Eat in Song Dynasty

Chapter 398 Bamboo Slices
With Wang Ling helping to take care of Hong Ying, Wen Shu was completely relieved.

After admonishing him, what happened and what to do about it, he went out.

Stopping cars and horses on the street, Wen Shu went straight to Chu's mansion.

Since it was afternoon, and Aunt Chu was pregnant again, Wen Shu couldn't visit, so she didn't come in.Tell the concierge directly to see Miss Chu Si, she is waiting in the teahouse opposite.

When Chu Hong arrived at the teahouse, Wen Shu had already ordered refreshments, and there was still a basket on the table containing two bottles of Mingmu thirsty water.

This is a meeting ceremony for her to ask someone to do something.

Although it is said that the price of thirsty water in tea shops is not high, but now the tea shops have completely cut off the supply, this is a gem that even the rich can't buy.

"Didn't you say you have something to do, why are you here at this hour?"

"I have something to ask for your help." Wen Shu called Chu Hong to sit down at the table, and briefly explained the whole story.

After hearing this, Chu Hong was surprised, "There is such a thing!"

Wen Shu nodded solemnly, "I heard that this matter is still being disputed by the court. The fourth girl's uncle is the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, so I want you to help me find out the inside story and look at my father's case. Whose interests are involved, who uses him as a raft, and who is attacking."

Chu Hong thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll help you go."

"Thank you."

After Miss Chu came to the gate of the Zhao Mansion, it was already half past noon.

Because few people visited in the afternoon, the concierge was surprised when he heard it, and the concierge hurried in to report it until Chu Hong said that he was looking for Zhao Qin for something.

When Zhao Qin heard the sound, Chu Hong hurriedly winked at her, Zhao Qin understood and came over without further questioning, and greeted the two of them inside.After entering the flower hall, he asked curiously, "What is it, so mysterious?"

"Is uncle back?" Chu Hong asked.

"No, there's been a lot of business lately, and I usually don't come back until dinner.

"Well, then let's wait."

"You want to find your father?"

Chu Hong looked at Wen Shu, who nodded, "Well, do I have something to ask?"

"I don't know what it is?" Zhao Qin's expression was a little dignified.

My father has been an official in the court for more than ten years, and he has always maintained neutrality. He followed the path of Qingliu.
"Second girl, don't worry, just ask a few words, and she will never embarrass Mr. Zhao."

Before Zhao Qin could think about it, Chu Hong had already handed over the basket at hand, "Does my cousin know what this is?"

"what?"

"Isn't my cousin always regretting that I didn't buy the Mingmu thirsty water from Baiwei Tea Shop? Well, this is it."

Although the reputation of thirsty water tomorrow has not yet spread far and wide, as relatives of the Chu family, the Zhao family has heard the third aunt Chu say it many times.I heard that the thirsty water is not only good for eyesight, but also very refreshing.

The eldest son of the Zhao family, Zhao Xidun, will be participating in Chunwei in February next year. He has studied hard recently and often complains that his eyes are uncomfortable.

Afraid of affecting Chunwei's performance, the Zhao family also thought of going to Baiwei tea shop to buy thirsty water.

Thinking that Aunt Chu has used it, there should be no problem, but I didn't expect it to be gone when I went to buy it.

"Really, isn't it sold out? Where did you come from?"

"Isn't it a coincidence." She pointed to Wen Shu, "When she first tested the sale at the Baiwei Tea Shop, she bought two bottles out of curiosity. Later, she was busy with family affairs, so she never took care of it. Until today I had to ask my uncle to remember these two bottles of thirsty water."

"It's really heartfelt."

After being overjoyed, Zhao Qin thought again that if the other party was so sympathetic to him, the question he was going to ask might not be easy, so he couldn't help but want to inquire again.

"I don't know what the little lady wants to ask, can you tell me first?"

Wen Shu thought about it and felt that there was nothing wrong with it.

Even if she didn't tell him now, maybe Master Zhao would tell him after she left, and it would be even better if Zhao Qin knew some news.

Mr. Zhao is a member of the officialdom after all, if he has any scruples, he may hide something in his words, but he is not as close as his daughter's family in the boudoir, so he told the truth.

After hearing this, Zhao Qin frowned slightly, "Is this actually the case?"

After speaking and listening to the sound, Wen Shu understood immediately, and immediately got up and said, "Master Zhao mentioned this to the girl?"

I did mention that during dinner yesterday, my father said that the court was not peaceful again, and it seemed that party disputes were involved.This kind of thing is not something that a boudoir girl can meddle in.

Immediately he smiled and said: "I did mention a few things, but I didn't say much about the inside story. If the little lady wants to know, I'd better wait for my father to come back and ask him in person."

Wen Shu saw that Zhao Qin didn't want to say more, and didn't ask any more questions. He sat down following her words, but he was thinking about the woman in the backyard.
Because Mr. Zhao can only go home at night, it is not a problem to wait for the rest of the time. As the master, Zhao Qin played games again to avoid embarrassment.

After playing with drinking orders for a while, seeing that Wen Shu had been absent-minded, Zhao Qin took out a stack of bamboo chips she made herself.

The bamboo pieces are about the size of a palm, square and thin, only the thickness of two or three sheets of paper, and each picture is painted with exquisite pictures.

Zhao Qin turned the bamboo piece in his hand, twitched it, and said to Wen Shu: "Little lady has something on her mind, so I won't play with the wine order, so as not to say that we bully others. I made this myself. It is effective. If the young lady is interested, you can silently say what you are thinking in your heart, and then take a piece of bamboo, and I will help you look at it, how about it?"

Wen Shu really wasn't in the mood to play with the drinking order, and just agreed to it just to avoid embarrassing the master's family.Seeing that she mentioned it by herself, she quickly nodded.

"Okay, now, my little lady, please turn the picture down, spread the picture out, then close your eyes, meditate on what you think in your heart, then open your eyes and draw a piece of bamboo to me according to your thoughts."

The chaotic heart just needed guidance to calm down. Wen Shu immediately followed her advice, lined up the bamboo slices, closed her eyes and meditated a few times whether her father could be released from prison safely, and then opened her eyes to choose a picture. Bamboo slices.

She turned it over curiously, only to find that the one drawn was a young man standing on the edge of a cliff with a simple bag on his back and looking into the distance.

"Is this good or bad?" Wen Shu asked worriedly.

Although she didn't know the truth about it, just looking at the picture and standing on the edge of the cliff, she always felt that it was not a good thing.

Zhao Qin took the bamboo piece, looked at it carefully, and asked: "Young lady must be thinking about your father's business just now."

Wen Shu nodded.

"But ask for peace?"

Wen Shu nodded again and asked, "Is it good or bad?"

Zhao Qin thought for a while and said, "It can be good or bad."

"What do you mean?"

"This picture implies that the future is unknown, good or bad is uncertain, whether it is good or bad, it does not depend on God's will, but on human effort."

After hearing this, Wen Shu could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

As long as it is not a major disaster, good or bad is still uncertain, and there is a chance to turn the crisis into safety.

(End of this chapter)