Zhou Shaojin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said helplessly: "Who has time to make perfumed dew at this time? If you really like it, there are several perfumed powder shops in Xizhimen. They sell imported goods from Guangdong and Quanzhou. They are never short of all kinds of floral dew. I will send someone to go with you to buy a few bottles when the time comes."
Cheng Ji opened his eyes wide and exclaimed, "Shao Jin, I thought you would stay at home obediently, but I didn't expect that you have only been in the capital for a few months and you even know where to buy flower dew?"
Zhou Shaojin could only say, "I've been out with cousin Zheng a few times."
Cheng Ji covered her mouth and laughed, saying, "Cousin Zheng?! You still call us cousins now, what about Uncle Chi?"
Zhou Shaojin's face turned red and he stammered, not knowing what to say.
Cheng Ji leaned on her shoulder and whispered to her: "Tell me the truth, how did you get together with Uncle Chi? At that time, Cheng Xu, I saw that you and Uncle Chi were still fine!"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Zhou Shaojin turned around and pushed Cheng Ji away, "You think about these things all day long. No wonder you complain about being bored every time you write to me!"
Cheng Ji tilted his shoulders and laughed, "Don't fool me. Tell me what you did in the capital."
Zhou Shaojin didn't want to lie, but he didn't want to answer either, so he ignored Cheng Ji.
Cheng Ji laughed and took Zhou Shaojin's arm and walked out of the inner room.
Zhou Chujin had someone bring Guan Ge over.
Cheng Ji was so generous that he gave Zhou Chujin a pair of gold and silver longevity locks, as well as gold bracelets for children, clothes, shoes and socks for all four seasons, small gadgets, and so many other things. There was even a box. Mrs. Liao raised her eyebrows at the sight. She had not expected Cheng Ji to be so generous to Zhou Chujin.
Later, Chunwan came to report that the room had been cleaned up and asked Cheng Ji to go over and take a look.
Cheng Ji said, "Shao Jin and I will sleep tonight, and we will return to our house in Xizhimen in two days."
Mrs. Liao couldn't help but blurt out, "Did you buy a house in Xizhimen?"
After Cheng Ji married Li Jing, she had seen too many people who looked down on merchants and the Li family, so she smiled generously and said, "Yes! It is the ancestral home. But I have never lived there much."
Mrs. Liao hurriedly said as if to remedy the situation: "In that case, why don't you just live here? There's room here!"
Cheng Ji politely declined: "My husband is in Beijing, and he will have to meet relatives and friends. It's more convenient for us to live there."
Mrs. Liao didn't know what to say.
In the evening, Cheng Ji stayed in Zhou Shaojin's room. Li Jing said goodbye and said he would come to pick up Cheng Ji in two days.
Cheng Ji showed some affection when he saw Li Jing off.
Zhou Shaojin smiled and whispered, "Since you can't bear to leave, just follow me. I'm not someone else here."
Cheng Ji's face flushed, and he said stubbornly, "Don't worry about him. We can't spoil him all day long."
Zhou Shaojin didn't understand this kind of emotion.
Cheng Ji kept whispering in her ear for a long time, all words that told a woman to be reserved.
Zhou Shaojin felt depressed after listening to this.
According to Cheng Ji's concept, she had no face at all in front of Cheng Chi.
Seeing that she was frowning, Cheng Ji asked her what was wrong with a smile.
Zhou Shaojin hesitated and said, "In front of the person you like, shouldn't you let him know that you like him? According to what you said, you are actually treating outsiders better than the person you like. Isn't this embarrassing for the person you like?"
Cheng Ji was stunned.
Zhou Shaojin didn't know if what he said was right, so he said, "Oh, I'm just talking, I don't understand these things."
Cheng Ji suddenly realized, held Zhou Shaojin's face and kissed her hard, saying: "You are obviously my sister, how come you know more about everything than me."
Zhou Shaojin avoided it and wiped his cheek with disgust, but he was very happy in his heart.
Cheng Ji laughed loudly, and looked like he couldn't stay any longer. He said, "I'm going back to Xizhimen tomorrow. If you need anything, I'll bring it to you the day after tomorrow when I come over."
Zhou Shaojin thought for a moment and said, "Then buy me some perfume! It should be more elegant and lighter."
Cheng Ji glanced at her and smiled.
Zhou Shaojin's ears turned red with embarrassment.
The two cousins huddled together in bed and whispered to each other. Early the next morning, Cheng Ji ran back to Xizhimen by herself.
Needless to say, Li Jing was very surprised. He felt that Zhou Shaojin was the only one worth making friends with in his wife's family. He did not say anything when Cheng Ji bought Zhou Shaojin all kinds of things. Cheng Ji had only been in the capital for a few days. After greeting Madam Guo, he and Cheng Sheng went to visit all the places where things were sold in the capital.
Zhou Chujin couldn't help but laugh and scold her: "Why do you act like you've never seen anything like this before? Shaojin's box has long been full, so keep these things and give them to her in private later!"
Cheng Ji disagreed and told Zhou Shaojin: "I've been to Chaoyang Gate. The decoration there is so beautiful. To be honest, except that the wedding preparations were a little too fast, there is really nothing wrong with it! Aunt Wei and Sister Zheng are all there to help."
Zhou Shaojin blushed and said nothing.
Cheng Chi also said that she was wronged and that it was because he wanted to marry her as soon as possible.
She didn't feel wronged at all.
Zhou Shaojin knew that Cheng Chi was afraid that if the matter dragged on too long, the relatives would start talking about it and something might happen.
Cheng Ji also had something he didn't tell Zhou Shaojin.
