Chapter 302: Visit of acquaintances
When the snow saw the lazy bath, there was already a dark fragrance floating in the room, and there was also a smell of tea. Zhou Bo naturally went to Xingyi for a long time and sat high at the kang table, drinking hot tea. Xue Jian came forward and said, "This is more and more reassuring." Needless to say, I have experienced the momentum of a big stewer.
"Sit down." Zhou Bo pulled Xuejian and sat beside him. "You are slightly crooked first. I asked Duofu to order the food to be served later, so as not to have an appetite." Xuejian raised her eyes and leaned on Zhou Bo's body. She was already sleepy: "Listen to Dalang."
Zhou Bo took her to bed and asked Xiaomei to come in. Xiaoxing and Xiaoli were sent to the kitchen. After all, they didn't want others to cook them, and the ingredients were also bought and prepared early. The inn has known the habits of this kind of large family for a long time, and it is more worry-free. It only cleans up the kitchen.
I planned to rest for only one night, but I didn't expect that it would start to snow at night. I couldn't catch up with the Spring Festival. Before Xue Jian's body fully recovered, Zhou Bo and Bai Yitian discussed with Bai Yitian to leave when the snow stopped. There is nothing to visit in a small town on a snowy day. There is only a plum blossom in the yard. After watching it for a long time, I feel more and more lonely.
In the snow, even in the afternoon, the sun can't shine into the window. The four corners of the room were burning a prosperous charcoal basin, which made the dark room warm. Xuejian sat on the couch, bowed his head and carefully sewed a child's shoes. The front of the shoes is in the shape of a little tiger, twisted with red and gold silk threads, and the eyes made of two orchid gems make the small shoes placed on the table, which is particularly eye-catching.
Xiaomei helped Xuejian tidy up the silk thread on the small stool beside her. She saw a shoe that Xuejian had just made, with love in her eyes. "Grandma's craftsmanship is getting more and more refined... Er... refined, this cat's head shoe with the eyes of these gems seems to be alive. It's really lifelike. ."
Xuejian picked up his own shoes and looked left and right, and his face turned red for a while. "Miss Xiaomei, have you ever heard of making cat head shoes? This is scolding your young grandmother. I can't draw a tiger as a cat, right? This is the first personal item made by Xuejian for Brother Cheng (the shoes are naturally close-fitting, Xuejian thinks so). She is particularly careful, okay?
After saying that, she saw Xiaomei's frozen face and didn't allow her to say anything more. She only patted the remaining one on the table and said, "Okay, you continue to do it. You have to do exactly the same as the other one, otherwise you are not allowed to eat!"
Xuejian stood up and stretched out her waist indecently. Xiao Xing had already blushed her face. She took a cloak for Xuejian from the hanger and put it on. She looked at Xiaomei's headhunting shoes with a bitter face. No, it was a tiger-headed shoe. With Xiaomei's craftsmanship, she had to live from a tiger to a cat, and she had to be a strange-looking cat. This is killing her own life. Ah!
Xue Jian pretended not to see Xiaomei's desire to cry without tears, and walked to the yard with Xiao Xing.
Out of the room, Xue saw that the snow outside had turned into light snow. Xiao Xing reached out to open an umbrella for Xuejian, and there was no other place to go, but she had stayed in the house for a long time and looked at the plum blossom as boring as them in the corner of the courtyard. The master and servant walked to the door of the courtyard and heard the noise of carriages and horses at the door. It seemed that a convoy had just come from the outside and should have taken the women, so they walked through the side door and seemed to run to the yard next door. This inn should be the largest inn within a few miles. There are also two such "presidential courtyards". Usually, when the sun is empty, there are more than when it is full of people. Unexpectedly, it will be lively at the bottom of the year.
Xue Jian and Xiao Xing tacitly stopped their steps, quietly avoided the corner of the courtyard, and hid their bodies.
