A man in linen clothes bowed down and stepped forward, saluted and said: "Back to the old lady, Hou Ye's words, the little one went to check, the shop is called Liu's Water Tofu Shop, it was opened by a young woman and her grandmother, it has not been four months since she moved into the capital, and I heard that it is from Wujiang County, Suzhou Prefecture." ”

"Young woman? How old is it? ”

"Sixteen or seventeen years old, I haven't heard of anyone else in the family. The neighbors said that she had come to join a relative, but no one knew which relatives she had defected to. This woman has a bad reputation, and it is rumored that she sells tofu during the day and does a leather and meat business when the door is closed at night. ”

Old Lady Qin was so angry that she thumped a cane: "What a mess of things, you dare to seduce our family!" Get her out of Beijing for me! ”

Song Jin immediately got up and said, "Mother, you calm down first. It's an eventful time, and you can't let this little thing get noticed. ”

If it is placed in normal times, it will be rushed by a little means, but now the entire Song family, especially Song Yan, has been involved in the partisan dispute, and I don't know how many people will be staring at it. In case someone takes this to play, it will be a big trouble.

Old Lady Qin sighed hatefully and sat back down.

Song Jin smiled and said, "In my opinion, my mother doesn't have to worry about this. Ah Mo is the age of young Mu Ai, and it is normal to be greedy for beauty. ”

Old Lady Qin glared at him: "Then you can't let him go willfully, like you, any cat or dog will dare to take it home in the future!" However, you are right, he is seventeen years old this year, and several of his cousins have been in the house when they are fourteen or fifteen years old, and there is not even a maid in his courtyard so far, which is not like words. Liu Sheng, go and call the second lady. ”

Liu Sheng walked out in response, and Old Lady Qin stopped him again: "Call me the Hua clan too." ”

After a while, the Fang clan came dignifiedly, and Aunt Hua hid outside the pavilion and hesitated. From a distance, you can see Mrs. Qin's face that is so black that it can almost drip ink, Aunt Hua is worried, holding her chest and thinking over and over again if she has done something wrong recently, could it be that she knew that she asked people to send medicine to Song Yan last night, and she was angry?

"Why don't you say hello to your mother when you're here?" Song Jin caught a glimpse of her figure and snorted.

Aunt Hua shook it, bent over and hunched into the pavilion, kneeling behind Fang's side.

Old Mrs. Qin glanced at her, it was really tacky in the market that couldn't be changed.

"At this age, it's time to get married, the second family, go back and ask what suitable families in Beijing are the daughters to be married, you have to be the right person and have a good character. Don't be in a hurry to find it, just set it before the year. ”

"Eh, my daughter-in-law wrote it down."

"Hua, I heard that you have a lot of water spirit girls in your courtyard? Don't keep it all for Brother Qu'er, he's only fourteen, how can he use it so much! Find a few and send them to Juzhuyuan. Ah Mo doesn't have a caring person around him, what does it look like. Old Lady Qin looked around at the maidservants inside and outside the pavilion, and pointed to the one who had served her for many years, "Huaixi, come here." From now on, you follow the arrangement of the Hua family and enter the bamboo courtyard to serve the prince. You have to be more dedicated than when you served me, you know? ”

Huai Xiqiao's face was flushed, and she knelt down and kowtowed respectfully: "Slave and maid thank the old lady for lifting, and I will definitely serve the prince with all my heart in the future." ”

"Alright, you go down and make arrangements, sooner rather than later."

Everyone retreated, and the old lady Qin rubbed her crutches and thought, "This is to blame, I have never thought about why this family can't keep Ah Mo." When he marries and has children, he will naturally have to think about everything for his family, and he will no longer be as reckless and ignorant as he is now. I can't rush this, I can't rush ......"

The man in the sackcloth garment hesitated and asked, "The old lady, does the slave want to check on the woman again?" ”

"Check, of course you have to check, check it carefully, check all the people who have dealings with her!"

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Zheng ordered the tofu brain, prepared the side dishes, washed his hands and moved the wooden barrel out with his grandmother. The young man stood in front of the door, looked at her with burning eyes, and greeted her unskillfully: "...... Good morning. ”

Liu Zheng hung up the curtain and smiled back at him: "Good morning, official." You're here so early? ”

Song Yan twisted his fingertips and buckled the folding fan into his belt, leaning over to lift the large wooden barrel in front of her. Liu Zheng was startled and immediately stopped, but the young man had easily lifted the bucket and placed it on the table. Wang Chucui hurriedly said: "Official, how can I ask you to get this!" ”

As he spoke, Song Yan had already lifted the other barrel and placed it with the other. He said apologetically while busy: "Yesterday I was rude and scared you." I'm ashamed......"

"Ah, this, the official doesn't have to care." Wang Chucui smiled awkwardly and looked at Liu Zheng, who didn't know what to say, pretended not to hear, and turned around to put away the dishes and spoons.

