Zhen Zhen came back from the vegetable market and handed over the live chickens and ducks she bought to Mingxi and Mingbei and asked them to pack them properly. As for the pigeons that Xi Junjie sent, Zhen Zhen thought that she might not be able to eat them today, so she opened the cage and put it in the main courtyard, and gave Lantern a handful of millet to feed the pigeons to play with. With Zhen Zhen's supernatural control, she is not afraid that the pigeons will fly out of the courtyard.

Zhen Zhen went out for a run early in the morning and bought live poultry back, she always felt that her body didn't smell very good, seeing her little nephew having a good time, Zhen Zhen went back to the west wing, closed the window and locked the door to enter the space, After releasing a basin full of hot spring water, Zhen Zhen stepped in and lay down in the bathtub to take a bath.

She took a nap in the bathtub with her eyes closed for ten minutes, then Zhen Zhen opened her eyes and took the shampoo she bought from the overseas shopping mall from the shelf, rubbed her long hair, smeared all over her body with the body wash, and then opened the flower. Sprinkle, the hot spring water is sprayed out from the inside, and the body is rinsed clean.

After taking a bath, Zhen Zhen was not in a hurry to go out. She wrapped the bath towel and controlled the temperature of the space to about 30 degrees. The gentle breeze blew through, and she dried her black shiny hair in a short time.

The weather in mid-October was already a little cold, Zhen Zhen found a loose-fitting sweater with a one-neck knitted by herself and put it on her body, and put on a pair of jeans underneath. Because of a certain TV series at this time, denim bell-bottoms have become a fashion that young people are chasing, but Zhen Zhen doesn't like bell-bottoms very much, so she went to a few places to buy thinner ordinary jeans and went to The person looking for the clothing store closed the trousers. After wearing it, not only did the legs appear to be thin and long, but they were also very neat.

Zhen Zhen swept her yard with her consciousness and saw that Mingxi and Mingbei hadn't shed the duck's hair, so she was not in a hurry to go out, she combed a princess' hair in front of the mirror, and matched it with some curved bangs. Looks sweet and cute.

Just as she opened the door, Zhen Zhen heard someone knocking on the door: "Lao Li, here we are."

Zhen Zhen was stunned for a moment when she saw Li Muwu come out of the room, shouting loudly, "Come here." She went to invite someone in.

Zhen Zhen swept to the door with her consciousness, and saw a couple of excellent temperament and appearance standing at the door, and Xi Junjie stood behind them with a shocked and collapsed look.

Li Muwu invited people in. While Xi Junjie had no love, he was glad that he had the habit of running and bathing, but the clothes he wore were a little too casual. Xi Junjie suddenly regretted it. As a guest at Zhen's house, he should have come here in that tailored white suit, but who would have known that his own father had slapped him silently and ruined all of Xi Junjie's plans.

Originally, Xi Junjie's idea was to go to Zhen Zhen's house in a custom-made suit, shiny leather shoes, and a well-prepared gift after he graduated and go to work, but now he is wearing a casual outfit with his hair that was a little fluffy just after washing. It was completely different from what I expected, following behind my parents.

When Xi Junjie saw Zhen Zhen come out of the inner courtyard and smiled at him, he felt like crying for a moment.

Ling Xiulan and Li Muwu were courting each other, and suddenly saw the slim girl standing in front of the Chuihua Gate, and her eyes suddenly lit up. Over the years, whether in the imperial capital, the magic capital or in France, Ling Xiulan admitted that she has seen many girls with outstanding looks, but It's the first girl with such an otherworldly temperament.

Ling Xiulan is a person who loves beauty, and her temperament is very hearty, so when she saw such a beautiful girl, a string of compliments came out of her mind, she couldn't help asking Li Muwu: "Mr. Li, what is this? Is that your daughter? She's so beautiful!"

Li Muwu was a little at a loss when he heard Mr. Li's name: "What, big sister, you're not used to calling me that, or else you'll call me Lao Li like Lao Xi."

That must not work. The first reaction of such a beautiful girl Ling Xiulan was to abduct her back to her own home to be her daughter-in-law. How could Lao Li be called by such a casual name.

Ling Xiulan also heard her husband mention the situation of the Li family, because she changed her name to a down-to-earth name: "Old Brother Li."

Li Muwu relaxed this time and kept grinning: "This is my daughter, her nickname is Zhen Zhen."

Ling Xiulan didn't care about her son who was holding the gift behind her, so she quickly stepped forward and grabbed Zhen Zhen's hand, and asked her affectionately, "Your name is Zhen Zhen? Listen to my old Xi, you are also studying at Imperial University? "

"Hello, uncle and auntie, my name is Li Mingzhen, I am a journalism student at Imperial College." Zhen Zhen smiled generously and helped Ling Xiulan to pass the hanging flower gate.

