Chapter Eighty-Eight: Meeting
Mi Pearl stood here and looked at the place that was blocked by the peach forest, turned around and walked back slowly, after a while, around a few thick peach trees, she saw Ruoxue and them standing in the clearing outside the forest.
Ruoxue Ruohong and Huang Yun'er were talking and laughing, Ruofei and a few maids were squatting on the side of the road, dragging different grass blades and grass stems, and playing with grass there.
Dan Tang and Pomegranate held a few delicate unbloomed peach blossoms in their arms, standing not far behind Ruohong.
This is Ruohong's repeated begging for Gongyue and Rice Pearl, and Bow Moon and Rice Pearl entered the uninhabited depths of the peach forest, jumped up the treetops and broke down.
Mi Pearl also listened to Ruolan's cry at that time, gave the flower branch to Gongyue and went to look for Ruolan.
Ruoxue frowned when she saw Mi Pearl coming back alone.
She just heard Gong Yue say that there was a shouting in the depths of the peach forest, and she felt that something was wrong, and she was relieved when she heard that Mi Pearl had gone to check.
At this time, she saw that Mi Pearl came back alone, so Ruoxue asked, "What about the sixth sister?" ”
"Miss Six followed a girl,...... "Mi Pearl walked closer, she looked at Huang Yun'er, and didn't say anything behind.
Ruoxue saw that she had something to say, and because someone didn't say anything here, she turned to look at Ruohong on the side and said, "Third sister, you take the fifth sister and the Huang family's sister back, I'll go see the sixth sister, I'll go back in a while." ”
"Oh, okay." Ruohong said.
Ruohong saw that Mi Pearl still didn't say anything, and guessed that it was because Huang Yun'er was here, and she couldn't say it.
"Fifth sister, don't play, let's go back." Ruohong turned around and called Ruofei.
Ruofei held a handful of grass leaves in her hand, stood up and looked around, but didn't see the sixth sister, "Why hasn't the sixth sister come back yet?" She said.
When Ruolan ran into the forest just now, she also wanted to chase in to have a look, but after running two steps, she stopped running.
Ruofei thought that no one was chasing her, she felt bored, and she would come out in a while, but she didn't expect that after so long, Ruolan didn't come out.
"Go back with your third sister first, I'll look for her......" Ruoxue said.
"Sister Xue, I'll follow you to find my sister, right?" Huang Yun'er looked at her with a worried look on her face and said.
Ruoxue smiled and said, "This is not a place to be in the market, my sister won't get lost, I'll go look for her." Go back first. ”
Huang Yun'er was embarrassed for a moment, and seeing that she didn't want others to help, she nodded, "Then I'll go first, and I'll go to Sister Xue to play in the future." She said.
Ruoxue smiled, didn't say yes or bad, only nodded slightly.
Ruohong turned around and grabbed Ruofei and said, "Let's go." As he spoke, he walked back.
Thinking that Ruoxue still had something to do here, Ruohong didn't say that she wanted to stay and find someone, but listened to Ruoxue's words and took Ruofei to go back together.
Ruofei also wanted to say that she was also going to find the sixth sister, but Ruohong held her hand and pulled her back.
The three of them, Dan Tangerine, Pomegranate and Caidie, followed behind them and whispered and laughed and left.
After they and a few maids walked away, Ruoxue looked at Mi Pearl and asked, "What's the matter, why don't you just bring the sixth sister back?" ”
"Miss Six was led by a woman to the small courtyard over there, where there were five or six secret guards with high martial arts, and they found me when I went over, and I was afraid that I would fight with them if I went any further, so I came back first." Rice Pearl replied, pointing in the direction of the east.
Ruoxue pondered for a moment, those should be the people left by Li Tao to protect the old lady, she thinks that there are too many people left, who will come to the nunnery to rob an old lady? It's impossible to think about, right?!
"Miss Six will be fine, right?!" Lian Xin said.
"No, it won't."
Ruoxue only paused slightly, and then walked to the east, just in time to see the old lady.
Lianxin Peony, Rice Pearl, and Gong Yue followed, and they also walked closely behind her.
Walking into the depths of the peach forest, it is like walking under the pink umbrella cover, surrounded by pink colors, Ruoxue walks in front with light steps, and from time to time petals fall and fall on her sideburns and shoulders.
A pink shadow flashed and stood in front of Ruoxue, and Rice Pearl and Yuzuki dodged in front of Ruoxue at the same time, making defensive moves, staring at the person who fell in front of them.
