Chapter 283 Encounter

Jingling, east tea mountain villa.

There was another snowfall last night, and the ground was covered with a layer, just enough to cover the feet.

The snow day has just started and it's going to get colder.

Early in the morning, the gate of the mansion on the west side of Chashanzhuang opened, and servants came out in a file, carrying shovels and brooms and began to clear the snow in front of the gate. And just like the big family with "Xu Mansion" hanging on the door of this house, there are every household in Zhuangzi sweeping the snow.

Chashanzhuang produces tea, but its reputation is not supported by the tea here, but by the dozens of mansions here.

The environment of Chashanzhuang is very good, with beautiful mountains and clear waters, and it is close to the imperial city. If you take the official road, it only takes half an hour to get there. Because it is surrounded by mountains, it is warmer than the city in winter, and cooler in summer. Many wealthy families have purchased land in this village to build other courtyards.

The serious locals of Chashanzhuang now live in the north, and most of them work in various mansions. Their livelihood is worry-free, and their income is much more than that of growing tea and frying tea in the past.

Especially in winter, Zhuangzili is warmer than the city, and the environment is good, some big families in the city will come to live with their families for a while and wait until the spring is warm and the flowers bloom before returning to the city. Even some elderly people will live in Zhuangzi all the time, saying that they can live for two years longer if they touch the earth's air and rain.

In fact, there are many houses built by big families from other places in Zhuangzi. Some of these outsiders are even southerners. Why do they come here without waiting for the winter in a more suitable climate? Didn't he see the opportunity and want to get close to those nobles in the imperial city in Zhuangzi?

People in these doorways have seen a lot.

That is to say, the houses of these outsiders will often be bought and sold. This year it is the Zhang family, and next year it may be the Li family or the Wang family. Only those real red walls and high doors are unshakable.

For example, "Xu's Mansion" in the west was "Zhang's Mansion" a few years ago. I heard that the business failed, so I sold this house to cash out. The Xu family who took over the offer was also in business, with a huge stall.

Being rich is a way to squeeze into the tea farm. Of course, you have to be very rich.

In the words of the local people, people like "Xu's Mansion" are called "rich men", while those with red walls and high gates are called "rich and noble".

However, most of the servants of these wealthy families are found on Zhuangzi, unlike those wealthy families where almost all of them are old people from their own families. So although the locals look down on these rich men who "have a few stinky money" in their hearts, most of their revenue is paid by these rich men.

In the early morning, the servants of the Xu family had just swept away the snow outside the door, when two pretty figures like elves jumped and ran out of the door.

It's Miss Xu's family.

The people in the Zhuangzi only saw the young lady from the Xu family this year. They had only seen the young master before. I heard that the two young ladies from the Xu family were distant relatives of the head of the family, and now they lived in the Xu family.

They were two very beautiful and lively girls, and the people on Zhuangzi treated them kindly, at least on the surface.

The two young ladies don't usually like to go out, but whenever it snows, they will happily run out early in the morning to play snowball fights, make snowmen, and watch snow scenes. Although the surrounding snow was only a few inches thick this early winter, it did not hinder the liking of the two young ladies who rarely see snow scenes in the south.

"Miss, wait a moment, run slowly!"

"Ouch! Miss, don't run away!"

The elves looked lively, but they were exhausted by the maids who took care of the two of them. They had to carry a cloak to keep out the cold and a cart to play in the snow, and they were very tired after chasing after them.

"Hee hee, I'm going to run! If I run too slowly, what should I do when the snow melts?"

"Go, Zhidi, hurry up!"

He ran out heartlessly and far away, behind the giggling sound were two maids chasing hard with big and small bags.

The place where the two girls play in the snow is the big lawn outside the entrance of Zhuangzi. After winter, the withered grass on it can bear the falling snow very well, and it is easier to form snow accumulation than muddy ground or stone roads, and the lawn is rarely stepped on by people, so the snow accumulation will be very clean. Even if you fall on it, it won't stain your clothes.

Elder sister Xu Zhiyuan likes to make snowmen, while younger sister Xu Zhidi likes snowball fights more.

So the normal way for the two sisters to play with snow is generally: Xu Zhiyuan is building a snowman, and when the snowman is about to be built, Xu Zhidi throws a snowball from a distance. If you are lucky, you will hit the snowman, and your luck will be even better. Just hit the elder sister. Then the snow battle will officially enter the heat, and even the respective maids will be involved as foreign aid.

I am very happy, it snowed again last night, and this morning is still a sunny day, the scorching sun in winter makes me feel very comfortable. So at Xu Zhidi's insistence, the two sisters first built a snowman, and then stood together in the distance and hit it with snowballs.

This kind of gameplay can't be understood by ordinary people, it's better to smash each other.

At the right time, a carriage drove from the sidewalk to Zhuangzi, but when it passed the lawn, a snowball flew over and hit the curtain on the window.

The carriage stopped immediately.

The two girls laughed and didn't think it was a big deal. They comforted the flustered maid and said that she would just go up later and apologize to others.

The carriage stopped, and a man in a blue gown came down from it. This man was a bit strange, he looked to be in his fifties, but his hair was all white.

"It wasn't our intention to hit your car, sorry."

The two girls smiled fearlessly, bowed to the man who got out of the car, and apologized.

"It's okay. Are you having a snowball fight?" The man was also smiling, especially when he saw the sunshine on the faces of the two women when they apologized, his smile was even more gentle.

"Yes. Uncle, do you want to come and play together?"

"Don't make trouble! This official, we sisters are really sorry for accidentally hitting your carriage."

"Sister, why am I making trouble? This uncle also likes snowball fights, right uncle?"

The two sisters talked to each other, but it made the man a little embarrassed. He was an unusual person, how could he play snowball fights in the snow with two sixteen or seventeen-year-old girls?

"Hehe, I still have something to do at home today, so it's inconvenient to play with you. Let's go another day." The man smiled and waved, ready to turn around and get in the car to leave.

"Uncle, what's your name? We will live in Zhuangzi for a long time, and we will play with you tomorrow?"

"Zhidi! Why are you messing around! How can you ask someone's name like that?"

Although my sister was saying that my sister was being rude, she also looked curiously at the man who was about to get into the car.

"Hehe, my surname is Bai, and my name is Bai Changqing. I also live in Zhuangzi recently. It's the house near Taohuaxi."

After Bai Changqing finished speaking, she returned to the carriage and asked the coachman on the way, "Who belong to those two young ladies?"

"According to my lord, it is from the Xu family on the west side of Zhuangzi. I heard that it is the Xu family's distant house. The family suffered a lot, but the two little girls were sent to my family to be raised."