Chapter 120: Spring Hunting
No matter how beautiful the house is, it will show its dilapidated side when moving.
When Yan Xiuyu entered the house, what he saw was a mess, as if he had just eaten a sad parting banquet now.
The large and clumsy things have been removed by the subordinates, and only the delicate and valuable ones are still in the house, waiting to be carefully packed before loading, so as not to be damaged by the bumps on the road.
Yan Xiuyu saw the wooden box on the table at a glance.
He also has one of this box, which is specially used to hold spring hunting posts.
He toeed for a moment, subconsciously bit his tongue, and said, "Hey, Sister Qingge, are you also going to participate in the spring hunt?" ”
Yan Qingge was lowering his head to help Ruyi wrap a few pieces of porcelain, listened to his words, and said with a smile: "Yes, I just received Princess Rouhui's post." It's a shame that I learned bow horses in Bailu Academy, otherwise I would have been ashamed if I really went to the hunting ground in a few days! ”
Listening to her crisp answer, Yan Xiuyu's originally slightly gray face was slowly dyed with a layer of pride, and he exuded a dazzling wind color from the inside out, making his handsome face seem to be glowing.
He smiled happily in his heart: "Great! I've been practicing in the school field for a long time for this spring hunt, and I also made an appointment with Brother Prince to compete with him to see who can catch the most prey! ”
Seeing him like this, Yan Qingge said helplessly: "What do you compare to the prince, his name as a sick man has been known to the whole world." If you win, he is not honorable, and if you lose, it is even more humiliating. ”
Yan Xiuyu listened and said with a smile: "I know what I'm doing. There's no way I'm going to lose, and the prince's health isn't as bad as others say. ”
With Yan Xiuyu on the side, Yan Qingge and Ruyi's work became slower and slower, and finally they had no choice but to drive him out, so that they would pack up the valuables in the house before dark.
Escorted by Yan Xiuyu, Yan Qingge pulled a few carts of things back to Yan's house.
Because the car is large, you have to pass through the main entrance. When the porter saw that Yan Qingge was back with something, he hurriedly stepped forward and stammered, eagerly removed the threshold, and escorted her to the second gate before turning back.
Yan Qingge walked away, and the concierge was still looking inside, and his head was about to break. He was suddenly slapped on the back, and the porter was startled, and when he saw that it was a kid in charge of grass and trees in the front yard, he glared and said, "You want to scare grandpa to death?" ”
The kid grinned and said, "What is Uncle Lin looking at?" ”
"What I see is also something you can inquire!" The concierge twisted the horizontal flesh on his cheek and scolded: "Do your job well." ”
The kid smashed his mouth and said with a smile: "I know what Uncle Lin is looking at." It's to see the eldest lady, right? I don't know if the eldest lady looks like the emperor. ”
"What do you say?" The porter was poked in the center by him, and jumped to his feet, chasing the kid and beating him.
Yan Qingge returned to Qingxingyuan and went to the study to stay first, so that it was convenient for Ruyi to clean up the place where others lived.
He was too busy during the day, and at night Yan Qingge was tired, so he went to bed early, and he didn't go to visit Yan Songnian and others. It's strange today, every time she comes back, Yan Songnian always asks someone to call her, but today it's very quiet.
After sleeping until dawn, Yan Qingge got up, washed up and walked around the house, and after eating, he went to the study to practice calligraphy.
By the afternoon, Yan Qingge was sitting reading a book when the door was pushed open by Ruyi.
"Miss, Lord Yan sent something, saying that you need to bring it when you go to spring hunting tomorrow."
Yan Qingge smiled: "He is more polite!" I'll take a look. ”
Ruyi stuck out his tongue and said, "Lord Yan personally sent something this time, but he was stopped by the master, and he will come over to talk to the young lady later." ”
Yan Qingge went out of the house and saw several cars parked in the yard, with many things on them, including large patches of thick cloth stacked together, and long or short pieces of wood, and he couldn't tell what they were for the time being.
Just when Yan Qingge was wondering, Yan Xiuyu hurriedly walked in, walking briskly, followed by Yan Songnian, who was panting, and trotted all the way to keep up with Yan Xiuyu's footsteps.
Seeing Yan Qingge, Yan Xiuyu's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "Sister Qingge, I'll send you something." Every year, the spring hunt takes days to finish, and I guess you probably don't have a tent, so you sent one. ”
Yan Qingge really didn't expect to prepare a tent to participate in the spring hunt, she had never participated in such an event before, so she couldn't help but hold her forehead and said to Yan Xiuyu: "Thank you Brother Yu, I really don't know this, I have to send the tent, otherwise I will have no place to live." ”
Yan Xiuyu said with a smile: "No, even if you don't bring a tent, Princess Rouhui who sent you an invitation will give you one, no matter how bad it is, you can still live with Ling Xiao, she is always indispensable for spring hunting every year." However, if you live in others, you don't have your own convenience. ”
Yan Songnian moved his fat body, panting and came to Yan Qingge and Yan Xiuyu, he wiped the sweat on his head with a handkerchief, heard the conversation between the two, and said in surprise: "Spring hunting? Qingge, are you going to participate in the spring hunt? ”
In his small eyes, which were squeezed into a slit by fat, he showed a look of surprise and understanding, his mouth was half open, and he couldn't close it for a long time, with an expression of chagrin and disappointment after the matter was revealed.
Yan Qingge couldn't help but feel strange when he saw that his expression was different, and said, "Yes, I received a post from Princess Rouhui inviting me to participate in this year's spring hunting, does my father have any objections?" ”
Yan Songnian's face was gloomy, and it took a long time to eat: "You...... Just go for it! Hey......" After speaking, he let out a long sigh, and left Qingxing Yuan with a look of embarrassment that he couldn't hide, and he didn't even care about Yan Xiuyu.
