Chapter Seventy-Four: A Visit from an Old Friend

A group of people in the racecourse were laughing and chasing after me, if it weren't for Yi Ruofu shouting to stop, he didn't realize that the purpose of their coming out today was to play polo.

"Hey, don't make a fuss! Come on, while it's still early, hurry up and divide the team! Yi Ruofu pulled away Cui Yaoyi, who was chasing Yi Xiangxiang, and said to everyone, she was also very excited at this time, and she was ready to kill all sides.

Everyone stopped to consider the team, and the result was that you look at me, I look at you, and they don't know how to divide the team for a while. Yi Xiangxiang is also a little embarrassed, the main problem is not that the husband and wife file is not easy to dismantle, but that there is one more person!

In their hesitation, the squires had already brought over all the horses they had just chosen. Seeing this, Yi Xiangxiang said to Yi Luochuan: "Brother, you are in a team, and we are in a team with my sisters-in-law!" ”

"Eighth sister, are you okay? If you divide it like this, there is a huge disparity in strength! Yi Hanchen had already mounted the horse at this time, and he held the reins and said to Yi Xiangxiang.

If men and women split up and form teams, the men's team has Yi Luochuan, Yi Hanchen, Jiang Xuanrui, and Wu Feng, and the women's team is Yi Xiangxiang, Yi Ruofu, Jiang Jingshan, Li Yanping, and Cui Yaoyi. Although they have one more person in terms of numbers, their overall strength is not at all comparable to Yi Luochuan and others, who often play polo.

It's just a boring entertainment to pass the time, but it doesn't matter if you win or lose! Yi Xiangxiang didn't care about the disparity in strength, and she considered that the one with more people in the mix and match point would be a little embarrassing, so she made this arrangement.

"How do you know if you don't try? Come! ”

Yi Ruofu didn't let Yi Hanchen hear Yi Hanchen's words! She was the most unprovoked, so she naturally hurriedly shouted. But then she said that the first game was just a warm-up, and that it was not worth winning or losing, and that they should play three games for the sake of fairness, and that as long as they won one, they won! Yi Xiangxiang was very speechless about this, if the other party fought seriously, and then they lost all three games, it would be too ugly to lose.

Of course, Yi Xiangxiang was just complaining, because she knew that there must be no suspense in this polo match with a huge disparity in strength that they won, and the result was that they won!

Win all three!

Win the extraordinary ...... Relaxed!

After the game, Wu Feng waved at Yi Luochuan and the others and said, "You guys are too obvious to release water, right?" Are the balls dazzling under the pole? ”

Yi Luochuan and the others bent down to dodge, Jiang Xuanrui answered with a smile: "You didn't release the water?" I don't know who even threw the hockey off the field! ”

"My son's hand is slipping...... Hand slipped! Wu Feng quibbled.

"Well, I'm really dazzled!" Yi Luochuan replied.

They looked at each other, then burst out laughing.

The polo game ended quickly, and Yi Ruofu, who was slow and half a beat, also found out that they were released, and she was naturally ten thousand unconvinced! Of course, she also knows that if she beats them seriously, she is not an opponent at all, and just like Yi Xiangxiang said, you can't blame others for hurting their wives! Yi Ruofu gave up the idea of settling accounts with them, and grabbed Yi Xiangxiang to pick flowers.

The racecourse of Wuhan University is open outside Tongzhou City, the scenery in the suburbs is fresh and beautiful, and the mountain flowers are even more colorful and splendid! Yi Xiangxiang is also a flower lover, although she is not as obsessed as Yi Ruofu, but she still has a love heart. She picked flowers with Yi Ruofu, and also taught Yi Ruofu to weave garlands, which aroused the interest of others and came to watch. Jiang Xuanrui looked at Yi Xiangxiang's serious appearance, and the twilight on the tips of her hair made her shine, and he felt very satisfied at this moment.

