Chapter 58: Be prepared
Thinking of her master's noble and arrogant temper, the angry maid smiled and said: "I don't think you need to report to Madame, I think Madame will never see them, you look at their clothes, they don't look like rich families or people with status, Madame has never been interested in this kind of person." ”
The maid who reported the news also thought so, but as soon as her eyes fell on the weak and pale boy's skin, she couldn't bear it anymore.
The son-in-law is bad and behaves, but he still insists on coming to meet his wife, presumably he really has something big to say to his wife, how can she be perfunctory.
"I'd better go talk to Madame." The maidservant said, and hurried to Madame Bai's room.
When she entered the door, Madame Bai was lying on the Taishi's chair, as if she had fallen asleep with her eyes closed.
There was silence in the room, and all the maids who were waiting stood respectfully to the side, not daring to even take a breath of air.
Madame Bai was taking a nap, and she had just closed her eyes, and now she woke her up, lest she be reprimanded.
When the maid was in a dilemma, Qing He, who was shaking the fan next to Mrs. Bai, noticed her expression beating, so he put down the errand in his hand and pulled the maid out: "Is there something going on outside?" ”
Qinghe's identity is different from other ordinary maids, she is Mrs. Bai's personal maidservant, raised as half a daughter by her side, she has always been favored by Mrs. Bai, when Mrs. Bai is not there, the person who takes the idea is her.
In any case, it is much better to talk to Qinghe than to report to Mrs. Bai directly, and the pressure will be slightly less.
"Sister Qinghe, there is a weak son who is bad and good outside, saying that he wants to see his wife, I think it is not easy for him to come to the bad and good way, so I want to help him report it, but Mrs. is still taking a nap, sister, you can help me get an idea, do you want to reject him?"
Qing He was stunned, his eyes straightened: "What kind of person are you talking about coming to visit?" ”
The maidservant thought that she hadn't heard clearly, and repeated: "The one who came to meet him outside is a weak son who is bad and good, it seems that his name is Zhou Yu, do you want to refuse him and let him go back first?" ”
Qinghe calmed down for a moment, and hurriedly shook his head: "That's Madame's honored guest, how can you refuse him, be careful when the time comes, you will be beaten by Madame, you go over now, invite him in to the door to serve him, and I will wake up Madame." ”
Qinghe said, turned around and entered the door, and the maid also felt the seriousness of the matter, and hurriedly invited someone to go.
Madame Bai didn't know when she had woken up, staring at the curling green smoke rising from the copper furnace, and clutching the string of Buddhist beads tightly in her hand.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Qing He stepping into the door, and she didn't raise her head and asked, "What is it that is worth your panic?" ”
Qinghe's face was happy, and his eyes were bright: "Madam, the son is here!" ”
Madame Bai was stunned, as if she didn't react: "Is he here?" ”
Seeing Qing He smiling and nodding, Mrs. Bai jumped up from the Taishi chair at once, hurriedly went out to see him, and turned back halfway: "He has always disliked the appearance of heavy makeup, so quickly find plain clothes." ”
The building near the sight is delicate and ingenious, and the carved beams and paintings seem to come out of the painting, and the little girl shrunk his neck back, a little frightened: "Childe, do we really want to meet the people in this building, what if they refuse to see us?" ”
The carved beams and paintings of the small building are exquisite and ingenious, and the people who can live in this building must be either rich or expensive, in case people don't look down on their poor and sour appearance, and don't want to see them, wouldn't it be embarrassing?
The weak boy who was not good at doing things was sitting in a wheelchair upright, his expression was indifferent and calm, and when he heard this, he actually smiled and said firmly: "They will meet me." ”
As he spoke, his eyes fell on a small building in the distance, his eyes calm.
The master is the master after all, and no matter how approachable he is, he is also the master, where can people intervene in the things that are decided?
The little girl pursed her lips, secretly prayed in her heart that the girl she had put in her heart would not come to this neighborhood, and then pushed her wheelchair in the direction of Xiaolou.
As if reflecting the speculation in his heart about the people who lived in the small building, the outside of the small building was heavily guarded, and even a richly dressed lady was blocked outside.
The lady recognized and saw her, she was the wife of the local county magistrate, and she often flaunted her power in the town, where would she not recognize her.
Even a person of noble status like her can't enter that door, and it is estimated that she and her son have no expectations at all, so the little girl sighed and went to report it obediently.
The guards guarding the door are all fierce and vicious, as if they are reincarnated as evil ghosts, and they are all burly and strong, and they don't look very easy to talk. ”
As the saying goes, eating people with short mouths and soft hands with people, for this errand, in order not to owe favors, the guard actually pushed back the silver that came to hand, his heart seemed to be dripping blood, but there was a smile on his face: "Don't embarrass us, we are the ones who watch the door for the nobles inside, where is the right to dare to disturb the nobles to rest." ”
"But we really have something urgent to report, please be generous?" The little guy didn't give up and stuffed the silver into the doorman's hand.
But he resolutely refused to accept it.
"I have to say that the owner of this house has a good eye, and he can pick out a few guards who guard the door, and he can pick out such a conscientious one, and the oil and salt will not enter."
The little guy said, sighing.
The boy in the wheelchair smiled, remained silent and did not speak, his eyes rolled, and he motioned for his family to look over there.
The little maid followed his gaze and looked around, and saw a thin maid coming, who seemed to be approaching the small building, and couldn't help but light up his eyes and went up to stop him.
