01 New Summer
Early summer is the best time in Tongzhou.
The belated spring is short, the flowers are sparse, but the chill is taken away, and it is not yet the hottest time, neither cold nor hot, just the right comfort.
The yard is full of deep and shallow green, layered, boundless, covering a rose in the corner of the wall, a few starry buds are embellished on the branches, the thick green and light green occasionally a little red, faint and inconspicuous, it is really a late flower faint and shallow. Looking at the green again, it seems to extend to the horizon, a trance, as if the blue sky and white clouds have also been dyed green.
Isn't it best if the breeze blows gently and warmly?
In such weather, even people's mood can't help but improve.
Chu Manyin wore a newly made summer dress, light and flowing fabrics, pink colors, outlining the girl's slender figure, setting it off like a new lotus that had just bloomed, and the puffy cheeks were also like summer flowers outside the house, beautiful and lovely.
Old Mrs. Chu wore a homely gown with royal blue swastikas and constant tattoos, half-crooked on the Luohan couch by the window, watching Chu Manyin turn in a circle in front of her, and then stood in front of her, slightly apprehensive but unable to hide her expectant appearance, bent the corners of her lips, nodded and said, "Not bad!" Not bad! My sister is like a flower and a bone, and she looks good in anything! ”
Chu Manyin smiled a little embarrassedly, but the smile on his face couldn't help but brighten.
Old Madam Chu smiled and nodded, "Okay!" There you go! Pack up, rest well tonight, and tomorrow morning, we will set off for Huayin! ”
Chu Man let out a loud "huh", and the joy on his face could not be hidden.
The grandfather and grandson had just finished speaking happily, but there was a greeting from the mother-in-law outside, "Big girl! ”
This sound made Chu Manyin's heart skip a beat, and his face changed slightly. I was shocked in my heart, why did Chu Yixian come, and I could already hear the quiet and gentle voice of the big girl Forsythia next to Old Lady Chu, and said slowly, "The big girl is here?" ”
Someone outside said "hmm", the curtain of Xiangfei bamboo was opened, and a rose-colored figure was Xu Bu walking in.
As soon as she entered, the whole room seemed to light up in an instant. It was a tall girl, who looked fifteen or sixteen years old like Chu Manyin, dressed in a half-worn and very gaudy dress color, but when she wore it, she couldn't say how good she looked.
The facial features are bright and gorgeous, just like peonies blooming on the branches in May, so dazzling that people can't take their eyes off it. When she walked, her steps were not as thin and light as ordinary boudoir women, although her steps were not big, they were also a little fast, and they were still as neat as usual, but today made Chu Manyin feel a little strange.
In the past, I only felt that Chu Yixian walked with the wind, like a boy without manners, but today she is still walking like that, but it makes people feel that they complement each other, lined with confidence and comfort between her eyebrows and eyes, which makes people feel extraordinary...... Pretty.
I really don't want to admit that she is good-looking, but this is the case, Chu Yixian has a very beautiful face, plus her identity...... Although she is also the daughter of the Chu family, as long as Chu Yixian appears, her Chu Manyin will always be overshadowed and will not be noticed by others.
In an instant, Chu Yixian had already walked in, and a pair of black eyes that seemed to be rubbed into the sunshine glanced at the old lady Chu and Chu Manyin in the room, and then half-drooped, hiding the ghostly light that flashed under his eyes, squatting down, making a very standard blessing, and calling softly, "Grandmother!" His voice was slightly hoarse.
Chu Manyin also lowered his eyes, gathered his thoughts, and bowed his knees towards Chu Yixian, saying "Big sister!" ”
Chu Yixian glanced at her, and there seemed to be a trace of incomprehensible thought in his eyes, so he smiled and said, "Second sister, please get up." ”
Old Madam Chu had already stretched out her hand to Chu Yixian, Chu Yixian understood, handed her hand forward, and sat next to Old Madam Chu on the arhat couch.
Old Madam Chu raised her eyes and looked at her, while gently rubbing the back of her hand, "Aren't you still sick, why did you get up?" ”
Hearing that Chu Yixian was coming, Chu Manyin was not the only one who was surprised. The same is true of Mrs. Chu, her eldest granddaughter, who was raised as a boy by the eldest couple since she was a child, although she was later sent back to her hometown in Tongzhou, but this temperament has been cultivated, and she has not grown much in the past few years.
It would be better if you couldn't come to her, the old woman. Isn't it a good excuse to suffer this cold this time?
Old Mrs. Chu was still thinking that Chu Yixian would not come to her house if she went out tomorrow, and she also thought about letting Forsythia go to her courtyard for a while, so she explained it, but she didn't think about it, but she came here now.
"Let my grandmother worry about it, but my granddaughter is a little cold, I have taken medicine for a few days, and I have rested well, so there is no big problem."
Hey? Today's words sound particularly pleasing to the ear.
Old Madam Chu was a little puzzled in her heart, raised her eyes and looked at her, and saw that she really had a ruddy complexion, and she didn't see a sick face, except for her voice, which was slightly hoarse, so she nodded, "It's okay if it's okay, go back and let Yuxiang make you some delicious nourishment!" Seeing you like this, my grandmother can go out with peace of mind. ”
"The granddaughter came to return to her grandmother, and tomorrow, the granddaughter wants to go to Huayin with her grandmother!"
As soon as Chu Yixian's words came out, it shocked Old Madam Chu, Chu Manyin's face changed even more, and before Old Madam Chu could react, she couldn't control it, and suddenly said loudly, "Didn't the eldest sister say no?" ”
Chu Yixian raised his eyes to look at Chu Manyin, and the surprise in her eyes was gone, he bent his red lips and smiled sweetly, "Wasn't he sick at that time?" Now that I am sick, I think that my aunt will have a big birthday, and my grandmother and second sister will go, and it is not good for me not to go alone, so I thought that I would also join in the fun. ”
Join in the fun, she wanted to join in the fun, didn't she think about others? Chu Manyin gritted her teeth, a trace of resentment appeared in her eyes, the corners of her mouth squirmed, and she was about to say something, when Old Madam Chu's eyes were like knives, and she had already glanced over.
No matter how much dissatisfaction Chu Manyin had, he had to be blocked in his throat at this time, his head was stuffy, and he looked at Old Madam Chu and smiled at Chu Yixian, "Our sister Xian is sensible, if you go to congratulate your aunt on her birthday, she will be very happy." But you said you wouldn't go, and you didn't make you new clothes......"
"It doesn't matter, didn't my uncle bring me some material some time ago? Yuuka was skillful, so he made me two new ones, which could come in handy. "It was originally the time of the change of seasons, she was growing at this age, the little girl's family loved a bright one, the Chu family was not bad for money, Mrs. Chu's maiden family was not bad for money, and there was an uncle who would bring things to Chu Yixian from time to time, when was Chu Yixian's new clothes and new jewelry every season?
Looking at the eldest granddaughter's smiling eyes, Old Madam Chu sighed secretly in her heart.