Wen Qin looked at the bag of dim sum that Xiangye brought back, and was a little worried.

Xiangye knew what her young lady was worried about, "This boat has been traveling for more than half a month, and the dim sum purchased from Jiangxia City is only a few mung bean cakes, and the old lady doesn't like sweets, so she stayed." ”

Wen Qin pinched a piece of mung bean cake, Because it has been put for a long time, even if it is cold, this mung bean cake is not very fresh. "Xiangye, you say, if I take the silver to buy it, will the Ning family be willing to sell it?"

Xiangye, as the personal maid of the eldest lady Wen Qin, naturally has never dealt with the Zhuang family, she is the son of the Wen family, and she has been waiting in front of Wen Qin since she was a child. Since the early years, after the eldest man of the Wen family lost his wife, Wen Qin helped the coffin back to the ancestral house of the Wen family, and this time he left, he lived in the ancestral house.

Therefore, for Mrs. Wen, Wen Qin is grateful from the bottom of her heart, and she also knows that she is sixteen, but her family affairs are still unsettled. As for the stepmother, Wen Qin didn't dare to think about it.

"Xiangye, I was finally taken out of the old mansion by my grandmother, and I don't want to go back to the old mansion!" Wen Qin clenched his teeth, and with a force, the mung bean cake in his hand was crushed to pieces.

"It would be nice if Mama Liu was here, it's useless to blame the slave maid, and you can't share the worries of the young lady."

Wen Qin took the handkerchief handed over by Xiangye and wiped her hands slowly, Mama Liu is her mother's dowry, since she beat her mother, Mama Liu has been waiting by her side. They took the first step, and Mama Liu was left in the ancestral house to deal with the dowry left by her mother.

"Xiangye, you go find a more beautiful wooden box to hold this mung bean cake. It's always a try. Wen Qin knew very well that this part of the trip was the day when she and her grandmother were alone, because she left Beijing at a young age, even if she was related by blood, Mrs. Wen treated Wen Qin only tepidly. Wen Qin made up his mind that he must cultivate a relationship with Mrs. Wen before entering Beijing.

So, now is the time to do it.

"Xiangye, you stay in the house, I'll come when I go!" Wen Qin remembered that there was no maid in front of the little woman of the Ning family, and there was only one subordinate named Aunt Xiao in the family.

Xiangye was not at ease, "There are many men in the Ning family, and the slaves and maids are not at ease." If someone hits you, it's not good. ”

Wen Qin couldn't, so he had to let Xiangye follow.

The Wen family occupied the middle three rooms of the cabin, the Sun family occupied the middle five rooms of the cabin, and the Ning family only occupied the three rooms in the stern of the official ship because they came late.

Therefore, if Wen Qin wants to go to the Ning family, he must pass through the Sun family.

Xiangye carried a snack box and followed behind Wen Qin, and when she passed by the Sun family's cabin, Miss Sun Ya was sitting in front of the window, and when she saw Wen Qin passing by, she quickly stopped her. "Sister Wen, are you here to find me? Come on, I'm idle and bored, and my mother is forcing me to do embroidery. ”

Wen Qin paused for a moment, and saw that Sun Yashi had already rushed out of the house, took her hand, and was about to pull her into the house. "Sister Sun, I'll come back to talk to you when I come back from Ning's house."

"What are you going to do at Ning's house? The little woman of the Ning family is really vulgar, she is really a clay leg of the Zhuang family, and she can't get on the table at all. Sun Ya pouted, she didn't look down on the Ning family at all.

Wen Qin's face was a little weird, because she had lived in the old mansion since she was a child, and she was used to being cautious when she was a child, and she had to ridicule the Ning family from time to time for Sun Yas, although Wen Qin did not stop her, she did not echo it. It's just that after Sun Yashi said it, Wen Qin started another conversation and asked Sun Yashi about the matter in Beijing.

Sun Yashi saw Wen Qin standing aside gently, and he didn't change his words, feeling bored, he let go of Wen Qin's hand, "I don't want to go to Ning's house, if you want to go, go by yourself!" With that, he turned around unhappily and went back to the house.

Wen Qin straightened out his wrinkled sleeves that were pulled by Sun Yas, still with a gentle smile on his face, and said softly: "Xiangye, let's go." ”

When he arrived at the stern, Shen Changming happened to be fishing at the stern, and when he saw Wen Qin coming over, he greeted him with a smile. "I remember you, you are the young sister of the Wen family, are you here to find my sister?"

Wen Qin nodded, "Well, is Mrs. Ning here?" Speaking of which, Wen Qin is also curious, although Shen Tuantuan said that his family is a Zhuang family, but looking at the Xiao Pozi next to him and calling her "Young Lady", although Wen Qin doesn't understand, just if the Ning family is in Jiangxia City, maybe it can be regarded as a small family, otherwise it is impossible to get on this official ship.

"Yes! Sister Tuan Tuan, someone is looking for it! Shen Changming took the fishing rod and shouted into the house, and after a while, Shen Tuantuan pulled the cloth shoes out of the cabin, and when he came out, he saw the two masters and servants of Wenqin, and he was also slightly stunned.

"You're looking for me? Something? Shen Tuantuan asked straight to the point.

Wen Qin was thin-faced in the end, and it was difficult to speak, so the words turned around several times when they came to his mouth. "I thought that I hadn't seen Young Madam Ning for a few days, and I thought that I would have time today, so I came to talk to Young Madame."

