Chapter 006: Saving the Young Master
This night, An Shenlin returned to the farm and sweated, after bathing and changing clothes, Hua Wanwan cooked the wild vegetables picked down from the mountain carefully, and made a few delicious farm dishes.
I slept dark and sweet this night.
Next, Hua Wanwan saw that An Shenlin's spirit was indeed good because of exercise, so he slowly increased the amount of exercise according to the situation, and after a month in the farm, where he was still shivering on the ground as in the past, he was about to be carried by someone, and he had already returned to the liveliness that a ten-year-old child should have, walking like a fly, and being happy like a rabbit.
The Guogong Mansion received the good news, and the old lady personally took a carriage to the farm to pick up his precious grandson.
But I saw a pair of carriages and horses parked on the official road next to the farmland, and the carriages and curtains were all hung with embroidered ribbons made of colorful glass beads, which was gorgeous and magnificent. The richly dressed protector was helped down from the carriage, and Liu Qing, who was in charge, pointed to the two young men who were planting melons and seedlings in the farmland and said to him: "Old lady, look, that's the eldest young master of our family!" ā
The old lady followed the direction of Liu Qing's finger and saw his eldest grandson in the middle of the farmland planting melon seedlings with Hua Wanwan, Hua Wanwan naughtily picked up the soil on the ground and threw it on An Shenlin's face, An Shenlin got up and ran back and forth in the melon field after Hua Wanwan......
The sun shone on the faces of the two teenagers, and their smiles were like white jade.
"Ouch, am I not mistaken? Is that really our family's eldest young master? Is he running? Liu Qingxi smiled, with extreme disbelief.
The old lady's eyes locked on the two teenagers, a man and a woman, in the melon field, and a bright smile like a chrysanthemum gradually bloomed on his face, and said, "That's not only the eldest young master of our family, but also the eldest young grandmother of our family." ā
The old lady has since sat back and watched the identity of Hua Wanwan's daughter-in-law.
Hua Wanwan and An Shenlin were invited by the maid from the melon field to the old lady, and the old lady first hugged An Shenlin and called out for a heartfelt baby, with tears flashing faintly in her eyes.
The life of this eldest grandson has finally been picked up.
The old lady still couldn't believe it, worried that he was dreaming.
Until An Shenlin coquettishly said in his arms: "Grandfather, let go of me, you hugged me too tightly, I was almost out of breath." ā
The old lady reluctantly let go of An Shenlin, but his eyes were still reluctant to leave the eldest grandson's face, he hadn't seen it for a month, Xu was basking in the countryside sun, blowing the wind in the countryside, and it became a little dark, but it was ruddy and full.
The old lady couldn't help but kiss An Shenlin on the face, and An Shenlin glanced at Hua Wanwan embarrassedly.
Hua Wanwan smiled and saluted respectfully to the old lady: "Wan Wan greets the old lady." ā
The old lady looked at Hua Wanwan gratefully: "From now on, you will call my grandfather the same as Shen Lin!" ā
Liu Qing on the side immediately patted his ass: "Girl, I don't know if you are a blessing for several lifetimes, you can call the protector grandfather, and you can't think of such a famous lady in the capital!" ā
Hua Wanwan recognized Liu Qing, and her eyes were not cold.
In his previous life, An Nianxi begged his eldest wife to be exempted from the death penalty, but he sent himself to Liu Qing's hometown in the countryside, and was abused half to death by Liu Qing's family.
Hua Wanwan smiled slyly and said to the protector: "I heard that Steward Liu's hometown is near the farm, and the local chicken raised by Aunt Liu is fresh and fatty, if it can be stewed for the eldest young master, it will be the most nourishing." Why don't we pass by Steward Liu's house and ask him for a local chicken to taste, what does my grandfather think? ā
An Shenlin has been in the farm for more than a month, and he has long been eager for wild game in the countryside, and when he heard that there was a fresh and delicious local chicken to eat, he immediately drooled and said: "Okay, good, grandfather, my body has just recovered, and I need these natural meat animals to nourish my body the most......"
