Chapter Fifty-Six
Yi Qi Wanxi felt bored alone in the pavilion, so she wanted to go out of the house to buy some rouge gouache.
just went out, but met the second lady Li. She was wearing a well-fitting floral nine-quarter sleeved cheongsam, and her figure was very slim. Holding a delicate handbag in his hand, his eyebrows and eyes are smiling, full of elegance. Black high heels on your feet can be described as a variety of style.
When Li saw her, he greeted her with a smile: "Third Miss." ”
Yi Qi Wanxi leaned over slightly and saluted her, then looked up at her, and asked with a light smile, "Where are you going?" ”
"I asked a few wives to go to Nanjing Road together." Li Shi said, and asked Yi Qi Wanxi, "Is the third lady planning to go out?" ”
"I'm also going to Nanjing Road." Yi Qi replied with a smile, "Go buy some rouge gouache." ”
Hearing this, the smile on Li's face deepened a little: "Yo, that's really a coincidence, why don't you go together?" ”
"You also have another wife, I'll ...... together" Yi Qi Wanxi hesitated.
"Ahem." Li said, took Yi Qiwan's hand in front of him, and said with a smile, "It's okay, it's all about shopping and chatting anyway, the third lady doesn't think we're old and boring." ”
Yi Qiwan smiled lightly and said, "Erniang said that she laughed, how could Erniang be old at this flower-like age." ”
When Li heard this, he smiled and said, "It's sweet for you." Then he took her hand and walked out the door, "Go." ”
Yi Qi Wanxi looked at Li's shiny hair, and her eyes couldn't help but sink.
It is true that Li is not old, but he is twenty-six or seventeen years old. It's just that such a person who is almost the same age as himself is his second mother.
When Li first entered Yiqi Mansion, he was only fifteen or sixteen years old. At that time, Yi Qi Wanxi was also seven or eight years old, and she also had a certain concept of beauty and ugliness. When she saw Li's face for the first time, she was shocked by her appearance, so she asked the maid beside her, "Who is that beautiful sister?" ”
But the maid bent down and told her, "That's the old man's concubine, you have to call her aunt." ”
Yi Qi Wanxi didn't quite understand, just looked at the slim and delicate figure not far away, and asked again: "Such a beautiful sister, is it my second mother?" ”
"The third lady can stop calling the second aunt too beautiful sister, the master should be angry when he hears it, and the third lady has no rules." The maid said.
The delicate woman Xu felt Yi Qiwanxi's fiery gaze, turned around, saw Yi Qiwanxi, slowly opened her voice, and asked her: "Are you ......?" Wu Nong's soft words made people very comfortable.
"My name is Yi Qi Wanxi." Yi Qi Wanxi looked up at the beautiful person in front of her, slightly distracted, and said in confusion, "I heard, you are my second mother?" ”
When she heard this, she was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Yes." ”
Until now, Yi Qi Wanxi didn't understand why such a beautiful woman in front of her was her aunt.
Yi Qi Wanxi was thinking about the past, and the two had arrived in front of the rickshaw. Li Shi turned back to Yi Qi and smiled gently, "Third Miss, let's get in the car first." ”
Hearing this, Yi Qi smiled and nodded, bent down and got into the car, and then Li also got into the car.
In the car, the driver kept talking to Li, and Li turned his head from time to time to talk to Yi Qi Wanxi, and Yi Qi Wanxi would answer with a light smile.
Listening to Lee's words, you will feel very comfortable. Such a beautiful person, with Wu Nong's soft language, makes people think of the Kunqu opera of Yingzhuan, which is very comfortable.
Yi Qi Wanxi used to hear people say that her aunt was originally a drama in Liyuan, but she was taken by her father because of the song "Dream", and then married back home.
The maid told Yi Qi Wanxi that the second aunt liked singing too much, and she would often hear babbling in her yard.
But that was the first few months after she came to Yiqi Mansion. Later, he never heard Li singing again.
Yi Qi Wanxi listened to the maid talk about the Li family from time to time. The second aunt was too pregnant, but she had a miscarriage, and the doctor said that the second aunt could no longer have children after that, and the second aunt was no longer favored, and she no longer sang opera.
For a while, Yi Qi Wanxi saw Li and felt that she was indeed a lot thinner than before. It's just that when she saw Yi Qi Wanxi, she would still smile and call her: "Third Miss." ”
"Madam, miss, Nanjing Road has arrived." The coachman's voice sounded, pulling Yi Qi Wanxi out of her memory.
The two got out of the car one after another, Li paid, the driver thanked him, and the two left.
Li Shi always held Yi Qiwanxi's arm and spoke to her: "You have come back, you haven't been here yet, have you?" ”
"Not yet." Yi Qi replied with a slight smile.
"Then you have to take a good look, over the years, this has changed a lot." Lee's voice was smiling.
"Hmm." Yi Qi responded softly and didn't say much.
While talking, the two met several temperamental ladies with young faces and cheongsams. Li Shi pulled Yi Qi Wanxi to walk in front of a few Qianying, and smiled at a few people with a little apology: "Mrs. Nie, Mrs. Yan, Mrs. Pan, I'm really sorry for making you wait for a long time." ”
Yi Qi looked at the people and found that they were about the same age as the Li family, and they all looked very elegant.
"Nothing." One of the women, dressed in a dark red floral cheongsam, smiled, and opened her voice very gently.
"But Qianqian, how many times have I said it, a few people don't want to be called Mrs. and Mrs. when they are together, and they see more outside." It was another woman in a light cyan cheongsam who spoke.
Hearing the woman's address to the Li family, Yi Qi Wanxi was slightly stunned. This was the first time she had heard Li's name, so she couldn't help but glance at Li with a smile on her eyebrows beside her. I thought in my heart, the so-called "clever smile, beautiful eyes", probably so.
