Chapter 5: First Encounter
"Bang" The storyteller knocked on the castantal board, which means that today's book is here, and he has to come back tomorrow to support him.
The crowd was bustling and dispersed from the door. The crowd surged, and Yin Xian was tightly protected in Duan Huanian's arms, lest someone push and hurt Yin Xian.
"Hey, this sounds really pitiful. I don't know what happened to Ning Qing in the end. Yin Xian shook her head, looking a little lost, thinking that although the story was wonderful, she couldn't finish the story in one go, and she could only feel that it was not enjoyable enough. I don't know if Yu Yao's green building is still there, after all these years, I'm afraid it has already been demolished. ”
"Licheng Xiaoxiang Building has been around for some years, and the surrounding shops have changed batch after batch, but this one has only been renovated twice and has not changed. That Yuyao Ningqing was mostly in that kiln. Duan Huanian said.
Yin Xian glanced at Duan Huanian, and was not angry: "You are very skilled." ”
"Madame is not happy?"
"Not really, I just think that since General Duan is well-informed and knowledgeable, it can come in handy at this time."
Duan Huanian burst out laughing and pinched Yin Xian's nose, "The vinegar jar has been overturned?" However, I have heard of office work before. ”
"Whether it's a business or a private matter, why should General Duan explain." Yin Xian returned a fake face that didn't smile.
"Okay, then I won't explain."
Yin Xian only felt that all her words were choked, and she could only stomp her feet in anger.
Duan Huanian saw her sulking appearance, and forcibly held back to not let himself laugh out loud, "Okay, okay, I won't tease you, if you haven't heard it, I can accompany you to Xiaoxianglou to inquire, his boiled mutton soup is particularly delicious." ”
"It's really going to the office, and I know how to eat and eat......" Yin Xian didn't know why in her heart, she braved the nameless fire, and finally pressed it down, and this Chinese year was obviously not able to get along with her!
"I happen to be hungry, since General Duan is thinking about the girls in Xiaoxianglou, how can Yin Xian not follow."
"It's not for the girl, it's for the boiled mutton soup" Duan Huanian approached Yin Xian, almost sticking to her face, "Only for you, is the heart." ”
Yin Xian blushed for a moment and hurriedly chose a way to escape.
If Qinglou can also award any century-old brand, then Xiaoxianglou will definitely be on the list. Settled in Licheng a few decades ago, and the most important thing is rich customers and beautiful girls. Qinglou's mother knows that in order to capture the hearts of these customers, in addition to letting them have girls in their eyes, they must also have good food in their stomachs. We have specially hired well-known chefs from all over the world to cater to customers from different regions. That's why it's been able to endure and operate on this street for decades.
It is also the patrons that continue, and the money of Xiaoxianglou is also continuous, although it is a green building, but the decoration can be called magnificent. It is enough to stand on the high platform of twenty singers, and under the stage are neatly placed eighty rosewood eight immortal tables and round stools of the beasts. There are four staircases on each side, all of which are made by skilled craftsmen. There are four floors in the green building, and the Accord on the top is for the girl with a head and face to rest, if the customer's money bag is enough to bulge, it is also possible to play in the girl's room in the photo for one night. At that time, there will be people who will send wine and food to the room, so happy.
Yin Xian, an eldest lady has never been to such a place, and now there are not many people who feel that something is wrong with wearing pants, so she still looks like she is "going to come to inquire", but now she is a little timid, and she doesn't want this Qinglou to be like this. Still thinking about it, she and Duan Huanian were already surrounded in colorful clothes. When these girls saw them, they seemed to see a money bag, and they twisted their waists and limbs like snakes one by one, and the flowers on the handkerchiefs smelled like this, and now these dozens of handkerchiefs were swaggering in front of her, Yin Xian actually felt a little breathless.
In the end, Duan Huanian broke the siege, took a ticket and slapped it on the table, and those girls all looked at the number on the ticket, Yin Xian also wanted to see it, but those girls immediately quieted down, and ran to the inner room to invite the mother of the Qinglou, Yin Xian knew that it was probably a big number.
The mother was surrounded by the girls like this, and her face was well maintained, she looked like she was only forty or fifty years old, and her mother had also seen the world, and she accused the girls around her of not seeing it, and she would only shout if she couldn't do a big thing, and then she smiled with Duan Huanian Yin Xian, and then picked up the ticket.
In about two seconds, Yin Xian saw what it means to kneel and kowtow in one go. I saw that after reading the ticket, the mother's eyes first widened like copper bells, and then she shook off the girl's hand supporting her, and fell directly at Duan Huanian's feet, as if she was a reborn parent, and she almost didn't hug her thighs and shout Dad.
"I wonder if we can invite the most qualified girl here to be our company." Duan Huanian could still smile at this time, and picked up his mother who was lying on the ground. When the mother heard this, her head nodded like a rattle, and she hurriedly called someone to invite her.
