The identity of the direct son - Xu I's prosperous world

The third sister treated the crabs very meticulously. First, the crabs that had been spitting sand and sand in the clear water on the boat for several days were raised in the clear water at home for a few more days. Put the crab in the wine, smoke the crab drunk, then pick up the crab, put ginger slices on the navel of the crab, and wrap the crab with perilla leaves, then put it in the steamer to steam, and serve as soon as it is steamed table, let everyone eat while it is hot.

That's all, the dipping sauce she prepared is also very distinctive, not just ginger vinegar sauce, but also put oranges from the south in it, squeezed out the orange juice and mixed it in.

Because the crabs are handled well, there is no fishy smell at all, and there is a fragrance of perilla on it, and there is a little wine aroma, and the dipping sauce is also very suitable.

The fourth sister is not as caring as the third sister. She did not prepare eight pieces of crabs for the scholar-bureaucrats in the south of the Yangtze River, so she put two pairs of scissors on the table. The scissors are still used by female celebrities. Just use it.

The bowls and chopsticks were taken out of the treasures in the west courtyard. The bowls are exquisite pastels, and the chopsticks are a set of ivory chopsticks that I would never bear to use.

The fifth sister was gentle and gentle, prepared chrysanthemum wine, and brought a set of cups from her mother. It was made of ten flower cups burnt with colored glaze. Each of the ten flower cups had a different shape. It looks like okra, lotus, plum, hibiscus, etc., very beautiful.

The most precious thing in the set on the table is the ten flower cups.

It can also be seen from this that since Liu Yiniang gave birth to Brother Ying, there are indeed more and more good things from her.

But of course these were not in the eyes of Ji Heng and Xu Qilang.

Perhaps the two of them had seen too many good things, so they paid little attention to them.

But the third and fourth sisters will pay attention. Among all the aunts, her mother is the most beautiful, and the good things in the house are the best. The two sisters are five times more expensive than the eldest sister. The elder sisters are better, all because their mothers have been in charge of things, even now, Fourth Aunt has benefited from coping with his wife, Xu Shi, and is safe in handling things, she is still valued by Xu Shi, and sometimes entrusted with important tasks However, since Liu Yiniang gave birth to Brother Ying, there have been more and more good things from Liu Yiniang, and now the limelight has naturally overshadowed Fourth Yiniang.

The third sister and the fourth sister saw this and felt a little pimple in their hearts. Fortunately, they are sisters with the fifth sister, and they usually get on good terms with each other. Naturally, they tolerate any sour emotions.

The table in the bamboo pavilion is not a round table, but a small long table. Ji Heng sat on the top seat, with Sanjie on one side and Xu Qilang on the other. Crabs are indeed delicious. Ji Heng likes to eat crab legs. Qilang knew it, so he cut the crab legs with scissors, poked the meat out for Ji Heng to eat, and said to the fourth sister while poking, "Fourth cousin, you prepare this tool for eating crabs, and you don't prepare eight pieces of crabs. , just put two pairs of scissors here, it’s so hard to eat.”

In fact, the fourth sister has always been a quiet talker, but as she gets older, she is not as shy as she was when she was a child, and Xu Qilang has always been shameless in front of his sisters, so the fourth sister dared to joke with him, saying, "The crab cooked by the third sister is so delicious, can't you stop your mouth?"

The third sister smiled and said, "It's just that he can't stop his mouth, he has been picking crab legs for Brother Heng."

Ji Heng smiled, gave Xu Qilang the crab roe from his own crab, and said, "Hurry up and eat your own."

Xu Qilang picked all the crab leg meat in his hand to Ji Heng, and then took the crab roe that Ji Heng gave him, poured the sauce directly into the crab shell, poked it with chopsticks, and poked it into an ugly puddle , took a spoon and scooped it up.

His reckless way of eating immediately made the three girls dumbfounded.

The Fifth Sister said, "Seventh Cousin, I can't bear to see you making such a fuss."

Ji Heng ignored him and said, "Just don't look at him."

The third sister and the fourth sister both covered their mouths and smiled, and continued to eat their own.

The fifth sister's maid, Chuxue, came to wash their hands with hot perilla leaf and chrysanthemum leaf water. After washing their hands, the fourth sister took out the jug from the warm water and poured wine for everyone, and suggested, "Let's make poetry."

As soon as Xu Qilang heard it, he said, "It's all right. When I think up the poem, the crabs will be cold."

Several people were amused by him and laughed again, even Chuxue laughed so hard that his shoulders trembled.