"I heard that in addition to local chickens, there are free-range goats in Steward Liu's hometown, and you can also catch hares on the mountain, and if you are lucky, you can also catch wild boars.
Hua Wanwan described it vividly, An Shenlin had long been salivating, and he pestered the Protector: "Grandfather, take us there!" Take us there! ā
Huguo Gong was in a good mood because of his grandson's recovery, laughed, nodded An Shenlin's forehead, and said, "Look at you little gluttonous cat." ā
Hua Wanwan has been observing Liu Qing's complexion, Liu Qing has always been stingy, and he is embarrassed in his heart at the moment, Hua Wanwan actually directly broke him and said: "Young Master, even if grandfather agrees, Steward Liu should not accept it, and we are not good to bother, after all, Steward Liu is the master!" ā
An Shenlin immediately asked Steward Liu: "Uncle Liu, you will definitely agree to us going, this is my grandfather's order." ā
Liu Qingwei promised: "Naturally, if the old lady and the eldest young master come to the cold house, it will really shine, but my hometown in the countryside is really shabby, and it is not good for the master to see ugliness." ā
"The eldest young master just went to your house to taste local chicken and game, and he didn't want to buy your dilapidated house, how could he care if your house was shabby? Besides, the old lady is the most kind, and she will never dislike the poor and love the rich. Hua Wanwan didn't let Liu Qing have room to refuse.
The old lady still saw through Liu Qing's thoughts, and said with a smile: "It's rare that the eldest young master and your eldest young grandmother are in high spirits, so they have wronged you for your hard work, and you will not be rewarded when you look back, maybe the silver exchanged for a local chicken pot can help you build a magnificent house in the countryside!" ā
When Liu Qing heard the old lady say this, he immediately smiled, and went back to Liu's house first to go to Zhang Luo.
The protector took An Shenlin and Hua Wanwan to sit in the same carriage, the red brocade pillow and cushion in the carriage were embroidered with delicate and rich peony flowers, the decoration was delicate and gorgeous, and the flower Wanwan's simple little face formed a sharp contrast, she pretended to sleep all the way, in fact, she was thinking about how to give Liu Qing's wife Ma some colors after arriving at Liu's house later.
When Hu Guogong and his entourage arrived at Liu's house in Shecun under the escort of the guard, it was already evening.
The sun near the horizon resembles a fireball that is about to go out. The sunset next to the sunset, one moment lily, one moment golden, one moment half purple and half yellow, one moment half gray and half red, and finally it becomes red sandalwood, colorful and endlessly changing. When the sunset faded, the heavens and the earth turned silver-gray. In the village, the milky white smoke and twilight blend together, covering the whole village with a layer of cellophane, endless dreams.
Liu Qing led a man surnamed Liu in the village to greet him at the entrance of the village.
What a big deal it is for the dignified protector to come to the village far away from the emperor, this small village has never been such a big official, even if there was a queen in the previous life, but when she was in the village, she was not treated well, and she suffered humiliation and torture.
The Liu family, Liu Qing's wife Ma and daughter and daughter-in-law Jiang were busy in front of the stove, preparing dinner for the masters of Anfu. When Huguo Gong and his entourage arrived at Liu's house, there was already a large pot of local chicken soup, a large pot of mutton soup, a large plate of hare meat, and a few wild vegetables fried on the table.
Naturally, the rest of the people in the village could not enter Liu's house, and they had already been blocked by the guards.
Liu Qing greeted the old lady, An Shenlin and Hua Wanwan to the table, while he groveled to the dishes.
As soon as Hua Wanwan looked at the dishes on the table, she knew that it was the masterpiece of Liu Qing's daughter-in-law Jiang. In his previous life, Ma was immoral and often abused his daughter-in-law, while Jiang was kind and sympathetic to Hua Wanwan, who was also abused by Ma, and often gave some food while Ma was not paying attention.
