The road back was unimpeded, and the black-painted flat-topped horse-drawn carriage drove all the way across the moat and arrived in Shengjing City.
It was still early, Wei Luo and Liang Yurong didn't go home directly, they planned to walk around the street and buy some things along the way.
Liang Yurong heard that there is a new store of preserved fruits in the south of the city called Babaoxuan. The preserved fruits there have their own characteristics, including apricots, plums, winter melons, etc., as well as olives, begonias and pears that are not commonly seen. The taste is sweet and sour. Fruity. Liang Yurong ate it once a few days ago, and she never forgot it ever since, and finally got free today, so no matter what, she would take Wei Luo to buy some to take home.
Wei Luo thought that there was nothing to do anyway, so she went with her.
The three of them came to Babaoxuan in a carriage, and they saw that there was a crowd of people, and there was a long queue outside, extending to the opposite side of the street. Most of the buyers of preserved fruit are girls' homes, and those rich ladies are inconvenient to show their faces, so they ask the maids to come down and line up.
Seeing so many people, Wei Luo froze, frowning worriedly: "When will this be scheduled..."
Liang Yurong held her hand, not worried at all, and led her happily to avoid the crowd, and walked into the shop: "This shop is my sister-in-law's shop, you come shopping with me, how can you let me go?" Your reason for queuing."
Liang Yurong's sister-in-law is Wei Shuang, the second daughter of Marquis Luyang.
Wei Shuang is seventeen years old, with a gentle temperament, soft and sensible. She and Liang Yu are talented and beautiful, a match made in heaven. After getting married, the relationship between the two is also very affectionate, like glue, Wei Shuang is now two months pregnant. Wei Shuang's natal family has had shops in Shengjing City for more than ten years, and Babaoxuan is one of them. Therefore, every time Liang Yurong came to this kind of place, the treatment was not enjoyed by others.
The two walked into the shop, only to see a girl in a cherry-colored rose pattern standing in front of the table, picking out things.
As soon as the shopkeeper saw Liang Yurong, he hurriedly asked the waiter to entertain the girl, and greeted the girl himself, "Miss Biao is here, what flavor of preserved fruit would you like to try this time?"
Liang Yurong took a look, there were all kinds of preserved fruits on the carved nanmu cabinet, each of them looked delicious. She couldn't make a choice, so she pointed at each of them, pointing to a total of seven or eight kinds of preserved fruits, "Take two of each of these... and this wax gourd flesh, take two and wrap it up."
Winter melon flesh and preserved fruit is the best sold in the store, and every time it is freshly made, it is swept away. Because it not only tastes sweet and sour, but also crispy and delicious, sweet but not greasy. The most important thing is that after eating it, it is not easy to grow meat, but it can moisten the intestines and have the effect of beautifying and beautifying. It is the favorite of the girls. Love.
The shopkeeper showed a look of embarrassment, looked at the girl next to him, and said: "There are only the last two pieces of winter melon flesh left, this girl just asked for it..."
Liang Yurong and Wei Luo looked aside after hearing the words.
The eyes of the two fell on the girl, and they were stunned for a moment.
This is none other than Wei Zheng!
In just over a month's time, she had become terribly thin, her eye sockets were sunken, with bruises around her eyes, and her complexion was also dismal. Her eyes were cloudy and her lips were pale. If Wei Luo hadn't grown up with her, she would hardly have recognized her. She used to be a delicate and lovely girl, but now she looks like a ghost... No wonder she didn't go to the palace banquet last time, if she went like this, she would scare many people.
Wei Zheng obviously saw them too, and hastily turned his head away to avoid their sight.
Liang Yurong opened her mouth, obviously frightened by her appearance, and said after a while: "Then we don't want it anymore, here..."
Here you go.
Perhaps her appearance was too frightening, but Liang Yurong couldn't say the last half of the sentence.
Wei Zheng suddenly turned his head and gave her a hard look. He didn't even want the candied fruit he bought, and turned and walked out of the shop.
Her maid picked up the preserved fruit and hurriedly followed.
Wei Luo and Liang Yurong looked at each other, and Liang Yurong asked incredulously, "How did Wei Zheng become like this? Has she been lowered?"
Wei Luo blinked, expressing that she didn't know about it either.
