Evening Shaohua in the Red House

Li Wan packed his bags for several days, and ordered people to buy various earthen ritual instruments, and prepared to distribute them to everyone after returning to Beijing.

However, within a few days, all the boxes and cages were properly arranged, and the keys to the house were handed over to Xiuzhu and his wife.

Li Wan spent a lot of time cleaning up this house, so that it looks quiet and elegant, with flourishing flowers and trees. However, if no one takes care of it, it will inevitably become dilapidated after a long time. It is better to rent it out to others. There will be no shortage of care, and the second is to add 200 taels of silver to the income every year.

This day Li Wan called Xiu Zhu over and said: "In the future, find a reliable house and rent it out. You must find out the character of the tenant. It doesn't matter if the rent is a little lower."

Otherwise, if you encounter unreliable ones, even the best house will be ruined.

Xiuzhu agreed with all her mouth, and said with a smile: "Grandma just leave it to me, and she will definitely take care of it properly."

In a blink of an eye, it was the 26th day, and everyone set off. Except for the three big boats carrying Daiyu's dowry and the suitcases of the Lin family's various belongings, Lin Ruhai was on the same boat as Jia Lian and Jia Lan, Li Wan was on the same boat as Daiyu, and the others Shen Yi, Gu Yan, Gu Zhan, and Jiang Yan were on the boat, and Mrs. Gu was on the boat with Yan Hui and Jiang Yingxue. There were seven big boats in total.

Since then, the big boat sailed at dawn and moored late, when the golden wind was blowing away the summer heat, the jade dew was cool, and there were few willows on both sides of the bank. After Li Wan and Daiyu lived on the boat every day, they all went to Mrs. Gu's boat to ask for a chat.

After a few days, it was very safe.Before I knew it, I had traveled seven or eight days.It was a good day, and all the boats were full of tents.

It is the autumn water and the sky, the boats on the river are constantly coming and going, and the scenery on both sides of the river is like a painting.

Looking at the scenery on the shore, Daiyu's mind was flooded with many thoughts. Back then she went to Beijing alone, she was lonely, now she came to Beijing again, with relatives and friends, but her mood was different.

Li Wan was playing chess at the table. Seeing Daiyu was in a daze, she couldn't help feeling a little worried, so she put down the chess pieces in her hand, stood up and walked over, asking, "What's wrong with my sister?"

Daiyu came back to her senses, shook her head and said: "It's nothing, just thinking of the scene of going to Beijing back then, I was a little emotional for a while."

Li Wan understood in his heart, patted her hand lightly, and comforted her: "My sister has come to the end of her hardships now, so there is no need to think about the past."

Daiyu smiled slightly, and was about to speak, when suddenly Baihe came in with the curtain lifted, put down a snack box, and gave Daiyu a piece of paper, smiling, "This is sent by my uncle."

Everyone is smiling

Looking at Daiyu intentionally, these days Gu Zhan would often send someone over with something, such as snacks, a poem, or an absolute sentence, although Daiyu didn't show it on the face, she was very happy in her heart.

Li Wan was also happy for Daiyu, most husbands and wives in today's world respect each other as guests, so it is a good thing for Daiyu to have a husband and son-in-law who share her heart and soul.

Seeing everyone's joking expressions, Daiyu's face turned red slightly, took a look at the paper, and saw that the title was "Ode to Leifeng Pagoda", Gu Zhan had already written seven words and two sentences on the paper, Daiyu's eyes lit up, and immediately Ignoring everyone, he bowed his head and thought for a moment, then ordered Xueyan to study ink, picked up a pen to continue a poem, and ordered Zijuan to pack a few snacks and send them back to Gu Zhan.

Zicuckoo smiled and went.

Li Wan pursed his lips and smiled, knowing that Daiyu had a thin face, so he didn't make fun of her, so he changed the subject and said, "Sister, come and have a look at the wild scenery outside. It's even more lively. I can't blame the ancients' saying, 'Frost leaves are red in February flowers', which is really good."

Daiyu walked to the window. At this time, the autumn water was long and the waves were calm. By chance, she came to a village and town. Seeing that it was already dusk, the boatman put the boats on the pier, and the boats began to cook dinner.

However, the autumn forest is completely dyed, the maple leaves are flowing, and there are some village men and women in the fields on the bank, gathering grain and rice, and a few farmhouses in the distance are cooking dinner, and the smoke is like an ink painting.

Daiyu stared at it blankly for a long time, but felt that the wind was clear and the sky was open, and her heart was free. She couldn't help nodding and sighed: "It's really like Huang Gongwang's landscape painting."

The two were enjoying the scenery at the window, when Suyun suddenly heard a smile and said: "Grandma, dinner is ready, my cousin called me over to have dinner."

