The daily life of the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty, thick black

Chapter 69 Cow chewing peony
Early the next morning, Gu Huaishu went out with Zhang Tingyu, only saying hello to the people in the room, and not caring about anything else.

Anyway, Erfang is the most unrestrained in the entire Zhang Mansion, he can leave as he likes, play as he likes, no one else cares about him.

When Gu Huaishu left, Xiao Chen was in a dilemma.

I was terribly frightened yesterday, and today I woke up in a daze to manage the old lady's birthday banquet, and I had to ask Second Young Mistress about everything, but I sent someone there, but was told: Second Young Mistress and Second Master went out for a spring break.

Mrs. Chen almost dropped her glass: "She is so busy now, and she even went out for an outing. Did she take the old lady seriously? How can she be filial if she is like this!"

The servant girls below were silent, they didn't dare answer a word, they just listened to Xiao Chen's cursing.

But after scolding, things still had to be done. If Gu Huaishu didn't come back, things got stuck.

As a last resort, Mrs. Chen could only send someone to ask the old lady for a word. Mrs. Chen will be in charge of the matter for the time being, and she will talk about other things when Gu Huaixiu comes back.

The old lady didn't express anything about her soiling the satin except that she sent someone to bring the satin back yesterday.

Mrs. Chen doesn't dare to go to the old lady's place now, she only hopes that she can finish the current matter and please the old lady again.

Today, the old lady continued to support Xiao Chen, which proved that she was not tired of her.

Therefore, Xiao Chen calmed down a little and went to work.

Gu Huaixiu has already gone far away.

It was just dawn when she went out in the morning, and Zhang Tingyu took her to Jingshan to watch the sunrise.

It's just a small earthen bag that hanged Emperor Chongzhen, but just found a suitable place to watch the scenery.

In the morning, we went to the market again and ate dumplings together.

Zhang Tingyu is very familiar with the capital, he can tell the truth wherever he goes, and he has an excellent literary talent.

However, the place changed in the afternoon.

I thought I was going out for a spring outing to see the scenery outside, but Gu Huaishu didn't expect that he went out for a walk in the morning, and now he went straight out of Xuanwu Gate and arrived at a famous place in the capital - Liulichang.

It was the first time she came here, and she had heard of it a lot.

Originally, Gu Zhenguan was a Hanchen, and once had a residence nearby, but he never had the chance to go out to see it.

Some Han officials with ordinary official positions, literati, and candidates who want to go to Beijing to catch the exam will generally live here, so over time, more and more merchants sell the four treasures of the study, and even various cultural toys, and kilns. .

In addition, the guild halls of merchants from all over the world are also gathered in Liulichang. It can be said that good and evil are mixed, and all kinds of beings are here.

Most of the people who came here were men, but Zhang Tingyu came directly with Gu Huaixiu.

"What are you doing here?" Gu Huaishu looked around, "Are you going to buy something?"

Zhang Tingyu just said: "Walking around, looking at the mountains and rivers is no fun. Going to the temple fair, there are people everywhere..."

Now this Liulichang is also very lively, there are all kinds of people on the streets on both sides, because the guild hall is nearby, and dialects mixed with accents from various places come and go, which is a southern accent and a northern dialect.

Some people sell calligraphy and paintings along the street, and there are tea houses not far away, and occasionally craftsmen from Hebei can be seen pulling foreign films.

Gu Huaishu wanted to go a little bit, but when he saw the view of the West Lake, he couldn't move anymore.

West Lake View, a wooden box for pulling foreign films, with several pictures inside, all of which are beautiful views of the West Lake. There are six small holes below for people to watch.

While the guests watched, the craftsmen sang.

As soon as the rope is pulled, the scene is changed, and the singing is still a novelty.

Zhang Tingyu played with these things all the time in his early years, but in the past two years he has given up and never touched them.

Seeing that Gu Huaishu's heel seemed to be stuck to the ground, he smiled and asked, "Want to see?"

Gu Huaishu said "I don't want to watch" in her heart, but what she blurted out was "I want to", and she wanted to bite her tongue off after she finished speaking.

Such a grown-up person, saying that he wants to watch foreign movies is really embarrassing.

While speaking, Zhang Tingyu had already come over.

You can read it once for three copper coins, Zhang Tingyu directly gave [-] Wen, and let Gu Huaixiu read it alone.

She looked ahead, and Zhang Tingyu stood aside with his hands folded.

"When I was young, no one cared about me. I often ran out with a few copper coins in my pocket. I could hang around here for a long time, and my husband didn't come out to look for me. At that time, my father also lived outside Xuanwumen, and there was a former residence here. ..."

