Rumei's face turned pale, her eyes widened, and she shouted: "Impossible, don't lie to me." ”

Ruqing said: "This morning, when we asked my father to say goodbye, my father was wearing a royal blue tassel coat. You were facing Aunt Zhang just now, of course I couldn't see it, but I could see it clearly, in the rose jungle not far from us, I saw a faint figure, vaguely wearing the color of Daddy's clothes this morning, I'm not sure if it's Daddy, but generally men inside and outside the house are cautious, and eight or nine are not far from ten. ”

Rumei was dumbfounded and couldn't say a word for a long time.

Seeing her like this, Ruqing didn't want to say anything more, just sighed secretly, held Rumei's hand, and said very sincerely: "Third sister, I know that you usually call me around, but at a critical juncture, you still treat me as your own sister, otherwise you wouldn't risk being punished by your father to take this head for your sister, my sister is sincere to me, I'm not a fool, how can I not see it?" It's just that if my sister makes my father angry because of me, I will also have a troubled conscience. So, third sister, my sister overscrewed just now, sister must not blame me. "Actually, Ruqing did screw Rumei ruthlessly, firstly, to retaliate against her usual calls to herself, and secondly, to keep her mouth shut, if she really talked nonsense to Zhang's family, regardless of whether Zhang's fault or not, the first to be punished must be their sisters.

Rumei heard Ruqing's words from the "bottom of her heart", her face burned badly, but her mouth said toughly: "Hmph, you still have a little conscience." ”

Ruqing said with a smile and elongated her voice: "Yes, my good sister." I am really fortunate to have met someone as generous-minded as my wife, and I have met a sister who loves me so much. ”

Rumei was slapped comfortably by this sycophant, although she felt that Ruqing was a little exaggerated, but she was a strong one, so she was weak and relieved.

"Hmph, you're my sister, I don't cover you, who covers you?" Although Rumei doesn't understand the meaning of the word "cover", Ruqing often says such a sentence, so she uses it to make use of it, and her little chest claps against each other, "My own sister is only I can bully, other people, why!" ”

“----”

*

Autumn is coming, although the autumn tiger is powerful, it can't stop the enthusiasm of the people in Fangfu. Because, the long-awaited autumn festival is about to be held in Nanjing.

Fang Jinglan had already sent someone to take care of everything in Nanjing, the Fang family had a lot of ancestral property, for the education of the next generation, he bought a courtyard with three entrances and three exits in Nanjing very generously, and sent a servant woman to take care of it.

There are still two days to know the gift on the road, Ruqing feels that she is a girl's family, and she is a concubine, and if she marries in the future, she still has to rely on her mother's brother to support the façade, and she has to contact this big brother to get in touch with her feelings. So, she racked her brains and sent a bookbag made by herself and sent it over in person.

Ruqing personally took the bookbag, took her little girl Xia Zhu and went to Zhili's Yisong Courtyard in person, and saw that the courtyard was clear and quiet, without sound, and the girls were all guarding the door, and they didn't dare to take a breath in the atmosphere, and they were very surprised.

However, when she saw Zhili himself, she was not so surprised, and said in a long way: What kind of master there is, what kind of slave there is. Brother Zhili is an old-fashioned face who is old and unsmiling, and the people under him have been getting along with him for a long time, and they have become the same as him, with a stiff and old-fashioned face. But that's okay, I believe that he lived to be forty years old, and it is estimated that he will not find a trace of wrinkles.

Zhili received a report from the little maid, came out of the study, came to the main hall, and when he saw Ruqing, he frowned slightly, "The fourth sister is here." "The sound is flat, and there is no wave in the ancient well. For Ruqing, who entered his yard for the first time, it was as if he was talking about the weather.

Ruqing tried hard to restrain the urge to make him lose face, and smiled obediently: "The eldest brother is about to leave the house to participate in the Autumn Festival, I want to send a bookbag and the eldest brother to show my sister's little heart." Then he motioned to Yahuan to hand the bookbag to Zhili.

Zhili took the bookbag, looked at it slightly, and was slightly surprised, the bookbag was just a very simple style, using a hard layer of cotton and linen fabric, hand-held design, and there were small pockets of different sizes sewn on the outside, which was convenient for holding various writing utensils or others.

