Xu Xuzhi

Chapter 14
Ever since she was hired, Fengjiu was always unhappy when no one was around, but she still looked normal in front of others. Even if the cousins ​​who were like-minded made fun of her, she would not talk to her, which made all the girls who envied her wonder what to say What's the matter, I don't know what the parents said later, in short, everyone didn't mention this problem in front of her again.

It was noon on the rest day, and she was playing with Feng Ling on the big kang of the old lady of the Tang family in Fuzeju. No matter how you look at it——Although Feng Jiu is not close to his stepmother, he still loves this younger sister very much.

Fengling's mother, Mrs. Lu, was able to marry in because of an unspeakable past: Mrs. Lu is the cousin of Mrs. Yun, Mrs. Yun, Fengjiu's mother, and the two have been close since childhood. Nine's mother is incomparable, and she is also picky and picky, so the eldest is still in her boudoir. Anyone who knows the inside story knows that she has been looking for a husband like her suave and romantic cousin. Isn't it difficult?

Fengjiu's mother has an arrogant personality, and has long ignored her husband who is always stealing. Tang Du is greedy for his wife, but he can't change his faults. The relationship between the husband and wife inevitably becomes more and more twisted. Finally, Lu took advantage , taking advantage of Tang Du's drunkenness at Yun's house, Tang Du was shocked and angry when he sobered up, but he had to temporarily place Lu Shi outside, and soon found out that she was pregnant with Feng Ling.

But to be fair, Mrs. Yun's early death has nothing to do with this matter, but how could Feng Jiu not resent Lu Shi for this?But one size counts, for Feng Ling, his half-sister, Feng Jiu really couldn't even hate her, because Feng Ling really liked her as an older sister.

As for Tang Du being able to formally marry Lu after Yun's death and make a sequel, it was only because of Yun's and Feng Ling's face. The death of Mrs. Yuanpei finally made him repent, and he drove away the vicious second concubine. , and since then he has calmed down and stopped being promiscuous. This kind of behavior was also dumbfounded by everyone in the past, and they all said that it was cheaper for Lu Shi, whoever lives.

It is said that Feng Jiu doesn't like to play this much anymore at his age, but since the younger sister has spoken, she is happy to play with her.

Feng Ling stared enviously at her sister's nimble hands. Three sets of twelve small gala ha, as if understanding Feng Jiu's thoughts, "cover one flower, brighten one flower, four In the repeated chanting of "not even for others", first tossed a soybean bag high, and then seized the time to dexterously arrange Galaha into a watery "belly", "pit", and "donkey" , and "anvil" four sides.

These three galas were all made by Fengjiu under the guidance of her mother when her biological mother was still alive. At that time, she was about to be eight years old, kissed and licked, and cleaned up a lot. The mutton joints were washed clean and thoroughly tanned, and the twelve best-looking ones were picked out of them, and dyed with red and blue powder in three colors. After so many years of playing with so many people, Galaha is as if coated with oil, crystal clear and moist, it is one of Fengjiu's favorite little things.

Feng Ling looked at her sister's soft side face ecstatically, knowing that she was depressed because of her engagement to Ning Zheng, and couldn't bear it, so she has been pestering her sister to distract her attention these days.

In fact, from Feng Ling's point of view, Ning Zheng is not bad, but since my sister doesn't like it, then she has her reasons.

Feng Ling loves the two sisters very much, but because they are close in age to the second sister, they have a better relationship.

Fengjiu misunderstood her younger sister's slightly frustrated expression, and comforted her with a smile: "Your hands are too small, so it's naturally difficult to hold them, but 'small hands grasp treasure', our big Lingzi must be a wealthy girl in the future. Rich man, why don't you find another pair of galaha made of smaller roe deer joints; moreover, the pocket must be thrown high and not skewed, so that you can have more time to turn it; and, don't Afraid that the pocket will hit the back of your hand, don’t hide, it won’t hurt.”

The two sisters were talking lively, when the servants beside the father suddenly came over and said that the master had returned and brought a guest back, so that Feng Jiu and Miss Ba could go and meet them.

Feng Jiu was at a loss: why did the guest specify that the two ladies in the family should accompany him?She and Feng Ling hurriedly told grandma to see you later, and followed them to the front living room.

As soon as they entered the living room, they saw a genuine Western beauty, about the same age as Feng Jiu, with long pale blonde hair, braided in two braids, hanging softly by the ears, and a pair of big green emerald eyes There is a golden halo in it, as beautiful as those angels on the stained glass inlaid inside the high dome of Xiaoxiguan Church.

The father, whose face was not clear for a while, had a rare smile on his face, and he pulled the two sisters to introduce—this is the daughter of the newly transferred American Consul David Ge in Fengtian. David Ge used to be the first secretary in the consulate in Shanghai. He happened to be doing business in Shanghai and had a close personal relationship with David Ge.Although the two are one Chinese and one Western, their temperaments are very similar, and they can be called best friends. Tang Du is extremely intelligent and gifted in languages, so he can speak English fluently very quickly, and there is no need to communicate. There is no hindrance. From this point of view, Feng Jiu's outstanding language talent is also passed down in his family.

