"Don't talk nonsense." Zhou Shaojin whispered, "This is in someone else's yard. What does what happens in someone else's yard have to do with us?"
Burn incense and keep silent.
In fact, Zhou Shaojin also felt it, but she always thought that it was because there was no hostess in Xiaoshan Conggui Courtyard, and the followers and servants frequently entered, making it inconvenient for the maids, wives, and mothers to move around freely. But after hearing what Shi Xiang said, she couldn't help but pay attention.
Soon, Huaishan came back. He said, "The fourth master invites the second cousin to come to Lixuezhai to talk."
Zhou Shaojin said "Oh", stood up, straightened his clothes, and followed Huaishan out of the open hall.
Lixuezhai is located in the northwest of the open hall, and is surrounded by boxwood trees with twisted trunks, lush branches and leaves in various shapes. They are all ancient trees with many years of history.
When Zhou Shaojin took a look, he saw high gray eaves appearing from time to time behind the three wide side rooms, which showed that Lixuezhai was quite large.
Huaishan stood in front of the soft curtain of the wing room and reported respectfully. Cheng Chi said "Come in", and Huaishan lifted the curtain to invite Zhou Shaojin in.
Like Xiuqitang, Lixuezhai has doors and window frames inlaid with transparent glass, so the light inside the room is brighter than that in ordinary wing rooms.
When Zhou Shaojin walked in, he found that Cheng Chi had changed his clothes.
The original royal blue plain silk gown was replaced with a flower blue Songjiang three-shuttle fine cloth Taoist robe; the jade hairpin was taken off, the jet-black hair was casually tied up, and a pair of blue coarse cloth face shoes were worn, which looked simple, comfortable and generous.
Is he not going to go out again
What about the stage
Zhou Shaojin pondered and knelt down to salute Cheng Chi.
Cheng Chi smiled and asked, "What do you want from me?"
He sat behind a large desk, with several tall piles of account books on both sides of the desk, and another one in front of him. On the pen holder to his right was a brush dipped in ink. His indigo-colored Taoist robe made his skin look as delicate as porcelain and as smooth as jade, elegant and graceful. There was no trace of worry or anxiety at all!
Zhou Shaojin suddenly felt that he was being a little rash.
Uncle Chi is an adult, in charge of such a large industry in Jiuru Lane. He has seen and experienced everything. To put it bluntly, he has probably walked more bridges than I have walked. Even if Jiying interferes with his arrangements, with his ability, he must have a good way to solve it. But I, on the other hand, believe everything I hear. When I heard Jiying say that Uncle Chi was in trouble because of this, I wondered whether I should come to apologize to Uncle Chi... Anyway, I was with Jiying at that time.
But now it seems that Uncle Chi is not like what Jiying said...
Zhou Shaojin's face turned red.
Cheng Chi smiled and said, "Are you here to plead for Ji Ying?"
"No, no." Zhou Shaojin said hurriedly, "Miss Jiying is fine now. Since you arranged it this way, there must be a reason for it. I am not here to plead for Miss Jiying."
Cheng Chi raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, and his expression looked a little mischievous. He said, "Are you really not here to plead for Ji Ying?"
Zhou Shaojin was stunned.
Would the serious Uncle Chi also show such an expression? !
She shook her head, put the thought behind her, and said frankly: "I heard from Jiying that you are going to Gu's house for dinner tomorrow. I thought we caused you trouble, and I want to say sorry to you..."
Cheng Chi was slightly stunned, then he laughed and said, "After seeing me like this, you decided not to apologize to me?"
"No, no." Zhou Shaojin's face turned even redder, and he said, "I still have to apologize..." He didn't know how to apologize, but he didn't know how to say it.
Cheng Chi laughed and said, "I will take care of this matter, as long as you don't join Ji Ying in saying bad things about me behind my back."
Zhou Shaojin wished he could bury his head in the sand.
Cheng Chi's voice suddenly became as gentle as a spring breeze, and he said, "The show is about to end. Go back quickly! Be careful that your sister won't be able to find you."
Zhou Shaojin then remembered that there was still a play going on on the stage. He jumped up with a cry of "Ouch", said "I'm sorry" to Cheng Chi in panic, and fled.
Cheng Chi looked at the stumbling figure disappearing before his eyes and couldn't help but smile and shook his head. Suddenly, his mind emerged of her sitting in the tea room, tilting her little head with confusion on her face, and asking Ji Ying in a sweet and confused voice, "Could there be something wrong with Jiao Ziyang?"
The young girl had too little experience. She only extended her hand twice, and she didn't even know what kind of person he was, but she began to believe him blindly!
believe!
But Qin Ziping, who had been with him for several years, felt that he was the one who broke up Ji Ying and Jiao Ziyang... And Nan Ping, although she didn't say it, she thought he was wrong...
Is it easy or difficult for a person to completely trust another person
Cheng Chi looked at the boxwood tree outside the door that was trimmed into the shape of a crane, his face grim.
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When Zhou Shaojin rushed back to Hanbi Mountain House, the show had just ended.
She and Shi Xiang both let out a long sigh.
Cheng Ji held her arm and whispered to her: "Gao Huizhu sings really well and looks beautiful. I thought he could only sing the role of a martial artist, but I didn't expect that he can sing the role of a young man well. I think in two years at most, the Changgao class will replace the Ma family class and become the best in Jinling..."
