526, Xanadu
On the day when Nijie and Shu Yan left, Xiaoxiao made two thick quilts overnight, and half a truckload of charcoal was loaded. The mountain was cold, and these were enough for two people to warm up and use for one or two months.
Xiaoxiao arranged for people to load things into the carriage. In the chaos, he saw a familiar figure walking out of the magazine. He frowned and didn't have time to think about it for a while.
Until they were cleaned up, the few people got on the carriage carrying passengers together. Although they were going to welcome a new life, they were a separation from Kyoto after all, so everyone didn't say much.
This time, I only saw Xiaoxiao off, and Nijie was not willing to mobilize many troops.
Xiaoxiao and Shu Yan sat next to each other, Nijie sat opposite him, Xiao Dier sat further away, the scenery along the way gradually changed from prosperity to depression, and the population gradually became sparse, the forests in the suburbs had been dyed light green, and occasionally a touch of pink of apricot blossoms appeared in this stretching green.
"This morning, my second brother-in-law is here." Shu Yan looked at the scenery in her eyes, breaking the silence in the car.
When Shu Yan talked about the three words "Second Brother-in-law", Xiaoxiao only felt it was rare. In the mouth of this third sister, even the title "Second Sister" was rarely heard.
"No wonder when I loaded the car just now, I saw a person who looked like his second brother-in-law. It's a pity that he walked in a hurry and never saw it clearly." Xiaoxiao remembered the person who looked very much like Mr. Weng who saw today.
Shu Yan paused and said slowly: "Second sister heard about me and asked her brother-in-law to come and give me two hundred taels of silver."
"Second sister?" Xiaoxiao thought it was Mr. Weng coming to talk about scripts or something, but he didn't expect it was Huanyan's idea. When he recalled the undercurrent relationship between Shu Yan and the two legitimate sisters, he felt a little mixed with emotion for a moment.
"I didn't expect that it is said that their life is not easy now," Shu Yan's face could not be seen, and her eyes were slightly lowered, "Many people and things are changing."
Xiaoxiao held Shu Yan's hand and didn't know what to say for a moment: "I have been hesitating whether it is appropriate to make an appointment with my second brother-in-law. Now it seems..."
"It's appropriate." Shu Yan smiled gently, "They can live a good life and suffer less trouble with their wife."
The second wife has never given her son-in-law a good face. A noble scholar like Mr. Weng has never lost all the etiquette in his family. This is a gentleman worthy of entrusting.
Xiaoxiao remembered the stories of this person in his previous life, and gradually changed in the Yuanlong Dynasty. It is really hard to explain the things in this world.
Shu Yan looked at the beautiful scenery of the remote suburbs that slowly passed outside the window, and remembered the encouraging words of Mr. Weng today. Perhaps they were both people who made a living by their names. He was extremely encouraged by the woman's entry into Qiaohuisi. After the two hundred taels of silver were attached, Shu Yan refused: "This is what your sister means. If there is not much money, it is definitely not enough to buy a house. It's just to add some money to the third sister. Your sister said that you should come back often to see the old lady. The two of her grandparents and grandchildren have no revenge for the night. He is old, so don't leave any regrets for the future."
Shu Yan was moved for a moment, but he decided not to accept the money: "My brother-in-law earned hard money word by word, and there is another family to support him."
Mr. Weng smiled and waved his hand: "If I return this money to me, I really can't explain it to your sister. She will take care of the money at home, so I definitely dare not keep it in private."
Shu Yan smiled bitterly in her heart. She left this family and had a real sister and brother-in-law.
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Fengqiu Town is already more prosperous than Tianshui Town. In addition, with Jiushan tourism now developing, the town is filled with shops and wine flags.
Fengguan Village is located at the northernmost end of Fengqiu Town. It is a small village with simple folk customs. Fengqiu's tourism is not centered on here. Only in the peak tourist season can guests stay in the village's residences.
Fengguan Mountain is a relatively gentle hill. In addition to the locust trees unique to Jiushan, there are more peach trees on the mountain. The mountain flowers bloomed late, and some flowers and buds have just grown.
