[Red House] Li Changan

The streets of Yangzhou are bustling with people, pedestrians and street vendors each have their own bustle, and even the guys recruiting guests at the entrance of restaurants and inns are very eye-catching.

Daiyu walked along the street with Zijuan and Xueyan. She was thinking about something in her heart, and she wanted to find some spices to calm her mind. She didn't notice the excitement of the two people around her.

Zicuckoo and Snow Goose went out onto the street, just like birds released from their cages, looking excited, looking left and right, whispering and discussing the things sold around them.

They used to live in the same garden, and they rarely had the chance to go out. Even if they went out, it was only from Rongguo Mansion to Ningguo Mansion. There were two alleys where they couldn't see outsiders, let alone Yangzhou Street. lively.

"Hey, girl, look the way!" Zijuan stretched out her hand and grabbed Daiyu: "I almost ran into someone, but it's okay."

Let Zijuan pull like this, Daiyu came back to her senses, and smiled at Zijuan a little embarrassedly, seeing the helplessness on Zijuan's face, she had to cough lightly and look around.

So lively!

"Do you want any gadgets?"

"Girl, you're partial." Xueyan looked at Daiyu, and couldn't help joking: "Young lady went out to pick something for my uncle, so she brought it to us along the way."

"If you don't want to come, then don't follow. If you follow, you still have to dislike this or that. It's all yours." Daiyu glanced at Xueyan, then turned and continued towards the hookah.

The day before yesterday, Li Changan gave her a box of Shishazhai rouge, the powder is fine and sweet, not greasy.

That day, I wanted to make a peace talisman for Li Changan, so I took a piece of material. After I finished it, I had some left over. I threw it away, so I made a small purse, intending to put some spices, and let Li Changan carry it with me.

There are not many spices at home, and some flavors are missing. I talked to Ruan Shi in the morning, and Ruan Shi asked her to go to the hookah shop. You should be able to buy everything, and the shop has prepared everything.

Only then did Daiyu go out to walk outside.

Xueyan asked Daiyu to speak for a while, and immediately fell silent.

She thought that her daughter's marriage had greatly degraded her ability to speak, but she looked at it like this, and it turned out to be better than before.

"There seems to be a hookah restaurant in front of us. Let's go quickly and come back later." Seeing Xueyan's expression, Daiyu couldn't help laughing: "There is a soy sauce shop in the city. I will buy some when I go back."

"Really?" Xueyan suddenly turned to talk to Zijuan, when she suddenly caught a glimpse of a person passing by the corner of the street, and felt a little familiar: "My lord?"

"kindness?"

Daiyu turned her head when she heard Xueyan's words, and subconsciously asked, "Who are you talking about?"

Staring at the alley just now, Xueyan looked at Zijuan hesitantly, and Daiyu asked again.

"I asked you, don't tell me, what is Zicuckoo doing? She didn't ask you." Daiyu frowned, and looked in the direction Xueyan was looking at.

Li Changan?When Li Changan went out in the morning, he said that he had some things to deal with and would come back later so that if she was bored, she could walk around the street instead of staying at home all the time.

He also said that the rules of the Li family are not as many as those of the Jia family, as long as they behave uprightly, sit upright, do not cause trouble and are not ruined, women can also go out shopping without guarding the boudoir.

Glancing at Xueyan, seeing Xueyan's eyes wandering, it seemed that something was wrong, and his brows tightened: "You——if you don't tell me, then I'll go and see for myself."

"Just now I seemed to see my uncle passing by." Upon hearing Daiyu's words, Xueyan hurriedly held her back: "There are so many people on the street, I was worried that my eyes might be blurred, so I didn't say anything."

"I'll see it when I see it, what's not to say?" Daiyu laughed, "Go shopping in the hookah shop."

"You're scaring people again!"

"Who told you to falter, and those who don't know think you are a thief." Daiyu glanced at Xueyan, chuckled, and looked up at the plaque of the hookah.

It is worthy of being a famous rouge shop in Yangzhou. The door alone is full of style, not to mention the spices in the exquisite boxes as soon as you enter the door.

In a spice shop, most people feel uncomfortable because of the mixed smell and strong aroma, but this shop is special, and the aroma is not boring.

