Chapter 15: Plum's Words
At the entrance of the yard, three large carriages were parked, one carriage and two carriages were carried.
"Brother Zihua, gift, my gift!"
When she saw herself, her cousin Cui Rou hung her neck like a koala, like a child, and was simply not like a 14 or 15-year-old girl.
In the Great Zhou Kingdom, many girls of fourteen or fifteen years old may be the mothers of one or two children.
"Yes, you have your gift here."
Zhou Ming took out a thin stack of comics with only about ten pages from the carriage. The home page read "Xiao Rouer's Story" and drew some simple stories... In fact, he was not willing to draw these naive stories, but his cousin strongly asked not to give any other gifts, so she had to have a comic in it. Zhou Ming had to take a long time to get such a special gift.
"Thank you, Brother Zihua!"
She took the gift with joy on her face. Unpredictable, the little girl kissed her on the face, turned to look. She was already holding the comic, lowered her head and blushing, and ran to her boudoir.
Zhou Ming shook his head. This cousin, like his sister Tian Jiao, is a child.
Ask the servants to bring down a lot of gifts and give them to all elders one by one.
"Grandma, this is a ginseng bought from Gao Jiguo. It is good for you and will live a long life."
"Grandpa, this is ambergris extracted from the sperm whale's body, which refreshes the mind and is full of energy. There is also this box of dried whale liver tablets. Take one tablet a day, which is good for the eyes."
"Auntie, look at what this is? The best 32 pearls of the rosary clams are given to you. This kind of pearl is collected by the Tian family's marine fishing company. It collects up to 100 pieces a year."
"Uncle San, you are not in good health. You have been wanting a son in recent years but have not succeeded. See what I have brought to you? The tiger whip and tiger bone bought by Hanhai Country are dozens of pounds! Uncle San, if you can't hold your son next year, don't blame your nephew for not helping me."
Zhou Ming's words caused two light hits from his third uncle and his third aunt.
Standing aside and seeing this scene silently, Cui Yunhua felt quite puzzled. The young man in the hall, who gave gifts to relatives and friends, spoke vulgar words and occasionally made some jokes, was Mr. Zihua?
She didn't believe that this rude man who would be regarded as frivolous and ignorant in her family would be Mr. Zihua?
Perhaps because of the customs here, the man's various rude actions seemed so natural and without any abruptness in this hall.
Those who receive gifts, regardless of their gender, age, and personality, were very satisfied and enjoyed by the man's blessings and heavy gifts. Some jokes that were both not bad and not heavy made everyone laugh from time to time. The atmosphere in the hall became extremely lively and cheerful due to the arrival of this man.
This scene made Cui Yunhua feel uncomfortable: a few days ago, she was the most popular and most watched person here. Today, after this man arrived, she found that she, who was originally the focus of the Cui family, has now become the halo next to the focus. Although she is still eye-catching, she has already felt a sense of gap.
"Hey, who is this guest?"
Seeing the beautiful woman standing in a corner of the side door, Zhou Ming looked at her and asked.
"Oh," Grandpa Cui Ping quickly pulled her over and introduced him, "Grandson, this is the noble daughter of the Cui family in Zhongzhou, Qinghe family, Cui Yunhua." After that, he pulled Zhou Ming to introduce her, "Niece Yunhua, this is my grandson, Tian Jian, whose courtesy name is Zihua. He is a few months younger than you, just call him Zihua cousin."
After listening to the introduction, Cui Yunhua picked up a blessing and said to Zhou Ming: "Hello, cousin Zihua."
Zhou Ming bowed to the cold-faced woman and said, "Hello, cousin Yunhua, my cousin is in a hurry. I didn't prepare a few more gifts. I will definitely offer them twice a day. I hope Yunhua's cousin should not be surprised."
"No need, I didn't give you a gift, no gifts were required." Cui Yunhua said coldly.
"..." Zhou Ming didn't know what to say, but this beautiful woman seemed to have anger in her words...
If you don’t talk about it, there is nothing to have in-depth conversations. People have diverse personalities. No matter how sociable people are, they will meet people who cannot get along with them, especially those who are mysterious... Even if Zhou Ming has experienced countless experiences, he dare not say that he knows women completely.
