Chapter 20 Look

In a blink of an eye, it was the middle of the twelfth lunar month. The families inside and outside the capital were busy preparing for the New Year. Li Tian dressed as an ordinary scholar, a dark patterned silk cotton cloak, wearing the same colored cross-to-footed head, standing on the second floor of Li Qi's main store not far from Zhengmen, looking at the snow and the bustling West Street downstairs.

It's only ten days away from childhood, and such heavy snow can't stop the enthusiasm of the people in the capital for the New Year. The streets along the West Street are still full of large and small sundries stalls, selling door gods, Zhong Kui, peach boards, peach charms, and other auspicious things necessary for the New Year, such as deer and horses, rich donkeys, Tianxing posts, etc. Thick snow accumulated on the fur coat of farmers in the suburbs full of fresh leek, lettuce and mint leaves. They still flew quickly in the crowded crowd and delivered goods to familiar restaurants. The shops on both sides of the street had already hung the fifteen lanterns in the corridor. The long colorful tassels under the lanterns flew with the wind, stirring up the goose feathers and heavy snow, adding to it. Countless joys, a huge snow lion squatted in front of the store from time to time, blocking the road, forcing a dense stream of people to flow through the middle like water and stones, and then back.

"Here we are!" Yinhua lifted the curtain briskly and came in, and Li Tian hurriedly looked in the direction of Zhengmen.

A convoy slowly came in from under the tall gate. The crowd was too crowded, and the team of cars walked and stopped very slowly.

In front of the motorcade, a 17 or 18-year-old, slender and slightly thin young man walked next to the front car. The young man's eyebrows were clean and clear, and his eyes were painted. He was wearing a blue-grey silk cloak and did not wear a hat on his head. He held his hair bun with a green jade hairpin. The snowflakes rotated and fell on his head and got in again. There was no trace of shrinking in his neck. The heavy snow and noisy crowd could not suppress the peace on his body. He was like a piece of warm jade on a pile of gravel, which was so pleasing to the eyes.

This is the Langjun ordered by Mrs. Lin for Li Tian, Leng Jia Dalang, Leng Ming loose.

Li Tian breathed a gentle sigh of relief, and Yue Niang bounced down the window lattice with her finger and praised, "What a handsome young man!" With that, he turned his head and looked at Li Tian and continued, "Don't worry, this young man of the Leng family is a modest gentleman at first glance. He can't suppress you. You will definitely eat him to death."

Li Tian was too lazy to pay attention to her. Yingluo smiled, raised her hand and nodded downstairs and signaled, "The old lady of the Cao family is here."

Around Leng Mingsong, Cao Si's mother and Cao's old lady were covered with thick soot, holding a basket of charcoal in their arms. While shouting, they staggered forward. Passing by Leng Mingsong, they suddenly tilted and hit Leng Mingsong with the charcoal basket in their arms.

Li Tian and others held their breath and couldn't take their eyes off Leng Mingsong's reaction. Leng Mingsong hugged the old lady Cao who almost fell down, stood firmly with her, with concern on her face and said something. The old lady of the Cao family roared anxiously and angrily and scattered her charcoal dance hands all over the ground. Leng Mingsong nodded repeatedly and let go. She picked up the charcoal basket, and ran to the servant behind her. She picked up the charcoal back into the basket with Leng Mingsong. The old lady of the Cao family did not answer the charcoal basket and just pulled Leng Mingsong and didn't know what to say. As she spoke, she kept rubbing the ashes all over her body on Leng Mingsong. There was no trace of disgust and impatience on Leng Mingsong's face, and her smile was warm. Listen to the old lady of the Cao family with a clear and attentive expression.

The old lady of the Cao family turned upside down for a long time before taking the charcoal basket and taking a few steps into the alley next to her.

Yinhua couldn't help laughing and said, "The old lady of the Cao family is really good at pretending to be a ghost. Seeing that she rubbed other people's clothes, she was so dirty. Uncle Leng is really good-tempered."

Li Tian smiled and didn't say anything. She turned downstairs and got on the car back.

Yuniang lifted the curtain and sat in the car and looked at Li Tian and said seriously, "This little Langjun's family has no temper, but he is a little less sharp. In the future, he will be a first-class official, commander-in-chief of hundreds of officials and so on. I'm afraid he can't point it."

"I didn't point out that he commands any officials at all. If he really looks extraordinary and doesn't like a thing in the pool, I don't want to marry," Li Tian smiled relaxedly and said, "Have you heard of that sentence? I regret teaching my husband and son-in-law to be a marquis. It's all glorious outside and I don't know how bitter inside. I don't want this. The best is to be young. At that time, I have been working as a foreigner. It would be better if I could ask for beautiful scenery. I came to the post with him. Anyway, we have a lot of money. If we don't want to make progress, there is no shortage of money. He is easy to do. He and I can eat, drink, play in the mountains and rivers, and be beautiful. How can we live comfortably? After five years in office, we will change places. Continue to have fun and be four or five. At the age of 40, he came back begging for bones and built a garden in the suburbs of Beijing. He drank some wine and recited a few sour poems. I planted flowers and plants and saw Nanshan or something leisurely. How nice it was! It would be more perfect to raise an outstanding son, a new teenager and unify all officials.

