Chapter 176: Sincerity
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Summer in Macheng comes early and goes late, and it is the longest season of the year.
The blue sky is like a fireball, the clouds seem to have been burned by the sun, disappearing without a trace, and even dragonflies dare to fly in the shade of the trees in the hot weather, as if they are afraid that the sun will scorch their wings.
The flowers and trees all over the yard stood lazily, their leaves curling on the branches, and the branches were motionless.
The young man standing in a flower garden hatefully lifted his shirt up again, and played shirtless, secretly hoping that the old lady would be happy if it could rain heavily.
But looking at this cloudless weather, it is estimated that God will not be able to hear the voice in his heart.
The young man wiped his eyes, sweat continued to flow into his eyes, his eyes were a little painful, his clothes were already soaked with sweat, and they were tightly attached to his body, and he became more and more uncomfortable with stickiness.
But the person next to him kept saying: "Young Master Cousin, you see that the daylily you picked in your hand is not right, you should pick it in full bloom, the stamens of the daylily taste the best, but this white nine-mile fragrance is not, you should pick the buds, the full-blooming nine-mile fragrance is not as strong as the buds........" The flower master with the hat took the trouble to say what he had said no less than twenty times, and looked at the young man's eyes like looking at an idiot.
In the end, it is a noble young master from the capital, who is usually used to brocade clothes and jade food, and he can't even recognize all the simple flowers, so it is difficult for him to let him pick flowers.
Chen Yikang endured it so that he didn't crush the flowers in his hand, what the hell is the daylily, the hell is the nine mile incense, God knows, he doesn't love these flowers and plants on weekdays, it would be good to be able to recognize common flowers such as plum orchids and bamboo chrysanthemums, where can you tell what buds are good, or stamens.
He turned his head angrily to look at the person sitting in the shade behind him, this girl must have deliberately tortured him. Definitely!
The scorching sun shone through the dense foliage, and the ground was covered with sparkling spots the size of copper coins.
Kang Yan sat in this swaying spot of light and leisurely looked at Chen Yikang who was struggling with the flowers in the flower garden, and her eyes were full of smiles.
"Girl, the young master is glaring at you again." Xinghua fanned Kang Yeon. Remind Kang Yeon.
The eyes of the young master are really terrifying.
"Girl, wouldn't that be good? If you don't want to do it, if the young master is injured, the eldest princess will blame it......." Qingmei said with a hesitant expression.
This cousin young master is the grandson of the eldest princess of Fuyun, the youngest son of Ning Guogong's favorite, although the eldest princess also loves her own girl, but compared with her grandson and granddaughter, most people should value her grandson, right?
My own girl finally has a grandmother to love, if she is snubbed by the eldest princess because she is angry with her cousin, it will not be worth the loss.
"It doesn't matter. I know it. Kang Yan shook her head, "I also mentioned this matter to my grandmother, and my grandmother agreed." β
Her two personal maids, Qingmei has always been careful, and Xinghua has always been bold and careless. Hearing Qingmei's words, Xinghua rolled her eyes, "Sister Qingmei, you are too timid, this is what the young master himself promised, and it wasn't our girl who forced him, besides, the girl bought it with money." The eldest princess also agreed, what are you afraid of, even if something happens, he can only blame himself for his weak body, what does it have to do with our girl. β
Qingmei opened her mouth, but she didn't know how to refute, and finally sighed. "That's right, but after all, this matter started because of the girl."
Kang Yeon squinted her eyes and looked at the sweaty teenager in the flower garden, and the smile in her eyes never disappeared.
She did mention it to her grandmother, but she didn't say anything about Chen Yikang using a silver ticket instead of a gift, nor did she say that she paid for him for a day. She just said: "My grandmother has not been away from the capital for a few days, and Yan'er wants to personally prepare some gifts for several aunts and cousins, and after thinking about it, only perfume is a rare thing, but I don't know the preferences of my aunt and cousins, so I can only ask my sixth cousin to help." β
The eldest princess Fuyun was very pleased, "Good boy, it's rare that you have a heart, what's so rare about this, call Brother Kang to come, ask your aunt and cousins what flowers they like, you can go to the perfume workshop to get it." β
The eldest princess of Fuyun knew that the perfume workshop was opened by her and Jordan Hua together.
Kang Yan shook her head, "That's so insincere, Yan'er doesn't want that." β
"What do you want to do?" The eldest princess Fuyun asked.
"I want to pick flowers by myself, and then make my own perfume, it just so happens that Danhua lives here, I asked her how to do it, I picked the flowers by myself, and made the perfume by myself, only to show my sincerity, and the courtesy is light and affectionate."
The eldest princess Fuyun thought for a while, "Since you have such a heart, your grandmother can't stop you, let Brother Kang help you pick flowers, and you will deal with the flowers and make perfume." β
The eldest princess of Fuyun settled the matter in one sentence.
