Chapter 61: Acquaintance in carriage and friendship on the road
"The housekeeper has said so much, I feel that I am hungry and have not eaten yet."
Steward Liu immediately got up and took the package, which contained a piece of cooking cake brought by the road, but the taste of the cooking cake was not as chewy as it had just come out of the oven, and it exuded the fragrance of scallion pancakes, but fortunately, it was delicious.
Steward Liu was afraid that this cake was cold, so he didn't let Cheng Yuxi (Ru Ting), but asked her to wait patiently: "Miss, why don't we go downstairs and order some food, and spend some broken silver to buy you some porridge and mustard mixed with mustard to warm your stomach." ”
"Okay, but I still want to eat this cake, let the shopkeeper downstairs help me cut this cake, and then add some fine salt and pepper noodles, and chili powder to stir."
Steward Liu immediately nodded, and told the shopkeeper according to his young lady's meaning, and the shopkeeper went to the back kitchen and asked the man to do what Steward Liu said.
In less than half an hour, the shopkeeper went upstairs and knocked on the door to take the porridge mixed with mustard and cooking cakes on a wooden plate, and Steward Liu placed the food in front of her.
"Miss's food is complete, please use it slowly."
She looked at the oily, crispy and drunken cooking cakes on the table, picked up the wooden chopsticks next to her, put them in her mouth and chewed them, and then stuffed another piece into them.
Steward Liu stood beside him and served left and right, and he wanted to know that if the young lady needed anything, he would be able to saddle the horse before and after.
Cheng Yuxi (Ru Ting) looked at Steward Liu standing beside him, and felt that he was a little bored eating alone, not to mention that there were people who kept staring at him.
Although the ancients attached great importance to identity etiquette, it can only be said to be conservative, but it is difficult for the modern identity and open-minded Cheng Yuxi (Ru Ting) to adapt, and then pointed to the stool next to him and asked Steward Liu to sit down and eat together.
"Don't be stunned, there's a place to eat together and it's lively."
"Our family watched the young lady eat happily, and we were in the mood to eat, but we were happy in our hearts, but our family was full without eating." Steward Liu waved his hand and replied to Cheng Yuxi (Ru Ting) with a smile
Cheng Yuxi (Ru Ting) handed Steward Liu a piece of cooking cake, and Steward Liu looked at a piece of cooking cake that his young lady gave him.
With a smile on his face, he took the cake with both hands, held it in his hand and did not eat it directly, but watched Cheng Yuxi (Ru Ting) take a sip of porridge.
After the master and servant finished eating, Cheng Yuxi (Ru Ting) wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and Steward Liu poured her a glass of water to smooth her stomach.
Since there was nothing to do, Cheng Yuxi (Ru Ting) asked Steward Liu to take him out for a ride, after all, Steward Liu was familiar with this place.
"After being full of wine and food, I need to walk a hundred steps, the so-called is that after eating, I will face off against the food in the stomach and become fat, I want to take care of my figure, and the housekeeper will take me out for a few laps."
"Well, miss, let's go out for a few laps, not to mention that our family still knows that there are interesting places around here."
Between the words, Steward Liu took Cheng Yuxi (Ru Ting) through the streets and alleys, and the clothes of the people on the street were different in color and color, and the production process was also different.
In the streets on both sides, there are young men shouting and selling beans, there are old men who pinch candy, strong men who push carts into the granary, craftsmen on ceramic displays, scholars with poems and songs, and Cheng Yuxi (Ru Ting) herself is dazzled.
"How about it, Miss, there are three hundred and sixty sellers here, it can be said that there is everything, gathered together."
"It's really good, let's go inside." Cheng Yuxi (Ru Ting) said immediately.
"Okay."
There are a few vendors selling silk cloth and dyeing materials, a few vendors selling clothes and shoes, a few vendors selling straw paper and brushes, a few hawkers selling hairpins and flower crowns, a few vendors selling ceramics and calligraphy and paintings, and a few selling fruits and vegetables.
The so-called items sold by each house in the street, including food, drink, clothing, food, housing and transportation are varied, and the so-called is that people can't help but watch more, and there are probably hundreds of them that are not listed one by one.
