Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 297
Early the next morning, Chunqiu and his wife finished their breakfast and went out together.

When her second brother asked if she needed to accompany her, her mother, Yuan Shi, shook her head very generously, saying that she was familiar with the entire Pingchuan County, and she didn't need any extra people to accompany her, besides, her second brother had just arrived in Pingchuan , Many things have not been figured out, and there are not enough people left, so how can we spare some people to accompany them to go shopping.

Yuan sympathized with her second brother in her heart, and after saying this, she took Chunqiu's hand and went out the door. The two trotted out along the path, and didn't stop until they ran out of the corner of the alley.

"Mother, the second brother can't catch up, let's take a rest." Chunqiu panted tiredly, put his hands on his knees, bent over and breathed out continuously.

"Take a rest first, mother go and have a look," Yuan Shi replied, then turned around and took a look into the alley, making sure that no one was chasing him, then wiped off the sweat that ran out of her face, bowed her head and exclaimed Twice.

The two of them simply rested for a while, and Chunqiu panted for breath.

"Mom, where are we going now?"

After saying this, Chunqiu looked around again.

Yuan Shi thought for a while, pointed to the crowded place in front of her and said, "Let's go there first. Before Mother left, there was a master sugar maker there. Don't mention it, the craftsmanship is amazing."

When Yuan Shi said this, her face was full of smiles, and her eyes were full of nostalgia when she looked into the distance. From the perspective of Chunqiu, Yuan Shi in front of her was like a girl who had returned to the age of [-], lively and full of vitality.

Unconsciously raised a smile, Chunqiu echoed loudly, the mother and daughter looked at each other and smiled, similar eyebrows and eyes showing similar emotions.

The sugar figurine shop that Yuan said was delicious is still there, but the master who made the sugar figurines is no longer there.

Yuan Shi stood at the door of the shop, with nostalgia in her eyes, bought two sugar figurines to the young man who was making them, turned and left.

Casually handing the little rabbit candy figurine to Chunqiu, Yuan Shi looked at the remaining little lamb candy figurine in his hand and said with a smile, "Mother loved to eat their candy figurines when she was young. Sometimes, I would pester Uncle Zhou to buy two candy figurines to take back. Probably Uncle Zhou couldn’t screw me. He knew that my mother’s teeth were not good, and she would suffer from pain after eating, but every time I burst into tears, , Uncle Zhou would unconsciously buy me two sugar figurines to make me happy, hey, after a while, Uncle Zhou is long gone..."

Probably because her mother's expression was too calm, Chunqiu listened carefully to her mother's recollection, and she couldn't figure out her mother's attitude in her heart. She wanted to comfort her, but she didn't know where to start, so she moved the corners of her mouth. , Chunqiu remained silent.

"Okay, why are you talking about this for no reason?" Yuan smiled, adjusted her mood, and then pointed to the front, "There is a teahouse in front, and there were two storytellers in the past few years, who talked about everything. Some jokes about the gifted scholar and the beautiful woman, I still remember that the teahouse was my mother’s favorite place back then..."

Feeling the sadness in her mother's words, Chunqiu walked quickly to Yuan's side, smiled and took Yuan's arm, and said, "Mother, let's go and have a look, Qiu'er also wants to obey the script."

Looking down at her daughter who was smiling like a flower, Yuan pulled herself away from her grief, "Okay, let's get over it now."

This time, Yuan's wish was not fulfilled. After the two walked to the teahouse, Yuan suddenly realized that the teahouse in front of him was no longer there, and it was replaced by a dignified restaurant.

The hustle and bustle of the crowd came in and out, there would be a few soft drinks from time to time in the restaurant, Chunqiu held Yuan Shi's hand tightly, and looked straight into the restaurant.

"Mother, shall we still go in?" Chunqiu tightened his grip on Yuan's cuff.

"Not going." Yuan shook her head and said to Chunqiu, "Let's go back, it's almost noon."

Chunqiu nodded with a "hmm".

It was faster when I went back than when I came, and there was very little time wasted on the way, and her mother didn't continuously introduce the surrounding environment and buildings like she did when she came.

"Ma'am, Miss, you are back." Steward Wu appeared outside the county yamen gate as scheduled, and welcomed the mother and daughter inside.

"Butler Wu, where's the second brother?" Chunqiu asked curiously.

"The master is handling the case at the county government office in the front yard, the lady can wait in the lobby first"

"Don't bother, Steward Wu, go get busy first." Shi Yuan interrupted Steward Wu, "By the way, let Ming Geer tell him when he's done with his business. We'll wait for him in the lobby."

Butler Wu responded, "Ma'am, that old slave will leave first, and call me if you have anything to do."

"Well, Steward Wu, go and do your work."

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Watching Butler Wu leave, Chunqiu pulled Yuan Shi's arm and asked, "Mother, don't we want to eat?"

"Your second brother hasn't finished his business yet, you have to bear with it." After saying this, Yuan Shi took Chunqiu's hand and entered the lobby.

Chunqiu was dragged into the house by her mother, and she pouted unhappy, thinking that her mother was really eccentric, her second brother worked hard, so she didn't work hard, her second brother just worked on a case in the county government all morning, And she spent the whole morning shopping with her mother.

Of course, Chunqiu's complaints were just muttering in her heart, she would never say it in front of her mother, she would not dare to make her mother angry now, thinking of her father's special instructions to her when she came here, Chunqiu was speechless He choked, as if he had a fake father.

"Okay, what's the trouble?" Seeing her daughter's rich expression, Yuan patted her on the shoulder amusedly.

Chunqiu came back to his senses and smiled at her mother, then bared his white teeth, "I didn't do anything wrong, I was just thinking about what to have for lunch."

Yuan Shi smiled, "Whatever you can eat, it's not all home-cooked food."

Chunqiu shook his head and said no, "What if there is meat? I made an agreement with Butler Wu yesterday that I will eat meat today."

"Okay, eat meat, eat meat, you little greedy cat." Yuan Shi pinched Chunqiu's little nose, and entered the room amidst Chunqiu's constant "Ouch".

For lunch, there was Chunqiu's favorite meat, which made Chunqiu very happy. He kept showing off to Yuan, and Yuan pretended to grab a few pieces of Chunqiu's meat, which made Chunqiu scream, and Yang Chunming sat aside to eat While eating, seeing the big and small family making a fuss, I was happy and also a little tired, but fortunately, the two of them ate their meal obediently without making a fuss for too long.

After lunch, Yang Chunming did not go to the county office in the front yard, but went to the study to deal with government affairs. Even though Pingchuan County is small, there are many things to do in a day. Chunqiu has only been here for two days, and found that her second brother is like Like a model worker, he is busy from morning till night, without any free time.

Chunqiu admired her very much, thinking that her second brother is really a good official, so she took this attitude towards her second brother and made great strides all the way. It is not a dream to be called a king and worship a minister, hehe, she can also be a lady in the boudoir by then.

(End of this chapter)