Outside Babaoxuan, there is a Zhu Lunhua car parked.
Jiang Miaolan sat in the carriage, looking at the leaving figure in front of her. She didn't put down the dark green embroidered gold peony pattern curtain until she walked away, lowered her eyes, and said nothing.
The girl just now looked about six to seven minutes like Du Shi, and the carriage she was riding in also bore the emblem of the British government.
She looked about the same age as Wei Luo, presumably she was a lady from the British government.
Wei Kun... did he still marry Du Yueying in the end? That girl is his and Du Yueying's child
Jiang Miaolan recalled some events back then, her eyes gradually dimmed, revealing the coldness of late autumn. Soon, she bent a self-deprecating smile, she has been away for so long, and she has changed so much, how can she have the qualifications to ask Wei Kun to be consistent? What's more, when she left, didn't she already know about the affair between him and Du Yueying
It should be within her expectation that Wei Kun married Du Yueying.
Seeing that her expression was wrong, the maid beside her called out in Wu Rong language: "Madam?"
Jiang Miaolan came back to her senses, pursed her lips and smiled slightly, "What's wrong?"
The maid pointed to the Babaoxuan outside, "Aren't you going in to buy something? Do you need a servant to go down and line up?" In the eyes of the maid, she rushed all the way from the Daci Temple, and stopped at the door of the preserved fruit shop without even having time to worship the Bodhisattva , I should really want to buy things here. But she has been sitting in the carriage without moving, which is very puzzling.
Jiang Miaolan tilted her head and saw Wei Luo and Liang Yurong coming out of the shop through the gap in the curtain. She thought for a moment and said, "I don't want to buy it, just follow the carriage in front."
After leaving Babaoxuan, Liang Yurong and Wei Luo returned to the British residence together.
Seeing that Liang Yurong had no plans to go home, Wei Luo asked suspiciously, "Didn't you say you wanted to go home?"
Liang Yurong carried two packs of candied fruit, pursed her lips and smiled, with a reasonable expression: "I bought candied fruit for brother Chang Yin, but I haven't given it to him yet. I'll go back after he accepts it."
Why are you sending dried fruit again? Didn't you just deliver dim sum a while ago? There's no end to this delivery? Wei Luo regretted so much, she shouldn't have softened her heart and agreed to help Liang Yurong deliver those packets of snacks. This is good, it's a good start, once the fate continues, it's not easy to cut it off.
Wei Luo asked her, "Why did you give Brother Chang Yin something?"
She said: "Just now we met in the yard. I said I would go to Babaoxuan to buy candied fruit, so I casually asked him if he liked it. He said he liked it, so I thought of buying a copy for him..."
Wei Luo's head was as big as a bucket, and she really didn't know what to say to her. She stretched out her hand, pursed her lips and said, "I'll help you give it to elder brother."
Liang Yurong immediately hid the preserved fruit behind her back, shaking her head like a rattle, "I still have something to say to Brother Chang Yin."
Wei Luo looked at her, speechless for a while.
It won't work if this continues, the situation has already escaped her control and is slowly developing in the direction of her previous life. Wei Luo didn't want her to experience that pain again, after thinking for a while, she finally decided to confess to her. Wei Luo asked Chang Hong to go back first, and she took Liang Yurong to a secluded corner of the courtyard, hid behind the rockery, and asked solemnly, "Yu Rong, do you like my elder brother?"
Liang Yurong was stunned, she didn't expect her to ask so bluntly, Yubai's face turned blood quickly, "I..."
He hesitated for a long time, and retorted without confidence: "No."
But who would believe it? Anyone with a discerning eye can tell it's true or false.
If you don't like it, why bother trying to be nice to Wei Changyin? Thinking about him even when you go out to buy a candied fruit
Wei Luo suddenly became anxious, this silly girl is too disappointing! She had only been in contact with Wei Changyin a few times, and she gave her heart away. Didn't she think about the future for herself? In desperation, Wei Luo blurted out, "Yu Rong, you can't like my elder brother."
Liang Yurong was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "Why?"
