Chapter 108: Drunken White Building
"Well," Du Caizhi nodded, and said, "Except for our Tu family and the academy, there are all farmhouses in this area. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoWhere can I afford a horse pulling a cart? The Tu family's horse is sick, and the only way to borrow a horse is the academy. Miss Xu is not simple, in such a short time, she can come up with this method, and arrange it properly, so that Xu Le'an can block me in the morning. ā
looked at Cui Sleeve and saw that her face was much better, Du Caizhi said again: "Sister, you listen to me." This Miss Xu is not easy to mess with, you better stay away from her. I have sinned against her for this, and I don't know what will happen. ā
Speaking of this, Cui Sleeves said worriedly: "It's all my fault, and it has affected my brother." But the eldest lady and the second lady can't get along with her, what can I do? ā
As a first-class maid beside Tu Manzhen, Cui Sleeves will always follow her. Even if she is married, she is still a dowry maid. What if Tu Manzhen is not a good master? The subordinates have no right to choose, this is a doomed fate from the day Cui Sleeve arrived in the second lady's room.
As a subordinate, even if Du Caizhi has the ability, he can't change this fate. For a while, the brother and sister were relatively speechless.
After the tea, Cui Sleeve was suddenly startled and said, "I still have to go and call back to the second lady, brother, I'll leave first!" ā
"Hey, the wound on your head ......," Du Caizhi called.
Cui Sleeves left in a hurry, leaving only a back for him, and said, "It's okay, I'll deal with it." ā
After returning to "Wen Hanju", Cui Sleeve went back to his room first, took a basin of water, and took a picture of his face. I was relieved to see that the wound was a little bruised and swollen, but it had begun to scab over. Wrung a towel and dipped it in water to gently wipe the blood away, making the wound look less hideous than before.
After putting away the towel, Cui Sleeves tidied up her dress, hurried to the door of the second lady's wing, and said, "Second miss." ā
"Come in." Tu Manzhen replied in the room.
"Second Miss Hui, the Xu family borrowed the horses from the academy this morning." She didn't want to say much about the details.
Tu Manfen listened, frowned and asked, "Who borrowed it?" ā
"It was the housekeeper of the Xu family who came to force Du Caizhi to go to the academy to borrow it." Emerald Sleeves replied with her head down.
"Borrow it from the academy?" Tu Manzhen was puzzled: "I don't know who came up with this method." ā
Tu Manfen said coldly: "Time is urgent, it must not be Miss Xu's handiwork." She didn't want to believe that Xu Wanzhen could come up with such a good method in a short period of time.
Tu Manzhen also echoed: "Yes, definitely not. Then he said to Cui Sleeve: "Cui Sleeve, you raise your head." ā
Cui Sleeve raised her head, Tu Manzhen glanced at the wound on her forehead, and said, "What's going on with this injury, you know it yourself, right?" In the past few days, you will take care of it, and don't go out and walk around to do work first. ā
Cui Sleeve bowed his head and responded: "Yes, it was the slave who accidentally hit the door frame and injured his head." ā
Seeing that she was interested, Tu Manzhen said with satisfaction: "Okay, you go down." ā
Cui Sleeve returned to her room, and the indifference and threat in Tu Manzhen's words made her eyes fill with tears of grievance. The wound hurts, but it hurts more than the heart. I entered the house at the age of seven, and I have been growing up with the second lady, and I am dedicated to the good of the second lady. But now, in exchange for what?
It's all young ladies, and Miss Xu in my brother's mouth, will she treat her maid like this?
Of course Xu Wanzhen will not, she comes from the modern era of equality between men and women. Regarding the difference between master and servant, although she is powerless to change the status quo, she will try her best to make the people around her live a better life. For her, Sang Zi is a sister who grew up together.
At this time, Xu Wan really sat in the private room of the largest restaurant in the capital, "Drunken White Building", and sat Mrs. Xu on the upper seat, next to Xu Wenyu.
It only takes half an hour for the carriage to go from "Songxi Academy" to "Anxi Gate", the northern gate of Luoyang. When I arrived, it was not yet the hour. But in the morning there were many people entering the city, and the carriage was delayed for some time, and it was not until a moment in the clock that it entered the city.
