Chapter 39: Temptation
Ran Qiunian was studying the white stacked seeds that Ran Qiubai gave her in the courtyard, and when she saw Ran Yinyin coming, she had to put away all the seeds and let Qingxi put them away properly, and then looked at the things that Ran Yinyin brought.
Ran Yinyin inadvertently glanced at the thing that was taken into the house by Qingxi's baby, and was a little curious, so she kept an eye on it, but didn't ask much.
"How? Do you still like it? ”
Ran Yinyin took the opportunity to sit down on the stone bench beside Ran Qiunian, and put on a posture of an eldest sister, so that Ran Qiunian could not shake her face directly.
"The second cousin has a heart, and Nian'er likes it very much."
Ran Qiunian was a little wary of Ran Yinyin's intentions, so she pretended to be interested in Zhuhua and looked at it over and over for a long time. Ran Yinyin was not in a hurry, she called someone to serve herself a cup of tea, and waited for Ran Qiunian to finish reading it while drinking.
"Sister Nian'er doesn't walk around these days, and it's hard for my cousin to see you. According to me, my sister should be more lively at this age, and the sisters should participate in one or two tea parties and flower viewing parties, and make some sisters, and the sister of the province is always alone in the house, and it is inevitable that she will be lonely. ”
"The third cousin has learned from the past, I'm afraid of those tea parties and flower parties, it's better to be comfortable in the house, and I can also talk to my eldest brother about their homework."
Ran Qiunian picked up a bead flower from the box, slowly turned it in her hand, and didn't look at the smile on Ran Yinyin's face that changed slightly after she mentioned Ran Susu.
"Oops"
Ran Yinyin didn't notice that she accidentally knocked over the teacup, and the tea that spilled wet her skirt, and a lot of it spilled on Ran Qiunian's sleeve.
"Look at my clumsiness, I can't even hold a tea cup steadily, my sister is fine."
Ran Yinyin quickly stood up, didn't care about the water stains on her skirt, took out a handkerchief and wiped it for Ran Qiunian.
Fortunately, the tea was not hot, Ran Qiunian dropped the beaded flowers, stood up, took out a handkerchief and wiped his sleeves, and saw that Ran Yinyin's handkerchief was already soaked, so he handed it to Ran Yinyin without much thought.
"I'm fine, my second cousin will also wipe it, let's go to my room and change my clothes in a while."
After Ran Yinyin thanked her, she took the handkerchief from Ran Qiunian's hand, wiped it on the hem of her skirt, pinched it in her hand and looked at it, her eyes moved slightly, the corners of her mouth were smiling, and she said something of unknown meaning.
"Sister Nian'er, this Supa is chic."
Ran Yinyin folded the veil squarely and put it on the stone table, next to the corner of the beaded flower box.
Ran Qiunian glanced at Supa on the table, and was told by Ran Yinyin that her teeth were sour, and a white handkerchief could also be seen as one, two, three, and sure enough, the idea of this "talented girl" was different from that of mortals.
"Second cousin, go to the house to change clothes, if you catch a cold in wet clothes for a while, you can't complain that Nian'er didn't remind you!"
Ran Qiunian gave Qingxi a look, and Qingxi led people to the house to change their clothes, and put on a new skirt made by Ran Qiunian, which she had never worn.
"It's not too early, I should go back to the house, and I will find a chance to see my sister next time."
Ran Yinyin changed her clothes and said goodbye.
Her goal has been achieved, so naturally she has no patience to talk nonsense with Ran Qiunian anymore, but fortunately, Ran Qiunian has the same idea, and this meeting ended hastily.
Watching Ran Yinyin's back disappear at the gate of the courtyard, Ran Qiunian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
But I heard Qingxi next to him whisper in some surprise: "Miss, Miss Yin put on your clothes, look at it from behind, you really can't tell the two of you if you are not careful." ”
Ran Qiunian spread her hands, she didn't feel it.
