Chapter 183, a chance encounter in spring

As Changsheng wishes, because the next day is the day of rest. The old lady happily agreed to her request to take Jinshu on a trip, but asked them to only move around the county town, as far as the small river at the foot of the mountain east of the city, and resolutely not to go up to the mounds on both sides.

Changsheng agreed one by one, even if the old lady didn't say that she would do it, since she knew the situation in the DPRK and China and the Ming and Qing dynasties were unscrupulous people, somehow, she became more and more insecure. Her own safety is very important, and Jin Shu can't afford to make a mistake.

Back at Jinshu Courtyard, Jinshu hadn't come back yet, Changsheng went to inform Aunt Tai first, and then calmed down to think about tomorrow's trip. Although it is a simple day to go out for a day, but Jinshu's identity is different, no more than the children of small families can run to the river at will, what should be prepared is still to be prepared, and it is not easy to be able to travel, you must have a happy day.

She thought about it and made a list, she would definitely have to take a carriage anyway, and some things were prepared. You can sit anywhere on the grass futon with a few, melon seeds and preserved fruit snacks are indispensable. As for lunch, bring some sauced meats, pies, boiled eggs, and snacks for dry food, and let the kitchenette prepare it tomorrow morning, so that you don't have to rush back to the city to eat it when you don't have fun. Tea utensils such as a small red clay stove and a small copper kettle were also brought, and the river water in this era was extremely clear and unpolluted, so it was a pity not to make a pot of tea to drink.

And even if you go to the river, whether you can catch it or not, the fish basket must be brought, the fish food is dug on the spot to dig the earthworms, and then bring a long fence to catch fish, as for the fishing rod is exempt, there is no telescopic fishing rod in this era, and it is really inconvenient to carry the long bamboo pole, and they are going to play, not to sit and fish.

The list was listed, and Zihu and Xiao Wei Xiaoni were instructed to prepare according to the list, the two looked at the long list, but were taken aback, Zihu asked puzzledly: "But when you go out for a day, you have to bring so many things?" ”

Changsheng said with a smile: "You don't understand, bring it up and look troublesome, but it's much more convenient to go out, you see, we bring everything we eat, use, and drink, and we don't have to rush back to the city to eat at noon, and sit on the grass with a futon on the ground." Drinking fragrant tea boiled in river water, eating dry food and knocking melon seeds, the sun is shining warmly, what kind of enjoyment should it be? What about the knife, one can defend oneself and the other can dig wild vegetables, the small basket can not only hold wild vegetables, but also wild flowers, we have swam and played and then returned with a full load, isn't it more harvest? ”

Several people looked at each other and smiled, and Xiao Wei, who had always been calm, said excitedly: "It's really interesting! Girl, why don't we bring a small pot from the kitchen? How do you just eat dry food? If you catch a fish, you can also boil fish soup and wild vegetable soup to drink? ”

Xiao Ni also rushed to say: "Catch the fish and roast it, eat it, and then cook wild vegetable soup to drink, isn't it better!" ”

Changsheng also became interested, remembering the scene of a donkey team with his classmates in his previous life at the university to go out for a picnic, at that time the equipment at that time was not comparable to now, but the interest and fun of the picnic were the same, and the feeling of happiness was not comparable to eating delicacies from the mountains and seas in the gorgeous dining room of Xie Mansion.

She couldn't hide the excitement in her heart, and said with a smile: "The idea of boiling and grilling fish is good, the key is to be able to catch it, and remember to bring salt and ginger." Otherwise, the fish will be fishy and tasteless! The people who will go tomorrow are the three of you and Coke, plus me and the eldest lady a total of seven people, you should bring dishes and chopsticks and enough charcoal, remember to bring a fire fold, in case the fire is extinguished, you can also pick up dead branches to burn the fire! ”

The three of them nodded again and again and were waiting to prepare, Changsheng called them, and said with a smile: "Prepare quietly, don't make everyone know about it, and remember not to tell the eldest lady first, to prevent her from being too excited and unable to sleep at night, and she will not be energetic when she plays tomorrow, and you should not be too excited!" ”

Seeing them go down with a smile, Changsheng himself couldn't bear the excitement, and simply began to choose the clothes that he and Jinshu would wear tomorrow, of course, to facilitate travel and play, she picked out an apricot yellow kudzu top and an aqua blue cotton skirt for herself, which should be bright and bright, and the cotton cloth is strong, so you don't have to worry about being hung with flowers. It's a pity that Jin Shu's identity is hindered by the fact that there is no cloth and Ge Yi, so she can only choose a slightly stronger silk dress, which is all very bright begonia red, and it must be very eye-catching to run in the grass tomorrow.

