Chapter 40: Visiting the Garden
If it is said that Shangshu Mansion has the elegance of rich and noble literati, then this general's mansion has the toughness of iron-blooded soldiers. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
There are very few flowers and plants in the whole house, most of them are mountains and rocks and trees.
Bai Qiyu and the three of them were accompanied by a maid named Mu Dan to visit the garden.
She didn't see the eldest sister she had never met, because she was still asleep, and the eldest sister's maid named Mu Rong seemed to have something to say to Madame Bai, and she didn't want the three of them to hear, so Madame Bai naturally supported them to go out to visit the garden.
That's fine, so as not to sit there stupidly and die of boredom.
Because of the lady's birthday banquet, all the women who came to the house were women, so from time to time you could meet women in the garden.
Although I don't know each other, the number of etiquette is indispensable, and I have to squat down and bow from time to time.
After a while, several people felt tired.
Bai Liuyun was a little irritable and shook the handkerchief, "Fourth sister, I can't walk anymore." ”
Between the words, he walked towards the pavilion covered by a few red maples.
Bai Qiyu couldn't help but sigh with his forehead, this Bai Liuyun is really brainless!
Bai Shihua glanced at the pavilion where laughter came from not far away, and realized that Princess Shunping was drinking tea in that pavilion.
She was anxious.
A sneer appeared at the corner of her mouth, Bai Shihua looked at Bai Qiyu, "What's the matter, Seventh Sister, don't you want to take a break?"
"I don't feel tired, if the fourth sister is tired, I will go to the pavilion with the sixth sister to sit down, the garden scenery is good, I want to walk again, it is rare to come once, so as not to live up." ”
smiled Yingying's words, which can be regarded as showing her attitude.
Bai Shihua instantly glanced at Bai Qiyu with a foolish eye, and said with a slight smugness, "Then the seventh sister should take a closer look at the scenery." ”
The maid named Mu Dan called a little maid named Zhixiu to accompany Bai Qiyu around the garden, and he hurriedly followed Bai Shihua, who had already gone away, and left.
Almost rushed to the pavilion with his front and back feet, with such two sisters, Bai Qiyu was really helpless.
I walked along the bluestone paved path and chatted with the little maid beside me.
"You're also on duty in the General's wife's house?"
The maid looked like she was ten years old, and she looked ordinary, but she had big black eyes, and she looked very smart.
The voice that opened his mouth was crisp and pleasant, "The slave maid does not have the blessing to serve the lady, the slave maid is sprinkled and swept in this garden." ”
Further on, it is almost time to reach Mrs. Tai's banquet room, do you want to go to Xu Suxin? Bai Qiyu glanced at the people coming and going in front of him, hesitated for a moment, and then raised his feet and turned onto the corridor.
It's just that today is inconvenient, so let's change the day.
Then he said in an envious tone, "Mrs. Tai is a scattered student, and there are so many powerful people in the DPRK and China to celebrate, it's really lively!"
Seeing that she didn't have a bit of a young lady's temper and spoke casually, Zhixiu couldn't help but let go a little, and said with a smile, "Even if our lady doesn't hold a birthday banquet, the birthday gifts of those powerful families will definitely not fall." ”
Bai Qiyu nodded and said, "The martial arts family has guarded the frontier for generations and served the imperial court, so it is natural for Mrs. Tai to be respected. ”
Zhixiu shook his head and said, "Of course, it's not just because of this, our Mrs. Tai also went to the battlefield to kill the enemy, and she also made a lot of contributions, and was also named 'Mighty Lady' by the emperor!"
This is a surprising thing, no wonder when I saw Mrs. Tai, I always felt that she had an unusual killing momentum, but it turned out that she had been sharpened on the battlefield.
remembered that she had told Wen Ying before that women in some places could go to the battlefield and charge into battle and ride horses to kill the enemy, which made her envious, but she didn't expect Mrs. Tai to be such a woman!
But to her surprise, Wen Ying didn't know about such a thing, but what about Madame Bai?
