Chapter 53: The Great General of Dingguo
"Whose house is this?" Only when there is a lion at the door of a certain level of official house, Yuehua couldn't help but ask.
"This is the mansion of the general of Dingguo in the southwest of Guan Yucheng, you can go in with me!" He Heng said with a smile.
"Why did you bring me here?" In fact, Yuehua wanted to ask, He Heng was just a small house, how could he enter the Dingguo General's Mansion, but they were far from familiar enough to discuss this, not to mention that there were two Xiao Si who led the way next to him, and Yuehua was exporting more and more steadily.
"You'll know when you go in."
Yuehua was very puzzled, she didn't dare to ask deeply in front of the two little guys, and followed He Heng in, the layout of this mansion has a simple and natural taste, which seems to be unadorned but reveals the different tastes of the main family everywhere.
Walking along the cobblestone path, I came to an octagonal pavilion, in the octagonal pavilion, an old man in a gray shirt sat on a futon and meditated, looking back, tall and thin, with goosebumps, a solemn face, sharp eyes, and an obvious scar in the corner of the right eye, not terrifying, only majestic, he saw He Heng: "Why did you arrive here." ”
"There was a delay for a while." He Heng arched his hand at him.
"This young lady is good." He turned his head to greet Yuehua, in fact, his eyes did not look at Yuehua, he probably didn't put Yuehua in his eyes, but just said hello casually for politeness.
Yuehua hurriedly blessed it: "I will give you a blessing." ”
The old man pretended to be overdone this time, glanced at Yuehua, and smiled kindly: "The little girl is polite." He Heng turned his head and said, "You let her go to see Madame, I have something to tell you." ”
He Heng turned his head and signaled to Yuehua, who seemed to be a little embarrassed, and before He Heng could speak, Yuehua said, "Don't delay you, you guys talk first, I'll just take a look around." ”
He Heng glanced at Yuehua and said with a smile: "I was originally here to discuss things today, and I didn't take care of you, so it's hard for you!" As he spoke, he turned to the little guy who brought the two of them and said, "Please take her for a good walk." ”
The two little guys hurriedly said: "Distinguished guest, you are tormenting us, why not command." ”
Yuehua followed the two servants to the garden, Miss: "This is the garden of the General's Mansion, and it used to be a flower garden, but our old lady took care of it as a vegetable garden." Yuehua saw that this vegetable garden was well cared for, one by one, extremely neat, the vegetables and fruits inside were very lush, and they were well pruned.
The little guy led Yuehua to continue walking, it was a secluded path, and the path was not a willow tree that was a very soft and affectionate flower, but a row of plane trees, the crown of the plane tree became a huge umbrella, covering the path, only the gaps in the leaves leaked mottled points of light sprinkled on the road, and there were falling plane leaves on the ground, quiet and atmospheric, there was a small wooden house next to the plane tree, there were all kinds of agricultural roads in the half-open door of the wooden house, and the hoe was still stained with undried mud, thinking that it had just been used.
Go further is the lotus pond, the lotus pond and Yuehua used to see in the palace is almost the same, but this is smaller than the palace, the flowering period of the lotus flower has passed, but there are only a few lotus flowers in the lotus leaves, but the lotus canopy is a lot, there is a small boat, the reins are tied to a wooden stake on the shore, there is a bamboo house on the edge of the lotus pond, the bamboo house is strange, four bamboo pillars, prop up half a zhang high, the ground is suspended, there are straws piled up under the house, the outer wall of the house is hung with bamboo hats and lily clothes and various fishing nets and booms and the like, There are also several bamboo fishing baskets on the ground, which I think is a fishing place for the main family.
It's really rare and interesting.
The two little girls smiled and said, "Miss, do you want to go to the lotus pond to have a look, I'm afraid there will be a lotus pod." ”
Yuehua said with a smile: "Don't bother, I'll just take a walk around here and take a look." ”
Yuehua was bored walking along the lotus pond, and soon there was a little girl wearing a white soft satin jacket, a blue lotus-colored high-waisted skirt, and a double bun on her head, the next girl was only twelve or thirteen years old, but she acted briskly and steadily, and her temperament was calm and generous, obviously she had been trained very strictly, and the girl saw Yuehua and saluted, and said with a smile: "My old lady invited the girl to have a cup of tea." ”
"Thank you for your hospitality, and please lead the way." Yuehua didn't return the salute, only nodded and followed the girl.
The girl took Yuehua to a adobe and blue-tiled house, and there was an old lady in a gray muslin dress sitting in the room, who was not as good as this girl, Yuehua saw that the old woman's temperament was calm and graceful, and her expression was compassionate, like Guanyin on the painting, and it was expected that this was the wife of the general of Dingguo, and gave her a salute and said goodbye. The lady was very kind and said with a smile: "You're welcome, I don't have good eyes, you come over, I'll take a closer look." ”
Yuehua walked over, she took Yuehua's hand, and looked at it carefully, even Yuehua's ears and wrists didn't let go, Yuehua was embarrassed to see it, and lowered her head.
"It's a delicate girl, and I don't have to pick any personality." After reading it, the old lady smiled.
"Old lady, you praise falsely, I can't afford to be young at a young age." Yuehua hurriedly smiled humbly.
"Ah Heng hasn't been here for a long time, I'm going to cook it myself today." As he spoke, he was about to get up, and the little girl who brought Yuehua hurriedly went to help: "You slow down." ”
The old lady waved her hand and didn't let the girl hold her: "As soon as I came, I was called away by the old man, and I didn't have time to come here, really!" What is there to say about that!? The old lady seemed unhappy and complained.
The old lady came together, and the little girl hurriedly handed over a cane, and Yuehua knew that the left foot of the wife of the general of Dingguo did not seem to be very good.
"When I was young, I was injured, and my legs and feet were not good, so I made your little girl see jokes." The old lady saw Yuehua look at her feet twice and smiled.
"I didn't mean to offend, and please don't blame it." Yuehua hurriedly apologized.
"You don't have to be inhibited." The old lady smiled again: "I have a vegetable garden in the courtyard, if you don't dislike it, come with me." ”
"Whatever you want, please first." In fact, the vegetable garden Zi Yuehua has already seen, this old lady is going to go, Yuehua is not good at brushing people's meaning, so I had to follow, there is a section of the road is a dirt road, it often rains in the south, this road is very slippery, the old lady herself is on crutches, the little girl is on the other side, Yuehua is afraid that the old lady will slip, deliberately backwards and so on, waiting for the old lady to go first, standing behind herself, pay attention to the old lady for fear that the old lady will make a mistake.
After walking like this for a while, the old lady looked back at Yuehua standing behind, lowered her head, smiled, and continued to walk forward.