Chapter Eighty-Nine: Portrait
Yu Xiaoliu was peeling a peanut and sending it to his mouth, and when he heard Fang Shi say this, he also interjected: "Yes, yes, I used to think that the young master of the Hou Mansion was so high, but every time he came back, he talked to me and chatted, and he didn't dislike and look down on him at all, I now think that he is easier to get along with than ordinary people, knowledgeable, and worthy of being the son of a big family." Not only do we live here, but we also have people to serve us, and I can't imagine that I will have such a life in my life. He praised and said with infinite emotion: "Sister, you are right to save this person, and you will not lose money! If you save a poor person, you may be falsely accused." ”
"You don't have to work to feel like you're happy, do you still plan to live here and let people support them for a lifetime? Xu Xiuhe felt that his idea was wrong, and it was not a long-term solution to get something for nothing. "It's hard to push back people's enthusiasm, and staying for a while makes people feel at ease, so let's go back." ”
"You stinky boy, do you still divide the rich and the poor into the rich and the poor when you save people? Could it be said that if you are not the prince of the Hou Mansion, you will not be saved? What's wrong with the poor, and the poor should be saved, just from our family, what can people slander? It's really a vain lesson for you! Learn from your sister well, kindness is the foundation of a person, and if you can't do something, you want to get something in return. Father Yu was also very angry.
"Forget it, forget it, old man, the sixth son just said casually, don't you know our son? "The Fang clan is protecting his son in the end, and he is busy playing the round.
There was indeed such a thing, and the fish-father softened his face a little, and drank a glass of his self-brewed fruit wine.
"Yes, Dad, why did you forget this, I also saved people at that time, you didn't praise me, and you didn't say that you let my sister learn from me, I remember that you still thought I stink, and didn't let me eat at the table." Yu Xiaoliu heard his mother mention this matter, and he also remembered it.
"You ......" Father Yu was generalized, and angrily slammed the wine glass on the table!"You are a bad son, you are angry with your father." ”
"Are you talking nonsense again?" Fang Shi also raised his slap and made a gesture to hit Xiao Liu, it was really unsuccessful, to relieve him, he also kicked his nose in the face.
"Mother, mother, I'm joking with my father, my sister is back, I'm afraid he will be overjoyed, so I will press him. Otherwise, I will drink all the wine again. He also said that he would give Ping Gongzi a taste, and when people came, what would he give to others to drink?" Yu Xiaoliu made a look of grievance and innocence.
"I'm happy with me, press with you?" Father Fish was amused by his words again.
Yu Die'er watched her family laugh and scold, only to feel funny, people who left home even felt cordial and warm in the daily quarrels between relatives! Father and brother are happy to fight on weekdays, although Xiaoliu is generous but not stupid, and the words he says are often angry People are helpless, but he is extremely filial to his father and mother, but this filial piety is in action, not in the usual superficial manners.
Usually, Yu Xiaoliu is very hardworking, and all the heavy work at home is automatically taken over, so that his aging father can rest. The delicious dishes made at home are also used by the two elders first. He himself has not bought a decent shirt for many years, knowing that his family is poor and does not like to go out to eat, drink and frolic, and all the money from selling steamed buns is handed over to his father and mother for safekeeping, which is rare for young people.
Although they are all small things, aren't all the bits and pieces of life all in these little things? This is the life of ordinary people, there are joys and sorrows, filial piety is in the heart, there is no need to make a fuss on the surface, and there is no need to pretend to flatter. There is less politeness and hypocrisy of large families.
Yu Die'er said in her heart that it was good that she saved Ping Lianchuan in this life and didn't cause trouble, but if her family knew that the whole family was killed because she saved someone in her previous life, would she blame herself? The family in her previous life became ghosts under Jiuquan, and she didn't know if she also criticized herself so playfully and angrily? Thinking of such a scene, she lowered her head weakly.
"By the way, Ping Gongzi also told us that if someone asks, don't say the fish with the surname of the eater, just say that it is the elm of the elm tree. Why?" asked her sister-in-law, Xu.
Ping Lianchuan thought about it really thoughtfully, and he was afraid that if something really happened in the future, someone would inquire about it, so he made this explanation.
Yu Die'er also told her family: "He is for your good, do you think, my daughter and I are now on an errand in the palace, what if there are bad people with bad intentions and start your idea?" Don't say the surname fish, don't say it's my father, it's safer. ”
Hearing her say this, several people suddenly realized that they responded in unison.
"Sister, what kind of errand are you doing in the palace? Are you tired or not, if you are tired and angry, don't do it, my brother can also support you if he goes back to sell buns. Yu Xiaoliu said with concern.
"I'm not tired, I'm not a palace maid in the palace, I'm a female official, or a respectful person, and I'm the one who listens in front of the emperor. Brother, don't worry. Yu Die'er was afraid that her family would worry about her, so she picked up the nice words.
"What kind of official is Zun Yipin, is it big?" asked Yu Xiaoliu.
"It's higher than a product. Yu Die'er thought about making him happy, so she didn't hide it.
"Wow, it's higher than the first product, I thought the first product was the highest?" Yu Xiaoliu really sighed.
"So, sixth son, you must remember to tell me, don't talk nonsense, whoever asks, you should not know it, just say that we are here to show the master the orchard. Xu instructed him again. Yu Xiaoliu nodded frequently.
