Fair Lady

By the Xiushui River, in the resting pavilion in the peach grove, Layman Lian was wearing a light purple gauze skirt and a hat of the same color, and the silk handkerchief in her hand was almost twisted into twists.Not far away, there stood a woman who was waiting on her, and her personal servant girl, Wu Xin, hadn't come back yet.

Before going out today, Layman Lian changed into seven or eight sets of clothes before she was satisfied. Over the years, her clothes were relatively plain and dark. It was rare to find a few dresses in bright colors that were not too ostentatious, and tried them on one by one until the one that suits her well A pink-purple long dress that is more pink.Purple, he should like it, right?

Afraid of being seen by acquaintances, she asked Wuxin to find her a hat of the same color.

On the stone table in front of her was a package, which contained a dark blue brocade belt and a purse of the same color, which she had made in two days and two nights.Four deep purple gemstones were sewn on the belt, and a clump of strong bamboo was carefully embroidered on the purse.

Navy blue, deep purple, and strong bamboo are all Jin Xida's favorite colors and plants, and Layman Lian is also very confident in his color matching and embroidery skills. I believe he will like it, at least... um... he won't hate it, right?

It's not that she is not worried that he will reject her tactfully like he did a few years ago, but...the infatuation that has remained unchanged for so many years...will move him?He is also an infatuated person himself!

Maybe he would be concerned about her reputation, after all, she was famous far and wide because she had been a widow for many years.She would tell him that she had a way, and that neither of them would lose their reputations.

There was a rustling sound coming from the front, relying on the cover of the hat, Layman Lian couldn't help but quickly raised his head, it really was unintentional.

Just as she was about to ask questions, she saw the small scroll in Wu Xin's hand.My heart sank: "Didn't deliver it? He left?"

Wuxin muttered and handed over the note: "Send it, Mr. Jin has written a reply and asked to send it back."

reply?He is not coming?Do not have time?

Layman Lian took the note and opened it. On the front was his invitation, and on the back were a few lines of poetry:

The sycamore tree next to the sycamore tree will not be popular if it does not bloom and fruit.Aimo is not Lian Ligen, you and I are different.

……

Layman Lian's nails were squeezed tightly in the palm, and there was a slight "crack"...

Too cruel!It's so unfeeling!Is he really that ruthless to himself?Her infatuation can only be trampled on so mercilessly?

Why?Even now.She still has a proud face and talent and name, what is she not worthy of him?Since he didn't like her so much, why did he help her back then?

Layman Lian felt dizzy for a while, his eyes went dark, and he fell back involuntarily.

……

Xia Zhai was full of laughter.

On the round table in the middle of the hall.There is a big cake, and a small red candle is lit next to it.The whole round cake is covered with a layer of white and delicate cream. The top of the cake is decorated with slices of oranges, red plums, and red bayberry just delivered from Zhuangzi this morning. The crushed red dates come out with the words "Happy Birthday".

"Happy birthday Uncle Jin, this is the birthday cake we specially made for you. Does Uncle Jin like it?" Shuyao and Shuwen asked while holding Jin Xida's hand.

Birthday cake?Jin Xida was shocked.Looking at the mouth-wateringly beautiful pastry in front of me, I think of many years ago.A woman said to him prettyly: "When it's your birthday, I'll make a birthday cake for you as a gift, and I'll make sure you can swallow your tongue."

"Uncle Jin? Uncle Jin? Do you like it?" Shuwen shook Jin Xida's hand: "My elder brother, sister, and I all like birthday cakes, they are beautiful and delicious."

Shu Yao and Shu Jie looked at each other and smiled: Uncle Jin must have missed Mother, Mother said in her diary that she owed Uncle Jin a birthday cake and hadn't made it yet.

Jin Xida withdrew his thoughts, only to realize that his eye sockets were a little wet: "I like it, Uncle Jin likes it so much."