Yuniang laughed loudly and laughed for a long time before patting Li Tian's shoulder and said, "What a great ambition. I also yearn for the day you said. Well, I will accompany you to listen to sour poems, enjoy flowers and plants and so on in my life."

The Leng family's motorcade finally squeezed through the crowded street and arrived in front of the house that Leng Ding's brother helped to buy. The Ding family's mother-in-law and Leng's servants waiting at the gate of the courtyard were busy moving this and that. Leng Ding didn't care about this and didn't even get off the car, so he rushed to see his mother, Mrs. Zhou.

Mrs Zhou hasn't seen her daughter for more than ten years. She hugged her head and cried endlessly. Leng Ding said urgently, "Moon, don't cry. I'm fine. Your son-in-law will be transferred back to the capital. We will be together in the future. This is a happy thing. I have something important to do."

"Yes, yes," Mrs. Zhou quickly wiped her tears and said, "It's not a big deal. As soon as the former princess of Jiangjun sent someone to ask you if you had come back, I'll make a decision when you come back to draft a post. Let me tell you, the fifth sister of the Li family was born in a hundred, and her temper is one in a thousand, and..."

"Mother!" Leng Ding pressed his fingers hard on his temples and interrupted Mrs. Zhou's words impatiently: "I asked you to pay attention to a few marriages for Brother Song. It's not clear to you. You must choose a mother's family to help. Then the five wives of the Li family, what is her ribs? Look at what you have done!" Leng Ding's breath held back all the way. As soon as she opened her mouth, her tone was not good. Mrs. Zhou couldn't hang on her face when she was scolded by her daughter. She said angrily, "But just said that. Not to mention the post, she hasn't even been married. If you don't want to do it, you won't. When I worry about it for nothing!"

"You have responded to others, and the king's mansion of Nanning County is still in the middle of this matter!" When Leng Ding heard his mother's rather irresponsible words, he was really angry: "Didn't I tell you to pay attention to it first and wait for me to come back to see each other? Why did you promise? Isn't this a response? No, let people poke the spine!"

"If you want to poke me, it won't get in your way!" Mrs. Zhou was also annoyed. Although Leng Ding was angry and had a headache, when she saw that her mother was annoyed, she had to reluctantly explain to her mother: "Mom, think about it, the seventh master of the Jiang family in Linchuan Houfu and Song's father are on the same list. Song's father is the top of the list, and Jiang Qiye is the last one. But now, you can see, Jiang Qiye Jiang It has been done from the second grade, and Songer's father worked so hard to get to the fifth grade. It's not because Jiang Qiye has someone to help him! In terms of academic talent, how far is he than Songer's father?!

Brother Song is sensible and willing to study. He was elected last autumn. How old is he? It is said that he can only learn to win the best in that article. A Niang, I think that Brother Song will also suffer like his father in the future, and his heart will be like a cat scratching. If this child is not promising, I will admit it, but Brother Song is so good!"

"That's true!" Mrs. Zhou nodded repeatedly, as if she empathized with her daughter's pain. Leng Ding wiped her tears and sighed, "I think about it, that is, the way to climb the door and get married, so that you can find a home in the capital to help you..."

"It's nothing. I'll go to the Prince's Mansion of Nanning tomorrow and say that you don't know about this matter. I ordered it. Now you don't think it's appropriate..." Mrs. Zhou quickly comforted her daughter. Leng Ding thought for a moment and said, "I'll go. It's not appropriate for me not to go to this matter, so I have to pull down my face and have a good gift."

"That's good too!" Mrs. Zhou hurriedly promised that it's a matter of giving up her old face. It's better not to go: "It's okay to retreat. Let me tell you, I didn't say that I was watching the child, but the most rare thing was her dowry! When her mother got married, you didn't see it in the capital. The dowry was not to carry boxes, but boxes, and the four of them sweated all over! When her grandmother picked her up, she took all the dowry back. With so many dowries, I couldn't find a second one in the capital. I just responded. Who knows, her grandmother said that it was gone. She and her grandmother's residence went to the water again. I heard that she returned to the Duke of Yongguo Mansion empty-handed, and the Marquis's Mansion of Ningyuan took the title and sent it back to the countryside... I've been thinking about this for the past few days, and I'm also depressed.

"I don't want other people's dowry. Mrs. Lin's temper should be more protective. How is this sister used to growing up with her?"

"Don't mention that this sister is really sensible, chaste, gentle and generous. She doesn't look like her grandmother, like her father. As soon as she stands there, she is like the lotus flower that was half stained with dewdrops in the early morning. She has a good temper. The little girl in Nanning Prince's Mansion is so indulgent, and she can get along well. Yes, if you want to talk about this girl's family, full of capital, I think she is the best!"

Leng Ding's troubled calculation of how to push this relative and not offend Nanning County Prince's Mansion. She didn't listen much to Mrs. Zhou's mother's temper, saying that everyone is the best.