Chapter 134 Holding Hands

Fenghuang's flower arrangement skills are beyond reproach.

If I put a vase of flowers she arranges at home, I will be in a good mood all day long.

The art of flower arrangement, like calligraphy and painting, is easy to learn as long as ordinary people are willing to work hard. However, to master it, one must have talent.

My wife obviously doesn't have any talent in this area.

She doesn't have many talents.

As the saying goes, when God closes a door for you, he will open a window for you.

As for my wife, God opened a door for her and closed several windows.

My wife and Mu'er went out with the old lady to worship the gods today, and they should not be back until the evening.

In the afternoon, Li Nuo and Butler Wu went out and bought some gifts with the money he earned.

There was a pair of bracelets for Mu'er and Ning'er, one for each sister, so that they would not fight over them.

I bought a pearl hairpin for my wife. Although she has no shortage of jewelry, she seldom wears bracelets, earrings, and necklaces. Only the hairpin is used every day.

He also bought an inkstone for his father. The last time he went to Dali Temple, he saw that his inkstone was already very worn out.

In addition, he also replaced a new jade pipe for Butler Wu. When he got bored waiting for him, he liked to take a few puffs.

In the afternoon, Mu'er and his wife came back.

Li Nuo gave the pair of bracelets to Mu'er and said, "These two bracelets, one is for you and the other is for Ning'er."

Although he didn't give it to Ning'er personally, he was not worried that Mu'er would keep it for himself.

Li Nuo understands the twins' minds very well.

They are not very possessive, and if there are two identical things, the two sisters are happy to share them.

What I am afraid of is that if there is only one, the elder sister has it but the younger sister does not, or the younger sister has it but the elder sister does not. In this situation, there will definitely be a quarrel.

If Ning'er wasn't unable to beat Mu'er, they might have ended up fighting.

He handed the pearl flower to Song Jiaren and said, "This is for you."

Song Jiaren silently took the pearl flower and said softly, "Thank you."

She looked at a new vase of flowers on the table. Li Nuo said, "These gifts were bought with the money from selling the poems. Ten poems were sold for 1,000 taels of silver. Miss Fenghuang was really generous, so later I gave her a fu for free. In return, she gave us a vase of flowers..."

In order to avoid future misunderstandings, he chose to explain in advance.

Sincerity is always invincible.

He had already copied the poem and fu for Fenghuang, and handed them to his wife, saying, "Ms. Fenghuang's hobby is really strange. She likes others to write poems to praise her... By the way, do you want to take a look at these poems and fu?"

After Song Jiaren took it, she flipped through it meaningfully.

In fact, she couldn't tell whether the words were good or not, and she didn't even recognize some of the characters. She just felt that the sentences in what he wrote were beautiful and rhythmic to read.

As for the content of the lyrics, she could see that they were all praising the woman's beauty.

But she wasn't envious or jealous at all.

These are all vulgar words, written for prostitutes - that's what Song Yu said.

She wouldn't want words like this even if I gave them to her.

Besides, these were not given to others. The silver she exchanged for them turned into beautiful pearl flowers in her hands.

The last piece is a fu titled "The Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix" - what is a fu?

This fu does not look so vulgar, but why is there a "兮" after each sentence, as if it was used to make up the word count. Can this be considered a poem?

Never mind, I’m a little sleepy…

She closed the booklet in her hand and said, "Rest early."

As Li Nuo expected, with his wife's cultural level, she simply couldn't understand whether the poem was good or not.

However, it doesn’t matter if you don’t understand it.

Every failure is a learning experience.

He just wanted to let her know that giving these poems to Fenghuang was only skill but no emotion, in order to make money to buy her gifts to avoid her misunderstanding in the future.

This is called avoiding risks in advance.

I made an appointment with my wife to go horseback riding the next day. After breakfast, we went out together.

When getting on the carriage, Li Nuoduo glanced at her.

She wore the new pearl flower on her head.

Butler Wu drove the carriage and soon arrived at the Yunmeng Academy's horse farm.

The last time I came to the racecourse was a month ago.

Compared to that time, the racecourse is much busier today.

Perhaps because the imperial examination was getting closer, more and more students came to the horse farm to practice for the imperial examination, and long queues formed in front of the several carriage tracks.

Judging from the length of the queue, if you want to practice the Five Guards once, you have to queue for at least an hour.

Fortunately, Li Nuo was not here to practice driving, so there were relatively fewer people on the grassland nearby.

After not practicing for more than a month, his riding skills have deteriorated a bit.

