Chapter 184: Mid-Autumn Festival
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Xie Baizi.
Master Xie put down his chopsticks and said seriously, "I have seen a house in Bishui Hutong and have negotiated the price with the seller. When he vacates the house and repairs it, he will take your mother over. It's just going to be next year. β
Li Jingshan knew that Master Xie had always been reliable, so she nodded and toasted him with another glass of wine.
Mrs. Li was amused by these words, and said angrily: "This girl is becoming more and more unruly, and she actually takes care of the affairs of her elders." Let's talk about yourself, you will turn twenty-one this year. You'll have to worry about getting married. Two days ago, the aunt of the Qian family came to the house and showed me a few sons' eight characters, and I brought them to you to sum up? β
As soon as she finished speaking, Li Jingjue choked on a mouthful of soup and coughed earth-shatteringly.
"Talking about your sister's business, why are you in a hurry?" Mrs. Li was busy handing him a handkerchief and pouring water, complaining in her mouth.
Li Jingjue wiped the soup, her eyes were still staring at Li Jingshan, and her smiling eyes were full of schadenfreude.
"Mother! I'm still young. Why are you in such a hurry to get married? Li Jingshan said hurriedly.
"Are you still young? When my mother was your age, you were already all gone! Mrs. Li said dissatisfiedly, "You will waste another two years, and when you are old, you can only continue the strings for those half-old men." β
"Motherββ! She craned her neck to refute, but when she turned her head to look, she began to run out of words. Of the four people here, it is true that only their emotional fate is unclear - in modern times, it is commonly known as "single dog".
She shrunk her chin and muttered, "I can marry myself off anyway, so don't worry!" β
Mrs. Li also wanted to say that Li Jingjue finally found her conscience to help her sister out of the siege, "Mother, don't worry. There are a lot of young talents who love my sister in Beijing, and my sister hasn't thought about it yet. β
Li Jingshan hurriedly cast a grateful glance.
"Then hurry up. Don't pick and choose, pick and choose. After all, you're not too young. Mrs. Li was still not at ease, and babbled and advised.
Li Jingshan wailed in her heart. I'm only twenty-one, how can I look like a leftover girl in my thirties and forties in modern times!
It's only been two days since I came back, and I've experienced countless tricks to get married! Alas, I am single by virtue of my ability, and I am not even worried about the main master, who is in the way!
After eating this reunion dinner that made Li Jingshan sit on pins and needles, she sat patiently with her family for a while, and quickly hid back in the room, afraid that her mother would really show her the birthdays of those sons.
However, when I walked into the courtyard and saw a full moon hanging in the sky, I suddenly felt boundless thoughts. That man is far away in Beijing, what is he doing now? Most of the time is still staggered at the wine table, but I don't know whether I am accompanying my family or customers.
Does he have to take a look at the full moon outside the window?
Li Jingshan was stunned for a moment, and then laughed self-deprecatingly, does this mean "thousands of miles together". Sure enough, it's lovesick and prefers to take advantage of the reunion.
Li Jingshan reported to her family, hurriedly left the house, and went to the Ruan family's courtyard. She entered the courtyard through the back door and entered her own house. After sitting under the lamp for a while, and when the courtyard was quiet, she quietly sneaked into Ruan Mingyu's main house in the front yard.
Ruan Mingyu's house was clean and tidy, and all the belongings were left untouched. It seems that he has only gone out to socialize for a long time, and then he will come back to make up for sleep in the morning, sleep until nearly noon, and then lazily order Li Jingshan to come in and serveβjust like back then.
Li Jingshan was afraid of alarming Fu Bo and them, so she didn't dare to light the lamp, so she only made a pot of tea, took the cake that had been placed on the table for a few months, and sat down in front of the window
The silver glow of the full moon poured in through the window, spreading a white veil that outlined the contents of the room in black and white. Li Jingshan is extremely familiar with everything in this room.
Huanghuali hangers usually hang clothes smoked with Shenshui, so that the young master can easily put them on his body when he gets up; There is a fine rosin silver leaf ink inkstone on the table, but it is rarely used. Because he never brought the work of the shop back to the other courtyard, the ink was only occasionally used to write letters to his family; The tea table over there is the place where he spends the most time, holding an idle book, putting on a half-game endgame, or just making a pot of tea and killing time......
Li Jingshan's eyes traced each item little by little, and it seemed that she could still see the slightly idle figure, and when she saw Pan Huan in those objects, she could see him smiling leisurely as soon as she turned around.
She looked at it for a long time before shaking her head and laughing self-deprecatingly, secretly saying that she was simply a magic barrier. She took a sip of tea, and couldn't help but think of the time when Ruan Mingyu taught her the tea ceremony, and suddenly felt that the tea in her mouth lacked some taste.
She reached for the mooncake and suddenly hesitated. There are five kernels, lotus paste, bean paste and other flavors in front of him, which one will Ruan Mingyu eat? He has a different taste from his sweet tooth, and he doesn't like sweet snacks, so he will choose Wuren's.
Li Jingshan put down the lotus paste mooncake in her hand, picked up a piece of five-kernel filling, took a bite, and looked up at the bright moon outside the window.
I wonder if he is also eating moon cakes at this time? Did you also choose the five-kernel filling?
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The full moon also shines in the largest private room of the Deyue Tower in the capital at this time.
Ruan Mingyu held the teacup and turned his head to look at the moon outside the window.
