Chapter 76

What about the big girl?

After Cheng Yuanjing said, Shouan hall talent found that Cheng Yujin disappeared.

Many people give a cry. Cheng Min remembers that he hasn't seen Yu Jin for a long time. Cheng Min stood up and looked around: "I remember Jin was standing here just now. How could she disappear in the blink of an eye?"

Cheng Min turns around and finds that Cheng Yujin is really not there. She frowns and calls her servant girl over. She asks, "when did the big girl go out?"

A servant girl guarding at the door came forward and said, "the big girl just went out with someone. She said that the old lady's kitchen was too busy. She went back to get some things."

"How long?"

The servant girl frowned and thought for a while. She said uncertainly, "it's about a quarter of an hour."

Hearing this, Cheng Min became more and more angry: "the eldest lady has been away for such a long time. Why don't you report it?"

The little servant girl bowed her head to listen to the training and didn't dare to argue. She also felt aggrieved. The eldest wife, the second wife and her aunt were talking happily. How dare they come forward to disturb her?

However, the little maid dare not say these words. The second aunt is in the limelight. She is a gold signboard in Yichun Marquis's mansion. How dare she say that Cheng Yumo is wrong?

Cheng Yuanjing quietly looks at the ladies in gold and silver, covered with emerald, through a floor mask. His heart suddenly burns with anger.

Cheng Yujin left for a quarter of an hour, not only no one noticed, but also Princess Qingfu and Ruan didn't care. Even Cheng Yumo just raised his eyes and glanced, not in a hurry. Obviously, they all feel that there is no danger in the inner house, and Cheng Yujin is cautious. If she goes out alone, she will be fine.

On the contrary, Cheng Min's aunt took the whole room around and asked a servant girl. In contrast, Cheng Yujin's biological mother, adoptive mother, sisters and brothers are as indifferent as a stone.

Cheng Yuanjing thought of what the doorman said. The doorman said that everything was fine in the house these two days, and his wife was very happy. That's what they call, is everything ok?

Cheng Yujin left for a quarter of an hour and no one found out. It can be seen that before Cheng Yujin left, there was no one to talk to her and no one to remember. Otherwise, no one would have noticed for such a long time and a big living person would have disappeared?

Cheng Yuanjing thought of the usual family gathering. Cheng Yujin came to him to read and talk. Cheng Yuanjing thought it was Cheng Yujin who was impatient and polite and came to him to hide. I'm afraid it's mostly because there's no place for her.

Cheng Yuanjing felt as if there was a fire in his heart. It fell on the hay and roared like a prairie fire. He was impatient and angry, but in the end, he was filled with heartache.

How did she spend the whole new year? Has she been so lonely these two days?

Just as Cheng Yuanjing thought, both Princess Qingfu and Ruan thought it was not a big deal. Even old lady Cheng just nodded. The women discussed two sentences at random. They wanted to go back to the topic that had been cut off before. However, when they looked back at Cheng Yuanjing's look, they were all silent.

Cheng Yuanjing didn't deliberately exert pressure. He just looked at the servant girl and asked without emotion: "who did she take when she went out? In which direction? "

Cheng Yujin said to go back to get things, but Cheng Yuanjing didn't believe it. Cheng Yujin talks a lot on the scene, but she believes a lot in Chengdu.

The servant girl wrinkled her face and thought about it. She said, "the girl took Du Ruo. It seems that she's going west."

It's really the way back to Jinning courtyard. Cheng Yuanjing is more or less relieved. He turned to leave, just went out, just met Cheng Yuanxian and others.

Cheng Yuanxian and Cheng Yuanhan lead Huo Changyuan and Xu Erye into the yard. When they look up and see Cheng Yuanjing, they are all stunned: "how did you come back?"

When Cheng Yuanxian saw Cheng Yuanjing, he was unprepared and blurted out his heart. After he asked, he thought it was wrong and quickly made up his mind: "how did you arrive today? Where did you go during this time? I even forgot to pay New Year's greetings to my mother on the first day of junior high school? "

Cheng Yuanjing gives them a light look. Cheng Yuanxian is a little flustered by that look. He doesn't dare to wait for Cheng Yuanjing to reply. He quickly takes care of himself and solves the problem: "although he is busy outside, he can't forget his home. It's not easy for you to come back. Go back and have a rest first. "

Huo Changyuan watched Cheng Yuanxian skillfully put down a whole set of self questions and self answers. There was no need for others to answer in the whole process. He performed a series of operations, such as surprise, questioning, finding reasons, and getting round. It was very natural.

It can be seen that it has been done many times before.

