After being reborn, these things belonged to her alone, and she didn't want outsiders to disturb them.
So, she said to her cousin Hui who wanted to accompany her: "Cousin, you go play with your sisters. I will go back and change my clothes and then go find you!"
When I was walking towards my residence, I always felt something strange behind me, as if someone was following me.
But when I looked back, I couldn't see it.
I was alert and soon found that someone was following me... because I hid my body but not the hem of my skirt...
Wen Yu smiled...
She went back to the house and asked Yan Zhu to comb her hair again. She braided the top of her head into a bun and pinned it with a silver hairpin. The back of her hair fell behind her. It hung down to her buttocks, light and fluttering like satin.
She changed into a very light beige dress and with that hairstyle, she looked elegant and refined.
Xiaoji stared at him blankly, "Girl, you are like a fairy!"
Yan Zhu admired her own craftsmanship, "Of course! The girl is the prettiest!" When she does something she likes, she will be particularly skillful. So she changed her clothes in the morning, altering Wen Yu's skirt.
Wen Yu's clothes were slim on her, which only highlighted her proud figure.
Xiaoji looked at Yan Zhu and was stunned again, "Zhu Zhu, you are very beautiful too! Oh my God, if I follow you out, I, I..." Xiaoji's face turned red, which was rare for him.
I am really too discouraged!
Wen Yu and Yan Zhu both smiled, like flowers in the bright sun.
The girl who was hiding in the corner and following saw this and her heart started pounding.
The group went to the theater first, and heard the maid at the door say that two old ladies were listening to a story inside! Miss Wen and Miss Yier went to the Zoo together.
Next to the theater is the library, which has been expanded and renovated in the past two years. It looks quite large and elegant.
Wen Yu planned to go see what new books were collected, but Yan Zhu didn't like this place and quickly pulled her aside: "Ayu, let's go to the bamboo garden?"
Blinking with a flattering look.
Wen Yu instinctively wanted to refuse, but changed her mind and smiled again: "Okay! Let's go to the bamboo garden!"
Yan Zhu was delighted. She picked flowers from the roadside while walking and asked Xiaoji to plug them in for her: "We haven't been there for several years! I wonder if those raspberries along the wall are still there! Haha, they are delicious."
Wen Yu also smiled sweetly: "What's delicious? We picked them all before they were ripe! They're sour and astringent..."
"Haha, it tastes better like that..."
We walked and talked for a while, finally arriving at the bamboo garden of my memory.
Yan Zhu was very surprised. She looked left and right, "Hey, this is the bamboo garden? Why is it like this?"
The originally dilapidated bamboo fence has become a neatly decorated stone wall with a big red door, which is closed.
Through the courtyard wall, you can see the eaves of the houses inside.
"Building a house?"
Wen Yu was not surprised, as she had lived here most of the time in her previous life.
"Who lives here?" Yan Zhu was very curious. She took two steps forward and looked inside through the crack in the door.
At this moment, the door suddenly opened, scaring Yan Zhu.
A woman in dark blue came out. She had a long face and looked very ordinary, but she was as thin and hard as a javelin. She saluted Wen Yu and said, "Miss Wen!"
"Madam Xu." Wen Yu recognized her. She was Song Shang's capable subordinate.
"Miss, please come in and sit down. I have just made tea..." Madam Xu smiled and made a gesture to invite you in.
Yan Zhu likes new things the most, so she ran in quickly.
Wen Yu nodded and followed Madam Xu in.
When the girls who were watching outside saw this, their faces changed drastically, and one of them ran off to report the news.
…
Here, there is a two-story house made of stone and bamboo. There is also a large platform on the second floor. You can look out over the bamboo sea behind.
Yan Zhu ran up and down, looking at it with full of admiration.
Wen Yu went straight into the hall.
There was tea brewing on a small charcoal stove next to the table, and some dried fruit snacks were placed on the table... I took a look and they were all my favorites.
Wen Yu felt touched, yet a little weak... She poured herself a cup of tea and drank it slowly to calm herself down.
Song Shang once said that this bamboo garden was built for her.
The style is simple, yet extremely sophisticated.
Whenever it rained, it was so pleasant for the two of us to sit on the platform, drink and watch the rain.
They both really had a great time!
He motioned for Madam Xu to sit down, and Madam Xu did not hesitate to sit down and said, "Master Wu said that if he saw the young lady, he would ask her if it was feasible to arrange the horseback riding for the morning of the day after tomorrow?"
Wen Yu shook her head and said, "You go back with your cousin. It's troublesome to arrange horse riding and it takes a long time. The day after tomorrow is my aunt's birthday party and there will be so many guests. Cousin should get busy first. We can find a special opportunity to go horse riding later..."
Madam Xu smiled and said, "The horse riding has already been arranged. I will tell Master Wu what the young lady said."
"Cousin lives here?"
"yes."
"...My cousin asked me to bring the account here. I want to find a time to meet him!"
"Master Wu knows. He said Miss Ding had worked hard on the journey. We will meet around dinner time tomorrow."
"good."
