Chapter 005: Cangzhou
Lu Shuo was excited all night, and the big ship that had been traveling for six or seven days finally docked. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoAfter breakfast, Lu Shuo was held by his mother-in-law and stood on the bow of the boat, looking at the large and small boats dotted around, densely covering the entire wharf, Lu Shuo couldn't help but sigh for the convenient water transportation formed by the canal in the west of Cangzhou. The two sides of the arc-shaped wharf are full of small stalls, most of them sell food, the crowd is bustling, and there are boatmen, short-term workers and so on in clusters doing odd jobs, the lively market scene on the "Qingming Riverside Map" is presented in front of you, which is very different from the solemnity of the Beijing Division. Lu Shuo once again sighed at the prosperity of Cangzhou.
Finally berthed the boat, there were a lot of people standing on the dock dressed as small stewards, all stretched out their heads to look at the boat, Lu Shuo saw at a glance the white steward who came together and went ashore in advance, and was thinking about whether it was appropriate for him to wave and shout on the dock as a famous son, the white steward had already led a ticket of people to rush to the Yuan family first, and first respectfully greeted the Yuan family, and did not say more, led everyone to sit in the carriage prepared in advance, Yuan's, Lu Shuo, and the nurse hugged Lu Shunying, Two big maids Coral and Jade, several mothers and two other big maids, a few little maids and two mothers-in-law, followed by three or four carriages loaded with the remaining cages, a group of people under the escort of the stewards and servants drove to the Cangzhou Zhizhou Mansion.
Lu Shuo was really curious about the streets and markets in ancient times, the shouting and bargaining voices outside kept coming, as well as the aroma of various unknown foods, Lu Shuo's heart was tickling, but thinking that this was in ancient times, a carload of female dependents, he didn't dare to lift the curtain and look out.
Yuan Shi saw him moving around, like a nail under his buttocks, knowing that he wanted to look out, he wanted to lift the curtain, but he couldn't help but want to tease him, deliberately patted Lu Shuo's back, and scolded with a smile: "You monkey, you have teeth on the couch, so you can't sit still for a quarter of an hour?"
Jade covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and said with a funny smile: "There is a peach hook of the Queen Mother outside, my brother can't sit still!"
Several of the ladies in the carriage laughed as they ate, and the atmosphere in the carriage became more lively. Only the little Lu Shunying stretched her neck, and her tender little fleshy face moved around, looking at this and that, tangled her eyebrows, and was dazed.
Lu Shuo was embarrassed, and his face flushed with shame, but he was not laughed at by them, but thought of it in hindsight, he was also a person who had lived for nearly 20 years, how could he really become a child since he became a little Lu Shuo? Even if he was sleepy for a few months ago, after all, it was normal to be a child's body, why did his thoughts and behaviors become more and more childish unconsciously? Could it be that the reason for his body transformation caused him to be like this? Thinking of the reason he guessed, Lu Shuo couldn't help but make up a terrible scene in his brain, a few years later, he became a man with chest hair and sweaty sweat, drinking wine in a big bowl, eating meat, fox friends and dog friends walking everywhere, a little red on the left hand, a small cui on the right hand, three wives and four concubines, and a group of children......
Lu Shuo was a little frightened by himself. Although he happily accepted the fact that he was a boy at the beginning, and spent a few months convincing himself to conform to God's arrangement, and in the future, he honestly walked the road of eunuchs, married a wife and had children, and spent his life in peace, but he still couldn't accept the picture of his brain.
Lu Shuo, an older child, forgot that his father and mother were both scholars.
Coral is a good and empathetic maid. Seeing Lu Shuo's blushing face, he thought it was a child's tender face, and he was embarrassed to laugh, so he hurriedly hugged Lu Shuo and walked to the window on the left side and sat down, gently lifted the corner of the curtain, and Lu Shuo easily saw the world outside the carriage.
