144. Chapter 142
Cheng Muan exhaled softly, relieved, it turned out that nothing happened last night, but there was a trace of loss in his heart, a little empty, he quickly understood what this was for.
"It seems that there are not enough people, so let Haojun help find a suitable housekeeper." Cheng Muan said.
"Brother An, look at the arrangement, I'm fine." Wen Xiaomiao didn't look back, still busy.
"It's good." Cheng Muan said.
"The meal will be ready soon, or you should go to the dining room and wait." Wen Xiaomiao looked back at Cheng Mu'an and smiled, Brother An is steep and straight, with a detached temperament, he can't get enough of it, the kitchen environment is incompatible with him, so let's hurry up and drive him away.
"Hmm." Cheng Muan nodded, turned around and left.
Cheng Mu'an walked along the corridor to the dining room, both sides of the way were full of life, red flowers and willow green, rockeries and flowing water, but it was a pity that things were wrong, Cheng Muan thought that it was time to repair the cemetery for General Cheng, Mrs. Cheng and the eldest brother.
He should also go to see the second sister when he finds a chance, she married the son of the third prince who guarded Nanjun back then, but she escaped this catastrophe, she may not know that he is alive now, this is his only blood relative in this world.
Wen Xiaomiao and Ping'er put the prepared meals on the table, and lifted the covers one by one, leaving only a large white porcelain soup bowl still uncovered.
"So rich?" Cheng Muan looked at the six dishes on the table, looked up at Wen Xiaomiao again, and asked with some surprise.
"I got up early in the morning, and it happened that Ping'er was sent over by the Gu Mansion, so I asked her to take me to the market on the street to buy these, I don't have any money, the money was borrowed from Uncle Li first, you have to remember to return it to him." Wen Xiaomiao sat down beside Cheng Mu'an, picked up a pair of chopsticks and handed them to Cheng Mu'an.
"Come, the first meal home, of course, has to be a little grander." Wen Xiaomiao looked at Cheng Mu'an with a smile.
Cheng Mu'an picked up two pairs of chopsticks, handed them to Wen Xiaomiao, and said, "Let's eat together." ”
"You taste it first." Wen Xiaomiao insisted that Cheng Mu'an come first.
Cheng Muan smiled slightly, like a spring breeze, he smiled a lot more now than before.
Wen Xiaomiao likes it very much, she likes to look at Cheng Muan's smile.
Cheng Mu'an slowly tasted plate by plate, the vinegar fish in West Lake was sweet but not greasy, the boiled meat slices were moderately spicy, the Dongpo meat was tender but not firewood, the single stir-fried cabbage heart was crisp and fragrant, the aroma of the dried green beans was overflowing, and the shredded potatoes were refreshing, he couldn't help but nod and said: "Miao Miao, it's been a busy morning, it's hard work, your craftsmanship is really good." ”
"When I was in Zhennanbao before, I still thought about it, if the war is over, we are still in Zhennanbao, but we can open a small restaurant, the name is thought of, it is called 'Jiangnan Hao', the place is not too big, put a table of three or five, I cook it myself, and then use the self-brewed plum blossom wine as a signboard, the business must be good." Wen Xiaomiao said with a smile.
"What is Jiangnan good?" Cheng Muan glanced at Wen Xiaomiao.
"Brother Chen once taught me a poem called "Jiangnan Good", especially the two sentences 'The sunrise river flowers are red, and the spring river is as green as blue', I think the description is so beautiful, I like it very much, so I thought of this name." Wen Xiaomiao said.
"Chen Yuan?" Cheng Muan asked.
"Hmm." Wen Xiaomiao nodded.
"He taught you a lot of poetry?" Cheng Muan asked again.
"Teach me how to write." Wen Xiaomiao said.
"Hand by hand?" Cheng Muan continued to ask.
Wen Xiaomiao felt that something was wrong, Cheng Mu'an looked at her with a smile, and the content of the conversation was seriously off-topic.
"Was it hand-held when you first taught me to hold a pen?" Wen Xiaomiao asked in a low voice.
"Well, no one can get close to you in the future except me, I can't participate in your previous life, but I must accompany you in your future life." Cheng Muan's firm eyes made Wen Xiaomiao's heart move.
"Where is Chen Mu?" Wen Xiaomiao remembered that she hadn't seen him since the day her hand was injured.
"He's working under Haojun now." Cheng Muan lowered his head to eat vegetables, and did not look at Wen Xiaomiao.
"Oh, Brother An, can you send someone to find my mother back and bring her to live in Cheng's Mansion?" Wen Xiaomiao and Cheng Mu'an have also stabilized now, and she feels that she should also let Mrs. Chen come back to enjoy the blessings, if there is no Master Chen, they will not survive.
"Okay, in the afternoon, I'll go find Haojun and ask him to help." Cheng Muan gave Wen Xiaomiao a lot of face, and he ate a lot, although the plate was not big, he actually ate nearly half of the six dishes.
Wen Xiaomiao saw that Cheng Mu'an had almost eaten, so she opened the lid of the white porcelain soup bowl, and inside was steaming mutton noodle soup.
