The Red Mansion is so charming

Chapter 264

Song Chen's face was gloomy like a picture of a shower in July, water could be wrung out.But the dead girl next to me seemed to be okay, just looking around, seeing those clay figurines and sugar blowers, she pulled herself forward and squeezed.

It didn't take long for Song Chen to carry a dozen or so things on his arm, including three big bags of sweet dates from Dongshan, chestnuts from Luotian, walnuts from Fenyang, and sweet and sour Jiayingzi. A "kind" sister-in-law gave Song Chen an earthen basket woven at home.

Song Chen is such an elegant person, with one hand holding the slender waist of Xing Xiuyan, and the other hand is carrying a large basket of dirt and dregs, which is indescribably awkward.

Those little girls, daughter-in-laws, and sisters-in-law all looked at Xing Xiuyan with condemning eyes, as if a flower was stuck on the cow dung.

Naturally, this cow dung was not Song Chen.

Coming out of Tongqu Avenue, we walked all the way to the flower market. There was a wonton shop on the road, and there were quite a few people sitting around. Xiuyan hurriedly asked him, "Eat a bowl of wonton?"

Song Chen smiled wryly in his heart. Along the way, they ate yam cake stuffed with jujube paste, steamed chestnut flour cake with sweet-scented osmanthus sugar, chicken oil rolls, and small dumplings stuffed with crab. Each order of Xiuyan was the same. They only ate two bites, and the rest said they didn’t like it. It was a waste, and it ended up being forced into his stomach.

Song Chen didn't eat as many snacks as he did tonight.

It would be sweet to give up your life to accompany a beauty.

Song Chen hurriedly smiled and led the beauty into the small shop.It is said to be a small shop, but in fact it is just seven or eight stools and a few tables put together, surrounded by many couples of young men and women eating here.

Because of Song Chen's unusual appearance, coupled with the exaggerated and almost overflowing big soil basket, more attention was paid to him.

The stall owner is a middle-aged couple. The husband serves wontons next to the iron pot, and the wife greets the guests.When the woman saw Song Chen, her eyes lit up, and she hurriedly found a clean chair and invited him to sit with Xiuyan: "What would you two guests order? Our wontons have thin skins and big fillings, and there are also big wontons with vegetables and meat. There are also small wontons with fresh meat, such as three fresh stuffing, oyster mushrooms and shrimps, pine nuts and chestnuts, egg yolks and preserved eggs. Oh, you have everything you expect.”

Song Chen looked at Xing Xiuyan.

The proprietress understood, knowing that this girl is the beneficiary today, she hurriedly turned the wind and said with a smile to Xing Xiuyan, "Don't worry, girl, our place is clean, and the most famous thing is the fresh meat wonton."

There are also quite a few girls who have not left the pavilion to eat here, no matter what their status is, they all took off the curtain at this moment, chatting and laughing with the man they like.Everyone is like this, and Xiuyan is not hypocritical. Under the gaze of the proprietress, she took off her drapery hat and said with a smile: "Then follow the proprietress's instructions, one serving of wontons stuffed with fresh meat, and one serving of wontons filled with three delicacies."

Under the lights, the proprietress took a closer look.

It wasn't until Song Chen coughed lightly that the woman came back to her senses. While repeating the name that Xiuyan had just reported, she was dumbfounded in her heart: There is still such an outstanding pair of Bi people in the world who have been in the flower market for so many years. It was the first time I saw the wonton stand today, and it really opened my eyes.

The proprietress went back to collect things, but the girls around were all pouted, glaring at her sweetheart.Those teenagers made it clear that they were doing two things at once, their eyes drifted towards Song Chen uncontrollably.

Xiuyan took up a big table, smiling and sorting the things out of the earthen basket: "These three bags of dates are for your wife and two young mistresses. This piece of tea cake is for Mr. Song, and this is for you."

Before the wontons were on the table, Xiuyan had already been distributed. Most of the basket full had owners, but Song Chen was the only one.

Song Chen said sourly: "I've been busy for most of the night, hard work and money, but in the end I didn't get anything! Even if you give me a piece of cake, it would be good!"

Xiuyan glared at him angrily, "You still don't eat enough? Half of the food went into your stomach today."

Song Chen choked on the spot, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Xiuyan twirled a piece of lotus root flour roll and stuffed it into Song Chen's mouth, and Song Chen subconsciously bit the tender little finger.The sweetness on the tip of his tongue rushed into his heart immediately, and he wished he could swallow it directly.

Xiuyan's face was blushing, she quickly pulled her hands away, and found that many pairs of eyes were staring at her, she hurriedly lowered her head a lot.Song Chen was still interested, but found that the little girl was upset, so he looked around and saw those guys eating from the bowl and looking at the pot, feeling very uncomfortable.

He put the saber at his waist on the table with a "snap", and there was silence all around.

The capital city is no other place. It is not allowed to bring swords and other weapons on the street, especially when the emperor comes out to have fun with the people.Therefore, anyone who dares to wear it is either a child of a family with a strong family, or an expert walking in the government yamen.

Regardless of those, they are people who can't be provoked by ordinary people like them who come to eat at the wonton shop.

As expected, the proprietress was not lying, the wontons were sweet and delicious, and there was nothing better than drinking hot soup in the evening breeze.Xiuyan ate half a bowl in a row before she put down the bowl and chopsticks contentedly.

"Why don't you eat?" Xiuyan looked at Song Chen in surprise, Song Chen's bowl hadn't moved at all, and he was sitting upright looking at himself.

