Evening Shaohua in the Red House

Li Wan said with a smile: "It is indeed worth rewarding, Xia Zhu, you go and get a purse and a chi head to reward the cook, and then take two strings of money to distribute to the cook."

Xia Zhu agreed, this time they brought not only satin gauze, but also various purses, specially prepared to reward people.

While talking, a little girl came up with a basin towel and handkerchief, Li Wan rinsed his mouth and washed his hands, took the handkerchief and wiped his hands, seeing Biyue and Suyun coming up to clean up the food on the table, he said: "You don't need to take it anymore, you can eat Forget it, I only changed these dishes a little bit, the dish of duck with plum blossom and cherry ham has not been changed much, and the rice is still better, if it is not enough, I will ask for more."

Suyun and Biyue looked at Danju and Xia Zhu when they heard the words, and asked, "Have sisters eaten?"

Dan Ju and the two have eaten, and they both laughed when they heard the words: "We have both eaten, you can eat."

Suyun and Biyue didn't refuse anymore, they stood by the table and ate a meal.

After eating for a while, the two of them rinsed their mouths and washed their hands before clearing away the broken table.

Danju then presented to Li Wan the roster sent by Mrs. Liu just now, and said: "This is the roster that grandma just asked for. Everyone in the village is on it. Would you like to see it now?"

Li Wan nodded and said, "Bring it here and let me have a look."

She took the roster and looked through it carefully. There are 52 servants, daughter-in-laws, maids, and maids in total. Their names, places of origin, ages, and which tasks they are in charge of are all recorded in detail by Aunt Liu according to her requirements. .

After a long time, after reading the roster, Li Wan probably had a bottom line in his mind. After pondering for a long time, he ordered someone to call Aunt Liu and said, "Go to the two nearby farms today and choose some strong and strong women. Day and night inspections, guarding the gate."

Aunt Liu was startled when she heard the words, and then she realized that she couldn't help but feel a chill. She was negligent before and forgot such an important matter. This Zhuangzi belonged to the Seventh Prince before, so naturally there is no blind Xiaoxiao who dares to come Offense, now the owner of the Zhuangzi has been replaced by her master, and most of the people in the village are women, but you should be more careful, and immediately agreed, and hurried out to take care of it.

Xia Zhu also went back to the house and opened the box to get a purse, a ruler and two strings of money. He called Suyun over and said, "This is a gift from grandma to the kitchen. You can send it to the kitchen. In addition, call the cook." Draw up the banquet menu before tomorrow, and bring it back to me to have a look at that time."

Suyun agreed, and asked a servant woman to carry the things to the kitchen.

When we got to the kitchen, how many

A cook and a woman were eating, Suyun looked carefully and saw that the kitchen was spacious, with all kinds of ingredients neatly piled up in the corner, and the pots and stoves were also very clean, so she couldn't help but nodded secretly.

Everyone in the kitchen was stunned when they saw Suyun coming. Seeing that she was well dressed, they knew that she was probably the girl brought by the master this time. They all hurriedly put down their bowls and chopsticks and stood up. Me, I look at you, with a smile on my face, very cramped.

Seeing this, the servant woman holding the things hurriedly said to the cook Liu Zhu's family: "This is Miss Suyun by Grandma's side."

Hearing this, Liu Zhu's family hurriedly wiped their hands to greet her, and said, "So it's Miss Suyun, the girl is coming here now, but what do you want grandma to do?"

While talking, he hurriedly brought over a clean stool and padded it with a new handkerchief. Then he asked Suyun to sit down, and said with a smile, "It's so salty here, I have to wrong the girl and let it go."

Another woman came over with a plate of dried chestnuts and red date cakes, and said with a smile: "This is brought from home this morning, it's clean and untouched, the girl will try it too."

Another woman also said: "I have freshly picked tea leaves from Qian'er mountain here, wait a minute, girl, I'll start the fire and stew some good tea."

Seeing this, Suyun stopped in a hurry, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-laws, don't be too busy. I don't drink tea. I came here to deliver things at the order of grandma." He said: "Grandma likes the food today, it's for you."

Then he rewarded everyone with the ruler purse and other things.

Everyone immediately beamed with joy, and thanked each other after receiving the items.

Liu Zhu's family also breathed a sigh of relief. Xin Dao had heard that this grandma had a gentle temperament and treated others very generously. She was a little uneasy at first, but she tried her best to cook today, lest she would offend the master. This master is indeed a benevolent person, so I can finally rest assured.

Suyun talked about setting up the banquet again, and said: "The old lady and the ladies will be here in the future, please ask Sister-in-law Liu to draw up the menu as soon as possible, and then hand it to Sister Danju for review, if there is anything wrong It’s time to change it.”

Liu Zhu's family agreed, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, girl, I will draw up the list in a while."

Her father used to be a chef in a restaurant, and his culinary skills have been passed down from his father, so it is no problem to set up a few tables of banquets.

When Suyun returned to Songfengyuan, he saw Danju and Xiazhu were checking the antiques in the warehouse with booklets, so he also stepped forward to help.

Been busy for half an hour,

Just cleaned everything up.

