18. Chapter 18
The Wu family is one of the major households in Liuxian Town. The family has hundreds of acres of fertile land, seven shops, and another hundred acres of orchards, and chestnut sand fruits are planted separately.
Lu Cheng worked in the Shaguoyuan of Wu family. The town was more than ten miles away from Donglin Village. He could get here in half an hour and ride a donkey faster. He was eloquent and had a good relationship with Yan Jing from Liziyuan. Tomorrow, Anan's first birthday will be, and Yan Jing could not go to the Lu family to congratulate him if he had something to do, so he instigated him to treat him today. Lu Cheng naturally responded, and the two came to Yingxianju, ordering two dishes on the first floor, asking for a pot of wine, but it didn't cost much.
The second floor private room is the place where rich men like to go.
After finishing the bill, I came out and saw a carriage parked outside the door. There was an extremely beautiful maid standing next to it. Lu Cheng glanced at it and withdrew his gaze. Yan Jing was not a lustful person. The two of them walked and chatted. After walking a few steps, they heard the maid behind him say something.
Lu Cheng heard it, but he didn't take it to heart, because the name of his sweetheart he remembered was Xu Xianger.
But he quickly stopped, turned around in confusion, and stared at the carriage curtain nervously.
She is called Ningxiang in the Hou Mansion. Is this Ningxiang her?
"Tsk tsk, do you fall in love with that girl?" Yan Jing saw that he stopped and stared at the carriage, and patted Lu Cheng on the shoulder with a smile.
Lu Cheng said frankly: "Let me see which master it is."
Yan Jing believed it or not, and was in a hurry to go back to the orchard, just watching from the side.
In the carriage, because Su Yue urged her, she didn't want to force Ningxiang to be impatient. Pei Jinghan pretended to support Ningxiang and then retreated to the couch, and gently reminded Ningxiang's white little face: "Be careful not to fall."
Ningxiang was afraid that Pei Jinghan would continue to make trouble, and she was afraid that Lu Cheng had not gone far. However, there was no time to hesitate at this time. She adjusted her slightly chaotic clothes and opened the curtain again.
So Lu Cheng saw the girl he was thinking about day and night holding the car board with one hand and the other getting off the car with the sisters outside the car.
Unlike what he had seen before, today she wore a satin dress with a pink embroidered shirt on top and a white long skirt underneath. She stepped on the car stool. The light pink satin embroidered shoes were simple and exquisite, making his heart beat faster. But she quickly stood on the ground, and the embroidered shoes were covered by the hem of the skirt. Lu Zhi immediately looked at her face again without wasting any time, but she saw her standing behind the maid and blocking her face.
Lu Cheng couldn't help but want to walk back a few steps. He knew that she must have come out with the master. He would recognise him rashly and cause unnecessary trouble to her, so he just wanted her to see him, and he was satisfied with his eyes.
But just as he had raised his right foot slightly, a man's figure popped out of the carriage.
Lu Cheng's feet froze on the ground uncontrollably, staring at the handsome man in a sky-blue brocade robe who got out of the car like a wind, watching him say something to Ningxiang's two girls with a smile, and then his sweetheart followed him into Yingxianju after this person, and never looked here from beginning to end.
Even though the sun is bright and the wind is warm, Lu Cheng's heart seems to be rained.
It turned out that the master she served was such a noble young man.
He had heard a little about the situation in the Marquis' Mansion in Zhenyuan. The man just now should be Pei Jinghan, the prince of the Marquis' Mansion?
Pei Jinghan, for the people of Tai'an Prefecture, is almost the same as the prince in the capital.
I also remembered what she said when she talked about the redemption of her master.
Lu Cheng smiled bitterly. If he were Pei Jinghan, he would never let her go easily.
"This young man has never seen this." When the person entered, Yan Jing turned his head and chatted with Lu Cheng. His family was in the town, and he had seen all the prominent figures in the town. "It was probably whose relative it was."
