Chapter 10: Go for a walk
Du Xiaomeng's work and rest habits in modern times are not good, usually going to bed after three o'clock in the morning, and not getting up until noon. After crossing again, although I was forced to rest at sunset again, I did not have the good habit of making sunrise like the last time. Because no one in the Yue Mansion has ever come to urge him to get up early, and because even if he gets up early, he is idle and has nothing to do, so even if Du Xiaomeng wakes up early, he has to stay in bed until noon before getting up.
On the fourth day of living in Yue's Mansion, on the morning of this day, Qiusha brought a basin of hot water to Du Xiaomeng's room as usual, as soon as the sun rose, Du Xiaomeng waited for her to quit as usual, got up and quickly freshened up while the water was still hot, and then lazily lay back on the bed to continue to kill time.
But this day was different from usual, the morning sun sprinkled faintly on the bed through the window paper, Du Xiaomeng, who was bathed in the morning light, rolled around on the bed, and was bored with nothing to do for several days, she felt that if she continued like this, she would suffocate herself to death. Before, she felt that she was a guest staying in Yue's Mansion, and it was not so appropriate to go out shopping on her own without the consent of the host's family, but Yue Yunze, who was the owner of Yue's Mansion, slept endlessly, and when he slept enough, she didn't know when she would ask him. Although Zhan Qi will not come to Qingning County until next month to take office, before he appears, she will first familiarize herself with the surrounding environment, understand the customs and customs of Qingning County, and by the way, see if she can find out some useful information, and it will not hurt to do some work in advance. So she decided not to waste any more time, and today she went to say hello to Mr. Zhao, the second highest status in the Yue Mansion, and went out shopping.
Thinking of doing it, Du Xiaomeng immediately got up and dressed quickly, pushed the door and went out to find Mr. Zhao. However, she had just pushed the door open halfway before she froze in place.
I saw that under the bamboo in the courtyard, Yue Yunze was standing.
Standing facing Du Xiaomeng, he was wearing a shiny black fur collar cape, and a fur hat on his head that was as black and shiny as the fur collar on the cape.
Seeing Du Xiaomeng pushing the door out, he smiled slightly.
Du Xiaomeng looked at Yue Yunze for a long time, and finally reacted, and hurriedly ran out to pull him into the house, and after closing the door, he frowned and asked reproachfully: "You don't stay in the house to recuperate and rest, but run outside to blow the wind." What about Ah Hu? What about Mr. Zhao? Why didn't they look at you and let you run out? ”
Yue Yunze looked at it and said slowly, "My illness has been completely cured. ”
"Huh?" Du Xiaomeng looked incredulous, "You were still asleep when I went to visit yesterday, how could you say yes?" ”
Yue Yunze pulled his cloak and chuckled and said, "The medicine prescribed by Mr. Zhao is like this, it makes people extremely drowsy, but the effect of the medicine is excellent. Besides, I'm just a little cold and not a serious illness, and I'm recuperating from a deep sleep, and I've been recuperating for a few days, of course, and I'll be cured. ”
"Really healed?" Du Xiaomeng looked at his complexion, which was really not very good, and was deeply suspicious.
Yue Yunze didn't answer her question, but turned around and opened the door and stepped out, turning around and saying, "Xiao'er, the weather is good today, let's go out for a walk, how about it?" ”
Du Xiaomeng was stunned and asked, "Where are you going?" ”
Yue Yunze turned around and walked in, grabbed her hand, led her out of the house, and said with a smile, "Come with me." ”
This hand is the same as touching the head and touching the face before, which is both active and natural. Visually, Yue Yunze does not have the burden of the common "men and women do not kiss" in this era, and Xiao Xianrou's flirtatious skills are definitely throwing Zhan Qi's old bacon for several streets, which is really a posterity!
Yue Yunze led Du Xiaomeng through the yard without hurrying, Du Xiaomeng felt that the hand holding her was warm, not as cold as before, so she felt that Yue Yunze should really be sick as he said, so she didn't say anything more, and walked out of the yard with Yue Yunze. Ah Hu, who was waiting outside the courtyard, saw them come out, and immediately greeted them and said, "Childe, the carriage is ready." ”
Hearing Ah Hu say this, Du Xiaomeng was surprised and asked, "Didn't we just take a walk around the house?" ”
Yue Yunze smiled and continued to move forward.
Du Xiaomeng stopped and raised his head to stare at Yue Yunze, and asked with a serious expression: "Yunze, you just got sick and ran out, isn't that okay?" ”
"It doesn't matter." Yue Yunze said lightly, "Let's go." ”
Du Xiaomeng didn't move, she grabbed Yue Yunze a little anxiously, and said nervously: "You gave me the cloak last time, and you said it was okay, but you fell ill and fell asleep in bed for a few days." Now that you're saying the same thing, why do you think you're fooling me? ”
"How could I fool you?" Yue Yunze patted Du Xiaomeng holding his hand, "If my illness hasn't healed yet, how can Mr. Zhao let me come out?" You can rest assured. ”
Du Xiaomeng's hand loosened and looked at Yue Yunze's eyes: "Are you sure?" ”
Yue Yunze sighed helplessly: "Xiao'er, why are you more verbose than Mr. Zhao?" ”
Du Xiaomeng rolled his eyes, shook off his hand and said dissatisfiedly: "I care about you and you are still being long-winded." ”
"Thank you for your concern." Yue Yunze smiled, "Then, do you want Xiao'er to go out for a walk with me?" ”
Du Xiaomeng raised her chin and said arrogantly: "Since you are so sincere and specially invited, I will reluctantly agree to you once." ”
Yue Yunze happily took Du Xiaomeng's hand again and led her to continue walking.
