The full moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival has not yet appeared. At this moment, the wind and sunshine in Zhangyuan are beautiful and the scenery is just right.
The gardener temporarily seconded from Zhao Guogong's Mansion made this former royal garden full of vitality. Although the flowers, plants and trees in the garden had grown well under the careful care of the royal people in the past, there was no owner's house, even if it was regularly repaired
Maintenance always makes it less lively, but now that Zhu Ying is walking among it, she feels that the flowers, plants and trees are very fresh, and they complement the architecture.
It was already mid-afternoon, and the sun was gradually moving towards the west. Compared with the hot days a few days ago, the sun was obviously much less hot now, and the air was a little cooler. Therefore, when she was wandering in the garden, she
Naturally, she walked around briskly, until she found that the lotus pond was full of lotus leaves, and the midsummer lotus flowers had long since disappeared, and she felt a little bored.
Moreover, after walking around in such a large circle in the garden, she only saw green grass, tall trees and colorful flowers. However, it seemed that she was the only one left in such a huge place. Naturally, the eldest lady was not in a good mood.
Zhang Zhang looked to the west, wanting to go back to the pavilion he passed by before and sit for a while, but suddenly remembered that when Zhang Shou mentioned the gift to her, he mentioned that he hoped she would stop and look at the scenery.
"You know how to tell the truth. What on earth could be so mysterious?"
Zhu Ying muttered, raised her brows, but turned around and walked back. When she was about to see the small and unique pavilion, she discovered that under the towering tree next to it, which was at least more than a hundred years old, Zhang Shouzheng was smiling.
The ground was standing there, and next to it, there was something covered by an oil tarp, and its true shape could not be seen.
She rushed forward like a gust of wind, glanced at the thing with interest, and immediately asked with a straightforward smile: "Ah Shou, is this the gift you said you gave me? What is it?"
Although he has never been too fond of cheating, especially in front of Zhu Ying, Zhang Shou couldn't help but want to tease her this time, and immediately asked with a smile: "What do you think?"
"I guess..." Zhu Ying liked this little trick of guessing very much. She gently tapped her chin with her finger. Suddenly her eyes lit up and she raised her head to look at the tree in front of her.
The lush, tall tree looked like a canopy, and he immediately said with a smile, "Could it be a swing?"
Zhang Shou was stunned for a moment: "Swing? Why is it a swing?"
Zhu Ying did not notice Zhang Shou's strange expression, and said to herself: "Because last time I came to your garden, I felt that something was missing here. I just walked around a lot, and I finally thought of it.
Yes, just hang a swing from this tree, it will be able to swing very high, and it will also be very stable."
I couldn't help but take a look at the oldest tree in Zhang Garden. Zhang Shou suddenly realized a very silly but important question: "This tree is tall, and the horizontal branch is tall and strong."
, so the swing can be swung as high as it is installed, which is no problem, but what do you mean it must be very stable? I remember that you are very skilled, how could it still fall?"
Regarding Zhang Shou's question, Zhu Ying's eyes suddenly twinkled: "As long as I swing on the swing, I can't help but swing as high as I can. When I was a child, I was naughty and would swing the swing in the opposite direction too high, and almost fell off the swing.
When I fell, Uncle Hua caught me. From that time on, wherever I was, the swings were no longer seen. Even when I went out to be a guest."
Whenever she goes out, her grandmother will specifically plead with others to dismantle the swings within sight, otherwise she will never be let out, even after she has grown up. She is really angry!
Zhang Shou didn't expect that Zhu Ying would be so resentful towards the swing, and he immediately smiled. The most beautiful girl was laughing and swinging in the garden. This was indeed a very beautiful picture, but what if she fell or something happened to the rope?
Question, then it becomes a thriller and horror movie. Well, it is necessary to prevent the situation Zhu Ying mentioned. Zhang Yuan must not pretend to be on a swing!
Otherwise, if she wants to swing in the future... Could it be that Ah Liu is always watching? Even if Ah Liu is staring at him, he doesn't feel at ease! What's the matter with being ready to jump to save him at every turn? How can a wife let others hug her!
As Zhang Shou thought about it, his train of thought became endlessly distorted, but his gentle and approachable smile when he was in a daze made Zhu Ying's eyes twitch, and she couldn't help but softly chanted: "Swings inside the wall, roads outside the wall,
Pedestrians outside the wall, the beautiful lady inside the wall laughs. The laughter gradually disappears and becomes quieter, and the sentimental people are annoyed by the ruthlessness..."
