Chapter 170: Hope Dashed

This time, except for a few ladies and Li Yuzhu, the other little girls didn't know that they were mainly here to see each other today.

At this time, two strange men crowded into their pavilion and invited them to have snacks, and suddenly several little girls became wary of them.

In the face of their vigilant gaze, Yuan Rongcheng still kept a smile on his face, which made people feel like a spring breeze.

But he seems to have underestimated this group of little girls, they have all heard Xia Jing's story about the wolf grandmother.

At this time, Yuan Rongcheng's smiling face was like a wolf grandmother who was not kind in their eyes.

The corners of the mouth twitched as the second child of the Yuan family sat next to him and watched, these hairy girls are small and big, if they are bad people, do they need to deceive?

It's easier to take it away!

Yuan Rongcheng was a little embarrassed, the first time he encountered this situation, in Jingzhou City before, no one knew him, and who could get his invitation was not happy to come over.

The face that was invincible before, this time it fails!

He coughed lightly and glanced at Li Yuzhu.

saw Li Yuzhu looking at him for a long time, if it weren't for the slightly hooked corners of his mouth, Yuan Rongcheng really couldn't see that she was gloating and deliberately watching him make a fool of himself.

"That. I am the third son of the Yuan family in Jingzhou, not a liar! ”

The little girls were skeptical and turned their heads to look at Li Yuzhu, the eldest of them.

Li Yuzhu faced the inquiring eyes of her sisters, pursed her lower lip and said to Yuan Rongcheng: "My sisters will not eat the food given by strangers, and I ask Yuan Sangongzi to forgive me." ”

Seeing Li Yuzhu's refusal, Li Yingzi, who came with her grandmother to incense this time, also asked: "I take the liberty of asking, why do you two big men like to bring snacks when they come to the temple to offer incense?" Is it the tradition of Jingzhou men? ”

She is Sister Xia's little daughter, she just arrived in the cardamom years this year, a little younger than Li Yuzhu, and the family will help her see each other in a year or two.

Take advantage of this time to come along, simply understand what kind of virtue the men in Jingzhou are?

This time, the corners of Yuan Rongcheng's mouth twitched, can he say that this time he brought snacks up, it was specially prepared for them?

However, the little girl's question is very tricky, and no matter how he answers, it seems that something is wrong.

"What? Is this a difficult question for me to answer? Li Yingzi stared at them with a pair of big round eyes.

"No, it's just a question that I'm a little hard at answering." Yuan Rongcheng said so, he thought that the little girl would ask again, and he would tell the truth, saying that it was to please the girl who looked at him.

"Forget it, everyone has their own secrets, since you don't want to say it, we won't ask, but we won't eat snacks, we bring a lot of it ourselves."

Li Yingzi said, patted her palm, and a maid came over with a food box.

Yuan Rongcheng: "."

Li Yingzi's dragging appearance made the eyes of the second child of the Yuan family shine, but he just swept the little girl's immature face, and he sighed regretfully in his heart.

You really shouldn't have married early!

I don't know how many purple and red little flowers I have missed.

The irritability in the heart of the second child of the Yuan family was revealed a little, and Yuan Rongcheng, who was always paying attention to him, felt it.

He kicked lightly and quietly.

The second elder of the Yuan family glanced at his little brother, and immediately corrected his attitude again.

Lingnan is hot, even in the mountains, the temperature is very high at noon, sitting in the pavilion can still feel the heat, this kind of hot wind blowing on the skin, making people feel very uncomfortable.

I have met with the son of the Yuan family, and my first impression of him is not bad, but at this time, seeing that the son of the Yuan family was speechless, Li Yuzhu stood up, "It's been so long since I came out, it's hot outside, let's go back, so as not to worry the elders." ”

Waiting for a group of little girls to walk away, the second child of the Yuan family pointed to their backs and said, "This is leaving?" I thought they would have to drink three cups and get to know each other when they saw us two young talents. ”

Yuan Rongcheng listened to his words and glared at him: "Don't compare them with the girls in the Qinglou Chu Pavilion!" ”

The second child of the Yuan family defended: "Hey, I didn't compare them with the girls in that place, when I saw your second sister-in-law at the beginning, she was very active." ”

"So the consequence of this is that now you don't cherish your second sister-in-law at all!" Yuan Rongcheng's words are too heart-wrenching, but they are true.

When the girls returned to the guest house, the second lady noticed the smile on her daughter's face at first sight, and she knew that it was going well, and the heart she had been carrying also fell.

Xia Jing smiled and asked with a pun, "How was the fun?" ”

Li Yuzhu smiled and nodded: "The scenery around the temple is good!" ”

Li Yingzi sat back next to her grandmother Chen, listened to their words, and replied: "The scenery is good, but there are also people who are bad for the scenery!" ”

This aroused the interest of everyone in the room.

