Chapter 51: Winter Hunting
The weather has been cold these days, and the winter solstice has passed, and the trees in the yard have all become bare, and occasionally a few unknown birds have flown over the branches and chirped a few times. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoThere are only plum blossoms in the plum blossom forest, which bloom beautifully.
Seeing that the end of the year was approaching, Wan Yao held the stove in her hand and sat in an attic secretly sad, this was the first time in so many years that she was alone outside for the New Year, and she couldn't help but feel a little sad.
Li'er took a thick fox fur cloak and draped it on Wan Yao's body, and sat down with her, and asked cautiously, "Isn't there anything unhappy about Miss?" ”
Wan Yao's eyes were dim, her face was full of loneliness, and she replied after a while: "We haven't been to visit our stepmother for a long time, have we?" After a while, let's go to Otsuka Zaifu's house to have a look, I want to eat his cook's food. ”
on the carriage
Wan Yao was like a scoundrel child, her body was close to Li'er, her hands wrapped around Li'er's waist, and her head leaned on Li'er's shoulder slightly, sullen along the way.
Li'er didn't know what to do, so she could only keep her back straight and let her lean more comfortably.
When the general arrived at the door of Otsuka Zaifu, Wanyao seemed to be playing a trick, the whole person became cheerful, and she smiled very happily, but the loneliness in her eyes made people feel distressed, and Li'er followed behind Wanyao, and the corners of her eyes were secretly wet a few times.
After Wan Yao happily entered the house, the girls stepped forward to take the cloak on her body, she smiled and chanted to the Yuan family to give a blessing, and then stepped forward a few steps to sit next to the Yuan family, and asked: "Mother-in-law, I see that the house seems to be very busy, and the maids are packing their luggage, is this going far away?" Then he picked up a grape and threw it into his mouth, either the fruit was in season or not sweet enough, the sour Wanyao couldn't help frowning and pursed his nose.
Yuan couldn't help but laugh when he looked at Wan Yao's appearance. With kind eyebrows, he said quietly: "In a few days, it will be the annual winter hunt, your eldest brother and second brother have to go, and then take your sisters-in-law, there is a lot of luggage, you have to prepare early." ”
Wan Yao's eyes rolled, winter hunting? Hunting in ancient times, I really haven't seen it, the kind of scene where you can shoot down the eagle in the sky with an arrow on a horse and a bow and arrow, you can think about it and feel enjoyable, if you can be like a little swallow in Zhugege, which handsome boy is shot, and then complete a beautiful marriage, wouldn't it be happy? Thinking about it, Wan Yao laughed uncontrollably. Yuan Shi sat aside, looking at Wanyao who was smiling happily, the corners of his mouth unconsciously rose, and he asked in a comfortable mood: "What is the joy of?" Laughing so happily. ”
Li'er stood behind Wan Yao, and did not forget to bump Wan Yao with her elbow, and Wan Yao realized that waking up with a smile from a daydream is probably such a scene. Thinking about it again, if you can really go to the hunting ground to see the majestic wind, it will not be in vain.
