Chapter 8, Section 10 The Little Sister Arrives
This is Leng Qiuhe's painting? Leng Qiuhe has seen this so-called goddess doctor? Of course, Xiao Fei had heard about his coming to Hangzhou and being invited by Xiao Teng to paint, but the time did not match the time of his mother's illness, and it was several months apart! Could it be that Leng Qiuhe had known her before? She was entrusted by Leng Qiuhe to rush to Hangzhou to help? If this is the case, then the question is, how did Leng Qiuhe learn that his mother was sick? At that time, he was already exhausted from dealing with all kinds of pursuits, how could he have time? There is energy and channels to know the things of Hangzhou Xiaofu thousands of miles away.
Xiao Fei stared at the picture of the lady on the wall, and fell into deep thought again. In the process of talking to Xiao Wanlin in the study just now, all kinds of doubts that have been put down have surfaced in my mind one by one. Xiao Fei admits that his mind is sometimes too meticulous, but he stubbornly believes that as long as it involves the safety of the people around him, it is impossible to get to the bottom of it.
Xiao Teng must still know something, he actually didn't say anything tonight, from him Xiao Fei just saw a picture of a lady who had not been completed long ago. Looking back at Xiao Teng again, he had already fallen asleep on the chair, his head was lowered, his snoring was thick, and the corners of his mouth were still dripping with crystal saliva water, which was the same as when he was a child, and he had not changed at all.
Xiao Fei saw his younger brother's cute sleeping posture, and his heart warmed. No matter what, family is still family, they care for themselves as much as they care for them, because of them, they have a home.
Referring to Xiao Teng's bad performance of drinking too much before, Xiao Fei knew that Xiao Teng would not wake up tonight, and it is estimated that he would wake up tomorrow at three o'clock in the sun. Let's find him out about the situation when the time comes, after all, Xiao Teng is immature and can't compare to Xiao Wanlin's old spiciness, and he won't hide it from himself if he has something in his heart.
Xiao Fei thought so, bent down and dragged Xiao Teng up, helped him to the bed, took off the arrow robe outside, asked him to lie down and remove his boots, and then put a thin quilt on him, and then went out. Outside the door, he arranged for the little maid who was already waiting there to take good care of it, and then went back to his yard.
Early the next morning, before Xiao Fei finished breakfast, he was arranged by Xiao Wanlin to pick up Yin Xiaomei. When he came to the front yard and saw the formation in front of him, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded.
I saw four mothers-in-law standing respectfully in the courtyard, six maids, and seven or eight shrewd and capable little guys, plus a luxury carriage that could almost be accused of trespassing, and the coachman standing next to the car was also in good spirits in new clothes, and it seemed that he still had some martial arts, at least a second-rate master, not much worse than one of the two heroes of the Yin family.
This is the lineup of the Xiao family to pick up the eldest and youngest grandmothers! Xiao Fei looked back at Xiao Wanlin who came up after breakfast in amazement, and his father gave a helpless look. Xiao Fei immediately understood that this was his mother's arrangement, and it seemed that his mother did not attach great importance to this eldest daughter-in-law who had never met her! This posture was only second only to the formation of his mother going to the temple once a year to offer incense! Even Xiao Wanlin went to the general number to inspect, but he only took three small servants and two account rooms.
Xiao Fei said goodbye to his father with a wry smile, and went out with a large group of people.
Out of Xiao's Mansion, Xiao Fei boarded the carriage and sat in the carriage. At this time, Xiao Wei, the head of the Xiao family's nursing home, who was accompanying him, leaned outside the carriage and asked in a low voice, "Eldest son, please show me where the young lady is staying." ”
Xiao Fei lifted the curtain of the small window on the side of the carriage, his head half exposed, "Which inn is the closest to our house and can accommodate thirty people at the same time?"
"Hui Gongzi, it's the 'Tongsheng Inn' on the street in front. ”
"Then go to Tongsheng Inn!" Xiao Fei lowered the curtain and knocked on the window with a folding fan.
