[Qing Chuan+Red Mansion] Mr. Lin from the Lin family

Lin Hai's left foot was mixed with his right foot, and he was almost unsteady and made a fool of himself. While holding back his smile, his face was contorted, and he had to cup his hands at Jia She, "Thank you, uncle, for your understanding!"

Jia She waved his hands and said, "It's easy to say, easy to say, we are all a family, so there's no need to worry about it! I'm a soft-hearted person, but I can't do things that embarrass others!"

Jia Hu was silent. If it wasn't for his livid face, no one would have thought that he was thinking about the possibility of killing his father. As for Jia Lian, who was completely pretending to be an ancient man, he really just lowered his head deeply, even if he was ashamed. Can listen, who tells the son not to speak of the father's mistakes.

Lin Hai suppressed the blue veins on his forehead, and smoothed things over: "I don't know if my uncle likes the dishes here. Compared with the capital, the dishes here may be lighter."

"It's just that it's my uncle's first visit, Ruhai wants you to try something new, if you don't like the food, there is a small kitchen in the guest house, you can let people cook it according to your uncle's taste. "

When Jia Amnesty heard this, he said proudly: "Brother-in-law is wrong. In terms of learning, the hundred I bundled up are not as tall as you, but when it comes to eating, drinking and having fun, my brother-in-law is not as good as me."

Jia Hu and Jia Lian breathed a sigh of relief, they were finally safe, and couldn't help but look grateful at Lin Hai, after all, they still want face!

Lin Hai said seriously, "What brother-in-law said is very true. There are some advantages and disadvantages. Ruhai would like to hear more about it."

When Jia Amnesty heard it, the brother-in-law who was the beauty Tan Hua seriously discussed the issue with him back then, which is really embarrassing!He felt that he was being valued. Of course, he also had self-knowledge, knowing that it was for his sister's sake, but he just felt at ease.

So he explained: "My humble opinion, since I came out to play, it is naturally based on local dishes. If I go to other places and still eat the usual meals, it is meaningless. Why don't you just sit in a teahouse and listen to the storyteller directly?" Lectures are convenient, and save the pain of traveling, Ruhai, do you think what I say makes sense?"

Lin Hai tasted it for a while, and applauded: "What my uncle said, when you taste it carefully, there is a deep meaning hidden in it, and it contains a certain truth. When a person should do something, he will do it. If you keep looking forward and backward, it will lose the fun! "

Jia She's eyes widened. What was my brother-in-law talking about? I said it just for fun. Why did I talk so much? I didn't know that there was such a deep meaning in my words?

The so-called loser does not lose, Jia Amnesty can only pretend to be inscrutable, hands behind his back, and walked to his seat like an old pedant, thinking about asking his champion son later.

Jia Hu and Jia Lian, on the other hand, cast their eyes on Lin Hai in admiration. Uncle is really amazing, and his stupid father who was directly fooled by this directly shut up willingly.

The next day will be the first important day after birth, Xisan.

On the third watch, Lin Hai held Lin Ruijin and opened the gate of the ancestral hall. After kowtowing to his ancestors, he asked the housekeeper Lin Zhong to bring Lin Ruijin back first, and he continued the tedious ancestor worship activities by himself.

At the beginning of Chen Shi, Jia Amnesty took Jia Hu and Jia Lian to carry things like calico, hen, pig's feet, rice, noodles, eggs, vermicelli, etc., and placed them under the window outside Jia Min's room.

Knock the window three times, and then said: "Sister, brother is here to bring you oil and water."

Jia Min agreed: "Brother, don't worry, everything is fine here, sister."

Lin Hai opened the flower hall connected to the delivery room and said, "Brother brother is tired, come in and have a banquet."

This banquet represents the land of the hostess, whether he attaches importance to his wife's family, the richer, the more wine and meat, the more respect, especially the steamed white meat, which is absolutely indispensable.

When making this dish, you usually use freshly slaughtered pork, choose fat and thin pork, chop it off and put it in white water or sauerkraut soup until it is half-cooked. A small amount of blood.

Then use a kitchen knife to cut into thin slices and put them on a large plate, sprinkle with salt noodles and green onions and steam for 10 minutes. This is steamed white meat, also called Furou.

(Nowadays, when people make steamed white meat, in order to look good and delicious, they will add thirteen spices and soy sauce before steaming)

Most of the Manchus need blessed meat on festivals. This is a kind of blessing. During the Chinese New Year, the blessed meat rewarded by the palace is also the same. It is definitely not boiled fat meat. I hope that all the important ministers will have diarrhea and can't get out of bed the next day.

