The white stone bridge is a rural place, the houses are built in the east and west, there is nothing to pay attention to, and the road is naturally bends and turns, regardless of twists and turns. I often look at this straight road and walk in, but when I get to the end, a wall blocks it; You thought it was a dead end, but it turned out to be a path that branched out of nowhere for you to traverse.

I haven't lived in Shiraishibashi for a few years, and I don't know the road at all.

When Wang Xi and Chen Luo arrived at Baishi Bridge, it was already dark.

The carriage of the Wang family followed the carriage of the Chen family to turn left and turn right for a while, and walked for almost a quarter of an hour, making it impossible to distinguish between the southeast and the northwest, and the carriage of the Chen family stopped in front of a half-new and seemingly ordinary courtyard.

The little servants accompanying the Chen family hurriedly jumped out of the car and served Chen Luo to get out of the car.

The Chen family's coachman greeted the Wang family's coachman: "You come with me." ”

Generally, large households will have another parking door.

The coachman of the Wang family didn't think much about it, stopped the car, and when Bai Guo helped Wang Xi get out of the car, he followed the Chen family's carriage away.

Who knew that the place where the Chen family parked was not here, but in a dilapidated house some distance from this house.

The coachman of the Wang family looked at the mottled black paint of the gate, and felt like he was in a dream, wondering if there was a place to rest tonight.

Wang Xi didn't know this.

She saw that although the yard where Chen Luo arranged for her to settle down did not even have flowers and trees, the ground was paved with neat bluestone bricks, which were clean and spacious, and nodded secretly.

After that, the little guy who accompanied Chen Luo entered the resting room, and the wing room only had a few simple pieces of furniture, which seemed empty, and she asked the little guy: "What's your name?" How old is it? How long has it been around Master Chen? Did you just buy this house? Haven't finished repairing yet? ”

"The eldest lady can just call me beans." Even if the little girl was by Chen Luo's side, she had never been so close to such a beautiful young lady, her face was so red that she seemed to be able to drip blood, and muttered, "I, I have been with adults since I was a child." If the eldest lady needs anything, just tell me. ”

As for how old he was and why this house was so empty, he looked restrained and shy, but he didn't reveal a word.

It seems that Chen Luo still has two brushes under his rule.

Wang Xi secretly commented in his heart that someone sent new mattresses and copper basin brushes and other things, and Douzi also said: "It's too late, this is not a good place, and there is nowhere to buy if you have money, please bear with Miss Wang, and it will be good to go back to the city tomorrow." ”

Wang Xi has gone through a few darts with her eldest brother, not because she can't endure hardship, but she just feels that there is no need to endure hardship when she has the conditions, and she is unwilling to force herself.

She thanked her with a smile, and Bai Guo served her to change into the summer cloth skirt she wore every day.

Wang Xi asked Bai Guo to visit Chen Luo and said that he had something to say to him.

Chen Luo agreed, and sent Douzi over to accompany her to his study.

He lived across the street from Wang Xi's front yard.

Wang Xi looked at this arrangement and felt that this courtyard would only enter three at most.

When she saw Chen Luo, Chen Luo should have just finished combing, and although her hair had been simply curled into a bun, she still looked a little wet.

He was making tea, so he simply invited Wang Xi to sit next to him and taste tea, and personally poured a cup of tea and put it next to the tea boat in front of her, and said: "Taste, the Ming Dynasty Longjing of Jiangnan tribute, does it suit your taste?" ”

Chen Luo guessed that she should have come to talk to him about compensation.

After all, Sigu Mountain is a very big mountain as she said.

As for how to compensate the Wang family, to be honest, he really didn't think about it.

In his education, since he wants to compensate others, he should do things beautifully, and make them feel that they are worth the money.

What does the Wang family need now...... It's good to talk to Wang Xi.

In Wang Xi's education, he can go straight with a single knife, and of course, he can also knock on the side.

Since Chen Luo wants to talk to her slowly, the night is long, and there is no one else around, so let's talk slowly.

She sniffed the tea and took a gentle sip.

The bean aroma is fragrant, and the tea soup is soft.

"Good tea!" Wang Xi's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but praise, "It is worthy of a tribute, the taste is light and beautiful." ”

Chen Luo is a person who doesn't have much liking or dislike for tea, and when he heard this, he smiled and said, "If Miss Wang likes it and goes back to the city, I will ask someone to send a few catties to Miss Wang to quench her thirst." ”

Wang Xi likes as long as it is good, even if she doesn't like it, there are always people she likes, and there are often people around her, and it is good to give favors.

"Then I'll be disrespectful." She was not polite, thinking about Chen Luo's posture, she wanted to have a long talk with her, of course she had to take advantage of the situation and let Chen Luo say enough. She simply followed Chen Luo's words and talked to him about drinking tea, "We people in Shu like to drink tea, so there are many large and small teahouses in Shuzhong, and there are many local special teas, the most famous should be Mengshan tea, their nectar and yellow buds are the most famous, I once drank in the teahouses in the capital, they are all top and good, I must know it." But our family was influenced by my grandfather, but my favorite was Maofeng from Mount Emei......"

She said slowly, and looked at the corners of Chen Luo's eyes.