Dan Ju went to the west room anteroom, and said to Li Wan, "I've checked everything, the number is correct, grandma, would you like to have a look?"

Li Wan was also a little tired, and waved his hands and said: "Forget it, you can watch the arrangement, I will rest for a while, and you can go shopping by yourself after cooking."

Danju and the others agreed, helped her take off her make-up and undressed, changed her pajamas, slept on the Babu bed, lowered the curtains, and only then closed the door and came out.

Two little girls were twirling flower ropes on the corridor, when they saw them, they came out and stood up quickly.

Xia Zhu said: "Let's go out for a stroll, you stay here and listen carefully, and if you have anything to do, send someone to pass the message."

The little girls quickly agreed.

Danju and the others walked around Zhuangzi, chattering about the scenery along the way, one said that this pavilion was good, the other said that the pavilion was exquisite, until the legs were sore from walking, they came back satisfied.

At this time Li Wan had already woken up and was reading a book under the window. Seeing their faces dripping with sweat, he couldn't help laughing, and jokingly said: "Look at you, those who don't know would think that you have returned after digging a few acres of land."

Dan Ju had already exhausted her strength, and said out of breath, "I feel like this leg is not even my own."

Xia Zhu also rubbed his legs and said: "I didn't feel it just now, but it will hurt like hell."

Suyun's physical strength is better, and he said with a smile: "I'll help my sisters press it, and it will be easier tomorrow."

Li Wan smiled and said: "Why bother, you forgot that there is a soup pond in our village? I'll go soak in the hot soup for a while to relieve fatigue, loosen my muscles and bones, and make sure that I won't have any aches and pains when I wake up tomorrow morning." .”

Dan Ju and the others were delighted, they all laughed and said: "I used to hear people say how good the hot spring pool is, and today we will enjoy it under the guise of the master."

In the evening, after everyone finished their dinner, they went to the hot spring pool for a dip, and felt comfortable and relieved their fatigue.

On the second day, Xia Zhu and others watched the old women and maids sweep the fallen leaves, wipe the tables and chairs, and prepare tea and wine vessels.

Danju took the girls and women to clean the houses and lay out the utensils.

The kitchen has also drawn up the wine menu, and all the ingredients are ready.

Li Wan inspected them one by one and saw that everything was in order, and there was nothing wrong with it, so he sent someone back to the mansion to invite Jia Mu and others.

The person who sent the message came back after noon, and the old lady Dao and the ladies and girls agreed to leave after dinner tomorrow morning.

The next day, Mother Jia and her party arrived as scheduled.

There were many vehicles and crowds of people and horses. Baoyu and Jia Lian were riding white horses with silver saddles and colorful bridles.

Zhu Ying, leading those carriages and sedan chairs, came in a mighty way, covering the sky and overwhelming the earth, but there was no one heard of them, only the sound of wheels and horseshoes.

Liu Youfu saw it from a distance, and hurriedly asked Aunt Liu to go in and spread the word, "The old lady is here."

Li Wan hurriedly took the girls and women to wait at the second gate. As soon as the car stopped, he hurried up to meet him and helped Jia Mu get off the car.

Afterwards Mrs. Wang, Aunt Xue, Daiyu Baochai and others got out of the car one after another.

Li Wan didn't see Sister Feng, so she couldn't help wondering: "Why don't you see Miss Feng?"

Mrs. Wang said: "Eldest sister caught a little cold last night, and girl Feng is worried. Besides, there are some things to take care of in the mansion, so she didn't come."

Tanchun also smiled and said, "Sister Feng asked us to sue my sister-in-law, saying that there is really nothing we can do this time, and we will come for a walk next time when we are free."

Li Wan said with a smile: "I said, Feng girl likes to be lively the most, and she agreed to come here a while ago, so that's why, it's okay, I'll just invite her next time."

Mother Jia was talking with Aunt Xue, discussing the surrounding scenery, and said with a smile: "That's good, let Feng girl relax next time."

Aunt Liu took the maids and women to move everyone's luggage to the wing rooms of each courtyard, and arranged them properly one by one.

Jia Lian brought his servants to rest in the outer courtyard, waiting for orders.

Li Wan led Mrs. Jia Muwang and others to look around the scenery. When they came to the garden for a while, they raised their eyes and saw a group of flowers blooming everywhere, green and red everywhere.

Thousands of peach blossoms are competing to bloom on the hillside, and the blossoming peach blossoms are like pink clouds, clusters, clusters, or competing for beauty, or budding.The flower branches and flowers sway and dance in the spring breeze, and the graceful peach blossoms embellish the whole manor picturesquely.

Everyone was amazed, and Jia Mu nodded and said, "It really is a beautiful scene, and it is more interesting than other places."

Aunt Xue also praised: "This kind of Zhuangzi is really rare, the location is good, and the scenery is even better."

Such a good place, even if you have money, you have nowhere to buy it.

Mrs. Wang thought it was just a small village at first, so she didn't take it seriously, but now she saw that it was such a good place. The sum of all her own dowry villages was probably less than half of that of this hot spring village. Without Li Wan's presence, I'm afraid he won't have the chance to hang out here.

