Chapter 83: Warmth
After several days of continuous drizzle, the weather suddenly became a lot colder, and it was about to welcome guests, Xiaobai was indescribably excited in his heart, and there was a place waiting for him to go back, which was a happy thing.
As she got closer, she could see the lantern at the intersection, and the many parked carriages, and she could smell the smoke wafting out of the air, and the hearty laughter, all the same as before.
Stopping the carriage steadily, Xiaobai couldn't wait to run in, under the bright candlelight, several people were sitting in the hall, drinking wine and eating meat, not at all like guests who came to stay, and Yu Ke, who was busy before and after, where was there a trace of the young master's style, seeing Xiaobai, Yu Ke stopped, and his hand holding the wine jug trembled a little.
"Yo! The little white girl is back! An old man stood up with a chair and said with a smile: "You have been sick for a few days, how are you?" Can you be cured? β
"Look at what you're saying!" The young man smiled, "If the doctors in Xiyue City can't cure the little white girl's illness, then there will be no place in the world to cure the disease." β
A circle of people stepped forward to say hello to Xiaobai, Xiaobai didn't mention how touched, so he had to thank everyone for their concern one by one, and said with a smile: "When I was away, I caused trouble to everyone." β
"What's the trouble? Fortunately, there are your guests on this official road, otherwise how much rain would we have to drench? The old man smiled.
"Yes, yes!" Someone chimed in, "You can still let us use the stove and firewood here, and we have a place to shelter from the wind and rain and eat a hot meal, I don't know how much to thank you." β
"And Xiaoyu! is worthy of the person you picked, clever and sensible, not to mention more likable. β
Xiao Bai looked at Yu Ke's flushed face and said with a smile: "In this way, I'll make some pots and add vegetables to you, and I can take care of enough wine tonight, Xiaoyu!" Go and get some more, it just so happens that the weather is also cold, so I drank wine to warm up. β
"Is it appropriate?" The old man asked with some concern, "You just came back, and it was raining, don't get the wind chill again because of us." β
"It's okay! I'm happy! Xiaobai is really happy, during her absence, Yu Ke took good care of the guests, clean and tidy, and orderly, especially in the backyard, there is no gate to separate, and no one enters at will.
With the hot mutton pot and meatball pot, plus the hot warm wine, the group of people did not disperse until the second half of the night, some went upstairs to the guest room to rest, some dealt with it in the private room, and some directly set up two benches in the hall and went to sleep.
Yu Ke cleaned up everything and went to the back, Xiaobai was checking the crazy greens growing in the yard, sure enough, it was raining enough, these greens were full and strong, and they looked delicious. "I'm sorry." Yu Ke apologized softly.
"Why? If you want to apologize, I apologize, and treat you, the dignified young master, as a servant. β
"Originally, I told Zhaoyang that this is your yard, tell him not to come in."
When Xiaobai heard Guo Zhaoyang's name, he raised his head and asked in surprise, "Is he here?" β
Yu Ke nodded, a little embarrassed to the room opposite, "There is no guest room, so he went to your room to sleep, and only came back half a day earlier than you." β
"It's okay, I don't mind, besides, he's the son of the world, it's already slacking to let him live here, can he eat?"
"You..." Yu Ke looked at Xiaobai, the bloody scene in order to save him, he had always taken it to heart, "The injuries are all healed." β
"It's been fine for a long time, but you're scared, aren't you?" As he spoke, Xiaobai had already pulled out a large basket of green vegetables, which he could use to make some rolls tomorrow morning. "I didn't expect it to be delayed for so long, but fortunately, the eighth master told you in advance, otherwise I would have been in a hurry."
"Eighth master, he... Yu Ke wanted to ask the identity of the eighth master, but he felt that Xiaobai would not necessarily tell him, because Guo Zhaoyang was also silent about the eighth master.
In fact, Xiaobai really didn't say anything, she smiled and said, "Since it's okay, tomorrow morning, you and the prince will go back to the Nebula Mansion together." β
Yu Ke nodded, Guo Zhaoyang had already told him the general situation, there were hundreds of more orders in Xiyue City, he should have gone back to be busy earlier, "These days, many people have come to see you and sent a lot of gifts, I have recorded them in this booklet, you can take a look." β
"Won't it?" Xiaobai was a little surprised, even if she had a good relationship with these old customers, she never thought that so many people would worry about her.
Yu Ke looked at Xiaobai's eyes and lit up surprisingly, "I finally know why you don't want to leave here." β
Xiao Bai flipped through the booklet in his hand, his brows were getting tighter and tighter, and he was about to wrinkle, "You won't understand." She said firmly.
"By the way, I don't have a fiancΓ©e." Yu Ke was already about to walk out of the courtyard, but he stopped and explained softly.
"What?" Xiaobai naturally didn't understand the meaning of this.
"My grandmother once intended for me to marry Ruan Yuanluo, the eldest lady of the Ruan family, but I was messing around outside for a whole year, and this matter didn't work out, it was all nonsense from their elders."
