Twin Brocade

Chapter 443
Lu Shiman said before that he wanted to marry Fang Jinshu for Qiao Shijie, but he deliberately brought up this topic in order to help Si Lansheng.Everyone present knew it well.

Mrs. Chu was concerned, so she paid more attention to Si Lansheng immediately.

The more I read it, the more I felt that Si Lansheng behaved well and spoke well.Naturally, the Si family can't compare to a centuries-old family like the Lu family, but Si Lansheng is at least as good as the daughters of these families in terms of appearance.

A daughter brought up by such a person should be the daughter-in-law of his own son.

At this time, Mrs. Chu's best son, Chu Mo, was drinking tea and painting with Fang Ziquan and Tang Ding in the outer courtyard.Their fathers were all courtiers, and when they talked about big things, they kicked out the juniors, and they were all happy.

Chu Mo outlined a red plum in the painting, and dropped a little cinnabar in the heart of the plum.With just a few strokes, the red plums blooming in the cold corner of the wall are drawn, proud and noble.

"Okay!" Fang Ziquan applauded and praised: "Brother Chu's painting has fully passed down the true teaching of respecting the master."

Putting down the pen, Chu Mo smiled and said, "Thank you, thank you!"

He looked at the painting in front of him, sighed suddenly, and said, "I wait to get together from time to time, but brother Shijie is wandering somewhere. This is a happy new year, how should he feel in his heart?"

A jade-like young man like Chu Mo suddenly became sad, even his hair fell down, and the air was full of melancholy.Even a man can't resist his charm.

The atmosphere in the warm pavilion became quiet for a moment.

Fang Ziquan was also thinking about Qiao Shijie.

Before Mrs. Qiao passed away, the few of them got together from time to time, emotionally they were not brothers but they were like brothers.He didn't have a brother born by his own son, and Fang Ziyi who was born by a concubine was not in the same circle at all because of the difference in status.

Mrs. Qiao's death was just a funeral for the Qiao family.After that, it will not affect the overall situation if another daughter of the Lu family is taken in.But for the Qiao Shijie brothers and sisters, it was a big event where the sky fell.

Fang Ziquan couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he thought of how his frail body had shouldered the heavy responsibility when he went to see off Qiao Shijie last year.

Chu Mo and Fang Ziquan were feeling sad, Tang Ding laughed, raised the jug in his hand, and said, "I said, what are you thinking about? Brother Shijie is studying all over the world, maybe he is enjoying himself in the rivers and lakes somewhere, why be so sad ?”

His situation was quite similar to Qiao Shijie's.

The aunt also died young, and she also has a younger sister.On his shoulders was not only his own destiny, but also that of his younger sister Tang Yuanyao.

Compared with the Qiao family, the Tang family's status is far inferior, and his aunt and stepmother are not even the daughters of an aristocratic family.When the stepmother does things, she just needs to be able to get by on the face, and she doesn't treat the brothers and sisters well in private.

But speaking of it, the situation of the Tang family is also much simpler than that of the Qiao family.

Tang Ding's aunt passed away early, forcing him to grow up early.For such a thing, he took it lightly, but was much more open-minded than the two of them.

His laughter relaxed the atmosphere in the Snapper, and awakened the two of them from the sad atmosphere.

Chu Mo smiled, adding a touch of color to such a winter day, he said: "It's still a wise brother's opinion, and it's Brother Yu who made a fool of himself. Since we are not brother Shijie, how can we know what he is thinking?"

Fang Ziquan raised his glass with a smile and said, "Come on! Let's toast to brother Shijie. I wish him a happy life at this moment."

After the three of them drank the wine, Chu Mo said: "It's just that brother Shijie is not here, but it is quite inconvenient. I remember that there is an old plum tree in Qiao's house. In the past, brother Qiao accompanied me to enjoy the plum blossoms. I don't think I have the chance to come this year." See you."

Fang Ziquan said with a smile: "Brother Chu is really elegant, and he still misses that old plum. In another year, Brother Shijie should come back."

The sixth year of Qinglong is the year of the new competition, and it is already the beginning of the fourth year of Qinglong.It was impossible for Qiao Shijie to wait until the sixth year of Qinglong to come back, and even if he wanted to, the Qiao family would not allow it.So at most in the second half of the fifth year of Qinglong, he will return to Beijing.

"That's still a year away." Chu Mo was a little disappointed.It's just that they are no longer children, and it is quite inconvenient to go in and out of the inner house, and the garden belongs to the back house.

"How difficult is that?" Tang Ding smiled and said, "I know that there is a corner door for servants to enter and exit. Passing through there is the garden."

"It's not right." Chu Mo waved his hands again and again, and said, "It's a sin for us to rush over and alarm the girls." He cherishes flowers the most, not only the blooming purples and reds, but also those delicate and tender flowers. girls.

"What are you afraid of?" Tang Ding waved his hand through his drunkenness, and said, "Brother Shijie once took me through that road. It's very remote and few people know about it. I know the old plum plant you mentioned. It's not far from that door. We'll just go there for a while, who knows."

"Those servants, forgive them and dare not talk nonsense."

They are all decent young masters from various houses, as long as nothing happens, how can these servants go on talking nonsense.You know, talking about the master is something that no family will allow.

"You guys go," Fang Ziquan said, seeing that Chu Mo was moved, "I'm afraid I'd be a little embarrassed if I met someone." After all, he is the son-in-law of the Qiao family, and Qiao Tongxuan is not here now. thing.

Tang Ding said with a smile: "Brother Ziquan is still so boring. Forget it, I won't force you. Let's go?"

Chu Mo weighed it over and over again, and asked, "You won't lie to me, it's really remote there?"

"Why did I lie to you?" Tang Ding waved his hand impatiently, and said, "Leave as soon as you want, what nonsense." They have a good relationship, and there is not so much politeness between them.

"Okay, okay, let's go now." Chu Mo said with a good-tempered smile: "Don't be annoyed, I didn't mean to doubt you."

"Go, I'll wait for you to come back here." Fang Ziquan sent the two of them out of the Nuan Pavilion with a smile, returned to the desk with rice paper spread out, and concentrated on painting.

Sure enough, Tang Ding didn't lie to Chu Mo, and he didn't meet many people on this road.

He thought of the reason early in the morning, if he happened to meet the elder, he would say that he was looking for his younger sister Tang Yuanyao.In this way, there is finally a reason.

The two walked through a row of houses where sundries were placed, passed through a narrow alley, and came to a half-closed corner door.Both sides of this door are very remote, it is not a door that servants often walk around, and there is only one woman who guards the door.

Seeing the two people appearing, she was startled, and hurriedly said: "Young masters, I'm afraid it's inconvenient here..."

Tang Ding and Chu Mo often went in and out of Qiao's house, and the servants all recognized them, not to mention that Chu Mo was originally a cousin of Qiao's house.But that doesn't mean she can put them in the garden.

Mrs. Qiao has a strict temperament. Today's Mrs. Qiao runs the family well, with clear rewards and punishments. She doesn't want to encounter Mrs. Qiao's bad luck during the Chinese New Year.

(End of this chapter)