The carriage rolled forward, and the two maids led Shang Jinghui's hand one left and one right, Shang Jinghui looked back at Zhang Yuan from time to time, as if he was afraid that Zhang Yuan would not follow, and from time to time two small hands grabbed the handmaid's hand and jumped with the strength of the handmaiden, and then "Gege" laughed.

At first, the two maidservants saw Miss Jinghui calling her brother to a strange man halfway, crying to stop and come down, the two maids were very nervous, for fear of making something they couldn't handle, and then saw that Zhang Yuan was just a teenager, and he was gentle and elegant, so he was slightly relieved, and one of the maids smiled and whispered to Shang Jinghui: "Miss Jinghui, you should walk well, you will fall like this." ”

The carriage stopped at the southeast corner of the Qiansu Wangci Square, a maid pulled Shang Jinghui to prevent her from running around, and another maid leaned against the window to listen to the instructions of the people in the car, and after a while, the maid came over and asked Zhang Yuan: "Is Zhang Gongzi the grandson of Mr. Zhang Suzhi, the first champion of Shanyin?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Mr. Su Zhi is the ancestor of the lower clan, and Zhang Jiezi is the son of Dongzhang. ”

The maid said "Huh" and asked, "Wasn't it Zhang Gongzi you in Yutao Garden last month?" ”

Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "Then I also went to Yutao Garden, and I accompanied my brother Zhang Cao." ”

The maid glanced at Zhang Yuan strangely, and said, "Young Master Zhang, please wait a moment." Then he went to the carriage and whispered to the man in the carriage.

Shang Jinghui dragged the maidservant two steps closer to Zhang Yuan, and asked with a small face: "Brother Zhang Gongzi, where are you going, the competition club hasn't started yet, why are you leaving?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "I studied at Mr. Jizhong, the king of Huiji, and came from Shanyin in the morning, listening to the gongs and drums, so I stopped by to take a look, for fear of being scolded by Mr., so I had to rush to school." ”

The servant girl who passed the word came over again, this time speaking to Shang Jinghui: "Miss Jinghui, Gongzi Zhang is going to study, you can't be late, Mr. will be punished if you are late-"

Shang Jinghui's wide and sparkling eyes asked Zhang Yuan: "Will Mr. hit your palm with a bamboo ruler?" ”

The two maidservants laughed "eating".

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "If you are late for a long time, you may have to hit the palm of your hand - Miss Jinghui should watch the race club and pray to God, I will leave first, and I will meet next time." "It's definitely not Shang Ran in the car, Shang Ran knows his name, it should be Jing Hui's mother, it's not good to talk about this.

The maidservant girl who passed the message was afraid that Shang Jinghui would make trouble, so she bent down and persuaded: "Zhang Gongzi will be late for a long time if he doesn't leave, will the maid take you to the temple to see the Dragon King first?" ”

Shang Jinghui's cute little eyebrows frowned slightly, his small mouth pouted, and he shook his hand at Zhang Yuan: "Brother Zhang Gongzi go quickly, don't be late, next time I have to go out, remember to wait for me." "Six-year-old Xiao Jinghui is difficult to go out once, and he has met Zhang Yuan twice recently, thinking that Zhang Yuan can be seen as long as he goes out.

The two maidservants couldn't help laughing, took Miss Jinghui's hand, and watched Zhang Yuan's master and servant walk away, and one of the maidservants went to the car window and said, "Madam, that Zhang Gongzi is gone." ”

Sitting in the car is an elegant woman in her thirties, this woman is Shang Zhouzuo's wife Fu Shi, is the mother of Shang Jinglan and Shang Jinghui. Shang Ran said: "Vulgar. When the two little sisters Jinglan and Jinghui were playing on the couch at night, "Ka Ka Gege" said that Zhang Gongzi and his aunt played chess, Zhang Gongzi played chess with his back, and Zhang Gongzi's brother said a joke......

Fu Shi was so strange, so he interrogated the two little sisters, Xiao Jinghui said a little upside down, nine-year-old Shang Jinglan said very clearly, in the rain, playing chess, ferry, but I didn't remember the name of the Zhang son, anyway, it was the son of the Zhang family in Shanyin.

This can confuse the Fu family, and the sister-in-law Shang Ran said very contemptuously that Zhang Gongzi is a vulgar gentleman, how can he play against him and talk to him, and I heard this little sister say that Aunt Tan Ran said that she was very happy in the island pavilion, and she couldn't laugh straight, what the hell is going on?

