Chapter 201: Two Baskets of Fresh Oranges
Hui Ya carried a bow and arrow back to Xixiang Garden, changed her clothes and freshened up, and was sitting in front of the dresser with her hair, before she went to Moxiang Yuan to have breakfast with her mother, she saw Lu Miao carrying two small baskets more than one foot high, and rushed upstairs vigorously.
"Miss, Miss, the master has rewarded you with two baskets of oranges to eat!" Lu Miao's eyes smiled crookedly, and he was very happy, "Listen to the steward, this orange was rewarded by the palace, there are only four baskets in total, two baskets were sent to the old lady's main courtyard, and the remaining two baskets are here!" ”
"Tangerine?" Hui Ya was a little surprised when she heard this, and she knew in her heart that this was specially sent by her grandfather in order to reward her for the strength of today's archery, but this archery was not accurate, but it was really embarrassing.
Thinking about it, Huiya was still very interested in seeing the orange at this time, so she immediately put down the comb in her hand and asked Lu Miao to bring the orange over to see.
Xiangzhi saw that Huiya's hair was not good-looking, so she picked up the comb, quickly put Huiya in a delicate bun, and pinned two delicate silk flowers on it, so as not to delay Huiya's reading, and not to lose her manners with her hair scattered.
"It's the height of summer, shouldn't oranges be eaten in autumn and winter? How is it now? Hui Ya casually opened a small bamboo basket containing oranges, and when she lifted the lid, she saw that it was full of green peel oranges the size of copper coins, and suddenly felt a stream of sour water coming out of her cheeks.
"If it weren't for the rarity, how could Baba be sent to the palace and be rewarded again." The rich family looked at Hui Ya's little face wrinkled, and said with a smile, for fear that Hui Ya would ruin these two baskets of oranges if she didn't know the goods.
"That's right...... But this orange is so green, it can't be sour, right? Huiya listened to what the rich family said, reached out and took out a small green orange and put it under her nose and sniffed. The refreshing aroma of oranges instantly rushed to Huiya's nose, making her shudder slightly, this orange can't really be so sour, right?
"Sour or not, Miss, you will know if you taste it! But even if it is sour, these two baskets of green oranges are also the honor you have won Miss, this orange mansion is not only for the old lady, that is, you have it. "The rich family obviously doesn't care as much about whether the orange is sweet or sour like Huiya. can be recognized and loved by the master of the house. That's the most important thing.
"Well, that's right!" Hui Ya gently peeled off the small green orange in her hand, and the fragrance of orange peel escaped.
Eat oranges in the summer. This is the first time Huiya has received such treatment, so she is a little more curious about this orange, and she found that the skin of this orange is very thin, with a petal of orange flesh in her mouth. Well, the juice is rich, sweet, and delicious.
"It's really not sour!" Huiya was amazed at the moment. The orange is not sour, indicating that it is ripe, and the green skin is matched with a fresh and sweet taste, and Huiya is amazed by the contrasting appearance of this orange. Three times five divided by two, they ate all the oranges the size of copper coins, and there were some unfinished smacking lips.
"You all have a taste!" Huiya is not stingy, and she can trust everyone who can serve by her side. Therefore, let the rich and noble families also taste this little orange.
"Miss, such a rare thing. There are only two baskets in total, isn't it bad for us to eat? Miss might as well take it to honor the second master and his wife, and the masters of the big house and the third room don't have this thing, and it's also a shame to give it out, right? The rich family saw that Huiya was such a loser and wanted to reward this good thing to his subordinates to eat, and couldn't help but persuade.
"That's right, daddy and mom must be indispensable, and I'll send a plate to the uncle and third uncle, but you can eat a few of them." Hui Ya listened very persuasively, smiled and nodded, but did not skimp on a few small oranges, let the mother and Yahuan present take one, and then asked Gui Zhi to bring one to Shen Yan and Shen Xing, and then continued to look at the orange.
"Hey, miss, the oranges in this basket are yellow!" The green seedling is a lively one, and when he saw that the oranges in the other basket were different from the first basket, his eyes lit up, "Miss, can I use green oranges and change them for yellow ones?" Maybe it's even sweeter! ”
"Okay, you can change it if you want!" Hui Ya was very generous to the people under her hands, especially those who were loyal to her, and nodded her head in response to the eagerness of the green seedlings.
"Miss, you're so nice!" Lu Miao put down the green orange in his hand, hurriedly took a yellow orange from another basket, and came to Lu Liu with a smile, wanting to taste it with Lu Liu.
"You're thinking a lot!" Huiya looked at the green seedlings like this, and couldn't help but smile, it's just an orange, as for paying back half of you and half of me, just wanted to say that this yellow orange was also divided one by one, but was stopped by the rich family.
"My good young lady, this is a gift from the emperor, it's good if someone else's house doesn't set up a board to provide it, don't keep thinking about sharing it with us subordinates!" The rich family was in a hurry, and their brows were about to wrinkle together, for fear that Huiya would be generous and divide the things again.
"Oops......" Before Huiya could speak, the green seedlings over there cried out, and the people in the room looked in her direction, only to see the green seedlings covering their cheeks and wrinkling their little faces, with a painful expression. The little face of the green willow on the side was also wrinkled, although it was not as exaggerated as the green seedling, but it was not very comfortable.
"What's going on?" Huiya looked inexplicable, wasn't this just a good time to divide the oranges?
"Miss...... This yellow orange is sour! Lu Miao pointed to the yellow orange that was broken by herself, her face was full of grievances, "I knew that the yellow orange was so sour, I said that I couldn't replace the sweet orange with a sour one!" ”
The funny appearance of the green seedlings and the words they said made the maids in the house laugh, but the yellow orange is sour, but the green orange is sweet, which is really a strange thing.
"Yellow oranges are sour?" Huiya raised her eyebrows, took out a yellow orange from the basket, opened the skin with a neat movement, and asked about a refreshing sour taste. However, Huiya didn't believe in evil, so she broke a small petal and put it in her mouth, only to feel that the moment she bit through the orange petal, a very sour taste spread to the whole mouth.
"Oh, it's so sour!" Huiya couldn't help but shiver at the sourness, gritted her teeth and ate this clove of orange into her stomach, took a deep breath, and felt as if she had drunk a large vat of vinegar.
"What kind of orange is this, not only did it come down so early, but it was also green, sweet and yellow, and the one given by the emperor was really different." Hui Ya said with a wry smile, I was thinking just now, send a small plate of this yellow orange to each room like a green orange, and now this yellow orange is sour like this, and no one in the house is pregnant, I'm afraid it won't be needed.
Looking at this basket full of sour oranges, Huiya's heart beat a drum. The things given by the emperor won't be left to rot and no one will eat them, right? If that's the case, I don't guarantee that someone will grab the pigtail and say that the Zhao Mansion doesn't value the things given by the emperor. (To be continued) >