Lu Cheng exhaled indelibly and smiled faintly: "No matter who he is, let's go."
Yan Jing nodded and the two left side by side.
In the second floor of Yingxianju, Ningxiang sat in the seat next to the window, staring at the window with her almond looking out the window, feeling a little bitter.
She saw him, glanced at him quickly, and glanced at him, and saw him standing in the direction of the carriage, must have heard Su Yue's words.
So what is he thinking now?
In fact, she has nothing to do with Lu Cheng, and she is even disgusted with Lu Cheng's romance to her deceased wife. Lu Cheng misunderstood that she would not affect her much, but Ningxiang always feels like... she is seen by someone who doesn't want to be seen the side she doesn't want to be seen the most. She is a maid, and she doesn't mind letting people in the entire city see her serving Pei Jinghan, but she doesn't want to let the villagers she know see.
"Ningxiang?"
Pei Jinghan handed Su Yue the menu and asked them to order food, but saw Ningxiang staring blankly out the window, looking lonely, which made him feel inexplicably distressed, as if the maid he wanted to pampered was bullied by someone... No, he bullied her once when he got off the car. Could it be that she was blamed for him?
Ningxiang came back to her senses. Seeing Pei Jinghan frown at her, she quickly smiled and made an excuse, "Today is naive."
I was bullied by Pei Jinghan in my previous life so many times. I just had something I cared more about, and Ningxiang forgot the little bit of the unhappiness in the carriage.
She had no complaints about herself in her smile, and she looked silly and cute. Pei Jinghan was pleased by the big guy and said with a smile: "Come on the food quickly, order whatever you like, and don't save money for me."
Ningxiang nodded with a smile.
Finally, Su Yue ordered a honey pork rib, Ningxiang chose the minced meat tofu that she really likes, which is also the cheapest dish ordered by the three of them.
Pei Jinghan looked at her and felt a little sorry for being out of strength. Since she loved to eat tofu, he ordered another dish of tofu crucian carp soup.
Chew slowly and ate for half an hour.
After dinner, the three of them got on the carriage. Su Yue saw Pei Jinghan leaning against the carriage board and closing her eyes to rest, and she was a little sleepy, so she leaned on Ningxiang's shoulder. Ningxiang tilted her head and smiled at her sleepy face. When sleepiness hit her, she closed her eyes.
In the quiet car, the only man opened his phoenix eyes at some point.
He looked at the two maids leaning on the side happily, and the more he looked, the more satisfied he became. He looked so easy to get along with. He had not quarreled for so long, and he would definitely serve him in a friendly manner like Ehuang Nuying in the future.
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Ningxiang was not sleeping heavily. She felt the carriage bumping a little. She frowned and turned her head to look out the window.
I saw a field of crops.
Su Yue also woke up, looked out the window, and asked Pei Jinghan in surprise, "Where is the prince going?"
Pei Jinghan said lazily: "I heard that the flowers in the Wu family's orchard are blooming just in time, so we will pass the time there in the afternoon."
Su Yue suddenly realized, and stuck her head out of the car window. Sure enough, she saw a small hill in front of her, with white pink flowers blooming all over the mountains, pleasing to the eye. She wanted to take revenge in her life, but that would not prevent her from enjoying it. She happily called Ningxiang, "Come and see, do you recognize what kind of flower it is?"
The car window is not big, Su Yue retreats back and pushes Ningxiang to see.
Ningxiang looked at it and shook her head, but she didn't even recognize her.
"It's a sand fruit. I heard that flowers are somewhat similar to peach blossoms and plum blossoms." Pei Jinghan explained.
After hearing this, Su Yue continued to look out.
Ningxiang changed her face.
Lu Cheng is working in a sand orchard. Seeing him appearing in Liuxian Town, it should be nearby. How many orchards are there around Liuxian Town? Could it be that Lu Cheng is in the garden in front?
