Chapter 64 Guest, are you a widow?
In the teahouse, the guests were talking about it.
"Why is it so lively today?" Jiang Keyu asked as she carried her daughter upstairs.
Gao Luoshu reluctantly picked up the new half-line of the poem and planned to hang it downstairs. When he ran into him, he shook the thing in his hand and said, "Because a great talent has come."
Jiang Keyu looked back, not sure who he was talking about.
I could only guess intuitively: "Could it be the masked man from before?"
"You guessed it!" Gao Luoshu's expression was slightly exaggerated, and he even raised his nose.
He put a hand to his mouth and said, "You cover it up so tightly, I don't know what's so shameful about it."
Jiang Keyu's eyes swept over the words in his hand, and doubts arose in her heart.
Song Baoyuan, who was standing by the railing, overheard their conversation and interrupted, asking, "Brother, why are you here? Are you done with the Dali Temple business?"
"Um."
Song Baoyuan nodded and said nothing more.
Jiang Keyu slowly approached her, "Don't you have anything else to ask me?"
Song Baoyuan was stunned. She glanced at her daughter who was shaking her head in his arms, and suddenly she understood.
"Do you want to take Sui Sui out to play? Sure, just be careful."
After she finished speaking, she turned around and went back to the house.
Jiang Keyu: “…”
You chase him away as soon as he arrives?
He wanted to stay, but his daughter was so excited that she kept clapping her hands, "Let's go out and play! Daddy, let's go out and play!"
“Daddy!”
Jiang Keyu was helpless and said, "Okay."
After the father and daughter left, Song Baoyuan leaned out of the window and watched them go away.
She was happy to have free time without children to worry about.
Jiang Keyu took his daughter to the lake, and because his daughter said she wanted to go fishing, he accompanied her.
Jiang Suisui held the small fishing rod and muttered, "Catch small fish for Fubao, catch lots of small fish."
"Fubao?" Jiang Keyu was surprised. "Who is Fubao?"
"It's the cat my neighbor uncle keeps. It's so pretty!"
Jiang Keyu was distracted for a moment, "The new neighbor is an uncle?"
"Yes, yes!"
Jiang Keyu reached out and pinched her daughter's face, then asked casually, "What kind of uncle is he?"
"He's a very good uncle!" Jiang Suisui didn't know how to describe his kindness, so she could only say truthfully: "He's very handsome, and he welcomes my brother and me to play with Fubao."
Jiang Keyu seemed to be lost in thought.
*
In the evening, Xie Yuchao walked out of the study, stood on the steps and stretched.
In the yard, Jiang Chengyou was playing with Fubao with a straw cricket.
"Why are you alone today? Where's your sister?"
"She's fishing for Fubao, but she hasn't caught anything in a whole day." Jiang Chengyou's expression was almost mocking, "And she still refuses to come back!"
Xie Yuchao was amused by his little appearance.
In front, Xiao Si led Qiao Yue in.
Seeing that Jiang Chengyou was dirty from playing, Qiao Yue sighed and took out a handkerchief to wipe his hands.
Xie Yuchao accidentally glanced at it and was suddenly stunned, "This handkerchief..."
Why does it look exactly the same as the one from yesterday?
"What's wrong with the handkerchief?" Qiao Yue turned the handkerchief over in surprise, but couldn't see anything wrong.
"Nothing serious, it looks pretty good." Xie Yuchao remained calm.
Qiao Yue felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't put her finger on it, and she had a strange feeling in her heart.
"Oh, right." She remembered the important matter, "Sir, my young lady invites you over for dinner as a token of gratitude for your tolerance for the intrusion of my young master and young lady."
"It's just a small matter." Xie Yuchao smiled, "Don't bother."
Qiao Yue took Jiang Chengyou's hand and said, "It's not a big deal, you don't have to be polite, sir."
Xie Yuchao hesitated slightly. His neighbor's wife was very popular with men, and it seemed that he was too confident before.
Tsk, how embarrassing.
It seems that the other person is just being generous, so he should be open and honest about it.
"Sir, do you have any concerns?"
"No, since my neighbor has invited me so graciously, I would be remiss to decline."
Qiao Yue took a half step back, "Please."
Xie Yuchao picked up Li Nu and walked out.
The food had already been prepared and was served at separate tables. There was also a pot of pear blossom wine on the guests' table.
Seeing a figure appear at the door, Song Baoyuan went to greet him in person, but the first person she saw was not the scholar next door, but Jiang Keyu who came back with her daughter in her arms.
"Mom, look at the fish I caught!"
Song Baoyuan reached out to take her daughter's fish basket without even looking at it, and praised her casually, "Sui Sui is really amazing."
Jiang Keyu glanced at the layout in front of the hall and asked, "Are there any guests?"
"yes."
"who?"
Song Baoyuan was about to answer when Jiang Suisui in her arms called out, "Fubao!"
Jiang Keyu turned around and saw a young and unfamiliar man walking towards her holding a white-haired cat slave, with his good son following closely beside him.
Xie Yuchao walked over in surprise. Isn’t this the person he met at the entrance of the teahouse?
"Fubao! Fubao!" Jiang Suisui clapped her hands. "Uncle! I caught some small fish for Fubao. Can I feed him later?"
