Golden Pink Building

After the meal, Mrs. Bai first said: "It's getting late. You just moved out and there are a lot of things out of order. If you have anything to do, just go home and tell me. I just told you to be careful when you are outside. Don't forget to go home." Look at me, old woman!" Qingqiu and Bai Shaoyi said together: "We have nothing to do on Sunday, so we must go back to see mother. We will remember what mother told us." Mrs. Bai pulled Qingqiu to Bai Shaoyi and said meaningfully: "Get married Parents can’t follow you all the time, and you have to walk the future by yourself.” Bai Shaoyi thought about it, and hurriedly said to her mother: “Mom is right, we will not call you Worry." Looking at her son's expression, Mrs. Bai was a little relieved: "Qingqiu is a good boy, you should treat her well."

After Mrs. Bai said goodbye, Xiuzhu and sister-in-law also left, but the youngest mistress of the Jin family seemed to have something to say. Bai Shaoyi looked at Xiufang and stopped, thinking that she was not good in front of her. Talking to Qingqiu, he said to Minzhi and Daozhi's cousins: "Don't you say you want to study abroad? How is the school chosen? I have some school materials here, you go and have a look." A cousin went to the study.Here Xiufang got a chance to talk to Qingqiu alone.

It turned out that Xiufang wanted to put her girl, Xiaolian, here with Qingqiu. Qingqiu said with some surprise: "Xiaolian is my sister-in-law's girl, and my sister-in-law also knows what I was like before. I have never had a girl to serve me. Mother I feel sorry for me, so I put the sweet-scented osmanthus here. That girl Xiaolian has been following my sister-in-law, I dare not take away people's love."

Xiufang's face was gloomy, and she said despondently: "I've been thinking about it for a long time, and only you can help me. I take you as a friend who can speak from my heart. Although we have known each other for a short time, I don't think we will ever meet again. Wrong, from your attitude towards Xiuzhu, I can see that you are much better off with those people who say nice things on the face, but are eager to see your jokes. I am not afraid of losing face in front of you, your big cousin, Fengju is shameless Yes, he's thinking about Xiaolian!" Xiaolian is Xiufang's dowry girl, so it's not unacceptable for Feng Ju to have feelings for Xiaolian.In the past, Qingqiu might not feel that what Fengju did was wrong, at most, he just lamented that men like the new and dislike the old.However, having been nurtured in this era for several years, Qingqiu firmly stood by Xiufang's side.This is not the era when Sister Feng gave Ping'er to Jia Lian as a girl in the same room in order to show her virtuousness.

"It's inconvenient for me to say anything about sister-in-law's affairs. In fact, Xiaolian has been with sister-in-law for many years, and she has served her with all her heart. Why don't you find a suitable family and marry Xiaolian. With her support, the family can be quieter. "Qingqiu gave Xiufang an idea to send Xiaolian away and give her freedom, leaving Fengju to worry about leaving the Jin family.

"It would be great if it could be like this. Xiao Lian has no home since she was a child. Even if her family is brought in, who can guarantee that they will not sell Xiao Lian after changing hands. She has served me for the past few years, and I can't." Seeing her fall into the fire pit, I only know your eldest cousin's temper, how can he give up if he doesn't get Xiao Lian. Maybe he will dare to set up a small mansion outside after Xiao Lian goes out. Xiao Lian That girl is very angry, can I just marry her to the son of the cook Lao Zhao and the gardener Lao Zhang? Let me marry Xiao Lian, your eldest cousin will definitely be angry with me, he has been at odds with me for three days now. I’m going home, am I giving him an excuse not to go home? I’m like an ant on a hot pot, in a dilemma. I just ask you to put Xiaolian with you for a few days, and say that you just moved There are a lot of things to do, Xiao Lian also served her cousin before, she stayed to help for a few days. Waiting for your big cousin to let go of this idea, I will take Xiao Lian back immediately." Xiufang is in a dilemma, they have just been married for a few years However, the relationship between husband and wife quickly faded, and now Xiufang and Fengju have become strangers living under the same roof.

Although Qingqiu felt sorry for Xiufang, she didn't want to get involved in the affairs of other people's husbands and wives, so she just said perfunctorily: "I want to ask Shao Yi about this matter. It's nothing for Xiaolian to put here, she's just the people around my sister-in-law, and we're not good either. Do whatever you want."

Xiufang took a deep breath: "I'll put Xiaolian with you today, and when I get back, I'll tell you that you have a lot of things to do here, so I'll stay and she will help. You just got married, and you really don't want to have too many people around you. Let it go for a day, and if the cousin disagrees, send her back immediately." Xiufang decided that if Qingqiu and Shaoyi refused to accept Xiaolian, she would send Xiaolian to another place, and at that time she would not be so scruples about it. too much.