In front of him, Huo Yuanxian's younger brother is very humble. After all, Huo Changyuan, his former father-in-law, couldn't bear to see it, so he went out to help Cheng Yuanxian out: "Cheng Yuanjing, I heard that you didn't come back this year? Is there something wrong with business? "

As soon as Huo Changyuan spoke, the topic immediately shifted to the official position, which solved Cheng Yuanxian's embarrassment of talking to himself. Cheng Yuanjing was blocked by them and could only bear to reply: "No. Personal business. "

Even Huo Changyuan couldn't keep his face. Cheng Yuanjing really spared his words and refused to say a word more. Huo Changyuan had no choice but to take the initiative to say: "it's not convenient for me to inquire about personal matters, but it's good that someone comes back. The old lady and the great uncle have mentioned you several times in private. Now that you have to come back, they can rest assured. "Huo Changyuan said that he felt something was wrong. Just now, he felt that it was too humble for Cheng Yuanxian to ask and answer questions for himself and find reasons for Cheng Yuanjing. But now, isn't he doing the same thing?

Huo Changyuan's expression is not good for a moment.

Cheng Yuanjing did not answer, and the scene fell into the cold for a moment. Huo Changyuan is aware of Cheng Yuanxian's feelings just now. Unfortunately, no one is helping Huo Changyuan out. Cheng Yuanhan still stares at Huo Changyuan discontentedly.

What's the matter with this boy? Cheng Yuanhan is still here. Huo Changyuan is a great uncle. I don't know. I think Cheng Yuanxian is his father-in-law!

The men were blocked at the door. For a moment, no one wanted to speak. The situation was deadlocked. Fortunately, at this time, Cheng Yumo heard the sound and came out from the tip.

Mrs. Cheng's room is a earthworm. It's very warm all day. The windows in the room are half supported and ventilated to prevent the master from getting sick. When Cheng Yumo came to the main hall, she saw a familiar figure in the half open window. She was surprised and rushed out like a butterfly.

"Here you are, marquis!"

Cheng Yumo could not even care to put on his cloak. He opened the curtain and ran out. After going out, Cheng Yumo was excited by the cold air. Seeing this, Cheng Yuanhan called out: "Mo'er, you are still wearing a single garment. Go back to add clothes!"

Cheng Yumo just don't care, she quickly ran to Huo Changyuan side, affectionately embrace Huo Changyuan arm. Huo Changyuan is wearing a cloak. He can't push Cheng Yumo away in front of Cheng's family. He can only take advantage of her shoulder and put her in his cloak.

The servant girls who had just reacted came out shouting. As soon as they went out and saw this scene, they all stopped at the door. They didn't know what to do.

Ruan heard that Cheng Yumo ran outside without wearing a coat. She was startled and ran after him. Ruan is holding Cheng Yumo's cloak in her hand. However, when she sees the scene outside, she is stunned at first, and then laughs immediately. Huo Changyuan catches Cheng Yumo in front of the crowd. He doesn't scold her for her loss of grace. He hugs Cheng Yumo with his cloak. It shows how much he dotes on Cheng Yumo. Ruan was very proud. He was not in a hurry to give Cheng Yumo his cloak. Instead, he said, "Er ye, Chang Yuan, you're done talking. Just now, my mother said that she was going to set dinner. You just came back. Come on in, it's cold outside. "

The little maids in the room heard the movement outside, and they all bent over the window to look at it, quietly covered their mouths and snickered. Even a few men in the Cheng family and Xu Erye also showed their teasing eyes. Huo Changyuan feels very embarrassed in this kind of eyes. In fact, he is not used to Cheng Yumo's intimate action in front of the public. In private, he sticks to him. Huo Changyuan thinks it's useful. But in public, Huo Changyuan feels ashamed.

However, after all, Cheng's family is Cheng Yumo's mother-in-law's family. In front of his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Huo Changyuan can't directly push his daughter away. He saw Ruan standing on the steps with a smile, without the slightest intention of handing Cheng Yumo's cape over, and he even wanted them to hold him for a while. Huo Changyuan, helpless, pauses for a moment and then takes off his cloak to cover Cheng Yumo.

On both sides came the voice of the little servant girl and the stealing laughter. Cheng Yuanjing has been shown his love up close. Before, he didn't even bother to glance at it. Now, however, he feels a subtle and dazzling feeling.

What to show? Cheng Yujin also wore his clothes, not even a cloak, but a coat.

In this way, Cheng Yuanjing wants to see Cheng Yujin more. He was so busy outside that he forgot it until noon on the thirtieth day. Finally, he remembered today's new year's Eve with the help of the valet. However, it was too late to rush back to Cheng's home at that time, so Cheng Yuanjing had to finish what he was doing quickly, and then immediately rushed to Yichun Marquis's house.

When he returned to Cheng's home, he didn't worry about Cheng Yuanjing's identity, nor did he act for outsiders. He just wanted to see Cheng Yujin.

Cheng Yuanjing has never really spent the new year with his family since he remembers it. His mother died when he was three years old, and when he was six years old, he also "died". In the past, he never thought the new year was special compared with other days, but this year, I don't know why, he can't stand being alone any more.