This set is called giving milk. It means that the young daughter-in-law is supported by her natal family, and the other is to show off her family's financial and military strength.

Because before the Manchus entered the customs, both the concubine and the first wife were regarded as regular wives, but they needed to be called the first wife as a sister, and they had to greet each other first, but their status was almost the same, and the children they gave birth to had the same inheritance rights.

At this time, we need to see whose natal family is tougher, so that men have to be more scruples, and the table prepared by the man's family represents the status of the wife.

There was a large table full of meat and vegetables. Fortunately, when Jia She was in the capital, he was already used to being abused by the Shi family who was used to big fish and big meat. He didn't have any fear, and he just ate meat and drank heavily.

Jia Hu's stomach is not as strong as his father's, and he really can't show his heroic side, so he can only eat slowly, and finally understands why yesterday's banquet was exquisite but too plain.

Jia Lian was brought up by Jia Hu, so his taste is naturally more similar to Jia Hu's. Look at his dad who eats big chunks, and look at his uncle who is smiling and drinking with him.

Thinking of yesterday's topic of his brother-in-law being a terrifying creature, Jia Lian suddenly realized, could it be that this was a trick he came up with to get revenge on his brother-in-law?

Oh, this man is wise!

In fact, Lin Hai is also a little dumbfounded at the moment, his elder brother is really honest enough, he really choked.

The Manchu people were nomads in the past, and their living conditions were really bad, and they depended entirely on hunting for their livelihood. Therefore, the wine and meat were naturally good things, and the fatter they became, the more expensive they became.

However, in today's life, especially the wealthy people, they all pay attention to food and fine meat, and it is rare to really like fat meat.

The reason why there is a saying "why not eat minced meat" is that this meat has long been synonymous with greasy in the eyes of wealthy people.

So, generally this is just a formality, no one really wants to eat, just eat and drink as much as you want, and it’s good to have all the etiquette.

But now in this situation, should I call a stop, or not?Naturally, Lin Hai didn't feel sorry for that bit of flesh, but if it really gave Jia Amnesty a treat, how would this relative get along with him in the future?There is no way to explain to Jia Min when I look back!

But if it was called to stop, the Lin family and the Jia family would be making jokes. On the one hand, they would be called stingy, and on the other hand, they would be called gluttonous. Anyway, there are no good things to say.

At this moment, Lin Hai was so regretful that he almost bumped into the wall. How could he not turn his head? He just remembered to follow the ancient rituals and look for a good omen, so why did he forget that Jia Enhou is a stick? !

Fortunately, Jing Zhe's mind turned quickly, and he came over and said, "Master, the old lady of the general department has invited me to take a bath for the young master. There are still many people waiting for blessings outside. Do we need to go to the next step quickly, so as not to worry about it?" Is it past auspicious time?"

This auspicious food is also a method that was thought up later, which is intended to make the poor people around them happy. After all, it is still a small number of people who can eat meat every meal. Of course, the main thing is to avoid waste.

However, they usually come to pray for blessings after the banquet in the afternoon (begging for food such as blessing meat, referred to as begging for blessings, that is, praying for blessings), and then the rich families will distribute the leftover blessing vegetables (folding baskets) from the banquet to the poor People or little beggars.

When Jia Amnesty heard this, he quickly put down his chopsticks, took the water and basin handed over by the maid to clean his mouth, wiped his hands and mouth with a handkerchief, and said: "Hurry up, hurry up, take it here, so that everyone around you can also feel happy, give me Great nephew accumulates good luck!"

Lin Hai wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and blocked the corners of his mouth by the way, it turns out that you are pressing down too hard!

In the room, Jia Min listened to the little maids' reports in a low voice, and was really angry and funny. Daiyu just pursed her lips and smiled and said nothing because she had learned yesterday that her uncle was out of tune.

After Lin Ruijin was stunned, she was sure that Jia She was actually a scheming old dude, but neither Lin Daiyu nor Lin Ruijin hated Jia She.

Lin Hai and Jia She came to the courtyard, and at this time guests began to come in one after another, and the servants outside sang that the master of the xx family and his wife/eldest son/daughter watch the wash (joy).

It is not easy for the Lin family to have heirs, and daughters are extremely precious. With a boy inheriting the family business, he naturally pays more attention to it. Even Lin Hai, who has always been low-key, chose to make a big deal on the day when his youngest son died.

Near noon, Lin Zhong asked someone to come over and said, "Mrs. Fengsheng and Zhen Yingjia are here to watch the washing, and they will be at the gate soon."