After hearing this rare and graceful poem by the bold and unrestrained old Dongpo, Zhang Shou came back to his senses: "You actually like this song "Butterfly Loves Flowers"? This poem sounds fresh and graceful, but in fact it has a late spring feeling.
It’s such a pity, I thought you would never like it.”
Zhu Ying made a face at Zhang Shou, and then said with a smile: "In the past, when my mother was still practicing in the temple, every time I went to see her, she liked to teach me to recite poems, but I am not that girl from Yongping.
She has always been perfunctory. Moreover, my mother also likes the song "Butterfly Loves Flowers" by Lao Dongpo the most! Especially the sentence "There are few willows blowing on the branches, and there are no fragrant grasses anywhere in the world."
"Later I found out that after my aunt passed away, my grandmother felt uneasy when she saw that my eldest and second brothers had lost their mothers, and there was no one around my father, so she asked around to see if there were any suitable girls, hoping that my father would continue their marriage.
Later, she fell in love with my mother. But my father was stubborn, so she didn't dare to tell her earlier, and she waited until more than a year before she mentioned it to my father."
"My dad was very resistant at first, but by chance, he passed by the back wall of my parents' house and heard a few girls playing on the swings inside, and heard a clear laugh, so he finally agreed to see each other. After that meeting
, my father discovered that my mother was the girl with the crisp laugh, and after contacting her a few more times, he gradually understood my mother’s temperament, and finally nodded.”
"My father initially felt that he had wronged my mother because a young girl married an old man of his age, so he was always very kind to her. In the first few years of their marriage, the relationship between the two was really good.
It’s honey mixed with oil. And my mother was also very good to my grandmother, my eldest brother and my second brother. But even though she was married, she still liked to play on the swing. "
When she said this, Zhu Ying showed her usual bright smile.
"Whether my mother likes "Die Lian Hua" because of her deep worries in late spring or because of the relationship she had with my father that was constantly being sorted out and messed up, anyway, I don't like Shang Qi. I like Xia Qi, and I like that one.
Whether the people outside the wall are secretly in love or feeling sad, they have no influence on the beautiful woman inside the wall. A beautiful woman should not care about what outsiders think and be happy!"
What a powerful logic...
Hearing Zhu Ying's plausibly distorted interpretation of the second sentence of "Die Lian Hua", Zhang Shou suddenly burst into laughter, but then he showed a gentle smile: "That's really a coincidence. When I recited the poem, I also
I really like this song "Butterfly Loves Flowers". However, you still guessed wrong. If I really want to give you a swing, this swing should be installed on the tree now."
Seeing Zhu Ying looking at him with some confusion, Zhang Shou easily opened the oilcloth, revealing the true appearance of the thing underneath. Sure enough, he saw Zhu Ying was slightly stunned, and asked inexplicably: "This
Isn’t it…a recliner?”
"No, this is called a rocking chair. Although it is actually more suitable to give it to the Madam, I thought about it later and felt that it is also suitable to give it to you. Because a lively girl like you probably won't have time to sit still for a while."
As Zhang Shou spoke, he lifted the backrest slightly and gestured to Zhu Ying to sit on the simple rocking chair that Zhang Guanqiu and two young apprentices from Rongshui Village made entirely by hand, with only a layer of varnish. He saw her sitting in a daze.
After getting off the seat, he did not immediately lean on the backrest. He suddenly let out a bad laugh and suddenly let go of the hand that was holding the backrest, and even pressed it down for fear of not having enough power.
As a result, Zhu Ying, who was originally focused on the front, was caught off guard. She screamed and fell down on the backrest. If someone else did this kind of thing, she would definitely jump up and teach others a lesson, but out of her trust in Zhang Shou
, she just tried to balance her body after exclaiming, but then she realized that there was no way to balance it, because just like Zhang Shou said, this is a rocking chair!
Although it is not as big as the swing, the rocking chair is always swinging, but it is gentle and soothing, not as intense as the swing. Moreover, the back of this rocking chair is extremely low, and she is almost not sitting, but lying down
with,
The scenery in the garden seemed to be swaying gently in front of me, the blue sky and clouds were also swaying in my sight, and even the afterglow of the setting sun was flashing in front of my eyes. At the same time, the chirping of birds was in my ears.
Echoing, the fragrance of flowers lingered on the tip of her nose, which she could not feel when walking or sitting in the past.
At this moment, Zhu Ying vaguely understood what Zhang Shou meant. She, who was always in a hurry, rarely had such leisurely and quiet time. Even if she did, she would stand, sit, or even ride on a horse... half-lying and
Zhang Shou's speaking experience is indeed very strange, but it is actually quite embarrassing, even though she has never cared much about the rules of walking, sitting and lying.
