The sunshine after noon is generous and warm, kissing the rows of buildings and the pedestrians coming and going one by one, making every corner of the capital city bathed in its blessings.
There was a sound of footsteps coming from inside the door of the "Baoxiangzhai" restaurant, which was built in the style of a palace building. Then a young man in official uniform walked out with a slightly curled lip corner. He looked at the sunlight outside the door, stretched lazily with satisfaction, and then slowly stepped into the sunlight.
"What an ungrateful nerd!"
The charming young woman upstairs looked at the figure of the young man in official uniform outside the window, curled her rosy lips and rolled her eyes.
"He is dull and boring, and he lives up to the title of No. 1 scholar. I really don't understand, Lanlan, why do you like such a man?" The charming young woman withdrew her gaze from the young man in official uniform outside the window and turned to a wall in the empty room. Her gaze became gentler than when she looked out the window, and her voice also carried a bit of friendly reproach.
Crunch...
Suddenly there was a sound of door opening in the room.
There was a wooden wall, but a door suddenly opened, and a girl with a cold and visibly angry face walked out. She was wearing a luxurious lavender pleated skirt, with red peonies embroidered on the front, two ribbons hanging from her slender waist, and petals embroidered on the hem of her skirt. Her black hair was tied into a flying fairy bun, and a pair of hairpins with golden phoenix beads were dotted on both sides of her bun, making the girl look even more noble.
"Who likes him! Sister-in-law, stop talking nonsense!" The girl blushed and said angrily. Although she said it to the charming young woman, her angry eyes were looking out the window.
After the young girl came out, several maids and old women also came out one after another, all of them looked very angry. If they were not afraid of affecting the young lady's reputation, they would have wanted to come out and scold the tactless young man in the room!
Why don't you want to take a concubine?! Bah, wishful thinking! Our Yan family's eldest daughter is your concubine, you are not afraid of shortening your life! Even if it is a concubine's daughter, if she is married to a prince, noble, or royal relative, she will be the head of the family!
He was asked to divorce the uneducated village girl, and he was still talking about a bunch of things like "seven reasons for divorce" and "three reasons for not divorcing"! He was just talking nonsense and showing off his bookish baggage!
What an ungrateful nerd!
Bah, you are blind! You gave up the dignified and elegant lady, but kept an uneducated village girl as a treasure! You are really a nerd from a remote mountain village! Your eyes are like dogs! You don't even know how to seize the opportunity in front of you! You deserve to be punished by the Ministry of Justice! Go to jail and read your sage books!
Especially the maids who served the girl, they looked out the window angrily, wishing they could open the window and curse him loudly.
“Whoever likes it knows...”
Seeing the girl walking out angrily, the charming young woman chuckled, her bright red lips curled up, and her pair of bright phoenix eyes seemed to be able to see through the girl's heart.
"Sister-in-law! Don't make fun of Lan'er. I, Yan Lan, don't like that lecher!" The girl widened her eyes and looked into the eyes of the charming young woman, as if to show that she had a clear conscience for what she said, and her voice rose a few degrees.
"Hehehe... If you don't like this brat, then why did you refuse to agree when your father arranged a marriage for you and Ouyang Zishi?" The charming young woman touched her bright red lips with her delicate jade fingers and laughed sweetly.
"I don't like Ouyang Zishi! Father has allowed me to choose my own son-in-law." Yan Lan raised her voice and defended.
"Besides, just because I don't agree to get engaged to Ouyang Zishi doesn't mean that I like that scoundrel!" Yan Lan said as she stared out the window, as if there was an enemy outside who she hated deeply.
"You can fool yourself, but you can't fool me." The charming young woman's bright phoenix eyes seemed to see through the girl's heart. She pointed at the girl, then pointed at herself and said softly.
"I, Yan Lan, would never like that sinister and cunning scoundrel!" Yan Lan walked to the window angrily, looking at someone's back and said like she was swearing.
"Sly and cunning?"
The charming young woman was stunned for a moment when she heard this. She carefully recalled Zhu Ping'an's words and deeds after he came in. No matter how she looked at him, he was just a rule-abiding, dull and boring nerd. So she shook her head in disbelief, "That dull and boring nerd, no matter how you look at it, he has nothing to do with being insidious and cunning..."
"Sister-in-law, you have been deceived by that scoundrel's honest appearance!" Yan Lan looked at the charming young woman and could not help but recall the scene where that scoundrel saw her bathing but pretended to be drunk and didn't see it because the light was bad to deceive her. She gritted her teeth in hatred.
"What?" The charming young woman's dark eyes lit up.
"That scoundrel always knows this trick!" the girl said angrily, disappointed in him.
"No way?" The charming young woman said to herself, then turned her gaze to the window.
"Huh?" Seeing the scene outside the window, the charming young woman couldn't help but exclaimed.
"What's wrong?" Yan Lan asked when she saw this.
"Look at what that brat is doing. It seems like he's trying to help that guy sell melons?" The charming young woman looked out the window and said in a puzzled voice, "The melon seller has been downstairs for a long time and hasn't sold a single melon..."
"It's true..."
Upon hearing this, Yan Lan walked to the window and looked out from an angle that could not be seen from outside. In her sight, Zhu Ping'an was standing in front of the old man selling melons, saying something. The old man looked unconvinced, and it seemed that he really wanted to help the old man sell the melons.
The other people in the room also came over.
The distance was not far, and if you listened carefully, you could faintly hear the sounds outside. You could vaguely hear the conversation between Zhu Ping'an and the old man.
"Don't worry, old man. I have a way to sell your watermelons quickly. You can spend money according to this method in the next few days, and then you will have the money for your son's betrothal gift."
After Zhu Ping'an went downstairs, he planned to buy two watermelons from the old man who was selling watermelons. The old man seemed very leisurely, with no business, and seemed to have a lot on his mind. While choosing the watermelons, he started chatting with the old man, and then he learned about the old man's current situation.
The old man and his family spent a lot of time, energy and money, and did not even go out to work odd jobs, just to save money for their eldest son to find a wife with the watermelons that were on the market early. However, the watermelons could not be sold.
The watermelons are big and sweet, but they can't be sold because of the price. But the cost is too high, and the price can't be lowered! So it has become unsalable now. If it can't be sold, the watermelons will go bad, not to mention the gift money for my son, I will lose all my money.
Helping others is the basis of happiness.
After learning about the old man's difficulties, Zhu Pingan thought for a moment and came up with a solution. He told the old man that there was a way to help him sell the watermelons faster.
After hearing Zhu Ping'an's voice, not only did the old man selling melons not believe it, but a wave of impossible sounds rang out in the room.
"He's just bragging, sell it quickly. How is that possible? The guy downstairs is a farmer who grows watermelons outside the city. I bought a few watermelons from him yesterday. Although his watermelons ripen early, they are extremely expensive, five or six times more expensive than normal watermelons. No one buys them because they are so expensive."
"That's right, they're too expensive, almost as expensive as meat. Yesterday, except for a few bought by our family, the melon seller didn't sell a single melon the whole day."
"That nerd must be trying to cheat the old man out of his watermelons. I saw him selling watermelons this morning, but he hasn't sold a single one yet."
"He's the top scholar, but he even cheated for a watermelon. That old man is pitiful enough. He's really shameless."
Several maids and old maids in the room who knew the inside story started talking at once. (To be continued)