Bai Shaoyi looked at Xiao Lian who looked panic-stricken for a while, feeling helpless, and before her own affairs were settled, a big trouble came!Xiaolian pinched the corners of her clothes in panic. The Eldest Young Master would often speak crazy things to her when the Young Mistress was away, but she kept avoiding it by pretending not to hear it.Who would have thought that the eldest young master had already explained his words recently, and even made a fuss at her.Xiao Lian knew that the young mistress had reached the edge of tolerance, if the young master continued to push her every step of the way, she might sell herself in a fit of anger.Master Biao and his wife became her last straw.

Bai Shaoyi's long and short sighs made Xiaolian tremble, she looked at Qingqiu pitifully, and begged in a sad voice: "I beg young mistress to take me in, if I go back our uncle will definitely not let me go, our grandma will definitely sell me out. I am an orphan with only one uncle. My uncle sold me back then, and I will have the same fate when I go out again. I used to be young and could only be a girl for others, but when I grow up, they may sell me to those places Go. I'd rather be a yard sweeper next to grandma than go back. If my cousin and grandma don't want me, I'll go out as a monk."

Qingqiu looked at Xiaolian and thought that this girl still had some backbone, Bai Shaoyi looked helplessly at Qingqiu Wanquan and waited for her to make up her mind. "Since this is the case, I can't just watch you fail. You can stay and wait until later. You and Osmanthus live in a room, and I ask Mama Zhang to arrange it. You do things with Mama Zhang every day, and you Don't worry too, since you have made up your mind, your young mistress won't make it difficult for you." Qingqiu asked Zhang Ma to take Xiaolian down, and there were only husband and wife left in the room.

Bai Shaoyi laughed dryly: "Well, it's getting late, let's go to bed early. Isn't there a party tomorrow? We should also go to bed early." Said Bai Shaoyi came up to take Qingqiu to the bedroom to "compensate" her.Qingqiu stood up calmly and asked Bai Shaoyi to rush away. She stood at the door and said with a half-smile: "It's not dark yet, and you haven't been preparing for lessons these days. You are good at work and hard at play. Waiting for you to teach students You have to make a fool of yourself in class."

"Don't worry, although I don't dare to say that I am talented, I can write well, and I can speak well, but I don't have to be prepared to face a big enemy when teaching students." Bai Shaoyi thought that someone once said that the most important thing is to get his wife's forgiveness. Good thing is in bed.Tonight, he must not give Qingqiu the time to calm down and question the teacher.

Qingqiu seemed to have seen through Bai Shaoyi's thoughts, she raised her voice and called Osmanthus, "Osmanthus, bring me my coat." "What time is it, where are you going!" Back to her mother's house, Osmanthus heard Qingqiu's call and hurriedly brought Qingqiu's coat: "It's getting dark, where is grandma going? Why don't you ask the driver to drive grandma out."

Bai Shaoyi leaned forward nervously, pulled off Qingqiu's sleeves secretly, and admitted her mistake humbly: "You can scold me all you want, we are husband and wife, if you tell them that we quarreled within a few days after we got married, they will definitely Laughing at us." Qingqiu turned to the stunned Osmanthus fragrans in surprise and said, "You are considered an old man in the family, why does your young master have such a temper, you don't have to recognize the non-existent faults on yourself to feel comfortable ? I'll go out and walk around the yard, so as not to disturb him reading and preparing lessons. Why did I lose my temper with you? Osmanthus fragrans, you are listening from the side, so why am I picking on him?"

As soon as Osmanthus came in and saw the young master's expression was not right, she knew it was the young couple who were arguing, and when she heard Bai Shaoyi humbly begging Qingqiu for forgiveness, she was even more stunned.From Osmanthus's point of view, their young master is a person who can't express his emotions or anger. He is always polite to servants, making people unpredictable. Osmanthus has never seen Bai Shaoyi's pitiful look.She wondered to herself if it was something the young master did that made the young mistress angry and wanted to go back to her mother's house.But the two of them have only been married for a few days, and they were still in love when they woke up this morning, and they turned their faces in the blink of an eye!

Osmanthus fragrans dubiously looked at Qingqiu with a calm face, she hurriedly put on Qingqiu's clothes: "It's dark outside, I'll turn on the light. The young master cares about grandma, he'd be restless if he couldn't see for a moment." It turned out to be About this, Osmanthus thought with a sigh of relief, turned around and went out.Ever since she got married, Bai Shaoyi wished she could turn into brown candy and stick to Qingqiu's body. In the past, the young master lived a very regular life, reading a book every night.Thinking about it carefully, since getting married, the self-control that the young master is so proud of has disappeared. Maybe he clings too tightly to the young mistress, making the young mistress disgusted.The young mistress urged the young master not to forget his studies, she is really a virtuous person.Osmanthus automatically made up a reasonable explanation in her mind, but she didn't know that Bai Shaoyi was even more suspicious.

