pleasing to the eye

Facing the south, in the winter season, the streets and alleys are full of excitement.

In the bustling room outside the red window, Wei Lianzhen was standing in the spacious hall of his shop, raising his hands and circling around Wei Youji like a kitten.

The sky outside the window was dim, and it was almost night.

Wei Lianzhen spent the whole afternoon shopping in the large and small shops in the streets and alleys, but he didn't show any signs of fatigue until now. Right now, he was shaking off some silky and flooded fabrics with his left hand, and the five fingers of his right hand were stretched out. Strings of pearls and jade jewellery, holding various earrings and rings in the palm of his hand, standing in front of Wei Youji's body, his whole body was full of dazzling lights, and he couldn't stop asking:

"Second sister, you said to use this silk surface to make a set of fans, I will use this set, and you will use that set, okay?"

"Second Sister, I think the gold pendant beads on this stroller are very suitable for your pair of earrings that you wear during the Chinese New Year, so why don't you buy them together!"

"Second sister, look at this! Take this back to Niang Ran, and ask her to embroider on the mottled pattern she drew on the young brother's handkerchief, and then make it into sleeves. Wouldn't it look good? I think it will look good for her Catch work, we just wear them for Chinese New Year."

"Second Sister, that Han Guangbei was used to make earrings and it's worn out. It's already out of fashion in Chaojingli. Anyone who still wears it is a fool! Don't look at it!"

"Second Sister and Second Sister—"

……

Wei Lianzhen kept his mouth shut for a while only when he was looking at the style of the goods carefully, making people feel restless.

Right now, Wei You has been able to sneak away from his busy schedule at the end of the year, and when he has time, he goes out with Wei Lianzhen to shop for new year's goods, but in the end, Wei Lianzhen's mouth hurts his ears.

By now, she had already lost the interest in going out at first, so after hearing what Wei Lianzhen had to say, she just lowered her eyes and said: "——It's all good. Pick what you like, Do whatever you want, and I can pretty much do it.”

Wei You's eyes were a little wandering, and he glanced at the crowd outside the window from time to time, as if thinking about something.

No matter how you look at it, this attitude is too perfunctory, and it doesn't seem like you are choosing seriously. Wei Lianzhen can see it clearly, and he knows it in his heart.

"The Chinese New Year is coming soon, Second Sister, can you have some snacks and choose some clothes!" Wei Lianzhen puffed up her cheeks, folded her fingers and walked in front of Wei Youji, raised her eyes: "Always absent-minded, How boring it is to come out like this!"

She was sure that Wei Youji would not be too harsh on her today, thinking this way, she became bolder, took Wei Youji's hand closer, picked up a few rings and put them on the other's slender fingers One by one: "Oh sister, come and try this, it's ice cold, how nice is it?"

As she said that, she turned around and waved to the servant beside her: "Bring that lotus mirror, come here."

After she finished speaking, she held the mirror and looked at Wei Youji from left to right: "Second sister, look, how beautiful it is!"

"Be happy, don't think about things. Just look at the beautiful things and smile." Wei Lianzhen said, looking up at Wei Youji's face, which was full of smiles.

"..." Wei You wanted to frown at this moment, but Wei Lianzhen's expression was so lovable and cute that she couldn't frown for a moment.

So after a long while, she shook her heavy fingers, looked at the rings on her fingers one by one, and finally sighed silently.

It's her own sister, even if Wei Youji's expression is not obvious, Wei Lianzhen can see her reaction at a glance.

Seeing this, she couldn't help raising her eyebrows, tiptoed slightly to Wei Youji and asked, "Second Sister, are you unhappy?"

"Hey, what can I do to make you happy?" Wei Lianzhen was finally infected by Wei Youji's emotions, and his originally smiling expression turned from joy to worry in an instant, as if thinking of something, his shoulders gradually collapsed .

"It would be great if Sister Yi was here." She lowered her head and murmured in a low voice.

"..." She was standing in front of Wei Youji, Wei Youji naturally heard these words clearly.

But hearing this, Wei You immediately turned his face away, turned to look to the side, and said lightly: "Let's go."

As she spoke, she began to slide down the rings on her ten fingers one by one, and after placing them on the counter one by one, she shook her index finger to signal to the servants behind her.

"There are too many of these, you pick eight that you like the most, and leave the rest alone." Wei You had already looked at the jewelry that Wei Lianzhen had selected on the table beside him, lowered his eyelashes and raised his chin and said, "Almost enough is enough." , this year is not special, and there is nothing worth celebrating at the end of the year, so don't waste it."

Hearing this, Wei Lianzhen nodded with his head hanging down, and after picking out the few jewelry fabrics he liked, he still looked very disappointed.

Seeing her like this, Wei You couldn't help but sighed softly, put his hand on his younger sister's shoulders rare, changed the topic to comfort him: "-Didn't you say you want to drink the three fresh bamboo shoot soup from the shop in front? I'll take you there , let's go."

Wei Lianzhen became slightly interested when he heard the words, and nodded.

With that said, Wei You had already put down the hand on Wei Lianzhen's shoulder, glanced at her, looked away, and walked out first.

