Being fooled by fierce beasts to travel through the beginning is fleeing famine

Mrs. Xue pulled Qingyan to say a few more words, and then preoccupied her to have breakfast first, otherwise it would be cold in a while.

Although it's summer now, I don't know if it's because of the ancient buildings inside the house, anyway, it's much cooler than outside.

Only then did Qingyan look at the food on the table. There was bird's nest soup, thick rice porridge, and a few refreshing side dishes. For those who wanted something sweet, there were two plates of dim sum. There were five dim sum in a small plate. , placed in a plum shape, looks very delicate.

There are exactly five of them, and it's easy to divide a piece of money for each of them.

Qingyan wasn't too polite, the table was small and she didn't need to stretch her arms to pick up vegetables, so it seemed impolite, so she tried everything.

She found out that there was nothing delicious in the ancient times she thought, and it was one-sided. It should be because some good cooks and materials are in some big families, and there are basically not many restaurants or restaurants outside. Ancestral craftsmanship.

Most of those with skills like to work in some big families. They don't have to be busy all day long, they only need to prepare the master's three meals or snacks, and they don't want to go to that kind of restaurant.

Those who work there are probably some cooks who know how to cook ordinary dishes, or some half-baked ones who have learned a little, so they don't think it's very delicious.

Another thing is that the current ingredients are still not complete enough, unlike the variety of sauces in the future market.

Of course, you can’t tell just by looking at the porridge and side dishes in the morning. The side dishes are really salty, fragrant and refreshing, but I don’t know how the lunch or dinner dishes are.

Don’t think about spicy and spicy. One is that chili has not been passed on yet. The current spicy taste is made with pepper. The other is that the people here are northerly. Even if there are, they are not used to eating, most of them are salty or thick oily red sauce.

The breakfast is very simple, and the portion is not large, so everyone finished eating in a short while.

The etiquette of Xue Minghua's two children at the table is also quite good, and they can chew steadily without making a sound. They must have learned it from Xue Minghua when they were young, and they are not timid at all.

This shows the importance of mother's upbringing.

Several people rinsed their mouths and washed their hands, and asked the maids to remove the dishes from the table. Mrs. Xue asked the maids to support Xue Minghua, and they entered the next room together.

Before entering the next room, Qingyan thought it was the master bedroom or something, but it turned out to be a living room.

Think about it, the ancients would not bring guests into the bedroom, they usually entertained guests in the hall. If they were close relatives and family members, they should chat in this small living room.

After entering the house, the maid helped Xue Minghua to sit on the soft couch beside her, and the two children also sat down next to their mother. It seemed that they were a little bit of a stranger in an unfamiliar environment.

It was hard for Qingyan to squeeze in there with her, so she sat on the round stool next to the flower stand, and Mrs. Xue sat on the grand teacher's chair beside her.

The servant girl served tea again, and Madam Xue asked people to leave and asked her to stand guard at the door.

Qingyan glanced at the maid, it wasn't Chun'er from before, and it wasn't Xiaoju who asked her to come over for dinner before, she looked older than those two, she should be the big maid who is Madam Xue's confidant.

After the maid went out, Mrs. Xue said: "Because Minghua came back suddenly, we didn't make any preparations in advance, so the master will make arrangements first, and then spread the news about their three mothers' return for tomorrow. road.

It was explained to the outside world that Hua got married at her natal family, but her husband died of a sudden illness, and it was the new widow. Because the husband's family didn't allow it, we took the three of them back.

In this way, there is an explanation to the outside world, and Minghua can deal with it when he goes out in the future, without worrying about gossip. "

At this time, there are still few women who are reconciled, and it is easy to attract other people's strange eyes. If you talk about widows whose husbands died, it will be fine. In this war-torn era, there are many widows, and no one will say anything about remarrying.

Qingyan felt a little embarrassed when Madam Xue said this, but there was no need to tell her about it, she was just an outsider after all.

The reason why Mrs. Xue said this in front of Qingyan was because she felt that she escorted her own daughter and granddaughter back, and she should tell the other party about this, otherwise it seemed that the Xue family was afraid of their daughter's embarrassment and did not dare to publicize it. It can be regarded as an explanation to the benefactor, so that people know that the effort was not in vain.

