Cheng Yan said seriously, one after another, carefully analyzed, and the persuasiveness was not strong.

Gu Yunqiao has a lively nature, but she has been trapped in a cage known as a beautiful girl since she was a child, and she learns to act day after day, but she can't learn it, and she doesn't act like it, she often accidentally reveals her sharp edges and corners that have not been completely smoothed, which provokes the discipline and reprimand of her parents and elders.

She often envies her sister-in-law Xu Shuhua, who has the spirit of poetry and books, shows everyone's style, and her every move is dignified and elegant, which can be said to be the best model and example of everyone's ladies.

On the other hand, she herself is neither good at poetry nor literature, let alone dignified and generous, and elegant manners. No matter how well she disguises herself in front of others, she will always understand that she Gu Yunqiao is far from the words "everyone's girlfriend".

But this is the requirement for women in this era, and if she does not meet or get close to this requirement, it will be difficult for her to gain a foothold in the future. Not to mention that she was born in the Songjiang Gu family, she can barely be regarded as a famous lady, not to mention herself, but for the sake of the family, she has to work hard to rely on this requirement.

In this way, she fell into unspeakable contradictions and self-consumption. On the one hand, it is her nature, she hates bondage, she can't bear discipline, and she can't wait to smash these rules and regulations; On the other hand, there is pressure from the outside world, her parents and elders, and the family society all require her to be well-behaved and obedient and be a "lady of everyone".

She can't completely break free from the box and do whatever she wants; can't obey the discipline and go against her heart, and in the end she can only consume it day after day, which makes her physically and mentally exhausted.

However, today Cheng Yan provided her with a new way of thinking, so that she could just bypass these two contradictions and be self-consistent.

Cheng Yan's commendable point is that he did not arbitrarily judge Gu Yunqiao's behavior to be inconsistent with everyone's beauty, or perfunctory compliments to her, saying some lies that he could hardly believe. Instead, starting from the idea and interpretation of the word "everyone's girlfriends" itself, Gu Yunqiao was accepted from a very inclusive perspective and affirmed her.

Gu Yunqiao's heart trembled when he heard this, and he was speechless for a while. After a while, she exhaled softly, looked into his eyes and asked, "Does Cheng Gongzi really think so?" ”

Cheng Yan gave a very positive answer: "I really think so." ”

As early as the day of the end of the township test, Cheng Yan noticed Gu Yunqiao's liveliness and frankness in her heart, but as if she was ashamed to show it, she hid these things very well and did not expose them easily, which made him very regretful.

Lively and cheerful women may not be very in line with the requirements of society, but the warmth they unconsciously exude, like a small sun, brings bright colors to some people in the dark world.

At least, Cheng Yan is.

Looking at Gu Yunqiao's smart and bright eyes, Cheng Yan smiled gently: "So, Miss Gu doesn't have to worry about what happened just now, you have already done a good job." I thought that Miss Gu would not be able to cope with it, and I was afraid that I would suffer a loss, but I didn't expect that it was my own superficiality and narrow-mindedness that I looked down on Miss Gu. ”

Gu Yunqiao was stunned, and then smiled: "Cheng Gongzi's words are serious, I am just a fluke." If those scoundrels insist on entanglement, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to get out today, maybe the reason why they believed me before that my brother was here was precisely because they saw Cheng Gongzi and were willing to leave, so thank Cheng Gongzi for his help. ”

Cheng Yanqian bowed his head: "Miss Gu doesn't need to say thank you. ”

After revealing the topic, Gu Yunqiao noticed that Cheng Yan was alone and asked, "Is Cheng Gongzi coming to see the Lantern Festival alone?" ”

Cheng Yan nodded: "Yes, the Mid-Autumn Festival is a reunion festival, I gave those old servants at home a holiday, and let them go back to celebrate the festival with their relatives." It's just that in this way, the house is so deserted that I can't stay, so I go out to visit the Lantern Festival. ”

"In that case, why don't Cheng Gongzi go to the Lantern Festival with us?" Gu Yunqiao raised his head, his bright eyes staring at him without blinking, "I'm walking in front, my brother and sister-in-law are still behind, they should come over soon." ”

Cheng Yan was stunned by her bright eyes for a moment, then quickly came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Okay, then let's wait here for a while." ”

"Hmm...... It was okay here just now, but there are a lot of people here, and I'm afraid my brother won't be able to find us at a glance. ”

As he spoke, Gu Yunqiao looked around, trying to find the most obvious location. Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she pointed to the rows of lanterns across the street and said, "Why don't we go there, there are so many lanterns and they are bright, and my brother and they will definitely be able to see us at a glance." ”

Cheng Yan had no objections, so he walked across the street with her.

Gu Yunqiao said that he was waiting for Gu Yunji and Xu Shuhua, but he was actually attracted by these rows of gorgeous lanterns, and he couldn't wait to take a look at this and that as soon as he came over, he couldn't wait to buy all the lanterns home.

After struggling with each other, Gu Yunqiao finally chose a jade rabbit lamp, so he asked the man who looked like the boss next to him: "Boss, how much is this lantern?" I want it. ”

The man smiled and said, "This young lady, we don't sell these lanterns for money. And I'm not the boss, but the shopkeeper of the Bawei Xuan in the back. ”

Gu Yunqiao was puzzled: "Don't sell for money?" So what do you do with these lanterns? ”

The shopkeeper patiently explained: "This is our tradition of Baweixuan, every Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival, we will put a few rows of lanterns in front of the store to guess the lantern riddles, and use the dishes of the restaurant as the color head to guess the lantern riddles, on the one hand, to celebrate the festival, on the other hand, but also to attract customers." ”

Saying that, the shopkeeper introduced Gu Yunqiao one by one: "You see, there are four rows of lanterns in this one, each row of lanterns corresponds to different dish rewards, the higher the position, the better the reward." In the bottom row of lanterns, the reward for guessing is a plate of vegetarian stir-fry, which can only be cashed out when guests come to our restaurant to order, which is equivalent to adding a side dish to the table. ”

"The second row of lanterns counted from the bottom to the top is rewarded with an ordinary meat dish, mostly roast chicken stew and the like. The third row of lanterns is awarded to any of the eight signature dishes. The reason why we have this name is because the eight signature dishes that we are famous in the capital are all unique in the flavor that have been inherited for many years, and they cannot be eaten in the places next to them. ”

"And the top row of lanterns has the least number and the most difficult lantern riddles, and the reward for guessing is a free table provided by our Bawei Xuan. The menu is full of meat and vegetarian dishes, covering all of our eight signature dishes, which are definitely worth trying. ”

After speaking, the shopkeeper looked proud and confident, and felt that these rewards would definitely make the little girl in front of him excited.

However, Gu Yunqiao listened to it for a long time, but he didn't care about any dishes or not, and there was only one focus from beginning to end: "So, if I guess the lantern riddle, this rabbit lantern ...... Can you let me take it? ”

(End of chapter)