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Now the end of the twelfth lunar month is approaching the end of the new year, even though facing south is far away from Beijing, the coldness in winter is not bad at all.

Wei You was already walking on the street, and felt that even though the camphor trees on the side of the road were as green as before, the gray and frosty layer on top of it still made people feel desolate, no more than the dead branches on Chaobei Road The remaining leaves are inferior.

Wei You had already looked at the eaves of the corridor in the distance, and for a moment, he felt that the time flies by, but in the blink of an eye since the farewell, it is already winter.

No matter how clear and vivid the memories of the past are, when Wei Youji raised his head and looked in front of him again, he had to admit that the day of parting from Lin Chuixian had already passed for a long time.

Up to now, the mood here can't be called missing, but it's hard to say that it's really letting go and forgetting.

Every time he thinks of this matter, Wei You gets upset.On the one hand, she felt that she had done the right thing, but on the other hand, she kept licking the past, and always felt the regret that she couldn't hide deeply in her heart.

……

"Master Wei."

Wei You was already thinking about himself, and saw that the servants around him had stopped, and when he looked back, there was already one more person in front of him.

"Mrs. Liu." When she saw the person in front of her, she immediately came back to her senses, softened her complexion a little, and greeted Mrs. Liu: "It's freezing cold, will Mrs. Liu be okay if you don't come? "

"Very well." Liu Pinglin stretched out his hand to help her, and replied with a smile: "It's Mr. Wei, I haven't seen you for a long time, why does it seem to be getting clearer?"

Wei Youji was actually not in the mood to be courteous at the moment, but after all Liu Pinglin had a lot of contact with her, she couldn't help but pursed her lips and smiled, nodded and said: "It's because these days are too busy, it's inevitable. I don't have time to meet Mrs. Liu and talk about appearances. Maybe it will be better in the next year."

Liu Pinglin couldn't help nodding when he thought about the Long Street facade that the two parties hadn't negotiated clearly.

After a few conversations, Liu Pinglin seemed to remember something, and asked Wei Youji again: "Where is the one in Mrs. Wei's house? Is it okay to come in? Why haven't you seen her come to Liufeng Pavilion? A while ago When my second elder brother talked about her some days, he just clapped his hands and praised her for her extraordinary talent, but I don't know why she is not as beautiful as her junior sister?"

The "person in the family" in this sentence naturally refers to Lin Chuixian, Liu Pinglin just thought of it by chance and praised it, but he didn't expect that the speaker really didn't mean it after he said it, but it really hit the hearts of those who heard it.

Fang Weiyou was stunned for a few seconds after hearing the words, then shook his head and said, "It's okay."

"That's what Mr. Wei is interesting about," Liu Pinglin said with a broken smile, "Since it's okay, why are you shaking your head?"

Wei You already knew that she was still in a daze today, so that her words and deeds were inconsistent at the moment, and she didn't want to say anything more when she got here, she just lowered her eyes slightly and shook her head at Liu Ping and Lin Fu, then she didn't say any more.

Here Wei You was absent-minded and full of loopholes, while Wei Lianzhen looked at her sister and shook her head frequently.

After saying goodbye to Liu Pinglin, Wei Lianzhen finally couldn't help but said:

"Second sister, are you okay? Do you want to go home first and rest?"

Wei You had already heard the words and glanced at her, the seriousness and coercion in his expression remained undiminished, and Wei Lianzhen shrank back.

"Okay, let's go eat then." Wei Lianzhen pursed his lips, waved his hands and didn't bring up the matter again.

At this point, the two of them took their servants and walked along the long street without saying anything else.

Here, Wei You had been walking slowly with his hands behind his back for a long time, until he almost bumped into Wei Lianzhen, and finally came back to his senses in a daze.

She has been very busy these days, and if she really has time, it seems that today is the only afternoon.

And it was only at this moment that Wei You realized that when she was idle, her thoughts and actions were completely out of her control.

It seems to have broken free from the reins and rushed out of the track. It is no longer like a quiet lake in the daytime, but pouring out like a torrent. leads to a person.

It is impossible to say no regrets.

But even if she regrets it today, even in the next three, five, or even ten years, every time she thinks of this person, she will feel a heartache. , but it's already over.

And after this outrageous and absurd period is over, everything is no different from Wei Youji's most mediocre life.

In a few years, if she is still like this, her cousin who has always had a good relationship with her will definitely come to propose marriage to her.

In front of all the relatives in the family, she will definitely smile and agree.

It doesn't take another 15 years for Wei You to be replaced by an outstanding junior from the position of the leader of the clan, so she won't even have the chance to keep herself busy.

——At that time, will she still miss that person?

And if it was such a dying age, she would still be worried about it...

What a shame that was.

Wei You had been thinking jokingly like this in his heart, but he couldn't even make a lip-smacking expression on his face.She glanced sideways at the young and energetic Wei Lianzhen beside her, and couldn't help feeling an uncontrollable suffocation in her heart.

The Yiren are far away, the youth is gone, Wei You seems to have done a lot of things in these years of busyness, but when she looked back carefully, she found that she had actually achieved nothing.

When she gets old, she will still have nothing.