[Qing Chuan + Red Mansion] Midas touch

Suppressing the feeling of running away from the wilderness, and putting away the melancholy caused by the rain, Zuo Xi ordered the mother-in-law who was with the car to buy two baskets of ginger and send them to the boat.

It is most likely to be infected with wind and cold after being exposed to rain, and wind and cold have a certain probability of being contagious.Such a big family will leave their hometown, and they will not be acclimatized.On such a day, if one fails, it will be the rhythm of one sickness and one boat.After a while on the boat, I asked everyone to drink two bowls of hot ginger soup, which also meant to be prepared.

After giving instructions to the mother-in-law, it didn't take long for Zuo Xi to sit upright, then opened a corner of the carriage curtain again, and looked seriously and intently at the gradually receding Jinling street.

Outside the car is the picturesque misty and rainy south of the Yangtze River, which is so beautiful that it does not seem to be in the world.

Seeing Zuo Xi like this, Aunt Xue who was in the same car opened her mouth, but swallowed what she wanted to say.

She and her son will come back sooner or later, but the daughter is afraid that there will be no return date.

That's all, just watch it if you want to.

When they arrived at the pier, Zuo Xi and Aunt Xue boarded the boat surrounded by girls and women holding umbrellas.The big butler is watching over things like loading the ship, arranging the entourage and luggage.After the order is given, there are also the following stewards and servants to make arrangements, and the master does not need to worry about it.The three mothers first said a few words in the hallway, and then went back to their rooms to change the wet clothes on their bodies.When they came out, the servants who were waiting close by also changed their clothes one after another, changing the embarrassment they had when they got on the boat.

When the chartered boat set sail, the chaos at the beginning of the trip gradually subsided.

It is also thanks to the fact that most of the Xue family's belongings were transported to the capital ahead of last year's New Year's gift and this year's Dragon Boat Festival. The ship is only a small number of valuables and household items, otherwise it would not be settled so quickly. appropriate.

It took more than a month to reach the capital by boat. Although the journey was a bit boring, the accommodation conditions were good.Zuo Xi's suite was next to Aunt Xue's and Xue Pan's. Among the three suites, Aunt Xue's had the largest area due to the addition of a flower hall.And Zuo Xi's is the smallest, and the position is also the most inward.

But looking at this small cabin divided into two rooms inside and outside, Miss Zuo is still very satisfied.Seeing that Yinger brought Wen Xing and the others to set up utensils there, Zuo Xi only took a copy of "The Story of the Jade Box" and leaned on the bed inside to read it.

Modern people are somewhat uncomfortable reading ancient Chinese.Zuo Xi has the memory left by the original owner, and it still seems a little difficult.Fortunately, she doesn't have to take any imperial examinations, and she has a lot of time, so it's okay to take her time.

Lunch was served in the flower hall at Aunt Xue's side. After lunch, the three mothers didn't take a nap, because it was still raining outside, so they all stayed in the flower hall to talk and pass the time.

Aunt Xue took Tongxi and Tonggui to do needlework, Yinger and Wen Xing sat not far away to make ties, and Zuo Xi saw Xue Pan was bored, throwing pots for fun every once in a while.After thinking about it, I asked someone to fetch the painted tumbler and a small women's bow and arrow from the luggage.

A painted tumbler, a small and cute female bow, and a basket of arrows tied with cotton.After placing Bu Weng Yuanyuan, Zuo Xi squinted his eyes and shot it with a bow and arrow.

For a short-sighted person who can't tell the difference between male and female at a distance of five meters, and can't distinguish between humans and animals at a distance of about ten meters, it is a miracle that she can hit a shot that is so small that it is less than Weng and is separated by a distance of nearly four meters.

Not to mention that the tumbler was still swaying with the sway of the big ship, swaying to the east and west.

After shooting a basket of arrows, Zuo Xi, relying on his extraordinary short-sightedness, managed to miss a single arrow.Xue Pan, who was throwing the pot, looked at it for a long time, and was in a hurry.Finally couldn't bear it and ran over to help his sister shoot the tumbler.

"Did you hit it? Did you hit it?" Zuo Xi, who had been robbed of his bow and arrow, was not annoyed. He first stood on tiptoe and asked Xue Pan, and then, without waiting for Xue Pan's answer, he walked directly to the middle position and prepared to witness Xue Pan with the clearest sight. good archery.

A basket of arrows, Zuo Xi missed one.Xue Pan is much stronger than Zuo Xi, and he was hit by one.

In fact, the arrow just wiped the edge~

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I don't know if it was because of the rain on the day of departure. The journey to Beijing was actually rained lightly for two days and heavy rain for three days. Although the itinerary was not affected, it made people have to stay in the cabin from time to time.

Xue Pan may have found a sense of superiority and self-confidence in the comparison with Zuo Xi. During the days when he stayed in the cabin, he has been grabbing bows and arrows with Zuo Xi.

At the beginning, it was to shoot a tumbler. Later, at Zuo Xi's suggestion, he asked someone to tie a lot of small copper plates on the beams and pillars of the cabin.

Hanging in mid-air with ropes of different lengths, these small copper plates will shake from side to side and back and forth with the sway of the big ship, which is more difficult than shooting a tumbler.And take arrows to shoot them, you can hear a muffled sound when you shoot them, and you can know if you hit them without looking, which is especially convenient for Zuo Xi who is watching the battle.

In the days that followed, Zuo Xi often played against Xue Pan.Although those eyes dragged his feet, Zuo Xi could only feel the archery in the way of seeing flowers in the fog, but there were also coming and going, winning and losing.

