Chapter Seventy-Eight: Why Did You Worship That Man as a Teacher?
Fang Shaoze was having a headache for this twisted account book at this time, and when he saw that the owner of this account book took the initiative to send it to the door, he frowned and said: "Your account memory is really too scattered, who else can read it except you?" ”
"Oops! Let me do anything, but the math really kills me! You should help me! Luo Qinghe smiled with flattery, and was about to take out the things in his hand to please Fang Shaoze, but suddenly felt that something was tugging at the corner of his skirt.
When I looked down, I saw that Laifu, who had gained a lot of weight, was grinning at himself with his teeth bared, and he was begging for food at first glance!
"Can't you have a little bit of the dignity of being a wolf?" Luo Qinghe was very depressed when she saw this, she thought that in the future, she would be able to lead Laifu as majestic as a fighting nation holding a bear, but she didn't think that this little wolf would be raised as a dog!
Looking at Luo Qinghe's depressed appearance, Fang Shaoze felt a little funny, and very generously pinched a piece of cut cake from the plate, and sent it away.
Only then did he pour out the emptiness, pinched the small fork and put the cake cut by Luo Qinghe into his mouth. As soon as Fang Shaoze tasted the taste, he was surprised and said, "What is this?" ”
"Eight Treasure Cake!"
Fang Shaoze's reaction made Luo Qinghe very satisfied: "The one you eat is the meat floss salted egg yolk filling, and the other is the bean paste filling." I'm also going to develop a stuffing with cowmilk peanuts and wine-stuffed flowers, but I haven't worked out yet. ”
"Could it be that you improved the eight-treasure rice you ate when you worshiped your ancestors?" Hearing this somewhat familiar name, Fang Shaoze was puzzled.
"Exactly! I thought the eight-treasure rice was very monotonous, so I ground all the ingredients in it into rice milk, and mixed it with glutinous rice flour and tapioca flour......" Luo Qinghe was explaining with great interest, but when he looked up, he found that Fang Shaoze didn't listen at all, but just stuffed the eight-treasure cake into his mouth wholeheartedly.
The eight-treasure rice that Fang Shaoze has eaten since he was a child is just a mixed grain with sugar, and the taste is very ordinary. But now Luo Qinghe has changed like this, the crispiness of this meat floss and the salted egg yolk are soft and salty, both the texture and taste are far inferior to the previous Babao rice!
Silently eating the only two pieces of eight-treasure cakes, Fang Shaoze looked at Luo Qinghe's face, but after all, he still lost to the desire in his heart: "Is there anything else?" ”
"There are only two left." Luo Qinghe looked out the window with some unnatural squint eyes, and then said, "Hmm... I've wrapped the rest in a food box, so you can take it and give it to Dr. Yang when you visit him! ”
"Is it really gone?" Fang Shaoze thought about it and seemed a little unwilling: "Otherwise, let's send two less Dr. Yang?" ”
"How can there be a person like you!" Luo Qinghe said angrily: "I made a total of sixteen, and I just loaded ten for Dr. Yang in one go, plus what you eat, how can there be any leftover!" ”
"According to you, aren't there four left?" Fang Shaoze strived for: "I don't want much, you keep three for yourself, and give me another one!" ”
"No, no, no! Then I didn't make sixteen, I should be... Twelve, yes, I only made twelve! ”
Seeing her struggling appearance, Fang Shaoze was a little suspicious at any time, but he didn't pursue it, just said lightly: "Okay!" If you want to eat something delicious, you can only wait for the chef to be in a good mood! ”
"If you say this, if there really is, can I not give it to you?" Luo Qinghe pursed his lips and changed the topic again: "It just so happens that tomorrow is the ancestor worship ceremony, and it is just right for you to send this eight-treasure cake." ”
Fang Shaoze nodded and said, "Since it's a holiday, either you can also close the stall and give yourself two days off!" ”
But Luo Qinghe hurriedly refused: "This is not good, we just recruited guests, I have to take advantage of this heat to make a fortune!" ”
Fang Shaoze thought about it and knew that he couldn't persuade her, so he took a step back and said, "Then it's better for you to come back early tomorrow, after so many busy days, we should get together!" ”
Luo Qinghe realized: "What do you mean, you want to eat the dishes I made!" ”
But Fang Shaoze snorted coldly: "It's really a dog biting Lu Dongbin, is it possible that if you don't cook, I won't have anything to eat?" ”
When Luo Qinghe heard this, he was puzzled: "Could it be that you have found someone to cook for you?" ”
This time, it was Fang Shaoze's turn to smile mysteriously.
