Volume 2 Dynasty Chapter 227 The People of Xiangxi
The stove next to the wall is used to prepare tomorrow's banquet, and if Lu Zhaozhao wants to boil water, he can only go to the stove house in the next room to use the kitchenware.
Lighting the bellflower used to make the fire, Lu Zhaozhao carefully added firewood to it, for fear that he would accidentally extinguish the flames, and after feeling the temperature emanating from the stove, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Although the visual ability given by the immortal family is very convenient, I don't know if it will continue to plunder its own longevity.
If you really want to live with Brother Lu in the future, you still have to let Brother Lu find one more daughter-in-law.
Otherwise, you can't take care of him by yourself.
Lu Zhaozhao was thinking in his heart, and the voice of Wang Po came to his ears, a little like singing:
"Wearing a red scarf ~ Hongyun is coming, and the face is covered with goose powder, like a fairy ~ Miss is married, happy and happy! The husband's family welcomes the relatives ~ blowing the suona...."
The melodious singing voice made the curiosity in Lu Zhaozhao's heart a little heavier.
I had never heard of such a thing as noodle before, but when she saw a woman with a family beside the stove looking into the house, she also walked over and stood by the windowsill, and she could see the scene in the house.
I saw a girl about thirteen or fourteen years old, sitting upright on a bench, wearing a simple cloth robe, her face covered with unknown white powder, and the red silk scarf on her forehead, her hair was tied together.
Wang Po had white silk threads wrapped around her hands, like clips, pinched one by one on the girl's face, and her mouth was still chanting:
"The left bullet gives birth to a noble son, the right bullet gives birth to a delicate man, and the third line on one side plays steadily, and the young lady gives birth to a unicorn."
"The eyebrows are pulled like a crescent, and the champion is looking at the flowers."
Every time she pinched it, the girl's eyebrows trembled slightly, and it seemed that there was still a little pain.
Wang Po twisted the noodles very methodically, from the forehead to the chin, every inch was not spared, and after the silk thread was clamped, she poured a bowl of white water and carefully wiped the white powder on the girl's face.
When all the processes were done, the girl slowly opened her eyes, looked at herself in the mirror, subconsciously, reached out and touched her face, and said happily: "Mother-in-law, your method is so good, I seem to be in vain!" β
"Huh." Wang Po smiled: "It's all a method passed down from our ancestors, and it's naturally better than the things in the rouge shop, which is also our noodle wife's ability." β
"Mother-in-law, how much silver does it cost to twist noodles, I'll get it for you." The girl asked, looking at herself in the mirror.
Wang Po narrowed her eyes: "Girl, you will marry tomorrow, I won't charge you much, wife, just seventy-seven copper coins, it's auspicious." β
"Okay." The girl was so happy that she went to the cupboard to withdraw the money.
Lu Zhaozhao, who was standing outside the window and watching, felt a little unknown envy in his heart.
Estimating that the water was almost boiling, he turned his head and walked towards the stove house, filled a bowl of boiling water in a porcelain bowl, and put it in cold water to cool for a while.
was a little worried that the boiling water was still too hot, so Lu Zhaozhao took a small sip with his lips to feel that the temperature was just right, and then walked out of the stove house with the porcelain bowl and found Lu Xuan, who was cleaning up the house:
"Brother Lu, drink some water."
Lu Xuan, who was laying out the quilt, put down the work in his hand, took the porcelain bowl, took a big sip, and then exhaled a turbid breath comfortably, and said with a smile: "This room is almost cleaned up, let's sleep here tonight, I will help the master's family later, and I can mix some food at night. β
Lu Zhaozhao nodded: "Others are good to us, and they are good to our families, so we can't take it for granted." β
"Okay, you go out first, I'll mend the papier-mΓ’chΓ© windows of their house, so that they don't leak in at night." Lu Xuan threw the quilt into a wavy shape vigorously, his body was slightly light, and he folded a quilt together.
Lu Zhaozhao picked up the porcelain bowl after drinking, turned around and put it back in the kitchen.
She was wondering if she should find something to do, when she saw the girl who had been twisted in the noodles running to her mother in a big red dress, and asked excitedly: "Mother! Look at what I'm doing! β
The middle-aged woman who was busy hanging the lantern, saw her daughter running out of the boudoir, quickly jumped off the stool, took her hand and walked into the house, and said angrily: "Good-looking, good-looking, you dead girl, you are about to get married, and you don't know any rules. β
"I don't! It's so good-looking, what do you do when you change it, I still wear it when I get married. β
"Hey, it's the other way around."
The quarrel between the two of them caused a burst of laughter from the people around them, and the woman on the stove couldn't help but quip: "Nizi, how much you hate to marry!" β
"Haha, the big girl got on the sedan chair for the first time."
"Slightly."
The girl turned around and made a grimace at everyone, and was pulled into the boudoir by her mother.
Lu Zhaozhao, who saw this scene in the courtyard, couldn't help but hide his chuckle, although thirteen or fourteen years old is already the age of marriage, but the girl just now still has a little daughter mentality.