The wide streets are paved with smooth and neat bluestone slabs, and the buildings built along the street line on both sides of the avenue are mostly two-story wooden houses, and there are a few three-story buildings scattered in between, and most of the signboards are restaurants. On both sides of the bluestone road, there are some lively stalls, selling baked cakes, pastries, sugar water, sugar gourds, and selling purse beads, cloth and silk flowers...... There are a lot of pedestrians, but they are all self-defeating to give way to the carriage, and the officials are crushed to death, and the common people dare not provoke the officials who ride horses and sit in sedan chairs.
is about to reunite with Lu Yun, a family of four and a beautiful life, thinking of this Yuan family is in a good mood, seeing Lu Shuo is still looking out through the curtain, stroking Lu Shuo's hair, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, there will be a long time in Cangzhou in the future, enough for you monkey to see Cangzhou enough, I won't allow you to stay in the house when the time comes." ”
Lu Shuo felt embarrassed to get up, feeling that he was living like Grandma Liu who had entered the Grand View Garden, looking at everything strange, so he simply pretended to be a child, and threw himself into Yuan's arms, refusing to get up again, who made himself still young now? Lu Shuo thought like this, and the ladies laughed again.
While everyone in the car was talking and laughing, the carriage drove into a quiet alley safely, and Lu Fu was already in front of him. The main gate is wide open, and there is a plaque hanging in the center, with the book "Creating the Zhizhou Mansion", and a majestic stone lion stands on both sides of the steps. The carriage drove in from the gate, passed the Yi Gate, and stopped at the Neiyi Gate, and the maids and women who arrived at the house first were already waiting here to greet them, first saluted the Yuan family and others, and then hugged them into the inner house.
The inner house is divided into three equal places, a large courtyard in the middle, there is a rockery and a small pond on the east side is a garden, and there are several small courtyards scattered on the west side. Lu Shuo was hugged by his mother-in-law, and followed Yuan into the main courtyard, seeing this square and typical northern courtyard, scattered and scattered, Lu Shuo, who had also seen many ancient buildings in his previous life, couldn't help but be impressed by these exquisite and atmospheric craftsmanship.
The mother-in-law carried Lu Shuo into the main room and put it on the Luohan bed in the west room, and a maid had already come in with toiletries, and opened the cage, and the jade and zhuyi waited for Yuan and Lu Shuo to change clothes and wash, and when everything was done, the maids served fragrant tea again, and everyone was relieved.
Lu Shuo had already recovered from the excitement just now, after all, he was only a body less than five years old, and it was really tiring to run around like this, and Lu Shuo hated to have to spread out on the Luohan bed with his manners.
Yuan had already asked the nurse to take Lu Shunying to rest, seeing that Lu Shuo was also looking sad, he no longer had the spirit just now, he pitied his young age, so he asked Zhu Yi to lead him to the big bed behind the pear blossom cabinet to rest, but Lu Shuo didn't want to go, and learned that Yuan leaned on the big welcome pillow and sighed comfortably.
Lu Yun hasn't come back yet, he doesn't want to go to sleep now!
Lu Shuo ran down to Yuan's side, leaned on her lap, and said crisply: "Mother, wait for my father, Brother Shuo'er will sleep when he sees his father." ”
Yuan was very pleased, and no longer insisted, hugged him and sat beside him, and fed him snacks with a clean handkerchief.
The plum blossom eight treasure box is full of all kinds of dim sum, rose candy, pine nut rice dumpling candy, jujube skin horseshoe rolls, chestnut cakes...... Lu Shuo ate two snacks with Yuan's hand, felt very delicious, and also took a Bazhen cake and handed it to Yuan's mouth.
Yuan smiled and ate.
"I thought you should be idle now, but you two are eating well in the house. The upright male voice came unhurriedly.
"Sir. The maids and mothers saluted in unison.
Lu Yun strode in, wearing a stone blue spring shirt embroidered with green bamboo, slender figure, tall as bamboo, thick eyebrows and high nose, and narrow eyes with a smile.
What an elegant and beautiful middle-aged man!