Due to the limited conditions on board, everything was kept simple, so apart from breakfast, Li Wan and Daiyu ate with Yan Hui and others, while Lin Ruhai ate with Shen Yi, Gu Zhan and others, so it was more lively.

Here, Li Wan and Daiyu agreed, and when they came to Jiang's boat, Mrs. Gu was joking with Yan Hui's mother and daughter. Seeing Daiyu coming in, she hurriedly pulled her to her side and said with a smile, "You haven't eaten much these two days. Just now, Zhan'er sent someone to go to the shore to buy some fresh vegetables, and I asked the cook to prepare some, and I will taste them later."

Daiyu agreed, and after a short time, the dinner was delivered, and four women came carrying two colorful golden boxes. Xueyan and Baihe hurried forward to take them, and Zijuan, Suyun and others also placed them aside. Bowl chopsticks.

Bai He took out a bowl of stewed ham with elbow, a plate of boiled shrimp, a plate of fried shredded chicken with bamboo shoots, a plate of fried quail, a plate of stir-fried wild mushrooms, a plate of cold lotus root slices, and a plate of dregs.

Crab, a plate of stuffed tofu, a bowl of chicken skin soup with shrimp balls, a plate of butter rolls, a plate of yam cake with date paste, and a big bowl of steaming rice.

Yingxue—Wen Dunjue moved her index finger, and said that she was hungry. After washing her hands, she tore up a quail leg and ate it. She nodded and said, "It smells good! I also eat these at home. I didn't feel like it when I was at home. Eating this dish now feels delicious.”

Yan Hui glanced at her and said, "You are the one who counts cats, the food outside is delicious."

Everyone who said it laughed.

Daiyu ate a few slices of mountain mushrooms and two pieces of stuffed tofu, and she also felt that the taste was better than before. She made a bowl of rice with soup, and ate two slices of lotus root with chopsticks. I couldn't help but took a piece and tasted it carefully, only to find it delicious and sweet in the mouth, and couldn't help but praise: "It tastes so good." Because I sandwiched a piece with Mrs. Gu, and a piece with Yan Hui, he said with a smile: "Old lady. Try it with mom too."

Mrs. Gu liked it very much, picked it up and tasted it, then nodded and said with a smile: "It really tastes delicious, who made this."

Li Wan said with a smile: "Wang Yong's family made this with their own hands. She has always been good at making such bad things. Since you like it, ask Wang's family to do worse tomorrow."

Yingxue felt that the soup was delicious, so she drank a couple of sips, made a bowl of rice with the soup, ate it with great interest, and even broke a piece of paper.

Daiyu laughed and said, "Sure enough, you enjoyed your meal today."

Yingxue laughed and said, "I can't eat this kind of taste anymore, it has a different taste than fresh crab."

Yan Hui was also full of praise, and asked: "Good craftsmanship, I just don't know how to do it."

Li Wan said: "It's not difficult. Chop raw crabs, boil them with sesame oil, cool them, add grass fruit, fennel, amomum, pepper, water ginger, and pepper, and then add salt, onion, vinegar, etc. Put the flavor into the crab, mix well, marinate for a few days and then eat.”

Jiang Yingxue laughed quickly when she heard the words: "I also know this. There is a method of making sauce crabs in "The Complete Works of Household Essentials": "Hundred umbilicus, wash, dry, fill each umbilical with salt, and use thread to clean it." Bind it and stack it on its back into a porcelain vessel. Two catties of French sauce, one or two of ground pepper, one bucket of good wine, mix the sauce and pepper evenly, soak one finger of crab, add less wine, and seal the mud firmly. Winter, two You can eat for ten days.’”

Mrs. Gu couldn't help laughing, and said: "Ms. Xue usually has a headache when it comes to studying, but she remembers everything about eating."

The crowd burst into laughter.

Yan Hui nodded her forehead helplessly, and said: "Look at how this girl looks like a girl, she wants to eat. Fortunately, here are all her own people, if you let outsiders see it, it would be a joke."

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She curled her lips and said, "This is my true temperament, and I am a real celebrity."

Daiyu said with a smile, "My sister's temperament will definitely get along with sister Yun."

Li Wan said with a smile: "In two days, we will almost arrive in Huai'an. Now is the time when the crabs are getting fatter. At that time, I will ask people to buy more crabs, cook more bad crabs, and save some for steaming."

Everyone was right, Mrs. Gu said with a smile: "It just so happened that Yu Qing had brewed several jars of good osmanthus wine earlier, and I asked him to bring one over tomorrow, so we'll be lively too."

One day when the boat arrived in Huai'an, a group of family members went ashore to buy food and water. As expected, Mrs. Wang, who was in charge of the kitchen, bought a lot of fat geese and roast duck, cooked meat and fresh fish, delicate fruits, and crabs as big as dozens of kilograms.

