Chapter 36: Missed
As soon as Lin Zhiyu and Lianhua entered the shop selling calligraphy and paintings, the boss saw the two of them and hurriedly ran over to greet them.
"Miss Lin! What do you like? I don't say anything else in this small shop, just say that this calligraphy and painting are! "The shopkeeper has a big belly, and if it weren't for the fact that his voice was all male, he would have thought he was pregnant.
Lin Zhiyu was never recognized when he went shopping, and asked very curiously: "How do you know that I am from the Lin family?" Or the eldest lady? ”
The boss greeted a smiling face, and the horizontal meat on his face was gathered together: "How could Miss Lin not recognize it, your generous speech at the poetry meeting last time has already spread all over the imperial city." And you have heard about Xian Yan Pavilion and Mr. Wang's academy, we have all heard about it. Who doesn't know you in the Imperial City now! ”
Lin Zhiyu didn't expect so many people to know these things so quickly, and the county lord of Wenzi would always be recognized as soon as he went out. When she was with Lord Wenzi, some people could recognize her by virtue of Lord Wenzi, but it was the first time she had been recognized when she went out alone like this.
"You're ridiculous! It's just a toddler. Listening to the shopkeeper boasting about himself like this, Lin Zhiyu was very humble in his words, without a trace of arrogance in it.
"I came this time to buy birthday gifts for my friends, I don't know if you have any calligraphy and paintings of Mei here." Lin Zhiyu knew that the county lord of Wenzi liked plum blossoms, liked its wind and bones, and also liked its beauty.
"You're going to give this to Lord Wenzi, right? Mei There are two more here, do you like it or not? "Who doesn't know now that the birthday of the county lord of Wenzi is coming soon, Lin Zhiyu must have bought it for the county lord of Wenzi when he said this. The shopkeeper began to sell his calligraphy and paintings vigorously, thinking that if Lin Zhiyu bought calligraphy and paintings at their house and gave them to the county lord of Wenzi, then his shop would also rise.
"Okay, Lianhua, take a look." Lin Zhiyu has always paid attention to cultivating Lianhua's qin, chess, calligraphy, painting and appreciation taste, just so that Lianhua can know what she likes when she can't see.
"Yes, Miss."
Lianhua followed the shopkeeper to the picture of the words he recommended, looked at it carefully, and came back without stopping long.
"Miss, a painting is full of red plum blossoms, and there are no verses but a single plum word; The other only has a plum blossom on the left side, but there is both a poem and a word next to it. According to the slave maid, both paintings are a bit cheesy. Lianhua truthfully reported to Lin Zhiyu, she felt that neither of these two paintings was good, she felt that they were not good, and Lin Zhiyu definitely didn't like them.
Sure enough, Lin Zhiyu shook his head as soon as he heard Lianhua's description. The shopkeeper shook his head a little anxious when he saw Lin Zhiyu, "Miss, you can't just listen, how beautiful this painting looks!" You can take a closer look. ”
Lin Zhiyu believes in Lianhua's vision, and according to what she just described, one of the two paintings has too many plum blossoms and no blank space, and the other has blank space but the inscription is also a poem, and it is not good to impose too many meanings. "No, I trust her. It's a pity that these two paintings are gone, and it would be better if they each took one of them. ”
When the shopkeeper saw that Lin Zhiyu didn't like this, he quickly recommended something else, "You can take a look at the others!" We don't paint plum here, you can take a look at this peony. Graceful and beautiful! ”
Hearing what the shopkeeper said, Lin Zhiyu shook his head decisively, plum blossoms can be painted so vulgarly, let alone peonies. And Lord Wenzi doesn't like the feeling of grace and luxury, like Lin Zhiyu, she prefers the kind of calligraphy and painting that has blank space and not so bright colors.
"Let's go Lianhua, let's go look elsewhere." Lin Zhiyu was not so disappointed, after all, he didn't think about what to buy, and it was a pity not to have it.
Seeing this, the shopkeeper wanted to keep her, but Lin Zhiyu politely said goodbye, which made the shopkeeper regretful.
"It's a pity that this Miss Lin is blind, she likes to see nothing and has to be helped by the maid, but this maid's vision is really not good! Such a beautiful painting is actually said to be cheesy, I don't know it! ”
When Lin Zhiyu and Lianhua came out, they were immediately discovered by Fei Qing, and he and Li Chengyan stood at a stall in front of the calligraphy and painting shop and pretended to look at the goods, but in fact, they had been observing whether there were people entering and leaving the calligraphy and painting shop.
"Will ...... Brother Li! The eldest lady came out. Fei Qing poked Li Chengyan, who was like a stone pestle on the side.
As soon as Li Chengyan heard Lin Zhiyu come out, the whole person became uncomfortably frozen to the side, and his hands unconsciously looked through the small objects on the stall.
"If you don't buy it, don't touch it, so as not to affect my business."
The stall owner saw that Li Chengyan only watched and didn't buy for half a day, and drove Li Chengyan away without raising his head. For a moment, Li Chengyan was even more embarrassed, and he even suspected that the stall could see his thoughts.
"I'm sorry. Right away, right away. Fei Qing hurriedly blocked Li Chengyan's masked face behind him and prevented the stall owner from seeing it. In fact, these flat people can recognize General Dingyuan, even if they see him wearing a mask, they will only think that the son of whose family is willful and ignores the law.
Lianhua helped Lin Zhiyu down the steps, and she wouldn't be distracted to look at others when Lin Zhiyu was next to her, even if someone had an argument at the stall next to her.
And just when Fei Qing was blocking Li Chengyan and the stall owner to apologize, Lianhua and Lin Zhiyu had already gone away.
