Wu Zhen bought a few velvet flowers, a box of rouge, and some small beads, which she picked carefully, saying that she wanted to string a bead. I gave her ideas, and it was nice to look at the red, beige, and amber beads. But Wu Zhen shook his head, picking white and dark green.

Next to the stall selling trinkets, I saw a lantern seller, and there were a few windmills made of bamboo leaves and bamboo branches, which were extremely exquisite.

"Do you like it?" He asked softly.

"It's pretty chic."

He took out the money and bought one, smiled and handed it to me.

"Thank you."

"It's not worth anything."

After the bamboo leaves are picked, they should turn yellow, the bamboo leaves look like they have been pressed and dried, but the color is still verdant, and the snowflakes fall on it, green and white, and they are crystal clear.

I'll think about this day for a long time—perhaps because the happy and carefree moments are too short and rare, so the only little sweetness is worth cherishing.

However, perhaps it was a long time and a lot of recollection, but then I felt that the taste gradually changed, and it became a kind of sourness, bitterness.

He put us in the carriage, and I whispered, "Go back quickly, you won't have to pick us up tomorrow, we know the way ourselves." ”

He just smiled and looked like he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything. The curtain was lowered, and the car drove slowly forward. The road is slippery, there are many people, and the car goes very slowly.

Wu Zhen fiddled with the small beads wrapped in the handkerchief, made a crisp sound, and whispered, "You and him are really ...... Does the Father-in-law know? Does he agree or not? ”

Speaking of this, I came back to my senses and smiled a little bitterly: "Father didn't say anything against it. ”

Wu Zhen put the beads aside: "But the righteous father didn't say that he agreed, right?" She shook her head: "This person is naturally very good." At the beginning of Tujiazhuang, the eyes of the girls in the room were eager to stick to him. That Tu San girl, especially...... Don't talk about her. But I think this guy is too dignified - you don't even know what's going on in his mind. Just like just now. When we went shopping, I didn't think his mind was here at all, I didn't know where to put it. ”

I smiled and said, "Tell me, where is his mind?" ”

Wu Zhen pouted, she didn't look ugly when she made this action, but she was coquettish: "I don't know." Anyway, people say that there are a lot of ghosts in the city, which is different from those we grew up in the countryside. Besides, he is still from the capital, at the feet of the Son of Heaven. How big is the place, and how big must the man's heart be? How can I guess? ”

"Why does that sound a little sour?" I smiled and hugged her: "Don't worry. I won't alienate you because I know him. ”

Bai Quan waited by the gate, the weather was extremely cold, his nose was frozen red, lined with the white and round face, like a newly steamed red heart steamed bun when the moon was full of people. I was a little reluctant: "Uncle Quan." Why are you standing here at the gate on such a cold day? What do you want me to do? ”

"It doesn't matter, it's just that when Madame heard that the two girls were coming, she sent a lot of clothes and jewelry to eat."

I thanked me, "Let Madame bother, we should have gone to see Madame." ”

Madame said, the road is slippery in the snow. The girls don't have to rush to another village outside the city in this weather. Anyway, the days are long, stay a few more days, and wait for the time to get better before it passes. Same. ”

However, this is not enough for Bai Quan to come and wait for us.

Sure enough, he said with a smile: "I heard that the girls are in Chiyuan and have you met someone from the Yue family?" ”

He's so fast! What is the word of the people?

But there's nothing to hide: "yes." That Yue girl is quite an enthusiastic person, and she has a bit of a sense of familiarity at first sight. ”

Wu Zhen said on the side: "Not really. Instead of holding people to sit, it seems that it is uncomfortable not to show off her tribute tea. ”

I was a little more careful. asked softly: "Is there any special friendship between the Yue family and Uncle Bai?" ”

Bai Quan's smile remained unchanged: "Friendship, there is no friendship." During the holidays, there are some. ”

Wu Zhen immediately came to the spirit: "Celebrate the festival? What is the holiday? ”

"That's all for the older generation, and it's been twenty or thirty years now. If the girl is curious, when the master returns, the girls will ask for themselves, and the old man will not be here to gossip. ”

Bai Quan is worthy of an old word, and it is impossible to talk about it. No one I have ever met has been more cautious and prudent, and he will not say a word about what he should not say. Since he pointed out that the Bai family and the Yue family have some festivals, it must not be a trivial matter. If it's really a small grudge, can people remember it for so many years?

"Okay, I'm bothered by Lao Baiquan, we'll pay attention next time."

Bai Quan's purpose was achieved, and he smiled and asked people to bring the things given by Mrs. Bai to us one by one. It's also in duplicate, one copy for me and Wu Zhen. However, there are slight differences in the color of clothing and jewelry style. I have only met Madame Bai once, and she is a sickly and pale woman, but gentle and elegant, and she does not seem at all jealous of Uncle Bai's famous amorous manners—I find this couple really strange. The husband respects his wife, but he does not appear to be close. The wife still approves and appreciates her husband's behavior, and sure enough, there is nothing strange in the world.