Li Wan ordered the family members and boys to buy some sweet-scented osmanthus and chrysanthemums, and filled the whole cabin. He also ordered people to bring crabs and wine to the Lin family's boat, and invited Mrs. Gu, Yan Hui and others to eat crabs on board.

Mrs. Gu was very happy, leading the crowd to drink and eat crabs, joking and having fun, Lin Ruhai, Shen Yi and other men also had a banquet on the other boat, drinking to their heart's content, and telling stories about the past and present.

After eating until it was time to hold the lamps, everyone dispersed.

Since then, Xiaoxing has stayed overnight and the journey has been smooth. Li Wan and Daiyu only spend their time reading posts, enjoying the scenery, playing with parrots, or playing chess under the window. The days are very leisurely.

Jia Lan and Gu Zhan read books and wrote poems together. Among them, Jia Lian was the only one who was called to him by Lin Ruhai every day to teach him, and he secretly complained.

It turned out that Lin Ruhai saw that Jia Lian was acting out of order, so he wanted to teach him a lesson. Lin Ruhai knew that the Rongguo Mansion was not acting properly. The only plan for now is to take advantage of this opportunity to teach Jia Lian more.

Although he didn't like Jia Lian's actions, he was the nephew of his late wife. Besides, Jia Lian's actions were absurd, but he still had a conscience in his heart. Moreover, the Lin and Jia families were relatives by marriage. If something happened to the Jia family in the future, the Lin family would not be able to stay out of it.

It has to be said that Jia's family business is really confused. No matter how bad Jia Amnesty is, he is still the legitimate owner of the Rongguo Mansion. Jia Lian is the eldest son and grandson who inherits Zongzhen. It's really out of order.

Lin Ruhai didn't expect Jia Lian to have much success, but only hoped that he could understand some truths and walk on the right path from now on, so as not to cause big troubles in the future.

Although Jia Lian could not study well, he was clever and quick-witted, and knew that this was a rare opportunity. Although he had a headache, he still gritted his teeth and survived.

Say goodbye to the people of Rongfu in Beijing

Looking forward day and night, I finally got the news from Zhaoer, saying that the second master will arrive in Beijing at noon tomorrow.

Everyone was overjoyed. On that day, Mrs. Wang ordered someone to go to the pier to inquire about it. Unexpectedly, Jia Lan hadn't returned by noon, and she was anxious. She was about to send Zhou Rui to inquire again, when someone reported that Brother Lan had returned, and she was overjoyed immediately. tip of brow.

Jia Zheng in this room was also waiting in the study early. When Jia Lan saw him, he kowtowed to Qian'er Qing'an.

Jia Zheng was very happy, he pulled him up with both hands, looked at him carefully, and saw that he was a lot taller, he said with relief: "I have grown up a lot, this time I have traveled far away for many years, although it has been hard work, it has finally honored my Jia family. I’m very happy to be back without incident.”

Jia Lan said: "The grandson lived up to the master's expectations, and finally got lucky."

Jia Zheng patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction, and said: "It's hard to be a scholar at such a young age. Grandpa is very pleased, but he still needs to study hard and work hard to come to Japan. Don't be complacent."

Jalan agreed one by one.

Jia Zheng asked some other things, Fang said: "The old lady and the wife are waiting in the upper room. Go and say hello."

When Jia Lan came to Jia Mu's room, Li Wan was talking about the farewell with Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang. When he saw Jia Lan coming in, he waved and said, "Lan'er, please greet the old lady and the lady."

Jia Lan greeted Jia Mu with Qian'er, and Jia Mu choked up for a while, then Fang pulled her up and asked, "Have you been to the ancestral hall?"

Jia Lan said, "I've already been there, I'm here to greet the old lady."

Jia's mother said: "The emperor's kindness is great, and the ancestors have given him protection. Finally, the Jia family has not humiliated the lintel. Go and greet your grandmother."

Jia Lan turned her head and saw Mrs. Wang looking at her with joy, she took a few steps forward, kowtowed her head, tears streaming from her eyes.

Mrs. Wang also couldn't help crying, she patted it with a handkerchief, hugged Brother Lang with both hands, and said, "My son, you really want to spoil me."

Everyone standing in the room also shed tears.

Jia Mao saluted Mrs. Xing, Aunt Xue, Sister Feng Baochai and others, but they stopped.

Mrs. Wang took Lan Ge'er, rubbed it for half a day, and then called: "Bring me some snacks." Yu Chuan'er and Caixia brought two handfuls of boxes, both of which were Lang Ge'er's favorite food on weekdays. .

Jia Lian, Baoyu, Jia Huan, etc. also kowtowed to Jia Mu, and Jia Mu said happily, "You have to learn from your nephew. If you look like an uncle, our Jia family will be hopeful."

