Chapter 52 Encounter
Since she has heard Sun Zhongmin's grievances, Jiang Ting will be a little unsenthusiful if she continues to carry it. Naturally, he agreed and repeatedly promised that he would never be wronged by Sun Yun in front of him in the next few days.
The two reached a consensus, and it was much more convenient for each other. Sun Zhongmin's opinion, it is too difficult for Jiang Ting to be so reasonable as an 11-year-old girl. In Jiang Ting's opinion, although Sun Zhongmin is a little two, he is generally good. He doesn't seem to understand that he is so bad for Sun Yun. But they have a psychological shadow. As soon as they meet their little sister, they unconsciously spoil them. What can others do?
After that, Sun Zhongmin thanked Jiang Ting again and again and again, and personally sent her back to the courtyard where she lived. In Jiang Ting's eyes, she added a lot of impressions to him. First of all, although it is a little emotionally difficult to control, they are polite. Secondly, the two also talked about some other topics along the way. Jiang Ting found that as long as it was not related to Sun Yun, Sun Zhongmin was a normal good teenager. It's just that his cold face is still a little bluffing.
After being busy for such a whole day, Jiang Ting is already very tired. After returning to her residence, she climbed to ** to sleep, and slept until Lianxiu and Zhihua woke her up at dinner. Since she is a guest here, Sun Yun, the master, treats her better. When Jiang Ting had just been cleaned up, she actually brought Chunman and Xia Teng directly: "Sister Ting, shall we eat together today? Let people put our food in this yard, right?
Jiang Ting has always had no resistance to the enthusiastic Sun Yun and nodded obediently.
The staple food for dinner is indeed mixed steamed buns. In addition to steamed buns, there are also three meat, three vegetarian and six dishes, plus a small pot of sweet corn egg flower soup. Jiang Ting looked at the corn soup on the table and got an appetite. At this time, the corn is eared, which is the time to be sweet. She hasn't eaten fresh corn for a long time. Because in the Southern Tang Dynasty, corn is a new thing that has just come from the outside world, and the court has not yet paid attention to it, so the promotion of planting has not yet begun. Generally speaking, this thing is only planted by rich families to keep it fresh.
In fact, Jiang Ting understands that there is a specific method for corn cultivation. After mastering the planting method, corn is a very high-yielding grain. But sadly, although she knows this, she doesn't know how to grow corn. Otherwise, you can help your father build a great achievement.
Things are rare and valuable. Since there are few people growing corn now, and the output is low, the price is naturally expensive. Now it's not the 21st century that you can buy a corn cob by casually spending two yuan on the street. In the Southern Tang Dynasty, corn was a precious thing. In addition, its own color is golden, which has a good meaning, so the price can be imagined. When she was in the northwest, Jiang Ting never dared to ask her father for this thing. Because it was too expensive, they could not afford this expensive ingredient at that time.
It has just grown into immature corn, which is very sweet. Coupled with some honey seasoning in the soup, plus the fragrance of corn itself and the freshness of eggs, the taste is naturally fragrant, sweet and delicious. Xia Teng is indeed very good at mixing stuffing. In addition, the dishes used in Zhuangzi are fresh vegetables just picked from the field, and the assorted steamed buns are also very delicious. Therefore, Jiang Ting and Sun Yun held a bowl of soup and a steamed bun, and they already ate very sweetly.
Just as the two were eating happily, there was a loud voice outside. Jiang Ting and Sun Yun looked at each other in contemptible faces, quickly put down the bowl and steamed buns in their hands, waiting for someone to report what had happened. However, the girl who sent the message did not come in, but Sun Zhongmin broke in.
"Little sister, how can you not wait for me to eat?" Sun Zhongmin's cool face was completely turned into a ball at this time, and he seemed to be wronged. He didn't even look at Jiang Ting and the maids beside him, and said to Sun Yun repeatedly, "I was listening to the affairs outside, but as soon as I saw the meal, I drove them all away and came back to eat with you. As a result, you didn't wait for me to say anything and came to Sister Jiang. Little sister, don't you like your second brother anymore?
Sun Yun stared her big eyes, and her fingers pointing at Sun Zhongmin trembled a little. She roared at him shyly and angrily, "Second brother, what on earth do you want to do? We are not at home, but we still have sister Ting here! No, no, I mean, this is the yard where Sister Ting lives. What's wrong with you breaking in like this? Besides, I said in the afternoon that I don't want to talk to you today!"
Sun Zhongmin was even more aggrieved. A pair of slender and beautiful eyes stared into an oval, as if she was about to cry in shock. The fog was very touching, which made Jiang Ting amazed.
"Yun'er, do you really ignore the second brother? Didn't you say in the afternoon that you would take care of your second brother in the future? We haven't had dinner together for a long time. Don't you know that I'm looking forward to today?
Sun Yun sighed degenerationly: "Second brother, don't we eat together every day when we are at home?"
Sun Zhongmin replied bluntly, "That's different. At that time, my parents and eldest brother were there, not just us!"