Cheng Yuxi (Ru Ting) and Steward Liu looked at the town as it was full of traffic, and she walked around while looking at the items sold by the vendors, and Steward Liu followed closely behind.
The eyes are looking left and right, she passed by one after another, stall after stall, and when she met a hawker with a hairpin, she would take the initiative to choose from someone's stall, and the hairpin plate in the hair as a beauty, and when she met a hawker who sold bracelets or necklace pendants, she would carefully select and wear it to admire, or take some antique fans to play with the pride of the prodigal son at the end of the world.
At this moment, Cheng Yuxi (Ru Ting) was wearing hairpins, hairpins, bracelets and necklace pendants that she had just bought, and she stared at the vendor who sold the painting and asked Steward Liu to pay for the painting.
Butler Liu also paid silver to the owner of the stall, holding a painting in his hand and tying it up in his sleeves, in front of his own lady and took a fancy to the wine made of osmanthus wine in front of the restaurant, and Butler Liu accompanied her to the restaurant.
She pointed to the wine brewed by osmanthus wine and asked Steward Liu to buy a can for herself to satisfy her hunger, after all, it is naturally sweet compared to the honey wine brewed in ancient times, so Steward Liu helped the young lady buy a can.
Looking at the colorful and naturally ground fabrics, she can't put it down for those who don't like ancient clothes, her steps are fast, she can't move the place, and her eyes are staring at those clothes.
She still didn't say much, and the housekeeper naturally understood what the young lady meant, so she immediately bought several sets of clothes and dresses from this stall according to her wishes, as well as clothes and weaving cotton, crown clothes, and dresses.
Butler Liu is holding a beautiful calligraphy and painting tube in his hand, holding a pot of wine jars, holding several sets of clothes on his shoulders, and stuffing many inconsistencies of countless kinds in his arms, which also makes ordinary people unable to see that there are duplicate jewelry and ornaments.
Cheng Yuxi (Ru Ting) licked the rock sugar hawthorn gourd bought from the hawker's stall in her mouth, she licked the sugar on it with her tongue, it was very refreshing, and a bite of the hawthorn was sweet and sour.
Compared with the sugar hawthorn in the hand, it is too monotonous, otherwise, the inheritance of snack culture has been popular in ancient times, Cheng Yuxi (Ru Ting) chewed the hawthorn inside, chewed a few bites and the hawthorn core spit on the ground.
Then I bite the sweet hawthorn in my hand with a bamboo skewer, which is sweet and delicious, and I eat it with relish.
Cheng Yuxi (Ru Ting) just lowered her head and ate rock sugar hawthorn, followed by the housekeeper, she walked by herself, passing by the small bridge river, there were crowds of people on both sides, and when she came to another street city, it was dazzling, and it was not pleasant to look at.
Just as she was walking down the street, a carriage in the oncoming aisle was out of control, and the groom in the carriage immediately shouted to give way.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way."
As the wheels turned, the horses galloped through the crowd of people, and many passers-by had no time to avoid them, and the horses kicked and trampled on the fruit of the hawkers' stalls, and continued to run wildly.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way."
Everyone avoided the frightened horses, and the groom in the carriage tried their best to hold on to the reins, but to no avail.
Sitting in the sedan chair is the county lord of this place, titled Hanyue county lord, named Wan Xiaoxiao, the side line of the royal family of the previous dynasty, his father is "Yide Hou" Wan Zichong and Jinsu King "Wan Ziliang" and Beiheng King "Wan Zidi" is the nominal brother, and his brother Yanyong Marquis "Wan Ziqian" is the flesh and blood.
Although Wan Xiaoxiao was born in a scholar family, she is a beautiful girl, and she has always been trained to be a quiet and decent girl, but Wan Xiaoxiao is not interested in these.
Because since childhood, he has lived with his father Wan Zichong near the military camp and is deeply influenced by martial arts, and it is enough to change in the past few decades, Cardamom likes to dance and play with swords when he is young, and his personality is straightforward and heroic.
She herself is also endowed with a sense of justice, that is deeply taught by her father, Wan Zichong is the country to protect the people, often encountering bandits to harass the people's property, every time will send troops to encircle and suppress, Wan Xiaoxiao disguised herself as a man to follow her father to exterminate the bandits and protect the safety of the local people.