Shuwen sighed regretfully: "It's a pity that the dragon fruit hasn't produced fruit yet. My sister said that it would be more delicious if sliced ​​dragon fruit is put on the cake." Their dragon fruit has already bloomed.After waiting for a while, it should be able to bear fruit. Shu Wen, who has never seen a dragon fruit before, the first thing he does when he comes back from school every day is to see the five dragon fruits.

In order to move in and out easily to absorb the aura of the mahogany box, Shuyao raised the five dragon fruit plants that were tested in large flower pots, and watched them grow taller day by day, and their branches became thicker and thicker.

A few days ago, the five dragon fruits lived up to expectations and bloomed at the same time. Shuwen was so happy that he kept nagging: "Flowering and fruiting, blooming and fruiting, now that the flowers are blooming, is it going to grow something soon?" Dragon fruit?"

Shuyao smiled "puchi": "Only you have been thinking about that dragon fruit. Uncle Jin has eaten it, but you don't miss it so much."

"Hey," Shuwen rubbed his head, "Uncle Jin said that dragon fruit is delicious. When the dragon fruit grows, I will send some to Uncle Jin to the capital immediately. But the cake is also delicious. Uncle Jin will make a wish and cut the cake soon." , I peeled the oranges on the cake, and washed the plums and red bayberries.”

Shuyao curled her lips: "The work is the easiest, but the voice of asking for credit is the loudest."

Everyone laughed.

Under Shuyao's "guidance", Jin Xida silently made three wishes, blew out the candles, and cut the cake into several pieces with a knife specially made by Zhen Zirou before his death. This knife is longer, narrower, and thinner than ordinary knives. To cut this cake.

The three of Shuyao sang the "Happy Birthday Song" with the red brocade, blue brocade, and orange brocade, holding hands and singing in a circle three times.Jin Xida listened to the joyful singing, looked at the sincere smiling faces, and tasted the soft and sweet cake in his mouth.For the first time in so many years, I feel the warmth of home and the love between relatives.This is my so-called Jin family whose "family interests are above everything else", the father who favors his younger brother, the cowardly and incompetent mother who only uses him and plots against his biological son, and those who want to cling to him and use him but also want to put him in the wrong place. What his dead brothers could not give him.

Seeing the joy and warmth in Jin Xida's eyes, Shujie was also very happy: "When my mother was here, our family made birthday cakes four times a year, and for Yao'er and Wen'er's birthdays, sometimes my mother would make double-layer cakes. Cake. We wanted to make a double layer cake for Uncle Jin today, but unfortunately we didn’t succeed.”

Shu Yao hurriedly pulled Jin Xida's sleeve and promised: "Next year, we will definitely make a double-layered, more beautiful and delicious big cake for Uncle Jin."

Brother and sister Shuyao made cakes for the first time.A lot of eggs and flour were wasted before, and Shujie's hands were sour when he stirred the cream.Fortunately, although the final cake was not double-layered, it tasted very good, and the shape was beautiful, without deformation.

Jin Xida put his arms around Shuyao and Shuwen: "Okay, Uncle Jin is waiting, next year Uncle Jin will eat a double-layered dragon fruit cake." His voice was a little choked.

The three of Shujie's eyes were also a little sour. In the past year, Jin Xida had already become one of the closest elders in their hearts.the person they trust the most.

The birthday cake is a joint birthday gift given to Jin Xida by the three brothers and sisters.In addition, Shuyao also made a purse with her own hands, the color is Jin Xida's favorite navy blue, embroidered with a white tiger (as embroidered by Xiaoguai), Jin Xida couldn't put it down: "Your mother knows a lot of things that others don't, but she just doesn't." Knowing female red. I didn't expect Yao'er to be so young, and the female red embroidery slave is so exquisite, this little boy has made you embroider alive."

Jin Xida immediately changed the purse at his waist with a smile, and the little boy came over with joy, snuggled up beside Jin Xida and shook his head, as if he wanted everyone to see it and its "little portrait".So smug!Huohuo, on the other hand, danced around in displeasure and "squeaked" to protest the "unfair treatment" she had received, until Shuyao promised to embroider it on Shujie's purse next time.Make everyone laugh again.