Ji Heng took a peach blossom cup with a peach leaf under it, it was very delicate and beautiful, the wine was only light wine, he thought it would be okay to drink a little, so when everyone raised their glasses to toast, they drank it together.

The brothers and sisters were very happy in the bamboo pavilion, because the fourth aunt went out with his wife, and the third aunt stayed at her daughter's house most of the time and rarely came back, so this west courtyard became the world of a few little girls. It doesn't matter.

Ji Heng ate two crabs and stopped eating. His body is different from that of ordinary men, so he can't eat too much cold food. Xu usually reminds him again and again, and Ji Heng will of course be in his heart. Make a note.

That set of ten cups is indeed beautiful, crystal clear, and the colors vary according to the flowers. Usually, Liu Yi Niang puts them on the Duobao Pavilion, and they are not used at all. The fifth sister brought them, and the fourth sister She took a look at each cup in her hand, so she likes to pour wine for others. When Xu Qilang gave the plum blossom cup in his hand to the fourth sister, he probably accidentally touched the fourth sister's hand. , he hurriedly took his hand away, unexpectedly, the fourth sister also avoided his hand, and the plum blossom cup fell straight on the table. The colored glass is fragile, and the wall of the cup was burnt so thin that the cup fell Going down, the fourth and fifth sisters all exclaimed, but Xu Qilang didn't think too much about it, and said, "The cup fell, and the glass shards are easy to prick your hands. Let someone hurry up and clean it up. Just replace it with another cup."

Anyway, it was a set of ten cups, and there were only five people sitting, so if one cup fell, it would be enough.

Fifth Sister's face was a little pale, but she didn't say anything, and she had already told Chu Xue, who was also a little pale with fright, "Come and clean up the table."

Chuxue hurried to clean up, and Mu Xue also hurried to help.

Ji Heng's heart is actually quite delicate. Looking at Fifth Sister's expression, he knew that if he dropped such a cup, he would probably be scolded by Aunt Six, so he said, "Qilang, didn't uncle send a set of glass flowers made by Xiyang before?" Well, you broke Fifth Sister's cup, you have to accompany her."

Xu Qilang has always been generous, so he didn't care about it at all. He had already stood up and cupped his hands to Fifth Sister, saying, "My hand is clumsy because I dropped your cup, Fifth Cousin. I'll ask Yinger to put a glass flower in it later." Pay you."

Turning to the fourth sister again, she said, "Surprised the fourth cousin, I will give you a small gift when the time comes, and you have to guess what it will be first."

The fourth sister probably loves this set of cups, but she also thinks that this set of cups is not pleasing to the eye. The sixth aunt used this cup to show off all day long. The glass fell, and she couldn't tell whether she felt distressed or happy. Seeing Mu Xue and Chu Xue cleaned up the broken glass, she stopped paying attention at all, took another hibiscus flower glass and continued pouring, saying, "I want to Let's guess what it is, who cares about your little gift."

Xu Qilang just laughed, Fifth Sister's face was still pale, but she also smiled, and said to Xu Qilang, "It's just a cup, if you drop it, it will fall, why should you pay for it?"

Xu Qilang said, "Then let's not talk about company, fifth cousin, if you like me and everything, you can just move."

The fifth sister couldn't help but be amused by him.

Speaking of which, the fourth and fifth sisters are deep boudoirs, and they are concubines, so it is rare for them to come out. Xu rarely invites wives and girls from other families to play at home, so the fourth and fifth sisters see each other. The number of people is very limited, and there are very few female customers, let alone male customers, and there are quite a few with Xu Qilang. He must be going to be an official, and he has a good temperament. The fourth and fifth sisters are influenced by some words from their mothers and maids around them. How could they not think that Xu Qilang is a good man?

However, due to their concubine backgrounds and the cold and arrogant attitude of their wife Xu, it is impossible for Xu to be a matchmaker. They also know that it is impossible for them to get close to Xu Qilang on purpose, but they are indeed close to Xu Qilang. .

But Xu Qilang said that he is emotionally enlightened, and he has no interest in any woman in his heart. He regards the fourth sister and fifth sister as his own sisters. If he is not enlightened, he is still struggling all day long. Is it more intimate with Ji Heng or less intimate and sad.

Seeing what Xu Qilang said to Fifth Sister, the Fourth Sister naturally felt unhappy, but she didn't say anything, she just put the wine glass in her hand in front of Xu Qilang, and said, "Seventh Cousin, drink."

