When she came to the old lady's courtyard, Zhu'er greeted her and said, "Is the third young master here to say hello to the old lady?" Just in time, the eldest lady and the second lady have just arrived. As he spoke, he went to open the door.

Xia Chen stepped forward and grabbed her sleeve, made a "shhhh ”

Zhu'er wrinkled her nose and smiled: "Slave maid will go now." He said and walked in the direction of the kitchen.

Xia Chen motioned to Yueniang to look at the point, and quietly walked to the door and listened attentively.

The first thing that came was Sun's voice: "Old lady, Chen'er hasn't come yet, do you want someone to call out." ”

The old lady said: "No, no, maybe he hasn't woken up yet, let him rest more, after walking such a long way, how can he slow down the fatigue of one night." ”

Xia Yarong said: "Chen'er got up early, I went to see him before breakfast." ”

Sun glanced at his daughter and snorted lightly: "Since you got up early in the morning, don't you know the rules for asking for peace?" ”

The old lady said: "Chen'er has been living in the countryside, and it is normal to not understand this. ”

Qian said: "Taijun, the old lady of the Han family is also from a good background, how could Chen'er not teach some rules before she came, and besides, I told Zhang's mother to call it early in the morning, and I told what Yueniang reminded Chen'er." ”

The old lady said: "Yueniang is a village woman in the end, and if you want to confess, you will also tell Mother Cao." ”

Mother Zhang hurriedly said: "Mother Cao also knows, but the third young master is willing to listen to Mother Cao, so I don't know." ”

Qian said: "That is to say, Cao's mother has always been cautious in doing things, and she will inevitably remind her, why don't you come?" ”

Xia Yarong said: "Xu is on the road, Chen'er's yard is far away, children are greedy, and they naturally walk slowly." ”

As soon as her words fell, Xia Chen heard a cold snort: "It's just a sandwich road, what's there to see." "If you tell it carefully, it seems to be Xia Jinghua's voice.

The old lady coughed twice: "Okay, you can go back after asking for peace." ”

At this time, Yueniang whispered: "Chen'er." ”

Xia Chen hurriedly took two steps back and turned around, and Zhu'er came back with a plate of apples.

"Third young master, the slave maid picked the best."

Xia Chen took the apple: "Open the door." ”

Zhu'er stepped forward and knocked on the door: "Old lady, the third young master has come to greet you." ”

As soon as Xia Chen entered the house, he glanced at everyone's expressions, the old lady was extremely happy, Xia Yarong was also looking at her and smiling, and the others were shocked and stunned.

"Grandmother, Chen'er has come to invite you, Chen'er heard that she will eat more apples and live longer, so she specially asked Sister Zhu'er to bring some. Yueniang said that this is called borrowing...... Offering Buddha through fruit. ”

There were a few disdainful snorts and coquettish chuckles in the room.

The old lady laughed and said, "Chen'er, that's called borrowing flowers to offer Buddha." Come, come to grandmother. ”

Xia Chen stepped forward and put the apple on the table and muttered, "Chen'er hasn't read a book, so my grandmother laughed at it." ”

The old lady said: "Chen'er is right, not to mention Chen'er's filial piety, it's too late for grandmother to be happy, how can she laugh." ”

Xia Chen said: "Grandmother, Chen'er is wearing new clothes today, I really want my grandmother to see it." Chen'er must find a way to heal your eyes. ”

The old lady smiled and said, "Grandmother doesn't need to look at it to know that Chen'er must be very good-looking now." Then he sighed lightly: "I heard that your eyebrows and eyes are very similar to your mother, your nose and mouth are like your father, and Yu'er also said that your little appearance is handsome." ”

Xia Chen said: "My grandmother said that I look like my grandmother. As she spoke, she shouted in her heart, this sycophant is not easy!

The old lady was even happier when she heard this: "Really? ”

Qian Shi hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, if the old lady is not infected with his eyes, he has a very beautiful pair of eyes." "How can this child say like this, a mouth is like a honey pot, if his children have this mouth, the old lady will not want to pick him up at dusk, but the grandson is different, she feels very bad when she thinks of this.

