Chapter Twenty-Seven: Behind Closed Doors
Xiao Zheng just looked at Feng Yao, and only when he looked at this daughter, his unsmiling face would show a rare halo, that was his father's love!
Xiao Zheng almost never lost his temper in front of Feng Yao, and he didn't even say a single heavy word. Even when Feng Yao was a child, he was a little naughty and overdone, but he always taught him earnestly, never tired of it, and occasionally he was angry and took his anger out on Nanfeng's body. Therefore, Xiao Zheng, who is not angry and arrogant in the eyes of outsiders, and makes people a little respectful and distancing, has become Feng Yao's most amiable father. From childhood to now, it has never changed.
The room was filled with a little warmth, the father was looking at the daughter, the daughter was looking at the father, and there was a son respectfully packing gifts for the two women. After a long time, Xiao Zheng's fingers lightly scratched the table twice, and the crisp friction sound broke the silence, and he said, "That's because you never put your energy into our business." ”
"Dad, if you said this to me before, I would admit it, but if you say this about me now, you will really wronged me." Feng Yao sat in the pile of gifts brought back by Nanfeng with a face full of grievances, she ran everywhere for so many days, and even went to that kind of place, now Mo Huitou Although he has not yet become famous, the evaluation of small achievements is still pertinent, aren't these all her Xiao Fengyao's credits?
I saw Xiao Zheng shake his head and said pertinently, "Feng Yao, you have to remember that although we don't look back, we are doing business and earning gold and silver, but we are also being a man and earning a conscience." We don't seek to be rich and rich, but we want to have a clear conscience. Besides, Daddy believes that whether it is in the countryside or in this capital, as long as we are given enough time, it will definitely not be difficult to make money! Therefore, what Daddy wants you to do is not to go around and sell our things, but to calm down and follow Daddy to learn this craft well. Xiao Zheng had opened the wine jug, put it to his mouth and took a sip, and immediately, the room was filled with the mellow aroma of wine, and Feng Yao was also intoxicated by this fragrance.
"This......" Feng Yao was in trouble, she really couldn't sit in the room.
"When are you going to Ran Mansion?" After being silent for a moment, Xiao Zheng asked, looking at Feng Yao with deep eyes, there was a hidden worry that Feng Yao had never felt.
"Well...... Tomorrow? Feng Yao thought about it, tilted his head and looked at Xiao Zheng suspiciously. In the past, she didn't see Xiao Zheng with such an expression when she went in and out of the brothel, how could she say that she was going to Ran Mansion, and his expression felt like he was going to enter the tiger's den in Longtan?
"Ask your brother to come with you." Xiao Zheng's words were low and irrefutable.
"Why?" Feng Yao asked cautiously.
"What, why? That Ran Mansion is a big mansion, and there are naturally many rules in it, you have been unrestrained for so many years, and your father is naturally afraid that you will cause something wrong when you go to Ran Mansion. Nanfeng hurriedly put down what he was holding and said. Although Xiao Zheng didn't speak, the eyes that glanced at the south wind seemed to agree with his words.
"You and Dad always treat me like children!" Although she was unhappy, Feng Yao still had to accept Xiao Zheng's decision, and she simply pouted and went back to the room angrily.
"Daddy? Are you really sure you can call Feng Yao into the Ran Mansion? Seeing that Feng Yao had already walked away, Nanfeng walked to Xiao Zheng's side and asked in a low voice.
"Go ahead, it's better to go early." The love on his face was swept away, and the loneliness didn't know when it would crawl all over his face. Xiao Zheng looked at the wine jug in his hand and was distracted for a long time.
He doesn't want to, he doesn't want to, but what can he do? Sooner or later, some things have to be faced, some problems have to be solved sooner or later, and some things, sooner or later, have to be returned. Even if you are reluctant, even if you are in love, you still have to do it, right?
Early the next morning, Feng Yao, under the persuasion of her father and brother, finally changed into a well-cut daughter dress in the shop earlier, originally she didn't wear it, after all, she was dressed in men's clothes for so many days, which has become a habit, not to mention that when she saw that Mrs. Ran, she was also in men's clothes, and now this woman's dress, don't call that Mrs. Ran any misunderstanding.
But Xiao Zheng said that since he wants to make a big deal, he must be sincere, and the first step of this sincerity is to be true, and this truth naturally includes her identity. In the past, she dressed as a woman because it was inconvenient, but now she is going to Ran Mansion, although there are many rules, it is also a place of rules, so she naturally doesn't have to dress up in disguise.
Hearing that his father's words also made sense, Feng Yao reluctantly agreed.
It's just that this shirt was made by her following the recommendation of the shopkeeper, and she also said that it is the most popular style in the capital at the moment, and it will definitely look beautiful in the capital when worn on Feng Yao's body! Now, I don't see it in the beautiful capital, but I really feel it in the cool capital. It's a shame that I used to be so envious of those women who wore silk and satin, but now I really don't feel good when I wear them on my body. This thin gauze is called a transparent, obviously it is early summer, but I always feel that this body has its own wind. This is nothing, the embroidery and carvings around the body are too complicated, the ribbons and decorations are too much, and it is difficult to put them all on, but these things really bind the hands and feet, and they can't move, let alone run.
