[Red House Chai Dai] Salted Pork Knuckle, Crab Rice Wine

Ying'er was originally not resentful that Baochai was being squeezed out, and seeing that Sang Luo was like this, she followed suit, so she stepped forward with the courage to protect her lord.At this moment, seeing that King Bei Jing paid a lot of attention to her, and ordered someone to fetch wine to drink with her, she began to feel uncomfortable, looking at Baochai frequently, not sure whether the wine should be drunk or not, she Will such a reckless move bring trouble to Baochai?

Baochai saw that the King of Beijing was very interested, so naturally she couldn't say anything. In addition, she knew that Ying'er was addicted to alcohol, and she expected to drink a few more jars. Don't thank you?"

Yinger was overjoyed.At that moment, the waiter came over with a wine jar and poured a few seas with her.

Although there are many maids around King Beijing and the eldest princess, there is a difference in dignity in the mansion of King Beijing. The eldest princess has long been ostracized by Sang Luo. Sisterly harmony?Because of this, Yinger's appearance is different from ordinary servants, she behaves neither humble nor overbearing, and she has an air of agility.The Eldest Princess watched happily from the side, and said with a busy smile: "Drinking too much makes one easy to get drunk, so one has to eat something to cushion it. Which dish do you like, little girl, I'll order someone to pick it up with you."

Baochai's heart skipped a beat as she listened.She has personally experienced the flirtatiousness of Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess.Busily smiling and leaning back, she said, "Your Highness, the Princess, praises her too much." Seeing that the waiter next to her was already busy serving Ying'er's dishes, Baochai said again, "Excessive drinking is tasteless. In fact, it was just an order from Mrs. Jia's daughter. Think about it carefully. But it's interesting. Although I'm not talented, I managed to make a lie, and it's all for making people laugh."

When the eldest princess heard the words, she really forgot Ying'er, and said repeatedly: "Since Mr. Xue has something good, why don't you tell me quickly."

Baochai then opened her mouth and said slowly, "My daughter is sad, and the wind, knife, frost and sword are always urging me; my daughter is sad, and the lonely leaves are drifting and chasing the water; Just as he was about to applaud, Baochai said again: "I run around every day, but I can't find the music in this new age. After thinking about it, there are a few old works in his year, which are accompanied by the sound of the piano. I'm afraid I can barely make it." You can still listen to it."

On the one hand, he walked up to a Le Ji at the end of the banquet and said, "borrow the piano and use it." After trying a few notes at random, everyone heard the sound of the piano, and then Baochai's clear chant. When I heard the sound of the piano, I didn't realize that it was a que "Linjiang Immortal", which said:

"Spring dances in front of Baiyutang, and the east wind blows evenly. Bees and butterflies are in chaos. How many times have you followed the flowing water, why should you be left behind by the fragrant dust. Thousands of strands will never change, let him gather and divide. Shaohua has no roots, It’s good that the wind will take advantage of it and send me to Qingyun.”

At the end of the song, Baochai explained with a smile: "Now is the time of peace and prosperity, I hope that the good wind will take advantage of it, and get the protection of Tao Zhugong, so that our business will have a lot of money."

Everyone listened to her explanation, neither humble nor overbearing, and her words were very appropriate.At first, when they heard her say "My daughter is sad and happy", others thought she was just feeling that her life experience was drifting away, and they felt sorry for her. When she said "The ambition of Qingyun rises with the wind", some people dismissed her as a mere daughter. What kind of ambitions can the family have? When she said "Linjiang Fairy" and explained that she hoped that the good wind would take advantage of it to protect their shipping business. Thoughtful and appropriate.Isn't it just for wealth and honor that people gather here?

There are also some people who are good at writing, chewing on the meaning of these words carefully, and feel that the daughter's four sentences are just Baochai's sentimental words, expressing his own life experience and expressing his thoughts about the future, while Na Que's "Linjiang" Fairy", but the style is elegant, revealing a faint pattern of mind.However, this kind of words were written by Baochai, a woman who is famous for her business management skills, but her literary name is not obvious, and she suddenly felt ashamed.The king of Beijing has always loved talents, but for a while, he didn't know what to do with Baochai.Previously Jia Baoyu was not friendly to Baochai, the prince of Beijing had a little sense of it, and he only said that Baochai was a relative of his family, and he did things that were harmful to the virtue of his daughter, which brought shame to Jia's family.Now Shui Rong is grateful for Baochai's talent, not only dissatisfied that Baoyu is too small, but also kind of grateful that he made provocative words, so that he can know that Baochai's talent is as good as it is.