It wasn't until the sun was sinking into the west that a group of people rushed back to the city. Yi Xiangxiang and Yi Ruofu originally planned to go to Xile Building for dinner after playing polo, so it was natural for others to accompany them at this time.

"Yesterday, the fifth sister said that she wanted to eat the white-cut chicken in Xile Building, and I have already asked Chef Chen to prepare it, and everyone will go to Xile Building to eat together!" Yi Xiangxiang said to the others.

The Yi family didn't need to be invited, so they naturally went together, and Yi Xiangxiang only invited Jiang Xuanrui, Wu Feng and Cui Yaoyi.

Yi Ruofu on the other side rolled her eyes when she heard this and said, "What I want to eat, it's obvious that you want to eat it first!" ”

Yesterday, Yi Xiangxiang said that she hadn't eaten the white-cut chicken in Xile Building for a long time, and now she wants to satisfy her taste buds. When they decided to play ball in the afternoon, Yi Xiangxiang asked Leqi to send someone to the ward to Chef Chen.

"Eh, it doesn't matter, the key is to eat, right?" Yi Xiangxiang said with a smile.

The group soon arrived at the Xile Building, and then everyone else went to the Fusheng Pavilion, only Yi Xiangxiang remained at the bottom to explain how to improve the sauce mix of Chef Chen's white-cut chicken. When she turned around after speaking, she found Jiang Xuanrui standing behind her, which was really startled.

"Why didn't Jiang Gongzi go up with his brother?" Yi Xiangxiang turned around and walked towards the stairs as she spoke.

Jiang Xuanrui frowned when he heard this, he followed behind Yi Xiangxiang and said, "How did Sister Xiangxiang become so angry? You used to call me Brother Xuanrui. ”

It's not because you send things to Yongle Ju from time to time, which scares Miss Ben, you know! Yi Xiang Xiang belly slander.

Yi Xiangxiang has always been slow to deal with emotional issues, but with the experience of her two lifetimes, she vaguely found that the young man in front of her was really interesting to her.

"Jiang Gongzi, don't think too much, there is no such thing as being born. I'm just calling it casually. For example, Sister Cui's husband, I also call him Wu Gongzi. Yi Xiangxiang turned around and explained very politely, with a decent and polite attitude.

Her idea is very simple, now Jiang Xuanrui's sister is her sister-in-law, if this is not handled well, there will always be a mustard, and it is her cold and indifferent politeness that Jiang Xuanrui can retreat by himself. And not to mention that Jiang Xuanrui is not her dish, even if she has ideas, she has a sense of rejection for this kind of kissing thing. Really, even if it's not related by blood, it feels like incest.

Casual calling? Jiang Xuanrui's face was even more unsightly.

Because the two of them happened to be going up the stairs, Jiang Xuanrui was looking up at Yi Xiangxiang with his head raised at this time, and only heard him say gently: "I don't think the relationship between our two families needs to be so different!" ”

His eyes are firm and his attitude is resolute.

Jiang Xuanrui's words are actually not wrong, according to the current relationship between the Yi family and the Jiang family, Yi Xiangxiang does not need to be born. But Yi Xiangxiang is the affectionate Yi Xiangxiang after all, and she has no habit of giving people illusions.

She no longer responded to Jiang Xuanrui, but turned around and continued to walk upstairs, the target was naturally the Floating Life Pavilion. She didn't have anything to say at this time, because Jiang Xuanrui didn't confess, and she couldn't say anything to refuse. But she didn't want to change her name, because she felt that this silent refusal would be more effective than other languages.

Jiang Xuanrui saw Yi Xiangxiang's obvious refusal, and his heart was mixed. So just as Yi Xiangxiang was about to push open the door of the Fusheng Pavilion, Jiang Xuanrui in the back suddenly grabbed Yi Xiangxiang's hand.

