Chapter Forty-Nine: Happy?
Chapter 49 Happy?
Wen Yi thought that she was dazzled and mistaken for a while. If you look closely, that person is clearly Liu Guanhai! It's just that he has changed his dress now, and his temperament is very different from the past.
When he was in Pingyin, he always wore a cloth robe every day, simply tied a cloth belt around his waist, and did not wear any jewelry on his body, and his head was also combed in a single bun, neat and clean. The material of the cloth robe has always been monochrome, mainly dark, black, stone blue, dark blue, dark green...... lined with his facial features and figure, he became more and more energetic.
But right now, he is wearing a dark jujube red jacquard satin jacket, and he is wearing a black gauze square scarf that is now fashionable on his head, with silk silk tied around his waist, and two or three ornaments hung up, with gold and jade, and he looks like a son and brother of a rich and noble family. If it weren't for his good facial features, his expression would not be frivolous. In addition, a black cloak was covered on the outside, covering the bright color of the clothes inside, Wen Yi thought that which nouveau riche had gone out!
She couldn't help but secretly spit in her heart: just dress up richly, isn't it good to wear dark clothes? Monochrome satin, or light and elegant patterns, are very suitable, and dark colors are the most flattering to him! If you want to add a few ornaments, what will you do with the gold? A simple jade pendant is enough! Where does he look like a child of a famous family who reads and learns etiquette?!
After spitting on it, she felt annoyed in her heart again: how does Liu Guanhai want to dress herself, what does it have to do with her? ! What's she all about?!
It's just that she can't figure it out, what is Liu Guanhai doing here? Who are those people in those carriages?!
She lifted the curtain and watched him ride to the door of the long house Xuanle Hall and dismount, and the servant of the porter had already met him, and when he said a few words, the servant showed great joy, and galloped back to the door to report the news, and then he threw the reins of the horse to the other servants who came around, and ran back to the first carriage, and said a few words respectfully, and then went to the second carriage, and then the third......
Wen Yi was confused, Liu Guanhai's behavior really didn't look like a child of a famous family, but like a family member...... Her heart moved, recalling the life experience he had mentioned back then, and wondering if he had come with his elders? Since both his parents died, he sent people to the fence. It's also human nature to be treated poorly, but the person he knows is obviously their six rooms, but his elders come to find the long room...... That's right! The third aunt of the long house married into the Liu family as the patriarch's wife, could it be that she came back to save her relatives?! She is the wife of the patriarch, and it is not surprising that Liu Guanhai, as a child of the side branch, follows him to serve, but he is pitiful and helpless, so he was called by the third aunt as a slave.
Wen Yi sighed slightly, and Zi Su next to her asked suspiciously, "Miss, what are you sighing for?" He looked in the direction of the convoy again, "Who is this?" What a style! Wen Yi said lightly: "Probably the third aunt went back to her parents' house to save her relatives, right?" Zi Su was taken aback: "Mrs. Sangu?!" I seem to have heard that she married a relative of the royal family, didn't she?! I heard that she rarely comes back, how can the young lady recognize her?! He asked and stretched out his head to look.
Guo Qingxi also said in front: "The little one recognized one of them who was driving the car, and he used to marry the third aunt to Heng'an's companion room, so I guessed a few points, but I didn't expect the young lady to recognize it at a glance." "He was originally an old servant of the sixth room, but when Mrs. Lu dismissed the people, he left the door of the sixth room, and he was originally just doing some casual work everywhere, and he was not recalled until three years ago. Because he was born to a family, he knew many people in Guzhuang.
Wen Yi smiled a little uncomfortably: "I also recognize people...... and then felt that something was wrong. "You don't see that?! One of those people is an acquaintance of ours! Although she and Liu Guanhai have met less in the past two years, the people below should often come and go with him, and if other people don't say it, Guo Qingxi will help to get medicine and deliver medicine!
Zi Su shook his head puzzled, Guo Qingxi in front of him also said that he couldn't recognize who it was, Wen Yi had the heart to say the answer, but when the words came to his mouth, he suddenly felt a little embarrassed, blushed slightly, and said: "If you don't recognize it, forget it, maybe I saw it wrong!" β
She sat in the car, only feeling uncomfortable, and the caravan was slow to move, blocking the avenue from Zhuangkou to the gate of the long house, and Wen Yi's carriage could not move forward. She couldn't help but lift a corner of the curtain again to look out, but "Liu Guanhai" looked at her at this time, and the two glanced at each other. He was stunned, and almost stumbled under his feet, and she quickly lowered the curtain, only to feel that her heart was beating a little fast. When her emotions calmed down a bit, she felt that she was making too much of a fuss again, and it wasn't the first time she had seen her, why did she be so surprised?!
