Chapter 111
Zixiang's arrival only added some blockages to Xu Cancan in the first two days. After Xu Cancan's operation, the ambitious Zixiang was quickly set aside.
After a short period of confusion, Zixiang fell silent all of a sudden.
It's almost the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, but Xu Cancan is not in the mood for the festival, she and Fu Yuchen are separated, her mother and younger brother are also in Wanzhou's hometown, and her father is on the battlefield in the South China Sea, she really doesn't have any holiday mood.
Since the young lady did not instruct, the people in the Fu Mansion refused to mention the festival, and there were only two days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, but there was no preparation for the New Year in the house.
Xu Cancan held the pillow and leaned on the soft couch in front of the bedroom window, staring blankly at a few osmanthus plants outside the window. Because she praised the fragrance of osmanthus flowers, Fu Yuchen saw this kind of osmanthus in the South China Sea, so he asked people to send it from the South China Sea.
She had people planted in front of the bedroom window, so that they could see and smell it every day.
The rice-sized osmanthus flowers hung on the green branches, exuding a refreshing fragrance, but Xu Cancan's heart was a little gloomy: the osmanthus was shipped back, but Fu Yuchen was not at home.
The autumn wind blew in through the window, and Xu Cancan was only wearing a jade white narrow-sleeved shirt with a cross-collar and a jade-colored satin skirt, and he immediately shuddered.
She hugged the brocade pillows, trying to warm herself up.
Xu Cancan sat up suddenly, no longer nesting there sad spring and sad autumn - the last time the people from Yujinfang came, Xu Cancan asked them to make two sets of outer clothes and two sets of underwear for their father. These days, autumn is getting stronger, will Daddy get cold? I'm going to have to make a few more sets of clothes for his old man!
Thinking of this, Xu Cancan immediately called Biyun over.
Biyun was helping Zhu Yan settle accounts in the main room, and when she heard her voice, she hurriedly agreed.
Zhu Yan continued to settle the account, Biyun entered the bedroom with a smile, and curtsied to Xu Cancan, who was sitting on the couch: "I've seen the young lady." ”
Xu Cancan raised his chin: "Zhu Yan is still settling accounts?" ”
smiled again: "What is there to calculate for this account?" ”
Biyun gave a cup of black tea to Xu Cancan: "Young lady, drink some tea!" ”
Xu Cancan took the teacup and put it in his hand, and instead of drinking it, he asked, "Are you ready for the festival money up and down the family?" ”
Biyun hurriedly said: "It has been prepared for a long time, it has been divided into a bag, according to your instructions, the position is different, the reward is also different, and the paper bag has everyone's name written on it!" ”
Xu Cancan nodded slightly: "Let Zhu Yan and Fu Yang do this matter together, you have to go and finish the matter of ordering moon cakes in Suxiang Zhai." ”
Biyun smiled: "The slave maid went to Suxiangzhai the day before yesterday to order moon cakes, and specially ordered moon cakes filled with jujube paste, lotus seed paste, chestnut and red bean for the young lady!" ”
Xu Cancan's eyes flowed: "You girl is clever!" She still has a little childishness on her face, but she speaks old-fashioned.
Biyun smiled when he heard this, revealing several big teeth, and was glanced at by Xu Cancan, who was busy covering his mouth and laughing.
Xu Cancan was very curious: "Hey, am I so funny?" ”
Biyun pursed her lips to hold back a smile, and asked seriously, "May I ask the young lady, how old are you this year?" ”
Xu Cancan's mind was quick, and after a little thought, he understood the meaning of her words, and said with a smile: "No matter how young I am, I am also your master!" "She didn't turn sixteen until October 16, but she was really a few years younger than Biyun and Zhu Yan.
Biyun suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said, "Young lady, your birthday is coming soon!" ”
Xu Cancan used to love birthdays when she was in Wanzhou, because her father would buy her the gold and jade jewelry she liked.
Now that he is married to Fu Yuchen, there is no shortage of these things.
Probably because she knew that she liked those objects, Fu Yuchen kept giving her all kinds of jewelry, but now she doesn't pay much attention to these things, and she has no hope for her birthday.
Seeing that Xu Cancan was still thinking, Biyun smiled and said, "I'm afraid that the son is going to give you jewelry again!" ”
Xu Cancan sighed, feeling that it was really not enough to have a good heart. In the past, her father bought her a jasper hairpin, and she was happy for a long time, but now Fu Yuchen is used to her not paying attention to anything.
Thinking of this, she began to miss Fu Yuchen again, so she hugged the pillow and sighed.
After a while, he said, "Wait a minute, you go to the storeroom and choose some old materials, I want to make some thick clothes for my father!" ”
Biyun smiled: "Young lady, it's still the slave and Zhu Yan to do it, the clothes you make are afraid that the foreign master will not dare to wear them!" ”
Xu Cancan: "......" Why is this girl getting more and more naughty!
Zhu Yan settled the accounts, put the account book in the box, locked it in the lattice of the west dark room, and went to the bedroom when everything was in order.
