Chapter 49: The Wind Rises
The tenant farmer couple cleaned up the main house and vacated it for Qin Yijin, and Qin Yudu rested in the side house next to him. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Before, Qin Shen said that he would stay at the inn in the county, but he was afraid that Qin Yudui would not be happy and would not agree, but now this place can't even compare to the inn. But Qin Yudui didn't squeak, and the two maids didn't dare to say anything, and they did their own things with their heads stuffed.
Shuque brought the bedding from the carriage to make the bed, and Shudan waited for Qin Yuwan to spread, sighing, "In this world, the down-and-out people are not as good as the farmers who can carry rice on their shoulders. ”
"That's not it." Shuque twisted the corners of the quilt, patted it and said, "Haven't you counted the number of people in Kyoto last year, the highest in the past." Now every family wants to come up with a scholar to shine on the lintel, and Xiucai is crawling everywhere, which is not worth it. ”
Qin Yudui said slowly, "Although I am down, but people have their own spirits, so we can't talk about it." ”
Shuque stuck out his tongue and said another thing, "The abacus crackled, and the carriage ran well, and there was no problem along the way, but after stopping for a while, I went to get a cloak and fell apart, and the cloak I took was so heavy?" I asked the second room to see such a big joke, but fortunately, I still talked about face, and picked a time when there were no passers-by in the wilderness. ”
Shudan reprimanded her in a low voice, and her voice became quieter and quieter, and she couldn't hear it.
The yard is not big, the three of them gossiped before, Lian Jing sat on the kitchen stove and heard it clearly, and the steward next to him stroked his beard awkwardly and talked, "Dare to ask where Mr. is from?" ”
Lian Jing was stained with Qin Yijin's light to sit on a low stake in front of this stove, so he naturally wouldn't brush the face of the manager, "When I was young in my ancestral hometown of Liaodong Mansion, I studied in Kyoto, and listening to the young master and girl speak, it seems to be an authentic Jilu official dialect." ”
It's not nonsense, Lian Jing's ancestral home is Liaodong Mansion.
The steward smiled, "Yes, the young master and the girl grew up in Kyoto and can only speak Jilu dialect. But speaking of which, the eldest lady of our house is the same as your township. ”
Even raised his eyes, Daqi can only be called Mrs. if he has an order, and those two young masters and girls speak Beijing, could it be that it is the heir of a Beijing official?
Lian Jing said, "I'm only in the county below Liaodong Mansion, and my wife is not a prominent person in Liaodong Mansion, so I can't talk about it with my wife." ”
Daqi was already courteous to the scholars, and Lian Jing was so humble, the steward smiled heartily, "Zuo is just a prefect in charge, speaking of our eldest lady's maiden Feng Mansion, the people in your county should also know." ”
Feng Mansion? How many Feng mansions are there in this place of Liaodong Mansion? Also married to a Beijing official? Lian Jing was stunned for a moment, and suddenly his heart became excited, and he pressed his face and said, "What did the steward say, but Feng Hushu was in the house?" ”
The steward said in a loud voice, "Yes, yes." ”
Lian Jing suddenly asked, "Dare to ask, is that girl a township gentleman?" I thought it was just an ordinary girl from a family who didn't care, if it was really a countryman, with a grade, it would be disrespectful to refuse and be rude! ”
He rashly mentioned the three girls, and the steward was just dissatisfied, knowing that he was concerned about the fact that he had not saluted the three girls in person, and smiled with relief, waved his hand and said, "Mr. doesn't have to be rigid, the countryman has a calm temperament, and he will not blame Mr." ”
Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves, which was heard clearly from far and near, interrupted the conversation. The steward pushed the door out to check, and ran into Qin Zhuo head-on, and even Jing Yibu tended to follow behind the two.
Shu Dan also heard the movement, and as soon as he raised his feet and went out, he saw Lian Jing fleeing into the kitchen in a hurry and disorder, and hurriedly reported to Qin Yudui.
Qin Yudui pondered for a moment, but sat still and did not move.
