Little Fujin

Lin Ruan took Meng Zhen back to the Lan Mansion. When he returned, Zhan Xi hadn't come back yet. Tong Bo saw them both and asked a question.

"I brought him back to do homework." Lin Ruan said.

Tong Bo looked at the two of them, not convinced.Who does homework instead of eating, drinking and merry-go-round with friends.But Tong Bo didn't say anything, he waved his hand and told them to pass.

Lin Ruan took Meng Zhen upstairs and returned to her room.

Lin Ruan's room has more decorations than when Meng Zhen came last time, the small sandalwood carvings are very delicate.On Lin Ruan's bedside, there was a very beautiful purple-red lotus leaf bowl.

Lin Ruan put down her schoolbag and walked into the inner room, and opened the cabinet.

Meng Zhen asked, "What can you do?"

I saw Lin Ruan brought out a small box from the cabinet, he waved to Meng Zhen, Meng Zhen walked over, and the two of them opened the box together.

The box was full of gold, silver, pearls and jade, which were jumbled together like a treasure chest. As soon as it was opened, Meng Zhen was so startled that he stopped breathing for a moment.

These are all rewards from the palace. In the years when Zhan Xi didn't come back, Tong Bo took Lin Ruan to the palace, so the palace would reward Lin Ruan with some things.Most of these things are old gold and silver jewelry. Lin Ruan doesn't like these and doesn't need them, so they put them in this box.

The things that Tong Bo and Zhan Xi bought for Lin Ruan were placed in another box.

Lin Ruan sat cross-legged on the carpet, and Meng Zhen followed suit.Although the items in the box are all jewelry, they are eye-catching enough. Meng Zhen picked up a string of beads. There are 64 beads in this string, each about the size of a soybean, with the same color and shape. The one hanging on is even better.

"Are these all true?" Meng Zhen asked.

"Of course."

Lin Ruan put all the jade bracelets of different colors that he picked up on the carpet, and slowly picked them out by comparing the colors of the broken bracelets.

Meng Zhen looked at those bracelets, then at Lin Ruan, "I thought I was poor, but I didn't expect to be the only one who was poor. Where did you get these things?"

"It's rewarded by the master." Lin Ruan thought for a while, and said: "You also know the relationship between Mr. Jin and Prince Jin's residence. Every time I go back to the palace with him, I can get some rewards."

"Wang's mansion is worthy of being a king's mansion. It has a profound heritage, and the rewards are so good." Meng Zhen didn't think much, sighed a few words, and compared it with Lin Ruan.

The palace didn't give Lin Ruan many good things, they just wanted to save face.The main reason is that during the Chinese New Year, when Lin Ruan had an accident in the palace, Li Cefu rewarded him with many things, and these things were much more sincere than before.

The two of them picked for a while, and they chose the one that was most similar to the broken bracelet. If you look at me, you can't see any difference.Replacing them with similar bracelets is the best solution Meng Zhen and Lin Ruan can come up with so far.Fortunately, this jadeite bracelet is a smooth bracelet without patterns, otherwise it would be difficult to find similar ones.

"That's it." Lin Ruan said.He handed the bracelet to Meng Zhen, and put the rest into the box.

Meng Zhen held the bracelet, "Is that why you gave it to me?"

"Then will your husband be angry?"

"No," Lin Ruan said, "Sir, you don't like these things."

He used to think that 20 yuan a month was a lot, but now that he knows the price of the jade bracelet, he realizes that 20 yuan is really nothing.No wonder it doesn't matter if Tong Bo knows that he keeps sending money to the Lin family, they don't care at all.

Holding the bracelet, Meng Zhen solemnly said, "I will pay you back the money!"

"No need," Lin Ruan put the box back into the cabinet, "I am also responsible for the broken bracelet, and these things of mine are not hard to get, they are all meaningless things, meaningless things, just empty utensils."

"What you said sounds like a philosopher." Meng Zhen pinched the bracelet, "Speaking of which, Li Mingwen has to be responsible."

"It's not like you don't know his family background. We can't afford it together. How can he afford it?" Lin Ruan looked at Meng Zhen, "Put the bracelet away, I'll send it out with you tomorrow afternoon , quickly get this matter over."

Meng Zhen was so moved that he even wanted to hold Lin Ruan and cry.Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and Meng Zhen hurriedly put the bracelet away.Ah Yue opened the door, gave Lin Ruan two plates of snacks, and said, "Master is back."

"I'm going down here."

Meng Zhen took the bag, and Lin Ruan helped him put things into the bag.Meng Zhen gave the broken bracelets to Lin Ruan and said, "Leave it as a souvenir."

Lin Ruan looked at the fragment and laughed.He sent Meng Zhen downstairs and happened to meet Zhan Xi.Meng Zhen bowed his head to Zhan Xi, Lin Ruan said: "He is going home, I will see him off."

Zhan Xi nodded.Lin Ruan hurried out with Meng Zhen.Seeing him, Tong Bo said, "I knew I didn't do my homework, so maybe I was playing something!"

Lin Ruan sent Meng Zhen back, Zhan Xi had already gone upstairs, Lin Ruan thought for a while, walked to Tong Bo, stretched out his hand, and showed him the broken bracelet in his palm.

"I was packing my things and accidentally broke a bracelet." Lin Ruan added, "It seems to be something rewarded by the palace."

Tong Bo glanced at it, and said nonchalantly, "If it breaks, it will break. Hurry up and serve the Lord upstairs, don't be lazy here."

