Chapter 617 A man who lets a virgin cook? [5k, monthly vote please!]
"Is that the young master?"
"Seems to be……"
"The sleeves are too long and cover her hands. I can't see her right hand clearly. I wonder if her little finger is missing."
"You can see it from so far away?"
"No, sister, I may not be as smart as you sometimes, but I have good eyesight. Your suitor who followed you from Yunshui Pavilion just now found that hidden alley thanks to me, otherwise there would be so many people.
, who knows where he ran away..."
"Okay, don't take credit...she went in."
In the afternoon, the East Market is lively.
Taoshou Zhai, a large store that is well-known in Jiangnan Road, has a branch in Xunyang City. It faces the street and is stylish. It is considered to be a relatively good location in Dongshi.
Taoshouzhai mainly sells high-end pastries and fruit plates from wealthy families.
The afternoon is the prime time of the East Market, and there is an endless stream of cars and people at the gate.
Fang Juxiu and Fang Shengnan waited for a long time at the window on the second floor of the restaurant diagonally opposite Taoshou Zhai. When Fang Shengnan was almost drowsy, they finally waited until a carriage slowly parked, and a man with a sky-blue color stepped out of the carriage.
A slender girl blindfolded with a ribbon holds a green bamboo stick in her hand.
The two girls immediately cheered up and looked a little excited.
There is an open space at the entrance of Taoshou Zhai, which is surrounded by a large courtyard, and there are many carriages parked inside.
The newly arrived carriage looks low-end and stylish, but it is actually inconspicuous. The girl who walked out of it and was blindfolded with a sky-blue ribbon disappeared through the door within three breaths of her appearance.
Fang Juxiu and Fang Shengnan had no choice but to hold their breath and continue to wait.
About two cups of tea later, inside the gate of Taoshou Zhai, the beautiful figure of a blindfolded girl with azure ribbon appeared again. She walked out with a stick, holding a small pastry box in her other hand, and boarded the low-luxury carriage again.
The low-luxury carriage slowly started to leave.
"She's going out and getting in the car. We have to follow her. Shengnan, go to the roadside and buy a folding fan to cover your face. Let's not get too close..."
Fang raised his sleeves and immediately put down his wine glass, turned around to pay the bill and went downstairs.
"Oh, okay...sister, are you sure she is the young master?"
"That's right, that blindfolded ribbon has such a special color... It's true. I didn't expect that the young master is really here. The grandson and grandson surnamed Sun didn't lie to us."
"It's strange. From what the grandfather and grandson said, the first time I saw my young master was on the Lantern Festival Eve. He seemed to have patronized their business. The young master also went shopping on the Lantern Festival Night? Now he buys Taoshouzhai cakes on time like this again...
...Why do I feel that our life is better than before? Whose family does this carriage belong to? Is it the hidden family left by Yunmeng Jianze in the city? Sister, why do I feel that this young master is not in Xunyang City?
It's like being in a dangerous situation, more like... eating, drinking and having fun, weird."
"Stop muttering now and keep up. Her carriage is faster than ours. Let's go quickly."
"good!"
After getting off the restaurant and walking to the street, Fang Shengnan bought a folding fan and followed his sister's example of gently shaking it to cover his face.
The two women were hanging far away, fifty steps behind the low-end luxury carriage in front of them.
Fortunately, there was a lot of traffic in Xunyang City in the afternoon. When encountering some chariots and riders frequently mobilized by the government, the carriages on the street still had to give way.
Low-luxury carriages don’t travel very fast.
Fang raised his sleeves and Fang Shengnan walked around the street stalls to hide his purpose while barely keeping up with the low-luxury carriage.
The endless flow of people on the street helped to cover up the figures of the two women.
Fang Shengnan couldn't help but glance at Fang's back leading the way with his sleeves raised:
"Why is my sister so skilled? Could it be that she practiced hiding from those suitors?"
"Shut up and keep up."
Fang Shengnan kept silent.
The two girls followed from Dongshi to Xingzi Lake in Xingzifang, but they seemed not to be discovered, and no accidents happened along the way.
As evening approaches, Xingzi Lake is calm and the water is sparkling.
The low-luxury carriage slowly stopped in front of a remote and quiet yard by Xingzi Lake, and put down the blindfolded girl with a sky-blue ribbon.
Fang raised his sleeves and Fang Shengnan stopped far away on the street corner.
Fang raised his sleeves and looked ahead at the figure of a blindfolded girl with a blue ribbon slowly getting out of the car.