Day 2: Ancestor Worship Ceremony
Ancestor worship is done in the evening, so during the day, the people of Guangling are still doing business as usual.
Luo Qinghe listened to Fang Shaoze's instructions, and when he got up in the morning, he only sent two large buckets of noodles, and sold them out just after lunch.
But after a few people closed the stall, Luo Qinghe didn't mean to go home, but instructed Lang Mo to lead the maids who came with him to go out shopping as a holiday, and said that he was going to Zhuxi Street to look for two gifts.
Langmo has always been an honest person, and as soon as Luo Qinghe said this, he responded without doubt.
After taking a few people away, Luo Qinghe went straight to the horse shop to rent a carriage and asked the coachman to take him all the way to Qingyin Pavilion.
And this time, Fang Shaoze, who went to give gifts early in the morning, had lunch in the side room, only to see someone come over to spread the word: Dr. Yang Tong Yang got up.
Fang Shaoze thought that Dr. Yang would be as greasy, fat, obscene and disgusting as Lord Zhang, but he didn't realize that although Yang Tong was over forty years old, his skin was very delicate and smooth. The skin as white as jade was draped in a dark blue gauze robe, and the black hair was lazy and casually draped, Rao was such a bewitching outfit, but it was still difficult to hide the nobility and elegance of the literati on his body.
Seeing his bearing, Fang Shaoze couldn't help but be stunned on the spot.
Before he could come to his senses, Yang Tong walked leisurely in front of Fang Shaoze, and his slender fingertips crossed Fang Shaoze's face: "Your appearance is comparable to the flower of spring dawn, it is really intoxicating!" ”
Fang Shaoze, who was still a little amazed, realized that he had been molested, and his face turned cold.
But after all, he is asking for others, Fang Shaoze gritted his teeth and suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, took two steps back and took out the bag that Mr. Zhao handed over to him, and said respectfully: "Here is Mr. Zhao's student, according to Mr. Zhao's guidance, come to visit." ”
As soon as he heard this, Yang Tong turned his head and paced back to the side of the couch with interest, and fell on the brocade quilt and said absent-mindedly: "Which Mr. Zhao are you talking about?" ”
"Mr. Zhao is from the Zhao family in Xijiang, his surname is Zhao, and his name is Rongyin." Seeing his casual appearance, Fang Shaoze really couldn't stand it, lowered his head and closed his eyes and said reluctantly.
"Ahh It turned out to be Zhao Xiaopang's! Yang Tong suddenly realized: "But you are such a talent, why did you worship that person as a teacher?" ”
Seeing that the family teacher was humiliated, Fang Shaozeden said with a cold face: "I still hope that the doctor is self-respecting, and men should judge the level of knowledge and cultivation in the world!" Shaohua is fleeting, no matter how beautiful the appearance is, it will eventually return to dust and soil. ”
As soon as he heard this, Yang Tong suddenly laughed and said, "What a sharp-toothed little boy!" Jing'er, you come in! ”
What do you do when you suddenly call the maid at this juncture? Fang Shaoze was puzzled.
After a while, I saw an old woman with a pockmarked face and gray hair staggering in.
