After walking non-stop for half a month, Chu Qingyan felt that her whole body was about to be thrown upside down by this carriage, and her mother also tapped her shoulders lightly from time to time. Fortunately, Daddy thought it was fun to go upside down, and the whole person was jumping and jumping without feeling tired.
It's just that Chu Qingyan has a vague sense of unease in her heart. Madam Li and her party went through trials and hardships without even taking a break. They desperately went to the capital, which made her a little unbelievable. The thought of going to the Hongmen Banquet made her tremble.
At this moment, the carriage stopped, Chu Qingyan raised her eyebrows in confusion, and then heard the sound of horse hooves approaching, Chu Qingyan lifted the curtain of the car, saw Wang Tingli standing there and saw her stick her head out, and immediately said: , "Miss Jiu, after passing this hill today, you will arrive in Kyoto. The servant will come to tell you."
Chu Qingyan nodded, and immediately lowered the curtain.
Wang Ting saw that Miss Jiu was always cold and indifferent and spoke very few words. He thought it was a little country girl who didn't know how to etiquette, but during this period of contact, he found that Miss Jiu didn't speak much, but every time she spoke, she said nothing. It's straight to the point, and the advance and retreat are appropriate. It really doesn't look like you grew up in the mountains. Take the behavior just now as an example. Although she didn't speak, her bright and cold eyes have already made him a man who has been a servant for more than 20 years. Slightly afraid, Wang Ting thought for a while. Although Miss Jiu's family returned to Chu's house, it can be said that there are more fortunes than good luck, but as the saying goes, whether Jiu Tailai comes, maybe Miss Jiu will fly to the branches and become a phoenix. He can't be as rude as before. Anyway, be more polite, and you won't lose a piece of meat. If one person succeeds, he can also ask for a good future.
So Wang Ting made up his mind, not to run on the family in the open and secret way like Mrs. Li.
Chu Qingyan didn't know that her inadvertent actions would bring about such an effect. Although Wang Ting was attentive to her next, she was a little confused, but her mind was all on the upcoming family meeting tomorrow.
When Daddy was a soldier in the war, they regarded Daddy as a hero of the family, but when Daddy was defeated and was criticized by the people, they did not stand in front of Daddy to protect him, but drove the seriously injured Daddy out of the Chu family. With her delicate mother and her under two years old.
This is easy to add icing on the cake, but difficult to give charcoal in the snow.
Chu Qingyan retracted her thoughts and turned to look at her tired, dozing mother, and her father, whose eyes were wide open. She couldn't help but stop her father's hand that was about to pull her mother's long hair, and scare him with a stern face.
"Father, mother is tired. If you wake her up, her daughter will ignore you."
Father Chu withdrew immediately, stuck his tongue out to his daughter, then sat down obediently and looked at her innocently, "Caicai, just now that big horse said that he is about to arrive in Kyoto, does it mean that I will be able to do it soon? Did you see the onion upside down?"
Horse face? Chu Qingyan couldn't help laughing. The nickname Daddy gave Wang Ting was quite appropriate, but when he heard the last sentence, the smile on his face froze. , she should have left it behind, and she didn't know how to answer it.
"That, that..."
Not aware of the embarrassment on his daughter's face, Father Chu said with a longing look on his face, "Inverted Onion must have already woven a net waiting for me, then I will take you to go fishing!"
Chu Qingyan couldn't help twitching the corners of her mouth, hoping that Daddy wouldn't be disappointed then.
The sunset rose again, another day passed, and Chu Qingyan and the others had already arrived at the capital of Xixuan Kingdom.
"Master, Madam, walk through this street and you will arrive at our mansion." Wang Ting said while riding a horse.
Chu Qingyan had already lifted the curtain when entering the city, admiring the most lively and prosperous capital in Xixuan Country, as expected of Kyoto, whether it was a person walking on the road or a shop vendor, they all gave people a sense of inconvenience. The same feeling, just like her summer trip to Shanghai, but when she was in this quaint and lively ancient capital, she finally accepted that she really came across a thousand years to this country submerged in historical rivers. fact.
The dazzling shops reminded her of the modern version of Three Lanes and Seven Alleys, but the buildings in front of her gave her a real visual impact, instead of tiptoeing across the long river of time to imagine how ancient people lived, because the real thing in front of her was. is happening.
Withdrawing her gaze, she turned her head to see the excitement in her mother's eyes and the curiosity on her father's face. She suddenly felt that maybe the decision to come to Kyoto was right.
The road became more and more secluded, and the flow of people became less and less. Chu Qingyan understood that the richer the family, the cleaner the place to live.
Chu Qingyan looked at the surrounding environment with her eyes, and kept using this reason to comfort herself, but the more she went on, the less she could calmly deceive herself.
Weeds, broken tiles, mottled door walls, potholes...
Are you sure this is a wealthy area? It should be a slum, right
The carriage passed an alley, and many beggars rushed up to stop the carriage and wanted to beg for something to eat. The female family members were so frightened that they hid in the carriage.
Mother Chu patted her chest lightly, and said in shock, "It was clear that this place was prosperous ten years ago, why is it so desolate now?"
After listening to her mother's words, Chu Qingyan couldn't help but ask, "Mother, what was this place like ten years ago?"
As soon as she mentioned the past, Mother Chu's eyes became brighter. She took her daughter's hand and recalled, "It used to be called General Street. Every household had a general, and there were many people coming and going. It was very lively. They're all proud to live here, but then—"
After speaking, Mother Chu's expression darkened, "It's just that your father was defeated in the battle and the entire army was wiped out, and many of the generals and soldiers who died were residents of this street. Later, those family members could not accept the condemnation of the people after the incident. , I am disheartened, move and move, and disperse, and this place is getting more and more depressed."
"But my daughter remembers that when our Chu family was a civil servant, how could they live here?" Chu Qingyan wondered.
Mother Chu sighed, "The Chu family has not been a civil servant for many years, and gradually it is about to decline. It was not until your father became famous in the first battle that he was favored by the saint, and your father was given a house, and the Chu family moved here."
"What? Mother means that the Chu family you are going to later is actually Dad's house?" Chu Qingyan's eyes widened.
Mother Chu sighed and nodded.
Chu Qingyan's anger suddenly became sullen. It turned out that their family of three was occupied by a dove and then swept out of the house! Why is she angry!
Then she would have to see this shameless family!