When she went there, she didn't see Yuan. It was said that she was sick, and she was afraid that the disease would spread to Chaoyang Gate, so she hadn't shown up for several days.
It can be seen that nothing in this world is perfect.
She gave Zhou Shaojin a purse and asked her to put it under her pillow on her wedding night. She whispered to her, "It is said that the Hongluo Temple in the capital is the most effective place for praying for a child. My cousin Sheng and I went to Hongluo Temple to pray a few days ago. One for each of us."
Zhou Shaojin's face was burning as he murmured his thanks to Cheng Ji.
Cheng Ji didn't care. She waved her hand and pulled Zhou Shaojin to see a wooden stake she had just bought from Fengtai: "For your brother-in-law to carve. You don't know, he likes these!"
It's hard to hide the love when talking.
Zhou Shaojin pursed his lips and smiled.
Cheng Jia had dinner in Yuqian Hutong and returned to Xizhimen triumphantly.
Who knew that Li Jing had already returned and was sitting under the lamp in a daze with a letter in his hand.
Cheng Ji walked over with a cry of "Aiya" and said, "Why didn't you ask someone to call me back when you came back? I could come back earlier too!"
Li Jing came back to his senses and said with a smile, "I just got back too." Then he handed the letter to Cheng Ji and said, "It's from my eldest uncle."
Cheng Ji frowned almost invisibly and opened the letter in front of Li Jing, but after just two glances, his face darkened.
Li Jing couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Every time Cheng Zheng wrote to me, it was never good news.
If it were just a matter of money, it would be easy to deal with, but sometimes they were things that made Cheng Ji sad.
He stepped forward and hugged Cheng Ji, and said softly, "What happened? Do you want my help?"
Cheng Ji squeezed the letter in his hand until it made a seal. He gritted his teeth and said after a while, "My elder brother told me that Shao Jin is getting married and asked me to come to the capital to see Shao Jin off. He will come too when the time comes..."
Li Jing took charge of the Li family at a young age, so he was naturally no ordinary person.
You will know what Cheng Zheng means as soon as you hear it.
He hesitated and said, "What do you mean?"
Cheng Ji's eyes turned red, tears started to fall, and she choked up and said, "I, I don't want to care about this matter."
Li Jing said: "But if my uncle came to the capital and saw you, you would not ignore this matter!"
Cheng Ji evaded the question: "Can we leave first then?"
Li Jing said, "Aren't you going to attend the second lady of the Zhou family's wedding?"
They came to Beijing specifically for this matter.
Cheng Ji was hesitant.
Li Jing said, "I have a solution, do you want to hear it?"
Cheng Ji hurriedly asked, "What's the solution?" and looked at him for help.
Li Jing said: "Why don't we live in Chaoyangmen?"
Cheng Ji was stunned.
Li Jing said, "Jiuru Lane has been divided into two branches now. You can take advantage of the second daughter of the Zhou family to show your attitude when they get married. We have moved into Chaoyang Gate, so we are naturally prepared to interact with the eldest branch of the family as the relatives of the Cheng family. When your eldest uncle comes to Beijing, can he also live in Chaoyang Gate? That would be the eldest branch's intention."
Cheng Zheng is the one who picks the softest persimmons.
Not daring to look for the eldest son's wife, he found Cheng Ji to help him and asked her to take advantage of the sisterhood between Zhou Shaojin and her.
Li Jing sneered in his heart, but didn't show it on his face. He smiled and said, "Then it will depend on whether you want to call the second daughter of the Zhou family 'Aunt' or Uncle Chi 'Brother-in-law'?"
Cheng Ji understood.
Her father and brother had always wanted to pursue a career in government. If she didn't help her brother, his future would be difficult. But if she helped her brother, he would never care about her again, given Shaojin's temper.
What should she do
Cheng Ji bit her lip.
Li Jing held her in his arms and said, "We were always apart from each other in the past, no wonder you went to Hongluo Temple to burn incense. I didn't think it through. I thought you were still young and would become a mother in a few years. Let's stay in the capital for a few more days this time, and then we'll go back to Luoyang when you're pregnant, okay?"
He didn't want Cheng Ji to be involved in the Cheng family's disputes.
When Cheng Ji has a child, her heart should be at peace, right
Cheng Ji was very surprised and started beating Li Jing: "So it's you who don't want a child... I was worried that it was my problem... How could you do this without consulting me... I'm going to live in Yuqian Hutong for a few days."
"She's about to get married." Li Jing smiled bitterly and let Cheng Ji lose her temper, and persuaded her in a kind manner.
It took Cheng Ji a while to calm down.
But after a few breaths, she smiled again with high spirits and said to Li Jing: "According to what you said, of course I want to call Uncle Chi 'brother-in-law'! However, if I call Uncle Chi 'brother-in-law', I'm afraid Sister Zheng and Sister Xiao will ignore me. I'd better call Shao Jin 'Aunt'."
Li Jing smiled gently, his eyes full of encouragement.
Cheng Ji put the letter aside and went to the inner room to change clothes.
Li Jing privately instructed the steward: "If my uncle comes, you should not report it to the grandmother if you can."
The manager understood what he meant and replied respectfully, "Yes."
Li Jing also followed him to the inner room.
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Dear friends, I would like to recommend a book to you, "The Road to Augustus" on Qidian. I came across it by accident. People who like ancient Western history, especially ancient Roman history, can read it. At that time, I thought that the two Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties had all been traveled through by the male protagonists of the main site, and now it was the turn of ancient Rome, ancient Greece, and ancient Egypt...
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PS: Make up for tomorrow’s update.
Today's update will be around five in the evening.
※(To be continued)