Chapter 10: Jade Gourd
This morning, Xiaofu and I came to Duan Jingya's house with the flower dumplings we made ourselves, and after we thought it was good after tinkering with it once last time, we thought we would give her a taste.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I entered the house, I met Li Jiancheng in Duan Jingya's house.
It's just that something wasn't quite right in the atmosphere, and I was embarrassed: "Which... Sister, Iā" I was about to leave.
Duan Jingya stopped me: "Yue'er, come in!" ā
I looked at Li Jiancheng even more embarrassed, and saw that he nodded to me, and I entered the house, and Xiaofu took the rice balls and put them on the table.
Li Jiancheng looked at the pink ball in the bowl and wondered, "What is this?" ā
I looked at Duan Jingya and saw that she had been fiddling with the Buddhist bead bracelet in her hand with her eyes closed since I entered the house. I had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "This is a flower rice ball, which is made by crushing Jiang rice and adding the juice from the peach petals, adding some honey to knead it into such a ball, and then boiling it in white water." ā
Li Jiancheng smiled and nodded, "No wonder you smelled the fragrance of peach blossoms as soon as you entered the house." ā
I looked at him, he was a gentle son who was completely different from Li Yuanji, with the breath of a mature man that Li Yuanji did not have, adding a touch of different charming charm to him.
From a distance, it looks like Duan Jingya is really a talented and beautiful couple, this ancient person is really eye-catching, does not contain any additives, and the original taste is better.
Next, the three of us stared at each other, and we didn't speak for a long time, seeing that this peach blossom rice ball was about to turn cold, we had to speak: "Which... Brother-in-law, do you want to taste it? ā
Li Jiancheng didn't expect me to ask him like this, he looked at me and laughed in the next second, only to find out that he actually had two dimples, which was really foul.
I saw his thin lips slightly opened: "Okay." ā
His smile was so warm that his heart melted. Fortunately, I made two bowls, I was stunned and pushed my bowl of rice balls in front of him, watching him scoop up a rice ball and put it on his pink lips, slightly open his mouth and bite it, his white teeth can be faintly seen, what a foul!
I covered my almost nosebleed and heard him say, "Well, it's delicious." ā
I was stunned for a moment and said, "If my brother-in-law likes it, I'll come back to Sister A's next time to eat." ā
He looked at me and smiled, stopped talking, and after a while he got up and said, "Lan'er, no matter what, I still have to hope that you can attend in a few days." ā
After saying that, I left, I immediately got up and saluted, and then sat down to look at Duan Jingya.
Xiao Rong said on the side: "Madam, why are you doing this? It's been all this year? Why can't I let it go, I can't blame the eldest prince for that incident..."
Duan Jingya stopped sharply: "Xiao Rong! Take the bowl he used and throw it away! ā
What the? I was shocked, I heard you right! There's a story in it!
Xiao Rong was embarrassed for a long time, and finally picked up the bowl that Li Jiancheng had eaten and walked out.
At the moment, I couldn't stay here anymore, I said goodbye to her, and planned to go to the lotus pond for a walk, but as soon as I turned the courtyard gate, I saw Li Jiancheng standing in the pavilion.
I sighed, "It seems that I can't stay here either." As he spoke, he turned around to prepare his yard, but he didn't expect to turn around and bump into Li Yuanji's arms.
Before I could say anything, he said, "Ouch, stinky girl, what are you doing?" ā
I rubbed my sore nose, looked up at him, pointed behind me and said, "That's it, your eldest brother came out of my sister's house, I originally wanted to go to the gazebo to feed the fish and pass the time of boredom, but your eldest brother was here, I had to go back, who knew that you were a rotten egg standing behind me and killed me!" ā
He pulled away my hand to rub my nose and asked with some concern, "How is it?" Does it hurt? ā
I opened his hand angrily and said, "Of course it hurts, otherwise you can try." ā
He pulled my hand away again and said with an anxious face: "I'll see, do I need some medicine?" ā
I was amused by his anxious frown, "Poof, okay, okay, lie to you, fool." ā
Saying that, he still didn't believe it, but I diverted his attention and said, "You see if you want to go see your eldest brother." ā
Li Yuanji looked up at Li Jiancheng at this time, frowned slightly and sighed: "Hey... My sister-in-law still refuses to forgive my eldest brother. ā
Well! I wondered, he knew about it, too? So my eyes lit up, I looked at Li Yuanji with a gossip on my face, and asked, "What the hell is going on?" Tell me about it! ā
He looked at me and frowned, a little surprised: "You don't know? How could it be, you should have been the governor when that happened? ā
I glared at him and said, "Haven't I fully remembered the past?" ā
Then he suddenly realized: "Ah! Oh yes, you haven't fully recovered your memory yet. ā
I said helplessly: "Say it quickly!" ā
He looked at me and suddenly smiled, "I can tell you, then what do you exchange for this secret?" ā
Hey! This girl! I thought about it, and it happened that the jade pendant last time was ready and I didn't have time to give it to him, so I smiled and said, "Let's go!" ā
I went back to my room to change my clothes, and then we went out of the house to find a restaurant and ordered two snacks. I handed him the jade pendant and said, "Ah, this, one for each of us, let's talk about it now!" ā
He couldn't put it down and played with the jade pendant, then stood up and walked in front of me, handed the jade pendant to me, I looked at him stunned, frowning: "What's the matter?" Not enough, or don't want it? ā
He shook his head and said, "No, I want you to put it on for me, and I will tell you everything I know." ā
I pursed my mouth and took the jade and wore it on his belt.