I rode the horse slowly around the racecourse for a few times, and as I slowly increased my speed, my body began to shake violently.

At this moment, a figure fell from the sky and landed behind him.

This scene stunned everyone at the racecourse.

Who is this guy? His riding skills are so poor, but he is accompanied by a beautiful woman with great strength. It is really enviable.

Someone in the crowd recognized the woman and said in surprise, "Isn't that the tigress from the Song family? I haven't seen her for several years. She's so beautiful now!"

Another person said, "Are you talking about Song Jiaren? She was already beautiful, but girls change a lot when they grow up. She gets prettier as she gets older..."

"Pretty is pretty, big is not big."

"That person should be her husband."

"Nonsense, how could she ride a horse with another man?"

"I can't believe that someone would dare to marry her. He must have never been beaten!"

…

Song Jiaren looked back and the others immediately scattered.

Hiding far away, several former sons of military families felt a little emotional when they saw Song Jiaren today.

The peerless beauty who was riding on the horse and gently teaching the man how to ride was once a shadow of their childhood.

At the age of ten, Song Jiaren had already defeated all her rivals in the military family.

Back then, more than a dozen of them joined forces to seek revenge, but were beaten to the ground by her.

Unexpectedly, the tigress also had such a gentle side.

Putting aside the grudges of the past, from an objective perspective, she is of course an absolute beauty, and most importantly, she is still so strong. Being her husband must be very safe.

With his wife right behind him, Li Nuo certainly felt safe.

He originally wanted to ride a little longer, but there were too many people in the horse farm today, and the two of them riding on the same horse soon attracted a lot of onlookers.

My wife is shy and may not be used to such occasions.

So he offered to go home and practice archery.

On the way back to the Song Mansion, Li Nuo passed by several shops and bought some high-quality rice paper, some paints, and a zither.

The paints my wife bought last time are almost used up.

He has always used Song Yu's zither. Although Song Yu has no hope of passing the imperial examination, he still needs to practice music and cannot always occupy his things.

The carriage was filled with things and it seemed crowded with people sitting in it.

Since it was not far from the Song Mansion, the two got off the carriage and walked back.

Li Nuo and Li An Ning often take walks, but this is the first time they take walks with their wife.

Of course, she couldn't hold his hand like Li Anning did. Although it sounded a bit strange, their relationship had not yet developed to that point.

The two walked side by side, and the backs of their hands always touched each other inadvertently.

It's very troublesome to bump into each other.

At a certain moment, when the two hands touched again, Li Nuo stretched out his palm and held her hand.

Her hands were soft and boneless. Although she practiced swordplay frequently, she did not have any calluses. Her hands were smooth and delicate, but a little cold.

Song Jiaren's arm swing was stiff for a moment, but returned to normal the next moment, allowing Li Nuo to hold her hand.

Neither of them said anything, everything happened naturally.

Although military advisor Li Anning was not by his side.

But her words have always guided Li Nuo.

Step by step, love grows over time, the goal of holding hands has been achieved, what should be done next...

At this time, several figures hurriedly walked past them.

"I heard that Yuyin Pavilion has released a new song."

"It seems to be called "The Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix", it is said to be quite good..."

"The music is just average, but the fu is really well written, with a lot of ancient charm. It should be the best fu of love in ancient and modern times. I don't know who wrote it, and when did Chang'an produce such a person..."

"Of course he's a suitor of Miss Phoenix!"

"Isn't Miss Fenghuang the woman of the son of the Dali Temple Minister? Who dares to write such a poem to confess to her that he doesn't want to live anymore?"

"Maybe it's him. I heard that he is also quite talented in poetry..."

…

Li Nuo looked at the backs of the two people as they left.

Some people in Chang'an are obviously bored.

This rumor was spread a long time ago, but it is still circulating.

Li Nuo was still worried that his wife would get angry again, but she did not let go or shake off his hand.

Fortunately, he had foresight.

"The Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix" has been shown to my wife. The pearl flower on her hair was exchanged for this poem.

Although my wife is stingy, she is very reasonable.

She was already angry about this incident last time.

There is no reason to get angry twice about the same thing.

Besides, she was at the level of controlling objects, and she could see with her own eyes whether he and Fenghuang were innocent or not.

He doesn't need to explain.

Song Jiaren seemed to have not heard the last few words. She turned to look at Li Nuo and asked, "Isn't "The Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix" a fu? How did it become a song?"

Li Nuo explained: "Poetry and prose have their own rhythms. They can be made into music or sung..."

Song Jiaren showed an interested expression on her face and said, "Then let's go and listen too..."

(End of this chapter)