She brought the bowl to Cheng Mu'an and said, "Our custom over there says that the family has to make noodles for him when they come home from a long home, so you can eat a little bit." ”
Cheng Mu'an pushed the bowl to Wen Xiaomiao again, stuffed the chopsticks into Wen Xiaomiao's hand, and said, "You eat this first, you are also the one who goes home, obedient." ”
Wen Xiaomiao couldn't refuse, and wanted to pick out some and put them on the plate, and give the rest of the bowl to Cheng Mu'an, Cheng Mu'an pressed her little hand with her slender and white hand, and said, "You eat well, I'll eat again, just use this bowl." Wen Xiaomiao thought about the two of them using a bowl, and couldn't help but think of the situation last night, and the child's face turned red again.
Cheng Muan didn't know what Wen Xiaomiao blushed because of what he was.
"By the way, you haven't told me what you were smiling at when you went to the plum garden last night." Cheng Muan suddenly remembered this, so he asked Wen Xiaomiao.
"Do you remember?" Wen Xiaomiao's heart trembled, she didn't know what Cheng Mu'an remembered.
"Of course." Cheng Muan said as a matter of course.
"And then, what do you remember?" Wen Xiaomiao stared at Cheng Mu'an.
"You dance beautifully." Cheng Muan said naturally.
"And later?" Wen Xiaomiao's heart was about to mention her throat.
"Later? I kissed you. Cheng Muan said calmly in front of Ping'er, who was standing outside the door and waiting.
"And then?" Wen Xiaomiao asked with a wink.
"Well, I don't remember, tell me anything else." Cheng Muan looked at Wen Xiaomiao's appearance, and really had a little expectation in his heart.
"Oh, you're asleep." Wen Xiaomiao breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, it seemed that Cheng Mu'an really didn't remember anything, she quickly changed the topic and said: "I laughed because I remembered the situation when we first met, when I cried and cried, it must be ugly, are you annoying?" ”
"First time meeting?" Cheng Muan thought for a while and said, "I remember that when I saw you for the first time, you looked intoxicated. ”
"Intoxicated?" Wen Xiaomiao felt very embarrassed, she must have been seen by him when she secretly looked at Cheng Mu'an, his martial arts are so high, it is not easy to find her, but he is used to being admired, not to mention that Qin Feiyan came to his side later, how could he have time to take care of her.
"That's because Brother An is so good-looking, that day you stood alone in the pavilion, I thought I had seen a mortal immortal." Wen Xiaomiao said.
"In the pavilion? Isn't it a first-class building? Cheng Muan said that he was a little confused.
"Yipinlou?" Even Wen Xiaomiao was confused.
"That day, Haojun and I were having dinner in Yipinlou, and I saw you walking forward next to a carriage from the window, and you looked up and sniffed vigorously with your little nose, looking very intoxicated." Cheng Muan said.
"You're the one in white?" Wen Xiaomiao remembered that when Chen Mu rushed to take the exam, they just arrived in the capital, and when she passed by Yipinlou, she was attracted by the aroma, because she couldn't help but sniff, and when she looked up, she saw someone on the second floor looking at her, but because she was in a hurry, she didn't see the appearance of the person, and she didn't even know if it was a man or a woman, it turned out to be Cheng Mu'an, and five years had passed in a flash.
"So that was the first time we met." Wen Xiaomiao said excitedly.
"Yes, maybe this is fate in the dark, I saw you at a glance in the crowd." Cheng Muan also sighed slightly.
Wen Xiaomiao was in a very good mood, quickly ate two bites of mutton noodle soup, and transferred the bowl to Cheng Mu'an.
Cheng Mu'an elegantly swept away the remaining noodle soup quickly.
After the two of them have eaten, Cheng Mu'an wants to go to Gu Mansion to find Gu Haojun, many things are in ruins, and they need Gu Haojun's help, if they use Liu Kuo, it will be a bit overkill, and they can't touch him easily.
Wen Xiaomiao stayed at home in the afternoon and had nothing to do, so she took the silver from Cheng Mu'an and returned it to Uncle Li first, and she took the rest to the street with Ping'er.
There are too many things she wants to buy, although Liu Kuo arranged for people to clean up Cheng's mansion and prepare some items before, but some details still need to be done by herself, such as Cheng Mu'an's new clothes, shoes and socks, Cheng Mu'an's new pillow bedding, Cheng Mu'an's pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and so on.
Wen Xiaomiao also knew that the Taoist family could not be completed in a day or two, but anyway, she had time, she could take her time, she and Ping'er until it was almost dark, and then she went home with a large bag of small rolls, and she still had to prepare dinner.
The money in the money bag was spent, and Wen Xiaomiao had to go home, and she asked the guy to deliver some big items to her home tomorrow.
When Wen Xiaomiao returned to Cheng's mansion tired and panting, and walked into the main hall, he saw Cheng Muan pacing around the room.
He was a little anxious, he heard Uncle Li say that he walked on the front foot, and Wen Xiaomiao went out on the back foot, and he didn't say where to go, but he had been back for so long, and she hadn't come back yet, he was really afraid that she would have an accident.
He was afraid that the remnants of Qin Yaozong would not be destroyed. "Brother An, you're back, I'll go make dinner right away." Wen Xiaomiao put down the things in her hand, asked Ping'er to place them specifically, and said that she was going to the kitchen.
Cheng Mu'an grabbed her, looked at her fingers that were already red, rubbed them gently, and said, "You went shopping on the street?" These are? "He felt that there were a lot of things, and he was tired of holding them.
"Yes, there will be delivery tomorrow, but the money is all gone." Wen Xiaomiao bit her lip, it was really not that she was a loser, but that there were too many items that needed to be prepared.