Chapter 3: The Secret Promise of the Heart
Chapter III
Everyone crowded into the house gate and walked towards the main hall.
The glass inlaid on the door of the main hall of the Lin family is supported firmly by the neatly arranged and tight diamond-shaped wooden frame, each piece of glass is not all dyed into color, but from the center of each diamond, the color gradually spreads, to the edge of the diamond has revealed the primary color of the glass, the adjacent two rows of dot dyeing colors will not be the same, the bottom of the color is light yellow, the bottom of the light yellow is rose, so repeatedly, layer by layer, bright and elegant, into the eye, flashing its brilliance.
Entering the main hall, an ink-colored landscape painting hangs in front of the hall, under which two high, thick and plump blue and white porcelain vases are placed. Under the clear chandelier full of flower spikes, several small tea tables separated the wood-colored carved chairs, and Master Lin sat down on the top chair, while the young masters and young ladies sat down separately at the bottom.
A column of maids entered from the main entrance to serve the tea, and between the green tea leaves, a small blue and white tea bowl came out of a steaming heat.
"The Xia family's Longjingtou tea tastes mellow, light and distant, fragrant and clear, it is really a good tea." Master Lin sighed.
"Although the tea of the Xia family is good, the people of the Xia family are more beautiful." Lin Wangge mischievously glanced at Lin Wangyang. Lin Wanyang hurriedly picked up the tea bowl on the table and drank it, pretending to ignore it.
Everyone picked up the tea bowl next to them and drank it, and the Longjingtou tea of the Xia family was dyed with the morning dew of the Qingming Dynasty, carrying the fragrance of spring rain, so that the sweetness and bitterness burst out between everyone's lips and teeth.
"Bangyang, what are your plans for the future after you come back from graduation this time?" Master Lin asked Lin Bangyang.
"My son has been hired as a chemistry teacher by Xia Ze Girls' High School, and I will discipline my sister well in school for your father in the future." At this time, Lin Bangyang no longer had the embarrassment when he was teased by Lin Elegy before, and instead gathered strength to treat Lin Elegy.
Lin Wangge pursed his lips and couldn't answer for a while.
"I heard that Young Master Nanjun studied Western medicine in college, and when he comes back this time, he will definitely be able to show his ambitions in Lingzun's big pharmacy." Master Lin praised Gu Nanjun Dao.
Gu Nanjun said humbly: "Nanjun only hopes that through his medical skills, the people of Yucheng can suffer less from illness. ”
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After a few words, it was noon in a blink of an eye, and under the guidance of the maid, I entered the west door, and a table of dishes had been prepared.
Lin Elegy sat down next to Master Lin, and a plate of bright and firm sauce duck was placed in front of her, and a warm saliva gushed out of her mouth. The maid stepped forward to pour the wine, the amber rice wine rotated in the tall wine cup, the daughter of the Lin family, Chen was sweet in her mouth, there was no sense of viscosity, sweet, sour, bitter, pungent, fresh, astringent six flavors naturally blended into one, coordinated, pure, soft and elegant.
"Bangyang, Nanjun, I'm afraid you haven't tasted the dishes of your hometown for a long time since you left home for a few years, this is Chef Wang's specialty of dried plum vegetables and meat, refreshing and strong, not greasy." As he spoke, Master Lin used chopsticks to remove the burnt button meat, and sandwiched two slices of fat and lean balanced meat in the bowls of Lin Bangyang and Gu Nanjun respectively. Lin Bangyang accepted it, and Gu Nanjun thanked him again and again on the side.
"Dad, Bang Tang wants to eat too." Lin Bangtang on the side shouted. At this time, Lin Elegy took care of all the sauce ducks in front of him into his stomach.
Soon Lin Elegy finished eating, rolled up the beaded curtains, and went to the small hall to rest. Master Lin, Lin Bangyang and Gu Nanjun were still chatting at the dinner table.
"Tassel, go and call Mother Liu, you have to hurry up and ask Mother Liu to embroider the handkerchief, so that I can return these two manuscripts to Master Yu earlier." Lin Wangge said limply on the evenly pulped black leather sofa with tassels.
After a while, the tassel brought Liu Ma into the small hall, Liu Ma brought embroidery and needlework, put the silk cloth into the embroidery bandage, and outlined the outline of the lotus on the silk cloth with a pen according to the two manuscripts given by Lin Elegy, the white lotus tip covered with deeper and deeper pink, and a dexterous hand skillfully jumped up and down the silk cloth.