Zhili raised his eyes and asked, "This is made by the fourth sister herself?" ”

Ruqing nodded shyly, "This is what my mother did." Big brother look, can you still like it? ”

Zhili said lightly: "Fourth Sister Lao is bothered, tell Aunt Zhu for me, I like it very much." ”

Ruqing breathed a sigh of relief, she was really afraid that this precocious and steady young master would refuse, or not give face, with his words, she was also relieved, so she smiled sweetly and said, "Big brother likes it, I'm happy." My sister is here to wish the big brother a successful start and success. Still learning to clench his fists like an adult, Zhili smiled faintly and didn't speak. When Ruqing was about to leave, he personally delivered it to the door.

Out of Yisong Courtyard, and met Zhiyi, Ruqing has always stayed by Li's side, rarely said a few complete words with the brothers, this time seeing the iceberg-like Zhiyi, subconsciously shrunk his neck, but the entrance of Yisong Courtyard is wide, and there is not even a Tibetan stone, so he had to obediently step forward to greet Zhiyi.

"Second brother, is the second brother also coming to find the eldest brother?"

Zhiyi wore a long gown with blue arrow sleeves, his hair was tied in a bun, and there were no ornaments on his body, although his body had not yet fully grown, he already had the momentum of a martial artist, with his hands behind his back, and he was bowed by Ruqing with a golden sword, and then said coldly: "What are you doing here?" ”

Ruqing said obediently: "The eldest brother is about to leave the house to go to Nanjing, and my sister is here to say goodbye to the eldest brother at the behest of her mother, in order to express her sincere heart." Just in time, I ran into you again, the second brother. ”

Zhiyi let out a faint "oh", no longer looked at Ruqing, and passed straight past her.

Ruqing was stunned, cursing in her heart, this dead boy is too inattentive to people, right?

*

The next day, Zhili sent the little maid to Zhu's Xiangye Courtyard, and after the master and servant ceremony, he directly explained his intentions, "The eldest prince likes the bookbag embroidered by Aunt Zhu very much, and this is a little bit to bother Aunt Zhu if she can embroider a bookbag again, and the little one thanked Aunt Zhu here first." ”

Aunt Zhu has been in peace since she sold herself to Fangfu, never making trouble, although Li and Fang Jinglan treated her well, but she stayed in her yard alone, she was always bored, her daughter Ruqing was raised by Li's side, and she was not often seen, she had no other pastime except embroidery, and she was overjoyed when she heard that the eldest young master loved her bookbag, how could she refuse, and quickly nodded in agreement.

No, he stayed up late and rushed out within two days, and sent Ruqing to send the newly made bookbag to Zhili.

Ruqing led Xia Zhu to the Songhe Courtyard of Zhili with the bookbag, and along the way, she found that the Fang Mansion was a little different today, and as for what was different, she couldn't say it for a while. Probably because Zhili is going to participate in the autumn festival, everyone in the house is looking forward to it, so the excitement is too much.

When she came to Yisong Courtyard, Ruqing found that there was a young man and a mother-in-law standing at the gate of the courtyard.

After the Yun family returned to Beijing, he pointed out this grandmother-in-law to Jiang Yunran, and this grandmother-in-law was also responsible, Jiang Yunran's scope of activities was also in Fangfu, and he was not very relieved, often keeping up with him, never fake the hands of others, Ruqing sighed in her heart, the pomp and circumstance of this big family is so majestic, every time the master goes to a place, he always does not leave his subordinates to serve, it is no wonder that so many people are keen on power.

When the grandmother-in-law saw Ruqing, the hairs on her body immediately stood up, and she hurriedly stepped forward to stand in front of Ruqing, her tall and mighty body bent slightly, and said with full anger: "The fourth girl is here, the old woman asks the fourth girl to say goodbye." ”

Ruqing hurriedly took two steps back, avoiding the salute of her grandmother, and said in a sweet voice: "It turned out to be Mother Sun, why should Mother Sun be polite, Ruqing doesn't dare to be polite." ”

Grandma Sun straightened up, and said in a flat voice: "The old woman has followed her wife since she was a child, and her wife has always paid attention to etiquette, and the old woman is a slave, but she doesn't dare to hold her up in front of her master." ”

Ruqing's eyes narrowed slightly, "Mother Sun said this, Ruqing didn't dare to take it anymore, you are a person from Yongningbo's Mansion, not a person from Fangfu, you are such a big gift, Ruqing can't afford it, Mother Sun, don't be upset." ”

Seeing that Ruqing's tone was sincere, a smile appeared on the flat face, "The fourth girl said that she was laughing, my son-in-law has been nagging about the house, and the old man is a subordinate, and etiquette cannot be abolished." Oh, by the way, are the four girls here to find the eldest young master? ”

Ruqing nodded, "Well, the big brother is inside, right?" ”

"The eldest young master is here, and my son-in-law is also inside, yo, the second girl is also here."