"That's it! Now you can say it! ā
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When I returned to the room, I saw Xiaofu, I don't know if Xiaofu knows about it, and when I saw that Xiaofu was making tea for me, I hesitated and asked, "Xiaofu, do you know how Sister Ah married into the Li Mansion?" ā
Xiaofu looked at me in confusion and said, "Isn't the eldest prince Ming Media marrying?" ā
This stupid girl, I said helplessly: "I mean, when I was still in Duanfu, have you ever heard that Sister Ah has any favorite person?" ā
Xiaofu thought about it and suddenly realized: "Oh... Yes, but the man seems to have been dead for a long time, and this was before the lady married the eldest prince. As he spoke, he frowned, "But after Mrs. married the eldest son, she and the eldest prince are still very affectionate, and she has also been pregnant!" ā
What the? Duan Jingya has spoiled Li Jiancheng's child? What about the kids? The more I listened, the more confused I became.
Xiaofu poured me a cup of tea, and then continued: "But then the child fell off somehow, and since then Madame's attitude towards the eldest prince has changed greatly. ā
I frowned, sorting out these fragments in my mind, that is to say, Duan Jingya had a favorite person before marrying Li Jiancheng, and then that person died, so she married Li Jiancheng, after marrying Li Jiancheng, the two respected each other like guests, and she was pregnant with Li Jiancheng's child again, but somehow the child suddenly fell, and since then I don't know what the reason Duan Jingya hated Li Jiancheng.
Wrong! Xiao Rong mentioned that person, is it related to that person? It's not right, Li Yuanji said that Duan Jingya didn't forgive Li Jiancheng because of the child's business.
I'm afraid that only two parties know about the whole thing. But looking at Li Jiancheng's attitude towards Duan Jingya, there should be feelings, and there should be guilt. I'm afraid it's not as simple as it seems.
At dinner, Duan Jingya and I didn't talk to each other for the first time, until dinner, when I was about to say goodbye to her and go back to the room.
Duan Jingya stopped me: "Yue'er, wait a minute." ā
Saying that, I saw Xiao Rong holding a small wooden box in front of me, and I couldn't help but be a little curious: "Sister, what is this?" ā
She took the small wooden box, opened it and said, "Sister's dowry." ā
I saw that inside the box was a topaz gourd, and the gourd was wrapped with gold leaf around the waist, a good gold inlaid jade, but I didn't expect the Tang Dynasty to have such a technology. Not to mention the craftsmanship of this gold inlaid jade, just looking at this piece of topaz is already extremely rare.
In the Tang Dynasty, green jade and white jade were the mainstay, and there were few other colors of jade, and jade could only be owned by royalty and nobles, and even high-ranking officials and nobles rarely owned jade, not to mention that ordinary people couldn't even think of it, but it was conceivable how valuable such a three-year-old child's fist-sized topaz was.
From this point of view, this family's background is also rich enough, thinking of this, I can't help but sigh, no wonder Li Yuan will reuse this family, is it also looking at the financial resources of the Duan family?
"Sister, what is this?"
"Yue'er, two days will be the birthday of the eldest prince of Li, you can take this as a congratulatory gift and give it to the eldest prince!"
I looked at Xiao Rong's expression, biting my lower lip, wanting to say that I didn't dare to say it, this thing is definitely not so simple.
Xiaofu beside me was surprised: "Madam, this is not..."
Duan Jingya immediately spoke: "Xiaofu! "Stopped Ferve.
Xiaofu opened her mouth again to say something, but finally closed it. No, it's definitely not just about a dowry. This sister is really good to her sister, no, I'm not her sister, I definitely can't ask for this thing!
"Sister, I can't ask for this thing."
"Yue'er, this..."
"Sister, don't worry, I already have a way." Saying that, I turned my head to look at Xiaofu and gave her a look, "Xiaofu, you said yes, Miss just now, my idea was not bad!" ā
I saw that Xiaofu nodded immediately after receiving my eyes, "Yes, Miss's idea is very good." ā
I turned my head to look at Duan Jingya, she looked at me suspiciously, and then looked at Xiaofu. I took her hand and reassured her: "Sister, don't worry, I already have an idea, don't worry about it, although your thing is valuable." But my stuff is even more priceless. ā
"It's... So what are you going to give? ā
"Uh... This sister doesn't need to be superhearted, and when the time comes, she will naturally know, Sister Don't worry! ā
It's so dangerous, fortunately, Li Yuanji mentioned this to me during the day, in fact, really, I have already thought about what to give. It's just that I didn't tell Xiaofu, I looked at Xiaofu, this girl is still quite smart sometimes.