When Lu Weirui heard the little maid's hairpin announcing that Chen Langjun was coming, she wanted to rush out to greet him, but she was afraid that the servants and maids would see that she missed her so much, so she hesitated again when she walked to the door of the embroidered pavilion. He said the words "Chen Langjun belongs to Miss Wei Rui" without hesitation. His pretty face turned red and hot in an instant, and his heart was "thumping". Then he heard that it became quiet outside, and he knew that he was short-term and confused. Talk, something bad has happened now. What if these words reach Daddy’s ears?
Chen Caozhi glanced at the short hoe and the maids of the Lu family who were present, and sneered: "This is really unreasonable. Am I the servant of Miss Wei Rui? Am I the slave of the Lu family?" He flicked his sleeves and left angrily. .
The little maid and all the maids were stunned. The brief ambiguous suspicion just now disappeared. The little maid ran to catch up with Chen Caozhi and begged: "Chen Langjun, it was the little maid who said the wrong thing. Chen Langjun is a high-ranking official, how can he be a servant of the Lu family? I mean Chen Langjun is - well, that's not what I meant. Anyway, the maid said the wrong thing. Chen Langjun, don't leave. Otherwise, my little lady will cry!"
The maids from Xiaoxiyuan also came up to beg Chen Caozhi not to leave. They held hands and formed a circle to surround Chen Caozhi. It was very similar to the posture of the Jiankang women in those days who joined hands to watch Wei Jie.
Lu Weirui breathed a long sigh of relief and secretly praised Chen Langjun's quick wit. She quickly walked out and asked, "What's going on?"
The little maid turned her back to Lu Weirui and begged Chen Caozhi for help. Naturally, she meant to ask Chen Caozhi to help her cover up and not to say what happened just now.
The maids also quickly let go of their hands and served on both sides respectfully.
Chen Caozhi turned around and saluted with a smile: "It's nothing - Madam Wei Rui is well."
Lu Weirui returned the courtesy by gathering her quilt, and invited Chen Caozhi to her embroidery pavilion to watch her paint.
Chen Cao said: "Let me cleanse my face first. The sky has been sunny for a few days and it is very dusty."
Lu Weirui ordered her maid to lead Chen Caozhi to clean his face and wash his hands. When Chen Caozhi came back, he asked, "Has Mr. Chen had lunch?"
Chen Cao said: "You won't feel hungry after eating salted eggs and cherries."
Lu Weirui said nothing more and led Chen Caozhi into the embroidery pavilion. Under the small window, on the rosewood desk, there was a half-painted "Lotus Pond Picture". There was no water in the lotus pond and the lotus leaves were uncovered——
Chen Caozhi said with a smile: "The lotus will only be in bud around the Dragon Boat Festival, and will bloom one after another in mid-summer. Isn't it too early for Miss Wei Rui to paint the lotus now?"
Lu Weirui said: "It's too late to paint, so Chen Langjun won't be able to see it." She went to the kitchen and ordered the cook to bring two bowls of bean porridge and chive sauce, and then found an excuse to take away the hairpin flowers and leave the rest. The maid could only vaguely see the shadows of the two of them through the curtains in the outer room.
As soon as the short hoe and the hairpin flower left, Lu Weirui stopped talking. She stared at Chen Caozhi from across the table, a smile gathering at the corners of her eyes and eyebrows. After a while, she said: "He picked Xiao Xi. If you don't see him for a day, it's like three autumn Xi - before. I thought the ancients were a bit exaggerated, but now I feel that this poem is really good."
Chen Caozhi looked at this beautiful and innocent girl. She had changed a lot from when she first met last year. She was taller, whether it was because her waist was thinner or her breasts were taller. Her figure became slimmer and her chin was pointed. Some, the clear eyes are still there, reflecting the light outside the window, you can see the thin virgin hair on the snow-white neck——
When Lu Weirui saw Chen Caozhi staring at her, she felt a little shy. She gently stroked her cheek with her slender fingers and asked shyly, "What are Mr. Chen looking at?"
Chen Cao's way: "Keep in mind your appearance and go back to Chenjiawu to draw you."
Lu Weirui was ashamed and happy, and asked: "If Chen Langjun's mother asks who this girl is, how will Chen Langjun answer?"
Chen Cao said: "Let's just say I saw it in my dream. One month, an old man tied a red rope around my left ankle, and the other end of the red rope was tied to the right foot of a young girl who was as beautiful as a fairy.
On the ankle, the old man under the moon said, "Chen Caozhi, one day you meet such a woman, she will be your wife. You must marry her, and you will be happy -"
Lu Weirui's eyes were extremely clear, she couldn't help but straighten her waist, her shy expression was extraordinary, and she whispered softly: "Chen Langjun——"
Chen Caozhi said "hmm".
Lu Weirui called out softly again: "Chen Langjun——"
Chen Caozhi responded: "Well, just call me by my name, I agree."
The happiness in Lu Weirui's heart glowed on her face, with the passion of love in her eyes, and she said: "Chen Langjun has seen through my heart. I often call your name in my heart at night, and then I agree, and now, you are here
In front of me, I answer every call, and I feel really happy - Mr. Chen, please call me too."
Chen Caozhi then called out: "Wei Rui——"
Lu Weirui leaned over, reached out and touched Chen Caozhi's hand, then quickly retracted and said, "Chen Langjun, I'm right by your side."
Chen Caozhi smiled and said: "We two are really idiots."
The maid Duan Ho and another maid brought two bowls of bean porridge and two bowls of chive sauce on lacquer trays. Lu Weirui really wanted to eat the porridge with Chen Caozhi, but after thinking about it, she still couldn't, so she had to watch Chen Caozhi follow him.
