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Chapter 72

Chapter 64

At noon the next day Ming Yu received the letter, she was in her room after dinner, and was roasting bud tea when she had nothing to do, when she suddenly heard the sound of hurried footsteps coming from outside the door. Chun'er, the little girl sent by the Gu family to wait on her, spoke in a low voice to Chun Yuan who was at the door, and soon, Chun Yuan came in with a smile on her face, and said: "Chun'er said that the guests have arrived, the master and the two A young master Biao is accompanying Mr. Xie, and Madam is bringing two young ladies to the big flower hall in the back hall, telling the girls to go quickly."

Ming Yu suppressed the slight jump in her heart, put down the printed white ou cup steadily in her hand, and said with a smile: "Understood. Tell Chun'er to watch the fire in the clay stove, and wait for the next guest to sit in my room." It’s just time to make tea.” Then he walked out quickly.

In addition to the West Flower Hall near the outer hall, where Ming Yu passed the Xiezui Bridge privately last time, there is also a more delicate Big Flower Hall in Gao's house.Naturally, Mrs. Gu took the two young ladies there.When I went in, I saw five or six girls and mothers standing inside, and they should all be from Xie's and Pei's families.Xie Jingzhu and Pei Wenying were sitting there.One was wearing apricot yellow, and the other was wearing a lavender silk shirt, showing a noble air in the attire.The two of them were listening to Mrs. Gu showing off the antiques in the hall frothingly.Xie Jingzhu just fell, although he was a little absent-minded, he still nodded a few times in harmony from time to time.Pei Wenying was obviously impatient, and only because she was Mingyu's aunt, she held back and looked at the entrance from time to time.Suddenly seeing Ming Yu, his eyes lit up.

I haven't seen her for a few years. Pei Wenying, like Xie Jingzhu, is now a 12-year-old girl. She is much taller than Mingyu's impression, and her appearance is getting better and better.

"Sister Ruan, I see you again!" Pei Wenying stood up, with a smile on her face, and walked towards her.

Ming Yu hurriedly went up to ask her to sit down, and greeted Xie Jingzhu, then looked at Pei Wenying a few times, and said with a smile: "I don't feel it when I grow older, but looking at you two sisters are like mushrooms Damn, you've become a big girl all at once."

"Sister Ruan is more and more beautiful. I just saw it at first sight, but I couldn't take my eyes off it. Jing Zhu used to say that she wanted to be your sister, but now it has come true. In the future, there will be a good sister-in-law like my sister. Presumably, I won’t be yelling and boring every day.”

Pei Wenying smiled, with a hint of envy in her tone.

Ming Yu glanced at Xie Jingzhu, and saw that she was looking over with a smile.Knowing that the two of them must have known about it, they couldn't help but feel a little hot.

"My niece and Mr. Xie are a good couple. Isn't it just like an old saying, a marriage of thousands of miles is linked by a thread. I saw that the two girls are also like flowers and jade, and they are better than my niece. They have their own destiny." A great marriage is waiting."

Mrs. Gu on the side was a little in awe of the two young ladies at first, and after saying a few words, seeing that the two were not as arrogant as he imagined, especially the girl from the Xie family, she was even more easy-going, so she let go. go.Seeing that he was left out in the cold, he found a gap to interject, and quickly joked, and then he giggled again.

This time it was the turn of Xie Jingzhu and Pei Wenying to blushed with embarrassment.The two elderly mothers on the side, one is Xie Jingzhu's wet nurse, Mama Xu, and the other is Mama Jin, who is next to Mrs. Pei Jia'an.The two of them were a bit disdainful of Gu's show just now, but now they looked at each other, and although they didn't speak, they sucked their mouths together.

Mother Jin coughed, took a step forward and said to Ming Yu: "When my daughter was in Jiangzhou, Miss Cheng was kind enough to save her. My wife always remembers it and never forgets it. She often mentions it, but hates that Lu Yuan is inconvenient to go there. Thank you. Now that I know that the girl has come, I am very happy. In half a month, it will be the birthday of my old matriarch. The wife told the old matriarch, and the old matriarch invited the girl to the house to have a good time. Please also Girl, don't refuse."

Ming Yu was startled, and looked at Pei Wenying.

"Sister Ruan, I often mention you in front of my mother. She has wanted to see you for a long time, and now you are engaged to my cousin again, and you are your own person. You must go then!"

Pei Wenying smiled and nodded vigorously at her.

She never wanted to step into the Pei family's Marquis Mansion again in this life.I don't want to have such an invitation suddenly now.

"Thank you. At that time, I will have to pay my respects to my wife and old lady."

Ming Yu pondered for a moment, then responded with a smile.

She couldn't find a reason to refuse, and now...she was no longer the Ruan Mingyu in her previous life.

The place that used to be her nightmare, now that she thinks about it, it seems a little blurry.

"Okay, I will go there then. I will wait for Sister Ruan there!"

Xie Jingzhu was very happy to see that she agreed.

Seeing her aunt by the side, Ming Yu looked envious when she heard the words, fearing that she would talk nonsense later, she said, "Auntie, I have fresh bud tea from my own tea shop in my room. Take the two younger sisters to make tea and try how it tastes."

Gu Shi was startled, and quickly smiled and said: "Okay, okay, I know you have your own things to say, so Auntie will ask someone to bring tea to you."