No wonder everyone is graceful and moving forward, and they can't do it if they want to walk as fast as the wind when they dress like this!
Feng Yao had already walked out of the room, still tugging at his shirt uncomfortably. The pale green light gauze floated on the top of her feet, the pale yellow tight-fitting gauze outlined her beautiful appearance as a young girl, and a white embroidered belt around her waist exposed Feng Yao's slender waist. I've never seen it, it turns out that Feng Yao can be so beautiful and moving! Even Xiao Zheng and Xiao Nanfeng had to take a second look at her.
"I'll just say no! Look, you all think it's awkward, don't you? Feng Yao was a little embarrassed, and he felt even more uncomfortable.
"Who's to say we're awkward? We think you're so good-looking, we don't even recognize you! It's better to come to the capital, my sister has become a beauty! Dad, now you can rest assured, our Feng Yao will not worry about getting married! Nanfeng Han laughed.
"Who said I was going to get married? Who said I was married? Call you nonsense! As soon as he heard that he was married, Feng Yao's face turned red again, and he was about to do it after the south wind, but unfortunately, this skirt was indeed a little troublesome, and several layers of Feng Yao's hands and feet were bound inside and out.
"Feng'er is right, the girls' family are all at this age, and they should look like girls. You haven't had a mother to teach you for so many years, and I can't teach myself as a father, but now I'm finally okay, and I've come to the capital, and you can change it, and I, a father, finally have less self-blame. Xiao Zheng twisted a lock of beard, and the look in his eyes was very complicated.
Feng Yao knew when she was very young that she was different from other children, she had no mother, and her father said that his mother died early, saying that he was a poor child. But Feng Yao doesn't think that her mother is just a title for her, and others can call her but no one can call her. As for what is missing, Feng Yao doesn't know, because he has never gotten it, so there is no way to talk about losing, let alone the pitiful loss. However, in the depths of Feng Yao's memory, there is always a scene of a woman lying on the bed and patting her, she doesn't know if that memory is reliable, and she doesn't know if the woman who patted her is her mother.
Regarding his mother's question, Xiao Zheng didn't say much, and Feng Yao didn't ask about it, maybe he asked it when he was young, but he forgot it when he grew up.
There was a short silence in the room, Feng Yao was a little uncomfortable, she knew that it might be her own reason that caused Xiao Zheng's sadness, she simply picked up the skin cream and Nanfeng prepared by Xiao Zheng and went out.
This season is really good, there is no summer heat and days of rain, the sun is shining, and people's mood is brightened with the bright sunshine. The people in the market came and went, and overnight, the whole capital changed its colors, and red men and green women shuttled between them, so that Feng Yao, who originally felt awkward, gradually adapted to it.
Feng Yao's footsteps are naturally not fast, and the south wind does not chase them, the brothers and sisters are enjoying the beautiful scenery of the capital, chatting and strolling, and asking questions while walking, the gate of Ran's Mansion is in front of them.
"Don't you say that this Ran Mansion is the mansion of a famous silk lord in the capital? Why is this façade not as good as the average rich and noble? Could it be that we are looking for the wrong one? Looking at the door in front of him, which was obviously incompatible with the words of the richest in the capital, Feng Yao muttered with some confusion.
"Isn't this written in Ran Mansion?" Nanfeng pointed to what seemed to be a large word with lacquer on it.
"No, is there another mansion surnamed Ran in this capital?" Feng Yao tilted his head and asked.
"Yes, yes, you can have it, but people don't say it, this is the mansion of the big silk lord Ran, don't doubt it anymore. Not every rich person is so flamboyant, maybe this old man Ran is introverted. Nanfeng bet that this was Ran Mansion, and the appearance of the sworn oath made Feng Yao suspect that he had known about this place for a long time.
"Looks like you know how much you know!" Feng Yao pursed his lips and stepped forward to knock on the knocker on the door. A subordinate opened the corner door, poked half of his head out of it, and said, "Who are you looking for?" ”
"We are selling rouge gouache, and Mrs. Ran from the house called us here." Feng Yao replied.
"Rouge gouache seller? Where is the rouge gouache? Hearing Feng Yao say this, a look of disdain immediately appeared on the face of the subordinate who was originally quite calm, and his mouth immediately pursed.
"We are the rouge of not looking back, not looking back." Feng Yao replied.
"Don't look back? What is this? Our lady only uses Linglong Pavilion, and we haven't listened to Mrs. orders, you can't go in, let's go back! The subordinate "clang" closed the door, and no matter how Feng Yao knocked on the door, there was no response.
"Hey! Who is this? Act like a snob! Also Linglong Pavilion! What's so great about Linglong Pavilion! We don't look back because we just came to the capital, if it is two years later, we don't look back at what makes you unaffordable! Feng Yao rolled up his sleeves and slammed the door twice, but it didn't seem to have any effect except for the pain in his hand.