After thinking about it, Changsheng felt that it was better to tell Mingjing, after Mingqing's evil deeds happened, coupled with the affairs of the court, she became more and more insecure, so he sent Xiao Wei to tell Mo'er quietly.

In the evening, everything was ready, and Changsheng counted them one by one and asked them to pack them up and put them away to carry them tomorrow. Before dinner, Jin Shu came back from embroidery. As soon as he entered the door, he shouted that the old lady had not promised to travel tomorrow, Changsheng lied to her that she had something to delay today and did not go to Heju Hall, and asked the old lady tomorrow, which caused Jinshu to complain for a while, Changsheng only smiled and comforted her and said that she would definitely go to tell the old lady tomorrow.

Before going to bed at night, everyone had prepared everything to bring, Changsheng was about to go to Jinshu with Zihu to sleep, but Zihu said with a heavy heart that she didn't want to go, first, she was afraid of seeing Ming and Qing, and secondly, she was an unclean person, and she didn't have the face to see so many people.

Changsheng felt that going out for a walk could alleviate the pain and pressure in her heart, and let her regain her love for life and her desire for life, so she persuaded her for a long time.

The next morning, the weather was extremely competitive, and it was a sunny day in the early morning. When Jin Shu learned that the old lady agreed to travel today, she was immediately very happy, and let Changsheng dress her up brightly and dazzlingly.

After breakfast, Changsheng sent someone to say to the old lady, and then took the group to set off in two carriages, and the carriage quickly left the city, Changsheng suddenly felt that the biggest regret was that there was no camera in his previous life to record every beautiful scenery and every happy moment.

There are a lot of people outside the city who go to spring to play, and there are also many women. All of them are bright spring shirts and smiles, so their group is not so eye-catching.

The green fields and natural scenery along the way are really not comparable to the artificially created beauty of Xie Fu, the small flowers on the roadside, the flying butterflies and the cattle and sheep grazing together with the green mountains and the blue sky during the day, it is so harmonious and beautiful. Whenever they walked and saw something interesting, they would stop the car and go to enjoy the scenery. It's a pity that Jin Shu heard that she went to the river to catch fish, and she didn't care about staying in other places, so she urged them to go to the river.

Here, the native and Zihu volunteered to take them to the secluded and extremely beautiful section of the river, but the carriage could not drive over, and Changsheng also thought that the coachman was an eyesore, so he asked them to move all their things to the river, and then gave them some broken silver, and asked them to drive to find a restaurant to feed the horses. Wait until the sun sets in the west.

Because they suspected that the two coachmen were sent by the old lady to spy on them, everyone was a little unable to let go at first, but now there is really no psychological burden, and they led Jinshu excitedly towards the river. Climbing up the low hillside, everyone shouted happily.

It is really the ultimate beauty in the world, a large gentle slope leads directly to the river, under the warm sun, the green grass is full of wild flowers, butterflies are flying, a few wild peach blossoms have begun to zero, the petals fall like rain, and then go forward, it is a clear and shallow river bubbling through, the river water is so clear, the bottom of the river is full of white pebbles, and floating green moss, under the sun, the water surface is shining with sparkling waves, there are some large stones on the shore, and Changsheng has been in one of the phases to make a dining table.

Without waiting for her to say hello, Jin Shu had already lifted her skirt and walked forward first, Changsheng had been secretly observing Zihu, but although she was still sad between her brows, her eyes were already happy, and her cheeks were rosy, so she smiled with relief. I thought that the action would not change, and there were no outsiders anyway, so I simply pulled the skirt to the knee and tied a knot on the side so that it would not fall off, and everyone followed her example and knotted the skirt up, and hurriedly walked to the river.

Who knew that there was a fisherman sitting behind the big rock fishing, several people looked at each other, and they were a little disappointed, there were strange men, of course, they couldn't be so casual, and they were waiting to untie their skirts. The fisherman suddenly turned his head and said, "How about we cooperate?" I fish and slaughter fish, borrow your stove to stew soup, how about everyone drink together? ”

Jin Shu exclaimed: "Third uncle! It turned out to be you? How did you become a fisherman? The group all looked at Mingjing dressed as a fisherman in surprise, out of the Xie Mansion, the girl was no longer so restrained, Mingjing was an easy-going person, all covered their mouths and sneered, Jinshu ran over, excitedly looked and groped for Mingjing's clothes and hats.