Zhang Tingyu talked casually, and stopped when he thought of what to say.

Gu Huaishu's eyes were bright, and the light was behind that painting, which was a picture of a broken bridge and snow...

The scenery of the West Lake passed by one by one, and she suddenly sighed: "Looking at it this way, it makes me even more greedy..."

"Can you see the scenery of the West Lake, or the vinegar fish of the West Lake?" Zhang Tingyu felt helpless.

Gu Huaishu squinted his eyes and finished reading, then said leisurely, "Guess."

"It's a pity that there aren't any good restaurants here in Liulichang... Tea is still available."

Zhang Tingyu suddenly remembered something, and even tugged at her: "Have you finished reading?"

Gu Huaishu got up, and the old man who pulled the foreign films looked at her kindly, moved aside, and moved the foreign film box to the side of the street, so as not to block the passing sedan chairs.

Gu Huaishu walked towards Zhang Tingyu, looking at him with bright eyes, a little strange.

After all, Liulichang is a place that Gu Huaishu is not familiar with, so he can only go with Zhang Tingyu.

He held Gu Huaishu's hand without hesitation, and walked along the long street, ignoring the antique vendors on both sides. When someone called his name, he just waved his hand and walked past.

"You seem to be familiar with some people here?"

"It's been a long time, but I still recognize it." Zhang Tingyu had a lot of books on the shelf, many of which were bought directly from Liulichang.

Someone can sell a pair of glass beads here as glazed jade, and naturally someone can sell an old book as a rare ancient book.

Zhang Tingyu spent a lot of time squatting here.

In fact, since the relationship with the Wu family began to weaken, Zhang Tingyu didn't like staying at home very much.

He likes to attend classes at the school in the morning, and sneak out in the afternoon, wandering around Liulichang.

It can be seen that the way he looks at everything here is very kind and natural.

Gu Huaishu even felt that his affection for this place might be deeper than his family.

The two stopped in front of a tea house, there were not too many people coming in and out, it wasn't lively, but it couldn't be said to be deserted either.

It is such a leisurely meaning, neither salty nor bland, neither hot nor cold, one point more will be more, one point less will be less, it seems that it is just right.

There is a plaque in front with the word "one pot" written on it.

a pot?
A pot of tea, or a pot of wine?

The answer was already there when Gu Huaishu smelled the fragrance of tea wafting from inside.

She smiled, covered her lips with her sleeves, but said, "Where do you like?"

Zhang Tingyu nodded and went in with her.

Standing at the counter was a man from Central South, wearing a melon cap, but the jasper and emerald cap made Gu Huaishu take a second look.

The hat alone is worth a fortune, and the shopkeeper seems to be either rich or expensive.

Before she could finish her thoughts, the shopkeeper put the tea in her hand into the cup and sighed.

Looking up, he saw Zhang Tingyu coming in, and immediately said "Ouch", "Second Master Zhang, I haven't seen him for a long time. I'm counting with my fingers. I'm afraid I only saw him last year. Where are you?"

After speaking, the shopkeeper took a secret look at Gu Huaishu, and his eyes lit up; what a beautiful lady.

Presumably this is Zhang Tingyu's wife.

The owner of the teahouse is from Hangzhou, his name is Liao Fengyuan, and he is a tea merchant.He travels between the north and the south, specializing in the tea business. When he has business, he runs along the canal in the north and the south. When he has no business, he just sits in the teahouse in the capital and chats.

Seeing that this year's spring is coming to an end, Jiangnan's new tea should come out, but he is standing in this teahouse, but he doesn't want to go back at all.

Thinking about it is all sad, so I just don't care.

Liao Fengyuan led Zhang Tingyu in, and went upstairs to a small private room by the window.

He has known Zhang Tingyu for several years. In the early years, he saw that Zhang Erye was fifteen or sixteen, and he was about to come in for tea with a few copper coins.

Liao Fengyuan was still thinking at that time, which family's children are so ignorant, but he said that he was tired and thirsty from shopping, so he asked for a cup of tea, and from then on he was considered to have known each other.

"You two, please take a seat."

Boss Liao smiled, his fat double chin looked very cute.

"This is Zhuojing." Zhang Tingyu glanced at Gu Huaixiu. The first half of the sentence was to introduce Gu Huaixiu to Liao Fengyuan, and the next sentence was to Xu Huai, "This one belongs to Liao's shopkeeper. Don't look at him now. The tea house is actually a tea merchant with a famous book."

Liao Fengyuan touched his chin, but quickly waved his hands: "What is Zhang Erye talking about? Er Young Mistress is here, aren't you making fun of me? It's not my turn to help so many people in Hangzhou. Today you drink What? There is no new tea this year, only last year's tea."

