peasant young lady

Chapter 345 I've Been Waiting For You For A Year

After June [-]th, she finally made up her mind, and Cheng Xia decided to leave for Hubei.

She took no one with her, and went south with the coachman alone.

After six days of bumpy roads, I finally abandoned the car and boarded the boat. At any rate, before the evening of June [-], I arrived at Anluzhou, Huguang, which is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and the modern Zhongxiang City.

As soon as Cheng Xia landed on the shore, she saw someone walking towards her with a very respectful attitude and joy in her words, "Ma'am, my little one is waiting for you?"

Cheng Xia carefully sized up the middle-aged man in front of him, but he had no impression, "Who are you?"

"Madam doesn't know the little one?" The man chuckled, "When my lord got married, the one who led his wife around Xingwang's mansion was the little one."

"Oh," Cheng Xia suddenly realized, "It was you who carried the box over and over again and gave me gifts back then."

"It's the little one." The man said respectfully, "The little one has been waiting for my wife at the pier for nineteen days."

Cheng Xia was taken aback, "You have been waiting here since the first day of June?"

"Yes ma'am," the man led Cheng Xia into the carriage he brought, "The lord has been in a hurry for a long time. As soon as the day is over on the first day of the lunar new year, I asked the little one to wait here, just in case the madam comes. The little one didn’t pick up. Afterwards, the lord laughed at himself, saying that it was late at night or early in the morning, and Madam wouldn’t be able to call at that time.” But the lord still waited in the middle of the night until dawn, and he didn’t pick up anyone. The prince did not continue to endure.

Cheng Xia's heart ached, and he couldn't help taking a deep breath, "How is your prince?"

"Hey," the man sighed, "My lord's body has been uncomfortable for ten years, and this year is even worse. My lord said that he hasn't had a peaceful night's sleep since the beginning of spring this year."

Cheng Xia felt a little stuffy in her heart, so she opened the curtain to see the scenery of Hubei. The weather is getting hotter, especially in Hubei, which is even more sweltering, even more difficult than in the capital.

Feeling that the atmosphere in the carriage was quite depressing, the servant smiled and found something to say, "I almost didn't recognize Madam at first, but I didn't expect that Madam hasn't changed at all in the past 30 years."

Cheng Xia looked away and smiled at him, "I'm already in my forties, I'm still the same as I was back then."

Although Shao Chen always stared at her from time to time, and then said to himself, "Why don't you change much, now we two go out, no one doubts that you are my daughter."

It's Shao Cheng, Bao Buqi will come to her one day, and ask puzzledly, "Mother, why don't you wait until I'm old, you are still so young."

Or maybe she is very talented, after all, she came from time travel, Cheng Xia always told herself that way.

When the carriage stopped, Cheng Xia lifted the curtain and glanced at the three big characters of 'Xing Wangfu'. It was not ostentatious, but it was calm and serious, with a lot of inside information.

The servant quickly ran in and communicated. Cheng Xia got out of the carriage and was about to go to the palace, when he saw Zhu Youzhang tremblingly walking to the gate supported by his servants.

The moment their eyes collided, Cheng Xia saw the moisture in Zhu Youjian's eyes. He stretched out his hand to Cheng Xia and said with a choked voice, "I have been waiting for you for 31 years."

One sentence made Cheng Xia cry, she took Zhu Youzhao's hand, and he led him into the palace.

Zhu Youzhang held Cheng Xia's hand tremblingly, "After all these years, you are still the same as I remember, you haven't changed at all. Unlike me," Zhu Youzhao smiled self-deprecatingly, "Although you haven't reached the age of knowing destiny I am old, but the hair on my head has grown a lot, I am old."

"It's normal to be old," Cheng Xia smiled, "It's good to have time forever, but I also want to feel the flow of time and see what I look like when I'm old."

"You," Zhu Youzhao chuckled, "You are the prettiest when you are old, just like you are now."