Thinking about it, Bai Qiyu couldn't help but shake his head and laugh, do you know what's the matter...... Anyway, just marry your daughter in.
His mind turned slightly, and he said, "The General's Mansion is now a double happiness, the eldest sister is really a blessing!"
Zhixiu nodded with a smile and said, "The slave also feels that Madame is very blessed, not only the general treats her very well, but Mrs. Tai also treats her as a daughter, and now that she has a body, Madame Tai has to come to see her almost every day, even if she doesn't come, she will definitely send Mother Liu to come -- oh, Mama Liu is Mrs. Tai's personal service, and she is an old man in the house." ”
Bai Qiyu was surprised, it seemed that Bai Yuanchun's position in this mansion was different from what he imagined!
What about Madame White?
While Bai Qiyu was thinking, the two of them had already walked to the edge of the lake with green willows like a curtain, and at a glance, many pointed lotus leaves appeared on the surface of the lake.
"This is actually a lotus pond, it must be beautiful in summer!" Bai Qiyu couldn't help but praise.
Zhixiu, who had been chatting with Bai Qiyu, suddenly woke up and said urgently, "Oh no, why did you get here?"
It turned out to be quite annoyed.
Bai Qiyu was stunned, "Here...... Is there something wrong?"
But seeing that Zhixiu was a little embarrassed, he frowned and said, "This Jade Fuyuan is the favorite scenery of the former general's wife, next to the garden of the eldest young master, outsiders are not allowed to come in on weekdays......"
The eldest young master, it's the twelve-year-old eldest son of the general, Wu Hao, right?
Zhixiu said, cautiously glanced around, and saw that there was no one, and couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and then looked at Bai Qiyu with pleading eyes.
Without waiting for her to speak, Bai Qiyu smiled and said, "Since outsiders are not allowed to come, it is inconvenient for me to stay, so let's go back, I think the eldest sister should also wake up." ”
Zhixiu smiled at her gratefully, and accompanied her back along the road she had come from.
But I never thought that the more I didn't want to bump into anyone, the more I bumped into whom.
Bai Qiyu looked at the brocade-clothed young man who was walking in front of him at this time, and couldn't help but have a bad premonition, and when he turned his head and saw Zhixiu pouting the corners of his mouth and about to cry, he already knew it in his heart.
Right now, there was no way to hide, Bai Qiyu had no choice but to stop, but Zhixiu didn't stop, took two steps forward, and saluted the young man, that is, the eldest young master of the General's Mansion, and his voice trembled nervously.
Wu Hao also ignored Zhixiu, and glared at Bai Qiyu with a cold face, "Who allowed you to enter the Jade Fu Garden without permission?"
This little ghost!
Bai Qiyu looked at him with a tense face and looked like a little adult, he couldn't help but slightly curl the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile, "You are Wu Hao?"
The little guy was obviously stunned, obviously not expecting the woman to answer him, but to ask him.
Looking at the woman in front of him who was the same age as him talking to him with a smile, her delicate face was bright and bright, with a bit of agility, not at all like the ladies who were polite and polite to see on weekdays, and she couldn't help but be a little curious, and her face also showed a trace of curiosity.
Ignoring her question, he wondered, "Who are you?"
Bai Qiyu smiled and said, "I'm here to celebrate your grandmother's birthday, I came out for a walk, but I didn't want to get lost, and I met this little girl, so I asked her to show me the way." ”
He was not answered.
Zhixiu on the side quickly raised her head and glanced at her gratefully.
Wu Hao nodded and didn't ask, but said to Zhixiu, "Since you led the way for this young lady, how did you come to Yufu Garden?"
Bai Qiyu rolled his eyes in his heart, this little guy is still holding on to this question!
"It's me. Bai Qiyu smiled and said, "I saw that the weeping willows on the shore of the lake were very poetic, so I couldn't help but get up and walk in to take a look, but I got lost, and I saw this little maid walking outside the corridor from a distance, so I called her to lead me out......"
Then he wondered, "Why? Isn't this Jade Fuyuan connected to the back garden? Can't you come?"
