Chapter 20: He Never Sees Him Again
Was Sima Cheng sent by heaven to play tricks on her?
Yi Xue was so angry that she wanted to stomp her feet, anyway, she had already offended him when she grabbed the letter just now, she didn't think much about it, she turned her head directly, grabbed the hand of Sima Cheng who was about to leave, dragged him back, glared at him, and stuffed the letter back into his hand.
"You have to go!" Yi Xue said solemnly.
Sima Cheng felt the novelty, the corners of his mouth raised evilly again, looked at her for a while, and said with a smile:
"Tilt, the mud on your face is gone?"
Before Yi Xue could react, Sima Cheng directly clamped her chin in order to prevent her from hiding anymore, pinching her so much that it hurt a little.
Seeing that Xue Xue couldn't escape, Sima Cheng seemed to be very satisfied, and approached her face further, looked left and right, nodded proudly, and said, "Well, it's really muddy." Then he let go of his hand.
Yi Xue rubbed her chin and glared at him with a hint of anger in her deer eyes.
I don't know if it was the first time I was humiliated like this or if Sima Cheng's smile was too dazzling, Yi Xue suddenly had a mist in front of her eyes, and tears jumped out of her eyes and flowed down.
Sima Cheng didn't expect Yi Xue to cry, he was a little panicked all of a sudden, it was the first time he met a woman crying in front of him, and it was also today that he had a relationship with Yi Xue, he knew that the woman's wrist was so thin, it was really the same as what the book said.
Yi Xue didn't want to show her fragile side in front of Sima Cheng at all, and when she realized it, she quickly wiped away the tears on her face and raised her head slightly, so that the tears in her eyes would no longer remain.
Even if she cried, she couldn't bow her head, and Yi Xue finally glanced at Sima Cheng meaningfully, and then left.
Seeing that she didn't refute, Sima Cheng suddenly felt a little overwhelmed, looked at the letter in his hand, and remembered the look in Yi Xue's eyes that had just asked him to go to the appointment seriously, so he shouted at her:
"I promise you, I'll go to the appointment."
Although she heard it, she didn't stop.
In fact, what does it have to do with her whether to go or not, it was originally just a good love note and a good delivery. She just now usually saw the girls who came to the bookstore finally became married, so she habitually wanted to help Yin Baoshan, which moved Yue Lao's mind, but when she thought about it, this Yin Baoshan had nothing to do with this Sima Cheng, and how much was that admiration really comfortable?
Forget it, these official family things are over today, and now, she just needs to wait for her brother to come back.
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As soon as Yi Xue came out of Yongchuan Garden, she met Rong Tian, but she didn't expect Rong Tian to wait for her here.
And Rong Tian was also very happy to find that he saw Yi Xue earlier than expected, but he also found that Yi Xue's eyes were a little red, and his face was not very good, so he couldn't help but be a little worried, and after the necessary greetings, the two were silent all the way.
The two walked and walked to the front of the vegetable market, and Yi Xue suddenly pulled Rong Tian to buy a lot of good meat and vegetables, and said with a smile: Looking at the meals of those officials at noon today, I was only hungry and left my saliva, and I must eat a good meal at night.
Rong Tian didn't respond immediately, Yi Xue felt that he seemed to have noticed something, and sighed that Rong Tian, the child, was more and more aware of human feelings, and he really cared about her, and his heart couldn't help but feel warm. Naturally, he complained to Rong Tian about Yin Baoshan's "evil deeds" today, and swore that he would no longer accept this kind of eldest lady's work.
Yi Xue also felt a lot more relaxed when she said it, and the section with Sima Cheng was naturally omitted.
Not only the work of the eldest lady, but also the noble princes should all stay away, and the matter of King Jing Xue also decided not to think about it anymore.
Rong also instantly understood what was going on after listening, and as Yi Xue's face became warmer, she felt that the original righteous and awe-inspiring Sister Xi was back again, so she put her mind at ease and happily went to buy with her.