While everyone was talking and laughing, a figure suddenly appeared in Lu Zhaozhao's mind, and when he turned around, it was the Wang Po who had not left before, she was walking towards the outside of the courtyard with a cane, as if she would fall to the ground if she was not careful.
"Lady Wang, stay and eat before leaving." A woman who helped shouted.
Wang Po shook her head: "No, the chickens and ducks at home haven't been fed yet, the old woman will be hungry, and they will be hungry." β
Hearing this, the woman stopped admonishing her, but only reminded: "Then you have to be careful on the road, you are old, don't fall." β
"Hehe, I see."
Wang Po replied with a smile, and walked out of the courtyard with a cane.
After leaving the courtyard for more than ten steps, Wang Po turned around and walked into a small alley.
The environment in the alley is very dark, there are bottles and cans on the side, Wang Po may be old, accidentally kicked a few times, listening to the crisp sound, she suddenly turned around, looked at the girl with a white cloth on her face behind, and smiled:
"Girl, what are you doing with your wife? Do you want to wreck noodles too? β
Lu Zhaozhao, who came out of the courtyard, shook his head, he wanted to say that he was sending her old man back, but he felt that it was a little inappropriate, so he asked what was in his heart: "Mother-in-law, have I seen you there?" β
"Oh? Girl, are you from the county? I often give people noodles to my wife, and I may have met them there. β
Lu Zhaozhao shook her head, it was difficult for her to explain what it was like, she also remembered that it was the first time she had seen the person in front of her, but she wanted to be closer to the other party for no reason.
This feeling is very mysterious, like knowing each other for a long time.
"Girl, I see you blindfolded, how can you see the old woman and me?" Wang Po looked at Lu Zhaozhao's dress, and her old face was a little more puzzled.
"Probably listen to the voice." Lu Zhaozhao naturally wouldn't talk about the affairs of the immortal family: "I think it's because I remember badly, I just came to this place, and I should have met my grandmother for the first time." β
"Hehe, you little girl, why are you chattering."
"In that case, Grandma, I'll go back first."
After Lu Zhaozhao walked away, Wang Po stood in the alley and had not left, her originally rickety figure slowly stood upright, kicked on the clay pot at her feet, and her old tone turned into a young woman's voice: "Useless things, I can't find out the situation clearly, what are you doing to eat." β
The clay pot the size of a human head seemed to be hiding something, and it actually made a baby's cry, which sounded very aggrieved.
"Auntie, why didn't you make a move at such a good opportunity just now?"
At the other exit of the alley, several figures walked out slowly, they were dressed in strange costumes, with silver bells tied to their wrists, and they didn't look like the people of the Great Jin region.
"Remember the traitor who ran away from home?" Wang Po asked coldly.
Several people frowned in unison: "You mean they came up before us?" β
Wang Po nodded: "Have you seen the double-sided drum on her waist?" Those traitors should be hiding inside. β
At this time, one person was puzzled: "This is just right! Not only can you clean up the traitors together, but you can also take the Hunan girl back to participate in the votive memorial, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone! β
"Bullshit!" Another man scolded, "Have you forgotten that boy? β
"I don't believe it, so many of us are working together, and we can't help him!"
"Hehe, you have a kind of you!"
Listening to the quarrel of several juniors, Wang Po said lightly: "You have already tested each other in the forest without telling me before, and you have raised corpse Gu for so many years, but you can't help him. Do you think you can get rid of him by other means? In addition, the immortals in the sky are still staring at it, once this matter becomes a big problem, the Hunan girl will inevitably have a bad heart, and it will not be beautiful at that time, not to mention that those traitors are not easy to mess with. β
"What then!" Someone said anxiously: "Auntie! You know the current situation in our Xiangxi, if you can't invite back the Xiangnu, under this catastrophe, we Xiangxi will bear the brunt! β
"That's right! Auntie, even if the Hunan girl has a grudge, when her soul returns to her place, she will definitely be able to understand us juniors! β
"Huh, considerate? She understood us three hundred years ago. Wang Po looked at the black oppressive sky and sighed slightly: "But no matter what, our affairs in Xiangxi are the top priority, I have already let Tianjizi divination, the time is coming, you don't have to be in a hurry, the rest of the time, without my order, no one is allowed to trouble them." β
"This ....."
Although a few people had other ideas, they were forced by the prestige of the princess, and they didn't dare to speak anymore for a while.
"That's right, the eldest lady is right, you uncles must not go." Suddenly, wisps of smoke drifted into the clay pot at Wang Po's feet from mid-air, and a young man's voice came out from it: "We can't go, I just saw another monk in Ping'an County, I don't know if I came to find Xiangnu or that kid, they are always too involved, we have to see what kind of power is behind that kid, so as not to bring disaster back to our Xiangxi." β
Hearing the words in the jar, everyone fell silent.
Wang Po walked towards the mouth of the alley on crutches, remembering the woman she had just seen in her mind, and couldn't help but sigh slightly.