Xu Nuo smiled angrily and tapped Chun Tang on the forehead: "I can't touch you anyway, why don't you just look aside for a few times? What's the rush?"
"Aren't I worried about my wife? It is said that a woman who plays this swing can find a good man, and the man will rise steadily." Chuntang's voice was low, but his eyes were not idle, and he kept looking ahead.
During the Cold Food Festival, people in the Song Dynasty enjoyed outings, cockfighting, swinging, playing rugs, and pulling hooks. On weekdays, people would laugh at people who had ulterior motives when playing on this swing, but today it was just a matter of course, so there were many people under the swing.
And not all of them are women, there are also some young men.
Xu Nuo looked in the direction of Xu Qian and Xu Erniang, and saw that they were looking in the same direction. Xu Qian glanced quickly and then turned back to continue talking to the woman beside her, while Xu Erniang couldn't look away.
Xu Nuo was curious. He followed Xu Erniang's gaze and saw several young men. One of them was a little older and smiled politely. He was obviously from the Ding family and was accompanying other guests at the moment.
This man was sixteen or seventeen years old, and his appearance was not outstanding, but he had a very good temperament, exuding a strong bookish air, and his gentle and elegant temperament made him stand out among his peers.
Xu Nuo was originally at the back of the queue, but Xu Qian suddenly appeared and asked her to play on the swing. She declined, and Xu Qian said in a softer and gentler tone than usual: "I am a sister, and I should let you."
Xu Nuo was no longer a teenage girl. She had never wanted to play on the swing from the beginning. She originally wanted to be last in line. Naturally, she didn't need to play if it wasn't her turn. But Xu Qian said that she had to play if she wanted to, and even more if she didn't want to.
She has never liked being forced, but now that she has a bad reputation, and today's occasion is special, she must not behave differently from others.
He bravely sat down on the swing and let Chuntang push him.
Chuntang was weak, but she pushed steadily.
Just as Xu Nuo wanted Chuntang to stop, the force behind him suddenly increased a lot and pushed him crookedly. The whole person tilted to the right, and in the flash of lightning, he saw the back of a maid in yellow hurriedly leaving.
The swing became erratic and circled, and the people around it all fled away. Only Chun Tang tried to hold on to the swing and was almost hit by the swing.
Under the sudden change, Xu Nuo tugged on the hemp rope beside him, trying to make the swing more stable, but to no avail. He immediately stood up on the swing, used his legs to control the swing, stopped circling, and started swinging high.
It feels better to swing on the swing while standing.
The breeze passed by her ears, the hair on her forehead was blown up, and the hem of her skirt swayed up and down.
Xu Nuo looked up at the blue sky, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up. In the end, he felt very happy and swung harder on the swing.
She felt so comfortable for the first time since time travel.
She was very happy in the spring breeze, but she didn't know that several eyes under the swing were staring at her with different intentions.
Xu Nuo stopped after a while, and Chun Tang hurriedly stepped forward to support her, extremely worried: "Madam, were you injured just now? Are you dizzy?"
Xu Nuo smiled and shook his head, then walked in the direction where the maid had left just now.
When she stopped the swing, she heard some comments, some asking whose wife she was, some saying she was arrogant, or saying she didn't know etiquette, and their words were full of contempt and contempt.
The young men were startled by Xu Nuo's actions just now, and started talking about it.
"This lady is quite courageous. What happened just now would make most people fall on their backs in fear." A young man in black robe said and laughed.
"But it's rude to stand after all." A man in green said solemnly from the side.
"Isn't it better to fall down if your back hurts when you stand and talk?" The black-robed boy turned around to find the speaker, stood opposite him and retorted with a snort.
The man in green was about to speak, but was stopped by someone. It was the person Xu Qian and Aunt Du were looking at before: "Brother Ziye, the young man of the Du family, just let him go."
Du Dalang looked unhappy and said loudly: "Ding Mo, don't think that just because you are a Jieyuan, you are a head above others. I don't care if he lets me go first."
He called out two people's names in one sentence, and everyone around them looked at him.
Zhang Xian, whose courtesy name is Ziye, is twenty-two years old.
Ding Mo, named Tongde, was sixteen years old.
Zhang Xian glanced at Du Dalang and said angrily: "How can you curse people?" In the Song Dynasty, calling people by their names was equivalent to swearing.
Du Dalang turned around disdainfully and walked towards the swing. As he walked, he said, "Why do you have such a bad name if you don't want people to yell at you?"
Zhang Xian was furious and wanted to go up to argue, but someone was there first.
"What are you doing?" Aunt Du found out that her brother was being stupid again, and she was very angry. Afraid of making a fool of himself in front of Ding Mo, he didn't want to acknowledge him at all, but he walked towards him again, so he stepped forward to stop him.
Du Dalang smiled and glanced back: "Why are you here, aunt? Maybe you want to find a good marriage. There are a few people of the right age behind you, but they are not good enough. I have passed the test for you. "
Du Erniang was so embarrassed that she blushed, said "I told my mother to go" and ran away. She secretly hated her brother for making herself embarrassed in front of Ding Mo. At the same time, she also hated Xu Nuo for finding something to do when she had nothing to do. If it wasn't for Xu Nuo, how could there be any future consequences? things.
Xu Qian on the side was a little surprised. Usually when Du Dalang saw her, he would immediately come to greet her, but why didn't he seem to see her today?
After thinking about it, he walked towards Zhang Xian and said softly: "Cousin, Du Langjun didn't mean anything, so don't be upset." Zhang Xian is a child of Zhang's natal family, and he has been coming to Suzhou to pay New Year's greetings to the Zhang family in the past few years. .
Zhang Xian was stunned. He lowered his head and saw a familiar face. He quickly took a step back, cupped his hands and said, "Fourth cousin."
"Liu Niang has a straightforward temper and doesn't stick to trivial matters. I hope my cousin won't blame her." Xu Qian lowered her body and saluted as she spoke, and her every move was very appropriate.
Zhang Xian nodded, his face a little better.
Du Dalang was not far away. When he heard that the woman swinging just now was Xu Liuniang, he immediately jumped over: "Is that woman Xu Liuniang?"
The corners of Xu Qian's mouth curled up, and her eyes sparkled: "Yes."
Everyone was startled, with different expressions. Only Du Dalang persisted in asking: "But that Xu Liuniang who wandered away for nearly ten years before coming back, and then poisoned his mute mother?"
Xu Qian hurriedly waved her hands and defended: "There is absolutely no such thing. Liu Niang will not do such an unfilial thing. I hope Mr. Du Lang will not listen to the rumors."
After saying that, he said goodbye and left. After turning around, a proud smile appeared on his face, and it disappeared in an instant.
She was very satisfied with her performance just now. Although she didn't speak to Langjun Ding, she believed that Langjun Ding's eyes must have been on her just now, and he must be looking at her back now.
Liu Niang's infamous reputation has once again been publicized. It will not be long before the entire Ding family will discuss this matter.
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ps: The author is back today and feels so friendly when touching the keyboard. Bow and thank Junjuan Yezi for the red envelope.
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