Ruoxue stopped and looked at the pink man in front of him, dressed in pink, clothes, shoes and socks, and a square scarf with a bun on his head, all of which were pink fabrics, which complemented the current colors of the peach forest.
Lian Xin and Peony took two worried steps and stood behind Ruoxue, staring at the person dressed in pink with wide eyes
The man saluted Ruoxue with a fist and said, "Is it Miss Mei in front?" ”
"It's me." If the snow course.
The man breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's good that you're here, this is a letter from our master, please take ......a look at it," he said, taking out the letterhead from his bosom and handing it to Yuzuki, who was standing in front of Ruoxue.
Gong Yue stretched out her hand to take it with a small face, flipped it over and looked at the envelope, turned around and handed it to Ruoxue.
Ruoxue reached out and took it.
"The villain retired first, if you have something, just shout Li Ying, and the villain will come out." Li Ying saluted Ruoxue again, and disappeared.
As soon as the people disappeared, several people couldn't hold back any longer, and they all giggled, and the girl's silver bell-like laughter floated in the pink peach forest.
Ruoxue also smiled, she wanted to laugh when she saw that person just now, a man wearing a pink shirt, there is always some feminine feeling.
The corners of Li Ying's mouth, which was hidden in the dark, twitched twice, he didn't want to dress like this, but he had to dress like this, only by blending with the surrounding scenery could he hide his figure from being discovered.
In order to be able to take the enemy by surprise.
Ruoxue opened the letterhead and saw that it was written by Li Tao that his grandmother had bad eyes and could no longer see, and there were always people around to serve her.
He also said when his grandmother went to bed, when she got up, when she drank ginseng soup and when she ate, what she liked to eat and what she didn't like to eat, and so on.
Both of them were curious about what was written on the letter, poked their heads and stretched their necks, and also read the contents of the letter.
"What is this for? Our young lady is not their maid,......" Peony muttered dissatisfiedly.
Ruoxue folded the letter twice, handed it to Lianxin and put it in her purse, and continued to walk forward, she went to see the old lady.
After passing through six or seven peach trees, she came to a courtyard gate, and she motioned for Lianxin to come forward and call the door.
Lian Xin walked over, raised her hand and slapped the door twice, then stepped back two times and stopped.
After a while, a delicately dressed maid in a green dress opened the door and came out, looked at Ruoxue and them, and asked, "But are you looking for a child?" ”
"Yes."
Ruoxue nodded yes, raised her hand and compared, to the girl who was so tall on her waist, and there was a little maid following.
The maid nodded and said, "It's such a tall little girl, who got lost in the forest and was brought back by Qingzhu." With that, he stepped aside and invited Ruoxue and them in.
There are three halls on the north side of the courtyard, with simple grille windows and black lacquered wooden doors, and three side rooms on the east side.
In the west of the courtyard, there is a cluster of moon seasons, among the new leaves of red and green, there are a few unopened flower buds, and in the middle of the courtyard there is a stone table engraved with Fu Shoulu, a bowl of tea on it is already cold, and a brocade quilt is placed on the wisteria rocking chair next to it.
On the side of the stone table, there was a maid sitting on the little vulture, with an ink-colored buckle in her hand, she raised her head to look at Ruoxue and the four maids behind her, and smiled to say hello.
The door of the hall opened, Qingzhu walked out, and saw Ruoxue with a smile on her face, "But Miss Mei?" Your little sister is playing in it, so come in and sit down. As she spoke, she moved her lotus steps to the left side of the door, opened the felt curtain and invited Ruoxue into the house.
"Excuse me."
Ruoxue smiled apologetically and walked past the girl at the round table, "My sister has caused you trouble!" ”
The maid sitting at the stone table stood up, turned her head to watch Ruoxue walk over, and saw Lianxin following behind Qingzhu Fu for a while, and took the rice pearl in, and she turned around and entered the east wing.
Peony and Gongyue stopped at the door and didn't go in, waiting for Ruoxue to take Ruolan out and go back together.
Ruolan and the old lady sat on the big kang under the north window, playing a bunch of dominoes, comparing the size of the points touched by whom, Xiao Tao stood on the side, looking at what card her young lady touched, and then looking at what card the old lady touched, clapping her hands and cheering from time to time: "Miss has won again!" ”
The old lady touched a domino and looked at the door, "Your sister is coming for you." She said.
"Big sister."
