Colorful

Chapter 21
In this way, Ji Cheng's long-lived thread has cute things like small zongzi, small bats, and small lizards. Because the colors are very bright, it is not too bad among the delicate things made by all the girls.

Just because there is the worst one——Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan was born in the frontier fortress. Although her parents were from famous families and her upbringing was quite strict, it is hard to find a gentleman in the frontier area, so Lu Yuan's piano, chess, calligraphy, painting and even female celebrity can only be regarded as so-so, but horse riding and archery are more than ordinary. The girls are all great.

This Dragon Boat Festival, Lu Yuan made some snakes, scorpions, lizards and other five poisons with cloth heads. Ji Cheng couldn't agree with his conscience, but it was still realistic. At least several eight or nine-year-olds were scared to cry. little girl.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Ji Cheng and others will follow Chef Liu to make rice dumplings and send them to the elders and brothers and sisters in the family to taste.

It was dusk after a lot of work, Ji Cheng's arms were sore, he sorted out the long-lived strands, packed them in boxes, and let Yu Qian'er and Liu Ye'er send them to several cousins ​​in the house.The greetings from the elders in the family have already been handed over in the morning.

Unexpectedly, Liu Ye'er didn't take over, but instead said: "Girl, I saw that Miss Yun and Miss Yuan sent them all by herself, so that's the only way to show sincerity."

Why didn't Ji Cheng know what Su Yun and Lu Yuan were thinking, only Shen Xun yelled for everyone to send them off together, but Su Yun and Lu Yuan didn't say a word, Shen Xian secretly pulled Shen Xun's sleeve , everyone dispersed.

It is such a good opportunity to give gifts at the Dragon Boat Festival, so someone has to seize it.But Ji Cheng couldn't avoid it, for fear of offending Shen's family and seniors, and if the other party talked a lot in the future, it would be enough for her to eat a pot.

Ji Cheng rubbed his arm: "I made zongzi all afternoon today, and my arms are sore. You can ask Third Sister and Fifth Sister how they delivered the things. If they also Go, and I will go with them."

Liu Ye'er agreed, and came back after a while and said: "The third girl's things have already been delivered, and the fifth girl is about to deliver them, so I told the girl what I wanted, and she said that I will wait for you to go with me."

Ji Cheng nodded, got up and changed clothes, went out to look for Shen Cui, and the two went to Shen Yu's yard first as companions.

Shen Yu wasn't there, only Brother Hong was in the yard, when he saw Ji Cheng, he ran up with his short legs, and then stood a foot away from Ji Cheng with his hands behind his back, pretending to be an adult. :"How did you come?"

Ji Cheng bent down and pinched Brother Hong's cute face: "I'm here to give you the thread of longevity."

Brother Hong stretched out his hand, showing Ji Cheng his arm and wrist, and continued to say arrogantly: "I have it."

Ji Cheng didn't care about these things, and opened the box in his hand: "What someone else gave is someone else's wish, but this is mine. Can I pick you the first one?"

Brother Hong glanced at the long-lived thread in the box, and didn't think it was too delicate, but it was more interesting. After fiddled with it for a while, he picked out a long-lived thread with a small gecko braided on it: "Just Here it is."

Ji Cheng handed the box to Liu Ye'er, knelt down and tied the longevity thread on Hong Ge'er.

The two of them were fine, but Shen Cui and Lan Xiang who were standing aside looked dumbfounded.

Who is Brother Hong?The first grandson in the third room of the Shen family was treated like an eyeball by the old lady. Food, clothing, housing and transportation are not the first job. At a young age, he has the aura of being unambiguous, just like Shen Yu's second.

On weekdays, Brother Hong always looks cold and indifferent to everyone he sees. He is young and mature, and the people who can get close to him are only the few who serve him, but they are all served with trepidation. Hong Ge'er's face can't even think about it.

