Blissful Days After Widowhood - Chapter 56
Old Master Wen took a sip with a spoon. The sweetness of the pumpkin filled the whole mouth, and even the whole spoonful of porridge soup became sweet. Although the grains of millet were blooming, the grains were distinct when eaten in the mouth, and it was not as rotten as the average person made.
After a few mouthfuls of hot porridge, Old Master Wen felt his whole body warm up.
“There’s no sugar in the porridge, but it’s sweet. The added water didn’t dilute the flavor of the pumpkin. Your porridge is really good. Who is your teacher?”
He asked for Gu Yin’s apprenticeship, obviously he was a connoisseur of food.
To outsiders, Gu Yin couldn’t talk about the immortal in her dreams, so she pretended not to know, “My family does some small food business every day. It’s not difficult to cook porridge. Where do I need to learn from others?”
Old Master Wen frowned and wondered if it was because he was too old, or because he had been hungry for too long, and his sense of taste was out of whack, so he felt that the porridge cooked by this farmer’s daughter-in-law was extremely accurate, not worse than the imperial chef.
Without waiting for him to ask more, Gu Yin found an excuse to hide.
Old Master Wen finished the whole pot of porridge in a gentle manner, and went out of the house with strength.
Although the two old ladies were unpleasant, Old Master Wen knew that his fainting had nothing to do with them. He was not their relative, but they brought him home and cooked a bowl of porridge for him, which was considered a favor to him.
Should he give them money directly? That approach seemed a bit too vulgar.
He remembered that the family seemed to have a scholar, so what about sending two famous paintings or a book?
Old Master Wen walked outside the main room, thinking about how to repay.
At that time, in the main room, Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xu were nibbling melon seeds and grinding their teeth.
Mrs. Xu blamed Mrs. Wang, “Why did you gesture to me at that time? The leader didn’t care much, so we shouldn’t have too. It’s a shame that the old man was just starving. If he really wanted to do something wrong, we couldn’t do anything.”
“What did you say? How could I know he was so easily dizzy? Besides, weren’t you in a hurry to watch the play at that time?”
In the end, it was still her own choice, and Mrs. Wang was also guilty, so she quickly changed the subject and said, “Do you think this old man…has a problem here?” She pointed to her own head.
Mrs. Xu nodded and said, “He must be crazy. He dressed brightly in front of us, and spoke with confidence. When he said that he would cover up the expenses of the troupe to sing for us for a month, I really thought he was rich and powerful. But he fainted from hunger, how could a rich person not be able to eat?”
Mrs. Wang nodded, “No wonder he said that the Emperor’s relegation of civil servants was a taboo in the play. What did it have to do with him? He was crazy to worry about it at first.”
“Haha, did you hear that crazy old man say he wanted to repay us when he woke up? He was talking about giving money and famous paintings.”
“Well, we don’t care. Anyway, we should do whatever he says for a while. It’s not good to confront him again.”
Old Master Wen was talented and intelligent. At the age of twenty, he was recognized by the Emperor as a champion. Before the age of thirty, he entered Zhiwen Yuan Pavilion and served as the Prince’s Master. He became a minister of real power in the three dynasties. Even when he was allowed to resign, he had to do a lot of superficial work and was personally sent out of the capital.
Right now, when Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Wang were talking about the “crazy old man”, Old Master Wen who heard it almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
With a dark face, he turned and walked toward the door.
Gu Yin met him at the door and hurriedly said, “Slow down, it’s getting dark and the roads in the alley are not simple to walk. Let me get you a lantern.”
As soon as he walked to the door, he tripped over a stone and staggered and almost fell.
Gu Yin was startled, and quickly said, “How can you get out without lighting the lantern? Just hold the lantern!”
The old man said without turning his head, “I don’t want it! I’m crazy. Will I be afraid to walk at night?”
Gu Yin didn’t know why he was so angry all of a sudden, so she could only watch him go away in confusion.
…………
There was traffic on the narrow Jinyi Alley. When Old Master Wen came out, he was dizzy and went around in circles. It took a lot of time to find the road to his home.
It was already dark when he returned to his house.
At that time, the door of the house was open, and all the family members were holding torches. His eldest son was assigning someone to find him.
Seeing him appear suddenly, he immediately ran down the steps and said anxiously, “Where did you go? I couldn’t find you!”
Seeing the old man’s face ashen again, he immediately said, “Father, don’t worry. I’ve sent Wen Lang to the ancestral hall. He is kneeling in front of his ancestors to reflect, waiting for you to come back.”
Old Master Wen said angrily, “Why did you lock him up?”
Although Eldest Master Wen was middle-aged, he was still quite afraid of his father, and his voice suddenly dropped, “Didn’t he lose you?”
Mrs. Wen laughed angrily, “How can such a big man be lost?”
Eldest Master Wen asked tentatively again, “Then you are…”
Mrs. Wen couldn’t say that he was so embarrassed that he went to the stage and was carried by two women, and he was more embarrassed to say that he fainted from hunger when arguing with others.
Looking at his eldest son’s inquiring and caring gaze, he held it back for a long time, and finally said something——
“It’s up to you! I’m crazy!”
Eldest Master Wen was so stunned that he fell silent, and did not dare to ask any more questions.
Seeing that Old Master Wen entered the house with his hands behind his back, Eldest Master Wen quickly followed.
Going around the wall, Old Master Wen suddenly stopped and ordered, “Take some silver taels, two famous paintings and two books in the private library of my study room, I want to give them away.”
“Where?”
“Send to…”
Old Master Wen was speechless. D*mn, he didn’t take the lantern! Where did those two families live?!
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