Near the hillside, surrounded by peach trees, a single courtyard of blue bricks suddenly stood, with an ordinary style, but suddenly appeared in such a mountainous land, like a house blown out by a fox fairy breath.
"I originally wanted to imitate Tao Yuanming and surround a circle of fences, but I was afraid of being unsafe." Ni Jie looked at this yard of his own and showed a rare smile.
Compared to Ni Jie's smiling expression, Shu Yan was even more moved, and tears seemed to be rolling in her eyes: "I'm finally back."
Come back - the word she used was "come back", and it seems that she had already regarded this place as home.
Xiaoxiao was even more excited than the two parties involved. She was the first to jump out of the carriage and run towards the blue brick yard: "Oh my God, this is so beautiful~ After a while, the mountains are full of peach blossoms!" As she said that, she ran to the front door and knocked on the door: "A customer is here, open the door quickly!"
Ni Jie walked over with a smile, opened the door lock with the key in his hand, and Xiao Xiao walked in like a child. Naturally, there was no outer courtyard like this simple courtyard. Opening the door was a big door hole. There was a hand-pushed wooden cart under the door hole. Ni Jie smiled: "I plan to open a little outside the yard to plant some fruits, vegetables, corn and peanuts, and pushing the cart makes it easier to collect vegetables."
Ni Jie actually thought of all this, Xiaoxiao felt more at ease about their living here. She looked at the farm tools piled beside the door opening, and had all the hoes, plows, rakes, and rakes, and was worried: "Do you two do so much farm work?"
Ni Jie smiled and said, "I am in my hometown in Anhui and often follow my mother to the fields. These work is no problem. Besides, we just grow some vegetables and don't plan to grow crops on a large scale. This is not a farm work!"
Xiaoxiao remembered that he had never farmed in Dawangzhuang, and these tasks were even more difficult for him than climbing to the sky.
When he walked into the square yard, he saw the path paved with blue bricks leading to three main rooms on the north, as well as the kitchens and wood-rooms on both sides. Xiaoxiao went into the kitchen and took a look. The layout inside was similar to that of Aunt Gui's house. Unconsciously, he said: "You two don't even have a wing room, it seems that they don't plan to keep guests here!"
Ni Jie smiled and said, "Where did we have a wing room in Dawangzhuang back then? A few people squeezed into a big kang and lived in it!"
Xiaoxiao tilted her head and looked at Nijie: "When will the student aid become so eloquent? I feel that once I arrive in Fengguan Mountain, the student aid becomes a child~"
Ni Jie smiled and helped the coachman carry the charcoal into the woodshed together. Xiao Dier was also busy on the side. Xiaoxiao helped Shu Yan carry the big bags into the house. There was a table of Eight Immortals in the main hall, and a picture of the exiled immortals was hung on the wall. There were high places on both sides, and there was a nine-mountain bonsai on each.
The ground seemed to have taken some effort. It was not a hard ground like Aunt Gui's house, but was covered with clean bluestone bricks, leading to the east and west rooms.
"Let's put all these bags in the east room first." Shu Yan walked into the house first, laying the mattresses on the large kang on the north side, and then putting the bags on the kang.
While Shu Yan packed up her bag, Xiaoxiao looked at the house carefully. The house was quite tough and elegant. On the south side was a large tic-toe lattice-tie window embedded in glass. There was a black lacquer desk next to it, with all the pens, inks and papers and inkstones on it. The bookshelf on one side was filled with books, and a small black lacquer zither table next to it, with a zither on it. Xiaoxiao remembered that Ni Jie was good at adjusting the zither.
After seeing the east room, Xiaoxiao ran to the west room and continued to appreciate it.
"Wow~ This must be the third sister's house!" Xiaoxiao smelled a faint fragrance as soon as she walked in. She glanced around the house and saw a pot of orchid blooming in the high flower table next to the window. She felt a little moved for a moment, and she heard that this flower was raised by Shan Niang. When she heard that Shu Yan was leaving, Shan Niang secretly prepared some money. But Shu Yan wanted to do it. She smiled and said, "If aunt cherishes me, it's better to give me a pot of orchid you raised. I really love the fragrance of those orchids."
"I came back two days before the Nishi Festival, brought some luggage, and brought this pot of orchids." Shu Yan also walked into the house at some time.