The rest of the people were overjoyed by Baochai's words of praying for wealth and honor, but Shui Rong paid more attention to the beauty of the words themselves, so they asked Baochai, "I have to say something that makes people look at the table. place?"

Hearing this, Baochai hurriedly drank the door cup, looked at the steamed rabbit meat with red dates and chestnuts at the banquet, and said, "White rabbit." After speaking, she bowed her head and retreated, keeping her voice quiet, and said nothing more.

After reading her daughter's four sentences and a song "Linjiang Fairy", Shui Rong no longer dared to underestimate Baochai's talent and character. Seeing that she often double-tapped on the machine, she savored the possible deep meaning in "Songqiong White Rabbit" and realized that "White Rabbit" Clothes are not as good as new, and people are not as good as old."Originally, he had a deep impression of Yinger's sweetness and simplicity, and he also had a faint idea of ​​wanting to take this maid over to admire her carefully, but so far he has cut off this thought, and treats her seriously as a gentleman.

The eldest princess doesn't have so many twists and turns in her heart. She has a bright personality and can read and write, but it's a pity that she has been treated like a marionette by Sang Luo all these years, and gradually she doesn't think about anything.Who knows that although Sang Luo has some abilities, he is a complete layman in the allusions of the way of poetry, how can he understand so much?

Therefore, no one in the eldest princess' family could understand that Ying'er had been drinking on her behalf and exposed the matter, but Baochai suddenly came forward to repeat the drinking order, let alone the hidden meaning of "Congqiong White Rabbit".The eldest princess saw that after Baochai read "The Immortal of Linjiang", everyone in the field started to ask Baochai for advice. She only thought it was elegant and fun, but she couldn't say it was famous. Ying'er was drinking, and while Ying'er was drinking, she told the servants beside her: "Give her more vegetables." Seeing that Ying'er drank sweetly, she asked, "Can you drink more?"

How did Ying'er know Baochai's worry, seeing that the eldest princess treated her very kindly, coupled with her strong wine and courage, she gradually became more relaxed. Then he smiled and said: "The wine here is good, obviously it has been aged for many years. The same is true for the wine in our hometown. It has to be buried in the ground for many years, so it is good to drink. In autumn, it is served with crabs. Eating is the most unique thing."

When the eldest princess heard it, she hurriedly said: "It's the season to eat crabs. I have already ordered the crabs to be ready. I don't know when they will be served?"

The people below obeyed the orders of their superiors. Crabs were a rare commodity after all. Because the eldest princess didn't say anything, the best hairy crabs were all steamed in cages. Who would dare to serve them up on their own?It's just that it's not easy to say this clearly to the eldest princess, so they all said with a smile: "I originally planned to go at this time, because I saw that everyone's drinking orders are unique, and I saw that this girl is good at drinking, so I watched it for a while." . ” Then a series of voices summoned that he wanted to serve crabs.

After a while, all the waiters came up with crabs, and they didn't dare to eat too much because of their manners, so they just took one each.King Beijing was in a high position, so he didn't have to be so cautious, but he had a cold stomach and didn't want to eat more, so he looked at Baoyu with his eyes.Naturally, Baoyu knew what King Beijing meant, and the two got along very intimately. In the past, Baoyu would take the initiative to serve her without waiting for what the King of Beijing said. lost momentum.However, she did not dare to offend the King of Beijing, so she hesitated again and again, thinking in her heart: Baochai fell in love with Feng Yuan, and she had such a big fight with Aunt Xue, what face would she have?No matter how flattering he was, the man he was serving was the King of Beijing Jing, the famous virtuous king, who was completely different from her.Thinking like this, Baoyu finally made up his mind, stood up with a smile, rolled up his sleeves, cleaned his hands again, split the crab meat finely, and offered it to the King of Beijing.

Baochai looked at each other coldly, seeing Baoyu serving so diligently in front of Shui Rong, she felt mixed feelings in her heart, and thought to herself, it turns out that Baoyu is not only meticulous and considerate in front of women, but also caressingly when serving men. With such intentions, why bother to put on a high-minded appearance along with the economic and official career?It can be seen that the so-called nobility is just to cover up one's own incompetence.

