Chapter 14: Arrival
"Hibiscus is not as good as beauty makeup, and the water hall is fragrant." I now know that this poem was originally written about palace grievances, and Mo Shaoqing intended to send me into the palace from the beginning. Sure enough, it's rare to meet a lover, not to mention that Biluo at that time was indeed very beautiful and had a lot of use value. Thinking about it, I got up and put away the scroll, and together with the folding fan, handed it to the girl to dispose of. Out of sight, the heart is quiet, not to mention that it is not worth nostalgia.
I couldn't sleep all night, it seemed that the things of the day were too unexpected, as soon as I closed my eyes, all kinds of sounds were noisy in my ears, and I barely squinted for a while, and the sky was almost dawn. I'm really useless, it's really like what Tian Luo said, I couldn't even sleep when I was told for the first time. When the day dawned, I moved to the mirror, and I began to take care of myself, I hadn't looked in the mirror for many years, but now I like it more and more.
"May I ask if this is the Xu family? I used to live in the alley west of the city. "There is a voice in the courtyard, do you know our old address, old neighbor? Wait, how is this sound, how familiar?
I looked back at the snail that was buried in the incense burner, he was stunned when he heard the sound, glanced at me, and said in unison: "Feng Ruochen!" ”
In the living room, the fragrant tea in front of Feng Ruochen rose with mist, and the muddy water on his face was washed away today, white as jade, delicate, it was too much.
Dad and mother sat on the seat, smiling all over their faces, yes, their ugly daughter, the first time a man came to visit, can you not be happy? And I sat opposite Feng Ruochen, saying that it was impossible not to be embarrassed.
"Feng Gongzi personally came to visit, and our whole family was so happy." Dad smiled very flatteringly, after all, he had never been in contact with this kind of literati and scholars, which just made me really uncomfortable.
"Uncle is polite." Feng Ruochen got up and saluted in return, sitting opposite I couldn't help but look at this guy, he was covered in crepe, without a trace of fireworks, alas, I sighed helplessly in my heart.
"I wanted to come earlier, but I heard that my uncle and aunt were no longer in the same place, so I inquired about it, and let my little nephew find it here." Feng Ruochen sat back in the chair and explained, asking for a long time? It seems that I only met him yesterday, and it seems that he is really fast, and I inquired about it one afternoon yesterday. "It's not a secret, today's little nephew came to invite Xiaocui to come over the house, we are childhood playmates, we haven't seen each other for many years, I miss it deeply, my mother often hears me mention, I go today, so that my mother can get to know it."
Feng Ruochen, he really deserves to be surnamed Feng, the speed of the wind! When he first came to my house, he asked me to go to his house to see his mother......
"Okay, it's also good to let Ling Tang get to know Xiao Cui." Dad smiled, without the slightest intention of refusing, please how unpopular I am. I saw my father turn around and exchange a look with my mother. "Since it's a visit, let Xiaocui clean up well, and Feng Gongzi will wait a while." As soon as my father finished speaking, my mother pulled me out of the guest hall. Back in the room, a dress was replaced by my mother, rummaging through the cabinets and found that I didn't have a few pieces to get my hands on, my mother simply picked out a newly bought blue brocade gold-rimmed Luo skirt from her room, I really can't get used to wearing this dress, a few maids together, just help me take care of it, hairpin earrings or something, all from the mother's jewelry cabinet, all put on, do I have to thank Feng Ruochen, otherwise how can I have such a good object? Let them toss, by the way, listen to the mother nagging in the ear: "This Feng boy, a talent, a scholarly family, came today and brought a lot of gifts, you can treat it well, I used to let the matchmaker Mrs. Sun tell you that the matchmaker always can't say good, now the good uninvited, you hurry up, go to the Fengfu, see the old lady, the lord or something, know more courtesy, don't mess things up!" If this marriage had been completed, your brother's wife would have been fine! Her mouth was almost up to the base of her ears.
I dare to love because I'm afraid that I'll let the fat duck of Feng Gongzi fly away, no wonder I'm so concerned, but I don't care, I'm used to hearing these words anyway, but do you really want to marry him? I haven't figured it out yet.
followed Feng Ruochen to Fengfu, only to understand that the scholarly family can also scare people to death, not to mention how rich the house is! As soon as you enter the door, you will be surrounded by a group of maids, who seem to be waiting with you, but this formation is also quite large! Moreover, although they were the maids who followed behind them, they were still unambiguous when they looked at me, and their eyes shot like a piercing person, so uncomfortable! I shook my head helplessly.
"There are guests at home, shall we go to the back garden? My mother will come over in a moment. Feng Ruochen turned around and smiled at me, who was trying to ignore the cutting eyes, and said, I nodded awkwardly, I really don't know what you are bringing me here for!
In the back garden, the chrysanthemum fragrance is overflowing, I sit at the stone table, bored, listening to Feng Ruochen talk about his experience in the capital, drowsy, nothing more than writing about the words and wits, I really have no interest, I don't understand it, and I don't understand it, and I want to let him rest when I look at his lack of breath and panting, such a big mansion, such a good family, but unfortunately he doesn't have a good body.
"Young Master, Madam is here." The maid's words, so that I was about to fall asleep, a spirit, for a while, my spirit was exceptionally good, sleepy, looking at the garden in the distance of a woman in dark jade clothes, about thirty years old, phoenix hairpin, extraordinarily luxurious.
Feng Ruochen's mother is really beautiful, but there is an indescribable deterrence in her eyes, which makes me feel a little scared. Strange, at this time, why didn't Tian Luo express his opinion, usually he would comment on what he saw, and he would comment on everything, thinking, I touched my waist, empty!
It must have been my mother who helped me change my clothes just now, and I didn't take the embroidered bag! I was a little panicked in my heart, looking at Mrs. Feng, who was getting closer and closer to us, I swallowed my saliva nervously, how to speak, how to speak, I don't know, Tian Luo is not there, no one teaches me!
"Mother." Feng Ruochen called. I was busy Shi Wanfu: "Hello Mrs. Feng." ”
"Yes." She nodded slightly, and looked up at me, and I lowered my eyes, not daring to look at her. "This is the person you often talk about, Chen'er?"
"Back to my mother, exactly." Feng Ruochen replied, feeling that it was troublesome for them to talk to each other.
Mrs. Feng was silent, sat down at the table, took a sip of tea, then looked at me and said slowly, "Sit down!" ”
"Mrs. Xie Feng." I'm scared, such a serious Madame Wind! Thinking that I should sit as well as possible with the hem of my clothes, this body is too cumbersome today!
Awkward, the three of them were together, and no one spoke, which was extremely embarrassing.
"Mother, the child has something to say." Feng Ruochen finally couldn't hold back and broke the silence.
"Say it!" Madame Wind faintly did not even look at him, as if this was expected.
"Child, I want to take Xiaocui as my wife."
"What?" "No way!" Two surprised voices, I looked back at Madame Wind, and she looked at me in the same way, but her eyes were full of disdain. Fang Cai's categorical "no" naturally came from her.