"Qiu'er, I'll follow you around the yard too. It's not good for your health to just sit in the study and read a book after eating." Bai Shaoyi found a perfect excuse for herself, sticking to Qingqiu and wandering around in the yard.

This yard has two entrances, and there is an exquisite small garden at the back. Although the sweet-scented osmanthus has turned on the street lights in the garden, the dim light still cannot illuminate the whole garden.Bai Shaoyi and Qingqiu walked slowly side by side on the path paved with gravel.Qingqiu lowered his head, as if he was concentrating on studying the pattern made of stones, Bai Shaoyi cooperated with Qingqiu's footsteps, he was full of words but couldn't say a single word.The two of them walked around the garden for a few times, this kind of silence almost suffocated Bai Shaoyi, clenched his fists, Bai Shaoyi decided to break the maddening silence, but just as soon as he turned his head, he saw the sparkling tears on Qingqiu's face.Bai Shaoyi was so frightened that she quickly shook Qingqiu's hand, her voice trembling: "Qiu'er, why are you crying? Everything is my fault. If you want to vent your anger on me, just scold me and hit me."

Qingqiu silently pulled out her hand and wiped away the tears on her face with the handkerchief. Qingqiu looked at the tears on the handkerchief in surprise. How could she cry? She cried too much in the last life. In this life, when she met Bai Shaoyi, Qingqiu felt that Although I also like Bai Shaoyi in my heart, I will never value a person as much as I did in my previous life.Bai Shaoyi went to see Zhao Yihan, which still made her sad.Seeing that Qingqiu didn't speak, Bai Shaoyi's expression changed, he stared at Qingqiu nervously, wishing he could get into her heart and see clearly what she was thinking. "Qingqiu, I didn't hide everything that happened today. It's my fault that I went out after hearing Zhao Yihan's words. You're sad, but we are husband and wife, we should treat each other honestly. Just say what you have to say. If you think I I have nothing to say about the unforgivable mistake. Please don't be sad, if your mother-in-law finds out about your appearance, she will be so sad."

Qingqiu looked up at Bai Shaoyi, couldn't help wiping the cold sweat on Bai Shaoyi's forehead with a handkerchief, she said slowly in a crying voice: "I'm sad, but you can know your mistakes and ask for my forgiveness, I'm sorry. I forgive you in my heart. But I still feel uncomfortable, can't you let others vent their emotions? Only your state officials are allowed to set fires, and our people are not allowed to light lamps? In order to punish you, you will now be punished by the Analects of Confucius, and I will count you I am waiting to go back and think about how to punish you!"

Bai Shaoyi entered a boarding school in England at the age of 11, where can he recite the Analects of Confucius backwards?But since Qingqiu wanted to let go again, he was a little relieved.As long as Qingqiu puts this matter aside, Bai Shaoyi will be able to pick up the moon in the sky. "As long as my wife forgives me, I can do anything. But what is the beginning of Qingqiu Analects!" Bai Shaoyi winked pitifully at Qingqiu, almost wagging her tail.

Qingqiu rolled his eyes at him, with a sly gleam in his eyes: "I'm counting your mistakes, you made one mistake, just study hard in the study all night! I'm tired too, so quiet Rest for a few days." As soon as Qingqiu's words came out, there was a burst of mourning, and the birds resting on the books in the backyard were frightened and flew away.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs often holds banquets and garden parties. In order to celebrate the re-election of the President, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a grand reception. The location is not the hotel where receptions and banquets are often held. This time, the Ministry chose the address in the front Inside the Summer Palace, the summer palace of the emperor.It is the time when the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming. With a pool of green lake water, everyone's mood is lifted.Bai Shaoyi led Qingqiu along the promenade to admire the scenery of lakes and mountains.Taking advantage of Qingqiu's arm, Bai Shaoyi stretched out her hand to caress Qingqiu's Rou Yi: "Actually, it could have been rejected. Their daily work in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is just to accompany foreign guests to eat, drink, and visit the scenery of the capital. Usually, it's just singing and dancing for peace. .Father is coming back soon, and there must be someone who will ask us in the past. You don’t like making noise, so we’ll go out after socializing.”

