Chapter 113: Jiangnan is good
"Miss, how long are we going? I was already packing my luggage when you told me. ”
"Miss, is Jiangnan fun? Will there be a lot of good food? Green oranges want to eat a lot of good food. ”
"Miss, I told Chang Sheng that I would bring him something when I came back from Jiangnan."
"Miss......"
Qi Shu was holding a copy of "The Mean" and was fascinated, but the green orange next to him kept thinking about it, obviously Qi Shu went to Jiangnan to visit the mother-in-law, but it was as if the green orange was traveling.
I got up from the table and walked to the window, it had rained intermittently in the past few days, and even the air had become very humid and uncomfortable.
Stretched out his hand and pushed open the window, and accidentally dropped the book on the ground, Mo Zhu, who was waiting from the side, hurriedly stepped forward, then picked up the book, patted the dust gently, and then handed it to Qi Shu.
"Miss, how long will we be going and when will we be back?" Mo Zhu couldn't help but ask.
"Why are you as impatient as Green Orange? Set off in two days, ten days and half a month are indispensable. "I heard that Ning Ze is patrolling the streets every day now, and those who spread rumors have closed their mouths.
After all, with Ning Ze's means, he could naturally find out who said the most and the most ruthless. I have to say that this trick really works, and Qi Shu plans to wait until Ning Ze has extinguished all these rumor fires before coming back.
Jiangnan, since ancient times, there are a lot of poems chanting Jiangnan, literati and scholars are very nostalgic for this place, in the impression of Qi Shu, Jiangnan is a water town, many buildings and acres are built around the river, extending in all directions.
Xizi Street in Shaoliang City is very much like a part of the Jiangnan reproduction, but it lacks the charm of Jiangnan. There should be a high mountain in the south of the Yangtze River, and at the foot of the mountain is a river, and there should be a flat boat or canopy on the river, which carries not only people, but also ospreys and red lanterns. The shore is a large bamboo forest, the bamboo forest to the inside, is a house of three or three, in front of the house or behind the house or next to the house should have a spring leek green, all kinds of melons and fruits. Further away from the houses are dense and bustling towns, where all the rivers that run through the streets and alleys eventually merge into the mighty waters.
Of course, these are all Qi Shu's own imaginations and fantasies in his head, what Jiangnan should look like, in short, it should be all kinds of good scenery.
It is said that the south of the Yangtze River is good, the sunrise river flowers are red, and the spring river is as green as blue. How could she Qi Shu not enjoy the good scenery of Jiangnan? Even if Gu Yutian is hazy, there is no hindrance, maybe it will be summer when he comes back, but it should be about the same.
"So long? Miss, is Jiangnan hot? The slaves and maids have never been to Jiangnan, and I heard them say that the fish in Jiangnan are particularly delicious. "I can't help but smack my lips when I mention the green oranges I eat, some yearning, and some greed.
"Won't you know then?" Qi Shu looked at the bamboo by the window for a long time before turning around and smiling at the green orange.
"Yes, yes, miss, I can't wait, let's go quickly." The green orange is really a bit boring, and the leaves in the courtyard fall to the ground on rainy days, and there are still so many sweeps around, so there is no need to sweep it.
There is no manual work for her to do, and her handiwork is very rough, so even if it is, Qi Shu will not let her do these things, but she can only watch them busy working around, and she herself does nothing, lying lazy on the table in Qi Shu's room. Mo Zhu ran around with the young lady, and he didn't know what to run.
"Get up, don't crumple the tablecloth, if you're really bored, go make me and Green Tangerine a pot of tea, just as I'm thirsty."
Midori pursed her lips, got up from the table, and went out unhappily.
Qi Shu walked to the table, took out a piece of white paper, and pressed it flat.
Mo Zhu saw Qi Shu like this, and knew that she was about to start writing, so she also rolled up her sleeves and prepared to grind ink for Qi Shu, from the first day she entered Qi Shu's courtyard in Qi Mansion, she had been grinding ink for Qi Shu.
After following the master for a long time, he naturally has a little understanding of writing and painting, and there is no doubt that Qi Shu's writing is excellent.
On weekdays, Mozhu is also happy to see Qi Shu learning characters and cultivating sentiments.
"Mozhu, is your mind calm?" The brush was dipped in it, and the full ink was partially sucked in, and before it fell on the paper, Qi Shu asked coldly.
"Miss, what you are asking, if the heart is quiet, won't people be cold? What's so good about a dead man? ”
"Poof, that's right, yes, Takami, Takami!" Qi Shu nodded happily, in fact, what she wanted to ask was whether Mo Zhu's heart was calm enough to settle down and not be so impetuous.
I don't know when it started, Qi Shu felt that his heart was quite unsettled, always fluctuating but not knowing why, more specifically, he didn't know who and what he was.
I couldn't help but tell my confusion today, I didn't expect to receive such an answer, this is really a surprise.
didn't say much about it, Qi Shu slowed down his breath, concentrated on the rice paper he was writing, and waved it.
After a while, when the green orange came back, all he saw was Mo Zhu and Qi Shu smiling. I couldn't help but wonder what they were talking about, so I immediately went over to look.
As a result, no one paid attention to her for a long time, which made Midori very angry.
Inadvertently glanced at Qi Shu's words on the table, and Green Tangerine couldn't help laughing, what is this? Miss's idea is really peculiar.
Above: A word is natural and new, and the luxury falls to see the truth.
As long as there is a place at the beginning and end of these words, they are all painted with small flowers by Qi Shu, the kind of extremely ordinary flowers, but they are placed on such a fat and round word, as if flowers are born from this word.
