Travel through the farmhouse leisurely

Chapter 405 Meeting (1)
Widow Zheng couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief when she saw how happy she was tossing, she simply didn't restrain her, and let her have fun on her own, anyway, the whole boat was chartered by them, except for the husband and wife Apart from the two, there are no outsiders.

And Widow Zheng thought that this girl was just playing around casually, but she didn't expect that she could actually get a few fish every day, and she would change her tricks, using fish as ingredients every day to make some delicious food. dishes come.

When they docked and arrived at their destination, Lin Xiaoqiao had already cooked all kinds of fish dishes, such as steamed fish, grilled fish, braised fish, spicy fish, fried fish, etc.

This way of eating fish for more than ten days in a row, if it wasn't for Lin Xiaoqiao's really good taste, Dalang and the others would have grown tired of looking at fish.

As soon as the group boarded the pier, a man who looked like an official came to meet him. Widow Zheng called him "Uncle Hai". From the conversation between the two, Lin Xiaoqiao got the news that this Uncle Hai used to be Zheng The servants from the widow's natal family were given to Chen Xuewen by her mother, and now they help Chen Xuewen take care of some internal affairs.

After a few pleasantries, Lin Xiaoqiao and the others were arranged to get into the carriage and go to Chen Xuewen's house.

Chen Xuewen's house is located in the west of the capital, in an alley called 'Li Lin Lane', some distance from the wharf where they disembarked. It took more than half an hour for the carriage to arrive home.

The price of goods in the capital is high, and the price of land is also expensive. Lin Xiaoqiao looked at Chen Xuewen's house, which was not as big as his own yard in the town. However, she heard that Chen Xuewen spent 300 taels on it back then. Silver, just bought it.

Lin Xiaoqiao was shocked when he heard such a high price at first, this is really every inch of land and every inch of gold!
After looking at the house for a while, Mrs. Li arranged for the three brothers and sister Lin Xiaoqiao to go down to rest.

Chen Xuewen was still on duty at the Imperial Academy at this time and hadn't come back. He is a person with official duties and cannot ask for leave at will. Moreover, the transportation between the two places is inconvenient and the distance is far away. It can only be done by mail.

Widow Zheng only sent a letter to Chen Xuewen a few years ago, telling Chen Xuewen that they would go to Beijing next year, but they did not elaborate on the specific itinerary. When will you arrive in Beijing.

He could only roughly calculate the date, and it was supposed to arrive in a few days, so he sent Steward Hai to take people to guard the pier every day, waiting for them to arrive.

As for the residences of the three Lin Xiaoqiao brothers and sisters, they had already tidied up early in the morning. Dalang and Erlang lived in a small courtyard in the front yard, where the environment was quiet and quiet. Once I went in and had a look, I liked it very much.

In addition, in order to facilitate the brothers' study on weekdays, Chen Xuewen also specially ordered his servants to tidy up a large room with good lighting and use it as a study for the brothers.

As for Lin Xiaoqiao's room, it is located in the west wing of the backyard. The room is not very big, but it is decorated with great care, and the atmosphere is also elegant. It is the type that Lin Xiaoqiao likes. After seeing it, she has to sigh , Chen Xuewen's exquisite mind.

It is indeed very tiring to sit on the boat for so long, and it is very inconvenient to take a bath after living on the boat all day. Therefore, Lin Xiaoqiao has not taken a good bath in the past ten days. , I just wet my body with a handkerchief every day.

After getting off the boat, the first thing Lin Xiaoqiao wanted to do was to take a comfortable hot bath, lie down on the bed, and sleep soundly.

Just at this time, Mrs. Li sent someone to bring her two big buckets of hot water. The person who delivered the water was an old lady. When Lvzhu was receiving the water, she asked her a few words and found out that she was the cook in the house, surnamed Xu. Others call her "Aunt Xu", and she is in charge of the work on the stove.

Lin Xiaoqiao couldn't use up the two barrels of hot water by himself, and it would be a waste to leave them alone, so he asked Lvzhu to find another tub, so that the master and servant could take a bath together.

Green Bamboo was overjoyed, and hurriedly ran to find a bath bucket. Anyway, the master and servant grew up together, and they are more like sisters, so they don't have so many rules.

Soaking in the hot tub, Lin Xiaoqiao breathed a sigh of relief, lazily leaning against the wall of the tub, and only occasionally chatted with Lvzhu, really enjoying himself to the extreme!
This time to Beijing, in addition to Luzhu, Lin Xiaoqiao also brought a maid——Lu Ju, who was only 11 years old, three years younger than Lin Xiaoqiao. Originally, she didn't want to bring more people, but Zheng Widow But let her bring this little maid with her.

At first, Lin Xiaoqiao didn't know what she meant by this move, but after thinking about it, she realized that Widow Zheng was helping her train her confidant maid.

Along the way, Lin Xiaoqiao also secretly observed this little girl intentionally or unintentionally. She didn't talk much, but she acted in a very measured manner. It seemed that she was quite responsible. If she was trained properly, she should be a success. Use it.

The little girl was guarding the bath room right now, serving Lin Xiaoqiao and Lvzhu to take a bath, wiping their backs and so on. Lin Xiaoqiao didn't like this kind of thing, so she just stood aside from time to time, bathing the two of them. Add some hot water to the bucket, and don't talk too much, sometimes it can almost make people forget her existence.

Different from Luju's taciturnity, Luzhu is innocent and lively, especially when she first arrived in the capital, this girl finds rare and fresh everywhere. Ever since Lin Xiaoqiao soaked in the bathtub, she has heard her chirping excitedly. There is no end to it, and the whole thing is chatter.

"Miss, have you noticed that there doesn't seem to be a single maid in Master Xuewen's house? There are only five or six servants and an old housekeeper in the whole yard, and there is only an aunt in the kitchen. Fortunately, this time, Miss You have the foresight to bring Luju and me here, or there is no one to serve you." Lu Zhu seemed very grateful.

For the situation she mentioned, Lin Xiaoqiao had also discovered it a long time ago. Hearing her say it again at this time, he couldn't help but feel secretly happy and a little sweet.

As early as the night before Chen Xuewen went to Beijing to report on his work, Lin Xiaoqiao had already made an agreement with him three chapters, and one of them was that he was not allowed to have a servant girl by his side. The guy is quite obedient.

Of course, she definitely can't tell others about such things, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble for herself. Presumably, since that guy is willing to do this, he naturally has a plan in mind, even if Widow Zheng asks Come on, he should be able to handle it properly.

Thinking of this, the corners of Lin Xiaoqiao's mouth unconsciously curled up into a narrow smile, of course he had to tie up his man, otherwise he would not be missed by other women!
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