Chapter 37: Auntie
Sure enough, soon the little servant came back happily with a bowl of fish food.
"This sister, here you go." His small dark hand was handed to Ji Yue.
Ji Yue took the fish food and turned around to leave, but when she thought of something, she turned her head and asked with a smile, "What is your little servant's name?" ”
The servant was flattered and replied, "The villain's name is Xiaomu, the wood of the wood." ”
Ji Yue nodded and smiled, turned around and walked towards the county lord with fish food.
Xiao Mu looked at Ji Yue's back, the corners of his mouth were almost to the root of his ears, a pair of dark and rough little hands rubbed around excitedly, and murmured: "The sister next to the noble man actually asked me my name, isn't it a pie falling from the sky, and there is also a day when my Xiao Mu will come out?" I don't know which county lord it is, but the people around him are so kind and approachable. ”
The more he thought about it, the happier he became, so he simply hummed a little song and continued to plant the flower seedlings, much more energetic than just now.
"County Lord, the fish food is here." Ji Yue smiled and took the small bowl to Tong Yan.
Tong Yan happily took the bowl, and Qianqianyu reached in and pinched a small handful of fish food, raised it casually, and sprinkled it into the lake.
She stared intently at the surface of the lake, waiting for the fish to come out of the water.
After a while, a fish seemed to smell something delicious, and attracted two or three red, black and white koi fish to swim to the surface of the water and eat the food.
"Hey, there you have it!" Tong Yan smiled, looking at Qingzhi and Jiyue excitedly.
Ji Yue also smiled and said: "County Lord, the maid knows that there are many kinds of koi in this lake, what are all red, golden, golden, red, and gold, black and white, oh yes, there are also silver, and even some koi are still shiny, but they are beautiful." ”
"Yes!" Tong Yan was surprised, she had never seen such a beautiful fish.
She took another handful of fish food and threw it into the water, hoping to attract more flower-like fish.
"Lord, you see, there's gold, and hey, there's red." Ji Yue excitedly pointed to the fish swimming not far away.
Tong Yan raised her face and looked at Ji Yue's fingers, "Where?" ”
"It's coming, it's coming." Ji Yue whispered, pointing to the swimming fish.
Tong Yan looked at it again, and there were really golden red koi fish, as well as red carp with golden light, which was very beautiful.
"Eh, why are you suddenly quieter?" Tong Yan realized it and asked with doubts in her eyes.
Qingzhi smiled slightly: "The county lord doesn't know, this fish is most afraid of making noise, if the sound is too loud, I'm afraid it will startle it." ”
"I see." Tong Yan suddenly realized.
Ji Yue's interest suddenly rose, she pointed to the lake excitedly, and shouted in a cheerful and restrained whisper: "Look, county lord, is it a silver one, so bright, and there is light." ”
Everyone was curious, and they all craned their necks to look at Ji Yue's finger.
After staring for a while, Tong Yan saw that there was indeed a pure silver koi swimming over with its tail.
"This silver koi, I heard that there is such a one in this lake, the county lord is really a blessed person, he saw it as soon as he came back, and some people came ten times or eight times, and he didn't see it once." Ji Yue looked at her county lord with envy.
Tong Yan covered her mouth and smiled, and said angrily: "The one who has been ten times and eight times, it won't be you, right?" ”
Ji Yue touched her nose embarrassedly.
Everyone laughed.
"Isn't that Aunt Lu?" Chun'er accidentally saw the person who had just emerged at the other end of the cloister, and whispered.
Tong Yan heard the words in her mouth and looked towards the end of the cloister.
A bejeweled pan-headed woman just turned around, and two little maids on her side, one left and one right, helped her, she saw Tong Yan and others gathered together on the side of the corridor, her footsteps paused slightly, and she seemed to hesitate to come.
Qingzhi whispered: "That's Aunt Lu, some time ago, she has been sick." ”
Tong Yan nodded, she has never seen this aunt since she returned to the palace, although she is a junior, but after all, the aunt can only be regarded as half a master, and she can't go to visit as a county lord.
Aunt Lu hesitated for a moment, but still walked over, after all, there is no reason to avoid it, and the etiquette cannot be lost.
She wore a narrow-sleeved blouse with indigo trim and a green and white skirt with a beautiful face, and there was a hint of sadness hidden between her eyebrows.
But Aunt Lu has children under her knees, and she has no worries about food and clothing, not to mention that there are no concubines in the house, what is she worried about?
And although she is from a merchant family, she has a humble background, but now the court also encourages trade, and businessmen can also raise their heads, I heard that she also has a younger brother, who is also very competitive and good at reading.
Tong Yan was puzzled, what was this Aunt Lu worried about? A merchant's daughter climbed to the palace as a concubine, shouldn't she steal the fun?
