Chapter 559 Home Delivery
The evening comes earlier in the mainland than in Province Z. The sun sets at around five o'clock in the afternoon. It is a little later in the coastal areas. When the sun sets below the sea level, the time has just reached six o'clock.
The sun was setting over the horizon, and it was time to eat. Tantai Mixue went to the restaurant of the sea-view building. The domestic servants had put the food on the table and then left, but they didn't know when their mother came back. She bowed her head slightly: "Mom, You're back."
"Yes." The beautiful young woman sitting at the dinner table responded coldly without even moving her eyelids.
Tantai Mi Xue trotted lightly to the dining table, first served half a bowl of soup to her mother, and then served her mother rice. She waited for her mother to take a bite before sitting down to eat.
The beautiful young woman with phoenix eyes, with long hair and a red dress, ate quietly without saying a word, and even the chopsticks and bowl did not make the slightest sound.
It was very quiet at the dinner table, with only the sound of slight breathing and soft chewing of food.
The beautiful young woman only ate a bowl of rice. After she was full, she put down the bowl and wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief. Her charming and charming face showed no emotion, and even her voice was indifferent: "Is there any news?" "I just found out the news today
. It is said that many ancient cultivating sects gathered in the capital to give gifts to someone. The heads of the Xuan family, Ji family, Hua family, Jiang family, Zhou family, Dongfang, Nalan family, Chen family, and Helian family came in person, as well as the Zhongli family. , Huo family, the Taoist sect’s envoy, the Zen sect’s envoy, and…” Tantai Mixue’s voice became softer, and he did not dare to name the most important envoy.
"Who else?" The beautiful girl said in a stern tone.
Hearing his mother's voice with dissatisfaction, Tantai Mi Xue's heartstrings tightened, and Na Na responded: "I heard that the envoys of the Nanhai Guanyin Temple and the owner of the Penglai Immortal Island are here in person." Hearing the
names of the Nanhai Guanyin Temple and Penglai Immortal Island, The beautiful young woman's slender eyebrows were twisted into a straight line, Yao Zhi's face showed a cold murderous look, she stared intently at the air, and the stern look in Dan Feng's eyes became more and more intense.
After a while, he coldly withdrew his distant gaze and said in a cold voice: "Is there anything else?"
With murderous intent on her mother's face, Tantai Mixue did not dare to say anything. When she heard the question, she answered truthfully: "My aunt called me a few days ago. She didn't say anything. She just... seemed to be crying." "I understand."
Mei The beautiful young woman said something, stood up, dragged her long skirt to the floor, walked out of the restaurant nimbly, and returned to her quiet room facing the sea.
The sea view room is luxuriously decorated, just like a palace in Southeast Asia. Even the furniture is in Southeast Asian style and everything is resplendent.
Returning to the private space, the young woman took out her mobile phone from the golden bedside table, sat on the golden bed and turned it on. Her nails painted with red dandelion exuded crystal luster, giving her an indescribable sense of enchantment.
She flipped through the phone numbers, found one and dialed it. What she heard was that the other party's phone was turned off. She looked for another number, but it was still turned off. When she changed it again, it was still turned off.
After calling three numbers, her phone was turned off, so she changed to another one. After waiting for a while at the fourth number, she finally got through. When the other party answered, the beautiful young woman chattered loudly and said a few words. There was a whimpering sound from the other side, and she jumped. He stood up, his face turning white bit by bit.
Her hand holding the phone stiffened little by little, and she pressed the phone close to her ear. Listening to the roaring and whimpering coming from the phone, she slowly lowered her head until the other party hung up amid a burst of lung-piercing shouts. After calling the phone, the beautiful young woman fell down dejectedly.
Her face kept twisting and deforming, showing an expression of extreme pain. After sitting for a long time, she stood up stiffly, opened the four-door wardrobe, and slowly packed her luggage. It took a long time to pack out several sets of light-colored clothes and a small amount of The necessities of daily life are packed in the suitcase.
The beautiful young woman did not rest. She sat cross-legged on the bed and sat silently all night. At dawn, she changed her clothes, dragged her suitcase and left the sea-view building without leaving any words, and traveled alone.
Tantai Mi Xue got up on time in the morning, packed up and went to the restaurant first. After waiting for the domestic helpers to prepare the meal, she waited for more than ten minutes and still didn't see her mother. She went to her mother's bedroom to invite her mother. No one answered the knock on the door, so she gently pushed it away. There was no one in the bedroom, and when I went to the balcony, my mother was nowhere to be seen.