Next to the horizontal batch: nothing to do.
No wonder everyone is laughing like this, Qi Shu is really, thinking about it is a play, hahaha.
The laughter and laughter that came out of the Wanran Garden continued, as if they were infected with the raindrops that were still falling between the heavens and the earth outside, or they fell everywhere happily or mischievously, and some even hid them in people's necks excessively, and the ice people were full of excitement......
Three days later
The day of Qi Shu's departure.
This was discussed by Qi's father and mother at the same time, and the mother-in-law over there also got the news, saying that she was already waiting for Qi Shu's arrival.
Jiangnan is not very far from Shaoliang, but it is not very close, and it takes about two days to arrive by carriage.
They were going to a luxurious courtyard on the edge of the town of Gangnam, which was said to have been purchased by Qi Shu's mother-in-law's family since they moved to Gangnam.
The more it covers an area of 100 acres, there are more than 100 maids and servants in it, and the degree of food and clothing is not lost to those big families in Shaoliang City, so for Qi Shangshu, some of the more wealthy relatives can still come and go. As for those relatives who have neither property nor status, then do not associate with them.
Qi Shu didn't feel what was going on with whether she was rich or not, but she always felt that her mother-in-law, whom she had never met, suddenly invited her to be a guest so warmly, just as she said to Tang Lian at the beginning, if she didn't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, there must be something that would ask her to go.
With this kind of thought, when Qi Shu left the mansion, not counting those attendants, there were twenty-eight guards with him, just like Ning Ze said, he would secretly protect him, so she didn't have to worry, but even so, she had to bring some more guards, just in case.
Qi Shu encountered bandits, which was something that all the people in Shaoliang City knew, and Chen County, who had not succeeded in solving the case last time, specially dispatched two catchers to assist in order to show compensation, and asked them to personally escort Qi Shu to Jiangnan.
In this regard, Qi Shangshu's attitude was extremely cold, after all, at the beginning, the county magistrate pretended to be sick in order to evade responsibility, closed the door, and became a parent official in vain.
But fortunately, the large and small slaves, plus the head catcher and the guards, coupled with Ning Ze's secret protection, made Qi Shu's trip extremely reassuring.
Jiangnan, she hasn't been there yet, and the impression of her childhood has long been too clear, if it weren't for the poems that she left behind, Qi Shu really couldn't remember it at all, if it wasn't for her forgetfulness, it was her head that wasn't enough to remember.
There were two carriages, the first for their luggage and the second for them.
If it weren't for Qi's mother Tang Lian, who was reluctant to give up her youngest son Qi Wen, and said that she would go back to Jiangnan with Qi Shu to enjoy the scenery of Jiangnan, the reputation of the land of fish and rice would not be in vain.
Jiangnan Jing is a good person, and many famous people in Shaoliang City are honest and quality-oriented, most of whom are from Jiangnan, and they are "elegant businessmen" and "Confucian businessmen", and such businessmen are praised by everyone, and some of them are beyond the fame of petty officials in some places.
Before going to Jiangnan, Qi Shu also made a general revisit and understanding of Jiangnan.
To the south of the river is Jiangnan, and naturally, to the north of the river is Jiangbei.
Across the river, the gap is very large, take men as an analogy, men in Jiangnan will be more elegant, civilized, scholarly image is more sought after, while in Jiangbei men, the action behavior is very rough, like to drink wine and eat meat, informal.
It is said that there is a joke that the man in the south of the Yangtze River will be poured down by the man in the north of the Yangtze River. It is said that the men in Jiangbei drink alcohol in jars, and the cups are barrels.
As usual, Qi Shu told Green Tangerine and Mozhu what he saw without reservation.
Green orange and black bamboo are both listened to with relish and fascinated.
When Qi Shu was thirsty, he took the tea poured by Mozhu to moisten his throat, and Green Tangerine also took the opportunity to say: "Miss, are you a lover of reading?" Why do you think that every time you go to a place, you must see what there is here? ”
"I used to read books because I couldn't go anywhere, so I could only imagine what it was like through the records, Jiangnan I only had an impression when I was a child, and I don't remember most of what happened later, I only stayed in Jiangnan for a short time when I was a child, and I never grew up in Jiangnan."
"Miss, can we go out and play when we get to Jiangnan?" Green orange looked at Qi Shu expectantly and said.
"Of course, but we have to find someone from my mother-in-law's family to take us there, and if we get lost, we won't be able to find it."
"Yes, Miss!" Green Tangerine stood up excitedly, and hit the roof of the carriage with a "bang" on the top of his head, and couldn't help but scream. Seeing the silly appearance of the green orange, Qi Shu and Mo Zhu laughed so much that tears were about to fall.
"Okay, okay, don't make trouble, don't get annoyed." Seeing the green orange glaring at the two of them in annoyance, his little face flushed, Qi Shu also knew that he shouldn't laugh anymore, and he would be really angry if he laughed again. "When you arrive at Jiangnan's mother-in-law's house, you must be careful, don't be too ostentatious, after all, do you know under the fence?"
"Yes." Two tones.
So, Qi Shu, together with the two maids and a group of guards, left Shaoliang City and went straight to Jiangnan.
Ning Ze had already inquired about when Qi Shu would leave, and he didn't stop her from saying that he wanted to see her off, but he stood on the city wall when Qi Shu was queuing up to leave the city gate, watching Qi Shu pass from one end to the other, and then drive away from his sight.
Although there was a lot of reluctance, Ning Ze also knew that at this time, he should do his job well first, and then hurry up to take a detour to Jiangnan, so that he could go back to Shaoliang with Qi Shu.
Look at how fine he is?