As soon as she came in, she whispered, "Young lady, the slave maid saw Zixiang coming!" ”
Xu Cancan said lazily: "I know the way." But she didn't move, holding the porcelain cup that Biyun gave her in her hand and sipping tea slowly.
Zi Xiang quickly walked in, got permission to enter the bedroom, and respectfully bowed to Xu Cancan, who was crooked on the soft couch: "The slave has seen the young lady." ”
Xu Cancan looked at Zixiang with a slight smile on his face.
Zixiang is very different today, with a snail bun on his head, a single ruyi silver hairpin, and a moon-white jacket and a dark purple embroidered floral gown, and a light purple satin skirt exposed underneath, which looks neat and soolet.
Her attitude is also deferential, which is simply too deferential.
Xu Cancan motioned for her to get up, didn't speak, and drank tea with a cup in her own hands, waiting for Zixiang's next move, so that the soldiers would come to block the water and cover the earth.
Zixiang was very respectful, his thin eyelids drooped, as if he didn't see Xu Cancan crooked on the soft couch unbelievably noblewoman, and said softly: "Young lady, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival in three days, I don't know how to celebrate in our house." ”
Xu Cancan understood that Zixiang had been left out in the cold for a few days, and he wanted to take care of himself!
She pretended not to understand, handed the cup to Biyun, took the tulle handkerchief from Zhu Yan's hand and wiped the corners of her mouth, and said "oh" without any response.
Zixiang really has a city, she touched a soft nail here with Xu Cancan, but she was not discouraged at all.
Seeing that Xu Cancan had the intention of getting up, she preemptively said: "Young lady, the slave maid serves you to wash your hands!" ”
With that, he turned and went out.
Seeing her go out, Xu Cancan looked at her back and said in his heart: Zixiang is really a talent! Self-talk can bend and stretch, with such a thick skin, it's not what a talent is!
Biyun and Zhu Yan also looked at her back in amazement, and neither spoke. After a while, Bi Yun said: "How powerful you were when Zixiang transferred 0 to teach us, you are still young lady!" ”
Zhu Yan has known Zixiang for more than ten years, and he knows Zixiang's personality very well, so he looked at Xu Cancan a little anxiously, and stopped talking: "Young lady......"
Xu Cancan understood her thoughts very well, so he reached out and patted Zhu Yan's hand, and said, "Don't worry, I know it."
Zixiang soon came over with four little maids.
She was holding the basin of the red gold relief dragon and phoenix that Xu Cancan used to wash his face, and the four little maids were holding soft cloth, Jinpa, fragrant pancreas and target glasses.
Although Xu Cancan was born in a small family, after all, he had received several months of special training in Xu Mansion, so he sat still and continued to sit on the soft couch, waiting for Zixiang to come and wait for him.
Zixiang had the intention to dismantle Xu Cancan's vigilance in order to redeem the mistake he made when he first came without recognizing the situation, so he respectfully walked to the soft couch with the golden basin, knelt down with a "poof" on his knees, and raised the golden basin with both hands.
The four maids also knelt down with her holding soft cloths, brocade pads, fragrant pancreas, and scopes.
Zhu Yan stepped forward silently to help Xu Cancan pull up the sleeves of the jade white collared narrow sleeve shirt, and took off the jade bracelet on her left wrist and put it aside.
Biyun took a snow-white cloth towel from the little maid and covered Xu Cancan's clothes.
Xu Cancan doesn't put on this kind of pomp and circumstance for a long time, but since Zixiang intends to wait recently, she is ready to accept it calmly.
Xu Cancan lowered his eyes to cover his eyes, and his snow-white slender hands reached out to the golden basin and began to wash his face and hands.
After Xu Cancan finished washing his face, Zhu Yan took a Jinpa and gently wiped off the crystal droplets on her face, then took the balm from Biyun's hand, twisted the lid and handed it to Xu Cancan.
Xu Cancan dug out a little light green transparent balm with his fingers and applied it evenly on his face.
After everything was cleaned up, Xu Cancan finally moved his nest and prepared to go for a walk outside.
Once Zixiang made up his mind, he waited for Xu Cancan impenetrable. She saw that Zhu Yan had already followed, so she took a flower basket and a pair of scissors and followed: "Young lady, the flower in your middle is cut by the slave maid for you!" ”
Xu Cancan saw that she was so attentive, and he was happy to be served by her, but there was not much to do.
At night, Zhu Yan waited for Xu Cancan to sleep.
Xu Cancan fell asleep with thirst, his eyes seemed to be open, but he still forced Zhu Yan to explain: "Go back and talk to Biyun, you must be careful to watch out for Zixiang, don't be careless!" ”
Zhu Yan replied "yes", took the tent made of moonlight yarn from the golden hook, put it down, put it down, extinguished the crystal lamp on the small table at the head of the bed, closed the bed door again, and extinguished the chantrin in the bedroom, and then quietly retreated.
Tonight it is her turn to be on duty, and Zhu Yan will sleep on the couch in the main house tonight, so that Xu Cancan can call people at night.
The bed was dark, and Xu Cancan couldn't sleep.