As soon as she returned to the bookstore, Yi Xue changed into the coarse cloth clothes of "Tao Xi", and she was not nostalgic for the daughter's clothes, but she may not wear them again for the rest of her life.
With the sound of the warbler in Yongchuan Garden, the three of them celebrated the lotus picking festival in the bookstore at night, probably after the strength of the wine, Rong Tian actually sang a song, and the three of them talked and laughed happily.
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The next day, it was already three poles old, and Xue Xue slowly got up, she didn't have a nightmare last night, but she couldn't remember what happened before for a while, and she saw a mess in the yard in a daze before she remembered vaguely that it seemed that the three of them were in the ...... last night As soon as I thought about it, I felt a buzzing in my head and a wave of dizziness.
He crawled to the rocking chair where he usually lay in the yard, and lay on it comfortably, looking at the weeping willows in front of him, revealing a little bit of the sky between the emerald colors, the smoke blew through, and the willow leaves swayed wantonly like naughty children.
Yi Xue closed her eyes and recuperated, but her mind couldn't help but think of the scene of the ladies of the official family touching the piano and dancing sleeves at the lotus picking banquet yesterday, she couldn't help but stretch out her hand, wanting to grab something, but the next second she immediately put it down again, waved her hand and chuckled, stopped thinking about it, and fell asleep peacefully.
It may be that the entire lotus picking festival consumed too much energy from the snow, and when I woke up again, it was already the beginning of the lanterns and the smoke was curling.
Wei Shuo and Rong Tian also had a tacit understanding, the two consciously took on the things in the bookstore, and Yi Xue also took the opportunity to be lazy.
After that, Yixue also spent a few days of idleness, and everything seemed to go back to before the Lotus Picking Festival.
Taking advantage of this idle time, Wei Shuo taught Yi Xue to cook tea.
After that, Yi Xue will also drink some tea, but still can't taste the bitter and sweet taste, she herself when she went up the mountain, Rong Tilt went to pick hemp and vines, she went to pick some fragrant flowers, learned the method of drying medicinal herbs in the pharmacy next door, and used flower petals to make some soup and water.
If she had nightmares at night, she would boil water in the morning with her mother's favorite jasmine, which she called drifting snow, just like the snow-like jasmine petals in the water, although they began to float on the water, but after boiling for a long time, there were times when they merged with the tea soup, like ice and snow melting, when spring came.
I also hope that some things will melt away with these petals.
Soon after the Lotus Picking Festival is the Qixi Festival, the people in the town are busy with the festival, and the scholars who come and go have become fewer, but the days of the three of them still have to live, in addition to the additional income brought by the love note, this year's Yixue had a whim, and felt that it would be a good job to set up a stall inscription in the night market of the Qixi Festival.
The tradition of the Qixi Festival is to pray to the river gods and heavenly gods by the Bianhe River that night, and release river lanterns and sky lanterns. On their behalf, they put their wishes on paper, essentially like ghostwriting letters, in order to convey them to the river god and the heavens.
Wei Shuo didn't like to join in the excitement of Qixi Festival, and coupled with his leg disease, he directly refused.
And Rong Tian has never had any Tanabata, let alone heard of any night market, although she can't help others write, but she can also help Yi Xue get something or something, but she doesn't plan to let Rong Tian help, since she hasn't been there, then she must take this opportunity to have a good time and go shopping.
The time when the lights are put on is the second half of the night market, so Yi Xue will take Rong Tian around the street first.
The two of them went out early that night, and Yi Xue actually didn't visit the night market of Qixi Festival, after all, she lost her brother in the lights and laughter of these thousands of homes, which was the pain in her heart, and it was inevitable that she would touch the scene.
But this year, it may be because of Rong Tian, as if he really has a younger brother by his side, the lights are no longer dazzling, and the cheers are no longer bitter.