Fifty, the way of the heart

In retrospect, Shuning couldn't help but admire herself for being able to remain calm and not show any strange expressions when she encountered such a sudden thing (Shuning: Shouldn't there be?). At least no one else notices the difference).

She calmly finished eating the fruit salad, calmly said to Wan Ning that it tasted good, and then chatted with them for a quarter of an hour, until the lobby sister Fang Ning asked her if she was uncomfortable and why her face was so pale, she said that it might be that Fang had just come over under the sun and had some heat stroke.

Although Wan Ning wondered why she still suffered from heat stroke when she arrived in such a cool place, she still called a maid to send her away.

When she walked all the way back, she felt as if she was stepping on cotton under her feet. As soon as she returned to Huaiyuan, Tong's second sister-in-law was startled by her face, and hurriedly fed her tea, fanned her, and gave her a Rendan. After a period of confusion, she excused herself to have a good rest, so she took everyone away, and lay on the bed with her eyes closed and thought about it quietly.

It's the second time, speaking of which, it's the second time she's been in close contact with other crossing colleagues. The first experience was never pleasant, and the second was a great shock.

She should have thought of it, didn't she? Wan Ning's familiarity with Western things, her habit of choosing words and sentences, and her flying and jumping personality are all very different from the daughters of ordinary aristocratic families. Although she has not seen it with her own eyes, according to Yuan Ning and others, Wan Ning often makes some novel little things or food, and sometimes says things that others can't understand, plus she likes to play with the Agogeges at a young age, which is already a very common behavior of a clean woman.

Shuning couldn't help but smile bitterly, a low-key woman like herself is an outlier after all.

The reason why she didn't doubt it all the time was that she thought that there were already her, Chen Liangben and Fucha's kid in this world, and there should be no fourth colleague who crossed over. Where in the world are there so many crossings? And they are also sisters who live in the same family. She always felt that it was rare to live on the same street as the Fucha boy, and there were even people closer to her.

Over the past few years, she has been keen to dig through the history books, looking for the figures of your predecessors and seeing what they have done. She remembered that there were only three or two time-travelers in the same era, and most of the time there was only one person.

For example, in the Ming Dynasty, the resurgence of things like glass, coupled with various phenomena, made her feel that although it was very likely that there was only one traverser, it could not be ruled out that a couple surnamed Di had crossed over. In the same period, a codex of gods and monsters written by Shaanxi people once recorded that there was once a monster in a local town that fell from the sky, the monster had yellow hair, green eyes, and skin as white as a dead man. The locals were afraid that the yokai would harm them, so they tied him up and burned him to death (Shuning: It's a foreigner, right?). It's pitiful~).

Another example is the period of Gaozong in the Tang Dynasty, when history changed greatly due to certain factors, there was a real chivalrous figure in the folk legend book - the "silver flute Xiucai" who lived in the Bashu martial arts. He relied on a silver flute to act chivalrous and fight injustices everywhere. Legend has it that he loves to drink very much, and when he drinks, he likes to compose poems, and they are all good poems, and the two most famous poems that have been handed down are "Will Enter the Wine" and "Shu Dao Difficult". So the poet immortal Li Bai after that, these two masterpieces are missing (Shuning: Li Bai, why are you always the one who is plagiarized?). )。

As for why she thinks there may be a third time-traveler, it is because some wild histories record that at that time in Jiangnan, there was a legendary Maiko who broke through the sky with his extraordinary dancing skills. It is said that the most famous set of dances she compiled is called "The Tang Dynasty", and the few pages of residual music that have been handed down clearly record the lyrics of the opening chapter, that is, "Talk and laugh to sweep away the haze, and strive for a splendid world full of talents." …… Even if it is joys and sorrows, he has no regrets in this life, and he will wait even more in the next life. Leaning on the sky to look at the sea with a sword, and obliquely inserting the hibiscus drunk Yaotai ......". Shuning remembers very clearly that this is the theme song of the TV series "Tang Minghuang", her grandfather liked this song very much, humming it all day long, and her ears were almost calloused when she heard it.

In view of these records, Shuning has always believed that there were at most three people who traveled to the same period, and they would be distributed in different areas. A time-traveler from her time, one who lives on the same street as her, and the other who is the boss of her father's old boss, which is already very unusual, and now, there is actually a cousin who wears it?!

In retrospect, it was so careless. I wonder if there are other traversers who will live an ordinary life in a low-key manner like themselves, without leaving any record in history, how can they conclude that there is no fourth traversal colleague just based on a few words in the history books?

But the question now is, how should I face Wanning? Do you recognize each other?

No, not recognizable, at least not yet. I am not familiar with Wanning, I don't know what her character is, but I can see that she is very selfish, she is likely to be a pampered rich girl before the crossing, and she is also the treasure of the family after the crossing, she has long been used to being the focus of everyone's eyes, once she knows that there is a sister who has crossed, maybe she will be happy at the beginning, but after a long time, what she will think in her heart, it is difficult to say. In the Qing Wear novels that Shuning had read in her previous life, there were also two good friends who wore the same clothes, for the favor of the king and the power of the harem, or fell in love with two rival princes, and turned against each other to fight to the death.

And once she knows that she is also wearing it, will she drag herself to cause trouble together?