Fusheng Pavilion is located at the far corner of the third floor of the Joy Building, and there is no one in this corridor now. And Qing Xuan, who was accompanying Yi Xiangxiang, had been sent into the Fusheng Pavilion by her, so now there are only Jiang Xuanrui and Yi Xiangxiang here.

The two were very close, but the feeling of confrontation was palpable.

"Jiang Gongzi, what are you doing here?" Yi Xiangxiang frowned and asked.

Jiang Xuanrui also realized his impulse when he looked at his movements, so he immediately let go and said, "I'm sorry, I was abrupt." ”

He has been thinking about Yi Xiangxiang these days, and he couldn't see her when he went to Yi's house to find Yi Luochuan or his sister. I finally met at the racecourse today and didn't say a few words, and just now I saw that she was obviously cold to herself, so I was naturally anxious.

Yi Xiangxiang wanted to say something, but Jiang Jingshan, who was in the Fusheng Pavilion, pushed open the door and saw the two of them and said, "I just wanted to go and see why you didn't come yet, come in quickly!" ”

So Yi Xiangxiang temporarily stopped her voice, and Jiang Xuanrui entered the Fusheng Pavilion with their feet in front and back.

Jiang Xuanrui originally wanted to find an opportunity to show his heart to Yi Xiangxiang later, but after Jiang Xuanrui's actions just now, Yi Xiangxiang also wanted to make it clear to him. However, it is a pity that neither of them can have this opportunity for the time being, because Yi Xiangxiang did not eat this meal, and when the dish was just served, Yi Fuli sent someone to report that Miss Eight had an old friend visiting.

So, Yi Xiangxiang left everyone and went back to Yi's house alone, and with an empty stomach, she shouted downstairs to the steward to send someone to Yongle House to send a lot of delicious food.

"Which old friend? Do I recognize? actually let the eighth sister leave without even eating. Jiang Jingshan asked her husband Jun Yi Luochuan with a curious face.

After Jiang Jingshan married into Yi Mansion, she naturally often dealt with Yi Xiangxiang, after all, she was the sister-in-law of her husband. In the past, she only thought that Yi Xiangxiang was a little clever and smart, but when she entered the Yi Mansion, she realized that this eighth sister was not simple at all.

Half a month before the new daughter-in-law started, the Yi family's big room and second room resumed eating together every day, mainly for everyone to get acquainted with each other and increase their feelings. However, half a month later, Mrs. Yi's Mo still felt troublesome, so she still let each courtyard use its own meal.

As for the Lin family, I was afraid that my daughter-in-law would feel cold, so it was the meal that the family used in the main courtyard for a while. And once at dinner, Jiang Jingshan heard her father-in-law Yi Xihu ask the eighth sister about the total profit of the Joy Building, and she realized that the Joy House under her mother-in-law's name was actually the property of the eighth sister! At the beginning, my husband also participated in the founding, but from beginning to end, it was the eighth sister who ran it! Jiang Jingshan was really stunned at that time! She knew that the Xile Building in the century-old county was the first store, and when the restaurant opened, the eighth sister was still a little girl, so she started to do business and make money?

And later she learned that the eighth sister not only runs the Xile Building, but even the Yipinxiang under her grandfather's name is actually taken care of by the eighth sister. Her husband, Yi Luochuan, even secretly revealed to her that the eighth sister had some other businesses that even her parents-in-law had never told her. The most surprising thing is that during the occasional dinner, the father-in-law Yi Xihu would talk to the eighth sister about some of his official affairs, and even the situation of officialdom and the court. Every time she sees them talking, Jiang Jingshan will find out how smart she used to be.

Of course, she can see it too. The Yi family has no secret of her new daughter-in-law, which means that they completely treat her as a family, which makes her very happy. She also found that although Yi Xiangxiang didn't care much about anything on the surface, and was often taught by her mother-in-law not to follow the rules, she was very stable in her external behavior, and she couldn't blame her for anything wrong. It was her act of leaving everyone behind to meet her old friends today, which made her a little curious about who the person was.

