Yoshida Mii

Chapter 293 Home Delivery
Li Hongqin at the side heard it, and couldn't help laughing: "Your young master is Zhou Juren? When he was studying in the academy, he often came to our place for dinner!"

Seeing that Zhou Pingshan won the juren, Li Hongqin was also full of confidence. Sooner or later, her son Zhang Qian would also be able to earn a juren for her.

The woman smiled, "Thanks to your care, I have been hearing from the young master that the food in your shop is delicious!"

"Then you ordered so many tofu for the banquet?" Li Hongqin asked.

The woman nodded, unable to hide the look of anticipation on her face, "The young master will be home tomorrow afternoon. My wife said that the running water mat will be set up for the young master in the next day. Everyone in the town can eat it. When the time comes, you Let's go to dinner too!"

"Hey, hey!" Li Hongqin responded with a smile.

Dong Bao didn't know if others would go or not. Anyway, she wouldn't go to the free water table. Anyone could eat it. When it was her turn, the dishes on the table were drool-worthy. In essence, it is a "saliva mat".

Until noon when Lin Shi and Zhang Qian came to eat, Li Hongqin was still rambling excitedly about Zhou Pingshan Zhongju.

"I can't see it, but after two years of work, I won Juren again!" Li Hongqin couldn't help admiring. Li Hongqin was also deeply honored that Master Juren had eaten in their shop for such a long time. He was a good reader. , maybe Baoji's food is delicious.

Zhang Qian couldn't help but said: "Mother, people are different from person to person. Zhou Pingshan's family hired a husband for him since he was a child. His father was also a Jinshi, and he was a county magistrate..."

"His father was a county magistrate?" Dong Bao asked curiously.

Lin Shi nodded and said: "Yes, it's just that Uncle Zhou died young, Zhou Pingshan followed his mother back to his hometown and settled down, otherwise he wouldn't be in Yuanshui."

Li Hongqin suddenly realized, shook her head and sighed: "No wonder, they have such conditions!" Of course, the children from the scholarly family are different from the children from the Mudlegzi's family. She watched the children play and chase after each other in the threshing field. At that time, people had already urged their children to study with specialized teachers. From this point of view, it was not easy for scholars from farming families, and those who could get fame were hardworking and smart people.

"Last time I heard from Wang Cong that Zhou Pingshan's mother was a distant lady of the Wang family, so Zhou Pingshan could only enter the family study of the Wang family after he was selected as a scholar." Dong Bao said, remembering his attitude towards Lin Shi when he met Zhou Pingshan last time. It was so bad that I didn't have a good impression of him.

Lin Shi thought for a while, "Master Liu and I will take half a day off tomorrow, and accompany you to Zhou's house to deliver tofu." He is not stupid, why can't he see what Zhou Pingshan is thinking.

"Why are you asking for leave? Why are you delaying your studies because of him?" Dong Bao smiled slightly, "I will ask my aunt to drive the car to deliver the tofu tomorrow, and I won't go."

Last time she choked Zhou Pingshan to shame because of Lin Shi, it's meaningless to meet again, so let Li Hongqin make a trip.

Li Hongqin also wanted to see Master Juren's demeanor, so she immediately agreed.

Who knew that the plan could not keep up with the changes, Dawei brought the goods over at noon, and after a while, someone came from Zhangjiazhuang, saying that Zhang Xiuyu's third great-grandfather was gone, and Li Hongqin was asked to take the scholar home to attend the funeral.

The people living in Zhangjiazhuang are all members of the Zhang clan, and the clan has strict rules and regulations. The funeral of an elder is often a big event for the entire village. What's more, Zhang Qian is a scholar and a man of fame, so he can't make mistakes in filial piety.

Compared with this matter, sending tofu was obviously more important than going back to Zhangjiazhuang. Li Hongqin went to the academy first and called Zhang Qian back, and took Zhang Xiuyu and Zhang Qian to change into plain clothes and go back to Zhangjiazhuang.

"Dongbao, how about I go back and ask your aunt Qiuxia to deliver tofu?" Li Hongqin apologized.

"No need, it's not far away, I'll take it off." Dong Bao smiled, anyway, he unloaded the tofu at the door, so he might not necessarily meet Zhou Pingshan.It would be great if Dawei left a little later, and it would be perfect for him to deliver tofu.

After Zhang Xiuyu's family left, Dong Bao slowly drove the cart pulled by Dahui, and walked there according to the place the woman said yesterday. After walking for a long time, he arrived at Zhou Pingshan's house.

Zhou Pingshan's house is a quiet place, with two red lacquered gates facing each other, and red scraps of paper littered with firecrackers, obviously set off when he welcomes the master to come home.

"Is anyone there? I'm here to deliver tofu!" Dong Bao jumped out of the carriage and knocked on the door.

A woman inside the door responded, and soon came to open the door. It was the woman who came to order tofu yesterday.

Dong Bao unloaded everything on the cart to the ground, and helped the woman carry it into the door.

"Girl, thank you for your hard work, why don't you come in and have a cup of tea before leaving?" the woman smiled politely.

Dong Bao knew that this was just a polite remark. A scholar like Zhou Pingshan probably looked down on a small merchant like her the most. How could he invite her a little girl to drink tea? He just smiled sweetly and said, "No, Thank you, ma'am, I have to go back to work!"