She suppressed the thought of lifting the curtain to look at the past, and ordered in as plain a tone as possible: "If you wait like this, grandmother must be worried, let's take a detour." Zi Su was lifting the curtain on the other side of the car to see that it was rising, and when he heard this, he retracted his head in some disappointment, and Guo Qingxi responded. The carriage turned around and went the other way.
Back at Xuanhe Hall, Wen Yi went to her grandmother to say goodbye, and talked with her for a while, but she was still a little distracted. Mrs. Lu thought she was tired, so she said: "Go back to the house and rest, you are young, don't be tired and sick, ask Zhong Maolin to report the matter to me, you can rest for a few days!" β
Wen Yi hurriedly smiled: "Where did it get to this point?" The granddaughter just remembered that she missed a little bit of her homework in school, and she always talked about it in her heart. β
"What's missing, what's this?" Old Madam Lu said disapprerovingly, "That Mr. Luo is a talented girl who can't wait to teach you all to be full of poetry and books!" What I used to learn and teach was still measured, but now it is becoming more and more useless! It's a good thing for girls to learn some talents and cultivate their temperament, but if they work too hard, they lose their duty. I think you're very good now, you know a little bit of talent, just pass the time in your spare time, needlework and housekeeping are the right way! He added: "You usually have to take care of the house, do your homework, and ask me about my diet and daily life, and you are already very tired." In fact, grandmother doesn't want you to focus on these things, and you should occasionally play and relax. How old are you? While I'm still young. It's time to play! Didn't you say that your fifth sister Ming'er was going to invite you to tea? You just go over and relax quickly, if someone doesn't have long eyes, you don't pay attention to it, the most important thing is to be happy. β
Wen Yi responded with a smile, and spoke for a while before returning to the room. She hesitated for a long time, and then passed on the arrival of her daughter-in-law, the He family, who was doing business, and instructed: "Fang was outside, I heard that there was a guest in the long house, it seems that the third aunt came back to save her relatives, I don't know if she passed by by accident." Still planning to stay. You go and inquire about who are here, how long you plan to stay, and I will prepare a gift when I return. "A salute from the He family, I took the order and went.
This He family is actually the mother of perilla, and the mother and daughter bought it together. is different from her daughter's naΓ―ve and straightforward, the He family is calm and down-to-earth, her mouth is very tight, she knows how to measure, and if she asks her to inquire about the news, even if she doesn't do a good job, she won't tell anyone what she shouldn't say, which is very reassuring. Now that Wen Yi is almost fourteen years old, if she wants to inquire about other people's men, she can't be as generous as when she was a child, if she lets people know, she will inevitably gossip.
The He family went for two or three hours, Wen Yi first practiced calligraphy for a while, and then read the book for a while, only to feel that she couldn't calm down, and she was always a little irritable. As soon as she heard that the He family had returned, she immediately stood up, paused, and then sat down again, and lightly called someone to pass it on.
After listening to the He family's reply, Wen Yi didn't react for a long time: "What...... What the?! β
The He family thought that she hadn't heard clearly, so she said: "The little one has inquired, it is indeed the third aunt and the young master of Dongning who came back to the province to save the family, and there is also an Aunt Gui, who was originally the third aunt's wife's companion, and there is also a young master from the side branch of the Liu family, called Liu Dongxing." β
Wen Yi took a deep breath: "Did you ask clearly?!" Indeed...... Call Liu Dongxing?! β
The He family was stunned, nodded and said, "Yes, it's called this name!" After thinking about it, he said with some hesitation, "When the little one inquired with the mother-in-law of the long house, someone said...... This Young Master Liu's name is not quite right...... He is a side branch. I don't know why it's the name of the Liu's house...... I heard that the Liu family only has people in the long house, and their names are ...... with the word Dong"
Wen Yi forcibly suppressed the turbulent waves in her heart, and said lightly: "I know, you go down, go to Zhong Niangzi to get a string of money, and say that I will reward you for your speech." β
The He family's face thanked the reward with joy and withdrew, and Zi Su had already happily leaned over to be coquettish. Qiuguo and Xiuzhu also followed alongside to have fun. However, Zi Ying and Dong Kui saw that Wen Yi's face was a little wrong, and cautiously asked her if there was anything uncomfortable.
Under the weather? Of course she was uncomfortable!
Wen Yi pushed the girls out with a straight face, then returned to the bedroom, sat down on the edge of the bed heavily, and her hands trembled.
Liu Dongxing! She had almost forgotten the name, but now that it was mentioned, she remembered it immediately. This is exactly the object that the fourth uncle and the fourth aunt wanted to marry her in the previous life! The so-called side branches of the Liu family are actually the eldest son of the third uncle! She never imagined that the Liu Guanhai who saved her life, followed Dr. Xiao, often met her in Pingyin, and even quietly sent a bouquet of Lingling incense before leaving, it was Liu Dongxing!