Cheng Xia followed him to the yard where he lived. The yard was unusually elegant, with all kinds of flowers and plants growing luxuriantly. Cheng Xia was delighted, "You take care of these flowers and plants very well."

After hearing this, Zhu Youzhu suddenly smiled like a child. The wrinkles around his eyes were densely packed and he was very old. "I have been in love with planting flowers and grass since I was in Anlu Prefecture. You used to always say that flowers and plants can be used in vegetables." , I just thought, when you arrive, the flowers and plants will be luxuriant, and you will make them into dishes for me to eat."

Cheng Xia's nose was sore, she turned sideways and sniped her nose unconsciously, and turned around when she calmed down, and smiled at Zhu Youzhao, "I brought you some good things."

"Oh, what is it?"

Cheng Xia beckoned, and the servant who had just come with her quickly brought in the things Cheng Xia brought in, and put them in front of Zhu Youzhao.

Cheng Xia pointed to the two jars of wine in front of him and said, "The one on the left is lotus wine, the one on the right is chrysanthemum wine, and there was another jar of sweet-scented osmanthus wine, but I didn't pay attention to it for a while, and Du Zhong stole it. By the time I found out he was down to the last drop of his drink."

Seeing Zhu Youzhao's surprise, Cheng Xia continued to explain, "These two jars of wine have a history of 32 years. I forgot to dig them out when I was brewing in Qingxian Village, until many years ago, when I returned to Qingxian After a trip to the village, I brought the wine back to the capital, and I have never been willing to drink it. Before coming, Shao Chen said, let me bring it for you, and I happened to have the same idea, so I brought it for you. "

Hearing Shao Chen's name, Zhu Youzhu was a little dazed, and it took a long time before he smiled, "Thank you, cousin. By the way, you must be tired and hungry after running around for a few days. Eat something first, and then you can take a good rest. So, when are you going back?"

Zhu Youzhan asked cautiously, with a lot of hesitation and uneasiness, as if he was afraid that Cheng Xia would leave in two days.

Cheng Xia raised her eyebrows, "Wait until the thirteenth day of July before leaving."

"Okay, okay," Zhu Youzhao stood up happily, with his hands tightly twisted together, the joy on his face couldn't be blocked, "Okay, there are still 24 days left, I want to take you for a walk Visiting Anlu Prefecture, I have been here for 31 years, and I am very familiar with it, and it is beautiful.”

"Okay," Cheng Xia agreed, and Zhu Youtang hurriedly took her to the room next to his room, and pushed the door to let Cheng Xia in, "I packed this up early in the morning, see if you like it."

"Very good," Cheng Xia glanced at it. It was fresh and elegant, and the overall arrangement was blue. She liked it very much. "I'll change my clothes first, and I'll go find you later."

Zhu Youcan't help nodding, "I'll ask my servants to bring the food, and you'll come over to eat in a while, it's all what you like."

Cheng Xia watched Zhu Youzhu leave, closed the door, and leaned her back tightly against the door frame, but tears flowed uncontrollably.Zhu Youtang just blurted out 24 days, is he counting the days to see how many days he has left?Cheng Xia actually doesn't like the feeling of sending someone away. At first it was Grandpa Lizheng, then Lin Xiu, then Zhang Shi, and now it's Zhu Youzhu's turn. Could it be that she came to Ming Dynasty just to watch Send them away one by one?
After changing her clothes, washing her face, and reorganizing her thoughts, Cheng Xia went to the main hall next door.

There was a young man sitting next to Zhu Youtang, looking at Zhu Youtang's face that was the same as when he was young, Cheng Xia's heart trembled, could this be the Emperor Jiajing whom she had always admired?
Seeing that Cheng Xia's eyes were a little straight, Zhu Youtang suddenly smiled. She was really still the same as a teenager, and her every move carried the shadow of that year. Although she looked much calmer, she saw the people and things she was interested in. , as always, couldn't hide his small thoughts.

Zhu Youxuan waved Cheng Xia to sit beside him, and fulfilled her wish and told her, "This is Zhu Houcong, he is 12 years old now."