After saying this, Mrs. Xue asked Qingyan what she was going to do next.

Qingyan immediately replied: "Since Miss Minghua is fine, I will stay here for one more day today, and leave tomorrow morning to continue traveling, and I will continue to go south, there are still many places I haven't been to yet. .”

Xue Minghua was a little bit reluctant, "Sister Qingyan, why not stay here for a few more days. Although my legs and feet are not good, I can let someone take you outside for a stroll. This Xingtang Mansion is not small, and you can't finish it in a day."

She knew that Qingyan had never been to the Xingtang Mansion, so she probably wanted to have a good time.

Qingyan quickly refused, "No, no, I'll just go out for a stroll by myself in a while, I'll just spend the night at the house, and I'm leaving tomorrow morning."

When Mrs. Xue heard that she was leaving tomorrow, she also tried to persuade her to stay together: "It's so urgent, anyway, I'm going out to travel, that is, to play around, where to play is not for fun, why not just stay in Xingtang mansion For a few days, there are still many interesting places here, and I will ask you to take you to see them one by one.

After two days, the master has arranged Minghua's affairs, the family must hold a banquet, and invite the female relatives who have made friends to come and get to know Minghua and the two children. "

More than ten years have passed, and many people have changed their weddings and funerals several times. I must introduce it to the outside world.

"At that time, you can also get to know people together. The banquet here is still very lively."

Qingyan still shook her head and said: "I made an appointment with someone before, and I have to go back to Hancheng to meet people tomorrow, so I just take a stroll around Xingtang Mansion today, if I can't wait, I won't Well, we may not be able to contact you later."

Afterwards, the three of you came and I went back and forth to give way, and finally saw that Qingyan really couldn't stay, so the two of them stopped persuading her, but when they heard that Qingyan was going out for a stroll, they took A bank note and a purse came out, and the purse should contain broken silver.

Qingyan quickly refused and said: "Auntie, you don't need to be like this, I have money with me, and it's quite a lot. When I entered the city, I just sold eight horses and got a lot of money.

And it's just wandering around, and you don't necessarily know how to buy things. "

Mrs. Xue looked annoyed, "What's yours is yours. This is what I, my aunt, gave it to. As the saying goes, the elders don't dare to resign. This should be regarded as pocket money from my aunt. Don't refuse it!"

This time Mrs. Xue didn't let her refuse anything, and stuffed it directly into the satchel on her body, and finally groaned the little leopard.

Mrs. Xue was taken aback by Furry's hand, and quickly withdrew her hand. "There... is there a living person in here?"

Before Qingyan could speak, Huan'er spoke, "Grandmother, she is rich, and she is my aunt's little leopard, so pretty!"

Mrs. Xue was still a little puzzled when she heard "rich", but she was really shocked when she heard Little Leopard.

"Little leopard? It's still alive! Where did you get it? Can the female leopard let you go? I heard that this beast is the most protective of its cubs, and it holds grudges very much. Some even chase thousands of miles away!"

Qingyan carried the little leopard out of the temporary bag tied with cloth, and handed it to Mrs. Xue.

"Auntie, look, this little leopard was just a few days after the full moon, and I rescued it in the forest.

At that time, we were camping in the mountains, and a female leopard suddenly ran over. We were also taken aback, thinking that the other party was going to attack us.

Unexpectedly, the leopard kept looking at me with pleading eyes, so I tried to ask it, is there anything I need to help?It turns out that the leopard is so humane that it nodded at me!
So I followed it to the vicinity of its cave, and found that the little leopard had fallen into a very thin crevice in the rock.

That mother leopard is very smart, she couldn't get it up by herself, and she knew to run to the crowd to ask for help. At that time, I helped rescue the little leopard.

As a result, because of the long time, the mother leopard's milk went back, and she couldn't nurse anymore, so she nudged the little leopard and pushed it towards me, asking me to take the little leopard away.

I also know that if I don't take it away, this little guy will have a dead end, so I have no choice but to take it with me and raise it. "

Mrs. Xue's face was in disbelief, "This is too bizarre! That female leopard must have become a sperm, right? Also, that female leopard has no milk and can't feed it. How do you feed it?"

She is more curious about this.

