Chapter 148: Noodles
What is the scenery of Baolan Mountain, Ah Yu doesn't remember very clearly.
After they went up the mountain, they temporarily lived in Xianglan Temple, and because of the infestation of fierce beasts in the mountain, they could not enter the mountain, and only walked back and forth in the temple a few times.
Since my brother came to Weizhou, he has done more homework than when he was in Kyoto, and being able to go out to Baolan Mountain together is already a rare time he has saved from his busy schedule.
It's everyone else, and no one is really idle.
The eldest aunt was busy teaching Sister Wen Yun, Brother Wen was the eldest grandson of the Wen family, and after coming to the ancestral land, she had to contact the people in the ancestral land, especially those with difficult family backgrounds, and she had to express her condolences one by one. Uncle Wen Yu has now resigned, and it seems that he has nothing to do, but in fact, he originally discussed with his friend Qi Zhang about going out to travel, and now he has changed the location of his trip to Weizhou, but he can't always leave Qi Zhang aside and ignore it.
Therefore, the trip to Xianglan Temple, from departure to return, is only three and a half days and a half.
After returning to his ancestral home, Ah Yu found the pamphlet he had brought from Kyoto, flipped to the place near the end, looked at the neatly written days on it, picked up the pen and scratched it a few times, and crossed out the dates of the previous days.
At first, she planned to bring a yellow calendar, which not only recorded the date of each day, but also had daily suitable and taboo things, but the yellow calendar issued by the imperial court had a fixed number every year, at least there was no yellow calendar in the few bookstores that Ah Yu sent people out to find. So she had no choice but to settle for the next best thing, and she made a whole booklet herself, and filled the blank pages of the booklet with the dates, and crossed out one after a day, and when the whole booklet was all dated, it was time for her to go home.
Now it seems that that day is not far off.
The days in the ancestral house in Weizhou were not as difficult as Ah Yu imagined.
Maybe it's because there are more people accompanying her this time!
Sister Wen Yun, who will accompany her to eat three meals a day every day, has been studying her homework, and occasionally comes to her yard to sit for a while, as well as Uncle Wen Yu and Brother Wen Yu, who are about to go out every three or five times, these two are not peers, but every time they go out, they will bring gifts to Ah Yu and Wen Yun.
Bringing gifts has probably become a common practice, but Ah Yu doesn't remember when this practice began.
Sister Wen Wan still has to follow Mrs. Wen every day to learn various rules and how to deal with people.
Ah Yu sometimes feels very bored in the Linghe Garden, and occasionally follows Sister Wen Wan to listen to the narration of the eldest aunt, but the number of times like that is always very rare.
Seeing that the luggage they went back had been loaded into the carriage, Duan Yuzhi, who was supposed to appear in Weizhou and invited her out to eat, was never seen, as if he had really never appeared in Weizhou, and even the person who was also surnamed Pei who would have appeared in the box was Duan Yuzhi's distant relative, she couldn't see it, so there was no way to compare that person with Pei Jiang.
She couldn't remember the appearance of the person surnamed Pei, but vaguely felt as if she had seen him somewhere.
They thought they would be back to Kyoto by September at the latest, but in fact, their way back was slower than when they came.
By the time they finally returned to Kyoto, the first snow had fallen.
Fragments of snowflakes can only be seen in mid-air, falling on the treetops of the forest or directly on the ground, and there is nothing left but a little wetness.
"The snow fell quite early this year."
While resting on the road, Wen Huan got off the horse and got into the carriage where Ah Yu was.
The snow outside was not heavy, but it was cold and windy, and when he left Kyoto, he only brought spring and summer clothes with him in his luggage, and now he wears winter clothes that he bought halfway. The finished products made in the ready-to-wear shop, although the fabrics and other things are the best ones, but in the end they are not as good as the clothes tailored in the house, and the conditions do not allow it, so they can only make a living for the time being.
Fortunately, I have already arrived in Kyoto, and I will soon be able to reach the Wen family's annex outside the city, and repair it in the annex for the time being, after all, the speed of the carriage is not fast enough, if you don't stop rushing to the city gate, you can't catch up with the time to close the city gate, instead of spending the night at the city gate, it is better to rest in the courtyard for the night.
