female catcher

Chapter 109 Happy Birthday
After Su Zhen finished reading it, An Liang carefully rolled up the painting in his hand, and put it back into the brocade box, "I think the emperor's kindness is more important. In fact, it is enough to take out anything from the whole palace."

Su Zhen said indifferently: "It's not impossible to give gold and jade artifacts, but I think it's too much to deal with. After all, Xia Chu is not the kind of person who cares about money and silk."

"That's right, that's right." An Liang said with a dog-legged smile: "If Mr. Xia is that kind of person, the Emperor would not care to be friends with him."

Su Zhen bent his lips and smiled, with a hint of astringency in his smile, "I don't know if it will be the same next year."

An Liang was silent for a moment, then said in a low voice: "I hope that the emperor's good friend will last for a long time, even if it is not common, I will always miss it in my heart. I will definitely hide it for the emperor."

Su Zhen looked back at An Liang and nodded.

On the tenth day of April, rest and mu.

Xia Chu fell asleep and woke up naturally. After waking up, he felt refreshed. He brought water to boil, took a good bath, and then tried on the clothes he bought from Wing Xiu Chun one by one.Without a mirror, she poured water into the cooking iron pot, jumped onto the stove to take a rough look, and finally chose a cowpea red tunic, and hung up all the bits and pieces of decorations. on the body.

After dressing up, Xia Chu saw that there was still some time, so he went to the flower shop to find Jiuxiang, and asked her how things were going with Dr. Liu.

Jiuxiang still just woke up, and when he saw Chu Xia, he couldn't help but startled, "Chu Xia, what's wrong with your hair?"

"Ah?" Xia Chu touched the top of his head and cried out, "It's broken! I forgot to buy a hat!" Afterwards, he had no choice but to repeat the story about cooking and burning his hair.

While talking, Xia Chu wanted to eat more black sesame seeds to make his hair grow quickly, the progress was too slow.

After hearing this, Jiuxiang covered his mouth and smiled, "A girl's black hair is the most important thing, and you don't care too much." She looked Xia Chu up and down, "This dress is more beautiful than a catch. Quick clothes and trousers match more."

"Is it okay?" Xia Chu stretched out his sleeves, "Master Jiang still thinks it's not particular enough."

"No one can pay attention to him." Jiuxiang rolled his eyes, "Why didn't your lord come with you?"

"Oh, he left for the Beijing office on business. Today, the government office is taking a break. I don't have anything to do, so I came here to ask about Dr. Liu's situation. I don't know what news Miss Jiu has heard?"

"Zhiyilou? Oh, I asked someone to ask, is Dr. Liu's name Liu Huaishi?"

"Yes, it's him."

"Yeah. The old bustard of Zhiyi Building said that Liuhuaishi has a good friend named Zisu. One Huaixin and one Zisu, the two medicinal materials are very good."

"Ah? Are you really looking for Xiaowan?!" Xia Chu couldn't help imagining the scene where Dr. Liu was with a flirtatious man, but when he thought of a beautiful man on his shoulder, the picture automatically froze. up.

She couldn't think of Dr. Liu's reaction, and always felt that Dr. Liu's next step should be to say: "Brother, please respect yourself, I cherish your reputation, and you still practice medicine based on your reputation."

Doctor Liu likes men?Or are you just looking for a change of taste like many young masters in the capital, who go to see men when they are tired of seeing women?But he doesn't look like such a casual person, is it true love?

"How long has he known that little lady named Zisu?"

Jiuxiang waved his fan leisurely, and continued: "Not long ago, Zisu fell ill in the first month of this year, and the old bustard invited Liu Huaishi to go to see the doctor, and after the diagnosis, the two of them followed suit. It is said that the relationship is not bad, but Liuhuai really wants to redeem Zisu's body, but it is far from it, and the young lady from Zhiyi Building is not so easy to come out."

"He wants to redeem Zisu's body?"

"That's all I'm going to say. Zhiyi Building is the same place as our Flower Planting House. It's expensive to buy, but it's even more expensive to take people away. I reckon that with a doctor's wealth, even skinning him is not enough. money to redeem a man."

"Zhiyi Building is very expensive?"

"It is not as expensive as the Planting Flower Pavilion, but as far as the Nanfeng Pavilion is concerned, it is not cheap. There are more sons and masters from rich families who go to that place." Jiuxiang fanned her with a fan, "What are you thinking? ? This frown, pay attention to wrinkle between brows."

"Thinking about his consumption level."

"It's hard to say. For example, the cheapest tea in Shihuaguan is three renminbi, and guests can just order a pot of tea and sit there all night, but then no girl will be willing to accompany you. Why do you look at other people's warm and fragrant nephrite?" Yes, as long as I don’t feel ashamed and flustered, I won’t bombard people. If I order a girl to sit with me, I always order some wine and food. It costs at least ten taels and eight taels, which is not counted as a reward for the girl. If there is something else ..." Jiuxiang smiled, "There is no cap."

Xia Chu laughed twice and said, "It's so expensive."

"Conscience price."

Xia Chu shrugged his shoulders, "Is there anything else about Dr. Liu?"

