Red apricots make spring

Chapter 148 White Jade Hairpin
After finally waiting for the piano lesson in the gazebo to finish, Rourou was already sitting behind the rockery to the point of being very impatient!Seeing that Wen Gang stood up with Pei Jingxuan, ready to accompany him to dinner, he was relieved, and he wished that they would leave quickly so that she could get away and go back to the room.

Unexpectedly, things backfired. At this time, she glanced not far away, and Lu Ce came here alone. She was stunned for a moment, thinking with complicated emotions, why did he come back?
Lu Ce was rushing back after finishing his work, but he didn't see Wen Rou when he entered the door, so he asked casually, and the little girl Cai Yun replied that she was watching the scenery in the garden.He happened to have nothing to do, and he was very tired after dealing with things outside these few days, so he also came to the garden, looking for a quiet place to relax.

Halfway on the way, he heard the sound of a piano from the gazebo, thinking that the water view here is good, so he turned around, not wanting to see Wen Gang and others from a long distance, but also glimpsed the gentleness behind the rockery, unconsciously Squinted.

When the gentle eyes met Lu Ce, he knew that he had seen her. Although he was not flustered, he felt a little uncomfortable. After all, what she was doing at the moment was really not fair, let alone a stranger like Pei Jingxuan was present. , She thought to herself, if this scene was seen by others, it would be easy to be misunderstood, and she lowered her head unconsciously, feeling a kind of embarrassment of doing something wrong and being caught on the spot.

Seeing her lowering her head, Lu Ce looked away, pretending not to see her, walked to the gazebo calmly, chatted with Wen Gang and the others.Seeing a stranger there, he couldn't help but ask, "This is—"

"Brother-in-law, this is the newly hired violinist Mr. Pei, who taught Xiaohuan and me to play the piano." Wen just saw him come back, except for some surprises, he was quite happy, and even wanted to take him to dinner with him.

"You guys go, I got a bit of heat all the way back, and I don't really want to eat, so I'll just sit here and take a break." Lu Ce said, chatted with them a few more times, watched them leave, and then sent him off. Pandan and Celery will make a pot of good tea and bring some fruits and snacks.

When the maids left, he picked up a piece of pastry on the table, crushed it and sprinkled it into the pond to feed the fish, and said loudly: "There is no one else, come out."

Gentle and embarrassed, she came out from behind the rockery, walked to the gazebo and asked, "Why are you back?"

"I'll be back when I'm done." Lu Ce sprinkled all the crushed pastries into the pool, and didn't ask her why she hid behind the rockery. He just turned around and sat down on the stone bench, and fiddled with the table twice. teacup.

Ruan Rou followed and sat down. Originally, she wanted to explain her strange behavior just now, but after thinking about it, it was unnecessary. First, Lu Ce had already said that he would not interfere in her private affairs. I didn't care, but the two of them sat like this without talking, and the silence was a bit weird, so she asked, "What do you want to eat tonight? I heard you said that you got a little hot, how about I make some cold noodles later?" Bar."

"Okay." Lu Ce nodded, took out a white jade hairpin carved in the shape of a lotus from his sleeve, and played with it silently in his hand.

Gentle glanced at it, and saw that the white jade hairpin was exquisitely carved and the jade quality was clean, so she knew that the price must be high, but it was obviously a hairpin for women, but it was carried by him, and it should be given by someone he likes. for him?
Thinking about it this way, she felt a little astringent, but she immediately felt relieved, just like Lu Ce did not ask about her personal affairs, she had no position or status to ask about his personal affairs, not to mention that she had a good impression of Lu Ce in her heart. Her own business has nothing to do with Lu Ce. Even if Lu Ce doesn't care about raising her, she can't accept her fate and accept the status of concubine just because of this good impression. The two will say goodbye sooner or later, so she smiled frankly: " This hairpin is very beautiful."

"Well, the quality of the jade is not bad." Lu Ce said, handed the white jade hairpin to her and said, "I'll give it to you."

"Give it to me?" Things are different from what he imagined, isn't this a gift from the person he likes?Now Wen Rou was surprised, but she didn't pick up the hairpin, she just frowned slightly and said, "Why?"

"Didn't you say this hairpin is beautiful?" Lu Ce's tone was indifferent, as if he gave a penny to a child on the side of the road to buy candy.