What kind of old friend could make the eighth sister leave in such a hurry?

Yi Luochuan sandwiched a piece of white-cut chicken dipped in sauce for his daughter-in-law and said: "The person below said that he came from Bainian County, you shouldn't know it." ”

Jiang Jingshan nodded, if she wasn't from Tongzhou, she probably wouldn't know it. However, Yi Ruofu on the other side guessed when she heard this, and she suddenly realized: "Oh! I know, it must be Liu Fangfei! The eighth sister has fewer friends than me, if it is from Centennial County, there will be no one else except Liu Fangfei! ”

That's right! The person who came was indeed Liu Fangfei.

Yi Xiangxiang and Liu Fangfei have been ...... since five years ago It should be said that it was six years ago! It has been six years since the county was separated from that century. Although they have exchanged letters frequently over the years, they really don't remember each other's appearances.

"You dead girl, you're having a good life!"

Liu Fangfei was wearing a light blue dress that she had just changed into, her black wet hair was half-dry, and she was now holding it with a jade hairpin. At this time, she was in Yongle Juli, rummaging and talking to Yi Xiangxiang.

Well, although I haven't seen each other for many years, I have regained my intimacy all of a sudden.

"You'd better loosen your hair, lest you wait until bedtime to dry. And why do I think that after a few years, you and Yi Ruofu look more and more alike? Yi Xiangxiang complained unceremoniously.

Liu Fangfei pulled off the hairpin when she heard this, and after playing with her hair twice, she walked to Yi Xiangxiang and sat down: "What's the matter?" I'm obviously better looking better than her! ”

This is true, Liu Fangfei's eyebrows are like green feathers, her teeth are like shellfish, her waist is like a thin willow, and her shoulders are cut into ...... If you talk about the face, it is better than Yi Xiangxiang. Her beauty belongs to the kind that is vivid, so full of vitality that people can't help but want to get closer.

"Humph! I'm talking about obscenity! Every time she comes to my yard, she is in the same state as you just now, and she can't wait to move everything back to the courtyard! Yi Xiangxiang thought of Yi Ruofu's money obsession, and felt funny.

Of course, she didn't realize that she was often like that. These two of them, who are at the bottom of their relatives and friends, do not prefer rouge pollen, but share a love of wealth! But Yi Ruofu is more elegant because she loves flowers the most, and Yi Xiangxiang really loves money the most!

"Come on! I can't look down on these things outside my body! Liu Fangfei said with a disdainful face.

Yi Xiangxiang didn't take Liu Fangfei's defense seriously at all, but ordered Shumei to set up a meal.

In fact, Yi Xiangxiang originally wanted to take Liu Fangfei to Xile Building and Yi Luochuan to gather them, but thinking that Liu Fangfei would definitely be too lazy to move when she came from afar, and there were people at that table that Liu Fangfei didn't know, and she was definitely uncomfortable. It was she who asked the steward to call someone to deliver the dishes, and asked the kitchen to make some food and hot wine, and then set up a meal in Yongle House.

After a short time, the food was served one after another, Yi Xiangxiang beckoned Liu Fangfei to sit down opposite her, personally made her a bowl of chicken soup, and then the two of them started to eat slowly.

When her stomach was already eight points full, Yi Xiangxiang put down the tableware and asked, "Say, why did you come to Tongzhou at this time?" And it's so dusty? ”

Liu Fangfei came in the carriage of the Centennial County Xile Building, and even the mother-in-law and maid who accompanied her to take care of her were arranged by the shopkeeper.

"This time, I really ran away from home...... Liu Fangfei said.

It turned out that Liu Fangfei came from her relatives. Mrs. Liu planned to marry her to the stupid son of a landlord's family, but Liu Fangfei didn't comply, so according to the previous agreement with Yi Xiangxiang, she secretly went to Xile Building to find the shopkeeper of Laifu and asked him to secretly send him to Tongzhou to find Yi Xiangxiang.