And the most shocking thing is that Brother Hong didn't say anything and didn't lose his temper at all.Why not surprise Lan Xiang, who has been serving him all the year round but still doesn't have a smiling face.

Shen Cui didn't have much contact with Brother Hong, but she also knew that this little nephew usually didn't like people touching him, and she didn't have time to remind Ji Cheng, who knew that Ji Cheng and Brother Hong were already so close.

"When did Cousin Cheng get so close to Brother Hong?" Shen Cui couldn't help asking sourly.

Ji Cheng didn't expect that Shen Cui would even eat this kind of vinegar, his temperament was too domineering.After all, Ji Cheng's time in the mansion was too short, so he didn't know about Brother Hong's temperament in private, so he couldn't understand Shen Cui's surprise and jealousy.

And Shen Cui couldn't help thinking too much, there was a girl who wanted to marry Shen Yu to fill a house in the past, but she couldn't follow Shen Yu's way, so she tried to get close to Brother Hong, hoping that Shen Yu could love the house as well as Wu, who knew Brother Hong Er's temper is worse than his father's.Now that Shen Cui sees that Ji Cheng is so good that even brother Hong can please him, besides jealousy, Shen Cui also has some admiration in his heart.

But admiration is nothing but admiration, but Shen Cui didn't think that Ji Cheng had the possibility of marrying Shen Yu, so she couldn't help curling her lips, laughing at her for wasting her time.

While talking, she didn't want Shen Yu to come in from the outside, Shen Cui hurriedly called "Brother", although she was rude to Ji Cheng, she became a paper tiger in front of Shen Yu.

Ji Cheng also lowered her eyes and called out "Cousin Yu", she was quite cheeky, no matter whether Shen Yu looked down on her own background, but she called out cousin according to Shen Cui's relationship It should be better to have a closer relationship, maybe in the future when they will be begging the Shen family, it will be easier to talk to each other if they are familiar.

After Brother Hong saw his father, Shen Yu, he unconsciously stood beside Ji Cheng, successfully avoiding Shen Yu's sight.

Shen Yu looked at Ji Cheng, he didn't expect to see her here suddenly.After he saw Ji Cheng enter the water to save people that day, Shen Yu dreamed of her for two nights in a row, and she was always in the dream.

At this time, Shen Yu felt a little afraid to look at Ji Cheng, and had nothing to say, so he only said, "Why are you here?"

"Isn't tomorrow the Dragon Boat Festival? Let's give elder brother a long life." Shen Cui said.

"Go in and talk." Shen Yu said as he raised his legs to go to the main hall, Shen Cui and Ji Cheng hurriedly followed, while Brother Hong walked in by the corner of Ji Cheng's clothes.

Ji Cheng lowered his head and glanced at Brother Hong, Shen Yu must be a strict father, otherwise Brother Hong wouldn't be so afraid of him, but she herself didn't expect the mature and proud Brother Hong to get close to her like this, they just Only met twice.

Entering the house, the lights were much brighter, and Shen Yu also noticed Brother Hong beside Ji Cheng, with a slight surprise in his eyes, Brother Hong took half a step back, because it was not good to discipline the child in front of outsiders, Shen Yu also Didn't say much.

Shen Yu was speechless, Shen Cui tugged on Ji Cheng's sleeve, motioning for her to quickly take out the things.What Shen Cui gave to Shen Yu was a bunch of small gourds made of five-color satin, which were very delicate and cute, while Ji Cheng casually took out a long-lived strand from the box, and handed it to Ruixue who was serving beside him.

After the things were delivered, Shen Cui pulled Ji Cheng and left, far away from Shen Yu's Changheng Courtyard, Shen Cui patted his chest and said: "Oh, I can finally take a deep breath."

Shen Yu's aura is indeed a bit scary, but it is not enough to make people breathless, Ji Cheng smiled and said: "Is that how you are scared, Eldest Young Master?"

