CHAPTER XVII

Since it came out under the pretext of customizing the picture frame, Shanniang's first stop was naturally to go to the woodcraft shop.

Fang's mother is a veteran worker, and she sent someone to inform the carpentry shop earlier, and when their carriage stopped in front of the store, the old shopkeeper of the carpentry shop had been waiting there for a long time.

The first time Shan Niang came, she was curious about everything, and she inevitably took a closer look at the things in the store. This look made her fancy a lot of good things. And just as she was looking at a shelf-shaped object with a strange shape, I don't know whether it should be a low stool or a few short shelves, she suddenly heard a crisp voice next to her: "This little one is really ugly." ”

As soon as Shanniang turned around, she saw a girl slightly younger than her bending her eyebrows and smiling at her.

The girl wore two high ringed buns, although it was only early spring in February, and the weather was still cold, she had already changed into a pink and green spring shirt, and Shanniang, who was afraid of the cold, couldn't help but shiver for her.

"What?" Seeing the girl looking at herself and smiling, Shanniang blinked. This was the first time she had been accosted by a stranger.

"Don't you think these little ones are ugly?" The girl smiled at Shanniang.

"Is it ugly?" Shanniang looked back at the little one again, it was okay.

"And the workmanship is too bad," the girl wrinkled her nose vigorously, "and you see, the nodules have not been smoothed yet!" ”

Shan Niang smiled: "This tree nodule should be left on purpose. I remember that it seemed to be more popular in the south to make a flower bench using the original shape of the tree. Also, this should not be a small few, it should be a flower stool for placing flower pots. ”

"Really?" The girl stared at a pair of round almond eyes, turned around and asked the old shopkeeper, "Is this sister right?" ”

Shanniang was stunned. This girl is really unkind, obviously she doesn't look as big as herself!

The old shopkeeper also heard Shanniang's words, and nodded in response: "It is the flower stool, which is a southern style that has only emerged in recent years, and the girl is a knowledgeable person." ”

"It's a pity that this stool is painted," said Shan Niang, smiling, "I prefer the primary colors." ”

The old shopkeeper hurriedly said: "If the girl wants the primary color, there are still some in the back yard, is the girl willing to go and see it?" With that, he led Shanniang to the backyard.

Shanniang wanted to set up a flower pot shelf in her yard, so she discussed the price with the old shopkeeper as she walked, but she didn't want the little girl who talked to her to follow them so swaggeringly, and from time to time she interjected and asked Shanniang familiarly: "Do you like to plant flowers?" Isn't it okay to plant flowers on the ground? Why make a pot shelf? ”

Shanniang was in a good mood at this time, so she explained with a smile: "My yard is small, and I can't put a few pots of flowers, but if I use the shelves, not only can I raise more flowers, but also it is more convenient to take care of." After a pause, she couldn't hold back, and said with a smile: "You should call me sister, I should be older than you." ”

"How can I see you're older than me?" The little girl raised her chin unconvinced, "You don't look as tall as me." ”

Indeed, Shanniang is slightly shorter than the girl in front of her.

Shanniang smiled: "The age is not based on the size, maybe in the second half of the year, I will be taller than you." "And it is true, after her fourteenth birthday, Shan Niang's height suddenly increased." I'm fourteen, how old are you? She asked.

The girl blinked, wrinkled her nose and said reluctantly, "I'm thirteen." I thought you were younger than me......" said, but he didn't know what he thought, he bent his eyebrows again, and smiled happily: "It turns out that you are older than me, so I don't have to mind." ”

Shanniang raised her eyebrows in confusion.

I saw the girl look at her and tilt her head and smile: "I know you." You are the thirteenth girl of the Hou family who gets the first place every year in Meishan Girls' School, Hou Shanniang. She raised her chin a little arrogantly, "If I hadn't gone to school in the capital, you wouldn't have gotten this first." Let's go back and compare them to see who is more powerful, okay? ”

Shanniang: "......"

But this little girl didn't seem to realize that her words were equivalent to a war post, and suddenly posted it, and put her hand on Shanniang's wrist affectionately, and said: "Although I know my sister, I'm afraid my sister doesn't know me yet, my name is Lin Ruzhi......"

Startled, Shanniang looked up at the girl - not to mention, she really knew the name!

It can even be said that this name, she is too familiar. There was a time in her previous life, when she gritted her teeth at the name and hated to eat the flesh of the king......

It's just that although she knew the name at that time, she had never seen this person. Unexpectedly, in another life, she actually met here - if this "Lin Ruzhi" is really the one she thought......

Shanniang's eyes narrowed slightly, and she looked at the girl and carefully confirmed, "You...... Surname Lin? ”

Lin Ruzhi nodded.

"That, the chief of Meishan Academy, ...... Lin Shan"

As far as she knows, that "Lin Ruzhi" is Lin Shanchang's granddaughter......

