Chapter 131: Fighting the Grass and Startling the Snake (Second Watch)
The pearl is not particularly peugeot, but fortunately, the pearl is round and jade, and the eyebrows and eyes reveal a delicate charm from time to time.
Xiao Ding was bought by Steward Li to stay in the pharmacy, and within half a year of entering the house, he became acquainted with Pearl.
Xiao Ding was young and strong, and before coming to Jiangfu, he had also done rough work in other bureaucrats, not only knew how to use medicinal materials, but also gave birth to brute strength.
But no matter how angry he is, he doesn't dare to have an affair with the maid in the house at will.
It was only later that he heard Pearl say that when she had saved enough money, she would redeem her deed of sale and go out of the house to live in peace, that he thought about it.
Pearl didn't refuse, and got along with him half-pushed, half-on-the-spot.
After getting along with Pearl, Xiao Ding wanted to get rid of the drudgery of being a subordinate as soon as possible, but he was just a small pharmacy guy in the house and couldn't save a lot of money, so he had other ideas.
Because he was the only one in the house who was taking care of the pharmacy, when he usually bought medicinal materials, he quoted the amount of money falsely, and with the help of pearls here, he recorded all the extra weight on the second wife's head.
The second wife wants all the best medicinal materials, so naturally she won't ask too much, Steward Li knows how to be measured, even if he sees that the number is a little abnormal, he doesn't dare to interfere with the second wife's affairs.
There are many ladies and ladies in the house, especially the old ladies, the second wife and the sixth lady come to the pharmacy to grab medicine the most diligently.
At first, he didn't dare to move too much, only wrote down a dozen taels of silver medicinal materials, and the more he went to the back, the more comfortable he became, and the more courageous he became.
This time, the old lady had a headache and needed to take a lot of medicinal herbs. He made hundreds of silver out of it.
I thought it was the end of hard times. Excitedly showed his private savings to Pearl. I also look forward to waiting for them to leave Jiangfu, settle down in Jizhou, open a small pharmacy or do small business, and start a family and raise fat babies.
But who would have expected that at this juncture, the pearl would change his hexagram.
The two argued about this matter many times, so much so that Pearl simply avoided him.
He thought that Pearl was just confused for a while, so he gave up, thinking that he would wait a while. She'll figure it out.
It was also the last time that the eldest lady was punished for kneeling in the snow, frostbitten her knees, and needed to be dressed. The jade in the eldest lady's room didn't know how to take medicine, so she called him to go to the eldest lady's yard for a run.
He was just a subordinate of the house, so naturally he didn't dare to enter the eldest lady's inner room, at that time he was just standing outside the curtain, carefully instructing Jade how to pound herbs and compress the eldest lady's knees.
At this time, Jiang Yongjun, the second master who had cleaned up neatly, also stepped into the door. Xiao Ding hurriedly stepped aside, not even daring to raise his eyes to see Jiang Yongjun's face.
But when the second master Jiang Yongjun walked in front of him, the fragrance of ginger flowers came to his nose. Xiao Ding was stunned for a moment.
Pearl had always complained to him that he often had chest and abdominal pain, and he thought that ginger flowers could invigorate blood and dispel blood stasis. He took the time to go out of the house to look for it, but he didn't expect that there was no ginger flower in Jizhou, so he had to rush to Beijing overnight, and only bought a box of ginger pollen back.
Later, Pearl sewed a small sachet and wrapped all the ginger pollen, saying that she would take it with her.
After smelling the familiar smell, Xiao Ding subconsciously glanced at it slightly, and was stunned for a moment.
The ginger pollen sachet of the pearl actually ran to Jiang Yongjun's waist!
Later, he heard from the mouths of the maids in the house that the second master also had some chest and abdominal pain in recent days......
Xiao Ding still didn't want to believe it, and took the opportunity to send medicinal materials to the eldest lady to pay close attention to the west wing where the second master Jiang Yongjun lived.
Sure enough, several times I saw the pearls hurrying over from a distance. Catching a glimpse of him on the side of the courtyard of the eldest lady, he simply avoided it, and went back to the second lady's room from the other end of the verandah.
Xiao Ding was so angry that his teeth itched, and then he thought about the sudden change of the pearl, it seemed that it was also because of this reason.
"It's the young master of the Jiang family, don't think you can really climb that high branch." When Pearl was dressed and ready to leave, Xiao Ding said this sentence lukewarmly.
Pearl's cheeks were still a little red, but she glanced at Xiao Ding, pushed open the small door, went out, grabbed the small copper box on the table, and walked out.
walked to the door, stopped again, snorted disdainfully, and said: "It's my business whether you can climb or not, if you dare to tell the two of us about it, when the time comes, I will have the second master to protect you, and you will only have a dead end!" ”
Xiao Ding had already calmed down, and wanted to make his words clear and let Pearl Haosheng weigh the pros and cons, but who expected to get such a sentence.
He was so angry that his whole body trembled, and he picked up the empty medicine jar on the side and smashed it towards the door, scolding: "Shameless stinky girl, I want to see how capable you are!" ”
Pearl walked out quickly, dodging the flying medicine jar, trotted a few steps back to the door, straightened his clothes and headdress, and walked back quickly.
Xiao Ding was angry for a while, and when he caught a glimpse of the mess, his heart was even more depressed.
After calming down for a while, I wrapped my long jacket and prepared to get up and clean up.
