Chapter Twenty-Nine: A Narrow Encounter
No matter how beautiful a person is, he can't escape the five things of opening the door.
After pouring the water and sending it to the outer room, the nineteen lang didn't know what interesting things he heard, his eyes were shining, and his face was full of curiosity: "What my uncle said is true?" If this is the case, then when I go back to Jiajing, I will definitely stay in Chuzhou for a few days, so that I can have a look. ”
Hearing Nineteen Lang mention Chuzhou, Banniang held the hand of the soup bowl for a moment.
It was her ancestral home in her previous life, and she had been there with her grandfather once.
It's just that I don't know if the Chuzhou in my father's mouth is the place she went to in her previous life.
I heard Zeng Budo smile and said: "I can't think of Nineteen Lang's young age, but he cares about the people's livelihood, so he should take a good look, the ancients don't read books as well as travel thousands of miles, and go out, first, to see the world clearly, and second, to understand the people's livelihood, but also to benefit the people when they are officials in the future, and to prepare for the people under their jurisdiction to do some real things." But speaking of Chuzhou, I have been in Rugao for more than a year, invited by friends to go there, the people take food as the sky, the food there is very delicious, Nineteen Lang may as well try it when he arrives. ”
"Daddy, thinking that the weather is getting hotter, now that we are on the river, I am afraid that my father and my brothers will be damp, so we bring snow bubbles and shrink the skin. It's also good to relieve some heat. Daddy, please use it. Banniang just brought a cold drink over and interrupted.
Zeng Budo took it with a smile, and Banniang handed the bowl to Nineteen Lang again: "Nineteen sons, please use it." ”
Nineteen Lang thanked him, because listening to this girl's headlines was at best delicate, but her voice was extremely beautiful, so she couldn't help but look at it again.
Zeng Budo was talking about eating, and when he saw Banniang again, he smiled and said: "Take care of the words, come, Nineteen Lang, you taste this scallion oil cake, it is made by my little girl, although it is a homely thing, but it is very delicious, speaking of which, my eight sisters, but they make a good dish, but it is a pity that this boat is on the boat, it is inconvenient to show, if Nineteen Lang is free, to Linchuan is, you might as well come to my house to walk around, and then also taste the craftsmanship of my eight sisters, the taste is not worse than a few famous dishes in Chuzhou." ”
There was no doubt about this, and Goro and Shiro both looked at each other.
Dad's words are a bit big, not to mention the food in Chuzhou, his two brothers have never been there, but this pure brother's family background, the food of the Great Song Kingdom, what people haven't tasted?
Nineteen Lang glanced at Banniang, although he didn't believe it, a little girl who didn't look like she was ten years old, where could she make any rare delicacy? It's just that he knows how to give face to his master, so he stretched out and picked up a piece of pancake that looked like it was baked and golden and cut into triangles, and Shi Ran put it in his mouth.
The entrance was salty, but unexpected, Nineteen Lang nodded and smiled: "But it's really delicious, if my uncle doesn't like it, I will definitely come to the door another day to disturb him." ”
This young man is not very old, but in his speech, he shows his true talent and learning, and he is undoubtedly a person who loves talents, and this young man is handsome, which has attracted people's good feelings, and his speech is good, which makes him happy. Seeing that he was willing to be close to his family, he smiled: "Let's talk to you young men together, and the old man will go to the warehouse to rest for a while." In the end, I am old, and after sitting for a while, I feel very pan. ”
Banniang naturally couldn't sit anymore, so she helped her father to the inner room. Because the window was opened, there was a river breeze blowing from time to time, although the sun was getting stronger, but it didn't feel hot, the air was very pleasant, and he didn't doubt lying down, Banniang sat on the side and pinched his shoulders and back. After a while, Banniang saw that her father was squinting and sleeping, so she quietly retreated, and asked Wulang again: "Fifth brother, do you eat on the boat at noon, or go to the dock to find a restaurant?" ”
Gorou said with a smile: "It's not good to delay, just talk to the Chen mother-in-law, let her pick up the convenient ones and pack them out of a table, and then serve two pots of wine and eat them on the boat." Passing by the pier at noon, don't stop anymore, go to the next pier at night, and it's better to kick the shore early to see. Then he turned his head and asked Nineteen Lang, "Brother Zhengchun, if you don't give up, can you dine with us at noon?" ”
In fact, Shijiu Lang is one or two years younger than Fifth Brother Zeng, but the students call each other brothers, which is just an honorific title.
Nineteen Lang said with a smile: "Since I met it, I will eat with the two brothers and uncles, but I am afraid of disturbing it." ”
Banniang responded, and was about to go downstairs, just about to move, but saw that Nineteen Lang smiled and untied a palm-sized mutton fat jade pendant tied to the tape around his waist, and handed it to Banniang: "I didn't know that I would meet the eighth sister here, this jade pendant is still a birthday gift given by my grandmother when I was one year old, if the eighth sister does not dislike it, this jade pendant should be regarded as a meeting gift for my sister." When I go back, I go to the house to eat, and my sister is embarrassed to work hard. ”
Banniang was stunned.
She is a woman, how can she accept the private belongings of strange men? This nineteen lang is really reckless.
Banniang's grandfather in her previous life was an antique expert, and she heard and saw this palm-sized jade pendant with oily body and exquisite carving, she only glanced at it, and knew that it was worth a lot.
Banniang didn't pick it up for a while, and it wasn't good if she didn't pick it up, so she just pursed her mouth and smiled, looking at Shiro and Goro.
