Chapter 56 Returning Home
"Husband, hurry up, let's go to the back mountain to see the peach blossoms." After a short rest at noon, Li Wanqing felt energetic again.
"Don't worry, if you like it, we'll stay for two more days so you can see enough." Gu Yan said with a smile.
Gu Yan wrapped two pieces of sugar cake in oil paper and filled a water bag with hot water. Then he took Li Wanqing out.
The peach orchard in Guangji Temple is indeed large, with lush branches and leaves that stretch as far as the eye can see. It must be due to the different varieties, as most of the flowers have faded and only small peaches are left.
Only in the northeast direction is there a small patch of late peach blossoms still blooming vigorously.
There were many female relatives playing inside, and not far away there were a few scholars reciting poems and composing couplets.
There was only one patch of peach trees still in bloom, and everyone flocked there, although the men and women deliberately kept a distance.
But it’s so small in total, it still feels crowded and lively.
Li Wanqing and Gu Yan did not join the crowd. They lived in the mountains and were not really interested in flowers.
They just wanted to come and join in the fun.
But it's too lively. You can bump into someone every three steps. People just look at each other from a distance and then go back.
However, the two of them did not return to the room, but went out for a walk on the mountain path again.
This time, Li Wanqing didn't buy anything else but delicious food. She had enough space and didn't have to worry about it going bad. She bought some extra to satisfy her cravings later.
Things like chess piece sesame cakes, vat oven sesame cakes, moldy tofu, sesame candy, fried dough sticks, fried dough twists, sugar melons, malt sugar, fried dough leaves…
Li Wanqing bought a lot of these, and Gu Yan couldn't carry them all, so he had to send them back.
We still had vegetarian noodle soup and steamed buns in the evening.
After eating, they went to bed. There was nothing much to do in the temple, so the couple slept soundly all night.
The next morning, the two men went to the main hall to burn incense, then walked out of the temple and went down the mountain.
There are few people going down the mountain early in the morning, but many people going up the mountain.
I don’t know what day it is today, but many women from wealthy families have come here to burn incense.
If you ask how Li Wanqing knew this, of course it was because there were a lot more sedans on the mountain road.
Women from ordinary families don’t have to be so particular. Unlike the women from wealthy families, they don’t ride in sedan chairs up the mountain.
In fact, this had nothing to do with Li Wanqing. She just happened to see someone she had long forgotten.
"Wife, what's wrong? Why did you suddenly stop talking?" Gu Yan asked worriedly after seeing that Li Wanqing hadn't spoken for a long time.
Li Wanqing finally came back to her senses. Was the lady she just saw the same one as before?
Seeing the young lady wearing gold and silver and sitting in a sedan chair, I thought she must be living a good life.
"It's okay, let's go down the mountain to eat fried dough sticks and tofu pudding." Li Wanqing smiled.
Gu Yan didn't think anything was wrong, so he followed his wife's words and said, "Let's go eat. After dinner, we have to go get the donkey meat hotpot we ordered."
After the two of them finished talking, they stopped talking and just wanted to get down the mountain quickly so that they could eat fried dough sticks and tofu pudding.
In fact, not only Li Wanqing saw the young lady, but the young lady also saw Li Wanqing.
The young lady was also shocked when the person she thought was dead suddenly appeared in front of her.
"That's Qiuju, right? Right? Although she has her hair tied up like a woman, so she should be married, but it's definitely Qiuju.
However, the young lady had no intention of looking for Qiuju to come back. Qiuju had seen her through all the difficult times.
And it was she who pushed Qiuju out to block the knife. Although it was natural for a servant to block the knife for her master, it was not so right to say it to others. She herself felt a little guilty.
Moreover, the incident of her kidnapping was finally resolved, and those who knew about it were dealt with by her mother.
She didn't want to bring up the past again, so she just let it go and pretend Qiuju was dead.
Since both of them had the same idea, it saved a lot of trouble.
Gu Yan and Li Wanqing went down the mountain and found a small stall to order tofu pudding and fried dough sticks.
Li Wanqing took a bite of the fried dough sticks and her eyes immediately lit up. The fried dough sticks were fried beautifully, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The oil used was soybean oil, which was also fragrant.
I took another sip of tofu pudding, and it was also delicious.
Li Wanqing hurriedly pulled Gu Yan's sleeve, and Gu Yan immediately understood.
"Boss, give me two hundred fried dough sticks and fifty bowls of tofu pudding. Take them away later." Gu Yan shouted loudly to the boss.
"Okay, sir, but how are you going to take this tofu pudding away?"
It’s easy to make fried dough sticks, just find a large piece of oil paper to wrap them, but how do you get the tofu pudding?
"We have a basin in the car. Just put it in the basin later." Li Wanqing was well prepared.
Finally, Gu Yan carried two large basins of tofu pudding and five large bundles of fried dough sticks into the car.
Of course, after walking a short distance, Li Wanqing put the things into the space.
The two men went to get the donkey meat hotpot they had ordered the day before, and then turned onto the official road to go home.
They had a safe journey and returned to Fuyuan County on the fourth day.
The two men did not stay in the county town for long and went directly to the farm.
"Master, Madam, are you back?" Chunxia was chopping chicken food. When she saw Gu Yan driving the carriage over, she hurried over to say hello.
"Well, Chunxia, help unload the things from the carriage." Li Wanqing got off the carriage.
"Okay, Madam, you take a rest, I can move it myself." Chunxia said quickly when she saw Li Wanqing also helping to move things.
"It's okay, let's hurry up together. Nothing has happened these days, right? How are the chickens, ducks and geese?" Li Wanqing asked.
"Everything is fine, everything is fine, except that four chickens died. The others are half grown and will be able to lay eggs soon." Chunxia said.
Li Wanqing nodded. The loss was normal. Four deaths were not a lot.
The two of them quickly moved the things into the house, and Chunxia took a bucket and a rag and wiped the house inside and out.
"Madam, I clean the house regularly, and the quilt has been freshly dried in the sun." Chunxia said as she wiped it.
"Thank you Chunxia, I brought you a gift from the capital city. I'll give it to you later." Li Wanqing was also packing up the things she brought back.
To be honest, Li Wanqing is just an ordinary college graduate in modern times, and she is not used to waiting for others to serve her.
"Oh, Madam brought me a gift. Thank you, Madam." Chunxia worked even harder when she heard there was a gift.
"This is the velvet flower I bought in the capital. I'll give you one. Also, these are the snacks I brought back from the capital. I'll give you a pack to take back and try." Li Wanqing took out the velvet flowers and snacks she bought from the capital as gifts from her luggage.
"Oh, is this a velvet flower? It's really beautiful, and the color is bright. I heard someone say someone wore a velvet flower, and they said they bought it from a big city.
I never thought that one day I would be able to wear a velvet flower. Thank you, Madam. Thank you, Madam." Chunxia was even happier when she saw the gift.
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