Li replied with a smile: "Yes, yes, look at my memory, I always can't control my mouth, and when I see all the beautiful wives, I can't help but call Mrs." ”
The sound fell, causing several people to chuckle.
But it was the woman wearing a concubine-colored cheongsam who first noticed Yi Qi Wanxi beside Li and asked Li, "Who is this?" ”
"Ah, I'm so happy to see a few wives, I forgot to introduce them for a while." Li said, glanced at Yi Qi Wanxi beside him, and introduced to a few people with a smile, "This is Wanxi, Yi Qi Mansion has three thousand gold." Then he turned his head to look at Yi Qi Wanxi, pointed to the one wearing a dark red floral cheongsam and said to Yi Qi Wanxi, "This is Mrs. Yan." He pointed to the woman in the light cyan cheongsam in the middle, "This is Mrs. Nie." Finally, he pointed to the woman in the concubine-colored cheongsam who was furthest away from him, "This is Mrs. Pan." ”
Every time the Li family introduced someone, Yi Qi Wanxi would salute him and call: "Hello, madam." And the other party will smile back and salute her.
Finally, Mrs. Pan said, "Miss Wanxi, I have heard of it for a long time, and I am deeply honored to meet you today. ”
Yi Qi Wanxi only smiled lightly and did not answer.
After taking pictures one by one, several people discussed and started shopping.
In Shanghai in the morning, the sky really began to clear faintly as Yi Qi Wanxi had thought. The air is no longer as cold as it was in the morning, but it is still cool.
The crowd was bustling and lively. Li has been holding Yi Qiwan's arm and talking and laughing with several wives.
was not familiar with those ladies, and Yi Qi Wanxi couldn't blend into their conversation. I can't melt in, mainly because I don't want to melt. The ladies were very kind, and if Yi Qi Wanxi was willing, it would be easy to chat with them. Just listening to the Li family and others talking and laughing, Yi Qi Wanxi felt a little lost in her heart. The excitement has nothing to do with oneself, and the happiness is also someone else's.
Thinking so, his eyes unconsciously looked at the shop next to him.
Yi Qi Wanxi glanced at it casually, but was attracted by a person in the store.
The woman who chose the cheongsam in the cheongsam shop reminded Yi Qi Wanxi of Mo Mo in Nanjing. That side face, that smile, that demeanor, is exactly the same as Mo Mo. It wasn't until she raised her head to look at the man next to her and asked him what he was doing that Yi Qi Wanxi saw the woman's face clearly and realized that she had recognized the wrong person.
Yi Qi Wanxi retracted her gaze, lowered her head, and suddenly thought of Mo Molai. She was a very nice person, patient and gentle with herself.
I don't know how she is doing in Nanjing.
Thinking like this, Yi Qi Wanxi raised her head again to look at the slightly clear sky, and couldn't help but squint her eyes slightly.
"Eh, Wanxi." Li's voice pulled Yi Qi Wanxi out of her thoughts.
"Huh?" Yi Qi turned her head to look at the Li family, "What's the matter, Erniang?" ”
"You're not going to buy some rouge gouache?" Li Shi had a smile on his face, and his voice was as comfortable as ever, "This section of the way, rouge gouache has the most types, and it's the best, take a look?" ”
"Uh-huh." Yi Qi replied with a slight smile. After that, the five of them went to the nearest rouge shop together.
As soon as I entered the store, a fragrance of fat powder came to my nose, fragrant but not greasy, and it smelled very good.
Seeing a few people coming in, a clerk hurriedly greeted him and asked, "What do you need?" ”
"Is there a new rouge?" Lee asked.
"Yes, yes." The clerk smiled, and then led a few people in, and took out the new model to introduce it to a few people.
A few carefully selected, but Yi Qi Wanxi was a little absent-minded.
Seeing this, Li Shi took a box in front of Yi Qi Wanxi's eyes and asked, "Third Miss, what do you think of this?" ”
Yi Qi glanced at it with a smile, and then smiled: "Yes." ”
Yi Qi smiled indifferently, but it seemed that she was not very happy. Li glanced at her, didn't ask, and continued to choose with the rest of the wives.
After repeated comparisons and careful selection, I finally chose the one that I was satisfied with.
After leaving the rouge shop, a few people went shopping for something else. I felt like I just walked around, chatted, and the morning passed like this.
Near noon, the lady Nie proposed, "Have lunch together?" ”
The group thought it was very good, so they all agreed. Yi Qi Wanxi felt that there should be no one among the people she asked, so she didn't answer, just looked at Mrs. Nie beside the Li family, thinking about something, and was slightly distracted.
Mrs. Nie followed Yi Qi's graceful gaze to her, and saw that she was expressionless and did not respond, so she asked her with a smile: "Wanxi, but what's the matter?" ”
Hearing Mrs. Nie talking to herself, Yi Qi came back to her senses and replied with a light smile: "No." ”
So, they went to a restaurant together. After the meal, several wives made an appointment to go to the teahouse to play cards together. Li Shi looked back at Yi Qi Wanxi and asked her, "If the third lady doesn't have any arrangements for the afternoon, why don't you come with us?" ”
"I ......" Yi Qi Wanxi hesitated, "I don't know how to play cards." ”
Hearing this, several ladies all chuckled, and one of them, Mrs. Pan, waved her hand and said, "Hey, it's nothing, we'll teach you." It's just a casual play, a pastime. ”
Although Mrs. Pan said this, Yi Qi Wanxi was still a little hesitant in the end. Seeing this, Li took her arm and said with a smile: "Let's go together." ”
Hearing this, Yi Qi Wanxi did not refuse, and went with a few of them.
The sun seeps through the clouds, and the air warms. Such warm air is a little drowsy.