When he returned to Cheng's home, it was the second day of the second year. Cheng Yuanjing comes to find Cheng Yujin as soon as he gets back to the house. After Huo Changyuan shows her, Cheng Yuanjing wants to see Cheng Yujin even more.

At this time, all the women in the house knew that Huo Changyuan was coming, and even several cousins of the Xu family crowded in front of the window, scrambling to see the scene outside. They came late and didn't see the scene of Huo Changyuan holding Cheng Yumo, but it was enough to see Cheng Yumo wearing Huo Changyuan's clothes. Xu Nianchun covered his mouth and frolicked around the Kang excitedly and shyly.

Cheng Min also came out with a smile and said, "I know you are a good couple. Come on in. My mother has been reading you for a long time."

Huo Changyuan is relieved and takes the lead to move forward. Cheng Yuanjing leaves against the crowd. Huo Changyuan felt strange and asked others, "where is he going?"

The servant girl answers in one side: "nine Ye want to look for big girl."

Huo Changyuan a Leng: "big girl is not in the room?"

Huo Changyuan could not tell what he felt in his heart. He seemed disappointed and angry. How does the Cheng family do things? During the reunion season, all the people gather around to talk and laugh, but Cheng Yujin is not there?Huo Changyuan even wanted to go out to find Cheng Yujin at that moment, but he was surrounded by people and couldn't get away. What happened in the yard has long been vividly reported to Mrs. Cheng by her mother-in-law. Now the women of the Cheng family look at him with a smile and a smile in their eyes. Huo Changyuan can't explain. Cheng Yuanjing is about to go out.

Two rooms can be said to be greatly long face, Ruan Shi is proud, speak also a bit not to avoid volume. Seeing a new bracelet on Cheng Yumo's wrist, Ruan deliberately asked, "Mo'er, where's your suet jade bracelet? It's from your grandmother. How did you take it off? "

Cheng Yumo's voice mingled with the noise of the women, said: "when I was born, the Marquis gave me a pair of new bracelets. I couldn't bear to brush the Marquis's intention, so I changed them."

It turns out that this pair was sent by Huo Changyuan, and the women around sent out a burst of envious exclamation. Cheng Yuanjing is about to walk out of the gate. He has a good ear. Hearing this, Sheng Sheng stops.

"What did you say?"

Cheng Yumo suddenly sees Cheng Yuanjing stop and talk to her across a courtyard. When Cheng Yumo sees Cheng Yuanjing staring at her, he decides that Cheng Yuanjing is really asking her. Cheng Yumo was a little frightened and said, "I said that I was born a few days ago, and the Marquis gave me a birthday present..."

Cheng Yuanjing's eyes became colder. He did not hear it wrong. What Cheng Yumo said was the birthday.

Cheng Yumo and Cheng Yujin are twins. Cheng Yumo has a birthday. What about Cheng Yujin?

Cheng Yuanjing eyes deep, asked: "when?"

"Ah? My ninth birthday? It's December 20. "

At this time, Cheng Yujin, the girl who made Shouan hall tumultuous, was sitting in the attic beside the garden, cooking tea and chatting with Lin Qingyuan.

She didn't know what she had been doing outside to find her, and she didn't know that Cheng Yuanjing had come back. With a smile on her face, Cheng Yujin looked at Lin Qingyuan quietly and quietly.

From such a close look, Lin Qingyuan is more and more beautiful. Cheng Yujin was more satisfied with it, and her smile became more sincere.

Lin Qingyuan is talking about the book he read today. When he looks up and bumps into Cheng Yujin's eyes, his voice stops.

Miss Cheng is still graceful and beautiful, but why does he think her eyes are not right?

For example, the old farmer smiles at the pig that has been fattened all winter long, and the old mother looks at her son who has finally won the gold medal.

Lin Qingyuan was surprised to get goose bumps by his association.

Just then the water began to boil. Cheng Yujin stretched out her slender wrist, expertly skimmed the tea foam and poured in the second wave of raw water. Tea is quiet, slow, elegant, and this set of action by Cheng Yujin to do, but also can not be said to be pleasing to the eye.

Her thin white hand seemed to have magic power. Lin Qingyuan's eyes could not help falling on Cheng Yujin's wrist, and could not move her eyes any more. As she moved, Cheng Yujin asked, "brother Lin is very knowledgeable. Yujin is an eye opener. Elder brother Lin is so knowledgeable that he is so diligent that he does not even slack off during the Spring Festival. "

Cheng Yujin's question finally pulls Lin Qingyuan out of the state of being mysterious but not mysterious. Lin Qingyuan comes back to himself and realizes that he is very embarrassed to stare at the girl's hand. He bowed his head and coughed. His ears could not help feeling hot: "Miss, I'm flattered. Official leave is limited. I can't go home, so I have to stay in the capital to read. These days, my colleagues have been reuniting with my family. I can't find anyone who talks about knowledge, so I want to take a chance to find Jingxing. Unfortunately, Jingxing is not here. "

"Uncle Jiu went out to visit friends. I want to come back in a few days." Cheng Yujin knew nothing about the outside world, but also seduced the prey with a smile, "if brother Lin is worried, you might as well leave the words with me. When Uncle Jiu comes back, I immediately send someone to the forest house to remind brother Lin."

