Chapter 178 Travel Notes on Water (1)
Fanning hurriedly walked outside the gate, and a young man wearing a red bag, wearing a brown short suit, leggings and cloth boots stood at the door, holding a ringing bell in his hand. This outfit was obvious at first glance, a hurry to deliver the letter.
"I'll find an official with the surname Fan. Do you live here?"
"My surname is Fan!" Fan Ning hurried forward.
"May I ask the little official to respect his surname?" the sender asked very politely.
This is the industry rule. You have to say that the name of the recipient can only receive the letter. Fanning said: "I am Fanning, can I be right?"
"That's right!"
The sender handed the letter to Fanning and asked Fanning to write a note on the retention form, and then he hurriedly left.
Fan Ning looked at the letter in his hand and found that there were two letters. He could tell from the handwriting that one was written by Ouyang Qian and the other was written by Zhu Pei. The two young ladies actually wrote the letter themselves at the same time.
"Fan Ning, don't you have my letter?" Su Liang asked with his head protruding.
"No, it's all my letter."
"Who wrote it, Ouyang Qian?" Su Liangxian asked with a face.
"Go on the side!"
Fanning pushed him away and said to him, "Why don't you go out and buy some spring water quickly. Do I need me to remind you of this kind of thing?"
Only then did Su Liang realize that he hurried back to the house and went out with two large kettles.
Just at the entrance of the old Caomen Wazi, there is a mobile vendor selling water. He drove a donkey cart to pour spring water from thirty miles south of the capital to sell it. Although it is very hard, his income is not bad and he can earn four or five jin of money every month.
Fanning took the letter back to the room. He read Ouyang Qian's letter first, which turned out to be a letter written by Ouyang Qian in the morning.
Ouyang Qian's letter was short and was written in a hurry. The letter said that her father had been initially designated as the examiner. Her father had restrained her and no longer allowed her to go out or anyone to visit. She could not even write a letter to prevent criticism. This "semi-house arrest" state must continue until the end of the imperial examination. Ouyang Qian apologized for her appointment with Fan Ning to visit the snow with Baigang.
Ouyang Qian seemed to want to write something later, but it was probably too late, so she had to finish her writing in a hurry, and even wrote half of the words to pray to him for high school in Jinbang.
Fan Ning put Ouyang Qian's letter away, and then opened Zhu Pei's letter again. Zhu Pei's letter was shorter, with only one sentence, "Come to visit the day after tomorrow, the third day of October."
Fanning smiled and shook her head. Zhu Pei came to find her several times, but she was not there. This time she simply made an appointment first.
At this time, Cheng Yuanyuan's voice came from the yard. Fan Ning slowly walked to the window and saw Cheng Yuanyuan scall tea on the stone table in the yard. Su Liang sat on the stone bench, holding his cheek and looking at Cheng Yuanyuan's skillful scall tea. The two of them whispered and laughed from time to time.
Fan Ning felt quite moved. People were really destined to be together. Su Liang looked down on many girls when he dating. I wonder why he met Cheng Yuanyuan.
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As soon as dawn, Fanning was awakened by a thud of hammering door. He was a little late to read last night, and the quilt was so warm that he couldn't even open his eyes. The thud of knocking on the door annoyed him.
"Fanning, Zhu Pei is here, why don't you get up quickly!"
When he heard that Zhu Pei was coming, Fan Ning was so energetic that he stood up. He opened the window and a cold wind blew into his face. He was so cold that he was so excited that he quickly got back to the bed, but he was no longer sleepy.
"Zhu Pei, sit in my study for a while, I'll clean it up!" Fan Ning said, yawning a big yawn.
There was no sound of Zhu Pei in the yard. Fanning was a little strange. He quickly put on soft velvet sheepskin armor and two thick tights on his lower body. Then he put on a scholar's uniform.
He opened the door and there was no sign of Zhu Pei in the yard. At this time, Su Liang poked his head out of his room and pointed to Cheng Yuanyuan's room opposite.
