Rebirth of the Main Room Manual

Chapter 106 Portraits
Yiqing originally wanted to spend more time with her mother and younger siblings. Didn't Mrs. Zheng say that it would be fine to return to the Hou Mansion before dark?
Grandfather Pang's family members never leave. Although the small courtyard is small, it does not affect the men's high-spirited conversation. Xia Xiuping has to accompany them. Pang Ruxue thought in her heart that she should not embarrass her daughter, so she personally participated in making the cakes for the gift , I have to walk from time to time to check the fire under the steamer in the kitchen, and I am afraid that the girls will not add snacks and hot tea to the side hall in time, so I always have to give a few words, so restless, Yiqing wants to say a few words to her completely It was difficult to talk, so I had to give up, and handed over the thousands of taels of silver bills I brought back to Le Qing, asking her to keep them.

Pang Shizhi specifically told Pang Ruxue: Seeing that the time is almost up, you should remind the young couple to return home early while the sun is still in the sky, and they have to go back to have dinner with the old lady.The elderly in any family would not like their daughter-in-law to stay at her natal home for too long!
Pang Ruxue naturally listened to her father.

So Grandma Pang Ruxue helped Pang Ruxue, and the two of them personally packed the pastries for returning the gift. Pang Ruxue also packed a few cold dishes that Yiqing liked to eat and put them in the food box. After using it, I sent the young couple back home.

Yiqing, Leqing, and two cousins ​​were having fun with Xia Yiming in the hall of the upper room. Xia Yiming looked very excited today, and he didn't sleep. Tease, make him happy, he will make a series of giggling laughter, pinch him, he will cry a few times, but there are no tears, just pat it, and it will be fine again.

Zheng Jingyan came to look for Yiqing, Leqing saw him enter the room, and said with a smile, "Brother-in-law, do you still want to hug Yiming?"

Zheng Jingyan hesitated: "Don't, last time I hugged him, he cried!"

Nine-year-old Pang Yuyan said: "Brother-in-law, you have to hug and pat at the same time!"

Seven-year-old Pang Yujiao said: "I'll teach you, make sure he won't cry!"

Zheng Jingyan let the two little girls pull him to sit down, and then Le Qing put Xia Yiming on his lap, and the girls scrambled to teach him how to put his hands down and how to pat the little baby to comfort him.

Standing by the side, Yiqing watched Zheng Jingyan fall into a siege, interacting with the girls like a player, and couldn't help laughing: It's not surprising that this guy is so popular with girls, he has a good face, just like little girls!Besides, he is very generous. He probably asked Du Zhong to bring a lot of Ling Ling to Pang's residence. Ling Ling is expensive, even if it is a wealthy family, it is usually only willing to wear it for girls who are old, because when they are old, they are about to discuss marriage. Dress up carefully.And the gorgeous spring shirts that these three girls are wearing right now are all made of silk, even seven-year-old Pang Yujiao is no exception!It can be seen that Zheng Jingyan gave them gifts very seriously, and what was specified for them will naturally be worn by them.

It's rare for a man to have such meticulous patience. He should treat that childhood sweetheart Wang Yaozhen better. I can't blame Wang Yaozhen for so many years, waiting for him to marry.

The three girls chattered and chattered like magpies, Xia Yiming frowned and hummed unhappily, Zheng Jingyan finally couldn't stand it anymore and shouted: "Yiqing! Yiqing, come here!"

Coincidentally, Grandma Pangda came in, and when she saw this, she laughed and took Xia Yiming away from Zheng Jingyan's hand, and then urged the new uncle and auntie to go to the flower hall to have some snacks. After Zheng Jingyan pulled Xia Yiqing out of the upper hall, she turned down her face to the girl. They reprimanded:

"You are all grown up, you should also know how to judge the occasion. Yiming hasn't urinated for a long time. If he urinates on my son-in-law, where should he put his face?"

Just after finishing speaking, Pang Ruyan suddenly changed color and said, "Oh! Mother, look below..."

Grandma Pang Da looked down, and Xia Yiming didn't know how to pee. Her hand holding her little butt was not wet, but a clear water column dripped down from the other side of the swaddle. The spring shirt with ginger pattern on the bottom, the lower part of the skirt was already soaked, he couldn't help but smiled wryly, and thankfully said: "Did you see it? If you were late, Yiming's piss should be sieved on brother-in-law Hou Ye! How did you end up? "

The three girls heard this, imagining the embarrassment of Master Hou's brother-in-law being screened for urine, and laughed to themselves.

After saying goodbye to the elders one by one, Zheng Jingyan helped Yiqing into the carriage. He was about to follow up when he saw Leqing running out with a scroll in his hand, and complained to Xia Xiuping:

"Dad, why did you forget this?"

Xia Xiuping came to his senses, patted his forehead and said, "Oh, I was just talking, dad forgot about it!"

He took the scroll and handed it to Zheng Jingyan with a smile: "I lived in the South Courtyard of my hometown for a few days before entering Beijing. I saw that the sisters and sisters had a few boxes locked. I guessed that there might be treasures in them, so I took them with me. Come over here. Leer dug out this painting from the box, and Leer asked me to frame it again. She said it was a little gift from her brother-in-law! Of course it is not a famous work, but it is Qinger's handwriting. It's just for fun, it's not worth anything..."

Le Qing said: "Although it's not a famous work, brother-in-law, don't just throw it away!"

Zheng Jingyan took the scroll with both hands, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, your sister painted it, why would your brother-in-law throw it away? Thank you father-in-law and sister Leer!"