I went to the side room to eat bean porridge and chive sauce. I felt a little sad. Thinking of saying goodbye to Chen Langjun and not knowing when we would see each other again, I was so heartbroken that I couldn't eat.
Bean porridge and leek flower sauce became famous all over the world because of the favorites of Shi Chong, a wealthy man in the Western Jin Dynasty. They were eaten by nobles and nobles. Since the southern crossing, they have also become popular in the Jiangzuo area. Even Chen Cao thought they tasted delicious.
Lu Weirui ate less than half of the bowl and put it down. She walked over to see Chen Caozhi finishing his meal. He was very happy and said: "Chen Langjun, come with me to Pinghu to see the lotus flowers. Only in this way can we paint this "Lotus Pond Picture"
Good, right?”
Pinghu is at the other end of Meiling, four or five miles away from Xiaoxiyuan. Lu Weirui and eight maids went there in five oxcarts. Chen Caozhi also got on one and went around Meiling.
There is a large lake in front. Although it is not as big as Qiantang Mingsheng Lake, it is still six or seven miles in radius. The entire lake is gourd-shaped, divided into south and north lakes. The lakeside is covered with weeping willows, as well as large areas of hibiscus, costus, and costus.
It is in the flowering period, and the noble white, yellow, single and double-petaled wood flowers have a rich fragrance, which makes people feel that the clear water of the whole lake is fragrant.
Chen Caozhi, Lu Weirui, and the maids all got off the oxcart and stood on the lake bank to look at the lotus flowers in Xiaonan Lake. There were lotus leaves in the field. The upward side of the lotus leaves was green, and the other side was green and yellow. The wind blew.
The green and yellow colors turn around, as if the skirts of countless dancers are swaying, so in the fragrance of the woody flowers, there is the faint fragrance of lotus.
Chen Caozhi and Lu Weirui were walking slowly along the lake shore, under the shade of willows, which was cool and refreshing. They were talking about how to draw lotus leaves and lotus flowers. Suddenly they heard the little maid saying: "Little lady, look, there is a flower bone there."
Chen Caozhi and Lu Weirui looked in the direction pointed by the short hoe. In the lake five or six feet away from the shore, among the lotus leaves, there was a little red and white looming, which looked like a lotus bud.
Lu Weirui said happily: "Call the boat to come, I want to go over and have a look."
Short hoe said: "There is a small boat over there, but those who don't have a boat can ask the coachman to go to the villa and ask a servant girl who can row a boat."
Chen Cao said: "I know how to row a boat. I'll send Miss Wei Rui over to see the lotus."
Lu Weirui was overjoyed and led Chen Caozhi to the right for more than ten feet. Sure enough, there was a small boat six feet long moored on the shore.
Chen Caozhi untied the boat cable tied to the Chuiyang, got off the boat first, and said, "Let me row first, don't forget how to row."
Lu Weirui and the maidservants on the shore all laughed and watched Chen Caozhi paddling back and forth by the lake for a while. At first the boat rocked and rolled around, which made Lu Weirui worried, but soon the boat stabilized and shuttled back and forth.
, he moved the oar freely, and all the maids praised Chen Langjun for his intelligence.
Chen Caozhi rowed the boat to the shore and said: "The boat is small and can only seat one more person. Miss Wei Rui will get down first - if you want to see the short hoe and hairpins, I will take you to see them later."
Lu Weirui was not a timid boudoir. She boarded the boat steadily without fear. She sat on the boat and watched Chen Caozhi paddling as he gradually left the lake shore. All the maids on the shore stood motionless. She was the only one following Chen Caozhi.
Lang Jun went somewhere, and he felt excited just thinking about it.
The boat rowed into the lotus leaves, and the people on the shore could only see the heads of Chen Caozhi and Lu Weirui. They watched them gradually reach the red and white spot, and then stopped there, presumably admiring the buds of the lotus.
Lu Weirui was so happy that she was a little dizzy. Looking around, she saw lotus leaves standing high on the water, surrounding her and Chen Caozhi, so she boldly pressed her hand on the back of Chen Caozhi's hand holding the oar——
Chen Caozhi put down the oar, held Lu Weirui's white and tender hand, raised it to his lips and quickly kissed the back of Lu Weirui's fingers——
Lu Weirui's pretty face was filled with clouds, and her eyes were so full that they were almost watering. She lowered her head and did not dare to look at Chen Caozhi. After a while, she said: "Chen Langjun, I really like you. I never thought that I could like someone so much.
I simply don’t want to be separated for a moment.”
Chen Caozhi held Lu Weirui's hand and said, "We will definitely be able to be together."
Lu Weirui said "hmm" and said, "You are leaving tomorrow, right?"
Chen Cao said: "Yes, there is no reason to stay here, and I am really in a hurry to go home."
Lu Weirui said: "Chen Langjun, I want to ask you something. The eighth day of August is my birthday. I want to see you on that day. I will be in Huating that day, so you can be closer, okay?"
Chen Caozhi thought for a while and said: "I will definitely come. Even if I am unable to come due to an emergency, I will definitely send someone to inform you and I will give you a birthday gift."
Lu Weirui said: "You can give me a red rope." After saying that, he withdrew his hand, quickly took off the silk shoes and cloth stockings of her right foot, and whispered: "Chen Langjun, look at my ankle bone.
There is a red mole on the side——"
Chen Caozhi looked down and saw a small bright red mole on the inside of the ankle bone of Lu Weirui's snow-white right foot, which looked like dotted cinnabar. It was very beautiful——
Lu Weirui said: "Mr. Chen, remember, Old Man Yuexia tied the red rope to the foot of a woman with a red mole on her right ankle. Don't tie it wrong."