Lin Hai frowned, disgusted, it seemed that it was noon, and this man came over a little bit, just to show his dignity, but what if he missed the time for washing three?

But the old lady of the Zhen family, even the emperor gave her some face. The previous few times when she went to the south of the Yangtze River, she was directly picked up by the Zhen family, and then directly lived in the Zhen family's courtyard.

Jia Hu came over at this time and said: "Uncle is busy here, the Zhen family and our family are old relatives, my father and I will go there, I think it is not good to delay this auspicious time, and his Zhen family can understand."

There is a saying that this wash three must start a little before noon and finish at the beginning of noon, because the sun is at its fullest at noon, which means to get rid of evil spirits and prevent ghosts and the like from getting close to the child.

But if it doesn't end at [-]:[-] noon, it will directly ruin the auspicious time, because usually the execution time of the beheaded prisoner is [-]:[-] noon, who wants their child's auspicious time to collide with this?

This may be a superstition, but washing three books is a custom with blessings, and naturally it is better to believe that there is something than nothing.

The Lin family, Lin Hai, and the Zhen family, Zhen Yingjia, each control half of Jiangnan's finances. The Lin family collects taxes for the court and controls the salt industry, while Zhen Yingjia apparently contributes money to the emperor's private treasury.

However, after Zhen Yingjia collected the money, she was unwilling to return the treasury. Instead, she used the money to recruit soldiers for the eldest prince Yinti, but secretly supported the eighth prince Yinti.

Let's not say whether the Zhen family is bold or not, but just talking about the ability to hold money is not trivial.

Although Lin Hai is a staunch royalist, and the Lin family has joined the Han army banner, Lin Hai is still of Han blood in his bones. He believes that the system of heir inheritance is the authentic one. are opposites.

At this moment, the Zhen family's actions have to be thought-provoking. It is despicable and disgusting to deliberately delay the auspicious time for the family's children to wash their hands.

Jia Hu stepped forward at this moment to help the Lin family out of an emergency. Lin Hai couldn't help feeling grateful, and cupped his hands to Jia She, "Then Ru Hai will thank you, brother-in-law."

Jia She waved his hands and frowned and muttered: "What's the matter, no wonder this old lady of the Zhen family has a good relationship with the old lady in our house, and their practices are all in the same line, so it makes people trouble!"

The sound was not loud, but it was heard by several people nearby. The story inside, the people around winked each other's eyes, and it came down in one continuous line, which actually added to the trouble.

Jia Hu has no idea that his family should not be publicized, and he has no intention of making friends with the Zhen family. It's just a matter of face. I don't care if history will go its way, but neither the elder brother nor the eighth elder brother will succeed to the throne. , This is for sure, but the bluffing Zhen family knows that there will be no good results, so there is really no need to waste energy.

Therefore, Jia Hu waited for Jia Amnesty to finish complaining, and then took out the three bank notes prepared in advance and put them on the altar, so as not to come in later and miss the rejoicing (washing).

The basin for washing three is a copper basin with auspicious patterns around it. In the basin are mugwort, locust tree branches, and green onions.

In winter, we go to the pine branches to get clean snow water, and then we put the charcoal on the basin to heat up before the auspicious time.

Lin Ruijin was taken off so much that only her red bellyband was left and handed over to the old lady of general practice. The old lady was full of energy, and she looked like a neat person. She supported Lin Ruijin with one hand, and splashed water to wash Lin Ruijin's body.

He said in his mouth: "Wash your hair, be a prince... wash your buttocks, and be a magistrate." Lin Ruijin was immediately amused, and the people around laughed too. Children like to play with water.

After washing, the old lady picked up the scallions and beat them lightly three times, saying, "The first dozen is smart, the second dozen is clever, and the third dozen is clear."

Lin Ruijin understood why there was a talk about washing the three-sound basin. After soaking the scallions, the smell of the scallions was not something a child could bear, especially Lin Ruijin's five senses were sensitive, and she immediately felt hot and choking, and she didn't want to cry. Possibly, the tears came down even more in pairs.

People around laughed and applauded, Lin Ruijin was wronged, and even Lin Hai and Daiyu, who were watching the ceremony, were so distressed that they twitched.

Daiyu hurriedly took the small quilt prepared in advance, covered her younger brother up, and urged her repeatedly: "Nurse Lin, my younger brother may be hungry, so send it back quickly so that the nanny can feed my younger brother."

Lin Hai also nodded and said: "Very, very, this is the time for feeding and sleeping on weekdays, and this child starts to sleep."