"Yes, Childe!" Xiao Fei's words made Xiao Wei stunned, but he still gave up his hand and ordered the trip.
Tongsheng Inn, is indeed very close to Xiao's house, although it is not the same street, but out of Xiao's house to the east less than a mile, is the intersection, the intersection to the south, about less than two miles is the street in front, Tongsheng Inn is at this intersection, it is a good location to attract customers.
Xiao Fei really didn't know the exact whereabouts of Yin Xiaomei and Wumei, and Xiao Fei deliberately didn't make an appointment in advance when they left. Because the best way to keep it secret is to not even know yourself, and others will not be able to guess their location from your words and deeds. But Xiao Fei can deduce that the little sister is not deeply involved in the world, and Wumei is even more addicted to swordsmanship and has been isolated from the world for a long time, neither of them can come up with profound secret methods, and it is estimated that the little trick of "black under the lamp" is the limit of the two. It's very close to Xiao's house, that's for sure, and it's also convenient for Xiao Fei to quickly find them after dealing with the affairs at home. And then there is the money that Xiao Fei left them, that is, the fifty taels of silver given by Gao Zhuang, after inviting Yin Xiaomei to eat a big meal when they first met, plus the expenses of escaping all the way, the rest is more than twenty taels, according to Yin Xiaomei's living habits and the current consumption level of Hangzhou City, a medium-sized inn with more than thirty people is their best choice.
Sure enough, Xiao Fei asked the coachman to stop the car and let the others wait outside the door, he took a few mothers-in-law to the inn, and before he entered the door, he heard Yin Xiaomei's shout from inside, "Xiao Er, are your noodles boiled in swill?
"Replying to this lady's words, the noodle shop naturally uses clean well water. Immediately afterwards, there was a voice from a young man who was Qu Shengsheng, who should be the second child of the Tongsheng Inn.
"Fart! Bullying my aunt and grandmother are not coming to Hangzhou for the first time!" Yin Xiaomei scolded loudly, and immediately there was a "pop" sound of broken dishes.
Xiao Fei walked two steps into the door of the store, and sure enough, he saw Yin Xiaomei and Wumei sitting on the table in the back of the room eating breakfast.
said that it was breakfast, but in fact, only Wumei was silently eating noodles with a huge sea bowl, completely unaffected by Yin Xiaomei, and his sword was still leaning on the edge of the table ordinarily. On the other side is Yin Xiaomei, at this moment she is lifting her skirt, her right foot is on the ground, her left foot is stepping on a stool, her left hand is casually on the knee of her left leg, and her right hand is holding a pair of chopsticks.
It's not so much a confrontation, it's better to say that the little sister is reprimanding the little two, and the little second brother doesn't dare to answer.
"You dare to talk nonsense with your eyes open, isn't this what swill is? What color do you look at? Do you smell it rancid!" Yin Xiaomei raised her eyebrows and glared, and the chopsticks in her hand quickly gestured, like a swordsman.
Xiao Er is about to cry, let this little woman be so noisy, do you want to do the business of your own store, how can the shopkeeper spare himself after knowing, it seems that this month's salary is going to be left with little left, he cried and begged for mercy with a sad face, "My little aunt, you will spare a lot of small ones! This is indeed a local characteristic......
"What a gut! You still want to quibble, or are you bullying us as outsiders?!" Yin Xiaomei was immediately angry when she heard the "local characteristics".
"This is a sour noodle soup, with Shaoxing's famous vinegar sauce, which is naturally sour. Xiao Fei couldn't stand it anymore, so he had to speak.
Because Yin Xiaomei and the others were still a few feet away from the door of the store, Yin Xiaomei was facing the door sideways, and was arguing, so naturally she didn't see Xiao Fei and the others, and Wumei was eating noodles seriously, but when they entered the door, she lifted her eyelids and glanced at Xiao Fei with her spare eyes, and said nothing else.
"Fart! Fool the old lady, isn't it? Shaoxing obviously only has old wine ......" The angry Yin Xiaomei heard someone interjecting without knowing whether she was alive or dead, and she was still talking for the store, so she was even more angry, and turned around viciously to look at this side, "Lang Jun?", when she saw that it was Xiao Fei, she was stunned.
