Mrs. Xue pulled Qian Yan and said a few more words, and then asked her to have breakfast first, otherwise it would be cold for a while.

It's summer, but I don't know if it's because of the old building inside this house, but it's much cooler than the outside.

Only then did she look at the food on the table, there was bird's nest soup, thick rice porridge, and a few refreshing side dishes, some wanted to eat sweets, and two plates of dim sum, a small plate with five pieces of dim sum, arranged in a plum shape, looking very exquisite.

There are exactly five of them, and one person is good at dividing one.

Tilt Yan is not polite, and the table is small and you don't have to stretch out your arms to pick up vegetables, so I tasted everything.

I found that there was nothing delicious in this ancient period that she thought before, it was still one-sided, it should be because some good cooks and materials are in some big families, and there are snack bars or general restaurants outside, and there are basically not too many ancestral skills.

The kind of people who have craftsmanship, most of them like to work in some big families, and they don't have to be busy all day long, as long as they prepare the master's three meals or snacks, and they won't go to that kind of restaurant to get tired.

The people who work there are probably some cooks who know ordinary dishes, or some half-hangers who have learned a little fur, so they don't think it's very delicious.

Another thing to say, the current ingredients are still not complete, and there are not as many sauces as there are in the market.

Of course, just looking at the porridge and snacks in the morning, you can't see it, the side dishes are really salty, fragrant and refreshing, but I don't know how the dishes for lunch or dinner are.

Spicy, spicy and other estimates don't think about it, one is that the chili pepper is not known to have passed over, and the current spicy taste is made of pepper, and the other is the north here, and the people here are not used to eating it, most of them are salty or thick red sauce.

Breakfast was very simple, not a large amount, and everyone finished eating in a while.

Xue Minghua's two children have good manners at the table, and they will not make a sound when they chew the vegetables steadily, they must have learned from Xue Minghua since they were children, and they are not timid at all.

This shows the importance of a mother's upbringing.

Several people rinsed their mouths and washed their hands, asked the maids to remove the dishes on the table, Mrs. Xue asked the maids to help Xue Minghua, and they entered the next room together.

Before entering the next room, she thought it was a master bedroom or something, but it turned out to be a living room.

Think about it, the ancients would not bring guests into the bedroom, they generally entertained guests in the hall, if it was close relatives and family, it should be in this kind of small living room living room to chat.

Entering the house, the maid helped Xue Minghua to sit on the soft couch on the side, and the two children also sat down next to their mothers.

Qian Yan couldn't squeeze there with her, so she sat on the round stool next to the flower stand on the side, and Mrs. Xue sat on the Taishi chair on the side.

The maid gave tea again, and Mrs. Xue asked her to retreat and let her guard at the door.

Qian Yan glanced at the maid, it was not Chun'er before, nor Xiaoju who asked her to come over to eat before, she looked older than the two of them, and she should be the big maid next to Mrs. Xue's henchmen.

After the maid went out, Mrs. Xue said: "Because Minghua came back suddenly, we didn't prepare in advance, so the master went to arrange it first, and then passed on the news of their mother's return in two days."

It was explained to the outside that Hua was married at her foreign house, but her husband died of a sudden illness, and she was a new widow, because her in-laws did not allow it, so we took their mother back.

In this way, there is an explanation to the outside world, and Minghua will be able to deal with it when he goes out in the future, so he doesn't have to worry about gossip. ”

At this time, there are still few divorced women after all, and it is easy to attract strange eyes from others, if it is said that the widow who has died her husband will be fine, and there are many widows in this war era, and no one will say anything if she remarries.

Hearing Mrs. Xue say this, she felt a little embarrassed, she didn't need to tell her about this, she was just an outsider after all.

The reason why Mrs. Xue said this in front of Qian Yan was that she felt that she escorted her daughter and granddaughter back, and she should tell the other party about this, otherwise it seems that their Xue family is afraid that their daughter will lose face and dare not publicize it, which can be regarded as an explanation to the benefactor, so that the family knows that it is not in vain.

After saying this, Mrs. Xue asked what Qian Yan was going to do next.

