Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 702 Pisces Pendant

This statement was completely harmless. Mei Yue smiled and said, "We are all in the city, just a few steps away. As long as we are willing, we can always get together."

As the two were talking, they heard the door curtain rustle, and Luo Yanxing came in hurriedly: "Meiyue! That chubby brown brocade hasn't been sold yet, right? Bring it to me quickly, if you don't sell it——"

She was halfway through her words when she saw Song Ying standing by the counter. She was pleasantly surprised: "Hey, Song Ying! You're back!"

Song Ying turned around and saw that she was in high spirits, her eyes seemed to be filled with stars, so bright that it was astonishing.

She smiled, and couldn't help but feel a joking mood: "I should say this, didn't you go to the workshop with Master Chen? How come you're back so soon? Who is such a distinguished guest that you'd bother to go all the way back?"

Luo Yanxing's face flushed red from his ears to his neck, "I, that..."

She stammered, and her right hand grabbed the jade pendant at her waist like a frightened bird, holding it tightly in her palm.

This intentionally concealed action did not escape Song Ying's eyes. She raised the corners of her lips slightly, a hint of understanding flashed in her eyes, and she deliberately dragged out her tone and said, "Ouch~"

As she spoke, she took a few steps forward and gently tapped Luo Yanxing's waist, which was tightly held. "This jade pendant is really rare. How come I've never seen you wear it before?"

Seeing her movements, Mei Yue finally noticed Luo Yanxing's unusual behavior. She tilted her head and saw the jade pendant between his fingers. She exclaimed, "Oh! This jade is as smooth as fat, with a restrained luster. I'm afraid it must be top-grade Hetian jade, right?"

The customers who came and went in the Shu Brocade Shop were all dignitaries from Qingshui County. Mei Yue had developed a keen eye after seeing the jade pendant more often. Although she had not seen the whole picture, she could tell that the jade pendant was of great value.

Song Ying's eyes flashed with mischief, and he reached out to push away Luo Yanxing's fingers one by one, "Such a beautiful jade pendant, why are you hiding it? Open our eyes!

After she had spread all of Luo Yanxing's fingers apart, revealing the smooth jade pendant, she let out an exaggerated "Ouch!" and said, "Is this a fish? Why does the shape look familiar to me?"

"It looks familiar to me, too," Mei Yue's eyes flickered, her brows furrowed in thought. Then she clapped her hands and exclaimed, "Yes! I remember now! The black jade fish pendant that Master Chen often wears around his waist, the upward curve of the fish tail, doesn't it match the curve of this white jade pendant?"

She pointed her fingertips and smiled slyly, "If you put them together, wouldn't it be a round, connected fish pendant?"

Luo Yanxing was teased by them one after another, and his originally blushing face gradually returned to normal.

She snatched the jade pendant and let it fall naturally around her waist. "It's fine that Song Ying is already married, but Mei Yue, you wait and see. When you get engaged, I will definitely come back with a joke!"

Mei Yue said with a smile without any embarrassment, "If I could find a husband of my dreams like you two sisters, I would be very happy to be teased by you."

Luo Yanxing was happy, isn't that the reason?

The three of them laughed for a while, and Song Ying asked, "Why are you so anxious to get the brown brocade? Was this jade pendant given to you by Mr. Chen's elders?"

Luo Yanxing nodded, his eyebrows and eyes showing joy, "On the way to the workshop, we met his mother going to Qingfeng Temple to burn incense. She asked me to come over and talked to me for a while, and then gave me this jade pendant, saying that it was an ancestral heirloom of the Chen family, and it would be passed down to daughters-in-law, not daughters.

I thought I couldn’t be disrespectful, so I decided to use that piece of brocade to make some clothes for the two elders as a return gift.”

Since the shop sells Shu brocade, even the elders of the Song, Luo and Yuan families now have several sets of Shu brocade clothes to show off, so Mr. and Mrs. Chen will naturally not be short of them.

Giving Shu brocade clothes as a return gift would seem a bit disrespectful, so he thought of giving Yun brocade as a return gift.

This piece of brown brocade was a sample sent by a partner in Beijing. Luo Yanxing originally wanted to take advantage of the rarity and preciousness of the brocade to make good use of it and sell it at a high price.

This was a thoughtful consideration, but Song Ying found it a little strange. "Shouldn't it be more appropriate to give this ancestral jade pendant on the day of the tea ceremony? Why give it now?"

Luo Yanxing pursed his lips, but couldn't help but curl up the corners of his lips, "Of course I asked about this, and Madam Chen said that she has decided on me as her daughter-in-law, so it's okay to put it on me earlier.

She also said that this had precedent in their Chen family. She and Master Chen were betrothed to each other at birth, and she had been wearing this jade pendant, a family heirloom, since she was born.

"So that's how it is." Song Ying suddenly realized and felt relieved. "You two go ahead and do your work. I have to go back first."

Luo Yanxing looked up at the sky and saw that it was almost noon, so he said, "It's already this late, why don't you have a meal before you leave."

"No, I have to go back to find my ideal husband." Song Ying winked at her as he spoke. "Besides, you still have to accompany your ideal husband to the workshop, and you can't have dinner with me. What's the point of me staying here?"

No matter how carefree Luo Yanxing was, he was not as thick-skinned as her after getting engaged, and his face turned completely red again.

Song Ying was so happy that he ran away laughing before she could adapt.

The house that Yuan Qing liked was located between West City and East City, not far from the courtyard where Song Ying and Doctor Lin originally rented.

If they were to talk about what they liked, the courtyard would naturally be better, but since they were buying a house, they had to consider people like Tao and the possibility of the whole family moving into the city in the future.

The house couldn't be too small, it had to have at least a two-story courtyard, so we chose another one, which was closer to the east city.

The second courtyard, made of green bricks and gray tiles, faces south and has excellent lighting. It has a vermilion lacquered gate with shiny copper rings and a pair of stone drums on both sides, which is quite impressive.

Upon entering, you will first see a brick-carved screen wall with a relief of "Pine and Crane Longevity" in the center. The four corners are decorated with curling grass patterns, and a few clumps of tender green moss are crawling on the bluestone base at the bottom.

There are three back rooms on both sides, with window lattices in a regular brocade pattern. Two plain gauze lanterns are hung under the eaves, swaying gently in the wind.

The courtyard is paved with blue bricks. In the southeast corner, a peach tree is in full bloom. Beneath the tree is a stone table and stone bench with a checkerboard pattern carved on the tabletop.

The hanging flower gate connecting the inner and outer courtyards is painted in indigo, with a carved lotus leaf stool hanging from the lintel, and couplets on both sides read "After the rain, the piano and books are moistened, and when the wind comes, the calligraphy is fragrant."

There are two stone steps at the foot of the door, their edges have been rounded by time, and a few wild grasses have grown out of the cracks between the steps.

The main house had three upper rooms, and the main room had six partition doors, the two middle doors were open, revealing a long table inside, on which a statue of Guanyin was enshrined. The roof was raised in a scorpion-shaped pattern, and copper bells hung from the eaves.

The east and west wing rooms both have front porches, which connect to the corridors of each room. The columns are painted red, and the railings are simple ice crack patterns. The floor under the corridor is paved with blue bricks, and a few pebbles are embedded in the gaps.

Yuan Shan held onto the red painted column, her eyes filled with excitement. "Sister-in-law, what do you think of this place?"

Since buying Yingnuoxuan, Song Ying has had a lot of experience in house viewing and buying, and is very familiar with Qingshui County.