As soon as she arrived at the main courtyard, Ling Xiulan was shocked by the pigeons in the courtyard. Although her own pigeons were only bought for two or three days, Ling Xiulan thought, why are the pigeons of Lao Li's family so similar to the ones she bought? Just thinking about it, Ling Xiulan saw the cage in the corner of the yard, and instantly affirmed her thoughts. The bow tied on the handle was tied by herself.

Ling Xiulan immediately turned her head to look at her son who had been silent all the way, and saw that his face was slightly red. Although he tried his best to hide it, Ling Xiulan could see the clue in his unconscious pursuit of Zhen Zhen's figure. Ling Xiulan suddenly realized that he was not a co-author before. Not enlightened, it turns out that have never met such a beautiful girl.

When the pigeon saw someone approaching, it quickly flapped its wings and flew to the corner. Zhen Zhen was also a little annoyed when she saw the pigeons all over the ground, she just went to pick up Xi Junjie's family, but she forgot to put the pigeons away. She quickly clapped her hands at the pigeons, and saw ten pigeons rushing into the cage immediately, squatting obediently, and Zhen Zhen hurriedly closed the door of the cage.

When Ling Xiulan saw that this little girl from the Li family had trained these pigeons so obediently in the morning, she was immediately surprised: "Have you raised pigeons before?"

"No." Zhen Zhen smiled a little embarrassedly: "But when I was in my hometown, I used to play with birds on the mountain at home, so I'm only familiar with them."

Thinking that these pigeons were sent by Xi Junjie, since the adults have come to visit the house, I have to express my sincere thanks: "I haven't thanked my aunt for sending so many pigeons to my house, but you are here today and have a taste. my craft."

"Okay! Good! Good!" Ling Xiulan couldn't close her mouth with a smile. She looked back at her son's somewhat embarrassed expression and laughed even more happily. I didn't expect him to have this ability. He knew that he was pulling the things at home and going out to please girls. .

Looking at the crowded pigeons in the cage, Ling Xiulan had already thought of the whereabouts of the wild ducks that were disappearing in her house, she took Zhen Zhen's hand and asked with a smile, "Did the wild ducks taste good last time? "

"Delicious, very fat." Zhen Zhen smiled and rolled her eyes: "Auntie's wild ducks are really good, and the soup tastes delicious."

"Just like it." Ling Xiulan said with a smile on her face, and then glanced at Xi Junjie meaningfully: "Our family Junjie also urged me to raise more pheasant, wild duck meat and pigeons. Tell your aunt what you like to eat. I love keeping these things."

Following Ling Xiulan's line of sight, Zhen Zhen's eyes also fell on Xi Junjie, and she smiled embarrassedly: "How embarrassing, I have eaten quite a few ducks from your family in the past few months."

Ling Xiulan thought about the number of ducks lost by her family, and nodded silently in her heart: ate a lot!

Mrs. Li and Wang Sufen just heard Li Muwu's invitation to the neighbors to be guests at the house, and Wang Sufen quickly wiped the floor again when no one came. Although Mrs. Li and Mrs. Li Muwu lived in the main house respectively, Mrs. Li and Wang Sufen were both clean people. They wished they could clean the house three times a day, and they would always be shiny.

Mrs. Li picked out some of the various fruits that Li Muwen had sent, and filled a pot full of them and asked Xie Yanan and Wang Xinwen to wash them. When she heard the movement outside, the washed fruits had already been placed in the tray. came up.

Because the courtyard where Zhen Zhen's family lived was the middle courtyard of the former palace, the layout from the front yard to the main room was different from that of Xi Junjie's house. Xi Changbo admired the original appearance of the old mansion, while in the main room, as soon as he entered the door, he saw the rosewood furniture of Yishui.

It has been almost a year since the old Li family came to the imperial capital. The social environment is becoming more and more relaxed, and there are more and more places and channels to buy things without bills. Zhen Zhen took this opportunity to add a lot of furniture to the house, because there are more leftovers from buying a house. The money is all in her hands, so the family didn't think too much about it.

Living in this kind of quaint house, Zhen Zhen doesn't like to put new furniture in it, so in addition to a few things from the Qing Dynasty in the first few houses in the house, the worst ones that were added later were also imitations of the Qing Dynasty in the Republic of China. Yes, the furniture in the main hall is imitating the rosewood inlaid with colorful snails in the Qing Dynasty. The tables and chairs are engraved with patterns such as wealth, auspiciousness, five blessings and longevity, and bamboo reports of peace.

Because it is not a particularly rare antique, Xi Changbo and Ling Xiulan did not pay special attention to furniture, but invariably set their sights on a row of orchids in the main hall. The orchid varieties I saw in Xi Junjie's room last night can basically be seen here. If you look at the flowerpots, they are all of the same variety and one series, and you will buy them together.

