in spring

Chapter 163
The conversation in the courtyard was still going on, Mother Lu asked about Lu Renyi's situation in a joking and tentative tone: "How old is this year? Is there anyone else in the family?"

Chunying still went back to the door to peek, and saw that Lu Renyi seemed a little uneasy, and said dryly: "I'm 25 years old, and I'm the only one at home! Oh, yes, there are a few people living with me Together, there is an uncle, but his family is in Tianjin." He scratched his hair, his dark skin was a little red, I don't know if he was exposed to the sun, or he was embarrassed, and his eyes couldn't help but look at Qiu Yuchunying. Glancing in the direction of the window of the room.

Chunying secretly laughed, but Lu Yougui and Lu's mother were laughing dryly. The wooden steward closed his eyes, cleared his throat, and said, "Renyi's parents passed away a few years ago, and there are no siblings in the family. Living in such a large yard and having so much property was too much for me, so I hired a family to help with chores. The family was a couple with a pair of children, and they could do some errands and kitchen work. Renyi plans to buy a little girl to take care of the house after he gets married again, and he will never make his wife suffer!" He smiled and patted Lu Renyi on the shoulder: "He has no relatives in Beijing, only one uncle in Tianjin Renbai He communicated several times a year with letters, and only came to Beijing once when he was on errands, but he was very decent, and his aunt and two little brothers were also kind people. Other relatives were too far away, and they hadn’t seen each other for several years, but The families who rented his two courtyards live close together and come and go frequently, so they have a good friendship with Renyi."

Lu Yougui and his wife quickly sorted out useful information from these words, looked at each other, and they were quite satisfied. Lu Yougui asked again: "Speaking of which, when I went with Brother Mu, I saw Brother Lu's house. There seems to be a shop in front of the yard? Is that a place rented by someone else to do business, or is it my own business?"

The wooden steward took a sip of tea, did not hear Lu Renyi's answer, turned his head to look, and found that he was looking in the direction of the left wing, and the window of the left wing was closed, but now it was slightly opened, and there was a faint figure in the window after flashing.The wooden steward lowered his head and coughed twice, gently bumped Lu Renyi's elbow with his left hand, and repeated Lu Yougui's question again.

Lu Renyi straightened up, took a sneaky glance at everyone, and saw that everyone was drinking tea calmly, he was secretly relieved, and replied: "My yard was originally used by three people, but I live alone in the whole family. After adding Lao Ye's family, it was really empty. A friend gave me an idea, telling me to separate the front of the yard, and put tables, chairs, and plank beds in the house, so that the porters and coachmen who go in and out of the capital have a place to stay. The place also sells some dry food, wine and so on. Because it is close to the city gate, there are many people coming and going, so the business has started, and the money is second, and the most important thing is to give the big guys a convenience."

The Lu family and his wife nodded secretly. Not only did they have land and real estate, but they could also think about opening new sources. This young man is not stupid, but Lu's mother added another worry: "All the people who come to the store are porters? Is it reliable? Is it true? Will it be too noisy? Won't... disturb the back house, right?"

Mu Niangzi immediately said: "The front door connected to the backyard is locked, and there is another door to enter and exit the inner house. Renyi goes to the store every day, but also hits the street. No matter how many people are in the store, it will not disturb the backyard." Otaku, I can vouch for this!"

Lu's mother nodded, crooked her eyes, and looked at Lu Renyi carefully, feeling quite satisfied, then turned her gaze to his left leg, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Excuse me for being rude, I don't know your leg... ...How did you get hurt? What did the doctor say? Is there really no cure? Our family also knows one or two doctors who are good at treating bruises, or you..."

Chunying was planning to retreat back into the room, but when she heard this question, she immediately stopped, thinking "Mom is too impolite", on the other hand, she also wanted to know how Lu Renyi would answer, if he The leg can really be cured, it is the perfect sister-in-law's choice.

I could only hear Lu Renyi saying: "My leg fell when I was a child. The doctor said that I will be like this all my life. Actually, it doesn't matter. I can walk and run, but my feet are a little tall and low. When catching thieves on the street, I am better than others. Anyone who is not limping can run fast! If you don’t believe me, I’ll show you.” After finishing speaking, she got up and walked back and forth in the courtyard. When the soles are made thicker, it must be not much different from normal people.She nodded secretly, showing a satisfied smile.