Yang Tong raised his chin and nodded at the old woman, and said: "Although Granny Jing's appearance is completely ruined, but this is left behind by the brave and loyal test medicine for her master, if you don't care about her appearance like this, it is better to take her back to the house!" ”
Seeing that he was insulted like this, Fang Shaoze finally couldn't bear it anymore: "If Mr. ignores it, just say it, why humiliate me and Granny Jing so much?" You understand this attitude below! ”
Fang Shaoze said, turned around and left.
"Wait a minute!" Yang Tong was not annoyed at all, and stopped him with a smile: "Child, even if you go to drink flower wine, you have to settle the bill!" Now that I have seen my flower-like beauty, how can you just leave? ”
As he spoke, Yang Tong pointed to the table and said, "Leave me the bag and the gift you brought!" ”
Fang Shaoze had already made up his mind, and he didn't want to say more to him at the moment, so he casually threw these two things on the table and left.
But as soon as he walked to the door of the Yang Mansion, a small guy chased after him with pen and ink: "This son, please write down your name and surname!" ”
"What's the matter? Do you still want to chase me home and humiliate me? ”
When the little guy heard this, he shook his head and said respectfully: "Childe, our doctor's mind has always been elusive. He used to drive visitors out with his front foot, and then he told us to ask for their names and family history..."
"Well, what's the point of asking? I'm never going to come back to him anyway! Fang Shaoze snorted coldly.
But even if this little guy looks at people coldly, he is not angry at all, and still said softly: "Childe, we are really embarrassed by the current people, Childe, you should do us a favor!" ”
Now that he has opened his mouth to ask, Fang Shaoze can't refuse anymore, and he left his name and address with a pen, but before leaving, he said to the little guy: "If he asks you to find it in the future, don't toss yourself anymore, just tell him that he can't find this place!" ”
The little guy responded with a smile, and after thanking him, he hurried back to the house and gave the note to Yang Tong.
However, at this time, there was one more person in Yang Tong's house.
This person looks half a head shorter than Yang Tong, his appearance is also a little ordinary, and he is a little older than Yang Tong, but this person has a warm and elegant temperament, with a smile on his lips, quietly leaning on the soft couch, and Yang Tong is holding himself with a doting face.
casually threw the bag back on the table, the man pinched Yang Tong's face, and said with a smile: "You are an elder, what are you doing to play that kid like this?" ”
Yang Tong said confidently: "It's the first time I've had a vacation in the past few months, and I was interrupted by that little fart kid before I got tired of you!" I just don't like him! ”
"Hey! If you really don't like him, you scold him twice, what are you doing to drive people away? The letter in this bag has been in his arms for a long time, and he has only come to you at this moment, and he must have been desperate. ”
"He's a scholar, and he came to me just to ask me to introduce him to Taixue to take the exam? But some time ago, when Taixue was recruiting doctors, I had already recommended Zhao Rongyin, and he would come to take office in a few days, so why should I waste that effort? ”
Yang Tong said, got up and opened the food box brought by Fang Shaoze, and saw that there were ten square cartons neatly stacked in the food box, and many delicate colors were painted on the cartons with colored ink.
"How can this dumb-headed scholar make such an ingenious thing?" Yang Tong pursed his lips and complained while opening the box.
Seeing that there was a dark purple cake carved with auspicious cloud patterns wrapped in oil paper in this carton, Yang Tong tasted it with some curiosity, but suddenly got up and said, "Hurry up, hurry up and get him back!" ”
But the little guy outside the door was used to the startled appearance of his master, nodded indifferently and went out to look for someone.
As soon as the man next to him saw this description, he also opened the other one and tasted it, nodded and appreciated: "The taste is really good, better than all the ones in the palace!" ”
As he spoke, he raised his hand and snatched the bite of the cake in Yang Tong's hand, threw it into the food box and said, "Taste it, and eat it when you drink the rest of the night!" ”
Ignoring Yang Tong's resentful eyes, the man picked up the food box and went out, and did not forget to leave a sentence before leaving: "Later, you go and sort out the music scores and poems, otherwise when Su Lin sees it, he will talk about you again!" ”
"Oh." Yang Tong replied reluctantly, got up and went to the study barefoot.
