Enter the Room

  Chapter 154

  Hong Xi's mind buzzed, and many messy pictures flashed in his mind like a horse on a horse.

  He couldn't help closing his eyes, and it took a while to get out of those pictures.

  Just when he opened his eyes again, Song Tao had already run towards him: "My lord, help me!"

  Furious Song Daliang saw Hong Xi in front of him, he couldn't help but stop, and said embarrassingly: "So it's Mr. Hong!"

  Hong Xi nodded, and persuaded: "The girl's family is a spoiled guest, so let her save some face."

   Hitting a woman is not something to be honored after all.

  Song Daliang faltered, glared at Song Tao and left.

  Song Tao said gratefully: "Thank you, Mr. Hong!"

  The cake seller next to him smiled and handed the paper box containing the osmanthus cake to Hong Xi: "Master, the osmanthus cake is ready."

  He gave a "hmm", nodded towards Song Tao indifferently, took the pastry and returned to Hong Mansion.

  In the evening, Hong Xi had dinner with his grandfather Mrs. Hong and younger brother Hong Zhao.

  Because they cook Huaiyang cuisine, the kitchen uses blue and white porcelain tableware with gourds and eight treasures. Old Master Hong looked at it, and then talked about Hong Zhao's coronation ceremony: "His teachers all praised the gift well. I was thinking that your brother is going to end next year, and his teachers should come and go frequently. When you have time, go to the Song family and ask the lady boss of the Song family to burn a few more sets of the Four Treasures of the Study for our family, so that they can be used as New Year gifts during the Chinese New Year."

Hong Xi paused slightly with his hand holding the bowl, and then said with a smile, "I'm afraid Miss Song will not agree. Last time I saw that the gourds she cooked for our family were cooked well, I wanted her to continue to help cook a few better ones." The tea set, I use it when I visit big clients. Ms. Song said that their orders are all scheduled until May of next year, and they still have to prepare for the imperial kiln factory to burn imperial porcelain. Even if she is split in half, she can't help it , We can only wait until after May next year.

   "She also told me that if you really don't need it urgently, you can place a deposit at this time. But they can only deliver the goods in August or September next year."

  Old Master Hong was surprised, and said, "Is the Song family's business so good?"

  Hong Xi nodded, and said: "Not only that, the magistrate Jiang, who just took office, admires her very much for some reason. Today I went to Wensi Building to discuss the matter of offering sacrifices to kiln gods, and the Song family ranked first in engraving the stele this time."

Mrs. Hong said thoughtfully, "In that case, let's find another suitable one. It would be even better if we can settle down for a long time. If our family returns to Jingdezhen, it will not be good if we don't give some porcelain as gifts. .”

Hong Xi answered "yes" with a smile, and the old master Hong turned to talk to Hong Zhao: "Last time I heard from Mr. Wang of your academy that Mr. Su, the teacher, is going to resign. Does it affect your career? Don't ask another gentleman to give you lectures when you are resting in the academy?"

"No need!" Hong Zhao said with a smile, "Mr. Su went to the Wang family in Yueyang to be a teacher. Mr. Wang said that if we pass the government examination next year, he will take us to Yueyang for a study tour, and let us meet the famous Wang family. What's it like?"

  Old Master Hong immediately became excited when he heard the words, and said: "Is it the Yueyang Wang family that produced three elders and two emperors?"

   "Yes!" Hong Zhao said, "Mr. Wang said, we can also go to Yuelu Academy."

   "Then you should study hard and try to pass the government examination next year. Grandpa will give you another reward then!"

The grandparents and grandchildren were talking affectionately, and the old man Hong would pick up two chopsticks for Hong Zhao from time to time. After dinner, he even invited Hong Zhao to his study, saying that he wanted to see Hong Zhao during this time Has the word improved.

  Hong Xi sat in the deserted restaurant after people left, swallowed his last bite of food, and returned to the west courtyard where he lived.

  The west courtyard is also quiet, only the red lanterns under the eaves are swaying with the wind.

  Hong Xi simply went to a tavern at the back door of Hong's house, drank a glass of wine in the tavern, and only after hearing the second watch, he walked home with a little bit of drunkenness.

   When he was approaching the back door of Hong's house, he suddenly tripped over something soft.

  He staggered and stood firm, and when he took a closer look, it was a woman curled up on the steps of their back door.

  The woman murmured "I didn't mean to" and raised her head.

  In the corner of the lantern, he saw those water-like eyes again.

   It was Song Tao!

"Mr. Hong!" She stood up shyly, lowered her head, and rubbed her toes on the ground uneasily, "When you went to find my cousin to make porcelain, we passed by. Mr. Hong doesn't remember. , but I remember!"

  Hong Xi thinks he has a good memory, but no matter how he thinks about it, he can't remember when he met Song Tao.

  Every time Song Jiyun comes out, everyone gets attention, maybe because he didn't notice Song Tao.

  He nodded indifferently.

Song Tao's face was like a flying glow, she bowed her head in embarrassment, and said in a low voice, "Mr. Hong, can you help me? Because of my marriage with the Zeng family, my father sold me to a porcelain businessman from other places as a sequel. Unwilling to leave Jingdezhen, he ran out of the house.

   "Can you keep me for a night?

   "Just one night.

   "I'll leave early tomorrow morning!"

Hong Xi was a little hesitant, but Song Tao begged and begged, with a pitiful look on his face, he thought about it, and finally agreed: "Miss Song, men and women are not allowed to get along with each other. If Miss Song doesn't mind, you can come to our house in the West Cross Courtyard." Let’s rest overnight in the guest room! What’s the matter, let’s talk about it tomorrow morning?”

  Song Tao thanked her again and again, and left with the maid.

  The next day before dawn, she left quietly without saying goodbye to Hong Xi.

  Hong Xi didn't take it to heart either.

   Two days later, Song Tao came to visit Hong Xi unexpectedly.

  Hong Xi didn't want to see him at first, but the boy who came to report said: "Miss Song said that she has something urgent to ask you."

   "It's Miss Song San!" Hong Xi corrected the boy, thought for a while, and invited her in.

Song Tao wore a peach-red beige woven with gold, and a horse-faced skirt embroidered with grass and green twigs in white silk. Her jet-black hair seemed to be casually tied into a bun, making her face even more gentle. Wan.

She brought several sets of tea sets to Hong Xi: "The last time I was resting in the guest room, I heard from the little maid in your mansion that Mrs. Hong wanted to ask for some sets of tea sets for my younger brother to give to the master of the academy. I burned them myself. , it’s not worth much money, but fortunately the pattern is festive, and it’s barely worth it, so I ask Mr. Hong not to dislike it.”

   Hong Xi was a little surprised, and said, "Miss Song San can make porcelain?"

  Song Tao smiled and said: "Of course. When I was young, my cousin and I learned how to make porcelain at my second uncle's place. It's just that she inherited the family business, everyone knows. I..."

When she said this, she smiled bitterly, and continued with a bit of disappointment in her voice, "When I grow up, I want to learn from my mother to be a female celebrity, and I don't go to my second uncle very much. No wonder Master Hong is curious. No one knows that I can make porcelain."

  Then she opened the brocade box containing the tea set, revealing a tea set with a white glaze, a thin carcass, and a pattern of rising every step of the way.

   I wrote too late yesterday, my mind was confused, I thought I had already posted the article, but I didn’t click "Publish"...

Feel sorry!

   I will post the manuscript first, and I will correct the typo later.

  (end of this chapter)