The Ning family only has three rooms, and Shen Tuantuan's house is with Ning Nanxing, so naturally it is difficult to invite someone in, so she has to ask Aunt Xiao to help move a set of tables and chairs to the deck. "Changming, you go and help Aunt Xiao move the table."

Wen Qin didn't expect to be so troublesome, and he was a little embarrassed for a while, but when he thought of Mrs. Wen, Wen Qin still stood there and didn't move. "Mrs. Ning, I'm causing you trouble."

"It's okay, I have a lot of family, you wait, it's okay for a while." Shen Tuantuan helped Shen Changming hold the fishing rod and beckoned Wen Qin to come and take a look. "Little lady Wen, come over and take a look, I didn't think about it, I'm going to catch a fish today."

Wen Qin lowered his head, and sure enough, he saw a few fish in the barrel, "There really is, and they are still alive." ”

Because early in the morning, the fog began to rise on the river, so the boatmen brought the boat to the shore and waited for the sun to come up, and then set sail.

After a while, a small square table was placed on the deck, Shen Tuantuan personally poured hot tea for Wen Qin, Aunt Xiao brought the snacks up, and after Xiangye handed the snacks to Aunt Xiao, she stood behind Wen Qin.

"Old lady Ning is in good health?"

"Very good." Shen Tuantuan and Wen Qin only met when they first got on the boat, but that was what Sun Ya said a lot, Wen Qin just stood aside, and now that Sun Ya is missing, Shen Tuantuan and Wen Qin are relatively speechless. "Is Mrs. Wen okay?"

"It's good, too."

Shen Tuantuan silently picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and was embarrassed to be silent. It didn't take long to sit down, and Shen Tuantuan had already drunk two teas. Although it was cold, it was good to drink some hot tea, but she didn't want to blow the cold wind on the deck and pour cold water on her stomach.

Wen Qin gritted his teeth and talked to Shen Tuantuan for a while, but neither of them was talkative, and after Wen Qin sneezed three times in a row, Wen Qin offered to say goodbye.

Shen Tuantuan hurriedly took out the return gift prepared by Aunt Xiao, handed it to Xiangye, and watched Wen Qin's master and servant leave.

As soon as Wen Qin returned to his house, he asked Xiangye to close the door, "Xiangye, quick, quick, open it and see if it's pickles." ”

The bay leaf responded crisply, and the action of opening the box was much faster. It was only when she opened it that Xiangye was dumbfounded, "Miss, it's—it's a snack!" ”

"It can't be!" Wen Qin still didn't believe it, thousands of two or three steps, pounced, and when he saw a box of snacks, he only felt that the sky was dark. "Obviously, the two times are the same, but how can they return the gift but it is different!" Wen Qin didn't figure it out.

At the Ning family at the stern of the boat, Shen Tuantuan was pulling Aunt Xiao and asked in a low voice, "Aunt Xiao, you won't make a mistake this time, right?" I returned a whole box of snacks, am I generous? Shen Tuantuan raised her head slightly arrogantly, waiting for Aunt Xiao to praise her.

Aunt Xiao deeply felt that Shen Tuantuan was "a teachable child", "The young lady did the right thing this time." ”

"Well, if there is anything else going on, Aunt Xiao, you remember me to mention me. I don't think this snack is as affordable as pickles, but if it were me, I'd rather have pickles. The boat was full of fish, dried fish, salted fish all day long. I'm tired of eating fish. ”

Wen Qin: ...... So you know it all! If you know pickles are good, why do you want to send me snacks!

Shen Tuantuan: ...... I don't have anyone to eat dim sum at home. （┓( ´∀` )┏）

Sun Ya, the little lady of the Sun family, watched Wen Qin twist and walk past her houseboat with small steps, and walked over without stopping, almost breaking a handkerchief. "Hmph, what's so good about the Ning family, Sister Wen actually wants to go over!"

Zilan, the maid next to Sun Ya, was holding a tray, and on the tray was the tea cup that Sun Siya wanted to drink. "Otherwise, Miss will go to the Wen family to take a look?"

"I'm not going! Hum! Sun Ya lay on the table weakly, glared at Zilan, reached out and took the teacup from the tray, poured it big, and then put it back on the tray that Zilan was holding.

And Wen Qin, who was at the bow of the boat, had forgotten what would happen to Sun Ya, and was only thinking about how to go to Ning's house again. "Xiangye, you help me find it, what else do we have to do a little bit."

"Otherwise, the slave maid will go to Mama Zhong again to ask for a box of snacks?" Xiangye really didn't think of anything else they could get their hands on.

Wen Qin shook his head, "No, let's just take five mung bean cakes, and the Ning family returned eight jujube paste yam cakes, if we take the dim sum again, maybe it will make the Ning family think that we deliberately went to draw those dim sum." Wen Qin knew very well in his heart that the five mung bean cakes he took were not as good as the eight jujube paste yam cakes that Ning Jiahui had returned, both in terms of quantity and price.

"I'll look for anything else I can get my hands on, bay leaves, you go and send the jujube paste yam cake to your grandmother."

Xiangye hesitated a little, "Otherwise, the slave maid will also leave two pieces of snacks for the young lady?" ”

"How can there be a grandmother who didn't eat it, I kept it for myself and tasted it secretly. Send it all to your grandmother. Wen Qin couldn't wait any longer, and looked through the box he had brought.