The Road to Doting Wife

Chapter 4 Follow
In order to avoid being seen by Mr. Zhao again, Ah Ju led his younger siblings to the side of the old pagoda tree and waited.

Lin Zhu poked his head over there curiously: "Elder Sister, that life just now is so handsome, prettier than our father!"

Ah Ju was originally a little unhappy about her younger sister's slightly frivolous behavior, but she couldn't help laughing when she heard the back, and looked at Lin Chongjiu, implying: "If Daddy hears you praise others, he will take it seriously!" In fact, it's no wonder that both of them compare themselves with their own fathers. Among the young and old men they met at such a young age, it is true that the father is the most beautiful. The uncle has a kind of elegant demeanor, but his appearance is still slightly inferior.

Lin Zhu made a grimace, not daring to look around in front of the elder sister.

Ah Ju was very relieved and asked her what book she was reading just now.

The three siblings didn't have to wait long before Zhou Lansheng came out.

Ah Ju asked curiously: "Did he buy a big one?" I don't know if there are any in the uncle's house, she hasn't seen enough yet.

Zhou Lansheng nodded, and said as he walked: "I bought it, counting the first-grade Mr. Zhao, I bought three pots of Cymbidium, and picked two orchid pictures. He also wants the four-screen orchid carved with huanghuali. It seems that he wants to give it away. "This is considered a big business, the corner of the boy's mouth slightly curled up, and he finally showed a bit of frankness that a ten-year-old should have.

Lin Zhu was shocked, and couldn't help but look back: "This Mr. Zhao is really rich, all these things cost a hundred taels of silver, right?" It's a pity that they had already walked out of the shop and couldn't see anything.

"130 four taels, Mr. Zhao gave 150 taels directly, and left without waiting for the change from the cashier." Zhou Lansheng explained in detail, "But Mr. Zhao still has something to do, so I will pick up things in the afternoon."

Lin Zhu was so envious, a rich man is a rich man, 16 taels of silver is enough for her to buy so many good clothes.

"Lan Sheng, where is Mr. Zhao from, how old is he..."

"Azhu!" Aju immediately interrupted her younger sister's nonsense, frowning at her, how can a serious girl casually inquire about the age of a foreigner?
Although she was gentle, her face was sullen but full of elder sister's demeanor, Lin Zhu shut her mouth embarrassingly.

Zhou Lansheng looked at the two aunts and felt that there was nothing to say, so he said, "I don't know, Mr. Zhao will come to pick things up every few months, but he doesn't talk much and leaves after picking things up. He doesn't like to talk to others. Talking, he doesn't like to listen to the maids who introduce flowers, so those maids dare not entertain him. But Mr. Zhao is really rude today, my sister-in-law can't be a maid at first glance, he actually..."

My aunt felt wronged for herself, Ah Ju felt warm in her heart, and said with a smile: "It's okay, he probably asked me because I was close to Da Yipin, and he may not treat me like a maid." It's not worth making my aunt for such a trivial matter. Create gaps for regular customers.

Zhou Lansheng didn't answer.At that time, he walked around from behind the screen, Mr. Zhao stared at his aunt's back, she didn't look like a pleasant face no matter what.But that person has always had a cold face, looking serious, it may not mean that he is really angry, since his sister-in-law doesn't care, he won't mention this matter to the elders.

Lin Zhu listened to the general idea from the side, his heart moved slightly, and he whispered in the eldest sister's ear: "Elder sister, Mr. Zhao is not deliberately striking up a conversation because of your good looks, right?"

Ah Ju was stunned, and when she came back to her senses, she was about to reprimand her sister for talking nonsense, but Lin Zhu had already run away with a charming smile.

Ah Ju had no choice but to give her an annoyed look.

After lunch, Mrs. Liu was going to take her two daughters to go shopping.

Mrs. Xiao Liu also wanted to go: "What are you going to buy?"

Mrs. Liu looked at her younger sister and thought to herself that if they went to the jewelry store as usual, the younger sister would definitely spend money to buy good things for her niece. She didn't want her younger sister to spend money, so she planned to buy jade bracelets for Aju and sisters in the future, and today she only went to the silk shop Look, even if my sister wants to dress up her niece, it won't cost much.

So she smiled and replied: "Aju and Azhu have grown up again, last year the summer clothes were a little tight, I'll pull some cloth for them to make clothes." She said lovingly stroking the little daughter's head.

