Records of the Cattle and Horses of Chang'an

Chapter 488 Leaving a Big Hole

The situation turned around so quickly that Cui Bianxu was stunned for a moment before reacting. He quickly stepped forward to support her, secretly giving her a thumbs-up. He cleared his throat and said, "Perhaps I've been in Chang'an for too long, so I haven't remembered the rules of Qingzhou. Well, I'll go with you to find a nanny to review them."

She is worthy of being my wife!

Jian Ming stared with his eyes wide open, trying hard to suppress his laughter, and poked Li Sheng, who had a serious face, with his elbow: Look, look, I told you, our wife is not an easy person to deal with.

Li Sheng glanced away with disdain and walked away from him calmly - no professionalism at all!

Jian Ming didn't care about being disliked. It wasn't their first day as colleagues, and he was used to being disliked. He just stood there with his hands in his pockets, watching the fun and grinning.

Seeing the two of them talking to themselves and about to continue getting on the carriage, the manager became anxious.

Today's flower banquet is held for this young lady Jiang in front of us. If the main person leaves, what's the point of holding this flower banquet?

He will definitely have a good meal!

"Jiulang Jiulang, you know that our main door is usually not open..."

Before he could finish his words again, Jiang Shangxian continued walking towards the carriage with a smile on his face, his steps as brisk as if he was on holiday.

The maids and old women following behind him were in a mighty procession, their movements were in perfect unison without stopping for a moment.

"Wait, wait! Open it now! Open it now!" Beads of sweat appeared on the steward's forehead. He gritted his teeth, stamped his feet, and waved to the servant beside him.

There was no other way. It was not that he didn't want to complete the task assigned by his master, but this Miss Jiang was a bit difficult to deal with. She left without any leeway!

The people watching the excitement nearby had the same thought. The main gate of a wealthy family is indeed not open on weekdays, but it is usually open when a banquet is held in this mansion. Today, the Cui Mansion opened the side door, and anyone with a normal mind would notice something strange.

Who wouldn't know from what was happening that the Cui family wanted to intimidate their daughter-in-law, who came from a commoner family?

But this young lady has a bad temper. She made such a fuss before she even entered the door. I'm afraid there will be a lot of trouble soon.

Cui's ancestral home looked very large from the outside, occupying the size of an entire street. Only after entering did Jiang Shangxian realize that it was a completely different world.

Jiang Shangxian has been to the Daming Palace. Words such as majestic, magnificent, splendid and grand are not enough to describe this super-large-scale building complex that has influenced the imperial palaces of successive dynasties in later generations. People in it feel like an ant between heaven and earth.

Another royal family residence that Xiao Jiang had visited, the Jiangxia Prince's Mansion, was luxurious with a nouveau riche feel. Li Daozon won the title of prince for his military merits, so he naturally had a lot of good things on hand, but he just liked things that could be seen at a glance to be very expensive and valuable. With the master having such a hobby, it was natural that his subordinates would follow suit, and all the furnishings in the mansion were the type that could dazzle people.

The Cui family residence is elegant and quiet, with a scene every three steps and a view every five steps. The architectural style is different from the residences in Chang'an City, and the family heritage is displayed everywhere.

The rockery, flowing water, famous flowers and ancient trees complement each other. I don’t know if it’s because of today’s flower banquet, but all kinds of flowers and plants can be seen everywhere. The windows and corridors are full of glass products. Under the sunlight, many places seem to flash with gold.

The servants he met on the road were also very well-behaved. They made no noise at all while moving around, and none of them looked up when they met people. They just bowed and stood aside with their heads down, waiting for the guests to pass before continuing with their work.

Jiang Shangxian strolled leisurely in the garden as if he was strolling in a park. Cui Bianxu introduced the place from time to time like a tour guide. A trace of contempt flashed through the mind of the steward leading the way in front.

No matter how difficult he is, he is just a country bumpkin from a small family. It is a blessing from our ancestors that he can enter the Cui family!

There are several gardens in the Cui family mansion. Since it is the season when crabapple blossoms are in bloom, today's flower banquet is held in the crabapple garden. There are maids standing at intervals on the road from the main gate to the crabapple garden to guide the way. This is to prevent guests from taking the wrong road, which would be bad for everyone.

Unlike crabapples, peonies require more than just daily gardening. The age of the tree is also a key consideration.

The crabapples in Cui's crabapple garden have been planted for more than a hundred years. Every year when the season comes, the huge flower umbrellas opened by the crabapple trees allow people to see their beauty from across the yard.

The wind blows the flowers down, and the ground is covered with fallen petals, as if a flower path was paved on the ground.

Many female couples walked in groups of three or four to admire the flowers in the courtyard under the corridor. Some pretty young ladies carefully selected the most beautiful ones to put in their hair, and some playfully lifted their skirts and walked carefully on tiptoe on the flower path.

Such a magnificent scene can only be felt when you are in it. Zhang Ailing once wrote in "Dream of the Red Chamber Nightmare" that there are three regrets in life: one is that the shad has too many bones, the second is that the crabapple has no fragrance, and the third is that the Red Chamber is unfinished.

In fact, she has three regrets in life. The first two are borrowed from the five regrets by Peng Yuancai of the Song Dynasty: one is that shad has too many bones, two is that kumquats are sour, three is that water shield is cold, four is that crabapples have no fragrance, and five is that Zeng Zigu cannot write poetry.

Jiang Shangxian had never seen a crabapple in person before, and he believed what he read in some books without paying attention. He even thought that crabapples had no fragrance. However, he didn't expect that it was not the case when he saw it today.

The crabapple is not without fragrance, but its fragrance is almost imperceptible and elegant. Even if all the crabapples in the garden are in full bloom, the fragrance will not be so strong that it hurts your nose.

"If you like it, dig one up when you return to Chang'an." When Cui Bianxu saw her looking up at the crabapple trees in the garden with joy in her eyes, he couldn't help but open his mouth and wanted to dig up his own old tree.

The manager was caught off guard and his heart skipped a beat when he heard this, but then he remembered that the garden was not under his management, and he felt inexplicably relieved.

Jiang Shangxian looked away with amusement and glanced at Cui Bianxu: "As the saying goes, if you move a person, they will live, and if you move a tree, it will die. They are here perfectly well, so why bother to destroy their life?"

If it were anything else, Jiang Shangxian would definitely not hesitate to pull out the Cui family's things, but this tree...

Cui Bianxu didn't feel like he was being cruel and destroyed the flowers. He said confidently, "Find a big vat and transport the roots and soil back by water. Then hire three or two gardeners to help. How can we stop making a living?"

"Then when we get back to Chang'an, let's go to the flower market and pick a small one to plant. Wouldn't it be better to watch it grow little by little?" Jiang Shangxian liked to do this kind of thing, just like burying wine when a child is born, or planting a flower tree in the first year of marriage.

Wait and see again after ten or twelve years, or even fifty or sixty years, and you will see that time is long, romantic and lovely.

"kindness."

Cui Bianxu actually didn't understand why they had to go back to Chang'an to buy another one when there was already one that they could dig up. It would take many years for a small tree to grow into a big tree. He had originally planned to dig up the crabapple tree that Jiang Shangxian had been looking at the longest and take it to Chang'an that night.

As for what the Cui family members would think when they saw that this beautiful crabapple garden had one less crabapple tree and a big hole, it was completely out of his consideration.

But since Jiang Shangxian said so, he naturally had to listen to his wife: "Let's go, let's go see my mother and aunt first."