Chapter 42: The Death of the Peach
Cangjiang County, Shantao is already the third back, and he is familiar with the road.
Before, because of the embarrassing relationship between the Wang family and the Shan family, the Jin family avoided the Wang family's stall when they came to buy meat, but this time they led the mountain peach straight to the Wang pork shop.
"Weigh something...... Dalang's daughter-in-law? The eldest son of the Wang family, that is, the unmasked uncle of Shan Tao, held a bone chopping knife in his hand, and was a little surprised to see the visitor, and looked down at Shan Tao, "This is the daughter of the Erlang family?" ”
The relationship between the family and the mountain family eased, and the elders of the family also specially asked people to bring a message to the two sons who sold meat in the county, so although there was no movement before, the hall uncle still showed a warm smile.
"Hello in the lobby, my name is Shan Tao." Shan Tao obediently waved at the lobby uncle, and said auspicious words in his mouth, "I wish the lobby uncle a prosperous business in the New Year, and make money every day." ”
Although it is almost impossible to open a pork shop and make money every day, but who doesn't like to please a good mouthful, the lobby uncle smiled even more when he heard this, and grabbed a copper in the money box and stuffed it to Shantao: "Good, take it to buy candy to eat." It's the first time my cousin has seen you, and you really look like your sister-in-law. ”
The copper plate had some oil stains, and the elder gave it away, and Shan Tao bowed again without prevarication and put it in his small satchel.
"No, the head of the family said that the second brother is more like his mother-in-law than him, and the lower half of Siya's face is carved out of the same mold as her father."
After splitting up, the Jin family mentioned that the mother-in-law directly said that the Wang family died early, and looked closer to the Wang family, chatted with the lobby uncle for a few words, and then bought meat, the big pot of rice did not need to be too fine, bought some suitable for stewing, and bought a few catties of big stick bones to boil the soup.
It's the New Year's Day, and it's rare to buy so much meat in one go, plus it's your own relatives, and the lobby uncle half sells and gives a lot of it, and the two rooms have their own food.
There are few vegetarian dishes in winter, and there is no need to buy some easy-to-store ones at home, only some loose wine, and it is good to warm up your body in winter.
After the things were purchased, the two of them went to the county office, and the courtyard where the county commander lived was connected to the county office, and the door was guarded.
Ordinary people who are not traitors rarely have the opportunity to contact the county government, and the Jin family is still doing the psychological construction of knocking on the door, and Shan Tao has been busy stepping forward and knocking on the side door.
"You...... Who to look for? The door opened a crack in the door, and when I looked down, I saw Shan Tao, and when I saw such a small doll knocking on the door, I didn't look like a relative of the county order.
"Happy New Year, eldest brother, I want to find the embroidery lady who bought a dowry for Miss Gao, her name is Du Yingqiu, I am her daughter, come and send her something." Shan Tao said hello smartly, counted some copper plates and gave them to the porter, and then gave a big smiley face.
It sounds like she's looking for help, although the little girl doesn't pay much for running errands, but the porter who speaks well also agrees, "Okay, wait." ”
After a while, there was a rush of footsteps behind the door, Du Yingqiu pushed the door open, hugged the mountain peach who pounced up, and couldn't do it happily, "Tao Tao, why are you here?" ”
"Tao Tao misses his mother." Shan Tao hugged Du Yingqiu's arm and looked at her face again, except that she was a little blue at the moment, she didn't look thin, "Mother, how are you doing embroidery, how long will it take to go home?" ”
Seeing Shan Tao's scrutiny, Du Yingqiu touched her head with relief, "It's almost the end of the month, don't worry, my mother eats well and dresses well." What happened to you and your father? ”
There is a porter watching from the side, and the mother and mother can't say that the parents are too small, and they report each other's safety, Shan Tao took out a poem he copied and showed it to Du Yingqiu, Du Yingqiu didn't open his mouth to praise, and a question came from the door.
"Is the daughter of Qiu Niangzi's family here?" The person who came was Qingmei, the right-hand man beside Mrs. County, although she was asking, she was sure, "Mrs. said that Mrs. Qiu worked hard and did not reunite with her family during the New Year's Festival. ”
A temporary worker of the county commander's family came to a relative, why did the county magistrate's wife send someone to greet him?
Shan Tao felt that something was wrong, but it was inconvenient to ask, so he only threw Du Yingqiu a puzzled look.
Du Yingqiu's brows frowned first, then calmed down, and patted Shan Tao's back soothingly, "Mrs. Xie is kind, but my daughter is young and doesn't understand the rules, so I'm afraid of colliding with the nobles in the house......"
"Ling Yuan's slave maid has seen it, and she is a very smart one." Qingmei interrupted Du Yingqiu's prevarication with her mouth, and said with a smile, "Miss is usually a girl's companion, and I am afraid that I am worried when I see that I am going to get married, so it is good for Qiu Niangzi to take Ling Yuan to talk to Miss." ”
Having said that, Du Yingqiu couldn't shirk it anymore, so she briefly explained the situation to the Jin family, asked her to eat tea at the concierge and wait for a while, and then took Shan Tao into the county mansion.
A county mansion, the scenery is nothing, the mountain peach who is used to seeing extravagance doesn't even give a superfluous look, only holding his mother to walk, but calling Qingmei a side look, thinking that it is rare to be quiet at a young age.
Soon, the mother and daughter were taken to Miss Gao's boudoir, an exquisite embroidered building, with three windows open in the hospitality area, and tulle to shelter from the wind.
Taking advantage of Qingmei to invite Miss, Du Yingqiu whispered to Shan Tao about Miss Gao, and Mrs. County Ling asked her to come was indeed temporary, thinking of making her daughter happy.
"Miss Gao only arrived a few years ago, and this family business was in a hurry, and she felt a little guilty. In addition, Su Ri is frail, coughs a lot, and is even more upset about getting married. Du Yingqiu looked at the clear eyes of the mountain peach, knowing that she understood people's hearts, so she didn't say much, "Just say some gossip." ”
As soon as the mother and daughter breathed, Miss Gao was carried by two maids, wearing a light dress, slender figure, eyebrows like a distance, and the powder compress did not completely suppress the weak color.
Glancing at Shan Tao, Miss Gao was amused and helpless, and said to Qingmei: "Mother thinks I can talk to the little doll?" It's hard to bother with you. ”
Without waiting for Qingmei to explain, Miss Gao waved her hand, "That's it, just take it as a mother's heart." You all go down, Qiu Niangzi, you are also busy, I will accompany Ling Yuan to sit for a while and eat snacks. ”
Du Yingqiu was not worried about the two being alone, so she put her mind to continue to catch up, and the other maids also withdrew from the living room and guarded under the porch.
"Eat, ignore me." Although Miss Gao has a posture, she doesn't have much of a stand for the little doll, and pushes a few plates of delicate and delicious dim sum in front of Shan Tao, "What are you holding in your hand?" ”
I forgot to give the words I wanted to show Du Yingqiu, and Shan Tao unfolded it and put it on the table, "I want to bring the words I learned recently to my mother." ”
There is some faint ink on the inferior paper, and the words are still immature, but the wind and bones are faintly visible, "the peach is dying, and it is scorching......"
At the beginning of the sentence, Miss Gao stretched out her hand and rubbed the paper, her face was a little melancholy, "It's a good poem, and the words are good, but I'm afraid I won't be able to see this year's peach blossoms on Yanxia Mountain." ”