Then, Zhu Pei's laughter came from Cheng Yuanyuan's room.
Fan Ning breathed a sigh of relief, then he took the copper basin to fetch water by the well. He endured the cold and bone-bumped well water. He washed his face and brushed his teeth with sand and salt.
At this time, Zhu Pei, wearing a fox fur coat, walked out. Seeing Fanning's hands and face were red with cold, she thought for a while and said, "Fanning, you should hire a servant! At least you can help you boil some hot water and do some chores."
"We have also considered that it is not convenient to live together. If you want hot water, we can buy some. The old Caomen Inn sells hot water. But we are too lazy to run away. It doesn't matter if we get used to washing with cold water."
"What about that night? It's more comfortable to sleep with hot water."
Cheng Yuanyuan walked out with a smile, "From the future, let Du Juan be responsible for boiling water, so that everyone can use hot water. Let's start tonight. Looking back, I asked my brother to buy the stove and a large kettle and buy some wood and charcoal."
As soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Ze ran in from outside with a few bags of buns, "The buns that just came out of the cage are still hot! Everyone eat while it's hot."
When he looked up, he happened to see Zhu Pei, which was so shocked that he almost threw away the buns. There was such an exquisite little lady in the world?
If Ouyang Qian's beauty is gentle and pretty, while Zhu Pei's beauty is exquisite and elegant. She is a typical woman from Jiangnan. She has a kind of aura of water. Her skin is crystal white, her rosy little mouth and high nose bridge are outlined in a painting. Her pair of agile eyes as bright as autumn water, sparkling with a gem-like luster.
Although Cheng Ze is a big family member in Yangzhou, he has never seen a beautiful woman like Zhu Pei. He was stunned for a moment.
When Cheng Yuanyuan saw her brother showing her ugly appearance, she glared at her with some annoyance and introduced him: "Brother, this is Miss Zhu, I'm here to find Fan Ning!"
She specially took the word "Find Fanning" a little more seriously, implying that her brother should not have any inappropriate thoughts.
Cheng Ze woke up and laughed dryly, "Everyone has breakfast first, and then set off after breakfast."
He turned around, but almost ran into Jian Meizi who had just walked into the yard. He slowly raised his head and couldn't help but take a breath of air conditioning. Who is this? How tall is it like a female yaksha?
Jian Meizi ignored him and stood directly behind Zhu Pei. Cheng Yuanyuan's face changed slightly. Although she guessed that the woman was Zhu Pei's guard, she was a little too tall!
Like the thin maid Du Juan, she was even more tall than Qi Jianmeizi's waist. She was so scared that she hid in the house and didn't dare to come out.
Since Cheng Ze was going to explore the water source with his sister, Fan Ning didn't want to go there. Today there was a deal for Wan's surname, and he just happened to want to go for a walk.
Fanning was folding the quilt in front of the bed. At this time, Zhu Pei walked to the door and whispered: "Ah Dai, I also want to go and stumble on the water source. Can you accompany me?"
"What are you calling me?" Fanning turned around suddenly.
"Call you call you A Dai! Didn't I always call you A Dai before?" Zhu Pei said with a smile.
Fan Ning quickly bowed, "Grandma, I sincerely ask you this time. You must have forgotten this name! No one calls me this name anymore, and even Su Liang doesn't know how to save me some face. If it is spread, it will be laughed at by people all over the world."
Zhu Pei thought for a while and said, "Then you promise to accompany me to see the water source, and I promise not to call you Ah Dai in front of them."
"You'd better call me Aning! Everyone in your family calls me Aning."
Zhu Pei curled her lips. She originally wanted to say, Ouyang Qian also called you Aning, but when Fan Ning's parents also called him Aning, she decided that Aning could not be used exclusively by Ouyang Qian.
"Okay! You can call Aning, so you must agree to accompany me to explore the water source."
Seeing that she was in good mood, Fanning nodded and agreed.
Chapter completed!