Song Yan sat down in the position closest to her and put down two copper coins: "Zheng, be sweet." ”

Liu Zheng glanced at him, and he smiled at her, a little shy. Liu Zheng couldn't pretend to be deaf, and began to have nothing to say: "Master Feng didn't come today?" ”

Song Yan's smile stiffened, and soon returned to normal: "He doesn't like to eat, and he won't come back in the future." ”

Liu Zheng recalled that Feng Ce had eaten a bowl and a bowl yesterday, and was silent suspiciously. After filling the tofu brain and sprinkling it with fruit and nectar, she personally served it to him: "The official doesn't have to mind what happened yesterday, and the question I asked was rude at that time." ”

Today's tofu brain is just out of the pot, and it is still steaming, and as soon as the nectar is poured, the mellow bean fragrance and the sweet smell of the wooden pier are stimulated. Song Yan stirred twice, his gaze moved up, but he didn't dare to look at her snow-like wrists, nor did he dare to look at her eyes. He was afraid that he would come up with more rude content in his reverie, so he only looked at the pale pink hibiscus flower in her hairpin.

"Do you like hairpins very much? The first time I saw you, you had a pomegranate flower. Song Yan reddened his ears again, "It's beautiful." ”

Liu Zheng suddenly remembered the red ear she saw when she passed by the carriage that day, which was dripping blood. She didn't understand what there was to be shy about.

"Zheng not only likes hairpins, but also likes to raise tweeds, and I have liked it since I was a child. When she came here to look for a shop, she specially looked for a house with a balcony. No, there are a lot of plants on the second floor. Wang Chucui answered.

"Are there any flowers missing? Hydrangea, the sky ......"

"When I was in my hometown in Suzhou, I basically planted all kinds of flowers, but when I traveled long distances to the capital, I couldn't bring those flowers and plants, so I sold them. It's really not much now, and I haven't had time to add it yet. Liu Zheng asked, "Does the official also like flowers?" ”

"I like it." Song Yan ate a few bites of tofu brain, recalling every flower she had hairpinned, her heart beat violently, "I like it all." ”

When it comes to flowers, Liu Zheng's words gradually increase, she can talk about pruning and flower arrangement in detail from soil cultivation, Song Yan can actually answer the conversation, and he knows no less about this aspect than her, and can say a lot of his own opinions.

There were more and more people on the stall, but few people dared to sit down, they all stood in a circle from a distance, and they didn't dare to shout at Liu Zheng if they wanted to buy tofu brains, and only pulled Wang Chucui, who was busy going around like a bee, to ask for this and that. In this way, more and more people are surrounding, obviously all of them come to see the excitement.

Several girls and daughters-in-law carried wooden barrels and tubs for dirty clothes, stretched their necks to look in, and walked slowly towards the Qingxi River. They didn't dare to gossip about the willow zither, so they grabbed the weeping willows on the bank of the Qingxi River and chattered, saying that the willow trees in the world have grown a pair of amorous and charming bodies, and any gust of wind can make it complain.

Zeng Sanniang washed her clothes and sneered: "If the willow tree grows well, you can be scolded by you, what kind of good thing are you?" Don't be jealous of a tree. ”

"I didn't scold you, what are you excited about? Shouldn't you be envious of who is favored by the nobles, Sichun, right? ”

"Fuck you!"

"Yo, how dare we fart in front of you, you can scare away a man within a radius of a hundred miles with a machete, don't let us make a fart and cut off our waist! Hahaha! ”

"This nobleman's favor, it really has to be that kind of fox to change, you tigress has changed......"

Zeng Sanniang's face turned red, and when she couldn't scold, she raised her clothes and wanted to smash it on them. When the women saw this, they all ran away with their things, laughing incessantly.

Seeing that her grandson Zeng An was busy chopping meat and weighing meat in the shop, and her granddaughter Zeng Sanniang also went to the river to wash clothes, she quickly picked up a few copper plates on the table, slipped out of the backyard and moved to the Chen family's breakfast shop, asked for a bowl of bean juice, and squatted in the corner to watch the movements of the Liu family.

Ever since she went to make a fuss that time, and was dragged back by Zeng An and scolded severely, she has been thinking about this stubble in her heart. Now out of nowhere, a noble man who was fascinated by the little fox spirit appeared, and Zeng's wife was afraid and disdainful. The old sisters who used to gather with her to chat at the door of Chen's house are now hiding and not going out, and Chen's sister-in-law is not willing to take the lead, but Grandma Zeng is not afraid, she plans to wait for this noble person to leave for a while, and then make trouble. Anyway, the nobles just don't allow them to gossip, didn't say that they might have a bad stomach and settle accounts with her family, right?

After a while, the noble man really got up and left. After drinking the bean juice, Zengpo wiped her mouth and stood up, squeezed through the crowd and sat down in front of Liu's house, and asked for a bowl of salted tofu brain.

As soon as Wang Chucui saw her coming, her face, which was full of smiles just now, suddenly lengthened, and her grandmother pouted: "How do you do business, who will you show your face?!" ”

It's hateful that there is no reason to drive people away for no reason, otherwise Wang Chucui really wants to slap her in the face with a broom.

Song Yan was walking briskly towards the mouth of the alley, and when he heard his footsteps, Feng Ce, who had been hiding in the corner, came out aggrievedly.

"Fleur." Song Yan pointed behind him, "I'll send this today." ”

Feng Ce turned his head, looked at the flowers and plants piled up one by one, and found the pot of pale pink hibiscus flowers with difficulty in the direction of his finger, and wanted to cry without tears: "Master, just send this pot?" ”

"I'll send her another tomorrow so that I can send her different flowers every day."

Feng Ce moved his sturdy body, cautiously walked over, picked up the flowers and carefully supported the wall and walked back, thinking that his grandfather was too stupid, in order to be able to do what he liked, he bought a pot of all flowers, worked hard to move here, and gave out a pot after chatting for a long time!