Chapter 8: Gentlemen
Taking advantage of the sunny day, Song Ting accompanied her grandmother to bask in the sun in the garden. Song Ting took a knife to skillfully peel apples, Mrs. Tang was enthusiastic on the side to enjoy the flowers, the old man loved begonias, ordered people to plant dozens of weeping begonias, taking advantage of the weather into the late spring, the flowers were desperately blooming, the flowers competed for the branches, and the hanging fans were like a girl's half-wet hair after washing in the wind with fragrance.
The old man was wearing a gold-threaded velvet horse coat, with a cotton robe with a dark green background inside, no matter how much he wore it, he didn't feel warm, and he had to hold a stove in his hand, so he retracted his eyes and watched Song Ting focus on peeling the fruit in his hand, the skin lifted by the tip of the knife was thin and continuous, and it was so long that it fell to the ground.
"Xiao Wu's peeling skills are getting better and better."
Song Ting grinned: "Isn't this grandma's love to eat, of course my granddaughter has to practice hard." ”
Mrs. Tang was coaxed into laughing happily by these sweet words, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes and eyebrows were all squeezed together, with the kindness unique to the old man.
Song Ting was clear in his heart, if he wanted to live a stable life in this Hou Mansion, he could only rely on the She Taijun in front of him, as long as he coaxed her to be happy, Song Cheng's hard-hearted heart was no problem. What's more, this Mrs. Tang really feels sorry for her, and in this lonely and helpless ancient times, it can be regarded as a comfort.
"Little Wu, thinking of your family affair, grandma is also very guilty." Mrs. Tang looked at Song Ting's well-behaved appearance, remembering that she had suffered all kinds of grievances some time ago, and her mood was low. Song Ting cut the apple petals, put them on a plate, and moved them to her old hand: "Grandma, it's okay, I don't care." ”
"Humph! That Eighth Prince is really not good! Divorce your wife for such a thing! The more the old woman thought about it, the more angry she became, and she couldn't wait to poke the blind one with the cane in her hand, "Grandma will definitely find you a mother-in-law and put it in the palm of her hand." ”
"Grandma is the best, I don't want to go anywhere, I just want to accompany grandma." Song Ting took an apple and fed it to the old lady's mouth.
Mrs. Tang ate the sweet fruit and was in a better mood, "Girls are all going to get married, and my old wife may go someday." ”
"Grandma is in good health, and her longevity is higher than the mountain, so she won't leave me so early!"
With a smile on her face, the dim warm sun shining on her face is not hot or dry, warm as a light hot and moist mist flowing on her face, Mrs. Donald leaned on the beauty and closed her eyes to take a nap after eating the apple. After falling asleep after less than half a cup of tea, Song Ting took a blanket from the house and covered it for her.
Zao Zao came over and lowered his voice: "Miss, the third lady asked you to go to Yuzhuyuan to sit down." ”
"Let's go, she said to play the song for me today." Song Ting tiptoed out of the yard.
Passing through the Water Pavilion Corridor and walking through the rockery pavilion, Song Ting was about to walk into the Hanging Flower Gate, only to see a son being taken by the housekeeper from the verandah, that face was very familiar, he looked a little bit of a daughter's bright color, and a pair of Danfeng eyes were slightly squinted like a hairball did not wake up. Isn't it the swinger who teased her third sister outside the jewelry store last night?
What is he doing here?
Song Ting hid under a hundred-year-old weeping willow and secretly watched his whereabouts, she stayed in the Hou Mansion for half a month, and she still had an impression of the approximate direction, this road is the Jialan Garden leading to Song Yuyan, will it be ......
She despised those who pedaled two boats.
Zao Zao also followed her to hide under the willow tree and peep, and whispered: "Hey, this son is very familiar." ”
"Nonsense, didn't you see you last night!"
Zao Zao shook his head unhurriedly, and muttered thoughtfully: "It seems to be the second lady's childhood sweetheart." ”
"Nani!" Song Ting was dumbfounded, and his sudden exclamation startled Zao Zao, "They are childhood sweethearts? ”
"Well, the second lady likes him a lot."
"What about him?" I wanted to be a matchmaker to match a good marriage and help others realize the value of life, but it seems that I was strangled to death in the cradle.
"Gu Gongzi ......" the two walked on the way to Yuzhuyuan, "I don't seem to like her." ”
Hey...... The signs of being strangled to death were instantly resurrected with full blood, wishful thinking This kind of thing will not last long, it is better to be a concubine. Judging from her rich experience of talking about three objects in college, Gu Gongzi's eyes were a little lingering when he looked at the third sister last night.
