Chapter 26: Wang Yicai
Laiyuan Street is really lively, there are many shops and restaurants on the street, there are a variety of dazzling dishes in front of the hawker stalls, handicrafts and gourmet snacks coexist, the pharmacy and the martial arts hall are opposite, Cui Ran happily eats street snacks, looks at the characteristic folk crafts, and listens to the trickle of singing in the workshop.
"Get out of the way—" Cui Ranxin was stumbled by a hurried man behind him, but fortunately he was held firmly by a pair of hands.
There are more and more people running forward before they can stand still, regardless of men, women and children, they are all flocking away, people's busy pace, and their joyful faces seduce Cui Ranxin and pull Cui Jiuan to follow the crowd.
Stop in front of a two-story colorful building, which is jammed, and the crowd of onlookers let out high-pitched cheers.
An unknown passer-by asked, "What's going on?" ”
"I heard that Lord Lu's daughter is going to throw hydrangeas to recruit relatives." Hurry to explain the inside story.
"Didn't you hear that today is a good day for Lord Lu? It's a very lively morning! ”
Hearing the news that someone questioned him, the man continued: "You don't know this! My sister works in the Lu Mansion, and I heard that Miss Lu is making trouble in the mansion every day for the matter of Master Lu's concubine, and Master Lu is also determined to accept the woman surnamed Bai from Jiangnan, you don't know that the woman is actually in her thirties. ”
"I know this, but our Lord Lu himself is originally from Jiangnan, maybe it's homesickness."
"Yes, yes, we have nothing to say about Lord Lu's character, I have been alone for so many years, and now I should take a concubine, this eldest lady is too capricious." After a while, the circle of gossip became bigger and bigger, and more and more people joined.
"Oh-I see someone came out-"
Sure enough, two girls appeared on the color building, a girl had a colorful hydrangea in the wooden plate in her hand, and a delicate wooden box in the wooden plate in the hand of the other girl.
Then a girl in a pink skirt walked out from behind the gauze curtain, with a beautiful face, a pair of beautiful eyes swept through the crowd, and raised her hand to signal everyone to be quiet: "Today, my young lady, the daughter of the prefect is here to throw hydrangeas to recruit relatives, I hope you will abide by a few rules——"
The girl in the pink shirt wanted to continue, but was interrupted by a voice: "What rules are irregular, let your young lady come out first and let me see if it is ugly or beautiful?" The young man who spoke played with the folding fan in his hand.
"This son is a bold and anxious person at first glance, and my young lady's reputation is well-known in Xijing, so why question it."
"Who knows if everyone is trying to flatter her father, the prefect? Seeing is believing—" The young man asked relentlessly.
"When I finish the rules, my young lady will come out, if there is any objection, the son can leave now!" The girl was also angered by the young man's rudeness.
"My son has always loved to join in the fun, so I won't leave! Okay, I don't embarrass you, you say it. The youth finally disarmed and gave in.
"First, under the age of 14 and 20, you can't catch the ball, and you don't count the catches."
"Then let me ask the girl, Childe, I just turned twenty this year, do you want to count?" The young man continued to ask loudly.
"Twenty included, the second—"
"Thank goodness my mother didn't give birth to me early." The maid's words were interrupted again by the young man, and his eyes were impatiently filled with anger.
"Second, people with disabilities are not allowed."
"Then may I ask the girl, is it considered disabled to use my left hand like me!" Cui Ranxin noticed that the young man's hand holding the fan was his left hand.
"As long as it doesn't affect your physical life, it doesn't count. Third, those who are ugly and short in stature should not be. The maid glared at the young man and hoped he would not speak again.
"Dare to ask the girl, can I be considered ugly like this?" But living up to the maid's expectations, the young man continued to ask.
"Childe has a handsome face and a tall posture, how can he be considered ugly and short." The maid looked helplessly into the colorful building, as if she was getting permission from the person inside the curtain.
"No fourth?" Seeing that the pink-shirted maid was no longer speechless, the young man asked in disbelief.
"If Childe continues to interject, don't blame me for adding the fourth, don't be wordy!" After the maid finished speaking, she glared at the young man fiercely, and then the young man closed his open mouth in a daze.
The girl behind the curtain was so anxious that she got up and stomped her feet, and said with a face full of unwillingness: "You really reported to your father?" ”
"Miss Hui, I really reported to my lord." The servant replied cautiously.
"He really doesn't care about me anymore? Okay—then I might as well just marry myself! The girl raised her head and lifted the curtain.
Cui Ran stared curiously at the girl who came out from behind the gauze curtain, fourteen or fifteen years old, a red and glamorous long skirt was especially suitable for her, there was a step on the lily bun, swaying with the inspection of the girl's eyes, a pair of crescent eyebrows on the peach blossom eyes, a cherry mouth on the white and tender face, the whole person was like a spring flower in Sanchun, swaggering and confident.
"Little-sister-sister, it's really - no - ashamed of the West - Beijing - first - beautiful - under - the people of the capital - the king of the clan - Cai -" The young man who was originally sharp and sharp-toothed stammered at this time.
After listening to the young man's self-introduction, the crowd couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Wang Gongzi, why do you see that the tongue of the beauty is not straight repeatedly?" Audacious teased.
The young man just looked at the beauty infatuatedly, and did not care about the ridicule of others.
"That's the eldest son of Lord Libu Wang, Wang Yicai, who is friendly with his eldest brother." Cui Jiuan lowered his head and whispered in Cui Ranxin's ear. The breath blew up, and the broken hair in the girl's ears made the neck itch slightly.
"Now please let those who don't meet the conditions get out of the way automatically, even if you catch the hydrangea, you won't count."
As soon as the pink-shirted maid finished speaking, the crowd surged, and everyone went back, but squeezed Cui Jiuan and Cui Ranxin to the front.
At this time, Lu Linwen upstairs was attracted by the azure figure in the crowd at a glance, Gongzi Ruyu was afraid that this was the case, the whole body seemed to have been carved, and there was no imperfection, but the young man did not look at Cailou from beginning to end, his eyes were always on the girl beside him, protecting her from being trampled and squeezed by others.
The corners of Lu Lin's mouth slightly hooked a good-looking arc, she just picked up the hydrangea in the wooden box and smashed it on the top of the girl's head in the crowd, she did it on purpose, she has always been proud and willful, her father is a dignified prefect of a state who is obedient to her, she is outstanding, she has such arrogant capital, but she doesn't know that this time she encountered an iceberg that exudes warmth, people with a gentle appearance are often the hardest in their hearts, and they have their own most persistent persistence.
Just when the hydrangea smashed to this side and was about to fall and hit the target, Cui Jiuan raised his hand and waved, and the colorful hydrangea fell into the hands of a pair of persistent folding fans. The young man looked at the hydrangea in his hand and was dumbfounded, and suddenly turned into ecstaty, just watching the hydrangea smashed over there and full of regret, he didn't expect it to fall into his hands steadily, and it was indeed destined for marriage.