Chapter 360: Three Glasses of Wine Opens the Conversation!
Mr. Wu's illness has been diagnosed and treated by a famous doctor, and most of him has been cured, and the rest is just to take care of himself.
Mrs. Ng was careful and thoughtful, and kept Mr. Ng's food, clothing, housing and transportation in an orderly manner, and did not allow the slightest negligence.
But suddenly the sky changed, and Mr. Wu still started coughing, fortunately it was very mild.
At noon that day, just after class, Mr. Wu returned to the main courtyard, and Mrs. Wu brought a glass of rock sugar lily pear water.
"Drink this pear water first," Mrs. Wu's eyes flashed with sorrow, and she instructed, "It's good to moisten your throat, I've already asked someone to go to the south to find a good autumn pear paste, but I don't know when it will be delivered." ”
Mr. Wu waved his hand, hoping that his wife would not be too anxious, but unfortunately his throat was itchy, and he had already covered his mouth and coughed a few times before he could speak.
At this time, Steward Wu suddenly came in to report, "Sir, madam, the old man of the Tai family is here to visit." ”
Mr. Wu and his wife were both surprised, guessing that the old man had something to do and came to the door in person.
Soon, the old man was welcomed in, Zhuzhu followed beside him, and when he saw Mrs. Wu, he ran over, "Master, Master, Zhuzhu misses you!" ”
Mrs. Wu bent down and picked up the fat girl, and smiled happily, "Zhuzhu is finally here, since you came home, my brother has been talking about you every day, and complaining about why I didn't give him a sister!"
If he knew you were coming, he would have jumped for joy! ”
After that, she hurriedly asked Steward Wu to pick up her son.
On the other side, Old Man Tai and Mr. Wu had already greeted each other.
Mr. Wu didn't make a detour, and asked, "Uncle came over like this, but is there something?" ”
The old man hurriedly waved his hand, "No, no, the family is fine." I was idle, I took Zhuzhu into the city to stroll, and when I saw that it was noon, no one was cooking in the small courtyard, so our grandfather and I came over cheekily to have a meal of wine! ”
Mr. Wu couldn't help laughing, this old man is not a scholar, but he acts the most to his mind, what to say, and the closeness between the lines makes people happy.
"Okay, uncle, I usually feel that eating alone is boring, and it must be lively with you and me."
The old man pointed to the basket on the table, and said, "I heard that Mr. has a cough, and the third child of my family exchanged a jar of Laiyang's autumn pear paste with the merchants from the south before, which is the best way to moisten the lungs and relieve cough, Mr. try it." In addition, my eldest daughter-in-law also found a few pieces of snow rabbit skin, which is not expensive, but it is the softest and warmest to make a small shoulder for the child. ”
Mr. Wu didn't say anything, but Mrs. Wu was overjoyed because of the timely rain.
"Thank you, uncle, we are looking for autumn pear paste everywhere, and I didn't want to send it to uncle! I'll make a cup for my husband, and my uncle will try it too! ”
After that, she put down the beads, went to make pear water herself, and quickly brought it up.
In addition to autumn pears, there are also medicinal herbs in the autumn pear paste, which is a little cooler than ordinary pear water, Mr. Wu drank it, and couldn't help but smile, "My throat is really comfortable." ”
But the old man Tai laughed, "This sweet thing is not to my taste, it is not as refreshing as spirits." ”
Everyone also laughed, and Mrs. Wu hurriedly said, "Then I'll go to Zhang Luo to eat, and there is still good wine at home, so I'll move it out for my uncle." ”
At this time, the fat boy of the Wu family was also brought in, holding hands and playing with Zhuzhu, and he was so happy!
The Wu family has a lot of hands, in fact, where to use Mrs. Wu to cook, and the cooks in the stove are busy.
In just half an hour, the meal was ready.
Mrs. Wu saw that the old man had something to say to the husband, so she put their dining table in the study, and then she took the two children to eat in the main courtyard, and after eating, she went to Yongning and them to play.
Sure enough, the old man drank a few glasses of wine with Mr. Wu, and then got down to business.
"Sir, you also know that our family is from a clay-legged background, and we have never been able to meet a few nobles in our lives, and we are even strangers to Kyoto. But now that Yongning is studying, he will always go to Kyoto to take exams in the future, and he is always eager to try to do business in the south. I'm really worried.
"Sir is well-informed, and his family is glorious enough, can you work a little harder and tell me about Kyoto. Don't worry about the emperor and the princes, the princes and nobles, the new things in Kyoto, in short, anything, I just want to hear it. ”
Mr. Wu didn't have anything absolutely wrong, because last time the nobles in Kyoto grabbed business, the Tai family gave up the cashmere pants business, and he was definitely unwilling.
Now I want to inquire more, whether it is to avoid it in the future, or to seek revenge, it is human nature.
So, after thinking about it, he started with some interesting facts, and described life in Kyoto with the old man little by little.
Although he did not grow up in Kyoto since he was a child, he studied and lived in Kyoto for a few years, and even now that he lives in the north, he has many letters with relatives and friends, paying attention to the trends in Kyoto.
The conversation box is open, and it is not easy to close it, not to mention a little wine.
Moreover, many literati were arrogant, and they had many dissatisfaction and opinions about the society and the government. Mr. Wu will have reservations about his relatives and friends, but he is much more relaxed about the old man who was born as a peasant.
After all, if he can't say anything badly, or even if he goes against the grain, it is impossible for Old Man Tai to spread it and harm him!
This meal was eaten for a full hour, and when the sun was setting in the west, the old man was satisfied with what he heard, and Mr. Wu also said heartily, and both of them were seven points drunk.
Mrs. Wu made the decision early to give the students in front of her a holiday, Song Hui and the others went home, leaving Yongning to take Yongfeng and wait for his grandfather to go back to the courtyard together.
Mrs. Wu was afraid that the old man would be drunk, and Yongning was a kid and couldn't take good care of Zhuzhu, so she simply left Zhuzhu for one more night.
Yongning was a little reluctant, but the boy of the Wu family was crazy with joy, holding Zhuzhu's arm and not letting go.
This made Tai Yongning really want to snatch his sister and run away, how old is it, he actually knows that he is thinking about his baby sister......
The old man originally didn't know the situation in Kyoto and the court struggled, and he didn't have a bottom in his heart, but now he listened to Mr. Wu to help him understand one by one, and his head is clearer.
When he returned to the small courtyard, he fell down on the kang and slept soundly, and even his shoes and socks were taken off with Yongning's help.
Yongning was worried about something at home, so he asked the veteran to ask a few words.
The veteran said, "It's good at home, there's nothing going on." Xu is the old man doesn't sleep well, and he always comes out in the middle of the night. We were worried about his cold, and we persuaded him to go back several times.
"Now it seems that it's not that the old man can't sleep well, it's that he lacks alcohol! If you come to two taels of spirits every night, you must have slept so soundly! ”
Everyone laughed when they said this, even Yongning was relieved, thinking that if he had time to go to the street again, he would definitely buy two jars of good wine and send it home to his grandfather.
There was nothing to say all night, the old man slept comfortably, and he didn't wake up on the second day.
Yongning couldn't wait, so he went to Wu's house first, thinking about sending his sister back at noon.
Similarly, the family got up early and didn't see the old man come back, and they were also worried that Tai Jizu wanted to go into the city to pick up people, but he was robbed of an errand by Tai Yonglu and Tai Yongyue.
The two boys didn't give the family a chance to refuse at all, and they just ran away! But they don't know that this run will lead to disaster!