The carriage that Ah Hu had prepared for them was parked in the open space in front of the gate of Yue's mansion.
After living in Yue's Mansion for a few days, Du Xiaomeng has never stepped out of the gate for half a step. Usually this gate is closed, you can't see the scene outside the door, but today I came out and found that Yuefu was originally a mansion located at the foot of the mountain, and a straight and wide road full of trees on both sides was the only way out of Yuefu. When I looked up, I couldn't see any other dwellings around, and I saw nothing but trees in my eyes. There is a large open space in front of the house, and the ground is paved with square carved slate bricks half a meter square, which looks both atmospheric and heroic.
And the carriage parked in this open space paved with carved slate bricks, although the black carriage looks no different from an ordinary carriage on the outside, but the horse pulling the carriage is a good horse with shiny coat and full of energy, and with a wise and martial coachman like Ah Hu, it still looks quite stylish.
Yue Yunze and Du Xiaomeng got into the car one after another, and the carriage began to move.
Du Xiaomeng sat down before he remembered and asked, "Where are we going?" ”
"Take you to Qingning County." Yue Yunze replied simply and clearly.
That's exactly what I plan to do today. Hearing such an unexpected and surprising answer, Du Xiaomeng nodded with satisfaction: "This arrangement is very good." With that, she happily lifted the curtain of the car and looked out at the scenery outside the car.
Yue Yunze, who was left to the side, did not disturb Du Xiaomeng's interest in watching the scenery, he bent down and opened the drawer under the seat, took out a book and read it leisurely on the comfortable back cushion.
The carriage galloped along the flat road, and the trees on either side quickly receded. The carriage ran past without seeing any other person or car, and it was not long before large fields appeared on either side of the road, full of dry and hard soil and yellow rice stalks. After running for about ten minutes, the speed of the carriage slowed down significantly, and after a while, I saw an intersection not far ahead, and the noisy scene of a lively market.
At the intersection, the carriage turned to the right, and Ah Hu drove the car to a teahouse and stopped.
"Here we are." Yue Yunze put the book back in the drawer, got out of the car first, and then helped Du Xiaomeng down.
As soon as a middle-aged fat man who looked like a shopkeeper in the restaurant saw Ah Hu, he hurriedly put up a smiling face and walked out quickly, and when he came out and saw Yue Yunze getting out of the car, that fat face was even more smiling into a blooming chrysanthemum. Unexpectedly, my son-in-law, who rarely appears in public, actually appeared in front of his store, which is a big surprise! He suppressed his excitement and greeted him and said respectfully: "Son-in-law, the upper room is ready for you, please here, please here!" ”
Yue Yunze didn't have the slightest expression on his face, and said lightly: "There is Lao Li's shopkeeper." ”
Shopkeeper Li nodded his head and led the way in front, and Du Xiaomeng followed Yue Yunze into the store called "Junzhong Teahouse".
Walking into the noisy shop, a familiar smell of heating comes to your face. Du Xiaomeng couldn't help but be stunned, and after a closer look, wasn't the scene in this store exactly the scene when she drank morning tea in a Cantonese teahouse that she was very familiar with? In the spacious lobby, there are many vermilion tables of eight immortals, with square stools of the same color. At this time, it was the time to drink morning tea, and the lobby looked full at a glance, only to see the shopkeeper busily shuttling between different tables, or steamer snacks, or making tea and adding hot water. The guests drank hot tea and ate different styles of dim sum, chatting about the world!
Shopkeeper Li took Yue Yunze and his group cautiously through the crowded lobby, and at this time, many people in the lobby also noticed Yue Yunze's appearance. The noise in the lobby was significantly reduced, and Du Xiaomeng noticed that many people's eyes were looking over here, and at the same time, those eyes were accompanied by each other's ears.
Soon, a few people stood up and crowded to Yue Yunze's side, smiling very flatteringly. One of them greeted warmly: "Son-in-law, what a coincidence, you also come for morning tea?" ”
Yue Yunze didn't stop moving forward, still putting on that expressionless face, and responded casually: "Well, yes." ”
A few passers-by who greeted him, A, B, and C didn't care about Yue Yunze's cold reaction at all, and continued to follow him with a smile and accosted: "Master Yue, this girl next to you is really good-looking, she is your noble relative?" ”
As soon as this question was asked, several strong little second brothers came out from different directions, separating several passers-by from Yue Yunze, so that they didn't have a chance to continue to post and talk to each other.