Chapter 213: The Canary
Wen Qi didn't see her mother when she returned to Wen's house for a few days, and even now the housekeeping is already taken care of by her second aunt.
"Childe, the little one asked around and said that he didn't know what Madame was doing."
The stone walked in while chewing a piece of plum cake, this plum cake was still passing by the Ruyi Building when I found that the window next to the door was wide open, and many people were queuing, it turned out to be a small window to sell dim sum.
The stone patiently lined up to a nose full of the fragrance of freshly baked plum vegetable cakes, and the thin crispy and fluffy texture in one of the pie crusts was the sweet taste of plum vegetables.
On the way back, the stones were all sighing that Miss Biao's cooking skills and this talent for business were too powerful, but unfortunately, his own son was not able to turn Miss Cousin into a lady.
The stone shook his head and was just about to finish eating the last piece of plum vegetable cake, when suddenly there was a flower in front of him, and the cake was gone.
"Childe...... It's ......"
"What is it?"
"I bought ......."
In Wen Qi's eyes, the stone hummed aggrievedly, and finally watched Wen Qi put away the last piece of plum cake.
"My mother has been so busy lately that she can't go home, and my father just asks?!"
"When did the lord dare to ask about the lady, son, what are you talking ......about?"
The stone stopped talking, Wen Qi tossed on the chair with her feet up, and suddenly stood up and walked out.
"Eh, where are you going, Childe?"
"Go find the second aunt, she must know."
Wen Qi went straight to Wen Jin's yard, since the second uncle left, the second aunt's whole heart fell on Wen Jin, and the second aunt only needs to find Wen Jin.
As soon as Wen Qi entered the courtyard, he saw Wen Jin standing under the porch with a white face looking at the sky, and after noticing that there were people, Wen Jin slowly lowered her head and looked at the courtyard gate, and her eyes suddenly burst with joy.
"Brother, why are you free?"
Since the Wen family moved to the capital, Wen Qi left in a hurry even if she came back, and it was rare to stay overnight, let alone come to Wen Jin's yard.
Wen Qi strode up to Wen Jin, looked at Wen Jin's good spirits, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and just wanted to speak when he heard a light cough.
"Auntie, Wen Qi has seen Auntie."
Wen Qi withdrew the hand that had fallen on Wen Jin's shoulder and made a literati salute.
The second daughter-in-law of the Wen family, Qiu, did not like to dance with knives and guns the most, and was bent on being with a Xiucai, but Qiu's grandfather died for the old man Wen, and entrusted the whole family to be taken care of by the old man Wen before he died, and Qiu's parents decided the marriage between their daughter and the second son of the Wen family.
Although Qiu was unwilling, but because of the order of his parents or married into the Wen family, Wen Er Ye is a person who cultivates both civil and military affairs, and Qiu gradually fell in love with each other after marriage, but unfortunately the good times did not last long, Qiu gave birth to Wen Jin less than two years later, Wen Er Ye suddenly fell ill and went, Qiu was grief-stricken and completely cut off Wen Jin's way to touch martial arts.
Qiu Shi thought in his heart that it was because of that that he practiced three times in winter and three times in summer, that he boiled through Wen Erye's body and suddenly collapsed.
Wen Qi is now in the barracks, Qiu Shi wishes that Wen Jin could be safe from him, only to see Wen Qi reach out and pat Wen Jin's shoulder, Qiu almost screamed, but fortunately restrained himself and just coughed.
Qiu thought that he was hiding it well, but in fact, everyone knew it, but they all pity her for being widowed at a young age and pulling her children to grow up, so they all accommodated her, Wen Qi knew this aunt's preferences, and she should be a literati in front of her.
"Why does Brother Qi have time to come and see Jin'er today, come into the house and sit. Auntie, how many times has my mother told you, go back to the house coldly outside. ”
Wen Qi looked at Wen Jin, who was unwilling to be dragged into the house by Qiu's forcible drag, and hurriedly called Qiu's to stop.
"Auntie, I won't go in, I came today to ask you something, oh yes, this plum cake was bought by Ruyi Lou when I came back, and it was still hot when it came out, give Wen Jin a taste."
"Brother, you're so nice, I like to eat plum cakes."
Wen Qi took out the plum vegetable cake snatched from the stone's mouth from his arms, wrapped in oil paper and still warm, Qiu just wanted to say no, but he didn't expect Wen Jin to take it first, and Qiu didn't want to return it in person, so he had to watch Wen Jin grimace and carry the plum vegetable cake into the house.
"Uh... Brother Qi, do you have anything to ask your aunt to help with? ”
"Actually, it's nothing, I just want to ask my aunt if she knows what my mother has been busy with lately? It seems that I often go out early and return late. ”
Speaking of Bai Lingxian, Qiu's complexion is much better, Bai Lingxian has good medical skills, Wen Ying's fetus was insufficient, and he was often sick after birth, but fortunately, Bai Lingxian took action, and finally spent the three years when the child was most likely to die safely.
"Your mother seems to have been in Jishitang with the famous Dr. Zhou recently, so why don't you go to Jishitang to see someone, maybe she will be there."
After Wen Qi thanked him and left, Qiu hurriedly entered the house and snatched the plum cake that was still half a piece left in Wen Qi's hand.
"Mother, what are you doing? Give it back. ”
Wen Jin stood up and wanted to reach out to get it back, Qiu's eyes were full of worry and impatience, and he threw the half of the plum cake into the brazier.
Wen Jin watched the plum vegetable cake covered with ashes instantly turn black under the charcoal fire, and looked at Qiu Shi in disbelief.
"Mother! This is the plum cake that my brother gave me, why do you ......?"
"Just because I'm your mother! I've worked so hard to pull you to such a big size, what do you want to eat, don't you find someone to cook it for you?! Isn't it just a plum cake, wait until lunch, let the people in the kitchen brand five for you, the food outside is not clean, if you eat badly, how can it be good? Diarrhea can also kill people, you forgot that ...... when you were in Changchun Mansion"
"I don't have an appetite, I'm sleepy and want to sleep, mother, go to bed."
Wen Jin lowered her eyes and forgot to look at the brazier, turned around and walked towards the house, it was not the first time that Qiu Shi was interrupted by Wen Jin like this, glanced at the brazier, and beckoned the maid to clean up the plum cake that had been burned to ashes before turning to leave.
Wen Jinyi was lying on the bed, her mouth still had the sweetness of the plum cake, and the tears in the corners of her eyes couldn't help but fall to the quilt, silently blurring.
How many late nights, Wen Jin dreamed that she rode on a horse like Wen Qi on the battlefield, killing the enemy to serve the country, and the long sword was stained with the blood of the enemy.
However, in the middle of the night, Wen Jin could only sit until dawn, her life had already ended, and she couldn't step into this boxy yard in this life, which was even more miserable than a canary, and the canary still had wings, and she could jump twice in the cage from time to time, and she even had to get her mother's consent to go out of the house to blow the wind.
Wen Jin raised her hand to look at the clear cyan meridians on her white arm, closed her eyes weakly, and slammed the back of her hand on her eyelids.