Chapter 559 Door-to-Door Delivery

The evening in the mainland comes earlier than in Province Z. The sun sets at around five o'clock in the afternoon. In coastal areas, it is a little later in the evening. When the sun sets below the sea level, the time has just reached six. point.

As the sun sank below the horizon, it was time to eat. Tantai Mixue went to the restaurant of the sea-view building. The domestic helpers arranged the meals and left, but they didn’t know when their mother came back. Busy lowered his 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 to the dining table in small steps. She first served half a bowl of soup to her mother, and then served her rice. She waited for her mother to take a bite before sitting down to eat.

The beautiful young woman with a pair of pink and phoenix eyes, with her long hair loose and wearing a red dress, ate quietly without saying a word, even the chopsticks and bowl did not make the slightest sound.

It was very quiet at the dinner table, so quiet that there was only the sound of gentle breathing and the gentle 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 that many ancient sects gathered in the capital to give gifts to someone, including the Xuan family, the Ji family, the Hua family, the Jiang family, the Zhou family, Dongfang, and Nalan. The heads of the family, the Chen family, and the Helian family came in person, as well as the Zhongli family, the Huo family, envoys from the Taoist sect, envoys from the Zen sect, and..." Tantai Mixue's voice became softer, and he did not dare to say the most important thing. A certain messenger.

"Who else?" The beautiful girl said in a stern tone.

Listening to his mother’s words with dissatisfaction, Tantai Mixue’s heartstrings tightened, and Na Na responded: “I heard that the envoy from the Guanyin Temple in the South China Sea and the owner of the Penglai Fairy Island are here in person.”

Hearing the names of Nanhai Guanyin Hall and Penglai Fairy Island, the beautiful young woman's slender eyebrows twisted into a straight line, Yao Zhi's face showed a cold murderous aura, and she looked steadily at the air, and the look in Danfeng's eyes The color became more and more intense.

After a while, he coldly withdrew his distant gaze and said in a cold voice: "Is there anything else?"

The mother's face showed murderous intent, and Tantai Mixue was still confused. Dare to speak out, and when asked, answer truthfully: "My aunt called me a few days ago. She didn't say anything, but... she seemed to be crying."

"I understand." Beautiful young woman After saying that, he stood up, dragging his long skirt that dragged to the floor, walked out of the restaurant briskly, and returned to his 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 stepped out of the golden bedHe took out his mobile phone from the front cabinet and sat on the golden bed to turn it on. His nails painted with red mandarin exuded crystal luster, giving him an indescribable sense of evil.

She flipped through the mobile phone numbers, found one and dialed it. What she heard was that the other party's phone was turned off. She then found another number, but it was still turned off. When she changed it again, it was still turned off.

After dialing 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 chatted and said a few words. There was a whimpering sound, and she stood up quickly, her face turning white bit by bit.

Her hand holding the phone stiffened little by little. She held the phone close to her ear, listening to the roaring and whimpering sounds coming from the phone. She slowly lowered her head until the other party hissed. Hanging up the phone with a lung-piercing cry, the beautiful young woman fell down slumped.

Her face was constantly distorting, showing an extremely painful expression. She sat for a long time, stood up stiffly, opened the four-door wardrobe, and slowly packed her luggage. It took a long time to pack it out. A few sets of light-colored clothes and a few daily necessities were packed into 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, waiting for the domestic helpers to prepare the meal. After waiting for more than ten minutes, she still didn’t see her mother. She went to her bedroom to invite her mother. Did she knock on the door? The man responded and opened the door softly. There was no one in the bedroom, and he didn't see his mother when he went to the balcony.

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?"< br />
"No, I haven't had breakfast yet. Have you seen my mother?"

"Miss Xue, Madam went on a trip early this morning. Madam didn't tell you?" The housekeeper's mother was very surprised. Miss Xue didn't know that Madam had 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 understood, mother It’s not surprising that he often leaves at the drop of a hat.

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 of the Tantai family went out for a walk, the practitioners in the ancient martial arts community who had stayed overnight in Beijing and had not yet left Beijing had almost finished their breakfast and went for a walk to eat.

The leader of Zhenghua SchoolThe old man did not return to Y Nan yesterday. When he came to 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 out to the Taoist temple, took a taxi on the street, and went straight to Mr. Chao's house. Villa area.