Lin Wangge looked a little tired and gradually fell asleep, and when he woke up again, Liu's mother had already left, and two embroidered handkerchiefs were placed on the table, and the delicate double-sided embroidery was lifelike.
"Elegy, Elegy, are you in it? Come with us to the back garden to enjoy the lotus. Lin Bangyang's voice came from outside the hall.
Lin Wangge ran out excitedly and saw Lin Bangyang and Gu Nanjun. At this time, the tassel didn't know where to run to be lazy, and Lin Elegy didn't bother to pay attention to it. The three of them walked from the main hall through the corridor surrounded by green vines to the lotus pond in the back garden, the scenery was the same as before, but the sun was no longer so hot.
"Brother, you can push me." Lin Elegy was already sitting on the swing rack, his hands outstretched, holding the swing ropes on both sides. Lin Bangyang responded and walked behind Lin Wangge and pushed Lin Wangge out.
In Lin Elegy's eyes, the scenery around him began to shake, turning into clouds of cloudy colors, and in the cry of surprise and joy, Lin Elegy felt the joy of being about to fly, turning away from the ground, swinging up, swinging up, falling again, falling down. Facing the loess again, gradually moving away from the ground, the flowers and grass dissipated their shadows, and I felt my brother's hands firmly hugging his waist, and then pushing hard, there was a more exciting pleasure than before.
"Elegy, are you afraid?" Lin Bangyang asked.
"I'm not afraid, brother." Lin Elegy replied in a trembling voice.
"Then I'm going to push you a little higher." Lin Bangyang scared Lin Elegy.
"No, brother, don't." Lin Elegy was busy begging for mercy.
The swing swayed more and more slowly, and finally Lin Elegy was able to touch his feet to the ground again, straighten his messy hair, and stand up.
Seeing that Gu Nanjun was not yet happy, Lin Wangge asked, "What, Young Master Gu also wants to come and play." ”
Gu Nanjun looked at Lin Elegy's slightly red cheeks, he was actually a little infatuated, and tried to calm down: "No, no, let's go to the pavilion and sit down." ”
After a while, the swaying of the swing made Lin Elegy more sober and energetic, and he trotted all the way to the pavilion first, and chose a position close to the center of the pool to sit down. Lin Bangyang and Gu Nanjun arrived at the pavilion one after the other, and sat on the left and right of Lin Wangge respectively.
"Young Master Gu, when are you leaving?" Lin Wangge looked at Gu Nanjun, his eyes sparkling. She carefully recalled Gu Nanjun ten years ago, wearing a light-colored robe, fat face, red mouth, sitting in the boat with herself and crying, thinking of this, she suddenly couldn't help laughing, and took her eyes back from Gu Nanjun's body with some embarrassment.
Gu Nanjun replied: "I'll go home tomorrow, my father is in a hurry." And Miss Lin will call me Nanjun in the future."
"Okay, Nanjun, then you can call me Elegy." Lin Wangge blushed.
"Elegy." Gu Nanjun screamed unconsciously.
"Nanjun, that's really unfortunate, tomorrow the eldest lady of the Xia family invites me to go to their tea mountain to play, their three teas are being mined, and it will not end until a few days before the summer, which is very lively. Brother, Xia Mo also wants me to invite you to go with me, you have to go. Lin Wangge, Lin Bangyang and Gu Nanjun said.
"Good, good. I'll definitely go. Lin Bangyang followed Lin Wangge's intentions.
"Does my brother remember Xia Mo?" Lin Elegy smiled wickedly.
"That little girl who likes to wear a small cheongsam and hang up with a pair of slender eyes, is very powerful?" Lin Bangyang's eyes rolled to the right, falling into memory.
"Yes, Xia Mo looks better now than before. You forget, when you went out to study and left Yucheng, she followed you all the way to the dock, crying and giving you her handkerchief embroidered with peony, and said that she would marry you when she grew up. Lin Elegy smiled.
"She's a child, she doesn't count." Lin Bangyang smiled awkwardly.
"Oh, Bangyang, you were popular with girls in college, and now let me know that you have a girl who wants to make a private agreement with you for life so early, you are really full of peach blossoms." Gu Nanjun smiled evilly.
"Nanjun, you are not serious. I want to be all over the world in the future. Lin Bangyang said and glared at Gu Nanjun. Seeing this, Gu Nanjun restrained his evil smile.
The sun was gradually setting in the west, and the sky was beginning to sink slightly, and the kitchen in the West Garden sent curling smoke......