"Ma'am, do you want rouge powder or spiced herb?"

"I want to buy some soothing spices and put them in my purse." Daiyu said to the woman who came up to her, "I don't know if the lady has any recommendations?"

"Do you have insomnia symptoms at night?"

Daiyu shook her head, and thought carefully about sleeping with Li Changan in the past half month. It seemed that Li Changan had never had trouble sleeping and slept soundly.

It was just that she accidentally discovered that Li Changan would rub the center of his brows from time to time, and sometimes he would lean on the chair with his brows furrowed, so she thought about buying some soothing spices.

"Then mix sandalwood, agarwood, and benzoin together. In addition to putting them in purse sachets, you can also put some in the incense burner."

"That's my work." Daiyu nodded to the woman in front of her, and watched her go to the back of the container to mix incense.

Xueyan and Zijuan looked around curiously. This store is really not small. From the street, it looks like a normal store. But once you enter, there is a yard behind it, separated by bamboo curtains.

Being able to own such a large shop on Dongguan Street does not require money.

"I haven't bought anything for you since I came from the capital. Would you like to take a look at the rouge here? My husband said that the rouge here is the best in Yangzhou."

"The girl opened her mouth, then we are welcome."

"Who wants you to be polite?" Daiyu said angrily, "I don't usually see you being polite, but now it's really serious."

The two followed her all the way from the capital, Xueyan could find a reason, she was originally a girl of the Lin family, but Zijuan was not, and followed her wholeheartedly.

In terms of emotion and reason, as a girl, she naturally couldn't treat the two of them badly.

Not to mention, the two of them were more than just maids to her.

Staring at Zijuan and Xueyan's selection of rouge, Daiyu's eyes were gentle, secretly thinking whether she should prepare a dowry for the two of them earlier.

No way, the two of you have been following me all the time. If you want to meet someone you like, you can't delay.

"Last time I told you that the man from the house next door to me went to fool around there again and stayed away all night. His wife came out from the side alley crying this morning, and she was holding a two-year-old child. I went out to buy When Cai saw it, he felt so pitiful."

"Men like the new and dislike the old. It's okay if you look pretty, but if you want to be ordinary and take care of housework, laundry and cooking, after a few years, no matter how good-looking a girl is, she will become a scum, and you have to find some pleasing people." Girl."

"Tsk, but his wife has an older brother, so I'm afraid she will go back to her mother's house to sue her."

"Really?"

"That's right, she was also a delicate young lady before she entered the door. If you choose the wrong person, you will be blind. But if you do this, how can you suffer such grievances?"

……

Zijuan sees Xueyan talking with the clerk, turns her head and sees Daiyu standing there blankly, tells Xueyan a few words, gives her the rouge she likes, and then walks towards Daiyu.

Wasn't it fine just now, why are you standing in a daze again?

"Girl, what are you looking at?"

Hearing that Daiyu returned home, she came to her senses, looked at Zijuan who walked beside her at some point, and shook her head.

Why is she thinking about other people's affairs.

"Ma'am, you only use half a teaspoon of spices each time, if there is too much, I'm afraid it will be a bit boring."

"Thank you for the reminder, you will be careful with the dosage."

Zijuan next to him took the things, paid the silver taels and looked at Daiyu worriedly—what's the matter?After only a while, why did his face become so ugly.

Before Zicuckoo asked, Daiyu had already gone out.

Seeing this, Zicuckoo hurriedly pulled Xueyan up: "Just take the things and leave, don't pick anything!"

"What's wrong with the girl?"

"You ask me, I ask who to go."

The two followed Daiyu, but they saw that Daiyu was not going in the direction of Li's mansion, let alone to buy sauce elbows, but was heading in the direction where Xueyan caught a glimpse of Li Chang'an just now.

Zijuan glanced at Xueyan in surprise, and Xueyan also looked confused.

She was just curious, just—just curious, and wanted to see what this place was all about.

Daiyu's heart was in a mess, and she unconsciously squeezed the handkerchief tightly, her mind was full of what the two women said just now - lingering in the place of fireworks, staying away from home all night.

Recalling the attire of the two ladies, they should be the hostesses of a wealthy family on Dongguan Street.

