box of hearts

Chapter 26 Suo Nanzhi (7)
"You put cat food on the royal mix, and your stomach is growling. And which restaurant or dish your girl likes to eat on weekdays, you told them and asked them to come, don't Fear more, the more the better."

"Ai!"

Qi She put the tip of his nose against the white cat, turned his face and looked at Qingtian with a smile, "Let's stay and have a meal."

The sun has set on the western mountain, but there is still a rich sunset glow rolling between the sky and the earth, like a long brocade painting.The people in the glow are also painted, with handsome eyebrows and luxurious clothes, separated by a shallow ambiguity, and a rich feast.

The one-style silver plate and silver bowl hold dozens of dishes and pastries: Jiangyin broiled anchovy, Jinhua ham, Pingqiao tofu, boiled dried shredded rice, Huaian soup bag, Kaiyang cattail, milk soup bird’s nest, green onion roasted sea cucumber, red grilled shark’s fin, Yudai Shrimp, Immortal Oyster Yellow, Fried Double Crisp...

After a sweeping glance, Qi She smiled, "You like to eat Huaiyang cuisine."

Qing Tian, ​​who was sitting at the same table, also smiled lightly, "Third Master likes to eat Shandong cuisine." She lightly pulled her cuffs, revealing a rutile bracelet on her wrist, and held up silver chopsticks to put a few dishes into Qi She's dining room. in the dish.

Qi She smiled happily and picked up his chopsticks too.After eating a few mouthfuls, seeing that Qingtian just kept adding food for him, he couldn't help but smile: "You can eat it yourself."

Qingtian said calmly: "Is there any etiquette to eat first before serving the guests? The third master just eats, and I will eat after you finish eating."

Only then did Qi She come to realize that the prostitutes in the first-class small class have rules in everything, and they must not touch their chopsticks when they accompany guests to a table, and they must have leftovers after the guests are full.The delicacies in his mouth suddenly became a bit unpleasant, and his hearty smile froze a little, "I said earlier, I don't pay much attention to me. Eat, I specially asked you to eat something you like, and eat with me. "

The chopsticks in Qingtian's hands hung in mid-air hesitantly, but they were finally placed on the Yinlong chopstick rest. "Let's eat, third master. I'll eat later. I'm not hungry."

On the other hand, Mu Yun saw some reason, she looked at Qing Tian's face, and asked worriedly: "Girl, do you have a stomachache again?"

"What?" Qi She frowned, "Do you often suffer from stomach pains?"

"It's an old problem," Mu Yun said quickly, and walked out as soon as she turned around, "I've been doing it a lot lately. I'm going to fry the medicine now."

"Stop," Qingtian said angrily, "it's getting more and more unruly. The third master is still here, how about letting the smell of medicine wash away?" She turned to Qi She and smiled calmly, "Don't pay attention to her, She is used to being stinged by scorpions. I'm fine, the third master eats slowly, and I'll eat some with you too. "

She picked up the chopsticks again, but heard a "snap", and the chopsticks were held up by another pair of chopsticks.

The glow of the sun changed slightly, brushing across Qingtian's cheeks.Looking at her, Qi She could feel her slightest emotions in his heart, like a lotus flower in Buddha's hand.There was a piece of golden quicksand in her eyes, and he fell into it, unable to extricate himself, while his lips contained the eternal promise of her, flowing with honey and milk.

But Qi She didn't utter a word, he knew that they would not be able to go anywhere before going through many hardships.He stared at Qingtian for a while, then let go of the silver chopsticks in his hand.

"You rest, I'll go first."

He left as soon as he said that, and stood up straight from the ground. Then he turned his head and looked at the silver table utensils on a large table after a while, "You don't need this set of things. I will send someone to get it later. As for whether people's hearts are red or not?" In black, there is one thing that can be tested: time."

Qingtian looked at Qi She helplessly, and saw a hot wind from far away blowing over the iron horse on the eaves, tinkling, as if a heavy rain suddenly fell behind his back.

6.
It started to rain the next day, and at about the same time as the first day, Zhou Dun came.That set of silver tableware Qingtian had been cleaned long ago, and it was put back into the carrying case as it was.Zhou Dun took it over, handed it to Xiao Xinzi who was waiting outside the curtain, and took a large gold-painted lacquer box in his hand and said, "Ms. Duan, there are two doses of medicine in this box. It's in a porcelain bottle." The pills in the package are for stomachaches. When something happens, just take a pill with plain water. The package contains tranquilizers. The prince said that seeing the girl’s eyes turn blue, it must be because she couldn’t sleep well at night. This medicine has been boiled and drunk to nourish the heart and help sleep. The prince is busy these days, and he is afraid that he will not be able to come for a while, so he told Miss Duan to take care of herself."

The nicknames of prostitutes from here are random, and no one has ever called Qing Tian "Miss Duan", as if she was a boudoir lady.Qingtian was a little embarrassed, so he hurriedly asked Mu Yun to take the box, and asked someone to take a small ingot weighing twelve taels, and handed it to Zhou Dun with his own hands, "Thank you, my lord, for your trouble, and please trouble my father-in-law for making such a trip in the rain."

Zhou Dun pushed Yuan Bao, lowered his head with a smile, "The prince said, if the slave dares to take the reward from Miss Duan, I will chop off the slave's hands. You are here, the slave will not disturb you."

