Child Bride’s Peaches and Plums Are All Over the World

Li Baolu took a bite of the steamed bun, her eyes moved nimbly to peek at Master and mother-in-law, she always felt that the atmosphere today was a bit strange.

Niu Niu was sitting upright on the couch and Xiaobao was unraveling the Nine Links, Pan Di was tossing with one in her hand, Li Baolu glanced at them and stuffed the remaining steamed buns into her mouth, facing the red-faced mother-in-law Said: "Mother, I will take them to buy some things later, do you want to go together?"

"what do you want to buy?"

"There are still few clothes, shoes and socks. I want to go to the tailor shop to buy some for them. I have a lot of pens, inks, papers and inkstones at home, so I don't need to buy any more, but I need to buy two sets of enlightenment books."

"It's good to let the servants make the clothes, shoes and socks at home, and the ones in the tailor shop may not be close-fitting." Qin Wenyin glanced at Bai Yitang, who was sitting far away, and said after a slight pause: "I need to buy some other things, and you can bring Niuniu with you. Come on, I won't go, if you send her back, I won't come to pick her up."

Li Baolu nodded, she was sure now, something must have happened between the two of them.

Li Baolu didn't ask any further questions. After breakfast and washing her hands, she took the three children out. Zhao Ning had already reported to the academy, and Yuan Shanting and Su Anjian also ran out to play.

Hongtao and Qingling went out with Li Baolu in order to take care of the children, while Dongfeng followed Gu Jingyun's orders, leaving only the concierge Litou, the servant Nanfeng and the cook at home.

Old Li was trimming flowers and plants with a pair of scissors, while Mrs. Sun was preparing lunch in the kitchen with Nanfeng.

There are more masters in the house, so there will be more dim sum. She will cook and make more dim sum in a while.

So there were only Bai Yitang and Qin Wenyin left in the flower hall.

Silence spread between the two.

Bai Yitang sneaked a glance at Qin Wenyin, and saw her bowing her head, her hands folded in her sleeves and placed on her knees. From him, she could only see her smooth forehead and black hair. It was strangely quiet like this The atmosphere made his heart beat a little faster.

Unlike the haste in the face of danger, this kind of tension is a little sore and full of expectations.

Bai Yitang frowned slightly, he had never felt this kind of feeling before, it was very strange.

Qin Wenyin was embarrassed by her niece's Tong Yan this morning, and was thinking about how to explain it to him without revealing the privacy of her brother and sister-in-law.

While struggling, Bai Yitang suddenly stood up, and said with a soft smile: "Miss Qin, I will take you back to the Qin residence."

Qin Wenyin looked up at him in astonishment, Bai Yitang had always called her "Mrs. Qin", after all she was married and had children.

But seeing that Bai Yitang's gaze was calm and no different from before, the intelligent Qin Wenyin suppressed the doubts in her heart, stood up and nodded, "Please trouble Bai Daxia."

Bai Yitang sent Qin Wenyin out, only to find out that Li Baolu had requisitioned her carriage, Qin Wenyin was slightly startled.

Bai Yitang, as if he hadn't noticed anything unusual, greeted the old Li in the yard, then opened the door and stepped aside.

Qin Wenyin thought about it and followed her out.

The two walked out side by side, Bai Yitang said with a slight smile: "I want to buy some miscellaneous notes in a storybook, if Miss Qin is not in a hurry, why don't you show me the way?"

Bai Yitang explained: "Bai is not familiar with the capital, I heard that Miss Qin used to come to Lingsheng Street when she was studying."

Qin Wenyin remembered the time when she was studying in the past, with a slight smile on her face, she nodded and said: "I am really familiar with Lingsheng Street, and it hasn't changed much in these years. If you want to find story books and miscellaneous notes, you can't go to Main Street, where they sell them. Most of the books in the book are books for scholars and exam aids, and there are many miscellaneous notes in the small stalls in the back street, some of which are hand-copied. However, the books in it are very mixed, and there are many outstanding ones, which are unsightly. More, you have to wash the sand with big waves, and whether you can find a good one depends on your eyesight."

Bai Yitang raised his eyebrows. He thought that a "talented girl" like Qin Wenyin would disdain the miscellaneous notes in the storybook, but he didn't expect her to be very familiar with it.

He didn't understand why he felt that way at this time, but he acted on his instinct and wanted to spend more time with her.

Now the other party feels more comfortable to him, and he wants to know the other party more.

He said frankly: "I'm not familiar with it, you can help me look at it later."

Qin Wenyin responded without hesitation, and didn't think there was anything wrong with giving a random diary to someone of the opposite sex.

Out of the alley is the main street, and the two of them walked down the street side by side without calling for a carriage.

Most of the people who come and go on Lingsheng Street are scholars. At first glance, they are all scholars in Confucian shirts and togas. Qin Wenyin looked complicated and couldn't help but stop.

"What's wrong?" Bai Yitang turned his head to look at her, "But you don't feel well?"

Qin Wenyin shook her head, and said sadly: "When I was studying, folk customs were open, Beijing Middle School Women's Academy was popular, every day after school or on a ten-day break, we always like to invite classmates to come to Lingsheng Street to buy books, calligraphy and paintings. There are many pedestrians on this street. One-fifth are traders, three-fifths are male students, and the other fifth are female students."