Looking at the wide open courtyard door, Ran Qiunian couldn't help but take a few steps forward, glanced at Ran Yinyin, who had not gone far outside, and couldn't understand what she came to find her for, and was about to order someone to close the courtyard door, when she suddenly heard Ran Qiubai's voice from the other side.
"Nian'er, wait brother."
Ran Qiunian blinked, and was about to go out to see what Ran Qiubai told him to do, but before he could lift his feet, he saw a figure flash in front of the courtyard gate, and he swept straight past him and followed Ran Yinyin, who had just come out of the courtyard not far away.
In the next moment, hearing Ran Yinyin's exclamation and Ran Qiubai's voice of apology, Ran Qiunian's eyelids jumped, and he hurriedly stepped out of the courtyard door and caught up with Ran Qiubai.
"Brother Qiubai, what are you asking Nian'er to do? This is the second cousin. ”
Ran Qiunian pulled Ran Qiubai to his side, took a few steps back, and explained a few words to Ran Yinyin, who was a little surprised.
"Second cousin, don't be angry, Brother Qiubai may have mistaken you for me when he saw you coming out of my yard wearing my clothes."
"It turned out to be Cousin Yinyin, I haven't seen you for a long time, and I mistook you for Nian'er, I'm sorry, I'm not scared."
Ran Qiubai's face was full of emptiness, just now he mistook Ran Yinyin for Ran Qiunian, and patted her head from behind, who knew that the person turned around was Ran Yinyin, who had always been calm and didn't like to joke, and at this time he was almost ashamed to burrow into the cracks in the ground.
The smile on Ran Yinyin's face was a little reluctant, but she gritted her teeth, endured the pain in her head and the shyness on her face, said softly and generously that she was fine, and left with someone after saying a few more words.
After the person was sure to leave, Ran Qiunian quietly raised his eyes and looked at Ran Qiubai with a look of chagrin on his face beside him, thinking about the colorful expression on Ran Yinyin's face just now, he couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"Brother Qiubai, didn't you really mean it? Didn't you see how wonderful the second cousin's expression was just now, you really slapped her on the head? ”
Seeing that Ran Qiunian was almost unable to stand laughing, Ran Qiubai raised his hand and patted Ran Qiunian's head, and said hatefully: "Good manner, what kind of clothes do you exchange, your brother lost such a big face in front of Yin Yin's cousin." ”
Ran Qiunian covered his head and replied angrily: "It's not that Brother Qiubai can even admit his own sister's mistake." ”
After speaking, Ran Qiunian was suddenly stunned, looked at Ran Qiubai's annoyed expression with a suspicious face, and asked tentatively: "When did Brother Qiubai become so interested in Ran Yinyin?" ”
"It's not big, it's not small, it's called cousin."
Ran Qiubai nodded Ran Qiunian's forehead, although he did not respond to Ran Qiunian's question, but the flush on his ears made the smile on Ran Qiunian's face gradually unable to maintain, and his heart sank a little.
She almost forgot that in her previous life, she had heard that her grandmother was planning to set a family affair for Qiubai's brother, and the candidate was Ran Yinyin in the third room.
But in the end, for some reason, it was not resolved, and no one mentioned it again. Later, the Ran family had an accident, and the blows one after another made her forget about it completely.
Seeing Ran Qiubai's attitude towards Ran Yinyin at this time, Ran Qiunian suddenly felt that maybe the rumors she heard in her previous life were not false.
Ran Qiunian pursed her lips, full of this matter.
Separated from Ran Qiubai, after returning to the courtyard, looking at the box of beads on the stone table, Ran Qiunian snapped the box and threw it to Qingxi.
"Take it and take it away." I finally made a decision in my heart.
No matter what Ran Qiubai's attitude towards Ran Yinyin is at this time, she must nip this undeserved relationship in the bud, so as not to cause disputes in the future.