"Second brother, you..."
Jiang Ting looked at the brother and sister playing tricks and almost didn't laugh. However, she can see that Sun Zhongmin seems to spoil Sun Yun very much, but in fact, she is also very attached to her. Although it seems a little inappropriate for brother and sister to use the word attachment, Sun Yun really can't figure out what to describe his special personality and behavior. She saw that Sun Zhongmin really felt wronged, and Sun Yun didn't seem to be as angry with him as she said before, so she said, "Sister Yun, why don't you let someone add a pair of bowls and chopsticks and let Sun Erge eat with us?" Anyway, we can't finish so much food.
Sun Yun suddenly turned around and stared at Jiang Ting in surprise: "Sister Ting, the second brother is a foreign man. Why don't you avoid suspicion?"
Jiang Ting gave her a funny look and said, "I think you are my sister, and naturally I also think that Brother Sun is my brother. Why are you talking about avoiding danger and not avoiding suspicion? Besides, even in the female training, there is no special saying that women can't eat at the same table with men.
Sun Yun shook her head and argued, "You're wrong. It's written in the female training, 'Men and women are seven years old different seats'!"
Jiang Ting replied, "That means that when attending the red and white wedding banquet, men and women are not at the same table. It's not about our daily meals.
Sun Yun stared at Jiang Ting and opened her tongue. Well, is that what it means in the female training? Why does she always feel that Tingting is saying something wrong?
"Love embroidery and painting, you should quickly get a new pair of bowls and chopsticks for Erge Sun, and let someone serve a small pot of soup. I'm afraid this pot is not enough. We don't need steamed buns or dishes. We only have three people, which is enough. Jiang Ting ignored and was still thinking about whether she was talking about the crooked Sun Yun, so she invited Sun Zhongmin to the table very enthusiastically. Looking at her posture, it seems that she is the master and the Sun brothers and sisters are guests.
"Thank you, Sister Jiang, for your success. If you need my help in the future, please feel free to ask, and the second brother will try his best to help." Sun Zhongmin smiled happily. Although the smile makes his cool face a little less deterrent, it seems to be more attractive with more affinity. It's just that Jiang Ting still remembers his tearful aggrieved appearance just now, so she can't face his handsome face for a while.
Sun Yun saw that Jiang Ting was helping Sun Zhongmin, and after she slept, she was really not angry with her brother. So I didn't say anything more. In a short time, the three talked again, which was much more harmonious than before.
The next morning, Sun Yun had no face to mention going to climb the mountain to pick peaches, but she really didn't want to stay in the garden. So she asked Jiang Ting if she wanted to go to see the small waterfall and pool that Sun Zhongmin mentioned yesterday.
Jiang Ting herself is not a quiet person. She has seen the true face of the so-called peach forest in the back garden yesterday. Although the peach forest is a small peach with an ornamental knot, it still looks. Therefore, she doesn't have much interest in Taoyuan on the mountain. At this time, as soon as he heard that Sun Yun had a new plan, he naturally agreed.
For Sun Zhongmin, what Sun Yun means is his meaning. Therefore, after breakfast, the three of them drove to the other side of the hill where Zhuangzi was located.
In fact, a place is a small mountain area, with several mountains connecting southeast and northwest, forming a curved mountain forest. The Zhuangzi of the Sun family is the southernmost and easternmost of this mountain range. The place Sun Zhongmin said was in the valley formed by them bypassing the mountain of the Sun family and going north to connect with another mountain.
Although the mountain of the Sun family is not big, it is still quite far from one side to the other. Fortunately, the road at the foot of the mountain is still smooth and the horses can run. Even so, it took them an hour to turn to the mouth of the valley.
When you get to the valley, the carriage can't get in. But there are curved roads in the valley, and the terrain is still flat, but horses can walk. Jiang Ting and Sun Yun have learned to ride horses. Although they are not good at it, they are not participating in horse racing. As long as they can walk forward and walk slowly. In addition, they were surrounded by many escorts of the Sun and Jiang families, and someone helped lead the horse, so they rode a tall horse into the valley without fear.
Sun Zhongmin is not here for the first time, but he still needs local talents to guide the way. They found a farmer in a nearby farm and gave him a few taels of silver to help guide the way. How did the guide ever think about such a beautiful job? In addition, Sun Zhongmin and others came from a rich and noble family at first sight, so they naturally dare not accept it. Later, Zhao Xi came out and talked to people well before he made it right.
The guide worked very hard. One person walked at the front of the team, and from time to time took a wooden stick in his hand to clear the grass for Sun Zhongmin and others behind him. After the man finally led Sun Zhongmin to the place, he suddenly knelt down in shock and kowtowed in the direction that Sun Zhongmin, Sun Yun and Jiang Ting could not see.
The people behind felt strange, so they accelerated their speed to the side of the guide, and then they saw that someone had taken the lead by the green pool. Among those people are also acquaintances of Jiang Ting. It's none other than Liu Ming, the son of King Qing, and Liu Yao, the son of King Jing.