The maid was startled and asked, "Why are you blocking my way?" ”
The little maid accompanied the smiling face and sent a silver ingot: "Girl, you seem to be the maid of the master's family in this building, I think you should be able to help say two or three words, my son-in-law and I have worked hard to come from afar, in order to see your master, there is something important to say, can you please report it, make it convenient?" ”
The maid had already seen the person behind the little maid, he was sitting upright in a wheelchair, weak and thin, he looked like a scholar, and his mind moved, so he nodded: "I'll help you go and report to Madame, as for whether she wants to see you, I can't guarantee it." ”
With that, she walked straight past the little guy and walked in the direction of the little building, and from beginning to end, her eyes never fell on the silver in the little guy's hand for a moment.
The little guy took back the silver, frowned and muttered: "What's the matter with these people, they all seem to regard money as dung, is their master so rich?" ”
Zhou Yu, who was not far away, heard his voice, and a gentle smile appeared on his indifferent and calm face: "Indeed, their family is rich and powerful, and the maidservants they have raised are not the same as the maidservants of other families. ”
"Childe, why do you seem to be familiar with their family?"
Zhou Yu agreed softly, then bowed his head and remained silent, no longer speaking.
After a while, a servant girl with a proud expression came out of the door, and walked to Mrs. Yang, who was waiting in front of the door, and reported: "Sorry madam, our lady is resting at this time, and her body is not very comfortable, so she doesn't want to meet guests, please go back first." ”
Mrs. Yang's face was full of anger, but she knew the gap between her identity and the person inside, so she didn't have a seizure and walked away.
"She's not feeling well?" Zhou Yu's eyes were lowered, and his expression was obscure.
A moment later another carriage stopped outside the building, and a bright-eyed girl jumped out of the car with a curtain, and said two or three words to the driver before parting with a smile.
Zhou Yu still recognized that face, and he was impressed.
Fang Tian also saw him, his eyes lit up, and he rushed over: "I didn't expect to see him again...... Childe you. ”
This person in front of him is the opportunity for Fang Tian to know the first customer of his perfume business, he is the person who sells Buddhist beads at the temple fair that day, Fang Tian and Mrs. Bai have said a few words, she knows that Zhou Yu is of great significance to Mrs. Bai, where do you dare to slack off.
The embarrassing thing is that she doesn't know the identity of this bad and good son.
Zhou Yu saw her embarrassment, and reported her life with a slight smile: "My name is Zhou Yu." ”
Fang Tian also smiled and reported his name: "Fang Tian." ”
While talking, a maid hurriedly walked out of the small building and said to the doorman: "This Zhou Gongzi is a distinguished guest of Madame, Madame asked me to invite him in to entertain him." ”
The guard nodded, took a step back to the side, and his eyes fell on Fang Tian who was with Zhou Yu, he was meticulous and very dutiful: "Since this son is a noble lady of the lady, then let's let them in, but this girl?" ”
Fang Tian had already prepared, and showed the token that Madame Bai handed over to her when she left that day: "This is the token that Madame gave me, probably used to let me enter the door." ”
The plaque is extremely delicate and luxurious, and the pattern on it is a special pattern for the Prime Minister's Mansion, where did the guards dare to stop it, they hurriedly retreated, and said respectfully: "A few people, please come in." ”
Fang Tian followed Zhou Yu's master and servant into the door.
Zhou Yu's eyes kept falling on her and she was reluctant to leave: "I didn't expect the girl to have a relationship with the lady in the small building, and dare to ask the girl's identity?" ”
"I'm just an ordinary businessman, where do I dare to climb the friendship of Mrs. Xiangfu, Mrs. gave me a plaque to let me enter and exit freely, but I want me to send it to her immediately after I develop the perfume, I don't dare to submit the word love."
Hearing a word that he had never heard or seen at first glance, Zhou Yu raised his eyebrows, quite interesting: "I have heard of incense powder, gouache, rouge, but I have never heard of perfume, dare to ask what this perfume is?" ”
"Perfume is a kind of fragrance powder that I developed myself, but compared to the pungent and rich fragrance powder, the perfume will appear lighter and smellier, I came this time, because the last time I saw Mrs. Bai, Mrs. Bai liked the fragrance on my body and asked a few words, didn't this just happen to develop a perfume and send it to Mrs.
Just like many people who can't help but raise their eyebrows when they mention their beloved things, Fang Tian is no exception, when he mentioned the perfume on his body to Zhou Yu, he couldn't help but bend his eyes slightly and laugh.
It was obviously Fang Tian's proud masterpiece, and seeing her laughing, Zhou Yu couldn't help but be infected, and began to laugh.
"Since this so-called perfume and incense powder have the same effect, I think the faint fragrance on the girl's body is the smell of perfume?"
Zhou Yu calmed down and carefully felt the air around him, because Fang Tian was a little far away from him, he didn't dare to approach rashly because of the etiquette between men and women, and always kept this distance along the way, but he could still smell the faint fragrance on her body.
Different from the rich scent powder applied to ordinary women's homes, the perfume on Fang Tian's body smells very light but smells very good, giving people a feeling of being in front of spring flowers.
"Can the perfume in the girl's mouth be made of orchids?"
Fang Tian's eyes lit up, obviously he didn't expect Zhou Yu to be able to smell the perfume smell of the raw materials on his body from a long distance, and he was very impressed: "It's really an orchid as a raw material, the son is so powerful, he can smell it." ”