Chapter 21 Qian Lei appreciates the story of the West Chamber
Guo Qianqian searched according to the map and quickly found Han Tianlei.
Han Tianlei was waiting for the rabbit, hiding in the grass, preparing to shoot a sika deer. Originally, he only planned to catch birds, but when a rare sika deer appeared, Han Tianlei became excited.
None of the little guys around him dared to make a sound, for fear of scaring away the sika deer.
Xiaolan walked over, and Xiaolan said that the young master was catching birds, so Xiaolan didn't make too loud noises. Xiaolan then came back to report Guo Qianqian's situation. Guo Qianqian didn't dare to destroy Han Tianlei's Yaxing, so she tiptoed to his side.
Han Tianlei looked back, pulled her to squat, and said in a low voice, "Why are you here?" ”
"Didn't you say bird hunting? How did you catch the deer? ”
Guo Qianqian's voice is also very quiet, almost a voice that can only be heard by the two of them.
"You don't understand this, deer taste better than birds."
Guo Qianqian didn't think so, and saw that Han Tianlei was concentrating on catching deer, so she didn't bother, and squatted in the bushes with him and waited quietly.
Han Tianlei waited for an opportunity to move, only to see that the sika deer was grazing with his head down, Han Tianlei quietly picked up the flying gun, pulled the wrench, and shot a short arrow at the neck of the sika deer.
The sika deer didn't have time to dodge, and after being hit by the arrow, it roared to the sky, fell to the ground and kept convulsing.
"Yes." Han Tianlei got up and ran over, grabbed the sika deer in his hand, and showed off to Guo Qianqian.
Guo Qianqian picked up a handkerchief and gently covered her mouth and nose, these wild meat seemed to her to be very dirty, and she didn't want to touch it at all.
Han Tianlei handed over the sika deer to the little maid, clapped his hands, walked to Guo Qianqian's side, and reached out to wrap his hand around Guo Qianqian's shoulder.
Guo Qianqian's face was a little unhappy, because Han Tianlei had just touched the sika deer.
Han Tianlei took her into his arms, but Guo Qianqian did not lean over.
Han Tianlei smiled: "Why did you come here to find me?" Do you want to hunt with me? ”
Guo Qianqian said coquettishly: "It's not." ”
"What's that for?"
Guo Qianqian didn't say anything, but Xiaolan said: "The young lady is angry in our house today. ”
"Oh?" Han Tianlei raised his eyebrows, "There is such a thing, let me hear about it." ”
"The young lady was walking in the Dark Fragrance Pavilion this morning, and the two maids in the Dark Fragrance Pavilion somehow talked about the young lady and said a lot of ugly things."
"What did they say?"
"They said," Xiaolan was hesitant, "said that the young lady used charm to seduce the young master, and then married into the mansion, and they also said, ......"
"Say what?" Han Tianlei spoke sharply.
"Say, the young lady is a concubine, and her status is low, so she is not worthy of you, young master."
Xiaolan said that Guo Qianqian wiped her eyes with a handkerchief in Han Tianlei's arms and pretended to cry.
"What a guts! Can you ask the names of the two maids? ”
Xiaolan said: "The slave maid heard that it is the spring rain and autumn frost that the Dark Fragrance Pavilion is responsible for cleaning every day. ”
Han Tianlei immediately ordered the little servant: "Pack up your things and go home." ”
Along the way, Han Tianlei carefully comforted Guo Qianqian, saying that after returning home, he would severely punish the two maids who chewed their tongues.
"I know you've been wronged, but don't worry, I'll do it for justice."
Qianqian cried and nodded.
Han Tianlei said again: "There is a newly opened restaurant in Yangzhou, how about I take you to eat?" ”
Guo Qianqian wanted to go, but she said, "Isn't there a cook in our house?" ”
"Alas, our chef hasn't changed for a few years, and I can't come up with any new tricks, I'm tired of eating." He held Guo Qianqian and said, "Let's go out to eat today." ”
Guo Qianqian smiled lightly and snuggled in his arms.
So the little guy who was driving turned around and went to the newly opened restaurant. After being full of wine and food, the two went to the theater to listen to the play. Han Tianlei likes to listen to "The Story of the West Chamber" the most, so he ordered "The Story of the West Chamber" again today.
Guo Qianqian has never heard of opera, but being surrounded by Han Tianlei makes it a little interesting.
The two of them sat next to each other, with a tea table in between.
Han Tianlei likes to cross his feet and listen to the play while eating melon seeds. Guo Qianqian doesn't like to eat melon seeds, and she hates it, so she just drinks tea casually.
Guo Qianqian picked up the teacup, opened the lid and smelled it, thinking that this ghost place would not be willing to use any good tea, but he didn't expect it to be the Longjing of West Lake. It really surprised Guo Qianqian.
Han Tianlei listened to it with great taste, Guo Qianqian couldn't understand the words of the play, so she asked Han Tianlei in a low voice from time to time. Han Tianlei has watched this play no less than thirty times, and the plot lines have long been familiar to him, so he lowered his head and explained the lines to her.
Guo Qianqian listened "oh oh", looking suddenly unconscious for a while, and then "giggling" for a while. The two of them just talked quietly across the pantry table.
Sometimes laughing too loudly will attract the disdain of the surrounding audience, but the two did not turn their faces to quarrel with others, but continued to talk about the plot in a whisper. Although the surrounding audience didn't like it, they didn't dare to do anything to them.
After listening to "The Legend of the West Chamber", half an hour has passed, but the first two plays have only been performed. The two drove back happily in a carriage, Guo Qianqian asked him about the plot behind "The Legend of the West Chamber", but he kept "half hugging the pipa and half covering his face", which hung her appetite.
The two entered Du Ruoxuan, and Guo Qianqian still pestered Han Tianlei to ask.