The taxi will take the guest to the villa, pick up the card from the doorman and enter the villa, follow the guest's instructions around the villa area to reach the outside of the villa building designated by the guest, and help the guest open the trunk and carry the luggage. .

Mr. Ayufang paid the fee, waited for the taxi to drive by, and dragged two luggage trailers towards the home of the little girl from the Immortal Medicine Gate’s step-uncle.

The young and old of 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 The two couples were also lazy and stayed at home with their parents.

After dinner, I sat down for a while and then went downstairs to eat. I walked around the cobblestone pavement in the yard to massage the soles of my feet. The young ones were skipping rope and playing keyboards. Butler Hu took the family with him. The maid will clean the second floor first, while Fang’s mother takes a walk with the old lady downstairs.

When a taxi came to the door, the young and old people on the first floor knew that there was a passenger. 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 car, and she was stunned. He opened the gate and asked politely: "Good morning, which relative or friend of our family are you, old man?" , the little girl Shou Le asked me to carve some jade stones. It was inconvenient to bring them yesterday, so I sent them here today." The owner of Ayu Square looked at the girl inside the fence 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 his wife came to the front of the villa, Fang’s mother also hurried to greet the guests from afar and helped drag another Luggage cart only.

The young people of the Chao family were warm and courteous, and the master of the Ayu family also followed the local customs. He handed his luggage to the host's family and left empty-handed. He walked up to the welcoming host and shook hands with the old man of the Chao family: "I just came here yesterday. , I’m here again today, sorry to bother you.”

“Where, thank you for helping me carve something, and I’m sorry for the trouble of you personally delivering it. It’s so hard on you.” Mr. Chao held the guest’s hand and asked Guests enter the tea room on the first floor to drink tea.

Mr. Chao Er and his wife said hello to each other and accompanied the guests into the hall with their parents and then to the small tea room. Mrs. Chao Er and Fang’s mother 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 introduced his surname to the host. Mr. Chao and Mrs. Chao called the guest "Mr. Hao", and Miss Chao ErDrag the luggage trailer into the reception room and place it not far from the guests, and sit down in the last seat.

Mrs. Chao Er and Mrs. Fang went up to the second floor and brought tea and dried fruits downstairs to entertain the distinguished guests and drink a cup of tea. Master Ayu went to drag the luggage trailer to the guest seat, untied the rope and opened the cardboard box. , and there is a protective foam layer inside. Take it out together and open it. There is something protected in the foam box, and it is wrapped in a soft cloth.

The master of Ayufang took out the big tripod, placed it gently on the ground, untied the soft cloth, and revealed a golden round belly tripod with a neck, three legs, and a carved lion head on the round belly. The shape of the tripod has ears that can be held. 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 pull 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 exquisite. There are ropes to 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 held out a larger cauldron, opened another slightly smaller box, and took out a small golden cauldron. It had no space in the middle and was a solid three-legged cauldron with a round belly. , the other appearance is similar to that of 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 owner 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 the owners of the Chao family. The boxes contained bowls, Spoons, chopsticks and jewelry are all gold and beautifully carved.

The old man and the old lady wanted to wipe their sweat. Xiao Lele was so generous. He actually made something out of gold and jade. The collectors in the jade world will probably feel sad for a long time when they see it.

“The little girl said that we should focus on making the tripod first, so I carved these two large pieces first. In order not to miss the little girl’s business, I first brought these two tripods to Beijing. Little girl, there are still a few delicate works that will probably be completed in the middle of the month."

Showing the completed objects to the Chao family master, the Ayu family master packed the things again and put them in small boxes. It was put into the tripod's belly, then bandaged, put into a foam box, put into a cardboard box again, tied up with a rope, and moved to the side.

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.

After Ayufang master 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: "The medicinal food prepared by the little girl is wonderful."

"It suits the old man's taste. If you don't mind, I will put some in there, old man." Take it home for drinking."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter." Master Ayubo smiled widely.

Mr. Chao immediately went to another hall, took the bag, opened the unsealed 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 carrying more than 30 preserved eggs 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 happier 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 his owners with the preserved eggs in his arms.