At this moment, eating the meal made by the Jiang family, Hua Wanwan had the heart to repay this poor country daughter-in-law who was honest, so she asked An Shenlin: "How does the eldest young master think this meal tastes at night?" ā
An Shenlin has been very rude in eating since he recovered from his illness, and at this moment he licked his tongue and said in a loud voice: "It's delicious!" I don't know how many times better than those cooks in the Guogong Mansion! ā
The Protector smiled and said, "It does taste unusual. ā
Ma Shi waited for the reward, and hurriedly smiled and said: "It was made by the slaves, I didn't expect it to make the old lady and the eldest young master like it, today seeing that it is getting late, it is better for the masters to rest in my house, and I will make it for the masters to eat tomorrow." ā
Hua Wanwan said quietly: "Tomorrow I will cook another meal, and it will only be a meal, if I can invite Aunt Liu to the Guogong Mansion, then the eldest young master will be able to taste such exquisite craftsmanship every day, I dare to charter a ticket, and the eldest young master will be able to eat strong in ten days." When the body is strong, the disease naturally does not dare to entangle. ā
The Protector of the Kingdom groaned and said to Liu Qing: "Wan Wan is reasonable, our Guogong Mansion is to invite a cook, it is better to invite your own people to cook and cook in the house, so that your family will also have an extra income, and your husband and wife can be in one place, which is also a beautiful thing." ā
Ma Shi was stunned all of a sudden, where did she know what cooking skills, since she entered the door of Liu's house, she was beaten by Liu Qing because the food was not delicious. It is said that you want to catch a man's heart, first grasp a man's stomach, but she Ma Shi does not have such a ability.
Liu Qing naturally knew that his wife was a few pounds and a few taels, and hurriedly excused Ma's: "My insiders look at a fat body, in fact, they can't use it, and they get dizzy when they stand on the stove for a quarter of an hour, and they really want to live up to the old lady's good intentions, she has no luck to earn this salary, but if the eldest young master likes the taste of this meal, he can let my daughter-in-law Jiang go to the Guogong Mansion to be a cook. ā
Ma Shi hurriedly went down the steps: "What my man said is that my fat body is not useful, my daughter-in-law here has married into our Liu family for many years, and under my training, I have done my best to pass on my cooking skills, and it is very suitable for her to go to the Guogong Mansion to be a cook." ā
Hua Wanwan secretly scolded Ma for being shameless in her heart, but she smiled gently and quietly.
An Shenlin said: "Then the Jiang family will go to the Guogong Mansion to be a cook, I really like the taste of this meal." ā
An Shenlin's mention yƬ, Wan Wan was all happy, Jiang left here, no longer had to be bullied by Ma's obscenity.
Where will the protector not follow? Without thinking, he nodded in agreement.
Jiang immediately stepped forward to thank him, but Ma was secretly unhappy in his heart, Jiang was gone, there were few people at home to serve her, but he didn't dare to show his displeasure, he still pulled his cheeks and smirked, just waiting for a while to send away the Protector and his party, so that Jiang Shi had to send her monthly salary to her home.
Unexpectedly, the Duke of Protector and his entourage would not leave tonight, and would stay at Liu's house for a night, just because Hua Wanwan said that the night was cold and dewy, and he was afraid that walking at night would make An Shenlin catch a cold, and he had just recovered, so he really couldn't have any more three illnesses and two pains. And because his eldest grandson has been sick for so many years, the Lord Protector has long been like a frightened bird, and immediately decided to stay at Liu's house tonight.
The Liu family took the maids of the Guogong Mansion to clean up a few rooms, and for a while, they were not busy.
Hua Wanwan excused herself to go to the toilet, avoided everyone, walked to the back door, quietly tied a red silk on the edge of the fence, smiled slightly, and then turned around and left quickly.