A few people went out early, didn't have breakfast, and only put some snacks on the car. Xu Wanzhen arranged in advance, and asked Xu Le'an to book a private room in the "Drunken White Building", have some meals, and rest by the way.
At this time, it is not a meal, and there are not many guests in the "Drunken White Building". Xu Le'an arrived smoothly and turned around to pick them up.
Xu Wenyu leaned on the window of the private room and looked down, and said, "Sister, you see that it is so lively outside." ā
Xu Wanzhen smiled: "This is the capital, of course it is much more lively than Suzhou." ā
Xu Le'an came in and said, "Miss Hui, I have arranged for the groom to have dinner in the back room." ā
"Well, you go and eat too." Xu Wanzhen handed over the name of Mrs. Tu to him and instructed: "After eating, take this name card to meet Lord Shaoqing of Dali Temple." Ask him to make it convenient for us to meet, and the Xu family will repay him in the future. ā
Xu Le'an respectfully accepted the name post and stepped back.
With Xu Wanzhen arranging all this, Mrs. Xu really didn't worry about everything, happily teasing Xu Wenyu, waiting for the meal to come up.
"Drunken White Building" really lives up to its reputation, even if it is not a meal at the moment, it only takes two cups of tea to cook a delicious meal and serve it to the table.
Luoyang City, as the capital of the Gaomang Dynasty, gathers delicacies from all over the world. Almost everyone who has lived here for a long time is a gourmet. In Luoyang, there is a saying that "whip eel, horseshoe turtle, eat in March and April every year", and in the middle of April, it is the time when the supply of various ingredients is strong.
To be able to open a restaurant here, the business is still so good, and the "Drunken White Building" certainly wins with taste. First on the first soup, with the carp freshly beaten in Luoshui as the main ingredient, supplemented by mountain delicacies and wild mushrooms, the soup is milky white, and the face is sprinkled with green green onions, which makes people salivate when they look at it.
Yulu served three bowls and presented them to Mrs. Xu, Xu Wanzhen, and Xu Wenyu respectively.
Mrs. Xu took a sip, closed her eyes and savored it, and said for a while: "The fragrance hangs on the lips, refreshing but not greasy." I haven't drunk it for many years, and sure enough, it still tastes like this. ā
Xu Wanzhen smiled: "It's still my grandmother's mouth, and it's the first time my granddaughter has drunk such a delicious soup." He took matters into his own hands and laid out a few pieces of chili chicken for Mrs. Xu. Luoyang's chili chicken is similar to Kung Pao chicken, with chicks cut into diced chickens, plus fresh chili peppers that are not very spicy, and a little tender bamboo shoots are added to cook and stir-fry, which is spicy but not very spicy, crispy, tender and refreshing.
Xu Wenyu didn't say a word and buried his head in eating. At the moment of food, where can I still care about talking? Seeing his eating appearance, Xu Wan couldn't help but laugh.
After a meal, the atmosphere is very good. Xu Wan said sincerely: "It turns out that it is not only desserts, but also food that can make people feel happy." When you have some time to spare, you must make a few desserts from your memory to come out, so that you can miss their taste. ā
Several people rinsed their mouths, asked Xiao Er to clean up the table, served tea and tasted tea slowly, waiting for Xu Le'an's news.
At this time, there was a sudden sound of people neighing on their horses downstairs. Xu Wenyu said: "Sister! Come and see, there are a lot of people downstairs. ā
Xu Wanzhen heard the movement, and also went to the open window on the second floor and looked down.
I saw more than a dozen knights downstairs, all dressed in fresh clothes, talking and laughing. A young man in the center of the crowd is wearing a crown of double dragons and pearl wings, a long sword with a bronze handle inlaid with a jade scabbard at his waist, and a black silk tiger with a large sword. The whole body is not complicated but extraordinarily luxurious.
As if sensing Xu Wanzhen's gaze, he looked up and saw half of his jade face and delicate jaw exposed from the window on the second floor. Although his eyebrows were hidden in the shadow behind the window, he dared to conclude that this must be a different kind of beauty, so he looked at her and grinned.
Seeing his smile, Xu Wan was really taken aback and took half a step back. (To be continued.) )