Little Fujin

Chapter 17

Meng Zhen called and told Lin Ruan that it was a pity that he didn't go to the dance.He chatted with Lin Ruan about his affairs in Hangzhou, and brought Lin Ruan specialties from the south, waiting for the two of them to meet at the beginning of school.

Lin Ruan still has more than one year left in his university. He doesn't live in a dormitory. He usually stays in school and stays for a whole day.Attend classes when there are classes, and go to the library with Meng Zhen when there are no classes.

At the beginning of the new semester, their ancient architecture teacher changed.It turned out that the professor of ancient architecture was an old man with a white beard, very old, and spoke with a strong southern accent.

The new professor was a young man named Fang Ze, who used to wear gray or black robes and could write beautifully.I heard that his father compiled history books in the previous dynasty, and he came to teach ancient architecture, which can be regarded as a family history.

Fang Fang likes Lin Ruan's ancient architecture work very much, saying that his work has the solemn beauty of ancient architecture.

Meng Zhen's homework has a sense of the beauty of Jiangnan gardens. Meng Zhen said that he drew it in comparison with the Shen Garden he had been to.

Both of them gave excellent homework equations, and Li Mingwen's expression turned ugly instantly.

Lin Ruan and Meng Zhen didn't notice, they were still discussing what happened in the places they visited during the winter vacation.Meng Zhen took out the Yunpian Cake he brought back from his bag, gave one box to Lin Ruan, and distributed the other box to his classmates.

Several students around had eaten, and when it was time for Li Mingwen to be assigned, he got up and went out without even looking at it.

Meng Zhen curled his lips and ignored him.

Lin Ruan told Meng Zhen about the ball, talking about Bai Zhenzhu, Miss Zhao.

Meng Zhen frowned, Lin Ruan asked, "What's wrong?"

"Is the white pearl you're talking about the daughter of Director Bai of the police station?"

Lin Ruan nodded, and Meng Zhen said, "She is my cousin."

Lin Ruan was a little surprised, and Meng Zhen explained that their relatives were complicated, dating back to the generation of Grandpa Meng Zhen.Grandpa Meng Zhen had two wives, the first wife gave birth to two daughters and a son.Later, when she died of illness, Grandpa Meng Zhen remarried, and the last one she married was Grandma Meng Zhen.

Grandma Meng Zhen was tricked into coming here. The matchmaker said that Grandpa Meng Zhen was young, and his family had land and money, so he tricked her, a talented daughter, into coming here.It was only when I came that I found out that there were already three children in the family, and they all opened their mouths to eat.Grandpa Meng Zhen was cowardly, and Grandma Meng Zhen was strong. During the years when people could starve to death, she packed everyone in the family and went to different directions to beg for food.

The child born in the front did not go with them, and there was no news after that.After the death of Grandpa Meng Zhen, Grandma Meng Zhen raised her son and gradually established a family business.

"Last year during the Qingming Festival, I went back to my hometown to visit the grave, and I met them again. My aunt married into the Bai family and gave birth to my cousin, Bai Zhenzhu."

Lin Ruan propped his face and said, "What a story with ups and downs."

Meng Zhen suddenly looked at Lin Ruan, and whispered, "Come with me, I'll show you something."

Meng Zhen pulled Lin Ruan out of the classroom and ran up to the top floor with something in his arms.

There was no one on the top floor, but the wind was so strong that Lin Ruan was chilled as soon as he stood on the roof.He tightened his clothes and followed Meng Zhen to a shelter from the wind.Meng Zhen carefully took out the small box in his pocket and opened it for Lin Ruan to see.

The box was covered with white velvet satin, and inside was a pearl necklace, a topaz ring, and an emerald bracelet.

Lin Ruan was a little surprised, "What are you doing with these things?"

"These were given by my cousin," Meng Zhen said, "She asked me to give these things to Boss Song in the Banxian Building."

Song Shuangqi is a well-known actor in Liyuan Xing. She is popular all over the country with the Peking Opera "Yutangchun", and she is very popular.

Lin Ruan paused, the rich lady and the famous actor in Liyuan, like the beginning of a love story.But he heard from Gu Huixue that Bai Zhenzhu had a fiancé.

"That's why I was asked to run errands." Meng Zhen said, "Otherwise, it would be bad if the people at her fiancé's side heard about it."

Lin Ruan nodded, took a look at the string of pearls, but didn't see any good or bad, just said: "These are not cheap."

"Of course!" Meng Zhen fiddled with the ring, "To be honest, my cousin's family is not that rich, and most of these things were given to her by others. You saw the string of pearls, she redeemed them from the pawn shop She came back. When she was not rich, she pawned the jewelry she had worn first, and replaced it with new jewelry to attend the banquet. When she was rich, she would redeem these things. She is proficient in such upside-down work."

"Since it's not rich, why do you give all these things to others?" Lin Ruan asked.

Meng Zhen spread his hands, "I don't know either, she just asked me to run around, I didn't ask too many questions."

The two murmured together for a while, Meng Zhen said: "Anyway, there is no class now, why don't you accompany me to the Immortal Tower."

The two left the school and got into a rickshaw to go to the Banxian Tower.The cold wind was blowing, Meng Zhen carried the box in his arms, as cautiously as if carrying a box of gold.

The two of them arrived at the gate of the Immortal Building, which opened beside the road, the entrance was the front yard, and then there was an antique building with several floors, and the Immortal Building's own place was behind it.The vermilion gate was closed tightly, and two plum blossoms protruded from the yard.