Liu Fangfei has always been suspicious of her life experience, but at that time, she and Yi Xiangxiang were still young and did not have the ability to investigate. After Yi Xiangxiang's Huanxi Pavilion was established, she helped Liu Fangfei secretly investigate and learn that Liu Fangfei was indeed not from Mrs. Liu's Jiang family, and her biological mother was actually Jiang's sister Xiao Jiang.

It's also a very bloody story, probably because the little Jiang family came to visit Mrs. Liu's Jiang family, and somehow rolled the sheets with Liu Yuanwai. After that, Xiao Jiang's family gave birth to Liu Fangfei, but he was famous. As for Mrs. Liu, she was very considerate and said to Liu Yuanwai that she was willing to treat Liu Fangfei as her daughter and raise her under her knees in the name of her daughter-in-law. Liu Yuanwai was naturally extremely happy to see that his wife was so sensible and doted on Liu Fangfei. Besides, the status of this concubine is nominally more noble than that of the concubine, and the family affairs in the future can be better! It was Liu Yuanwai who cooperated with Mrs. Liu to conceal Yi Ruofu's life experience together.

The Liu family sold the original servants far away and replaced them with a new group of subordinates, because in addition to Liu Yuan, Mrs. Liu and the closer mother-in-law, the new servants thought that Liu Fangfei was from Mrs. Liu.

Yi Xiangxiang also wasted a lot of effort to find the former servants of the Liu family and asked about the fact that he was not biological. However, the specific causes and consequences have not been clarified, such as what happened to Liu Yuanwai and Xiao Jiang's rolling sheets? Was it love at first sight or was it all designed? Or who was designed by whom? Is it really dystocia or is it yin? Why did no one in Centennial County know that the Liu family had a little Jiang family? None of this is clear. Moreover, the Jiang family also said that the whereabouts of the little Jiang family were separated and disappeared, completely hiding the part where she became the concubine of the Liu family, Yi Xiangxiang felt that there were too many doubts in it.

And Yi Xiangxiang has an intuition, the person who knows all the truth is estimated to be only Liu Yuanwai.

Yi Xiangxiang propped her head and looked at Liu Fangfei in deep thought: "Mrs. Liu wants to marry you to a fool, so your father won't stop you?" ”

As far as Yi Xiangxiang knows, Liu Yuanwai was only deceived by Mrs. Liu's superficial pampering of Liu Fangfei, but in fact, he was quite good to Liu Fangfei. And with her secret help over the years, Liu Yuanwai has discovered that Liu Fangfei has actually been bullied, so he paid more attention to Liu Fangfei and loved him later.

Liu Fangfei hiccuped and said, "My father went to Kyoto to sell goods, how did he know about this!" When he comes back, I'll be cooked, so of course I'll have to run away first! And I also figured it out, my father can protect me for a while, and I can't live for the rest of my life. When I came, I had already asked the shopkeeper to help me transfer the letter, and the letter told my father that I knew that I was not born to Mrs. Liu, and she wanted to match me with a second fool, so I ran away! See you in the future! I won't stay with you for too long, I'm afraid they'll come and I'll leave after I rest for two days. ”

Her plan was to completely leave the sight of the Liu family, anyway, she had had enough of Mrs. Liu's yang and yin disobedience over the years, and she didn't have any idea of staying in the Liu Mansion after knowing her life experience, so she just took this opportunity to persuade herself to leave.

"You're a real pig's brain! What can you do when you go out? Be a maid? Then it's better to marry a second fool and be a stupid daughter-in-law! Yi Xiangxiang wanted to slap Liu Fangfei twice.

She is very glad that she left a message for Liu Fangfei to avoid Xile Building if she has something, otherwise if she runs out blindly, she may not know what will happen!

Yi Xiangxiang is really a little afraid! Although the Li Dynasty is not a troubled time, Liu Fangfei is a girl's family, if something really happens, the consequences are hard to imagine.