"A Shou..."
Hearing Zhu Ying's lazy voice with a bit of confusion, Zhang Shou coughed and said: "Actually, I have been thinking about giving you something. A few days ago, Ah Liu took the opportunity to patrol the outer city.
, I visited all kinds of shops and gave me a lot of ideas. But when I think about it, when you were a child, you must have received a mountain of gifts. You want to be creative, but you can't."
As he spoke, he pushed the rocking chair so that the rocking chair that was about to stop continued to swing slowly. Then he continued: "I just gave Guan Qiu a bunch of messy drawings, and he didn't have much idea about some things at all, such as
Clocks, some things he unexpectedly came up with other things. So, when I discovered his latest achievement two days ago, I decided to give you this."
"It's the same for you, and it's the same for me. If you are tired, you can not only sit down, but also lie down and take a look at the scenery and the sky that have always been ignored. Maybe you can go back with a hundred times more energy.
Do the next thing.”
Zhu Ying was originally smiling, but now after hearing Zhang Shou's words, her smile suddenly became deeper. The swing, the past, and the Dielianhua were all completely forgotten by her.
When she found Zhang Shou walking around from behind her and looking at the handsome man, she felt extremely satisfied. On August 14 last year, they encountered a thrilling rebel invasion at Houshanzhuwu in Rongshui Village.
After planning a siege and killing, Zhang Shou reassured her that her father and brother would come back safely.
Now her father and eldest brother have indeed returned from the battlefield safely, and Zhang Shou is no longer as respectful as he was when he first met her, and then he was distant, and then he gradually developed a liking for her... They have signed a marriage contract, and they will be here soon.
We are a family. The most beautiful thing in the world is not to find someone you like, but to find someone who is both liked by her and likes her.
It wasn't until the rocking chair stopped again that she finally sat up straight with support, and then stood up.
She stood in front of Zhang Shou, looking calmly into those bright eyes, and suddenly took another step forward. This time, she was completely close to Zhang Shou, and she could even clearly see every hair on his face, and the hair on his eyes.
With every eyelash, she could feel his hot breath. The next moment, she suddenly came forward and dropped a kiss on Zhang Shou's mouth like a dragonfly touching water.
Immediately afterwards, Zhu Ying immediately took several steps back. Seeing Zhang Shou's expression of shock, she knew that her face must be extremely hot at this time, so she looked at him coquettishly and said, "This is today's birthday gift!"
"
Such a return gift... I really didn't expect it! Should he say that he is indeed an ingenious young lady?
Zhang Shou couldn't help but stroke the place where the scorching temperature had just been left. He wanted to go forward and grab her and retaliate, but when he saw that Zhu Ying was already hiding away like a fluttering butterfly, he could only shout angrily:
"Run away after eating, Yingying, don't say you planned to give me this!"
"I was indeed planning to give you this!" Zhu Ying smiled so hard that her eyes narrowed, "Brilliant clothes, luxurious cars and houses, gold and silver treasures, shops and properties... these are all vulgar and not worthy of you. As for
The Four Treasures of the Study, various ancient books and classics, Grandpa Ge and others are not enough to give you, but they are not suitable for me. As for giving myself to you, it is too early!"
Seeing that Zhang Shou was stunned for a moment, as if he was about to be pissed off, the eldest lady immediately made a face: "Okay, I have to go back, otherwise it won't matter to my grandmother and mother, and my father will definitely drag me and say something to me again."
For a long time, I asked Zhu Hong and the others to come over and move this rocking chair. Hehe, I will definitely find a lot of people to show off to!"
Zhang Shou immediately chuckled, but his smile was a little narrow: "Starting from tomorrow, there will be an overwhelming number of imitations of this thing."
Before Zhu Ying, who was brows raised, said angrily that anyone who dared to imitate would smash his sign, he said with a smile: "Actually, I have some other interesting things here, but some of them have to wait.
We can only use it after we have children in the future.”
No matter how generous Zhu Ying was, she had even taken such a proactive action just now, but when she heard Zhang Shou's extremely explicit words, she couldn't help but feel stunned for a while, and then the fever-like redness on her face immediately occupied her entire face.
A face.
Just when the eldest lady was about to burst into rages, a voice finally came from outside that relieved her from her shame and anger: "Young Master, eldest lady, someone from the palace has come, and I have specially given you a scroll of decree, saying that the emperor is giving you a promotion.
Yes, I will give it as a posthumous gift to my parents and build a family temple!"
Faced with this news that was so timely, Zhang Shou was startled for a moment, and then he laughed. It turned out to be a double happiness!