Then he straightened his face, begged the Yuan family with a smile, and said coquettishly: "Stepmother, Wanyao has heard of it, I heard that the father-in-law is a heroic man who is feared by the enemy on the battlefield, brave and good at fighting, brave and invincible, and archery is even better, Yi Ke shoots three arrows at the same time, and Wanyao knows that she shouldn't ask too much, but when she thinks that if she can see her father-in-law riding a high-headed horse, holding a bow and arrow, handsomely shooting down the prey one by one, I was so excited that I forgot to do it, stepmother, Wan Yao begs you to take me with you to the hunting grounds to see the grace of my father-in-law. ”
This paragraph happened to be listened to by Yuwen Hu, who came back from outside, Yuwen Hu stroked his white beard and laughed loudly, his face was as bright as the warm sun outside the window, he strode into the door, brushed the hem of his clothes and sat opposite the Yuan family, looked at Wan Yao, and said loudly: "A handful of old bones for my father, they are all half-buried people, how can it be so exaggerated as you say." ”
Wan Yao hurriedly brought a cup of tea to Yuwen Hu's hand, and said with a smile: "Father-in-law, don't be more modest, I don't think how many people in my big country in the Northern Zhou Dynasty dare to compare with my father-in-law?" If she is lucky enough to witness her father-in-law's heroic demeanor on the hunting ground in this life, Wanyao will not live in vain in this life. ”
Yuan and Yuwen Hu smiled at each other, and Yuan said, "Look at it, look at it, did your daughter eat candied fruit?" A small mouth, a sweet tooth hurts. ”
Wan Yao hugged Yuan's neck like a coquettish, and said affectionately: "Isn't the stepmother jealous?" Vinegar, I admire my father-in-law so much, huh? ”
Yuan raised his hand and pretended to hit Wan Yao, Wan Yao ran to Yuwen Hu's side with a smile and hugged Yu Wen Hu's arm, pretending to be aggrieved: "Father-in-law, help, daughter will never dare to praise her father-in-law alone in the future, but not her mother." ”
The family laughed and had a good time.
Of course, Wanyao's clever tongue was so clever that she got Yuwen Hu's permission and was able to go to the hunting ground together, but she was still unwilling to watch the men hunt as a female dependent, so after lunch, Wanyao sneaked to the horse farm in the backyard with Li'er.
Wan Yao stood with her hands in her hands, pacing back and forth on the edge of the stable, and only after half a sound did she tell the little maid guarding the horse farm: "Go, lead me a well-behaved horse." ”
As soon as the words fell, I saw a sound of kicking and trampling horses' hooves in the distance, the horses trotted all the way over, Wanyao raised her head and looked at it when she heard the sound, it was noon at the moment, the scorching sun was in the sky, scorching and dazzling, Wanyao stretched out a slender white hand to cover her eyes, revealing her white and delicate wrists, she raised her head through the gap between her fingers and squinted slightly at the person who came.
With a "huh", the horse slowly stood firm, standing in front of Wan Yao, and a pair of bony fingers pulled the reins and sat high on the horse, blocking most of the sunlight, and Wan Yao was able to open her eyes and look carefully.
This person was dressed in a red and green Suzhou embroidered robe, his waist was decorated with sachet accessories, he was holding a folding fan to cover half of his face, smiling like a spring breeze, leaving only a pair of narrow and enchanting eyes, he raised one leg and put it on the horseback, leaned forward, a pair of frost-white brocade boots embroidered with plum blossoms, lifelike, very dazzling, who else could this person be Shen Geran?
Wan Yao made a lot of people from above and below, and couldn't help twitching the corners of her mouth, sneering very disdainfully, and asked, "Do you have to wear such a sassy bag every time you go out?" Don't you look in the mirror before you go out? I'm afraid that the girl in Luoxiangju is not as gorgeous as you wear, right? ”
Shen Geran squinted his eyes, maintained his usual lazy smile, and snorted lightly, noncommittal. Then he looked at the smaller white horse led by the horse in the distance, and asked in a charming voice, "What's the matter?" Do you want to ride a horse? ”
After Wan Yao glanced at Shen Geran, she took the horse from the horse's hand, raised her legs and wanted to step forward, but she looked at the docile horse and suddenly exploded, and it panted and shook the horse's hooves as if it was very resistant.
Wan Yao was a little faceless and smoothed the horse's back, attached it to the horse's ear, and coaxed softly: "Good horse, you are the most well-behaved, let me ride it, otherwise I will be laughed at by the waves, just take a look, and you will lose your temper after we are far away?" ”
Shen Geran squinted his eyes and stared straight at Wanyao as if he was watching a good show.
Wanyao saw that the horse was no longer shaking the horse's hooves, and her courage became bigger again.