Evening Shaohua in the Red House

Mrs. Wang smiled slightly, and said: "It's rare for you to have such filial piety, let's see what the old lady thinks." After speaking, she asked: "When do you want to come back?"

Li Wan thought for a while and said: "Zhuangzi is a long way from the city, and I have to watch the girls and women tidy up the courtyards and install the utensils. I'm afraid it will take a few days."

Mrs. Wang frowned slightly, she didn't say anything, she just told her to be more careful, and said: "You have been away for a few days, and you brought all the girls and women there, what will Lan'er do when she comes back?"

Li Wan hurriedly said: "Madam, don't worry, Lan'er's nannies and maids who are going to Zhuang Shang this time will not accompany them, and Lan'er has just sent a servant to call back, saying that Mr. Shen is not feeling well, and he will be in bed for a few days. The former servant is ill, I am afraid that he will always live in Shen's house."

Mrs. Wang nodded when she heard the words, and said no more.

When Li Wan returned to the room, he called Danju Xiazhu and the others to come over and said: "My wife has already agreed, we will leave after dinner tomorrow morning, and pack up everything quickly today, and bring new bedding and dowry." Anyway, I will use it in the future, and I will put it there and do not need to bring it back; I will bring a few more bolts of silk and satin, and I will also bring a few bolts of leno, and I will make new bedding and clothes in the future, and I will use it for changing curtains and window screens. There are plenty of places, and you can also pick some herbs and spices and bring them with you."

Dan Ju and Xia Zhu wrote down one by one, and agreed: "Don't worry, grandma, it won't take much effort, we will clean it up in a while."

After finishing speaking, Dan Ju took the key to open the small warehouse, and brought Xia Zhu Suyun and others to move things.

Li Wan glanced at them briefly, then let them take care of them.

At dusk, when the province was fixed, Li Wan told Jiamu again, and Jiamu said nothing else, "Be careful in everything, and let the girls and women take care of anything."

Li Wan agreed.

It happened that Xiangyun stayed in Jia's mansion for a while these two days. At this time, he was talking with Daiyu and Baochai sisters. Hearing this, he couldn't help being curious, and asked, "What Zhuangzi did my sister-in-law buy?"

Li Wan said with a smile: "I entrusted the Seventh Princess to help arrange it last year." After that, he briefly talked about the reasons for the previous episode.

Only then did Xiang Yun suddenly realize, and said with a smile: "Strange Taoists often say that there must be Yuqing in the family of good deeds, and this is also the blessing of my sister-in-law."

Li Wan smiled, and said to Jia Mu: "I think the village over there is not far from us, and the weather has been fine these few days. The old ladies and wives might as well go to the village to relax, but sister Yun also happens to be there." Now, Bao brothers and sisters also take this opportunity to drop by.

Coincidentally, now is the season when bamboo shoots spring up

, when the time comes, I will order someone to tidy up two tables of fresh noodles, and everyone will enjoy the spring together with wine, and it will be lively, how does the old lady like it? "

Xiangyun Tanchun and the others were quite curious about the hot spring village, and the two also rarely had the opportunity to go out for a stroll, and they were very moved by what they heard, but Jia Mu never spoke, and dared not agree for a while.

Xiangyun rolled his eyes, coughed, and only looked at Baoyu.

Baoyu understood, he was sitting beside Jia Mu, shook Jia Mu's arm immediately, and said with a smile: "Old Ancestor, the sisters are bored at home all day long, and it's hard to go out for a stroll. I also want to go to that hot spring." Look at Zhuangzi, and the ancestors will agree."

Mother Jia saw their eyebrows and lawsuits, smiled at their sisters, and deliberately smiled and said nothing.

Baoyu hugged Jiamu's arm and acted like a twisted hip candy, and Xiangyun also stepped forward and shook Jiamu's arm: "Old ancestor—"

Baochai and Daiyu watched from the side, all pursing their lips and smiling.

Mother Jia was so troubled by the brothers and sisters that she finally couldn't hold back her smile and said, "Come on, I can't help rubbing my old bones. Since it's your sister-in-law's kindness, let's go shopping."

