02 Don't ask about old things
"Husband." Luo Xiao saw the person who came and put down the spoon, gently wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, got up and saluted, Gu Yan nodded before she sat down again.
Luo Xiao's father once said that Gu Yan's most disliked thing was the martial artists on the battlefield, but she felt that those were only brute force and brainless, she still remembered that her father said this day like this:
"Xiao'er, you have been practicing on Nanzhu Mountain since you were a child, and it is even more indispensable to dance with knives and guns, and you are also blamed for being your father, and you are too indulgent, maybe you shouldn't have ...... in the first place Alas. ”
Luo Xiao listened to her father's teachings all night, and finally her mother came to the rescue to relieve her, but she didn't ask what her father's unfinished words were at that time, but she knew that her sword would eventually be dusted, and she was no longer the carefree girl she was at that time, and she had to be a bride who was cautious in her words and deeds.
"You two eat, we still have an appointment, Zixu, don't snub people." The two Lin couples had already eaten and put down the bowls, took a sip of tea and rinsed their mouths, and the two of them left their seats, exempting them from false courtesy.
The two people who sat down again silently ate the things in their bowls, and the scene was like last night, the silence was terrible, and at the same time, they perfectly interpreted the word "food without words", Luo Xiao put down the chopsticks first, and sat upright waiting for Gu Yan's speech.
Gu Yan glanced at the remaining porridge on the table, thought about Luo Xiao's tiptoe appearance of eating everything just now, his face was a little warm from the beginning of indifference, he also put down the chopstick, and said to Luo Xiao:
"Can you eat to your heart's content?"
The cold and clear voice is particularly refreshing, Luo Xiao was suddenly named, and the person who had been watching him in a daze was stunned, she liked this voice, it was very gentle, but it was very regular, and there would be no more transgressions.
Thinking about it, this should be the first formal conversation between them, Luo Xiao followed his voice, also looked at the flax porridge in front of him, nodded, and replied, "Hexin."
Luo Xiao saw that Gu Yan was about to rinse his mouth, got up and walked to him, and was about to pick up the teacup, but was stopped by Gu Yan first, and then took the tea and rinsed his mouth in one go.
"You don't have to care about so many complicated etiquette on weekdays, I know that you are easy-going, if you want to understand the affairs of the house, I will tell the housekeeper, if you are afraid of these tedious things, you can also avoid it, everything I am."
Luo Xiao didn't study where his "I know" came from, although he knew that she was Gu Yan's wife now, it was impossible to really let go of her hand and let her take over the affairs of the Prime Minister's Mansion alone, Luo Xiao knew how to advance and retreat, he wanted her to be a happy lady, but he couldn't be too idle, so as not to fall into the tongue of others.
"I can't do it wholeheartedly, but I will do my best."
"Hmm." Gu Yan paused, was speechless for a while, and beckoned Luo Xiao to sit beside him.
"Qingqing would like to go out with me?"
Hearing the word "Qingqing", Luo Xiao's eyes flashed hesitantly, and he looked at Lang Jun, who was also very good-looking, and did not twist, and replied with a good sentence.
"Vision, prepare the car."
"Yes."
I saw a small guy at the door answer, so he trotted to make arrangements.
Gu Yan took Luo Xiao's hand, everything was very natural and beautiful, but where would there be someone who had been relatively silent all the time suddenly so close, I am afraid it was just to deal with the words of his mother-in-law and walk around. Luo Xiao thought.
With the support of Liuzhu, Luo Xiao got into the carriage first, but the other person did not come up for a long time, Luo Xiao lifted the curtain, and saw Gu Yan in the corner and a person wearing a hat did not know what to say, although the person turned his back to Luo Xiao, but she knew that it was a woman, she really saw the indulgence on Gu Yan's face when he uncovered the light veil that blocked the sight, put down the curtain and did not say much, just rubbed the stove, closed his eyes and recuperated.
The cold wind suddenly broke into the carriage, Luo Xiao opened her eyes and saw that it was not Gu Yan but Liuzhu, looking at the girl with her hands twisting her skirt, sighed, and said, "Sit up, take me to go shopping."
"Madame..."Ruzhu is the servant girl who makes people talk less today, and she knows that this is the master she wants to serve now.
"Don't be afraid, I'm not an unreasonable person, and I will expose it if I can't say it. It's too cold, don't let the wind blow in. Luo Xiao shook the deerskin velvet, covered herself tightly, and then continued to close her eyes and rest.
Liuzhu replied yes and knelt beside Luo Xiao to serve.
"Don't bother, it's such a cold day, you can also take a break, I don't go out much on weekdays, but I also know that the snacks in Zuixianglou are the best..."
After Liuzhu finished instructing the coachman, she turned around and saw Luo Xiao sitting casually, the deerskin velvet had already been put aside by her, and she lifted the curtain with one hand, looking at the endless stream of pedestrians on the street.
The man was very quiet, and he was not ordinary with other noble ladies, he didn't put on a show, and I heard that the people of Jiangmen, regardless of whether they were strong men or women, turned out to be so gentle and virtuous, but it was only half a day, and they couldn't make a conclusion at will.
"What's wrong?" Luo Xiao noticed that Liuzhu's gaze fell on him for a long time and did not look away, and he was a little puzzled.
