Chapter 234: Frosty
Only then did I see that the clouds at the head of the ridge were like covers, and the snow was like dust on the rocks.
The scenery in the snow is magnificent, and the sky and the earth are so blue that you can only see a piece of silver.
A horse-drawn carriage drove through the countryside on the outskirts, surrounded by white land. Looking down from above, the heavens and the earth seem to be a blank sheet of paper, and the carriage is like a drop of ink dotted in between.
The man driving the carriage wore a hat and a dark coat, and the hot breath exhaled from his mouth reflected the cold of the ice and snow.
The horse's hooves trampled on the frozen earth, and the driver waved the whip in his hand and cautiously drove the carriage.
"Childe! Zhuangzi is ahead. The boy who was driving the car shouted into the carriage.
"It's good that we didn't listen to those young masters, if you really ride a horse, people won't be frozen?" Another teenager in the carriage muttered.
But no one replied to his words, the speed of the luxurious carriage was not slow, and further ahead was a big Zhuangzi.
Xu Changgui, the steward of Zhuangzi, stood at the door of Zhuangzi with his hands in his sleeves, and kept stomping his feet. He craned his neck and looked at the road in front of him, and was overjoyed to see the carriage getting closer and closer.
"But it's finally here, it's so cold."
"Isn't it? The snot is frozen out, this Chinese New Year, the sons and brothers are not staying in the house, and they still want to come out to play, how good is it to stay on the hot kang? ”
Zhang Da, the subordinate standing behind the steward, looked at the approaching carriage and complained a little.
"Go, go, go! What do you know? Don't you dare to arrange the master? Be careful that you can't eat and walk around, I saw that you were still smart, so I asked you to show your face in front of Gongzi. Don't be stupid, if you upset your master, I won't be able to protect you. ”
Xu Changgui looked at Zhang Da and regretted it a little, Zhang Da was quite clever on weekdays, and he was also familiar with Zhuangzi, so he asked him to come to serve. I didn't expect it to be such a confusing thing, don't spoil his good deeds!
"Look at what Steward Xu said, how dare the little one talk nonsense in front of the son? Isn't that just a couple of words right in front of you? Zhang Da was a little disapproving, could he still be disproportionate in front of his master?
"You! You can only stay in the Zhuangzi, do you know that those people in the house live a noble life! It's that the rules are very strict, if you are in the house, such rules, within a day, the quasi-guarantee will ask the chief steward of the house to train you honestly. ”
When Steward Xu said this, he envied the external steward of the house, and the authority was great! Not to mention the rest of the housekeeper who walks for his son outside, who doesn't give him a little thin noodles when he goes out to do business? How can he, the little steward of Zhuangzi, compare with others?
Zhang Da has never entered the mansion, so naturally he doesn't know that the rules in the mansion are strict, and he rarely sees his master once a year. Even if the master comes, he is not qualified to serve closely. This time, Steward Xu also saw that he was clever, so he ordered him to serve, but in fact, he couldn't get close, and there was a personal entourage around the master.
"Give me a little cleverness, if the master is happy, I can reward you with some silver." When the master came to Zhuangzi, he went to serve, and if he was satisfied, the silver he rewarded was his monthly money for three or four months.
Zhang Da listened, is there such a good thing? No wonder every time Gongzi came, Steward Xu was very happy.
The carriage got closer and closer, and when it arrived at the gate of Zhuangzi, it did not stop, and drove directly into Zhuangzi and headed towards the other courtyard.
Steward Xu hurriedly pulled Zhang Da, followed closely behind, and trotted towards the carriage.
"Childe, it's here!"
Steward Xu trotted all the way, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and saluted the people in the carriage.
"Little Xu Changgui, please ask the son Wanfu Jin'an!" As he spoke, Zhang Da, who was pulling his head behind him, knelt down and kowtowed firmly.
At this time, it is the New Year, and of course you have to kowtow when you see the master, and the master will give a big red envelope. Although there will be people as long as they are subordinate during the New Year, there will be them, but this extra, no one is too much, right?
Zhang Da had never seen this meeting, so he could only kneel with Xu Changgui woodenly. I hadn't seen my master before, and I didn't think that at this moment, just this magnificent carriage and the attendants in the carriage could give him a sense of oppression, so that he couldn't say anything.
"Steward Xu doesn't have to be polite, get up!" The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a teenager dressed in similar clothes to the chariot retinue got out of the carriage.
Then, another person got out of the car. Zhang Da knew that the one who came down after him must be the master, he had only seen it from a distance before, and he didn't see it clearly.
When I looked forward with my head down, I could only see a pair of blue satin court boots.
He took advantage of the obstruction of the steward to look up at the owner of the boots, and at this glance, he was stunned.
This is a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, with a light cyan headband on his head, wearing a round-necked robe embroidered with gold tunics patterns on a white background, and a stone blue crane with white hair.
Looking at the face again, I saw that its face was like a crown of jade, and its color was like a flower of spring dawn. The sword eyebrows are in the sideburns, the peach blossom eyes are slightly raised at the corners of the eyes, and the look is flying, which makes people can't help but admire, what a merry man with extraordinary appearance!
Of course, Zhang Da can't describe such a look, but he has never seen such a good-looking teenager.
Gu Chengyu felt that the subordinate in front of him was not very clever, and he had never seen him as a master. The subordinates of Zhuangzi can't expect to have many rules.
asked Mingmo to give the red seal, and then took Mingmo and them into the other courtyard.
"You stupid boy, I don't know the red envelope given by my son. I could still talk about it just now! When I saw my son, why didn't I dare to say a word? You haven't thanked Childe yet! Fortunately, Childe doesn't care. ”
Steward Xu thought that Zhang Da was scared stupid, so he pulled him and gave Zhang Da the smaller red seal.
Steward Xu takes great care of Zhang Da on weekdays, Zhang Da is also sixteen years old this year, and he was originally from the village near Zhuangzi. The old man in the family was old, and when Zhuangzi bought someone, he begged him and sold him to Zhuangzi.
Don't look at his name Zhang Da, it was all shouted in the village, and he was named because of Zhang Da's big head. Because he bought it, Zhang Da relied on him very much, so Steward Xu has always taken care of him.
"Steward Xu, I have never seen such a good-looking person since I was a child!" Zhang Da came back to his senses, opened the red envelope excitedly, and when he saw that there were two taels of silver inside, he almost jumped up happily.
"How many people have you just met? However, our son-in-law is indeed good-looking, but the son-in-law is a man, so don't say this in the future. ”
Gu Chengyu didn't know about the conversation between the two, he came to the courtyard because he invited two classmates from Guozijian to come to the courtyard to soak in the hot springs and eat wild food.
"The person sent said when Brother Sun and Senior Brother Ye will come?"
Today is the sixth day of the new year, Sun Xian and Ye Zhiqiu went to Jiaoyu's mansion to pay a visit, and then came together in a carriage.
Two years ago, Sun Xian and Ye Zhiqiu were both admitted to Boshan Academy, and now they are studying in the academy. The yard that Ye Zhiqiu rented happened to be not far from Sun Xian's house, and the two happened to be on the same road.
This time, because there was a foreign man, Gu Chengyu didn't call Gu Wan and them.