Ming Yu smiled and thanked, then got up and invited Xie and Pei to sit in her boudoir.The two of them had never seen a woman like Gu's before, they breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly nodded in agreement.

"Ayu..."

Gu Shi followed out, called Ming Yu softly, and winked at her.Ming Yu knew that she wanted to introduce her two cousins ​​to these two high-school ladies in Beijing.After getting along these days, I knew that although the two cousins ​​did not have outstanding talents and looks, they were both quiet and elegant girls, so they smiled at them and said: "Mo Ruo asked my two cousins ​​to come over together. They are about the same age and talk more lively." .”

Seeing the two ladies nodding in unison, Mrs. Gu smiled, and hurriedly ordered the girl beside her to invite the girl to accompany the guests in Miss Biao's room, and accompanied her all the way to Mingyu's room, and saw the two daughters coming, and said He went to the side and whispered a few more words, and then put it in with a smile, and invited the two mothers to go down to have tea and rest.The two mothers had been bumping on the road for two days, and their old bones were already creaking. Seeing that their daughter had entered the boudoir in the backyard, they felt relieved to rest.

Mingyu's two cousins, one named Xiuli and the other named Xiumin, were only twelve or thirteen years old. They were educated and scolded by Mrs. Gu at first, and when they came in and sat with her, they were afraid to open their mouths. After a few words, Seeing Xie Jingzhu's sweet and easy-going smile, although Pei Wenying talked less, she was not as arrogant as the two of them imagined, so she relaxed.Not long after, Chunyuan brought someone to bring exquisite refreshments, all of which were sweet and fragrant, and filled the room with the fragrance of tea, filled with laughter from girls.

Because the road was a bit far, Xie Jingzhu and Pei Wenying stayed overnight that night, and they were arranged in an empty room next to Mingyu. All the utensils and bedding they used were brand new and exquisite. The two mothers inspected it and were satisfied.

After dinner in the evening, Ming Yu also heard Xie Zuiqiao's whereabouts from Chun Yuan.The old patriarch of the Dao Gao family's clan heard that he was coming. Although in terms of closeness, Ming Yu was only the granddaughter of a married aunt in the Gao family, separated by several floors.Only among the Gao family's children, most of them are commoner merchants, and the most promising family's children have only worked as petty officials in the Hedao Department. Naturally, the relationship was put aside, and he immediately recognized his grandson-in-law. He booked a private room in the best restaurant in Yu County, and tremblingly wanted to come here in person with a cane.Xie Zuiqiao learned about this from Mingyu's cousin, he respected the elders, he didn't dare to take it too seriously, so he went to pay a visit in person, and now he is having a banquet with about a dozen Gao family members in a restaurant.

Ming Yu thought that he should be being toasted by his grandmother's relatives in turn.He has a straightforward temperament, and because of his own face, he will not shirk the toasted wine, so he is a little worried that he will pass out if he drinks too much.When they came out of Xie Jingzhu and Pei Wenying's room and went back to their room, ready to wash up and take a rest, it was already the end of Xu hour, a little worried, and stayed up late.

Needless to say, Chunyuan also saw her thoughts, and quietly sent the little girl to the outer courtyard where the male guest stayed to see what happened.The little girl came back, out of breath, and said: "It is said that more than a dozen people toasted him in turn, Mr. Xie was drunk early, and he was dragged back."

Seeing that Xie Zuiqiao was really drunk, Ming Yu complained to his cousin and others in his heart.He also heard that he had already rested and was soundly asleep, and there was nothing serious, so he was a little relieved.Seeing that it was getting late, she asked Chun Yuan and the others to disperse to rest, and she also turned off the lights and lay down.There was silence in her ears, but she couldn't sleep, her eyes were looking at the moonlight cast by the window, and the smiling eyes of him looking at her slowly appeared in front of her eyes.

Early tomorrow morning, Xie Jingzhu and Pei Wenying were leaving, and he would also escort them away.He and I really feel like we are so close to each other now.I couldn't help laughing at myself, turned over and was about to sleep with my eyes closed, when I heard a faint Xun sound coming from the direction of the flower wall in the West Garden.The sound of the xun is sent by the wind, and it will stop after a few rings.If other people hear it, they will only think that someone from Mochizuki expresses his feelings.But she immediately recognized that it was exactly the tune that Xie Zuiqiao blew as a congratulatory tune when she celebrated her birthday.

Ming Yu listened again with his ears pricked up, but there was no more movement.My heart was pounding suddenly, and I didn't feel sleepy anymore.After waiting for a while, I finally couldn't help getting up, put on my clothes and went out quietly, heading for the flower wall in the West Garden where I heard the Xun sound just now.

The house where Mingyu and several cousins ​​live is in the west garden, and the distance to the flower wall that separates the inner and outer courtyards is only a corridor over a small pond.With the moonlight at the end of the corridor, I looked up and saw the shadows of trees whirling beside the flower wall that was as tall as a person. It was quiet and silent, and I stood silently for a while. Just as I turned around to go back to my room, I heard another Xun sound. broken.This time I could hear it clearly, it was just beside the flower wall a few steps away from me.

"Teacher!" She suppressed her beating heart and reprimanded softly.

"Ayu, I can't sleep, I just want to hear your voice..." From the other side of the wall, a depressing, familiar voice slowly came out.

(End of this chapter)