Fei Qing, who had just escaped, finally took a breath, but when she turned around, she found that the two were gone. Fei Qing looked at Li Chengyan with an expression of hatred: "Why didn't you stop them just now?" It's all far away, and it's too deliberate to catch up at this time. ”
Li Chengyan frowned, "You said they could see me." ”
Fei Qing's hand waved a few times in the air, a little frantic, "I mean they can see us under normal circumstances, but just now in a special situation, you should pretend to see them very casually and then stop them very inadvertently!" ”
Li Chengyan didn't say a word, of course he was not happy to miss this opportunity, Fei Qing immediately realized who he was talking to when he saw Li Chengyan's reaction, swallowed back the words that had come to his lips, and said with a smile: "It's not a big problem!" It's just a drill and we keep following. This time we won't wait outside the door, we'll see which store they enter later, and we'll follow up! ”
Li Chengyan felt that this method was also good, and said to Fei Qing, "I believe you again." ”
Fei Qing was full of complaints, but she didn't dare to vent it, so she could only smile at Li Chengyan. "Brother Li, let's catch up quickly."
Lin Zhiyu and Lianhua here didn't know that there were still people behind them who secretly wanted to 'meet', and the two wandered around the street, looking for a suitable store.
But after a while, the two of them had a sugar gourd in their hands.
"Miss, this sugar gourd is really delicious, sweet and sour, you can taste it." Lianhua bit off a whole hawthorn, and one cheek was stuffed with bulge.
"It's delicious." Lin Zhiyu always felt that Lianhua didn't seem to look the same as before recently, but she couldn't see it clearly, so she didn't say anything, and she suddenly reached out and pinched Lianhua's face.
"What's wrong, Miss?" Lianhua asked strangely after eating a hawthorn in a few bites.
Lin Zhiyu touched it carefully, and sure enough, she was not mistaken.
"Lianhua, you seem to have gained weight recently."
Lin Zhiyu's voice was cold and emotionless, and Lianhua was stunned for a moment.
"I.... Am I fat? Lianhua muttered and repeated, "Miss, am I really fat?" ”
Seeing her devastated appearance, Lin Zhiyu couldn't bear to continue, comforting: "It's just that I look a little fatter than a few days ago, this is plump, and it still looks cute." ”
Lianhua knew that this was Lin Zhiyu comforting her, after all, Lin Zhiyu's eyes were five meters away, and there was no distinction between men and women. Even she could tell that she was fat, that must be a lot fatter, obviously.
"Miss, you will comfort me." Lianhua flattened her mouth, and the sugar gourd in her hand was instantly unfragrant.
She suddenly remembered that Fei Qing also said last night that she would get fat if she ate at night, was it because she was already fat.
Who is to blame for this! It's not that Fei Qing is blamed, she comes to bring her delicious food every night. Villain! He must have deliberately tried to make himself fat! Lianhua gritted her teeth and took another big bite of the sugar gourd, don't let me catch you!
Lin Zhiyu felt very funny when he saw Lianhua playing a little temper, but he was afraid that she would not dare to make too much fun of her thin skin, so he hurriedly said that he would continue shopping, which calmed Lianhua.
"They're here!" Fei Qing and the others finally followed the two again, and when they saw the two enter a fabric store, they were also busy following.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the two of them approached the gate, they were blocked by a carriage, and then someone began to move in and out to carry cloth inside.
Fei Qing looked left and right, tried several times but didn't squeeze in, and came back to Li Chengyan in a gloomy manner: "Brother Li, why don't we wait for a while." Anyway, we can't get in, they can't get out, can we? I'm not afraid that they will run away. ”
Li Chengyan didn't want to squeeze in, so he had to nod, and the two continued to wait at the door.
The two people who entered the fabric shop didn't pay attention to the door and began to pick them up. As a result, I didn't see the right one for a long time, either the color was too bright or the material was not good, and when the two wanted to go out, they found that the door was blocked.
"Miss, there's a carriage parked outside the gate, it seems to be for the store, and the door is blocked." Lianhua didn't squeeze around in the crowd with Lin Zhiyu, so she could only stop and wait.
Lin Zhiyu didn't mind, "It's okay, just wait a while." ”
The owner of the fabric shop was directing the workers to carry the fabric to the warehouse, and happened to see two people who were blocked from getting out.
"I'm sorry, they'll have to move for a while, we have a side door here, if you don't mind, you can walk from here."
Lin Zhiyu didn't have any taboos that he had to go through the door, and it was good to go out early, so he asked the boss to lead him out of the fabric store through the side door.
"Alas, Mademoiselle. I've seen this calligraphy and painting shop, and I've seen it in the fabric shop. Where else? Lianhua was a little frustrated, it had taken a long time just to look at these two stores, but there was still no suitable one.
Lin Zhiyu and Lord Wenzi like things similarly, but the things they like are originally elegant and niche, and it is not easy to see things they like very much. Now it is even more difficult for Lin Zhiyu to choose a congratulatory gift with higher taste for Lord Wenzi.
Lin Zhiyu didn't want to settle, if she couldn't find it today and could continue to go out tomorrow, she didn't believe that there was nothing suitable for congratulatory gifts in the entire imperial city. She thought about it carefully, "Otherwise, let's go find a jewelry store and see if there is any jewelry suitable for Lord Wenzi." ”
"I know the best jewelry store in the city, and it is said that even the face of the queen's mother was made here." After speaking, Lianhua pulled Lin Zhiyu and walked out of the fabric store without looking back, without looking behind him.
Poor Fei Qing and Li Chengyan were still looking inside the store at the door, waiting for the workers to finish moving the fabric to find the two who had already left.