Ripples in the Heart (Part I)

This year's weather is early and warm, and in May, the roses, roses and moon season have begun to slowly bloom. In the car, Lian'er looked at the shy buds in the neighbor's yard, and remembered that the roses in her small study across the yard also began to bud. It was planted especially for her by Xinjie, just because she has a rose in her name now. Thinking of her husband, Lian'er smiled faintly. When he went out this morning, he told her that he would be home early today. It's not August, but it's the fifteenth, the day of the full moon, and every time like that, they like to wait for her to finish her exercises, and then they like to wander together in the moonlight for a while, or Xinjie accompanies her, and she practices a dance. No matter how busy Baihuatang's affairs are, she can't miss this date with her husband. And she didn't tell her husband that tomorrow was her birthday, and she wanted to tell him in the wee hours of the morning when we were looking at the moon together. She rushed back to Aokien early from the new nursery in Baihuatang in the suburbs.

"Young grandmother, it seems that there are guests at home." Xing'er saw the carriage parked at the gate of Aoki Garden. The car didn't look like a familiar friend's house, it looked like it was rented. Lian'er began to sigh in her heart, hoping that this uninvited guest could leave early, so that she and her husband could have a peaceful night.

With the improvement of internal strength, she found that her hearing was getting better and better, and she could already hear the people in the lobby talking without bypassing the wall in the front yard, this voice was very clear and sweet, and Xinjie's tone was obviously very happy, and occasionally a rough male voice interjected. Bypassing the wall and passing through the Moon Cave Gate, Lian'er saw Xinjie in the hall accompanied by a girl in a pink short skirt and a tall man talking. Of course, this crisp voice belonged to the girl in the pink dress, and the moment Xinjie saw her come in, the shyness in his eyes did not escape his wife's eyes. When she looked at the girl closer, she had already guessed the reason for the turmoil in her husband's eyes. This girl looks so pure and innocent, without a trace of human impurities. As a woman, she felt like she was suffocating in an instant.

"Lian'er, are you back? Come on, this is Erda and Akiran who saved me in Shonan. ”

"Son Erda and Miss A Yilan of the Pubang Zhai Quli Family?" After years of court life, she has been trained not to be surprised, "That's really thanks to you, thanks to you for saving my husband." This thank you is really heartfelt, very sincere. With that, he bowed deeply to them, so that Erda and Ah Yilan had to stand up and salute in return. And the surprise and tears caused by the word husband in Ah Yilan's eyes can't escape the eyes of Lian'er and Xinjie, and the ripples that follow in her husband's eyes are like Lian'er's eyes. Lian'er lowered her eyes and face, hiding the sorrow that might leak from her eyes, and bowed her head deeply for a blessing, before she slowly stood up gracefully, and walked to the chair next to Xinjie and sat down half-humbly.

The arrival of his wife made Xinjie a little confused, and Lian'er naturally understood, so she first said gently and considerately: "I don't know if Erda Gongzi and Miss A Yilan have ever been to Beijing." ”

"Don't hide from Mrs. said, we have never been to Shangjing, I'm fine, sometimes I come out to run, Ah Yilan has never been out of the door so far, except for the last time she went to Yueyang with General Tang, she has never been out, she has never left Youtong Village."

"Oh, if that's the case, then it's even more important to spend a few more days in the capital." The smiling wife turned to her husband: "Now that the two life-saving benefactors have arrived, you don't always have to be busy with business these days, take more time to accompany them around the capital." ”

"Of course." Her husband's discomfort and shyness did not affect Lian'er's smile, and in the embarrassment, Xinjie remembered what she was holding in her hand: "Erda and Ah Yilan came here mainly to give me this, which Ah Yilan found when she was sorting out Tonghua Mei's things. "A fish carved in black jade appeared in Xinjie's palm, and the fish had eyes at the mouth, which could obviously be threaded and worn.

"This kind of thing is not worn by the people in our village, and the eldest brother has also asked people to inquire about it in the surrounding towns, and most people have never seen this kind of thing, and it is said that the handiwork is fine, unlike the craftsmen in our area can make it." After all, Erda is the person who communicates with foreign affairs and sells medicinal herbs in Youtong Village, and he is articulate and articulate.

Lian'er felt that this thing was a little familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it, or if she had seen something similar, so she slowly took it from Xinjie's hand and looked at it slowly in the light. This piece of black jade has a clear texture, which can be called the top grade of black jade, and this one-and-a-half-inch long carp is not only delicately carved, but also particularly vivid, a picture of eager to try.

"What do you think?"

"This is what Sister Tonghua left?"

