Chapter 10: Baihuazhuang
This time back in the carriage, neither of them read, Cui Jiuan stared at Cui Ranxin, Cui Ranxin was embarrassed, opened the curtain and looked out of the car.
The carriage drove along the path, some of the farmland on both sides had just been sown, some were already green, so it was a pastoral scene, and to the west, along the long mountain road, the air was suddenly extremely humid, mixed with the fragrance of all kinds of flowers and trees.
"Second brother, why do you keep staring at me, don't you know if it's indecent or not?" Cui Ranxin couldn't help it, she wondered if flowers were growing on her face.
"Take a look before you get married, otherwise you won't be able to see it every day like this in the future. Isn't it, good daughter? After Cui Jiuan finished speaking, he put on a smile that he thought was kind.
"Ahh People just made an analogy yesterday to describe that you love your daughter-ah-no-" Cui Ran blushed and defended.
"You see it's still a father and a daughter—" Cui Jiuan feigned helplessness.
"Well, I mean you — don't embarrass me, you know." After Cui Ranxin finished speaking, he no longer explained, nor did he look at the other party, biting his lip a little angrily.
"Okay, I understand." Cui Jiuan hugged his little body into his arms and smelled the faint fragrance in her hair.
"I will always be the one who loves you the most." Cui Jiuan was a little emotional.
"Second brother, you are also my most important person." Although the other party couldn't see it, Cui Ranxin still said with certainty.
The sound of horses' hooves became clearer and clearer.
"Childe, it's Miss Zhuzhu." Seeing the person coming, He Luo shouted excitedly.
The girl on the horse was dressed in green, the spring breeze blew the clothes on the thin body, Ge Le out of the delicate body, hit the horse and the red halo flew on the cheeks, adding a bit of charm, it is really the most tempting cardamom years.
Cui Ranxin tilted her head and looked at the girl on the horse, she was really envious, when did she grow up quickly, saving Qin Jinglian's girl from secretly mocking her stunted growth every time, in fact, she was only eleven years old, she was developing too early, and she laughed at others. Cui Ranxin looked down at her chest, there seemed to be some movement there recently, and the doctor said that she should come to Kwai Shui during this time.
The girl in green dismounted, carried a food box and handed it to He Luo, who handed the food box into the car. The curtain opened a corner, and the heat hit inside, and a thin but slender figure leaned against the man, who actually pampered the other party and leaned down his overly high shoulders, just to make people comfortable.
Cui Jiu'an opened the food box, the fragrance of flowers and cakes in it instantly came to his face, Cui Ran sat up straight in spirit, reached out to take it, saw that she couldn't wait to eat, and picked off a sticky petal at the corner of her mouth with her index finger.
The young man's bones were distinct, and his slender and white fingers lifted the curtain and thanked the girl in green.
"Thank you, Miss Zhuzhu."
"Childe, this is what Zhu Zhu should be." The girl was stunned by his beautiful voice, and could not say more beautiful words.
Cui Ranxin ate the third peony cake and drank a glass of water with satisfaction, Mama Fu said that she needed to eat more to develop well now in her body, and the delicate figure of the girl in green appeared in her mind, with a look of envy.
"Second brother, Miss Zhuzhu, this flower cake is so delicious, it is actually made of fresh peony petals, and it is really rare that it is only March now."
"Hmm." Cui Jiuan also agreed.
"Second brother, Miss Zhuzhu, is so smart and diligent, and born beautiful, I don't know who is so blessed."
"Hmm." Cui Jiuan didn't answer either.
"I see that the concubine is intentional, I don't know if Lang is in love?" Cui Ranxin was in a good mood, as if she had found Cui Jiuan's weakness, and her second brother seemed to be most afraid of talking about other women.
"What do you have in your head at your young age? In the future, I won't find you to read the poems of Xiang Junke, I think they are all his scourges. Cui Jiuan casually picked up a copy of Xiang Junke's "Agarwood Collection" and knocked it on the back of the girl's hand.
"What I said is true, I'm thrilled to look at it as a woman." Cui Ranxin didn't want to stop the topic.
"Okay, then let's take it with us when we go, but she's the granddaughter of Steward Zhu." Who knew that Cui Jiuan suddenly agreed, but the girl hesitated and didn't know what to do.
"Then I dream of Juelou, I don't dare to ask for it, Steward Zhu is an old man who was born and died with his grandfather, and he still has that kind of merit for his grandfather." Cui Ran muttered in his heart.
"Second brother, there are only a few girls outside the courtyard in your good awakening pavilion, and there are He Luo and a few little girls in the courtyard, so it is better to bring back the red sleeves to add fragrance." Cui Ranxin didn't know why she was so obsessed with the girl in green, so there was no reason for a woman's jealousy.
"I am willing, but my mother will not agree, she is still looking forward to my title on the gold list!" Cui Jiuan sensed the girl's uneasiness, and was in a good mood and talked a little more. In fact, the other party can't make a sound, and it is also a pleasure for him to look at her little mouth that closes up and down quickly.
"No wonder you don't have a maid by your side, I thought you were so high-spirited, it turned out to be because of your mother." Cui Ran thought of the red carp beside Qin Lang, and his heart was a little pantothenic.
Cui Ranxin was not allowed to continue to think about it, he had already arrived at Baihuazhuang, and he smelled the fragrance through the curtain.
After getting off the carriage, a large piece of spring rhododendrons came into view, blooming purple and red, Zhu Zhu introduced next to him, "This is the azalea, because the environment in the valley is warm, so it is opened earlier than the outside, and now it is selling very well on the market, and this piece is booked out." ”
"That piece of bonsai begonia is also selling very well." The small branches are dotted with dotted flowers, which are cute and lively.
Zhu Zhu followed Cui Ranxin's eyes and introduced her intimately, so that Cui Ranxin was impressed by her.
Which woman doesn't love jewelry or flowers, Qingshi sake has been amazed by the flowers all over the mountains, and I really want to pick one, no, three into the hair.
Cui Ranxin only then knew that there were so many flowers in Baihuazhuang, so many of them could be used in his own house, and the second brother used them to make money. No wonder the Guogong Mansion is just a fictitious title, how can his father Yulu maintain the expenses of this huge family, nominally his mother manages these properties, but in fact, the second brother is helping behind it.
Cui Ran thought to himself about his mother, who was as gentle as water, and he didn't look like a shrewd person who could make money.
There is a group of people standing under the plaque of Baihuazhuang not far away, respectfully, led by a woman, although the cloth clothes are not hidden beauty, and the eyebrows and eyes are somewhat similar to Zhu Zhu's girl, and sure enough, Zhu Zhu called sweetly "Mother".
The woman nodded with a smile and greeted Cui Jiuan and Cui Ranxin, "Childe and Miss are here, they are in a hurry, please forgive me for the shortcomings." I didn't expect that the weak woman in front of me was actually the steward of Zhuangzi.
"Aunt Xing, it's hard work." Cui Jiuan returned the salute, it turned out that Zhu Zhu's grandfather had marched and fought behind the grandfather of the old country, the rebellion thirty years ago, in the counterinsurgency, the grandfather of the old country sacrificed himself for the country, and in the sword, gun and halberd, it was Steward Zhu who ran out with the corpse of the grandfather of the old country on his back, so that the body was intact, otherwise it would fall into the hands of the enemy, and it would have been cut by a thousand knives. Therefore, the Guogong Mansion has special respect for Old Butler Zhu.
"It's getting late, please go to the village to rest, and let Zhu'er take the fifth lady to visit this village tomorrow." Xing led the way.
The group was surrounded and entered Baihuazhuang.