The sisters and the others immediately burst into laughter, and the girls and women standing in the room were also very happy. Since the masters want to go out, they naturally also have to serve them. No matter what the scenery in the village is, it is always good to go out for a stroll.

Li Wan said with a smile: "The affairs of the Zhuangzi can be settled in about two or three days. When I make arrangements, I will send someone to invite them. Anyway, the houses are ready-made. The old lady and the wife will stay for a few days when they are more sexual. Look at the landscape."

As soon as the words were finished, Sister Feng came in and said with a smile: "Where are we going for a stroll? I'll join in the fun too."

Everyone laughed and said, "She has pointed ears."

Li Wan said with a smile to Sister Feng: "I was just about to send someone to call you. In a few days, I plan to invite old ladies, wives and sisters to visit the hot spring village. I wonder if Second Mistress would like to show you the honor?"

Sister Feng said with a smile: "It's natural. The old lady and the wife have gone. If I don't follow to serve, the old lady will scold me for being lazy."

Jia Mu pointed at her and said with a smile: "You monkey, you obviously wanted to go for a stroll, but you made up us. In that case, you will come to me in the morning to set the rules. Why don't you go home?"

Sister Feng hurriedly laughed and said: "As long as the old lady doesn't dislike me, I will follow the old lady every day, and I am happy to serve tea and water."

Jia Mu waved her hands and said with a smile, "That's all. I'm afraid that in two days, Lian'er will come to ask for someone from me."

everyone said

Laughed.

Not long after, Mrs. Wang also came. After dinner, everyone chatted and laughed again, and they left when the lamps were lighted.

When Li Wan returned to the room, Dan Ju helped her change into homely clothes, and replied: "The bedding and dowry are all packed, and I have brought a total of eighteen bolts of silk, satin and gauze, spices and herbs, and books that grandma often reads, as well as pens, ink and paper." I have also brought the inkstone, what else do grandma need to bring?"

Li Wan thought for a while and said: "In two days, the old ladies and girls will go to the village, you find the jars of Huiquan wine that Meixiang sent back last time, and bring tea and various dried fruit snacks with you. It will be used next time when entertaining guests.”

Dan Ju agreed and went to cook by herself.

Early the next morning, Li Wan packed up, greeted Mrs. Jia Muwang, and then took the maids and women by car to the hot spring village.

This time, Dan Ju, Xia Zhu, Biyue and the others accompanied her, leaving only Jia Lan's nanny, Nanny Zhang, and a few little girls at home to look after the house.

The master and servant added bedding, dowry, clothes and baggage, all kinds of silk and satin and other luggage, which filled three or four cars.

Hot spring village is a long way from the capital, Li Wan and his party set off at [-]:[-] a.m. and arrived at the villa after taking a car for more than an hour.

Sitting in the car, Li Wan looked through the screen window and saw a whitewashed wall in the distance, stretching from the foot of the mountain to the middle of the mountain, with red pillars and black tiles, carved and embroidered thresholds, all hidden among the trees in the depression.

At the foot of the mountain, there are colorful flowers, fragrant flowers and singing birds.

It turned out that the few acres of land at the foot of the mountain belonged to Cuiwei Villa. Li Wan thought it was a waste, so he ordered people to open up the few acres of land at the foot of the mountain and plant some fragrant flowers and herbs. It can also be used for two rouge shops to make powder and balm.

Looking at this large sea of ​​flowers, Li Wan's mood also became more comfortable, and the gloom in his chest was swept away.

Aunt Liu was already waiting in front of the gate with a dozen servants, and the five main gates were wide open.

The car slowly drove into the gate, and Li Wan saw the four characters "Cuiwei Villa" on the plaque on the gate. Not for ordinary people, could it be that this plaque was made by the Seventh Prince?

Just as she was guessing, the car had already stopped. Mrs. Liu set up a low stool, came up and opened the curtain, and said, "Grandma, please get out of the car."