"Second Sister, what are you doing?" Chunying was startled by the sudden sound of a child's voice next to her ear, and when she turned her head, it was her younger brother Xiaohu who ran out of the room at some point, looking at her with big eyes. His body was standing by the door, and when he said a word, he immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the courtyard.

Chunying yelled "I've been discovered" in her heart, then shook her head stiffly at her younger brother, and kept booing him to stop talking, but Xiaohu thought her shaking was very interesting, and happily followed her, shouting: " Second sister, I want to play! I want to play too!"

Chunying was sweating profusely, quickly picked up her younger brother and ran to the room, Qiuyu immediately walked away from the window, pretending to be sitting by the bed and tidying up her clothes.Chunying stuffed the person into Qiuyu's arms, wiped her sweat and said, "I'm scared to death, I was exposed by this little man!" After a pause, remembering what he saw when he entered the room just now, he covered his mouth and whispered. She laughed and said, "So my sister has been watching, but is it real? Are you satisfied?" Qiuyu blushed, and spat, "Go, stop talking nonsense here!" She lowered her head and played with her younger brother's little hand.

Chunying curled her lips: "Prudish...do you really care..." Then she told her how to make shoes: "My sister will try it in the future, maybe she can cover it up." But thoughtful.

The conversation in the courtyard was still going on, the curtain of the room was lifted suddenly, Mother Lu came in, glared at Chunying, took out a maroon bijia from the cabinet, handed it to Qiuyu, then hugged her son and said : "Put on this dress, Mu Niangzi is coming in soon."

Qiuyu was taken aback, and hurriedly put it on as she said, standing in the room at a loss, not knowing what to do.Chunying dug out a golden hairpin and a pink silk flower in the shape of a chrysanthemum from the jewelry box, inserted it for her, and applied a thin layer of rouge on her, making her look much better, tender and tender. pretty.

Mother Lu was very satisfied with her little daughter's make-up skills, so she carried her son out and brought Mu Niangzi in after a while.

Mu Niangzi is a woman about 40 years old, she is very delicate, she wears a mirrored black satin baotou on her head, revealing a few silver flowers faintly, she wears a sapphire blue double-breasted Lu silk jacket, and a thin pleated skirt of pine flower color, and she is not fat. Not thin, but smiling like a spring breeze: "Yo, I heard that your two daughters are very good-looking, I didn't look carefully before, but today I came to take a closer look, and they are a hundred times better than the rumors!" He took Qiuyu's hand affectionately, looked up and down, left, right, left and right, praised and praised, and finally said to Lu's mother: "What is there to hesitate? With the talent of the eldest niece, Doesn’t it just match my eldest nephew?! Didn’t you see that just now, that kid was about to drop his eyeballs just looking at the window!”

Not long after she entered the door, Chunying shrank to the side and pretended to be a wall flower. Hearing this, she couldn't help but secretly laugh.Qiuyu blushed with shame, bowed her head and said nothing, and secretly tried to pull her hand back, but Mu Niangzi kept holding it, tossing and turning, and asked her if she made the clothes on her body, what kind of food she usually likes to eat, and what kind of food she likes? Ask her what dissatisfaction she has with Lu Renyi...

Probably because Qiuyu was too shy to answer her questions properly, Mu Niangzi said a lot of good things for Lu Renyi, so she reluctantly accepted Lu's mother's invitation to continue drinking tea outside. Before leaving, he looked at Chunying a few times, and Fang left with a smile.

Chunying felt a little terrified by her eyes, she slightly suppressed the smile on her face, and pushed Qiuyu: "Sister, don't be so shy, it seems that the situation will be settled today, if you have any thoughts If you ask, why don’t you ask as soon as possible?!”

Qiuyu bit her lip, twisted the handkerchief into a twist, and said seriously: "Chun'er, you can ask him, he has lived to be 25 years old this year, and there is nothing serious about him, let me see...he has everything... …It’s pretty good, I should have gotten married a long time ago, but I haven’t married yet, but what’s the reason?”

