Chapter 238: Cousin and Cousin Meet
Danyun behaved like this, Wang Shishi finally believed that Xu Gongzi's words, he was indeed a person from Kyoto, otherwise Danyun would not be so familiar with the boundaries of Kyoto, and found Chen Xiuli's house all the way unhindered.
"Shishi, Chef Flower! It's been a great journey! Before the two could get out of the car, they heard a sound of surprise outside the curtain.
"Cousin! I'm coming! Wang Shishi was so excited that she didn't even hold Hua Manxi's hand, she jumped out of the car directly and threw herself into Chen Xiuli's arms.
Chen Xiuli was already waiting in front of the car door, Wang Shishi pounced down so coldly, he hurriedly reached out and hugged her in his arms, and then gently put her on the ground, with a hint of action in his gentle voice: "Shishi seems to have won some, I really didn't expect you to really come to Kyoto, I'm so happy." ”
"I'm also very happy, let me see if you've lost weight, ouch, you've lost a lot of weight, isn't the food in Kyoto not to your taste?" Wang Shishi also learned from Chen Xiuli's appearance, looked him up and down, and said distressedly.
"It's really not as good as eating well in Shishan, I've eaten seafood for a few years, and suddenly I can't eat it, it's really gluttonous." Chen Xiuli smiled embarrassedly, and his eyes fell on the carriage without a trace.
Hua Manxi was packing up her things in the car, and after packing up, she slowly walked to the car door, and she got out of the car with Danyun in her arms.
"Lord Chen." Hua Manxi evoked a shallow smile, "I haven't seen you for a long time, don't come here to be harmed, right?" ”
Chen Xiuli's eyes became a little brighter, and his voice was a little faster, but he forcibly suppressed the emotions in his heart, and said slowly: "Everything is fine, what about you?" ”
Hua Manxi handed the burden he was carrying to Chen Xiuli: "This is something I brought from home, I know that you definitely want to eat." ”
Chen Xiuli handed the things to the subordinate beside him, and said lightly: "Chen Er, tell me to eat." ”
"Yes, sir." Chen Er took the things and ran into the house in small steps. Seeing that Chen Er had entered, Chen Xiuli turned around and made a gesture of invitation to Hua Manxi and Wang Shishi, and said, "A few distinguished guests, please." ”
Wang Shishi didn't see him outside, but lightly replied, neither humble nor arrogant: "Lord Chen, please." ”
"Cousin, do you live here on weekdays? Don't live in Shangshu Mansion? Wang Shishi took Hua Manxi's hand and asked happily.
"No, I live in Shangshu Mansion on weekdays, and I will only live here if my official business is delayed, I bought this house for you, the title deed is written in your name, and there is a shop next to the back door, I also bought it, and it is connected to the courtyard of the house, which is convenient for you to do business."
"You, you bought it for me?" Wang Shishi was shocked, and raised her voice and said, "Where did you get the money to buy a shop and a house?" ”
"You and my uncle gave it to me before I returned to Beijing." Chen Xiuli said truthfully.
"We just gave you so much money, and you used it all to buy a house, so you have some relationships, what should you do with food, clothing, housing and transportation on weekdays?" Wang Shishi suddenly looked at Chen Xiuli with an old mother's eager gaze, and almost touched his head, saying Ah, you have suffered!
"I have a fortune, I am now a five-grade petty official, there are a lot of fortunes, and if there is anything to do, the central government in the house will pay for it." Chen Xiuli said lightly.
After he returned to Beijing from Shishan County, His Majesty felt that he could turn a poor county into a town of food, and he was quite talented, so he was promoted to two grades in a row, from a seven-rank petty official to a five-grade official, and he is now a member of the household department. Although he is a fifth-grade official, but Hubu Langzhong is a hot sweetheart, how many disciples of the family break their heads and want to squeeze into the household, but they can't squeeze in.
"Yes, but I don't think you're wearing very well, and these shoes are too, it's very cold now, you don't have cotton wool in these shoes, and you don't make leather boots to wear, how can it be good if it's cold?" Wang Shishi made little observation and complained.
"Shishi, Lord Chen is not in Shishan County now, everyone in Shishan County knows that Lord Chen lives in your mansion, and his food and clothing are all from Wang's Mansion, but now he is in Kyoto, he is a household official, and his identity is already very sensitive, if he is too luxurious, what do others think of him?" Hua Manxi interjected and explained slowly.
These words made Wang Shishi suddenly wake up, she disturbed her hair embarrassedly, and said in a low voice: "It's because I'm ignorant and inconsiderate, hey, what kind of official are you, your year's income is not enough for me to make money in a month." The money earned can't be spent yet, and I'm afraid of what others will say, yes. ”
Chen Xiuli and Hua Manxi glanced at each other, and they both saw a trace of helplessness in each other's eyes.
"Yes, yes, who made my cousin amazing, it's amazing, it's just a heroine among women, and women don't let me have eyebrows." Chen Xiuli praised from a good stream.
