Chapter 186: Gossip and Knock Teeth
She just came to see it, just to take a look, otherwise, what else could she do at this time? Who could believe that she was not dead, but completely became another person? Except for Xiao Shi, who else would believe it?
The two maids followed their master and shook out of the street in a daze, they just cared about chasing the eldest lady, where they still remember the road, they can only go where the master goes, they will go. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Bai Chenghuan didn't go back the same way, turned several corners again, and walked a long way, until the soles of the two maids' feet hurt a little, and then stopped.
This is a narrow alleyway, but it is different from the quiet and deserted street just now, and it is quite noisy and lively.
On the street, there are small stalls carrying burdens, selling snacks, knick-knacks, embroidery threads, rouge and gouache, just like a small market.
Bai Chenghuan walked all the way and stopped in front of a stall selling red bean cakes.
The tears on her face had been dried by the wind, and she was a little tense and uncomfortable, but she still smiled.
"Mother-in-law, bring me three pieces of red bean cake. ”
The old woman who sold red bean cakes quickly took a small shovel and scooped up three pieces of golden and steaming red bean cakes from the pans of fried red bean cakes, glanced at the three of them, and carefully wrapped the hemp paper separately and handed it over: "Girl, be careful of scalding - although it is hot this day, but this red bean cake must be eaten while it is hot, and it will not taste like this when it is cold.
"Well, sort of. ”
Bai Chenghuan took the red bean cake, endured the faint heat in his palms, and turned around to give a piece to the two maids behind him.
Ah Hua didn't care, she was born in the countryside, and the eldest lady bought them something delicious, so she happily accepted it, but Shao Hui was a little hesitant to hold a round piece of red bean cake.
"Miss, do you like to eat this red bean cake?"
Who knows if the things bought at the wild stalls on the street are clean......
Bai Chenghuan nodded: "Yes, I like to eat." ”
After speaking, I didn't care if the red bean cake was hot or not, and I took a bite when I held it to my mouth.
Shao Hui didn't say anything more, and hurriedly handed over a few pennies.
The old woman was like a fairy, smiled and took the three pennies over, and said to Shao Hui: "Girl, don't be afraid that my red bean cake is not clean, the business we do in Houfu, it is rare for cars and horses to enter and exit in this small alley, and there is not so much dust outside! In the past, the young lady of Houfu also liked to eat my red bean cake, but it was pitiful......
Speaking of this, the smile on the old woman's face was gone: "What a beautiful little girl in the past, if you say no, it will be gone." ”
I used to feel sweet and greasy red bean cake in my mouth, but suddenly I felt bitter.
Bai Chenghuan took a few steps to the side and sat down on a big stone by the wall.
The back door of the Houfu is still such a small one, but it bustles this small alley.
Yes, most of all the people who do small business here are engaged in the business of hundreds of servants and servants in this Weibei Houfu. This is the closest to the Houfu, and the things are complete, and the maids and maids in the families of the nobles in this area also like to come here to buy a snack nearby, rouge or something, but it is very convenient.
My mother also knows about this small alley, but the back door of the Houfu is often walked by people, and in the final analysis, it is also kind-hearted, and I don't want to cut off the livelihood of these people, so I let these people set up stalls here, only a few more people watched, and the faces couldn't get in.
In the past, she was curious, and once with her eldest sister, she avoided the strict upbringing of her grandmother, slipped out of the back door, and bought all kinds of snacks to eat, red bean cakes, sugar people, and rock sugar gourds in winter, she always felt so delicious, and was repeatedly discovered by her grandmother, teaching that the food here was not clean, but she was happy to find an opportunity to sneak out.
She is familiar with the small stall vendors here, and the small stall vendors here are also familiar with the various movements of Houfu.
After a while, sure enough, the corner door opened, and the two little maids who had just kept their heads came out with a grandmother.
The grandmother looked very familiar, but Bai Chenghuan couldn't quite remember which one it was, there were so many people in the house, and there were few who could often show their faces in front of the master.
The grandmother didn't say much, took two little girls and picked a few handfuls of silk threads on the stall, and went back.
Bai Chenghuan finished eating the red bean cake in his hand, took the handkerchief handed over by Shao Hui and wiped his hands, and began to chat with the old woman on the side.
"Mother-in-law, I remember that in the summer here, there was an uncle who sold sour plum soup, but now why is he gone?"
The old woman glanced at her and sighed: "I thought the girl was the first time to come to us, it seems that she has been here before?" The one who sells sour plum soup is the old man Wu from the east of the city, but unfortunately the old man Wu accidentally got a cold during the spring season this year, and he never got up again when he fell ill...... Man, this is a blessing and a curse, and no one can say what will happen tomorrow. ”
"That's pathetic...... I passed by here before, and I drank that uncle's sour plum soup, and it tasted excellent......" Bai Chenghuan nodded and said, looking at the high wall of Weibei Houfu, and his tone was envious: "Then whose mansion is this?" ”
"This is Weibei Houfu, this is not magnificent, if the girl goes to see the gate, it is magnificent, but ordinary people can't get close, it's not as lively here." ”
"Houfu, no wonder it looks so magnificent...... By the way, mother-in-law, I remember that there was a queen in Houfu, and now, isn't this Houfu richer?"
You and I started talking one by one, and the old woman was idle for a while, so she continued to say: "Hey, wealth is wealth, but the current luck of this Houfu is really not good...... The queen of his family, that is really true, is the third lady who bought my red bean cake in the past, a beautiful woman with flowers, but unfortunately entered the palace, that night was gone, a few days later, the prince of Houfu was also demoted to the border, at that time, the whole of Houfu was sad and sad, and the business on this street was very deserted......"
"What about the marquis and his wife? how sad should they be when the white-haired people send the black-haired people......" Bai Chenghuan's arms hugged his shoulders tightly, and his eyes looked at the sky flickeringly, as if he could see the sad and heartbroken appearance of his father and mother.
"But no, it's like the sky is falling in anyone's house, no, Mrs. Hou was too sad and fell ill immediately......"
"Is it serious?" Bai Chenghuan only felt that his heart was crumbled.
The mother-in-law didn't mind her words being interrupted, and then said: "It is estimated that it is very serious, I heard that the imperial doctors are running to the Houfu every day, and then they finally got better with the blessing of the emperor, but a few days ago, this lady just happened, and the Hou Ye was beaten with a court rod in the palace again, you see, this business has disappeared immediately in the past few days......
"Why are you being scepter?"
Bai Chenghuan's eyes darkened, and he suddenly stood up, Xiao Shaoyun is crazy?
"We don't know about this...... the old woman turned over the red bean cake on the pan, and looked sad: "But this capital has not been peaceful recently, and there are still people who have been punished by the nine clans!"
"Zhu Jiu Clan?!" This time it was not only Bai Chenghuan, but even Shao Hui was surprised. (To be continued.) )