Wei Luo looked at her, her tone became very serious, and said, "Don't you know why? My elder brother suffers from a leg problem and can't walk for the rest of his life. If you marry him, you will have to take care of him for the rest of your life. Even if you don't mind the trouble , can your parents agree? Will you have a good result? "
Wei Luo's words were a little heavy, but she was too worried about her, and said this for her sake. Sure enough, Liang Yurong's eyes were flushed, and the normally carefree little girl was a little at a loss at this moment, and she pursed her lips after a long time: "I don't think I often cause my brother trouble, I can take care of him for the rest of my life..." She flattened her mouth, eyes Very flustered, "Ah Luo, I don't know if I like him. Every time I see brother Chang Yin, I feel very distressed. He is such a refined and elegant person, he should be happier than he is now. Last time Chang Yin’s elder brother had a relapse of his leg disease. We went to see him together. Do you still remember his appearance? I feel pain for him, but he can still laugh.” After saying that, he lowered his head and repeated: “I’m just too I feel sorry for him."
It's because of this...
Wei Luo supported her forehead, but she didn't expect that she was self-defeating. She originally wanted Liang Yurong to retreat, but instead she felt sympathy.
This is probably doomed, no matter how Wei Luo stops it, what should happen will eventually happen.
Wei Luo thought for a while and said, "But your parents won't agree."
Although Pingyuanhou and his wife loved Liang Yurong, who would marry their daughter to a disabled person? Liang Yurong also understood this, muttered a few times, but finally said nothing. She raised her head and looked at Wei Luo pleadingly, "Then I'll see brother Chang Yin for the last time, can I give him this bag of preserved fruit?"
Wei Luo thought of the tragic ending of her previous life, couldn't bear it, nodded and said, "Okay, see you for the last time."
In the past, Wei Luo was on guard against Liang Yurong, fearing that Liang Yurong would fall in love with Wei Changyin. Now it's impossible to prevent them, since they have fallen in love with each other, Wei Luo can only find a way to help them, and can't let them repeat the mistakes of the previous life. It would be great if Liang Yurong and Wei Changyin's lovers could finally get married.
But, does Wei Changyin like Liang Yurong? In his last life, he never saw Liang Yurong until the end, what kind of feelings did he have for Yurong
Wei Luo still had to think carefully.
banyan garden.
After Liang Yurong left, Wei Luo came to the door of Wei Changyin's room.
Inside the room, Wei Changyin sat behind a round table carved with red sandalwood. There are two packs of preserved fruit in front of him, one with the flavor of winter melon flesh and the other with the flavor of begonia. His eyelids drooped slightly, and his slender fingers rested on the beech wood wheelchair, wondering what he was thinking.
Wei Luo stood there for a while, but he didn't notice it.
Wei Luo knocked on the Zhiling door before he looked up, smiled and said, "Ah Luo is here."
"Brother." Wei Luo seldom came to the Banyan Garden, but because of Liang Yurong, he made more trips than before. She looked at the preserved fruit on the table, and asked knowingly, "Is this Yu Rong gave to elder brother? Have you tasted it? It tastes very good."
Wei Changyin raised his right hand, pushed the candied wax gourd in front of her, and said with a smile, "I just tasted it, if you like it, you can take it all."
Wei Luo quickly waved her hand and refused, "It was given to you by Yurong. If I took it all away, she would definitely be angry, so I'd better invite my brother to eat it by himself."
Wei Chang recalled Liang Yurong's smiling little face when he was delivering the things just now, and couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth.
Wei Luo remembered the purpose of coming today, sat on the red sandalwood five-opened embroidered pier opposite him, held her cheeks, hesitated for a long time, but couldn't help asking: "Brother Chang Yin, what kind of girl do you think Yu Rong is?"
The question was a bit abrupt, Wei Changyin was slightly surprised and did not answer.
"Yu Rong has been very enthusiastic and kind-hearted since she was a child. She is a very good girl. I don't need to say this, Brother Chang Yin can definitely see it." Wei Luo didn't beat around the bush, and said straight to the point, "But she is a Don't look back if you don't hit the south wall. If she gets too close to brother Chang Yin, it will inevitably cause people to gossip. I am her good sister and I always think of her. If brother Chang Yin doesn't care about her I mean, don't associate with her."
Wei Changyin involuntarily shook the armrest of the wheelchair, his pupils were dark, and he couldn't see any emotion. He always had a calm and indifferent appearance, but now there was a trace of panic in his eyes, and he was silent for a long time, not knowing how to answer Wei Luo's words.