Qian Yan immediately replied: "Since Sister Minghua is fine, I will stay here for another day today, and I will leave tomorrow morning to continue my travels, and I will continue to go south, and there are many places I haven't been to." ”

Xue Minghua was a little reluctant, "It's better to stay here for a few more days, although my legs and feet are not good, but I can let someone take you outside for a good stroll, this Xingtang Mansion is not small, and you can't finish shopping in one day." ”

She knew that Qian Yan had never been to this Xingtang Mansion, and she should want to have a good time when she thought about it.

Qian Yan hurriedly refused, "No, no, I'll just go out for a walk by myself for a while, and I'll bother at the house for one night, and I'll leave tomorrow morning." ”

When Mrs. Xue heard that she would leave tomorrow, she also kept her and said: "It's so urgent, anyway, it's all about going out to travel, that is, to play everywhere, where to play is not fun, it's better to stay in Xingtang Mansion for a few more days, there are still a lot of fun places here, I will let you take you to see them one by one."

After two days, the master has arranged Minghua's affairs, and the family will definitely hold a banquet and invite the befriended ladies to come over to meet Minghua and the two children. ”

More than ten years have passed, and many people's weddings and funerals have changed several times, and they must be introduced to the diplomatic community.

"When the time comes, you can get to know people together, and the banquet here is still very lively."

Qian Yan still shook her head and said: "I have made an appointment with others before, and tomorrow I will rush back to Hancheng to meet people, so just take a look at this Xingtang Mansion today, if you can't wait for me, it will be bad, and you may not be able to contact me later." ”

After that, the three of them came and went back and forth, and finally saw that Qian Yan really couldn't stay, so the two of them didn't persuade anymore, but when they heard that Qian Yan was going to go outside, they took out a silver ticket and a purse, and the purse should be broken silver.

Qian Yan hurriedly refused: "Uncle doesn't have to be like this, I have money on me, and there is a lot of it, I just sold eight horses when I entered the city, and I got a lot of silver."

And it's just a blind stroll, and you don't necessarily buy things. ”

Mrs. Xue looked disgusted, "What's yours is yours, this is what I gave as an uncle, as the saying goes, the elders don't dare to resign, this is the pocket money given by the uncle, and you are not allowed to refuse!" ”

This time, Mrs. Xue said that she didn't refuse anything, and stuffed it directly into her satchel, and as a result, she touched the little leopard.

Mrs. Xue was startled by the furry of her subordinates, and hurriedly withdrew her hand. "This ...... There's still a living one in here? ”

Before Qian Yan could speak, Huan'er spoke, "Grandmother, she is rich, she is my aunt's little leopard, but she looks good!" ”

Mrs. Xue was still a little puzzled when she heard "rich", until she heard the little leopard, and she was really startled.

"Little leopard? Still alive! Where did you get that? Can the she-leopard let you go? I've heard that this beast is the best at protecting cubs, and it is very vindictive, and some of them will even chase after thousands of miles! ”

Qian Yan took the little leopard out of the satchel that was temporarily tied with cloth and handed it to Mrs. Xue.

"Uncle, you see, this little leopard has just been a few days after the full moon, and I rescued it in the mountains and forests.

We were camping in the mountains when a female leopard suddenly came running up, and we were so startled that we thought they were going to attack us.

The leopard looked at me with pleading eyes, so I tried to ask it if there was anything he needed help with. As a result, the leopard was so humane that he nodded at me!

So I followed him to the vicinity of his burrow, and found the little leopard falling into a very thin crack in the rock.

The female leopard was very smart, she couldn't get it herself, and she knew that she ran to the crowd to ask for help, so I helped save the little leopard at that time.

As a result, because of the long time, the mother leopard's milk went back, and she couldn't feed it anymore, so she arched her nose and pushed the little leopard to me and asked me to take the baby leopard away.

I also knew that if I didn't take it with me, this little guy would have to die, so I had to take it with me and keep it. ”

Mrs. Xue's face was incredulous, "This is too bizarre!" Then the female leopard can't be a sperm, right? And the female leopard can't live without milk, how did you feed it? ”

She was curious about that.