The second lady wanted to know what happened after they went out, so she followed Li Yingzi's words and asked, "Oh, what kind of person?" ”

Li Yingzi told the inexplicable behavior of the two sons of the Yuan family.

caused everyone to laugh.

The second lady glanced at Xia Jing gratefully, looking at this kind of thing, it is not appropriate to talk about it before it is successful, she is very grateful that Xia Jing did not chew on this matter in front of the Xia family.

An iron mine in the Nanling Mountains, where miners are busy every day from the time they open their eyes to the time the sun sets.

The few Xiyi people who were arrested last time went from being able to proudly lean their necks and refuse to work at the beginning, to the later ones who desperately wanted to complete the tasks assigned to them every day and received enough food.

Struggling on the brink of hunger every day, but never achieving my wish every time.

After working in the mines for several months, even if their relatives come, they may not be recognizable.

The physique is emaciated, the shoulders are hunched, and especially the hands, which used to be white skin and tender flesh, are now thick and rough calluses, and are scarred.

Compared to before, it is like two people.

After a busy morning, the hungry miners were finally able to sit down to eat and rest.

In the simple grass shed on the mine, the leader of the 22nd group, looking at the Xiyi people in his group, said with disgust: "You Xiyi look tall and big, but you can't use it, how long have you been here, and you have become this kind of virtue!" ”

He shook his head as he spoke.

The worker sitting next to the team leader took a sip of gruel, shook his head and took over the conversation: "That is, they are a head taller than us, and they are not as good as a short donkey to pull goods!" ”

The group leader blinked, always feeling that what he said just now was a bit harsh, but he couldn't find anything wrong for a while.

A few Xiyi people get along with the miners of the mine day and night, and they can still understand a little bit of the simple local dialect.

Listening to their words at this moment, the Xiyi people turned their heads and glared at him angrily: "You are the deer!" ”

"Haha!" The worker was scolded back by him, and instead of being angry, he laughed and corrected: "It's a donkey, not a deer!" Donkeys and deer are stupid and can't tell the difference, no wonder they will be caught up the mountain to mine! ”

The group leader shook his head: "A few of you are here to make up the numbers, and I was also unlucky to let you be assigned to my group, so you can be held back!" ”

Bai has a tall and big figure, but he can't bear hardships and stand hard work at all, and if he wants him to say that this white-skinned and red-haired man is a waste of food if he catches it.

At noon, they were disgusted, and several Xiyi people hoped that their governor would find out that they were missing in time and come to rescue them.

It's just that I finally looked forward to it day and night, but I found the cruelty of reality.

Their governor is here, but he is escorted over, just like them, to mine!

The last straw was pinched off, and several Xiyi suddenly fell into despair.

Don't want to get out of this mine alive in this life!

King Qian's Mansion.

Li Yuzhu was a little uneasy in the heat.

Even if there were a lot of ice basins in the room, it couldn't calm her down.

"Miss, Miss!"

The personal maid ran in from outside panting, and said excitedly: "Miss, Yuan Gongzi's letter!" ”

"Oh, bring it to me." Li Yuzhu's face was indifferent, as if this letter was nothing special in her eyes.

made the personal maid a little confused about what she was thinking for a while?

Li Yuzhu took the letter, looked at the sealed wax intact, then opened the letter and slowly unfolded it.

"Miss, what did Yuan Gongzi say in the letter? You won't say you want to eat the water chestnut cake you made, right? ”

Since the last time they met at Hualin Temple, Yuan Sangongzi had already sent several letters to Li Yuzhu.

As the two became more and more familiar, Yuan Sangongzi would say some of his hobbies in the letter.

When Li Yuzhu knew that Yuan Sangongzi came to Lingnan and fell in love with the horseshoe cake, she went into the kitchen to personally supervise the cook to make the horseshoe cake, and let people send it to the post house.

Li Yuzhu folded the letter and shook her head with a smile: "Yuan Gongzi didn't mention the horseshoe cake, and this time I wrote to invite me to go shopping tomorrow." ”

"Date!" The maid was overjoyed: "Miss, this is good, it can not only deepen your relationship with Yuan Gongzi, but also play well!" ”

"But I wonder if my mother will agree?" Li Yuzhu put the letter in a wooden box and put it away.

"Madame will definitely agree." The maid said very firmly.

Sure enough, as the maid guessed, the second lady heard that Yuan Sangongzi asked her daughter to go shopping, and she didn't have to think about it to know that they wanted to deepen their understanding of each other, so she didn't think about it.

The next day, the little girl, who was usually calm, was excited and nervous.

"Don't dress up too flamboyantly, be more elegant." Li Yuzhu sat in front of the dressing table and reminded the maid.

