Chapter Twenty-Six: The Old Man III
They had been giggling and chatting happily, but when they saw the two of us standing here, they were all silent for a moment. One of them, who looked shy, said shyly, "Brother Wen, who is this girl?" ”
"This is a witch girl."
The teenagers were all stern, and they said their names one by one with great diligence and proportion. The shy young man in the moon-white brocade robe was the last to say: "Under the surname Min, Min Dao." Looking at him with a shy and timid look, like a girl, he was particularly afraid of life, but he asked more than others: "Did the witch girl only come to the village today?" I didn't see you the other day. I wonder where you're from? ”
"I arrived today, my family lives in Wanhua Mountain."
Another said, "That's not a short distance." The table is open, and the witch girl will come with us, right? ”
"No, my sister is still in Hexiang Pavilion, I'll go look for her."
"Sister Ling went to the backyard with Miss Tu, and the ladies are not at the same table as us." Wen Fei said: "They have already gone, so let's go over quickly." ”
I had never dealt with a young man of a similar age before, and when I went to the capital with my father, the prince could be counted as one of the princes, but I didn't like his habits.
The sun finally set, and the glow of the western sky dimmed as if it were smeared with a layer of soot.
Soon this splendor will disappear completely.
When I entered the flower hall, Miss Tu smiled and said, "Oh, I was about to send someone to look for you, and if you don't come again, we will eat first and not wait for you." ”
I also replied with a smile: "If you don't wait, you don't wait, I don't believe that the huge Tujiazhuang can still make the guests starving?" ”
"Come, let's sit together. How did you go for so long? Grandpa, I'm afraid that people have become verbose when they get older? ”
Miss Tu San took my hand affectionately and let me sit in her first place. There are really a lot of guests on Tujiazhuang this time, and the girls sit at a long table, ** people, some have seen each other in the afternoon. Some have never seen it. Miss Tu's words seemed unintentional, and I replied indifferently: "The owner of Tu Zhuang didn't say anything, but Tujiazhuang is too big, and the light back and forth is time-consuming on the road." ”
Wu Zhen smiled and said, "We had a great time after you left, and Miss Wei even made a poem." ”
Wei Guan's face flushed slightly, and he whispered, "If you don't do well, just have fun." ”
Intentionally or unintentionally, everyone ignored the younger sister of the two Miss Chen, and it was already dark after eating, and Miss Tu asked the little maid to send us back to the guest room with a lantern. Wu Zhen whispered: "That little Chen girl spoke carelessly. I'm afraid I offended Miss Tu. ”
"What did she say?"
"It's still the music you said before you left. Miss Tu said that the beauty of the rhyme and rhythm of the song is stronger in the south than in the north, and she was robbed of two sentences by the little Chen girl. He also said that if Miss Tu thinks that the south side is good, and she happens to be from the north, the two can compare ......"
"Did they compare?" I was very surprised, Miss Tu San was not such a calm person, not to mention that she was the master. It's older than that little Chen girl, so she shouldn't be as knowledgeable as her.
"It's compared, that little Chen girl plays the pipa well, the sound of agitation is like a cracked silk, the sound is like a crack, the sound is curbing the clouds, and the flute of the third girl Tu is also blowing well. But when the two compare like this, they don't seem to be as powerful as Miss Xiao Chen. ”
I thought about it for a moment and asked, "When they compete." Who else is there? ”
"It's all there, well, in addition to you, that Young Master Tu and Young Master Wen are also there."
I guess so.
"What about you? What do you say no? ”
Wu Zhen shook his head: "When they speak, where can I get in." ”
I secretly regretted that I shouldn't have asked her that, "Hmm. Don't talk about this. Go back and prepare the clothes you will wear tomorrow. Which one do you wear? ”
Wu Zhen thought for a moment: "I like that red one. ”
"It's good to be red, you can wear it if you like it."
But she thought about it again. He shook his head again and said, "Forget it." That Tu girl seems to like red very much, and tomorrow is a good day for others, she must wear bright colors, I still wear that pink, which one do you wear? The yellow one? ”
The house is clean and exquisite, and it seems that it is dedicated to entertaining female guests, and it is naturally incomparable with the simple guest rooms in the outer courtyard. I opened my nose slightly, and when I turned my head to look, there was a celadon smoker behind the small screen in the corner of the room, and the smoke was coming out of it.
I closed the door and motioned for Wu Zhen to pick up the teapot and hand it to me.
She didn't understand what I meant, and handed over the teapot. I unscrewed the porcelain lid on top and poured the tea in.
The incense burned inside was soaked in tea, silently annihilated, and the smoke no longer gushed out.
"How?"
I shook my head slightly, twisted the lid back into place, and said to her, "Open the window." ”
Wu Zhen opened all the windows knowingly, and turned back to me and said, "It's hot, if it rains." ”
"If you're afraid of the heat, take a shower and go to bed first."
We simply cleaned up and lay down on the bed, and Wu Zhen was close to my ear before asking, "Isn't that fragrant?" Who could have done it? ”
"There's nothing wrong with incense, it's definitely not a dead person, it's just ...... If you smell this fragrance all night, tomorrow you will not be able to get out of bed, and you will not be able to go to the birthday feast. ”
Wu Zhen only reacted after being puzzled for a moment, he was angry, and he had to suppress his temper and whispered: "Tujiazhuang is too much of a bully!" Obviously, we came here because his family invited guests, but we were so deceitful when we came! I ......"
"Don't make a noise, it's still a matter of secrecy, just know it in your own heart. Master Tu and Mrs. Tu wouldn't do that, and the rest of the Tu family hasn't had any dealings with us—"
So whoever did it, the answer is self-evident.
Wu Zhen was tormented and troubled by this incident, tossing and turning, and didn't sleep well for half the night, and even with me, I was so weak that I almost couldn't get up in the morning. But today I had to cheer up to deal with it, Wu Zhen and I helped each other comb each other's hair, she combed a flying fairy bun, inserted a beaded hairpin, drew her eyebrows, wiped her rouge and nodded her lips, it looked like a lot of people were bright and energetic all of a sudden. I don't like fat powder, and my hair is still combed in my daily hairstyle.
The maid Honglian brought breakfast, and when the meal was set, she said casually: "Did the two girls sleep well?" ”
Seeing that Wu Zhen's eyebrows were about to stand up, I said: "Fortunately, it's always not so solid to change to a new bed." ”
Honglian nodded and said: "Exactly, once you arrive in a new place, you have to toss for a few days, and the slave maid also has a problem with choosing a seat, and she can't sleep when she changes beds." She put the porridge on the table and whispered, "The two girls must not know yet, I heard that a guest has been burned on his hand." ”
"Who is it?"
She pointed to the west: "The girl of the Chen family." ”
Wu Zhen and I glanced at each other: "It's so dignified, how can you burn your hands?" (To be continued)