"Yes, we haven't touched my sister's things since she left, and it wasn't until last month that my eldest brother said we should pack up my sister's things and pick up some things that she liked when she was alive and put them in front of her grave. Because I had never seen this kind of thing in the cottage, I showed it to my eldest brother, and the eldest brother decided to let me and Erda send the capital to General Tang. "This kind of thing, originally Erda can be sent by one person, Qu Li's purpose of letting Ah Yilan come with him is naturally very clear. A Yilan has reached the age of marriage, and she has not picked a desirable person in the village for a long time, Qu Li knows that she will never forget Xinjie in her heart. But Xinjie has been gone for nearly two years, they don't know who is in his family, whether they are married, they didn't have any special expressions when they left, and they didn't even show their liking for A Yilan in front of them, let alone any promises. Of course, Qu Li can't let his sister wait stupidly. So use this jade fish as an excuse to let Erda accompany her to Beijing to meet Xinjie, if he is really interested in her, he will pick out the clear to marry her, if he doesn't have that intention, so that she can die and go back to choose another husband in the village. But Ah Yilan believes that Xinjie has her in his heart. Although he had seen his wife today and was a little surprised, Ah Yilan didn't care, as long as Xinjie had her in her heart, she could accept him in any way and stay by his side.

"Maybe this thing comes from Jiangnan, and many people in Jiangnan water towns are born because of water, and fish is auspicious." Lian'er looked at the jade fish slowly, hiding the desolation in her heart.

Xinjie hurriedly answered, hiding the embarrassment in his heart: "I think so too." ”

"Why don't you print it out tomorrow and let people take it to Jiangnan for comparison? I always felt like I'd seen something like this somewhere, but I couldn't really remember. ”

"Not in the palace?"

"It's not like it, this kind of thing is not like something in the palace, it's very likely that it comes from Jiangnan. But I still brought a sample into the palace to show the Queen Mother, maybe she can remember something. ”

"That's fine." Xinjie nodded wryly.

"In that case, why don't you sit here with the two of you, I'll go to the kitchen to see the dinner, and then go to the study to make two samples first, so that I can take them into the palace early tomorrow morning."

"I've already asked someone to inform the store, let's go to Yuehuaxuan for dinner in the evening. It is rare for their brother and sister to come to Beijing. Xinjie reminded Lian'er that she seemed to be a little absent-minded and couldn't take care of her.

"Oh, that's fine. After eating in Yuehuaxuan, you can also take a look around and see the night market in Shangjing, which is very interesting. Don't know where you live? ”

"We just entered the city today and found Baicaotang, they took us directly here to find General Tang, and we haven't had time to stay in the hotel yet." Erda replied.

"Oh, in that case, don't go outside to trouble, how about you two stay in our guest room for a few days? It's just a little smaller and a little simpler, and I hope you don't mind. ”

"Madame's words, you don't know how much better here than in our cottage." From the words just now, Erda has heard that Lian'er's status is extraordinary, and she can enter the palace to see the queen mother at any time, for him, in this life, he has never seen such a nobleman, not to mention that this lady is amiable and beautiful like a flower. "It's always bad for us to disturb here, so it's better to have someone take us to the inn later."

"Childe is now out of sight, not to mention that the two of you have come from afar, we should entertain you, not to mention that you are my husband's savior, Lian'er doesn't know how to repay you." She spoke of her husband again, but silently said in her heart, hoping that I would not send my husband in return. What is hidden in Ah Yilan's demeanor and Xinjie's eyes already implies this meaning.

"Third brother, why don't you take them to Yuehuaxuan first, and I'll go and let them arrange the guest room before coming to you?"

"Okay." After Lian'er went out, Xinjie felt relieved, and his wife's presence made him feel more or less embarrassed.

When Lian'er arrived at Yuehuaxuan, Xinjie had already taken this brother and sister to see everywhere, and just waited for her to come and serve the food. This time is the busiest time for Yuehuaxuan, since Lian'er took over, many important guests have become familiar with her, and she excuses herself from time to time to go out to greet the guests, and frequently leaves the table, leaving the space for them.

"Shall we take them to the night market in a moment?! In the past few days, the flower market at night in the flower and bird market is also a lot of things to go around. Apparently Xinjie had already told them when she left the table, and it was just an explanation to her.

Lian'er deliberately showed a little tiredness on her face: "Why don't you go with them, I'll go back and do the sample, I will enter the palace early tomorrow morning, and I will do it tonight." This morning, I delivered the eldest sister of the Li family, the same one we brought back from Liulin last time, she had a difficult birth, I stood for more than two hours, and I was really tired. "The eldest sister of the Li family was rescued by them in Liulin, and it is a fact that she delivered the baby, but if she accompanied her husband tonight to meet before the moon, she would not feel tired.