Fang Shengnan looked around and muttered: "This location seems to be very close to Chengtian Temple... Hmmmm."
"Shh!"
When Fang Shengnan saw Fang Juxiu in front of him, he shrank down, covered her big mouth, and glared at her.
Fang Shengnan's eyes widened and turned around. He saw in front of him the figure of a girl blindfolded with azure ribbon who was walking towards the quiet courtyard with a stick. She paused for a moment, and looked back with a small blindfolded face, seemingly "looking".
Behind the circle.
However, the turning little head did not stop at the street corner where the two women were hiding.
Before Fang Shengnan and Fang Juxiu could hold their breath and became nervous, the girl blindfolded with a sky-blue ribbon had already turned her head, quietly holding the pastry box and continuing to use the stick, groping towards the quiet courtyard and entering the courtyard.
The low-end luxury carriage that had just put down the girl blindfolded with azure ribbons had also gone straight away, not staying for a moment, leaving the girl blindfolded with azure ribbons alone to return to the quiet courtyard.
Fang raised his sleeves and frowned, watching the low-end luxury carriage drive away.
She slowly retracted her gaze and landed on the remote and quiet lakeside courtyard.
"Hmm."
Fang Shengnan's struggling and hesitating sounds came from the gap between his fingers. Fang raised his sleeves and glanced at her, then released his hand covering her mouth.
"Sister, you almost didn't send me away."
Fang raised his sleeves and said nothing.
Fang Shengnan noticed that his sister's gaze had changed again, and seemed to be on the Chengtian Temple building on the other side of Xingzi Lake not far away. He didn't know what he was looking at or thinking about.
"This is a nice, quiet and livable place. This little mistress used to live here. By the way, is she the only one who lives here?"
Fang Shengnan held the sword in her arms and looked around cautiously. Then she relaxed a little and looked at the quiet courtyard in front of her. She couldn't help but murmured in a somewhat doubtful tone.
"Sister, what are we going to do next? Knock on the door directly to find her? Now it seems that this noble young master is not in any danger. Do you think she doesn't like being disturbed by us coming to the door?"
Fang Shengnan touched his chin and thought for a while, then continued with a serious look on his face:
"Sister, I just thought about it on the way. You said that Your Excellency Yue Virgin is the future Yuanjun, a goddess-like person. Could it be that her thoughts are beyond ordinary people? We don't know what she is like.
The purpose of the strange movement, but it is conceivable that it is definitely not simple...
"Sister, you are telling me, what if we go up hastily and spoil the arrangement of the virgin woman? If we don't say we have done nothing, isn't it true that we have committed a crime?"
Fang raised his sleeves and pursed his lips, making no comment.
He lowered his head slightly, took out a bronze dagger from his sleeve, stared at it, and put it away again.
She spoke:
"It makes sense, but we are all here. Although we don't know what kind of big game the Yue Virgin Lady is playing, we can't guess, but one thing can be confirmed. The Yue Virgin Lady probably doesn't know about the Second Lady Jun.
We are looking for her. When we come here this time, we still have to bring the news, but..."
Fang Juxiu paused and his face turned serious:
"But as you just said, if there are any special arrangements in this small courtyard, if Your Excellency Yue virgin is doing something special, we'd better not rush forward and disturb it, otherwise we will cause trouble.
"Well, if we insist on meeting, we must at least make sure that there is no one around the yard and rule out this possibility. It is best to meet Yue Jun alone.
"The virgin lady has a golden body, we can't drag her down and expose her..."
Fang Juxiu analyzed it carefully.
"Uh-huh."
Fang Shengnan's face was full of approval, and his body couldn't help but become nervous.
She held the sword tighter in her arms, which further highlighted the scale of the heroine's "heroic mind".
This heroine of the Fang family, who has just entered the world, only feels that the situation in front of her is ever-changing. The responsibilities they bear are huge, and they really need to consider carefully and not act recklessly... This is right. Entering the world is about this novel feeling of being wise and courageous, and adapting to changes...
...If it's smooth sailing, or exactly as planned, that's boring and fake, and it's not just playing house.
At this moment, Fang Juxiu, who was speaking, was stunned for a moment and looked in the direction behind Fang Shengnan...
"What's wrong?"
Fang Shengnan was facing away from the quiet courtyard. At this moment, she noticed her sister's strange expression, and she looked back curiously.
Fang Shengnan was also stunned.
"ah?"
In the quiet little courtyard, there was a line of light gray smoke, curling up and swaying in the wind under the sun, giving it a peaceful and peaceful feeling of a pastoral farmhouse.
