Fifty-seven: A la carte
After the bow was bought, it was carefully wrapped in red satin, and then put into the carriage by the servant, and the group continued to walk down the street.
Coincidentally, the Sheng family was not idle, and the two ended up facing each other.
"Where is the sister of the Su family?" Sheng Guizhi asked.
Su Yunyao replied, "My cousin is here, and my father asked us to take him out for a walk, and I happened to meet my sister." ”
Sheng Changyu tiptoed slightly, looking for Su Qianyao's figure behind the men of the Su family, but he didn't find it.
The Sheng family knows the Cheng family, after all, the Yangzhou Hou Mansion is also everyone, and when Cheng Yuanhuai took Cheng Tao into the palace to face the saint a while ago, Sheng Changyu was also there.
The two are also familiar with each other.
"Cheng Gongzi is here, why don't you go to Ningwei Building to sit down? I heard that there is a new dish made there, let's go and taste it together? Sheng Changyu asked.
"It's okay to go." Su Yingkuan smiled and said, "But the money for the end of the meal has to be paid by our Su family, Brother Tao has to entertain us as younger brothers and sisters, I heard last time that your family also invited our Su family sisters to eat, this time we should invite back." ”
Several people studied together in Cangbai Pavilion, and the relationship was not so close at first, but after a long time, several people were like brothers.
Sheng Changyu also smiled and said, "You pay it, you pay, I don't want you to rob it, okay?" ”
Everyone hit it off and rushed to Ningwei Building.
Ningwei Louzhong is the same as the previous time, there are a lot of people, and it can be seen from the dress that it is a thick family, otherwise the casual poor family will not come here, here they also met Shao Qing'er's sister-in-law, Shao Xi'er and Shao Yan'er, the daughters of the Ministry of Shangshu.
In addition, there are several children of large families, who say hello to those they know, and walk over to those they don't know.
Although Su Qianyao didn't come this time, the snow plum stuffed stuffed snow she ordered last time tasted really good, Sheng Changyu ordered another one this time, and asked for a hibiscus chicken slice, Su Yunyao ordered a green plum soup, because it is winter, green plums are rare, if you want to eat it, you have to transport it from the south, and there are few restaurants in Dijing that can do this.
Pit her own brother, Su Yunyao is not distressed.
In addition to the green plum soup, Su Yunyao ordered another steamed cod with shiitake mushrooms, Su Moyao ordered jujube paste shortbread and crab roe tofu, and most of the men ordered whatever they wanted, and they ate whatever they wanted.
Although he has been to Xunjing several times, to be honest, Cheng Tao doesn't know much about Xunjing's food, and he doesn't know what to order.
"Sister Yun'er, does this Ningweilou have any good dishes, I don't know what to eat." Cheng Tao scratched his head embarrassedly.
"I don't know, and I haven't been here a few times." Su Yunyao didn't take this matter to heart, but stared at the pot of flowers on the table, and said casually, "Sister Guizhi has been coming every day, you can ask her." ”
Ask the girls from other families? Where is this Cheng Tao embarrassed.
Sheng Guizhi was an informal person, and picked two dishes for him, a tea-flavored pork ribs, a ham and chicken soup, and then gave him the menu book.
This made Cheng Tao's face turn black and red again.
There are not many flowers blooming in winter, even the pots of flowers and plants that Qin Zhuxuan liked before her death wilted a lot when winter came, and the flowers were all grateful, and the pot of flowers on the table in front of her that could not be named aroused Su Yunyao's interest.
"It's blooming so well."
Cheng Tao listened to this, looked at it carefully, and said with a smile, "This is like a raw flower, not a living one." ”
"It wasn't alive, no wonder it opened so well." Su Yunyao was a little disappointed. I want to see a touch of color in winter, but it is very difficult, except for the white plum is the red plum and pink plum, other flowers are invisible.
Su Yingkuan and the others didn't know if they were stupid in Cangbai Pavilion, and ordered a lot of dishes like a lion opening their mouths, and they didn't know that they thought that the Su family had abused them.
In fact, they eat a lot of good things in Cangbai Pavilion, but they are not as lively as now, and there are many people free.
Su Ying'an is a character who can't be quiet and idle, the food here is still up, he just thought about where he should go to walk and play after eating for a while, and then waited for the food to be served for a long time, he couldn't sit still at all, walked from the second floor to the first floor, and walked back to the second floor from the first floor, and blew the wind in the corridor on the second floor.
But he really couldn't be quiet for a moment, I really didn't know how he had survived after being stuffy in Cangbai Pavilion for so long.
Su Yunyao was surprised.
She also leaned under the cloister on the second floor and asked him, "Brother Ying'an, have you thought about what if you get admitted this time, what if you don't have the opportunity to go out to play in the future?" ”
Su Ying'an thought thoroughly in this regard, and a hint of wind and clouds crossed his face, "So what?" My father said that if I get a good errand and take office outside, I can't miss those beautiful places, and I don't want to play at that time, isn't it up to me to decide how I want to play? ”
He lived an easy life, and he didn't think about what to do if the emperor didn't let him take office outside.
