"Why did you just come back?"
Tu Yuzhi was almost going crazy with anxiety, but when he saw her appear, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"I'm sorry, brother. I just saw a beautiful little fish by the stream and was stunned for a moment."
"Xiaoyu?" He looked at the hem of her clothes. "You didn't go into the water, did you?"
"No, no, I'll just watch from the shore."
"That's good. It's still cold now, and the stream water is still very cold. You can't play around too much."
"I understand, brother."
"Let's go, it's getting late, let's go back first."
"good."
This brother really treated her very well. She said the fish were beautiful, so the next day on her birthday he sent her a tank of colorful little fish.
"This fish is so rare. Where did you find it, brother?" Tu Qinglu's eyes lit up when she saw it.
Tu Qingyu also found it amazing. He wondered where he got these small fish from. They were not much worse than the ones that modern fish farmers bought at high prices.
"Do you like it?" She turned to look at Tu Qinglu.
Tu Qinglu nodded, "It looks good, I like it."
"Then I'll give you a few." She said it very easily, and even stood up to get a net to catch them.
"No, no." Tu Qinglu stood up and waved her hand, "How can I accept something that my brother gave to my sister?"
Tu Qingyu thought about it. This half-sister has always been cautious in this family. If he forced her to go, she might not be very happy.
"Yes, it was given to me by my brother. I wouldn't want to give it to him again. Firstly, I would be letting him down, and secondly, it wouldn't show my sincerity if I gave it to you.
Well, I'll ask my brother where he got them someday, and then I'll find you a few more."
The original owner had a good relationship with Tu Qinglu in her previous life. She was given a marriage, and the two of them cried together in the quilt all night.
Before the original owner died, Tu Qinglu was guided by Tu Qingxue to marry Tu Wangshi, a businessman.
Not long after getting married, she followed the businessman to another place.
When they heard the news of her death, they cried and made a fuss, insisting on coming back to attend her funeral. Her husband refused and was beaten half to death.
They are just poor little creatures who cannot control their own destiny.
The original owner's wish also included being nice to her.
Tu Qinglu and Tu Yuzhi, two people who truly shed tears for her.
Hearing this, Tu Qinglu's eyes brightened a little. She moved to Tu Qingyu's side, hugged her arm, and thanked her sweetly, "Thank you, sister. You are the best."
In this family, only the things given by Tu Qingyu can make her feel at ease to accept them.
"Today is my sister's birthday. I don't have anything good to give her, so I embroidered a handkerchief and a purse for her, and also made her a fan. I hope she won't mind."
She waved her hand, and the maid behind her came over with a tray.
Tu Qingyu picked them up and examined them one by one. "It's really well embroidered. Even the best embroiderer in Yulin Mansion can't do better than this."
"And this fan, it's obvious you put a lot of thought into it."
It’s true, Tu Qinglu does have some talent for painting.
Her painting and calligraphy were taught by Tu Qingyu. At first, she imitated her sister out of admiration for her sister.
Later, Tu Qingyu talked to her once and asked her to have her own style, and she really changed it.
The paintings she draws seem to have souls, with flowers, birds, mountains and rivers jumping out of the paper and coming alive.
"I don't have anything else to give you, it's just that my sister doesn't mind."
"What do I dislike? Thoughts are the most precious."
After receiving Tu Qingyu's praise, her eyes curved into a small crescent again.
"My two young ladies, it's getting late. We should go to the main courtyard." Nanny Li came in to report.
"Let's go." She stood up.
"Okay." Tu Qinglu also stood up and walked to Tu Qingyu, wanting to walk next to him.
Birthdays are actually just like this every year, with banquets and gifts, but it doesn’t seem so boring when the whole family is together.
On the second day after her birthday, she found an excuse to leave the house.
Wuling County is quite prosperous, with people coming and going on the main street and many shops.
She was wearing a moon-white scholar's gown and leisurely turned out of a small street full of small vendors, waving a folding fan. As soon as she came out, she was blocked by someone.
"Sir, my master invites you."
"Who is your master?"
"this……"
The servant hesitated and didn't know what to say. The master just said that the person should be invited up politely and not be rude.
Seeing him like this, Tu Qingyu turned around and was about to leave. Just after taking two steps, a familiar voice came from behind him, "Girl."
She turned around and smiled brightly, "It's you."
"Yes, this is such a coincidence." Si Chao came over and bowed. "I never thought I'd see you again. Could you please come up for a cup of tea?"
"You guys...isn't this inappropriate?"
"You're dressed in men's clothes today, so I'll just treat it as a get-together with friends. What's wrong with that?" He saw that she was still a little hesitant, and continued, "I saw that the girl that day wasn't someone who cared about these little details."
Tu Qingyu raised his eyebrows, his eyes full of ridicule, "Why? Provoking me?"
He was so surprised by the raised eyebrow that he was dazed for a moment and his heart began to beat uncontrollably again.
He calmed himself down and said, "If the young lady really doesn't want to, then I will just pretend that I didn't say anything. It was I who was being presumptuous."
"Let's go." She opened her folding fan and walked into the teahouse with a swagger.
When I passed by him, I smelled the faint scent of camellia again.
He had never seen such a woman, who was both bold and passionate, and yet aloof and aloof.
How can one person possess two such contradictory temperaments at the same time?
"Master, Master..."
Seeing that he was stunned, the servant called him a few times, and he finally came to his senses.
"Let's go up."
After entering the box, he poured tea for them personally.
"Thank you for saving my life that day. Today, I will offer you a cup of tea instead of wine."
"You're welcome."
She picked up the teacup, clinked it with the other's, and drank it all in one gulp.
Then he took out a brocade box.
"The young lady refused to tell me her name, so I can't come to thank you in person. This is something I just got today, so I hope you don't mind."
In fact, he had found all of Tu Qingyu's information and knew that her birthday was yesterday, but he had no good reason to go to her house.
She opened it, "Pearl hairpin?"
The jade-inlaid pearl hairpin is made of top-quality jade, and the most important thing is the craftsmanship.
This kind of filigree craft can only be done by a master craftsman with decades of experience.
She pushed the brocade box back and said, "You must have prepared this for your wife, but now you're giving it to me instead. What's going on?"
He quickly denied, "I don't have a wife."
"No wife?" Her clear eyes were filled with surprise. "You must be over 25, and you still don't have a wife?"
"To be honest, young lady, I am already thirty-one years old, and my wife passed away several years ago."
"Feel sorry."
"It's okay. They were a young couple, and it was their parents' decision. Although I was sad about her passing, many years have passed and I've gotten over it."
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