Qingqiu squinted at Bai Shaoyi's unruly paws for a while, and said calmly: "Since your mother asked you to come, you should socialize well. If your father is coming back, you should be more careful with your colleagues in father's department and officials." People in the province say that the son of the Bai family is too proud to cause trouble for his father." Facing the officialdom, Qingqiu knew something about it. Back then, Jia Min and Lin Ruhai had no children and raised Daiyu as a man. She is also the wife of Lord Yanzheng, and Daiyu knows a thing or two about social affairs by following her ears and eyes since she was a child.Later, when she went to her grandmother's home in Beijing, Mother Jia assigned Daiyu to Baoyu out of selfishness, and even more carefully taught her how to manage the house as a housewife, how to deal with human relationships and entertainment in official circles.

Therefore, everyone only sees Qingqiu's indifferent personality, thinking that she is not used to meeting people and is timid, but they don't know that Qingqiu is intelligent and has a clear insight into the world's morals and people's hearts, but she is not like Baochai, who is willing to take the initiative to deal with it Just in front of people.Bai Shaoyi didn't expect Qingqiu to have no stage fright in the face of the big battle that he was about to face. He was a little surprised and said: "I didn't expect that I married a wife who can help me socialize and manage relationships."

Qingqiu couldn't help but sneered: "Hmph, so in your heart I'm just a shy and cowardly person who can't stand on stage?"

"You misunderstood me. I think you are a banished immortal who likes to concentrate on studying knowledge in the ivory tower and does not eat the fireworks of the world. The greatest happiness in life is to do what you like, say what you want to say, and cry Smiles can be capricious. It is a waste of time to wear a fake mask and a group of people in the social arena." Bai Shaoyi is also helpless in the face of too much entertainment.

"That's naturally good. It's just that people always live among the crowd. How many people have been able to do everything according to their heart throughout the ages. Even the gods are governed by the rules of the heavens, let alone me and us mortals." Qingqiu found Bai Shaoyi Sometimes it is very cute, like a child, and there is a pure place deep in my heart.

"That's right, I'm an idiot. I actually chose law school! In fact, I should have chosen mathematics as a special research subject. I was locked in the laboratory every day and didn't have to come out. As a result, after studying law, I met different people every day and speculated about others. thoughts." Bai Shaoyi looked depressed, he shrugged helplessly, expressing that he chose the wrong major at the beginning.

"Even if you study a subject that you do research all day long, you still need to communicate with people. Is there no one in the laboratory who knows the world? Sophisticated people are articles. Everything in the world seems complicated, but the laws are the same. You don't understand people. There is only one law in the world!" Qingqiu couldn't help talking to Bai Shaoyi about the philosophy of life.

"Ms. Bai's words are really good. Listening to what you say is better than reading ten years of books. It's no wonder that Ouyang Yujian, who is famous in the debate club, has always missed Mrs. Bai." Just as Shao Yi and Qing Qiu were talking about speculation, a charming voice suddenly came from behind. the sound of.Qingqiu frowned slightly, Bai Shaoyi didn't need to turn around to know who it was, Zhao Yihan was really lingering! The blue gauze skirt caused many people to cast their eyes on them.Bai Shaoyi kept a dark face and ignored her.On the contrary, Zhao Yihan is like a person: "Shao Yi, you threw me in the cafe yesterday, and made me wait for you all afternoon. Don't you want to know the truth of the matter?"

"He must want to know the truth of the matter, but Shao Yi is not stupid. He is guarding one of the parties involved in the matter, why ask outsiders? Ms. Zhao is also here, and we meet again." Qingqiu didn't wait. When Bai Shaoyi spoke, he choked Zhao Yihan back first.

Seeing Zhao Yihan deflated, he was overjoyed, but he couldn't show it on his face. Bai Shaoyi continued Qingqiu's words: "Student Zhao, if you have anything to say to Qingqiu in the future, there is no secret between us and husband and wife. She can take full control of it." On my behalf. Excuse me, we have to go over to say hello, please go ahead." Bai Shaoyi said, holding Qingqiu on her arm, and went in: "You have met the Minister of Foreign Affairs, he brought his wife over when we got married."

Zhao Yihan was still in place, even with makeup on her face, she couldn't hide her blushing and pale face. It happened that Yanxi was strolling over, Zhao Yihan quickly rectified his emotions, returned to his usual expression, and faced Jin Yan Xi waved his hand.Seeing Zhao Yihan smiling affectionately at him, Jin Yanxi regained his energy immediately and hurriedly waved back.Unexpectedly, Xiuzhu somehow came out of it, thinking of Xiuzhu's crying, Yanxi suddenly hesitated.In Yanxi's heart, although being with Zhao Yihan, who is well-known in the capital, is very face-saving, but the friendship with Xiuzhu, Zhao Yihan will be left behind.

If he gets too close to Zhao Yihan, Xiuzhu will be angry, but he can't lose face in front of Zhao Yihan.When Yanxi was not hesitating, Xiuzhu turned and walked towards Qingqiu without looking at Yanxi.