Being able to say these words, I am afraid that it is the matter of that family, which has long been spread and become the talk of others.

"Girl, are you going to—"

Just as Zijuan, who was following, was about to call Daiyu to stop, she saw Daiyu stop suddenly, froze on the spot, and hurried forward: "I'm in a hurry, but remember something I was in a hurry to buy?"

Zijuan didn't dare to mention what happened just now, and cautiously said: "Do you want to ask and see if anyone knows where to buy it?"

Daiyu, who had stopped, stood there with a layer of cold sweat on her palms, and her face was even more unsightly.

What was she doing just now?How could there be such a ridiculous idea.

A few gossips from others actually made her suspicious of Li Changan, and even thought that he was the same as those men.

Leaving aside whether the person Xueyan saw was Li Changan, even if it was, so what?

Li Changan is not that kind of person.

If she did this, where would Li Changan be?

Daiyu stood there, slowly loosened the strength in her hands, her heart was much calmer, she didn't find it funny—what happened to her?To be so confused.

Turning her head to look at the two people who were worried about her, Daiyu shook her head: "I just thought of something suddenly, and I didn't know how to go here."

"Then shall we go there?"

"I can't remember what I'm going to do so I won't go. Didn't I just say to buy some soy pork? If I don't go again, I'm afraid I won't be able to buy any more." Daiyu unconsciously touched her earrings: "What else do you want to buy? ? It’s rare to come out and buy it back together.”

"Peach Cake!" Xueyan said immediately, "Madam seems to like it quite a bit. Let's go to Yipinxuan, why don't we buy two more boxes and send one to Fengya Garden."

"Yes, yes, buy an eight-treasure box, and you'll have everything." Seeing that Daiyu was back to normal, Zijuan couldn't help teasing Xueyan to make Daiyu happy: "You can't gain weight just by eating."

Hearing the two people laughing, Daiyu smiled, reached out and tapped Xueyan's forehead: "If you have something to eat, you can discuss everything. In the future, if someone uses a table of special dishes, I'm afraid they will be able to bribe you."

As she spoke, Daiyu turned around, and when she raised her eyes, she saw a familiar figure walking towards her.

Why isn't Li Chong in the Yamen at this hour?

"Eunuch—"

Glancing at Daiyu, Li nodded his head: "This street is not a good place. Be in a hurry next time. Don't forget to walk here. It's easy to suffer."

"Understood." Daiyu's heart beat a little fast. For some reason, she was always worried that the person Xueyan saw just now was Li Changan. If Li Chong said so, then this street might be... the land of love and moon.

If Li Changan ran into him, wouldn't it be——

Taking a quick look at Li Chong, Daiyu couldn't help but ask, "Is the father-in-law going home? I happen to be going to buy some things back home. Do you want me to go and see what my mother-in-law likes?"

If the Ruan family is moved out, Li Chong should not think about why she came here anymore, right?Daiyu's heart was beating drums, up and down, wishing to leave this place immediately.

Hearing this, Li nodded emphatically and smiled a bit: "You are a well-behaved and filial child. If Changan can be as sensible as you, then you will be relieved."

"... Mr. Xiang may have his own ideas, but his prospects are different from what ordinary people think. He doesn't steal or rob, isn't he a good man?"

"You think so?"

"Daiyu has studied for several years, and studied with her sisters for several years. She doesn't know much, but after getting along with my husband, he has never neglected me, so..." Daiyu paused, looked up at the walking Li Chong beside him: "Father, my husband is not a bad person."

Li Chong stared at Daiyu and smiled suddenly.

What are you laughing at?Daiyu was puzzled, but seeing Li Chong's expression, he was rarely relaxed.

As a parent official, Li Chong should also be very difficult, right?This pair of father and son is really a natural enemy, their personalities are inconsistent, and even their ideas run counter to each other.

"If he's a bad guy, I won't be able to keep him for so many years."

Alas?What this means is——

Just as she was thinking, Li Chong's steps suddenly stopped, Daiyu was stunned, and looked at the place Li Chong was staring at, her face turned pale, and she felt the chill from the soles of her feet all the way to the back of her neck.

All the sounds in my ears disappeared instantly, and there were only two words in my head.

It’s over.

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