Xia Chen said: "Although my grandmother's eyes can't see now, they are still very good-looking." ”

Qian resignedly: "That's, that's." ”

Chen sneered: "It's better to be able to say than to be able to watch, the old lady has a childish face, a red face, and a full house of children and grandchildren who are filial, and will definitely live a long life." ”

Xia Chen's tone was aggrieved: "It's a pity that Chen'er's father and mother are gone, and Chen'er will double down on her grandmother." ”

Sun's face sank and he immediately shut up. Qian rolled his eyelids and glanced at Chen with a gloating expression.

Xia Chen looked a little gloomy when he saw the old lady, and he also felt that if he continued to talk about it, it would inevitably make the old man sad, and he might also expose himself. Stretched out his hand and picked up an apple: "Grandmother, is it okay for Chen'er to peel apples for you and eat them?" ”

The old lady nodded: "You all go back." After that, he fumbled and took Xia Chen's hand: "Let's go back to the house to eat." ”

Qian and the others had no choice but to get up and leave.

As soon as he went out, Qian said to Sun: "The horse's fart was slapped on the horse's leg." ”

Sun Shi indifferently swept his sideburns with his fingertips: "Aren't you also boring." ”

Qian snorted, walked a few steps down the steps, and suddenly stopped and turned his head to look at Xiang Sun: "I have a few words to say to my sister." ”

Seeing that Qian's face was straight, Sun asked a group of juniors to go back first, and followed Sun to the side of the hall: "What's the matter?" Sister said. ”

Qian said: "We seem to have suffered the child's loss today, this matter ......"

Sun was stunned when he heard this, and then looked at Qian suspiciously: "Sister means that Chen'er deliberately embarrassed us?" But he's so small, he doesn't know a few big characters, and he's been in the countryside all the time, so he can't have so many eyes, right? ”

Qian said: "Didn't you find that Yueniang is not like an ordinary village woman? Her demeanor was very dignified and polite, as if there was some ink. ”

Sun nodded: "Xu was taught by that Yueniang, I asked Cao's mother to keep an eye on her." ”

Qian nodded: "Then let's do it first." After that, he walked to his residence, and asked Zhang's mother as he walked: "Did you say what I said?" ”

Zhang's mother hurriedly said: "The slave and maid are not bad at all. Then he recounted the situation.

Qian pondered for a moment and asked, "Where did Chen'er's new clothes come from?" She always looked at the material, as if it had been purchased by the house not long ago.

Zhang's mother said: "A few days ago, I saw the second lady sewing such a piece. ”

Qian squinted his eyes when he heard this: "Okay, you Sun Fengjiao, you actually do one thing in front of you and one thing behind your back, you sing black face and let your daughter sing white face, you don't suffer any loss, but I am not a person inside and out." ”

Xia Chen will peel the apple for the old lady, remove the core and cut it into small pieces and give it to her to eat herself.

Yu'er kept praising on the side: "The third young master's hands are really skillful, the peel can be cut into a stick, and it is so thin." ”

Chang's mother said: "No, the third young master's heart is also careful enough." ”

The old lady smiled when she heard this: "If you are careful and skillful, you will definitely be able to read well in the future and write a good hand." ”

Xia Chen said: "Grandmother, Chen'er hasn't seen what Anyang City looks like, I will go to school in a few days, what if I don't know what to do if I am laughed at." ”

The old lady is not blind in her eyes: "Yo, you just said that you want to go out to play, Yu'er, you can go with me." ”

Yu'er rarely had such an opportunity, and hurriedly said: "Old lady Xie, Yu'er will go and order someone to prepare the carriage." ”

Xia Chen said: "Sister Yu'er, call my second uncle by the way, I think he also wants to take a look around." ”

"Just follow what Chen'er said." The old lady said and instructed Chang's mother: "Chang's mother, go and bring the money box in the cabinet." ”

The money box is a one-foot square sandalwood box, painted with lacquer and flowers, locked with a copper lock, the old lady took out the key from the sleeve and opened it, which was filled with large and small silver ingots, and the old lady touched three: "Chen'er, this is fifteen taels of silver, my grandmother bought you snacks, and it is enough to buy some favorite things." ”

Xia Chen took the silver ingot: "Thank you, grandmother, what grandmother wants to eat, Chen'er bought it for grandmother." ”

Chang's mother said: "The third young master is really filial, and the old lady likes jujube mud cake the most." ”

The old lady said: "Chen'er, don't worry about me, I will order someone to buy whatever I want to eat." Don't play too late. ”

"Got it, grandmother."

