Plum Blossoms

When she found Huamanlou, he was standing under the tree by the bridge.

Many people stood on the arch bridge, watching the krathongs set off on the river.The water surface was illuminated by the light, and there was a slight wave, which was sparkling.There is a painted boat passing by under the bridge, and the voice of the singer comes from inside, melodious and pleasant.

Hua Manlou stood under the tree, his face was slightly reddish by the lanterns beside him.He seemed to be listening to the singing, and seemed to be watching the lotus lantern floating with the waves.

Suddenly, there was a loud noise, and a fire was ignited by the river, and then a white dot shot up into the sky, and exploded in the night sky, forming fireworks and scattered down like stars and rain.This is the beginning, the moon is already round and bright, illuminated by the fireworks, it is like the day.Hua Manlou raised his head slightly, and also "looked" at the place where everyone was amazed.It's just that the place where he was standing was relatively secluded, with leafless branches stretching out above and blocked by vendors' sheds, so all kinds of light were much weaker there.

How did you write the poems you read before?

The man was in the dimly lit place.

People look for him thousands of Baidu.Looking back suddenly, the man was there, where the lights were dim.

Wang Zhaojun's eyes fell on him, and he couldn't look away.

She walked over with a lamp and said, "How did you get here?"

A faint smile appeared on Hua Manlou's face: "I was originally behind you, but I was surrounded by the crowd, so I walked here unknowingly. Thinking about what I said before, I wanted to come to the river to see the krathong, so here I am." Waiting."

Afraid of being separated again, Wang Zhaojun has been paying attention to Huamanlou's movements since then, not daring to be distracted.

Three days after the Lantern Festival, Mrs. Li finally came back.The Hua family sent a carriage to take her here, and the carriage was loaded with things for them, from clothes to food, everything that one expects to find.Among them is a violin, which is said to be acquired by the third brother of Huamanlou. It is the craftsmanship of Mr. Ogi, a master violin maker, and was specially given to him.

Mrs. Li took charge of the sundries in Baihualou again, and Wang Zhaojun became free day by day.This day, she had just asked someone to take away the letter to Zhao Wanru and some special gifts, when Hua Manlou suggested, "I just have time, do you want to learn the art of piano?"

Wang Zhaojun readily agreed.

It will be the end of the first month when she can play a ditty by herself.Chen Zhifang, a great country gentry in Suzhou City, held a banquet and invited wealthy families in the city to enjoy the plum blossoms in his garden in the suburbs, and Huamanlou was also invited.Wang Zhaojun was very interested, so he went with him.

This Boss Chen has passed his forties, and his temperament is quite forthright.His garden is very big, there is a large plum grove near the mountain, and the banquet is here.This plum grove is full of red plums, most of which are double petals, with beautiful postures, as bright as clouds.Wang Zhaojun walked around the garden alone, and when he came back, he happened to meet Boss Chen talking to Huamanlou.

Chen Zhifang said with a smile: "I just ordered the little girls to fold some flower branches and put them up for viewing. If Miss Wang likes them, feel free to fold them away, even if it fumes the house."

Wang Zhaojun frowned slightly, thanked him, and said, "Just looking at them is enough."

Chen Zhifang only thought of her as being polite, saying that she was just a plaything, and the bloggers laughed it off, not mentioning it.As soon as he finished speaking, someone chuckled: "Miss Wang is a person who cherishes flowers, how could she do such a thing of destroying flowers."

The speaker was very young, wearing a sky-blue round-neck gown, with a dignified appearance, he was the man Wang Zhaojun met in the garden just now.He went forward to salute, and said: "My lord, Chen Yuanhe, my father always likes to be arty, Miss Wang, don't argue with him."

Chen Zhifang was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, but he couldn't say a word. Chen Yuanhe remained calm, as if he didn't say the outrageous words just now.

The Chen family's father and son got along very interestingly, but as guests, they didn't know what to say.Fortunately, the servant girl came and said that it was Boss Sun from Yongtai Commercial Company, and Chen Zhifang said some more polite words before getting up and leaving.

After Chen Yuanhe exchanged pleasantries with Huamanlou, he suddenly turned the topic to Wang Zhaojun: "What does Miss Wang think of my plum garden?"

Wang Zhaojun was drinking tea. Hearing this, he looked at him and said, "The beauty is gorgeous, and it is blooming very well."

Chen Yuanhe said again: "My father is a businessman, but he likes such elegant things the most. He often collects calligraphy and paintings of famous people and invites people to appreciate them. Although he proposed the plum garden here, it is actually managed by me. Just now I saw that the girl was watching seriously, so I planned to explain something to the girl."

Wang Zhaojun smiled, bowed his head and remained silent.

She did meet Chen Yuanhe in the garden just now.Chen Yuanhe took the initiative to talk to her, Wang Zhaojun responded with a few words and left in a hurry under the pretext of having something to do, but he didn't expect him to say it.

Hua Manlou tilted her head slightly, as if she was puzzled by Chen Yuanhe's words, afraid that something might happen to her.It was difficult to explain at this time, so Wang Zhaojun patted the back of his hand twice to indicate that he was fine.

Chen Yuanhe glanced at it, and said: "Your Majesty interrupted me just now, the girl must not have enjoyed herself to the fullest, right? Why don't we enter the garden again now, and I will treat you wholeheartedly."

Before Wang Zhaojun could speak, Huamanlou said, "I just heard that Boss Sun has arrived, and I think the banquet will be held soon, so it's not easy to move around."

Chen Yuanhe paused, then laughed again: "Indeed, what a pity."

