With the strength of the Xie Ming family, it is simply wishful thinking to establish a relationship with the Weixinhou Mansion and the Duke Dingguo Mansion.
The most powerful person in the Xie family now is Xie Lin's father, Xie Yu. Even so, the current official position is only a fourth rank, and Xie Yu is Xie Lin's father, not Xie Chen's adoptive father.
Therefore, if Xie Qing and Xie Fang want to have fun with the young masters of these two families, they can only become followers or even servants.
Even so, Wang Yanqing and Zhao Heng were not the ones they would have the opportunity to meet.
This time, Xie Qing was more thoughtful and sent someone to bribe a boy from Weixinhou Mansion. Only then did he learn that Zhao Heng was going out with the young master of Xie Xiuwen's family, so he found an opportunity to bring Xie Fang with him. came out together.
Xie Rongzhao was a little disgusted with such behavior.
You are so young, but you have so many thoughts, are you tired?
No matter how much you don't like it, you will always be a guest when you come, so you will naturally have to take care of him.
"It's just the other side, but now there are no free rooms in the villa. Mr. Xie and Miss Xie have to make arrangements early to avoid it being difficult to settle down when it gets late."
Xie Qing smiled and said: "Thank you, Sister Zhao, for reminding me. We will go to the town to stay overnight soon."
"I heard that this mountain is quite a paradise. I wonder if my sister and I will be lucky enough to stay there for a few days?"
Xie Rongzhao smiled very perfunctorily: "You are here as a guest. You two do not mind that the villa is simple. You can eat wild vegetables and delicacies from the mountain. Naturally, we will welcome you."
In this way, both Xie Qing and Xie Fang were satisfied.
Naturally, their trip was not for Xie Rongzhao.
In fact, both of them felt that they were superior to others because they grew up in the capital, and they looked down on Xie Rongzhao, who was born in the countryside.
Although they have lost their biological father, their grandfather is still alive, and they believe that their uncles and cousins are all working in the court, and their mother is the daughter of an official family. Isn't this background much better than Xie Rongzhao?
Some people are like this. They cannot see their own shortcomings and always feel that others are not as good as them.
Xie Rongzhao could tell that Wang Yanqing was a little unhappy, so he turned around and muttered a few words to Chen Xia. After a while, the boy next to Wang Yanqing whispered a few more words. After Wang Yanqing heard this, his expression changed. , and glanced at Xie Rongzhao carefully, and saw that the other party nodded slightly to her, and then she smiled.
Because they had to go down the mountain and stay in the town, the brother and sister Xie Qing did not stay too long, and Shen Shizhong left with his servants.
Wang Yanqing didn't wait for these people to leave the door, so he went directly to Xie Rongzhao for comfort.
"Can we still go hunting?"
"Don't worry, Fourth Brother is here, and I can't make any mistakes. Even if you can't hunt anything, my arrangements for the evening will definitely satisfy you."
Wang Yanqing then said with a magnanimous face: "Cheng, I feel relieved with your words. Where is Xie Silang? Let's go, don't let someone come again soon. It's really troublesome."
After he greeted him, most of the teenagers in the room followed him out.
Zhao Ying and Xie Rongzhao were picking branches and flowers together.
There are several fruit trees planted on the mountain, and I think they will bear good fruit this year. Last year was the first year to bear fruit, and the fruit was sour and unpalatable, but the apricot flowers were very beautiful when they were in bloom.
The two of them took the maid to guard them, picked up the basket, and walked out leisurely, talking and laughing as they walked, feeling really relaxed.
Nowadays, the apricot flowers are blooming just right. Chen Xia and others are holding scissors and have to listen to the fruit farmers' instructions before they dare to cut the flower branches. They are afraid that if they cut the wrong branches, they will bear less fruit.
The two went back with a full harvest, and then started arranging vases.
Apricot flowers are of good color and look even more beautiful when placed in various colored bottles.
The two became addicted to flower arranging and actually arranged seven or eight bottles in a row.
"Go and place these bottles in the houses of the young masters. If there is water in them, there is no need to add more."
"Yes, miss."
Xie Rongzhao had already sent people to be busy in the yard. She also changed her clothes, just like a little farm girl.
Not only that, she also encouraged Zhao Ying to change into it, "If you think it's indecent, then it's okay to wear loops."
Zhao Ying took a look and saw that the clothes were all clean and there was nothing indecent about them. No arms or legs were exposed. Who dared to say anything?
"I think I'll go put it on. I'm really constrained by clothes like this. You should have taken them out earlier so that we could have more fun playing outside."
Zhao Ying really thinks this kind of clothes is good. When she went to break apricot branches, she was worried that the clothes would get damaged again. If she had changed them earlier, she would definitely have a happier time.
Xie Rongen and the others didn't come back until the beginning of Xu Shi. Together with the master and his servants, more than 20 people, plus a few dogs, they only hunted a few pheasants, and they looked small and had no meat.
Seeing how messy they were, Xie Rongzhao chuckled unkindly.
"Go and wash up quickly. Since I promised you that you will have good food to eat, I won't trick you. Act quickly. If you are late, it will be gone."
Wang Yanqing and Zhao Heng both looked unbelieving. After all, there was only a bonfire burning in the yard, and nothing could be seen next to it.
It was very late at the beginning of spring, and the sky was completely dark.
If the teenagers were delayed in changing their clothes, it would be even later.
Fortunately, my husband exempted these teenagers from morning reading tomorrow morning, otherwise they would have panicked.
When they all returned to the yard, they realized that the position of the bonfire seemed a little wrong. It seemed to have been moved. Looking at the marks on the ground, they became even more sure.
"Okay, Xiaoyun, dig out the hole. Be careful not to damage the things inside."
"Don't worry, miss, we'll take action carefully."
Xie Rongzhao saw the young masters stretching their necks and waiting, so he ordered Chen Xia: "Go and tell the kitchen to bring up those two legs of lamb."
After a while, Zhu Xiaoyun took out the chickens buried underneath. He first smashed the outer layer of mud to reveal the oil paper inside, then peeled off two layers in a row to reveal the leaves inside.
The originally emerald green leaves have now turned into withered yellow, with a color of earth. After these layers of leaves are removed, the intact roast chicken inside will be exposed.
"Hiss, it smells so good!"
This was Wang Yanqing's first time eating chicken cooked in this way.
Xie Ronlang and Xie Rongen didn't think it was new. They had done this before in their hometown, but their conditions were limited at that time, and the taste didn't seem to be as rich as now.
A total of four chickens were roasted underneath. After they were taken out, they were divided. Xie Rongzhao and Zhao Ying each received a chicken leg and a chicken wing.
When the chicken was almost done, they happened to get a roasted lamb leg from the kitchen that was almost done. Zhu Xiaoyun used a dagger to cut off the outermost part of the meat and put it on the plate. It can be said that the group had a feast.
Xie Rongzhao added: "The elders are not here, so we are not in the mood to drink. This is sherbet made from wild fruits on the mountain. It is sour and sweet, and is the best way to relieve tiredness. Please try it."
Wang Yanqing looked disgusted. He was an adult, how could he drink something like a woman's drink?
After a cup...
It’s a slap in the face, I still want to drink it!
(End of chapter)
