Chapter 174: Acacia Sparrow Pea South Country Scenery [4]
On the third day, Bian Feng and his entourage bid farewell to Tongcheng, spent two days over the mountains and mountains, and finally entered the territory of Lingnan completely.
All the medicinal materials that were purchased were left in the spring of Jiangnan, and naturally there were trustworthy people who sent those medicinal materials back to the pharmacy in Jiangnan for concocting and selling.
The place where they settled was a hostel called "Lichuan", located in the southeast corner of Pingcheng, accounting for most of the area, the main buildings of the hostel are complete sets of independent courtyard structure, I heard that it is called "Xiguan House".
This kind of room has two doors, a low ceiling door and a hardwood door, and you can enter the foyer, tea room, main hall and other reception places, and there are study, small courtyard, side hall and guest rooms on both sides. Further back, there are servants' bedrooms, kitchens, etc., and the courtyard behind is planted with flowers and trees, and the stones are fed with fish, which is elegant and quiet, and it is a good place for people to live for a long time.
Zhu Yan lives in a room near the garden on the west side, which is furnished with mahogany varnished furniture, all kinds of vivid pottery sculptures are placed on the coiled latticework, the wall is hung with embroidered peacock or peony murals, and the window sill is full of carved patterns and wood carvings.
There are Qingyun Lane on both sides of the big house, take the meaning of "Pingbu Qingyun", also known as cold lane, fire lane, water lane, etc., and the female dependents generally take this passage when entering and exiting by car.
They arrived yesterday evening, and after a night's rest, Xingye dug Zhu Yan out of the thin blanket early in the morning, put on a light makeup, put on a light gauze shirt, and dragged it all the way to the street market to wander.
On both sides of the street are mostly unique arcades in Lingnan, and many children hide in the shadows to jump rubber bands and kick shuttlecocks. There is also an old man who set up a tea table, holds a small horse, and sits in the shade to drink morning tea.
Xingye pulled Zhu Yan and walked only under the arcade. The strong sunlight near the tropics was shaded by the two-story suspended building, and the bottom looked cool and comfortable, Zhu Yan couldn't help but sigh secretly, this arcade is really a good invention that can't be better.
Because they came out in a hurry, Zhu Yan didn't care about eating breakfast, so the two of them first found a small and exquisite three-story teahouse and got in, which was a coincidence. There were two people sitting in the northwest corner of the lobby, it was Yongwu and Twenty-Four.
Kyoba saw them and pulled down her face. I already knew that they would follow me all the way, and I didn't want to meet them so soon, but this time it was my own bad and I happened to bump into them. must take advantage of Zhu Yan's lack of sight. Hurry up and shake them off.
However, although Zhu Yan patronized and looked at the decoration in the teahouse and didn't see any acquaintances, Twenty-four was not an ordinary sharp-eyed, and shouted through the entire lobby, "Xingye girl, the seat here has been reserved for a long time, come here." ”
The people who ate breakfast in the hall all raised their heads and looked straight at Zhu Yan and Xing Ye. Seeing that it was a beautiful lady with a raw face, she suddenly started to gossip. I immediately went to find the place where Fang had just spoken, and saw that there was a young man in white sitting there making tea, not caring about the subtle atmosphere in the hall, and the gossip heart was greatly satisfied, and then it was only up to the young lady to answer.
Zhu Yan swept his eyes in the hall, feeling that if he turned around and left now, he would definitely stir up more waves, so he had to smile and look at Xingye, "It turns out that you have already made an appointment with the two of you, but you only taught me now." ”
Although Xingye was a little reckless, she was not stupid, and when she saw Zhu Yan giving her a look, a smile bloomed on her face, "It's not, look at my memory!" Yesterday, the two sons asked us to talk about business in this teahouse, why did they forget? Fortunately, the walk also came here, so it can be seen that God wants to teach Miss to negotiate this business. ”
"Huh? It turned out to be a business? The people in the hall immediately began to whisper, although the woman is a little businessman, but it is not nothing, dare to love is not a private invitation of children, it is really boring.
Twenty-four's face turned black, these two girls' heads turned really fast, and they couldn't even take advantage of half of their mouths, but after all, they could call them to this table, and it was not wrong to see their own estimates.
"What do you want to do?!" As soon as the apricot leaves sat down, he raised his hand and grabbed a chopstick and poked the twenty-four.
Twenty-four hurriedly dodged and smiled, "Didn't you know that the two of you were going to eat breakfast in this teahouse?" So I bought some for you. ”
Look at the table, there are four plates of crystal shrimp dumplings, a plate of rice rolls, a cage of horseshoe cakes, and two bowls of porridge.
People in this area are accustomed to drinking morning tea, which is called "sighing a cup of two pieces", which refers to enjoying a cup of tea and eating two snacks, because Zhu Yan dislikes things that are too greasy, especially if he is stained with meat and greasy in the morning, and does not serve glutinous rice chicken.
Tea is never brewed by yourself, it is a fermented black tea, the taste is a little more mellow and sweet than green tea, but it is quite heat-free.
Seeing that these arrangements were in place, Xingye was half angry, and she bit her handkerchief and glared at Twenty-four, "How did you know we would come here?" ”
"Guess." Twenty-four glanced at her, this teahouse is the closest to the Lichuan hostel where they stayed, and it is small and exquisite, Zhu Yan likes it mostly, it is strange that they don't enter this teahouse, as a killer who needs to improvise, what is so difficult to guess?
"Anyway, thank you for your hospitality." Since Zhu Yan easily solved Fang Cai's embarrassment, he naturally did not get angry and hold grudges, but turned to Yong Wu and chuckled, "Thank you for the piano, it is very easy to practice." ”
"I heard it, your progress is very fast, you still have to read medical books on weekdays, don't be too tired." Yong Wu replied very gently, still concentrating on making tea, without raising his head.
After eating breakfast, although Xingye was very reluctant, but in the end the four of them went to the market together, and the reason for the twenty-fourth was very sufficient, saying that Zhu Yan and Xingye were both unfamiliar with each other, and the market was bustling with people, if it was crowded by the crowd, it would be very bad.
Most of the items sold in the market are handicrafts and small bracelets and pendants, and at first glance, they are truly dazzling.
There are delicate gold-woven porcelain, Guangcai brocade and various ivory carvings, jade carvings, wood carvings, stone carvings, and bone carvings on the side of the road.
"Miss, look, this is a lovesick skewer!" Xingye dragged Zhu Yan all the way, and rushed to a stall selling jewelry before stopping.
Zhu Yan looked over, there were a lot of jewelry made of red beans on the stall, some were strung into bracelets, some were inlaid on hairpins and pendants, and the red beans were crystal and lovely, like coral beads.
"Miss want to buy a pair?" Xingye pointed to a pair of bracelets on the stall, "You and your uncle each bring one, how beautiful it is." ”
Zhu Yan lowered his eyebrows and looked at the clothes he was wearing, which really didn't match the bright red bracelet, not to mention what kind of strange appearance Yuan Rin would look like when he wore it. (To be continued......)