"That's my grandfather."

The girl replied very heartlessly, but Shanniang was shocked.

- It's really her! The ...... "love rival" she had always wanted to know in her previous life, but because she was carefully guarded by someone, she had never even met face-to-face.

At that moment, the hairs on Shanniang's arms stood up all at once.

After being reborn, her first decision was to skip school, in order to avoid Meishan Academy, and avoid those she had seen or failed to see in her previous life......

But she didn't want to, in her previous life, she had never seen someone who had tried her best to calculate, and in this life, she actually met ...... on the street like this And it was the man who took the initiative to talk to her......

The strange direction of the wheel of fate suddenly made Shanniang feel an indescribable emotion......

Looking at Lin Ruzhi, who had a frank face, Shan Niang's heart couldn't help but have mixed feelings.

It turns out that the person who was silently liked by that person in his heart all his life in his previous life was born with such a look and such a temperament......

And with such a lively temperament, it is probably strange to face such a silent guy...... No, it's actually not surprising, maybe it's because of this heartiness that he attracts such a dull person......

“…… But don't worry, I won't use the name of my grandfather and grandmother to suppress you, I will win you with my own strength. ”

Lin Ruzhi, who is still a little girl, seems to like physical contact with people very much, and the hand that was originally on Shanniang's wrist actually wrapped around her arm even harder.

In her previous life, even her children had never had such intimacy with her......

Suddenly, Shanniang only felt a tingling pain all over her body, she subconsciously took a step back, avoiding Lin Ruzhi's hand, and her fingers quietly held the wrist that had been touched by the child.

Under her fingertips, her pulse beat fast and heavy - not because of the "rival in love" in front of her, nor because she had no feelings for Yuan Changqing, but because she suddenly faced the "heart knot in her previous life" so defenselessly, which made her once again deeply realize how stupid she was in her previous life, so that she would be so brainless, regardless of it, blindly falling in love with someone who had never looked at her with the right eyes......

And Shanniang's action of retreating and dodging made Lin Ruzhi stunned sensitively. She raised her eyes to look at Shanniang, her little face flushed with embarrassment, and she said, "Sister, don't blame, it's my sister who is reckless...... After hearing my grandmother praise you, I really wanted to meet my sister...... I just heard upstairs that my sister was downstairs, and I was excited for a while, so I ...... I hope my sister will forgive me for my faux pas. ”

As she spoke, the child curtsied at her, her eyes full of sincere apologies.

Shanniang blinked silently. It is really difficult for her to hook up the childish child in front of her with the "rival in love" she had never met in her previous life...... What's more, the so-called "enemy of love", at least "love" can be an "enemy", but Yuan Changqing has never dropped a word of "love" in her place......

Looking at Lin Ruzhi, Shanniang sighed silently. Even now, she intends to regard this child as an "enemy", such a lively and cheerful little girl, it is really difficult to make people feel bad, not to mention that she no longer has any extravagant hopes for Yuan Changqing in this life......

So, Shanniang sighed again in her heart, bent the corners of her lips at Lin Ruzhi, and smiled gently: "It's nothing, it's just ...... You're kind of scaring me. ”

She didn't know, just her one sentence, she set a tone of "Thirteenth Sister is very weak" in Lin Ruzhi's heart, that is, after inadvertently witnessing Shanniang's true face, this dead-eyed child still thinks that her "Thirteenth Sister is very weak" ...... Of course, that's a story for later.

Let's say that Lin Ruzhi at this time, seeing that Shanniang actually talked to her again disapprerovitly, the little face suddenly became bright and brilliant again-at that moment, Shanniang suddenly understood how a person like Yuan Changqing, who was cold to the bones, liked this little girl. It was her, looking at such a bright smiling face, she couldn't help but want to smile with her......

"I'm still angry with my sister!" Lin Ruzhi breathed a sigh of relief, and wrapped her arm around Shanniang again, but she was so frightened that Shanniang immediately took a step back.

The little girl realized that not every little girl likes to be next to each other and hug each other, so she stuck out her tongue at Shanniang and said with a smile: "I heard that my sister is not in good health and is sick at home?" Where is my sister uncomfortable? But I must get better soon, I still want to take advantage of my time in Meishan to ask my sister for advice. ”

Lin Ruzhi's enthusiasm was a little excessive, so that Shanniang, who had followed the etiquette in her previous life all her life, and who had only let go for less than half a month in this life, felt unbearable. She couldn't help but reach out and quietly wipe her forehead, and there was still a light smile on her lips: "I'm afraid I don't have a chance, I'm about to apply for a leave of absence." If it weren't for the fact that she had to go through the approval of the fifth master, she would have gone through the withdrawal procedures a long time ago.

