Chapter 31: Plum Chazuke

Xia Yinglan said, her eyes were red and red, and she choked up.

Wu Chen suddenly knelt down on one knee, his forehead burst into blue tendons, his cheek muscles were tense, he clenched his back molars, and said word by word: "Yinglan, I, Wu Chen, will not marry you in this life!" If you don't dislike my poor family, I'll lead you in tomorrow!" ”

The Xia family breathed a sigh of relief. Xia Yinglan was also happy and worried, happy that she really didn't see the wrong person, but she was worried that the Wu family would not agree to this family business.

That Wu Chen is the backbone of the person, he is the eldest in the family, and there are three elder brothers above, and the family is tight, so he is willing to share it alone.

The previous hesitation was because he knew that if Xia Yinglan did not have a dowry, his family would not have a bride price, and he was worried that Xia Yinglan would suffer if he followed him.

Fortunately, both of them are working in the Qingyun tea workshop, if they get married, they can add up to more than two taels of silver every month, and if they accumulate half a year, they can get up in a yard.

So the next day, Wu Chen went back to his parents, and took the written documents to the village chief of Beixi Village for notarization.

Xia Qingyun's father and mother asked her sister and brother-in-law to live with them in the house, but the two insisted on refusing.

Dad had to renovate the wooden house where the Xia family used to live, saying that he would lend it to them, and the two of them settled down in the wooden house.

When the old house heard the news, the angry Xia Jian'an and Xia Jianxi jumped to their feet and scolded for three days, and the old lady cried in the dark.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and I sweat like rain when I move. Xia Qingyun made tea soup every day for everyone in the family to drink.

White tea is cool, drink a few cups in the sultry afternoon, and the heat will disappear suddenly, and the body and mind will be at ease.

The emperor came to visit her every three or five days, and brought her a lot of fresh food and some books, and he didn't stay long each time, and sat for half an hour before taking his leave.

On this day, Xia Qingyun was idle in the morning, and suddenly remembered that he and Qiuyun Hualing went up the mountain to pick a lot of green plums last month, salted them with salt, and then controlled the juice, added honey to taste and sealed them in the jar, buried them under the begonia tree, and now they should be able to eat. She instructed the rough envoy to dig out two jars, open them and spread them on the bamboo plaque to dry them into dried plums.

It just so happened that the Emperor Fu sent her some newly transported seaweed from the merchant to the east, Xia Qingyun had an idea, clapped his hands and smiled: "Emperor Fu, the weather has been very hot and humid recently, and I don't have much appetite. When I see these seaweed and dried plums, I think of a kind of food, do you want to try it? ”

Huangfu Xiangdong had already had breakfast in the morning, but how could he miss this opportunity to get close to Xia Qingyun, and nodded happily.

Xia Qingyun instructed the rough envoy to bring a bowl of white rice made in the morning, and took an empty bowl and divided it in half.

Then sprinkle a few grains of salt on top of the rice, cut the seaweed into thin strips and sprinkle it on the rice, then take two dried plums and cut them on top and place them on top, and finally sprinkle a few sesame seeds.

Then, she brewed a large pot of white silver needles, slowly poured the brewed tea soup along the edge of the bowl, and soaked more than half of the rice.

She took a bowl and put it in front of Huangfu Xiangdong, "Gongzi Huangfu, how about tasting this chazuke?" ”

Huangfu Xiangdong only said that tea was for tasting, and when he saw that she mixed it with rice, salt and other things, he felt very fresh.

He picked up the spoon and scooped it up. After the rice is soaked in the tea soup, the silk tea fragrance is soaked into the rice grains, plus the saltiness of a little salt, the sweet and sour taste of some dried plums, the deliciousness of seaweed, the dry fragrance of sesame seeds, and so on, which are both fragrant and appetizing, "The taste is light, there is tea fragrance, rice fragrance, sweet and sour, salty and fresh, delicious!" ”

The two sat under the begonia tree, while eating, chatting without a match, Huangfu looked east at the lovely person in front of him, and revered: "If I can drink tea with her every day, eat together, and be an ordinary couple with a long stream of water, how happy it would be!" Thinking so, a smile unconsciously appeared on his face.

Xia Qingyun's heart also turned a thousand times, thinking of his previous life, but he didn't feel any happiness at all. Nowadays, in the middle of this countryside, a simple single bowl of chazuke is delicious, and I can't help but think of the words 'ordinary is true'.

She thought again that people say that love tastes wonderful, but there are few people who have experienced, seen, and enjoyed wonderful love, but they are tied up by feelings, and there are many people who are worried for a while and sad for a while. Rather than this, it is better to have nothing.

The two of them each thought about their own thoughts. Xia Qingyun came back to his senses first, and saw Huangfu staring at him in a daze, thinking that he was amused to see him in a daze, his face turned red, and he bowed his head and said nothing.

Huangfu Xiangdong was so excited that he couldn't help but blurt out and asked, "Miss Qingyun, do you have someone in mind?" ”

Xia Qingyun was stunned, he didn't expect him to ask this question, and replied with a change of heart: "Parents are the masters of lifelong events." Qingyun is still young, so there is no need to think about this. ”

Her original intention was to sue Emperor Fu Xiangdong, and she didn't want to think about it. But when Huangfu Xiangdong sounded, it seemed to imply something to him.

