Granny Wen also felt that it was difficult to swallow this thing, and she was thinking about whether Luo Qinghe wanted to take this opportunity to take revenge on herself, but suddenly heard Luo Qinghe explain: "This is called sour plum soup, which has the effect of quenching thirst and helping digestion, and it can just relieve your symptoms." ”

Fang Shaoze listened to it with half a doubt, but saw Luo Qinghe scoop a spoonful of sugar and pour it into the sour plum soup in front of him, and said, "Granny Wen and Langmo drink this thing just to drain the salt, so they can't add sugar." But young master, you just have fun drinking, add some sugar and it will taste much better! ”

When Fang Shaoze heard this, he waited for Luo Qinghe to stir up the sugar in his bowl before he lowered his head and tasted it, and his eyes suddenly lit up and said, "It turns out that this thing can still be so delicious?!" ”

Fang Shaoze said, in order to live up to Luo Qinghe's kindness in cooking in the middle of the night, he urged Granny Wen and Lane Mo to drink the sour plum soup in their hands.

Sure enough, when Granny Wen and Langmo gritted their teeth and swallowed the sour plum juice, they felt that their saliva was overflowing, and after running to the toilet a few times, Granny Wen found that she was really not as dry as Fang Cai, so she exclaimed: "Miss Qinghe's method is really smart!" ”

Luo Qinghe smiled: "That's natural, if this method is not good, then wouldn't my mother-in-law suspect me of cheating on you?" ”

Granny Wen was also a little embarrassed when she heard this, so she sighed and said, "Miss Luo, in fact, you are a kind-hearted person, otherwise our old lady would not believe you like this... However, the reason why I have treated you like this in recent days is not because of disgust, but because I feel that this is the difference between master and servant after all, although you are not a serious subordinate of the Fang family, but our fourth young master is a serious young master......"

Seeing that Granny Wen had the heart to untie the mustard in her heart with herself, Luo Qinghe did not shy away from saying her thoughts: "So you think that we must take the fourth young master as the main thing in everything and respect the fourth young master, right?" ”

"Naturally, that's what it is!" Granny Wen said very firmly: "Since ancient times, we should remember our own identities as subordinates, and there is no reason to be presumptuous in front of the master's family!" ”

Listening to her deep-rooted slave thoughts, Luo Qinghe objected: "I understand what you mean, you signed the deed of sale and got paid, you have to serve the master's family wholeheartedly, but now we are not living in the mansion, everything is just for convenience, why bother to abide by those outdated rules?" ”

Seeing that she was a little stubborn, Granny Wen shook her head and said, "If you have been so simple and direct, how will you survive in this treacherous world in the future?" Just like that day, do you know how the second lady found out that you were secretly helping Onyx behind your back? ”

Luo Qinghe didn't pay attention to this matter, and at this time, he happened to hear Granny Wen mention the conversation, and was just about to ask, when he saw Granny Wen talking to herself: "It's Aunt Song from the back kitchen who is suing behind her back." ”

"Aunt Song? Every time she saw me and my mother, she greeted me warmly, and she worked quietly in the kitchen on weekdays, how could she do those things that chewed the root of her tongue behind her back? Luo Qinghe said in disbelief.

Granny Wen sighed, and suddenly felt that she had the responsibility to mention this 'little seedling who had just entered the society', so she slowly explained: "Although everyone calls her Aunt Song now, her original name is Dong Ling, and she is my maid. Chunling, Xia Ling, Qiu Ling, and Dong Ling, the four maids followed me to become Miss Zhai's marriage, and later Chunling and Qiu Ling accidentally lost their lives during the war, that Xia Ling is now Wuwen's mother, and Dong Ling is also Aunt Song, not long after arriving at Fang's house, she left the fourth lady for some reason, and found an errand in the kitchen with her own skills, and later waited for the fourth lady to die, and secretly took refuge in the second lady. ”

Granny Wen said, but her face suddenly said with anger: "The reason why this Dong Ling dares to be a blatant traitor is just because the fourth young master will not do anything to her if he is kind-hearted, and you are very friendly to her on weekdays, so I think you are easy to bully." That's why I think that the master should be stricter, don't mingle with the subordinates, otherwise people won't know if they sell it in the future! ”

Only then did Luo Qinghe understand why Granny Wen had been obsessed with the difference between master and servant: "So you have always wanted me to keep a distance from the fourth young master, just because I am afraid that my temperament will affect Young Master Fang, make him forget the master's shelf, and spoil other subordinates, and will be bullied in the future?" ”

Seeing that Luo Qinghe understood what she meant, Granny Wen nodded slowly and said, "My old woman is not good at words, and I am always afraid that I can't speak clearly, but now it's great that you can understand!" ”

Granny Wen said, and looked at Luo Qinghe sincerely: "You have understood this truth, can you help the old man in the future?" ”

Luo Qinghe chuckled when he heard this: "Granny Wen, do you really think that the fourth young master is a good bully?" Could it be that you forgot what happened to Wuwen? ”

When it came to Wuwen, Granny Wen suddenly seemed to remember something, and she was shocked: Yes! Before leaving, Wuwen also cried and knelt outside the courtyard and knocked blood on his forehead, just to beg the young master to give him another chance. But no matter how much he pleaded, the fourth young master just asked someone to send him a gold sore medicine to stop the bleeding, and didn't say a word to let him come back!

