Zhang Huolang looked at Jiang Li in a daze.
He knew these two little girls and had known each other a few years ago. He heard that it was a lady from a big family who made a mistake and was sent to this nunnery. Just looking at the dressing of the two of them, it is really hard to believe that they are from a big family. The maid must be more lively, but the maid is always angry. Zhang shopkeeper hurries away every time he sells things. This is the first time. Seeing Jiang Li talking to him so pleasantly.
Saying so, with a gentle and gentle appearance, it really looks like a lady of everyone, just the lady of the first assistant family, this is too exaggerated.
Although there are doubts, Shopkeeper Zhang has to rush to the other end. He thought Jiang Li was a joke, and would not really spend all his money on buying pastries. After all, the life of the master and servant here can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye. It can be seen that it is definitely not wealthy. It is natural for ordinary wealthy households to buy cakes with forty copper plates, but it is not reasonable for two children who are not wearing warm clothes.
"You buy so many cakes, they will break if you can't finish them." Zhang Xiaolang couldn't help reminding.
"It's okay," Jiang Li said, "I'm done."
At this point, Shopkeeper Zhang didn’t say much anymore. The copper plate was someone else’s copper plate. Jiang Li bought almost half of the cakes in his shoulder. He could go down the mountain and go home early. It was too late to be happy. What's to worry about
On the contrary, Tonger, although puzzled by Jiang Li's words, probably never defy Jiang Li's orders, so she had to suppress her anxiety. When she returned home with a large drawer of cakes, the grey-clothed nun who was passing by looked at him from time to time. She, Tonger was afraid that they would come to grab it, so she hugged the cakes tighter.
When he went back to the damp room, Tonger put the pastry basket on the table, closed the door, and finally couldn't help asking, "Why the girl bought so much... this?"
Jiang Li didn't look at her. She opened the window, and outside the window was facing the rolling hills of Qingcheng Mountain. The beautiful peaks were undulating, and the snow in winter had already melted. Like a gentle and beautiful beauty.
"Look." She pointed to the distance to let Tong'er see.
Tong'er approached and saw that on a peach tree in the distance, a slap-sized curly tail monkey was squatting happily holding a fruit.
"It's a monkey." Tonger was puzzled, "What can a monkey see?"
There are many monkeys on Qingcheng Mountain, and they are also naughty on weekdays. The monkeys here get along well with people, especially the Helin Temple. Due to the constant flow of pilgrims on weekdays, sometimes I would throw some peanut candies when I saw these monkeys squatting on the tree and playing around. When food is scarce in winter, the monkeys ask for food more frequently from the pilgrims. In spring and summer, the monkeys do not lack food and do not disturb the pilgrims and have fun.
However, like the nun's house, because it is deserted, monkeys rarely come here-there is always no fun to attract where no food is available.
"You go get some cakes." Jiang Li said.
Tonger went to pick up some walnut cakes according to the words.
Jiang Li turned the walnut cake into small pieces and waved at the monkey on the tree from a distance. Xu Shi Zhang's cakes were really sweet. The aroma of walnuts quickly attracted the curly tail monkey. He went down to the window, staring at the walnut cake in Jiang Li's hand vigilantly, and eagerly did not dare to step forward.
Jiang Li stretched out his hand again, the monkey finally couldn't help the temptation of the walnut cake, stretched out his paw and touched a piece, turned and ran, ran to one side of the rock, turned his back to Jiang Li, finished the cake, and turned his head to look. Jiang Li, seeing Jiang Li standing in front of the window with a smile, holding some crushed cakes in his hand, became more courageous, and went back to find Jiang Li to eat.
After going back and forth, after the monkey finished eating Jiang Li's hand, Jiang Li clapped his hands at the bold curly-tailed monkey and signaled that he was gone. The monkey looked at Jiang Li's palm reluctantly for a while before leaving with his tail cocked.
Tong'er, who has been witnessing all the process, asked: "The girl wants to feed the monkeys? Why do you use cakes? It's better to use wild fruits picked from the mountains. The cakes are expensive and not cost-effective."
Not to mention the personal maid of the Shoufu’s lady, it is Jiang Li or Xue Fangfei. The close maid beside him when she was a girl in Tongxiang would never serve a few cakes. It’s a pity that if you let others see this scene, I don’t know how many. Sigh. Jiang Li reached out and touched Tong'er's head, and smiled: "But compared to wild fruits, monkeys like delicious food."
When Tonger had anything to say, Jiang Li turned around and walked to the table to sit down. There was only one stool in the room, which was made by Tonger's wood from the outside. The legs of the stool were unstable. Jiang Li said, "Tonger, you will feed the monkeys with these cakes from tomorrow."
Tong'er's eyes widened: "Girl, why is this? The servant girl doesn't understand."
Even if you can’t eat enough, you still need to worry about monkeys? What is the reason for this
"I want these monkeys to do something for me," Jiang Li smiled. "Those pastries should be treated as money for road purchases."
"But… "
"It's just a few cakes," Jiang Li interrupted her, "waiting to go back, let the small kitchen make it for you every day, don't care about these few."
Tonger was silent. When talking about returning to Beijing, Jiang Li was more sad than her. Tonger didn't dare to say anything to make Jiang Li sad.
"These pastries," Jiang Li reached out and knocked on the basket drawer. The aroma of pastries was everywhere in the house. The master and servant could only eat gruel and pickles every day, and the people who had the fragrance long ago were hungry. Jiang Li suppressed the hunger in his lower abdomen, and said: "Divide these cakes into fifteen points, and feed the monkeys one portion a day, until the nineteenth. On the nineteenth, there is no need to feed them."
Tonger was puzzled, but still agreed: "Slaves and maidservants save it."
"It's half an hour away from Helin Temple," Jiang Li said, "I don't get out of the gate of the temple every day, so you have to go. You go out every day when you go out, and you take these cakes and feed the monkeys in the forest behind Helin Temple. , Feed until the 19th, and you don’t have to go on the night of the 19th."
I don’t know if Master Jing’an has received too much advice from others. Jiang Li can’t leave the nunnery. He can only stay in the nunnery every day, and every move is seen by people. But Tonger can walk around, because she still has to go to the mountains to chop firewood in the daytime. Tonger has stayed on the mountain for six years, and the roads of Qingcheng Mountain are so familiar that she won't get lost.
And Qingcheng Mountain often has house ladies who come to offer incense. To ensure safety, there are no bandits in the mountain and it is very safe. Otherwise, if Tonger goes out at night, Jiang Li will be worried.
After listening to Jiang Li's order, Tonger suddenly asked, "Does this girl plan to return to Beijing?"
Jiang Li looked at her and smiled: "Are you scared?"
When Tonger heard this, instead of being scared, she changed her look eager to try. The little girl was very courageous, and she was willing to do it for some reason, and said: "Don't be afraid! The servant girl has long wanted to do this!"
"Very good." Jiang Li nodded, "Let's start tonight."
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