Yan Qingge was confused, and only felt that Yan Songnian was so inexplicable.
Yan Xiuyu only parted with her yesterday, but when he saw her today, he was tired of her as if he had been absent for a long time, and he didn't leave until the time of the lamp.
Sending Yan Xiuyu away, Yan Qingge couldn't help but think of Yan Songnian's reaction during the day, and called Ruyi and said: "Father's appearance is not right during the day today, you go and inquire to see what happened in the house recently." ”
Ruyi said yes and walked out.
After a while, Ruyi came back and said to Yan Qingge: "Miss, I asked, there have been two major events in the house recently. One is that Aunt Hai asked Aunt Caifeng to go to Mingxinzhai to talk one day, and the two sat together, Aunt Hai shouted that her stomach hurt, and she also saw red, and then invited Lang Zhong to treat her for several days. The old man originally wanted to punish Aunt Caifeng, but Aunt Caifeng also found out that she was pregnant. ”
"Oh? There is such a thing! Yan Qingge raised his eyebrows.
Aunt Hai's current status in the mansion is really not as good as before, otherwise it would be impossible for the Yan Mansion to have one pregnancy after another.
Yan Qingge said lightly: "What about the second thing?" ”
"The second thing is that the second lady has formed a poetry club, called the Tianxingjian Poetry Society, which has received a lot of talented people and talented women in Beijing. Now it is very popular in the capital, and this poetry club will publish a collection of poems every month and sell it in a bookstore outside. The second lady is the owner of the poetry club. ”
Yan Qingge's heart skipped a beat, and he said, "What are the people of this poetry club?" Can you help me find a list of this poetry society? ”
Before she was reborn, Yan Shuyu didn't have such a hard time to make a reputation, and naturally she didn't form any poetry clubs. However, what she did was cheap for Yan Qingge, with this poetry club, Yan Qingge figured out which family Yan Shuyu is friends with now, and which family she is friends with, it's not too simple.
This matter is not difficult, before leaving for the autumn hunt the next day, Yan Qingge received the list of the poetry club.
After getting up early in the morning, Yan Qingge dressed up and counted his luggage, sat in the swaying carriage, and then had time to look at the list in the car.
The list is not very long, there are only thirteen people in total.
Among them, in addition to the four talented women in the capital, and the three of the four talented women except Wei Qiao, there are also some children of other families, among which Zhu Mao's two big characters are the most stinging Yan Qingge's eyes.
She sneered, wrote down the names of the people in the poetry club, and then crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it into the charcoal stove in the car.
Wisps of green smoke rose, and the list turned into flakes of charcoal in an instant.
The spring hunt took place nearly a day's drive from the capital, where there were lush meadows at the foot of the mountains, not very dense forests, and a meandering river. Long ago, it was enclosed as a hunting ground for the royal family.
Bored on the road, Yan Qingge sat in the rickety carriage, and was a little sleepy for a while.
Just as her head was little by little, trying to fall asleep, she suddenly heard a crisp laugh, which woke her up from her sleepiness.
If she guessed correctly, the voice was sky-high.
As soon as she lifted the curtain, she saw two riders running side by side not far away, looking at the color of the clothes, a man and a woman.
The horses of these two men did not ride very fast, but they also went faster than the carriage. Soon they arrived, and Yan Qingge recognized it, one of them was Ling Xiao, and the other was Shui Mu.
Ling Xiao also saw Yan Qingge, she reined in her horse, stopped, and said in surprise: "Sister Qingge, where are you going?" ”
"I received a post from Princess Rouhui inviting me to participate in this year's spring hunt. You're also going to participate in the spring hunt, right? Yan Qingge's gaze turned on Shui Mu intentionally or unintentionally, and Ling Xiao patted Yan Qingge's arm with disgust, and his face turned red.
"I met the eldest brother of the Shui family on the road, so I rode a horse with him first, and our luggage car was behind." Ling Xiao explained awkwardly.
Ling Xiao and Yan Qingge didn't have much contact with each other during this year's winter vacation, because Ling Xiao often went to the suburbs to run horses, and he went for a day. Yan Qingge sent her something, but she returned the gift every time, and there were fewer replies to the letter.
Yan Qingge saw that Ling Xiao and Shui Mu were so close, and immediately guessed Ling Xiao's careful thoughts. Ling Xiao is fifteen this year, and it is also time for the girl to be pregnant.
Shui Mu was down-to-earth and generous, and smiled at Yan Qingge: "Miss Yan, Da'an! It's a pity that my sister didn't come to the spring hunt this year, otherwise you girls would have been together. ”
Ling Xiao bit his lip and looked at Shui Mu, a little embarrassed: "Then I'll get off the horse and go to find Sister Qingge, I'll go with her in the car." It's just that I'm sorry Brother Shui, I pulled you to run with me, and now I'm leaving you alone. ”
Shui Mu said: "Okay! ”
He replied with only one crisp word. Ling Xiao hesitated, gnawed his lips and rubbed his dismount, looking like he didn't want to leave.
Yan Qingge smiled secretly in his heart and said, "I see that you can't stay in the car either, you just have to ride a horse." Anyway, when it's time to hunt, we have time to get along. ”
Even if Ling Xiao's family is not strict and can often go out to play, it does not mean that Ling Xiao can always get along with other people's boys. Although Yan Qingge had no one to accompany him, he didn't want Ling Xiao to waste this good opportunity to get along with his sweetheart in vain.