Chapter 9: A Single
Li Ran clearly listened to the greetings that came and went, and at the fork in the road not far from the Yuedong Gate, he didn't need anyone to speak, so he followed behind Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Zhang, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
Mrs. Zhang glanced back at her from time to time, and when she saw Li Ran looking around unscrupulously, the anger in her heart gathered more and more.
She felt that she had deliberately put on this dress again, and now she was looking around like this, and it was also deliberate, deliberately trying to embarrass her, deliberately trying to provoke her to lose her temper and reprimand her.
She rarely loses her temper, and she rarely cares about people, but I don't know why, as soon as she sees her, a fire is born in her heart, and her every move makes her look stinging and annoyed.
"Ignore her."
Old Madam Chen patted Mrs. Zhang, but did not lower her voice, obviously wanting to say it to Li Ran.
"She was not born to you, and she didn't grow up under you, is she well-raised, understands or not, what does it have to do with you? The Lu family, who has enjoyed the country for more than 400 years, has this bloodline, no wonder it is exhausted. ”
Mrs. Zhang snorted, and her breath gradually calmed down.
A-Niang is right, how she is, it's none of her business, and it's not about the Marquis of Chang'an's mansion.
Li Ran listened to Mrs. Chen's words, and her heart was calm, well, what she said was very right.
This Hejian County Palace, there are new and old, the rockery is mottled with years, the bluegrass grows in the moss, revealing the faint and ancient meaning, and the Chang'an Marquis Mansion is very different from the brand-new appearance, it seems that this is a family with many years.
Of course, it is also possible that the old people are new, after all, this is a new dynasty, and there should be a new batch of new upstarts.
Li Ran walked all the way and watched with great interest, and unconsciously arrived in front of a large warm pavilion surrounded by chrysanthemums.
The doors and windows around the pavilion are removed, and no matter which direction you look, you can enjoy the beautiful chrysanthemums in different postures.
There was a narrow couch in the warm pavilion, and there were already more than a dozen old ladies and ladies.
The housekeeper at the foot of the steps of the warm pavilion greeted Mrs. Chen, and respectfully stepped forward to support Mrs. Chen and sent her into the warm pavilion.
The people in the warm pavilion all stood up, greeted Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Zhang in a lively and affectionate manner, but the corner of their eyes was aimed at Li Ran with almost all their attention.
Li Ran stood at the door of the warm pavilion and looked at the warm pavilion carefully.
Du Shi, the princess of Hejian County, who was the first to greet Mrs. Chen, looked at Li Ran, and said with a smile to Mrs. Zhang: "This is Miss Xiaoran, last time she was far away, I didn't see it clearly, and she was really thin." ”
"According to me, she shouldn't have been allowed to go out." Old Mrs. Chen, who was greeting another old lady, turned her head and answered, then looked at the old ladies and ladies and said: "This is a person who shouldn't be there, but since there is one, there is no way to stuff it back, so she should find a place to eat and drink until she dies, how can she be allowed to come out?"
But Brother An's father said, this is the emperor's meaning, the emperor's meaning is the emperor's meaning, there is no way, you can only go where you can see it.
You sit there and don't make a mess of people. ”
In the last two sentences, Mrs. Chen nodded at Li Ran, and then clicked at the corner of the door of the warm pavilion, and commanded with a tiger face.
Du, the princess of Hejian County, smiled and vaguely didn't know what to say, and motioned to the mother-in-law standing at the door of the warm pavilion with her hands down, "Add a few low tables by the window over there, move a more comfortable chair, what does Miss Xiaoran like to eat?" ”
In the last sentence, Princess Du looked at Mrs. Zhang, but she looked at Li Ran, and couldn't tell who she was asking.
"Although she is thin, she has a good appetite, so she can take some of it, and she doesn't have to worry about it." Mrs. Zhang didn't look at Li Ran, and said with a smile.
Princess Du gave a few more commands and asked Mrs. Zhang to sit down on the couch.
The mother-in-law's hands and feet are extremely neat, Princess Du and Mrs. Zhang, you and I humbly let the two go back and forth, and before they sit firmly, the small coffee table and chairs have been set.
Li Ran didn't need her mother-in-law to invite her, walked over and sat down, carefully looked at a few snacks on the small coffee table, took a piece, and enjoyed the picturesque scenery outside the window while biting.
This should be an old family that is a little old, the dim sum is delicious, the scenery is beautiful and low-key, not like the Chang'an Hou Mansion, even the flowers and plants are full of a new and rich taste.
Just like last time in the palace, the old ladies and ladies in the room seemed to have not noticed that there was still Li Ran in the warm pavilion from their faces, but the afterglow in the corners of their eyes was woven into a dense net, which was enveloped on Li Ran.
Li Ran slowly ate snacks, drank tea, looked at the scene, and listened to the words that fell into her ears, and she was in a good mood.
Let her go out, it's the emperor's intention, it's really good.
This sentence is her biggest gain from this trip.
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Huo Wencan, the third prince of the Hejian County Palace, strode into the Jinghua Palace, and while greeting the prince, he looked at Li Qingning, the third master of the Chang'an Marquis Mansion, and said with a smile: "San Lang, your sister, today is the one who entered the palace that day, and your mansion is ......."