Han Tianlei sat on the edge of the bed and said, "You really want to know?" ”
Guo Qianqian nodded vigorously.
"Then you kiss me, and I'll tell you."
"Hmph." Guo Qianqian, don't overdo it.
"Don't want to know? That's it. He said as he made a posture of falling asleep.
"Hey!"
Guo Qianqian stopped him, and he sat up straight. She bent down, turned her face sideways and kissed him on the cheek. His hand ran through her slender waist and placed her on his lap.
Guo Qianqian hooked his neck with one hand: "You say." ”
"Ahem." He cleared his throat, "Listeners, please listen to Mr. Han Tianlei to explain the love story of Zhang Sheng and Cui Yingying to you - "The Legend of the West Chamber"!" ”
He deliberately lengthened the words "The Story of the West Chamber", and Guo Qianqian applauded with both hands.
"This is a lingering and sympathetic love, this is a legend of earth-shattering ghosts and gods, scholars Zhang Sheng and Cui Yingying are in love with each other, and they are in love, but they are constantly hindered by the snobbish Mrs. Cui, and even beat the mandarin ducks, so that the two lovers can not be together, and life and death are ......"
"Oops, hey." Guo Qianqian interrupted his generous statement, "Sir, I have heard this paragraph, the next paragraph, the next paragraph." ”
"You've heard it, but the other listeners haven't, so I have to talk to the other listeners."
"No, let's talk about the next paragraph." Guo Qianqian hugged his neck with disgust, "Xianggong." ”
"Good, good." He reluctantly agreed, "We saw that one come out when we were in the theater?" ”
"The matchmaker sent a message to Zhang Sheng for Cui Yingying."
"Oh, yes, yes, this matchmaker is willing to be the matchmaker between Zhang Sheng and Cui Yingying. Cui Yingying liked Zhang Sheng in her heart, but because of the face of the eldest lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion, it was difficult to say it clearly, so she wrote a letter and asked the matchmaker to transfer it to Zhang Sheng. When Zhang Sheng got the letter, he was very happy, and he went to the appointment to meet Cui Yingying in the evening......"
When Han Tianlei said that Zhang Sheng and Cui Yingying had made a private relationship, he stopped talking again.
"What about the back?" Guo Qianqian asked.
"Later......" He hugged Guo Qianqian and slept on the bed, "The back, keep it for next time." ”
"You say, this hangs my appetite like this." She rubbed his chest.
"If that's all said and done, what's the point of watching the show?" His chin rested against her head.
"Yes."
Guo Qianqian looked up at him and found that he had closed his eyes and was sleeping. She smiled and rested her head on his chest and fell asleep sweetly.
After Guo Qianqian woke up, she had already forgotten about the maid who said bad things about her. Han Tianlei did not mention it again.
When Guo Xiaoxiao and Jiang Zhiyuan returned to Yangzhou, it was July. The subordinates of the Guo Mansion no longer talk about her rights and wrongs as before.
Mr. Guo is old, and he has the intention of passing on the family business to Guo Xiaoxiao. In view of Guo Xiaoxiao's lack of experience in handling things, Master Guo thought of letting her help take care of the embroidery girls and discuss business with the guests.
Guo Xiaoxiao shirked at first, feeling that he might not be able to take on this heavy responsibility. But Xiaocui said that there is nothing important to do at the moment, and if she stays in the house all day, she is afraid that she will be gossiped about again.
Guo Xiaoxiao has a straight personality and doesn't care about this, but Mrs. Guo advises her, "People are terrible."
People's words are terrifying, yes, how many people have died under the coercion of people's words, and there are not a few who have been driven crazy and forced to death.
Guo Xiaoxiao thought about it carefully, and finally took over the work assigned by Master Guo.
The embroidered girl of the Guo family is an embroidered girl who has always been under the door of the Guo Mansion in the past, and the Guo family moved to Yangzhou, and they should not hesitate to move with them.
It's just that there are too many embroidered girls, and it is inconvenient to arrange to live in Guo's mansion, so Mr. Guo bought another building in Lilac Lane for the embroidered girls in Guo's mansion to live.
Guo Xiaoxiao followed Mr. Guo to Lilac Lane, and saw that the plaque of the building had three words written on it - "Zijin Fang".
Master Guo first called Yarong, the consul of Zijinfang. Yarong is an older embroidery girl, who used to be an errand boy under Guo Xiaoxiao's grandfather, from the "Ya" generation.
Later, the embroidery girls of the "Ya" generation were all old. The embroidered girl turned twenty-four years old, and she really had to get married, and Guo Xiaoxiao's grandfather couldn't help but let go.
Most of these embroidery girls are orphans, or their families are poor, and they can't support them, so they are sent to Guofu as embroidery girls, so they have something to eat.
Guo Xiaoxiao's grandfather was a benevolent old man, who took care of their meals and accommodation, and taught them the stitching of Shu embroidery, only asking for two things: one is that they learned that Shu embroidery cannot be passed on, and the other is that they can't leave the embroidery workshop before the age of twenty-four, and they will stay with them after the age of twenty-four.
Now in Zijinfang, the embroidery girls of the "Zi" generation account for the vast majority, and some of them are left by the previous "jade" generation. The "jade" generation is the second generation of Guo's embroidery girls, who are about 20 years old. The "son" generation is the third generation, and the age of the embroidered girl is about 14 years old.
Master Guo said: "Yarong, this is Xiaoxiao. ”
Yarong hurriedly saluted Guo Xiaoxiao.
Guo Xiaoxiao was flattered: "Aunt Yarong, don't be like this. In terms of generation, you are still my elder. ”
Master Guo smiled: "Yarong, you watched this child grow up, you don't have to be too restrained." ”