Chapter 26: The First Date
Coming out of the bookstore, Jin Se's stomach was already a little hungry. It took her too long to dress up in the morning, causing her to go out late.
"Zimu, I'm hungry." Jin Se couldn't walk.
Zhou Zimu bought a pack of osmanthus cakes for Jin Se on the side of the road: "Eat some to cushion your stomach first, and I'll take you to Wangyue Tower later." ”
Jin Se took a bite of the osmanthus cake, and it tasted good. She muttered, "Are you paid a lot of money?" Will it be very expensive to go to Mochizuki Tower. ”
"It's okay, I recently got a bounty." Zhou Zimu changed the topic, "There seem to be a lot of people over there!" ”
Fortunately, Jin Se didn't dig deeper, in fact, if Zhou Zimu was an ordinary little catcher, he wouldn't be able to afford to eat Mochiyue Tower.
But his true identity is the regent of the Tianyao Kingdom.
Hearing a lot of people, Jinse's attention was successfully diverted. A group of people were pointing around a girl.
The curious Jinse also came up.
The girl was dressed in filial piety clothes and had a straw stuck in her head. She looked sad and her eyes were red. Beside her lay a man on a straw mat, covered with a white cloth.
"All kinds of folks, fathers and elders, I was originally from Yongzhou Qingcheng. When his hometown encountered a big flood, he fled here with his father. Poor dad was seriously ill and died, leaving me alone in this world. ”
In the depths of love, the girl raised her sleeves and tears fell from her eyes. She tried to wipe away her tears, but she shed more: "Please also ask all the well-wishers to help me, so that my father can be buried in the ground." ”
After saying that, she kowtowed three times on the ground.
"Poor girl."
"Why don't you help her?"
"Don't dare, don't dare, there is a fierce wife and jealousy at home. If I provoke a girl outside, my life will be at risk. The scholar-like boy on the side was busy waving his hand.
Jin Se saw that the girl was very pitiful, and she was moved by compassion.
The original father's father also got sick and left, at least leaving a tavern for the original body, so that Jin Se who crossed over would not suffer.
This girl has nothing to sell herself.
Jin Se turned her head and found that Zhou Zimu had been staring at other girls, and she was suddenly a little unhappy.
"Do you want to help her?" Jin Se pretended to be calm and asked Zhou Zimu in a low voice.
Zhou Zimu shook his head: "Let's go." ”
"Then I'll help her, see she's pitiful." Jin Se said again.
Zhou Zimu didn't say anything, turned around and left. Jin Se hurriedly chased after him.
"What's wrong? If you don't help, I won't be allowed to help. Jin Se was puzzled, just now Zhou Zimu was still staring at people, and now he turned his head and left.
Zhou Zimu stopped suddenly, and Jin Se couldn't dodge and hit his back.
"That girl doesn't have a word of truth, you don't have to care. I won't help her, and neither will you. Zhou Zimu explained.
Jin Se didn't believe it: "How do you know, I just saw that you kept staring at that girl." ”
Hearing the vinegar in Jin Se's mouth, Zhou Zimu smiled bitterly: "I can see it." ”
Seeing that Jin Se was still skeptical, Zhou Zimu had no choice but to explain the situation to her: "That girl is very sad on the surface, but she is actually pretending. There was no sadness in her eyes, but she was peeking at the onlookers. ”
"I see that she is crying and still kowtowing."
Zhou Zimu pointed to Jin Se's sleeve: "I guess she has rubbed something on the cuff that will stimulate tears." Except for the kowtow is real, the rest are fake. ”
Jin Se carefully recalled the girl she had just met, and it seemed that the situation was really as Zhou Zimu said.
She deliberately asked Zhou Zimu again: "Then what if what the girl said is true, can you save it?"
Zhou Zimu still shook his head: "I won't save it."
"Really, you can't save it?"
"I'm very busy, I only have time to spend with you, and I don't have extra time to care about strange girls." Zhou Zimu deliberately accentuated the word girl.
Hearing his words, Jinse smiled again. She pulled up Zhou Zimu's sleeve: "Oh, I'm hungry, let's go." ”
The third room of the Mochizuki Building
The two of them ordered three dishes and one soup.
Zhou Zimu saw that Jin Se was eating happily, and couldn't help teasing her: "Is it delicious, it's not enough for me to order two more dishes." ”
"No, no, no." Jin Se's mouth was stuffed, "Happy eating." I was very happy to have eaten until I had never eaten. ”
Zhou Zimu doesn't care about what he eats, as long as Jin Se likes what he eats, it doesn't matter.
Jin Se, a snack person, did not forget to order a dessert for himself after eating.
After eating, the two of them went shopping on West Street. Jin Se likes this kind of life very much, eating and shopping with the people he likes.
This is the legendary dating!
secretly glanced at Zhou Zimu's side face, afraid that Zhou Zimu would find out that she quickly turned her head again.
It's really handsome, she can't help but sigh in her heart.
On the way back, I passed by a jewelry stall. The stall owner is an elderly mother-in-law.
Jin Se stopped and picked up at the stall. She caught a picture of a butterfly-shaped silver hairpin.
The silver hairpin was picked up and put in the palm of her hand, and the more she looked at it, the more she liked it: "How about this?" ”
"It's pretty good." Zhou Zimu asked her mother-in-law: "How much is this?" ”
"Two taels of silver." When her mother-in-law saw that Jin Se liked it, she encouraged Zhou Zimu, "This butterfly hairpin is a good style, buy one for your daughter-in-law." ”
Zhou Zimu just chuckled and didn't explain: "I want it." He happily paid.
