Chapter 46: The Good Villagers
Hearing Luo Qinghe's words from afar, the eyes of the little boy carrying the river fresh lit up: it was originally fun for them to catch these small fish, shells, river shrimp and other small things, but they didn't expect to be able to exchange them for silver.
"Okay, sister!" The little boy readily agreed.
Seeing that the little friend had money to earn, a milk doll about four years old also held a small basket and said timidly: "Sister, I still have some plums here, but they are delicious!" Do you want it? ”
Luo Qinghe saw that this milk doll was cute and tight, so he touched his head with a smile and said, "Little brother, your bamboo basket is also very good-looking, can you sell it to my sister?" ”
When the milk doll heard this, she hugged the bamboo basket tightly and whispered: "But this is the ...... given to me by Brother Yujie"
Hearing the milk doll call her name, Yujie on the side shook his head generously and said, "It's okay!" If you sell it, I can make it up again! ”
As he spoke, Yu Jie gently took the bamboo basket in the milk doll's hand and handed it to Luo Qinghe and said, "Sister, look at it!" ”
Seeing that these two dolls were so cute, Luo Qinghe's heart warmed, and he generously gave a small piece of silver and said, "You two take it and buy some sugar gourds to eat!" ”
But this child named Yujie was a little hesitant, and said obediently: "Sister! This thing of ours is not worth so much money, you can just give a few copper plates! ”
Seeing that this kid was so sensible, Luo Qinghe became more and more fond of him, and said with a smile: "Take it, your bamboo basket looks so tight!" ”
In fact, Luo Qinghe only gave a penny of silver, which is not much.
Seeing that Luo Qinghe was so determined, Yu Jie didn't refuse, but thought about it and said, "Then let's do it, sister, you are waiting for me here, and I will go to the house to get some vegetables grown in the field and bring them to you!" ”
Luo Qinghe was worried that he had no ingredients to cook, and when he heard this, he hurriedly smiled and agreed: "Okay!" But you just have enough to eat! ”
"Okay!" Yu Jie agreed with a smile, and ran home with the milk doll.
Looking at their tossy backs, Luo Qinghe shook his head with a smile, turned around and took out the earthen jar he bought from the villagers, and cooked some porridge for Fang Shaoze.
After setting up the porridge pot on the fire, Luo Qinghe picked up the fresh river he had just bought and carefully cleaned it up.
At this time, Fang Shaoze's knife hidden in his boots just in case came in handy.
After the internal organs and gills of Luo Qinghe's small fish were cleaned up, they were roasted on the fire with thin branches.
Wash the remaining river mussels and river shrimp and cut them into thin dices and put them into the porridge, Luo Qinghe dug a wild ginger under the tree and cut it into shreds and put it into the porridge.
There was a gurgling sound in the pot, and Luo Qinghe lifted the lid and saw that the porridge was almost ready, so he hurriedly brought out a bowl to Fang Shaoze.
Looking at his amazing expression, Luo Qinghe knew that his porridge must be delicious.
This casserole porridge is originally a good dish of Cantonese people, if the ingredients are complete, it will definitely be ten million times better than the simple version in front of you! But now they have something to eat.
When they left the villager's house that day, they only bought a pottery bowl, and now that it had been used by Fang Shaoze, Luo Qinghe could only silently hold the porridge pot and drink it in small sips.
The two were eating silently, when they saw several carriages coming in the distance.
Such a huge momentum, at first glance, is the family of the carriage honor guard: I saw that the maids and servants were dressed in neat uniforms, majestically following the carriage, and the two servants of the canopy strode forward to lead the way.
Under the scorching sun, these people were obviously tired of walking, and when they saw that there was a river on this side, the man who looked like a butler in front of them hunched his waist and hurriedly whispered to the carriage headed by him. After a while, I saw him nod, waved his hand, and led the group of people directly to the river, and set up camp not far from Luo Qinghe.
The dark purple gilt gauze tent tightly covered the wooden shed that had just been erected, and the carriage led by it stopped all the way at the door of the wooden shed, and Luo Qinghe looked around for so long, but he didn't see the man's face clearly.
Then, from the back carriages, several girls came down with a number of fancy flowers, and looked at the girl who seemed to be dressed for pleasure.
"Don't be rude!" Fang Shaoze's serious voice suddenly sounded in his ears.
When Luo Qinghe heard this, he suddenly lost his interest, rolled his eyes and lowered his head silently, and said in his heart: Don't you want people to look at it twice?
When the two drank the porridge in the pot, Yu Jie, who had just gone home to get the vegetables, led the two middle-aged women over.
Before they walked to Luo Qinghe's side, the three of them were blocked by a servant, and said arrogantly: "I bought this thing from you!" ”
The two women in the village didn't dare to speak, only Yu Jie said loudly: "These things were bought by the girl over there!" ”
"Then you have a surplus at home, right? We've got some silver, so go get some more!" ”
As soon as he heard this, Yu Jie nodded again and said, "But our house is some distance from this place, and I am afraid that it will take a lot of time to take another trip, are you willing to wait?" ”
Hearing that it would take a long time, the servant shook his head and waved his hand to let them pass.
Different from the arrogance of the domestic servant, Luo Qinghe has always been very gentle, and when he saw the three of them, he said hello with a smile on his face.
