My country, you can pinch it

Today is a small year, and according to the custom, we have to eat dumplings.

No matter how much chaos there was outside because of Liu Ke's "Princess Dog", in short, the Shang family closed the door, and they were sitting in the flower hall one by one, making dumplings together.

Only Fang Jinling sat on the rocking chair beside the charcoal basin holding the hand stove, curiously looking at the seven heroines of his family, no, eight.

I saw Shang Xiaowu and Shang Xiaoshuang raised their two knives, facing the pork on the chopping board, and took a deep breath.Then the four eyes met, sparks collided, and after Shang Luoyu next to him said "start", he raised the kitchen knife and stomped. It was obviously a common kitchen knife, but it was a peerless double-edged knife.

Fang Jinling opened his eyes wide, and the naked eyes could see that the two pieces of pork had turned into a puddle of meat paste, and then he shoveled with two knives, and the two puddles of meat paste flew into the air, and Shang Luoyu and Shang Wubing lifted up the big basin to catch it.Then Wei Xue picked up two baskets of cabbage and poured them seamlessly into the empty chopping board in front of the twins, then turned around and shouted, "Do you want to eat mushrooms?"

"Eat." Qian Duojin, who was holding up an account book beside Fang Jinling and pretending to be, hurriedly replied.

Wei Wei gave him a white look: "Which one do you not eat, I am asking Ling Ling."

Qian Duojin was a little bit aggrieved, curled up into a ball, continued to look at the account book he hadn't turned over for a long time, and lamented: "Oh, I'm old, I really don't want to be seen..."

In an instant, a piece of shiitake mushroom flew from a distance and hit him on the head without any mistakes...Muffling the sound.

Fang Jinling glanced at the third brother-in-law with some sympathy, and then replied crisply: "Eat."

"Hey, then today my sister will make you pork dumplings with cabbage, mushrooms, Xiaoshuang and Xiaowu hurry up and chop them up."

The twins responded in one gulp: "Okay."

On the other side, Shang Xiyun was pouring flour into the basin, and then poured in bowls of clear water one by one. After the mixture was roughly thick, he pushed the basin to Shang Chuqing, who dipped some flour in his palms and started and dough.

It's a lot of hard work, but for a general like Shang Chuqing who wields a spear so powerfully, it doesn't take much effort at all, and a smooth and plump big lump of dough takes shape in a short while.She put it aside to wake up the noodles, and then kneaded the next pot.

Fang Jinling watched all the way down, and couldn't help but admire: "Sister, it seems that your technique has been practiced all year round."

"That is, in the northwest, at this time of year, grandfather must gather us all to make dumplings, can we not be proficient?" Shang Luoyu and Shang Wubing sprinkled seasonings while stirring the dumpling filling.

Pork, cabbage, and shiitake mushrooms are mixed together, which looks so harmonious. Just by looking at it, you know that the dumplings will be delicious later.

"Every year, the whole family can only get together for a short time during the New Year's Eve. When the fourth and fifth brothers were still there, I was looking forward to the Spring Festival. On the contrary, during the Spring Festival, the soldiers took turns to celebrate the New Year, but they had to go to the tower to guard against it. The foreign enemy took the opportunity to attack."

This was what Shang Qingrong, who was sitting on the side empty-handed, said. She thought about it, feeling a little melancholy and self-deprecating, "I didn't expect this agreement to always exist, but I've been away for too long, so I've become unfamiliar."

When she first married into the capital, it was not that she hadn't done it in the first year, but it was a pity that Fang Wencheng didn't want to do it together, and she didn't think it was as delicious as the cook's cooking. Mind touched.

Shang Xiyun smiled and said: "Auntie, from now on you have to practice your skills, the rules of the Shang family, if you don't make a good bag, you have to eat it yourself, and if you don't do it, you don't get to eat it."

"Yes, yes." The younger sisters below agreed.

Under the twittering, Shang Qingrong's sadness disappeared, and he nodded happily: "That's natural. Speaking of which, the dumplings I made before were all big and round, and the fillings were very full. You young ones are rushing to eat them." Woolen cloth."

"Sister, you don't have to eat if you don't do it?" Fang Jinling got up from the rocking chair and began to roll up his sleeves, "Then I'll come too."

Shang Xiaowu jokingly asked: "Lingling, can you do it, if you fall apart later, you have to eat by yourself."

"It's okay, give it to Duojin, he doesn't do anything, he doesn't pick anything." Wei Xue said.

Qian Duojin was taken aback: "Hey, lady, you didn't say that. I'm a great hero, so I don't need to do anything?"

"Really, when did I say that?"

Qian Duojin: "..." Can you speak a little bit of credit? "It's really hard for me." He looked up to the sky and sighed.

"Haha..." Everyone around laughed.

Shang Xiaoshuang smiled and said, "Third sister-in-law, didn't you know that third sister was unreasonable the first day?"