The two brothers didn't expect that Shijuro would suddenly come to such a show, Shiro was more stable, sighed for a while, and said with a smile: "Since it was given by Zhengchun's grandmother, how can my sister accept it?" You and I classmates, you don't have to be so polite, if you really want to give a meeting gift, my little sister likes to read very much, it is better to go back to Linchuan, find two interesting books in your collection, and send her for recreation. ”
When Banniang heard this, she was also busy saying: "Banniang thanked Brother Shijiulang first, this jade pendant is really too valuable, I really can't accept it, go back and send me two books, I like it very much." ”
That Nineteen Lang is very insistent, he has never been rejected in his life, not to mention, he really has never given anything to other girls. I just thought that this was given by my grandmother, and I just didn't know why the ghost sent it, so I took it off my body, and I still felt that it was inappropriate in my heart, and when I saw that Banniang refused, I didn't want to take it back, so I just smiled: "It's my mind, and the eighth sister just accepts it." As for what books you want to read, Nineteen Lang is not good at getting an axe, everyone knows that Mr. Zigu has a rich collection of books, and no one in the Great Song Dynasty can match it, I only have some wild history books there, and miscellaneous books that can't be put on the table, if the eighth sister likes it, I will send someone to the house when I turn around, and it will be rude. ”
Although the words are polite, the attitude is not refusable.
Banniang wondered, could it be that the rich and handsome people of the Great Song Kingdom were so strong in sending things? It's as if if you don't accept it, you don't give him face.
She was not a person who twisted, so she simply took it and blessed it: "Then Banniang will thank Brother Shijiulang." ”
Nineteen Lang was very happy to see her accept it, and was surprised by her brother's call, so he waved his hand, pretending not to mind: "Go back to your mansion, this fragrant cake, the eighth sister will make another plate of delicious with me." ”
Banniang responded with a smile, put away the jade pendant, and went downstairs to find Mrs. Chen to prepare lunch.
And the three young men upstairs, because Zeng's father was resting in the inner room, it was not easy to speak, so Shiro accompanied Shijiu Lang to play chess, and Goro watched from the side.
When Mrs. Chen saw that Banniang was coming, she hurriedly put down the work in her hand, and wanted to sit down: "Sister wants to be afraid of this stool being dirty, so she sits down slightly, and the old woman and sister make a cup of tea." ”
Banniang waved her hand and said with a smile: "Chen Po doesn't have to be polite, I'm just here to say, I want to eat on the boat at noon, just that male guest, also with us, if the other two female guests don't care, there is no need to dock on the dock halfway." As for lunch, I bothered Mrs. Chen to make it for us. ”
As soon as Mrs. Chen saw that there was a business to do, she hurriedly said: "It's not troublesome, it's not troublesome, as long as my sister and my old brothers don't dislike my craft." I don't know what my sister is going to do? There are always fish and shrimp in this boat, and this morning, I also collected some yellow cockroaches, and some green vegetables and gourds, and a few eggs. ”
Banniang said: "My father and brothers are not pickers, so Mrs. Chen will pick up what she is good at, just don't exceed 500 wen for food, and pay it together with the ship fare when the time comes, I don't know if there will be wine on the ship?" If so, I will also help prepare two pots at that time. ”
"Some of them are good old wine, and they are satisfied with Master Zeng and a few brothers."
Baniang instructed a few words, and then resigned Mrs. Chen and planned to go back upstairs, Mrs. Chen diligently sent her out of the back cabin, but she didn't want to raise her feet, and she met a thin body, with a long face, wearing a jade-colored narrow sleeved short shirt, a grass green long skirt, holding a long white shawl, wearing a silver crown, and a fifteen or sixteen-year-old lady with a bit of grace, curling into the cabin.
The little lady saw that Banniang was just a little girl who looked like she was only ten years old, and she was dressed ordinarily, so she didn't pay attention, and only said softly to Mrs. Chen: "Mrs. Chen, how long will it take to get to the dock below?" My mother was a little unwell and dizzy, so she thought about going ashore in a while to find some medicine. And I'm afraid there is nothing to eat on this ship, and I need to go to the restaurant for lunch. ”
Mrs. Chen heard this, she was a little embarrassed, this boat was originally hired by the family of Master Zeng, because the mother and daughter were entangled with the handsome young man, so they let them take the boat, the handsome young man and the two sons of the old man Zeng knew each other, but it was okay, but if the mother and daughter delayed the trip of the family of the old man Zeng, but it didn't work, she smiled apologetically: "The third lady of the Song family, this is probably not good, because the family of the old man Zeng is in a hurry, and they do not stop at the dock at noon." As for your mother's fainting, please rest assured that this Sanniang is a common fainting guest on the boat, and has its own prescription to solve it, and after a while, the mother-in-law will go to boil a bowl of antiemetic decoction and bring it to Mrs. ”
Song Sanniang frowned, and then glanced at Banniang, but she didn't answer her grandmother's words, she just looked at Banniang and said, "You are from the Zeng family?" My mother is unwell and needs to go to the doctor for medicine. Besides, the things on this ship are unclean, and my mother and I are not used to eating them anyway, and this ship will not enter Linchuan until tomorrow evening, so what does it matter if it is a little earlier or a little later? I also asked the little lady to go back and discuss it with her family, and stop at the pier at noon. ”
Originally, the mother was unwell, so she stopped on the road for a while, and it didn't matter, but the girl's attitude was very uncomfortable.
Banniang was a little annoyed.