"Auntie, your flowers are so good." Ling Xiulan praised with a smile.

"It's all brought by my family Zhen Zhen." When Mrs. Li talked about her granddaughter, she only praised her: "She has loved to play with flowers and plants since she was a child, and she can keep anything in her hands, if you like to go. When you need to move two pots."

"I also have a lot of orchids in my house." Ling Xiulan said with a smile, "I especially like flowers and plants, but they are just average. If you have time, Ming Zhen will come to my house to sit and talk about flowers and plants, auntie. I don't know, I just liked it when I saw her."

Mrs. Li said cheerfully: "If you don't think she's panicking, ask her to play. When we were in Hei Province, we used to visit various houses to chat and talk about things. Now we don't know anyone in the imperial capital. I just want to chat and there is nowhere to go.”

"In the future, my aunt and my sister-in-law will go to my house to chat. I usually feel bored when my children are away from school." Ling Xiulan said enthusiastically, "It is said that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, not to mention that our two families were split apart by the same palace. The house is separated by a wall, and it should be more intimate."

"Okay, then you can come to my house if you have nothing to do. Although my house doesn't have so many flowers, it has grown a lot of vegetables. You can pick whatever you want." Mrs. Li was bored for a long time, and saw that someone was willing to deal with her family. , agreed immediately.

The room was lively, and Zhen Zhen came in with a tea tray. There are good tea leaves sent by Li Muwen in the house. In order to appear solemn, Zhen Zhen also specially found a set of porcelain from the late Qing Dynasty official kiln in the space to make tea.

Xi Changbo lifted the tea lid, took a sip, and praised, "Good tea!"

Ling Xiulan took the tea that Zhen Zhen handed over and put it on the table to the side, looking at her heartily happy: "Good boy, don't get busy, let's sit down and talk."

"Okay." Zhen Zhen agreed with a smile, then turned around and gave Xi Junjie another cup of tea.

Since entering the main room, Xi Junjie has quickly adjusted his mentality. Since he dresses casually, he should behave better, but he must not give up on himself and leave a bad impression. So Zhen Zhen came over for tea, Xi Junjie hurriedly stood up and took the tea cup, before putting it on the table, he couldn't wait to praise: "The tea you brewed is really good, I have a good time today."

Zhen Zhen smiled and rolled her eyes: "You know my tea is ready before you drink it?"

Xi Junjie's eyes were full of smiles: "I can smell the fragrance of the tea you brewed."

As soon as Xi Changbo called in to visit and talk to Li Muwu, he didn't notice his son's actions before, but seeing Xi Junjie's attentive look, Xi Changbo was instantly triumphant: "Stinky boy, he said he didn't know other girls, look. This level of proficiency in flattering, I am afraid that I have liked other girls for a long time.

Mrs. Li put on her reading glasses and looked at Xi Junjie carefully, with a look of liking in her eyes: "Yo, this is your child? It looks great too."

Ling Xiulan hurriedly smiled and said: "It's still your Li Mingzhen who looks good, to tell the truth, I have traveled a lot of places and seen a lot of beauties, this child Ming Zhen is not only beautiful, the key is to carry a spirit. , you like it at first sight.”

Everyone likes to listen to others complimenting their children. As soon as Ling Xiulan finished speaking, Mrs. Li's eyes narrowed. Seeing others praising her daughter, Wang Sufen smiled embarrassedly, "Don't look at her quietly and quietly. Yes, actually jumping up and down wildly."

"It's good to be lively." Ling Xiulan said hurriedly, "My family Junjie is too quiet. I used to know that he would go out for a run with his dad at seven o'clock. Now every time his dad calls him, he doesn't go." She looked at Zhen Zhen had a happy look on her face: "Since Zhen Zhen and Junjie are classmates and both are French majors, we can ask to go out for a run together in the future. Junjie, you should also take care of Zhen Zhen at school."

As soon as he finished speaking, Mingxi and Mingbei who had just packed their chickens and ducks came into the house to say hello, Mingxi glanced at Xi Junjie, who was sitting at the bottom, and said in surprise, "Hey, this is not running with Zhen Zhen every morning. Is it the young man who lives next door?" Seeing the crowd quiet down in an instant, Mingxi was still a little confused.

When Mingxi lived in the courtyard, she found out that Zhen Zhen went out for a run every morning, because her parents and grandma lived in the same courtyard with Zhen Zhen, Mingxi thought that everyone in the family knew about it, so she said it out. At this time, he saw that everyone didn't speak, and he didn't understand what was going on. He added with a smirk: "It's early, I went out for a run at 5:30, just in time for us to be in the army."

Li Muwu: ...

