"Aunt Zhen asked me to come."
Ouyang Rong still had half a rice dumpling stuffed in his mouth. He looked up blankly and rolled his eyes at the pouty girl in front of him who was blocking the sunlight from him.
Just now, the junior sister came directly to the stage and walked up to him. She said this sentence without any beginning or end, which made him frown in confusion.
What do you mean, you didn't want to come to him, but someone else forced you to come to him?
In addition, the junior sister is indeed quite tall, but she is a bit aggressive when speaking and likes to contradict her senior brother.
The pair of long, slim legs in front of him instantly blocked his entire field of vision. Especially when he looked up from below, he could hardly see her arrogant little face... This is the blinding pavilion. There is a fake pavilion halfway up Gushan Mountain. There is something wrong with this pavilion. It covers your eyes.
A certain senior brother with a grudge put down his chopsticks and stood up. The first thing he said was: "Salty rice dumplings, or sweet rice dumplings?"
Xie Lingjiang turned his head and did not look at him. He stared at the dragon boats competing on the river and curled his lips:
"I have plenty of rice dumplings to eat, but I just came to bring a message for Aunt Zhen..."
After a pause, she noticed from the corner of her eye that someone was already peeling off rice dumplings without saying a word. She immediately said: "Salty rice dumplings, dipped in sugar."
But after saying this, the noble lady of the Xie family immediately regretted it, and a look of annoyance flashed across her face.
It seems that he hates iron and cannot turn it into steel.
Ouyang Rongzheng lowered his head and did not see this. After hearing the words, his hands shook.
What kind of cult is this? If dipped in sugar, is it considered a salty rice dumpling or a sweet rice dumpling?
Ouyang Rong complained silently, handed the rice dumpling to Xie Lingjiang, and turned to call the waiter beside him to get some sugar.
After the waiters left, only Ouyang Rong and Xie Lingjiang were left, and the atmosphere was a bit cold for a while.
We haven’t seen each other for many days since the last quarrel.
Xie Lingjiang's men's attire today is very eye-catching. He is dressed in white like a jade young man, but he wears a vermilion satin belt that shows off his slim waist. The exposed lining collar and cuffs of the lining are also vermilion.
A touch of vermilion embellishes a white dress, the junior sister knows how to match it.
Ouyang Rong withdrew his eyes and spoke first: "What did aunt ask junior sister to say?"
Xie Lingjiang unconsciously poked the white rice dumplings in the bowl with the chopsticks in his hand:
"Your aunt calls you over to pick a maid."
"Pick a maid?"
She nodded and explained:
"Early in the morning, Aunt Zhen took me shopping. She said that May 5th was very lively. There were many foreign merchants selling slaves in the horse shop at Xishikou. You are a seventh-grade official and there is not a single maid in the house. It doesn't make sense. She wants to give it to you. You choose a personal maid.
"When I got there, I found that there were so many choices. It was dazzling. There were Korean girls, Silla maids, Bodhisattvas, Japanese slaves, and blond and blue-eyed beauties from the Western Regions... I just don't know which one you like, and I don't want to go shopping either. Aunt Zhen asked me to take the message and ask you to go over and pick it yourself after you finish your work."
Ouyang Rong stopped talking.
Xie Lingjiang's face remained as usual. He lowered his head and took a small bite of the tip of the rice dumpling. It was salty and he suddenly said:
"I know what you are thinking. When I was a kid, I didn't like this kind of thing comparing human laws to livestock. But have you ever thought about it, senior brother, instead of leaving them with the black-hearted businessmen and eventually being bought by evil masters, they will have a miserable life? , why not redeem them, treat them better, do your best, and even send them home if there is a chance."
Ouyang Rong was silent.
After a while, the waiter took back the sugar, and Ouyang Rong handed it to Xie Lingjiang. He was about to speak. At this time, a short young man trotted up from the audience and approached very familiarly:
"Hey, Sister Ling Jiang, you also come to see the dragon boat and eat rice dumplings!"
After saying that, Wang Caozhi immediately turned his head, looked at Ouyang Rong, and said in surprise: "This is... the county magistrate?! I have admired you for a long time! I have admired you for a long time!"
The short young man looked regretful as he had admired his famous name for a long time and regretted that it was too late.
Ouyang Rong raised his eyebrows, looked at the junior sister who was frowning slightly, and raised his hands seriously: "Excuse me, your surname..."
"My name is Cao Zhi. My surname is Wang. I am the old Langya Wang family. I am a family friend of Sister Ling Jiang's family."
Ouyang Rong suddenly realized: "It turns out to be Cao's brother, disrespectful and disrespectful."
"I have admired the name of the County Magistrate for a long time but have never been able to meet him. I have long heard that the County Magistrate of Longcheng loves the people like a son and is so upright. When I see him today, it turns out to be true! He is even more heroic than I imagined!"
"Wherever, heroic appearance is enough, hair is not... Brother Cao is just like his name, and he is a dragon and a phoenix among people. I am a guest from afar, please sit down, please sit down! Do you want salty rice dumplings or sweet rice dumplings? Do you want sugar?" "
"The rice dumplings must be sweet! What, white sugar? Who the serious person eats rice dumplings dipped in sugar? Do you dip them in?"
"No dipping, what about you?"
"I don't dip."
"Dip sugar is a kind of nihilistic sweetness and has no soul." Someone sighed.