Yin Xian was led by Duan Huanian's nose all day, and at this time, she didn't know where she got the courage to make fun of Duan Huanian. "Wait!"
Everyone was shocked, and Duan Huanian didn't know what Yin Xian was going to do.
"My young master said, the oldest girl, didn't my mother hear? The young master wants you to accompany me! ”
The green tendons on the forehead of that period of Hua Nian burst out, and he coughed a few times, and the guests who were drinking in the flower hall heard this, spraying wine and pounding the table. "Hahahaha, Mom, you are really charming, and there are still countless suitors when you are old!" The drinkers congratulated the mother, and the mother's face was extremely embarrassed.
"Master said that I am laughing, I am a lot older, and it is not interesting to eat and drink with you, no ...... than these little girls"
Yin Xian poked Duan Huanian, "Young master, Mom, I don't think you have enough money." ”
That Hua Nian smacked his mouth, and glared at Yin Xian like this, Yin Xian turned her head away, and muttered in a low voice, "Okay, it's all up to me today." ”
That period of Hua Nian took out another ticket and threw it in his mother's face.
"Master, please spare me, it's not a matter of money or not......"
Yin Xian continued to add oil and vinegar, "Young master, look at this mother, I think our family can't come up with so much money." ”
Bang, another ticket was thrown in the mother's face, and the mother seemed to have strength and jumped up all of a sudden
"Okay, I'm going to prepare~"
After about a cup of tea, someone has already introduced Duan Huanian and Yin Xian into Accord. Before pushing the door open, the two of them were about to slam on the door.
The mother was really prepared, and changed into extremely cool clothes, and the heavy fat powder was like a newly built wall. She leaned back on the bed in an extremely bewitching posture, and the fat around her waist was unobstructed.
"I've kept my grandfather waiting~" The extremely contrived voice pinching her throat made Yin Xian's appetite half down.
"We just want to chat with our mother, you are also old, you don't have to be like this......" Yin Xian's eyes flickered, and she never dared to look directly.
When the mother heard this, she immediately sat up, "How can I do it, my grandfather spent a lot of money, but I just ate and drank and made my grandfather lose a lot, and our Xiaoxianglou will not let my grandfather feel that he has lost it." "After that, I have to undress broadband.
Duan Huanian pushed Yin Xian forward, ran out of the door by himself, and didn't forget to close the door: "Why don't you play with her first, call me when you're done, I'll wait outside the door." ”
"Duan Huanian, you're still not a man!"
In the end, the mother still didn't do anything strange, and in the blink of an eye, she had changed into normal clothes.
"I don't want to be Duan Dashuai...... The old slave is clumsy......"
Duan Huanian drank wine leisurely, "I didn't bring my subordinates today, but I just accompanied my wife around at will, and it was common for me not to recognize it." ”
"It was a handsome...... Husband, ma'am, the eyes of the old slave. After saying that, the mother was about to slap herself, but she was hurriedly pulled by Yin Xian.
"Don't tell my mother, my husband and I just listened to the storyteller talk about the famous concubines of that generation, and I thought it was interesting for a while, so I wanted to inquire about you, can you know Yu Yao?" Yin Xian asked.
When the mother heard the name, she was a little embarrassed, "You really asked the right person, this Yuyao is really from the old slave here, but ......"
"But what?" Duan Huanian played with the wine glass in his hand, "The money we gave just now is not enough to inquire about a Yu Yao?" ”
The mother was busy, not "It's not, the old slave just wants to ask what a dead man does, the blue sky is white, strange and infiltrating ......"
"Dead?!" Yin Xian was taken aback, and hurriedly turned her head to look at Duan Huanian, although Duan Huanian did not have any fluctuations in his expression, he was obviously surprised.
"Yes, just a few days ago, in the room at the other end, he was hanged."
"The storyteller only ran out of the original Qinglou when she said that, why did she hang herself here again, mother?"
Mom sighed, and at this time the servant brought in the dishes. "Duan Dashuai Mrs. Duan hasn't eaten it for a day, come, boiled mutton soup, vermicelli stewed pork, all of which Dashuai likes to eat on weekdays, the two of you eat first, and the old slave is here to talk about it."
"Speaking of this Yuyao, what a poor child......"
That night, Yu Yao escaped from the Qinglou, and as Ning Qing said, she easily drilled out of the small hole in the corner of the east wall. On the street, there are no more people, and it is only separated from the Qinglou by a wall. She looked inside, Ning Qing was standing there, she was dressed in white, she was so conspicuous on a moonlit night. Ning Qing was singing, it was the song that was sung to Ning Qing's sweetheart.
She saw Ning Qing slowly put away the ropes that were tied to the clothes and bedding, and hung them on the beams of the room instead. Ning Qing looked at her, as if she was smiling, she only knew what Ning Qing's mouth was saying, but she couldn't hear it.