"Isn't that good?" Xiaobai smiled, "You don't like her anyway." β
But now that Yu Ke has someone he likes, he doesn't dare to say it.
Early the next morning, Xiaobai steamed a basket of japonica rice and glutinous rice, rolled up the freshly fried oil fruits and refreshing cold vegetables, and then smeared with the mushroom meat sauce that she had processed again with Yu's sauce, and used a package of oiled paper, not to mention how tempting it was.
After breakfast, Yu Ke hurriedly said goodbye, what Xiaobai didn't expect was that Guo Zhaoyang didn't leave, and asked her to make more rice rolls, but where is Xiaobai free? The shallots in the cage drawer have not yet come out of the pot, and there are already five or six guests waiting outside, in addition to the big four joys, there are more than a dozen side dishes.
Xiao Bai here was busy and dizzy, and just after loading the food box, he saw Guo Zhaoyang walking in with a towel, like that, more like a little girl than Yu Ke, "Why is the son like this?" Xiaobai was so surprised that he almost let the egg in his hand fall to the ground.
Guo Zhaoyang picked up the food box and walked out quickly, without looking back, only a brisk voice echoing in the kitchen, "I have to thank you, right?" I don't want to owe you a favor, just call me Ayang! β
"Ah Yang?" The egg still fell to the ground, "Ouch! What a waste! Xiaobai pouted.
"Little white girl! What a staple food today! β
"Little white girl! Can you do mine first? β
"Little white girl! Two jars of wine! β
"Little White Girl!"
"Little White Girl!"
The guests outside hadn't left yet, and a new wave came, listening to the questions one after another, Xiaobai was so busy sweating that he didn't care about talking at all.
"Don't worry! are all old customers, and they don't know the rules of the shopkeeper? Follow the order, you can't delay the effort! β
The Son? The laughter outside made Xiaobai's hands pause, and a warm current rose in his heart.
Guo Zhaoyang brought two jars of wine and handed them to the little maid, and said with a smile: "Buy wine in the morning?" Are you planning to travel at night? Take this bag of peanuts and be careful along the way! β
sent one away, and quickly refilled the teapot on the stove, and said: "I won't tell you that the shopkeeper only came back last night, and the time is a little insufficient, and there is nothing on the cage drawer except sugar packets." β
"Then come to the sugar packet!" Everyone laughed, "As long as it is made by the little white girl, the big steamed bun will also be made!" She just came back from Xiyue City to see a disease, and she didn't say that she would rest for a few days, she was thinking about us, and we knew in our hearts! β
Guo Zhaoyang didn't know if he had an illusion, the same scene was changed to another place, everyone would only think that Xiaobai was a greedy person, but here was a happy scene, and it was really a strange place.
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After a busy day, Xiaobai simply made a few dishes, and pulled Guo Zhaoyang to talk in the courtyard, she didn't expect that a person with such a noble identity would be so eclectic, after a day of getting along, Xiaobai was not so restrained, and said with a smile: "No wonder you and Young Master Yu are good friends, you two are really interesting, am I too little knowledge?" The eldest young master of the Nebula Mansion is like this? β
"How is that possible?" Guo Zhaoyang smiled mockingly, "In Nebula Mansion, Yu Ke and I are outliers. β
Xiaobai gave Guo Zhaoyang a fish ball, and said with a smile: "Then I hope my friends are all outliers like you, try it, you must like to eat it." β
"I don't like it, but I don't like anything in the sea."
"I see." Xiao Bai said as he pushed a stir-fried green vegetable and a plate of fruit in front of him, and said with a smile: "Did you have little red spots on your body after eating something in the sea?" β
Guo Zhaoyang was stunned when he heard this, and asked, "How do you know?" β
"The fish I have here are all caught in the river, don't worry, people like you are actually not few, but I really didn't expect that you are from Haixing, and you actually have such a problem."
"If only I had known you earlier, maybe I could have found out earlier."
Xiao Bai sensed some helpless sadness and hatred from his low voice, she was reluctant to uncover his old scars, and talked about her own affairs in Xiyue City, "If I hadn't listened to the eighth master, I wouldn't have known that Xia Shang Pavilion was so big!" Originally, I always thought that Young Master Changyu's family was selling porcelain! It seems that it's not enough to just listen to those businessmen say some interesting stories, it's better to take a look, and there is also Spring Fang, that place is really big enough, and ten Huicheng can't catch up. β
"Did you meet her too?" Guo Zhaoyang's face was expressionless.
Xiao Bai sighed in his heart, still making him sad, "The Chu Pavilion Master said that in a few days, he will return to the Nebula Mansion with Yuan Luo." β
"Oh."
"That's why you don't want to go back and stay with me to avoid her?"
"Not exactly." Guo Zhaoyang didn't know what he thought, and suddenly smiled, "She looks like that, she can't fight the princess of the county, what are you going back for?" Ask for your own hardship! β
"The master of the Chu Pavilion is a bright and upright person, so he disdains to fight with a sinister person like the princess of the county!"
