Chapter 62 Lotus Flowers
"Xiaoyu has seen Uncle Ma."
Pu Xiaoyu walked into the Autumn Moon Pavilion and saluted Ma Quansheng Wanfu.
"Okay, good, light rain comes, sit down."
Ma Quansheng stood up with a smile on his face and pointed to the stone bench opposite him.
"Xiaoyu thanked my uncle."
Pu Xiaoyu got up and smiled slightly, walked towards the seat, and sat down.
In the Autumn Moon Pavilion, Ma Wenyuan, who was leaning against a pillar and standing straight, seemed to be about to smile a flower on his face since he saw Pu Xiaoyu walking into the Autumn Moon Pavilion.
Ma Wenyuan sat down when he saw Park Xiaoyu, and hurriedly ran over to sit down on a stone bench next to the small round table.
"Hey, hey! You stinky boy, did I let you come and sit down? Get back to my feet. ”
Ma Quansheng slowly turned around and sat back in place, and when he saw Ma Wenyuan's hippie smiling face, his face sank, and he shouted very seriously.
"This, this, this? Daddy, I, I, I'm pouring tea, I'm going to pour tea for you Lao He Xiaoyu, pour tea. Come on, come on, come on, come on, have a cup of tea. ”
Ma Wenyuan stood up with a smile, took a white porcelain teacup with a lotus pattern on the outer surface from the mahogany tray on the small stone round table, and gently put it in front of Pu Xiaoyu; Then he picked up a very delicate and small white porcelain teapot in the tray and poured a cup of tea for Pu Xiaoyu.
"That's pretty much it. You stinky boy, look at your usual hairy habits? You see you pour a lot of tea, and it spills a lot. Are you done? ”
Ma Quansheng still had a calm face, and shouted coldly at his son Ma Wenyuan.
"It's over, Dad, I, I'm done, I'm done."
Ma Wenyuan gave his father a smile while putting the teapot back into the tray. Unexpectedly, with a "dang long" sound, it actually touched an upside-down empty cup in the tray.
"That's it? Don't you see that the cup in front of me is empty? ”
"Huh? It's, it's true. It's the son's carelessness and carelessness, haha! Come on, come on, my son will give you the old and full. ”
Ma Wenyuan stood up again with a hunched body, reaching out to pick up the teapot he had just put back in the tray.
"That's it! Put down, put down. If you want to drink tea, your father and I will come back by myself. You, you go to the courtyard next door first, go, go and play with your brother for a while, I have something to talk about with Miss Xiaoyu. ”
Ma Quansheng waved his right hand lightly and slapped away Ma Wenyuan's hand that reached over to take the teapot.
"Oh? This? Yes, Dad. I'll go. ”
Ma Wenyuan suddenly stopped smiling and stood up with a serious face.
"Xiaoyu, you can have a good chat with my father. I'm going to play with my brother for a while. Scold! It's been a long time since I've been with my brother. Excuse me. ”
Ma Wenyuan smiled softly and finished speaking to Park Xiaoyu, turned around and walked out of the Autumn Moon Pavilion.
"Come on, come on, Xiaoyu, you sit, you sit, just ignore him. Drink tea, you drink tea. ”
Pu Xiaoyu just saw Ma Wenyuan's departure, and couldn't help but slowly stand up again.
Ma Quansheng sat upright and raised his hand to beckon Park Xiaoyu to sit down.
"Xiaoyu! Uncle, this is the first time I've seen you, right? ”
Ma Quansheng saw that Pu Xiaoyu sat down a little uneasily, and while lifting the teapot in front of him to fill the empty cup in front of him with tea, he was talking nonsense.
"Yes, uncle. It's Xiaoyu who is too rude, and she hasn't taken the initiative to meet her. ”
Pu Xiaoyu smiled a little embarrassedly, picked up the teacup in front of him, and took a sip gently.
"Xiaoyu, what do you think of my tea? Come on, come on, put the cup down, and my uncle will come and add some more tea to you. ”
Pu Xiaoyu put down the teacup in his hand, smiled at Ma Quansheng and said thank you.
"This is the best Biluo spring tea, and the entrance is crisp."
"Oh? What else? I've heard a lot of people say that Miss Xiaoyu is well-read and knowledgeable, and she is also familiar with the tea ceremony. The old master Ling Zunpu has been teaching and educating people in Haizhou City for decades, which can be said to be full of peach and plum all over the world; and raised his own daughter to one, a big, and everyone is beautiful. Scold! Uncle is a rough man, and he can't come up with any words. Makes you laugh. Xiaoyu, I have a lot of respect for your father! ”
"This Biluochun is ......"
Pu Xiaoyu smiled and opened her mouth to talk about this Biluo spring tea, but was interrupted by Ma Quansheng again.
"Xiaoyu, how about you look at my lotus pond and Qiuyue Pavilion, as well as my yard before and after, how many times I go in and out?"
Ma Quansheng stood up as he spoke, slowly walked to a railing in the Autumn Moon Pavilion, and raised his eyes to look at the lotus pond in front of him.
