"Chu Langjun~"
In the morning, as soon as Chu Zhen came back with a few bags of things, he saw the slender and graceful Lady Li from the Song Dynasty wearing a light cyan undershirt appearing in front of him.
After being stunned for a moment, Mrs. Li smiled at him and gave him a brief salute.
The etiquette is gentle and ladylike.
Who said Li Yian was a drunkard and gambler? She is a serious official and daughter of a noble family!
"Coming? Sit down!"
Chu Zhen smiled and pointed to the sofa on the left, very simply.
Li Qingzhao followed his fingers and found that there was an extra set of tables and chairs in the room, divided into left and right sides. The right side should be prepared for her and Sister Lin.
"You can sit down at the slave's house, but Sister Lin refuses."
"Don't worry, I'll buy something and come back."
Chu Zhen put the bag down, and Li Qingzhao took a look and found that Chu Langjun had bought a lot more fruits and would share them with them later.
This made her quite embarrassed, so she brought a few articles and a box of Bianjing snacks with her this time.
Li Qingzhao looked at Chu Zhen's back, pursed his lips, looked left and right, and suddenly asked:
"Chu Langjun, who is your wife...?"
"Isn't that you?" Chu Zhen, who was packing his things, said casually.
"ah?"
Li Qingzhao's Qingli face turned red. She was so frightened that she backed up repeatedly and hit her head on the bookshelf. She quickly covered the back of her head with her hands and her eyes widened in embarrassment:
"Chu, Mr. Chu, your words... are so rude!"
"?"
Chu Zhen turned to look at her, "What did you ask just now? My little lady or my lady?"
Li Qingzhao covered half of his blushing face with his wide sleeves, turned his head and said angrily: "What I asked just now was why I didn't see Mr. Chu! Mother! Son!"
Not the little lady like her!
"My wife? Sorry, I heard wrong."
Chu Zhen said with a smile: "We usually don't say the word Niangzi. When I heard Niangzi, I mistakenly thought I was talking about you."
Li Qingzhao hesitated for a long time and believed what he said.
Her voice was indeed softer just now, she was hesitant, and her questions were not straightforward.
"I'm not married yet, my parents have passed away, and I'm the only one at home."
Chu Zhen answered her and smiled: "Why do you suddenly ask this question?"
In ancient times, women's marriages depended on the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words. It was impossible to ask such private questions, so Chu Zhen did not suspect that Li Qingzhao liked him, but that she had something going on.
Li Qingzhao blushed and said, "Yes, it was the day before yesterday when I took the fruit given by Mr. Chu back home and gave it to my father, mother and younger brother to eat, and they asked about it."
Actually she lied.
It was true that she gave fruits to her parents and younger brother. Her parents were also surprised and asked her where the fruits came from.
Li Qingzhao replied that it was given to her by a worldly master.
Her mother, Mrs. Wang, seemed to have noticed something and asked whether the master was male or female and how old she was.
Only then did Li Qingzhao realize that he knew nothing about Chu Langjun.
And because Chu Langjun said that there were no taboos here, she asked him more politely where the wife of the family was.
"Chu Langjun is not married yet?"
Li Qingzhao's eyes were surprised.
"I just graduated from college this year and haven't even finished my thesis defense yet."
Chu Zhen continued to sort out a few bags of things, "It is common for us to get married at the age of thirty, especially in the city, where there are a lot of unmarried people at the age of thirty-five."
"Ah... you got married so late."
Li Qingzhao let out a long sigh. She didn't need to count on her fingers. At the age of sixteen, she was still fourteen years away from Chu Langjun's marriage age...
And thirty-year-old women were already very old in the Song Dynasty, and some even had grandchildren.
"Is the university Taixue? Or Imperial College?"
"What is the difference between Imperial College and Imperial College?"
"The students accepted by Taixue are the children of eighth-rank officials, or those who have excelled in the provincial examination. The Imperial College is under the jurisdiction of Guozixue, and the children of officials above seventh-rank in Bianjing City can enroll."
"Women can't enroll?"
"certainly."
"We can do it."
Chu Zhen smiled at her and said, "We started studying at the age of seven. We studied for six years to graduate from elementary school, then three years to graduate from junior high school, then high school, and then university. After graduating from university, you will have a diploma and you can find a job. From elementary school to university, men and women share the same classroom.”
"Both men and women are admitted to the hall?"
Li Qingzhao was surprised and took a few steps towards Chuzhen. Just as he was about to ask more questions, a bloated girl suddenly appeared next to him. She was holding two gift boxes in both hands. She was swaying and looking very strenuous.
"What did Sister Lin bring? Put it down first!"
Chu Zhen recognized Sister Lin who had gained a lot of weight at a glance and asked her to quickly put down the two large gift boxes in her hands.
"Uncle Chu is well~, sister Qingzhao is well~"
Lin Daiyu smiled at the two of them, put the gift box on the ground, clapped her little hands, and looked like she was tired from carrying it.
Li Qingzhao collected several of his articles.