Aunt Xue is a spoiled child with no limit, seeing that Xue Pan and Zuo Xi are playing well, she doesn't stop them from messing around.

One day, the three of them were chatting, and for some reason they mentioned Jia Yucun.

After Jia Yucun took office, he even sent posts to Xue's house.When he visited Xue's house, he also mentioned that he was supported by Jia Zheng, and said that he would communicate with Xue's family.

At that time, Aunt Xue was quite happy, thinking that this time the Xue family's position in Jinling had been stabilized, and at the same time she was more determined to live with her brothers and sisters.

Xue Pan didn't care, after all, his heart was occupied by the legendary prosperous capital, so he didn't care who came and who left.It turned out that Zuo Xi thought a little more.

For example, the mother and daughter Yinglian of the Feng family who settled in Jinling, they are the former masters of Jiaoxing.Now a family is in decline, and an official's wife has become a dignified official's successor. I don't know if there will be side effects.

Another example is that Jia Zheng is capable of arranging such an official position for Jia Yucun, why not do activities for himself and Jia Lian.I remember that Lai Shangrong in the original book also took the route of Jia’s family, and finally went out to become an official, but the old and young men of Jia’s family were still in the capital, eating and sleeping, drunk and dreaming.

This weird way of thinking. Inherited things should not be contagious, right?

On this rare sunny day, Xue Pan was bored on the boat, so he wanted to take advantage of the supply on the boat, go ashore for a stroll, and check the accounts on the way.

Zuo Xi is not optimistic about this proposal.Just like Xue Pan, after a few words, people can see the depth. The shopkeepers in those shops met such an owner. Thinking about the possible chemical effects, Zuo Xi would not suggest that Xue Pan be ignorant and fearless. its short.

Don't look at Zuo Xi calling Aunt Xue and Xue Pan all the time without any pressure, mother and brother, and calling them kindly, but there is always a layer of separation in his heart.She has never been able to regard herself as a part of Xue's family, so even though she had anticipated the consequences of Xue Pan's audit, Zuo Xi's first thought was whether she should persuade her.

There is always a feeling that she is an outsider, saying these words are too shallow.

I also don't know how the time-traveling seniors in the book managed to treat themselves as the original owner and the relatives of the original owner as their own family, and then planned for them without reservation.

Is she too slow or cold by nature?

Zuo Xi shrugged, thought for a while, and decided not to spoil Xue Pan's interest.

Watching Xue Pan take people ashore to check the accounts, Zuo Xi also told Aunt Xue, and then took Yinger Wenxing and three or five servants off the boat.

Knowing that she looks good, or quite beautiful, Zuo Xi deliberately cleaned up when she went out.

Of course, I didn't deliberately torment myself to be ugly, I just put on Yinger's clothes and put on a veiled hat to go out.

Even so, Zuo Xi didn't dare to go far, he just took a look at the pier and returned.

The ancient wharf can't be compared with the modern one, but the people who set up stalls on the wharf are not inferior to the modern one.

After eating a palm-sized grilled fish at the pier, and buying some unknown wild fruits and some sea snails brought in by fishermen, Zuo Xi took the people back to the boat.

Asking people to send the sea screw to the stove, and after explaining how to do it, Zuo Xi went back to the room to wash his face, changed into a dress that was covered with a lot of dust, and then went to Aunt Xue's house with the wild fruit he bought. Eat together in the flower hall.

A little later, Xue Pan asked someone to send a table of noodles back, and he himself followed the shopkeeper in the shop to "see the world".

Tea houses, restaurants, and brothels, if they can be called in the world, I don't know which one.

It is difficult to learn good, but it is too easy to learn bad.

"Ying'er, is my Xuesu printed palace satin beanie ready?" Zuo Xi asked Ying'er as if inadvertently , then turned to look at Aunt Xue as if thinking of something, "Mom, is it too plain to wear that gown to Auntie's house?"

Aunt Xue thought about the material, and then thought about their filial piety status. She lowered her head and glanced at Zuo Xi, and saw that she was wearing a honey-colored brocade with dark patterns, narrow sleeves and slanted skirts, and a silk skirt with emerald thin edges. Yes, it is very beautiful.After thinking about it, he said, "It's okay, it would be very good to wear it with that chrysanthemum-yellow embroidered skirt and a golden silk brocade cloak."

After discussing what Zuo Xi should wear and what Aunt Xue would wear when she visited, they talked about the meeting gifts for the people in Beijing.

It was only when he was about to leave that he found out that Wang Ziteng and his family had left Beijing, so the only relatives who could visit in Beijing this time were Rongguo Mansion.

Up to the old lady, down to the girl in the second bedroom, and the young lady from the Lin family whom I have known for a long time and is now fostered in Rongguo Mansion, Xue's family has prepared a meeting ceremony, which is full of etiquette.Just these meeting gifts alone packed several wooden boxes.

Because people had been sent to Beijing to tidy up the house before, and all the belongings in the Xue family's warehouse had been sent to the capital in advance, so this time, everyone including Aunt Xue subconsciously thought that they would go back to their home first, and then Will do the calculation again.

However, what people didn't expect was that in the afternoon of this day, as soon as the Xue family's boat docked, the Rongguo Mansion had already sent people to wait on the pier.

The person who came was the second wife of Rongguo Mansion, that is, Wu Xing's family, the companion of Aunt Xue's sister Wang's.Aunt Xue was excited when she saw the visitor.Then Aunt Xue, who was not very smart at all, was fooled by Wu Xing's family and decided to take her daughter and son to Rongguo Mansion to meet her sister who was looking forward to day and night and was about to miss her.

Zuo Xi: "..."

Can't you be more reserved?