In the past, Qin Yijin ignored these, but now with Qin Yudu, there was always a string in his mind, he turned around twice, and Qin Shen, who was lying on the door panel in the corner of the house, persuaded, "The steward is guarding outside the courtyard, and nothing can happen." ”
After a while, Qin Zhuo rushed in with his front foot and said with his back foot, "It's the catchers in the county's fast class, who went out to get people and came back to fight here." The official road does not go, but wears it from the village, and these trappers are really arrogant. ”
"Take people?" Qin Yijin sat down with a sigh of relief and asked casually, "Is there a case?" ”
Qin Zhuo shook his head, "I don't know, the steward is talking to the team leader outside, and I listened to two sentences, as if I was catching some homeless people." ”
The tenant farmer and his wife stood hand in hand with their hands and feet, and listened carefully, and the two of them broke out in a cold sweat and muttered in their hearts.
The steward frowned and shook his wrist to hurry up, "There are nobles resting in the courtyard, don't make noise here." ”
The head of the team knows good things, and the satin worn by this steward is sold for twenty taels and one horses in the cloth shop in the county, and his mother-in-law said to the shopkeeper a good meal a few years ago, and bought half a horse for eight taels of silver, and made him a short dress for the New Year.
The head of the squad nodded and sneered, "Yes, yes, now the homeless people are running around, pickpocketing and brawling everywhere, and the little ones are also afraid that the homeless people will hide in the village and cause trouble, so they will not bump into the nobles, so they will go here and now." ”
The head of the squad came on horseback, and the steward watched it, but he didn't dare to get on the horse, and after making a lot of work, he took the reins of the horse and tiptoed forward, when the woman suddenly said eagerly, "The road in the village is slippery and difficult to walk, and the head of the house, you can make a lantern and send it to the official." ”
The tenant farmer groaned, removed the lantern pole stuck in the window, and went into the kitchen to light the lamp. The tenant farmer glanced apprehensively at Lian Jing, and when he stared at the burning firewood without reacting, he went out of the house.
The head of the team secretly annoyed himself, and it was not easy to show it, "This road is often walked, but there is no need to send each other." ”
The woman answered, "The officials have worked hard day and night, and we have to repay the favor." ”
The faces of the couple were very strange in the light of the lantern from the bottom up. The head of the team seemed to have an epiphany, sank his eyebrows and no longer refused, and let the tenant farmer take a few steps forward to lead the way.
When the man had gone far away, the woman did not go back to the wood house, but sat down in the kitchen with the embroidered basket, and gathered the soles of her shoes in the firelight, while laughing with the steward.
Lian Jing sat for a while, stood up, and the woman got up almost at the same time, almost overturned the embroidered basket at her feet, and stopped, "Where are you going?" ”
Lian Jing's face was as pale as frost, and his tone carried a sharp edge that he had not yet noticed, "Out of Gong!" ”
The woman's posture was a little unrelenting, and the steward glanced at Lian Jing, thought for a moment, and said, "I'll go with my husband." ”
Even Jing was very confused, and he didn't even have the mind to thank him politely, he subconsciously put on his belt with his left hand, and stepped out of the door with his right hand with the corner of his robe.
The two of them were silent, and when they passed by the door of the side house, Shuque suddenly leaned out and beckoned to the steward, "Uncle Yan, this woman is lazy, and the water that has been in the water tank for a few days has been hit, and it is full of gravel, and it has marked the bottom of the silver basin we have brought. ”
The woman scratched her cheeks and ears and walked out, half swallowing and half spitting, "It's really slippery at night, and the head of the house has gone out again, and I am the only woman in the family, and I have only the grievances of my aunt ......."
She couldn't go on, because the people standing inside and outside the courtyard looked at her like ants.
Only then did the woman realize her situation and status, her legs trembled, and she bowed her knees in a hurry, "The woman is going to fetch new water!" As he spoke, he carried the bucket in the dark and walked briskly.
Shuque then looked at Lian Jing meaningfully, and handed over a purse, "The girl likes to be pure, and she doesn't want to be with outsiders. ”
Lian Jing lowered his head and typed the manuscript in his stomach, then swept his eyes behind Shuque, gritted his teeth and pinched his eyebrows, and groped out a jade pestuff from his dirty clothes and gave it to Shuque, "The wind is rising, look to avoid it." ”