"Miss, don't worry, even if you dress up in Suyali, you are the most beautiful girl in the entire city!" The maid started to groom herself, and poured out her kind words without money.

Li Yuzhu looked at the beautiful face in the mirror, smiled and tossed with her.

What girl doesn't have a spring?

Those who don't have spring are women who have gone through thousands of sails!

Although Li Yuzhu is a princess girl, this is the first time she has come into contact with a foreign man, and it is rare for a sensible little girl to have expectations for her future husband.

When the master and servant got into the carriage and left the house, Li Yuzhu realized that they seemed to have come out too early.

"I don't think Yuan Sangongzi will come out so early, Chun'er, inform the coachman and ask him to find a teahouse, let's go have breakfast first." Li Yuzhu looked at the street in the early morning with annoyance.

"Yes."

The variety of meals in the tea house is much richer than a few months ago.

Strictly speaking, this credit is still Xia Jing's.

When Xia Jing fermented flour with yeast powder to make steamed buns, she taught the cook, who then passed on the craft to her family.

The family passed on to relatives, and slowly, people throughout Lingnan would use the local method to make yeast powder, and draw inferences from each other, and make various delicacies in different ways.

Li Yuzhu ordered a white porridge, xiaolongbao, an egg, and a pickle.

As for the maids and guards who came out with her, they wanted to eat whatever they wanted.

It wasn't a lot of breakfast, but it was delicious, enough to fill her little girl's stomach.

"Miss Yuzhu, don't you mind if I share breakfast with you, do you?"

This voice was a little familiar, Li Yuzhu raised her head, and surprise crossed her eyes, "Third Prince Yuan, what a coincidence." ”

Yuan Rongcheng didn't miss the joy in her eyes, and his heart was very useful, which showed that the little girl cared about him and didn't hate him.

In this way, the tasks assigned by the family will be secured.

"As fate dictates, Miss Yuzhu and I are thousands of miles apart, and we don't know each other." Yuan Rongcheng knocked on the folding fan in his hand and said with a smile: "The fate of the two of us has answered a sentence, I don't know if Miss Yuzhu has heard of it?" ”

"What?" Li Yuzhu's curiosity was hoisted.

"There is a fate to meet thousands of miles away, but there is no chance to meet on the other side."

Li Yuzhu said it silently in her heart, don't say it, isn't this the current situation of the two of them?

Suddenly, looking at Yuan Rongcheng's eyes, it was a little different.

"Third Prince Yuan, please take a seat."

"Thank you, Miss Yuzhu." Yuan Rongcheng glanced at the breakfast placed in front of her, "The girl's family, the meal can't be settled, let Xiao Er give you another cup of ginseng black chicken soup, this is to replenish the body." ”

Li Yuzhu didn't expect Yuan Sangongzi to be so careful, and it was impossible not to be moved.

Although there is no shortage of nourishing soup in the palace, it can get the care of the prospective fiancΓ©, and the heart is sweeter than eating honey.

Yuan Rongcheng saw that the little girl was moved, and the smile on his face was a little more hearty, "Why don't you speak, is it uncomfortable?" ”

Li Yuzhu came back to her senses and shook her head: "I'm fine, I remembered some things just now, and I was a little distracted, if there is any rudeness, don't be surprised." ”

"It's okay, who can have no worries." Yuan Rongcheng smiled absently.

Seeing this scene, Chun'er almost moved herself, you see how understanding her future uncle is! The young lady must be very happy to marry him in the future.

Next, the two of them asked and answered, trying to talk about topics that were of interest to each other.

Yuan Rongcheng took a bite of xiaolongbao, "When I didn't come to Lingnan before, to be honest, I thought this was a barbaric and uneducated place. ”

Li Yuzhu stopped eating, looked at him and asked, "What about after that?" ”

Yuan Rongcheng: "After I came, I realized that I was lonely before, and the food in Lingnan was overwhelming, and it was the first time I had eaten this kind of xiaolongbao, especially when my second brother came to Lingnan, I was a little happy." ”

Li Yuzhu listened to his words and couldn't help but show a knowing smile.

Lingnan was not as prosperous as it is now, and the streets were not as clean as they are now.

All the changes at present are the result of the efforts of everyone in the palace.

Of course, all the people in the palace refer to all the servants in the palace, the soldiers and horses outside, and the officials, all of whom have benefited from the palace.

Li Yuzhu: "In the future, the food in Lingnan will become more and more abundant, and if Yuan Sangongzi and Yuan Ergongzi have time in the future, they can come to Lingnan to taste the food." ”

"Definitely!" Yuan Rongcheng nodded, if he married a girl from the palace, he would have to come to Lingnan to walk around.

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