Extra: "Beauty Like Flowers Across the Clouds" (4)
This small and clean courtyard should be the temporary place for his grandparents, Feng Xiaozhang and his wife.
Cheng Shiyun saw that the destination had arrived, and had a brief conversation with Tao Xiang, and then said that military affairs were important and let Tao Xiang go first. Someone had already knocked on the door first. The guards in the courtyard were obviously cautious, and they interrogated for a long time before opening the door. Lin Zhichen followed Cheng Shiyun to take the first step.
Tao Xiang saw that Jingyi hadn't followed yet, just looking at herself. There was a hint of reluctance in his eyes. He looked at his father-in-law, who had already walked into the courtyard gate, and whispered to Jingyi, "Go quickly." Didn't you think about it for a long time? β
Jingyi said, "I'll wait for you to leave before going in...... A little scared. β
Although I have waited for a long time, I am of course nervous when it comes to the end. With his father in front of him, his grandfather just didn't want to see them, and his father always stood in his way. But it was only when she got here that she felt her heart beat a drum.
Tao Xiang stroked the back of her head again and said, "You're really afraid of everyone, but you're just not afraid of me, aren't you?" Da"
Jingyi was silent.
Tao Xiao smiled and said in a low voice: "If you don't go in again, I won't be able to leave, but it will delay things." β
"Who delayed you......" Jingyi also knew that she was like this now, it was really a bit unusual, "You go." β
Tao Xiang lowered his hand, held Jingyi's hand, and shook it tightly.
There are many people here in the light and in the dark, and there really can't be a more intimate action, but the eyes he looks at her, and the eyes in which she looks at him, are all care and love that can't be hidden...... Tao Xiao didn't say anything more, let go and turned to leave.
Jingyi stood still and watched Tao Xiang get into the carβseveral cars quickly disappeared into the night, as fast as Tao Xiang had when he left...... She heard someone call her Miss Ten. You don't have to look back to know it's true. Calming down, she lowered her head and walked into the courtyard.
Zhiyi followed her into the courtyard and listened to Jingyi ask, "Where is the master?" β
Jingyi looked at this small courtyard, which was as clean as she imagined, and there were no miscellaneous people.
Zhi Yan said in a low voice: "Miss Ten, the chief housekeeper of the Feng family said that Mr. Feng is not a guest. The old man was waiting in the hall. β
Jingyi frowned.
Although she had expected to eat such a closed-door soup before she came, she was also a little inexplicably uncomfortable to think that a person like her father could still come and wait patiently after eating closed-door soup.
Seeing that her face changed slightly, Zhi Yan was shocked. Thinking about it, with her temperament, she would never do anything difficult in the here and now, so she stepped forward and opened the door for her.
Jingyi saw her father sitting in the main hall, saw her come in, and asked, "Muzhi is gone?" β
"Yes." Jingyi agreed, and walked closer.
The yard is small and the house is not big. The main hall was lit with candles, and when I was used to the electric light, I suddenly felt that it was dim. Jingyi adjusted to the light in the room, and saw clearly that in addition to her father, Zhixin, and herself, there was another person in the room, looking at her. Seeing that she noticed herself, the man lowered his gaze and said to Cheng Shiyun: "Mr. Cheng, please go back, our lord and wife are really inconvenient to see guests at this time." β
Jing Yi recognized it, and it was really Feng Yonghao.
Feng Yong's transformation is naturally Feng Xiaozhang's meaning.
Even a fool can hear that this is a tactful expression of expelling customers.
The chief housekeeper of the Feng family, in the past, because he had a few pockmarks on his face, and he didn't like them to play tricks on the goldfish raised by the old man in the Feng family's garden, he was called Sesame Officer by the ninth brother behind his back...... Brother Jiu said that the prime minister's family slave is a seven-rank official, and the chief housekeeper still has a bit of the official authority of a seven-rank official. I haven't seen him for many years, and he is still very imposing. This is indeed the bearing that the Feng family's slaves should have.
Seeing that her father didn't speak immediately, Jing Yi sat down under her father's hand, and heard her father say, "It's not early, Mr. Feng should not see guests." We don't disturb the old gentleman's rest, just wait here. β
Feng Yonghao lowered his hand, smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Cheng, don't embarrass me...... I have already conveyed the meaning of our lord. You just wait until dawn, and the lord doesn't see the guest, but he still doesn't see the guest. β
Before Cheng Shiyun could speak, Jingyi took out his pocket watch and pressed it against the candlelight to see the time. She didn't say anything, but she could sense the moment she took out her pocket watch, the man's eyes followed...... She calmly put the pocket watch back in her pocket, and looked at her father, who was sitting quietly, Cheng Shiyun holding on to the armrest, not moving at all, as if he was in a state of flux.
Jing Yi suddenly wanted to laugh.
