amaotonovel Chapter 201 Stop at Fuzhou
Chapter 201 Stop at Fuzhou
He Jun lazily lay on the bed. Chunmei carried a tray and put it down on the small table beside her bed. She took out the milk tea and snacks on it and arranged them. Then she asked He Jun,
"Miss, these are made by Miss Song and the kitchen staff. Would you like to have some?"
He Jun stood up and leaned against the head of the bed, "What delicious food do you have?"
So Chunmei told her everything. She said she wanted to eat, so Xia He brought a table and put the food on it. He Jun tasted everything. While eating, she asked, "What is Sanniang doing now?"
Chunmei smiled and said, "Miss Song and the Third Master are on the deck basking in the sun. They are eating and chatting happily."
He Jun paused while eating and repeated in disbelief, "You said my uncle and Sanniang were chatting happily on the deck and eating together?"
Chunmei nodded seriously, "Yes, I saw it with my own eyes. Miss Song asked me to get these things from the kitchen. These are what the two of them ate."
He Jun was amazed and thought it was strange. She knew what kind of person her uncle was. He had always been polite to girls since they were young.
But if you want him to eat, laugh and chat with a girl, that would be like the sun rising from the west. She suppressed the doubts in her heart and planned to ask her uncle when the time comes.
The fleet traveled day and night and finally arrived at the first stop - Fuzhou. After arriving in Fuzhou from the Minjiang River, everyone will stop in Fuzhou for two days to rest and wait for the Jin family to catch up before setting off again.
The rest of the route is Minjiang River - Jianxi River - Nanpu River, then go around to Jiangshan, Zhejiang Province, starting from Qujiang River, passing through Fuchun River - Qiantang River - Hangzhou - Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and then to Tongzhou, and you will reach your destination.
The ship docked at the pier. After everyone got off the ship, Butler He Wenhe and Nanny Qu came forward to tell everyone about the itinerary for the next two days.
Song Sanniang saw a tower standing in the distance at the dock. This stone tower was an octagonal, seven-story pavilion-style tower, and looked to be thirty meters high.
Each floor has arches and stone railings. The doors and windows of the tower are also in southern style. There are eight Buddhas on the eaves and bells hanging below the corners.
Everyone couldn't help but stare at such a magnificent tower, so Mr. He San introduced the tower to everyone.
This tower is called Luoxing Tower. Its main function is to light up the ships at night for navigation. It is a navigation lighthouse, and it opened everyone's eyes.
He Xiaodi looked at Master He San with envy and asked everyone's question, "Uncle, you are amazing. How do you know so much?"
Master He San smiled, "Because I've been here before. I accompanied your grandfather back to Xiantao Prefecture from the capital, and we also traveled all the way back."
Everyone suddenly realized what was going on, and then got on the carriage that came to pick them up.
Song Sanniang and Miss He, He Xiaodi took one carriage, Qin Haodong and He Sanlao took another carriage, and Uncle Liu and his wife took another carriage.
The three masters of the He family were accompanied by only one servant. The three of them, He Wen, and Nanny Qu shared a carriage, with four guards driving the car.
After leaving the dock, the vehicle drove to the destination. During the two days in Fuzhou, everyone just ate, drank and had fun.
Everyone will eat the local specialties here, and then visit the local scenery or historical sites.
Aunt Qu said that there are many temples here, and she specially arranged for everyone to go and worship Buddha when the time comes.
Because it was dinner time, everyone's first stop was to eat. Song Sanniang felt that the carriage had entered the downtown area because it began to slow down.
Then there was a lot of noise around her, and she couldn't understand what everyone was saying, as if she was listening to a foreign language.
Some of the people at the dock just now were still speaking Mandarin, but when we got here, we couldn't understand what everyone was saying.
Not only Song Sanniang, but actually everyone else didn't understand. However, Aunt Qu understood because the first stop was Fuzhou.
So Madam He specifically asked Nanny Qu to come, because she grew up here and was later sold to the capital.
The carriage stopped at a three-story store on a busy street. The sign at the door read "Buddha Jumps Over the Wall".
He Xiaodi jumped off the carriage and read out the three words "Buddha Jumps Over the Wall". He pointed at the plaque and shouted in surprise, "Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, we have eaten it before."
Aunt Qu smiled and said to him, "Yes, young master has eaten it before, but since we are here, let's try the most authentic Buddha Jumps Over the Wall." After that, she led everyone into the store.
The store was doing good business and was almost full. After Aunt Qu reported the reserved room, the waiter enthusiastically took everyone upstairs to the private room.
Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is a must-order dish, and since this place is close to the sea, the restaurant specializes in seafood. So everyone ordered a serving of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall first, followed by various seafood, and two or three of the local specialties.
Just as everyone finished ordering, there was a knock on the door. He Wen opened the door and saw a man and a woman singing for money.
The woman was about twenty years old, with no makeup on her face. She simply wore her hair in a short bun and a bunch of jasmine flowers in her hair.
The man was about 30 years old, looked gentle and polite, holding a pipa.
The woman bowed to everyone and asked in broken Mandarin if they wanted to listen to some local songs.
No one spoke, but Master He San waved for the two to come in, "I've heard people here sing a song called Jasmine Flower at the Mouth of the Min River before, why don't you sing that song?"
The two smiled and thanked Master He San. The man started playing the pipa, and the woman sang along with the music.
"My home is at the mouth of the Fujian River. If you are free, come and have tea.
The house has earthen walls, wooden doors and green tiles, and a field of jasmine flowers in front of the door.
The boat is rocking in the river,
The flower seller delivers flowers, and the fragrance fills the road.
Seeing the city girl with her hairpin, light makeup and plain clothes, she is so charming.
The woman began to sing in a humming voice. Although no one could understand her, the folk melody made people clap along.
After the song was over, Xiao Jinzi gave the two of them a silver ingot as a reward.
Master He San tapped the table with his fingers. "Why, don't you have jasmine tea? Bring it out to the ladies present to see if they want to buy some."
The two looked at each other after hearing this. The woman thanked Master He San in surprise, then went out and brought in a basket of jasmine tea packaged in a ceramic jar.
She opened a can and let Miss He and the others smell it. Everyone leaned closer and a refreshing fragrance entered their noses.
Jasmine tea is indeed worthy of its title of "the best jasmine flavor, the best fragrance in the world". Scented tea not only has the unique fragrance of tea, but also has the rich fragrance of jasmine.
Tea itself is not cheap, and jasmine tea is even more precious. However, the quality of the tea sold by these two people is not very good, so the price is not that high.
Everyone bought all the flower tea for the two of them. Of course, it was Mr. He San who paid the bill. The two of them thanked everyone happily before leaving. It was obvious that their backs could not hide their excitement as they left.
But it’s not the two’s fault. After all, sometimes they can’t sell even one can a day. It usually takes them a long time to sell this basket, but now it’s all sold out.