Just as he was thinking, Changshun, who was driving a train outside, suddenly reminded: "Criminal, there is a slope in front of you. After you go down the slope, you will reach the outside of the orchard. You guys can sit firmly!"
Pei Jinghan nodded and signaled to Ningxiang to support something.
Ningxiang absent-mindedly grabbed the edge of the car window. Not long after, the car body suddenly lowered forward, quickly stabilized again, and then stopped.
"Criminal, I..."
Ningxiang wanted to push the excuse of being unwell and waiting in the carriage. Unexpectedly, Su Yue opened the curtain first. She used to seeing it, and saw Lu Cheng standing beside an old man, with deep peach blossom eyes looking at her. There was no surprise or surprise inside, and it was quiet, as if the two of them didn't know each other.
My originally nervous heart suddenly became calm.
Just see it when you see it. She is indeed Pei Jinghan's maid. She does things at your own discretion and does whatever others think.
After calming down, Ningxiang got off the car steadily.
"Criminal, I am the manager of this garden, my surname is Li. When my master learned that the prince came to appreciate the flowers, he specially asked me to lead the way for the prince." Li Bo, who was in his fifties, bent down slightly and called out a little restrainedly, and then introduced his apprentice to Pei Jinghan, "He is Lu Cheng. If the prince has any instructions, please let him do it."
Pei Jinghan had no interest in them, and he walked forward without even giving him a look.
Ningxiangyue quickly followed.
Changshun ordered for his master: "You are outside watching the car. The prince will serve us, so you don't need to follow us."
After saying that, I wanted to keep up.
Pei Jinghan, who had already walked outside the orchard fence gate, looked back at him.
Changshun understood immediately, and the master didn't need him to serve him. He was a little embarrassed. Changshun lay in the car and napped.
"This..." Li Bo looked at Lu Cheng with some embarrassment. He was just good at managing the fruit trees. Whenever he encountered something, he was still used to discussing with his apprentices who were good at picking up people.
Lu Cheng calmly said, "Since the prince doesn't need us to serve him, let's continue to do things. The prince comes out and then send it off."
Bo Li nodded and said to Changshun. The master and apprentice entered the orchard again.
In the orchard, Su Yue likes these white and pink sand fruit flowers very much and can't help but want to break a branch.
Ningxiang hurriedly stopped her and whispered: "This is someone who keeps the fruits..."
Su Yue then remembered and smiled in annoyance, "Look at me, I almost forgot, and I still think of the plum blossoms in our Marquis' Mansion."
But he stretched out a hand next to him, and mercilessly broke the flower she just wanted, and handed it to her, "Pick it if you like it, and reward them with silver when you go out."
Su Yue looked up and met Pei Jinghan's handsome and romantic face.
She smiled brightly, took the flower and walked forward.
Pei Jinghan wanted to fold Ningxiang again, Ningxiang shook her head, "I don't like this flower, don't fold it..."
After saying that, he hurriedly went to chase Su Yue.
Pei Jinghan looked at the brightly blooming flowers on the branches, smiled meaningfully, and walked away slowly.
After walking for about two quarters of an hour, a voice suddenly came from behind the three of them, "Criminal, my master asked me to ask you if you need tea."
Ningxiang's heart tightened, and she didn't have to look back, and she knew it was Lu Cheng.
Pei Jinghan looked around the fruit trees and asked curiously, "Do you have tea here?"
Lu Cheng stood with his eyes down and said neither humble nor arrogantly: "There is indeed no tea, but there is eye spring water in the garden, which is clear and sweet. My master will send someone to get water and make tea every day."
Pei Jinghan nodded and looked left and right. Ningxiang lowered her head slightly and didn't know what she was thinking. Su Yue looked yearning for a moment and licked her lips as if she was thirsty. Her eyes lingered on her bright red lips for a moment. Pei Jinghan also swallowed and told Ningxiang, "I am indeed a little thirsty. Please let him get water."
Chapter completed!