In front of Shen Cui, Ji Cheng stopped calling Shen Yu his cousin. No matter what, this girl has a domineering desire to possess anyone who has anything to do with her, and Ji Cheng will let her go.

"Isn't it? He's like a black-faced Mr. Bao, and he doesn't speak. I don't know what the girls who want to marry him are trying to do?" Shen Cui said while looking at Ji Cheng.

Ji Cheng couldn't see Shen Cui's careful thinking, so he just smiled slightly and didn't answer.

Shen Cui couldn't see the reason on Ji Cheng's face, and said again: "We came here by ourselves to show our sincerity. I thought we wouldn't meet big brother, so I didn't know he would come back at this time. By the way, why did Brother Hong come with me?" Are you that close?"

Ji Cheng made up: "I have been destined to have children since I was a child." This is true, when she was a tomboy, she was more popular than her second brother, and she was echoed everywhere.

Shen Cui naturally didn't believe it, but she also knew that she couldn't make up her mind, so she said angrily, "Let's go, it's time to go to Second Brother's place."

This time it was Ji Cheng's turn to hope that Second Young Master Shen would not be around. After meeting Shen Che on the top of the Deyue Pavilion that time, Ji Cheng felt a little uncomfortable thinking about him, and her usual pretense was completely useless in front of him.

However, these cousins ​​of the Shen family are usually invisible in the mansion. It is already luck in luck to meet Shen Yu today. Even Shen Yu is just coming back to change clothes, and he will go out to socialize later. of.Therefore, the chance of encountering the second son who is a dragon but not tail will be even smaller.

Ji Cheng followed Shen Cui to the Jiuliyuan in Qingyuan. Shen Che did not live in the outer courtyard of the Duke's Mansion, but he was not married, so he chose to live in the Jiuliyuan in Qingyuan.

This nine-li courtyard is almost a unique garden in the Qingyuan Garden. Entering the Aquarius Gate, it is a small path with nine bends and eighteen turns, surrounded by streams, or through bamboo forests, or stepping on wooden bridges, or bypassing rose trellises, and changing steps. The scenery is quiet and quiet, and the faint fragrance of magnolia flowers floats across the nose. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a fairyland on earth.

When the eyes are open, there will be winding bamboo houses built along the stream and going up the hillside, beside which there are thousands of bamboo poles and green bamboos.

At this time, the lamp was already on, and the bamboo house shone with orange light, like a coiled dragon winding up in the emerald forest, and the stream next to it seemed like a silver belt, Ji Cheng couldn't help sighing: "It's so beautiful."

Even Shen Cui lost his mind a little, and couldn't help being jealous of the elegance and wealth of the eldest son of the Duke's Mansion.

The two were waiting to move forward when a little boy greeted him: "Fifth Miss..." The little boy didn't know Ji Cheng yet, and when he looked at her, he didn't know how to address her, and his face was a little embarrassed.

"This is my cousin Cheng." Shen Cui said, "Is Second Brother here?"

Qi Shu said: "The second young master is just here, and the fifth girl is here to deliver the longevity thread, right? Miss Lu is also inside." While talking, she saw Su Yun leading the girl out from the path, and the three of them happened to walk together .

Just approaching the bamboo house at the bottom of the mountain, before entering the house, I heard Lu Yuan's delicate voice: "Cousin Che, can you watch the dragon boat race tomorrow at the Dragon Boat Festival? After watching the dragon boat race and the polo match, the capital is really lively, thanks to me This time it’s in time for the Dragon Boat Festival.”

Ji Cheng and Shen Cui looked at each other, and couldn't help but fight. Lu Yuan's usual voice was heroic and sassy, ​​but it wasn't as coquettish as it is now, which made people get goosebumps.

Su Yun next to him couldn't help but laughed out loud.

When Lu Yuan saw Ji Cheng and the others walk in, her face became even more red, and she couldn't help but backed away: "What a coincidence, are you also here to give Cousin Che something to ward off evil spirits during the Dragon Boat Festival?"