Seeing this, Pu Xiaoyu also got up slowly, took a few steps forward, and stood about three steps behind Ma Quansheng's right side, looking at the lotus pond outside the Qiuyue Pavilion.
It's only the middle of March, and the lotus flowers in Haizhou have not yet appeared, and the lotus leaves in this pond are also uneven in size; Fat green lotus leaves are still very rare. This beautiful scenery of the infinite blue of the lotus leaves will still have to wait for a while to be able to see.
"Uncle's Autumn Moon Pavilion and the lotus pond in front of him complement each other very well. The lake and autumn moon are harmonious, and the surface of the lake has no wind mirrors and is not polished. In different seasons or at different times of the day, the feeling of standing in this Autumn Moon Pavilion is always different. And if it comes to June and July, this pond full of lotus flowers blooms......"
"Hahaha......"
Ma Quansheng stood by the railing in the pavilion, patted the railing in front of him with both hands, listened to the words of Pu Xiaoyu behind him, and suddenly raised his head and laughed loudly.
"Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu, you really deserve to be born in a scholarly family, but you know, my Ma family was born in a businessman. The pond in front of me was at the beginning, and it seems that when my eldest son Wencai was still very young, he once went out to play with the people in the house, and I don't know where he picked some lotus flowers, lotus pods, and lotus roots. Later, he yelled every day to go out and pick lotus flowers. Hehehe...... His mother died early, when the two brothers were young, although there were many maids in this courtyard, it still made me annoyed as an old man. Within a few days, I had this pond dug and planted lotus flowers in it. I asked people to transplant directly into other people's ponds that were already full of blooms, and it didn't matter how much it cost, as long as my big son didn't bother me anymore. It didn't take long for me to remember that Wen Yuan's kid, it seemed that he had only been in private school for a few days at that time. Every day when he came home, he shook his head and recited his "Three Character Sutra" by the lotus pond. One day, he said to me, "Daddy, daddy, if only there was a pavilion by this lotus pond." I didn't even ask why, and I was able to see the pavilion again. After a long time, once I came to this pavilion and saw a plaque with the words "Autumn Moon Pavilion" hanging on this pavilion. I found out that my youngest son had even chosen the name of the pavilion, and asked his subordinates to make a plaque on the street and hang it back. ”
Ma Quansheng said this, as if he was a little choked, and paused for a while; The Autumn Moon Pavilion was silent for a while.
"Xiaoyu, you also saw my eldest son just now, my eldest daughter-in-law is a good daughter; But she was born in the Naliu family. Wen Yuan likes you, and stole my set of "Twenty-four History" to honor your father, and thought he had a plan, thinking that I didn't know. That set of history books can be considered to be of full use in your father's hands. Xiaoyu, I can see that you also like our family Wenyuan. But after all, my Ma family has a big business, and what my Ma family needs is a young grandmother who can not only be knowledgeable, but also able to get out of the hall and see the world. After a hundred years, she will be the mistress of the Ma family, in addition to raising children, she must do her best to be a good helper to her husband, and she even has to work hard and take risks for the survival of my Ma family. The tree is big and the wind is blowing, and the wood show is destroyed by the forest wind. My Ma Quansheng has worked hard for so many years, so he can only be regarded as keeping his ancestral business. People say that I am the richest man and the richest person in Haizhou City, but there are many things that are not suitable for outsiders. Xiaoyu, are you ready to enter the door of Ma's house? ”
Ma Quansheng suddenly turned around, with a pair of slightly puffy eyes, staring sharply at Pu Xiaoyu who was standing silently in front of him.
Pu Xiaoyu's somewhat cramped and restless eyes dodged, but finally gradually calmed down.
Pu Xiaoyu raised her head slightly, and quietly looked at Ma Quansheng, who was looking at Ma Quansheng with a serious face in front of her, with her eyes level.
"Xiaoyu obeys the teachings of my uncle."
After saying this, Pu Xiaoyu lowered her head again and stopped talking.
In the Autumn Moon Pavilion, there is silence; In the courtyard next door, there was the sound of Ma Wencai's happy shouting, and the sound of Ma Wenyuan making a loud noise; But there was no sound of catkins coming. I think she is smiling head-on, watching the two brothers of the Ma family laughing and playing.
"Good!"
Ma Quansheng looked at Pu Xiaoyu who was standing with his head bowed in front of him, and after being silent for a while, he shouted loudly.
Ma Quansheng slowly turned around again and looked at the lotus pond outside the Autumn Moon Pavilion.
A gentle breeze blew through, far from the fine lotus leaves that covered the pond swaying in the wind.
"Xiaoyu! When the pond in front of you is covered with lotus leaves and the lotus flowers are in full bloom, that is, what you scholars say, what you scholars say, what 'the lotus leaves are infinitely green, and the lotus flowers are different red in the sun', I hope to hear you say in this autumn moon pavilion that your daughter-in-law Xiaoyu obeys her father's teachings. Do you understand? ”
"Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu understands."
Pu Xiaoyu slowly raised her head, her eyes calm and determined, looking at Ma Quansheng, who was facing away from her.