"Poetry clubs, literary clubs, and women can also participate. Unlike now, young women have to be accompanied by elders when they go out, and they have to wear a veiled hat. The street is full of men and men."

Bai Yitang pointed forward, "Aren't they all women?"

Qin Wenyin looked in the direction he was pointing at, and saw two little girls carrying flower baskets selling flowers, she shook her head and said with a smile: "When there were female students, the little girl selling flowers on the street More, some people are brave enough to guard directly at the gate of the academy, and sell them as soon as we come out. We usually buy a hairpin to put on our heads, and if we see a handsome senior, we will buy flowers and throw them at them. He, to grab a lottery."

Bai Yitang asked: "Have you ever thrown it?"

Qin Wenyin shook her head, said with a smile on the corner of her mouth: "I have accompanied my friends to watch them throw it away. I didn't think it was a big deal before, but now looking back, I feel how precious it was at that time."

Because I have it, I don't think it is valuable, but now that I have lost this freedom, I know how precious the tolerance and openness of their era is.

It's a pity that time has passed, and now that women's status is low, maybe she will never see that kind of youthful vigor again in her whole life.

Bai Yitang remained silent, followed Qin Wenyin through the streets, and soon took a shortcut to the back street.

She is really familiar with Lingsheng Street. Because he is a thief, he is habitually familiar with the surrounding environment every time he goes to a place, and only then does he know some small roads.

He knew that some people who had lived here for several years might not know about some small roads, but Qin Wenyin only hesitated a little on the road, then walked in the right direction, and quickly detoured to the back street.

The back street was a bit messier than the main street. There were two long stalls along the walls on both sides of the road, and the stalls were full of books, which were randomly placed.

Most of these books are second-hand old books and manuscripts, and there are also new books. Most of them are vernacular books that have just come out, and there are few miscellaneous notes.

Bai Yitang had glanced at this place two or three times when flying around on the roof. He was not very familiar with it, but he was not too unfamiliar either.

But he looked around as if he was here for the first time, and solemnly nodded and commented: "It seems that there are quite a lot of stalls."

The corners of Qin Wenyin's mouth turned slightly, and she said with a smile: "There were more in the past, even the small alley next to it was full of stalls, the books here are very cheap, and there are also some old books from various schools, so scholars often come here to shop for treasures. , and female students like to come here to find story books, miscellaneous notes and some handicraft books."

"And the craft book?"

Qin Wenyin nodded, "Of course there are, but there are very few of them. In the past, my classmate found a book on Shu embroidery from the booth, which recorded several embroidery methods that had been lost. She studied for a long time and had already developed Two kinds, I haven't seen them for many years, and I don't know if she has also researched the remaining embroidery skills."

Qin Wenyin settled in front of a booth, turned her head and asked, "What kind of scripts and miscellaneous notes are you looking for?"

Bai Yitang thought for a while and said, "I don't care about miscellaneous journals, travel journals, topography, ghosts and legends, I can read them all, and the story books only need Jianghu ones."

Qin Wenyin pursed her lips and smiled, "You are from the rivers and lakes, so it is understandable that you like to watch this."

Bai Yitang shook his head, "No, I have read other story books before, but apart from the hatred between the country and the family, the rest are about the love and hatred between a rich lady and a poor scholar, or a poor girl and a rich man. I think My teeth are sore. I'm not like Baolu, I'm going to keep reading even though I'm about to throw up."

"...I said why there are so many scripts in Chunxi's room, so you gave them to her?"

"No," Bai Yitang categorically denied: "How could I show her the kind of book that teaches bad children? It was Qinghe who found it for her, and told her to read more, so that she would know how other people are stupid. It's easy to avoid."

Bai Yitang resolutely pushed the blame, and even framed it: "I saw those scripts from Baolu, and that's when I realized that the scripts wrote about you young ladies like this."

Qin Wenyin thought of her son's eccentric and conceited character, that he might indeed do such a thing, so she stopped pursuing it.

Seeing her lowering her head to help him find a book, Bai Yitang breathed a sigh of relief, then frowned slightly, this feeling was wrong.

Why should he be afraid that she will be prejudiced against him?

Didn't they often have differences and quarrels before? He never felt embarrassed.

Bai Yitang frowned and lowered his head. Although he has never had a lover, and has no plans to get married, it doesn't mean he doesn't understand feelings.

Although he has never experienced it, he has seen a lot, not to mention that he has always been smart and intelligent, and he almost became suspicious when he noticed that he was covering up his behavior.

Is he - heartbroken?

Bai Yitang looked down at Qin Wenyin, saw her gentle eyes and calm face, just standing there quietly gave people a kind of gentleness and holiness like the moon shining on the water, it was not shocking, but it was so beautiful that people couldn't forget it.

For the first time, Bai Yitang discovered that Qin Wenyin was also quite beautiful, with slender and long eyes, a gentle disposition, a crooked head and crescent eyebrows, and a peach-cheeked face, elegant and refined.

Bai Yitang couldn't help but lightly smiled, his eyes were as bright as the morning sun, that's all, that's all, why bother to escape the suppression if he is already moved?