Of course, Wen Huan was also very happy about this.
There are his clothes for all seasons in the courtyard, and when you go to the courtyard, you can change out of the clothes that don't fit well, so why not!
Ah Yu held the gilded small hand stove, the whole person shrunk in the fluffy cloak, she nodded: "It's indeed a little early......"
In the past, the snow fell at least after the beginning of the lunar month, but now it is only late November, and the snow has already begun.
It's just a hazy snow, but it's snow.
Wen Huan stretched out his hand and probed Ah Yu's forehead, the feeling under the palm of his hand was not abnormal, he still asked worriedly: "I see that your lips are a little pale, won't you be infected with wind and cold again?" ”
The reason why they are delayed on the road for a long time is because people often get sick.
At first, Mrs. Wen and Wen Yun inexplicably had symptoms of not adapting to the water and soil, and they found a town to rest for a few days on the way, and let the two of them take a few doses of medicine, and only after the situation improved, they continued to embark on the way back. However, what people didn't expect was that they had only walked a short distance, and when Wen Qi dismounted, he sprained his foot very much, and he came and went, and he was delayed for a lot of time.
So much so that Ah Yu's birthday this year was fooled around halfway.
Last year, Ah Yu didn't have a good birthday, or made up for it at this year's recognition banquet, I thought that the birthday banquet in the future must be more dedicated, who would have thought that this year was missed again!
Ah Yu didn't know that Wen Huan had already thought a lot for a while, her index finger lightly touched the lower lip flap, and felt that the lip flap under the fingertips had appeared peeling, she pursed her lips and said with a smile: "I'm not sick!" The white lips may be because of the cold, before the brother came in, I thought the carriage was too dull, so I opened the curtain for a short while, about that time was blown by the cold wind, and it was not tight, and when I arrived at the other courtyard, let people go to the kitchen to boil a bowl of ginger soup, I will drink a bowl of it at that time, and it should be fine. ”
"It's so windy outside, how can you lift the curtain?" Wen Huan shook his head and said, "Doctor Yang doesn't know if he is still in the other hospital at this time, forget it, when you get to the other hospital, you should first ask the doctor to check your pulse to see if you need to drink medicine, and then talk about whether you want to drink the ginger soup!" ”
The little girl's appetite is not big, and after drinking a bowl of ginger soup, I am afraid that she will not be able to eat much, let alone drink medicine!
When Ah Yu heard the name of Doctor Yang, he unconsciously felt a bitterness in his mouth.
is still the matter that caused her before, the medicine prescribed to her by Doctor Yang is extremely bitter, and the candied fruit that she could have obtained from Doctor Yang is gone.
She couldn't help but tug at Wen Huan's sleeve and whispered, "Can you not let Doctor Yang prescribe medicine for me?" Or my brother will help me talk to him, even if the medicine is still so bitter, it is good to allow me to eat a candied fruit after drinking the medicine. ”
Wen Huan thought that Ah Yu would say something, but she didn't expect that she was struggling with the taste of the decoction.
But think about it, last year she was sick for so long because of a moment of negligence, this time even if she doesn't like to drink bitter decoction medicine, she will follow the doctor's instructions carefully, after all, drinking a pair of bitter decoction medicine and having to drink bitter decoction medicine for months in a row are two completely different concepts.
After Wen Huan agreed, the entire carriage suddenly fell into silence.
It seems that the topics that can be found before have been said all over again, so that Wen Huan doesn't know what else to say to Ah Yu now.
Who made the journey long, and he couldn't help but appear next to Ah Yu from time to time!
The wind blew the snowflakes past the carriage, and those sitting in the carriage could hear the wheels rolling and the wind howling, but there was no sound of anyone talking.
Wen Huan was silent for a long time, and suddenly spoke: "I didn't expect that the way back would be delayed for so long, and even Ah Huan's birthday could only be passed halfway." ”
Ah Yu paused, and looked up at Wen Huan opposite: "Why did Brother suddenly say such things again, although my father and mother were not with me on my birthday this year, Brother Ah is still there!" And there are also aunts, uncles, Brother Wen and Sister Wen Yun, I think this is not bad! ”
What's more, the birthday banquet that Wen Huan and the others prepared for her, in a hurry, has really done it to the extreme.