When the little guy heard this, it was like lighting a cannonball, and he exploded almost instantly, glaring at him with wide eyes, "Of course not! How can you, an outsider, be so rude to trespass around?"
Bai Qiyu ignored his anger, stepped forward and raised his hand to pat the head of Wu Hao, who was half a head taller than her, and said with a smile, "You little ghost, is it polite for you to treat guests like this?"
Wu Hao was dumbfounded, he was actually called a little ghost? Who is this woman? Not as tall as him, he actually slapped his head...... Where is there a little bit of everyone's beautiful look!
Dealing with this kind of little fart, Bai Qiyu said that there was no pressure at all.
Glancing at the little guy who seemed to be distracted, Bai Qiyu clapped his hands and sighed, "That's it, since I'm not welcome here, then I'd better go and sit with Mrs. Tai." ”
Turning around and raising his feet to leave, Zhixiu hesitated to follow.
"The eldest young master......"
Wu Hao frowned, and when the words came to his lips, he changed his words, "Young Master Ben is not an unreasonable person, since he is here, let's enjoy it." ”
The corners of Bai Qiyu's mouth lifted lightly, and he smiled happily, "Then it's bothering." ”
Walking along the willow bank to the pavilion in the middle of the lake, the maid was instructed to prepare refreshments.
Bai Qiyu suddenly chuckled, "Speaking of which, I am also your elder." But he guessed what would happen if he knew who he was.
Wu Hao raised his eyebrows slightly, obviously not believing it.
"My surname is Bai, and I am the seventh in the family, called Bai Qiyu. ”
Zhixiu and the maid who was accompanying Wu Hao suddenly looked at Wu Hao with nervous expressions.
Unexpectedly, Wu Hao just turned his head to look at her, "Bai family, are you the sister of your mother's mother's family?"
Is it natural to call Bai Yuanchun "mother"? It seems that the relationship is not bad.
Bai Qiyu smiled and nodded, "So, you should call me Aunt Seven." ”
The little guy turned his head slightly awkwardly and pretended not to hear, but instructed the maid beside him, "Go to my mother and say, I will accompany Aunt Seven to visit Yufu Garden, leave her for lunch, and I won't go to the birthday banquet." ”
Mrs. Tai's birthday banquet, all the women who came, didn't say a few words, it would be about the marriage, Bai Qiyu was bothered, but he was solved by a word, and he was naturally happy to arrange it like this at the moment.
Although Wu Hao was still expressionless, he no longer had the cold hostility he had before.
Bai Qiyu was suddenly very curious about why Wu Hao could treat Bai Yuanchun so close to nature, she thought so, and asked so.
Wu Hao glanced at her lightly, "It seems that Aunt Seven doesn't know her mother...... When my mother first came in, I was only seven years old...... I was also estranged from her and didn't like her, but the first time I was alone with her, she asked me ......"
Wu Hao said unconsciously smiled slightly, at that time, his mother had been in the house for a few months, and he had never called her, nor had he ever said a word to her, and then he met her in the garden, she made snacks for herself, made a fruit bowl, he didn't speak, she smiled faintly, and only asked, "Brother Hao, do you remember your mother?"
He looked up at her in astonishment, only to see her big clear eyes looking at him, indescribably clear.
She said, "Brother Hao is also a little man, how can you forget your mother? Your mother, although she has left you, she should live in your heart forever......
She said, "You were not born to me, so naturally you don't need to call me my mother, but you are the eldest young master of the General's Mansion, you must understand etiquette and etiquette, and in the future, you will call me a mother......
She said, "I'm just helping your mother take care of you and your father, so you don't have to think that I am taking her place, she will always be your mother, the mistress of the General's Mansion, and no one can replace ......."
Bai Qiyu was very surprised, she really didn't expect that Bai Yuanchun was such a woman, according to Mrs. Bai's temperament, her daughter Bai Yuanchun shouldn't be extremely disgusted with Wu Hao, and she couldn't wait to replace her with her own son as soon as possible?
Bai Qiyu suddenly became very curious about this eldest sister whom he had never met......