Cheng Yuxi (Ru Ting) didn't know what was happening in front of her, but she saw a carriage running towards her frantically, and the groom immediately waved her to dodge.
Cheng Yuxi (Ru Ting) couldn't dodge and was knocked on the arm by the lid of the carriage, so she hurriedly covered her arm.
"It's not good, Miss is dangerous."
Steward Liu didn't care about the things in his hand, and handed them directly to the vendor next to him, he grabbed Cheng Yuxi's (Ru Ting) sleeve and pulled it aside.
"Miss is not injured." Steward Liu asked in a concerned tone
"Whew."
Cheng Yuxi (Ru Ting) looked at the carriage that stopped in front of her, her arm was bruised and bruised, but fortunately, there was nothing wrong with the person.
Steward Liu's heart also kept beating wildly, and he kept repeating it.
"Miss's moment just now was too dangerous, too dangerous."
She watched the sedan chair pulling the carriage on a rampage, and the groom pulling the carriage saw the injury on Cheng Yuxi's (Ru Ting) arm, and he immediately got out of the car to apologize.
"I'm sorry, I don't know how the horses suddenly lost control today, and they are also very docile on weekdays, which frightened the people here, sorry."
Cheng Yuxi (Ru Ting) looked at the injury on his arm, and then looked at the carriage coming in the opposite direction, with a little anger in his eyes.
If it weren't for the modern era, I'm afraid that your driver's license would be directly deducted three points, and you would have to pay a fine as a lesson, after all, retrograde driving is serious and undesirable, which also violates the conventional law.
"Is it useful to apologize, the carriage knocked me in the arm so quickly."
The groom looked at Cheng Yuxi's (Ru Ting)'s injured arm and couldn't help but apologize again and again, he took out a silver ingot to give Cheng Yuxi (Ru Ting) as compensation for selling medicine, but Cheng Yuxi (Ru Ting) did not accept it.
"This young lady is really sorry, I gave you some money as compensation for medical expenses."
"I don't want your money." , Cheng Yuxi (Ru Ting) pretended to be high, not to be unforgiving, but to educate the horseman: "You know how dangerous it is to pull a rampaging carriage into the city, that is not responsible for pedestrians, what to do when you encounter the elderly and children, and also not responsible for the guests sitting in the sedan chair." ”
"Money can be earned again, life is only once, it's okay if you meet me, if you meet someone who blackmails you for money, you can't afford to pay for ten days of leg strength."
The groom was a little embarrassed by what he said, and he nodded vigorously again and again, and the people around him also applauded.
Wan Xiaoxiao sat in the sedan car, listening to Cheng Yuxi (Ru Ting) to listen to the truth, but a little interested in listening, for a person who dared to speak out, cheerful personality she lifted the wooden window of the sedan to see who was talking.
"Ahem, that's a good point."
The people in the neighborhood aisle recognized that the person sitting in the sedan chair was the lord of Hanyue, but Cheng Yuxi (Ru Ting) asked her disapprovingly.
"Is it your servant who pulls the cart?"
"Yes, he accidentally hit you while pulling the carriage."
Cheng Yuxi (Ru Ting) nodded slightly, she bargained with Wan Xiaoxiao for her own injury: "What do you mean by unintentional, the carriage rushed directly out of control." ”
"You're seriously injured, aren't you?"
"My arms are all blue and purple, can it be serious." Cheng Yuxi (Ru Ting) replied in a questioning tone.
Wan Xiaoxiao looked at the groom beside her, and the groom immediately understood what she meant, and immediately let Cheng Yuxi (Ru Ting) sit in the same carriage.
"We have medicine for bruises in our house, so why don't we go to my house?"
Seeing that the woman in front of her was unrestrained and straightforward, Cheng Yuxi (Ru Ting) couldn't help but hesitate when she looked at her so enthusiastically.
"You can't ignore the fact that my carriage hit you, after all, we have to heal your injuries."
She and Steward Liu parted temporarily, and Wan Xiaoxiao left everyone's sight in a carriage together.