Seeing Ruoxue come in, Ruolan waved a small hand to greet Ruoxue, holding a domino in her hand, and waved it with another hand, and there was a small silver bowl carved between the two little short legs, she held it with both hands for Ruoxue to see, and shouted excitedly: "Big sister, look at it, these are all won by me, there are so many beautiful little beads!" ”
Ruoxue took a closer look, and there were small half bowls of polished gemstone beads of various colors, each the size of a soybean.
Ruoxue smiled appreciatively, and turned to the old lady again, "The little woman Mei Ruoxue has seen the old man. She said.
The old lady is wearing a honey-colored tuanhua cardigan, sitting cross-legged on the warm kang, her face is white and kind, although there are many wrinkles on her face, they are only in the corners of her eyes and forehead, looking old, but she is not very old, but her hair is as white as frost and snow, and she has a feeling of crane hair and childish face.
Her eyes were cloudy and she couldn't see, but she looked accurately at the person who spoke.
"Okay, please take a seat." The old lady looked at Qingzhu who followed her at the door again, and ordered, "Quickly invite Miss Mei to sit down and serve tea......
Qingzhu answered but didn't go out, "Miss Mei, please take a seat." Raising her hand to let Ruoxue sit on the chair on one side, a maid came in to bring tea, and quietly withdrew.
Ruoxue looked at the old lady and smiled apologetically, and said, "My sister is very naughty, she didn't cause trouble to the old man, right?" ”
The old lady said with a smile: "No, no, your sister is very good, and she is willing to play with my wife, it's not easy!" ”
"I also played dominoes with my grandmother at home, and I won a lot of copper coins!" Ruolan hurriedly said.
Ruolan moved her buttocks and stretched her feet out of the eaves of the kang, asking Xiao Tao to put on her shoes, holding the small silver bowl with both hands, she wanted to show Ruoxue the beads she had won, and the meaning of the show was very clear.
Qingzhu said with a smile: "The little girl's mouth is sweet, and she never stopped laughing at our old lady, what a pistachio!" ”
The old lady smiled and said, "Few children are willing to play with the elderly, and it is not easy for the little girl to play with me, a blind old woman, for half a day!" I like a child like her, well-behaved and pleasant, and she can talk so much that I am very happy as an old lady. ”
Ruolan put on her shoes, ran to Ruoxue's side, and offered her treasure as if she had to stuff a small half bowl of orbs into Ruoxue's arms and let her see her booty.
There was a smug look in her big eyes, as if to say: Look at me!
Ruoxue praised and asked her what she was using as a bargaining chip, if she got it from the white wolf with empty gloves, she would return it to others tactfully, and she couldn't let the other party feel underestimated, so as not to offend people.
Ruolan looked up at her flying little face and said proudly: "I won it with golden peanuts,"
Ruoxue was stunned for a moment, how could there be golden peanuts, and where did this come from? Busy asked again: "Where did the golden peanut come from?" ”
Ruolan turned sideways and asked Ruoxue to look at the purse on her waist, "In the purse given by Sister Yun'er, there are two golden peanuts and four peanut beans, all of which are made of gold." She said.
Ruoxue smiled clearly and said to the old lady: "The old man is too indulgent to the little sister, how can he play with such a valuable orb with her, he will spoil her." ”
"It's okay, it's all dead things, not worth a few dollars." The old lady said with a smile.
At first, she just wanted to play with Ruolan with copper coins, but she didn't expect Ruolan to take out golden peanuts as bargaining chips, and she was not good at taking advantage of children as an old man, so she asked Qingzhu to take out some of the broken gems strung with beads and play with Ruolan.
Ruolan snuggled up to Ruoxue, and whispered that she couldn't find her sister just now, she cried for a long time, and said that she was wronged, which made people feel distressed when they looked at it.
"Who told you to run around, see if you run around next time! ......" Wakayuki said.
Ruoxue petted the little tugging on her head, and was about to get up to say goodbye, but was stopped by the old lady's questioning.
"Miss Mei's is the Mei family in Liujing Lane?"
"Yes."
Ruoxue looked at the kind old man sitting opposite and said, "The old man calls me Ruoxue,......"
"Then don't call me an old man, just call me Grandma." She said with a smile, the old lady had no focused old eyes, looking at where Ruoxue was sitting, as if she could see her, staring.
"Grandma." Ruoxue naturally shouted.
The old lady looks older than Mrs. Cao, and she doesn't call her grandmother much.
"Not long ago, I heard that something happened to your shop, I don't know if it's okay?" The old lady asked.
"It's all right." Ruoxue replied.