A faint scent of food cooked by ordinary people also filled the air.
In the surrounding area, only this small, quiet courtyard is inhabited.
"this……"
The two women turned around blankly and looked at each other.
They all saw the confusion in each other's eyes.
The tense atmosphere between the two girls that was originally tense due to the quietness and mystery of the courtyard suddenly disappeared.
Fang raised his sleeves and stepped forward. Fang Shengnan stopped hiding and quickly followed.
The two girls first quickly checked around the quiet courtyard and found that there was no one there... It was just like an ordinary house in this neighborhood.
Under the setting sun, they arrived at the entrance of the quiet courtyard.
The courtyard door is unlocked.
Cover it up.
I don’t know if I forgot it or if I kept it for someone.
Fang Shengnan still frowned, holding the hilt of his sword and remaining vigilant.
Fang raised his sleeves and pushed open the courtyard door silently.
They walked into the courtyard with light steps.
"Long Ling—Long Ling—"
In addition to the increasingly rich aroma of the food, an unheard of strange jade sound sounded from time to time, echoing melodiously in the courtyard, making people feel at ease.
There was no one in the outer courtyard, and the lobby was also empty, but a lamp was lit, and the strange jade sound came vaguely from the direction of the kitchen.
And by the commotion, there is someone in the kitchen.
Fang Juxiu and Fang Shengnan took a deep breath, became more cautious, kept walking, walked through the lobby and walked into the backyard with their waists bent.
The scene in the back kitchen suddenly came into view.
I saw the more virgin woman, wearing a navy blue floral apron, slim and quiet, standing by the stove, head lowered, busy in her hands, washing vegetables and cooking with concentration.
On the stove next to her, several plates of steaming hot meals were already prepared and placed quietly.
This virgin lady, who was so beautiful that the two girls felt a little ashamed of themselves, was very skillful in cooking even though her eyes were covered by a sky-blue ribbon.
The sleeves of both arms were rolled up, revealing a dazzling white bowl. She raised her hand from time to time and wiped her forehead with the back of her hand.
"Long Ling——"
The more virgin woman's hair is raised up like a married woman's bun, and an ice-white jade hairpin is inserted into the high temples.
As she diligently washed vegetables and cooked, the ice-white jade hairpin pendant swayed, making a special jade sound. It was the source of the special sound that Fang Juxiu and Fang Shengnan heard just now after they entered the door...
Fang Juxiu and Fang Shengnan looked stunned.
There was only the busy figure of this virgin lady cooking virtuously in the yard, and there was no one else.
The scene before them was indeed beyond their imagination.
Even if they saw the smoke in advance, the two girls had imagined many possible explanations for it before entering the door, such as there were other outsiders in the yard, or the more virgin lady was having a Hongmen banquet... But they never expected it to be this simple.
Unpretentious results.
There was only the faint sound of washing vegetables in the backyard.
Zhao Qingxiu turned sideways to Fang Shengnan and Fang Qixiu. From the moment the two women walked into the backyard, she never looked back and seemed to turn a deaf ear.
Fang Juxiu and Fang Shengnan looked at each other.
Suddenly, they saw the virgin lady in the kitchen, her hands stopped washing vegetables, she raised her head, her little face was staring at the kitchen wall in front of her.
Silence fell suddenly inside and outside the backyard. Fang Juxiu and Fang Shengnan also held their breaths and concentrated, taking in the majesty inherent in the noble status of this young master, not daring to make the slightest sound.
But the sky was too dark, so they couldn't see clearly Zhao Qingxiu's expression. Was he in a daze or something? He was motionless.
After a while, the girl blindfolded with azure ribbon lowered her head again, wiped her hands on her apron, groped her way to the stove, and picked up a plate of pastries that seemed to have been prepared long ago.
Zhao Qingxiu held the pastry in both hands, walked out of the kitchen, came to the stone table in the courtyard, and placed the pastry on the table in front of the Fang sisters.
"Ahhh."
She opened her mouth calmly, made two sounds, spread her little hands forward, and motioned for the two girls to sit down, eat something and rest.
"I...we..."
Being served by Lady Yue, who was a virgin, Fang Shengnan's face immediately flushed with excitement, and he was hesitant and tongue-tied.
The calm-tempered Fang Jixiu was a little better, just a little bit. She licked her dry lips, took a step forward, bent her legs and clasped her fists, bowed her head and gave a big salute:
"Hug, I'm sorry, Your Excellency, Yue Virgin, came to the door to bother you. I didn't know what you were doing..."
