Chapter 589: He’s still the No. 1 Scholar, even cheated out of a watermelon
The sunshine after noon is generous and enthusiastic, kissing the rows of buildings and pedestrians one by one, bathing every corner of the capital with its warmth In the midst of grace.
There was a sound of footsteps coming from the door of the palace-style "Baoxiangzhai" restaurant, and then a young man in official uniform walked out with slightly curled lips, looking at the sunshine outside the door, satisfied He stretched and then slowly stepped into the sunshine.
“What a nerd who doesn’t know how to show appreciation!”
The charming young woman upstairs looked at the figure of the young man in official uniform outside the window, curled her rosy mouth and rolled her eyes.
"It's dull and boring. He lives up to the name of No. 1 Scholar. I really don't understand, Lan Lan, why do you like this kind of person?" The charming young woman withdrew her gaze from the young man in official uniform outside the window and turned to a wall in the empty room, looking at Outside the window, he became gentler, and his voice also had a hint of friendly anger.
Creak
Suddenly there was a sound from the door.
Where there was originally a wooden wall, a door suddenly opened, and a pretty girl with a cold face and an obviously angry girl walked out. Wearing a luxurious lavender pleated skirt, with red peonies embroidered on the placket, two ribbons hanging from the slim waist, and pieces of flying petals embroidered on the skirt. Her black hair was tied into a flying fairy bun, and a pair of hairpins with golden phoenix hairpins and beads were dotted on both sides of the bun, making the girl look even more noble.
"Who likes him! Sister-in-law, please stop talking nonsense!" The girl blushed with embarrassment and said angrily. Although she was speaking to the charming young woman, her angry eyes were Looked out the window.
After the girl walked out, several maids and old ladies came out one after another, all with angry faces. If they weren't afraid of affecting the girl's reputation just now, they would have been tempted to come out. I scolded the ignorant nian in the room just now!
Why don’t you want to take a concubine? ! Phew, what a beautiful thought! If the eldest daughter of our Yan family becomes your concubine, you won't be afraid of losing your life! Even the young lady who was born as a concubine was given to the princes, nobles, and relatives of the emperor as the head grandmother!
Let him divorce an uneducated country girl, and talk about a lot of "seven outs" and "three no-goes"! Or even drop a lot of book bags!
What an ignorant nerd!
Bah, you are blind! He spared the dignified and elegant ladies of the world, but kept an uneducated village belle as his treasure! He is truly a nerd from the corner of a mountain village! The eyes are all on the dog! I don’t know how to seize the opportunity before me! He deserves to be questioned by the Ministry of Punishment! Go to prison and read your sages' books!
Especially the maids who were serving the girl looked out the window angrily, wishing they could open the window and yell at him for being such a bastard.
"Who knows who likes it."
Seeing the girl come out full of energy, the charming young woman burst into laughter, her bright red lips curved, and her bright red eyes It seems like he can see through the girl's heart.
"Sister-in-law! Don't make fun of Lan'er. I, Yan Lan, will not like that scumbag!" The girl's eyes widened and she looked into the eyes of the charming young woman, as if to show that she had a clear conscience for what she said. Likewise, the voice also rose a bit.
"If you don't like this brat, then why didn't you agree even to the death when Father Weng arranged for you and Ouyang Zishi to get engaged?" The charming young woman touched her bright red lips with her green fingers. She laughed softly.
"I don't like Ouyang Zishi! Father promised me to choose my own son-in-law." Yan Lan raised her voice and defended.
"Besides, just because I don't agree to get engaged to Ouyang Zishi, it doesn't mean that I like that trapper!" Yan Lan said and stared out the window, as if there were enemies outside that she hated deeply.
"You can fool yourself, but you can't fool me." The charming young woman's bright phoenix eyes seemed to see through the girl's heart, she pointed at the girl, then pointed at herself and said softly.
"No one I like, Yan Lan, will like that insidious and cunning scoundrel!" Yan Lan angrily walked to the window, looked at someone's back and said like a curse.
“Insidious and cunning?”
The charming young woman was startled when she heard this, and carefully recalled Zhu Ping'an's words and deeds after he came in. No matter how he looked at it, he was a rigid and boring nerd, so she shook her head in disbelief, "That dull and boring nerd, No matter how you look at it, it has nothing to do with insidiousness and cunning. "
"Sister-in-law, you were deceived by that slut's honest appearance!" Yan Lan looked at the charming young woman and couldn't help but think of that slut who watched her bathing but pretended to drink. Due to the poor lighting, I didn't see the scene that was trying to deceive me, and I gritted my teeth in hatred.
“What?” The charming young woman’s dark eyes lit up.
“That scoundrel is always good at this trick!” the girl said angrily, hating the iron.
"Isn't it?" The charming young woman said to herself, and then turned her eyes to the window.
"Eh?" Seeing the scene outside the window, the charming young woman couldn't help but exclaimed.
"What's wrong?" Yan Lan asked without seeing this.
"What do you think that brat is going to do? He seems to be helping that person sell melons?" The charming young woman looked out the window and said softly with some confusion, "That melon seller has been downstairs for a long time. None of the melons were sold.”
“It’s true”
Hearing this, Yan Lan could not help but walk to the window and looked out of the window from an angle that could not be seen from the outside. In her sight, Zhu Ping'an was standing in front of the old man selling melons and saying something. The old man looked unbelievable. It looked like he really wanted to help the old man sell melons.
Everyone else in the room joined in.
The distance is not far. If you listen carefully, you can vaguely hear the sounds outside, and vaguely hear the conversation between Zhu Pingan and the old man.
"Don't worry, old man. I have a way to sell your watermelons quickly. You can also spend them this way in the next few days, and you will have the money for your bride price." ”
Zhu Pingan After going downstairs, I planned to buy two watermelons from the old man selling watermelons. I saw that the old man selling melons was very leisurely and had no business, and seemed to be worried. While picking out watermelons, I started chatting with the old man selling melons, and then I knew understand the old man’s current situation.
The old man’s family spent a lot of time, energy and money. They didn’t even go out to work as part-time workers, so they saved money for their eldest son’s daughter-in-law by pointing to the watermelon that was released in advance. However, the watermelon could not be sold.
The watermelons are big and sweet, but they cannot be sold because of the price. But where are the costs, and the price can’t come down! This has resulted in the current unsalable situation. If the watermelons cannot be sold anymore, the watermelons will be spoiled, not to mention the son's betrothal gift, and all the money will be lost.
Helping others is the foundation of happiness.
After learning about the old man's difficulties, Zhu Ping'an thought for a while and thought of a way, and told the old man that there was a way to help him sell the watermelons quickly.
After hearing Zhu Pingan's voice, not only the old man selling melons didn't believe it, but also there was an impossible sound in the room.
"He's bragging, and he wants to sell it quickly. How is it possible? The farmer downstairs is a melon grower outside the city. I bought a few watermelons from him yesterday. Although his watermelons It ripens early, but it’s extremely expensive. It’s five to six times more expensive than usual watermelons. No one buys the expensive ones.”
"That's right, it's so expensive that it's almost time to catch up with the meat. Yesterday, except for the few we bought at home, the melon seller didn't sell a single melon the whole day."
"That The nerd probably wanted to defraud the old man of his watermelons. I saw the old man selling melons early this morning. So far, none of them have been sold.”
“He’s still the top pick, but he’s so pitiful that he even cheated me out of a watermelon. He’s really shameless.”
In the room. Several girls and women who knew the inside story started talking nonsense. (End of this chapter)