Hou Men Splendid

Chapter 25 Cousin and Cousin

At this time, Si Qin and Si Hua also saw He Chengsheng. They had met the eldest uncle several times at Lin's house, and it was impossible to admit their mistake, but in this case, the person in the carriage with the eldest uncle was not the eldest lady.

Si Hua looked back at her young lady's face, and exchanged a glance with Si Qin, before she could speak, Lin Qingran spoke first, watching the three of them enter the Pingting Pavilion together with a half-smile, "Go down and have a look. "

Si Qin and Si Hua hurriedly followed, walked out of the teahouse, Lin Qingran squinted at the plaque on the opposite side, waited for the carriage on the road to pass, and walked towards Pingting Pavilion.

The shopkeeper invited at the door had never seen Lin Qingran, but he had seen Si Qin who came to summon him before, and vaguely guessed that this should be the owner of the shop, so he didn't tell the truth, greeted with a smile, and called a waiter to follow him in accompany to watch.

Lin Qingran met them directly at the place where the bath beans and soap were placed on the first floor. Qin Suwan chatted with Miss He San, and occasionally chatted with He Chengsheng who was behind him, and picked up the beautiful flower soap that was put out and smelled it. It seems that the mood is very good.

It was Miss He San who saw Lin Qingran first, and greeted her with a smile, "Qingran is here too." Then she said to He Chengsheng behind her, "Look, brother."

"Sister He." Lin Qingran walked over to greet Miss He San with a smile, then called He Chengsheng brother-in-law, and then nodded to Qin Suwan, which was regarded as a greeting.

Lin Qingran asked them why they came here, Miss He San smiled and said, "Brother went to the tea house to see tea, and dropped us off to the cloth house, passing by and saw a newly opened shop, come and have a look, I didn't expect the things here It's quite strange, it's the first time I've seen this beautiful soap." He said and picked up a light pink round soap, in the center of which was a solid peony flower, which seemed to be embedded in it.

By the way, Lin Qingran looked at Miss He San, and said with a light smile, "No wonder, I just happened to see you get off the car when I came here. I didn't realize it was my brother-in-law, so I thought who it was."

"It can't be someone else." Qin Suwan followed the words, holding Miss He San's arm, "Why would we share a carriage with someone else?"

He Chengsheng heard the meaning of Lin Qingran's words, and there was a look of embarrassment in his eyes. He dropped by and followed him into such a shop, and happened to bump into his sister-in-law again. Even if there was no ghost in his heart, Lin Qingran said There is nothing abnormal in the picture, He Chengsheng still feels a little embarrassed, after all, there are still taboos between him and his cousin.

So He Chengsheng directly put aside the topic of how to get here, and cared about Lin Qingran, "I heard from your sister that you were sick a while ago."

"Well, that happened in May and June. Thank you brother-in-law for your concern." Lin Qingran's voice was soft and her tone was good, but it sounded like there was a bit of a run on it. What happened a month ago, is it too late to care about it at this time?

"Brother, don't you still have to go to the tea house, go there quickly, the cloth house is not far away, Su Wan and I will walk there later." Miss He San sensed her brother's embarrassment, and reminded him, " If you go late, you won’t be able to finish things.”

With the stairs to go down, He Chengsheng nodded, "Then take your time, I will go directly to the cloth village when I get back." After speaking, he said to Lin Qingran, "Say hello to my father-in-law and mother-in-law, and take a step beforehand. "

"Brother-in-law, go slowly." Lin Qingran watched him off with a smile, and looked back at the soap that Miss He San had just seen, and boasted without blushing, "Sister He just saw that the workmanship is very delicate."

After all, this age is still several years behind, and Lin Qingran is just a little sister in their eyes, so even if such a little embarrassment happened just now, Miss He San didn't think about it, and quickly chatted with Lin Qingran about these things , Qin Suwan on the side also picked a few pieces, girls like beautiful and delicate things.

