Chapter 345 A Pair of Walnuts
The golden potato pancakes are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and are full of salty and fragrant flavors when you take a bite.
Baoya's little mouth was puffed up and she quickly finished one, then picked up another one from the plate with her little hands and continued eating.
She was enjoying her meal when a big hand suddenly appeared in front of her. The hand opened and closed, and placed two round walnuts on the table in front of her.
These two walnuts are growing particularly well, they are evenly sized, round and plump, very pleasing to the eye.
Baoya bit the potato pancake and her eyes involuntarily stared at the two walnuts.
If you crack open such a beautiful walnut and eat it, the walnut kernel should be very fragrant, right?
Just as she was thinking, she heard a somewhat old voice above her head: "Take these two walnuts to your mother and tell her that I will come to this shop for breakfast tomorrow."
It turns out it was for my mother.
Baoya looked up when she heard the voice, but only saw the old man walking away with a wave of his sleeves.
The crimson hem of the dress fluttered in the wind and finally disappeared at the door of the small shop.
After the old man and the man in blue shirt left, Yunyue immediately came over out of curiosity.
"Baoya, who was that old man just now? Why did he give you two walnuts?"
Baoya shook her head, she didn't know either.
If the person hadn't said it was for her mother, she would have thought it was for her to eat.
However, since the man asked her to bring the walnuts to her mother, she would just wait until she was finished with class in the evening and then bring them back to her mother.
Thinking of this, she finished the last bite of potato pancake, held a walnut in each of her two little hands, and put it in her pocket.
Jingzhen on the side watched her movements silently without saying anything.
He actually recognized those two people just now.
The old man in the purple robe was none other than the current Minister of Justice Yin Qiu, Lord Yin.
The man in blue is his personal bodyguard who has been with him for many years.
He had seen him several times in the palace when he was a child. He had met many court officials, so he was not so impressed.
But Yin Qiu had nothing to do and always liked to play with walnuts in his hands, so he paid attention to it.
Jingzhen thought of the two walnuts that Yin Qiu had placed on the table for Baoya. The skins had been polished smooth and shiny, with clear lines on them and a bright red color.
It was obvious that they were old items that had been traded for many years. I wonder if they were the same pair he had seen when he was a child.
I don’t know why Yin Qiu suddenly looked for Bao Ya’s mother, and he even gave his precious walnuts to Bao Ya.
But from Yin Qiu's expression and tone, it can be seen that he has no ill intentions, and his words seem to indicate that he is acquainted with Bao Yaniang, so Jing Zhen did not say much.
After the four of them finished their breakfast, they said goodbye to Lan Xiangcui Qiao and sent Yunhua to Grandma Yu's house.
When we were almost at Grandma Yu's house, small snowflakes suddenly started falling from the sky.
Baoya stretched out her little hand and watched the small hexagonal snowflakes fall into her palm, and after a moment they turned into a small pool of water.
Yunyue, Yunhua and Baoya were just as excited as each other, trying to catch the snowflakes with their hands.
Except for Jingzhen, the three little girls were having a lot of fun while walking and playing.
Finally, we arrived at Grandma Yu's house. The door, which was usually closed, was ajar today.
Baoya took the lead and ran over, just in time to see Qianqiong coming out of the yard, walking hurriedly, and no one knew where she was going.
"Auntie Qiong!" Baoya called her.
Qian Qiong was turning around to close the door and didn't notice Bao Ya and the others coming. The call brought her back to her senses.
"Hey." Qian Qiong pulled the corner of her mouth, "You guys are here? Madam Yu is in the house, you guys go in first."
"Aunt Qiong is going out?" Yunhua asked.
Qian Qiong nodded: "Go get some medicine for Madam Yu. She has finished the previous medicine."
"Is mother-in-law's illness not cured yet?" Yunyue frowned.
Why does it feel like every time they come, they are either delivering medicine to my mother-in-law, or Aunt Qiong is making medicine for her, and this time they are here to get medicine.
Qian Qiong smiled and said, "It's just an old problem, nothing serious. You guys should go in quickly, or the snow will get heavier soon."
"Okay, then Aunt Qiong should come back soon." Yunhua said.
After saying that, he led Baoya and the others through the door and into the yard.
Qianqiong nodded, opened her umbrella and went out.
Baoya followed Yunyue and was the last one to enter. Before entering, she looked back and sure enough, she didn't see Jingzhen.
The door to the main hall was open, with only a cotton curtain hanging on it.
Grandma Yu was sitting by the fireplace with a rabbit cage in front of her. Two big, fat, round rabbits were lying side by side in the cage, their little mouths moving as they ate the cabbage leaves that Grandma Yu fed them.
"Grandma!" Baoya walked in first and called her.
Grandma Yu heard the voices, raised her head and smiled at them: "Come on."
Three little girls came in and scattered around Grandma Yu. One massaged her legs, one massaged her shoulders, and another helped her gather the blanket she was wearing.
Grandma Yu smiled and said, "You are all good children. I thought I would end up alone in a foreign land, but I didn't expect to meet you three clever little ghosts!"
"Pooh, pooh, pooh! Grandma, you can live to be two hundred years old, don't say such unlucky words!" Baoya quickly turned her head and said "Pooh" a few times to the side.
Yunhua also said, "Yes. It's cold now, and it's not easy to go out. If you want to go back to your hometown next spring, we can go with you."
"Okay, okay." Grandma Yu nodded repeatedly.
Yunyue was also amused: "Grandma's home is in Jiangnan, right? I haven't been to Jiangnan yet! Grandma, is Jiangnan fun?"
"It's fun. Jiangnan has a lot of water and beautiful scenery. There are also many delicious foods and fun things to do."
Granny Yu narrowed her eyes slightly as she spoke, as if recalling the scenery of her hometown: "When the time comes... Granny will take you guys out for some fun."
Speaking of Jiangnan, Yunhua thought of the landscape embroidery she had been practicing recently.
I asked Grandma Yu, "Grandma, isn't there scenery from the south of the Yangtze River in the painting 'A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains' by Dakang?"
"Of course there is. The scenery in 'A Thousand Miles of Jiangnan' is also very beautiful. If you have the chance to see... the original in the future, you will understand."
Baoya was curious: "Grandma, do you know where the person who embroidered 'A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains' is from?"
Granny Yu looked at her kindly: "What's wrong?"
Baoya blinked and said, "I feel like she must be a very talented person. To be able to embroider such an amazing scroll, she must have traveled all over the Great Kang Kingdom, right?"
Speaking of the person who embroidered "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains in Dakang", Grandma Yu pursed her lips and sighed softly.
"Impressive? He's just a poor guy who has a hometown he can't return to."
"Why can't we go back to our hometown?" Yunhua asked from the side.
Grandma Yu's eyes fell on the green cabbage leaves on the table. She reached out and picked up another piece, stuffed it into the cage, and let the two white rabbits scramble to eat it.
Then he said, "Because the owner of Fangxian Embroidery Tower offended the current queen while embroidering this scroll."
"Have you offended the current queen?" Yun Yue's kindness was aroused.
Baoya and Yunyue also looked at Grandma Yu with sparkling eyes.
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