"Ming Yu, what do you see?" Cheng Shiyu of the Hanlin Academy shouted, "In order to drink the cup of tea you made, I even intervened in my sister and Xiaoniang's dressing box. Come on, come on, show your buddy. β
Most of the people sitting in this private room are the sons of high-ranking officials in the court, who fight cocks and dogs, drink tea and flowers on weekdays, but they are often customers who are piled up with fat powder.
Ruan Mingyu got into their circle through the line of others, and with his good skills in making tea, he nearly doubled the officialdom circle among the customers of Jingbao Pavilion. With two pots of tea tonight alone, he won the year-end jewelry list of the three families.
Ruan Mingyu turned around and smiled, "You eat moon cakes just to drink some big red robes to relieve your greasy." β
Boiling water sencha, warming the cup and foaming, the action is like flowing water, in one go.
A brocade-clothed boy at the top picked up the teacup and sniffed it lightly, took another sip, sighed, and said, "Brother Ruan's skill in making tea, in this capital, I'm afraid it can be ranked in the top five." β
Ruan Mingyu smiled smugly and did not answer.
There was someone who was familiar with Ruan Mingyu on the side, and he took over the conversation and said with a smile, "Ha, Brother Ruan once boasted that except for the one in the palace, he can rank in the top three!" β
"Oh? Which one in the palace? The boy in brocade asked with interest.
"It is said that His Royal Highness is not only a master of tea tasting, but also a master of tea cooking." Ruan Mingyu smiled faintly, "Because I didn't have a chance to know, I think it's above me." β
Cheng Shi read the words and coughed directly behind the brocade-clothed boy. The boy in brocade laughed, "Wouldn't it be nice to find an opportunity for the two of you to have a discussion together." β
Ruan Mingyu gently brushed off the tea foam and said with a smile, "That's a great pleasure in the world." β
"Come on, come on, eat moon cakes, eat moon cakes." Cheng Shiyu hurriedly greeted everyone, "Hey, Ming Yu, didn't you like sweets before, why did you pick a piece of lotus paste filling?" β
Ruan Mingyu was stunned for a moment, but still calmly put the lotus paste mooncake into his mouth, and said with a smile, "It's also good to taste the flavors that others love once in a while." β
After speaking, he glanced at the full moon outside the window. Distracted for a while, I wonder if what she ate tonight is also lotus paste mooncakes? Thinking so, I tasted all the sweet mooncakes on the table.
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In the courtyard of the Ruan family in Minzhou, the moon gradually set to the west, shining on the tea and moon cakes that had been cold. Li Jingshan lay on Ruan Mingyu's bed, hugging his quilt and sleeping soundly.
It wasn't until the first rooster crow outside the courtyard that she suddenly opened her eyes, quickly packed up her things, withdrew from Young Master Ruan's room, quietly returned to her room, and lay down on the bed, only to smell the faint smell on her body
The aroma of submersion is in the futon, the breath of Ruan Mingyu.
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Two days after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Jingshan was going to attend the wedding of Zhuang Runqing and Wang Minzhi, so she set off for Suizhou early. She will meet Ye Qing and Meng Shu there.
Suizhou is only seven or eight days away from Minzhou, and I arrived in Suizhou just three days before the wedding. When he arrived at Zhuang Runqing's house, Meng Shu came out of the house, and saw a rare joy between his eyebrows, as if he was reunited after a long absence. Li Jingshan was about to make a joke, when she saw a girl behind her. After looking at it, he exclaimed, "That's ...... Sister Arashi! β
Yao Lan smiled, "After three years, it's hard for Sister Li to remember me." β
Li Jingshan pulled her affectionately and said with a smile, "Why don't you remember, the night market in Taizhou eats, but I have been thinking about it for three years." β
"When I get married to Ye Qing next year, please go and eat enough." Yao Lan smiled heartily: "I also came with him, just to take advantage of the ceremony to take a look at the arrangement of the matter." β
Li Jingshan hurriedly congratulated and congratulated, if the time comes, if the holiday is scheduled, she will definitely go to watch the ceremony.
Yao Lan smiled, "Don't patronize the two of us, you and Sister Meng Shu, don't make us wait too long!" β
The smile on Li Jingshan's face froze, "......"
Suddenly glanced at Meng Shu behind her, with an expression of wanting to smile or not, but having a relative. suddenly understood why Meng Shu looked at her as if she had met a savior-Bacheng had not encountered such embarrassing greetings in the past few days.
Li Jingshan coped with a few words, and hurriedly excused herself to tidy up and wash, and walked back to the house, and Meng Shu hurriedly followed. As soon as the door was closed, the two looked at each other, and suddenly looked at each other and smiled.
Meng Shu smiled and pointed at her and said, "When you go back home, have you also encountered such a forced marriage, so please recruit from the truth." β
Li Jingshan fell on the bed, waved her hand and said, "Don't mention it." There is not a day that is not asked. My mother even saved a bunch of the birthday of her marriageable son, and asked me to look at each other one by one. β
She couldn't stop laughing when she looked at Meng Shu, "It's you, you didn't go home, and you didn't escape this catastrophe." β
Meng Shu waved her hand, covered her mouth and smiled, "Do you think it's over after dealing with Yao Lan?" It's early! Later, when you see every aunt and uncle, three aunts and six mothers-in-law, they will mention this to you. You now know how happy I am to see you coming. β
Li Jingshan sat up with a frightened face, "Then let's hurry up now, it's too late?" β
"It's late!"
The two laughed together, finished laughing, looked at each other, and let out a long sigh at the same time.