As soon as he bent down, there was a low cry from the door.
He looked up in amazement and met Chirou's surprised face.
"What's going on?" Qianrou asked, and quickly looked around.
Xiao Ding's heartbeat accelerated in vain, but he didn't expect that there were still people coming here at noon.
He quickly swept the pharmacy and glanced at himself, but fortunately he thought it was cold outside, so he wrapped his coat tightly before he came out.
Qianrou shouldn't be able to see anything, right?
He swayed his eyes from side to side twice, glanced at the ground, smiled, and explained: "It's cold this day, my hands are frozen, and I fell to the ground without holding it steadily." ”
After speaking, he pretended to look at Qianrou mysteriously, and said in a low voice: "I will make up for these by myself, don't tell ...... out."
Qianrou narrowed her eyes, smiled again, and said, "What am I doing chewing these tongues for nothing?" What's more, how can I afford to offend you? No, the third lady asked me to pick up the medicine, you see, for my sake of keeping my mouth shut, don't be shoddy. ”
Seeing that Qianrou was so easy to speak, Xiao Ding hurriedly laughed and said, "How dare you?" I don't dare to be a little lazy about the medicinal materials given to the masters, I don't know what kind of medicine the third lady needs to boil this time? ”
Qianrou shook her head with a smile and said, "Our third young lady is not sick or sick, why do you need to take medicine?" It's just that the third lady looked around for a flower and plant but couldn't, and then I thought about it, maybe there would be a pharmacy here. ”
Xiao Ding smiled flatteringly, hurriedly cleaned up the debris on the ground, and asked, "What is it?" Even if I don't, I'll get it for Miss Three here! ”
Qianrou smiled, and slowly spit out a sentence: "What the third lady wants is wild ginger flowers." ”
Xiao Ding was stunned, and the crumbs in his hand fell to the ground again.
Qianrou's eyebrows froze.
Xiao Ding glanced at Qianrou twice, grinned awkwardly, and bent down to quickly pound: "Don't worry, you must get it for the third lady, you must ......"
Qianrou's eyes quickly swept the pharmacy, and finally only nodded and smiled: "It's good to get it, remember to take it to heart, the third lady can be in a hurry." ”
Xiao Ding nodded like pounding garlic, and while cleaning up, he raised his eyes slightly weakly and glanced at Qianrou's face.
Qianrou didn't say anything more, and told him to be careful not to hurt his hand, and then turned back.
Xiao Ding hurriedly cleaned up the residue, went back to the house and sat down on the wooden bench, and was scared into a sweat.
Qianrou returned to Su Xue's room and told Su Xue about Xiao Ding's reaction one by one.
Su Xue flipped the page of the book and just smiled.
"Miss, do you want to ...... next?" asked Qianrou tentatively.
Su Xue raised her eyes to interrupt her.
Qianrou knew how to read words and looks, so she stopped talking.
Su Xue's gaze slowly fell on the flower window with mica sheets, Xiao Ding and Pearl were like snakes hidden in the haystack, as long as the grass was a little bit, the snake hiding inside would mess up.
But she doesn't want to force these two people to show their original form yet, first, it's not time yet, and second, what she wants to catch is a bigger fish.
The next day, Jizhou ushered in the heaviest snowfall.
On the official road in the east of the city, crow-blue figures moved slowly in the snow, waving their big brooms in their hands, and were laboriously sweeping away the thick snow that had accumulated on the ground all night.
A black-painted flat-topped carriage drove slowly past it, and the blue-blue brocade curtain raised a slight crack. A head poked out of it, and after a quick glance outside, it seemed that it was cold again, so he quickly put it down.
"Young master, I've already entered Jizhou." As he spoke, Duofu took a small clip and clamped the brocade curtain firmly, refusing to let a trace of cold wind slip in.
Pei Ye opened his eyes as if he had just woken up from a dream, glanced at the extra sable fur jacket on his body at some point, and immediately frowned.
"What are you doing with that death? Want to suffocate me? He tore off his heavy jacket impatiently, and reached out to lift the curtain.
Seeing this, Duofu hurriedly blocked it with his body.
Pei Ye's eyes sank.
Duofu hurriedly smiled and said, "Young master, young master, just sit down...... When I went out, Mrs. had already instructed, the wind and snow in Jizhou were heavy, so you must not freeze...... Oops! ”
Before he had finished speaking, he saw the sable fur jacket fly towards him, covering his entire head.
As soon as he tossed and tore off his leather jacket, a cold wind blew in his face, freezing him twice.
"Well, it's finally back again......"
Pei Ye opened the curtain and looked out with a comfortable face, the wind blew the wind hair on his neckline and flew back, he looked at the vast snow, his eyes were intoxicated.
But Dofu shivered behind him, and had to wrap himself in the sable jacket nearby.
Pei Ye finished admiring the snow scene refreshed, and then lowered the curtain, Duofu was already frozen and snorted.
"Young master, if you go all the way from the official road in the east of the city, you can directly cross Jizhou and return to the capital, this is the fastest way. Hurry up and get home today. ”
Duofu saw that his young master seemed to be interested again, and was afraid that he would say that he would play for a few days, so he hurriedly encouraged him.
Pei Ye raised his eyebrows lightly, and said softly in his mouth: "Jizhou ......" (to be continued......)
PS: The second watch is here!! Relatives should pay attention, there is a change in front, don't miss it.