Her heart was like overturning a five-flavor bottle, sour and astringent, and for a while she thought of what Kerou told her in her previous life, Liu Dongxing's life experience, disability, and the past when she planned to marry her to fill the house, and then thought that Liu Dongxing learned the art of war from Xiao Lao, and it was clear that he was planning to join the army, which happened to coincide with the identity of a military general in his previous life! Does that mean that he will marry a short-lived wife in the future and will be severely injured on the battlefield?!
Also, that year, in the woods on the western slope of Taiping Mountain, when he asked her if she really resented the poor treatment of her relatives, he revealed his background. He was raised by his uncle and aunt after his parents died, so it was really a side branch of the Liu family, and what happened to the rumors of the eldest son? ! Kerou won't lie to himself, but he also has no reason to lie to himself, could it be that someone did it on purpose?! Thinking of him acting like a housekeeper, she couldn't help but feel sorry for him.
Her heart was sour for a while, painful for a while, and a little bitter, and finally she suddenly remembered: After knowing each other for nearly four years, she never knew his real name! And he never told her that he was not called Liu Guanhai!
What does that mean?! Is he fooling her?!
Wen Yi felt a burst of anger in her heart, and couldn't help but snort coldly: If it weren't for the fact that she happened to go out and met the Liu family's convoy and called someone to inquire, I'm afraid she wouldn't know this fact for the rest of her life, right?!
She gritted her teeth for a long time, and suddenly remembered the bouquet in the mirror, so she stood up suddenly, rushed to the dressing table, opened the small drawer of the mirror, took out the bouquet, and the more she looked at it, the more angry she became, so she simply broke it with both hands, dismantled the bouquet into pieces, and scattered it all over the dressing table, and then called again: "Purple Sakura!" β
Purple Sakura came in and was surprised to see the dried flowers on the table.
"...... these things" Wen Yi paused, closed his eyes, and turned his head angrily, "Take the box and pack it, make a few lotus packs in your spare time, you can bring them with you!" β
Zi Ying carefully answered, and after a while, she took an empty box, put all the dried flowers in it, and cleaned the dressing table and the floor, and then said, "Miss, Miss Changfang Fifth asked someone to bring a message, saying that it was ...... There are guests at home, and Ming'er can't entertain you for tea......"
"Then don't go!" Wen Yi slammed a book on the table and turned a few pages vigorously, "I'm happy to be idle!" β
Zi Ying blinked, she didn't dare to come out, retreated, and whispered to the girls not to disturb Wen Yi.
Wen Yi stared at the book for a long time, but she couldn't read it, and suddenly felt a little aggrieved, her nose was sore, and her eyes turned red.
The next day, Wen Yi stayed at home with her grandmother, and Mrs. Lu asked about the tea party, and she said the reason lightly, and Mrs. Lu said: "It's not a festival, why did you come back at this time to save your relatives?" Then he asked his granddaughter, "It's your birthday, what do you want to eat?" Tell the kitchen to do it, and our grandparents and grandchildren will have a good time at home. β
Wen Yi then remembered that today is the ninth day of the fourth month, isn't it her birthday the day after tomorrow?! "What does grandmother want to eat?" Just do what you want, right? β
Mrs. Lu said with a smile: "It's up to you, it's up to you what you eat and play, it's your birthday!" "I also ordered people not to bother Wen Yi with housework these days, and I must let my granddaughter have a good time. Wen Yi was smiling on the side, her mood gradually became happy, and she began to feel that she was asking for trouble.
Mama Zhao heard that Mrs. Lu was talking about Wen Yi's birthday, so she hurriedly came over and said, "It's just something else, this time the old lady and young lady have to listen to me!" This birthday is not as good as before, and in another year, Miss will be in time, and it can't be compared with when I was a child! Our family is thriving now, so why don't we take this opportunity to be lively! Miss is busy all year round, and there is no time to be light, so people don't feel distressed to see it, and now it's time to take a break! β
Wen Yi smiled when she heard this: "Although Mama said so, when the wine is finished, people will make trouble, and it is not my business to clean up my things?" You can't always work grandmother! I'll be able to rest anywhere! It's better to save trouble, just have one meal for the family. β
Mama Zhao snorted: "Miss is too underestimated Mama!" Don't dare to work the old lady! When Mama was young, she also took care of things, so what's the point of handling a drink?! This time, it's up to your grandma's skills! β
Wen Yi hurriedly said: "This is not good, it makes no sense that my young junior is idle, but the reason why you are busy with your old man!" β
Mrs. Lu said: "You let her go, now that the family has a large population, she is idle and is looking for something to do except talk to me and do needlework on weekdays." Don't worry, your grandmother can do it, and it's serious for you to follow the learning! β
Wen Yi just laughed, but Mama Zhao was really busy, and immediately called the housekeeper Zhong Maolin to discuss, and then Aunt Qian from the front porter suddenly came to report: "The second wife of the long room sent someone to post, saying that she wanted to invite the old lady and the young lady to be guests." β