He looked regretful, as if it was a pity that he couldn't visit the garden together to fulfill his master's wishes.Such enthusiasm made Wang Zhaojun couldn't help but thank him again, talking to him was not as embarrassing as before, it was much more natural.

Chen Yuanhe is a man of eloquence, many things from his mouth, five points of interest become seven points.As we talked, Wang Zhaojun mentioned what happened when he was traveling.Chen Yuanhe heard that she had only returned to Suzhou near the end of the year, and suddenly realized: "No wonder Miss Wang didn't know about the fire that broke out in Tan Ji's grocery in October." After that, he looked at Huamanlou in a blink of an eye, and asked: "Miss Wang and Hua Young Master, are you a long-time friend?"

Wang Zhaojun looked at Huamanlou and said, "It's not that long. I was in a difficult situation before, and I got a lot of help from Huamanlou unilaterally. I am very grateful to him." After she finished speaking, she added seriously: "Huamanlou The nicest guy I've ever met."

Being praised so solemnly by her, Hua Manlou couldn't help coughing twice, lowering her head to hide her unease.

Chen Yuanhe also said: "So that's how it is. Brother Hua is really warm-hearted." Then he sighed: "I don't know what happened to Miss Wang at the beginning. If Chen encounters it, he will definitely help him with all his heart."

Wang Zhaojun knew very well that she had a strange background, and she didn't intend to let too many people know about it, so she just smiled and said no more.

I thought that the acquaintance with Chen Yuanhe was just a temporary host-guest relationship.Unexpectedly, not long after, he sent someone to send a pot of plum blossom bonsai to Baihualou, which is simple, exquisite and very cute.Hua ManLou asked her to just accept it, and prepared another gift in return.

A few days later, Chen Yuanhe sent an invitation card, saying that a new restaurant had opened in the south of the city, and the dishes in the restaurant were delicious, so she was invited to go with her.

Wang Zhaojun flipped through the exquisite invitation card and asked Hua Manlou, "Do you want to go and see it?"

With a calm face, Hua Manlou shook his head and said, "The contents of this post... are just for you, and it's not convenient for me to go."

Only then did Wang Zhaojun notice it, and he said puzzledly: "I just met him by chance, and he was giving gifts and inviting dinner, so he was really enthusiastic."

Hearing what she said, Hua Manlou hesitated to speak, hesitated again and again, and said, "Mr. Chen must have good intentions."

"But recently I just want to practice piano skills at home, and don't really want to go out." Wang Zhaojun sighed in embarrassment, "Can I not go?"

Hua Manlou didn't speak.After a while, he rubbed the corner of his sleeve and said to Wang Zhaojun who was still reading the invitation: "If you really don't want to go, you can write back and decline, it's not a big deal."

Wang Zhaojun was surprised: "It can still be like this? I'll write it right now." After she finished speaking, she went straight to the desk to grind it, leaving only Huamanlou with a delicate expression, meditating alone.

He tapped his fingers on the edge of the table, as if thinking of something, he stopped his movements and smiled again.

After Wang Zhaojun's reply was sent out, there was no more movement from Chen Yuanhe's side.This made Hua Manlou feel a little strange. After all, as far as he knew, Mr. Chen was not the kind of person who could be dismissed with a few words. If he really had a heart, how could he give up so easily?

After much deliberation, it should be caused by the content of Wang Zhaojun's reply.

I don't know how she wrote it.

One day later, Hua Manlou and Wang Zhaojun went to the restaurant that Chen Yuanhe had mentioned.Coincidentally, when Huamanlou was walking, he heard Wang Zhaojun say "huh", and then said to him, "Mr. Chen is also here."

Chen Yuanhe was not alone, the one accompanying him was Sun Tingting, the beloved daughter of the owner of Yongtai Commercial Firm, Sun Tingting.Wang Zhaojun nodded first to say hello, Chen Yuanhe's face changed a little, and when Hua Manlou and the others approached, he returned to normal: "Master Hua, Miss Wang, long time no see." Hua Manlou returned the salute: "Mr. Chen."

Now that they met, the four of them sat together.The meal was very weird, although Chen Yuanhe was still chatting and laughing, but instead of being courteous before, he avoided talking to Wang Zhaojun, and instead took good care of Sun Tingting, chatting and laughing, very close.It's just that there is a special sense of intimacy in his actions and language. Hua Manlou listened to his deliberately considerate words, and heard Sun Tingting's shy response, and "looked" worriedly at Wang Zhaojun.

Wang Zhaojun saw that he was looking at himself but did not speak, and saw that the two people next to him were intimate. After thinking for a while, he picked up a chopstick of dried shredded deer and sent it to his bowl, and said, "Try this, it tastes very good." .”

For a while, the atmosphere was a little weird.

Hua Manlou couldn't laugh or cry, so naturally he had to eat it, and boasted: "It's really good."

Wang Zhaojun nodded: "It turns out that venison can be cooked like this. When I have time in the future, I will go to the mountains to hunt a deer, and then we will cook and eat it ourselves."

Sun Tingting interjected, "Sister Wang, do you still know how to hunt?"

Wang Zhaojun responded, and said, "Yes, I like hunting the most." She now has almost all the offensive equipment she gets from hunting, and she feels that there is nothing more attractive than wild beasts in the mountains.

Sun Tingting was both scared and curious, and asked her many questions about hunting.Wang Zhaojun concealed his attack skills, but simply told her some prey hunting skills, the amazing snow scene on the mountain, and all kinds of wild animals he had hunted.

Only the voices of two girls talking were heard at the dinner table, while Hua Manlou and Chen Yuanhe were silent.Among them, their own thoughts, only they themselves know.