned around and signaled the girl's mother-in-law who came with her to retreat, then she winked at Lu Ran, lowered her voice and asked, "Last time, your second aunt ...... Scolding you for not having it? ”

Lu Ran listened to it funny, his eyes were faintly misty, his fair face was overflowing with a soft smile, he shook his head and coughed while holding Li Ting's hand: "No, my eldest brother and I don't live in the house, I will go back by myself as soon as you leave that day." When Lu Ran said this, he winked at Li Ting slightly, covered his mouth and smiled, and explained in a low voice while pulling Li Ting to sit, "My eldest brother always says that I have a bad temperament, and he is afraid that I will make my elders angry, so he won't let me go back to the house." ”

"It's better not to go back." Li Ting thought about what her mother-in-law at home had inquired about, her face was filled with pity, she patted Lu Ran's hand and sighed softly, looked at Lu Ran's bright eyes, then laughed again, nodded and said softly, "Your eldest brother is for your good, I'm afraid you will be bullied." I saw him at the meeting—"

At this point, Li Ting suddenly realized that something was wrong, her voice stopped abruptly, a layer of blush appeared on her face very quickly, she hurriedly avoided Lu Ran's gaze, coughed in disguise, took a sip of the hot tea handed over by Hongrui, and changed the topic in a stiff tone and asked, "It's past the Mid-Autumn Festival now, why are there still lights?" ”

Lu Ran looked at the sudden shyness and twisting on Li Ting's face in a daze, blinked his eyes, and suddenly came to his senses, his eyes gradually overflowed with a layer of light, and his face was full of surprise and surprise, and there was some joy in his face, he raised his hand to signal Hongrui to retreat, and sat opposite Li Ting, holding his head with one hand, looking at Li Ting with a smile, with some jokes in his eyes, but his tone was serious: "This is the old custom of Longxi, the lights on the street should be hung from August 15 to October, and they are not the same every day, and my sister will know it after watching it for a while." ”

Li Ting's face was hot when she was stared at by Lu Ran, her fingers subconsciously twisted the handkerchief, and she nodded her head and snorted. After being silent for a moment, seeing that Lu Ran was still smiling, Li Ting couldn't cry or laugh, and she couldn't care about being shy, so she only nodded at Lu Ran's forehead, and said angrily with a red face: "Okay, okay, don't stare at me!" As he spoke, he exhaled helplessly, glared at Lu Ran, and simply spread his hands and admitted, "I just saw Lord Lu from afar on the day of the Wenhui......

"How? My eldest brother is good-looking, right? Lu Ran nodded hurriedly and took Li Ting's words, with a layer of light in his eyes, and his face was full of anticipation and some confidence.

Li Ting looked at Lu Ran in a daze, and only moved her eyes for a long time, covered her mouth and laughed out loud, laughing uncontrollably, her fingers trembling at Lu Ran, shaking her head while laughing: "How can this man ...... Pretty? You talk to your big brother like that? He's not angry? ”

Lu Ran nodded as a matter of course, and then coughed embarrassedly, "Anyway, my eldest brother has to talk about me every day, and it's not bad once or twice." He's so good-tempered, and I haven't seen him get angry much. ”