Qingyan smiled and said: "I originally wanted to try using rice soup. If this little baby had no milk to drink, wouldn't he be raised with rice soup? But I was lucky, and on the way back I ran into a female goat." , now there is milk! I have been raising it until now, and it can already eat some soft things."

She can't say that the little leopard has not been weaned, otherwise it's hard to explain, there was still milk to drink on the road yesterday, but this night passed, the little leopard hasn't eaten anything, and the milk in the gourd can't hold it. For a long time, in this big summer, not to mention one day and one night, even half a day's milk may turn into yogurt.

When Mrs. Xue heard this, she was led to change the topic to the little leopard's food.

Why didn't you put it out when you just ate breakfast?You can also get it some food, is it hungry now?

As a woman, she has no resistance to the fluffy little cub at all, so she couldn't help but took it, hugged the little leopard into her arms, and rubbed it.

Fortunately, the little leopard didn't recognize his birth. When he was rubbed comfortably, he rubbed against her hand and moaned to her a few times.

Qingyan pretended to take out an unpackaged muscle-flavored compressed biscuit in her satchel, "I can't drink the milk I brought yesterday, it ate this morning, soak it in water to soften it, and you can also grind its teeth." use."

This compressed biscuit is long and looks like a baked pastry. It is not very strange. It is as long as a finger and two fingers wide, so it is not afraid that the little leopard will swallow it directly and get stuck in the throat.

Madam Xue took the biscuit from Qingyan's hand, held it in her hand and looked at it, "Can a little leopard bite such a hard thing?"

As he spoke, he handed it to the little leopard's mouth. The little leopard sniffed it, smelled the delicious smell of meat, and opened his mouth to bite it.

Seeing how vigorously it was biting, Mrs. Xue was a little worried that it would break its baby teeth.

Fortunately, this is really easy to melt. It was softened by the saliva in the little leopard's mouth for a while, and it was bitten out after a while.

Now Mrs. Xue couldn't like it even more, and said to Qingyan: "Qingyan, you go out for a stroll by yourself, just leave it here with me, I will show you, don't worry, I will definitely Take care of it.

It should still be able to drink some milk just after weaning. Our family has cow’s milk and goat’s milk, which is usually used for making snacks. "

Qingyan didn't object as soon as she heard it, so she said to Madam Xue: "Then please trouble Auntie, it will hum when it is hungry, and it will want to go to the toilet after eating and drinking. You can take it to the toilet, or Let it be in the grass by itself, it will be convenient by itself..."

Mrs. Xue listened seriously, and nodded again and again: "Okay, okay, don't worry, I will definitely take care of you, and you should be careful when you go out, especially in Nanshi. I heard that there are many people there. Pickpocket, or I'll let the mansion follow you."

Qingyan shook her head quickly, "No need, I will pay attention to it myself, if someone follows me, I will feel uncomfortable, so please trouble Auntie, I'm going to play..."

After speaking, he rushed out, afraid that the other party would bring someone to her again.

But still did not escape Xiaoju who was guarding the door.

"Miss Qingyan, I'll take you to the west door, it's closer to go out there."

After saying that, without waiting for Qingyan to refuse, she walked ahead and led the way.

Qingyan just followed her and walked out of the courtyard.

When she just went out, Qingyan actually saw the envy on Fulai and Huaner's faces, and she probably wanted to go out to play. If she didn't really have something to do today, it would be okay to take the two of them with her. Now she has to Pretend not to see it.

The main entrance of Xue's mansion is on the southeast side, and most mansions open on the southeast side. This may be because of the emphasis on Feng Shui.

The backyard is closer to the west door, and this side is originally for people on duty in the backyard to enter and exit, so they usually don't go to the main entrance.

The front door will only be opened when there are some important visitors, and the middle door is open to welcome distinguished guests is a big family's particularity. Most people in the mansion come in and out through the side door and corner door.

In fact, even if Xiaoju didn't lead Lu Qingyan, she would still know the direction. Although yesterday was a dark day, she still remembered the general direction, and with the Chou Chou cheating on her, she wasn't afraid of getting lost at all.

But Xiaoju came here not only because she wanted to show her the way, but also because she asked the concierge at the side door to open the door for Qingyan when she came back, so as not to change the value here, and if she didn't know Qingyan, she would not be allowed to come back. Come in.