Huo Wencan didn't say anything about the latter words, and laughed.
"That's what your wife meant, right?" The crown prince turned his head to look at Li Qingning.
"It's really not, it's Daddy, it's also a good intention, let her pick a more expensive one, you know, we don't raise embroidery girls in the house, we make clothes twice a year, and we invite someone to come back to do it, this is not the time to make clothes."
Li Qingning's face was full of distress.
"Didn't you say she looked good in everything? Since everything looks good, doesn't it matter what you wear? Li Qingning leaned at Huo Wencan.
"That's what you're talking about, hey." Huo Wencan laughed dryly and stopped talking.
The prince didn't know what to think of, and sighed.
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Li Ran ate snacks, drank tea, watched the scenery, listened to enough gossip, and stood up when Mrs. Chen got up to say goodbye.
The old lady and lady in the room pretended not to see her, and she also thought that they couldn't see her, followed behind Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Zhang, went out of the warm pavilion, and met the second grandmother Cao and the third lady Li Qingrou in the second gate, and got in the car to go home.
Li Ran returned to Cuiweiju, took off the armor, took a shower and came out, twisting her hair, Qiuyue came in from outside, and reported in a whisper: The old lady sent someone to spread the word, saying that the girl had eaten too much dim sum in the palace of Hejian County, and she could not eat dinner anymore, so as not to hold on.
Li Ran didn't even raise her eyelids.
She had eaten a lot of snacks and was full, but the old lady said this definitely not for her good, but because the old lady was very angry about her performance in the Hejian County Palace.
Which one did she fail to do well?
Is it really because you eat too much dim sum?
Definitely not, it should be because she didn't take her seriously, she wasn't afraid of her.
Li Ran sighed.
When she was in her first year of junior high school, there was a math competition, she signed up for it herself, took the exam by herself, and won the first prize in the province.
The principal took her to the provincial capital to receive the award, and when she returned, she would be criticized for her as long as she had the opportunity: rudeness, arrogance, selfishness, laziness and arrogance......
She reflected in trepidation for more than a year, and then happened to know that the principal's anger was because she didn't think that the award she had received, everything she had, was the principal's grace, and that she didn't even think that her future would depend on the principal. She even thinks that everything she has now and everything in the future is the result of her own efforts.
After knowing this, she added a strong disdain for the principal, and she didn't even want to look at him squarely, so that, after graduating from junior high school, she was admitted to the best high school in the province, and when she went to school in the provincial capital, she was followed by a book full of negative descriptions.
The similarity between the old lady and the principal made her feel a sense of affection for this strange world, and people were still the same people.
The corners of Li Ran's mouth went down, and a slight sneer came out.
She has no worries, she is alone, she has lived and died, she is not afraid of life or death, she is not afraid of them, she does not take them into account at all.
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After nearly a month, no one asked Li Ran to go anywhere.
Li Ran's life is very regular: every day after breakfast, he goes to the study building, flips through the books, and eats lunch in the small pavilion outside the study building.
After eating for two days, Li Ran asked for a hot meal.
Qiu Yue took her two mothers-in-law and brought a small red copper hot pot over.
Since then, Li Ran has made some small requests for her meals every now and then, such as: she doesn't like to eat fish, for example, the dishes are a little light, for example, the soup is too oily, for example, she doesn't like to eat mutton......
In October, it was getting colder and colder day by day, but none of Li Ran's thick clothes were delivered.
Qiu Yue dug out her mind, found an excuse, and came to the front of Ren Mama, the chief steward of the house, and talked about it for a long time, but Ren Mama simply told Qiu Yue bluntly without waiting for Qiu Yue to ask:
The old lady said, this summer to catch the harvest when there were a few rains, more than half of the grain was not up, the harvest is not good, this year you have to be more frugal, this year's autumn clothes and winter clothes two months late, let's wear last year's clothes first.
Qiuyue came back, thought of countless words, and waited for Li Ran to ask about this autumn coat and winter clothes, how she was going to block it back, so that she had nothing to say.
But Li Ran didn't seem to realize that there was still autumn clothes and winter clothes, and he didn't mention half a word.
One morning, Li Ran asked her to go to the study building with the thin brocade quilt on the couch, on the windowsill of the study, wrapped in a brocade quilt, and after reading a book for a day on the windowsill with the sun, Qiuyue felt that this girl should not ask about autumn clothes and winter clothes.
After realizing that this would not be asked, Qiu Yue's heart did not fall, but rose a little higher.
This girl is not simple, she is convinced, since it is not simple, then the matter of autumn clothes and winter clothes will definitely not be so good and nothing in the past.
She always felt that something had to happen, maybe it would be a big deal.
Alas, she had been waiting for her for two months, but she knew nothing about this girl's temperament and character, except that she could not speak day by day, for several days in a row!
Alas, I heard that when the emperor is the emperor, it is unfathomable to get the sacred heart first, it seems to be true, and the granddaughter of the emperor in front of him is unfathomable.