Xu Qilang quickly thanked her.

Ji Heng didn't understand what the fourth and fifth sisters were thinking. He washed his hands carefully and was staring at the chrysanthemums beside the gazebo.

At this time, a person ran in from the gate of the yard, it was Lizhi, Lizhi was always in a hurry, and she didn't look like a steady maid, rushed into the gazebo, hurriedly greeted the girls sitting inside, and Directly omitting the more familiar Xu Qilang, he leaned into Ji Heng's ear and whispered.

Everyone looked at the two in amazement, and after Li Zhi said a few words, Ji Heng's expression changed, but immediately he returned to his unflappable calmness, and Ji Heng said to everyone, "Yes. A guest is visiting, I will go back first, you continue to eat."

He got up and left, and several people saw him being led by Lizhi, quickly to the gate of the courtyard, and then disappeared through the hallway.

Xu Qilang saw that he was the only one here, and it was not good to stay here, so he also got up to leave, and the third sister also stood up, she is a smart person, and has ambitions, seeing Ji Heng in such a hurry, her heart He just thought of something and said, "Brother Heng is so busy, what kind of guest is he?"

On the contrary, Xu Qilang was not as sensitive as the third sister, and said, "I don't know about that, he has made quite a few friends outside."

Saying that, he bid farewell to several sisters and sisters.

He thought that when he went back, he should ask the servant girl to give presents to the sisters. The set of glass flower vases would be given to the fifth sister as compensation, and he would also give a small gadget to the third and fourth sisters as well. , so as not to favor one another.

Xu Qilang left, and the third sister already had some concerns in her heart. She said that the girl's family can't eat too many crabs, so she gave the rest to the servants, and asked them to clean up the table, saying that she had blown it Feeling a little uncomfortable in the limelight, I went back to my room.

The fourth sister also went with her, leaving the fifth sister to pack up her jug ​​and wine glass, looking at the broken plum blossom cup, the glass was burnt very pure, even if it was broken, it was still very pure. It's beautiful, it still can't be thrown away, just now Chuxue cleaned it up, and it was still put in a box next to it, so she asked someone to hold the things, wash them, and send them back to Aunt Liu, who will be scolded and beaten.

The third sister went back to her room, she already had an idea, she washed her hands over and over again, and then quickly changed into a beautiful dress, it was a new dress, she was already beautiful, so she put on this new dress The clothes are even more like a butterfly wearing flowers, and she asked the most good at combing her hair to comb her hair, and reapplied makeup on her face, but it was not too much, everything was just right.

She took a careful look at her hair and face in front of the small piece of Western-style glass mirror worth thousands of gold. Facing her porcelain-like skin and tender eyes in the mirror, she gained some confidence, and then she was dressed again in the big clothes. Yi Bronze Mirror illuminated his whole body, and then took a deep breath.

The fourth sister and the third sister live in the same room, but the room is big, and they sleep on their own beds. The third sister is here dressed up with a serious expression, and she sits on a chair and flips a book, reading the third sister After everything was packed, she silently took her white jade bracelet from the bottom of the box and put it on the third sister's wrist. The third sister's wrist was white and tender, delicate and exquisite, and she put the white jade bracelet on On the above, the bracelet and the wrist set off each other, which is rare and shockingly beautiful.

The fourth sister usually doesn't talk much, even though she is young, she actually has a clear heart, and asked her elder sister, "Sister, do you want me to go together?"

The third sister was stunned for a moment, and said, "Just send the box of letter paper to Brother Heng, how many people are needed, I will go."

The fourth sister took a step back and said, "Maybe he is here."

The third sister had longed to enter the palace to ascend to the sky, since she secretly met the emperor who visited Heng brother two years ago, the third sister has become even more crazy, and she must enter the palace in her heart.

Earlier, the eldest son of Hou Shao's family in Xining asked someone to inquire about the third sister. At that time, he didn't know that he already had a wife but wanted to take a concubine. The third sister had already told her in private that he didn't want to marry the Shao family. Knowing that the eldest son of the Shao family actually wanted to take her as a concubine, the proud third sister was so angry that she couldn't eat for several meals, feeling that she had been deeply insulted, and now she was even more so I was so excited that I just wanted to enter the palace.

The third sister ignored the fourth sister's words, she adjusted her facial expression, went to get the box of ready-made Xue Tao flower sticks, and walked out quickly, Mu Xue hurriedly followed.

The third sister was afraid that if she walked too slowly, the emperor might leave.