Su Yunyao looked at the side face of her cousin, and felt that although he was born in the Su family, a beautiful but dark place, his heart was very clean, and he didn't get involved in the infighting between the eldest lady of the second room and the second lady Hu Zhirou, nor did he care how the big house fought openly and secretly, he only guarded the small world in his heart, thinking about how to play comfortably.
That's a rarity.
Although Su Yunyao is not very old, she knows that what she thinks in her heart is not what she should think at her age, she should be carefree and just think about eating, drinking and having fun, just like the tenth sister Su Moyao.
I heard that the dish was served, Su Ying'an and Su Yunyao came back together.
"Did my aunt tell you when you would go back this time?" Su Yingkuan asked.
Cheng Tao nodded, "Because there has been something in the palace recently, I don't know when I will enter the palace, and my mother arranged for me to stay here for three or four days." ”
As for what was going on in the palace, they knew that it was not for them to ask.
"Only for three or four days?" Su Ying'an put down his chopsticks, "Isn't it too anxious?" Normally, it's not easy for you to visit. ”
"It's okay, before the New Year's Festival, my mother may take me to come again, one is to see my aunt, and the other is to participate in the palace festival as an official dependent." Cheng Tao absentmindedly filled a small bowl of ham and chicken soup with a soup spoon and took a sip.
Before he could taste it, Sheng Guizhi anxiously asked, "How does it taste?" ”
"Not bad... Not bad..."Cheng Tao's face turned red.
This ham and chicken soup is Sheng Guizhi's favorite dish, and she is eager to get the affirmation of others, affirming that her taste is good, and that this soup is delicious.
But who let her meet such a master as Cheng Tao? Shy like a girl's house, Sheng Guizhi was a little helpless for a while, and beckoned Su Moyao and Su Yunyao, "You guys drink some too, this soup is a must in Ningweilou!" ”
There are not many places to play in winter, and after a few people have eaten in Ningwei Building, they go back to their respective homes.
"Why is this Cheng Tao here now? Pei Yao's girl didn't see him come to her wedding a while ago, but his mother sent a congratulatory gift, why is he here now? Cao Qianlian sat in the room, peeling the apple skin with one hand, and muttered to herself in confusion.
Liu's mother was doing needlework on the side, and after biting a piece of thread, she said, "Maybe something happened to the Cheng family and wanted to ask the lord for help?" ”
"Are you as stupid as that stupid guy from the Hu family? Besides, the Cheng family has such a high status, and the amount of money is not in the eyes, the father and son are both officials, what difficulties can they encounter? ”
Speaking of Hu's Hu Zhirou, Cao Qianlian thought of something else, "Hu Zhirou hasn't come to us for the past few days, she should have listened to my words and really did it, right?" ”
Mother Liu smiled disdainfully, "A dead horse should be a live horse doctor, her Hu family is down suddenly, it's not something that can be put on the surface, and I can't ask for the head of the lord and the second master, so I have to listen to your words." ”
"I can be regarded as pinching her a handle, whether it is her Hu Zhirou or Yi Yao Qinyao, they all have to listen to me, otherwise the fact that she steals the family's money is enough for Su Hui to divorce her!"
"That lady is not afraid that the Hu family will bite you back? When the time comes, if you say it's your idea, then you won't be able to get it clean. ”
"Don't be afraid of this." Cao Qianlian put the peeled apple in his hand on the table, "The good thing of the four girls and the eldest brother of the He family was also our idea, even if the old lady decided that we were troublemakers, she couldn't come up with a piece of evidence, although the lord ignores me now, but he loves me the most, and he will come back obediently in a short time, believe it or not, he will be on my side." ”
"What the lady said is that who doesn't know that the lord loves you the most?"
The smile on Cao Qianlian's face was very sinister, it was something Su Yao had never seen before, he might not have dreamed of Cao Qianlian like this.
The two sisters, Su Yuyao and Su Huiyao, are worried about Shu Xuexue's homework, and the maid Xiaodie comes in and says that Shu Xuexue has taken two days off, saying that the temperature has dropped suddenly, and she is sick and wants to recuperate for two days.
"Is Daddy on the right track?" Su Yuyao asked anxiously.
"People eat cereals and grains, and it is common for them to get sick, so the lord not only approved it, but also sent some medicinal materials to Shu Xuexue."
"This old immortal, it's good for her to die of illness!" Su Yuyao smiled at the corner of her mouth, and threw the brush on the paper, "What kind of homework are you writing!" ”
Su Huiyao didn't say a word, she was happy in her heart, moved the pillow on the bed to the side, and took out a small box.
There are needles and threads in this small box, there are embroidered handkerchiefs and embroidered cloths, Cao's mother and daughter don't read much, and they don't know a few big characters, but Cao Qianlian has taught her two daughters since she was a child, and women are not talented and virtuous, and those who are knowledgeable can't catch up with scientific examinations like men, and it's useless to learn, but female red is a compulsory homework for women, and you can see the depth on the embroidered handkerchief, and what kind of handkerchief purse can be given to men, and you can't chant poems in front of men all day long, right?
So Su Huiyao plans to embroider a purse and give it to Sheng Changyu, maybe when she sees this exquisite embroiderer, Sheng Changyu will have a good impression of herself?
Mother is right, reading is not a long-term means, those who can't be seen or touched, it is better to turn into needles and threads, always accompanying, so that the other party can never forget themselves.