Wu Zhen was very interested in the affairs of the Yue family, and she didn't ask Bai Quan what the Bai family had with the Yue family, but asked: "That Yue girl, the shelf is so high, is their Yue family really so powerful?" ”

"Hmm," Bai Quan paused: "The ancestors of the Yue family claim to be the descendants of the Sword Immortal Yu Baiping, the predecessor of the Sword Immortal, what a great honor is that...... Slowly got started, and later married the royal family, and someone married into it, and also married the princess and the princess ......"

Wu Zhen wondered: "No, one surname is Yu and the other surname Yue, how is it a family?" ”

"Well, it's just that the pronunciation is about the same, maybe the sword fairy back then was called Yue Baiping, maybe it's not true."

Bai Quan's ridiculous tone made Wu Zhen laugh so much that he almost squirted tea: "I think they rely on no one to find out, so let's blindly admit it here." ”

"Well, maybe it's like what the girl said. However, some people have heard that Yu Baiping's surname is actually Yue, but since he came out to wander the rivers and lakes, his reading accent is not very accurate, and he always can't hear clearly when he reports his home. Later generations have said that it is true by false rumors. There is also a saying that Yu and Yue were the same word at that time, but later they were derived from different writing and pronunciation. ”

I said sincerely, "Uncle Quan, you are really well-informed. ”

"Where, where. The girls are tired for a long time, so let's rest. He looked at the windmill in my hand: "What, the girl went to the temple fair?" ”

"Yes, after walking around for a while, there are so many people, and the shoes are about to break out."

"Exactly, many people have already taken this opportunity to buy New Year's goods. It's an out-of-town again, and the girls are going to go to that place next time. It's better to wear men's clothes, it's convenient. You should also keep an eye on your money bags so as not to let people pick them up. ”

After Bai Quan left, Wu Zhen looked at the clothes and jewelry there with great interest, and picked up a white jade auspicious cloud hairpin. He gestured on my head: "Well, you look good when you wear this, but I don't feel good when I wear white things, and I am not as handsome as you." What do you want? An absent-minded look. She gently bumped me with her elbow: "What, are you thinking about your Wenfei son?" ”

"Phew, the words turn bad as soon as they reach your mouth. I'm thinking about Miss Yue. And that Qi Boxuan. ”

"That's right." Wu Zhen put down the hairpin: "I said, that Qi Boxuan is not quite right. ”

"Yes, this person's method of dealing with Tujiazhuang ......"

"I'm not talking about that. I mean, the way he looks at you, it's not quite right. ”

"What?"

"You may not have noticed it yourself, I'm a bystander. He doesn't see you much, but he ...... It always makes me feel a little unsure. ”

I thought about it. I really don't feel anything.

"Maybe people look at me beautifully, take a second look."

Wu Zhen glanced at me: "It's small." I'm pretty too—and his cousin is pretty too. ”

"Rare!" I made an expression of surprise: "I can make you admit that other girls are beautiful, then the girl is really not simple." ”

Wu Zhen pushed the thing in his hand and pounced on me.

I laughed and hid as I thought...... Qi Boxuan, what is the difference between the way he looks at me?

But I don't really feel anything.

"Okay, okay, sort things out, go to Wen's house tomorrow to drink wedding wine, don't forget to bring a congratulatory gift."

"Even if we forget, the butler won't forget." Wu Zhen whispered, "I've never seen anyone more sleek than him." ”

"This is the capital, the hidden dragon and the crouching tiger, you can't tell who passes by in front of your door, there is a origin that you can't provoke. If he didn't have the ability, how could he take care of the top and bottom so well? ”

I opened the baggage we had brought, and inside was the congratulatory gift I had prepared when I came. Compared with the perfunctory temporary purchase of longevity peaches when I went to Tujiazhuang to celebrate my birthday, I picked and picked this pair of mandarin duck bottles, and my father also said that it was good.

"Is this a jasper bottle?" Wu Zhen asked casually.

"No, it's porcelain."

"It's not like it at all, it's like jade."

"Maybe it's worth more than jasper, right? I can't say it well. ”

Wu Zhen was shocked: "Why? How can porcelain be worth more than jade? ”

I laughed: "Do you remember the old inkstone on my father's desk?" ”

"I know, I've grinded so many inks, how can I not remember."

"My father once said that the old inkstone can buy the entire city of Xianzhou."

Wu Zhen was stunned: "Really? ”

"Well, the house is full of old things, if you don't look at it, you are a thief, and you can't steal valuable things."

Wu Zhen raised his hand to see: "I actually ...... I have polished the ink on such an expensive inkstone......"

"That's nothing, something outside of you." I joked to her, "If you like it, when you get married, let your father give you that inkstone as a dowry." ”

It was a joke, but I didn't expect Wu Zhen to look at me cautiously: "Then, give me the inkstone, what will you accompany me in the future?" ”

I was stunned, and Wu Zhen quickly changed the topic: "This bottle is so beautiful and expensive, why give it to the annoying person of the Wen family, it is better for you and Wen Fei to keep it for yourself." ”

My face is slightly hot, mandarin duck bottle? This bottle...... Me and him......

Yao Huang, the little maid outside, said: "Witch girl, the meal is ready, should you use it in the room, or in the semi-idle pavilion in the east?" ”

"Bring it in, and we'll eat it in the house." (To be continued)