At this time, Yu'er came back and said that it was ready, and Xia Chen followed her to the car room. Han Ran was already waiting, and when he saw her, he said, "Huo, Chen'er is really handsome today. ”

Xia Chen said: "When is Chen'er not handsome? ”

Han Ran smiled: "Get in the car." ”

Leaving the Xia Mansion and going straight to the most prosperous area of Mingyang City, Xia Chen wanted to call someone to inquire about the Cen Mansion, but Yu'er was quite inconvenient, and he knew Cen Shaoze about it, and he couldn't let the Xia family know.

Lifting the curtain, Xia Chen kept looking out, walked for about half an hour, the carriage turned to a very wide street, the street is full of green trees, a few peach and plum trees dot the scenery, the street is paved with stone slabs, smooth and flat, the shops on both sides are lined up, and the plaques are connected. The pedestrians are richly dressed, and the halls are magnificent.

Yuer said that this is the most prosperous street market in Anyang City, known as Ruixiang Street, although there are many cars and pedestrians, but there is no loud noise, everywhere is elegant.

Xia Chen was quite surprised at first, thinking about it, the pace of life in ancient times was slow, and the capital was a place where princes and nobles gathered, and life was relatively comfortable, so it was not surprising.

"Third young master, I'll ask the coachman to find a place to park the carriage, let's get out of the car and watch while walking."

Xia Chen nodded: "Okay." ”

Walking on the street, Xia Chen can't tell what it feels like, when visiting historical sites and places of interest in the past, he often sighs about the changes of time and the vicissitudes of life, and often fantasizes about what the streets, mansions, and palaces used to be, and how many joys and sorrows there are.

Now that he has become an ancient, the real qiē is a bit illusory. It doesn't seem strange, but it's not all familiar.

Yu'er and Yueniang can talk very much, after all, they are both women, ninety-nine out of a hundred women go shopping, they are as tireless as if they have been beaten with chicken blood, and they will not let go of any clothing store, jewelry store, rouge gouache shop.

Han Ran followed very calmly, for him, it was just to take a walk and look at the street scene, most of the time he just waited outside the store, and when the two women and a child had seen enough, he would go to the next one.

Xia Chen was still a little interested at first, because he was thinking about buying two pieces of jewelry for his little aunt and grandmother, and a few pieces of fabric. After all these were bought, he didn't go in anymore, and stood on the side of the street with Han Ran, watching all kinds of pedestrians, cars and horses.

Yueniang and Yu'er walked out of a jewelry store, constantly talking about which hairpin was delicate and which was gorgeous, Xia Chen and Han Ran could only look at each other and shrug their shoulders and smile bitterly.

After walking a short distance, Xia Chen said: "There is a pastry shop in front, let's go see if there is any jujube cake." ”

Yu'er said: "Third Young Master, you haven't bought a single thing for yourself until this time." ”

Xia Chen winked at her: "Sister Yu'er, the one I use, someone will be ready for it, so why bother wasting silver." ”

Yu'er Jiao smiled: "The third young master is right. ”

Yueniang said: "Chen'er has a lot of eyes." ”

After weighing two catties of jujube mud cake, Xia Chen asked, "Sister Yu'er, what kind of snacks and candies do you like to eat, just pack some." ”

Yu'er was very happy: "The third young master invited the slave maid to eat?" ”

Xia Chen nodded: "Of course, I'll do the east." ”

Yu'er said: "Then the slave maid thank the third young master first." ”

Yu'er was picking candy, and two girls walked in outside the door, both fifteen or sixteen years old, one was wearing a moon-white bamboo pattern collared full-breasted skirt, with beautiful eyebrows. The other was dressed in a fiery red moire, with a placket skirt and a red undershirt, and a delicate appearance.

The hair of the two was half tied with a jade ruyi hairpin, leaving a part of the long hair scattered behind them like a waterfall. There are no other accessories on the body, and there is no variegated color, red like flames, white like ice and snow.

The guy in the shop saw that he hurriedly bowed and said, "Yo, Miss Saixue, Miss Qiyun, you haven't been to the shop for a long time." "Needless to say, the girl in white is Saixue, and the girl in red is Qiyun.

Qiyun smiled: "That's because my son-in-law hasn't been in the capital recently, so naturally I don't need to come to buy your lotus cake here." ”

The guy said: "So, Fengyue Gongzi is back?" ”

Hearing Fengyue Gongzi, Xia Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, thinking that it couldn't be the one he met in the medical hall, right? But who else could he have?

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