"Yes." Lin Ruan breathed a sigh of relief.

The next day was a sunny day. When school was over, the last bit of the sun happened to be left in the sky. Half of the sky was covered with magnificent sunset glow, shining golden on the passers-by.Lin Ruan and Meng Zhen arrived at the gate of the Immortal Tower, and they were the same two gatekeepers last time.

"Do you have tickets?"

Lin Ruan looked at Meng Zhen, and Meng Zhen said, "We're just giving something away, and we don't want to listen to the show."

"If you don't have a ticket, you won't be allowed in." The doorman was stern and impartial.

Meng Zhen and Lin Ruan looked at each other, and Lin Ruan said, "Can we buy it now?"

"It's sold out."

Meng Zhen and Lin Ruan were driven aside, Meng Zhen held the box and shook his head, "Whenever I worry about something, it will always develop in the worst direction."

Lin Ruan glanced at him, and Meng Zhen said with his fingers: "I originally thought that giving something was a simple action. I gave it to him, and he caught it, and it was over. Unexpectedly, I not only have to take good care of these jewels, but also take care of them. Find a way to meet that person. Is it just me being stupid or is it too much work?"

Lin Ruan didn't know either, he saw that Zhan Xi could do everything with ease.And now the two of them can't do a small thing well.

"Maybe we should find someone else to be a friend," Lin Ruan said, holding his face together, "In this way we can make up three cobblers."

The two squatted on the curb, watching many people go in, relatively silent.

Lin Ruan supported her head, her eyes were attracted by the people across the road.

It was next to a bakery, and a young man in a black gown was sitting on a ponytail.He still had that unscrupulous smile on his face, and he was dressed in a much more downtrodden manner than at the ball last time, with a red agate bracelet hanging on his wrist.

He is playing the erhu, his eyes are closed as if he is intoxicated, there are many children around him, but they are all standing far away, they are both curious and afraid to approach.Looking up, there is a large expanse of rose-purple sunset glow in the sky, which serves as his background picture, the noisy road, and the pedestrians passing by all become the backdrop.

He was leaning against the wall, and the movement of his hands on the string seemed extremely casual.Lin Ruan listened attentively, and it was "Hundred Birds Facing the Phoenix".The erhu he played was particularly loud, which was in stark contrast to the soothing piano music of the cake shop next door.

As soon as the song was finished, those children saw him open their eyes and scattered away.The operator threw the erhu at his feet, and took out a package from his bosom, which looked like peach cakes.He was biting the peach cake, his peach blossom eyes were slightly squinted, looking lazy and leisurely.

Lin Ruan's memory about Taosu came back instantly.

That was a long time ago, so long that Lin Ruan hadn't met Zhanxi yet.After Lin Ruan left home, he didn't go directly to Prince Jin's mansion, he stayed with Master Wuwei for three days.

Those things were too long ago, Lin Ruan vaguely remembered that there was a child beside Master Wuwei.The kid was older than him, and once gave him half a piece of peach cake.

The fragrant and sweet peach cake is Lin Ruan's first cognition of deliciousness.

This peach cake slowly revived Lin Ruan's memory. He looked at the operator, and it seemed that the operator had done a fortune teller for Lin Ruan. He was probably young and not skilled enough, and the hexagram he calculated was far from his master's. different places, so it doesn't count.

Before Lin Ruan left, he had told Lin Ruan that he owed Lin Ruan a hexagram.

The operator on the other side of the road finished eating the peach cakes, stood up and patted the crumbs of the peach cakes on his body, then walked along the road with an erhu in one hand and a horse in the other.

He broke into Lin Ruan's sight abruptly, and left casually.

Meng Zhen patted Lin Ruan on the shoulder, Lin Ruan came back to his senses, and asked, "How, have you thought of a solution?"

"I've made up my mind," Meng Zhen said, "This thing can no longer be kept with me, it must be given away today!"

Meng Zhen took Lin Ruan around to the back door of the Immortal Tower. The alley was surrounded by residential buildings, so the walls were not built very high.

Coincidentally, there happened to be a jujube tree next to the wall, and Meng Zhen and Lin Ruan climbed into the yard through that jujube tree.

At this moment, the sky was completely dark, and there was no one in the yard. There were two apprentice-like people rushing forward in the corridor, and one of them said: "Tonight's play is very important, and the class leader asked us to go to the front to take care of you. Go faster."

The other responded, and the two hurried past.

Meng Zhen and Lin Ruan followed behind them and quickly ran into the building.The first floor was built very wide, with several pillars carved with reliefs at the entrance, and the stage was built three feet high, with brocade and embroidered curtains hanging on the top of the "General" and "Prime Minister".There are mahogany tables and chairs under the stage, and tea and snacks are placed on the tables.The second floor is built into a three-sided box-style viewing building, and some Chinese-style tables and chairs are placed.There are complicated red palace lanterns hanging on the ceiling, and the whole building is bright.

The seats on the first floor were full of people, but there were still vacant seats on the second floor.Singing has already started on the stage, and there are applause from time to time.

Meng Zhen and Lin Ruan went up to the second floor, but before they found out the east, west, and northwest, a receptionist came over and said, "You two can take your seats."

Meng Zhen and Lin Ruan looked at each other, and Meng Zhen asked, "Where is your backstage?"

It's like two idiots who just started the game without a novice tutorial

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