"Fifth lady, should you go back and have breakfast before going to Shaohua Zhai, or should you find another place to have breakfast?" Qingzhi looked at Li Tian and asked. Li Tian thought about it and said: "Go to Zhang Ji. After eating, go to Shaohua Zhai."

It's also close." Qingzhi opened the curtain and ordered, and the car turned around and headed towards Shaohua Zhai.

Qingzhi and Yinhua accompanied Li Tian to have breakfast slowly in Zhang Jiya's room. Li Tian was full, and the fright and suffocation of stepping in the mud just now gradually dissipated. Seeing that it was almost time, they came out.

Go out through the Zhangji side door, and then enter the Shaohua Zhai through the side door.

The steward who was waiting for the female guests hurriedly came up to her and said with a smile: "The fifth lady is here. The second lady Lin has just arrived. She is in the elegant room A." As she spoke, she led Li Tian to the elegant room A.

Lin Ke had also just arrived. When he heard the commotion, he hurriedly came out to welcome him and said with a smile: "Yao Yao sent someone here early yesterday morning and asked us to help her pick out a few of each for big, medium and small dyes, so that she won't have to make another trip."

While the two of them stood and said a few words, several rough ladies had already delivered several stacks of paper. Four or five plates of ink and a dozen boxes of pens came in. The stewardess pointed to the few pieces of paper placed at the front.

She introduced with a smile: "This is a fresh flower-sprinkling paper. The color is dyed by rubbing the flower juice. The fragrance is the fragrance of the flower juice, not incense. Fifth Lady, Second Lady, please smell it."

Lin Ke came up and smelled it. Li Tian twirled it with his hand, brought his finger to the tip of his nose and smelled it. Lin Ke smiled and said, "This paper is quite interesting."

"This is not the fragrance of flower juice," Li Tian said with a smile: "You can't dye paper directly even if you knead the flower juice. You might as well buy a few high-quality Bai Xuan and go back and make it yourself if you want to dye it."

"It's so annoying to be smoked and dyed. Yaoyao is good at this. I might as well buy more good paper and exchange it for her exquisite letterheads." Lin Ke loosened the flower-sprinkled paper and said with a smile. Li Tian smiled.

Just as he was about to speak, he heard someone outside asking: "I saw the car of the Prince of Nanning County. Which one of them is here? The eldest cousin or the second cousin?"

It was Jiang Hong's voice. Li Tian's smile froze, and he turned to look at Lin Ke. Lin Ke didn't seem to notice that Li Tian was looking at her. He just listened to the sounds outside with a focused look on his face, raising his eyebrows and looking at

Li Tian smiled and said, "It's Cousin Hong! He regards us as the eldest and second brothers. I'll go see him and give him a present."

Li Tian wanted to stop him, but opened his mouth halfway before swallowing it back. She could see Jiang Hong's momentary absence yesterday. In this way, it's best to stay as far away as possible, otherwise something might happen and he might get hurt.

The one who has the reputation is himself. But if he doesn’t let Lin Ke go out to see him, it’s really unjustifiable. Forget it, just stay distant and distant.

"Cousin Hong is also here to buy paper and ink. He knows this best. How about asking Cousin Hong to come over and help us pick things up?" Lin Ke didn't come in either. He only looked at Li Tian in the private room and said with a smile, "

Tian looked at her speechlessly, took half a step back, and nodded. She screamed so that everyone could hear her. If she couldn't speak well, if she wasn't too pretentious, then she would deliberately make people doubtful, thinking

I thought about why I said "no".

Jiang Hong was wearing an indigo dark-patterned brocade gown with an indigo silk sash tied around his waist. He was steady and refreshing, which was very pleasing to the eye. He followed Lin Ke in. When he saw Li Tian, ​​he looked up and down quickly and held his hands for a while.

Yi said politely: "Thank you very much, cousin Li, for taking care of my roommate. My roommate went back yesterday and talked to my mother several times. I am really grateful."

