Zhen Lian of the Red Chamber

Jia Lian led several people to play in the temple again, and agreed on the departure time. Liu Xianglian also told the inn where Jia Lian was staying, and Fang bid farewell and went back.

After getting into the carriage, Zhen Lian asked, "Are you very close to that man?" Zhen Lian only remembered that Liu Xianglian seemed to be best with Jia Baoyu, and didn't know anything else.

"Just acquaintance, he is a few years older than me, and he doesn't stay in the same place on weekdays. He was surprised and happy to meet here, so he became a lot closer. They must have a few big boats when they go back, which is much more convenient and comfortable than us. So I also agreed." Generally, traveling by boat is very dangerous, there are countless checkpoints along the way, there are even powerful people such as water bandits making trouble, Jia's family is powerful, and those people dare not provoke them.If he was alone, he would be fearless, but he was afraid that they would be scared and hurt, so he didn't say it out loud. The boat he ordered to go to Beijing before was not afraid of those powerful merchants' ships, so he was relieved to travel alone.

After Zhen Lian heard this, she didn't ask any more questions, just to satisfy her own curiosity.

It was only afternoon when I returned to the inn, and Liu Xianglian went back to the scheduled boat.

The next day, Zhen Lian and Liu Xianglian went out for a stroll, but Zhen's mother didn't want to go out, so Zhen Lian persuaded her several times but still refused.Thinking that the inn was still safe, I had to ask Mother Zhen to close the door and be careful, and asked the innkeeper Xiao Er to pay attention to Mother Zhen's safety.Then he and Liu Xianglian came out alone.

The two did not hire chariots or horses, but walked side by side.Seeing that there were only two of them alone, Liu Xianglian was already in high spirits, talking briskly all the way.The two of them had very little time alone, and they never went out alone. At this time, Liu Xianglian couldn't help but want to grab Zhenlian's hand and wrap her arms around her shoulders.But seeing people coming and going on the street, I had to endure it secretly.

Zhen Lian walked for a while and saw many food shops on both sides of the street, many of them wanted to eat, but she didn't have a big appetite, so she had to look around and weigh it before deciding on a noodle restaurant called "Fengzhen Baitang Big Meat Noodles".

He and Liu Xianglian went in and sat down, the inside was tidy and the several tables were full of people, so the two chose to sit down at the unoccupied table.

After sitting for a while, the noodles for the two of them were delivered. There were two full bowls, thin noodles with pork belly in clear soup, sprinkled with chopped green onions, and the smell of wine wafted through her nostrils. Zhen Lian's appetite suddenly whetted.

Such a big bowl of Zhenlian couldn't finish it, so she moved Liu Xianglian's bowl over and divided half of it.He smiled and said, "I can't eat that much, so help me eat some."

Liu Xianglian nodded with a smile, and took the pointed bowl, "I won't be able to walk in a while, you have to carry me back!"

Zhen Lian swallowed the noodles in her mouth, and jokingly said: "Don't say so little, you can eat another bowl, and coax me to carry you! I can't carry you." After a pause, she prayed: "It's because I'm tired from walking later that you carry me on your back, okay?" He reached out to hold his hand again, and looked at him with a smile.

Liu Xianglian, on the other hand, might as well be made to blush, her heart beating wildly.Thinking of so many people around, he must have heard and seen, and felt even more embarrassed, so he buried his head and ate noodles.

Zhen Lian chuckled, her back was facing the crowd, and she was wearing a veil, so no one else could see her, let alone be afraid.Looking at Liu Xianglian's blushing face, she was so happy that she withdrew her hand and smiled for a long time.

After paying the bill and coming out, Zhen Lian saw that Liu Xianglian was still a little uncomfortable, and said with a smile: "Why are you still like this! I don't see you being so shy on weekdays."

Liu Xianglian cleared her throat and said with a helpless smile: "There are so many people, you just talk like that, and you still hold my hand, and everyone is looking at me, what a shame!"

Seeing that his hand was hanging aside, Zhen Lian went to pull his left hand up again, interlocking her fingers, and said with a smile: "I'm still like this! If you don't want to, you can let go!" She stared at him playfully.

Liu Xianglian was originally a free and easy person, just now she was teased by her sweetheart in public and listened to her sweet voice.At this moment, she had already come to her senses, and immediately grabbed Zhen Lian's hand, and pulled her over to get close together, "I will not let go, I will hold you for the rest of my life! I want to hold you for the rest of my life!"

Zhen Lian also held onto her tightly, and smiled, "That's for sure, you don't have to regret it!" The two of them held hands and walked side by side, ignoring the gazes of others, just looking around. .

In fact, Zhen Lian and the others didn't have anything to buy. There was nothing in Shenjing.It's just that Zhen Lian was dazzled when she saw this bustling market with all kinds of exquisite goods.There are also many hawkers on both sides of the street with various small stalls. Zhen Lian dragged Liu Xianglian to stroll around one by one. When she saw something to eat, she bought it and tasted it. When she saw those exquisite and small things, she couldn't help picking them up and playing with them. I bought all of them.After a circle, Liu Xianglian couldn't put it down, and she also took a lot in her hand, so Zhenlian reluctantly put her hand away.

Seeing that Zhen Lian was almost done shopping, Liu Xianglian smiled and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to buy some things!" Pulling her around a few turns and entering a shop, Zhen Lian looked up and saw that it was a shop called " The shop of "Qin Ji Silver House".