Her birthday was in early October.
According to the route they had planned at the beginning, although it was revised many times along the way, none of them reached the state capital during that time period.
Since Embarking on the way back, Ah Yu has no idea of calculating time, the days are passing day by day, she doesn't even want to know the specific date of each day, what she talks about on weekdays is morning, afternoon and evening, or today, yesterday and tomorrow, in short, there is no count.
In this case, it is also a matter of course to forget your birthday.
They were already in the state capital in October.
Before that, when they passed through the town, they either stayed in a post house or an inn, but this time they lived in a mansion in the state capital.
At first, Ah Yu thought that the cause was Qi Zhang, a friend of the uncle, because Qi Zhang said that he had a vacant mansion in the state capital, and only a few loyal servants were left in the courtyard to help take care of the house. He said that it was rare to have such an opportunity, and he wanted to invite Wen Yu to his mansion to have a look. But Ah Yu and the others were stained with the light of Uncle Wen Yu.
Considering Ah Yu's eagerness to return home, they did not live in the house for too long.
On the third day of living in Qi's house, Ah Yu was dragged out by Wen Wan to look at jewelry, and it is said that the state capital where they stayed temporarily was famous for its exquisite jewelry.
Ah Yu has seen the jewelry in the gold building on the street, and it is indeed worthy of its name.
After buying jewelry, Wen Wan also took Ah Yu to wander around the street for a long time, and when it was getting late, she finally breathed a sigh of relief and returned to the Qi house with Ah Yu.
Wen Wan probably couldn't do these things to divert people's attention, and when he first wanted to go out to the Golden Building, Ah Yun didn't feel anything wrong. She really wanted to buy some 'souvenirs' to give back to others, and give them to her grandfather and father, Ah Yu had already prepared them when she was in Weizhou, and she was still a little unsure of what she wanted to give to her daughters.
It just so happens that the state capital that I passed by this time has a lot of gifts that can be given to people.
Even if Wen Wan didn't speak, Ah Yu would also put forward the idea of going out, and when she didn't go out for the first two days, she had already sent the maid ring around her to go out to inquire about the news. In fact, she also asked people to inquire about the news from the people of Qi Zhai, but the things that these people could access on weekdays were really limited, so they couldn't provide any useful information.
When they came out of the Golden Building, Ah Yu realized that something was wrong.
Wen Wan is not the kind of person who likes to hang around, but today she made a proposal that did not match her usual habits.
At that time, Ah Yu knew that they must have done something hidden from her, and she did not intend to dismantle them, and even continued to do what they thought, without asking questions or showing doubtful eyes.
This doesn't mean that Ah Yu is really not interested, she just understands that these people around her will not hurt her no matter what.
In that case, why not give a little bit of trust!
However, Ah Yu didn't expect that the trust she gave would be in return for such a big return.
After returning to Qi's house, she saw a unique birthday banquet.
"And this year, my brother made me a bowl of longevity noodles!" Remembering the bowl of longevity noodles made up of a single noodle, Ah Yu couldn't help adding, "If I were in Kyoto, I would definitely not be able to eat the longevity noodles made by my brother." ”
Obviously, she is the one who is working hard to learn cooking, but it turns out that she first ate the things made by her brother, and her own cooking skills are still in a mess.
The corners of Wen Huan's mouth twitched slightly.
During the three days he lived in Qi's house, he only did one thing, and that was to learn to make noodles.
Maybe he really doesn't have much talent in cooking, and the final result is always a bowl of noodle soup, and noodles can't be made.
In the end, the bowl that Ah Yu ate was a bowl of 'longevity noodles' that he had worked hard to reluctantly rectify, and there was indeed only one noodle in the bowl, but this noodle was too thick, and when he first made the noodles and boiled them in the pot, he was always worried that they would not be cooked.
Fortunately, there were more seasonings in it, and Ah Yu was more moved than rational at that time, and he didn't tell what was wrong with the noodles at all, and even praised him vigorously.
It's been almost a month now, and when she thinks of the bowl of longevity noodles, she wants to praise him.
The problem is that the bowl of noodles he made is really not as delicious as Ah Yu said.