Seeing that Qingmei was really worried, Kang Yan instructed him, "You go to the kitchen and give an order, boil some mung bean soup to cool off the heat and send it, and put more mung beans." β
Qingmei had to go, and after a while, she came over with a small food box, "It's too hot, and the kitchen has been preparing soup to relieve the heat." β
Kang Yan took a bowl of heat-relieving soup, walked to the flower garden, and shouted with a smile: "Sixth cousin, come and drink a bowl of heat-relieving soup." β
Chen Yikang was angry with Kang Yan, and wanted to shout with a special backbone, I don't drink, but because I sweated too much, my throat was dry and astringent, and although I had drunk a few bowls of water, I still felt that the heat on my body could not be dissipated.
Kang Yan's hand exuded endless temptation, and the thought of the cold and comfortable feeling after the soup entered his stomach made him feel even more uncomfortable in his throat.
In the end, Chen Yikang gave up resistance, walked up to Kang Yan, and drank the soup to relieve the heat.
"The weather was fine two days ago, who knew that the weather would be so hot today, it's really hard Sixth cousin, if you can't stand it, forget it." Kang Yan said with a smile.
Chen Yikang felt that there was a faint contempt in his smile.
He gritted his teeth and said angrily, "No, what is this, isn't it hot, you can still stand it." β
God knows that he has never suffered this kind of crime since he was a child, he was born in Ningguo Mansion, the standard young master born with a golden key, since he was a child, every year in the summer, the room is put on the ice to dispel the heat and dissipate heat early, to the hottest time in midsummer, not only put an ice basin in the room, but also ice fruits, he lies on the soft couch with a bamboo mat in the house, and there are their own maids next to them who are responsible for fanning themselves.
Chen Yikang suddenly missed his room in the capital, he must have had a convulsion at that time to think that his father sent him to Macheng Mansion to lie down or do an errand, and he could take the opportunity to have fun.
"Can you really stand it?" Kang Yan looked Chen Yikang up and down, her eyes full of suspicion.
Chen Yikang felt despised by Kang Yan, and snorted heavily, "Hey, what kind of eyes are you, you can stand it if you say you can stand it." β
Kang Yan clapped her hands and smiled, "Thank you Sixth Cousin, I'll be waiting for your petals, there are flowers picked by Sixth Cousin himself, and the perfume I made myself, I believe that my aunt and several cousins will definitely like my gift." β
Chen Yikang was stunned, it turned out that she didn't deliberately trick herself by letting herself pick flowers, but she wanted to make perfume for her mother, three aunts and sisters at home.
"Sixth cousin, don't be angry," Kang Yan still smiled at Mimi, showing that she was in a good mood, "I will definitely give the money I promised to my sixth cousin." β
Speaking of this, Chen Yikang's face suddenly became angry again, and the little favor he had just given to Kang Yan suddenly disappeared without a trace.
"I don't want your money." His face was dark, and he squeezed out such a sentence from between his teeth for a long time.
That day, he arrogantly threw the money in front of Kang Yan, but when Kang Yan said that he wanted to buy his day, he was very stunned and blurted out, "What are you buying me for a day?" β
Kang Yan only smiled, "Since my cousin said that I can buy anything, I naturally want to buy what I want to buy, I want my cousin to accompany me to do things for a day now, my cousin won't be unwilling, right?" β
Chen Yikang looked at Kang Yan with a strange color, is his day a thing? "What are you doing? How do you know if what you want me to do will be embarrassing? β
Kang Yan raised her hand and promised, "Don't worry, it's definitely within your reach." β
Since it is something that he can do, why should he be allowed to accompany him to do it, Chen Yikang didn't understand, looking at Kang Yan's bright eyes, he couldn't think that this girl would have a crush on him, right?
If so, then promise her that she should do a good deed every day.
Chen Yikang now feels that he must have been dizzy at that time to think that this girl has a crush on her, and she obviously set herself a trap for herself to drill.
Sure enough, he heard Kang Yan say: "Then what's the matter, let's talk about it, the sixth cousin said that I can buy whatever I want, I just want the sixth cousin to help me pick the flowers, and now that the sixth cousin has also picked it, of course I have to pay you, besides, this is the first time I have given gifts to my aunts and cousins, so it is naturally Fang Xian's sincerity that I prepared by myself." β
"It's a pity that I can't pick the flowers myself, if I let the sixth cousin pick the flowers and don't give the money, wouldn't my sincerity be discounted, give money, or the flowers I bought with money, and then make the perfume myself, although such a gift is light, but it is a piece of my sincere heart."
Kang Yeon's words were unhurried, and when she said the words 'first' and 'sincere', she was a little heavy.
Chen Yikang was stunned for a moment, he suddenly understood what Kang Yan meant.
The custom of giving gifts to the elderly, if it is given to the younger generation, it is to bring it by itself, or the old things that have been used appear close, and the younger generation to the elders, generally made or prepared by hand, the party appears to be filial, if it is between the peers, it is mostly some exquisite small objects that are still exchanged with gifts, there is no fixed number, as long as there is sincerity.
Chen Yikang directly returned the silver ticket to Kang Yan, which not only insulted Kang Yan, showed that he despised Kang Yan, but also showed that Chen Yikang was uneducated.
Kang Yan slapped Chen Yikang heavily with her own action of preparing gifts for her aunt and cousins, and this slap hit him in the heart, making him feel indescribably depressed.