"Little sister," Xiao Fei stepped forward with a displeased face, "Don't take your feet off yet, what kind of body will it be!"
"Oh. When Yin Xiaomei heard this, she obediently took her feet off the stool, and the lady didn't like it!
Not only was the shopkeeper dumbfounded, but even the mothers-in-law behind Xiao Fei were also amazed: This is the grandmother of the Xiao family, the wife of the eldest and youngest grandmother of the Xiao family, who is polite and talented, and full of wealth? The future hostess of the Xiao family's backyard? So fierce and spicy, several mothers-in-law couldn't help but worry about their future in the Xiao Mansion, for fear that what they did would not suit the new hostess's wishes and be punished.
It just so happened that the eyebrow swordsman finished eating, put down the bowl, looked up and asked, "Boy, are your affairs done?"
"Exactly, the younger generation is here to pick up the seniors and the little sister to go to the cold house. Ignoring the lesson Yin Xiaomei, Xiao Fei replied to Wumei.
"It's over, and it's time for the old man to leave. Eyebrow reached out to wipe the soup stains from the corners of his mouth and beard, and lifted his sword with his other hand.
"Along the way, thanks to the help of the seniors, the younger couples were able to arrive in Hangzhou safely," Xiao Fei hurriedly retained, "and asked the seniors to spend a few more days in the house, so that the younger generations can enjoy the friendship of the landlord." ”
"These clichés are avoided, just give me some entanglement. "No eyebrows are really good!
Xiao Fei knew that he had no eyebrows, so he no longer forced him to stay, turned his head and shouted outside the inn, "Xiao Wei!"
"The eldest prince. Xiao Wei quickly came in, walked three steps away from Xiao Fei and bowed down.
"Take out all the silver taels on your body. Xiao Fei said.
The Xiao family is indeed the Xiao family, Xiao Wei casually took out a stack of silver tickets from his arms, "Son, I went out in a hurry, and I only brought less than two thousand taels." ”
Xiao Fei knew that Wumei had no concept of money, he would spend more if he had money, and he wouldn't spend it if he didn't have money, and in his eyes, two thousand taels was estimated to be no different from twenty wen. So he casually took the silver from Xiao Wei's hand and respectfully handed it to Wumei, "I don't know where the predecessor wants to go?"
"The old man has nowhere to go...... Let's go to Anqing first, you can't let the little girl wait for a few days in vain, the old man has to do something. The brow-free hand scratched his messy hair and casually settled his itinerary.
"Thank you seniors!" Xiao Fei knew that Chen Jiazhai should not be too stable in the next days.
Yin Xiaomei also heard the meaning of the eyebrows, and was a little reluctant to be grateful, and grabbed his arm holding the sword, "Senior, are you leaving?"
"Girl, this is called that there is no feast in the world that will not be dispersed. Eyebrow said with a grin.
"Then after you finish handling the affairs of Anqing, can you go back to Hangzhou to visit your little sister?"
"Let's talk about it then, I saw that little Taoist priest's swordsmanship a few days ago is somewhat familiar. This time I went to Anqing, and I had a good deal with him again, and I saw if I could remember a little bit of the past. "No eyebrows are straightforward, and things that are uncertain will not be agreed casually. And the little Taoist priest in his mouth should be the "ghost sword man" Zhang Jizi.
Wumei still left, although Xiao Fei and Yin Xiaomei were very reluctant.
After sending Wumei away, settling the expenses in the store for three days, and then compensating for the loss of the store, Xiao Fei took Yin Xiaomei to Xiao's house in a carriage.
On the carriage, Yin Xiaomei timidly looked at the magnificent decorations in the carriage, and then looked at the mother-in-law and maids accompanying outside the carriage, and couldn't help but feel uneasy.
Less than three miles away, no matter how slow the speed of the car is, it will be there in an instant, Yin Xiaomei got out of the carriage, looked up and saw the gate of Xiao's mansion, and did not dare to take a step.