Changsheng looked at Mingjing, who was wearing a cloak and a hat, smiling so brightly in the sun, and his heart was full of emotion, but he only said with a smile: "It's not raining today, why do you still have to wear a robe?" ”

Mingjing pressed the hat on Jinshu's head and said with a smile: "I want to join in your excitement today, but since last night, I have worked hard to find a legitimate reason to hide from the old lady from leaving the house, and it is only by this coat and hat that I was recognized by the coachman at home, because except for the real fisherman, who is dressed like this?" I still pay for it! What do you think? Don't you hate me for getting in the way? ”

Jin Shu can see Mingjing here, with her favorite and trusted two people by her side at the same time, one more person to share the fun of travel with her, more interested, listening to Mingjing's words, without waiting for Changsheng to answer, he said: "Don't dislike it, don't dislike it, the third uncle will teach me to fish!" ”

Changsheng deliberately shook his head and sighed and said, "Shu'er is my young owner, and the owner has spoken, does I, a hired teacher, still have the right to dislike it?" The girls are even more daring, and there is fish soup to drink, forget it, don't dislike it, teach the eldest lady to fish! ”

I was afraid that Mingjing would be restrained in a few girls, so he turned his head and said with a smile: "Girls, today the third master personally fishes and cooks soup for everyone, you take the basket and look for wild vegetables here, don't go away, and then pick some beautiful stones to bring back and raise them in a pot!" ”

Xiao Wei nodded and led a few girls to find clean big stones to bring and put them in order, and then found a stove to add prosperity, and then called the river water to boil it, Mingjing looked at the dazzling array of food and supplies, her eyes widened in surprise, and she was secretly convinced that she was delicate and thoughtful, if she didn't bring dry food, everyone was having fun but it was really disappointing to go back to the city to eat, and looked at Changsheng puzzled: "You really know how to enjoy, this food is used to sit and play, and you can simply move your home over." I really don't understand, you have been confined in the palace for eight years, and you entered the Xie family within a few months of returning to your hometown, how can you be so thoughtful? It's like you travel a lot? ”

Changsheng smiled and said, "I've heard people say in the palace that there are many ladies who know how to enjoy it!" Leave that alone, teach my hook fish! ”

Mingjing didn't ask any more, he moved a few round stones and put them in place, sat with Changsheng and Jinshu one by one, and then taught Jinshu to fish, Changsheng suspected that the hat had crushed Jinshu's hair, and he was afraid that Mingjing would be found out if he didn't wear the hat, so he put the hat on Mingjing.

Xiao Wei took the girls to boil the water and make tea, and set up the snacks, so he carried the basket to cut wild flowers and pick wild vegetables around. Jin Shu learned to fish for a while, and finally couldn't help being lonely and bored, so she ran around, picked wild flowers and wild vegetables with the girls for a while, picked stones to play with for a while, and ate for a while, looking at her lively and lovely appearance, Changsheng and Mingjing smiled sincerely.

It is a pity for Changsheng that although Datang is open, as a woman, she can't be naked at will, even if she doesn't expose her calves and feet, none of the girls rushed to go into the water and walk, otherwise the water has been sunburned and not so cold, how good it should be to pull up your pants and walk on the pebbles.

Although Mingjing has a lot of things to say to Changsheng, he is afraid that one sentence is not suitable to ruin this incomparably beautiful day, like a stranger he met, he told Changsheng about the customs and scenery of Wugong County, and Changsheng didn't want to ruin this beautiful moment, the two tacitly agreed not to mention those upsetting things, but only talked about all this in front of them.

At noon, Mingjing caught a total of six fish, and everyone unanimously decided to make soup with two small ones and wild vegetables, and four large ones to eat, just eight people, two people to eat a grilled fish.

Changsheng was surprised to see Ming Jing quickly cut and wash the fish, and instructed the girls to pick up dry branches and grill fish while putting a pot of fish soup on the tandoor, and then smeared and salted them with salt and ginger, and found two taller stones, put dead grass and dead branches in the middle to light a fire, and skewered the pickled fish on two sticks and roasted them on the stones, and sprinkled salt and turned them over from time to time.

Mingjing looked at Changsheng's admiring eyes with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Big brother, they used to grill fish and eat them when they used to fight, and they all have excellent barbecue skills, I learned it from him!" Wait to taste it and make sure you are satisfied! ”

Changsheng smiled silently, such a beautiful spring day, such pure river water, that fish must be extremely delicious.

After the fish is baked, the stewed fish soup with wild vegetables exudes an attractive aroma, and a large flat stone is washed and used to make a dining table, on which are placed with sauced meat, pies, steamed buns, boiled eggs, various snacks with steaming tea and fish soup, and fragrant grilled fish, all of which are common scenes when traveling in Changsheng's previous life, but it is the first time for them, and they are all excited to see and reluctant to do it.

Changsheng handed Jin Shu a grilled fish, and told her: "Quickly try your third uncle's craftsmanship, you two eat this together, but you have to remember that if someone asks you who you met today, you must say that you have met an old fisherman, and don't say that you have met the third uncle!" ”