Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 84

Song Qingshu returned to the store around ten o'clock in the morning, and had a meal until about twelve o'clock. Immediately, he distributed the special homemade cloth, hairpins, rouge and other small gifts brought back from Shangluo to several girls, coaxing them to laugh Xing Xing tidied up the table and cleaned the shop, but Song Qingshu himself carried the few frames he brought back to his room and tidied them up carefully.

After picking and picking among a lot of things brought back from the countryside for half an hour, I went to the kitchen again, worked for a while, and finally prepared a small box, a total of two gourds, a box of snacks, and Some country gadgets and small objects are packed in boxes.

After carrying the things on their backs, they asked an honest old farmer brought back from Funiu Mountain to pick up the things, and told the other two to rest in the store and not to run around. Song Qingshu was about to go out the door with a serious expression.

"Hey, idiot, where are you going?"

As soon as he walked to the street, he heard a crisp and clear shout behind him. He turned his head and looked at Hongniang Xing's little head protruding from the second floor. Song Qingshu knew why his reputation as a silly chef had spread so far. On the street, with so many people watching, Song Qingshu simply waved his hands in a manly manner.

"Women don't ask about men's affairs!"

"If you don't ask, don't ask!"

Obviously failing to pretend, Hongniang Xing made a disdainful grimace, stuck out her tongue, and then yelled coquettishly: "Go back to Dad's place for dinner tonight, he seems to have something to look for you!"

"understood!"

It is estimated that before beating this girl by force, he would not be able to subdue her. After agreeing, seeing Hongniang Xing shrinking back quickly, Song Qingshu rubbed his nose helplessly.

It can make Song Qingshu miss her so much that she will go to see her even when she comes back. She is not a peerless beauty, on the contrary she is a ballless transgressive, and there is a thin man like a skeleton who rode a horse around for a few days. Walking down the street, letting the servants carry the boxes, feeling a bit nervous during the college entrance examination, Song Qingshu guessed and uneasily knocked on the smallest one on the east side door of Prince Qin's Mansion.

Although more than a month has passed, the influence of Song Qingshu, the stupid chef who can be taken into the palace through the main entrance, has not been completely diminished. For the name, I still look for the popular man in front of the prince, Mr. Kan. This lowest-level sweeping handyman in Tsing Yi panicked immediately, and humbly begged Song Qingshu not to take the irrationality just now to heart, while running in sullenly. Hurry to report.

Even so, Song Qingshu, who was invited to the waiter, waited for almost half an hour, and then a little eunuch ran out lazily, and said weakly, throwing his whisk.

"Stupid chef, right? Eunuch Kan is already waiting in the respect room, come with Miscellaneous."

Song Qingshu also quickly stood up and replied: "So, I have Mr. Lao."

The Prince Qin’s Mansion is big enough. Although it is not as big as the Forbidden City in Beijing, it is equivalent to the area of ​​about 28 square kilometers from Xi’an Xincheng Square to the provincial government in later generations. Song Qingshu’s porters are not allowed to enter. Fortunately, there are servants in Qingyi to help carry the boxes. It took about half an hour to enter from the most remote corner gate, pass through the four-cong checkpoint, and then arrive at the front bedroom where the son of King Qin lived.

This Eunuch Kan is good at showing off. He is Qin Shizi's confidant eunuch, and he also has his own private courtyard. Qiuhu is in charge. This blue-faced eunuch actually placed a reclining chair under the eaves of the courtyard. The eunuch flattered him with a fan to cool him down, and the comfortable old eunuch squinted his eyes and half-rested.

No wonder you don't come out to meet me!Muttering in his heart, Song Qingshu had to put on a warm smile on his face, bowed down and said: "Little Song Qingshu, I pay my respects to Eunuch Kan."

That's why he lazily opened his eyes, glanced at Song Qingshu, the old skin on his face was too lazy to twitch, and Eunuch Kan moaned weakly: "It's a silly chef! Who should I be? Playing from the countryside." came back?"

As he spoke, he stood up with the rattan chair, while Eunuch Kan beat his shoulders and said: "I have been serving the prince for a long time, and I have a problem all over my body. In this hot day, I am just tired and can't lift my spirits up." , ha~ yawn~" Saying that, the old eunuch yawned loudly again.

There is something in this guy's words, while reminding Song Qingshu that he helped him, and at the same time showing his intimacy in serving the prince, Song Qingshu saw that this guy knocked down the former Shaanxi patrol, but he stayed 24 for these eunuchs Careful, hurriedly followed his words and bowed his head with a smile.

"Thank you, father-in-law, Gao Yi, I will keep it in my heart, no, I made some schisandra wine in the country, and I will be filial to my father-in-law when I come back!" As he said, he wiped it from the box he had brought.

Eunuch Kan, who was sleepy just now, looked at Song Qingshu's schisandra wine, his eyes immediately straightened, and his eyeballs stared like a hungry cat that saw a mouse.

Given his position, a little bit of medicinal wine is naturally not in his eyes. What is really valuable is Song Qingshu's wine container. Ruby, looking at the exotic craftsmanship, it is estimated that it came from Persia. Even if Song Qingshu doesn't understand antiques, he can tell that this thing is some years old, and it may even be from the Tang Dynasty.

