Linglong

Chapter 73

Tang Xiaoming has been peeking at her face cautiously, seeing her smiling like a flower, he felt much more at ease.

Linglong laughed for a while, lowered her face, and snorted, "Treat me like a three-year-old child?"

Not to mention that I was tortured miserably by you today, Chen Junyan and Xiao's brothers and sisters don't know what's going on right now!A book of jokes just wants to clear up the past with me, which is beautiful.

Linglong put down the joke book and didn't read it.

Tang Xiaoming didn't dare to persuade, and put away the book with a sad face.

There is a small straw basket in the corner of the car, and there are red strawberries in the basket, which looks very attractive.Just when Linglong was bored, she looked at the basket like a lover and spent the whole journey.

When she returned to Yu's house, the old lady, Mrs. Qiao and Mrs. Guan were all sitting in the living room. There were several large baskets in front of the living room, which were filled with freshly picked strawberries.Seeing the sisters coming back, the old lady smiled and said, "What are the sisters doing in Chongshanhou's Mansion? Mrs. Wang suddenly sent someone to send these foreign fruits, what's going on?"

Su Shengchun clapped his hands and laughed, "Is this what my little cousin wants? She likes this very much and picked a lot by herself. However, we have already brought back quite a few, why did we send so many?"

Jingxi couldn't help frowning, "Third sister, are you asking Mrs. Wang for these?"

"No, I didn't ask her for it." Linglong subconsciously shook her head.

"Third Sister, we and Chongshanhou's Mansion are just close relatives, it's not good after all because we are too invisible." Jing Xi reprimanded tactfully.

Linglong laughed out loud.

The Yu family and Chongshanhou's mansion are close relatives, because of my mother and me, right?It has nothing to do with you, and it's worth getting angry in such a hurry.

With Linglong's temperament, she didn't want to seriously argue with a little girl, so this kind of thing might be over with a smile.But Linglong's experience today was different from usual, she was already feeling very suffocated, how could she want to wrong herself any more and settle things down?
Linglong smiled innocently, "Second sister, you don't know, Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Chang have treated me very well, and they have always told me not to be restrained, and to treat Chongshanhou's mansion as my own home. I really have nothing to do with Mrs. Wang. I asked for something, probably because I took a second look, Madam Wang ordered someone to send these over. It’s not that I’m too oblivious, it’s that Madam Wang is too considerate.”

Jingxi didn't expect Linglong to show off so much, she couldn't help being a little surprised, for a while, she didn't know what to say.

Qiao smiled joyfully, "In the past, I didn't think much of Mrs. Wang, but after hearing what Long'er said, I thought she was very discerning."

Both Mrs. Yu and Mrs. Guan were a little dumbfounded.If you dare to be used to Linglong like you, you have a good eye, right?
"Your second sister is also kind." Guan said to Linglong with a smile: "After all, when you are away from home, prudence is the first priority, Linglong, is that right?"

"Auntie, I'm very steady. But I can't help it, I'm so attractive." Linglong didn't show any weakness.

"Yeah, there's nothing I can do about it." Qiao said dotingly with a smile all over her face.

Jingxi felt aggrieved, and cast a begging look at Old Madam Yu.

She is the older sister, so if she tried to persuade her younger sister, she would end up with such a result, so that's fine.

Old Madam Yu knew that Jingxi had always been competitive, while Linglong was too squeamish by Shishilang and Qiao Sitao, a pair of doting parents, and she was unwilling to suffer.The two sisters had this small dispute, the younger sister could listen to the older sister's teaching, and the older sister could give way to the younger sister, it wasn't a big deal.However, looking at the situation, Jing Xi's mother and daughter do not have the upper hand.

"Linglong, what did you say to Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Chang?" Mrs. Yu asked carefully.

"I've said a lot, but it's just common sense, I don't remember much." Linglong giggled.

Jing Xi couldn't help feeling bitter in his heart.

Linglong doesn't care about the person she wants to get close to.

"It's really a child's heart." The old lady Yu smiled slightly, "I can't remember what I said at all. Linglong, you are growing up every day, you should be more careful, be careful in your words and deeds, you know?"

Linglong tilted her head and thought for a while, "Be more careful? Okay, that's what it should be. Be cautious in your words and deeds? Grandma, if you're like Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Chang, telling me to be polite and restrained over and over again, I will also Are you careful in your words and deeds?"

"Of course." Mrs. Yu smiled unnaturally.

"Yes, granddaughter wrote it down." Linglong readily agreed.

Anyway, I'm done showing off, and I'm almost too angry, so that's it.

Yu Wenhui sent someone to pick Su Shengchun home, Su Shengchun should go.She didn't want to leave, so she muttered softly, "No one will play with me when I go home." Her cousins ​​are all married, and her niece can't walk yet. After returning to Su's house, she was deserted, unlike her grandmother's house. , There are three cousins ​​and cousins ​​who are close in age.