"Oh," Cheng Xia nodded hastily, "It really looks exactly the same as when you were young."

Zhu Youtang smiled, and waved his hand at Zhu Houcong, "Go down."

Seeing the little boy leave, Cheng Xia couldn't help asking, "Why don't you let him eat together, and your other children, and Weiyun, why don't you call them all, the more people there are, the more lively it is."

Zhu Youzhang lowered his eyes and smiled wryly, then looked up at Cheng Xia, "There are no other children, only Houcong."

Cheng Xia frowned suddenly, what do you mean?Zhu Youcong had two sons, four daughters and six children in his life. Although most of them died young, Zhu Houcong shouldn't be the only one now.It stands to reason that his third daughter, Princess Yongfu, and fourth daughter, Princess Yongchun, are still alive.

However, Cheng Xia saw that Zhu Youzhu didn't say what she wanted to say, so she stopped asking, just smiled, and changed the subject, "What about Weiyun, I haven't seen her for more than 30 years, and I don't know if she has changed. Change appearance."

Zhu Youtang gave Cheng Xia a hand that picked up the vegetables, smiled and continued to put a piece of beef into Cheng Xia's bowl, "Eat more, I specially asked the chef to research it, and the beef stewed in this way is not as good as yours. It's delicious, but the taste is always close."

Cheng Xia immediately raised her eyes to look at Zhu Youtang, seeing him staring at her with encouraging and expectant eyes, she could only eat that piece of beef.

Cheng Xia didn't know what unique things were put in this dish, but it actually tasted like tomato beef brisket, sour and delicious.

Seeing Cheng Xia smiled, Zhu Youzhu took another piece of eggplant and put it in Cheng Xia's bowl, and continued to look at her, "Try this again."

Looking at the eggplants cut into the shape of chrysanthemums, Cheng Xia suddenly remembered that when she was in the Herbal Food Shop, she brought tomato sauce to cook for Aunt Han, so she made a plate of eggplants with chrysanthemums and a plate of beef brisket with tomatoes. After so many years, he still remembers.

Seeing that Cheng Xia was satisfied with the food, Zhu Youzhao said, "I searched all the chefs in Anlu Prefecture and asked them to cook these two dishes one by one, but none of them could make the taste I wanted. They tried for a long time before they could barely make it to my satisfaction."

Cheng Xia put down her chopsticks and wiped her mouth, "If I had known you liked it, I would have asked someone to bring you some tomatoes. Why did you bother me for so long?"

"Hey," Zhu Youzhao smiled and waved his hands, "You don't understand, I don't like to eat, but I like the memories of that time contained in it. When I am free, I let the chef make it for me, and I will have the feeling of the past. "

Cheng Xia lowered his eyes and did not speak, Zhu Youchang changed the topic, "My concubine mother, my aunt, and Du Zhong are all alright?"

Cheng Xia nodded, "They are all very good. The concubine always tells Shao Cheng to enter the palace. I know, but she actually misses you. As for Du Zhong, he is also very good. Even though he is getting older, his temperament has not changed."

Zhu Youzhu's eyes were full of envy, "A few years ago, I met Eucommia, and he came to Hubei to see me. At that time, he said that he didn't plan to get married in this life, so he just stayed with Miss Yun. I admire him very much, and I envy him very much, he can live the life he wants and be with the people he wants to be with, no pressure or restraint can make him change his mind."

Cheng Xia smiled, "That's right, the Du family objected to him being with Dahua, and Dahua didn't want to get involved with a wealthy family, so the two of them tacitly didn't mention the matter of getting married, so they just came here. No matter how urgently the Du family and your mother and concubine urged you, no matter how strongly you opposed, Du Zhong didn't change his mind." Cheng Xia also looked at Du Zhong with admiration.

"When you mentioned Eucommia, I remembered something. Wait for me for a while, and I'll show you something." Zhu Youzhu stood up suddenly and said mysteriously.

(End of this chapter)