Grandma's words suddenly changed her voice, and she looked back, and sure enough, she was embroidered all over the Ruyi Begonia Coupling Ruyi Cloud Pattern bottom of Rushan Shi Ran came over, at this time, it was the autumn high air and the morning sun was shining, such as Qing's coupling color clothes, under the reflection of the early sun, it looked extremely bright and bright, and with the white jade pearl sprinkled flower hollow pendant on the bun, it was lined with golden light, gorgeous and boundless.

Rushan's dress, Ruqing was stunned for a moment, and as Rushan gradually approached his body, he realized that he was really more angry than people, and he was only two or three years old, but the style of Rushan's whole body was really more majestic than his grandson.

Rushan Shi came to Ruqing and smiled elegantly, "Grandma Sun is here, hey, the fourth sister is also here, this is really a coincidence." She swept the coarse cloth bag in Xia Zhu's hand with a pair of beautiful phoenix eyes, covered her lips and smiled, "The fourth sister is also here to give gifts to the eldest brother?" What did you send, show me it? ”

Ruqing looked at the lacquered red durian box in the hand of Yahuan Bizhu behind her, and then looked at the simple cloth bag in her hand by her girl Xia Zhu, and suddenly felt that her face was dull, and she wanted to refuse, but Xia Zhu had already opened the bag first.

Rushan glanced at the bookbag, covered her lips and smiled, "Is this embroidered by Aunt Zhu?" ”

Without waiting for Ruqing to answer, Rushan said with a smile: "Aunt Zhu's embroidery skills are really good, and she can almost catch up with the female red master." It's just that the eldest brother is about to rush to Nanjing to participate in the Autumn Festival, which is a major event for the glory of the ancestors, why did Aunt Zhu only send these? Wouldn't it ---?"

Ruqing Dao lowered his head slightly, and his voice was as thin as a mosquito: "My mother is only that little bit every month, and she can't match the pomp of the second sister and Aunt Zhang." However, the most important thing in this gift is the heart, isn't it? ”

The corners of Rushan's lips curled, "The fourth sister is really good at talking, no wonder her wife likes it." ”

Ruqing still looked shy, as if she was embarrassed, "Let the second sister laugh." In fact, this is not a gift, but the eldest brother thinks my mother's embroidered bookbag is beautiful. Then I asked my mother to embroider another one and asked me to send it. ”

The corners of Rushan's lips condensed slightly, and she looked at the bookbag a few more times, and her smile became a little colder, "Big brother never accepts gifts from anyone, I can't imagine that Aunt Zhu --- really capable." After a pause, he looked at Ruqing's lowered face again, and added, "The fourth sister is also very capable." ”

Ruqing understood the sarcasm in her words, and her heart was uncomfortable, but at that time, in front of her grandmother, it was not easy to have a seizure, so she had to say casually: "What did the second sister say?" It's just such a thing that is not elegant, and what is not capable, it's just that the eldest brother pities my mother's family for being short of money, so he deliberately made such a request, besides, in addition to sending these things, my mother can't give the noble gifts next to it. What do you say, second sister? ”

The corners of Rushan's mouth hooked slightly, his eyes moved up by two points, and said, "When is this, let's go in first, and we will go back to practice calligraphy later." ”

Rushan walked a few steps, and saw that Ruqing didn't mean to follow, so he stopped again, "Why don't you go in together?" ”

Ruqing shook her head, "Big brother has guests, it's not good for me to go in and disturb." Then let Xia Zhu hand the bookbag to the little maid Shunzi who was waiting on the side, and let him hand it over on his behalf.

Junzi sighed briskly, took the bookbag and ran in quickly, and Ruqing said goodbye to her grandmother.

Grandma's face is kind, "The fourth lady is going well, and the old woman won't send it." ”