Zhou Shaojin listened in a daze and asked Gu Shiqigu: "I heard that Uncle Chi is going to visit the Guo family tomorrow. Is it true?"
"Yes!" Gu Shiqigu said with a smile, "Mr. Guo said that he hadn't seen Fourth Uncle Cheng for a while, so he invited Fourth Uncle Cheng to come to his house for a visit."
So should I go to Hanbi Mountain House to copy scriptures tomorrow
Zhou Shaojin decided to ask Biyu to help ask later.
But he ran into Yu Ru, the maid in Cheng Xu's room.
"Miss Second Cousin, Miss Jia." She bowed respectfully to Zhou Shaojin and Cheng Jia.
Zhou Shaojin opened his eyes wide.
How come she is here
Yu Ru smiled and said, "The old lady hasn't hosted a party for a few years. Today, so many people suddenly came, so the lady asked us to come and help the eldest house."
Zhou Shaojin didn't believe it at all.
Yuan treated Cheng Xu like the apple of her eye. Even if she transferred her maids and wives to help, she would never touch the people in Cheng Xu's room.
She felt alarmed.
Inseparable from Cheng Ji.
Yu Ru looked over several times, but Zhou Shaojin acted as if he didn't see her.
She was determined not to be alone no matter what, and no matter what Cheng Xu's ideas were, they would be useless.
But she was still feeling a little irritated and finished the birthday banquet in a hurry. Since Mrs. Mian had to help Mrs. Yuan see off the guests, Zhou Chujin decided to stay and wait for Mrs. Mian to go back together.
Under normal circumstances, Zhou Shaojin would have gone back alone, but today when she saw Yu Ru who suddenly showed up in the afternoon, she decided to go back with her aunt and sister.
But she couldn't help with seeing the guests off.
Zhou Shaojin saw Gu Shiqigu off and sat in the side room waiting.
Seeing the people in the room leaving one after another, Zhou Shaojin became a little anxious.
She asked the maid who came to pack up, "Where is Madam Guo?"
The little maid recognized her and said with a smile, "In the upper room."
Zhou Shaojin asked, "Who else is in the upper room?"
The little maid said, "There are also people from the Guo family."
Then go and hide there!
Even Cheng Xu didn't dare to act recklessly in front of Madam Guo, let alone Yu Ru.
Zhou Shaojin went upstairs.
As the lights were already on, someone could be heard talking next to a big tree beside the steps to the roof.
The figures were shrouded in the shadow of a big tree, and one could only vaguely make out that the two women were talking.
Zhou Shaojin didn't take it seriously until he got closer and heard someone say, "... I used to hear people say 'The emperor loves his eldest son, and the people love their youngest son', but I didn't agree with that. But when it came to me, I realized that it made sense. I should have forced Silang to get married a few years ago. Now that he's grown up, he's even less likely to listen to me." As he spoke, he let out a long sigh.
Zhou Shaojin was shocked.
She didn't expect that it was Old Madam Guo who was talking under the tree.
Don’t know who the other person is
As Zhou Shaojin was thinking, another person spoke up: "Marriage is destined by heaven. Maybe Silang's destiny has not arrived yet. When he comes to my place tomorrow, I will ask his eldest cousin to persuade him. He has always respected his eldest cousin, so he will definitely listen to his eldest cousin's words."
It seems that the other person is Lao An from the Guo family.
"Sister-in-law," Zhou Shaojin heard Madam Guo say, "I am counting on you for this matter. I don't care what the other person's family background is. As long as Silang likes her, I will turn a blind eye and let him marry her. At worst, I can teach her step by step with my old bones."
"Don't worry! Silang knows his limits." Lao An from the Guo family said with a smile, "I will definitely find you a satisfactory daughter-in-law."
Mrs. Guo was not comforted by such consolation, but said: "What's the use of my satisfaction! If I wasn't afraid that Silang would become a couple with resentment in the future, I would have helped him to arrange a marriage long ago."
Zhou Shaojin realized that he had heard something he shouldn't have heard, and tiptoed back to the room.
There were four or five other people sitting together in the room, talking.
Zhou Shaojin chose a corner to sit down, thinking about what Mrs. Guo had just said.
Why doesn’t Uncle Chi get married
I wonder if he has anyone he likes this time
Then she saw Yu Ru walk in.
Zhou Shaojin was panicked for a moment.
But she quickly calmed down.
As long as she doesn't follow Yu Ru, can she still force herself to leave in public
Zhou Shaojin sat steadily on the armchair.
Ruyu walked over with a smile.
Zhou Chujin appeared at the door: "Shaojin, we have to go back."
Ruyu's smile froze on her face for a moment.
Zhou Shaojin wished he could hug his sister and kiss her twice.
She couldn't wait to hold her sister's hand, and went back to Wanxiangju with her sister with a smile on her face.
The next day, Shi Xiang told her: "Biyu said that Mrs. Guo will go out at 8 o'clock in the morning and come back around 6 o'clock in the evening. If the second young lady wants to copy the scriptures at home, she will send the pen, ink, paper and inkstone and the scriptures to you later."
That’s such a hassle!
Zhou Shaojin asked Shi Xiang to go and tell Biyu: "… I'll go there at 1pm today. Tell her not to bother."
Shi Xiang smiled and agreed.
Zhou Shaojin tried to design a new pattern in the morning and went to Hanbi Mountain House in the afternoon.
Perhaps because the master was not around, the atmosphere in Hanbi Mountain House seemed much more lively than usual.
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