Li Wan came back to his senses and helped Dan Ju's men get out of the car.

The other servants and maids also got out of the car one after another and began to unload things.

Danju Xiazhu took people to watch, and then asked people to take them to the main courtyard, tidy up the bedding and install the utensils

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Li Wan visited the villa under the guidance of Aunt Liu, only to find that the hot spring village was much bigger than she expected.

Rockery and flowing water, pavilions, towers and pavilions are dotted among lush forests and bamboos, flowers, trees and lakes. The gates, bars and windows are all finely carved with new patterns, without vermilion powder coating, and all colored water mills are self-contained.

The main courtyard is called Songfengyuan. It is a courtyard with three entrances, seven main rooms, five bright and two dark layouts, seven left and right side rooms, complete front hall and back room. There are about thirty or forty houses, which are extremely neat and spacious. .

Behind the Songfengyuan is a pond in which lotus, water chestnut, water chestnut, chicken head rice, etc. are planted.

Now it is March in Yangchun, the weather is warm, and the pond has thawed. The lotus leaves in the pond are graceful and graceful, and the fish and fine stones are swimming, which is crystal clear.

The green willows on both sides of the pond are like silk, swallows whisper, bees fly and butterflies dance.

After passing the pond, there is a rockery with jagged rocks not far away. Turning around the rock, Li Wan's eyes light up. It turns out that behind the rockery is a large flower garden. Looking around, he can only see lingering greenery, red and purple. The beautiful trees are verdant and the exotic flowers are blooming. It is a scene of early spring.

Behind the flower garden is an elegant small courtyard with white walls and black tiles, which is quite like a water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

Seeing the inscription "Qingxi Residence" on the plaque in the small courtyard, Li Wan smiled and said, "This courtyard is quite interesting, let's go in and have a look."

Aunt Liu led everyone in through the main entrance. There were verandahs on both sides. Everyone walked along the veranda, and saw several clear mansions, and two retrograde ones, green windows and oil walls, and two begonias planted in the courtyard. , a broad-leaved plantain, is more elegant and quiet than Shofuin.

There are several pear trees and peach trees in the back garden, and a narrow path winds from the back door to the mountainside, hidden among green pines and green bamboos, which is quite interesting.

Afterwards, I visited several courtyards such as Wenxing Pavilion, Ningcui Pavilion, Wutong Garden, etc., and went to Houshan Taolin for a walk. I didn't finish visiting Zhuangzi until noon.

When everyone returned to Songfengyuan, Xia Zhu Danju had already tidied up the house, and the curtains, curtains, furnishings, antiques, etc. had also been properly arranged.

After walking around for a long time, Li Wan was sweating all over and felt uncomfortable. Fortunately, Dan Ju had thought of it long ago and asked someone to boil hot water in advance.

Li Wan cleaned up and changed into a homely Yuebai flowered beanie, a white damask ink pleated skirt, soft-soled embroidered shoes, took off the hairpin ring, and loosely tied a Japanese bun. Only then did he feel relaxed. some.

Xia Zhu brought up a cup of tea and said with a smile, "Grandma has been gone for a long time, let's have a cup of tea to moisturize myself."

Bi Yue also served tea with Aunt Liu.

Li Wan took a sip of tea and suddenly saw

The soft green curtain hung on the door suddenly remembered something, and said to Aunt Liu: "Have you changed the backrests, pillows, chairs, chair burdens, and mattresses in each room? Those patterns that do not comply with the regulations should be changed quickly." come down."

Those patterns such as dragon patterns and four-clawed golden dragons are not something they can use.

Aunt Liu hurriedly put down the teacup, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, grandma, I changed them into homely designs according to grandma's instructions. Among the girls and servants selected this time, there are quite a few who are good at needlework, and the bedding and curtains are also made by them. of."

Li Wan nodded and asked: "I'm going to invite old ladies, wives and girls to visit in the future, but are they all ready?"

Aunt Liu said: "The pots and stoves in the kitchen have been repaired, and the dishes and cups are also complete. They have been scrubbed before, and they can be used after a little tidying up."