"..." Xie Lingjiang.
You... Xie Lingjiang looked at these two familiar treasures in a funny and angry way. Before she had a chance to introduce them, the two of them made eye contact, and even directly expelled her... Well, you are If you don’t dip it in sugar, you will dip your brains in it.
"Eating salty rice dumplings dipped in sugar is still called..." Wang Caozhi was very interested and wanted to say more, but his keen desire for survival in the next second made him glance at the sugar bowl held by the expressionless Xie sister next to him. , he said to Ouyang Rong with a serious face:
"Your Excellency, County Magistrate, I think dipping salted rice dumplings in sugar might not be a smart choice!"
Ouyang Rong smiled and nodded, and Xie Lingjiang couldn't help but said: "Wang Caozhi, aren't you busy frying grains? Do you still have time to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival?"
Wang Caozhi scratched his head:
"Ahem, I'm just following those big grain dealers and selling. How can I have the guts to speculate? Sister Xie thinks too highly of me, hahaha."
He felt a little regretful. When they first met last time, he told her directly that he had come to Longcheng to sell food. He didn't expect that this Xie family sister had such a serious temper. After hearing this, she became cold...
The shopkeeper of Qingliangzhai glanced at Ouyang Rong out of the corner of his eye. The latter's face was calm, not angry at all, and even looked a little stupid, peeling off the rice dumpling leaves harmlessly.
This Ouyang Lianghan looks like the rumors outside. He is a gentleman and a nerd. Otherwise, this noble daughter of the Xie family would not be so close to a man with a poor family name. She must have the right personality. Looking at it this way, she turns out to be a nerd. It's pretty good... Wang Caozhi smiled inwardly and shook his head.
He sighed:
"County magistrate... well, don't be so open-minded. We are all familiar with Sister Ling Jiang, so let me boldly call you Brother Lianghan."
"Okay, everything is okay." Ouyang smiled and nodded.
But Yan Liulang, who was not far behind him, frowned when he heard Wang Caozhi's words... No matter how big or small, a profiteer who buys and sells things dares to call himself a brother of the Ming Dynasty? Courageous enough.
Wang Caozhi smiled even brighter:
"Brother Lianghan, I heard that Longcheng suffered from floods and the people were short of food and the water was burning, so I specially shipped some food here in order to gain some Weibo power.
"Presumably Brother Lianghan removed the price limit order a few days ago because he was worried about the shortage of food and attracted more grain merchants to Longcheng. But who can think of the current food price...
"Hey, I didn't expect to be lifted up so high by those black-hearted seniors. I want to help but my arms can't twist my thighs...Brother Lianghan, otherwise, in the past few days, I have joined forces with several people who can't stand it either." If you are a conscientious grain merchant, let's go to the south of the city to set up a porridge tent to serve porridge. Brother Lianghan will go over and cut the ribbon when the business opens. What do you think?"
The young county magistrate's face seemed a little sad. He looked at Wang Caozhi for a while, his eyes were moved but he hesitated to speak. Finally, he sighed and just patted the conscientious and responsible young grain merchant on the shoulder, as if everything was not forgotten. .
"Hey, I'm a guest from afar. Please have a seat." Ouyang Rong repeated.
Wang Caozhi smiled brightly and waved his hand, "I won't disturb you for now. There are still friends below. Let's get together with Sister Jiang another day."
Xie Lingjiang didn't nod or speak much during the whole process. Together with Ouyang Rong, she watched the short young man leave.
There was silence between the two of them for a while.
"Your younger brother is quite cute." He praised.
"I'm too lazy to care." She bit her lower lip lightly.
Ouyang Rong glanced at the sky, thought for a while, and turned around and said, "How about Junior Sister go talk to him and ask him to leave Dragon City quickly."
Xie Lingjiang looked apologetic, "I'm sorry, I can only suppress Xie's businesses from coming. Wang's side..."
Ouyang Rong shook his head and interrupted: "No, let him run away quickly."
"..."
A certain noble lady of the Xie family was stunned, turned her head, and stared at Ouyang Rong for a while.
At a certain moment, the corners of the lips that he liked to bite lightly suddenly curled up.
"Not going."
She smiled, looking at him with bright eyes.
"Why, isn't it a family friend?"
"I'm not familiar with him."
"Then who are you familiar with..." Someone casually stopped talking and asked instead: "You are not angry with senior brother now?"
"Still a little raw."
"Well, what's going on today, I'll take you somewhere."
"Where?"
"A place where a certain righteous woman leaves sad when she goes and happy when she leaves."
"The heroine...referring to me?" Xie Lingjiang wrinkled his nose, "No, I am a staff member with both civil and military skills, not a heroine who only knows how to do things."
"Then...female master?"
"Hold on~" She raised her chin and responded crisply.
Ouyang Rong smiled, thinking of some things that had just been delayed, and said again:
"Then Master, help me send my aunt off first, and tell her that I will come over after I finish my work."
"Okay." Xie Lingjiang nodded.
Ouyang Rong looked at her leaving figure and murmured in a low voice: "I'll choose a cheaper maid then."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ouyang Rong felt as if he was electrocuted, his whole body trembled, and he faintly heard the trembling of an ancient bell in his ears!
"this……"
He immediately sat back down as if nothing had happened, but his face was full of surprise.
Because in the tower of merit in my mind, the eternal and silent blessing bell is trembling!
A brand new blessing.