"I'm not his daughter-in-law." Being misunderstood, Jin Se was a little embarrassed.
"Come, I'll put it on for you."
Jin Se held the mirror, and Zhou Zimu carefully inserted a silver hairpin for her.
The butterflies on the silver hairpins in the sun stir their wings to life. Looking at himself in the mirror, Jin Se's face was slightly hot.
The two men walked side by side on the way back. This day will always be remembered by Jinse.
When it was time for dinner, Niu Xingang and Aunt Niu came back from outside.
To Jinse's surprise, they also brought someone back.
"Hello Miss Zhuang, my name is Du Jiu'er." The girl with clear eyebrows and lowered eyes was the one Jin Se had met on the street in the morning.
At this moment, Du Jiu'er had already changed out of his filial piety clothes and stood there with a relaxed expression. She stood beside the tall Niu Xingang and looked like a bird.
Jin Se was a little surprised, she didn't go to help, but this girl was brought back by Niu Xingang. It seems that this Du Jiu'er girl is really related to a tavern.
"Miss Du is polite." She replied casually.
"Miss Jiu'er was killed at home, and I paid for her to bury her father. She didn't have anywhere to go, so I brought her back first. Niu Xingang was afraid that Jin Se would care, so he chased after her, "I will help her find a place in the next few days." ”
Jinse has not yet answered. Du Jiu'er cried in a low voice: "Brother Niu, don't drive me away, you help me and you are my benefactor, I will repay you by being a cow and a horse." ”
Aunt Niu heard Jiu'er's cry and comforted: "Don't cry girl, Miss Zhuang is a good person." She'll take you in. ”
Jin Se couldn't see others crying the most, but since he heard Zhou Zimu say that Du Jiu'er was a liar, he really didn't like her.
Yes, the person was rescued by Niu Xingang, and she didn't bother to be a wicked person: "If you want to stay, stay!" But don't move around if you don't have anything to do and affect the business in the store. ”
People stayed, but Jinse was not close to her. Aunt Niu has eye disease and it is inconvenient to work, Du Jiuer offered to take care of Auntie, Niu Xingang was very happy to have someone to help him.
Qian Bao came back from outside early the next morning. There was suddenly a strange woman in the store, and he thought it was a customer who didn't care.
And the other party glanced at him and leaned over: "You are Xiaobao, right?" My name is Du Jiu'er. ”
"Stay away from me, I don't like the smell of rouge on you." Qian Bao pinched his nose and took a step back, "Who are you?" Not everyone can call him a nickname. ”
Du Jiu'er was a little embarrassed, she pulled out a smile: "Don't worry about me staying away from you." ”
"Xiaobao, Miss Jiu'er was rescued from outside. She didn't have a way to go, and took care of my mother in the store. "Niu Xingang came out to clear the siege.
"Oh, it's just a ring." Qian Bao's words made Du Jiu'er's face a little unbearable. She wanted to refute, but Jinse walked over.
"Shopkeeper, help me pick it up." Qian Bao's hand is not a big burden, but it contains a lot of things.
Taking over Qian Bao's burden, Jin Se complained: "You can bring so many things with you once you go back, and you are not too heavy." ”
"It's all sent to you by my mother, if my mother hadn't begged me, my master wouldn't have brought it back to you." Qian Bao was dissatisfied.
Du Jiu'er looked at Jin Se and returned to the room with the bag embroidered with gold trim patterns, her eyes were full of envy.
She thought that the baggage was full of gold and silver jewelry, but it was not.
"Mrs. Qian is really good to me, it seems that I want to be nice to Qian Bao." Jinse unwrapped the baggage. It is filled with a variety of sweets, large and small, sweet and salty.
Mrs. Qian asked Qian Bao about Jin Se's hobbies, and Jin Se didn't like anything, so he was good at eating.
What is inconvenient to bring, there is a tavern and a former imperial chef in charge. Mrs. Qian thought of sending Jinse snacks.
Eating other people's soft mouths, Jin Se got Mrs. Qian's dim sum and naturally treated Qian Bao better. By the way, this son, Mrs. Qian is also heartbroken.
On the other hand, Du Jiuer is bent on improving her relationship with Qian Bao. She was so confident in her cooking skills that she made a special table of dishes.
But unexpectedly, it failed again.
"Who cooked today?" Qian Bao threw the chopsticks on the table.
Du Jiu'er whispered, "It's me." ”
"I'll just say, Brother Niu's cooking is delicious. Why did you suddenly change the taste today. Qian Bao left his seat, "I have no appetite." ”
Jin Se also tasted wrong, and she didn't say anything when she saw that Qian Bao was gone. Silently picked up the empty bowl and pretended to have finished eating.
The two of them walked away at the table, and Du Jiu'er asked Niu Xingang aggrievedly: "Brother Niu, do they hate me very much?" Why do I cook dishes that they don't eat. ”
"No, they're just used to eating my food, and it's hard to accept it for a while. You're also kind and want me to rest, I understand. ”
Niu Xingang was also very helpless, his craftsmanship was so good that Jinse and they couldn't eat other dishes.
Aunt Niu also comforted Du Jiu'er: "Don't be sad, we will eat ours." ”
Jin Se took Qian Bao out to open a small stove, anyway, he didn't eat at home, so he ate a good meal.
At the dinner table, Qian Bao asked about Lantian. Only then did Jin Se realize that she hadn't seen the eldest son of the Lan family for a few days.