She exited the bedroom and went to the first floor to ask the domestic helper if she had seen her mother. She happened to run into the housekeeper's mother, who asked: "Miss Xue, is breakfast not to your liking?"
"No, I haven't had breakfast yet. Have you seen my mother?" "
Ms. Xue, Madam went on a trip early this morning. Madam didn't tell you?" The mother in charge was very strange. Miss Xue didn't Did you know that Madam left the beach villa early in the morning?
"Oh, mother went on a trip again. It must have been because I hadn't gotten up yet, so she was afraid of disturbing me so she caught an early flight without telling me." Tantai Mixue suddenly realized that her mother often leaves just as she says, so it's not surprising. .
The mother in charge also thinks it's normal. Traveling is Madam's favorite, and she often leaves for ten days and a half. Sometimes they don't know when they left or when they came back.
Knowing that his mother was out, Tantai Mixue went back to the restaurant on the second floor to have breakfast. After eating, he went out for a walk.
When Miss Xue from the Tantai family went out for a walk, the cultivators from the ancient martial arts community who had stayed overnight in Beijing had almost finished their breakfast and went for a walk to eat.
The elder of the Zhenghua Sect did not return to Y Nan yesterday. When he entered Beijing, he stayed in a Taoist temple. He had a vegetarian meal in the morning, returned to his room, carried two trailers with luggage bags, went to the Taoist temple, took a taxi on the street, and went straight to Chao The villa area where the second master lives.
The taxi will take the guest to the villa, and he will receive the card from the doorman to enter the villa. Following the guest's instructions, he will go around several roads in the villa area to the outside of the villa building designated by the guest, and help the guest open the trunk and carry the luggage.
The owner of Ayubo paid the fee, waited for the taxi to drive by, and dragged two luggage trailers towards the house of the little girl from the Immortal Medicine Sect's step-uncle.
The Chao family had breakfast in the morning. Chao Yi and Chao San all went to work, and the beautiful boy also returned to school. Chao Er didn’t have any important classes that day, so she stayed home to eat preserved eggs. Chao Er and his wife were also lazy at home. Spend time with your parents.
After dinner, I sat down for a while and then went downstairs to eat. I walked around the cobblestone pavement in a circle around the garden to massage the soles of my feet. The young ones were skipping rope and playing keyboards. Housekeeper Hu and his domestic helpers were cleaning the second floor first. Mother Fang was walking downstairs with the old lady.
When a taxi came to the door, the young and old people on the first floor knew that there was a customer. Miss Chao Er rushed to open the door. As soon as she ran to the door, she saw the old man in a green suit carrying luggage and the vehicle, and he opened the gate smoothly and politely. Asked: "Good morning, which relative or friend of our family are you?"
"You must be little girl Le's sworn sister? I am an elder of Yanxing. I was entrusted by little girl Le to carve some jade stones. Didn't you do it yesterday? It's convenient and I'll deliver it today." Master Ayu looked at the girl inside the gate. The young girl had a ponytail and a red sportswear. She was bright but delicate, youthful and energetic.
"Ah, it turns out you are Mr. Yan's elder. Please come in." Chao Yufu hurriedly went to help drag the luggage trailer. He only helped one car and dragged it into the hospital without closing the gate.
I heard that they were here to deliver things to Xiao Lele. As soon as Mr. Chao, Mrs. Chao and Mr. and Mrs. Chao Er arrived in front of the villa, Fang's mother also hurried to greet the guests from afar and help drag another luggage cart.
The young man of the Chao family was warm and polite, and the head of Ayufang also followed the local customs. He handed his luggage to the host's family and walked away empty-handed. He walked up to the welcoming host and shook hands with the old man of the Chao family: "I just came yesterday and I'm here again today. Sorry to bother you. "
Where is it? It's so hard for you to help carve something, and it's so hard for you to deliver it in person." Mr. Chao held the guest's hand and invited the guest to drink tea in the tea room on the first floor.
Mr. Chao and his wife greeted each other and accompanied the guests into the hall and then to the small tea room with their parents. Mrs. Chao and Mrs. Fang went upstairs to get hot water for tea and brought fruits and dried fruits.
Master Ayu followed the host to the small living room and sat down. He introduced his surname to the host. Mr. Chao and Mrs. Chao called the guest "Mr. Hao". Ms. Chao Er dragged the luggage trailer into the living room and placed it not far from the guest. Take the last seat.
Mrs. Chao Er and Mama Fang went up to the second floor and brought tea and dried fruits downstairs to entertain the distinguished guests and have a cup of tea. Master Ayu went to drag the luggage trailer to the guest seat, untied the rope and opened the cardboard box. There was a protective foam layer inside. He took it out together and opened it. There was something protected in the foam box, wrapped in a layer of soft cloth.