Lin Zhu understood what her mother meant, and smiled without saying a word.During the holidays, her aunt took the initiative to give her things, and she happily followed them, but she would not ask her aunt for them like pestering her mother.Her aunt loves her, and she is close to her aunt, never thinking of greedy for her aunt's things with this affection.

They didn't mention going to the jewelry store, and it was even more impossible for Ah Ju to mention it.

Xiaoliu didn't know the twists and turns in the hearts of the mother and daughter, so she turned her head and told the maid to prepare the carriage, then walked up to the two nieces, looked them over carefully, and praised: "It's so beautiful, you really should dress up well. Sigh , when your mother and I were your age, our family had no money, so we could only envy other people's children. Now my aunt is too old to wear those bright clothes. Fortunately, there are both of you, and my aunt wants to dress you up Let everyone know that our Liu family girls are all beauties!" The nieces are not named Liu, but they have the blood of the Liu family in their bodies, and their appearance is more like that of the elder sister, so they can be considered as Liu family girls.

Mrs. Liu stroked her forehead, who is the child's mother?
The carriage was quickly ready, Xiao Liu was the last to get on the carriage, and told the driver to go to the best silk and satin shop in the town.

Mrs. Liu made it clear first: "I don't care if you add things to them, but no more than two clothes per person, otherwise we won't call you when we go out in the future."

Xiao Liushi smiled and talked to the two nieces, pretending not to hear.

Liu Shi was so angry that he poked his sister's forehead fiercely, and Xiao Liu was furious: "Poke it and change two more clothes!"

Liu's beautiful eyes are wide open. Is there such a thing as giving money back?
Coming out of the silk and satin village, Mrs. Liu looked at the two bundles of good materials, and said helplessly to her sister, "Okay, let's go back."

Xiao Liu shook her head and smiled: "No hurry, I ordered a few things at Zhenbaoxuan two days ago, and I just picked them up today, so why don't you go with me."

Liu Shi was stunned.

Mrs. Xiao Liu ordered two pairs of sister bracelets. She and Mrs. Liu got hibiscus stone bracelets, and Sister Aju got jasper bracelets.

The four of them are all very beautiful, wearing crystal clear bracelets on their slender white wrists, making the proprietress behind the counter look straight at her: "God is so partial, Mrs. Zhou and your sisters look like gods, and now the two Miss Lin are even more beautiful than gods." Ah!" While speaking, she looked at Ah Ju a few more times, there are beauties among beauties, this Miss Lin is so beautiful that she feels pity for her.

Ah Ju lowered her head shyly.

The niece blushed, Xiao Liu said a few polite words with a smile, and finally led her back home.

After a short break, Lin Xian bid farewell.

Zhou Pei and his wife went out to see each other off.

Coincidentally, a carriage was also parked outside Pinlanju, and when everyone came out, a man in a fine attire also came out, his face as cold as frost.

Aju glanced at it and pulled her younger sister to hide behind her parents.

Zhou Pei smiled apologetically at Lin Xian, turned to walk over, and said with a loud smile: "Young Master Zhao, long time no see."

Zhao Chen turned sideways, seeing that it was Pinlanju's young master Zhou Pei, he nodded slightly as a response.Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a boy beside the donkey cart looking up at him. He raised his phoenix eyes slightly, took another look, and then his eyes fell behind the boy's father. Two girls were standing sideways, one of them was tall and slender, with a green shirt and a white shirt. The skirt is the appearance I saw before noon.

He looked back without a trace.

Zhou Pei knew that he didn't talk too much, so he didn't bother him too much. After exchanging pleasantries, he told the guys to carry it carefully, pleaded guilty and left.

"A regular customer." Back in front of the donkey cart, Zhou Pei explained softly to Lin Xian. Seeing that the four members of the Liu family had all boarded the cart, he waved his hands to see him off: "Brother-in-law, go slowly, let's meet again some other day."

Lin Xian returned the salute with a smile, turned around and got into the car, and left slowly.

A crude donkey cart passed by the carriage.

Ah Ju and Lin Chongjiu were sitting facing the carriage, and when the clerk mentioned the first grade, Ah Ju couldn't help but look up, and sure enough, he saw someone walking out of Pinlanju carrying the first grade bonsai.Ah Ju couldn't help staring at the pot of precious orchids until she felt someone was watching her.Her heart skipped a beat, and she looked away, only to realize that Mr. Zhao hadn't gotten into the car yet, standing in front of the car as if waiting for his things to be moved, and when she looked up at him suspiciously, she happened to meet his pair of cold phoenix eyes, implied displeasure.