Somehow, she felt that her father was a bit of a trick...... This is simply unimaginable to her. Her father, the father who called for the wind and rain to scatter beans into a soldier, had to rely on tricks in order to achieve the goal of meeting her grandfather...... She thought that maybe her grandfather had fainted from anger. Presumably he has lived for so many years, and very few people dare to force him.
At this time, Cheng Shiyun glanced at Jingyi with a face.
Jing Yi looked at her father's face and eyes, but suddenly realized, and asked softly, "How is the old lady now?" β
Feng Yonghao kept silent. The ever-changing face is as quiet as a person. Presumably, seeing that the two fathers and daughters are not leaving, they can't get out, and they are determined to shake their heads and don't know what to do.
Seeing that he was silent, Jing Yi had the heart to ask again, Cheng Shiyun motioned for her to be quiet, and after a while, two people came out of it, two mothers-in-law who were already not young. The one who walked in front said that Steward Feng was here to deliver supper according to the master's instructions. Jingyi listened carefully, only said that it was the master, and did not say who ordered it, and her heart moved. Feng Yonghao was obviously surprised, and did not ask in detail in front of the guests, but still stood in place, waiting for them to come forward to deliver refreshments.
Jingyi watched the mothers-in-law put the food in the tea tray on the small square table, and the sweet taste made people feel ironed immediately. At this time, the cold night is deep, and it is naturally good to have a bowl of delicate desserts, even if no one is in the mood to enjoy it...... She whispered a hard word.
Her voice was so soft that it was only heard by anyone up close.
The woman's action of holding the tea tray was originally lowered because of her words, and she quickly half-raised her eyes to look at her, and suddenly the tea tray almost fell to the ground. Jingyi saw that her lips trembled, although she didn't make a sound, as if she was calling Miss, and hurriedly reached out to help her.
"Mother Chen, don't step down yet!" Feng Yonghao suddenly said in a deep voice, "It's not a system. β
"Great butler, it doesn't have to be like this." Jing Yi said immediately. She knew that it was just because this Chen's mother glanced at her. She also understands that in places like the Feng family, where the rules are strict, the slightest mistake will be punished. Seeing that Mother Chen is also an old member of the Feng family, it must be because she and her mother are too similar...... She always had a vague understanding of this. In her opinion, her mother is much more beautiful than herself.
Chen's mother gave her a serious curtsy salute, and then hurriedly retreated.
Jing Yi looked at the housekeeper Feng who was still standing there with his hands hanging down, and had the heart to say something again, but saw that the father next to him took the time to pick up the bowl on the table, looking at ease, so he endured it again.
Cheng Shiyun took a small porcelain spoon, scooped the sweet porridge in the bowl, and said, "Jingyi can also taste it." β
Jingyi didn't want to use it. How do you eat in such an atmosphere? But she saw that her father didn't seem to mind at all, but seemed to value the bowl of porridge very much, and took the bowl suspiciously.
Look, this is just a very ordinary five-grain porridge.
Jingyi thought so when she scooped a spoonful and put it in her mouth. But the soft and glutinous sweet porridge spread on the tip of her tongue, the moment she covered her taste buds, she felt like she was captured in an instant...... She turned to look at her father.
The father and daughter looked at each other and scooped a spoonful of porridge each.
Feng Yonghao and Lin Zhixin were not far from both of them, and they didn't seem to be proud of their naughty boys eating their favorite candy at this time. Butler Feng also specially turned around and picked out the candle wick......
Jingyi whispered, "Father, this porridge ...... Why is it so delicious? β
Cheng Shiyun also said softly: "I don't know." β
Jingyi chuckled. I laughed, and I felt emotional.
When I was a child learning painting in the Feng family, there was never a shortage of dim sum, and occasionally the master kept the food, and I had the impression that the food tasted good. The food at their home is also one of the most exquisite and high-quality in the capital, and it is not that they have never seen good things. Moreover, according to her mother's craftsmanship, she occasionally cooks the same, and the taste is always amazing. But I haven't eaten this before, it's simple, and it's really fresh...... She was halfway through her meal, but she put down the bowl.
She thought that maybe her mother didn't know how to make such food, but that when she left the Feng family, she had cut off all contact with the Feng family. Whether she wants to or not.
Cheng Shiyun saw that Jing Yi suddenly lost her spirit like an orchid that had been wilted by the wind, and was about to say something, when he saw Jing Yi sitting up straight, and said to Feng Yonghao: "Big housekeeper, please go in and tell grandpa, I want to see grandma." I'm a doctor, and my grandmother is sick like this, so I can't rest assured that I won't see it with my own eyes. β
Feng Yonghao has been standing there for most of the day. He's also getting older, and he can barely sleep when he stands. At this time, Jingyi suddenly said this, and even grandma and grandpa called out, obviously frightened. He opened his mouth and looked at this beautiful Miss Cheng of the Cheng family, who looked like a fairy daughter, and secretly complained, but he had to say, "This ...... This ...... This...... My lord said that he would not see the guests......"
"We're not guests." Jingyi stood up.