She's so shabby!
It’s much worse than Sister Lin’s two big gift boxes for the New Year.
Why is it said to be a new year product?
Because Sister Lin was wearing a bright red cotton-padded jacket in a festive color, and her little face was wrapped in a thick cotton-padded jacket, making her as cute as a porcelain doll in a New Year picture.
"Are you celebrating the New Year?"
Chu Zhen also saw how festive Lin Daiyu's outfit was, like a cute little girl wrapped in a quilt. How could she look like a crying sister?
"It's almost the New Year."
Lin Daiyu smiled and said: "I was watching my mother instructing the maids and women to clean the house. Suddenly I heard Uncle Chu's voice in my heart, so I hurriedly told my mother. My mother asked me to go back to the house, pick up the prepared gifts, and give them to Let’s take this as a thank you gift with Uncle Chu~.”
"So hot……"
When Lin Daiyu came here wearing a cotton-padded jacket, she felt her body getting hot after saying a few words. She glanced at the weather outside the window, reached out and was about to take off her cotton-padded jacket, but stopped again.
Someone else will come later.
Seeing her hesitation, Chu Zhen guessed it, turned around and took out something from the bag, and hung it between the bookshelf and the window.
It's a bead curtain.
It blocks the sofas on the left and right, making it difficult to see each other clearly.
"No wonder you are called to listen to politics behind the curtain!"
Chu Zhen laughed and said to them: "Now you can sit back and 'listen to politics' with peace of mind, right?"
Li Qingzhao covered his mouth and smiled.
Lin Daiyu turned her back and said, "Uncle Chu, are you comparing me to the Queen Mother in the palace? If you find me troublesome, I will put my things away and leave!"
Chu Zhen couldn't help but be stunned. Lin Daiyu had always been cautious and respectful in her speech. He even thought that Lin Daiyu was different from Sister Lin in Dream of Red Mansions.
But now it seems that Sister Lin is still the same Sister Lin.
He couldn't even figure out what made Sister Lin angry.
Lin Daiyu turned her back and didn't look at him.
He didn't take off his thick cotton-padded jacket either.
Standing there sulking.
Chu Zhen and Li Qingzhao looked at each other, and neither of them could guess what Sister Lin was thinking.
"That's all, I guess I'm tired of being annoying, so I'd better go back."
Lin Daiyu bowed her head and saluted Chu Zhen, then walked up the stairs. When she looked back at him, her eyes, which seemed to be filled with joy but not joy, were clearly filled with tears.
"Wait, don't leave yet!"
Chu Zhen took her hand. Sister Lin's little hand was soft and silky. He held it in his hand. Even if Chu Zhen felt a little confused about what she just said, it was gone at this moment.
This is Sister Lin's jade hand.
"Even if I did something wrong, sister Lin, you have to tell me, right?" Chu Zhen coaxed her, "If you don't tell me, how can I have such a delicate heart like you, sister Lin?"
Li Qingzhao glanced at the hands they were holding.
"...You compare me to the Queen Mother!"
When he held her hand, Lin Daiyu softened her attitude, lowered her head, and with tears in her eyes, she added: "You also bought a curtain and hung it up, saying that you wanted me to sit back and listen to politics with peace of mind, but you didn't just dislike me for being troublesome and couldn't be with those two people." Do you want to meet men?"
Using those two men to refer to Li Shimin and Zhu Yuanzhang, only Lin Daiyu in the world can say it.
Chu Zhen finally rationalized Sister Lin's logic.
First of all, it is not a good word for the Queen Mother to listen to politics behind the curtain, and by comparing Li Qingzhao and her to the Queen Mother, he was insinuating them.
Secondly, Li Qingzhao could see outsiders, but she couldn't, so Chu Zhen bought the bead curtain and hung it just for her.
"Sister Lin, you misunderstood me!"
Chu Zhen simply pulled Lin Daiyu back and asked her to sit on the sofa on the left. He looked at Li Qingzhao and said, "I just don't want you to sit in the corner. What's the trouble of buying a bead curtain? Why do you think it's troublesome for you, Sister Lin?"
Li Qingzhao smiled and said: "Uncle Chu loves Sister Lin, he won't find it troublesome~"
Lin Daiyu blushed and said shyly: "Sister is making fun of me again!"
She sat obediently and was not angry anymore.
Chu Zhen still put his hand on her shoulder, and saw a faint drop of fragrant sweat on her forehead from a close distance, so he ran his fingers across her smooth forehead and twisted it, and it turned out to be sweat.
"Go and take off your coat, it's already summer here!"
After listening, Lin Daiyu stood up and walked to the bookshelf before taking off her coat.
Li Qingzhao saw it and understood a lot in his heart.
Sister Lin was holding her little hand by Mr. Chu, and she was not angry even with her fingertips on her forehead. Only when he said, "Listen behind the curtain and listen to politics," Sister Lin mistakenly thought that Chu Zhen thought she was troublesome, so she felt aggrieved and wanted to leave.
Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, Sister Lin is obedient.
