Double Bracelets

"Hello, Auntie." The two stood up, and Jiang Xijie bowed respectfully to the visitor, trying her best to put on a gentle smile, so as not to make Mrs. Wang feel that she was too charming and "incompatible" with her daughter. Ga”—Is that so?Mrs. Wang's surname was Shi, and she was originally considered a prominent family in Suzhou—but after the Taiping Army came, the Shi family fell into a shambles.The Shi family is also a concubine, and has no status in the family. It is considered good that her father gave her a little private school education. Anyway, she just planned to marry her off early.Marrying the young master of the Wang family, who was also in decline at the time, was considered a good match.The power of her natal family has declined, and Shi's status in the Wang family depends entirely on a pair of twins.However, this is an extremely solid reliance.The two children have been raised by their side since they were young, and they are also in good health. They have grown up peacefully, and they are getting more and more competitive.

In fact, Wang Jiyue had wondered why her father's third concubine had nothing to do.Aside from the fact that the fourth aunt came in late and the third aunt might not be able to give birth, the second aunt has not conceived any of them for so many years, which always seems strange.However, the number of people in the Wang family's mansion is withered, and this is not the only strange thing.

The servant took the stool and seated Mrs. Wang. The simple and elegant Mrs. Wang clasped her hands on her lap, looked at Jiang Xijie kindly, but opened her mouth in authentic northern Mandarin, "Hello, Miss Jiang. In school, Jiyue has troubled Miss Jiang to take care of her." "I don't know anything about my aunt when I come from the north, she is the one who takes care of me." Jiang Xijie originally thought that she had to rely on Wang Jiyue to translate, but before Mrs. Wang opened her mouth, she had already slandered her Wang Jiyue continued to eat without saying a word two hundred times, but now it was her turn to be surprised. "Since you come to play, stay for a few more days and have fun. This old house has been deserted for many years, so it's good to be lively and lively when you come. If there is any poor hospitality, please don't take offense, Miss Jiang." "Where is it? In other words, I've never seen such a mansion with pavilions, terraces and pavilions, and it's too late to like it. Jiyue and I don't know each other, so what's wrong with the hospitality!"

Hearing this, Wang Jiyue paused while eating, but her face was calm. "That's good. Many of Jiyue's friends are married now, so they stay in the countryside of Suzhou. She went to Shanghai alone. I'm always afraid that she has no friends. She's alone. Now I hear what Miss Jiang said. Once I said that, I was relieved."

Wang Jiyue said in his heart where it was.For a moment, he seemed to think of those lake blue eyeballs again.Can those eyeballs still see the face they once had?

After lunch, Mrs. Wang said that she was going to take a nap, and the two of them were about to go out.Wang Jiyue asked her if she wanted to go to the Canglang Pavilion or to swim in Taihu Lake, Jiang Xijie was noncommittal, staring at a pair of innocent big eyes and pretending to be stupid.Suddenly, Wang Jiyue had an idea, called the housekeeper, whispered a few words, and then pulled Jiang Xijie, "Let's go, let's go to Taihu Lake. Let's sit on a painting boat on Taihu Lake, drink winter brewing wine, and be happy!"

In Jiang Xijie's eyes, Wang Jiyue had never been so hard-headed, so she followed in a daze.Although it is not far from Mudu Town to the shore of Taihu Lake, she still thought of and asked a question before she arrived: "It's just the two of us, will there be a boatman for us?" Before waiting for an answer, Wang Jiyue took She walked to the side of the boat, "This boat is not big, and I can sit on it freely...what are you doing standing there, this is my uncle's boat. I keep it here on weekdays and don't use it. I lend it to my uncle's house occasionally. It's every year When we came back from the holidays, our family sat and went swimming in the lake.”

Jiang Xijie took a closer look and found that it was just a wire mesh boat. Although the decoration was beautiful, it couldn't hide the fact that it didn't belong to a rich man like Wang Jianxun.The servants rowed the boats, set the tables, and warmed the wine.However, the work efficiency of four people is quite high.Whether a rich person's family is a family is not looking at the house or antiques, but looking at whether there are professional old servants who are familiar with it.For example, the burly cook like Mrs. Jiang, or the butler like the Wang family who takes care of everything quietly.

After paddling for a while, it seemed that the swing was far enough. In the short winter day, the sun gradually set, and the afterglow fell on the water of Taihu Lake.Jiang Xijie drank the sweet-scented osmanthus-flavored winter brewed wine. Although she didn't look good, she relaxed her mind and exclaimed that it looked good.Wang Jiyue just put one hand on the warm wine glass and looked at her amusedly. Mr. Housekeeper sat on the stove beside him warming the wine, and suddenly said a few words to Wang Jiyue.The two looked at each other and smiled, Wang Jiyue turned her head and saw Jiang Xijie who was waiting with Shui Ling's big eyes again, knowing that she was curious about what they said again. "Let's say that Yuantouzhu is the place with the best scenery in Taihu Lake. It's a pity that I can't go to Wuxi to see it." Wang Jiyue had a look of regret for Jiang Xijie on her face, "But it doesn't matter, we will go again when spring comes, and wait for the flowers to bloom. "

"I'm not in a hurry. Anyway, I have you. The ends of the earth, wherever you take me, I will go."