Jia Lian, Baoyu and others knelt down and replied, "The grandson waits unworthily and makes the old lady worry about it."

Jia Mu pulled Baoyu up and said to Jia Lian, "Don't mess around in the future, and I can rest assured.

, you have worked hard all the way, go to rest earlier. "

Jia Lian withdrew as promised.

Baoyu had heard that Daiyu had returned to Beijing this time, so he couldn't help asking Li Wan, "Sister-in-law, I heard that sister Lin is back, is it true?"

When Jia Mu heard the words, she also hurriedly said: "I almost forgot, where are my aunt and Miss Lin now? Why didn't you invite us to our house?"

Mrs. Wang was talking to Lan Ge'er in a low voice, but she couldn't help being startled when she heard the words, and looked up at Li Wan.

Li Wan glanced at everyone in the room, and said: "Uncle Lin ordered someone to tidy up the house earlier, now I'm going back to the mansion first, Sister Lin said that I will come to greet the old lady after it is settled."

Baoyu was immediately disappointed, and Jia's mother comforted her: "Since your sister has returned to Beijing, there will be many days to see each other in the future, so don't be in a hurry."

Only then did Baoyu rejoice, clapping his hands and laughing, "Then ask Sister Lin to live in the garden tomorrow. It happens that the Xiaoxiang Pavilion is reserved for Sister Lin. We are so close, so we just happen to be companions together."

Mrs. Wang frowned slightly when she heard the words, but she didn't say anything.

Jia Mu nodded and smiled, "It's all up to you."

Li Wan was startled when he heard the words, and wondered, "Xiaoxiang Pavilion?"

Baochai pursed her lips and said with a smile: "It was Feng Laiyi who was there before, and the empress changed her name, and now it is called Xiaoxiang Pavilion."

Li Wan sighed inwardly that the original book was so powerful, even without Daiyu, the two places still had the same name in the end.

Tanchun also laughed and said: "The mother issued an edict before, and now we all moved into the garden. Sister Bao lives in Hengwu Courtyard. Second sister lives in Zhuijin Building. I live in Qiushuangzhai. Fourth sister lives in After leaving Liaofengxuan, the second elder brother lives in Yihong Courtyard, now only Daoxiang Village and Xiaoxiang Pavilion are vacant, the old lady of Xiaoxiang Pavilion asked to keep it for Sister Lin, and there is another Daoxiang Village for my sister-in-law.”

Yingchun also laughed and said, "My sister-in-law will move in sooner or later, and the sisters will have companions."

Jia Mu also nodded to Li Wan and said, "Your sisters have all moved in, and you will move in as soon as possible to help take care of it."

Li Wan agreed to live in the garden quietly and comfortably, so she was naturally willing, and said with a smile: "I won't be free for a while, I have to wait until I pack up my things."

After hearing this, Sister Feng laughed and said, "That's not necessary. I know you're coming back. Daoxiang Village has already been cleaned up. You go back to the yard to rest tonight. I'll send someone to sweep the garden later. If you move into Daoxiang Village tomorrow, it just so happens that you don’t need to dismantle the salutes, so it’s cheaper to move in and tidy up later?”

Li Wan was overjoyed when he heard the words.

Can save a lot of trouble, hurriedly said: "Thank you."

Sister Feng smiled and said, "How can you thank me?"

Li Wan gave her a slight push, and said with a smile: "I still don't change my temperament, don't worry, everything is ready, and it will be sent to the second grandma's house in a while, Bao Jun is satisfied."

Everyone who said it laughed.

I didn't realize that it was time to light the lamps. After dinner, I chatted and laughed for a while. The clock in the upper room had already set. Mrs. Wang said: "It's getting late, please let the old lady put it down."

Jia's mother nodded, and said to Li Wan's mother and son, "You are exhausted after traveling all the way. Go to sleep, so you can rest. You don't have to come to say hello tomorrow morning."

Li Wan agreed, and everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

Back in the upper room, Biyue and the others had already taken care of everything in the room.

Li Wan watched Jia Lan go back to the room, and Fang went back to the room to wash and change clothes.

Biyue took a hand towel and wiped it for her, and said with a smile, "Grandma has been tired for half a day, it's better to rest earlier, I've already aired the quilt yesterday, and smoked it with tranquilizing incense, it's already warm. "

Li Wan also felt sore all over, and didn't have time to ask Bi Yue about the affairs of the mansion this past year, so she forced herself to wash and wash, and changed into a jade-colored embroidered fine cotton pajamas.

Biyue and Suyun waited and lay down, and the two of them retreated quietly.

Li Wan was extremely tired, lying on the kang, he felt warm and comfortable all over his body, his eyelids gradually sank, and fell asleep after a while.

The author has something to say: Good night, see you on Tuesday~

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