Chapter Ninety-Four: The Journey
The audit convoy of Jingbao Pavilion walked on the official road leading to Taizhou.
It's early summer, and the weather is good. The roadside vegetation is luxuriant, and the peach, apricot, plum, and so on in the orchard are hanging out half-sized fruits, which are extremely green and astringent, and it is far from the time to put down the mouth. On the contrary, all kinds of birds are ready to move, and the noise is incomparable, a good and prosperous scene.
The convoy passed by a tea shed, and everyone came down to rest, and by the way, they settled their lunch with coarse tea pancakes.
Chang Yong beckoned everyone into the shed under the tree and bought tea cakes. turned his head to look, but he didn't see Li Jingshan. He shook his head and smiled, walked to the edge of the ridge on the side of the road, and sure enough, he saw the slender figure, and squatted on the side of the road to write and draw.
Chang Yong took a pancake and walked over, stretched out his hand and patted her shoulder, "I'm here again to draw these flowers and plants, I don't even eat food." ”
Li Jingshan straightened up and smiled embarrassedly: "Thank you Uncle Chang." He took the cake and took a bite.
Chang Yong also ate his own cakes, while secretly looking at the girl in front of him.
She was the only girl in the whole convoy, and in order to make it easier to travel, she changed into men's clothes, wrapped her hair in a headscarf, and dressed up as a small girl. But he still can't hide his delicate eyebrows and slender figure.
The character is good, quiet and polite along the way, and these men eat and sleep in the open without the slightest complaint, and treat people and things heartily...... It's not like the bearing of a teenage girl.
Judging from Chang Yong's decades of reading experience in shopping malls, he came to a conclusion in his heart: this woman is extraordinary. Therefore, I am also willing to chat with Li Jingshan more on weekdays.
He looked at Li Jingshan's painting book and asked casually: "I see that most of your paintings are these flowers and plants, is it to accumulate materials for design?" ”
Li Jingshan flipped through the book and showed it to Chang Yong: "Most of them are for design." For example, these peach branches with fruit are no worse than peach blossoms...... Ah, these are not, these paintings are plants with special markings that you see along the way...... Make a record, just get used to it. ”
Chang Yong looked at the clump of weeds by the pile of stones on the painting, and said strangely: "Isn't this the weed?" There are also some on the side of the road in Minzhou, why is it with special markings? ”
Li Jingshan smiled, "Uncle Chang has good eyesight. The leaves here are wider than those in Minzhou, and the color of the leaves is reddish, which is very different from Minzhou. After a pause, he said: "The same species in different regions will also be different. If you see it, make a record, and it won't be in vain to make a trip. ”
Chang Yong was amazed at how meticulously Li Jingshan observed, and took a closer look at the painting. His wife's mother's family is in the brewing business, and she often selects the raw materials for brewing.
Chang Yong is familiar with it at home, and he also knows a little about it. He looked at the paintings, and couldn't help but be impressed by this Nizi two more points.
Li Jingshan only smiled quietly, but in fact, she didn't say the real reason. Documenting grass and minerals on the side of the road is a habit of her as a geologist. Many plants and trees can show the status of local minerals, such as this large-leaved red-edged sage, which shows that the area is rich in iron ore. The brighter the color of the leaf edges, the higher the iron ore content.
It's just that in modern times, she was taken with a camera, and in ancient times...... I can only draw one stroke at a time.
After a short rest, the group continued on their way. Arrived at a small county seat before sunset.
This time, Chang Yong and Zhang Mingjun brought two bodyguards and two entourages to take care of their daily life all the way. When they arrived at the inn, the bodyguards who drove to the backyard went to settle the carriage and horses, and the entourage went to arrange accommodation, while Li Jingshan entered the lobby and began to arrange food.
When the two gentlemen washed up in the room and went out to the lobby, Li Jingshan had already ordered the food and beckoned them to sit down by the window.
Li Jingshan poured tea for the two gentlemen, and reported the dishes ordered, "I ordered a total of three hot and three cold, and also added a special dish here, Babao duck, the two gentlemen see what else needs to be added." ”
Chang Yong smiled: "Enough to eat." Miss Li's ordering should not have been trained by Sanshao, otherwise how could she be so kind to people's spleen and stomach. ”
Zhang Mingjun didn't say much, only smiled and nodded.
In the past ten days on the road, Li Jingshan was responsible for the food and drink in the hotel. After two times, she figured out the tastes of the two gentlemen, and most of the dishes she ordered in the future were to their appetites, which made the two gentlemen extremely satisfied.
Not long after, the shopkeeper came over to serve the food, Li Jingshan glanced at the dishes, and casually moved the sweet and sour pork ribs and freshly fried fish cubes, the sweet and sour pork ribs approached Zhang Mingjun, and put the fried fish cubes in front of Chang Yong.
Just because Zhang Mingjun loves sweetness, and Chang Yong likes fresh fragrance, Li Jingshan's subtle action made the two gentlemen look at each other and smile at each other, and glanced at her.
Chang Yong thought that what the third young master said at the beginning was that he could use this girl, but now it seems that he can use it quite easily. No wonder the third young master is heavy.
After eating, they went back to their rooms to rest. Chang Yong instructed the shopkeeper to fetch water and wash him. After a while, there was a knock on the door, and he just thought it was the shopkeeper who brought the water up, and casually ordered "come in", but he didn't expect it to be Li Jingshan who came in with a basin of water.