Huangfu Xiangdong's heart was hot, and he said: "It's not too young, my sister at home is one year younger than you, and they are all engaged." ”

Xia Qingyun smiled and asked rhetorically, "Then are you engaged as an elder brother?" ”

Huangfu Xiangdong only thought that Xia Qingyun was testing him, and his heart was like jumping into a deer, knocking and knocking, he replied with a red face: "The family matter has not been booked yet, there are only two girls who have a room, and they don't count." ”

Xia Qingyun chuckled when he heard this, sure enough, the men here were the same as the ancient times in his previous life, three wives and four concubines were commonplace.

When she smiled like this, Huangfu Xiangdong misunderstood even more, and thought that Xia Qingyun was satisfied with his answer. Just as he was about to speak again, he heard Xia Qingyun say: "Huangfu Gongzi, it's almost noon, I won't keep you any longer, hurry up early, and the province is on the way." ”

He finally mustered up the courage to talk about the two of them today, and he was reluctant in his heart, but when he saw Xia Qingyun speak, he had to get up and say goodbye.

Along the way, Huangfu Xiangdong's heart was sweet for a while and sour for a while, just like the plum in the chazuke, with an endless aftertaste.

In summer, the temperature is high, and weeds and pests are growing wildly in the tea plantations. Every two days, the whole Xia family and the tea garden workers go up the mountain to loosen the soil, weed, and fertilize the tea garden.

Xia Qingyun had been worried about the pests and diseases of tea trees, but she was overjoyed to find that the tea trees sprayed with Seven Star Spring Water were almost immune to pests and diseases.

Without the infestation of pests and diseases, coupled with the application of natural organic fertilizer, the autumn tea of Qingyun Tea Garden can not only be harvested, but also the quality is particularly good.

But it was said that since Huangfu Xiangdong ate Xia Qingyun's plum tea and rice that day, a heart was thrown on Xia Qingyun's body.

He taught the cook in the same way, and asked the cook to make chazuke three times a day to eat. The more you eat, the heavier the lovesickness in your heart.

Huangfu Xiangdong is the eldest son of the Huangfu family, and the youngest person in the same year, his father wants him to take a career in office, so he has already given him a good family business.

The other party is Jiang Xiaorong, the third lady of Jiang Zongying, the governor of Jiangbei. Jiang Meirong is a young cardamom, born beautiful, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. And the two have known each other for a long time, just waiting for Jiang Jirong and Lu, and then they will change their engagement.

Being able to get close to the members of the DPRK and the Central Committee, and with the rich financial support of the Huangfu family, if the Huangfu can be admitted to the Jinshi to the east, Feihuang Tengda is just around the corner.

Huangfu Xiangdong was thinking about how to mention Xia Qingyun to his parents every day. The governor of Jiangbei can't be offended, maybe he can make Xia Qingyun a flat wife or a concubine under his own pleading.

That day, he used the words of the girl in the room to test, Xia Qingyun was not displeased, indicating that she should be able to accept it.

Huangfu Xiangdong was already weak, his mind was heavy, and the summer was hot and humid, so he came and went, and he actually got sick.

On the contrary, he felt that this illness could just reflect his lovesickness for Xia Qingyun, and he was not in a hurry to see Langzhong, nor did he take medicine on time, and he was bedridden within a few days.

Zhengbo was worried that there would be a mistake after a long delay, so he decided to send Huangfu to the east to return to the capital first.

Xia Qingyun learned the news that Huangfu Xiangdong was sick and returned to Beijing from the little guy who picked up the goods, and he hurriedly prepared a number of condolence gifts and asked the little guy to bring them back.

In her opinion, it is a very normal business dealings and greetings from friends, but how do you know that this time, the misunderstanding of Huangfu to the east has deepened.

During the summer heat, the people of Beixi had the custom of eating mutton lychees and rice grains, Xia Qingyun bought a large basket of lychees, a whole tender sheep, and sealed ten taels of silver, and visited the village chief with his father.

When the village chief's mother-in-law saw that they had brought so many things, she smiled happily, but said politely: "What are you buying so many things for!" ”

Xia Qingyun said with a smile: "Auntie, today's summer is over, and the family is ready, so I will think about bringing some for my uncle and aunt, is my uncle at home?" ”

"Rest in the house." The village chief's mother-in-law said, letting their father and daughter in.

After greeting the village chief for a while, Xia Qingyun said: "Uncle, my family wants to buy the two hills on the west side of the tea garden, do you think there is anything inconvenient?" ”

The village chief thought for a while and said: "Those two hills are high, and there are no fruit forests, if you buy them to make tea gardens, it will take a lot of effort to open up the wasteland." ”

"That's fine," Xia Qingyun said: "Tea trees are originally born in the mountains, just hire more people." ”

"Okay, you can use it." The village chief took out the map and drew it on it, "The total radius of these two hills is 1,300 hectares, and the mountains are five taels of silver and ten hectares, and the total is 680 taels after counting the deed tax. ”

"Uncle, according to seven hundred taels, the extra is the wine money for your niece to honor you." Xia Qingyun said briskly.

"Okay, then I'll let your dad go to town with me tomorrow to go through the formalities." The village chief agreed.

After coming out of the village chief's house, the father and daughter went to the old house again and sent ten taels of silver to the old lady. The old lady has been awkward because of her sister-in-law's family affairs, and she didn't give them a good face this time.

Finally survived the dog days, the Xia family began to clean up the workshop, and the tea garden was also ready to open to pick autumn tea.

Xia Qingyun discussed with her family that after the autumn tea was picked, she wanted to go into the mountains again to find other varieties of tea trees.

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