Ding Tian's Ancient Life

Sure enough, the imperial examination was passed, and the Dragon Boat Festival was about to begin, and the family began to prepare for the ceremony again. Ding Tian held his head and was troubled: "This ceremony comes and goes, every year..."

"Reciprocity is a matter of courtesy!" Old Butler Wang was in high spirits. He performed rituals every year, but when it was time to show off his family connections, the more guests there were, the more extensive his connections were.

The housekeeper's wife came in: "Young Master Tian, ​​I heard something new."

"What's the matter?" Ding Tian was not interested, because he was writing a post, and he forgot to pay his respects during the Chinese New Year. Later, something happened, and he had to make up for it. He had to write the greeting post himself. .

"The third lady from the Gao family is engaged to someone." The housekeeper knew that Ding Tian was more concerned about the trouble of not changing his husband, so she hurried to tell him the good news.

"Ah?" Ding Tian was stunned: "Looked for her husband's family? So soon?"

"The eldest lady of their family is engaged to the third young master of the Dongguan uncle's mansion, and the second young lady is engaged to the second young master of Fang Delin's family, the younger brother of Mr. Fang Dechang, the commander of the Wucheng Bingmasi, but the third young lady is engaged to the marquis of Changchun. The young master of the mansion is engaged!" The housekeeper broke the news: "Marry three daughters at once and go out!"

"Pfft!" Ding Tian just wanted to take a sip of tea to refresh himself, but he spit out all the tea: "You said... who is their family engaged to?"

"With Dongguan Bo's Mansion, Fang Delin's family, and Changchun Marquis Mansion..." I don't know where the housekeeper's wife got these news, maybe women like to spread gossip?

She said it very carefully: "The third young master of the uncle's mansion in Dongguan is said to be a concubine, but his biological mother died of a bloody collapse when she gave birth to him. Before she died, she entrusted him to Mrs. Dongguan. Mrs. Dongguan He also promised her that he would take good care of this child. It is said that he regarded it as his own from an early age. For this reason, Mrs. Dongguan Bo has also won the respect of everyone. She is a virtuous wife. This time, she also told the third young master a daughter-in-law to come in. It is a compliment.”

A boy from a concubine, even if he marries a wife, will most likely be a concubine's daughter, and even a concubine's daughter is a Xiaojiabiyu from a small family.

However, there are also those who are lucky and will marry a legitimate daughter to enter the family, but most of them are the second daughter, or the third daughter, and so on. I never thought that they would be the eldest daughter.

The eldest son, whether male or female, is different.

"The second young lady married is not very good-looking. She is the second young master of Fang Dechang's younger brother's family. Although he is also a descendant, Fang Delin is only a sixth-rank Hanlin. If he has a good brother, such a family , catch a lot in Beijing." The housekeeper said: "The second young master is not the eldest son of the family, but, I heard that the second young master is going to Beijing.

Xie Yuan, who took the annual township examination, is quite famous. He will definitely be admitted to Jinshi in the future. Instead of catching a son-in-law at that time, it is better to get married now

"

"Sincerity Uncle's House... the second young lady is born in a dignified family, and her marriage is so low?" Ding Tian knew that in ancient times, the emphasis was on being well-matched, married, and having two surnames. The family has always thought highly of themselves, so how could it be possible to marry the second young lady to a Juren?

Even Jie Yuan is not suitable.

It's better to marry a petty official than to marry a man who knows Yuan.

"That's what you said wrong." Wang Zuo walked into the house from the outside and continued, "The Gao family has no choice but to marry off the two daughters from the first line."

"How to say?" Ding Tian gave up his seat so that Wang Zuo could sit and chat with him after he got on the kang.