"Is it because she disdains me that she abandoned me? So what am I? Guo Zhaoyang looked at Xiaobai's eyes, sad and lonely.
"I'm not ... That means ... β
"It's too late to explain, haven't you heard? The prince of the county palace is a person who will be repaid. Guo Zhaoyang lost his sorrow and turned into a prodigal young master again.
This person is really not easy to understand, Xiaobai frowned slightly, sometimes lonely like a wounded child, sometimes arrogant and annoying, but sometimes considerate and gentle like an older brother, or, a man worthy of dependence.
"Scared?" Guo Zhaoyang stuffed a piece of Sydney pear to Xiaobai, with a bright smile, as if he was the real him at this time, "Lie to you!" Don't take it seriously! You little girl is so easy to deceive, and I can't complain that those merchants can take care of you so much, who would bear to bully you such a girl, how old are you? β
"Fifteen." Since Lin Wenjuan pulled her back to the Lin family, she was one year younger than Lin Wenjuan, but in fact, she didn't know her age at all.
"Thin as firewood, can there be fifteen? What about your courtesy? Fifteen-year-old birthday is a major event in a girl's life, if you haven't passed, I'll help you Zhang Luo. β
Xiaobai wanted to say thank you, but this sentence was blocked in his heart for a long time and didn't come out, Guo Zhaoyang didn't ask, the two of them ate quietly, and under the hazy moonlight, Guo Zhaoyang's eyes had a sorrow that Xiaobai couldn't read.
Suddenly, Guo Zhaoyang threw the chopsticks in his hand and dragged Xiaobai behind him, and on the roof, the sound of small footsteps came.
"What's wrong?"
"I'm bothering you again."
Xiaobai didn't have time to say anything, but she saw two black-clothed people jumping off the roof with a whoosh, she grabbed Guo Zhaoyang's arm and said, "It won't be the princess of the county again, right?" β
"Who else could it be if it wasn't her?"
"How did she know you were with me?"
Guo Zhaoyang smiled coldly, "It's me who got carried away, this is a restaurant after all." β
"Blame me! You shouldn't be asked to greet guests. β
"But I didn't want to hide anymore." Guo Zhaoyang gently patted the back of Xiaobai's hand, and rushed out in an instant, so fast that even the killer didn't expect it, and in three or two clicks, his neck was broken.
Who would have thought that Guo Zhaoyang, the famous waste in Haixing County, was such a skilled person.
Xiaobai swallowed her saliva, she was not afraid of the two killers, but surprised by Guo Zhaoyang's kung fu, if he was so powerful, how could he be forced by that couple to jump off the cliff to protect himself? How could he be bullied by the princess of the county for so many years?
"I hate them all." Guo Zhaoyang turned around slowly, and the slaughter in his eyes shocked Xiaobai, "Including myself." β
Haixing County Palace
In the second half of the night, the nurse sent away more than a dozen doctors, and ran into the inner house in a panic with the news that had just come. The nurse quietly dragged her out and said a few words in her ear, only to see Wen Qing's face change and change, and the green tendons on her hands holding the nurse were visible.
"Princess, listen carefully to what the slave said, and the fact that those two people did not come back has already proved that the slave and maid's guess is true! Guo Zhaoyang is indeed alive! At present, there can be no more actions to be talked about, in case he comes back to find trouble, or the prince knows about this and blames the princess, the princess will say that it was done by the slave maid, and the princess doesn't know anything! β
Wen Qing was not afraid of Guo Zhifeng coming to question her, but sneered: "At first, I didn't believe it, how could the killer of the Dead Gate still fail?" He really shouldn't have died, didn't he? I didn't expect that even God wouldn't accept his cheap life! Why is my life so miserable! What did I do, I just wanted to live better, so that my children could live better, was that wrong? β
"Nope!" The nurse lowered her crying voice, listening to Guo Zhaohui's uncontrollable wheezing and coughing, and the discomfort in her heart was no less than half a point less than Wen Qing's. "It's all Guo Zhaoyang's cheap seed! I want to be the king of the county, I want to go crazy, and the little master has suffered for so many years for no reason! Such a young child is like a medicine jar every day, and he really can't get rid of his hatred after cutting that cheap seed with a thousand knives! β
"Hasn't the witch come back yet?"
"Nope." The nurse also wondered what kind of thing Jin Maru Mi was, and why so many powerful people had been looking for them for months, but there was no news at all.
"Let the witch go find that girl!"
"But..."
"What else to say! How many times has Baiku blocked it? He said he had a way to get the girl to take it out, but what was the result? Wen Qing glanced at the nurse coldly, she didn't care if Guo Zhaoyang was still welcoming guests, although he escaped by him again this time, but he was not a fool, he would never encounter two assassinations in a row and not think about how to save his life, besides, she was not afraid of Guo Zhaoyang coming to her trouble, she couldn't wait! My son's life is the most important thing! Let the old witch bring back the golden pill honey at any cost! Otherwise, I will take his life!" β
Several figures took advantage of the night to leave the county king's mansion, Bai Ku sighed, and finally decided to meet Xiaobai.