Chapter 35 The Joy on the Road
On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Jiang Ting got up early and let Lianxiu and Zhihua help her from the inside out. After turning narcissistically in the mirror twice, she set off. Zhihua and Lianxiu, one person carried a box of zongzi steamed by Aunt Su early in the morning, went out with Jiang Ting and got into a carriage specially prepared by Jiang Yong.
This carriage is much more gorgeous than Jiang Ting used before, with the sign of Zhenbei Houfu hanging on it. I think that if Jiang Yong is afraid that he will not be listed, some little ruffians will deliberately make trouble on such a lively day. Although Zhenbeihou is only a first-class marquis, it is only a second-class title. It is nothing in the eyes of the nobles in the capital, but it is still okay to scare the ignorant hoodlums.
After the carriage came out of the second door, four special escorts followed. Jiang Ting and others all knew Lianxiu's future son-in-law, Zhang Qingyan. Some time ago, his father asked Mami Li to help propose marriage to Lianxiu. Jiang Ting finally begged Jiang Yong to pull Lianxiu and Zhihua. She looked at the man carefully before agreeing to his marriage. Lianxiu has changed Geng's post with him, and Mother Li is happily helping them live and make a final task.
Since they have changed the Geng post and combined the eight characters, they are too busy to make the next step, and the marriage between the two of them is also a certainty. However, Lianxiu has to stay with Jiang Ting for two years before she can get married, so Zhang Qingyan is going to marry Mei/Jiao/mother home, and he will get 20 years old anyway. Jiang Yong may be poor Zhang Qingyan who suffers from lovesickness every day, so he will be responsible for the task of guarding Jiang Ting this time.
After Jiang Ting and Zhihua saw Zhang Qingyan, they frowned at Lianxiu, which made her feel ashamed for a while. Finally, I almost abandoned the carrying box and had to get out of the carriage and go back.
Zhihua hurriedly pulled Lianxiu and said with a smile, "Sister Lianxiu is really, I didn't say anything to the girl. It's just to look at the second brother of the Zhang family and want to have a look at him. Didn't you see it? People have been looking at our car window for a long time, and their eyes are really..."
"Good, you bad-mouthed girl, let you say it again!" Lianxiu's soft temper also made Zhihua angry, and he rushed over and pinched it on her face.
Jiang Ting looked at the two maids laughing while stirring up the flames: "Come on, Lianxiu, I have also seen the clever mouth of Zhihua for a long time. Everything can be said in her mouth. Brother Zhang is not eager to wear it. He is flirting with our curtains. Ha ha..."
Love embroidery turned her head to look at Jiang Ting, her face was full of shame, her eyes were full of tears, her cheeks were red, and her soft face added thousands of amorous feelings. Jiang Ting was afraid that she would really be annoyed. She hurriedly took her hand and said, "Oh, don't worry about love embroidery. I talked too much with Zhihua. That second brother just looked at us a few more times in this direction, but it's not like what we said. Come on, girl, I'll make amends to you with Zhihua. If your charming appearance is shown to Brother Zhang, I'm afraid he will come..."
Zhihua was originally going to pretend to be serious and apologize to Lianxiu with Jiang Ting. Unexpectedly, Jiang Ting said half of it and still joked with Lianxiu. Even if she couldn't stand up with a smile, she let Lianxiu pinch her arm several times with shame and annoyance.
Lianxiu's face was red, and she stared at Jiang Ting and said, "Girl, how can you say such a thing? Are you a serious girl in our house or the only daughter of a master? You have to speak and do things in a regular manner. If outsiders see you like this, won't they misunderstand that you are a bad woman? If the girl is still like this, I will... tell the master to go."
After Jiang Ting and Zhihua giggled for a long time, they wiped their tears, bowed their heads solemnly to Lianxiu and said, "Sister Lianxiu's lesson is right. In the future, I don't dare to laugh at my sister like this. Otherwise, if Sister Lianxiu really takes the face to complain to her father, then I will have to go home.
Zhihua is also busy following suit: "Sister Lianxiu can forgive your sister. If you really go to tell the master, I will definitely be killed. Oh, it's all my fault. I caused such a thing first. My sister has pity on me. Don't complain to the master.
Love embroidery is so ashamed that she can no longer sit still and is about to lift the curtain and go out. Jiang Ting quickly grabbed her again: "Love embroidery, you can't go out like this now. Look at your shy and tender appearance now. It's not good for others to see it. All right, we won't laugh at you anymore. Isn't it just the three of us together? If there were outsiders, we would not have fooled around like this. Zhihua, hurry up and accompany Lianxiu to calm her down.
"I don't dare to let her apologize, otherwise I don't know how she will laugh at me when I go back. Girl, remember not to do this in front of outsiders. It is also my job to make the maidservant laugh and make the girl laugh. Lianxiu turned his head and looked at the car curtain, and his face was full of shame. Obviously, he was really angry.
Fortunately, the wall of the carriage was quite thick, and their previous jokes were also as low as possible. They could only hear their chatter and laughter outside, but they couldn't hear what they said. Otherwise, Lianxiu will be so ashamed to run home.
Jiang Ting and Zhihua looked at each other and knew that Lianxiu was really annoyed. They were busy and seriously accompanied her. At least before she arrived at Yingyue Lake, she was persuaded. It's just that the shame on her face was difficult to disappear for a while.
After arriving at the scheduled place, Jiang Ting got out of the carriage and took a special look at Zhang Qingyan. Although he couldn't help looking at Lianxiu several times, he quickly lowered his head and dared not look at it after being stared at by her. She knew that he really liked embroidery. And Lianxiu's reaction was obviously not unintentional to him. Jiang Ting was really resonated. It's her first time to be a matchmaker. If the two of them become a couple, it will be a great sin.
Jiang Ting stopped thinking and glanced at several other little men who followed the guard, and then found that the one who followed Zhang Qingyan also knew him. The 16- or 17-year-old boy was the big soldier who followed Jiang Yong in the northwest called Zhao Xi. Jiang Ting couldn't help but feel surprised when she saw him and asked him, "Zhao Xi, why are you here? Aren't you a soldier?"
Zhao Xi still looked happy and didn't say anything: "When you came back to the girl, I wanted to come with the adults when you came back. But at that time, I was still a border guard, and I couldn't follow the adults to the capital casually. Later, when you were stable here, the adult begged General Wang of Wangguan to bring me here. Oh, not only me, but also more than a dozen brothers who often follow adults, we came together.
Jiang Ting continued to ask in surprise, "Then you are here. What about your parents and family?"
Zhao Xi replied, "Girl, most of us are outsiders, and our family is not from the northwest. Moreover, there is no one in our family. They are all bachelors who are not hungry and have no relatives.
Jiang Ting looked at Zhao Xi, who smiled happily and didn't know what to say for a moment. In the end, she had to smile and nodded.