On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the night is as cool as water. Xu Cancan was lying on the bed, smelling the faint fragrance of the pear blossom wood carved bed, and missing Fu Yuchen in his heart.
She calculated Fu Yuchen's travel date, and he was afraid that he was about to go home!
Thinking of Fu Yuchen, she was itchy and unbearable, and finally turned over and pressed on the quilt, and finally fell asleep in a hazy way.
Fu Yuchen, under the protection of the musket team, has already passed through Chibane County.
Because Xu Shunhe needed to prick him with needles and bleed, the group rested in the post station in the north of Chiba County.
Night had fallen, and Tingyu brought the two little maids to dinner.
Fu Yuchen casually glanced at the dishes on the square table, and found that it was very rich, so he ordered Tingyu: "Bring some wine and invite Mr. Xu to come over for dinner!" ”
Listening to the rain said "yes", he retreated and asked Xu Shunhe to go.
Xu Shunhe was playing chess with Fu Yuchen's military advisor Liang Qinghe in the room, and after listening to Yuyu's words, he was a little embarrassed: "This-"
Liang Qinghe got up with a spring breeze on his face, arched his hand, and left happily. Mr. Xu is Fu Shuai's father-in-law, there are not many people in the military camp who know Lu Dao, and those who know the inside story of Lu Dao are very strict-mouthed, and Fu Shuai and his father-in-law usually have no contact.
Now Fu Shuai wants to slap in with his father-in-law, how can he not be interested?!
Xu Shunhe came to Fu Yuchen's side with listening to the rain.
Before he entered the room, he smelled the smell of wine mixed with the smell of meat, and suddenly quickened his pace with pleasure.
There were four side dishes and a porcelain pot for wine on the square table, and Fu Yuchen was sitting on the main seat silently waiting for Xu Shunhe.
Seeing Xu Shunhe coming, he got up and greeted him.
Fu Yuchen stood at the door to greet him, and when he saw his father-in-law coming, he called "Dad" and welcomed Xu Shunhe in and sat down.
Weng and his son-in-law sat down separately.
Fu Yuchen didn't like to talk, and waved his hand to listen to the rain outside.
When only he and Xu Shunhe were left in the room, Fu Yuchen got up and poured wine for Xu Shunhe.
Xu Shunhe was used to being Fu Yuchen's subordinates, and he was very unaccustomed to Fu Yuchen serving himself, so he stood up in fear and smiled: "Virtuous son-in-law, let's do it myself!" ”
Although Fu Yuchen didn't speak, he insisted on pouring wine for him, and toasted his father-in-law first, so that his father-in-law could eat.
Xu Shunhe had already noticed a few delicate dishes on the table. The most eye-catching on the table is, of course, the fragrant Buddha jumping over the wall, and the other four dishes are stir-fried bamboo clams, lotus pod fish, crispy shredded squid and stir-fried small green vegetables, which look delicate and delicious. Xu Shunhe has been staying in the army these days, and he eats some big pot dishes, so when he saw such exquisite dishes, he couldn't help but open his index finger, so he no longer gave in to his son-in-law, and picked up chopsticks to eat.
Fu Yuchen's meal was still small, he couldn't eat it after a few bites, so he let Tingyu drink a bowl of rice porridge slowly, and occasionally had to drink to his father-in-law.
This wine is also very good. Although Xu Shunhe didn't drink much, he also knew that it was good wine, so he drank a few glasses.
Seeing that his father-in-law had almost eaten, Fu Yuchen opened his mouth and asked, "Dad, let's pass through Wanzhou this time, do you want to take your mother-in-law and Yichun to Bianjing?" He didn't care about himself, he was just afraid that Xu Cancan would be lonely, so he asked his father-in-law.
Although Xu Shunhe drank a few glasses, he still had his senses, and after thinking about it, he said: "When I get to Wanzhou, I'll just go home by myself!" Although he didn't know the environment of his eldest brother Xu Tinghe and Fu Yuchen, he also knew that Fu Yuchen's situation was not as good as it seemed, and it was better to wait for Fu Yuchen's status to stabilize before entering Beijing instead of his family going to Beijing to drag Fu Yuchen and Cancan.
Fu Yuchen was not surprised when he heard this. He found that his father-in-law was very different from the profit-hungry Xu Tinghe, although his father-in-law loved money a little, but his fame and fortune were not heavy, and his old man came to the battlefield with him for Cancan.
He was moved in his heart, but his face was still very calm, although he had planned to ask for credit for his father-in-law, he didn't say it first.
After sending Xu Shunhe away, Fu Yuchen stood in the courtyard of the post station, looking at the full moon in the sky, and fell into deep thought.
Listening to the rain and watching the snow followed from a distance with the forbidden army.
Fu Shuai in white clothes under the moonlight, he looked like a god under the moonlight, as if he would leave this world at any time.
Before the group reached Yunzhou, Fu Yuchen received news from Fu Lu from Bianjing - Emperor Yong'an began to be a concubine in the palace again!
The author has something to say: There is a change in the evening~