…
The little girl was reporting to Wei, "She went to our master's bamboo garden and peeked inside through the crack in the door!" In fact, it was Yan Zhu who opened the crack in the door.
"Later, that lady Xu opened the door and let Miss Wen in."
Wei's face turned pale. The bamboo garden was designed and built by her husband himself, and he had simply lived there for the past two years.
After it was built, I only went to see it once.
Later, news "reached" her that no one else could enter the Bamboo Garden without Song Shang's consent.
Even my mother-in-law was not allowed in, which made her so angry that she laughed! But how could she laugh...
That Xu lady is my husband's subordinate. I heard that she is someone's widow. Both of her sons follow him. She can't even control herself!
He actually came out to greet that dead girl.
"She's being watched!" she said through gritted teeth.
His face looked extremely ugly...
Song Chihan was playing with toys on the side. He found it strange and glanced at his mother.
…
Wen Yu sat for a while and asked Yan Zhu to go to the Zoo.
Yan Zhu muttered in the yard: "Remember there was a stove there. Ah Yu, you found a secret book in the library... What were you fiddling with there? We both had cuts on our hands and blisters from the burns... Tsk tsk, each of us had a little black face! Fortunately, we didn't encounter any snakes!"
After hearing this, Wen Yu also remembered this: "Yes..."
Yan Zhu continued, "Uncle Wu also brought us rice, chicken, bacon and other things. Roasted bacon bamboo rice, bamboo chicken soup! Ah... so delicious!" She swallowed.
"The person who cut bamboo for us was a lame old man named Liu. I don't know if he is still alive..." Wen Yu also remembered.
"That's terrible! He was very old at that time! Hunchbacked and lame! So pitiful. He was so happy to eat our leftovers. Haha! He stayed there for a whole day. Mrs. Song thought you went to class, haha."
Xiaoji shook his head after hearing this. "Zhuzhu, you are so brave. You follow the girl no matter what she does. What if the girl's face and hands are left with scars? It's a good thing that my wife passed away early... otherwise, she would beat you to death if she knew!"
Yes, no matter what I do, she follows me... Wen Yu looked at Yan Zhu with some emotion. She was skipping and jumping, as happy as a little rabbit.
"It's a pity that after all our efforts, we still haven't been able to make the bamboo-flavored salt."
"Why didn't you get it out? I..." Wen Yu stopped talking again.
She finally remembered and found an old book in the library, which recorded a kind of salt with bamboo scent.
She saw it and wanted to make it.
At first, she and Yan Zhu did it, but how could two little girls handle it? When Song Shang found out, he arranged for someone to cut bamboo, make fire, and clean up.
I don’t know how many times I failed! Later, Yan Zhu caught a cold and couldn’t come, so I did it here alone.
Song Shang came and took him aside, saying he wanted to see "what bad things you are doing!"
I split the burned bamboo tube, looked at it for a long time, tasted it for a long time, stared at it for a long time, turned my head and looked at myself, and looked at it for a long time...
Then, he grabbed his braid and forced me to write it down: what I originally wanted to do, how I did it, how much salt I used, how many times I filtered it, what kind of bamboo I used, the temperature, and how long I burned it.
On weekdays, she bullied him quite a bit, but when he got angry, she was afraid of him.
There is no other choice but to write down the whole process in detail.
After he finished reading it, he questioned him one by one for a long time.
Finally, he threatened me not to tell anyone about this.
If she told him, he would stuff all the salt into his mouth! If she ate so much salt, she would turn into Yan Bohu and fly into the sky, then fall down and die!
He also said that she had "destroyed" his garden and asked her to write an IOU for 10,000 taels of silver.
After arguing with him for a long time, he finally wrote one for five hundred taels.
This bastard bullies her because she is young!
If Yan Zhu hadn’t mentioned it, she would have completely forgotten about it! Bastard!!!
"Ayu, tell Master Wu that we should stay here for two days!"
"Will he agree if I say so?"
"Yes, he won't listen to anyone else, but he will definitely listen to you!"
"How do you know?" Wen Yu's heart was pounding. Could it be that his feelings for her could be seen by others?
"Of course I know!" Yan Zhu shook her head proudly.
That bastard! He only knows how to bully me! ...
"Madam, she came out of the bamboo garden and went to the zoo."
…
"Madam! Our master is back and went straight to the Zoo and saw her!"
Wei stood up suddenly, his eyes gleaming with ferocity.
"…The one called Hongdou was clamoring and asking our master to get food! She wanted to feed the pony. Our master was really good-tempered and quickly asked someone to get it. A little girl dared to order our master around!" The girl was indignant.
Wei couldn't stand it anymore, so he rushed out the door and went to the zoo.
When she arrived panting, she found that there was no one in the garden.
But another maid brought news, saying that Miss Wen had returned to her room. The Fifth Master had gone to see the old lady.
Wei had never experienced this since he was a child, and he was so angry that he was shaking...
As she was walking back, she just entered the door when a maid followed her in, holding a letter in her hand: "Madam, look... this is what Ling'er found."
"What!?" Wei took it and opened it...
(End of this chapter)