Shanniang's words surprised Lin Ruzhi, "My sister plans to take a leave of absence?!" Why? ”

"I'm not in good health...... Shanniang paused, and suddenly felt that it was a bit ...... to lie to such a sincere little girl

So she pretended to be cold, shrunk her shoulders, took the initiative to touch Lin Ruzhi's hand, and said, "You...... Isn't it cold to wear such a little bit? ”

The immature Lin Ruzhi was immediately taken away from the topic by her, and she also held Shanniang's somewhat cold little hand and said, "Is it cold?" It's all spring...... Ah, my sister's hands are so cold. ”

"Maybe I'm naturally afraid of the cold."

Shan Niang raised her lips and smiled, under the pretense of asking the shopkeeper, she withdrew her hand from Lin Ruzhi's hand, pointed to a wooden box with snails, and discussed the inlay process of this wooden box with the old shopkeeper.

*・*・*

There were a lot of strange things in the backyard of the woodsmith shop, some of which she didn't know what they were for, but Shan Niang could tell that there must be a master in this shop who liked to make shapes from tree roots—and that was what she guessed correctly. When she pointed to a big tree root and wanted to ask the old shopkeeper to help her make this big tree root into a table, a master next to her didn't need the shopkeeper's mouth, so he took the initiative to come over and talk to Shanniang.

After that, the self-acquainted Lin Ruzhi and the old shopkeeper couldn't interject a word, and could only listen to Shanniang and the carpenter master discussing how to carve the roots.

This woodware shop has two floors, and the people who came with Lin Ruzhi upstairs saw that she had gone to the backyard, so they sent a maid to call her away.

And although Shanniang does not intend to be an enemy of Lin Ruzhi, a "love enemy in her previous life", her existence makes Shanniang feel like a man on her back. Seeing that she was called away, Shanniang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then remembered the purpose of the trip, and turned back to describe to the old shopkeeper and the old carpenter the frame style she wanted.

Because of the matter of the root, the old carpenter had a good impression of her, so he smiled and said, "Why don't you take out the things you want to inlay and take a look, and the villain can also mention some buildings." ”

Shan Niang originally thought of this, so she brought the three embroideries together, and at this time, she was busy with three and five blessings to unfold the embroideries one by one, and discussed them with the old carpenter in the courtyard.

"I plan to make a glass screen for this cat picture," Shan Niang said, "The frame doesn't need to be too heavy, but it needs to be stable and strong, and the frame and base should be lighter and more agile, so that it can be worthy of ......."

Before she could finish her words, she suddenly heard a window upstairs being pushed open, and then a voice shouted very loudly: "Come and see, is that jade embroidery?!" ”

Before Shanniang could raise her head, she heard Lin Ruzhi say in a low voice: "Fifth brother, you are too loud!" ”

Shanniang raised her head, and saw a young man about fourteen or fifteen years old standing in the open window on the second floor. The young man's eyebrows and eyes were very flamboyant. And the apricot-eyed girl standing next to him was Lin Ruzhi. Lin Ruzhi smiled awkwardly at Shanniang, then grabbed the young man's arm and dragged him away from the window.

Behind the two of them, there seemed to be other people in the room, but the light was not very bright, so people could not see clearly.

Shanniang's brows couldn't help but furrow. She glanced at Sanhe vigilantly, and Sanhe understood, and hurriedly put away all the three embroideries.

The old shopkeeper of the carpentry shop also glanced upstairs, but did not explain the identities of the people upstairs to Shanniang, but smiled at her: "If the girl wants to use glass, we can do it in the store together." In the past, there were often customers who wanted to make glass-inlaid frames, so our store also cooperated with the glass shop on the east of the street, if the girl was willing, just leave your embroidery together, and when it was done, we would send it to the house......"

If it weren't for the abrupt voice of the young man upstairs, maybe Shanniang would have really done it according to the store's words, but now that she was called to break the word "jade embroidery", Shanniang who had no choice but to be a person didn't care, so she pulled the corners of her lips and smiled, "I'm sorry, I'm really not at ease." I'm not very valuable......"

Speaking of which, she realized that her tone was too blunt. Realizing that Lin Ruzhi's appearance still disturbed her state of mind, Shanniang took a deep breath, straightened her shoulders, and said with a smile: "It's not that I can't trust you, but if there is really any damage, it will be inconvenient for you and me." ”

- Just kidding! I heard a lot of stories like this in my previous life, but I didn't get transferred, and then the store only said that it was accidentally broken, even if I lost a thousand and eight million, Shanniang also felt panicked!

Shanniang's words spread upstairs, and one of the two people sitting at the table couldn't help but laugh, and kicked the person opposite: "Why do I think that what she means by this is that your store is a black store?" ”

"You're too careful."

The man on the opposite side folded his two long legs, as if he had inadvertently avoided the attacking foot, and replied lightly with a cup of tea.