Dan Ju was bringing over a box of snacks, and said after hearing the words: "That's all, the fish, meat and vegetables for the banquet are the most important thing."

Mrs. Liu said with a smile: "It's not too easy. There are many chickens, ducks and geese in our farm, and fish are raised in the pond. Chicken, duck, fish eggs, melons, fruits and vegetables are all ready-made. Last year, several farms were rented. The food was also delivered here according to grandma's order, and there is enough rice, flour, food and charcoal."

Li Wan asked, "How much rent is left from last year?"

Mrs. Liu had been prepared for a long time, she took out the account book from her sleeve, opened it and looked at it, and said: "Fifty tans of green rice and two tans of Yutian rouge rice are the master's share, and they haven't been touched yet; Not much, I only ate two dans of regular rice for a hundred dans in half a year; [-] hu each of binuo, bainuo, and variegated grains; [-] catties of charcoal left.

The few bags of hazelnuts, pine, peaches, apricot pulp, dried shrimps, dried deer tendons, sea cucumbers, and a thousand catties of silver frost charcoal were also neatly stored and never touched.

In addition, roe deer, roe deer, pheasant, wild duck, hare, wild sheep and other game were either smoked or pickled, together with four cured pigs, two dried deer, four cured sheep, and fifty hams, all of which were stored in the ice cellar. "

Li Wan pondered for a moment after hearing this, and said: "Other things are enough, but if you want to tidy up the table, you need to buy some fresh pork, mutton and game, as well as spring bamboo shoots and other seasonal vegetables. The old lady and Girls love that."

Aunt Liu agreed and said with a smile, "Don't worry, grandma, there are bamboo forests in our village, and there is no shortage of spring bamboo shoots; as for fresh mutton, it is not difficult. There is a village two miles away from our village. I will send someone to order some tomorrow." Ask them to deliver fresh pork and mutton the morning after tomorrow."

Li Wan nodded and said, "Since that's the case, this

All these things are left to you to take care of. "

After finishing speaking, he asked Danju to fetch a big silver ingot of 50 taels to Aunt Liu, saying: "You take the 50 taels of silver for now, let's talk about it when it's not enough."

Aunt Liu laughed quickly and said, "I don't need this much, two or thirty taels of silver is enough."

Li Wan said with a smile: "Take it, just buy what you need, and give the rest to everyone. It is hard money for everyone. Be sure to clean up a few tables and bring them out."

Aunt Liu didn't refuse when she heard the words, she accepted it after thanking her, and went to take care of it without mentioning it.

Li Wan was sore all over, so he leaned on the imperial concubine's couch to take a rest, while Bi Yue gently massaged the acupuncture points on her legs.

After a while, a girl came back to say that lunch was ready and asked where it was.

Li Wan opened his eyes and said, "Just in the ear room of the east room."

Biyue agreed, went out to spread the message, and brought the food box over after a while.

Suyun lifted the lid of the box and put the dishes on the table. There was a plate of Longjing shrimp, a plate of vegetarian fried fresh mushrooms, a plate of emerald fish balls, a plate of cherry ham, a plate of plum blossom duck, and a bowl of steaming ham Asparagus soup.

In addition, there is a plate of tuckahoe soft cakes and a plate of rose sweet cakes, both of which are small and exquisite, very delicate, as if they are not made for eating, but for enjoying.

The cook did her best to make these dishes, which were full of color, fragrance and taste, very refreshing and delicious.

Especially the emerald fish balls and stir-fried fresh mushrooms, Li Wan liked it quite a lot, so he couldn't help eating two more mouthfuls.

After eating half a bowl of Japonica rice, two sips of ham and spring bamboo shoot soup, and another piece of Poria cocos soft cake, Li Wan put down his chopsticks and said with a smile: "Today, I actually feel that this dish tastes better than usual. Even the rice tastes better. It's a little bit sweet."

Danju Xiazhu also came back after eating, and said with a smile: "It's rare that grandma's appetite has improved, I really have to reward that cook."

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