The world is heavy and late

Chapter 270 Greetings
Xia Qing was awakened by Xu Zhong's words, and she didn't want to pursue her dream of joining the Taixue army in a women's college.

But after not thinking about these things, Xia Qing became even more silent, and the humming string that had been relaxed because of going out of the palace some time ago gradually quieted down.

Every day, she either went to the bookstore to find some relevant information, or looked at the things Xu Zhong borrowed from the Chongwen Museum. It was only after this incident that she realized that her understanding of this era was actually not very deep.

If you only want her to live a good life alone, it's not difficult.

After all, Xia Qing figured it out by herself, and the people around her would not stop her.

But if she wants more people to live better than they are now, she needs to understand the social rules here better.

When I am in good spirits, I read books under the cherry tree. There are already many birds on it. The weather is not too hot this year, so that the cherries are not fully ripe yet, but there are always tall branches facing the sun. The place has grown gratifyingly.

Xia Qing watched it almost every day at home, and ordered someone to pick it when it changed color, and ate half of the basket that day.

So much so that when Xu Zhong came back to eat at night, he found Xia Qing sick, as if he had lost his appetite. Xu Zhong glanced at the cherries on the tea table, then at Xia Qing, who had been a little guilty since he came back, and sighed. He didn't speak in his tone.

Xia Qing originally thought that this matter was over like this, but who knew that the cherries picked yesterday would never be found the next day, and after asking Anping for a long time, he found out that the cherries were arranged by Xu Zhong to give away, and it is estimated that they have already entered In Song Qi's stomach.

Xia Qing didn't care too much, the two cherry trees in [-] produced enough fruit for Xia Qing to eat this summer, but when Xia Qing wanted to give orders.

Anping said cautiously and gloatingly: "My lord ordered me this morning, Madam is not allowed to eat cherries for the next half month."

The corners of Xia Qing's eyes twitched, and he argued with a steady voice: "The cherry is about to rot on the branch."

Anping said calmly and without any panic: "My lord said that I can give it away. In the past, when my wife was no longer at home, our cherries could also be sold. We sold them cheaply, and they were all sold out in a short while."

Xia Qing clutched her chest, and said weakly, "I don't know what's going on, I just don't have an appetite when I wake up today, I'll be fine if I want to eat some melons and fruits."

Anping turned around and went to busy with his affairs, now the Xu family left him alone, he is still very busy every day.

"Your Excellency said to invite a doctor to come to the door today, and also said that Madam was injured from eating."

Xia Qing sighed heavily looking at Anping's back as he went out, then looked up at the bright red cherries on the high place, and walked away listlessly with his head down.

Xia Qing thought in his heart: Did she just say it?Xu Zhong cared most about eating, drinking and resting, so how could he not talk yesterday.

Xia Qing soaked in Jinghu Lake for a long time in the late autumn nights in the early years, and then developed a fever. She has been exhausted in the palace for these years, but her health is not very good. Whenever she is warm and cold, she will cough and catch a cold. Now she will also suffer from the sun Heatstroke, hot and cold feel uncomfortable.

Xu Zhong had discovered it when Xia Qing was still in the palace, but because he had no chance, he had no choice but to ask Qiao Huan to take good care of her. Now that Xia Qing is out of the palace, he is naturally very strict about these things.

Xia Qing also had a premonition that he really ate too much and hurt his spleen and stomach, so after the doctor finished reading it, he obediently poured down a large bowl of bitter medicine, and immediately didn't want to eat anymore.

I took a stroll to Xu Qingfang to have a look. Although I knew the business was not going well, I was happy to see that there were one or two customers.

The current Xu Qingfang is a veritable tea house. It is still the kind where no one orders tea. There are all kinds of palace cakes, which can be regarded as teas. Cake, just as a gift.

When Xia Qing came, Mrs. Chen was still serving refreshments to the guests on the table, and Fu Er was standing on the counter. First, he came to check out, and second, he could bring out whatever tea the guests wanted.

After discovering that most of the people who came to Xu Qingfang were tea drinkers, Xia Qing re-planned the layout. The front place was still the pastry counter, and Sister-in-law Chen watched there most of the time.

Turning the corner next to the pastry counter is the checkout area, and there are two rows of shelves behind it.

The pastry counter is facing the gate. If someone only buys pastries, they can walk in and buy pastries with them.

The checkout counter is facing the hall, and there are tables on it. It is not very loose, but it is bright and bright. It is definitely impossible to say something private.

As for the convenience of passing the counter, there is still a space left to be separated by a screen, and there are separate private rooms for those who like to come to the hall to discuss business.

This screen was the handicraft of the embroiderers of the Textile Bureau. Xia Qing asked them to embroider the brocade directly on the corners. It was the external shop of the Textile Bureau.

As for the second floor, it is even more convenient. There are only a row of futons. If you really count, there are less than fifteen. There are curtains designed by Xia Qing in front of you. When you want to see the scene in the lobby, you can open them. Put it down when you don't want to watch it.

Cui Shu liked the location on the second floor very much. When Xia Qing came to find that Cui Shu was there, he was still surprised. He wanted to say hello when he saw it. .

Although Xia Qing was very happy to accept it, she really felt that the etiquette of the aristocratic family was not lacking at all.

"Master Cui will take up his post in a few days, so why are you still in the mood to drink tea in the shop today?"

Cui Shu was not surprised that Xia Qing could learn the news from the court. After all, Xia Qing was not an ordinary citizen. He nodded and raised his hand to ask Xia Qing to sit down. The behavior is neat and clean, without any grace.

Cui Shu raised his hand to order tea, and Xia Qing, who was not ignorant of elegance, twitched the corners of his mouth in his heart with his smooth operation. When he lifted the tea, he felt like he was chewing peonies.

Cui Shu smiled and said: "It's a long way to go, I'm afraid it will be difficult to use Xu Qingfang's good tea in the future."

Xia Qing smiled, Wanyue is really not graceful, but she is generous and relaxed between frowns and smiles, with a bit of palace style, looking at her knowingly and understandingly.

"Master Cui is just joking, your family still lacks this little thing."

Cui Shu smiled, the friendship was shallow but not deep, and there was no reason to talk about his family's affairs, even though he knew that the woman in front of him might have known about what happened to the Cui family.

"Madam Xu doesn't look very good, but what's the matter?"

Xia Qing paused for a moment. Although the real situation was that eating cherries hurt her, it's hard to really say that.

She put down her teacup, and said with some seriousness: "I heard that the situation in Suzhou is not good, and most of the people starved to death. Besides, it is close to the frontier and there are often barbarians intruding. Although I am a girl, I am also very worried."

Cui Shu also sighed softly, raised his teacup to respect Xia Qing and said, "Mrs. Xu has great ambitions and pity for the suffering of all beings. It seems that a sage does not need to distinguish between women and men."

Xia Qing also raised his teacup, looked at the pampered Tanhualang with a slightly green face, and said, "Master Cui is a real man of insight. , Your Excellency’s trip really saves the people, and Xia Qing is here, I wish Master Cui every success.”

Xia Qing didn't like the aristocratic family very much, but they also divided people. Xia Qing still admired people like Cui Shu. Not everyone had the courage to go to Suzhou to waste these years.

The situation in Suzhou is very bad. It is not easy to make achievements due to internal and external troubles.

The environment and geography are perfect, and I don't know which one can be met by Cui Shu, but this man of heaven still went. For this alone, Xia Qing admired it very much.

(End of this chapter)