Chapter 22: A Grasshopper on a Rope
Back at the inn, it was getting dark.
After a while, Mrs. Wang came again and asked where to eat pomegranate dinner.
Pomegranate Hua was worried about Qin Niangzi's medicine money, and still said that she would still eat it in the room.
Mrs. Wang stepped back and soon brought dinner.
The meal is still hearty, but the pomegranate blossoms are a little unpalatable.
After eating, Mrs. Wang came to collect the dishes and chopsticks, and by the way, she brought hot water for washing.
The pomegranate flower lay on the bed after washing, and her brain was a mess. Lao Langzhong said that Qin Niangzi needs to take medicine for a long time, but she is currently penniless and can't even afford a pair of medicines, where can she find so much money?
If he ignores it, Qin Niangzi will die, and Chen Liangan is still so young, how should he live in the future? If Qin Niangzi lives for a few more years, when Chen Liangan can take care of herself, her conscience will not be condemned.
The pomegranate blossoms tossed and turned until late at night, and then fell asleep.
When I woke up the next day, it was raining again, and it was not raining.
Pomegranate saw that the rain couldn't stop for a while, so she borrowed an umbrella from her when Mrs. Wang came to deliver breakfast, and prepared to go to Huichun Hall to find Lao Langzhong to get a prescription.
Just as she was about to go out, she heard someone knocking on the door and opened the door, but it was Fang Er beside Gongzi Zhan.
"Childe, please go over and talk." Fang Er's expression was a little arrogant, he felt that his son-in-law didn't need to be so polite to a country girl.
"Okay." Pomegranate nodded briskly, Zhan Gongzi is currently his employer, and the boss asked the employees to talk in the past, and the matter of getting the prescription can only be postponed.
Following Fang Er into the opposite room, the first feeling of Pomegranate Flower was that the room was much larger than the one she lived in, and the second feeling was that it was much more luxurious.
The house was covered with curtains, tassels swayed, the air was filled with a faint scent of rosewood, and the floor was covered with a carpet of fine weavers.
Near the window is a rosewood bookcase, on which there is a large Ru kiln flower sac, with a bag full of blue-purple bellflower flowers, quiet and elegant.
At this moment, the Zhan Gongzi was sitting behind the bookcase, holding the scroll in his hand, leaning on the back of the chair and reading the book, looking lazy.
"Childe, the pomegranate girl is here." Fang Er bowed down and reported to his master.
When Zhan Gongzi heard this, he withdrew his gaze from the book and slowly got up, with a smile on the corner of his lips, and said to Pomegranate Flower: "I wonder if the girl is satisfied with the accommodation arrangement?" ”
Pomegranate smiled faintly and replied: "Childe's arrangement is very thoughtful and proper, how can I not be satisfied." ”
Zhan Gongzi nodded, raised his hand and motioned for the pomegranate flower to sit aside, "Pomegranate girl, let's go sit over there." ”
Afterwards, he instructed Fang Er: "You go down to make tea, and the tea will be used in the Longjing before the rain we brought." ”
"Yes, Childe." Fang Er glanced at the pomegranate flower, turned around and went out to make tea.
The pomegranate flower couldn't figure out the eldest prince's intention to find herself, and after sitting down, she asked, "I don't know what the prince called me to do?" ”
Zhan Gongzi smiled, and his tone was relaxed: "It's raining today, I have nothing to do, I don't know much about the local customs, and I called the girl to hear you talk about the local customs." ”
It turned out that I was bored and wanted to find someone to relieve my boredom!
Pomegranate suddenly realized, thought about it for a while, frowned and said: "I grew up in a farmhouse, from childhood to adulthood, my ears and eyes are all exposed to some rural wild fun, and I am afraid that saying it will stain your ears." ”
The implication: I'm busy and don't want to chat with you.
Zhan Gongzi's eyes flashed slightly, and the smile on his face became stronger, "Nostalgia and rural life, rural life, has always been highly respected by literati and artists, listen to it, just wash my body full of vulgar dust, and please don't trouble me." ”
Is it so insistent that you want to find out my details?
Pomegranate looked at the handsome face full of smiles on the other side, and alertness spread in her heart, quickly building a thick barrier.
At this time, Fang Er came in with tea.
"Fang'er, you go down first, and if there is anything, come in and report it." Zhan Gongzi waited for Fang Er to put down the tea, and then asked him to retreat.
"Yes." Fang Er was dissatisfied with Childe and sent him away, and glanced at the pomegranate flower scrutinically, not understanding what Childe had to talk about with a country girl.
Pomegranate Hua picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea to moisten her throat, then pulled the corners of her mouth, revealing a mouthful of fine white teeth, blinked her eyes twice, and said, "Since Gongzi Zhan doesn't dislike the vulgarity of local customs, then I'll talk about it!" ”
Zhan Gongzi sat up straight, showing an expectant expression.
