Chapter 268: Asking for Food

The door of the Jiangnan family generally faces south, the Ding house is backed by the foothills of Nanping Mountain, sits in the north and faces south, nature is no exception, the house is surrounded by a ten-foot-wide river on all sides, the courtyard wall on the bank of the river is as high as two zhang, all are made of thick stone bricks, painted to gray and blue, lined with blue tiles, washed in general.

There are many pomegranates and plantains planted under the backyard wall of the house, all kinds of flowers and plants are planted on both sides of the path, rockery and strange stones are scattered in the middle, zigzag across several flower paths, there is a pavilion at the end, among the pavilions, there is a middle-aged man wearing silk and silk, a little rich, snuggling a chair, full of spring breeze, feeling very comfortable.

Recently, Ding Xingzhou's mood is very happy, and he even laughs out loud in his dreams when he sleeps at night, which is what his concubine hears with his own ears, Ding Xingzhou feels that it should be true, after all, he always listens to the reaction of the housekeeper during the day, and he always laughs for no reason, regardless of the place and occasion, and is often frightened.

Feeling comfortable, how can you not be happy, Ding Xingzhou feels that this is a very normal thing, and the same is true today, after a busy day, he finally finished dealing with the business matters, instructed the kitchen to prepare dinner, and sat in the backyard leisurely, playing with a jade ruyi in his hand, and there were two pretty maids next to him gently shaking the fan, attracting gusts of breeze.

Ruyi is cool and smooth, the texture is high-quality, revealing a pleasing greenery from the inside of Yuqin, Ding Xingzhou admired it carefully, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and he laughed silently.

At this moment, the butler of Dingfu, who was wearing a blue robe, a white face and a green beard, his eyes were rolling around, and his figure was obviously fat, appeared at the door of the backyard, and he first looked at the situation in the backyard, and found that Ding Xingzhou was in a good mood, and his footsteps had not yet stepped into the courtyard, and his voice had already shouted out.

"The proprietor." With a little joy in respect, the tail note was long, and he trotted all the way to Ding Xingzhou, his chest rose and fell, panting, but he was a little restrained, and from time to time he raised his sleeves to wipe the sweat stains on his forehead that did not exist at all, and the performance was very in place, and it is estimated that in the future generations, there should be no problem with what award to get.

His forehead furrowed slightly, and then he stretched out again, his hands were still playing with Yu Ruyi, he glanced at the housekeeper, and said lightly: "Okay, don't pretend, if you have something, just say it?" Obviously, I have seen through the butler's little tricks, in fact, it is understandable, after all, with the figure of the butler, if he really came running, he should have heard heavy footsteps.

The housekeeper put down his sleeves, his face trembled, he smiled, without the slightest embarrassment, and the suppressed gasp also stopped, and said with a smile: "Proprietor, the distinguished guests are coming, good things are coming." ”

"What distinguished guest?" Ding Xingzhou asked, his expression was still so calm, a little calm that Mount Tai collapsed in front of him and his face did not change, but he still straightened his body, stopped flipping the jade Ruyi in his hand, and his eyes fell on the housekeeper.

The housekeeper naturally didn't dare to pinch it too much, and hurriedly said: "Chu Zhixian and Master Liu came to visit the proprietor, and now they are waiting outside the door. After saying that, he presented the sticker.

"Why didn't you say it earlier." After receiving the post, Ding Xingzhou stood up without even looking at it, and complained in his mouth: "Lord Chu is visiting, you should invite someone in, how can you let the distinguished guests wait outside." ”

"What are you doing here, don't go and prepare yet." The maidservants in the courtyard reprimanded, Ding Xingzhou hurriedly ran outside, leaving the servants in the courtyard looking at each other in confusion, not understanding what to prepare, after a while, finally a clever servant woke up, smiled with a smile, and said: "Butler, there is something I want to ask your old man for advice, I don't know you?" ”