"This is called berry, also called ground berry. It's delicious to eat directly. It's delicious when made into sauce. It's sour and sweet. Cousin, I'll order someone to give it to you after I make it." Linglong promised.

"Really?" Su Shengchun was very happy.

She said goodbye to Mrs. Yu and others, and returned to Su's house in a happy mood.

Linglong didn't like to stay here either, so she told old lady Yu and ordered someone to make strawberry jam.Qiao Shi was worried, so she also followed her, saying clearly to open her eyes, but she was actually staring at Linglong, Linglong knew it in her heart, smiled, and didn't expose her.

Linglong first ordered someone to wash a plate of strawberries and put them in front of her. She ate them while ordering, "Wash them well, then soak them in salt water for half an hour, then rinse them twice with well water, and then dry them. Cut into small pieces and cook with rock sugar on low heat."

She enthusiastically gave way to Mrs. Qiao, "Mother, eat it. It's delicious." Mrs. Qiao took one and ate it, and praised, "It's really delicious."

When the strawberry jam is made, Joe especially likes the sweet and sour taste.

Linglong ordered people to send some to various places, grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins, and of course Qiao's, Heqinghou's Mansion and Chongshanhou's Mansion.

In the evening, when Uncle Yu, Yu Chang, and Yu Yan came back, Linglong brought out strawberry jam like a treasure, and they agreed.

Linglong has a sense of accomplishment.

She quietly pulled Uncle Yu aside, and asked him in a low voice and secretly, "Father, I want to ask you something quietly, but you can't tell anyone, and you can't tell mother, okay? You... Did you tell me something?" Betrothed to who?"

Linglong looked at Uncle Yu eagerly, with a nervous expression.

Uncle Yu couldn't help but wonder, "Well, why would you ask this? You are still young, and you are still three or four years away from Jiji. Could it be that your parents promised you so early?"

"My father really didn't betray me." Linglong burst into tears.

She was even more grateful to Chen Junyan in her heart.In order to clear the relationship for the Yu family, he temporarily thought of the excuse of "you are my little daughter-in-law who has never been married", and then immediately explained it specifically to prevent doubts in his heart.Chen Junyan, you are too kind to me.

However, we met by chance, why did he treat me so well?Linglong was a little confused and really couldn't figure it out.

"How did you think of asking this?" Uncle Yu felt that this matter was very unusual, so he asked.

Linglong rolled her eyes and giggled, "Daddy, someone asked me today...don't tell mother, okay? Madam Chang asked me."

"How presumptuous to ask this little girl." Uncle Yu couldn't help frowning.

Indeed, according to the moral and etiquette requirements of this era, it would be too impolite for a wife to directly ask Linglong if she had promised her.If you are really interested in a little girl, you should contact her parents.

Linglong was stunned, feeling that her luck was really bad today. She had gone through sweating medicine, making bait, and escaping from the hail of bullets (actually, there are no guns and bullets, but that's what Linglong thought), and at the end of the day, And told a very stupid lie!
"You're kidding, she's joking." Linglong hurried to make amends, "Daddy, do you remember? Mrs. Chang's daughter is sister Xu, and sister Xu is going to marry my eldest cousin? I know sister Xu too well, so we started A few jokes, "Sister, you have already made a promise to someone else", and Mrs. Chang asked me jokingly, "Have you ever made a promise to someone?"."

Linglong prayed in her heart, "Daddy, please don't misunderstand me. From now on, I will not be allowed to go to the Marquis of Chongshan, and I will not be allowed to meet Mrs. Chang. Mrs. Chang is a very easy-going and kind elder, she is very pampering to me."

"That's it." Uncle Yu's face softened.

He didn't question Linglong again.

Linglong secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

After Linglong returned to her room, she casually flipped through a miscellaneous book under the lamp, and Tang Xiaoming quietly put a letter beside her.

"I worked so hard to please you and make you happy, how about you? Use me as bait." Linglong resented in her heart, but she still opened the letter.

There is not a word in the letter, only a picture.

A man and a woman are kissing in a gentle and courteous manner. Behind them, there are endless mountains and vast rivers and lakes.

"What does this mean?" Linglong didn't know much about painting, so she was a little confused.

"One kiss will seal the country?" She wrote five big characters, followed by a big question mark.

There is no unified punctuation mark in this era, and occasional commas, periods, etc. appear, but the standards are not uniform at all, so there is no promotion.However, Linglong and Wang Xiaosan have been in communication for a long time, and they have used punctuation marks more than once, so Wang Xiaosan should already understand and get used to it.

Wang Xiaosan's reply still didn't have a single word, it was a picture with a very shy expression.

"Wang Xiaosan, did you draw it in front of the mirror?" Linglong couldn't help laughing.

This face belonged to Wang Xiaosan, there was no doubt about it.Seeing him who was originally handsome and cold shy, Linglong felt a little funny.

"Please don't seduce someone who is already engaged. I want to marry him, you know." Linglong wrote intentionally.

(End of this chapter)