Ah Ju quickly turned her head to look forward, her ears felt a little hot.He, he didn't think she was peeping at him, did he?

After a while, there was the sound of a carriage rumbling behind him, and Ah Ju turned her head quietly, only to find that the carriage was slowly following up, and there was a man sitting indistinctly inside the gauze curtain.

Ah Ju didn't dare to look any more.Gradually, she began to regret not letting her brother sit on the outside of her.

Lin Chongjiu kept looking back.

Of course, Liu also knew that there was a carriage behind, so she reprimanded softly: "Sit down, what's there to see."

Lin Chongjiu whispered: "Mother, that is Mr. Zhao's carriage. He bought a lot of things at Uncle's house at noon."

"Buy it if you buy it, what does it have to do with us?" Mrs. Liu glared at him, seeing her eldest daughter bowed her head cautiously, she quietly glanced at the carriage which was only fifty steps away from her own donkey cart.In summer, the car curtain is thin, so close, the people inside should be able to see their family clearly, and they want the eldest daughter to sit next to the younger sister, but they feel that it is too obvious to be defensive, as if the other party is not a good person.Don't worry if you don't recognize him, but he is a regular customer of my brother-in-law's family.

She knew that she should have bought two gauze hats in the town just now, but no one in the village carried those, and there were usually no one on the way out of the town, so she didn't think about it.

Mrs. Liu felt regretful, and only hoped that the other party's carriage would go fast and pass them quickly.

After waiting for a while, the carriage followed unhurriedly.

Mrs. Liu murmured in her heart, could it be that Mr. Zhao is too polite and doesn't want to overtake them because of their face?

Really, when Pinlanju caught a glimpse of him, that young man was handsome and cold, and no one could think badly of him.

Mrs. Liu looked ahead, there was a fork in the road, they had never met Mr. Zhao when they went out before, maybe they all went on different paths.

She began to look forward to the two parties parting ways at the fork in the road, so that she could get rid of her eldest daughter as soon as possible. This girl is too thin-skinned.

Ah Ju was also looking forward to it, although he didn't have much hope in his heart, after all, their master and servant passed by their village on horseback that day.

But, why does she always feel flustered in her heart, as if that person has been looking at her through the curtain?

She must be thinking too much, right?Villagers seldom read books, and they stopped looking at her at most once they saw her. Mr. Zhao was born rich and noble, so he must be polite. Besides, her appearance is considered top-notch in the village. Those rich children are well-informed, Shouldn't be upset about it.Wasn't he still happy when she looked at his orchids?

Thinking of this, Ah Ju finally felt less nervous, but she couldn't help turning the jade bracelet that her aunt gave her with her right hand.

Lin Zhu looked at the elder sister's reserved appearance, and felt sorry. If the elder sister hadn't been engaged, she would be a good match for Mr. Zhao.It's not that she dislikes the poor and loves the rich, it's just that the elder sister is born as a flower, and when she thinks that she will go to work in the fields after marrying Meng Zhongjing, even if she doesn't have to go to the fields, she will have to walk around the pot all day like her mother, she will not have the heart.My father makes a lot of money, but my mother is better off. Meng Zhongjing only knows how to farm...

It's a pity that she couldn't bear it any longer, she couldn't stand the eldest sister who just wanted to live with Meng Zhongjing, and besides, Mr. Zhao might have married long ago, and he bought orchids and screens, which were obviously for the female relatives.

Unknowingly, they came to a fork in the road, and the three mother and daughter coincidentally kept an eye on the back.

Chen Ping was suddenly very nervous.

After driving the young master for so many years, he was flustered for the first time, even more nervous than the first time he was driving, even though he couldn't tell what he was nervous about.Could it be that the girl in front is so pretty?But the young master reminded him to behave, he didn't dare to look over there at all, he just stared at the dirt road behind the donkey cart.

"Master, which way shall we go?" Chen Ping asked in a low voice as the fork in the road was right in front of him.

Turning to the right is a shortcut, and they are used to it. Two days ago, the young master was unhappy and didn't want to go home early, so he took a long detour on his horse.

Zhao Chen frowned, not knowing why Chen Ping asked so much.His gaze swept over the three pots of orchids in the cart. He was about to speak, but when he raised his eyes again, seeing the donkey cart turning away and drifting away, his voice suddenly got out of his control: "It's still early."

Chen Ping understood, and drove the car to the dirt road on the left.

(End of this chapter)