This room is similar to the layout of the east house. There is a large stone kang on the north side, and a small kang table is placed beside the kang. There is a row of kang cabinets on the wall. There is a large desk facing the window in the south. The desk here is varnished, with a light green and yellow color. There is also a varnished bookshelves on the west side. There is also a piano table next to it, and a guqin is placed.
Compared to the toughness of the east house, this house is more refined. In addition to orchids, there are also some study rooms for viewing on the table. A few bamboos are planted outside the window to add scenery.
Perhaps both of them were not easy to dress up, and there were no dressing tables in both rooms. Shu Yan opened the cabinet to pick up goods. Xiaoxiao saw that it was full of dresses with coarse cloth and fine cloth. It was estimated that the hairstyle in the future would be simple, so he tied it with a bamboo hairpin.
He smiled and said, "I'll buy you a washbasin stand with a mirror on it."
Shu Yan nodded: "That's really a convenient thing."
Ni Jie knocked on the window outside: "It's noon. I was thinking of making stews for you, but I'm afraid it's too late. How about I'll spread the salty eggs?"
"Okay, I haven't eaten salty food in one day!" Xiaoxiao said and left the house, "I'll help the students!"
The habit of calling students to help students cannot be changed. Although Nijie has dropped out of school, everyone is still used to calling students to help students. Just like those people who have graduated for many years in later generations still call them to the old class monitor when they see the class monitor.
The smile of the scholar-aid student today has never stopped: "The two coachmen are not used to eating with us, so they bought them some meat in the town and they ate in the car!"
Xiaoxiao also came to the kitchen with a smile. Seeing that rice, flour, grain and oil had been arranged in a classified manner, and the large basket of wicker woven was filled with vegetables. Xiaoxiao picked up a handful of green onions and a handful of fresh leeks from it: "Let's have a good time?"
Ni Jie said: "I will depend on you if you have all the same things!"
"Oh my God, I've known each other for two years. I'm the first time I've been doting with the help of school~" Xiaoxiao took a basin of clear water from Xiao Dier and washed the scallions and leeks clean.
Xiao Dier said to Ni Jie: "Miss Zhu, I see that there is no well in this yard, but the water in the water tank is full. I wonder where Miss Zhu drew the water from?"
After hearing this, Xiaoxiao sighed secretly that he was careless. I remember that in Dawangzhuang, there was only one well in the village, and he had to carry two buckets of water back with a load to carry two buckets of water. At that time, only Nijie and Ruicai could carry water in his yard, and the others could only work together to carry a bucket of water.
"I came back the day before yesterday and picked it up from the bottom of the mountain." Ni Jie was stirring the flour and eggs in a calm manner, as if she didn't regard the problem of carrying water as a difficulty.
Shu Yan also came over to take action, and comforted and smiled and said, "The mountain road is extremely smooth. We even put green bricks in some places, and the well is not too far away."
Xiaoxiao lowered her head to wash vegetables, and was speechless for a moment.
When the fragrant and golden salty food was spread out one by one, Nijie started to make tomato soup again, sprinkled with a handful of fried shrimps, and suddenly it smelled good.
Everyone had a lively meal. Perhaps because they had joined Qiaohuisi, Ni Jie Shuyan regarded Xiao Di'er as her own and encouraged her to move out earlier and settle down.
Xiao Dier smiled and said, "Although I am free now, I can't live without my girl in this life. Being with a girl can gain a lot of knowledge and skills, and I can't learn enough in my life."
After hearing this, the two of them couldn't help but look at Xiao Dier in a different way.
Seeing that Xiao Xiao was having few jokes, Ni Jie brought a small bowl of prepared garlic vinegar sauce: "Don't you always like to eat dipping sauce?"
Xiaoxiao looked up at Nijie and suddenly said, "I have thought about it, I want to give you a well!"
Ni Jie was amused by Xiaoxiao's serious expression: "The road is not far, it's not worth digging a well, and there are also mountain springs on the mountain!"
Xiaoxiao was determined: "Aren't you a hundred years old? You have to live here for a lifetime. When you two are old, do you still have to go down the mountain to carry water to drink?"
Chapter completed!