The warm and small birthday party was over, except for the three brothers and sisters Shujie, Jin Xida also left Mama Liu and Aunt Mei behind, and said what the boy who delivered the letter had said during the day.

When Shujie talked to Jin Xida about their family life in the past few years, he said that because of his mother's suggestion, his parents always let the children know what happened in the family, and they would discuss some things with them as appropriate.Jin Xida is now trying to do the same.Shujie is so outstanding and stable, and Shuyao's younger siblings are smart and sensible, all of which made Jin Xida attribute to Yen Zirou's unique educational ideas without hesitation.

"There's a mole on the lip. Isn't it green bamboo?" Aunt Mei exclaimed, "How dare she come to see the young master and the young lady?"

Mother Liu snorted coldly: "This kind of slave who colludes with outsiders and betrays the master, often thinks of the master's kindness to him when he is in trouble, and then takes it for granted that the master must save him and give himself another chance, because the master is a 'good person'."

Shu Jie wondered: "Is it green bamboo? Master Zhen didn't value her very much, he paid 300 taels of silver to redeem her, how could he let her be beaten?"

Shuwen eagerly raised his little hand: "I know, I know, that day Cuizhu said that uncle and the others didn't offer money to redeem her, so she would tell about their restaurant." Okay, Mother Liu pampered his head and smiled: "Our brother Wen is really smart, Cui Zhu has caught the handle of Zhen's family, but now her identity is in Zhen's house, the more she knows The more you end up, the worse it will be."

Jin Xida nodded in agreement: "They dog ​​eat dog, we don't need to care about it. But I think about the guards in the house because of this. Although Gege is good at skills and there are little boys in the house, but the house is so big now, and there are mostly women and children. It still needs some nursing homes. I have asked Wang Xi to pick a few suitable ones and send them over, and Mama Liu will check them out when the time comes."

Mother Liu nodded in response.

Jin Xida also said that the Xu family will resign from Layman Lian and invite another Mr. Qin and Qi: "I will also ask someone to find two good female gentlemen. If Mrs. Xu and Nian'er come to Beijing at the end of the year, Yao There is no need to go to Xu's house. The second room of Xu's family is also very uneasy. Also, Layman Lian had some misunderstandings with me many years ago. I am worried that she will anger Yao'er. Mother Liu, Brother Jie, don't let her have a chance Contacting Yao'er or Wen'er alone, in short, it's always good to be more careful."

Shujie and the others naturally responded, especially Shujie, who immediately put her on the blacklist when he heard that Layman Lian would threaten his younger siblings.As for the reason, he didn't think too much about it. Everyone knew that Jin Xida treated the three brothers and sisters well, and it was entirely possible to threaten Jin Xida with the three of them.

Mama Liu immediately thought that something must have happened today, and the relationship between Layman Lian and Jin Xida must not be as simple as "some misunderstanding".

……

In the dead of night, Jin Xida stood alone in front of the window, the full moon was hanging on the treetops, showing Donnie Yen's soft and beautiful figure.

"Rou'er, how are you? I ate birthday cake today, hehe, I almost swallowed my tongue. Thank you, Rou'er! The three brothers and sisters of Yao'er are very good, really good, they let me I feel that you are still by my side." Jin Xida murmured to the beautiful shadow on the moon: "Don't worry, I will take good care of them for you and let them live safely and happily."

As the breeze blew, the leaves on the branches shook slightly, making a "swish, swish, swish" sound, as if responding to him.

Jin Xida's mood at this moment is like the green leaves comforted by the soft wind and soft moonlight, reflecting the soft light, swaying gently, and slowly aftertaste...

Rou'er, do you know what three wishes I just made?Firstly, I wish the three children healthy and happy, secondly, I wish you and Tingwei (Xia Linxuan's word) a spirit in heaven to be at ease, and thirdly, I wish you and I will know each other and love each other forever in the next life! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)

ps: Thank you for the peace talisman of the book lovers listening to Gezi!Thank you Danyu Sihan book friend for the peace talisman!Thank you!In addition, there will be double updates tomorrow, and double updates every day next week!