With the personnel change in the U.S. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, David Ge, who has a lot of experience, has become the U.S. Consul General in Fengtian. Naturally, he has to bring his family to take up the post. When he comes to Fengtian, how can he not say goodbye to his best friend.His daughter's Chinese name is Ge Luoli.

Fengling's English is not very good, so I can only watch helplessly as my sister chats happily with the distinguished guest.

The two girls hit it off right away. Fengjiu’s English was taught by Father Lin Mo who grew up in Philadelphia, so she speaks an eastern American accent that is close to the British accent; Ge Luoli is a girl from Chicago, the capital of Illinois in central America , the accent of this place is often considered to be a relatively authentic American accent, but there is no obstacle to the communication between the two.Tang Du saw that they had a good conversation, so he asked Feng Jiu to go shopping with Ge Luoli, a Western beauty, and sent his driver and bodyguard Wei Lan to drive. I want to go back to practice calligraphy and hide away.

The two were chatting on the back seat of the car. Gloria asked Feng Jiu which American novel he liked the most. Feng Jiu said without hesitation: "The Virginian by Owen West."

Glory's green eyes suddenly lit up: "Why?"

"Because I agree with the true meaning of love explained there." Gloria did not speak, quietly waiting for Feng Jiu to continue.

"In the novel, the male protagonist Virginian fell in love with the heroine, the noble lady Molly at first sight-I always hear people say that love at first sight is pure love, and love in free love is love. How is that possible? No matter when we see people are As a whole, no matter what attracts you is his appearance and temperament, or his skin and figure, or his conversation, in fact, there is a deep imprint of this person's class."

"I like the magnanimity of the hero in it. He told Molly that he hoped that by marrying her, he would become 'a person closer to your class.' He said it so clearly, because I always think that all human emotions , in the final analysis, they are all self-interested, they are all for self-improvement, and they are all for making themselves better."

Gloria cheered and grabbed Feng Jiu's hand, "Is this God's will? It actually made me meet my confidant in China. I resonate with you."

Feng Jiu also likes the sincere and straightforward Ge Luoli, "Then, from today on, let's be good friends." The two girls shook hands tightly and continued to chat cheerfully.None of them thought that the beautiful friendship between the two girls that started from this moment would really last a long life, until they were both teeth shaking and balding.

Fengjiu thought that he should let his best friend try the ice cream in Siping Street.

At Dongjiekou, Wei Lan stopped the car as usual and let the girls go shopping, and then drove to West Streetkou by himself, waiting for the girls to enjoy their shopping before picking them up.

At this time, there were not many customers in Xuesu Pavilion, and they only had two tables. The girls liked to eat facing the street, so they found a seat by the window and sat down.

Ge Luoli looked curiously at a young couple who were two tables away from them. This was the first time for her to observe a Chinese couple so closely. He didn't eat the ice cream at all, he let the ice cream turn into sweet water, he just held hands and murmured, his face was full of joy and sadness for a while, and even kissed when he was deeply in love.

Feng Jiu turned his back to the door, and after a while there was the sound of the door opening again, it seemed that there was a new guest.

"Miss Candy, is your First Kiss still there? If not, who did you give it to?" Gloria looked away and asked narrowly.Ge Luoli has long called Feng Jiu Candy on her own initiative, because she is learning Chinese and knows the homophony of "Tang Tang".

Feng Jiu has fully understood Ge Luoli's familiar temper, and doesn't take it as disobedience.

She also wanted to play tricks on the American girl.

"It's gone for a long time, it was gone four years ago." Feng Jiu responded boldly and straightforwardly.

"Oh? But you were only 12 years old at that time, you are really bold, can you tell me about it?" Gloria's green eyes lit up, and Feng Jiu scratched her ears and cheeks, her heart itching.

Feng Jiu suddenly felt a gust of gloomy wind blowing from behind, she trembled inexplicably, thinking that the door of "Xuesu Pavilion" was not closed properly, she didn't take it seriously, she just tightened her shawl.

"Come on, let me tell you."

When Ge Luoli really came over, she suddenly amplified her voice slightly: "My nephew!" She couldn't bear it any longer, because there were not many people in the store and the other customers were not too close, Fengjiu laughed loudly laugh it out.

Ge Luoli's eyes widened: "Little Buku?!" Just now in the Tang Mansion, she also met Xiao Buku who happened to be brought by Mrs. Feng Jiu to play. How could such a clever and lively little guy not capture Ge Luoli? heart.

"That's right!" Feng Jiu was proud, "He was born with dystocia, and he lost his breath when he came out. It was a mess, so I gave him artificial respiration."

"Miss Candy, you are really naughty!"

Ge Luoli realized that Feng Jiu had teased her, so she couldn't help pinching her snow-white face, and said angrily, "No, you have to pay me!"

"Then I'll give you the third scoop of ice cream!"

Feng Jiu picked up Ge Luoli's spoon, scooped up the last remaining ice cream and stuffed it into Glori's mouth, the two girls laughed together.