Master Ayubo took out the big cauldron, placed it gently on the ground, untied the soft cloth, and revealed a golden round-belly cauldron with a neck, three legs, and ears carved into the shape of a lion's head on the round belly. There is a door in one direction on the belly of the tripod, and there are ventilation holes in the other three directions.
The tripod has a cover, which is in the shape of an inverted sky. There is a round ring on the top. The bottom and feet of the tripod are inlaid with silver. It is more than one meter high and looks majestic and domineering.
The golden cauldron has a shimmering surface, which is beautiful and delicate. There are ropes that tie the cauldron and the lid together to prevent the lid from falling off.
"So beautiful!" Chao Yufu couldn't put it down.
The old man and the old lady were also full of praise.
Master Ayubo took out a larger tripod, opened another slightly smaller box, and took out a small golden tripod. It had no space in the middle and was a solid three-legged tripod with a round belly. The other shapes were similar to the big tripod. .
Showing the cauldron to the Chao family, he lifted the lid of the cauldron. There was also a foam box inside the cauldron, with soft carpet cloth stuffed around it to prevent the foam box from colliding with the cauldron wall.
The master of Ayufang took out the foam boxes one by one. There were several foam boxes with wooden boxes inside. He opened them and untied the silk cloth to show to the Chao family masters. The boxes contained bowls, spoons, chopsticks and jewelry, all of which were Golden and beautifully carved.
The old man and the old lady all want to wipe their sweat. Xiao Lele is so generous. He actually made something out of gold and jade. The collectors in the jade world will probably feel distressed for a long time when they see it.
"The little girl said that the main thing is to make the tripod first, so I carved these two big ones first. In order not to miss the little girl's business, I first brought these two tripods to the capital for the little girl, and a few more delicate ones. The work will probably not be completed until the middle of the month."
After showing the completed objects to the Chao family master, the Ayufang master packed the things again, put the small box into the tripod's belly, then wrapped it, put it in a foam box, and put it into a cardboard box again. In the box, tie it up with a rope and move it aside.
Chao Er and his wife also helped pack the items, put back the cardboard boxes, fetch water for the guests to wash their hands, wipe them clean, and then sit down to drink tea.
Master Ayu drank tea and resigned to the host. Mr. Chao asked the distinguished guest with a friendly smile: "Mr. Hao, I wonder if the preserved eggs made by our little girl are to your taste?" Master Ayu's eyes were clear: "Little girl made it.
" The medicinal food is wonderful."
"It suits the old man's taste. If you don't mind, I will pack a few and the old man will take them home for drinking." "It doesn't matter,
it doesn't matter." Master Ayufang smiled widely.
Mr. Chao immediately went to another hall, took the bag, opened the small jar and took out the preserved eggs. Yesterday, in order to entertain the guests, he ate almost half of the jar of preserved eggs.
He pretended to be more than thirty preserved eggs and carried them to the living room. The guest said that he had a flight at noon, so the young and old of the Chao family stayed with him to help carry the luggage cart and see the guest out of the yard.
The taxi hadn't left yet, so I was waiting at the other end. I saw the guests I had brought come out of the villa building again and drove to the outside of the villa courtyard to pick them up.
The owner of Ayubo was more happy to receive a bag of preserved eggs as a gift than to find gold. He put the luggage trailer in the taxi and said goodbye to the owners with the preserved eggs in his arms.
The taxi that the three generations of the family took to see the guests disappeared out of sight. When they returned to the hospital, they were about to continue training when they found another car approaching. The young and old simply waited.
Two private cars parked outside Chao Erye's courtyard. The two people who arrived were the heads of the Religious Affairs Management Office. They were both state officials and lay Buddhists. One was bald, his surname was Zhang, and he was known as layman Zhang, and the other had long hair. , surnamed Zhao, known as Zhao Jushi.
The two laymen parked their car on the side of the road and walked towards the second master's house. When they saw the second master of the Chao family and the old man and his wife at home, they happily greeted the whole family.
"Jushi Zhang and Jushi Zhao, what kind of wind brought you two here today? Come in quickly." Chao Sheng'an greeted the two visitors after dealing with the two monks.
The two laymen smiled and exchanged greetings with the old man and the old lady, and followed the hosts into the elegant reception room on the first floor of the villa. Mother Fang served tea and fruits again.
After drinking a cup of tea with the two laymen, Chao Sheng'an asked warmly: "What are you doing with these two laymen here?"
