Taoyao Order

Chapter 20 Hometown
Chu Ping saw that Tao Yao was the first to open the conversation, and he cupped his hands as if he had received an amnesty. Grandma was ill at the time, so she rushed to greet her and did not come forward to ask. Later, after asking the maid at home, I found out that the steward of the family had offended the girl, so I felt uneasy day and night, so I came here to apologize. "

Tao Yao finally understood: "So that's it."

Chu Ping finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Tao Yao's expression softening slightly. He finally said what he had practiced several times at home, and his efforts were not in vain.

"As for being at Tianxiang Tower the day before yesterday, it was because my third cousin and I also had an appointment here, and I saw the girl there from a distance. It was a chance meeting."

It happens by chance, by chance.

Taoyao liked these two words very much. There must always be some surprises like this in life to be interesting.

"Girl, I've been here in Hangzhou for a few years, but are you still used to living there?" Chu Ping asked, finding a way to talk.

Tao Yao put down her chopsticks and wiped her mouth with an embroidered handkerchief: "This is the third year now. Hangzhou is picturesque, so I'm used to it. It's just that it's colder in winter."

Chu Ping asked curiously: "Oh? Really? I thought it would be colder in the north in winter."

Tao Yao said with a smile: "My home is not in the far north, so it is not too cold in itself. Besides, the cold in the north is dry and cold, and every house has a kang. As long as the stove is turned on, you won't feel it at all on the kang. It's cold, even warmer than spring and autumn.

But in the winter in Hangzhou, the water vapor is dense and cold. Even in the house, my hands hurt from the cold, so I had to wear a fox fur cloak. "

Chu Ping was stunned when he heard this: "I see, I have never spent a winter in the north. If I am lucky enough in the future, I hope to see the magnificent scenery of snow falling thousands of miles away in the north."

When Chu Ping saw Taoyao talking about her hometown, there was a warm look on his face, so he continued what she said: "I vaguely remember that the girl lives in Taoyuan?"

Tao Yao was surprised at how well he understood her. The marriage was not all ordered by her parents or the matchmaker's words, so she could only pay attention to her daughter's family. He, a man, actually understood her so thoroughly.

Presumably someone behind the scenes has put in the effort to understand themselves.

"Young master is right." Tao Yao responded.

Chu Ping praised: "Just hearing the name, it sounds like a very beautiful place, and it must also be a place of beautiful people."

Taoyao couldn't help laughing when she heard this: "Taoyuan County is just an ordinary small county in Yanzhou Prefecture.

But the scenery in Taoyuan County is extremely beautiful...well, it is a kind of beauty that is different from the poetic and picturesque scenery of Hangzhou. Chu Ping said curiously: "I would like to hear the details." "

Taoyao smiled lightly and said: "Taoyuan County is not far from Jinxiang, which is known as the 'Hometown of Wheat Fields', so the scenery in autumn is excellent. There are large wheat fields outside, and there is a small road that winds across the wheat fields. It winds and stretches to the rolling hills in the distance.

There is a big locust tree in the middle of the road. Standing alone in this plain, it is particularly conspicuous. In spring, the tree is full of locust flowers, which are sweet and delicious.In summer, people often eat melons and enjoy the coolness under this tree.

The long pavilion in the book is shorter than the long pavilion. In Taoyuan, it is this big locust tree.

Every time I go home from Hangzhou, I see this big locust tree, which is not far from my home.

Just two or three miles further east, there is a peach garden. This peach garden was planted by my father himself. He works diligently to take care of it all year round. In the spring, it is pink and blooms like brocade.In autumn, the trees are still covered with peaches, which are big, sweet and delicious.

In the winter, thousands of miles are frozen, and the wheat fields in the distant mountains are hidden in the snow. Warming up a pot of rice wine and cuddling up to a heater couldn't be more comfortable.

In the past, during the first snowfall every year, my brother and sister-in-law and I would enjoy the snow scenery and write poems together. My second brother didn’t like poetry and books, so he would always go to the snowfield for us to catch rabbits, and feed us taro and sweet potatoes. Have a great time. "

Talking about the customs and customs of Taoyuan County, Taoyao could talk to him all day long.

When Chu Ping listened to Taoyao's words about Taoyuan, he felt that it really meant something like a paradise. What made Chu Ping feel even more extraordinary was Taoyao. She was smiling when she spoke, which showed that she really cared about her hometown. Love, although she was only born in a small town, and what she loves is not the sunny spring and snow, but the orchards and wheat fields.

Because of his family's business, Chu Ping had met a lot of women when visiting and socializing, including noble ladies from the capital and girls from ordinary people's families from the mountains.

Those who have a good family background often behave in an artificial manner and have their eyes higher than their head.Those with a bad background always try their best to hide their background. It seems that those are the things that make them feel unbearable. They are always sensitive, fragile and timid.

Those women came and went like duckweeds, in a trance, and what they pursued had no roots. But what was different about Taoyao was that she seemed to have roots, which were taken down from the soil of the wheat fields or orchards, and then grew out. The thriving life is so frank, solid, joyful, pure, quiet, peaceful, and full of vitality.

Just like the pair of eyes Chu Ping saw under the sunshine and snow that day, eyes can't deceive.

"Miss Peach is really different."

Tao Yao didn't understand how he could make such a comment about her. She just felt that she had gotten carried away just now and had talked enough. It was very rare to meet him today. She also wanted to ask Chu Ping: "I heard that Mr. Chu's family has been doing business for generations, why do you suddenly want to take the imperial examination career?"

(End of this chapter)