"I said the hairpin is beautiful, so you can give it to me?" Rourou said with a little black line: "Then I want to say that the jade pendant hanging around your waist is very beautiful, will you give it?"

Lu Ce put the white jade hairpin on the stone table, did not speak, but looked at her with a strange expression on his face.

Is there anything more important about this jade pendant?Seeing that Lu Ce rarely expressed his emotions, Gentle thought of joking, not saying he didn't want the jade pendant, but pointing to the sky and guessing: "He rewarded it?"

"No."

"Is that from your family?"

"My grandfather gave it to me." Lu Ce mentioned his grandfather, smiled slightly, and then said, "My grandmother gave it to my grandfather."

Very complicated!Nodding gently, I haven't recalled it yet.

"A token of love." Lu Ce said again.

Uh, Ruan Rou was a little embarrassed now, she quickly waved her hand and said, "I was joking just now, but I didn't really want to."

"I know." Lu Ce said, raised his eyes to look into the distance, and fell silent again.

Just at this time, Pan Lan and Cai Qin came back with freshly brewed tea and some fruit, and was a little surprised to see Wen Rou there. And you!"

"Hey, what a beautiful hairpin!" Caiqin saw the white jade hairpin on the table when she was arranging the fruits, and couldn't help but take a second look.

"Is it the master who gave it to Madam?" Xianglan joked with a smile while pouring tea, "Mrs. is really lucky. Master went out for a while, and he didn't forget to bring something back for you."

This question seemed difficult to answer, she smiled gently and awkwardly, and lowered her head to drink tea to cover up her embarrassment.

"I'll put the hairpin on for Madam." Caiqin said that she had picked up the white jade hairpin and replaced the silver hairpin inserted between her gentle temples, she took two steps back to look at it, and then praised with a smile: "Master's vision is really good, The style of this hairpin is simple and generous, which is just right for my wife."

Hearing these words, Rourou almost choked on the tea, and her face involuntarily became hot.No matter how I think about it, I feel that this sentence is somewhat exaggerated, and it praises both Lu Ce and her.Sure enough, in this day and age, even maidservants are not so easy to be, and it is easy to please the master if you have to be sweet.

Fang Caiqin here finished speaking, and Xianglan said again: "Madam has a good temperament, no hairpins look tacky."

Embarrassed!Wenrou is really not used to hearing such blatant compliments. In fact, if she has a good temperament, it is because her appearance is ordinary and there is nothing to praise, so she can only use the illusory word of temperament to meet the scene.If these two continue to sing together and praise each other, maybe the gods will not be as good as her!
She stole a glance at Lu Ce, saw the corners of his lips slightly raised, and didn't know what he was thinking, maybe she felt funny after hearing the exaggerated words of these two maids!So he quickly stood up and said, "Take a break, I'll make cold noodles, and I'll let Caiqin call you later."

There are many types of cold noodles, but without seasoning, Japanese or Sichuan-style cold noodles cannot be made.Wenrou went to the kitchen, thought for a while, and asked someone to chill a basin of cold water, and ordered a servant to take a ladder and climb to the locust tree outside to pick tender locust leaves, and then she washed those tender locust leaves , Squeeze out the juice, mix it with flour and knead well to make noodles.

The cooked chicken is shredded by hand, the fresh mint leaves, cucumbers and shallots picked from the garden are also shredded, the boiled marinated egg is cut in half, and the sauce is made with sesame paste and other seasonings. cook noodles.When the noodles are cooked, put them in cold water, pick up and drain the water, put them in a bowl, then pour the sauce on the noodles, top with sliced ​​cucumbers and a little mint shreds, then sprinkle chicken shreds on top, fragrant Garnish with shredded green onion, and finally place the sliced ​​marinated egg on the side of the bowl, and a bowl of her homemade cold noodles with modified shredded chicken is ready.

She turned her head to look at it, and thought it looked pretty good. The noodles mixed with locust leaf juice were green in color and had a delicate fragrance. Against the snow-white chicken shreds and bright yellow marinated egg yolk, they looked quite eye-catching. Then he nodded, and while continuing to pour the cooked noodles into bowls in cold water, he asked someone to call Lu Ce, Xiaohuan and others to eat.

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