Mrs. Wang couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable, but after thinking about it, no matter how much private property Li Wan had, it would be left to her grandson anyway, and in the end it would still be her own.

While speaking, again

Swimming a few places, walking under the shade of willows, I can only see a piece of emerald green, and there are still many cauliflowers in the surrounding fields; there are also a few women there, some are watering vegetables, and some are pulling weeds and catching insects. ; There are also many chickens and ducks adorning the grass and fallen flowers, which looks like a rural scene.

Jiamu and the others found it interesting. Daiyu and the others had never seen these things before, and they were very curious. Xiangyun and Baoyu planned to go down to the ground to try it. There are many bugs in the ground, and being bitten is not a joke."

That's all for the two of them.

After walking through several floors of water pavilions, we arrived at a pavilion.

Li Wan laughed and said, "Don't be tired, old lady. Please go to the pavilion and have a cup of tea."

Jia Mu also felt her feet were sore, so she nodded in agreement and said, "Let's go and have a rest."

Li Wan ordered the girl to go and lay the seats first.

Danju took the order and took the mother-in-law and maids to the pavilion to set up the backrest and spread the mattress.

The maids brought another big brocade mattress to spread on the railing couch.

Li Wan helped Jia Mu to sit down, Mrs. Wang and Aunt Xue also sat down beside her, and Xia Zhu brought the girls up with tea and fruits.

The serving girls and women also took a break, some sitting on the rocks, some sitting on the grass, some leaning against trees, and some by the water. Zicuckoo, Yuanyang and others gathered together to chat and laugh, It was also very lively.

Daiyu Yingchun and Xichun stood under the shade of willows watching the fish swimming in the pond, and Baochai Tanchun looked at the flowers in the flower garden.

Baoyu and Xiangyun were curious about everything. They looked at flowers for a while, and went fishing for a while. They got together and chatted non-stop.

Seeing that they couldn't sit still, Jia Mu couldn't help shaking her head and laughing, so she smiled at Baoyu and said, "Go with your sisters. Your wife and I will rest here and talk for a while."

Baoyu was very happy, and the sisters agreed to say goodbye to Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang's Aunt Xue. Li Wan hurriedly ordered the girls to follow.

Everyone wandered freely in the village, and walked to Wenxing Pavilion without realizing it, but saw peaches and apricots in full bloom in the garden, bright red shining in their eyes.

Baoyu was very happy, and said, "how can there be no poems in such a scene?"

Xiangyun said: "It's all about writing poems. Now I have to ask people to fetch pens, inks, papers and inkstones. It's a bit troublesome. There are many poems that I can't do tomorrow. It's better to guess riddles."

Everyone is right.

Tanchun said: "I think we should make a rule, one person asks a question, and whoever guesses correctly will go on to ask the next question, how about it?"

We discussed it, and there was no objection.

Xiangyun came up with the question first, and after thinking about it, he came up with an anagram, and said with a smile: "Yes."

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Tanchun said: "There are no such filial birds in the world."

Baochai thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "But 'Zigui'?"

Xiangyun smiled and said, "That's right, it's Sister Bao, you can guess it right away."

Baoyu said: "The word for 'parents' has a word for 'son', and the word for 'jijian' has a word for 'regulation'. It is really appropriate and natural. It can be regarded as unique in the riddle of bird names.

Now it was Baochai's turn to come up with a question, Baochai thought for a while, and happened to see Xiangyun's new lotus root pink brocade embroidered boots, and suddenly felt moved, and said with a smile: "Sister Yun probably dirty the flower shoes, so I changed them. There are little satin boots. I will make a 'wearing satin boots' and type "Mencius"."

Yingchun frowned and thought, "Although this inscription is unique, how could Mencius have such a coincidental sentence to match it?"

Xichun was never good at these things, so she just watched the scenery from the sidelines.

Daiyu thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "But it's enough for clothes and silk?"

Baochai said, "Of course."

Tanchun Baoyu and others all laughed and said, "This can be described as fantastic."

Xiang Yun smiled and said, "It's Sister Lin's turn, I don't know what kind of tricky topic it is."

Daiyu glanced at her when she heard the words, smiled, and snatched the handkerchief from her hand when she was unprepared, and said with a smile: "I have one too. Return your handkerchief."

Everyone laughed and said, "It's still so naughty."

Baochai said with a smile: "This riddle is indeed a novelty. Sister Yun, you have to think about it carefully."

Xiangyun was also interested, and said with a quick smile, "don't guess, sisters, wait for me." After thinking about it, he smiled at Daiyu and said, "sister Lin, I hit it, but there's a spirit in it?"

Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled, "What spirit?"

Taking advantage of her unpreparedness, Xiangyun snatched the handkerchief, ran away, and said with a smile, "Probably it's either a lotus essence or a begonia monster. It's nothing but flowers."

Hearing this, everyone burst into laughter.

The author has something to say: I'm so sleepy, I'll catch bugs tomorrow, good night, little cuties~

ps: The scenery description and poetic riddles in the article are borrowed from Li Ruzhen's "Flowers in the Mirror".

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