"A group of stupid people, the distinguished guests are here, and they don't go to prepare fragrant tea, melons and fruits for reception, and remember to call the kitchen to set up a banquet." The Hakka didn't have time to go around in circles with the servants, so they directly understood what Ding Xingzhou meant, and then shook Fa Fu's body, and chased him out with a shock, not forgetting to shout: "Boss, wait." ”

When Ding Xingzhou sprinted to the door of the mansion at the fastest speed, it was the figures of Chu Zhen and Liu Renzhi who came into view, and there was no doubt at the moment, so he hurriedly greeted him, and said with a smile on his face: "The two adults came, but they didn't send someone to inform the contemptible people first, and there was a place where they were not welcomed, I hope the two of you will forgive me." ”

"At sunset, if we take the liberty to disturb us, we should ask the head of the Ding family not to mind." Chu Zhen said with a smile.

"Lord Chu, where is this, the two adults came to the cold house, it was to give Ding someone's face, it was too late to welcome, how dare you blame it." Ding Xingzhou said with a smile, with a bit of sincerity in his tone.

After a moment of greetings, under the guidance of Ding Xingzhou's hospitality, Chu Zhen and Liu Renzhi walked into the door of the house, came to the living room and sat down, the living room was gorgeously and elegantly arranged, the tables, chairs and other furniture were simple in form, neatly furnished, painted in dark color, looking luxurious and dignified, and there were many landscape paintings of celebrities hanging on the walls around them, the ink was dripping, and the shades were appropriate, but I don't know whether it was from the handwriting of a famous artist.

As soon as I sat down, there was a maid serving fragrant tea, the heat was rising, and there was a burst of fragrance, and I suddenly visited at dusk, there must be something serious, but everyone was more reserved, and the customs were like this, so naturally they would not enter the topic so quickly, the three of them were polite for a moment, chatted about some anecdotes, and picked up the tea cup to signal to each other, and took a sip of the green and white tea soup.

After a sip of tea, Chu Zhi suddenly felt that his mouth was sweet, and he even lifted his spirits a little, and couldn't help but admire: "Good tea, if you taste it carefully, it seems that it is only slightly inferior to Longfeng group tea." ”

Longfeng group tea, that is a well-known tribute, is the most top-notch tea in the eyes of the world, so Chu Zhi said that it is only slightly inferior to it, which is also a very high evaluation.

"It's really good tea." Liu Renzhi also smiled in agreement, gently closed his eyes and pondered, and said: "This tea is fragrant and fragrant, the soup is apricot green, clear and bright, refreshing, fragrant between the teeth, it seems to be the Xianglin tea of Lingyin Xianglin Cave, and it is a rare treasure in the market, this is also due to the blessing of Lord Chu, otherwise the head of the Ding family may not be willing to take out such a treasure." ”

"Hehe, the contemptible people have no other hobbies on weekdays, just like this, I didn't expect that the two adults are also fellow people, although this Xianglin tea is not as good as Longfeng Gong tea, but it is also considered to be the best in Hangzhou, if the two like it, turn around and ask the next person to send some to the two." Ding Xingzhou said with a smile, in fact, everyone knows in their hearts that talking about tea is just an introduction, and after saying this, it's time to talk about business.

"Drinking tea is a state of mind." Gently putting down the teacup, Chu Zhi sighed leisurely: "The kindness of the head of the Ding family is naturally not refused, but in the near future, the official is afraid that he will no longer be in the mood to taste tea." ”

"Why is that?" Ding Xingzhou asked curiously.

"If you can't complete your intentions, it's too late to be sorrowful, how can you still have such a leisurely state of mind." Chu Zhen shook his head and said.

"What's the point?" Ding Xingzhou was inexplicable, thought for a moment, seemed to have come to his senses, and asked softly: "Could it be that Fan Gong has handed over an errand to the adult?" ”

He didn't ask what was going on, he already patted his chest and said boldly: "Thanks to the attention of adults, although the contemptible people have no ability, they still have two points of face in Hangzhou City, as long as they are useful, they can be contemptible."