The rule of the Immortal Building is that it will not open until after five o'clock in the afternoon, and the door will not be open during the rest of the time.

There were two janitors in bunt clothes at the door. Meng Zhenlin Ruan went up to ask, saying that he wanted to see Boss Song, but the janitor refused and asked them to come back at night.

"We're not here to listen to the show," Meng Zhen said, "We're here to find someone, Song Shuangqi, Boss Song."

The gatekeeper got a little impatient, "Why don't you come to Liyuan if you don't listen to the play, go quickly."

Meng Zhen Lin Ruan left resentfully, Lin Ruan asked: "So we have to buy theater tickets if we want to go in."

"Impossible." Meng Zhen didn't listen to plays very much, and he was brought by his family when he came here, so he didn't pay attention to these things.The same is true for Lin Ruan, the two of them have too little life experience.

The two discussed for a while without any result, so they had to go back to school first and come back when the pear garden opened in the afternoon.

Meng Zhen was really uncomfortable holding that small box. He said to Lin Ruan, "I'm really guilty of holding these things. I always feel that I can lose them in a blink of an eye."

Lin Ruan said helplessly: "Then what should we do? Why don't you bear with it, and I'll send this thing out this afternoon anyway."

"Otherwise, let's put it in your place first, you are careful, and you will definitely not lose it." Meng Zhen pursed his mouth, so pitiful.

"Okay." Lin Ruan said: "Let me here first, we are all in the same classroom, the two of us are looking at a small box, we will not lose it."

It was overcast and gloomy until noon. After two days of warming up, the head became cold again. There was an unexpected burst of rain and sleet. It was damp and cold, making people shiver with cold.

Lin Ruan went out for a while, and when she returned to the classroom, she saw a commotion inside.Meng Zhen was arguing with Li Mingwen because Li Mingwen poured water on Lin Ruan's table.

There are still some students around to try to persuade the fight, making a lot of noise, as if something serious has happened.

Lin Ruan hurried in and looked inside, both of them were blushing from arguing, their necks were thick, and they wanted to do something.

Li Mingwen was not as good as Meng Zhen, so Lin Ruan heard Meng Zhen say: "You are just jealous that Lin Ruan is better than you, and Lin Ruan's homework is better than yours! You even pour water on his homework, children don't do that anymore , you don't feel ashamed to panic!"

Li Mingwen's face turned purple with anger, and he reached out to push Meng Zhen.Lin Ruan hurried forward to stop her, and the students around her also stopped her.Li Mingwen made a move, and Meng Zhen would definitely fight back. A crowd of people crowded together and almost fell out.

With a bang, Lin Ruan's table was knocked down in the chaos, and the loud sound made these people stop temporarily.

Lin Ruan and Meng Zhen thought of something at the same time, and their expressions changed instantly.Lin Ruan pushed away the crowd and found the small box beside the table. The small box was smashed open, the pearl collar and ring were fine, and the jade bracelet was broken into three pieces.

Lin Ruan looked at Meng Zhen, who turned pale.

The onlookers also saw the shattered jade bracelet. Someone called Meng Zhen in a low voice. Meng Zhen raised his head and looked at Li Mingwen viciously.

Li Mingwen's face also turned pale, he knew he couldn't afford to pay for the broken item.Although the surrounding students are all from good families, none of them can spend such a large sum of money all at once.

Li Mingwen supported the corner of the table, feeling like the sky was falling.

Holding the broken bracelet, Meng Zhen was on the verge of crying, "If my family members find out about this, they will beat me to death!"

"Don't worry." Lin Ruan thought for a while, and said, "Let's ask someone first to see if this bracelet can be repaired, or is this bracelet not very expensive? We can buy another similar one."

Both Lin Ruan and Meng Zhen didn't know how much the jadeite bracelet cost. They hoped that the jadeite bracelet would not be too expensive, so they might be able to get it together.

After school, Lin Ruan took Meng Zhen to Mingyuzhai, a store specializing in jade. They asked the boss if the bracelet could still be repaired.

The boss shook his head and said there was no need to repair it.

Lin Ruan glanced at Meng Zhen and saw the tension in his eyes.Lin Ruan asked again if there were any bracelets similar to this one.

The boss showed them a few bracelets and said, "The quality of the bracelets in your hand can only be considered medium. I have a few similar ones here."

Lin Ruan and Meng Zhen stepped forward to look, and it was indeed similar to a broken bracelet. At least from the two of them, they didn't see any difference.

"Boss, how much is this bracelet?" Meng Zhen asked.

The boss said 800 yuan ocean.

Lin Ruan and Meng Zhen looked at each other, seeing poverty in each other's eyes.

The two of them left Mingyuzhai dejectedly, Meng Zhen's eyes were red, and he almost cried while hugging Lin Ruan.

Lin Ruan comforted Meng Zhen with a few words, but she was very powerless. What is the concept of 800 Yuan Dayang? Lin Ruan is only 20 Yuan a month, half of which is enough for the family's daily life for Lin's father and Lin's mother. 800 yuan is enough for a family to live for six or seven years.Even in Meng Zhen's family, 800 yuan is not a small sum.

He picked up the fragments of the bracelet again and looked at the gray sky for a while. Through the green bracelet, the sky also became green.Lin Ruan suddenly thought of something, and said, "I may have a solution."

Meng Zhen looked at Lin Ruan, Lin Ruan took the fragments into his hands, made up his mind, and pulled Meng Zhen to run in one direction.

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