"That's all I asked. Zhiyilou is Nanfengguan, and it doesn't have much intersection with our brothel." Jiuxiang winked at her, "It's a pity that Mr. Jiang is not here, otherwise let him go to Zhiyilou to help you find out. Tan, how nice."

"Then he will definitely think that I'm messing with him. Miss Nine doesn't know something. Our adults once thought I was a broken sleeve, and even explained it to me, telling me not to get his idea." Xia Chu said with a smile. He thumped his leg, "That narcissist! It's amazing."

"Oh——, there is such a thing." Jiuxiang twisted a peanut and put it in his mouth, and said in his heart: Mr. Jiang, Mr. Jiang, the hole you dug for yourself is not too deep!

Jiuxiang wanted to stay with Xia Chu for lunch, but Xia Chu refused.Su Zhen said that day that he would look for her this afternoon, but she didn't know the exact time, so she bid farewell to Jiuxiang in a hurry, sold sesame seed cakes with beef on the way, and with short hair, ran home amidst the pointers of passers-by.

Su Zhen came before Weishi.

At the beginning of summer, the gate of the small courtyard opened to the south, and it was the time when the sun was slightly shifted.After hearing the knock on the door, Xia Chu's heart skipped a beat, he answered loudly and ran to open the door.

The door opened on both sides, Xia Chu opened it, and suddenly saw it as if he had opened a painting.In the painting, Su Zhen's silhouette stands tall, his side face is outlined by the light, which is as gentle as jade and as elegant as bamboo.Pianpian young man, so dazzling.

"Chu Xia, happy birthday." Su Zhen smiled at her, and said slowly and solemnly.The breeze is interesting, and it happened to come, so the sleeves of the clothes moved slightly, and the tips of the hair flicked.

At this moment, Xia Chu felt that the world was quiet and slowed down.It was obviously not the first time we met, but it was as shocking as an encounter.

At this moment, Xia Chu suddenly regretted why he presented himself as a man, in front of this scene that would make every girl's heart flutter.She should have loose green hair, white jade hairpin hair, red makeup on her face, smiling sweetly; she should have a shy smile and call out to Mr. Huang.

"What you are wearing today is very different." Su Zhen looked at her, "This outfit looks much better than the policeman's uniform."

Only then did Xia Chu come back to her senses, and she smiled embarrassedly, "It's the first time I'm wearing new clothes." She turned to let Su Zhen in, her eyes followed his figure, and she smiled self-deprecatingly.

She was annoyed that she was a man in front of such a young man; but she was also glad that if she were a woman now, she might never know him at all, let alone get along with him like this.

Su Zhen walked into the courtyard, saw the small stone table and smiled, put the brocade box in his hand on the table, and turned to ask Xia Chu, "How are your feet?"

"Oh, it's all right now, Mr. Huang's medicine is very effective." Xia Chu touched the silk rope on his wrist through his sleeve, and smiled shyly at him, "Thank you."

"You're welcome." He patted the brocade box on the table lightly, and said to Xia Chu: "I brought a present, a little thought, I don't know if you will like it."

Xia Chu let go of the astringent emotions in his heart, and smiled, "Mr. Huang is too polite, I am already very happy that you can come. However, unfortunately, our lord has something to leave Beijing, so I can't introduce you today."

"I know." Su Zhen replied bluntly. After finishing speaking, he was startled, and hurriedly smiled again: "I mean..., as you said last time, it is not important to see Mr. Jiang, what is important is that I can Come. Me too."

Xia Chu walked to the stone table and carefully held the brocade box in his hand, stroked it, "It's such an exquisite box."

Su Zhen laughed and said, "If the gift is not good, do you want to keep the box?"

Xia Chu also laughed, "It's fine. But Mr. Huang's eyesight is naturally not bad." After saying that, she opened the button of the box.Inside the box lies a scroll of paper tied with silk thread, rather than some gold, jade, strange stone or grotesque things.

She thought that a rich man like Su Zhen must be very proud to give gifts, but now she opened it and saw that there was only a roll of paper inside, which made her even more curious and expectant.

So solemn, could it be that celebrities' calligraphy and painting imperial brushes and ink treasures are not successful?

Su Zhen felt a little nervous, looking forward to it and nervous, slightly raised his head, "Open it and have a look."

Xia Chu glanced at him, took out the paper roll, put down the box, carefully untied the silk thread, and slowly unfolded the small paper roll.

When the whole painting was slowly presented in front of her, Xia Chu was taken aback.

Su Zhen explained from the side: "It's been a while, I don't remember very clearly, and I don't know if you can recognize it. This is..."

"My photo..." Xia Chu murmured.

Su Zhen smiled, and said: "You said that when you miss your family, you will take out the photo and look at it. So, I will give you a larger one, so that you can hang it in the house and see it at any time. Okay? "

Looking at the painting in his hand, Xia Chu was in a daze for a while, then nodded slowly.

The four people in the painting are placed in random places, just like the ones in the photo, except that their hairstyles and clothes have all changed into ancient attire.When it comes to the eyebrows and eyes, it can't be said that they are particularly similar, but the warm atmosphere of the family of four permeates the paper.

(End of this chapter)