"Jiang Dalang is so polite. Sister Shan takes good care of me." Li Tian lowered his eyes and replied with his knees bent, polite but obviously distant and cold. After speaking, he calmly took half a step back and pushed Jiang

Hongcai is on Lin Ke's side.

This Jiang Hong is extremely talented, full of energy, and seems to be a scheming person. Qi Dafei, this is not the person she wants to marry. Besides, this Jiang Hong is the direct nephew of Princess Jiang, and Princess Jiang will never want her.

If you have no intention or hope of marrying into the Jiang family, it is better to stay as far away as possible.

"Sister Li and I want to buy paper and ink for sister Li to write with, and I want to paint, and we also need to buy some large, medium and small dyes for sister Yu. Sister Yu is good at painting flowers and plants, so my cousin will help us pick them out.

Let's do it." Lin Ke pushed Jiang Hong towards the cases piled with paper and ink. Jiang Hong smiled brightly and agreed repeatedly. He turned to look at Lin Ke and asked: "First of all, do you paint fine brushwork or freehand brushwork? If so,

If you want to paint fine brushwork, you have to choose cooked paintings. If you want freehand brushwork, choose from raw paintings." He asked Lin Ke, but out of the corner of his eye, he looked past Lin Ke and glanced at Li Tian behind him.

"I only paint freehand flowers and plants. Meticulous brushwork is too difficult for people to do." Lin Ke laughed, and Jiang Hong said 'hmm' and walked casually around the tables for half a circle, stopping diagonally opposite Li Tian, ​​and moved again

He moved a little, covering himself with the tall pile of rice paper, with his eyelids slightly lowered. He seemed to be carefully picking out the rice paper one by one by twisting it with his fingers, but his eyes were moving forward, glued to Li Tian.

It turns out that light gray with azure is so beautiful. The embroidered shoes are exposed under the skirt. They are small and soft. There is a royal blue butterfly embroidered on the toe of the shoe. It is really a butterfly that only has blessings. This skirt is so elegant...

"Which one is better?" Lin Ke couldn't help but ask when he saw Jiang Hong twisting the paper without saying anything for a long time.

"Ah? Oh! I can't say which one is better. It depends on your skill and which brushwork you learned... Actually, you don't need to be so particular about it. If you are a beginner, it is best to use half-cooked Xuan to avoid accidental smudging.

It's over..." Jiang Hong's first two sentences were a bit messy, but he quickly realized what he said and explained to Lin Ke carefully in a gentle tone and with a smile.

Li Tian silently took a few steps back, walked around to the other end of the desk, and stood with Jiang Hong across the large piles of paper on the desk. He lowered his head and picked out a few mica and wax-embroidered ribbed papers.

, and he randomly selected a few ingots of ink and motioned to his mother-in-law to wrap them up.

Jiang Hong and Lin Ke were talking, but all their attention was on Li Tian. Seeing her moving lightly, she was blocked by the case and the paper and ink on the case. She felt that the case and the things on it were like a mountain.

It was an eyesore. He wanted to move, but he was afraid of letting others notice. Everyone in the room seemed to be staring at him. Jiang Hong felt nervous and refused to move. He glanced around quickly from the corner of his eye.

She moved quietly, then moved again, and from the gaps between the piles of papers, she saw that she was soft and gentle. After picking the paper and ink, she was about to be wrapped up. She hurriedly took two steps, raised her hand and said with a smile: "First of all,

Don't wrap it up, let me take a look." He took two or three steps and finished speaking. Then he remembered Lin Ke, pointed at Li Tian and motioned to Lin Ke and said with a smile, "Cousin from the Li family has picked out several things.

Let's take a look at it for her first, I think you can use this golden flower rib paper."

Without waiting for Lin Ke to answer, Jiang Hong had already bypassed several cases in a few steps. The mother-in-law quickly spread out the paper and ink picked by Li Tian. Jiang Hong quickly glanced at Li Tian and quickly lowered his head without daring to see clearly.

