Childhood Sweethearts of a Family: The Delicate Girl

Chapter 40

This hot spring villa in Yingwuhou Mansion was rewarded by the emperor when Yingwuhou went to the battlefield when he was young and returned to Beijing after victory.

Those who can get the hot spring villa in this place as rewarded by the emperor are all courtiers who have made meritorious service and have been appreciated and relied on.Therefore, the only ones who can have another village here are the nobles in the capital.Except for the nobles in the capital who were rewarded with hot spring villas, the royal family also has a hot spring palace here.

None of the villas in this area have hot springs in the villas. Because the hot spring villas were first discovered, they were built next to the hot springs, so the geographical location of these villas is also very wonderful.

Generally speaking, villas that are not owned by one family should be separated, but because of special reasons, there are often two or three villas next to each other in the hot spring villas here.This landscape stretches out until it reaches the boundary of the hot spring area.

The villa is not very big, but it has a good view and hot springs to enjoy.There are not many other flowers and plants planted in the villa. As far as the eye can see, there are evergreen trees like green pines and cypresses in all seasons, which are extraordinarily vibrant in this winter.

The white snow has accumulated on the branches, a small pile, and the cold wind blows and falls like fine snow.

Xiao Linyuan was tightly wrapped, and was led by Mrs. Lin, and together with other relatives, she walked through the road full of green cypresses and cobblestones to the main hall of the villa.Her rosy little face was full of joy, and her bouncing bouncing showed her joy.

Plum trees are planted all over the mountain near the hot spring villa. It is the season when plum blossoms are in full bloom. The faint fragrance of plum blossoms blows to the villa at the foot of the mountain along with the biting wind. The beauty of plum blossoms blooming in the snow.

Xiao Linyuan, who smelled the faint plum fragrance, couldn't help but wrinkled her nose and sniffed it again and again, and said to her mother with great novelty, "Mother, it smells like plum blossoms! "

Lin Yuan's little aunt, who was walking in front, took two steps down when she heard the words, and when she reached Lin Yuan's side, she naturally took her other warm little hand and said with a smile, "The mountains here are full of plum trees. It is also a wonderful sight to find time to enjoy plum blossoms in two days."

Xiao Linyuan imagined the scene where the mountains were full of plum trees and the mountains were full of plum blossoms, and she felt excited, and said with a smile, "Okay, auntie, let's go and see together!" After she finished speaking, she asked in a low voice , "Little aunt, can plum blossoms be eaten as cakes?"

"I haven't heard of it." The second wife of the Wang family replied softly, "My little aunt only knows that the flowers, leaves, roots and seeds of plum trees can be used as medicine, but I have never heard of plum blossoms being used to make cakes."

This kind of answer made Lin Yuan feel a little disappointed, but the disappointment hadn't overwhelmed her heart yet, and she heard her little aunt say, "But it is said that there is indeed such a snack as plum cake in Jiangnan, it's useless It is made of plum blossoms, but it got the name plum blossom cake because it resembles plum blossoms.”

Lin Yuan looked at her little aunt with piercing eyes and smiled like a flower.

Mrs. Wang did not disappoint Lin Yuan's expectations, she smiled and pursed her lips, and continued, "It just so happened that one of the cooks who came with me seemed to be from Jiangnan, so I sent someone to ask her if she would do it. I know how to do it, so let’s try it together.”

Lin Yuan smiled even more heartily, and made an agreement with her aunt with a smile.

Mrs. Lin was listening and watching, and couldn't help laughing secretly. She didn't know when her little daughter became so fond of eating.Being able to eat is a blessing, but she won't hinder anything.It's just... don't you worry about becoming a chubby girl in the end?

Thinking of this, Mrs. Lin couldn't help but look at her daughter's small body, and felt that her worries were probably completely unnecessary.

The maids and servants were responsible for packing the luggage, while Lin Yuan and her relatives were waiting for lunch in the main hall.While talking and laughing, a servant came in and told everyone that there was a guest coming to visit.

This hot spring villa in Yingwuhou Mansion is next to a hot spring villa. The owner of the villa, Wang Qi and the others, all know each other.It's just that when we arrived earlier, the owner of the villa wasn't there. Could it be such a coincidence?
Wang Qi, the second master of the Wang family, explained to everyone with a smile, "It's a coincidence that the Zhuangzi next to it was rewarded by Your Majesty to Marquis Fen Yong. I'm afraid they will also come to stay in these two days."

After Wang Qi's explanation, everyone in the Lin family understood.Lin Yuan blinked her eyes, thought about who Fenyonghou was, and then smiled. Isn't Fenyonghou's family the same as her sister Qi's family?Doesn't she have a little friend to play with?

After a while, the servant led the visiting guests in. It was the brave Hou family of four.They are all considered acquaintances, and they are less polite and more intimate with each other.

Compared with the Lin family, the relationship between the Wang family and the Qi family is somewhat closer.Qi Mingcheng also called Wang Qi "Second Brother", and even Mrs. Wang also called "Second Sister-in-law".

The adults are responsible for greeting the adults, and Lin Yuan is responsible for greeting Qi Yingyu.She greeted Qi Yingyu and Qi Haoran with a smile, and couldn't hide her excitement and said, "Sister Qi, we are really destined! That's great, we can play together!"

Qi Yingyu was also happy, and kept nodding her head, "Okay, okay, let's play together! We can soak in hot springs and enjoy plum blossoms together!"

