Chapter 245: Face
After Zhou Ziyu left the capital, Zhang Jinwen never saw the Zhou family again.
She thought that if she met the Zhou family, she would pretend to meet a stranger.
Every time she saw Zhou Zimao, she did just that, but there was no embarrassment and discomfort as she imagined.
When she heard Tang Shilang's voice, Zhang Jinwen quickly put on a nonchalant expression.
Ma Qingfeng and Zhou Zhengyi stopped at the door of the tea room for a moment, and then they rushed in.
Zhang Jinwen stood up from the tea table, stepped forward, lowered her eyelids, and saluted everyone: "Meng Zhang has seen Zhou Siqing, Ma Shilang!" ”
Ma Qingfeng smiled and returned the salute: "Assistant Teacher Zhang, long time no see!" I came uninvited, I want to ask for a cup of tea and soup! He pointed at Zhou Zhengyi and said, "And Zhou Siqing, haha, it's not me who is abrupt." ”
Zhou Zhengyi smiled and arched his hand: "Assistant Teacher Zhang, long time no see." ”
Zhang Jinwen also squeezed a smile out, and when she heard Zhou Zhengyi's voice, a trace of grievance suddenly appeared in her heart, and the corners of her mouth twitched.
At this critical moment, Mrs. Tang gave full play to the talent of the second shopkeeper, stepped forward to block Zhang Jinwen, and said with a smile: "I came here uninvited!" ”
Tang Shilang laughed and said, "Exactly, and I came earlier than you, and I even ate the dim sum." ”
Ma Shilang already knew about the marriage contract of the Zhou Mansion, and sensitively saw that Zhang Jinwen's expression was unnatural, glanced at Zhou Zhengyi, smiled knowingly, and turned to the dining table to read the snacks and side dishes.
Mrs. Tang glanced at Tang Shilang, turned back to Zhang Jinwen and said, "Jin'er, it seems that you still have to get some snacks and side dishes, and I will take care of this tea and soup for me." ”
Zhang Jinwen bowed slightly, turned around and went out.
Out of the tea room, Zhang Jinwen's tears welled up again, she hurriedly pressed the corner of her eye with a handkerchief, and walked quickly to the kitchen.
Ma Qingfeng caught a glimpse of Zhang Jinwen leaving, pointed at Zhou Zhengyi with his finger, nodded, and laughed again.
Tang Shilang looked inexplicable: "What kind of dumb riddle are you playing, let's talk about it." ”
Ma Qingfeng said: "Don't say it, don't say it!" ”
These people, in addition to the identity of officials, can be regarded as Zhang Jinwen's elders, so naturally they will not talk about Zhang Jinwen's private affairs as gossip.
However, Mrs. Tang felt so sorry for Zhang Jinwen, and it was inconvenient to ask Zhang Jin's relatives, so she made another cup of tea, followed Zhang Jin's example and served it to Ma Qingfeng and Zhou Zhengyi, and then gave Tang Shilang a look, signaling him to hurry up and continue to ask the topic just now.
Tang Shilang was proud of his uninvited privileges, so he introduced the name of the tea room with great interest: "Do you know why it's called 'Xingyun'?" When I was recuperating here, Mrs. Zhang told us and my wife about the way of health preservation, saying that this health preservation must be like the four seasons of this mountain and a river, the heart should be like the clouds flowing through the wind without a trace, and the wisdom should be like flowing water, sometimes water, sometimes air, sometimes ice. So, I happily inscribed the word 'Xingyun'. ”
Ma Qingfeng asked with a smile: "Where is the 'flowing water'?" ”
Tang Shilang was asked all of a sudden, and after listening for a while, he sneered and said: "I have shallow knowledge and no wisdom, so I have to leave those two words to others to inscribe." Ma Shilang, you have always been known as the rich five-car, I think, it is better for you to write it. ”
Just because Ma Qingfeng refused to say what he was laughing at just now, Tang Shilang raised the bar with him.