Knowing that she didn't necessarily mean that when she said this, Wang Jiyue still wanted to think about that meaning.The expression suddenly became awkward, Jiang Xijie saw it, and was startled, thinking that she has always been hiding from her from time to time recently, what kind of ghosts did she see at Kitterlin's place?But she didn't dare to ask, so she calmly turned her face away and admired her scenery of the lake and mountains.

Although there were only the two of them eating at the table, the dishes on the table were well prepared—the butler was thoughtful, so he went to Shijia Restaurant to order lunch, and brought it to the boat to warm it.When it gets dark and you start eating, the temperature is still just right.Although Jiang Xijie was born in a famous family, she was used to being rough-bred. This Jiangnan aristocratic family has no right or money to enjoy the delicacy of life in different ways. She understands and admires it very much.Take a sip of the whole duck in mother oil on the left, and a sip of sauce on the right, then go over the cups, plates and dishes to pick up white shrimp and crucian carp, and take another sip of wine.She is quite satisfied, and Wang Jiyue is used to it—Jiang Xijie, who has nothing to do with eating and looks, who has yet to learn how to be a lady.Only the old housekeeper had never seen such a bold and unrestrained beauty.

In fact, the sweet-scented osmanthus wine that the housekeeper brought here today is not intoxicating. God knows that Jiang Xijie, who only knew how to burn knives, wine and brandy since she was a child, drank such sweet rice wine for the first time. At this time, his face was flushed, and he was still smiling and reciting ancient poems with Wang Jiyue. For a while, he wanted to "raise a glass to invite the bright moon", for a while "Dongli put the wine in the evening", and for a while "Green ant new fermented wine, a small red clay stove ", Wang Jiyue was worried that she would get drunk, and wanted to persuade her, but she felt a little sympathetic.

Forget it, let her do it, she has been tired in the past six months, right?

Busy when the year is unfavorable, and being busy is even more unfavorable when the year is unfavorable. You have to put in four or five times the effort to resist resistance in everything.People always need a place to completely liberate themselves, take off all armor, and softly reveal all their weaknesses to that person.

As a result, when she landed, she was really drunk.Drinking is generally divided into three stages, soft-spoken, bold-spoken, and silent.At the door of the house, Jiang Xijie had already recited ancient poems to "Yebo Qinhuai near the restaurant". Wang Jiyue was angry and funny as she supported her, so she had to say, "This is Mudu, Suzhou, not Nanjing, without Dong Xiaowan, without Li Xiangjun. You are drinking today." I'm happy, but I'm intoxicated and I don't know where to go, right?"

"Who said I don't know?" I don't know if she was provoked, or because she had the consciousness to meet people, Jiang Xijie broke away from her arms, stood up straight suddenly, straightened her clothes, and walked away as usual but with sloppy steps go in.

Although the one who came back was late, Mrs. Wang was sitting in the hall reading Buddhist scriptures.She calculated that the two of them were going to drink, so she prepared tea and waited.At this moment, whoever approached Jiang Xijie could smell the sweet-scented osmanthus-scented alcohol on her body five steps away, and now she couldn't hide her charming attitude.She knew it herself, so she had to control herself as much as possible, while saying hello to Mrs. Wang, saying that she had a good time today, thank you for the hospitality; when she took the tea and was about to put it on her lips, she felt that her arms were all soft of.

Wang Jiyue was also ready to drink a cup of tea.But she didn't know whether Xu's mother was sleepy tonight or she was not feeling well. She shook her hand and watched the tea bowl that was supposed to be handed to her fall in mid-air.

It was Jiang Xijie who was quick to catch it.I saw her ejected from the chair, bent her knees and lowered her body, supported her palms, and her four fingers seemed to be in vain but actually caught the porcelain bowl with force. The movements were swift and precise, definitely not like the erratic walking just now. drunkard.

Of course she was still a drunk after all.She could catch it but couldn't stand up, Wang Jiyue regained her composure and went to help her immediately.It doesn't matter if you help her, she becomes that limp Jiang Xijie again.Mrs. Wang looked funny, and reprimanded Madam Xu in Suzhou dialect, and told them both to wash up and rest.

After Wang Jiyue finished washing, Jiang Xijie, who was already lying on the outer bed, seemed to have fallen asleep.Wang Jiyue walked over to see her.Seeing that she was sleeping soundly wrapped in the quilt, he relaxed and sat down along the edge of the bed, tucking the quilts one by one for her, as if he was afraid that someone who was drunk would catch a cold.Unexpectedly, Jiang Xijie woke up, and opened her sleepy eyes to look at Wang Jiyue's unclear face through the faint moonlight.

"Are you here?" "Yeah, I woke you up." "Ugh..." "It's getting late, go to bed. Wake up and go play somewhere else tomorrow." "Mmm..." Jiang Xijie closed her eyes , but reached out to hold Wang Jiyue and said, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid... I'm here, I'm here..." Then fell asleep again.Wang Jiyue didn't know, so she had no choice but to put her hands back under the quilt and cover them carefully.

After sleeping with her clothes on, she was thinking in her mind, yes, I have never been afraid, I have never been afraid when I grow up so big, because fear is useless.

The author has something to say:

It's okay to travel around while you are young, wait until you are not young enough to see if I will torture you two to death. . .