But the man outside the door didn't move at this time, but was stunned for a long time holding the food box, and then said slowly: "Qingwen, this snack ...... It's sure to suit your heart! ”
Qingyin Pavilion
The courtesy Luo Qinghe received when he visited Qingyin Pavilion for the first time was much more polite than Fang Shaoze's side.
The housekeeper of Qingyin Pavilion respectfully introduced Luo Qinghe into the side room and brewed the freshly fried flower tea, and then sent several plates of dim sum that looked very exquisite: "Miss Luo, the pavilion master has been busy with affairs for the past two days, and I don't know when to come back now, if you don't mind, I'll send someone to ask!" Or if you don't have time to wait, you can also leave a name and address, and when the time comes, if the cabinet master returns, I will send you a letter!" ”
This kind of respect made Luo Qinghe very useful, and said politely: "It's okay, I'll just wait here, you can go and get busy first!" ”
When the steward heard this, he didn't stay long, but only let Luo Qinghe not be in a hurry, so he went to busy himself.
After Luo Qinghe drank two pots of flower tea in a row, the housekeeper finally came over and said: "Miss Luo, the pavilion master is coming back soon, and after he heard the news of your visit, he specially instructed the little one to take you to the main hall to wait first." ”
As he spoke, the housekeeper hunched over and led Luo Qinghe all the way to the main hall.
But the moment the two stepped into the main hall, Luo Qinghe only felt that he was about to be blinded by the luxury of the room.
Although the decoration of this hall does not look so high-profile in gold and silver, if you look closely, you will find that even the small square table under the cushion of the chair is inlaid with dark blue gemstones, let alone anywhere else.
However, although this main hall exudes a luxurious and magnificent atmosphere from the roof to the ground, it is really earthy in Luo Qinghe's eyes.
And the steward on the side also quietly looked at the girl beside him at this time, when he led the guests into the main hall on weekdays, the guests were amazed and envious, some were greedy and jealous, and many pretended to be high.
But the expression on this woman's face was the first time he had seen it: there was no greed in this woman's eyes, but there was no hypocrisy like if you gave her two valuables, she would also lose face.
Luo Qinghe was so frank and unrestrained that the housekeeper couldn't help but admire her, and even a little curious, what kind of environment can create such a frank and confident woman?
Just when the two of them were thinking about each other, the pavilion master of Qingyin Pavilion, Xu Xu, came back.
Because today is the ancestor worship ceremony, Xu Su is not good to wear too festive, so he replaced the dark purple satin shirt on weekdays with a set of blue sea pine tea dark gold pattern robes, at first glance, it is still very commensurate with the extravagant temperament of this main hall.
As soon as he saw him come in, Luo Qinghe hurriedly blessed himself and said, "I've seen the pavilion master." ”
Xu Su looked at Luo Qinghe's description and knew that she must have had a problem, and she didn't laugh anymore: "Is there anything I can help you?" ”
But Luo Qinghe didn't speak directly, but first held the bamboo food box in his hand in front of Xu Sushi: "I don't know if the pavilion master may take a fancy to me?" ”
In this food box is the eight-treasure cake that she hid last night and didn't give to Fang Shaoze, and it is also two styles of crescent moon pattern and auspicious cloud pattern.
As soon as the housekeeper saw this food, he hurriedly turned around and brought the chopsticks and square plates carved from white marble, and placed the eight treasure cakes in the middle and cut them into small pieces.
Xu Su was just looking at the eight-treasure cake, and after lifting the chopsticks and eating a bite, he was as amazed as those diners who had tasted Luo Qinghe's craftsmanship: "Not bad!" What are you doing today? ”