Xi Changbo:  …

Mingxi looked at everyone staring at him, especially Father You Qi's eyes, like breathing fire, and immediately took two steps back in embarrassment: "I remembered that the meat pigeon that Zhen Zhen asked me to clean up hasn't been done yet, What, I went to kill the pigeons..."

Zhen Zhen stood up and smiled nonchalantly: "Since the ducks are all packed, I have to go to roast them quickly, the stove will be lit early in the morning."

Zhen Zhen gave Xi Junjie a helpless look, and slipped away in a particularly unscrupulous manner. Xi Junjie bit his head and glanced at his parents who were gloating at misfortune, and at Li Muwu, who had a very complicated expression, he didn't know what to say.

Compared with the father's reluctance to bear his daughter, Mrs. Li and Wang Sufen were much happier. Back in Beicha, children as big as Zhen Zhen were married long ago, but the old Li family got married later than the other, and they arrived at Zhen Zhen. Zhen here knew that she went to school and read books all day long, and Mrs. Li was really worried that she didn't grow that tendon.

Since she may become the future granddaughter-in-law, Mrs. Li's eyes on Xi Junjie are much harsher. It doesn't matter if she looks like this, Mrs. Li has lived for such an old age, and she has not seen such a handsome boy yet, look The upbringing is also very good, as for the character and the like, you can't tell just by looking at it, and you will know it after a long time of contact. But thinking about the boys who were the same age as Zhen Zhen in Beicha before, Mrs. Li still liked Xi Junjie.

Seeing Li Muwu looking at Xi Junjie viciously, Mrs. Li helped to smooth things out: "Actually, it's good to go out for a run in the morning, and you won't suffer when you're healthy. Look at our Muwu, he's done everything in his life. It’s all about strength, not by going up the mountain every day to exercise when I was a child.” Mrs. Li glared at Li Muwu and said with a smile: “In the future, I will go for a run when I wake up in the morning, don’t eat and sleep foolishly all day, and be with other people Junjie. Learn more."

Mingbei just entered the room and sat down for less than two minutes before lying down. Before he could figure out the situation, he scratched the back of his head and looked at Xi Junjie next to him for a long time before he came back to his senses: "It's you, every time I go from I can see you on the bus home from school."

Xi Junjie smiled: "I'm also at Imperial University, so I just happened to be on the way."

"What a coincidence." Mingbei grinned happily: "Well, my name is Li Mingbei, what's your name?"

"Xi Junjie, majoring in French in the Spanish Department."

"Xi Junjie...the Spanish major is French..." Mingbei frowned slightly, thinking about something: "This name is familiar." Mingbei thought hard for a while and suddenly his eyes lit up: "By the way, when I was last semester I heard from my daughter-in-law, she said that my family Zhen Zhen said you look good, and Zhen Zhen, a French major, will remember your name. At that time, my daughter-in-law was frightened, she dragged me to see how good-looking you really are , Later, because we had to prepare for the exam, we still haven't caught it."

Mrs. Li looked at Ming Beizhi and sighed, she was admitted to the National University, why didn't she have a good eye for it, and she shook out the truth. Seeing that Mingbei was about to continue chatting, Mrs. Li couldn't help calling him: "Don't sit here stupidly, isn't Zhen Zhen going to roast duck, go and add firewood for your sister."

"Oh." Mingbei stood up and didn't forget to say hello to Xi Junjie: "What time do you go back to school in the evening, let's go together and chat in the car."

Xi Junjie didn't need to look at Li Muwu, he knew that Mingbei couldn't run away this time. He couldn't sit still here, so he took the opportunity to stand up: "Grandma Li, why don't I go and help?"

Seeing how Xi Junjie was suffering in the house, Mrs. Li nodded: "Go and play, don't touch your hands, there are many people in the family, you don't need to help."

Xi Junjie responded, followed Ming Bei and left the main room in a hurry. He was relieved until he reached the kitchen at the back along the corridor.

After the children were gone, Ling Xiulan burst out laughing: "Aunt Li, let me tell you, this son of mine has a cold temper since he was a child, and he has a calm and calm look when he encounters anything, just like today. It's the first time I've ever seen a nervous look."

Mrs. Li said with a smile: "The children are all grown up, and it's not all about free love now. Let them go, let's not worry too much."

When Li Muwu heard this, he was immediately aggrieved: "How old is Zhen Zhen?"

Wang Sufen glanced at him and immediately broke the stage for him: "It's not too small, I was pregnant with Mingdong when I was as old as Zhen Zhen."

"That's different." Li Muwu was in a hurry, and after holding it for a long time, Li Muwu finally came up with an excuse: "My daughter studies well, my daughter is the first in the class, and my daughter has a special scholarship."

Just as Xi Changbo was about to speak, Li Muwu said again: "My daughter can still fish! Your son is amazing?"

Xi Changbo watched calmly: "The girl my son likes is more powerful."

Li Muwu: ... so shameless! !