Qian Yan said with a smile: "I originally wanted to try rice soup, if this little baby has no milk to drink, isn't it all raised with rice soup, but I was lucky, on the way back, I actually met a female goat, and now there is milk!" I've been raising it until now, and it's ready to eat something soft. ”

She can't say that the little leopard hasn't been weaned yet, otherwise it's not easy to explain, there was milk to drink on the road yesterday, but this night has passed, the little leopard hasn't eaten, and the milk in the gourd can't be put for so long.

When Mrs. Xue heard this, she was led to turn the topic to the little leopard's food.

Why didn't you just put it out when you had breakfast? You can also get it some food, is it hungry now?

As a woman, she has no resistance to the fluffy little cub at all, so she couldn't help but take it and take the little leopard into her arms and rub it.

Fortunately, the little leopard didn't recognize life, and rubbed her hand when it was comfortable, and snorted at her a few times.

Qian Yan pretended to take out a piece of unpackaged muscle-flavored compressed biscuits in her shoulder bag, "I can't drink the milk I brought yesterday, and the one it ate this morning can be eaten when it is soaked in water, and it can also be used for grinding its teeth." ”

This compressed biscuit is a long strip, it looks like a baked pastry, and it is not very strange, it is as long as a finger and two fingers wide, so I am not afraid that the little leopard will swallow it directly and get stuck in his throat.

Mrs. Xue took the biscuit in Qian Yan's hand, took it in her hand and looked at it, "Such a hard thing, can the little leopard bite it?" ”

As he spoke, he handed it to the little leopard's mouth, and the little leopard sniffed it, smelled the fragrant smell of meat, and opened his mouth to bite it.

Mrs. Xue saw that it was biting hard, and she was a little worried that it would burst its little milk teeth.

Fortunately, this one is indeed easy to dissolve, and it softened after being softened by the saliva in the mouth of the little leopard for a while, and it was bitten out of a gap after a while.

Now Mrs. Xue liked it even more, and said to Qian Yan: "Qian Yan, you go out for a walk by yourself, just put it here with me, I'll show you, don't worry, I will take care of it."

It should be able to drink some when it is just weaned, we have cow milk and goat milk, and we usually make snacks, and I will let people take some to feed it after a while. ”

When Qian Yan heard this, she didn't object, so she said to Mrs. Xue: "Then it's troublesome, auntie, it will hum when it's hungry, and if it finishes eating and drinking, it will want to go conveniently, you can take it to the toilet, or let it be in the grass by itself, it will be convenient for itself......"

Mrs. Xue listened with a serious face, nodded again and again: "Okay, okay, don't worry, I will definitely show you a good look, you have to be careful when you go out by yourself, especially in Nanshi, I heard that there are a lot of pickpockets over there, otherwise I will let the little people in the house follow you." ”

Qian Yan hurriedly shook her head, "No, no, I'll pay attention to it myself, it's uncomfortable for someone to follow me, then it's bothering the uncle, I'm going to play......"

After finishing speaking, she ran out, afraid that the other party would bring someone to her again.

But he still didn't escape Xiao Ju, who was guarding the door.

"Miss Tilt Yan, I'll send you to the west gate, it's closer to go out."

said that without waiting for Qian Yan to refuse, he walked in front and led the way.

She only followed her towards the outside of the courtyard.

When she just went out, in fact, Qian Yan saw the envy on Fulai and Huan'er's faces, and she should also want to go out to play, if she really had something to do today, it was not impossible to take the two of them, but now she had to pretend that she didn't see it.

The main gate of the Xue Mansion is in the southeast, and the general mansion is opened in the southeast, which may be related to Feng Shui.

This side of the backyard is relatively close to the west gate, and this side is originally for people on duty in the backyard to enter and exit, and generally do not go to the main gate.

The main entrance will only be opened when some important visitors, the middle door is wide open to welcome distinguished guests is the attention of large families, and most of the people in the house enter and exit the side door corner door.

In fact, even if Xiaoju doesn't lead the way, she still knows the direction, although the light was blind yesterday, she still remembered the general direction, plus there is the ugly plug-in, she is not afraid of getting lost at all.

However, Xiaoju came not only because she wanted to show her the way, but also because she instructed the concierge on the side door to open the door for her when she came back, so as not to change the value here, and if she didn't know her, she wouldn't let her come in when she came back.