Chapter 199: Cold to each other
Chen Shanshan was slightly stunned for a moment, and then said, "No, I think I like you a lot." ”
Hearing this, Wu Xu only nodded lightly and smiled faintly, "Well, I know." ”
After talking in the pavilion that day, Wu Xu's work suddenly became busy, except for Wu Xu accompanying Chen Shanshan back to the door on the fourth day of marriage, the rest of the time, Chen Shanshan could hardly see Wu Xu. I just touched it in the morning and touched it at night, like two strangers sleeping in bed.
The terrible thing is that Chen Shanshan didn't feel wrong at all, but followed Lin Xia to start breaking into the social circle in Beijing, occasionally going shopping to buy clothes and jewelry, and going to the Twin Restaurants to play with horse hanging, this life is quite comfortable.
This kind of day lasted for more than half a month, and I thought that Wu Chen's villa could be completed as promised, but I didn't expect to estimate the wrong time and enter the new year.
And Wufu today is different from the past, this year is quite lively, every day there are people with New Year's gifts to visit, and Lei Biao and Lin Xia also walk around with New Year's gifts, Yalinju's relationship network is too strong, so that for seven or eight days in a row, Lei Biao and Lin Xia rushed to every friend's mansion non-stop.
And Wu Xu and Chen Shanshan, who have just gotten married, as the eldest brother and sister-in-law, mainly receive guests who come to visit.
Wu Xu is already very accustomed and familiar with the matter of entertainment, but as for Chen Shanshan, as a woman of unknown origin, she was targeted at her home field.
Of course, the reason why they dared to be so arrogant was because there were rumors from the Martial Mansion that the relationship between the eldest young master and the eldest young grandmother was not good.
"Why haven't I seen this dress of Mrs. Chen, is it a new style?" A young lady with all kinds of charms came over, and when she smiled slightly, she suddenly felt that the room was full of fragrance, and the fragrance on her body was also very smoky.
"I said Sister He, the incense on your body is too smoky, make the whole house full of your fragrance, and I don't care if Mrs. Chen is used to it, don't smoke it." The woman who has a good relationship with Chen Shanshan said bluntly.
"Maybe Mrs. Chen also likes spices." The woman who was called Sister He smiled coquettishly.
The woman who wanted to have a good relationship with Chen Shanshan accosted, "But I don't seem to smell the smell of spices in Mrs. Chen, so it can be seen that Mrs. Chen doesn't like spices, right?" ”
Seeing that everyone's eyes were all focused on herself, Chen Shanshan only felt strange, how did she feel that everyone was paying attention to her today?
"Young ladies and misses, please forgive me, our young grandmothers...... In fact, when it comes to spices, there is really some research, but the young grandmother doesn't go out much on weekdays, and likes to use some light ones. Grandma, you can take out the spices in your purse and study them with all the young ladies and ladies. Yuzhu was worried that Chen Shanshan would not be able to cope, so she stood behind her and opened her mouth, and by the way, she untied the sachet that Chen Shanshan was wearing in the morning.
Miss He, who had studied spices thoroughly, immediately asked, "Oh? What kind of spice is this? There was an imperceptible provocation in her tone, after all, she had long been unhappy when she saw Chen Shanshan, not the ladies in Beijing, who inexplicably appeared and took away Mrs. Wu Xu's position, and many women in Beijing guessed that Chen Shanshan was just a wild girl who came from the countryside to seek refuge with her distant relative, Mrs. Li.
And she often gathers with the young ladies in Beijing, she doesn't know anything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and occasionally pops out a few words that people can't understand, which proves that Chen Shanshan is not a lady from a high-ranking family.
In this way, many ladies in Beijing are a little disgusted with Chen Shanshan, if it weren't for the luck of marrying Wu Xu and becoming a young grandmother, there are really few people who are willing to get acquainted with her.
"Young ladies and ladies don't know, this fragrance comes from Yuliang, named 'Ningmu', it is a good fragrance that calms the nerves and nourishes the spirits, light and light but faint, and the smell of lavender can not be dispersed for three days, which cannot be bought in the Wu Dynasty." Yuzhu explained on the side.
Listening like this, Chen Shanshan was also a little surprised, he didn't expect that he was still wearing such a good sachet. But after thinking about it, what Yalin Ju has is money, and this thing is just an ordinary thing for them.
"Oh? Ningmu? Why haven't I heard of it? Miss He's face was a little ugly, she had never heard of this thing because she had studied spices.
"It's normal that Miss He hasn't heard of it, after all, this is a thing of Yuliang, even in Yuliang, it is quite expensive, vaguely remember that this spice is a penny and ten taels of gold, the eldest young master likes the fragrance of this Ningmu very much, and he also carries it with him."
Chen Shanshan frowned slightly, silently, and thought to herself: How could she never find out that Wu Xu was still wearing a sachet? It turns out that he likes the spices of Ningmu......
Seeing Chen Shanshan's stunned appearance, Miss He smiled and said, "Seeing Sister Chen like this, it seems that she doesn't know that her husband likes Ningmu's spices?" ”
Chen Shanshan, who was said to have hit the ground, was slightly embarrassed, she really didn't know, she didn't know much about Wu Xu, "I don't know very well." ”
"It seems that the rumors are true, but the relationship between my sister and Brother Xu is not good." As she spoke, Miss He took a sip of the tea on the table, smiling at the corner of her mouth.