The next day, Fu asked Shang Ran if he would refuse Shanyin Zhang's proposal, Shang Ran nodded without hesitation, and Fu said tentatively: "Little sister, sister-in-law listened to Xiaolan and Xiaohui—"

Shang Ran's pretty face turned crimson for a moment, and she said coquettishly: "Sister-in-law, Xiaolan said nonsense, sister-in-law quickly rejected the mother-in-law who said matchmaking." ”

Fu thought that Zhang Gongzi had some frivolous words or actions when playing chess with Tang Ran, which made Tang Ran contemptible, and quietly asked Jing Lan, Jing Lan and Jing Hui sisters remember their surnames very well, Jing Lan said almost every word that Zhang Gongzi and his aunt said to her mother, no light words, and asked if Zhang Gongzi was so ugly? Neither is it.

Fortunately, the old servant Liang's mother knew what was going on, and told her that there were two Zhang Gongzi, and the Miss Zhang Gongzi who came on a blind date didn't like it at first glance, and the Miss Zhang Gongzi who played chess in the island pavilion seemed to have a good impression, but she didn't come to ask for a kiss -

Fu Shixin said: "I see, I don't know if the chess-playing Zhang Gongzi is engaged?" "Quietly asked someone to inquire, Mr. Zhang Suzhi has six grandchildren, and only Zhang Dai, Zhang Cao, and Zhang Zhuoru are of the right age, but Zhang Dai and Zhang Zhuoru have been engaged, Zhang Dai went to the township to try and did not return, could it be that he fell in love with Zhang Cao's cousin Zhang Zhuoru, but they are already engaged.

Since then, Fu has not mentioned the matter of the children of the Zhang family in Shanyin, but Xiao Jinghui still keeps the Zhang Gongzi on his lips, and the "lying to you" joke is always tireless, but today he took Jing Hui to see the Sea Dragon King and Jing Hui saw this Zhang Gongzi, but it turned out that it was not the son of Xizhang, but Dongzhang's, of course, Fu knew that Dongzhang's family background was far inferior to Xizhang, and it did not match the Shang family's official family, but I heard Zhang Yuan say that he was studying with Mr. Wang Jizhong, Wang Jizhong is a famous scholar and a famous artist, and he has never heard of accepting students before. Why did you accept this Zhang Yuan?

Fu decided to go back and let people inquire about the situation of this Zhang Yuan, the husband is far away in the capital, the sister-in-law is twenty-eight years old, and it will be too late if she does not set up a family affair, this must be her heart, Aunt Weng died early, Shang Ran was raised by his brother and sister-in-law since he was five years old, the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, Fu Shi treats Shang Ran as a daughter, and the husband is even more fond of this little sister, when she is six years old, she is in pain but crying, and her husband can't bear to listen to it outside, and said sadly: "That's it, by her, foot binding is also a temporary custom, most women in the Tang and Song dynasties do not bind their feet, that is, since this dynasty, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Lingnan women also don't bind their feet, and after Zhengde, the wind of Jiangnan women's foot binding has intensified, and it is okay not to bind. ”

Shang Zhouzuo couldn't bear it for a while, and the little sister Shang Ran didn't bind her feet, even her daughter Shang Jinglan didn't bind her feet, and now Shang Jinghui is six years old, it is said that she should also bind her feet, the little aunt and sister don't bind their feet, how can she still be entangled, which makes Fu Shi very helpless, and the comfort is that the feet of Ran and Xiaolan and Xiaohui are naturally slender, although they are much bigger than the ones that bind their feet, but they are not so scared to death that the six-inch golden lotus can be concealed-

The autumn sun is warm, there are more and more people in the square in front of the temple of King Qiansu, the gongs and drums of the two stages are beating more energetically, the competition club is about to start, Mrs. Fu Shi watched her daughter Jinghui holding the hand of the maidservant girl from the car window and jumping towards a fallen girl to buy oranges to eat, she couldn't help but smile, and thought: "If the foot is bound, where can Xiao Hui dance so happily, alas, the child is really pitiful for foot binding, and he folded the foot bone in half, I don't know how many times I cried back then!" ”

Xiao Jinghui came over, with a bright red Shanyin Xie Tangerine in one hand, and said with a smile: "Mother, the sister who sells oranges said that she won't charge us." ”

The maidservant behind Jing Hui brought oranges in a small basket and said, "Yes, madam, that fallen woman is so strange that she refuses to accept the money-don't you think our Miss Jing Hui is cute?" ”

Mrs. Shang laughed: "How can this be reasonable, go and give the money to others." ”

The maidservant looked back and said, "There are many people, and I don't know where I have gone." ”

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