The family drank tea, ate snacks, told each other about parting, and depicted the beauty of the future, and a few hours passed in a blink of an eye.
"Sister, who is coming with Ping Gongzi? Do you know each other?" Yu Xiaoliu asked again.
"He ......," Yu Die'er pondered, "didn't he say that he was a friend of Ping Gongzi?"
"That person shouldn't be simple, I see that Ping Gongzi looks respectful to him, and his eyes are cautious, it must be not small. Yu Xiaoliu muttered to himself.
Yu Die'er pursed her lips and was silent, is there anything obvious? Even my brother can see that Ping Lianchuan is different from him.
"Why haven't they come here yet, Dad, this fruit wine is ready, and it's almost gone. Father Yu was shocked to find that the two pots of fruit wine were almost finished, because the fruit wine was sweet and refreshing, so several people drank them all, and Yu Die'er also drank several glasses.
And Ping Lianchuan and Hetai said that they were going around, but it was just an excuse, and there was nothing better at night, and the two of them arrived in the front yard and walked along a long corridor without a purpose, and there was a lantern hanging not far from the corridor, glowing with a ghostly light, although it could not illuminate much far, but it was not dark. After zigzags and twists and turns to the end of the corridor, he stopped.
Under the moonlight, the branches and flowers outside the railing of the promenade kept shaking under the wind, rustling the branches, sparse and mottled, swaying vividly in the silent night.
The two of them stood quietly, Hetai was in outstanding shape, and the light of the bright moon shrouded him, like a god in the clouds, elegant and dusty. The surface is indifferent, but the heart is already tumbling, for Ping Lianchuan, he thinks of friendship and cherishes friendship, so there are some things to think about how to say, how to ask, if Ping Lianchuan can take the initiative to say better.
After standing quietly for a while, the two chatted a few words, and seeing that Ping Lianchuan had no intention of pleading, his hand reached into his sleeve, took out a scroll and handed it to Ping Lianchuan.
Ping Lianchuan took it respectfully, unfolded, and subconsciously felt a shock in his heart, knowing that Hetai was going to attack himself, and he always had to come, which was much later than he expected.
He lowered his head and looked at the things in his hand, his face as clear as glass became solemn, and his heart was also a little uneasy, the corners of his robe were lightly blown by the wind, fluttering, with an elegant demeanor, and it was like his wandering and restless heart.
Hetai held on to the railing on the side of the corridor, squinted his phoenix eyes slightly, and looked at the distant ahead, not knowing what he was thinking, or waiting for Ping Lianchuan to say something?
After a long time, he seemed to be a little impatient, and said faintly with a sense of fire: "This portrait must be no stranger to you, this is the first time you have entered the palace after you have recovered from your illness, this is the portrait that this king asked you and your father Pingyuan Marquis to help find people, don't you think the person on this painting is familiar?"
Portrait of Yu Die'er, of course he has seen it, when he saw it in the palace that day, he felt a little familiar, but he didn't think about it, but when Yu Die'er went to the Hou Mansion for a banquet, Ping Lianchuan found that she was so similar to the person in the portrait, and also made a temptation, but he was inclined to Yu Die'er was not the person in the portrait, so let her be confused, he also had a strong hope in his heart that she was not. He didn't say anything about it to Hetai. But since he saw Yu Die'er in the palace, he knew that the paper couldn't contain the fire after all, and he was also apprehensive in his heart, but he still didn't tell Hetai.
Now that Hetai took out the portrait and questioned, Ping Lianchuan calmed down. In fact, what people are most afraid of is not when things come, but on the eve of not coming, and the unknowability of everything makes people even more anxious and frightened!
Many times he was afraid that Tsurutai would ask about it. Ask yourself why you didn't mention Yu Die'er to him when he knew Yu Die'er and looked at the portrait? He also thought about how to respond in his heart countless times, but now he can't say any of the answers and countermeasures he has thought of.
Anyway, Ping Lianchuan asked Yu Die'er that day, and she denied that she had saved other people besides Ping Lianchuan, and besides, there was always a difference between the portrait and the real person, and it was impossible to see it, so he was not wrong.
But his uneasiness came from not being honest, why didn't he mention the fish and butterflies to Hetai? Why did the ghosts and gods hide it? He felt that if he said it to Hetai, he would push the fish and butterflies away. If Hetai is just looking for a benefactor, but he always feels that it is not so simple, Hetai looked at the portrait, and the eyes and urgency when he was looking for someone, so that he felt that Hetai was different from the person on this portrait, not just a benefactor.
Ruoyu Butterfly is really the girl in the portrait, he actually hoped that she would not be found, so he didn't say it, it was because he was a little careful, so he felt weak in front of Hetai.
But Ping Lianchuan also has a trace of luck, luckily Yu Die'er is not the person on the portrait, although she is so similar to the portrait, but it is also possible that there are people with similar looks in the world, after all, she herself denied it, isn't it?
He was also lucky that even if Yu Die'er was the person Hetai was looking for, he would give up if he couldn't find Hetai after a long time, and the noble prince was beside him, so why worry about Yingying Yanyan beside him?
It's just that he doesn't know that Hetai even cherishes this portrait at any time, and how can he easily forget it.