Chapter 74 Rice Cake (3)
The moment I stepped into the Jiaofang, my eyes suddenly opened up.
Surrounded by curved water, pavilions and pavilions are well arranged, and flowers and trees are scattered on the trails, swaying in the wind.
Wen Mingtang followed the maidservant across the bluestone slab bridge, and all he could see was a calm lake with swaying lotus leaves on the lake, revealing a flowery lotus everywhere. There is also a lotus boat in the middle, and dancers in dance skirts are practicing dancing on the boat.
The situation and the scene did have a unique elegance, and Wen Mingtang couldn't help but look in the direction of the lake.
The maid leading the way turned her head and gave her a sideways glance: "What are you looking at? Why don't you hurry up?"
Wen Mingtang withdrew his gaze and said calmly, "It's so beautiful!"
"It's not something you can look at too much!" The maid looked at her and frowned again, urging, "Why don't you go?"
Wen Mingtang nodded and followed.
The head of the Suyue Jiaofang naturally does not have to live with the singers and dancers next to him, but has a separate small building.
After entering the building, the maidservant leading the way breathed a sigh of relief. It was luck that he didn't meet anyone along the way.
She turned her head to look at Wen Mingtang, and said, "Let's go! Miss Xiu is waiting for you on the road!"
Wen Mingtang let out an "oh", followed the maid upstairs, and stepped into the house when a voice rang out.
"How did you grow up like this?"
The voice merged with the one in the memory, but compared with the one in the memory, it had an indescribably red world style.
Wen Mingtang looked at her feet, the cinnabar red eighteen-pleated skirt was blooming on the carpet, bright and gorgeous, but no matter how gorgeous it was, it couldn't compare to the person wearing the skirt. She raised her eyelids and looked at Wen Mingtang at this moment come over.
Without the cover of the sun hat, that extremely colorful face appeared in sight.
Wen Mingtang looked at the irresistible beauty of the exaggerated hairpin peony, and sighed imperceptibly: It really grew into a blooming peony.
She was moved by Wen Xiutang's exuberant complexion, the "peony flower", oh no, it was Wen Xiutang but frowned, looked at Wen Mingtang, and repeated the words just now: "How did you grow up like this?"
Wen Mingtang was about to speak, but suddenly felt a gaze that could not be ignored looking at him. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that it was the fan fan standing beside Wen Xiutang, who was looking at Wen Mingtang unabashedly. Come on, when she noticed Wen Mingtang's gaze back, she didn't avoid it, and continued to look at him, then shook her head invisibly.
Wen Mingtang averted his gaze at the fan-playing maidservant, turned to Wen Xiutang in the middle, touched his face, and said, "I've always looked like this! Two eyes, one nose and one mouth."
Wen Xiutang: "..." The person you are talking about doesn't look like he has two eyes, one nose and one mouth.
She was silent for a while, and she didn't say anything more about Wen Mingtang's "what he looks like", but a glimmer of happiness flashed in her eyes, and she turned to say: "If it wasn't for the sudden desire to eat Sushan that day, I'm afraid I wouldn't know you out of the palace."
Wen Mingtang thought of the look she gave her when she was surrounded by maidservants before going out, nodded and said: "It's also a coincidence, I always feel a little familiar, it seems to be sister. I just thought that sister was withdrawn from the brand, and she has already passed away." without…"
As soon as these words came out, Wen Xiutang frowned again, looked at Wen Mingtang who was dressed in linen robes and looked a little out of tune, and interrupted her words unceremoniously: "I'm very nice, I'm fine."
This girl from the clan was fairly well-behaved when she was a child, but she was released after staying in the court for a few years, and she was really like that group of incomprehensible low-level palace maids.
Wen Mingtang said "Oh", looked at Wen Xiutang, and asked with concern: "How did Sister leave the palace?"
"Fortunately, the owner of Jiaofang passed by and chose me." Wen Xiutang said with a twinkle in his eyes.
This is half-truth and half-false. Since she was a child, she was well-clothed and well-fed. How could she have suffered such hardships? After entering Ye Ting, the group of palace servants were jealous of her appearance, so they sent her to pour Ye Xiang, and then, that person passed by at that time and took her out of the palace.
Looking down at the painted nails, Wen Xiutang looked at Wen Mingtang in front of him, and asked, "Where did you go after leaving the palace?"
Wen Mingtang said: "I work as a cook in the public kitchen of Dali Temple."
Wen Xiutang frowned again when she heard this, and said, "What's so good about being a cook? What's more, it's still in Dali Temple and other places. You come out and come to my place. If you really want to be a cook, it's better to solve three meals for me alone." Already!"
The **** the opposite side heard the words, but pinched the corner of her clothes, with a reluctant expression on her face: "I... don't really think about it. There is food and shelter..."
Before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted by Wen Xiutang, who gave Wen Mingtang a sideways glance, and said, "Is it possible that I won't be able to live here without you?" Before Wen Mingtang could speak, she said, "When you go back, take this Resign, come to me!"
Wen Mingtang heard the words, but lowered his eyes, fell silent for a moment, and said: "Our Wen family ancestor said, if it is not forced, why do you have other choices to join the teaching workshop?"
Wen Xiutang's face darkened immediately after hearing a word, and she looked at Wen Mingtang with serious eyes: "What do you mean?"
Wen Mingtang shook his head, and said: "Sister has difficulties, I know. But I am doing a good job as a public chef in Dali Temple, so I don't want to leave."
Wen Xiutang sneered with a sullen face, his eyes flickered, and said: "That's all! It's up to you!" He glanced at her and said, "Next time, if there is anything, I will send someone to find you. You first Let's go back!"
Wen Mingtang said "Oh", but didn't stay long, just said "I know that Sister is fine, so I feel relieved!", and then followed the maid who led the way out the door.
Just out of the back door of Jiaofang, there was a loud sound of closing the door behind him.
Hearing a "bang" at the back, Wen Mingtang looked back at the Sule Jiaofang behind him, touched his nose, and walked forward.
Not long after Wen Mingtang left, an unexpected visitor came to Wen Xiutang's small building.
The visitor came in a Chinese robe with a golden crown and a fair complexion. He entered the door and said, "Wen Xuance, the old man's daughter, came to see you today?"
Wen Xiutang, who didn't even get up to Wen Mingtang, immediately got up to greet the person who came up, stretched out his hand to take off the cloak on his body, and said softly: "Come here before leaving."
The person who came came said "Oh" and asked her, "How's life going?"
The tone of voice is slightly raised, and it seems to be a little bit interested. Before the Wen family's accident happened, everyone thought that the Wen family's sisters would be well-known in the capital when they grow up. With Wen Xiutang's complexion, he had been curious about Wen Mingtang's appearance for a long time.
Wen Xiutang said: "I don't know how she is born like that now."
These words... the visitor heard this, and turned to look at the fan-playing maid beside him: "Is she too long?"
The maidservant said: "Compared to ordinary people, she is quite pretty, but compared to Miss Xiu, she looks like a willow."
The phrase "Pu Liu's posture" immediately dispelled the visitor's interest, he sighed in disappointment, waved his hand immediately, and said: "At first, I thought that if she had a good life like Xiutang, I would send her away." Get it, make another pair of sisters with Xiutang! If the old man Wen Xuance knows anything, he will die of anger again! Now that the growth is broken, I am not happy to wrong myself. Find someone and send her on the road! "
(end of this chapter)