This sentence hit Ma Qingfeng's heart: "Alas, Tang Shilang, I won't tell you anything, I gave the name of 'Qianjintang' and I wrote the signboard." Is this 'flowing water', I'm embarrassed to be beautiful, so I'll leave it to Mrs. Zhang to choose. ”
These people were drinking tea in the tea room, talking happily.
Over there, Zhang Jinwen was in a sad mood, and she couldn't make snacks in the kitchen, Aunt Zhang was doing it.
Aunt Zhang looked at Zhang Jin's pale little face, and when she heard that Zhou Zhengyi was coming, she was a little worried: "Jin'er, there are so many guests today, are you busy?" ”
With such a bad face, it will indeed be a little rude in front of the elders.
Zhang Jinwen didn't want to go over either, she didn't know how to face Zhou Zhengyi, she thought it would be a family, but now she was embarrassed.
With her way, she can't hold it up.
Zhang Jinwen reluctantly nodded: "It's okay." ”
Now she was hoping that the Seven Heroes would come over early, and she would have an excuse not to go to the tea room.
Either a few patients come to Qianjintang, she can be busy.
If you are in a bad mood and the teapot is unstable, where does the way to maintain your health begin?
Aunt Zhang sliced the dim sum and put it on a plate, and told Zhang Jinwen: "Jin'er, Xiuxiu's body was weaker than you back then, and in those days when she was an official slave, she talked and laughed with your father every day like no one else, you must be able to do better than her." ”
At the critical moment, someone reminded her, and Zhang Jinwen immediately jumped out of her small emotions, and suddenly had the courage again: "Understood." ”
Aunt Zhang gently pinched Zhang Jin's face: "Jin'er, this is the best, Aunt Zhang loves to see you laugh." A good mood leads to good luck, right? ”
Zhang Jinwen nodded vigorously: "Yes!" ”
Zhuxin stood at the door of the kitchen and asked, "Jin'er, the little guy brought by Lord Zhou brought a basket of cured meat, and the little guy brought over with two boxes of ham." There are also red beans, glutinous rice, sesame seeds, and pepper. ”
Zhang Jinwen asked Zhuying to bring the dim sum side dishes to the tea room, and walked to the courtyard to look at the ingredients.
"Senior Brother Zhuxin, how much rice wine does Aunt Zhang brew?" Zhang Jinwen decided to add two dishes, such authentic cured meat and ham, it must be accompanied by rice wine, and it tastes good enough.
Zhuxin immediately replied: "There are still three jars of rice wine for two years, and there are still thirty jars of rice wine for one year." ”
Zhang Jinwen was stunned for a moment, but she didn't expect that there was still a lot of rice wine in stock.
People here in Chang'an City like to drink sorghum wine, and people who drink a lot of wine can drink a year's new wine, and some can drink three or five catties.
"Senior Brother Zhuxin, carry the ham and cured meat to the kitchen, put the rest in the warehouse, and you go and bring a jar of rice wine."
Zhang Jinwen regained her composure, personally picked a ham, told the bamboo core to cut a finger-thick piece of meat, cut the fresh bamboo shoots into large pieces, and added four pheasants to stew together. I picked a few large pieces of cured meat, asked Aunt Zhang to cut thin slices, mixed well with Shu pepper powder, and put them in a large pot and fried them slowly over low heat. Scoop two large pots of rice wine, mix it with rock sugar, and put it on a small stove to warm it.
Concentrate on doing all this, and Zhang Jinwen's mood slowly calmed down.
As soon as she walked to the door of the tea room, she heard Zhou Zhengyi say: "Tanzhou Mansion is wet and cold in winter, and it is as cold inside and outside the house, and lighting a charcoal brazier does not have much effect." Moreover, the charcoal is very damp, and it is full of smoke when it is lit, and the charcoal brazier is placed in the house, and there are also cases of getting up the next morning to smoke people to death. Fortunately, we don't have to go back to that sin. ”