"Yo, why is there a Miss Lauri to deliver water? What did the shopkeeper do here? Chang Yong hurriedly stepped forward to catch the basin.
Li Jingshan had already walked quickly to the basin stand, put the basin away, and said with a smile: "I saw that the shopkeeper was busy, so I brought it with me." ”
Chang Yong took the towel on the shelf and washed his face, and thanked him: "It's not a hurry, and it won't matter if it's a little later." ”
After washing his face and looking up, he saw that Li Jingshan was still standing next to him, looking at the bed curtain in the store and couldn't move his eyes. He asked curiously, "Miss Li, what are you looking at?" ”
Li Jingshan replied and smiled embarrassedly, "I can't hide it, I saw that the embroidery of the bed in my room was beautiful and the stitching was chic, so I wanted to see if the bed next door was also the same pattern." ”
"So it's fake that you are sending water, and you take the opportunity to come into my house and see if the pictures are real!" Chang Yong laughed, "You Nizi, why are you so crazy about these things?" ”
Li Jingshan was broken, her face turned slightly red, she rubbed the corners of her clothes and said crampedly: "Then I still won't disturb your rest." "Turn around and leave the door.
"Okay, it's rare that you are so hearted, it's still early, I'll go next door to find Lao Zhang to set up the dragon gate array, you stay here and take a good look." Chang Yong smiled and went out with a teapot.
Li Jingshan's excited voice came from behind, "Thank you, Uncle Chang!" ”
Chang Yong smiled and shook his head, this girl sent to Beijing by the third young master may really be a treasure.
When he walked to the door, he remembered something again, turned back to her and said, "We will be able to go to Taizhou tomorrow, and if you are free, you can send a letter to your family and report your safety." ”
smiled again, "When you arrive in Taizhou, there will be someone to accompany you and compete with these flower and bird patterns." ”
Li Jingshan raised her eyebrows, and wanted to ask again, Chang Yong had already gone to the next door with Shi Shiran.
She looked around the room for the embroidery. When he returned to his house, he wrote a letter to his family under the lamp: according to Li Jingjue's instructions, he carefully described the scenery along the way, and asked the cat as usual at the end of the letter.
When she sealed the envelope and took out Ruan Mingyu's small seal to put it on it, her hand paused. She naturally knew that the young master was giving her this seal, suggesting that she write a letter to him.
It's just that......
In the end, Li Jingshan only hooked the corners of her mouth indifferently, packed up her pen and ink, turned off the lights and went to rest.
The crooked crescent moon hung on the horizon, like the corners of Li Jingshan's mouth that had just been hooked.
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In Minzhou City, Young Master Ruan's mood today is not very good.
When he got up in the morning, Ruan Shu waited for him to get dressed, he stared left and right in the dressing mirror, and suddenly said, "Why does this bamboo blue robe match a colorful tapestry?" Go and change it for a jade pendant. ”
When Ruan Shu heard this, he hurriedly changed it, and said with a smile: "In the past, it was the clothes and accessories that Miss Li prepared for the young master, and the small ones were not sure for a while, and the young master forgave the sins." ”
Ruan Mingyu suddenly remembered that he used to take care of his clothes and accessories personally, since Li Jingshan made him a maidservant, she arranged the daily clothes and accessories, and after a long time, he forgot that the two little guys were not good at this.
He was stunned for a moment before he said lightly: "I will have more brains in the future." ”
Ruan Shu hurriedly responded and began to set breakfast for him. He looked at the few plain spots on the table, and remembered Li Jingshan's plating, and suddenly lost his appetite, and after eating two bites, he asked Ruan Shu to clean it up.
When he arrived at the store, Ruan Mingyu listened to the report of the shopkeeper Hong: "The supply of the precious stones of the goddess is insufficient, there is a shortage in the workshop, and the inlay work on the gilt jewelry side will be delayed for a day." ”
"The quarry is in the name of the Treasure Hunt, so there will be a shortage of supply?" Ruan Mingyu was surprised, "How is the manager of the quarry arranged?" ”
Shopkeeper Hong probably felt that Ruan Mingyu was in a bad temper today, and hurriedly explained: "Originally, the mining volume of the goddess was arranged by Miss Li, but now the new boss is not very familiar with the process, so there is an occasional disconnect, and it will not be in the future." ”
Ruan Mingyu was silent for a moment before he said with a dark face, "Let him follow up as soon as possible." Not an example! ”
Shopkeeper Hong was busy and should go out to make arrangements. Ruan Mingyu took a sip of the teacup, and suddenly realized that it was Yun Feng's thin eyebrows that Li Jingshan liked, he looked at the clear tea for a while, and finally took the cup and drank it all.
After that, he was always uneasy, so he simply turned out the account book and carefully reconciled the accounts - he always had to find something to do in order to get the figure out of his mind. It wasn't until Ruan Shu came over in the evening to remind him that he was going to Zuixianlou to participate in a meeting, that he packed up his mood and went out.
When the shopkeepers of the major stores came to toast, eight out of ten people asked, "Why don't you see Li Zhang?" ”
Ruan Mingyu only took the trouble to explain to people over and over again. Every time I explained, I felt a little more lost in my heart: it turned out that the girl's weight in the Treasure Pavilion was so heavy that she became an iconic figure in the Treasure Hunting Pavilion. And industry insiders have long recognized the normalcy of the girl standing by his side with an independent attitude.