After paying the silver taels, the three of them walked out of the shop together, followed by the maid who was carrying things, Lin Qingran got into the carriage waiting at the door, while Miss He San and Qin Suwan went to the cloth village not far away.

The two of them walked in front, Qin Suwan's expression was not as happy as before. In fact, there is a lot of walking in Buzhuang not far away. It is so hot in August, and you will sweat a little if you walk a few more steps outside. Even with an umbrella, I still feel uncomfortable.

Qin Suwan couldn't help complaining, "Why don't you let my cousin stay for a while, and take us to the cloth village before going to the tea house in time."

He Jinxi glanced at her, "When we go out, we should have taken two cars. Big Brother has something important to do. We are going to see the cloth in the cloth village. You insist on going together, and you still delayed the time in the middle, naturally Let big brother go to work first."

"I've already got off the car here, so it won't be so short of time." Qin Suwan pursed her lips.

He Jinxi stopped in her tracks and looked at her seriously, "Suwan, you are not young anymore, my eldest brother has been married for several years, and we have different identities from you and me, so it is not suitable to share a carriage. Besides, it’s your own reputation that’s being ruined.”

Qin Suwan's face turned pale, she clenched her lips and said nothing, He Jinxi sighed slightly when she saw her like this, she must be overthinking

After returning to the Lin Mansion, as soon as he got out of the carriage and entered the gate, three people walked towards him on the road there. The leader was the steward of the Lin family, who seemed to be seeing off guests.

They met each other face to face, and the steward saluted Lin Qingran. Lin Qingran nodded and glanced behind him, slightly taken aback. This person looked familiar.

Naturally, Meng Xian also saw Lin Qingran, and nodded slightly, "Miss Lin."

Not knowing how to address him, Lin Qingran smiled back, walked sideways, and faintly heard the steward calling him Mr. Meng.

After silently reading the word Meng several times, Lin Qingran suddenly remembered that this young man was the same Meng Xian who begged his father to accept him as a student when they returned to the Lin family's ancestral house for the New Year.

He will come here, could it be that he is now a Jinshi.

Lin Qingran thought about going back to the Nuan Pavilion, and didn't care much about her father taking in students again. Not long after entering the house, Lin Qinglan and Lin Qingyue came to the door together.

"Fifth Sister, you've been out for a long time, and I haven't been able to find you." Lin Qingyue walked up to her and said dissatisfiedly, "What the hell are you up to?"

"I'm busy saving money for your marriage." Lin Qingran pinched her nose, "In the future, when our Xiao Qi gets married, we will have a good time."

Lin Qingyue was not shy at all. Hearing what she said, she agreed very much, "When I get married in the future, I will definitely have a good time!"

"Are you ashamed or not?" Lin Qinglan squeezed her and teased her, "Are you ashamed?"

"Why are you ashamed?" Lin Qingyue blinked, and then rushed towards Lin Qingran, "Fifth Sister, where did I say something wrong, isn't it that I want to marry a beautiful woman?"

"That's right." Lin Qingran patted them alone and told them to sit down, "But this is not allowed to be said in front of outsiders."

Lin Qingyue nodded, she was serious, "Fifth Sister, Mother said she would take us to my grandfather's house in a few days." Speaking of being able to go out, Lin Qingyue was as excited as her two younger brothers, the little girl was the most favored in the whole family, This temper is naturally arrogant.

The three sisters chatted for a while, and as the sky was getting dark, Lin Qingran went to Luoyingyuan to talk about the shop.

Both Mr. Lu and her husband are not good at doing business. Now that her daughter is interested in this, Mr. Lu doesn't have much experience to pass on. There is only a shop left and right. If she loses money, she should learn a lesson for her. If she can do well , of course it couldn't be better.

Under the oil lamp, Lin Qingran spun all the thread in the sewing basket for Lu Shi, raised her head, "Mother, I'm coming back from my grandfather's house, I want to go and see my eldest sister."

Lu put the sewing basket aside, picked up the apron that hadn't been embroidered and started threading, "Your eldest sister will give birth in a month or so, and it won't be too late to go after the baby is born."