Fortunately, he found out that the bottle was almost crushed by the bandits when the money was thawed, but now it is in the eunuch's pocket, it is probably not much different from the thawing, it is called a waste of money.

"Silly chef, you are welcome. Come as soon as you come, and bring anything." Saying so, Eunuch Kan snatched the things from Song Qingshu's hands with great agility, put them into his arms, and then sat back satisfied. He took up the rattan chair and asked with a smile: "The silly chef came to the Prince Qin's Mansion just after he returned to Xi'an City, shouldn't he come here specially to see me, an old fellow?"

I know what to ask!After pretending to be a grandpa in Funiu Mountain, it is really uncomfortable to pretend to be a grandson when I come back. I cursed in my heart, but Song Qingshu had to continue to put on that simple and honest look, and said with a simple smile: "I went to the countryside to find some new things. Ingredients, I heard that Shizi is not feeling well, so I want to dedicate it to Shizi when I come back, to make up for my body!"

"Heh, it's said that the silly chef is loyal and benevolent, it's true! Filial piety! Filial piety haha!" Hearing this, Eunuch Kan slapped his thigh and laughed again.

After finding out about the eunuch, Song Qingshu met the rightful owner of this trip, the son of King Qin, Zhu Cunshu!
I haven't seen him for more than a month. Qin Shizi still seems to be the same old, thin and skeleton, lying on the jade couch in brocade clothes and coughing non-stop. Song Qingshu and Eunuch Kan have both paid homage to him for a long time, and then he calmed down. , came a coherent sentence.

"Get up!"

His forehead was already covered with sweat, and Song Qingshu stood up tremblingly. He was not frightened, but listening to this heart-piercing cough was really a kind of torture.

"I heard that when you came back to your hometown this time, the county magistrate didn't do anything when you were harassed by bandits. Little Kanzi told Gu twice, how is it now? Catch them all?"

It seemed that he was quite interested in Song Qingshu. After coughing violently for a while, the prince of Qin turned over suddenly, his face was sallow, but he asked excitedly. Song Qingshu hurriedly bowed down sadly, and replied: "Xie Shizi misses you!" , some local thieves in the country have been wiped out!"

"That's good, ahem, that's good!" Qin Shizi smiled with difficulty as he patted his chest out of breath.

Unable to bear this severe coughing, Song Qingshu hastily took out the treasure he had prepared from the box again. This time the container was much worse than the one for Mr. Kan, a gourd with earthen skin, but inside it was the real treasure, Song Qingshu When he was in Funiu Mountain, a Mongolian bandit taught him the method. The two gourds are full of yogurt.

The yogurt in this era is definitely not as delicious as the leather shoe yogurt in the supermarkets of later generations, but for a chronically ill person like Qin Shizi, the beneficial lactic acid bacteria in the yogurt can help him open up his appetite. Only by eating more protein can a body that has dried up into a skeleton have There is a chance of life, so this thing is much more valuable to Qin Shizi than a silver bottle.

There is also a basket, in which, besides pancakes and other sweets, there is also a radish bowl, which is made with honey. Honey has always been a good folk remedy for radishes.

"The little one has prepared some snacks and drinks, please eat your Highness!" Song Qingshu hurriedly bowed down again as he put the things on the ground.

"Your Highness, it's not mealtime now, besides Doctor Zhang..." The eunuch waiting beside Qin Shizi was obviously a little unhappy, but before he finished speaking, Qin Shizi was already coughing and reprimanded impatiently: "Every day Zhang Imperial doctor, Gu has taken so many bitter medicines, but nothing is going to work, you dog slave, is it rare that Gu has a taste for food and wants to stop him?"

"Slave dare not!"

After this severe reprimand, the daily eunuch knelt down in fear, looked back at Song Qingshu with a bit of unkind eyes, unwillingly asked Eunuch Kan to present the snacks.

Under Song Qingshu's worried gaze, Qin Shizi struggled to eat a piece of muffin, but coughed violently, as if he wanted to press it with yogurt in a hurry, and drank half a gourd in one gulp. The effect of this thing is really good. The full Qin Shizi actually had a big appetite, and swept away all the snacks brought by Song Qingshu, and even ordered the kitchen to add more dishes at night, so that the eunuch who was waiting on him could look at Song Qingshu with better eyes.

But watching quietly from the side, and chatting with Qin Shizi every sentence for a while, Song Qingshu's expression was always full of worry.

They stayed with them until about four o'clock in the afternoon, and they talked about their experiences in the countryside and bicycles. Song Qingshu was not released from Qin Palace until dinner time. Eunuch Kan, who was also praised this time, actually sent Song Qingshu himself Arriving at the East Corner Gate again, but leaving the Qin Palace, looking back at the golden palaces and pavilions in the afterglow of the sun, the worry on Song Qingshu's face was completely revealed.

He seemed to see a roaring giant elephant roaring towards him, but the only thing that was tied to the elephant was a strand of hair...

(End of this chapter)