That night, relying on the half cart of seafood ingredients brought by Zhou Ming, a unique seafood hotpot banquet was held in the Cui family courtyard. Zhou Ming personally guided the kitchen to prepare ingredients. After the seafood hotpot banquet started, he smelled the fresh fragrance. The person on the table couldn't help but shake the Adam's apple, drooled, and was ready to move with chopsticks.
Cui Yunhua, sitting in the VIP seat, frowned. She had never eaten such a banquet with more than a dozen people gathering together, and she had more than a dozen pairs of chopsticks to grab something from a pot... This made her, who was used to the separate meal system at the formal banquet, really couldn't get used to it.
But the guest followed the host's will. She was the first to move the chopsticks according to the owner's request, and then everyone started to turn on the chopsticks. For a moment, everyone's appetite was wide open, swallowed and swallowed them. They directly broke open the sea clam with their hands to suck the juice inside...
She only ate one-fifth full.
...
The next day, morning.
"Is he really Mr. Zihua who wrote those excellent works of poetry and essays and painted those wonderful comics?"
Looking at the young man who was playing snowman and snowball games with a few sisters in the snow in the yard, Cui Yunhua, who was standing beside him, still couldn't accept it. This "hippy smile" and "funny" young man was the "elegant" and "sexy" Mr. Zihua who was fantasized in her heart.
This contrast is really too big.
But last night, after she looked through the book "The Story of Xiao Rouer" in Cui Rou, she had basically confirmed in her heart that this young man who was a few months younger than her was indeed Mr. Zihua.
At least, Mr. Zihua, who drew those comics.
As for whether her favorite poems and articles were also written by this "Mr. Zihua", we need to confirm it.
Just as she saw a few plum blossoms standing proudly in the cold wind of the snow at the corner of the yard. She moved her heart and walked to the young man, looked at the plum blossoms and sighed: "What a beautiful plum blossom, I really want to write a poem and appreciate these plum blossoms blooming in the snow... But even if I searched my heart, I couldn't weave a half-marvelous article..."
She turned to look at Zhou Ming and said, "Cousin Zihua, I heard that you are quite good at poetry. Can you write a poem that suits the situation?"
After saying that, she began to carefully observe the expression on the cousin's face. Seeing that he frowned slightly, he fell into a period of hard thinking...
Can't write it out?
It’s right to think about it. It’s already good to have extremely high talent in the field of painting. It’s a bit abnormal if you have such outstanding talent in poetry and songs.
I guess there is another person named "Mr. Zihua", who is the real author of those exquisite poems and essays in "Zihua Collection"...
Just as she was thinking about it, a voice rang in her ear: "When it comes to the poem of plum blossoms, I really don't have much, but there is a poem of plum blossoms, I'll give it to you as a gift."
"Listen, the name of this poem is: Bu Suanzi Yongmei!"
So she heard a stern voice saying:
Storm sends back spring
Flying snow welcomes spring!
It's already a cliff with ice
There are still beautiful flowers!
Don't compete for spring
Only report the spring!
When the mountains are blooming
She smiled in the bush!
"this……"
Cui Yunhua was completely trapped in the artistic conception of this poem. He thought about it hard, but could not find any poem in his memory, which was similar to this poem "Bu Suanzi·Yongmei".
This is a brand new plum blossom poem that she witnessed with her own ears.
A plum blossom poem that is so magnificent that it can be called a masterpiece of all ages!
He is really Mr. Zihua!
Seeing Cui Yunhua's dull look, Zhou Ming smiled slightly, and there was not much fluctuation in his heart. He just read it out, just to let the other party appreciate it. It seemed that the effect was a little too much.
However, her dull look much better than her cold look.
"Brother, come and play with me!"
My sister Tian Jiao was calling herself over, and Zhou Ming responded and walked towards her sister who was snowballing.
Just as Cui Yunhua came to his senses and wanted to return to the room, find a pair of pens and ink, and write down the lyrics of Yongmei that he had just heard, a voice came to his ears and said, "Yunhua, you should smile more. If you can live for more than ten lives, you will find that instead of wearing a mask and dating people, it is better to take off your mask and live a more relaxed life... Life is really not long. When you are young, don't hurry up and live a more relaxed life, there will be no chance in the future..."
Chapter completed!