She didn't want to see the brilliance in Ran Qiubai's eyes anymore, and her heart was like ashes.
Thinking of this, Ran Qiunian pondered it carefully and decided to go to Xiao Yin to complain.
On the other side, Ran Yinyin returned home with a cold face, but later received a gift box from her subordinates.
"What do you say? This is the apology gift sent by the old lady's Ran Qiubai messenger......"
Ran Yinyin looked at the box in front of her, her original face was full of frost and suddenly changed a little, she picked out a sapphire pearl hairpin from the gift box, and thought carefully about the process of meeting Ran Qiubai in Ran Mansion during the day, and suddenly had a meaningful smile on her face.
I see, this is a bonus, and it seems that the original plan can be reconsidered.
Ran Yinyin rubbed the delicate pearl hairpin in her hand, this color was slightly inferior to the ruby on Ran Qiunian's head at the dinner that day, but it was also a rare superlative, but it was a pity that what she wanted was always the best, and it was not a single point.
Ran Yinyin threw the hairpin back into the box and asked people to take it away, without looking at it anymore.
"Wait, get it back."
Ran Yinyin changed her mind, took back the sapphire beads she had just thrown back from the box, and carefully put them in her hair, with a smile on the corner of her lips.
"Go and inquire, which shop Ran Qiubai will go to tomorrow to inspect the store. I haven't been on the street for a while. ”
Ran Fu, after finishing the complaint with Xiao Yin, although he did not get full support, but he was not sternly refused, Ran Qiunian thought that Xiao Yin agreed to help him "beat" Ran Qiubai and Ran Yinyin, the "bitter mandarin ducks" who were destined not to have good results.
Ran Qiunian still got a news that Ran Qiubai was going to visit a few shops tomorrow, most of which were the main businesses in his caravan, and there was also a medicinal herb shop, I heard that there were a lot of good things this time.
Afraid that Ran Qiubai would be deceived by Ran Yinyin in a place that he couldn't see, Ran Qiunian naturally made up her mind to follow Ran Qiubai to inspect the store tomorrow by taking advantage of the reason that she wanted to go to the pharmacy to see it, and kept an eye on people.
Ran Qiubai thought that Ran Qiunian had been bored in the house for so long, and it was rare for him to want to go out, so he didn't refuse, and after holding the old lady, he took Ran Qiunian out of the house together.
The two brothers and sisters went to a few grain shops first, and Ran Qiunian just listened to them, sat in the shop, or looked around, and did not mix with the conversation between Ran Qiubai and the shopkeeper in the shop.
The last grain shop is near the outskirts of the city, and the business does not seem to be very prosperous, but the shop occupies a large area, Ran Qiunian saw that Ran Qiubai had a more cautious attitude than the previous shops, and couldn't help but be a little curious.
Taking advantage of the gap when the shopkeeper went to the back to get the account books, he quietly asked Ran Qiubai the reason.
"Don't look at the bulk goods sold by this grain store, but it is the largest transaction volume among these grain stores. See the area occupied by this shop? The entire grain village in the back is supplied by this shop, which is one of the largest grain shops made by the Ran family, and the signed orders are all large. ”
Ran Qiubai was not impatient, and explained to his sister carefully, Ran Qiunian listened a little at first, but suddenly felt a little familiar.
"Western Suburbs Grain Village, Western Suburbs Grain Village...... Strange, how do I feel familiar? ”
Ran Qiunian couldn't help but mutter, Ran Qiubai didn't hear what she was muttering clearly, turned her head to look, and was about to ask, just as the shopkeeper lifted the curtain and took the account book from behind, he was followed by a petite girl in a yellow dress.
Ran Qiunian and Ran Qiubai looked at each other at the same time, but Ran Qiunian's eyes lit up, she finally remembered when she had heard the name "Western Suburbs Grain Village", looking at Ran Yu'er who was following the shopkeeper to help hold the account book, Ran Qiunian was a little surprised.