"It's been a long time since I saw you. The last time I saw Sister Hui was more than a year ago." Lin Qingran said coquettishly, "I'll go and see Eldest Sister, and I'll know if there's anything I need to help."

"We need to help the He family with anything." Lu looked up at her with a clear look in his eyes, "Is there something you are hiding from me?"

"Mom, what can I hide from you." Lin Qingran shook her head, "I just want to visit my eldest sister, and then I will go after the baby is born. There will be more guests, and I may not be able to talk for a long time. Besides, during this period of time, my sister must be worried about the child in her belly, so I will go and talk to her so that she doesn't care so much."

The second half of the sentence spoke to Lu's heart. What she is most worried about now is not that the He family can't take good care of her, but that the eldest daughter is eager to have a child, and she tends to be disturbed by wild thoughts.

After giving birth to Sister Hui, she had her second child four years later. Needless to say, Mrs. Lu also wanted to meet the expectations of her eldest daughter, but no one could be sure about having a boy or a girl. , Before anyone else said anything, I was forced into a dead end.

"Then go and see her with your fourth sister." Mrs. Lu finally agreed.

Lin Qingran nodded, she already had an idea in her mind, not to mention that she always thinks bad things about people, then Qin Suwan should be fifteen, if not fifteen, she will be fourteen, at this age she should be kissing, But she is still at He's house all the time, what is she trying to do.

The maid at the door came in and said that the master was back. Looking over, Lin Wenxi walked in, followed by Lin Yunhao and Lin Yunze. Both boys lowered their heads, as if they had made a mistake.

After entering the room, the two brothers walked directly in front of Lin Qingran, and Lin Yunze said, "Fifth Sister, I lost your collection of poems and prose."

"If you lose it, you lose it, it doesn't matter."

At this moment, Lin Yunhao said aggrievedly, "It's not that I lost it, but someone tore it up."

Lin Wenxi coughed lightly, his voice was stern, "Tell me why the things your fifth sister gave you are torn apart."

Mrs. Lu glared at him, and looked at the two sons comfortingly, "Don't worry, speak slowly."

Lin Yunhao started to cry, and Lin Yunze, who is still an older brother, began to say, "Today we went to school and brought us the poems given by Fifth Sister. Qi Yue saw it in the afternoon, and he snatched it and said that our It was copied from another place and we thought we wrote it ourselves, my younger brother quarreled with him, and Qi Yue said that we should prove that we can write poetry."

Lin Yunhao picked up his brother's words, "I didn't say it, Qi Yue and others made a fuss, saying that my brother and I were cheating, and he also said that the fifth sister is also a liar, and that the little prodigy is taught by others and he still treats it as himself." I can write poetry."

Lin Qingran was embarrassed, her title as a little child prodigy was already full of moisture, she raised her hand and patted his head to comfort him, "Just ignore them."

"We didn't bother with them. The eldest brother asked Qi Yue to return the book to us, but he didn't return it and tore it up." Lin Yunhao's tears fell down after he finished speaking, "Fifth sister, what do you say?" But you can’t tell others that you wrote it, my eldest brother and I wanted to grab it, Qi Yue even threw the torn book to others, and when I snatched it, it was already torn.”

It sounds like my younger brother has been wronged. Why does my father still have that look? Lin Qingran pulled his crying brother over and wiped his tears, "Tear it up, I'll tear it up again. Writing to you, man, what are you crying about?"

"Go on!" Lin Wenxi's voice came from behind, and Lin Yunhao in Lin Qingran's arms trembled and sobbed, "Then my brother and I rushed forward and beat Qi Yue."

Lin Qingran was startled, "Is there any injury?"

Lin Yunhao shook his head and shrank into Lin Qingran's arms, not because he was wronged but because he was afraid.

Lin Qingran looked up at her father, and Lin Wenxi said coldly, "They were not injured. When I rushed over, Qi Yue was seriously injured. Their nose was crooked."

(End of this chapter)