"sure."
Xie Yuchao chuckled and put Fubao down.
Song Baoyuan then put her daughter down and let her go play.
The two of them stood close together, staring at the same spot, looking like a family. Jiang Keyu felt a surge of anger in her heart, "Ah!"
Song Baoyuan turned around and introduced, "This is my neighbor..."
Suddenly I realized I didn't know his name, "What's your name, sir?"
"My last name is Xie."
Song Baoyuan nodded. "Because Chengcheng and Suisui always want to play with Fubao and disturb them, I invited Master Xie to dinner."
Jiang Keyu and Xie Yuchao bowed to each other and looked at each other silently.
"This is the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, my brother." Song Baoyuan said softly.
Xie Yuchao was a little confused. The Dali Temple Shaoqing who was eager to be someone else's child's stepfather?
"Nice to meet you." He said politely.
Jiang Keyu also remained polite and asked, "Master Xie, do you live alone?"
"yes."
"Why aren't you with your family?"
Xie Yuchao lowered his eyes and sighed, "My family is gone, so I'm going to move to a new place and start a new life."
Although Jiang Keyu was suspicious in her heart, she looked guilty and said, "I'm sorry."
"No problem."
"Mr. Xie, please sit inside. Don't stand here." Song Baoyuan invited, then lowered her head to remind: "You two should wash your hands and eat first. Only after you finish eating can you play with Fubao."
"good!"
The two children ran into the house with Fubao, and Xie Yuchao followed slowly behind.
Song Baoyuan also walked back, but stopped after two steps and turned to look at Jiang Keyu who seemed to be about to go in with her.
Jiang Keyu was slightly stunned.
"Why are you looking at me like that? I can't go in?"
"You, weren't you going back after delivering the New Year's harvest?"
She really didn't let him in. Jiang Keyu's heart suddenly felt like it was blocked by a ball of cotton, itchy and stuffy, "You're driving me away again!"
"No." Song Baoyuan retorted calmly.
"Then why don't you let me in?"
"I'm not stopping you from coming in." Song Baoyuan was puzzled. Why was he so excited? "I'm just asking."
Jiang Keyu felt very uncomfortable, but couldn't tell why.
Song Baoyuan had already ignored him and ordered as she walked, "Qiaoyin, prepare the dishes and chopsticks for my husband."
"yes."
The servants immediately added another table and put out wine and food.
"I heard from Xiaosi that Master Xie likes a drink, so I prepared some light wine. I wonder if Master Xie likes it."
"You're welcome, Madam Song." Xie Yuchao said with a smile, "Chengcheng and Suisui are very well behaved. They play in the yard by themselves and don't disturb me. Besides, Fubao often comes uninvited, and I'm afraid Madam Song will blame him."
Song Baoyuan paused and asked in confusion, "How did Mr. Xie know my last name is Song?"
Xie Yuchao: “…”
His face was calm. "My little Si heard someone mention Madam Song when she was shopping nearby."
"I see." Song Baoyuan said casually, "I met someone today who looked a lot like Master Xie."
"Oh? Where did you meet her?" Xie Yuchao asked curiously, "I just moved in and didn't know the local situation, so I wandered around during the day. Maybe it was me that Madam Song saw."
There was no way he could tell he was lying, Song Baoyuan thought, maybe he was just pretending.
"It's not near here, it's in my teahouse. I have a teahouse on Dongqiao Street, where many scholars gather every day to discuss poetry, songs, and debate strategies. Mr. Xie is also a scholar, you can go and take a look, maybe you will find some inspiration."
"That's great, I'll be there when I'm free."
The two of them were chatting harmoniously. Jiang Keyu frowned unconsciously, "Ahem!"
Song Baoyuan glanced sideways, confused, "The food is not to your liking?"
"No." Jiang Keyu answered in a low voice, but his eyes were fixed on her, as if expressing dissatisfaction.
Song Baoyuan became more and more confused. Who offended him?
"mother!"
The brother and sister ran out after washing themselves. Jiang Chengyou took the lead, threw himself on his mother, and took the seat next to her.
"snort!"
Jiang Suisui, who arrived a step late, put her hands on her hips, glared at her brother, turned her head away with a look of grievance on her face, and said, "Daddy!"
Jiang Keyu reached out to catch her daughter, "What's wrong? Can't you just sit with Daddy?"
"No." Jiang Suisui rubbed her father's chest and pouted.
Daddy?
Xie Yuchao's pupils trembled, and the hand that was holding the wine glass froze.
Seeing that Song Baoyuan also looked surprised, he cleared his throat.
"Although it's said that a gentleman loves a beautiful lady, it's inappropriate to incite a simple child to randomly recognize relatives."
Jiang Keyu and Song Baoyuan were both stunned and didn't react.
"Isn't it okay for my daughter to call me daddy?" Jiang Keyu asked doubtfully.
Xie Yuchao's eyes paused slightly, "Your daughter?"
"What else?"
Jiang Keyu asked back.
Their eyes met, and invisible astonishment spread.
Song Baoyuan looked left and right and happened to see them looking at her at the same time.
"Aren't you a widow?"
"Are you a widow?"
Song Baoyuan: “?”
Why do I feel a chill on my back?
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