Zao Zao saw that Miss kept laughing for no reason, and the smile was very obscene.
Song Yushi was tuning the piano in the courtyard, holding something similar to a small hammer to knock on the east and west, anyway, Song Ting, a person who is a music idiot everywhere, is still not talkative. As soon as he came in, he found a good place to bask in the sun and sat down, and grabbed a handful of candied fruit from the table next to him and held it in his hand.
"Third sister, I met a man on the road just now, guess who it is?" Song Ting spit out the plum kernel peeled out with his teeth and spit it out in the pond, this action made Song Yushi stunned for a moment, came back to his senses, and said blankly: "Who?" ”
"The boy you met yesterday."
Just said a word, Song Yushi's white face was red again.
"What are you telling me about this...... Song Yushi immediately buried her head in a serious tune, but obviously there was no previous flow.
Song Ting put his legs on the table and stretched: "I'll tell you, he went to find the second sister." ”
Song Yushi lowered her eyes, her curled eyelashes were like a small feather fan, casting a little dark shadow on her eyelids, "They have been playing since they were children, isn't it common to find the second sister?" ”
"Being small doesn't mean you love each other, my good sister." Song Ting walked over excitedly and snatched the small hammer in Song Yushi's hand, "I see that he is interesting to you, believe me, I have a sixth sense...... Oh no, my intuition is very accurate. ”
Song Yushi shyly clutched the handkerchief, "He doesn't like me." ”
"Grandma, did he like you last night with the look in his eyes that he wanted to eat you?" Song Ting's words provoked the two maids sitting next to him to dry beans and laughed.
Xiaocha didn't think it was a big deal and added: "My young lady is timid, Miss Five, don't scare her." ”
Song Yushi was so ashamed that she raised her pink fist and gently knocked on Song Ting's body: "Why are you bad girl getting more and more open-mouthed now!" ”
Song Ting smiled, thinking that the old lady had always been unrestrained and open-mouthed.
Song Yushi adjusted the piano and sat on the stool, "Don't talk about that, I'll play a tune for you." ”
"Okay."
On the side of Jialan Garden, Gu Ran's sudden visit made Song Yuyan overjoyed, before the person arrived, he asked his mother to answer in the front hall first, and ran back to the boudoir to dress up.
As soon as Gu Ran entered the front hall, the Wang family closed the curtain and came out, holding a bowl of freshly boiled red dates and white fungus in his hand, "You came by chance today, Aunt Wang just made the soup, come and taste it." ”
Gu Ran hurriedly went up and took it in his hand, his eyes crooked: "How can you eat Aunt Wang's white fungus for nothing, I brought a thin gift today, and I hope Aunt Wang won't laugh." When the words fell, he waved his sleeves, and the people around him held the brocade box.
Wang took it and saw that the box was delicately decorated, not only wrapped in a circle of silver threads, but also embedded with a few jade the size of water droplets on the surface of the box, if she hadn't opened it and knew that it contained a necklace, she would have thought that Gu Ran had given a beautiful jewelry box.
Wang carefully stroked the Mu Lin stone inlaid in the gold knurling in the box, the color was uniform like the waves of the deep sea, delicate and without Venus, it was really the best in Mu Lin, Wang couldn't put it down, and couldn't stop admiring again and again: "This stone is not common." ”
Gu Ran scooped the spoon into the bowl and clanked, but he didn't hold a spoonful to drink, "My eldest sister took some trouble to negotiate with Persian foreign businessmen, and now only Yiyuzhai is available in the Cheng'an market." ”
"Your eldest sister has a few brushes in business." As soon as Wang heard that it was about Gu Shenbi, his face sank, he closed the box, and said with a smile: "I'll call Yu Yan's girl over." ”
"There's Aunt Lao."
"Brother Ran, you're here."
Song Yuyan changed into the best-looking clothes, wiped the grease and powder, and carefully traced his eyebrows, and stood outside the door with shyness and timidity.
Gu Ran grew up with her, so she naturally didn't care about the etiquette of outsiders, skipped the polite greetings, and said directly: "Erya, return the jade pendant to me quickly." ”
Erya is Song Yuyan's milk name, she dislikes the name of the earth, and she doesn't like Gu Ran to call her like this, but Gu Ran was born with a cheap temper and picks on the stimulation that people don't like, and Erya and Erya are endless.
Song Yuyan waited for Gu Ran to come and see her for half a month, this time it finally came, she didn't have the heart to make trouble, and sat beside Gu Ran obediently, "Brother Ran, this is what I did." Taking it out from behind him and putting the folding fan, Gu Ran took it with a pale face and handed it to his subordinates without saying anything, "You quickly bring the jade pendant." ”