Chapter 21: Crying
Shen Yazhi looked at the servants of the Guogong Mansion blankly, and stuffed bags of wrapped gifts into the car. His mouth forgot his humble words, and his eyes were full of inquiry when he looked at Li He. No matter how frank Li He is, he can't tell everyone that this is a gift from Miss Pei.
only said: "Pei Gong is gracious, I'm afraid that we won't have enough money on the road, so I asked my family to pass by here to bring it over." ”
The spacious carriage, which could seat six people, was loaded with these practices, and the car was suddenly a little crowded.
Yang Jingzhi, Fang and Ma, two friends, looked at each other. From time to time, he glanced at the beautiful woman in the blue skirt who was still standing in front of her, and her eyes were intertwined with exploration and confusion.
Li He repeatedly thanked the servants of the Pei Mansion, and panicked these people in return.
Seeing that the gifts had been loaded into the car, Li He bowed his hand to Steward Zhou, who was standing aside, and said, "Please be sure to convey the gratitude in your heart for Xiaosheng." Pei Gong is righteous, and Li Changji should be remembered. Thanksgiving and everybody. ”
Steward Zhou arched his hand and said, "Grandpa took the villain yesterday evening to prepare food and clothing for the son. The grandfather instructed the younger one to tell the son, these are given by the elders, and the son can accept them with peace of mind. When the title of the son's gold list is named, the grandfather will also celebrate the son in Luoyang. ”
The old steward's words relieved several people present. It's really given by the Duke of Jin, and I'm quite ashamed of my thoughts.
For a while, Steward Zhou led his servants to leave, and Shen Yazhi climbed into the car first. Yang Jingzhi broke off a willow silk from the willow tree on the side of the road and inserted it on the wall of the carriage. After saying goodbye to the willows, he said goodbye to Li He.
Li He jumped into the carriage lightly, waved his hand to the three people who saw them off, and lowered the curtain. The coachman drove the carriage along past the four carriages parked by the side of the road. Gradually disappeared at the end of the official road.
Yang Jing and his entourage saw that the carriage had gone away, so they got on their horses and returned to the city. Ma Siyuan turned around casually and saw the carriage of the Jin State Mansion behind him.
couldn't help but wonder: "Changji didn't say that it was brought by Pei Gongtuo's family along the way." Why do they seem to have made a special trip to deliver it? ”
Yang Jingzhi and Fang Changhe also looked back, and sure enough, they saw the four carriages coming behind them. The dust kicked up by the carriage was blowing in the wind. It seems that the people in the carriage are in a hurry, urging the carriage to move quickly. Yang Jingzhi's heart suddenly brightened, and he hurriedly urged his friends to play horses and go quickly.
At this time, Pei Runfei was indeed anxious and anxious to go home to ask her elders for advice. And Li He was in the car to accept Shen Yazhi's silent trial.
Lu Hualong saw the crampedness of his son-in-law, and said in a daze: "Shen Xianggong, why do you keep looking at my son-in-law with your eyes?"
Shen Yazhi reprimanded angrily: "I haven't said anything about you yet! It's not that you have so many mouths, why are you doing so much? At the moment of the imperial examination, you should prepare wholeheartedly. It's good now, not only Han Gong is worried about Changji. Even Pei Gong came in. Surrounded by foreign affairs, expectations are heavy. How can your son-in-law have the heart to prepare for the exam? Is there a scholar like you? I don't know any rules. ”
Lu Hualong was reprimanded by Shen Yazhi with a red face, and stiffened his neck and said, "I didn't say the wrong thing again." My son-in-law doesn't talk about me, why do you care about me. ”
Shen Yazhi was suddenly speechless, and said angrily to Li He: "Changji, how did you ** this kid?"
Li He hurriedly reassured: "Brother Shen, don't be angry. Hualong doesn't know the world, don't worry about him. Besides, there's nothing wrong with that. Han Gong was prepared in advance, and when he was disappointed, he felt guilty for not helping me. ”
The anger in Shen Yazhi's eyes gradually disappeared, and his face became cautious.
"Changji, do you really calculate that there is no hope for this imperial examination? Han Gongdu has done this, how can he return in vain?"
Li He said indifferently: "Changji never said anything, and he didn't intend to hide it. The road to the imperial examination has long been hopeless, and this trip to Chang'an, Changji is more focused on the pharmaceutical market. The picture is intended for the future. Brother Shen and calm his mood, don't suffer from gains and losses anymore. ”
Shen Yazhi looked at Li He's detached appearance, and couldn't help but be depressed. If this is the result, it will not disappoint the high expectations of the teacher. And Pei Gong...
Thinking of this, he suddenly realized: "It is not unusual for Pei Gong to buy you for your journey." What can you do to let the female relatives of the family come forward? This is unreasonable! Changji, you should know very well why you are doing this, can you tell the foolish brother?"
Li He looked at Shen Yazhi with clear eyes and said lightly: "All delusions are illusory. When the spring season is settled, all this will come to naught. Brother Shen doesn't know. ”
Shen Yazhi wanted to know what Li He and the Pei family's daughters had said. But seeing that Li He didn't mean to say it, and because he had servants by his side, he forced his curiosity and didn't mention this topic again.
Lu Hualong sat in the car and was aggrieved, and he couldn't stand it for a while. He jumped out of the car with a whoosh, startling the people in the car. Shen Yazhi was about to call for a stop, but was stopped by Li He waving his hand.