Seeing that he always leaned over and listened carefully, and had no intention of answering, she talked eloquently, freely, and simply said from tea leaves to refreshments: "...... So our refreshments in Shu are also very distinctive. In addition to the common melon seeds, candied fruits, dried fruits, etc., there are also marinated dried beans, peanuts, lotus roots, etc...... It's not common to have teahouses in your capital...... However, there is a kind of tea called taro jujube in Minnan that is quite interesting, which is cut into small pieces with taro, mixed with seasonings and then fried in oil...... Among them, the taro of lychee is the most famous...... But I think it's too hard, and it's not as delicious as our local taro in Shuzhong...... The taro in Wuchang Mansion is also delicious, a bit similar to the taro in our Shu...... Therefore, the taro in Shu likes to be stewed and eaten with meat, but the taro in Fujian likes to be used to make sweets......"

Chen Luo was speechless for a long time.

This eldest lady of the Wang family can really say it!

He didn't answer a word, and she could say it for half an hour without repeating it.

The key thing is that she is different from other little girls, she has something to say, which makes people feel quite interesting when they listen to it.

Especially the taro date, the first time he ate it, it was at the house of the political envoy Zuotong, his hometown is Fujian, and his wife personally cooked it and specially entertained them.

Even she knew that.

And it's really not bragging, although the approach is not the same as that of the Zuo Tongzheng envoy's family, but the general process is all the same, it can be seen that she has really eaten it and really seen people do it.

The capital is the capital of the country, and the best food in the world is pouring into the capital from all over the world, and he is because he is under the shadow of his ancestors, so he will see so many delicious and delicious drinks, but the eldest lady of the Wang family is young......

He didn't hold back and said, "Are you very good at making food?" ”

Wang Xi was choked up by the question.

This Chen Luo can't even chat.

At her age, even if she started holding a knife as soon as she could stand firmly, she couldn't have good craftsmanship.

How could he speak like this?

Is it a good thing to force a little girl who has not been out of the cabinet to admit that she likes to eat?

Her answer could be heard with a gritted teeth: "I am also under the shadow of my ancestors, and I have seen a lot, so I can say that I will cook a lot of delicious food!" ”

Chen Luo nodded, feeling that she should be the same as him, and then remembered that she kept mentioning Lipu taro, and then contacted the title deed of Shaoguan Sigu Mountain, she wouldn't have been reminding him of compensation, right?

This little girl is quite capable.

He estimated that no matter what he started with, she should be able to get involved in the matter of compensation.

This kind of thing, of course, is not as good as he takes the initiative rather than letting the other party take the initiative, but inexplicably, he just doesn't want to mention it, and he also has a little bit of Yellow Crane Towers to watch the overturned boat and see if she has any way to promote narrowness.

"I heard that the Chunfeng Building in the capital belongs to yours," he continued to circle with her, his voice sounding very gentle and polite, a bit like Wang Xi's feeling when he first met him in Jimin Hall, "I have also been there to eat, their lotus pond moonlight is very delicious, and the others are not too special impressions." But this dish is not a signboard in Chunfeng Building, and your parents are also well-informed, why don't you think of a signature dish like Sijimei? ”

How dare you say that their family doesn't know how to do business?!

Wang Xi was angry, but his face was not obvious, and he defended himself quietly: "Then tell me, if you talk about the famous restaurants in the capital, which ones can you think of?" ”

Chen Luo was stunned.

The first thing he thought of was Chunfeng Building!

Wang Xi grinned and taught him to be a man: "When you talk about the beauty of the four seasons, you will think of their crystal elbow, and when you talk about Liuwei Garden, you will think of their pickles." But if you don't really want to eat crystal elbows, will you go to Shijimei? But our Chunfeng Building is a place where many people in Beijing will go as long as they want to have a treat! What do you want one or two signboards for? Instead, it will limit the number of diners. ”

Chen Luo's heart was shocked.

He thought about a lot of things.

suddenly felt that he was still too underestimated, like the Wang family, a businessman who had been doing this for several generations.

Everyone can survive the years, they have their own advantages, and they have their own special way of survival.

Unconsciously, when Chen Luo faced Wang Xi, his sitting posture was a little more correct.

He silently poured Wang Xi a cup of tea.

Wang Xi felt that this tea was overbrewed, it was not too fragrant, and it was time to change the tea again.

She was also a little tired from babbling.

"Master Chen, I have something I want to ask you." This time, she decided to master the rhythm of speaking, go straight to the point, finish early and go to bed early. She couldn't help but let the yawn come out, shrugged her nose and continued: "That incense powder, it wasn't the emperor who asked you to check, you yourself were checking it in private, right?" Is the emperor going to favor anyone? Or was the queen carried the pot? ”

"What did you say?!" Chen Luo's eyes were angry, but his expression was as if he had seen a ghost, and he couldn't hide his horror.

Since Wang Xi dared to ask, he was not afraid of angering him.

She snorted twice disappreciatively, and said, "If the emperor asked you to check, why did you calculate Bo Mingyue?" You must know that Bo Mingyue is the cousin of the second prince and the nephew of the queen. It's not like the third prince or the fourth prince, who are famous but have no blood relationship. ”