The new tea hadn't been served yet, probably because it had just been picked from the tea tree and hadn't been put into the pot yet.

Zhang Tingyu only looked at Gu Huaixiu: "What are you drinking with Huaixiu?"

Gu Huaixiu said casually: "Since shopkeeper Liao is from Hangzhou, it is most appropriate to drink West Lake Longjing."

Liao Fengyuan laughed immediately, and gave Gu Huaishu a thumbs-up: "Second Young Madam Zhang is really discerning, this pot of spring is the most famous of ours, and I have Mingqian tea from last year here, you can try it. If this year's tea can arrive, you and the second master should also remember to drink a pot."

Listening to what the shopkeeper Liao said, he felt that he was a shrewd businessman.

Gu Huaishu pursed his lips, nodded, but did not speak.

Shopkeeper Liao said a few more words to Zhang Tingyu before going down to make arrangements.

As soon as he left, Gu Huaishu frowned: "You know a lot of people?"

I thought that the second son of the Zhang family was capable, but after all, it is not easy to know people. After she entered the door of Zhang's house, she never saw how the second son of Zhang's family had been out of the house, but now that he came out, it was almost full of people. The streets are all Zhang Tingyu's acquaintances.

Moreover, Zhang Tingyu's actions were actually quite bold, and he dared to pull Gu Huaixiu to look around, after all, the girls of the Han family were a bit taboo.

He stood up, went to the window, and tapped his fingers lightly on the window lattice, making a slight "dud-dud" sound.

Zhang Tingyu said leisurely: "Read thousands of books, travel thousands of miles, and know thousands of people."

People, using the word "face" to count, has some strange meanings.

There are all kinds of strange things and all kinds of things.

Gu Huaixiu asked: "I see that shopkeeper Liao is not simple, is it a tea seller?"

Zhang Tingyu replied: "It's not far from here. Walk two miles outside and you will find the Tea Merchant Wanqing Guild Hall, which was established under the leadership of Shopkeeper Liao."

Guild halls began in the Ming Dynasty, but now they are more prosperous. Merchants traveling from south to north built guild halls in five places in the capital for the residence of scholars and merchants. Naturally, there are corresponding guild halls.

Merchants from Huizhou and Shanxi were quite powerful, and the merchant gangs in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas of Hangzhou were not weak. It can be said that one ebbs and flows near Liulichang.

However, the Wanqing Guild Hall is only a guild hall for tea merchants. It is divided according to the industry, and there are other guild halls in other places.

He might sit in the second place in the Wanqing Guild Hall, Liao Fengyuan is also worthy of his name, he is a person who has both sides and tact.

"Shopkeeper Liao didn't know that I was the second son of Zhang's family back then, so I came here with three copper coins every day to drink all the good tea..."

Speaking of it, there is no nostalgia in this voice, and the mentor has a very strange shabby and sigh.

Zhang Tingyu is naturally not short of money, but sometimes he would rather go out with only a few pennies to see how these people live in the market.

"Sometimes, it's a blessing not to be born into a family of officials."

"Just when I came up, I heard that brother Hengchen started to mourn the spring and autumn again. It's really hateful, hateful! Today's good tea must have been left for you by shopkeeper Liao. Zhou must come to ask for a drink."

A teasing voice came from the stairs.

The man actually recognized Zhang Tingyu directly and walked towards him.

But through the curtain outside, it seemed that Gu Huaishu was seen inside, so he didn't go in.

When Gu Huaixiu heard this, he always felt that the voice was a bit familiar. After thinking about it carefully, isn't this the Zhou Daoxin whom he had seen at the Plum Yin Banquet in Mingzhu Mansion that day?
how……

She was suddenly a little confused.

Zhang Tingyu sighed, and first explained to Gu Huaishu: "I know it."

know?
Before Gu Huaishu could react, Zhang Tingyu said: "Brother Chengjiu was joking, Tingyu just came here at a leisurely pace. If he knew that Brother Chengjiu was coming, he would definitely not dare to do anything wrong."

Inherit the old, think about the new words.

Zhou Daoxin was standing outside, just as shopkeeper Liao had come in with a pot of tea himself, "Hey, Mr. Zhou is here today, how about drinking tea together?"

Zhang Tingyu glanced at Gu Huaixiu, Gu Huaixiu said he didn't mind.

She just turned slightly to one side and sat beside Zhang Tingyu.

Lifting the curtain, shopkeeper Liao and Zhou Daoxin came in together.