"Let him go!" he was making a lot of noise in the car. When he went out, it was convenient for everyone, and he was happy. ”
Lu Hualong galloped freely on the official road, far ahead of him for a while, and rushed back for a while. can make Su Goro, who is driving the car, dumbfounded. When he approached back and forth again, not only the coachman couldn't help but cheer, but even the passers-by applauded.
Lu Hualong became more and more pretentious, and went directly down to the farmland on both sides of the official road to gallop. Chasing pheasants, chasing hares, and having fun.
Hearing the movement outside, Shen Yazhi opened the curtain on the right side of the carriage. Seeing that Lu Hualong, a little scholar, had such good skills, he was secretly speechless.
They rode in a carriage and went all the way west along the official road. said that as soon as Miss Pei San entered the house, she threw herself into her grandmother's arms and whimpered. can scare the ladies who are sitting in the duchess's room waiting for news.
The eldest lady Liu was even more anxious and called out again and again: "Fei'er, how are people? Why are you crying? If you don't succeed, let's not mention this, is it possible that your grandfather will force you to marry?"
Mrs. Gao also comforted her repeatedly: "Good boy, don't cry, don't cry." If you have any grievances, you can tell your grandmother, and your grandmother will make decisions for you. ”
It seems that I didn't like it, otherwise what would I do crying like this? It's no wonder that Fei'er is so sad, a poor scholar, what can there be. In addition to his good poetry, I haven't heard that he has the appearance of Pan An. Let the girl's family like it at first sight. The ladies speculated.
Pei Runfei cried so much in her grandmother's arms, she refused to answer the elders' inquiries, and only blindly shook her shoulders and whimpered.
Fei'er must have suffered a grievance that she couldn't say to anyone, so she cried like this. The Duchess of the Kingdom glanced at the children, granddaughters-in-law, and granddaughters.
Everyone got up and saluted and left, leaving the third lady's mother, Liu, in the room. Even the close-fitting grandmothers and maids retreated far away.
"Alright, Fei'er, we're the only ones left. If you have any grievances, you can tell your grandmother, and your grandmother will make decisions for you. Gao said softly.
Pei Runfei covered her crying and swollen apricot eyes with her handkerchief, but still didn't answer.
"Li He looks ugly?"
Gao asked, seeing his granddaughter shaking her head, she asked again, "Is he misbehaving?"
Pei Runfei still shook her head.
Mother Liu Shi hurriedly said: "You child, is this going to kill us in a hurry? If you can't look down on it, you can't look down on it, so I'll talk to your grandfather for my mother." ”
As he spoke, he stood up and was about to get out. At this time, her daughter spoke, and Pei Runfei sobbed and said, "People don't want to." ”
"Okay, you don't want to. For the mother, I'm going to say it. ”
Liu Shiben paused and immediately walked to the door. Unexpectedly, her daughter's next sentence immediately stunned her in place, and she couldn't move half a step.
"It's not that I'm unwilling, it's that Li Changji is unwilling. Wow whew! Shame on the dead. ”
Ah! And such crazy people who don't know what to do? How can he still not be willing to do it?
After Gao was angry, his mind changed and he said: "He must be because of his humble status, and he feels that he is not worthy of you." Only then did he retreat. ”
Liu Shi also said: "Well! That's fine. It's kind of cheeky. Alright, alright, don't be wronged. There are wealthy talents, and my mother is looking for them carefully. It's better than a poor scholar. ”
Pei Runfei originally wanted to complain about grievances and arouse the common hatred of his family. Think of countermeasures together and discuss relatives smoothly. I didn't know that when I listened to my grandmother and mother's tone, I seemed to be relieved.
Immediately, he couldn't care about being reserved, and said hurriedly: "No, I fell in love with him." He had to be. ”
Ahh It's about a lifelong body, but you can't let the girl's family act recklessly.
Grandmother Gao hurriedly persuaded: "Fei'er! Grandmother knows that you are so strong." But this is a lifelong event, and it is extraordinary. You don't have to be so angry. Their Li family is poor, how can they be worthy of you as a high-ranking daughter. Don't embarrass people. ”
Mother Liu even said this: "These poor scholars are the most arrogant. I was stunned to read, and I was extremely pedantic. He knew that Lu Dao's family affair would not succeed, so he took the words back first. to maintain their own pride, so as to show off to the world. I'll ask your father to send a warning, and if any gossip comes out, he won't be spared. Don't be discouraged by this unworthy thing. ”
This time it was Pei Runfei's turn to be anxious, and he hurriedly distinguished: "Li Changji is not arrogant at all. He was honest and open-minded, and he acted in a straightforward manner. As soon as Runfei saw it, he was..."
After all, Pei Runfei is still a boudoir lady, and her face is very thin. Even in front of your loved ones, it is not good to pronounce the word "devotion" in person. But at this time, the red glow on his face flew all over, and he was delicate and groundless. How the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, who are both women, don't understand.
Liu's heart shook dramatically, and he pulled down his face and was about to have a seizure immediately. was stopped by her mother-in-law Gao's wave.
"Fei'er, you talk to your grandmother, what did you say when you saw him today. ”
Pei Runfei's face was full of tenderness, and she flew several times.
Under the urging of her mother, Cai Rourou said: "If you want to say what Li Changji and I have said, you have to start from the beginning of yesterday afternoon, when I went to my aunt's house. ”
What does this mean? Gao's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were stunned.
Before he could ask, he heard the girl say thoughtfully: "He inadvertently opened my sedan curtain on the street." In the moment of passing by, a sentence came to my mind..."
They met yesterday, this frivolous maniac. Gao's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were shocked.