Jushi Zhang and Jushi Zhao looked at each other, and Jushi Zhao said what he had already considered over and over again: "Dr. Chao also knows that we are responsible for religious affairs, and our focus is on activities in the Buddhist and Taoist circles. Recently, some Taoist people have come to Beijing, and even We heard that the Taoist people from Wanwan Island all came to visit Mr. Chao’s house yesterday, which made us very surprised. We came here to ask Mr. Chao why the Taoist people from all the Taoist sects came here are so important." Mr. Chao looked at the two guests in surprise
. Without making any remarks, Chao Sheng'an smiled like an Amitabha Buddha: "You two don't know. Yesterday, the youngest girl of my third brother's eye, our Lao Chao family, turned fifteen years old. According to ancient rituals, when it comes to hairpins, various factions Everyone respects the seniors who taught our little girl medical skills, and they all respect the old and love the young. They came to Lao Chao's house in Beijing to give our little girl a gift. Our whole family was also shocked by this because we didn't know the etiquette in the world. The owner of Sanweixuan has full power to make the arrangements."
"So it was the little girl Fangchen yesterday? We are rude." Jushi Zhang and Jushi Zhao suddenly realized, no wonder Secretary Chao and Minister Chao were at work yesterday, but there were guests in the Chao family The whole house turned out to be a birthday celebration for the little girl.
The two of them were also shocked. Not only domestic Taoist and Buddhist practitioners came to celebrate the birthday of the Chao family's little righteous grandson, but even Taoist people from the Bay Island came. This shows how influential the little girl is.
What they were most puzzled about was what had the little girl done to alert Buddhists and Taoists to personally come to Beijing to celebrate the little girl's birthday? Moreover, it seems that the little girl is not at home yet.
They were shocked, but the two laymen didn't show it, and secretly decided to inquire about the situation.
"How dare we spend money on a child's birthday? A group of distinguished guests took the trouble to come to our humble house to congratulate our child, which makes us elders deeply uneasy." "Dr. Chao is humble, and the little girl has extraordinary
medical skills . Seniors, it is natural to have a big birthday, but we were a little reckless and invited a large number of late directors." "
The two laymen are very polite. They should fulfill their duties in their positions. The two laymen are conscientious and are role models for our generation."
" Chao Dong praised..."
Both parties exchanged a few polite words, and layman Zhang and Zhao couldn't stay longer because they had found out what they wanted to know. They said goodbye. Chao Er and his wife sent the two laymen out of the courtyard to see if their car was lucky before returning to the hospital.
"Chao Er, they manage religious affairs and they manage religious affairs. Why did they come to our house to investigate? If they have any questions, they won't ask people from the Buddhist and Taoist sects?" Seeing his son return, Mr. Chao was not depressed. Complained.
The old lady was not very happy either. Taoist and Buddhist people wanted to come to their home because it was the guest's wish. She asked them what the guest's intention was in coming to their home, but they didn't know.
"Grandpa, please calm down, we don't want to meet ordinary people." Chao Yufu quickly supported his grandparents to act cute and comfort the depressed old people's hearts.
"Dad, don't worry about trivial matters like that. It's probably because some of yesterday's guests were very well-established and had the prestige of shouting out responses. They were afraid of gathering together to plot something, such as recommending our little dumpling to be the leader of the alliance. They were afraid of the little dumpling. I'm being taken advantage of, so I'm here to ask."
Chao Sheng'an wanted to curse, couldn't the two of them ask him to chat alone if they had any questions? If you insist on doing it this way, your old man and his wife will be unhappy.
"Pfft, how old is our little dumpling? They can figure out who to be the leader of the alliance." The old lady was happy. Their little pink dumplings were cute and delicate like little glutinous rice dumplings. How could they have nothing to do to join the gang? What kind of charlatan is he sent to be?
"That's right, our little dumpling is still a kid who hasn't grown up yet. Who would have the brains to recommend us to be the leader of the alliance? The owner of Sanweixuan said that the guests want to form a good relationship because of Xiao Lele's superb medical skills. Who will meet him one day? If you have any difficult and complicated diseases, you can ask Xiao Lele to see a doctor."
Chao Yufu also agreed with Grandma. Xiao Lele is a foodie, so she has no ambition to dominate the world. What she loves most is running all over the mountains, looking for Rare and rare herbs are used to make medicine and delicious food.
With his granddaughter staying with him at home, the old man and the old lady's depression faded as quickly as it came. Not to mention the two lay people, they went for a walk together and did some aerobic exercise.
(End of chapter)