Obviously, the group did not care about the feelings of outsiders. Knowing that the yard was open, even if there were large families with women living there, they did not restrain them and roared all the way. The servant who followed the body of a luxury horse was bending down and said with a smile, "Master, this auspicious snow is a good year. It's a good omen for us to catch this good snow as soon as we go out. The little one is here to say hello to you first..."
The third young master in the car slightly lifted the curtain. As soon as a gray-brown mink attacked the corner of the robe, he was blown back by the cold wind, leaving only one sentence, "That's... I don't look..." The voice was swept by the wind and I couldn't hear what was below.
Hearing the group of people pass by in a fiery manner, and then the yard next to them became lively. Xuejian and Xiaoxing slowly came out from behind the plum tree. Such arrogant formation and frivolous style made Xuejian frown, but it was not about her business, so she called someone to close the courtyard door, but two or three days later, On the courtyard wall, there is no contact. Although she is bored, she can only be some female celebrities that she is usually least good at, but it is more comfortable than dealing with such a family.
"Grandma, let's go back to the house." Looking at Xuejian's face, Xiao Xing asked.
Xue nodded, but couldn't help frowning at the noise of the nearby courtyard. "Dalang and Bai Yitian have been out for so long that they want to come back. Xiaoxing, you go and help Xiaoli prepare dinner. It's very cold today. Let's have hot pot tonight.
It suddenly occurred to me that Xiaotao, who used to like to eat hot pot the most, took a moment and didn't know how this girl was doing now. I thought that no one would tell her about herself, otherwise, according to Xiaotao's temper, she would always come to Beijing with Zhou Bo and others. Looking at Xiaoxing next to her, she has been together for so long. Xuejian has already trusted Xiaoxing and Xiaoli. She wants to give them a good home.
Naturally, Xiao Xing didn't know what she thought. She just heard the hot pot and her eyes lit up. Then she nodded and thought carefully about the ingredients needed to be prepared. The two slowly walked back together.
No mention that Xiao Xing went to find Xiaoli, Xue saw that she came to Xu Cong'an's room. Everyone else had nothing to do along the way, but Xu Cong'an suffered a cold and coughed a little. Seeing Xue come in, Xu Cong'an sat upright from the couch and said to her, "You came just in time. You just got up from a nap. It's boring. Let's play gobang together."
Xue put down his cloak, threw it on the back of the chair on one side, and looked at Xu Cong'an with a smile and said, "Is there any lottery?"
As he spoke, he walked to the charcoal basin and warmed his hands.
Xiao Li just brought the medicine. Seeing that Xu Cong'an finished drinking, Xue said, "Xiao Li, go and get Go. My adoptive father and I are going to play gobang."
Xiao Li nodded repeatedly. After a while, she came over with Xiaomei, who claimed that she had made tiger-headed shoes, set up the chessboard, and watched Xue see that she lost two games in a row before leaving. Xiao Xing was still waiting to prepare dinner with her.
Xuejian is very tragic. This really taught the apprentice and starved the master to death. She taught everyone so many games, but after everyone learned it, anyone can pick her up. How can she bear it? Even though she is thick-skinned enough, she can't sit still.
Xu Cong'an felt that it was boring to win, so he changed to Xiaomei, who had been rubbing his palms for a long time. He coughed twice and said, "Fortunately, I didn't say good luck. Otherwise, I don't know if Zhou Dalang's industry is enough for you to lose."
Xue saw a sneer, gritted her teeth and put down a son. Then she looked up and said, "What the righteous father said wrong. What about the Zhou family's huge family business? If the adoptive father likes it, just take it."
Several people played a few games with laughter. Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, Xiaomei lit all the long candles.
Outside, Xiao Xing came to report, saying that the young grandmother in the nearby courtyard came from Qingzhou. Hearing that there were also women here, they came to visit.
Xue hurried back to his room. Before he sat firmly, the visitor approached, and he heard a slightly familiar voice and said gently, "I heard that it was a Qingzhou native, so Yatong took the liberty to visit, which did not prevent my sister from rest..."