"Hey, Dongbao?!" Zhou Pingshan, who had just come out of the main room, saw Dongbao standing at the door at a glance, and greeted him in surprise.

I haven't seen her for nearly a year, but Dongbao seems to have grown a lot taller and looks better than before, standing there slim and graceful, like a budding orchid.

"Zhou... Master Juren." Dong Bao thought for a long time, and came up with a name for Zhou Pingshan.Zhou Pingshan was wearing a royal blue silk and satin gown, and his face was full of joy. It seemed that people were in good spirits on happy occasions.

Zhou Pingshan walked towards the door quickly, and said with a warm smile, "What is your name, Mr. Juren? It's too strange! You came alone? Come in and have a seat!"

Dong Bao secretly cursed in his heart, if I don't get out with you, Lin Shi will have to get out with me.

"No, we still have something to do at home, I have to go back quickly." Dong Bao smiled, seeing Zhou Pingshan being so enthusiastic, not putting on airs at all, and not caring about the embarrassing things he had done before, his impression of him has improved a lot.

Zhou Pingshan smiled and said to the woman next to him: "Mama Zhou doesn't know yet, this Miss Song and I met a long time ago. When I was still studying in the academy, I often went to their shop for lunch."

"Shan'er, who are you talking to?" A woman in her thirties opened the curtain of the main room and came out, looked at the door a few times, wrapped her head in a blue cloth veil, and was very cleanly dressed.

Zhou Pingshan turned around and said with a smile, "Mother, this is Miss Song. I mentioned it to you."

"Oh..." Zhou's mother looked at Dong Bao a few times, and said politely: "Miss Song, right? Since you're here, let's go in and have a cup of tea before leaving."

"Thank you for your kindness." Dong Bao said with a smile, "I really have something to do at home, I will come to congratulate Mrs. Zhou sometime later!"

Mother Zhou smiled, nodded, turned around and entered the room without saying a word.

After taking the rest of the payment from Zhou's mother, Dong Bao went out, took off the reins on the stone lion at the door, and when he was about to get into the donkey cart, Zhou Pingshan, who had been standing at the door, suddenly asked, "Dong Bao?" Treasure, our house will have a banquet tomorrow, you...will you come tomorrow?"

"Me?" Dong Bao looked at Zhou Pingshan in surprise, shook his head and smiled and said, "Isn't it appropriate for me to come?" The ones who will come tomorrow must be Zhou Pingshan's teachers and classmates, as well as prominent people in the town. How can she be a girl? ?

Zhou Pingshan also felt that the question he just asked was abrupt, and his fair square face flushed immediately, rubbing his hands together embarrassedly and asking: "Then... how about in two days? It will be my mother's birthday in a few days... Forget it, I I'd better go find you, you've been in the shop, right?"

"It's not appropriate for you to find me, right?" Dong Bao shook his head.She was already engaged, and judging from the point of view at this time, she was already Lin Shi's daughter-in-law, so Zhou Pingshan came to find her so it was unreasonable.

"Why is it inappropriate?" Zhou Pingshan looked a little disappointed, and forced a smile, "Didn't you be in the shop every day before?" At that time, we met every day, and I didn't think it was inappropriate!

Dong Bao glanced at him, and suddenly said: "Master Zhou, I'm already engaged." He added, "With Lin Shi."

Zhou Pingshan was surprised for a while, his flushed face slowly turned pale, and he asked, "When did it happen?"

"It's very early. We'll get engaged after Chinese New Year this year." Dong Bao smiled, "Oh, I haven't congratulated you yet on winning the Juren. Come on, get a Jinshi sooner, and we'll look good too!"

Zhou Pingshan didn't understand the meaning of "Come on". Looking at the back of the carriage going away, he was completely immersed in the shock of Dong Bao's engagement, and he couldn't tell what it was like. He thought that nothing was better than Lin Shi. Poor, including birth, family background, fame, status... Why is it a step too late?If only he could have been admitted to Juren last year!He is a Juren, Lin Shi is just a scholar, maybe he will be a scholar in this life, it is self-evident who Dong Bao will choose.

"Call Shan'er back!" Mrs. Zhou, who was offering incense to the late Master Zhou in the house, told Zhou's mother, "It's nothing for a dignified master to talk to a little girl at the door!"

After Zhou Pingshan was called back, he was still somewhat distraught. He lost his father since he was a child, and was strictly disciplined by Mrs. Zhou. Because he was a widow supporting the family, he rarely interacted with others. Among the girls who had more contact with him in the past ten years, Dongbao was the one who impressed him the most. the one.Dong Bao is beautiful and generous, with a miserable life experience that makes people can't help but love him, and he can read and write, which almost fits all his fantasies about girls in his youth.

"What are you talking about outside with a merchant girl?" Mrs. Zhou said dissatisfiedly, "Let others see it and spread some rumors, what should you do? You are now a recruiter!"

For a moment, Zhou Pingshan was really looking forward to some rumors that Lin Shi and Dong Bao would resign, so that he could marry Dong Bao.But when he wakes up, he knows that this is impossible, Dong Bao is so good, how can that kid Lin Shi be willing to divorce her?
"Mother, don't be so nasty as a merchant girl." Zhou Pingshan shook his head and said, "Dong Bao's father is a scholar. If it weren't for the difficult family situation, he would not have come out to do business."

(End of this chapter)