Zhao Qingxiu didn't seem to be surprised. She supported the two excited and admiring girls and interrupted their conversation.
"Yeah."
She came back to her senses, smiled slightly, pointed at her mouth with her index finger, and then waved her hand to indicate that she could not speak.
Immediately afterwards, he comforted the two girls and sat down to rest.
"It's okay, I understand. Your Excellency, you are a noble person and you should speak less... By the way!"
As soon as his butt touched the stool, Fang raised his sleeves and thought of something. He stood up quickly, took out a bronze dagger from his sleeves, and offered it with both hands:
"This thing is..."
The next moment, she didn't even see Zhao Qingxiu's movements clearly, the bronze dagger in her hand had disappeared.
Fang Juxiu lowered his head in shock, and felt the heavy weight in his sleeve again... Yun Mengling was stuffed back again.
At the same time, she felt a delicate hand from the virgin lady in front of her, pressing on the back of her hand.
Zhao Qingxiu slowly shook her head.
Fang held up his sleeves but hesitated to speak. He frowned and took a closer look. When he saw the lady in front of her shaking her head, she had a look on her face that was... a dazed look that she couldn't understand.
Unlike Fang Shengnan who was full of confusion, Fang Juxiu reacted immediately and asked subconsciously:
"Your Majesty Yue, is it inconvenient now..."
Before she could finish speaking, there was a burst of movement at the door, mixed with footsteps.
It seemed like someone strode through the door, put down their baggage, and walked to the backyard.
"Xiu Niang, I'm back... Hey, who's here at home?" A man's shout echoed through the lobby.
"who?"
Before the two women could stand up and be alert, a handsome young man walked into the backyard, walking with his hands behind his back.
Fang raised his sleeves. Before Fang Shengnan took a closer look at the text, he found that the original text in front of him was quietly bouncing around like a rabbit.
"Ahhh."
Zhao Qingxiu's voice was happy, and she ran back to the kitchen and brought out a basin of hot water that had been prepared, with a clean towel placed on the edge of the dish.
She came to the handsome young man wearing a blue Confucian shirt, and held up a hot water basin with a happy face for him to wash his hands and wipe.
"I come."
In the eyes of Fang Juxiu and Fang Shengnan, who were gradually shocked, the handsome young man stretched out two fingers, pinched the azure ribbon that had slipped slightly on the bridge of the virgin lady's straight nose, and lifted it up.
After the intimacy, he took the hot water basin from her hand, strode past them, walked into the kitchen, and placed it on the stove.
The more virginal lady was obedient, holding on to the sleeves of this handsome young man throughout the process, and followed him back to the kitchen.
The handsome young man bent down to wash his hands, and at the same time turned his head sideways, seeming to glance at them in the yard outside.
"Xiu Niang...these two...your friends?"
His curious voice came out intermittently.
"Yeah."
The more virgin lady nodded obediently, walked to the sink, and washed the dishes.
"Wait a minute." The handsome young man suddenly stretched out his hand and pulled the few strands of hair that had fallen from the virgin woman's temples to her red little ears.
In the yard, Fang Juxiu and Fang Shengnan, who had witnessed this silky scene all the way, looked very excited for a moment.
Before the two women could finish digesting it, the handsome young man and the virgin lady had already carried the food together, walked out of the kitchen, and came to the table.
It was just because the sky was dark and a handsome young man suddenly arrived. A series of "bold behaviors" were so dizzying that the Fang sisters were a little unable to react.
But now he was clearly in front of me.
Ouyang Rong bent down to place the dishes and said hello casually:
"It's rare for Xiu Niang to have relatives and friends come to her house. She didn't entertain her well in her humble house. I hope you two girls won't be surprised. I'm Ouyang... Uh, by the way, have we met during the day?"
"ah?"
Zhao Qingxiu, who was serving rice to Tan Lang, turned her head curiously and seemed to "look" at them.
At the table, Fang Shengnan was stunned.
Fang Juxiu looked at Ouyang Rong's gentle and smiling face with a complex expression.
After a while, she finally spoke with a stern mouth:
"Ou...Mr. Ouyang?"
Ouyang Rong, who didn't have to introduce himself, rolled up his sleeves, took a bite of food, and put it in Zhao Qingxiu's bowl.
The expression on his face as he lowered his head to pick up the vegetables was as usual:
"The girl walked very quickly during the day, and I didn't even have time to ask her her name."
Fang Juxiu:......
Fang Shengnan:......
The atmosphere at the table gradually became awkward.