As soon as he entered the store, a clerk greeted him with a smile on his face and said, "Please come in, distinguished guest! What do you want to buy? Our Qinji is the largest and best jewelry store in Gusu. It has exquisite craftsmanship, exquisite workmanship, and various styles. What do you want?" There are all kinds of them! If you don’t have them, we can do it for you if you say so, to your satisfaction!”

The guy smiled and spoke in a cadenced tone, with a clear voice, which made people feel good after hearing it.Zhen Lian smiled slightly, Liu Xianglian is going to buy jewelry for herself?But don't you just buy it secretly and give the other party a surprise as a gift?How can I bring someone to buy it, but it feels like an old couple.

Pulling Zhen Lian into the shop and sitting down in the shop, another person served tea, Liu Xianglian said: "Take a look at all kinds of jewelry!"

The clerk promised to go down and get it. Liu Xianglian turned her head to look at Zhenlian, said with a low voice, and said with a smile, "Let's see what you like later? Let's pick some, and I'll pick a few for my aunt, even though you don't usually like them, but Choose as many as you want!"

"Those are heavy, and I don't like them, but since it's your wish, then I'll choose a few!" Zhen Lian smiled sweetly and looked at him with a smile.In my previous life, I was used to wearing only a rubber band, and I didn’t wear it a few years ago when I came here. I just wore braids or that kind of very simple hair accessories, and basically didn’t wear anything on my head.Later, Mother Zhen also helped Zhen Lian to dress up in the Feng family, but Zhen Lian was not used to it, and couldn't bear the weight on her head, so she returned to her original shape. Mother Zhen had no choice but to follow Zhen Lian.

After a while, the jewelry was delivered, and the waiter carefully placed the tray with all kinds of jewelry on the table, "Guests, please take a look, they are all the best in our shop."

There were more than a dozen items in the tray, and Zhen Lian picked them up one by one to look at them, and there were only a few that she liked.Thinking of Zhen's mother's dress for several days, which was relatively elegant and simple, she carefully picked out two hairpins.After reading it again, I chose a pair of earrings and rocked one.Shaking his head, he said, "That's all, I don't really like the others."

Liu Xianglian took a look at these four, "Choose a few more!" Then picked up a few more and said, "These are all good, why don't you take a look again?"

Zhen Lian glanced at it and shook her head, "Forget it, I won't wear any more."

The clerk at the side took the opportunity to laugh and said: "If the customer doesn't like these things, we still have them in our store. After talking, he turned around and went to get them."

Zhen Lian couldn't stop her, so she could only watch him take it, looked around again, shook her head, but she didn't like it either.She is not interested in these things by nature, if she takes those delicate gadgets, she will like them a little bit.

Seeing this, Liu Xianglian paid the bill, and when the clerk packed up, she dragged Zhenlian away.

It was already afternoon, and at noon, the two found a restaurant to sit down and have a rest. Zhen Lian liked a few signature dishes, so they went there and ordered another to take home.

It was almost dark when we returned to the inn, and Zhen's mother hadn't eaten yet, so Liu Xianglian took some food to warm up and came back, and they sat down to eat.

At the end of the meal, Zhenlian took out the things she bought today to show Mother Zhen one by one, she was all some delicate or interesting little things, and she played with them again before putting them away.

He took out the jewelry box again, put it in front of Mother Zhen and said with a smile: "Look!" Open the box, take it out, put it on Mother Zhen's head, show Mother Zhen the mirror, and said with a smile: "This is your The future son-in-law honors you! Let’s see if I like the style I chose.”

Mother Zhen looked at herself in the mirror with a smile, and nodded with satisfaction, "I like it, why did you think to buy these for me? My hair is all gray, what's so good about wearing these." Turning to look at Zhen Lian, she said with a smile: " Instead, you should dress up, keep your face plain all day long, and don't even wear rouge."

"What's the matter? Your daughter is naturally beautiful, and she is still a stunning beauty without dressing up. What are you worried about!" Zhen Lian smiled and shook her mother, "Could it be that mother, you don't like me anymore!"

"You! There are always so many reasons, Xianglian is still here, you are not ashamed to boast so much!" The helpless daughter Ren shook and joked.

Zhen Lian turned to look at Liu Xianglian, raised her head and smiled at him, "Aren't I telling the truth?"

Liu Xianglian hurriedly replied with a smile: "Of course it is true!"

Zhen Lian couldn't help laughing happily, and showed her own to Zhen's mother, "Are they good-looking? It took me a long time to choose these."

Mother Zhen held it in her hand and looked at it carefully, nodded and smiled, "It's very good, small and unique." She got up and stood behind Zhen Lian, untied her hair and combed it again, put Bu Yao on Zhen Lian's head, and replaced Zhen Lian. Lian put on the earrings that Lian had worn before. "Isn't this better?"

Zhen Lian took the mirror and looked at it, she looked much better than before, and said with a smile: "It's still my mother's dexterity, this way of doing it really adds a lot of color, if I learn a little bit from my mother, it will be enough for me to use for the rest of my life!"

"If you earnestly learn these things from me, you won't look like this!" Mother Zhen smiled and sighed with kindness on her face: "Forget it, it's up to you, as long as you like it!"

Zhen Lian turned around to let Liu Xianglian look at it, and said with a smile, "How is it, does it look good?"

Liu Xianglian couldn't help but glanced at Mother Zhen, seeing that she hadn't looked here before, she nodded and praised in a low voice: "You look beautiful, you are beautiful no matter what!"

Zhen Lian was satisfied and decided to take it with her for the next few days.

The author has something to say:

Today is the last day of this year, and this chapter is also my last manuscript. I hope I can code out the next chapter when I have time.

I wish you all a Happy New Year!In good health!May all go well with you!