It just so happened that lunch was ready at this time, so Mrs. Wang greeted Qi Mingsheng and Zhu Bicong and said, "It's better to be late than to be late. Since we're here now, let's stay and have a light meal together."

Zhu Bicong refused with a smile, "Then I will trouble the second sister-in-law." She was thinking that they came suddenly, no one else prepared their share, and Zhuangzi also ordered to go down to prepare lunch.

"It's just a few more bowls and chopsticks left and right, so what's the trouble? I've already called my second sister-in-law, why are you being so polite?"

Second Mrs. Wang said these two more sentences, Zhu Bicong couldn't refuse to accept it anymore.After that, she secretly ordered the servant girl to go to the next door and say that there is no need to prepare lunch, and let the servants eat some by themselves.

For this lunch, there were a large number of people, big and small, and the meal was very lively.After lunch, the four members of Qi's family went back to rest, and they made an appointment to enjoy plum blossoms together the next morning.

Woke up very early today, coupled with the half-day journey, Lin Yuan was sleepy again not long after lunch.When she woke up from her afternoon nap, it was already two o'clock in the morning, and before dinner, she cheerfully went to the hot spring with her mother and aunt.

The bathroom is divided into two rooms for men and women, with hot springs on both sides.

The bathroom is steaming with mist, and in the middle is a square bathing pool. The floor beside the bath is paved with white jade, which is so bright that it may slip if you are not careful.The bathroom was filled with fog, and the two of them could only see clearly when they got close.

Hot water gushed from the spring and flowed into the bath.There is also a specially designed opening for the water in the bath, and now they are temporarily blocked if they want to soak in the hot spring.

Xiao Linyuan was stripped naked by her mother, her skin was fair and delicate, and she slid down into the bath naked, as if she had dropped a big white dumpling.

The hot water seems to invade every pore, which is really uncomfortable.Lin Yuan smiled and soaked in the water with only her small head exposed, looked at her mother and aunt, shook her head and chanted loudly with a smile, "Take three hundred hot springs a day, and live in the hot springs all the time!"

"You have changed a good line of poetry to this. If the author of the poem heard your line, wouldn't he be furious?" Mrs. Lin deliberately teased her little daughter.

Lin Yuan didn't show any fear at all, but just asked with a smile, "Mom, how could it be?" She thought for a while, and then continued, "The author said that lychees are delicious, and I said that hot springs are very comfortable. , isn’t it a very smart performance of me to infer other cases from one instance?”

Mrs. Wang said with a smile, "Isn't that right? Sister Yuan is so smart, who would blame her? Come, come to Auntie, Auntie will wash you up."

"It's still my aunt who loves me!" Lin Yuan walked over with a smile, took a look at her mother's face, and said hurriedly, "She loves me just like my mother!"

In the bathroom of the hot spring villa next door, Zhu Bicong and Qi Yingyu, mother and daughter, were also soaking in the hot spring.Because of the hot springs, the bathrooms of the two villas are actually next to each other.

Although separated by the wall, Lin Yuan's voice was faintly discernible, but none of them could hear what she said clearly.On the other hand, Qi Haoran and Qi Mingcheng on the other side, because of their sharp ears and eyesight, could not be clearly understood by others, but they could clearly hear the poem that Lin Yuan chanted loudly.

Even after the New Year's Eve, he was only 12 years old. Qi Haoran, who was not very strong, took off his clothes, and his body was clearly textured, without any soft flesh, and he seemed to have a good body.

He soaked in the water with his eyes closed and did not speak to his father.Qi Mingcheng quietly leaned over, looked left and right in front of his son in an unscrupulous manner, and said in a low voice with a smile, "Son, why are you blushing?"

Qi Haoran opened his eyes, glanced at his father, then moved away silently, and continued to soak in the hot spring with his eyes closed, still not speaking, let alone talking back to his father.Even so, his blushing face in the mist still betrayed him.

Qi Mingcheng leaned over again, and Qi Haoran opened his eyes again, looking at his father, "It's wrong to eavesdrop on what other people are saying... Mother taught me!"

"Huh?" Qi Mingcheng looked puzzled, "Father just wants you to rub my back. Who is eavesdropping?"

Qi Haoran: "...."

The next morning, the people who made an appointment to enjoy the plum blossoms did not cancel the plan because of a light snow.Appreciating plum blossoms in the snow has a special flavor.

Mrs. Lin asked the maids to bring a washed lotus jade pot and spring vase. After the plum appreciation, she happened to take some plum blossom dew with her, and she could use it to make tea for her husband when she came back.

When Qi Haoran saw Lin Yuan again, he always felt a little awkward in his heart. Thinking of the poem he vaguely heard yesterday, he felt that she was really naughty.

Lin Yuan didn't notice what was wrong with Qi Haoran at all, she just took Qi Yingyu to chat and laugh together, and was led by the adults to the plum forest on the mountain.

The plum trees on this mountain are specially planted, so there is a special road up the mountain. You only need to climb up the steps along the road, and then you can climb up.

The adults watched and followed, so the two little girls Lin Yuan and Qi Yingyu walked in front, and it didn't matter that Qi Haoran, Lin Yi, and Lin Ye followed closely behind.

Just walking, the adults will inevitably lag behind a little bit, but they can still see it, so it doesn't matter.Lin Yuan and Qi Yingyu, who were walking in front, held hands and climbed up without speaking.Qi Haoran and others followed behind, only occasionally reminding them to slow down.

When they were about two-thirds of the way up, a man and a woman spoke suddenly from ahead.Among the five people, only Qi Haoran frowned suddenly.

(End of this chapter)