Baochai was thinking like this, but her hands were not messed up.She is a person who has participated in the palace election, and she is meticulous in etiquette, and she is quite pleasing to the eye when eating crabs.Most of the people here are disciples of aristocratic families, so they are not bad in eating etiquette, but no one can cook as elegantly and beautifully as her.

Seeing it from the side, the eldest princess couldn't help praising: "As expected of Mr. Xue! Such a talent, I said that I would keep it by my side, but the imperial concubine is not convenient... Sigh..."

Sang Luo hurriedly coughed.Speaking of which, this was still a matter of Baochai's palace election.At that time, the eldest princess had already taken a fancy to Baochai, and she meant to ask her to be a reading companion by her side, to be with her day and night, but when Baochai was selected, she used playing the piano as a talent, but she violated the rules of Empress Yuanchun, who was also proficient in the piano. Taboo, so lost.Few of the people at the banquet knew this allusion, so they pricked up their ears to listen, and seeing that the Eldest Princess kept her mouth shut, she was a little disappointed in her heart, so she had to put it aside.

The failure of the palace election was originally a sad thing for Baochai. At that time, she firstly blamed the voice in Jinsuo for deliberately calculating, secondly lamented that Empress Yuanchun was deep-minded and too guarded, and thirdly bothered that the eldest princess bullied others and had bad intentions.It's just that time has passed, and when I think about it now, Baochai has an inexplicable sense of gratitude in his heart.What if he really succeeded in entering the palace?More than ten years have been wasted, and the matter of her daughter's valley has nothing to do with her, and it is impossible for her to have the opportunity to flex her muscles in the business field and live up to what she has learned in her life... Things that were dreamed of at that time, but now that I think about it, I am lucky Never got it, the world changes, how impermanent.

Baochai was full of mixed feelings when he suddenly heard someone shouting: "How can there be no poems today when you hold the claws to appreciate flowers? I have always admired Xue Jun's talent, so I asked Xue Jun to write a poem. How about it?" Baochai looked back. , see it is Baoyu.He drank a few cups of wine in a row, and vented his feelings in front of Baochai again, feeling quite depressed and resentful. At this time, seeing the eldest princess came to praise Baochai again, the king of Beijing Jing also expressed his appreciation, and he didn't feel more It was jealous and hated, and inadvertently started to make trouble again.

King Bei Jing frowned slightly.What a see-through person he is, he has already felt Baoyu's hostility towards Baochai at this moment.He thought that there was a reason for this hostility, maybe it had something to do with his admiration of Baochai, so it was inconvenient to blame him deeply, but he is a person who loves talents, so he began to worry that Baochai would not be provoked and would make a fool of himself in front of the public.Just when I was worried, I heard Baochai say: "To tell you the truth, I only care about business preparations these days, and I have no chance to pay attention to the way of poetry and prose. Fortunately, in my spare time in the past, I made up a random poem. It's fitting, now that the Jia brothers have brought up this matter, they must come out to make a fool of themselves, and have a good time."

Seeing that Baochai clearly has a plan in mind and wants to be tough with Baoyu to the end, all the people are watching the excitement and applauding.Seeing such a scene, the eldest princess and the king of Beijing couldn't help being interested. They wanted to see what masterpiece Baochai would come up with to compete with Baoyu.

The girls in Jinxiangyuan often hand in hand with dignitaries, so their knowledge is limited, but they are fully prepared with pens, inks, papers and inkstones.Not long after, the excellent Langhao duan inkstone and Xuelang paper were brought in.Baochai splashed the ink with a brush, and the pen was like a snake, and it was done on the paper.

Because the ink was not dry, it was not easy to present it to the eldest princess and the king of Beijing for a closer look, so everyone recommended Han Qi to recite the poem, only to hear him say loudly:

"Osmanthus sits in the shade of Tongyin and raises his glass, Chang'an salivates in anticipation of the Double Ninth Festival. The road in front of him has no latitude and longitude, and the skin is black and yellow in spring and autumn. Chrysanthemum is used before the wine is washed out, and ginger is used to prevent cold accumulation. What is the benefit of falling into the cauldron now? , Yuepu is empty and has the fragrance of millet.”

After reading a few sentences, there was a moment of silence during the banquet, and they all applauded in unison.