Chapter 44: The Visit
Back in Jiafu, Jiang Yan asked her mother-in-law who managed the garden for a half-meter-high large flower pot, changed the sweet potato seedlings, and put them under her eaves. She wanted to find a vacant land to plant, but unfortunately every flower and plant in Rongqing Hall was watched by a special person, and she planted her front foot with her back foot to let people pull it out as a weed, so it was better to be safe under her nose.
This movement was quite big, and the idle people in Jiangyun Xuan came to see the excitement, and the little maid Huixiang asked curiously: "Sister Danyu, what kind of flower is this?" How come I haven't seen anything like this? ”
Jiang Yan shook her head, "I don't know, on the way back, I met a flower seedling seller, the man said that he was digging it in the mountains, I haven't seen this flower, so I want to buy it back and raise it to see, anyway, it's not worth a few pennies." ”
As soon as everyone heard that it was worthless, they dispersed, and it didn't look like a precious flower species, it was estimated that it was a wildflower in the countryside, and there was nothing to look at.
Fooling the others over, Jiang Yan was also a little worried about what the sweet potato would bloom, but she quickly put it aside, anyway, when it bloomed, these people would probably have forgotten about it a long time ago, and it didn't matter if it opened or not.
She remembered that sweet potatoes were very easy to grow, and they were drought tolerant and did not pick the ground, but in the 21st century, she had a precedent of watering too many cactus balls and rotting roots, for fear that she would water too much and die.
She was so serious that it caused a burst of jokes from others, and it was Mrs. Li who was in charge of the old lady's favorite plant in the Spring Dawn of the Han Palace was not so dedicated, but she was interested in a wildflower.
Everyone just laughed a few words, but no one objected to her. Originally, they lived in the lower room, and this thing couldn't hinder the eyes of the master, and Jiang Yan didn't need help from others on weekdays, so why did they bother to talk so much to dislike people.
When Jiang Yan got up the next day, she found that she had a sore throat, thinking that it was because she had just gotten up, so she didn't take it to heart and went to do her own work as usual. By noon, even her teeth began to hurt, and Jiang Yan felt bad. Thinking about how many lychees she ate yesterday, she estimated that it was on fire. It's okay now, Jiafu cuisine is greasy, and the food box she just brought over is full of chicken, duck and fish, she can't eat any of them, and even the rice is hard to swallow.
The maid is sick and has to go home to raise it, Jiang Yan bought it from outside, and she doesn't have any relatives in Jiafu, but she just cleaned up an empty house in the next room and lived for two days. That kind of house is not cleaned on weekdays, and people who are really sick will only get sicker when they go in, and she doesn't want to go.
In fact, Jia Baoyu has always been kind to the maids, even if you are sick, you don't necessarily have to move out, if you don't want to go out and lie in the house for two days, the pills in the house are always available. The last time he attacked someone, he was cold, and he also helped to ask a doctor for medicine. It's just that Jiang Yan thinks that she doesn't have the face to attack people, and who knows if today's little thing will become an excuse for others to make trouble in the future, but she remembers that a joke on weekdays when she copied and inspected the Grand View Garden can make people roll up and leave, and she won't attract people's eyes for a fire.
Fortunately, she was in charge of the tea stove, and she found a mung bean soup that she boiled under the fire, and made chrysanthemum tea, and the meal only said that she had eaten too much when she went home and had no appetite to share it with the little maids, and no one found her uncomfortable for a few days.
Not two days after sending the lychee to the Qing'an Hou Mansion, Xie Jingxing took a break, and he planned to go to the Rongguo Mansion to thank Jiang Yan in person. Xie Jingxing used to come to Jia Baoyu directly, and they usually didn't pay attention to these juniors, but since he had a position, Qing'anhou specially assigned a person to be responsible for his personal contacts, and writing posts was also included. He sent someone to deliver the post in the morning, and came over in the afternoon, Jia Baoyu left early in the school for a while, and simply only went for half a day after receiving the post, staying at home and waiting for guests.
Jia's mother saw that it was Xie Jingxing who handed over the post, so she naturally didn't disagree, but Baoyu's outer study has been locked up since he went to the clan school, and he just let people go in and clean it every day, and the furnishings and decorations inside are old, and he can't change it for a while, so he can't use it to entertain guests, so he asked him to meet guests directly in the east wing of the front yard of Rongqing Hall, Xie Gongzi is only sixteen years old, and it is not rude.
Baoyu had been bored for a few months, and he didn't have much chance to meet that group of friends, so he was naturally extremely happy to see that Xie Jingxing was coming. When he went to school in the morning, he repeatedly instructed the attacker to prepare his recent books and paintings, let Qingwen prepare the clothes for the guests, and asked Jiang Yan to take out the maple dew tea, brew it a few times, and use it when he was entertaining guests in the afternoon, as well as food, and several big girls gave him an explanation to do.
Qingwen and the others were so excited when they saw him, and they all teased him, "It can be seen that he is so stuffy, even if he comes back at noon, it is too late, where is it so urgent." But he still did as he instructed, rummaging through the boxes and cabinets and began to get busy.
When Xue Baochai came over, she saw such a busy scene, she was originally looking for an attacker, and when she saw this, she couldn't help asking, "What are you doing here?" Brother Bao didn't go to school, why are you still so busy? ”
"The others went to school, but the words stayed," the attacker welcomed her into the side hall and sat down, "The third prince of the Qing'an Hou Mansion is coming over in the afternoon, so let's prepare first." ”
Baochai said: "But Qing'anhou, who was in charge of the Northwest Battalion before and is now under the command of Du Taiwei? ”
"It's this one, or Miss Bao is well-informed, and I don't know about these court officials, or I only know it after listening to what the second master said."
"My brother walks around and comes back to talk to us about the outside, and I know a little more than you. Moreover, my uncle is the ruler of the nine provinces, and he happens to be a subordinate of this Qing'an Hou, so he naturally knows some about him. Baochai smiled and changed the subject, "Then the old lady is no longer restrained by Baoyu?" ”
The attacker said helplessly: "Gongzi Xie is a rare guest, a few years ago, he often came to find the second master, and last year the second master went to study in the clan school, and he came less." The old lady wanted to let Bao Erye study for a while, but in the end she opened her mouth and let him meet the guests. It's only half a day. ”
The two said a few words, and Baochai saw that Qianyun Xuan was busy, so he didn't bother anymore, and went to find Yingchun to visit the spring by himself.
In the afternoon, Xie Jingxing went to the Rongguo Mansion, and after meeting Jia's mother, he and Baoyu went to the east wing, after all, the main house was full of maids, and Xie Jingxing was not comfortable as a foreign man.
The two of them were talking in the east wing, and they didn't want others to wait, so the attacker and the others retreated, Jiang Yan walked to the door with the colorful maple dew tea, and the attacker instructed her, "The two masters don't like to be disturbed, you can come out quickly after the tea." ”
Jiang Yan nodded yes and entered the house with the tea tray.