"Miss Gao San's farce, everyone in the capital knows that the daughter of the Gao family has lost her reputation. The eldest daughter of the Gao family originally wanted to marry the eldest son so that she could be the master of the family, but their family's vision is too high. , This is 17 years old, and it will be after the new year. How can you get married when you are an old girl? The third young master of Dongguan Bofu is a concubine!" Wang Zuo explained to him: "This is not a high marriage, but a low marriage. Second Miss What's more, he married a Juren who was not even an official. Although he could get in touch with the commander of the Wucheng Army and Horse Division, Fang Dechang and his brother had separated more than [-] years ago, and their parents were gone. There is only such a level of kinship, and they don't move around frequently on weekdays. In addition, the two brothers, who have one civil and one martial arts, can't talk about going together. What's more, the two daughters are not married at least in name, and the third lady No one will make irresponsible remarks about her marriage, the whole capital knows about her engagement... Murong Hao is already a useless person."

Ding Tian was speechless: "Is the Gao family willing?"

Now that Murong Hao can't even meet a middle-aged woman, why is he still engaged?

I'm afraid they won't even be able to enter the bridal chamber for this marriage, right?

Will he be a widow by then?

"Miss Gao San's reputation is already bad, so it would be nice if someone could ask for it. And the Murong family is in a worse situation now, trying to find a suitable girl to marry into the door... No, the Gao family hastily made engagements for the eldest and second misses, I don’t want them to marry into the Marquis of Changchun and stay widowed; as for Miss Gao San, she has no reputation anyway, so it’s better to use the waste, and the Marquis of Changchun can also prove to the outside world that her children are safe, otherwise, the Marquis of Changchun is like this now If a man is considered extinct by the imperial court, let alone keep the title of Marquis of Changchun, he will not even be able to be reduced to a lower rank."

If the heir is extinct, the title will be taken back, including the various benefits brought by the title, and the land of meritorious service bestowed by the court will also be taken back.

"Then...Miss Gao San...?" Ding Tian couldn't bear it, after all, she was a little girl, and the Marquis of Changchun was a pit of fire.

"Miss Gao San is very happy. This is her own proposal." Wang Zuo told him: "Only in this way, she will not be married to someone randomly picked by her aunt, and her reputation will be lost. She is not married to an ordinary family. To live a life of firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea is to marry a small official as the successor. The ex does not know how many boys and girls are left behind, and she will be a mother when she enters the door. The age of the other party is probably older than her father. ...So, Miss Gao San specifically asked for this marriage, and the Gao family is also willing to climb into the Marquis of Changchun."

Ding Tian's back tingled when he heard this: "This little girl is cruel to me!"

She can startle a horse, jump out of a car, jump at a man, and make her own marriage so miserable.

"Well, women are ruthless, isn't it scary?" Wang Zuo asked for confirmation.

"Scary... It's too scary." Ding Tian quickly rolled into his arms: "I need you to hug and comfort me."

The corners of Wang Zuo's mouth were slightly raised, and he was in a good mood.

This topic was too heavy, so Wang Zuo changed the subject and talked about the Dragon Boat Festival: "The Dragon Boat Festival in Beijing is a bit confusing. The northern Dragon Boat Festival eats eggs, all kinds of eggs, boiled and stewed, and the southern Dragon Boat Festival. Zongzi has a variety of fillings, but in Beijing, the two are mixed together, and you can eat dumplings as well as eggs.”

"Oh, do you want to bring food to the palace?" Ding Tian remembered that during the Chinese New Year, he also brought food and gifts to the palace. He said that being an emperor is a blessing, and the people below gave food and drink... .

"Well, I need to add a dish, which can actually save some money, because it can be regarded as a gift." Wang Zuo said: "Have you thought about what dish to add?"

"Tiger skin eggs!" Ding Tian remembered a dish.

Tiger skin eggs, the name sounds very prestigious, in fact, it is just boiled eggs and then fried.The surface color of the fried eggs resembles tiger skin, and the method of using tiger skin and pepper, hence the name.Most people usually use eggs to make tiger eggs, and then they will stuff them with lean pork meat to increase the taste, but Ding Tian knows that the real home-made tiger eggs are actually tea eggs, because tea eggs are more delicious than boiled eggs .

So Ding Tian used tea eggs that had been boiled for half an hour, and the tea eggs were soaked in water overnight to give them a full flavor.

Then fry the tiger skin with soybean oil, and finally stir-fry it with miso. The miso is made by him and Mr. Wangu together.