When the words fell, the entire flower hall was suddenly quiet for a moment, and no one dared to speak. Although they have all heard of this rumor, they all say it in private, forget about the gossip, and have not directly raised it in front of the parties, it is already a clear provocation.
Hearing this, Chen Shanshan was suddenly stunned, and suddenly realized that she and Wu Xu had not been married for a long time, and they didn't even say a word well, only simple good morning and good night.
Obviously, they have only been married for two months, and they are still newly married, how did they become relatively speechless like a couple who have been together for 20 years?
The scene was extremely embarrassing, and Yuzhu hurriedly said: "Young ladies and ladies, do you want to taste the Qinghe wine that our Yalinju is about to launch, but there is no new wine yet." The fragrance is tangy, the taste is light, and it will not be intoxicating. ”
The young ladies smiled and accosted, "Yalinju has a new product, so you have to try it." ”
"A while ago, an osmanthus wine was launched, and now there is a clear lotus wine, how many treasures have not been launched in Yalinju."
"Yes, yes......"
The scene became hot all of a sudden, Yuzhu hurriedly called the maid to go to the wine cellar to get wine to save the scene, and the embarrassing scene just now seemed to have never appeared.
It's just that it's not difficult to see that Chen Shanshan is not as active as he was just now.
The young ladies and ladies tasted the lotus wine and they all praised it, and in the end, they all left the martial arts mansion with Xiao Jiujiu hidden in their hearts, presumably tomorrow, Chen Shanshan's performance today will appear in the mouths of the ladies and ladies.
"Alas. Madame is really self-aware, let me accompany the young grandmother to your banquet. Although Yuzhu is used to dealing with such a scene, he doesn't know what to say when he looks at Chen Shanshan's stunned performance.
As for the emotions between Wu Xu and Chen Shanshan, as a bystander, she could see it clearly. Compared with Lei Biao and Lin Xia, who have been married for more than ten years, Wu Xu and Chen Shanshan are obviously more than a little lighter.
After all, the occasional vigil maid can still hear indescribable voices from the old lady's room...... As for the room of the eldest young master and the eldest young grandmother, let alone the sound, the maid who kept vigil thought that there was no one in the room.
Chen Shanshan was a little unsure of the weirdness in his heart, and wanted to talk to Wu Xu, but unfortunately Wu Xu didn't know if it was because of socializing or because he was in a bad mood, so he was drunk and slept directly in the study.
Until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the two did not have a good heart-to-heart talk.
On the fifteenth day of the first month, the Lantern Festival, a series of activities of Wufu's busy visit to return gifts finally had a respite, and after dinner early, Lei Biao and Lin Xia went out lazily, not to mention that they had played all over the Lantern Festival in the morning, and they were not interested at all, so they were ready to stay in the room to 'rest'.
Wu Xu was also a little tired because of the entertainment during this time, but because Chen Shanshan wanted to see what the lantern festival in the capital was like, Wu Xu agreed to her. As for Wu Chen, he was alone, and he took two Wu Yun and Wu Xi, who had already passed the Lantern Festival several times and were still interested, to go shopping.
The four doors of the capital are wide open, the door of each shop on the street is hung with all kinds of lanterns, each lantern has a riddle on it, if the pedestrian can guess correctly, he can directly take the lantern and go, guess wrong, sorry, you can only be empty-handed.
Because the gate is wide open, although the flow of people is dense, but it is not crowded, the fifteenth day of the first month, the whole capital is open, and the place is big.
Wu Chen took his younger siblings and subordinates to be the perfect good brother role, he guessed what lanterns they wanted, and he bought whatever snacks they wanted without rules, and he had fun.
As for Wu Xu and Chen Shanshan, the atmosphere was a little awkward.
"Why are there so few people here?" Chen Shanshan tried to find a topic to talk to Wu Xu.
"This is the champion fang, and there are few natural people." Wu Xu replied directly.
Zhuangyuanfang is the place where the champions of the past dynasties lived, it is said that the lantern riddles that come out here are the most difficult, and because most of the literati will come here to solve the puzzles, so the common people rarely come, guess the riddle can not get the prize, what a waste of time! So it's better to go somewhere else and guess the lantern riddles.
Chen Shanshan, who didn't quite understand the reason, heard the explanation of the maids, and was relieved, and pulled Wu Xu into the street of Zhuangyuanfang with great interest, "Since you are here, then let's go shopping." ”
Wu Xu didn't have any opinions, and followed Chen Shanshan into the square street of Zhuangyuanfang.
At a glance, Chen Shanshan couldn't help but sigh, worthy of the literati gathered in the champion workshop, the lanterns inside are better than the outside, there are lanterns made into the style of bamboo tubes, as well as lanterns painted with orchids, plum blossoms, chrysanthemum bases, collectively referred to as the 'four gentlemen', the above four riddles, guess all four correctly, you can take away these four lanterns.
In addition to the riddles, there are also couplets, poems and lyrics, etc., all of which are things that test the skills of the literati, and it is no wonder that the common people are not interested.