Chapter 8: A Date Out of the City
Xiaodang waited for Lilac to leave and fled into the back hall, but Hongyi looked at his back, but he was a little puzzled and in a daze.
My own Langjun and the lady of the Ding family have obviously not communicated for a long time, when did the two start contacting, I don't know?
After all, she and Brother Pin can be regarded as his tails, and their usual whereabouts are very clear, and the two of them have not met separately in the last two or three years.
And just now she also saw what was written on the sticky note, and the tone was strange.
But she didn't think about it and didn't bother much, Hongyi turned around and went to the kitchen, she had to boil water to make tea for Lang Jun......
Nothing was said all night.
Early the next morning, Xiaodang got up, and after breakfast, he called Hongyi and Brother Pin to pack up and prepare to go out.
walked out of the hall to the front yard, and saw Wu Gui standing aside, so he took the initiative to ask, "Sir, morning, is there something wrong?" ”
Wu Gui said a little in his heart, and said, "Lang Jun's body can be restored as before?" ”
"Hmm...... Basically, it's nothing, the gentleman has something to do, but it doesn't hurt. ”
"If Lang Jun is free, I would like to ask you to rehearse the moves made by Yang Gongzi?"
Xiaodang was in a hurry to go out, so he didn't think about it so much.
"Let's go in the afternoon, I'll talk about it when I get back in the afternoon......"
"Okay."
The prime minister's car is four horses, the car has three wheels and two axles, the carriage is wide, and it is not only covered with felt low couches, but also has a stove in winter and ice pads in summer.
The furnishings are extravagant and dazzling.
But when the second son can't sit down.
To put it bluntly, his level is not enough, it does not mean that he can sit as the prime minister, he can also, if he drives out of the house without authorization, he will be scolded and whipped.
Of course, it is possible to ride a horse, but Brother Pin and Hongyi are not qualified to ride, so they can only run along.
Xiaodang is not used to this feeling of being on top, and thinks it is better not to ride.
So he took out the two-horse official car, let Brother Pin and Fu Bo sit in front of the door, and the red clothes squeezed with him in the compartment, plus food boxes and stoves and other sundries, and he was barely able to sit down.
Although Hongyi and Brother Pin were a little surprised by his previous way of doing things, Lang Jun's thoughtfulness still flattered the two, and at the same time they were happy and happy, so no one thought about it much.
Pack up and drive all the way to the apricot grove outside the east gate.
After leaving the east gate, drive through more than ten zhang of horse road, pass an open mound, and then there is an endless farmland village.
Saw......
Qianmo ditches, ox ploughs vertical and horizontal.
Daiwa farmhouse, smoke curling.
After driving on the road with endless pedestrian and vehicle traffic for a while, I came to a warm pavilion on the side of the road, where several people sat in the pavilion, and an old man and a girl were serving tea and pouring water.
asked about the red clothes, but it turned out to be a place for business travelers to rest and sharpen.
And next to the pavilion is the path to the apricot forest.
The road is yellow and mud is compacted, and the cars and horses are not hindered.
Fauber swung his whip, and with a 'snap' of the whip, the two horses turned their heads and drove towards the path, driving with a skillful and skillful movement.
The rumbling of the car and the gurgling of the water ducks by the ditch caused the ducks to 'quack' and flutter along the ditch, and the peasants in the fields also looked around, but after only one glance, they continued to bend over and work.
After a while, Brother Pin shouted in front of the car: "Lang Jun, I'll be here soon." ”
Leaning out of the dust-sheltered window, I saw a lush apricot forest in the distance.
Xiaodang's reply to Xiaoding is here, a small hill with a good scenery.
There are many apricot trees on the side of the hillside ditch, but because they are wild, the trees are of different heights and sizes, and they have just sprouted young buds, and they are just a little green.
There is also a grass shed pavilion here, which is said to have been set up by some literati students to facilitate their dissertations.
It's just that it's not yet the season to go green, at least wait for half a month.
Although it is already spring, the spring in Guanzhong is slow, and there is still a slight chill in the breeze.
It is not as good as being separated by walls and alleys in the city, and in the crowd of people in the downtown area, a single dress is enough.
Hongyi knew these climate knowledge, so after getting out of the car, she put on a padded coat for Xiaodang.
The spring bird cries, and the new grass is beginning.
The fragrance of the early-blooming wildflowers came from the scent, and after a while, a few people came to the pavilion.
Hongyi put the snacks on the table, and Brother Pin went to the ditch to scoop water.
Then a small stove was set up and water began to boil to make tea.
Fauber drove the cart to the watery and tender place to walk the horses.
After Xiao Dang drank a sip of the tea made by Hongyi at home, he stopped tasting it, no matter what Hongyi or his father and aunt said, they did not change his determination.
Then he took the unground tea leaves and tried them twice, and then brewed them directly.
Although the shape of the tea is not very good-looking, and it is simple and rude, it tastes like a green tea in later generations.
I just don't know if I can make a milk tea in the future.
Some of Xiaodang's living habits have become strange and unfamiliar, and Hongyi and Brother Pin, as well as his mother Dou and Daddy, don't think there's anything wrong.
It is said that as long as his hysteria is cured, it doesn't matter if his habits have changed.
A pot of tea was brewed, and after a few cups, I heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance.
Several people suddenly stood up and looked towards the road.
On the loess road, there is a long flow of light dust.
A crowd of chariots and horses approached gradually......
The carriage is not big, but the decoration is very gorgeous, with Yingluo pendants and embroidered satin trimmings, and the whole car is very fat.
Although the speed was not fast, the four maids who trotted behind the car, as well as the six sword soldiers who walked in unison, were sweating profusely and wheezing.
'Smack...... Sigh! ’
The charioteer reined in the reins of the whip, reined in the horse's chewing, stopped the cart, and threw himself down to the ground, taking out the stool that was hanging under the wheel and placing it on the ground.
A few maids rushed forward and guarded two people on each side of the wheel.
The curtain lifted, revealing a familiar face.
It turned out to be the maid Lilac.
As soon as she came out, she hooked the curtain and pulled out a woman in a yellow shirt and soap skirt and a pale green robe.
I saw that her eyebrows were flying on her smooth and jade-like face, and her big peach blossom eyes were shining, vaguely with the shadow of Xiao Ding in her previous life.
However, in the backdrop of the delicate skirt, it is more beautiful, bewitching and suffocating.
It's just, it's just that Xiaodang saw from a distance that there seemed to be a slight bruise on her face......
What's going on?
"Xiao Ding?!"
"Xiaodang!"