He reached out and picked up an ingot of ink and stood it on the desk. He tapped it lightly with his fingers. Hearing the sound of ink and stone, he picked it up and looked at it carefully. Li Tian smiled slightly and did not answer. He just looked at it.

Holding several piles of paper and ink, Jiang Hong calmly and slowly moved behind Lin Ke. After reading several squares of ink attentively, Jiang Hong looked up at Li Tian and said with a smile: "Cousin from the Li family has really good eyesight. These squares are all

It’s good ink, but it’s a pity that it’s all made in the same era and it’s too hot. I wonder what kind of calligraphy my cousin Li’s style is good at?”

"It's just a matter of writing a few words casually. I haven't learned any fonts." Li Tian said politely.

"My sister Li and I are visiting the Cao Quan Monument." Lin Ke answered with a smile,

"Then this new ink is even more inappropriate. I have some old ink stored there. I will have some sent to my house later. My cousin Li will use it first. I will buy the new ink and save it for three to five years. At least let it go.

After a winter and a summer, it will get better if you use it again." Jiang Hong suppressed his heartbeat and looked at Li Tian openly. Li Tian smiled and was about to refuse, but Jiang Hong had already looked away, and quickly picked up the ink tablets from the plate with his fingers.

He picked out seven or eight ingots and said with a smile: "Cousin Ake will take these ingots back and save them first. After a few years, they will be good for drawing and writing."

"Sister Li, do you like to write big characters or small characters?" Jiang Hong calmed his mind by picking ink, and boldly turned his head and looked directly at Li Tian with bright eyes and asked. Li Tian was slightly sullen, and looked back with a smile.

Said: "Ake likes to write big characters, I write more small characters."

"Oh!" Jiang Hong lost all courage at Li Tian's sight. His face turned red. He felt his throat was tight and his heartbeat was pounding. He lowered his head and quickly turned over the stack of papers. His heart felt like a deer and he felt dizzy.

She lowered her head to pick up the paper. The mother-in-law carefully collected the remaining ink picked by the three people and carried it out. She heard a clear and gentle voice outside saying: "The color of these inks is not bad. Bring them over and let me take a look."

Jiang Hong was focused on Li Tian and couldn't hear anything outside. Li Tian didn't pay attention. However, Lin Ke frowned, took a step forward, took a look outside, quickly turned around, raised his eyebrows, and stamped his feet.

Stamping his feet, Cuoya said angrily: "It's that bad thing again! Humph, you can only use the leftover things we picked up!" The last provocative words were raised deliberately high so that people outside could hear them.

Li Tian looked at Lin Ke in surprise, quickly moved half a step, turned his head and looked out, and saw Leng Mingsong outside at a glance. Leng Mingsong had heard these provocative words and turned to look at Yajian in shock and confusion.

Li Tian looked at Jiang Hong anxiously, but saw that Jiang Hong had already reacted very quickly and took a step forward. He bowed to Leng Mingsong and said, "Brother, my little sister just said something carelessly, but she was talking to me."

, I am not criticizing my brother, please forgive me."

"Brother, you're welcome." Leng Mingsong had already seen Lin Ke, a bright light flashed in his eyes, he returned the gift with a smile on his face, and said politely to Jiang Hong: "You pick and choose what I have in this shop, how can I pick it out?"

Brother, don’t worry about these many worries.”

Li Tian squinted his eyes and stared at Lin Ke. Lin Ke felt guilty and timid when Li Tian saw him. He managed to hold on for a moment, stamped his feet and pouted: "I know I was not helpful again. I was wrong. I will go with you as a gift."

As he said that, before Li Tian could react, he took two steps forward without looking up. He didn't know whether this blessing was for Leng Mingsong or Jiang Hong. Fu spoke quickly: "It's because I can't speak."
Chapter completed!