Chunying opened her eyes wide: "I'll go? Is it okay?"

"It doesn't matter, you are still young, others will only think that you are a child and ignorant, and will not take it to heart." Qiuyu took Chunying's hand, "Good sister, just help me once! My sister must be very serious thanks!"

Chun Ying said: "What do you two sisters want? Since you said it's okay, I'll go ask." After speaking, she took a deep breath, put on an innocent smile, ran into the yard, and first smiled at the wood pipe. After asking the question, he said to Lu Renyi: "This is Brother Lu? Will he be my brother-in-law from now on?"

Lu's mother patted her lightly: "If you are reckless, you are not afraid of being laughed at!" But she did not deny it, and Mu Niangzi even said: "Do you think this brother-in-law is good?"

Chunying continued to ask "naively": "It's good, but how old is he? He looks seven or eight years older than his sister. Why did he only marry a wife now?"

Mother Lu patted her again: "How are you talking?!" Lu Yougui didn't say anything, just looked at Lu Renyi with a smile.

Manager Mu hurriedly opened his mouth to explain, but Lu Renyi stopped him and said, "Uncle Mu, I'll talk about it." He quietly glanced at the left wing room before turning around as if nothing had happened—in fact, everyone has seen it—— Said: "You have just seen that, except that I don't walk very well, and my face is darker, I don't have any serious problems. I don't gamble or whore, and I don't drink too much. They all say that I am honest! I have a family and a business. I just want to find a good-looking and virtuous wife. It may not be a beauty, but at least she must be pleasing to the eye, and she can live a peaceful life with me. This is not enough for me Divide it up? But people told me that it was either a physical problem, or a pockmarked face, or the family was so poor that they were waiting for my dowry to help! Relief does not matter, but I have no intention of marrying a wife When I come back, let her move all my belongings back to my mother’s house! So...the ones who come and go...just...that..." He scratched his hair and sighed, "If Uncle Mu didn't do it for me, I would have I'll be discouraged... and I won't..." I couldn't help but glance at the left wing.

The wooden steward patted him hard on the shoulder, and then smiled and said to Lu Yougui and his wife: "Don't joke, he likes to talk straight. In fact, it's all fate. If he gets married early, how can he find such a good marriage today?!" Looking at Chunying: "Isn't that what the girl said?"

Chunying smiled and ran back to the room, winking at Qiuyu: "Is this answer satisfactory?" Thinking about how pitiful Lu Renyi is, it's just that his feet are a little lame, so everyone doesn't think he's getting married The subject came to see.

Qiuyu lowered her head shyly and with a smile, Chunying watched and asked in a low voice, "Is there anything else you want to ask?"

"What else do you want to ask?!" Mother Lu lifted the curtain angrily and came in, poking Chunying on the forehead, "How can you ask someone directly?! Even if you really want to know, you should Quietly find someone else to inquire!" Then asked the eldest daughter in a low voice if she should?Qiuyu was silent and did not speak, she clapped her hands: "That's the answer! Chun'er, go get some wine, let's treat you, Uncle Mu and Aunt Mu, to have a good drink. This is a happy event!"

Chunying responded with a smile, and asked again: "What kind of wine? Or Zhuyeqing?"

"I want Jin Huixiang from Jin Shengji! Bring back four catties!" Lu's mother gave silver, which weighed one or two pounds.

Jin Sheng Ji was far away from their home, but it was rare to have a happy event. Chunying picked it up without saying a word, ran out with a smile, and walked all the way towards the winery.

She had just crossed the bridge, turned another corner, and was about to turn to the path on the right, when someone bumped into her from the other end of the path, she hurriedly turned sideways to avoid it, but the opponent was still frightened, staggered, and swayed to the side .Chunying found out that the person was a woman with a thick waist, she was clearly pregnant, she broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly reached out to hold her tightly, holding her by the arm.

The woman stood firm and raised her head gratefully to thank her, but she froze for a moment.

Chunying was also stunned: "You... aren't you Chen'er?!"

(The monthly ticket counts as double during the May Day... Ask for a pink ticket~~~)
(End of this chapter)