The two women said that they were the mothers of Yujie and the milk doll, and Yujie ran home and told them about the silver, and the two of them didn't want to take advantage of others when they saw that Luo Qinghe was generous, so they tried their best to pick up some vegetables for them at the price of one penny of silver and sent them over.
As they spoke, they put down their baskets and went to look for the children.
Luo Qinghe flipped through it carefully, and saw that there were many vegetables and fruits that had just been picked from the ground, as well as a few emerald green melons and a piece of pork. Luo Qinghe couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Sure enough, the people in this village and town are real!
But before she could be happy, the servant came over again, proudly threw a string of copper coins at Luo Qinghe's feet and said, "Sell this thing to us, and if you have more, it will be rewarded to you by the master!" “”
Before Luo Qinghe could speak, Fang Shaoze said coldly: "Please respect yourself, we don't want to sell these foods." ”
The arrogant servant looked at the two of them in some shabby clothes, and then looked at the only earthen pot in the ground, and thought that they were some kind of poor family, and said even more arrogantly: "What kind of thing dare you talk to your ancestors like this? I'm telling you, while the ancestors are in a good mood now, leave the things behind! Otherwise, you won't even recognize your mother when I beat me! ”
I thought that my threat would scare the two of them away, but I didn't think that the young man with a somewhat pale face was still unmoved, straightened his back and said: "My father is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, dare to ask Your Excellency what kind of family background, dare to be the ancestor of the subordinates?" ”
To put it bluntly, this servant is just a slave who has sold himself, how can he be qualified to talk about his family history with Fang Shaoze? Seeing Fang Shaoze's aura as a master he was used to, the servant was a little weak for a while.
Seeing that the servant of this family was red-faced and red-eared, and he didn't know how to look good, Luo Qinghe sneered, and randomly picked out a white radish with mud from the basket and threw it at the man's feet: "Count your acquaintance, this is our young master's reward for you!" ”
Seeing Luo Qinghe despise himself like this, the servant was a little annoyed and angry: "This is the young master, but what kind of thing are you?" A maid from the family of a fine chef dares to argue with me, do you know whose domestic servant I am? ”
"Whose family are you, what does it have to do with me?" Luo Qinghe was not afraid, and sneered: "It's true that this is the young master of the fine chef family, but I am not his maid!" How can you climb so indiscriminately? ”
The servant was even more angry when he heard this, and he rolled up his sleeves and was about to do it, but at this time, he heard a boy say leisurely: "This girl's words also have some truth, how can you climb so indiscriminately?" ”
I saw a man who looked less than thirty years old, with a optimistic expression, walked out of the dark purple gilt tent, and when he saw this person, the man who was still arrogant was honestly hunched over and did not dare to speak.
Although the man was smiling, his eyes were like a deep pool, making it impossible to see what he was thinking.
Luo Qinghe suddenly came to a conclusion in his heart: This person is very deep in the city, so don't provoke easily!
Without waiting for Luo Qinghe to say anything, the man kicked the radish on the ground with his toes and said, "So that you don't have long eyes, take the reward of others, and it can be regarded as a lesson!" Hiss... But since this girl is not a descendant of other people, how can she be qualified to mention this young master's reward? ”
"This woman is my friend. The status is naturally equal to mine, so why not be rewarded? Although this man looked like he had a strong aura, Fang Shaoze defended Luo Qinghe without backing down.
But this man didn't answer Fang Shaoze's words, but looked up and down, and said with a smile: "This son is really beautiful, I'm afraid that the Fengqi prince of Chunyun Pavilion will not dare to compete with you!" ”
Although Fang Shaoze has never been to the capital, he is a person with flowers and willows when he hears this long list of names, and he coughs angrily twice, a little out of breath.
But seeing Luo Qinghe smile and step forward, he said, "It's not!" Childe, you are so elegant and handsome, and there is a natural nobility between raising your hands and feet, although I have never seen that Fengqi son, but since that Fengqi son does not dare to compete with my young master, I am afraid that when I see you, I will be even more ashamed to commit suicide! ”
Listening to the deep meaning of Luo Qinghe's words, the man was not annoyed, but said to Luo Qinghe lightly: "You girl is also very smart!"
"Don't dare, don't dare! : As soon as he heard this, Luo Qinghe said modestly: "How dare a grass man accept the praise of his son!" But as the old saying goes, meeting is fate, under the scorching sun today, everyone's mood is inevitably a little anxious, just I have some melons to relieve the heat, you take it to eat some! :
is still tense, but why is he showing favor at this moment? Fang Shaoze saw Luo Qinghe's reaction, and he had some doubts in his heart.
But what Luo Qinghe thought was that this man seemed to be a nobleman from Guangling, and if he offended people before he entered Kyoto, he was afraid that he would bury the root cause in the future. ”
Seeing Luo Qinghe's warm invitation, the man did not refuse: "Okay, then I'll wait for your melon!" As he spoke, he turned around again, shook his fan and said coldly: "People rewarded you, and you just threw it on the ground?" ”
When he heard this, the servant hurriedly picked up the turnip.
I thought this was over, but I didn't expect the man to say coldly again: "Pick it up and it's over?" ”