Gu Huaishu hadn't seen Zhou Daoxin before, but now after a cursory glance, he suddenly understood why Li Guangdi insisted that Li Zhen'er marry him.It goes without saying that he is a good-looking talent, but there is an unspeakable unruliness in his eyes, and he has the arrogance of a scholar, which is very unusual.

Different from Zhang Tingyu Zhuyu's introverted temperament, this person is completely on the outside, like a fire cooking oil, which instantly shocks people.

Only Liao Fengyuan shook a piece of fat in front of his stomach, and sighed: "I heard that Mr. Zhou is going to marry a girl from Mrs. Li Guangdi's family. From now on, there will be red sleeves to add sweetness... Second Master Zhang has a young mistress, so it's not too late. I ran to the old man's tea house, and it was really lonely."

Gu Huaixiu laughed, knowing that Zhang Tingyu and the shopkeeper Liao were probably close friends in the past years, he said: "The shopkeeper is joking, Hengchen and I are also bored in the room, if the shopkeeper doesn't mind, we will definitely come to drink every day Tea."

Zhang Tingyu fumbled in his sleeves slowly, then shabby took out three copper plates, and pressed them on the table one by one: "One, two, three, look at my memory, it looks like I have to work hard again today." Brother Chengjiu spent money."

Zhou Daoxin sneered, and sat directly in front of Zhang Tingyu, in order to avoid suspicion and stay the farthest away from Gu Huaishu.

He said: "Sinister, cunning, hypocritical and pretentious, just pretend! I didn't bring a penny with me today, so I can't afford to drink."

These two people are still fighting?

Gu Huaixiu pursed his lips and snickered, thinking it was interesting.

Reluctantly, it was Shopkeeper Liao: "You two said one sentence after another. You are nothing more than running on me and crying poorly. I will give you a free meal today, please!"

Zhou Daoxin immediately squinted his eyes and smiled: "The shopkeeper's good man is safe all his life!"

Zhang Tingyu was silent and smiled.

The corner of Gu Huaishu's mouth twitched slightly, and he looked at shopkeeper Liao sympathetically.

Shopkeeper Liao didn't mind, he slowly brewed a pot of tea, his movements were skillful, although he looks fat, his hands were skillful, ironing the pot, washing the tea...

Bit by bit, very particular.

It was already half an hour later when the [-]% full teacup was handed over to Gu Huaishu.

She put her middle finger against the bottom of the cup, and lightly clasped the rim of the teacup. After smelling the fragrance, she drank the tea in three sips.

When shopkeeper Liao saw it, he couldn't help but slapped his thigh: "Hey, I met an expert today! My tea is not chewing peony!"

Gu Huaixiu was taken aback, she looked up at Zhang Tingyu and Zhou Daoxin, isn't it the same for drinking tea?

Zhou Daoxin and Zhang Tingyu looked at each other, and each drank the tea in one gulp, regardless of how expensive the tea is.

Let alone shopkeeper Liao's, even Gu Huaishu's heart tugged for a moment, reckless, chewing peonies!
She was about to say something when Zhang Tingyu held the empty white porcelain teacup in his hand and whispered in her ear: "Young Mistress, don't dare to say that you are ignorant...but the shopkeeper is rich and doesn't care about cows." Chewing peonies..."

There was a dark light in his eyes, and there was a smile on his lips, but it was rare and warm.

Over there, shopkeeper Liao had already started to criticize Zhou Daoxin, accusing the two of them of coming to cause trouble.In the end, he came up to Gu Huaixiu and said, "The second young lady is a master of tea tasting. These two people look elegant, but they are just rough."

Zhou Daoxin snorted: "Chewing peony has the beauty of chewing peony. If the shopkeeper can drink this tea without feeling sorry for it, that will be a happy thing in life."

Zhang Tingyu nodded in agreement.

Gu Huaixiu didn't understand their charade.

She claims to be ignorant, but she has a lot of research on these heretical things, so she has her own habits when drinking tea, and now...

Hearing the two people talk so comfortably, she suddenly wanted to try it, how it would feel to drink it all in one gulp.

Gu Huaixiu pondered for a moment, took the teacup, and said, "Can I trouble the shopkeeper to give you another cup?"

Of course Liao Fengyuan was happy, this person loves tea like his life, every time he sees the talents of Zhang Tingyu and Zhou Daoxin, he will feel pity for them, but these two people always drink tea, and Liao Fengyuan is often so angry that he drives them out.

Now there is a Second Young Mistress, who seems to be able to discuss the tea ceremony with herself.

Now that Gu Huaixiu had a request, Liao Fengyuan poured a cup without thinking about it.

Gu Huaixiu raised her sleeves in the same elegant posture just now, and then raised her——

gulp...

(End of this chapter)