Among the three of them, only Shen Cui agreed, Ji Cheng looked at Shen Che, feeling guilty and embarrassed, so he lowered his head, and looked at Su Yun, but he blushed and peeked at Shen Che from time to time.

Ji Cheng thought to himself, one of the two cousins ​​is as beautiful as a flower, and the other is lively and cheerful, and he doesn't know which of the two cousins ​​Shen Ergong will accept the beauty of.

It's just that Shen Che's suaveness, even Ji Cheng, who is a newcomer, has heard of it, and Su Yun and Lu Yuan also know it if they think about it.

But it's no wonder that Su Yun and Lu Yuan, Shen Che's skin is really good, the cold handsomeness is still clear, and the sparseness also implies romance, like the bright moon in the cold sky, and the green pine on the lonely mountain, which makes people fascinated. Chi Chi.Even Ji Cheng watched too much and couldn't hold back.

A person like Shen Che keeps silent, even if he sees him every day, he may eat half a bowl of rice more.

It is also delicious.

It's a pity that Lu Yuan flirted with the blind man, but after some inquiries, she had to say "other entertainment".

Su Yun couldn't help but said: "I heard that this year's Dragon Boat Race in Jinhongchi, even the Holy Majesty will go! Cousin Che really doesn't want to watch it?"

"The Holy Majesty goes to Jinhong Pond to watch the dragon boat race every year, and my second brother goes every year, so I'm already tired of watching it." Shen Cui said quickly.

A faint smile floated on the corner of Shen Che's lips, and he said nothing, but Ji Cheng saw him glance at the little boy who was serving him, and the little boy said loudly: "Young master, it's almost time, didn't you invite Mr. Ma and the others?" ?"

Shen Che stood up, apologized, and turned to leave to change clothes.

Ji Cheng and Shen Cui quickly took out the gadgets and put them on the table. Although Su Yun and Lu Yuan had thousands of words to say, they could only swallow them down.

On the way back, Ji Cheng thought about Shen Che's attitude just now, he was very shy towards these cousins, so he felt relieved. When he first heard about Shen Che's affairs, Ji Cheng was really afraid that he would be so chaotic in the house. Come.

When we reached a fork in the road, Lu Yuan suddenly said, "I'm tired after walking for half a day, so I won't go see my cousin, Fifth Sister, please give this to him for me."

This is a straightforward person who only cares about the one he likes, but it is also plainly ridiculous.

Su Yun was calmer than Lu Yuan, and still went to Shen Jing's yard with Ji Cheng and the others.

The situation on Shen Jing's side was different, he knew that his cousins ​​were going to come to deliver things today, so he even postponed the entertainment, just looking forward to seeing Ji Cheng.

Seeing Ji Cheng come in now, Shen Jing couldn't help asking with concern: "Sister Cheng, are you feeling better?"

Ji Cheng responded generously with a smile: "It's all over." Instead of being coy, such generosity does not make people suspicious.

Shen Jing also knew it was not good to just focus on Ji Cheng, and said a few words to Su Yun, Su Yun smiled and said: "I heard that Cousin Jing borrowed some books from Sister Cheng, I wonder if you can lend me a few too? "

How could Shen Jing not respond, not to mention that Su Yun was born with a beautiful face and was more lively than Ji Cheng, and could get close to anyone. The two discussed for a while, but Shen Jing didn't have a book, so they agreed to go outside. The bookstore looked for some miscellaneous notes, sketches and the like for her.

After sending his cousins ​​away, Shen Jing looked at Ji Cheng's back and felt a little worried, wondering if Ji Cheng would misunderstand his painstaking efforts.The reason he talked to Su Yun was to protect Ji Cheng and take her out so that his mother would not target Ji Cheng. He just hoped that Ji Cheng would not misunderstand that he had thoughts on Su Yun.

Ji Cheng didn't take this matter to heart at all.

(End of this chapter)