He knew a long time ago that with his body, he couldn't marry anyone, and no matter who he married, it would be a waste. Because of this, he closed his feelings, suppressed his lust, and never fell in love with anyone. But he didn't expect that one day a little girl would break into his life recklessly and recklessly. She was warm and considerate to him. He knew her out of sympathy, but he was still moved from the bottom of his heart.
Wei Chang couldn't help but want to get close to her, to draw more warmth from her.
It's a pity that he forgot that he is disabled and cannot give happiness to anyone.
He was silent for a long time before saying: "Okay, I won't see her again in the future."
Wei Luo's original intention was not to make him retreat, but to stimulate him. She thought for a while, then said: "If elder brother Chang Yin likes Yu Rong, he should try his best to fight for it. There is no delay. People who love each other form a husband and wife, and they should support each other to move forward. Since you are afraid of dragging her down, you should be more active and heal your leg injury, won't you?"
Wei Changyin looked at her, maybe he didn't expect her to change her words so quickly.
Wei Luo turned away, and said slowly: "The last time we went to Thousand Buddha Temple, didn't the abbot of Qingxu say that your leg can be healed, as long as you find that doctor named Fu Xingyun..."
Wei Changyin smiled and said, "I have already ordered someone to look for it, but I haven't found it yet."
Wei Luo choked and couldn't continue.
She said all she had to say, and took another dose of medicine before leaving, "Yu Rong's parents are discussing her marriage right now, if Brother Chang Yin doesn't think it through earlier, no one will send you candied fruit snacks in the future That's it." After finishing speaking, he glanced at the wax gourd flesh on the table, turned around and walked out of the house.
Sitting in the wheelchair, Wei Changyin watched her walk away, leaned back slowly, leaned tiredly on the back of the beech wood chair, and slowly closed his eyes.
The gate of the British government.
A Zhu Lunhua car was parked at the entrance of the alley opposite.
Jiang Miaolan was wearing a moon-white fox fur cloak embroidered with magnolia patterns. She looked at this familiar mansion in her memory, with mixed feelings in her heart. She had lived here for several springs and autumns, and gave birth to a pair of lovely twins named Yuxue. At that time, she left resolutely, never thinking that there would be a day when she would come back.
Now that she only saw the two children once, she couldn't help but come back here again.
Fifteen years have passed, and her Ah Luo and Chang Hong have grown up. When she worked so hard to give birth to the two of them, they were just a small ball, as if they would shatter at the slightest touch. Now Ah Luo has grown into a big girl, and Chang Hong has grown into a seven-foot man... They should have forgotten their biological mother long ago.
Jiang Miaolan stood outside the carriage, looked at it for a while, and finally turned to the maid and said, "Let's go, let's go back to the inn."
The maid didn't understand her intentions, so she went to many places, just to stand at the door? Although very curious, but did not ask too much.
The maid raised the curtain, and just about to invite Jiang Miaolan into the carriage, she saw a person walking out of the door of the British residence with a flustered expression and hurried steps. Wei Kun was wearing a straight gown embroidered with dark patterns in black and gold. He heard from the porter that a person came outside, whose appearance was described to be very similar to Jiang Miaolan. He immediately went out to do the work at hand, and came out in a hurry before he even had time to change his shoes.
Standing at the door, Wei Kun looked at the woman on the Zhulun canopy opposite him, his chest throbbing rapidly. I was afraid that I might be wrong, or that she would disappear in the blink of an eye.
Jiang Miaolan also saw him, she stood on the carriage in a daze, turned her head for a while, bent down and walked into the carriage resolutely.
The carriage didn't wait for him, the coachman whipped his whip and was about to set off.
Wei Kun finally came back to his senses, and ran over quickly, his robe fluttering in the wind. At this moment, he didn't care about his status and face. He just wanted to stop her, and he must stop her! He finally caught up with the carriage and stopped in front of the horse desperately, "Stop!"
Afraid of bumping into someone, the coachman hastily grasped the reins and stopped, and scolded dissatisfiedly, "You don't want to live anymore?"
Wei Kun didn't look at him at all, his eyes were fixed on the closed curtain, pleading in his eyes, and his voice trembled: "Don't go... Please, don't go, let me see you."