Lin Qingyuan was very grateful and said, "thank you, miss. Miss Cheng is very hospitable and has helped me a lot, but I don't know how to repay her. "

Cheng Yujin lowered her head, her long eyelashes were like butterfly wings, and she trembled slightly: "how can I use elder brother Lin in return for a little help? If it's true, it's better for me to teach elder brother Lin

Lin Qingyuan was good at it. He was broad-minded and didn't think much about it. He waved his hand and said, "what's the difficulty, big girl? Just take care of me."

Cheng Yujin looks up and smiles at Lin Qingyuan. Lin Qingyuan didn't know why he was dazzled by the smile. He quickly staggered his sight and wandered around. He didn't know what to look at. Finally, the water in the teapot began to murmur again. As if he had found a savior, Lin Qingyuan quickly said, "Miss, the water is boiling."

"Well." Cheng Yujin answered and raised her hand to pour the third water into the boiling bubble. The water vapor is dense, the tea is heated by boiling water, and the light and long fragrance of tea spreads in the room.

Cheng Yujin's voice sounded with the fragrance of tea: "brother Lin, you're all alone in the new year. If you can't go home, won't your family worry?"

Lin Qingyuan sighed, rarely giving birth to some desolation: "of course, my parents are not at ease. They wrote letters several times, but loyalty and filial piety are difficult. Since I enter the Imperial Academy, I always put the holy order first. "

Cheng Yujin nodded, put it into the water and sighed: "what elder brother Lin said is true. However, I feel sorry for my parents all over the world. I'm afraid elder brother Lin can't feel at ease. Why didn't elder brother Lin want to start a family? If you have a wife to take care of you, surely the elders won't be so worried. "I don't know how the topic became heavy and private. Lin Qingyuan breathed and said, "my mother and grandmother have urged me to do this, but I always think it's not the right time."

"Not yet?" Cheng Yujin raised her eyebrows and asked, "how do you say that?"

Lin Qingyuan was silent. After a while, he shook his head regretfully: "a man should marry a woman. It's natural that this is human relations.". However, I always feel that it's not time to get married. Now I haven't found that person and I don't want to get married rashly. "

When Cheng Yujin heard this, she was surprised and shocked. Lin Qingyuan is more serious about marriage than Cheng Yujin imagined. When she was so old, which of the noble children around her was not lying on the credit book of her ancestors, eating dividends, walking around the streets all day, sleeping in flowers and willows, and when she was old, she married a pretty wife. But it doesn't affect them to get along with their confidants. What they have to do is to give their wife dignity, and don't let some of their concubines go beyond her.

Cheng Yujin is also used to this mode of husband and wife. Her father, mother, aunt, uncle and even her sisters all live like this. Concubines are just a part of the family property. If they are well managed, they should not give birth to their eldest son, nor let their husband spoil their concubines and destroy their wives. This is enough. Who will compete with their concubines?

As for whether they like it or not, whether they like it or not, no one has considered it at all. Like Lin Qingyuan, who does not meet the woman of his heart, he does not marry. It's a strange thing.

Cheng Yujin stopped for a long time, bowed her head and laughed: "I really admire elder brother Lin's future wife. How lucky it is to be treated so seriously by elder brother Lin. "

Cheng Yujin has been laughing all day, but now is the only time to really smile. Ironically, however, she had a wry smile.

Cheng Yujin is not without loneliness to think, can be a man so devoted to treat, how happy and comfortable it will be? She always despises Huo Changyuan and Cheng Yumo, but Cheng Yumo is also loved by Huo Changyuan. Only her whole life, like her father, mother, aunt and father, has always respected each other, beginning with interests and ending with interests.

Lin Qingyuan is blushed by Cheng Yujin. He takes a look at Cheng Yujin. Through the mist, she can't see her face clearly. However, seeing flowers in the mist is even more beautiful. Lin Qingyuan suddenly stammered: "actually It's not as serious as the big girl said. I'm just a mortal. You don't have to think that way, big girl. "

Cheng Yujin raised her head and gave Lin Qingyuan a smile: "why not? Brother Lin is not confident in himself

Of course, Lin Qingyuan's future wife deserves to be envied, because that person is her! So lucky, who else?

Such an infatuated young man, let him find his true love? How can it be? Of course, Cheng Yujin has to play tricks to intercept it.