Luo Qinghe said again: "Although Aunt Song is chewing her tongue behind her back, what substantial loss has she brought me by doing this?" ”

When Granny Wen heard this, she hurriedly retorted: "Sooner or later, there will be!" Otherwise, why does the second lady always have trouble with you and the young master. ”

Luo Qinghe said slowly: "Granny Wen, think about it, even if I have never helped Onyx, and Aunt Song has never sued behind my back, can the second lady tolerate me and the fourth young master?" With the second lady's temperament, even if no one provokes her, she has the ability to find ways to stumble on you. So I think the reason why Aunt Song is doing this is also to survive and survive. ”

"But she stabbed you in the back for her own selfish interests, don't you blame her?"

"I actually blame her, but the world is difficult, and I am willing to be considerate of her. Besides, isn't she paying the price for her actions right now? ”

Luo Qinghe glanced at the puzzled Granny Wen and explained: "You see, those sisters who used to have a good relationship with her have not forgiven her for betrayal, and now with Aunt Song's character, she is also submissive in the kitchen, being bullied everywhere, and she has not made a single friend. Although I don't care about her about this, Onyx is not a good bully! If one day she gave birth to a child and officially became the second master's concubine, would Aunt Song have a good life? ”

After hearing this, Granny Wen couldn't refute it: Dong Ling was sold into the Zhai family by her parents when she was a child, and her only wish since she was a child was to marry a person with a solid family background, and to be a good wife and mother at home. Now she is married at any time, but her mouth eats, drinks, prostitutes, and gambles all day long, and she doesn't want to make progress, and the children also follow her father, which makes the family restless, causing Dong Ling to lose gray hair at a young age. ”

"Alas, if she had stayed in the courtyard of the Fourth Lady wholeheartedly, how could she be struggling in that mud pit now?"

But Luo Qinghe didn't agree with Granny Wen's words: "Mother-in-law, not everyone has such a transparent mind. Although everyone saw that the life in the Fourth Young Master's courtyard was a little poor, no one saw the peace and purity that outsiders couldn't ask for. So judging from Aunt Song's ambitions back then, it was impossible for her not to leave the fourth lady. ”

"Although I haven't stayed by Fang Shaoze's side as long as you, I can see that your young master has never been a pedantic and outdated person, if you blindly set rules and reason in front of him, I am afraid that sooner or later my patience will be exhausted. I know that you have always felt that your young master should not be so generous and kind, but didn't you just take a fancy to this at the beginning, so you would rather endure hardships than stay by his side? ”

After listening to Luo Qinghe's words, Granny Wen did not reason with her, but quietly thought about it on the sidelines, and had no sleep all night.

On the second day, the group set off as usual.

But after walking for half a day, Fang Shaoze was very puzzled by the atmosphere in the car: In the past, Granny Wen cared most about the difference between master and servant, but whenever she saw Luo Qinghe's slightest trespassing, she had to block it openly and secretly, but today no matter how Luo Qinghe played, Granny Wen just watched quietly, and sometimes even smiled.

Seeing that the atmosphere between his subordinates and Luo Qinghe was much more relaxed, Fang Shaoze was also in an unprecedentedly happy mood, and he wholeheartedly cultivated a relationship with Chenying.

At this time, the traffic is not more developed than before, and there are no guiding tools such as map navigation.

Therefore, Fang Shaoze and his party took a stumbling road to Beijing, and it was still spring when they came out of Fang's house, but at this time it was midsummer, and in the past three months, they had only walked more than 1,600 miles.

Lang Mo was driving the carriage and walking slowly, but Fang Shaoze, who was riding a dust shadow to ask for directions, suddenly turned around with excitement and said, "Further forward is Gaoyang County!" To the north of Goyang County is Gwangryeong-gun, and the man said that we will be able to reach Kyoto in less than 15 days! ”

After driving for so long, I finally see the end! As soon as Fang Shaoze's words fell, the three people in the carriage looked at each other, and they all saw joy on each other's faces.

Fang Shaoze's heart was also a lot lighter at this moment, he turned over and dismounted, and sewed the rice paper into a booklet from the baggage. Take it out, pick up the pen and write.

In the past, he just found a piece of paper at random, and wrote down the names of places in each place as a souvenir.

But suddenly one day after being seen by Luo Qinghe, he asked him why he didn't bind the rice paper into a book, write down the name of the place every time he went to a place, and record the etiquette and customs, special food or famous scenery and architecture of this place at the bottom, and then write a travelogue with some illustrations, so that he can better recall it when he looks at it in the future.

When Fang Shaoze heard this, he felt that Luo Qinghe's words were very reasonable, so he hurriedly cut his high-quality rice paper into the size of a book, and asked Granny Wen to straps it with coarse cotton thread.

When he came back, he didn't know what he saw, but as soon as he came back, he held the booklet in his hand, looked at the scenery in front of him, and sketched it carefully.

Looking at Fang Shaoze's god-like landscape paintings, Luo Qinghe couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Why didn't he go with Zhai Jue to worship Mr. Qi Yingzhi as a teacher at that time?

"Young master, can we still find the inn tonight?" ”

"Yes, when I asked for directions just now, the man said that after bypassing this mountain, we can go to Liuxian, which is subordinate to Gaoyang County, and we will rest there for one night, and tomorrow we will go straight north from Liuxian, and we will not be far from Kyoto."

Listening to himself getting closer and closer to Kyoto, Luo Qinghe couldn't help but feel a little excited: did he finally have a chance to meet the legendary father!