I remember that when making this dish, Mama Ding also read a message from Xiangke, which said that eating eggs and goose meat together would damage the spleen and stomach; eating rabbit meat and persimmons together would cause diarrhea; Same food.

So Ding Tian also wrote this on the list of dishes.

"Is this a tiger egg?" Wang Zuo took a pair of chopsticks and a plate very automatically, put a tiger egg in it, and took a bite: "It tastes good!"

"It's okay to go in here?" Ding Tian said: "Although it is the most common egg, there are some taboos, and this egg and miso are both our own..."

"Put in a portion of the food, and write down the recipe." Wang Zuo said, "Let the cook cook more, it's quite delicious..."

The two of them were busy together for a while, but they forgot about those messy things.

During the Dragon Boat Festival, the festive atmosphere in Beijing was very strong. Ding Tian was busy with work and giving gifts. This time, he did not forget the adults of the Criminal Department.

Seeing the annual gift he sent, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice was overjoyed: "I thought you forgot me again!"

"Hehe, you are joking..." Ding Tian was very embarrassed.

However, Shangshu of the Criminal Ministry is an interesting old man. Although he is in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, this fifty-year-old old man named Xu Zhen, whose name is Junjie, has a very humorous character: "Don't joke, it's New Year's Eve." I've been waiting for you for almost a first month, hehehe...,,

The boss received Ding Tian warmly, and told him about the basic characters of the adults who had the final say in the entire criminal department. Ding Tian had a meal with the boss.

I don't know if someone said something, anyway, wherever he went, he was warmly received, but he didn't leave a meal, because there are quite a lot of people that Ding Tian needs to visit, and it took three or four days to finish the visit, and Ding Tian Tired and paralyzed, he finally went to Prince Ning's Mansion on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival.

Wang Zuo very interestingly took him to spend the festival together.

The festival was very grand in the palace, with lanterns and festoons everywhere, and Wang Zuo took Ding Tian to the garden to play.

In the garden, there are corridors through mountains, rockery layers, lotus swimming pools, pavilions and pavilions, and there are countless.

I saw yellow flowers all over the ground and white willows across the slope.The small bridge leads to the Ruoye River, and the winding path connects to the road to the rooftop.

The clear stream in the stone is rushing, and the fence is fragrant.Because it is spring, there are tender greens hanging on the treetops, as well as blooming flowers, bursting with fragrance, and the sparse forest is picturesque.

The westerly wind suddenly tightened, and the warblers stopped singing at the beginning.

When the warm day is noisy, it adds shackles.

Looking to the southeast, build several pavilions next to the mountains.

Looking at the northwest, there are three pavilions facing the water.

The sheng reeds are full of ears, and there is no sentimentality.

Luo Yi wears the forest, adding charm.

At the end is a piece of... fairyland.

Ding Tian always thought that the adjectives in "Dream of Red Mansions" were exaggerated, because he had also been to the filming base to see that the modern "Grand View Garden" was not easy to see, after all, the artificial traces were too obvious.

But when he really saw such a beautiful scenery, he realized that the description was not an exaggeration.

On the contrary, it is very reserved, because the beautiful scenery in front of me is definitely like a fairyland, especially among them are many girls in ancient costumes. Although they are only maids in the palace, their clothes are almost as good as those of young ladies from small families. up.

"This is the back garden of our house, I'll take you here to play." Wang Zuo pointed to the pavilions and said, "There is a lotus pond up there, and there are many fish in it. Can you feed the fish?"

"Okay!" The place is as beautiful as a picture scroll, and Ding Tian is very happy to stroll here with Wang Zuo.

When he saw the lotus pond, Ding Tian was dumbfounded.

The lotus pond is very large, and there are already green lotus leaves showing sharp corners, but in the crystal clear water, there are not beautiful goldfish, nor beautiful koi, but... stupid, big, black and thick grass carp Carp, carp, crucian carp... It looks better when Jiang Tuan swims in it, and these fish are quite fat.

It can be seen that it has been raised well.

That’s right, in such a picturesque place, isn’t it a bit out of line with the animals in the water?