The taxi that the three-generation family took to see the guests out of sight disappeared. 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 came were the heads of the Religious Affairs Management Office. They were both state officials and lay people. One of them was bald, his surname was Zhang, and he was known as Jushi Zhang, a man with long hair, surnamed Zhao, was known as Jushi Zhao.

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 his old lady at home, they happily greeted the whole family.

"Jushi Zhang and Jushi Zhao, what kind of wind brought you two here today, please come in." 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, then 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?"

Layman Zhang and layman Zhao looked at each other in confusion. After some time, Zhao Jushi 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 some Taoists from Wandao Island have come to Beijing." We heard that people from all Taoist sects came to visit Mr. Chao’s house yesterday, which made us very surprised. We came here to ask Mr. Chao why the people from various Taoist sects came to visit us.”

Mr. Chao looked at the two of them in surprise. The guests did not make any remarks. Chao Sheng'an smiled like an Amitabha Buddha: "You two don't know. Yesterday was the apple of my third brother's eye. The youngest girl of our Lao Chao family turned fifteen years old. According to ancient rituals, hairpins are said to be People from all walks of life respect the seniors who taught our little girl medical skills. They all respect the old and love the young. They come to Lao Chao's house in Beijing to give gifts to our little girl. This matter is something that our whole family also appreciates.I was shocked, because I didn’t know the etiquette of the world, so the owner of Sanweixuan had full control over the arrangements. "

"It turns out it was the little girl Fangchen yesterday? We were rude. "Zhang Jushi and Zhao Jushi suddenly realized. No wonder Secretary Chao and Minister Chao were at work yesterday, but the Chao family was full of guests. It 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 all came to celebrate the birthday of the little righteous grandson of the Chao family. Even Taoist people from Wandao came, which shows how influential the little girl is.

What they were most confused about What on earth did the little girl do that alerted the Buddhists and Taoists to come to Beijing to celebrate the little girl’s birthday? Moreover, it seemed that the little girl was not at home yet.

The two laymen were shocked in their hearts. I didn’t show it to anyone, 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 the humble house to congratulate our children, which made us the locals. The elders are deeply disturbed. "

"Dr. Chao is modest. The little girl has superb medical skills and is an extraordinary person. It is natural for her to have a big birthday. But we were a little reckless and invited a lot 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 was so complimentary..."

Both parties exchanged a few polite words. Jushi Zhang and Jushi Zhao found out what they wanted to know, so they didn't want to stay longer and took their leave. Chao Er and his wife sent the two lay people out of the courtyard to see if their car was lucky before returning to the hospital.

"Chao Er, they manage religious affairs just like they do. Why did they come to our house to investigate? What questions would they not ask people from the Buddhist and Taoist sect? "Seeing his son return, Mr. Chao felt relieved and 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 if the guests would come to their home. How do they know what the family’s intentions are.

“Grandpa, please calm down, we don’t know ordinary people. "Chao Yufu quickly helped his grandparents to act cute and comfort the depressed old people's glass hearts.

"Dad, don't pay attention to such trivial matters. I guess yesterday's guests were a little too powerful. They are afraid of gathering a crowd to plot something, such as recommending our little dumpling to be the leader of the alliance. They are afraid that the little dumpling will be taken advantage of, so they come to ask. "

Chao Sheng'an wants to curse. If the two of them have any questions, can't they ask him to chat alone? If they insist on doing it this way, their old man and his wife will be unhappy.

"Pfft, our little group is only so old, they can't figure out who to be the leader of the alliance. "The old lady is happyWell, their little pink dumplings are as cute and delicate as little glutinous rice dumplings. How could they have nothing to do and start forming gangs and become some kind of martial arts hero?

“That’s right, our little dumpling is still a kid who hasn’t grown up yet. Who would be fooled into recommending us as the leader of the alliance? The owner of Sanweixuan said that the guests wanted to get married because of Xiao Lele’s superior medical skills. Good luck, if someone encounters any incurable disease someday, it will be convenient to ask Xiao Lele to see a doctor."

Chao Yufu also agreed with Grandma, Xiao Lele is a foodie, so he is not unified. No matter how ambitious she is in the world, her favorite thing is to run all over the mountains, looking for rare and exotic herbs to make medicine and make delicious food.

With his granddaughter staying with him at home, the old man and the old lady’s depression dissipated as quickly as it came. Not to mention the two lay people, they went for a walk together and did some aerobic exercise.