The pomegranate coughed and cleared her throat, let's go, let's talk in detail about whose sister-in-law and sister-in-law in the village are not in harmony, whose daughter-in-law is not filial to her in-laws, and whose family has many brothers.
Zhan Gongzi was quite interested at first, but gradually, the smile on the corner of his lips became lighter and fainter, and finally completely precipitated, and his dark and warm eyes became like a dark spring, with no bottom visible.
Pomegranate said with a dry mouth, picked up the teacup and took a sip, seeing Zhan Gongzi's expression, she was secretly glad in her heart that if she didn't have the memory of the original owner, her identity would have to be exposed.
At the same time, she also saw that this Zhan Gongzi was deep in the city and was a dangerous person, and she should be cautious when dealing with him.
"Master Zhan, what I'm talking about is interesting!" Pomegranate put down the teacup and deliberately said to Zhan Gongzi, who was still contemplative.
Zhan Gongzi listened to the sound of pomegranate flowers in a trance, gathered his thoughts, and saw that the girl opposite had lively and bright eyes, and a childish little daughter's demeanor, after a little thought, his smile returned to his previous brightness, and said: "This kind of dirty thing is common in wealthy families, but they are all fighting in the dark, not as fierce as in the countryside, and everything is put on the bright side to quarrel." ”
When she heard this, she leaned forward and asked, "What about your family?" ”
Zhan Gongzi was stunned for a moment, his expression suddenly became a little unnatural, and he paused slightly before he said: "My father has many brothers, and I rarely ask about other family affairs. Although my father had several wives and concubines, none of them gave birth to a boy, so secret fights did not happen often, and some of them were jealous of the aunts and wives. ”
Pomegranate pouted and said, "It seems that the people of your big family are not cleaner than our poor families!" ”
Zhan Gongzi naturally understood what she meant by cleanliness, rubbed his forehead, and said with a wry smile: "The bigger the family, the more intrigue there are, which is inevitable." ”
Be forgiving and forgiving!
Seeing his embarrassment, Pomegranate didn't want to ridicule him anymore, so she changed the topic and asked him why he had come from the state town to a remote place to open an oil mill.
"It was the most important experience I had before I succeeded my father at the helm of the family." Zhan Gongzi smiled calmly, and his eyes burst out with a light that was bound to be won and had a bamboo in his chest.
Pomegranate looked at him in slight surprise.
"Camellia oil has now been enshrined as a special tribute oil for imperial meals by the saints, and the dignitaries and nobles in the capital are also vying to buy it, and the real market is priceless." Zhan Gongzi got up and walked to the window to look at the window as he spoke, the rain outside had stopped, and the mountains in the distance overlapped, and it was the camellia trees that grew on the mountains.
"And then!" The pomegranate blossom also followed to the window, wanting to hear him talk about the following.
Gongzi Zhan glanced sideways at the pomegranate flower, and said slowly: "As long as I build the oil mill and then take the errand of paying tribute to the camellia oil for the palace, then my Zhan family will have jumped from the family of ordinary merchants to the imperial merchants, and the children of the clan have the privilege of participating in the imperial examination, and they will have the opportunity to join the scholar clan in the future." ”
"In this way, you are the hero of the entire family, and no one can shake your position." Pomegranate Hua had an epiphany and took Zhan Gongzi's words.
Zhan Gongzi turned around, looked at her fixedly, and slowly spit out two words: "Not bad." ”
Belch!
Pomegranate stuck out her tongue, a little embarrassed, seeing through it without saying it, it is taboo to expose other people's ambitions in person.
Just when she regretted that she was happy, Zhan Gongzi laughed loudly, "It's not a secret, since the family is willing to give me this opportunity, of course I have already announced the whole clan in advance." ”
"Well, I'm thinking too much!" Pomegranate Blossom secretly slandered herself.
Zhan Gongzi's smile gradually faded, and he said: "Pomegranate girl, this oil mill is very important to me, please worry about the foundation." In the future, if the girl asks for something, I, Zhan Hengyi, will definitely try my best to help. ”
Seeing that he said so solemnly, Pomegranate Hua secretly complained in her heart, this Zhan Gongzi was putting pressure on him both inside and outside his words. Now that they are riding a tiger, it is no longer feasible to retreat, and the two have become grasshoppers on a rope.
It seems that unconsciously, he got on a thief ship, alas!
That's it, I'll use dim sum to make your oil mill a hundred years old...... No, it won't fall for a thousand years!
Thinking of this, Pomegranate smiled and said, "Master Zhan, please rest assured, I will not let you down when it comes to the foundation." ”
Zhan Hengyi smiled, warm as a spring breeze, "In this way, the pomegranate girl doesn't want a son, how about calling me Brother Zhan in the future?" ”
Pomegranate was stunned, did this identity change a little too fast!
While he was talking, Fang Er came in to report that Yang Laosi was coming.