"After we open the mansion, you can eat whatever you want every day, and you must not be wronged."

Xiuyan smiled and said, "Why are you talking nonsense? Isn't that what your two sister-in-laws said?"

Song Chen chuckled: "What right do they have to dictate in my room? However, the eldest sister-in-law has been fighting with my mother for a long time, and the second sister-in-law has always been attached to her mother. I don't want you to be caught in it, so I have explained to my mother earlier."

Xiuyan was startled: "Hey, don't mess around, I don't want to offend my future mother-in-law before I enter the door."

Since ancient times, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has been the most difficult housework.As the saying goes, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, the whole family is in harmony.The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is tense, and the whole family must follow suit.

Xiuyan knew very well that the back residence of the Song family was not as harmonious as imagined. In fact, Mrs. Song and the eldest mistress had secretly seized power for a long time, but it was only because of the pressure of Song Shangshu that it did not erupt for a long time.Xiuyan was also very fortunate that she was just a young daughter-in-law, and she was separated by the emperor's decree, so there were not many troubles.As long as the future mother-in-law can't tell her faults, her daughter-in-law will be considered competent.

Hearing what Song Chen said now, she felt a little apprehensive.

Song Chen hurriedly smiled and said, "Don't worry, mother has a good impression of you! It's just that the sister-in-law is quite critical. Seeing that you are sending food today and clothes tomorrow, doesn't she feel a sense of crisis?" Actually, Because of Xing Xiuyan's hospitality, the youngest mistress often complained in front of her husband.It's just that this younger brother and sister who haven't been educated are too good at being a man, it doesn't matter if they please their mother-in-law, and even ask their father-in-law to follow suit.

After hearing Song Chen's words, Xiuyan was very happy, and the two chatted and laughed for more than half an hour.The people around came and went, but fortunately the proprietress knew that today was a special day, and she didn't want to chase those two people who just ordered two bowls of wontons and refused to leave.

"Oh, I'm sorry, both of you, the seats are tight, please share a table with this young couple!" The proprietress came over to talk with a smile, Song Chen was stunned when he turned around, and Xiuyan followed suit.

Seeing Gan Mi supporting Daiyu, the two looked at them in astonishment.

"Big sister, you two." Daiyu pointed to Xing Xiuyan, and then to Song Chen.

Gan Mi regained his composure first, pulled back Daiyu's hand with a busy smile, and said to Song Chen, "So it's Brother Song, me, we should go somewhere else."

Xiuyan hurriedly stopped the two who were about to run away, "What are you hiding, I won't eat you."

Gan Mi smiles wryly: Auntie, we are not afraid, we are obviously worried about your embarrassment, so we avoid it.

Apparently Gan Mi misjudged Xing Xiuyan's generosity, so he had to carefully sit beside him with his wife.The two sisters were naturally happy to meet each other, especially when Daiyu saw the basket full of things and asked Xing Xiuyan.

Gan Mi stared at Song Chen's stare, and barely finished a bowl of wontons, like chewing wax, unable to appreciate what it was like.

Gan Mi mourned silently in his heart: Who did he offend?It was so easy to avoid the old lady and lead Daiyu out for a stroll, hoping to please his wife, but unexpectedly, he ran into the eldest aunt.The terrible thing is that it also broke the good things of others!
Xiuyan and Daiyu chatted and sang happily, and when the former was distracted, he saw Ganmi's unease.How could Xiuyan have the nerve to be ignorant?So he took the initiative to leave, Song Chen was eager to leave quickly, but Daiyu was a little reluctant.

"In a few days, you will go home. It makes us happy to meet every day, so why be sad?" Xiuyan comforted Daiyu with a smile, and the two sisters parted ways in front of the wonton stall.Song Chen didn't think his arms were tired, and he still had to continue walking around with Xiuyan.However, it was getting late, and the chariots and horses on the street began to rush home one after another.

Song Chen reluctantly sent Xiuyan back. When he passed by East Street, he deliberately turned to East Liutiao Street and pointed to a courtyard and Xiuyan in the distance.

There will be their new home in the future. Although there are no lights to guide them, Xiuyan feels very warm in her heart.

But it is said that on the corner gate of Xing's house, a few servants sat on the gate pier and looked eagerly at the entrance of the alley.Seeing Song Chen and the others coming back from a distance, they were overjoyed and rushed forward: "Girl, you are back, and the wife just entered the door. Sister Meilian is answering in the wife's yard!"

Song Chen hurriedly asked, "Madam, can I ask you girls?"

"The younger ones are only here to serve, and don't know the specific news. This is what Sister Baifu sent out, telling us to send you in as soon as we see the girl."

Xiuyan and Song Chen said with a smile: "It's okay, mother probably just asked Meilian to ask a few words, you go now, there are maids and women here."

How could Song Chen feel at ease, "Why don't I go in with you to see my wife, if she gets angry, at least I'll stand here."

Xiuyan smiled and spat: "If you go in, you will have to make something happen even if you have nothing to do." She urged Song Chen to get on the horse and enter the corner gate.Unexpectedly, Song Chen turned around and turned back, and quietly told the young man to inquire about the situation ahead, and if Mrs. Lu got angry, come out and report to him immediately.

Xiuyan didn't know Song Chen's actions, and when they returned to the yard, Bai Fu and others walked around the room anxiously, and when they saw Xiuyan, everyone breathed a sigh of relief: "The girl is back, sister Meilian is helping the girl to delay the time Woolen cloth!"

(End of this chapter)