I know he's joking, but who doesn't like compliments? Wang Shishi was a little floating, glanced at Chen Xiuli, and replied: "Then you are still a Shibei for three days, when you look at each other, I can't imagine that my cousin of Mu Na has been mixed in this big dye vat in Kyoto for a year, and he can come with polite words and beautiful words." ”
Hua Manxi couldn't help but shake his head when he saw that the two brothers and sisters were blowing each other in business again, and Danyun followed behind Hua Manxi without saying a word, looking a little melancholy.
Lord Chen, a stuffy gourd, although he is not as good as his son-in-law in all aspects, but after a year in Beijing, this Lord Chen seems to have changed a little bit. He was inexplicably a little worried about his son!
If Hua Xiaochu really changed his mind, wouldn't he be able to eat those delicious meals in the future? No, no, he must follow Hua Xiaochu every step of the way! Hold this future heroine! We must not let Hua Xiaochu have the slightest opportunity and idea of red apricots out of the wall!
Hua Manxi followed Chen Xiuli into this mansion and found that the scenery inside was a little similar to Wang's Mansion, and he had the illusion of returning to Wang's Mansion.
"Wow, some people are serious Hubu Langzhong on the surface, but in fact, they are secretly a sister and uncle, do you want to return to Shishan County in your dreams, and it takes a lot of effort to poke and poke this yard, right? Didn't you just buy it when you returned to Kyoto? You've been looking forward to me coming to Kyoto, right? Hee-hee-hee. Wang Shishi naturally saw it, and said very shyly, "My father and I finally haven't raised you for a few years in vain, hey, how can I feel relieved that my son has grown up." ”
Hua Manxi: "......." Some people really can't see it, they are other people's sisters on the surface, but they want to be other people's mothers behind their backs! Miss Wang really doesn't take the usual path!
Chen Xiuli was also a little embarrassed to be teased by her like this, and after pursing his lips, he said in a low voice: "What are you talking nonsense?" I didn't have anything to buy from the house, and I didn't know how to decorate, so I drew the drawings according to the appearance of your house, although you are not very reliable, but the taste is still trustworthy, so sometimes it is not rude to bring colleagues to the house. ”
Wang Shishi didn't care about Chen Xiuli's affirmation of her taste, but focused on the sentence that people are not very reliable, and Miss Wang, who is perfect, immediately exploded, and said unhappily: "What do you mean that I am not very reliable?" What are you talking about? I can go out of the hall and into the kitchen, I can count the account and grow the field, gentle and graceful, intimate and cute, I can make money at will, I look beautiful like a fairy, I am simply the most reliable cousin in the world, okay? ”
"Yes, yes, yes, that's right." Chen Xiuli covered his chest and replied against his will.
Laughing and scolding, Wang Shishi naturally walked into the dining room, not only decorating, but also the role of each area is the same as Wang's mansion.
"Oops, I've been starving to death after a few days of driving." Wang Shishi sat down unceremoniously and knocked on the table, "If there is anything delicious to eat, hurry up and serve it, Miss Ben is about to starve to death." ”
Chen Er had already ordered the kitchen to serve hot dishes, and at this time, the head soup had just been served.
"Chef Hua, Brother Danyun, sit down and eat, it's been a hard journey along the way." Chen Xiuli was very polite and wanted to help them serve soup.
"Hey, Lord Chen, I can't help it, I'll just come by myself." Hua Manxi hurriedly intercepted the bowl in Chen Xiuli's hand, filled a bowl of soup himself, and served a bowl to Danyun, and said casually, "It's really hard along the way." ”
Chen Xiuli looked at her silently, looking like he was listening.
Hua Manxi drank half a bowl of soup in one go, and then said slowly: "We lived in a post station along the way, but we didn't have an official rank, and the treatment was very poor, so we thought that we would pay for some ingredients to make some delicious food, and if we didn't want to do this, we would get into trouble." The officials who were traveling with us in the post station saw that the food we made was delicious, so they asked us to cook, but Shishi refused, not wanting that a group of people from the military department would come later, forcing me to cook for them along the way. ”
Chen Xiuli also picked up the soup bowl and drank the soup slowly, and after hearing this, he couldn't help but say angrily: "What is the origin of that person, who is so arrogant? I'll get this breath back for you! ”
Hua Manxi said seriously: "I heard that the prince of Zhenguo is also surnamed Xu, called Xu Heng." ”
Chen Xiuli was originally drinking soup, but when he heard Hua Manxi say this, he squirted out the soup in his mouth with a poof, wetting the clothes of the light clouds opposite.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Brother Danyun." Chen Xiuli hurriedly handed a handkerchief to Danyun to wipe the soup stains, and the two men glanced at each other, both understanding the meaning in each other's eyes.
The prince of Zhenguo, whose real name is Xu Heng, was later crowned General Xu Xiao by His Majesty, the little god of war, went to Beidi to fight the enemy in his teens, some time ago because of the capture of the Beidi people, disfigured, broke his legs, and barely picked up a life to come back, but he also burned the Beidi camp, frustrated Beidi, and got Beidi's promise not to commit the south for a hundred years.
This time, he was on the way back to Beijing, and he didn't want to go all the way with Manxi.
The most important thing is that few people in Kyoto know that the expression of Xu Heng, the prince of the town country, is actually Jinfei.