Just like when Tathagata came, Zhou Dun and his party left quickly and quietly, only the rain was crackling outside.Mu Yun held the medicine box in her hand and was about to speak, but the floor was shaken by a chaotic footsteps, and someone shouted sharply: "Sister, sister! Sister Qingtian!"——It was Zhaohua.

Qingtian walked out of the house in two steps at a time, and then came to the porch, when he saw Zhaohua stumbling towards her head, chasing after Xiangxia, Diexian and Fengqin, and throwing her hand back to Xia A small lamp, giggling.Zhao Hua had a terrified expression on her face, as if she was about to cry, she fell into her arms, "Sister, sister, they burned my eyebrows!"

Qingtian embraced Zhaohua with one hand, and said sternly: "What are you doing?"

Seeing Qingtian come out for the first time, several people have become quite uncomfortable.Xiangxia blew out a celadon goose-foot lamp in her hand, with a disapproving expression on her face, "Mom told us to learn to wipe the bird card with Zhaohua. It's no fun to play without winning or losing. She has no money. We agreed that if we lost, we would punish her, but when we were punished, she stopped doing it and ran and screamed. We didn't really have a fever, but we just played tricks on her."

Qingtian held up the photo flower on her shoulders and looked at her face. In the soft red light of several lanterns on the corridor, he saw that the overgrown hair that grew to the eyebrows on the small face was burned off, and a pair of Slight splayed eyebrows, a large piece of wax oil formed on the tip of the left eyebrow, as if bleeding from a wound.Only then did Mu Yun follow up from behind, blurting out a "Yo".Qingtian caressed Zhaohua's ups and downs back, raised his eyes forward, and said in awe, "Whether you are playing or making trouble, there should be a seriousness. I really messed up Zhaohua's appearance. See if my mother will forgive me." Which of you?"

"Sister, why do you keep protecting her?" Die Xian folded her arms and rolled her eyes.

The whites of Yuxia's eyes were slightly exposed, and she wrapped her fingertips around the gray thread raised from the wick, "That's it."

Qingtian became even more angry, and pointed at the three of them one by one with his fingertips, "Back then when Xizhu threw your skirt into the toilet, I didn't protect you? You gave the silver water pipe to the singer called Ma and tied it up." Hit, I didn't protect you? Are you two not ashamed to bully a new little girl when you are eighteen or nineteen? And you, Fengqin, are you old and not brainy? Just follow them whatever they do What are you doing?"

Feng Qin bowed her head and remained silent after being scolded, but Die Xian refused to accept it, and muttered: "My sister has been very powerful recently, and she always raises her eyes and scolds people. It's worth losing such a temper for such a big matter."

Dui Xia poked her burly body obliquely, and raised her sharp face straight up, "Isn't it just because of the Prince Regent? Why bother?"

Qingtian felt her temples on both sides throbbing and veins popping out of her neck, she laughed dryly and said: "Speaking of scolding, I should really scold you guys. I'm hooked on the regent Lord, who have you hooked up with? Since April, how many tables have you set up, how many rounds have you played, and how many taels of silver have you made? I am not happy to pick up customers today, and you are all alive and kicking Fighting and making noise here, but invite guests to come. It’s so late and no one comes to the door. When was Huaiyatang so deserted? Co-authoring is me doing business alone to support you young ladies, for you to call slaves Handmaids, pastime concubines, come to annoy me after you’ve been through it all? If you have the strength to scold you, I’ll scold you to death today! Fucking money losers!”

Diexian and Fengqin were not doing well, but Xiangxia's face turned red suddenly, tears rolled down, dripping on her almost huge breasts, soaking the scorpion flowers on her clothes.

Qingtian was still furious, and reprimanded heavily: "Why are you crying? Don't do this! Save that idea and fool your lover!"

In the corridor of Zou Ma Lou, several young maids and mothers gathered there to watch from a distance, but no one dared to step forward to persuade them to fight, only Mu Yun gently persuaded: "Okay, girl, your body is not good. How can it be restrained to move so vigorously?"

Diexian was also shy for a long time, twisting her handkerchief and apologizing: "Sister, it's our fault, don't be angry. Yuxia didn't mean to make my sister angry. She was upset these days, and her old man went to gamble again. "

Duixia was still holding the lamp with one hand, and pulled an embroidered handkerchief with the other to wipe her nose and eyes.

Qingtian stared fixedly at Xiangxia, and the anger in his brows suddenly faded away.She faced Zhaohua who was wrapped in her arms, and stroked the wax stain on her eyebrows, "Zhaohua, you go back to the house and wash your face first, don't tell mom, I will come to see you later." Then she raised her head Come on, the voice became soft and quiet again: "Xia, come in with me, I have something to tell you."

After returning to the house, Mu Yun was ordered to light the lamp.The rain was still falling outside the building, and the sky was completely dark.Qing Tian and Dui Xia sat down across from each other, and took her hand, "I'm the one who said it harshly, don't take it to heart."

Duixia repeatedly pressed the handkerchief to her nose, the tip of her nose was so red and shiny from crying, she shook her head.

"What's going on with your father?" Qingtian asked, wrinkling his eyebrows.

(End of this chapter)