In the distance, sat two tall and handsome young men, who had just entered the shop.

One of the men with slightly curly hair found that the friend sitting opposite him had just entered, and his eyes fell on the two girls next to him, and a surprise flashed across his otherwise plain face.

"Ruiqing, do you know those two girls?" He whispered.

"Know the one in China."

He thought that Ning Zheng would go over to say hello, but found that he sat down immediately, three tables away from the girl at that table.

But the originally slightly smiling face suddenly changed to black as the bottom of a pot during the ambiguous English conversation between the two girls, and he was slightly startled.

As a close friend, he knew a long time ago that Ning Zheng's hearing ability is beyond ordinary people's imagination, it seems that he heard something.

Unexpectedly, after a while, he suddenly smiled again, like the spring mountain with water, and the clouds coming out of the mountains, the original anger and anger disappeared suddenly, tsk tsk, this kind of masculinity really confuses people's hearts.

"Look at you, it's like the face-changing skill I saw when I entered Sichuan last month. It changed three times in a while."

Upon hearing this, Ning Zheng slowly stopped laughing, "Do I have any?"

"Of course! I suggest you stop learning magic, and learn Sichuan Opera to change faces. When your grandma celebrates her birthday in the future, don't hire any theater troupe. It's enough for you, Caiyi entertainment, and you can't make your grandmother happy .”

"Eat your ice cream, three bowls are not enough to shut your mouth?" Ning Zheng was not polite to him, and stabbed him with his mouth.

"You." Seeing his friend suddenly having a fit, Yang Liren, Ning Zheng's good friend when he was in Nanjing, was also helpless.

After a while, the little girls finished eating, and they both smiled and called the waiter to come over to pay the bill. Feng Jiu was very generous and gave two silver dollars. The waiter was very happy and politely sent the two girls from the west gate on the other side. out.

Ning Zheng faintly heard Feng Jiu ask Ge Luoli in English, "No, you haven't told me who you gave your first kiss to, don't try to get away with it, this is in China, there is an old saying 'come and don't go' Indecent, say it quickly!"

"Friendship cannot stand always on one side", this old saying was translated very delicately by her.

Another burst of laughter, gradually drifting away.

"Aren't you going to catch up and say hello?"

"No, there are other things to do in the evening. Let's leave after eating." Yang Liren was very puzzled, because Ning Zheng was obviously interested in that little Chinese girl, and his engagement again was not made public. A group of friends have not had time to say.

Yang Liren just sat opposite to Ning Zheng, and Ning Zheng and Feng Jiu had their backs facing each other, so Yang Liren only saw the back of this girl who made Ning Zheng's expression fluctuate. The hair is very good, crowed, with a wishful bun on one side, and a small bunch of lily of the valley made of jade hanging on each side. When she and the Western girl walked away, they seemed to be able to hear the lily of the valley from a long distance away. The sound of colliding with each other.

When they passed through rows of tables and chairs and walked towards the west back door, Yang Liren finally saw the girl's profile: straight nose bridge, big smiling eyes, peach-colored face and lips, young but slender and tall, with a Standing straight, the clothes are well-made and elegant, and the concubine-colored short jacket with oversized sleeves and the Xiang-colored pleated skirt underneath outline an extremely beautiful silhouette.

Yang Liren wouldn't be him if he didn't show his skin: "Brother, you have a good eye. This little girl is beautiful."

There was a smile on the corner of Ning Zheng's lips, and he also turned around to look at Feng Jiu's leaving back, "This is my fiancée."

"What?!" Yang Liren was almost choked to death by his own saliva, "...why are you so overwhelmed? After finally getting divorced, why are you engaged again?" The topic changed: "But, it's really outstanding."

Ning Zheng didn't like to talk to him, but just urged him to finish eating and leave.

"Why, brother? Do you know Beiping, Shanghai, Nanjing... how many hearts are waiting to be placed on you?"

Ning Zheng punched this playful friend lightly, "In this life, she will be her."

Uh... Yang Liren couldn't even utter a joke.

Young Master Huahua is going to completely calm down?He couldn't help paying attention to Feng Jiuxing from behind, paying high respects - this little girl is very obedient.

Yang Liren didn't look away until he could no longer see Feng Jiu's figure, still a little unbelievable, and then found that Ning Zheng was still staring at the place where his fiancée disappeared, and couldn't help but blushed: "Isn't it? Are you willing? I don't believe it." Hey, you're only 21."

"Holding a sincere heart to others, I am afraid that they will throw it on the ground without even looking at it." Ning Zheng lowered his head and took a sip of the cool lemon juice, and said leisurely.

Yang Liren was choked again, with a sullen expression on his face, "Oh, I didn't expect you to be so cheap." Suddenly he smiled again, "But I like watching theater."

He immediately threw the spoon and folded his arms across his chest: "Okay, I'll just wait and see what happens to you, the person who jumped into the fire pit on his own initiative."

"Then you can get ready and watch it for the rest of your life." Ning Zheng said leisurely, and the two got up to pay the bill and left calmly.

(End of this chapter)