Sitting in the carriage, Yiqing listened to what was being said outside. As soon as Zheng Jingyan came in, she reached for the scroll:

"What kind of moth is Yueqing trying to make? Let me see!"

Zheng Jingyan raised the scroll with one hand, and said, "This is a gift from my sister Le'er, I'll take a look first!"

"Since it's my painting, it's just the ordinary paintings on the walls of ordinary people in the south of the Yangtze River during the Chinese New Year, such as New Year's dolls, red carp, flowers blooming and wealth, and the Eight Immortals crossing the sea. Nothing to see!"

"Not good-looking? Then people will watch it for a whole year!"

Zheng Jingyan sat down on his seat, and when the carriage left the main street where Pang's mansion was located, he glanced at Yiqing defensively, seeing that she was also waiting, he couldn't help smiling: "Want to see?"

"Ok!"

"Then don't move!"

"it is good!"

Zheng Jingyan took the scroll and unfolded it slowly. The first thing that came out was the face of a young man, followed by a panorama of his body... This man has sword eyebrows and starry eyes. His thick hair is draped over his shoulders, his white clothes are more than snow, elegant and tall, he stands sideways like a eucalyptus orchid among peony flowers, with rippling blue waves under his feet, surrounded by colorful flowers, and the surrounding background is a group of auspicious clouds, auspicious air, Dark green misty fairy mountains, full moon...

The two stared at each other for a while, Yiqing smiled "heh", and before she stretched out her hand, Zheng Jingyan had already moved sideways to prevent her from touching the painting, and turned her head to look at her in astonishment and said:

"Father-in-law said that this painting was just brought from my hometown, so it was made by you before, Yiqing, you... when did you see me?"

Yiqing couldn't argue, angry and funny, who has seen him?It's just scribbling and scribbling, and the person in this painting actually bumped into Zheng Jingyan's face. Looking closely, they are so similar!
"Master Hou, the one I painted is not you! Look at the seal date and caption on it... This is Lu Dongbin! At that time I painted a picture of 'Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea', and Yue Qing said she liked the blue color in it." And, if I was asked to draw Lan Caihe for her alone, I did it. I couldn’t get it right for a while, so I drew it as Lu Dongbin! Look, there is a sword hilt protruding from his back shoulder. Do you know that Lu Dongbin is a swordsman? Long sword, fluttering white clothes, fascinated women all over the world! But he seems to like the peony flower god in the sky very much, and he plays in the world to find the flower god who has been relegated to the mortal world. Yue Qing doesn't like Lu Dongbin, saying that he is too merciful and flirtatious, but look For the sake of his good looks, he hid it in the box, but my father moved it here because of his troubles..."

Zheng Jingyan looked carefully again, and said solemnly: "What Lu Dongbin? This is clearly my portrait! Look at it yourself, it looks like it was drawn in my likeness!"

Yiqing felt three strands of cold sweat dripping from her forehead: "Master Hou, don't you think you are a little too thin compared to the person in the painting?"

Just kidding, the figure of the male god she drew is in the golden ratio, and Zheng Houye's thin and thin bamboo pole shape... is a bit different, right?

Zheng Jingyan rolled up the scroll carefully, expressionless: "Xia Yiqing, you don't need to tell me this every day! Other men may be fatter than me, but that's just puffiness! Many people don't have the talents I have!"

"Okay... well, Lord Hou is right, I will not talk indiscriminately from now on."

Yiqing continued to sweat, turned her face away to look out the window, thinking about how to get the painting back to the Hou Mansion, in fact, she did not admit that it was Lu Dongbin, and she didn't like the romantic and sentimental Lu Dongbin either, but given the painting It's all just a random name. When she was doing the painting, she was full of enthusiasm and became a nympho. She only thought that if such a male god came to take her away, she would be willing to elope with him...

All the way silent, the two returned to the Hou Mansion quietly, and got off the car in front of the second gate. Zheng Jingyan asked the mother-in-law and maidservants to accompany the young lady to see the old lady and the wife, while he went to the front yard by himself.

Yiqing looked at Zheng Jingyan's hand holding the painting lightly, and felt a little depressed: Is her painting really being regarded as his portrait?It was also taken into the big study in the front yard where there was a cronies guarding the door at that moment. It seems that she will never get it back!

The flirtatious girl who had a spring heart in her teenage years turned into Zheng Jingyan just like that?

Just imagine his thin and thin body, can it bear her weight?On the way to elope, if she couldn't walk anymore, or sprained her ankle like Pang Ruxue did back then, could he easily carry her on his back and run away like his scumbag father Xia Xiuping?And what if a man stronger and fatter than him appeared on the way and snatched her away?
The more Yiqing thought about it, the more ridiculous it became, and she couldn't help laughing out loud.

If it was in a normal mate selection environment, she would not choose Zheng Jingyan. In fact, she has a girlish mentality, and she likes tall and strong men. She expects a warm and thick embrace, which will give her a sense of security, care and love, and be with her. Live peacefully together!
Zheng Jingyan is far from meeting the qualifications, fortunately he is just using each other!
Entering the inner courtyard, I found that there were guests at home.

Zheng Lanti, Fang Baochan, and a girl they had never seen before, about fifteen or sixteen years old, fair and plump, with a petite figure, wearing a slightly narrow dress, looked like an exquisite little meat ball, round and round His apple face smiled with two deep dimples and a small canine tooth, full of joy.

(End of this chapter)