In Tong Yan's trance, Aunt Lu had already walked up to her, squeezed out a smile on her face, and saluted: "The concubine has seen the county lord." ”
Tong Yan had already stood up, although Aunt Lu had a low status, she was half an elder in the end, and Tong Yan was embarrassed to accept her salute completely, and she also bowed down slightly at the moment, and said with a smile: "Auntie." ”
Aunt Lu was flattered, she didn't expect the county lord of Zhaoyang to return the half courtesy, and she suddenly had a good impression of Zhaoyang in her heart, and she also had a sincere smile on her face, and said apologetically: "The concubine was supposed to go to meet the county lord when the county lord first returned to the house, but the concubine was not angry, but she was sick for a month all of a sudden, and she neglected the county lord." ”
"How can you say the word slack, if you are sick, you should recuperate, no one wants to be sick, right? On the contrary, I should visit my aunt. The last sentence was just a kind word, where did the county lord go to visit his aunt.
However, Tong Yan was very surprised, she didn't expect Aunt Lu's posture to be so humble, but thinking of Li Shao's cowering appearance, it seemed that it was logical for Aunt Lu to be so humble.
"Where, where, concubine, concubine can't afford it." Aunt Lu blushed, a little at a loss, and only held back an irrelevant sentence for a long time, and said, "I didn't expect the county lord to be such a fairy-like person." ”
Tong Yan wanted to laugh a little, but she felt that Aunt Lu was a little humble and pitiful, her appearance was bright, she looked like she should be a woman who loved to laugh and flamboyant, but her words and deeds were so honest and low.
She couldn't help but be a little curious, was this Aunt Lu born like this, or did something happen?
"I don't know where my aunt is going, I look in this direction, it seems that I am going outside the garden, but after enjoying the scenery and distracting my heart, I want to go back?" Tong Yan asked with a smile.
Aunt Lu breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "It's not a matter to stay in the house often, you still have to go out for a walk, it's not almost time to drink medicine, and the concubine should go back." ”
Tong Yan suddenly felt that Aunt Lu was also a poor person, in addition to having a son, she had to go to school every day at a young age, and she didn't even have a companion around her on weekdays.
But it's strange to think about it, since she came here for a month, I've never heard of Daddy going to Aunt Lu's to see it, and I haven't heard of staying at the princess's, they all live in the study.
Tong Yan smiled and nodded, "Then I won't delay my aunt to drink the medicine." ”
After Aunt Lu saluted, she was held by two little maids and said goodbye to Tong Yan.
Tong Yan looked at her back and muttered, "It's also a poor person." ”
"Aunt Lu has entered the palace, but she has ascended to the sky in one step, and she has a son by her side, where is she pitiful?" Ji Yue looked at the county lord strangely, very puzzled.
"Hey." Tong Yan sighed, "This Aunt Lu's forehead is full of sadness, and she doesn't even have anyone to accompany her every day, isn't it pitiful?" ”
Ji Yue pursed her lips, "Maybe you feel pitiful, people don't regret it, the Lu family is also developed because of the prince, and Aunt Lu's younger brother is still relying on the line drawn by the prince, otherwise which academy can accept the son of a businessman." After saying this, she was especially unsatisfied, and she muttered quietly: "This is what many people ask for." ”
"What you said also makes sense, one person has one way to live, and the child is not a fish and knows the joy of fish?" Tong Yan smiled.
As she spoke, she threw the rest of the fish food into the lake, and the fish gathered more and more, competing to eat the food.
Tong Yan stared for a while and said with a smile: "Let's go, I'm hungry too, and I'm just going back to finish my meal." ”
All the maidservants saluted and promised, and the group hugged the county lord and walked towards their courtyard.
At this time, Tonghui, who was not far away, was sitting at the table with dinner, and every chopstick meal she held was a little tasteless when she put it in her mouth.
On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, she tried her best to pull down her face, and finally got into a conversation with her cousin of the Wang family, but after chatting for a long time, it was just some mundane things for daily fun, and it had nothing to do with her life's events.
And Tong Yan, without having to do anything, was taken by the Queen Mother, and suddenly integrated into the circle of nobles of Princess Shuning and Miss Xu, and got all kinds of preferential treatment and benefits, but she was just a little girl who suddenly ascended to the sky from the countryside, why?
The chopsticks in Tonghui's hand became tighter and tighter.
"County Lord?" The nurse Zhang called worriedly.
"Huh?" Tonghui came back to her senses, she put her chopsticks on the table, and smiled softly at Zhang's family: I used it well. ”
Zhang was at a loss and said anxiously: "But you don't need a few bites, there is still half a bowl of rice left in this bowl!" ”
Tonghui ignored her, pushed the bowl and walked into the house.
"Hey, county lord!" Zhang frowned and ordered the little maid to withdraw the meal, and pulled one of the maids to instruct: "Prepare some porridge and the like, and wait for the county lord to be hungry at night, and then send it over." ”
The maid respectfully complied.
The Zhang family was all entrusted, and hurriedly followed Tonghui to the house.
"Go and bring me the clothes I wear tomorrow and I'll see them." Tonghui sat on the edge of the bed and said to the maidservant beside her.
Without waiting for the maid to respond, Zhang walked in and complained: "What's the matter with the county lord, even the food is not delicious, the old slave is uneasy when he sees the county lord coming back from the palace, and besides, hasn't the county lord already talked to Miss Wang." ”
Tonghui was silent, frowning and scolding the maidservant, "Go quickly, I can't move you?" ”
The maidservant hurriedly walked out, not understanding why her originally gentle county lord suddenly became impatient.