Not only can she not recognize each other, but she can't make her realize that she is also wearing it. Anyway, I have long had the determination to live alone in this era, and my family is very good now, so it doesn't matter if I have a companion or not. Even if we want to recognize each other, it will be a matter of mutual trust.

Shuning made a decision, in this family, she wants to play an ancient lady as much as possible, and her behavior must not show a flaw that does not conform to the habits of the ancients, and she must not let Wanning have a trace of suspicion.

======================I'm the dividing line ======================= two days later

Since that day, Shuning has been careful to avoid touching Wanning outside of class, and even if she does, she is cautious and does not dare to say too much. But after two days, she thought about it again, what was the original attitude, and it was better to continue to treat each other with what attitude, if it was too deliberately changed, it would make people feel strange, right?

Anyway, she already knows the details of the other party, and she has a psychological advantage, doesn't she?

Therefore, when Wan Ning came to invite her and Fang Ning Yuanning to go to the street to play together, she quickly agreed after asking the Tong family. It's a rare opportunity to go out, so it's good to take this opportunity to see more.

The four sisters sat in a big carriage, with only a maid ring and a coachman, and came to Zhengyangmen Street.

Wan Ning jumped out of the carriage first, and then the other three girls stepped on the footstool placed by the ring. Yuan Ning glanced at Wan Ning and said coldly: "Second sister, this person is still a good person." Fang Ning hurriedly glanced at her, but she ignored it.

Wan Ning pretended not to hear it, and said to Fang Ning Shuning: "The rouge shop opened by the second aunt at the expense of the second aunt is not far ahead, let's go over and have a look first." She raised the small satchel she was carrying, "I still have a new recipe to give to Sister Xiaomei." ”

Shuning secretly raised her eyebrows, it turned out that the rouge shop opened by the second aunt in the rumors was Wanning's idea? It's strange, didn't I hear that the big house and the second room have been fighting openly and secretly in the past few years? Why did the second aunt get involved with Wanning, who was born in a big house?

She walked along with the others, and soon came to an elegantly decorated shop with a large sign at the door, 'Valerian Workshop'. Walk into the door, three walls are shelves, dotted with spider plants, potted plants and other plants, the corners of the wall are hung with pink light gauze for decoration, there is a faint fragrance wafting in the air, the goods on the shelves, mostly with various colored glass bottles or white porcelain bottles and porcelain boxes, generously placed there, guests can watch freely, each shelf has a special person to take care of, and there is a mirror next to it. The clerks are all delicate girls, dressed in pink, and greet customers in a soft voice.

It's really like a modern cosmetics store, but let a young girl be a clerk, aren't you afraid of customers doing something? It's a busy city.

However, looking at the customers coming and going in the store now, most of them are female customers, and many of them are middle-aged women dressed as servants, or young girls dressed as girls from rich families, probably not many male customers come to the door. Speaking of which, with such a decoration and such an atmosphere, those men would probably be embarrassed to walk in.

The party was greeted by a young girl of eighteen or nineteen years of age, who looked a little good, acted neatly, spoke brightly, and was quite capable. Shuning is the first time to come, Wan Ning introduced to her that this is the shopkeeper Chen Demei's sister, the three brothers and sisters in the family, all of whom were displaced people from other places she rescued near the overpass in previous years, and now the two elder brothers Chen Defu and Chen Degui are the shopkeepers in the restaurant opened by the second uncle Xingbao, and the three brothers and sisters can be called business wizards.

Chen Demei listened to Wan Ning's words, and smiled from ear to ear: "Miss Wan's words are too exalting to us, if it weren't for you looking up to us and giving our brothers and sisters a chance to be alone, we wouldn't have this blessing in our lives." There are a lot of people outside, so let's sit inside, and I'll ask someone to pour tea. Then he let them in.

The interior is similar to the outside, only more comfortable. The mahogany benches are covered with pale pink silk cushions and piled up with square pillows, embroidered with flowers and edged with tulle ruffles.

Wan Ning sat down in the pillow pile, and sighed: "It's so comfortable——, I really want to make such a pile at home, but unfortunately every time I do it, someone always looks at it and grabs it, I only have three left in the bed now, and I can't lie down like this at all." ”

Chen Demei smiled and watched people serve tea and snacks, and said to her: "If Miss Wan likes it, come a few more times, I will ask someone to make a few more, usually keep it, as soon as you come, put it on for you to pounce, how about it?" ”

Wan Ning's eyes sparkled: "Really? Great, worthy of being a good sister to me. She took Chen Demei's hand and shook it coquettishly.

Fang Ning whispered: "Second sister, hurry up, this is too unseemly." Seeing that she didn't listen, she was helpless.

Shuning just lowered her head and drank tea, it seemed to be tea made from longan, which was good, but would it be too hot to drink in this season? At this time, it is better to drink more heat-relieving drinks such as juhua tea.

Yuan Ning pursed her lips, took a sip of tea, and said casually: "The taste is so light, can't you cut corners?" He put the cup on the table and said, "Go and change it to something sweeter." ”

Chen Demei was stunned for a moment, and reluctantly smiled: "Okay, I'll ask someone to change." As soon as he raised his hand, he heard Yuan Ning say, "What do you want to do?" I'm going to ask you to change it! ”