"It's the slave who has trespassed, please forgive the lady." The person named was startled, and the slave was not allowed to look directly at his master, and his heart was in great turmoil.
Luo Xiao sat up straight and sighed: "Although I don't like to carry a servant girl with me on weekdays, I just feel troublesome, but now that you are here, don't be like a bird with a frightened bow, I won't eat people," Luo Xiao put the candy in his arms before in Liuzhu's hand, "I still have a lot of things that I still need your guidance and help now, you can relax in front of me, and the etiquette can't be wasted when someone comes."
"Yes." The candy in the palm of his hand still has temperature, and he has been hiding it for a long time.
"But there are still some things I need to know, and you don't have to rush to tell me, it's okay to tell me when the time comes."
Occasion? What time is it, Luo Xiao said casually, she didn't know whether to ask or not, listening to Liuzhu's answer, her eyes were even deeper.
Luo Xiao has rarely been exposed to this deep-rooted idea of male superiority and inferiority since she was a child, and because both her father and uncle have only one wife in the family, and even her cousin is the only one who marries. Now it's her turn, I'm afraid that I can't be a couple for a lifetime.
Not to mention, being an idle cloud and wild crane, fighting between the sword and the world.
Liuzhu found a side room, served tea, and saw that the master had no intention of ordering, so he dismissed Xiao Er, and Fu Shen also withdrew from the door.
The storyteller downstairs was eloquently talking about an official's gossip, and the audience listened to it and kept clapping and applauding.
Luo Xiao has heard the bridge section of the hero saving the beauty countless times, but this time she thinks it is even more novel, the storyteller changed the topic, and jumped to the protagonist of the story, the protagonist is not simple, it happens to be her own Lang Jun, it sounds interesting.
"Ruzu."
"Ma'am." When Liuzhu heard the storyteller downstairs who was still exaggerating the narrative, she wanted to ask someone to tear the man's mouth apart, and she was also anxious for her master's calmness.
"Find someone who is good at it, and follow the storyteller when he is done. By the way, get me some pen and paper. "To be so open-mouthed, there must be someone instigating, Luo Xiao is not in a hurry for a while, to see who is behind the person and then make a conclusion.
"Yes." Liuzhu also knows that only the people in the house know about Xiangye, and those who chew the tongue of the head of the family will not be left.
Liuzhu now only knows that his master is also a difficult person to mess with.
It turns out that if you want to have a stable and smooth life, there is no such thing.
Luo Xiao took out a thin silver whistle from the sachet on his waist, opened the window, blew it a few times, and two Haidongqing would appear on the windowsill.
"Good boy, go ahead."
Liuzhu knocked on the door after a while, and was allowed to push the door in: "Madam, it has been arranged." ”
"Let's go."
"Yes."
Before he could take two steps, Luo Xiao stopped again, "That's it, help me order some famous snacks here, it's boring to go back so early." ”
Liuzhu said yes, ordered a few light snacks, three snacks from Xiao Er, and a simple Huaishan lily porridge.
Luo Xiao's eyes looked at the bowl of crystal chaos, and under Xiao Er's chattering recommendation, he first sandwiched the chaos that was full of emerald green and crystal, the taste of shepherd's cabbage was not strong or light, it was smooth and delicious, and it was sandwiched with finely chopped mutton foam, this meat flavor was not put before the horse, and the faint sweetness of the shepherd's cabbage just neutralized the smell of mutton in the mouth.
"Madam, you're here today, the carp in the middle of winter is the most refreshing to make fish belly, and the sauce dipped in wasabi is the most delicious." Xiao Er took a pair of new chopsticks, skillfully picked up the fish fillet, rolled it with a little mustard sauce, and put it on the porcelain plate next to Luo Xiao's bowl.
Luo Xiao has only seen others eat it on weekdays, but she has never touched it once, and she always feels that the raw fish is too fishy, so this time she was still a little hesitant when she picked it up, leaned to the tip of her nose and sniffed it gently, as if it was not as heavy as she imagined, she opened her lips and bit off a piece, and when Liuzhu saw that Luo Xiao's face was different, she quickly took out a cloth and let Luo Xiao spit it out.
Luo Xiao took a long time to recover, but it was absolutely impossible for her to eat this kind of food again, even if it was delicious for others, Luo Xiao still found it difficult to swallow.
Liuzhu ordered this dish, put a small bowl of porridge in front of Luo Xiao, Luo Xiao tried this porridge and cleared her throat, and it was much more comfortable, and she didn't have the heart to try the remaining dish, so she drank a few sips of hot tea, as if she asked the shopkeeper casually:
"You storytellers, tell the same story every day?"
"Madam, you said that old man Liu, on weekdays, he tells some strange and mysterious stories, but today I don't know why I started to involve ......" Xiao Er didn't dare to say it directly, just pointed his finger upward, Luo Xiao nodded knowingly, and motioned for him to continue.
"Although I don't know which one I'm talking about, the proprietress didn't stop it when she saw that more people came to listen to the tea party today, as long as she didn't name who it was, it wouldn't hurt."
Luo Xiao took a sip of tea, lowering her eyes and not knowing what she was thinking, and at this moment, the story also came to an end, and Luo Xiao glanced at Liuzhu.
"Alright, it's none of your business here, let's go down." Liuzhu directly gave him a piece of broken silver, and seeing that Luo Xiao intended to go back, he went out to prepare first.