Ning Qing stood so tall, her slender and extremely good-looking neck hung on the "rope", she was still the extremely pale face, the thin body, the face that Yuyao liked the most.
"Don't! No! Ning Qing!! ”
The girl's cry tore the silence apart. Yu Yao's lamp flickered a few times and was blown out.
The night watchman heard the movement, lit the lantern and chased it out, Yuyao had no way out, she could only run. Aimless, without knowing the direction, like a sparrow that mistakenly intrudes into someone else's bedroom, can only blindly hit the wall with its body.
She had never run so fast, but she remembered walking through fifteen fields and wading through eight streams that were not so fast. She ran tirelessly, for two whole days, she was afraid of being arrested and returned, that place, killed her favorite Ning Qing, she didn't want to go back, Ning Qing said that she would be free, but Yuyao was only twelve years old, she grew up in the Qinglou since she was a child, she didn't know anything except to recognize a few words and do some rough work, and even survival was a problem.
Finally, she still fell, without warning, all she remembered was a green field, a slowly flowing field stream, a gentle breeze, a faint fragrance of plum and a touch of white sleeves.
When she woke up, Yu Yao was lying on a hard bed, she looked around, and simply set up the tables and chairs, which were quite clean and tidy. "The girl is awake." An old woman saw that Yuyao was moving, and hurriedly brought tea over.
"You go away!" Yu Yao rolled up the quilt and shrunk at the foot of the bed, her body couldn't stop shaking, "Who are you!" Where is it? ”
"Girl, don't remember? Yesterday the girl fell in the field in front of her, and my young master rescued the girl and let the slave take care of her. The old lady tried the temperature of the tea, blew it, and then felt that it was not too hot, so she handed it to Yu Yao, "The girl is just too tired and has some heat, but now it seems that she is more than half better." ”
Yu Yao saw that the mother-in-law had a kind face, but she didn't look like a bad person, so she took the cup from her hand suspiciously and poured it down. After running for two days, she was indeed thirsty, and this cup only felt moist in her mouth, but her throat was still dry, so she got out of bed by herself, held the pot and drank it.
"Slow down, be careful! Burned! The old lady patted Yu Yao's back lovingly, and sure enough, Yu Yao drank too quickly and coughed several times.
After relieving herself, Yu Yao wiped her mouth and asked, "Grandma, what kind of place is this, not far from Licheng." ”
"This is Longzhong, and it's not too close to Licheng, what? Is the girl going to look for her relatives? ”
"Not really, ask. Thank you to your master for me, and I will take my leave. So, Yu Yao began to search around for her package, "What about my package?" ”
The old lady suddenly remembered, and hurriedly went to the cabinet to get it, "The girl's package is here, the girl's package fell in the stream in the field that day, my son-in-law sent the old slave and a few subordinates to look for the girl, and now I have found these, the girl will see what is missing." ”
After hearing this, Yu Yao hurriedly went to look through it, most of the clothes and coils were lost, "the bracelet is ......", she was looking for Ning Qing's bracelet, and she poured the items in the package into a table like crazy, fortunately, the bracelet was still there. She put the bracelet on her hand and let out a long breath. "It's okay to have something that doesn't matter." After speaking, he was about to run out with his bag on his back, but suddenly his legs and feet went weak and he fell to the ground.
"Girl, listen to the old slave's advice, it's not too late to stay and raise your body before leaving, I haven't eaten anything yet, I'm afraid I'm going to starve." That Yu Yao felt reasonable when she heard it, but because of the situation, she was embarrassed to ask the other party to prepare for food, just at this time, someone knocked on the door and called for food, and Yu Yao's stomach was rumbling at this time. The old lady smiled and helped Yu Yao up, "The girl will go eat some first, and meet the young master, presumably the son will be happy to see the girl wake up." ”
Before she could react, Yu Yao had been led to the dining room, she kept her head down, looking timid, and she didn't know if she had evaded the pursuit.
"You don't have to be formal, just sit casually."
It was a man's voice, obviously it was the first time she saw it, but she always felt familiar, some cool and not mean tone, and the looming refreshing plum blossoms.
Ning Qing...... Yu Yao thought silently in her heart, and finally raised her head and looked at the one in front of her, and in an instant, the fields, streams, and the breeze poured into her brain. Inky black eyebrows, erect nose, light-colored lips, not surprising, but those eyes, as if full of the vast spring mountains, fine stardust, and as if there is a clear and clear stream, stretching ripples with the wind. He was dressed in white and seemed to be clean from head to toe. Except for Ning Qing, this is the second person who makes Yu Yao feel that she looks good in light-colored clothes. For some reason, Yu Yao wanted to reach out and touch the person in front of her, whether it was real or false, but soon such thoughts were contained by her.
"Are you ......?"
That day, the sun was very good, as good as when she first saw Ning Qing, she looked at the man in front of her like this, wanting to overlap him with a figure, until the man smiled slightly and put down the cup in his hand.
"Longzhong, Su Yan."