Xu Chunjun and Jiang Nuan sat in the teahouse for nearly two hours before the maids who had gone out for a walk came back.
Jiang Nuan cleared away the unhappiness in his heart and became lively and bright again.
"It's getting late, we should go back." Xu Chunjun picked up a handkerchief and helped Jiang Nuan wipe away the tea stains on her lips.
"I still have something to ask my sister for help." Jiang Nuan smiled a little shyly this time.
"You said, as long as I can help." Xu Chunjun is only one year older than Jiang Nuan, but he is exceptionally calm and decisive.
Jiang Nuan often thinks about how great it would be if she had such a sister.
There's nothing to worry about.
"It's my father's birthday in a few days, and I've never given him a birthday gift before. I want you to help me make an idea about what to give him." Jiang Nuan is just like her name, a born gift.
She has a warm heart. She will always remember the good things others do to her. Those who do not treat her well will often be forgotten as soon as they turn around.
Although her father had not fulfilled his responsibilities in raising her, he was her father after all, and Jiang Nuan still treated him with great filial piety.
"There is a shop selling the Four Treasures of the Study on this street. Let's go downstairs and have a look." Xu Chunjun agreed happily, "Gifts are important because they are thoughtful, and there is no need to spend too much money, otherwise they will make the elders unhappy."
"What sister said is for my own good," Jiang Nuan took Xu Chunjun's hand and stood up with her, "I will do whatever you say."
They came down from the second floor and saw a handkerchief dropped at the corner of the stairs.
Green Ulva bent down and picked it up.
"I don't know which lady or lady lost her handkerchief." Jiang Nuan took a look and said.
"Looking at the color of the veil, the owner of the veil is not very old." Xu Chunjun speculated, "It is not good for this thing to be left outside. It is best to return it to someone else."
"Isn't the eldest lady going to choose a gift for the master? I'll take this handkerchief and go upstairs to ask. I'll go find you after returning the handkerchief." Liu'er took the handkerchief from Lü'er and said.
"Let's go to the shop opposite," Xu Chunjun winked at Lvchun and said to Liu'er, "After you return the veil, go and find us there."
After coming out of the teahouse, Lvyan tugged at the corner of Ziling's clothes and asked in a low voice: "Why did the girl wink at me just now? I just wanted to be Liu'er's companion."
"You idiot! Do you really don't know why Liu'er snatched the veil from your hand?" Zi Ling asked her.
"Why do you think it is?" Lu Shen couldn't figure it out.
"Do you think this veil is returned in vain? No matter which family's lady loses something and is sent back by another family's maid, she will be rewarded with some amount of money." Zi Ling lowered her voice and said, "Liu'er will definitely not
I would like someone to share the reward with her."
Zi Ling suddenly realized it and couldn't help curling her lips.
I feel that Liu'er is too petty. Even if they are servants, they don't have to show such ugly looks.
When they arrived at the store, Xu Chunjun helped Jiang Nuan choose an inkstone. There were two lines of characters engraved on the side of the inkstone: The body is like a Nanshan stone, and the four limbs are healthy and straight.
"The words engraved on it are also auspicious, so it's just right for you to give to Uncle Jiang." Xu Chunjun smiled at Jiang Nuan and said, "The price is also moderate."
"My father really likes inkstones. He has more than a dozen in his study." Jiang Nuan rubbed the inkstone and said, "A few times I went over to say hello and I saw him playing with the inkstone. To be honest, I really didn't like it.
Do you know what’s so interesting about these dark stone lumps?”
"Gifts should be given according to their preferences, as long as the recipient likes them." Xu Chunjun couldn't help but smile when he said this, remembering that he seemed to have done nothing else these days except helping others choose gifts.
They asked the shopkeeper to wrap up the inkstone and paid back the silver, but Liu'er still didn't come.
"It's been quite some time, hasn't she come out of the teahouse yet?" Jiang Nuan asked doubtfully.
"My slave didn't see her come out." Ling Dang spoke softly, and Xu Chunjun never heard her say a few words.
"That's strange. There are only about twenty private rooms in the teahouse, so why haven't you finished asking after so long?" Xu Chunjun also felt that it shouldn't be done.
"Anyway, the carriage is still over there, why don't we go over and ask." Zi Ling said.
Everyone then walked back, and Zi Ling went into the teahouse to ask. The shopkeeper also said that Liu'er had not come out.
"Sister Xu, it's getting late, you go back first! Let's wait here for a while, and she will probably come out." Jiang Nuan felt that she had delayed Xu Chunjun a lot of time, and didn't want to cause any more trouble to her.
"It won't take a while, Ziling Lvshi, you and Lingdang go upstairs to look for it." Xu Chunjun ordered his maid.
The three maids searched upstairs and downstairs, but still could not see Liu'er.
"We asked several guests in the private room on the second floor, and they all said that there was indeed a maid who asked them who lost the veil." Zi Ling was sweating on the tip of her nose, and she was breathless when speaking, "But we searched all over the teahouse.
, and no Liu'er."
"Did she go somewhere else?" Jiang Nuan felt confused, "How could a living person disappear in this clear sky and in broad daylight?"
Xu Chunjun then went into the teahouse in person and asked the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper spread his hands and said: "I didn't see the girl go out, but I'm keeping my head down to settle the accounts, so I can't guarantee that she went out during this period. Anyway, you have already settled the tea money. I
There is no need to pay attention to it."
Xu Chun saw that he couldn't get anything out of him, so he and Jiang Nuan went upstairs to look for him.
Liu'er was not found either.
"Let me tell you guys, you have searched several times and still can't find it. Obviously this person is no longer with us. Please don't disturb our business." The shopkeeper became impatient.
The people who come here to drink tea are all high-ranking people, and the guests are certainly not happy if they are always disturbed like this.
"Sister Xu, let's wait outside. Maybe Liu'er has really gone to another shop." Jiang Nuan tugged on Xu Chunjun's sleeve and said.
"But our coachman didn't see Liu'er either." Xu Chunjun thought this was quite strange. "She should have told her if she was going to buy something. There's no reason to keep us waiting."
Just when they were at a loss for ideas, a group of people walked by from the other side.
Xu Chunjun knew that he was from the Zhenfu Division responsible for the security and defense of the capital, and he routinely patrolled the streets.
"It's faster to ask the officials for help than to find them for us," Xu Chunjun said.
But before they could speak, the leader came over and asked Xu Chunjun with a smile: "Did something happen to Miss Xu?"
Xu Chunjun suddenly remembered that this man was the young master who picked up his hairpin at the county prince's mansion that day. It was just because he was wearing an official uniform and hat that he didn't recognize him for a moment.