Wei Xue stared: "Nonsense, how can I be so overbearing?"

Shang Wubing next to him glanced at his mouth: "I don't know who is the one who led the soldiers directly into the third brother-in-law's house and refused to leave if he didn't agree to get married."

After finally rolling up his sleeves, Fang Jinling, who had washed his hands, stared at Wei Xue with the same astonishment as Shang Qingrong.

Is it so tough?Is it prevalent in the Northwest to rob civilian men?

It was rare for Shang Luoyu not to refute Wu Bing's words, and said seriously: "Auntie, Lingling, you don't know that the female overlord who is still rumored there is the third sister. If we can't find Mr. Ruyi in the future, it must be her." Damaged the reputation of the sisters."

Shang Qingrong couldn't believe that the Fat Tuanzi had become a "bandit leader" today, "Weixue, is it true or not, you are..."

Wei Xue denied it categorically, and gave Luo Yu and Wu Bing a heads-up: "Damn girl, stop slandering me, ask Duo Jin, am I that kind of person?"

Qian Duojin cleared his throat, and was about to speak, when Wei Xue's sharp eyes shot over, he sighed softly, raised a smile and said loudly: "Of course not, my wife is majestic and upright, as if Like a god of war, he rescued me from fire and water. Fortunately, that day I stuck to her and refused to let her go unless I got married, so she compromised and allowed me to enter the Shang family."

Wei Weixue said proudly: "Understood, I'm the hero rescuer..." She glanced at her husband who was not beautiful but made do, she waved her hand, "That's what it means."

The expressions on the faces of the surrounding sisters were indescribable.

Shang Xiaowu asked in a low voice with difficulty: "Third sister, is there anyone more shameless than you in this world?"

Wei Xue snorted and laughed: "Of course there is, didn't I see one today?"

This is actually the only one who can use this ridiculous method to refuse marriage, and this idea...

Seeing that everyone's eyes were about to fall on her, Fang Jinling quickly pretended to be impatient, and asked with a smile, "Big sister, is the dough ready for rolling?"

"Yes, it's already started. Come on, Xiyun and I roll out the dough, and make dumplings for the rest. We can make whatever fillings we like."

"Pack more, eat it as a midnight snack when you're hungry at night."

"Put a copper coin in, whoever eats it will have great luck in the coming year."

"Okay."

Laughing and making noise soon reached the middle of the night.

At this moment, Liu Ke, who was dubbed as a shocking wonder, did not listen to the popular opera troupe in the mansion to mourn his "princess", but wandered out of the house.

Under the curfew, there was no one on the street, and even the moon in the sky was only a shallow bend. Xiao Tuanzi held a lantern, shrank his neck, and followed behind Liu Ke, with a pair of small eyes that had no place to rest, terrified He asked: "Your Highness, the Emperor called you back to the palace, do we really want to resist the decree?"

Liu Ke didn't look back, but continued to walk forward with his head covered.

"Your Highness?"

"He just scolded those few words over and over again. What's the point? If he has the ability, send someone to take me back. But I guess he doesn't bother to bother. If he sees me, he might be pissed to death."

Xiaotuanzi: "..." Probably his master is the only one in the world who dares to talk about the emperor being pissed off.

After listening too much, Xiaotuanzi became numb. He looked around with the help of the weak light, "Your Highness, it's so late, where are you going?"

As soon as the words were finished, Liu Ke suddenly stopped in front of him. Xiaotuanzi didn't react for a while, and just bumped into his back in a daze, holding his nose so painfully that tears burst into tears.

Not only did Liu Ke have no sympathy, but he said with disgust: "Why are you so stupid? I told you not to follow, you have to."

Xiaotuanzi said aggrievedly: "Isn't it because I'm afraid that His Highness won't have someone to call upon?" He raised his head and looked in front of him, and suddenly froze, "Are you here?"

"Here we are." Liu Ke took the lantern and walked forward.

However, Xiaotuanzi was a little confused when he saw the white wall and black tiles in front of him. He turned around, but couldn't find the door, and asked doubtfully, "Your Highness, isn't this the back wall of someone else's house? Did you go the wrong way?"

It's a pity that Liu Ke ignored him, and looked left and right with the lantern in his hand, and found the sack and broken bricks not far away that someone had put on the corner of the wall, then put the lantern back in Xiaotuanzi's hand, and took off his cloak Hanging on his hand, he lifted the hem that got in the way and tucked it into his belt, and began to carry the sack.

This action made Xiaotuanzi really puzzled, "What are you doing?" Then he leaned over to help, "Let the servant come."

Liu Ke felt that he was in the way, "Stay by the side, raise the lantern up, and let me shine."

"Oh……"

Liu Ke moved the bricks and sacks under a relatively concealed wall, looked up, then raised his hands kindly, and took a few steps back.Then he sprinted fiercely, stepped on the sack with one foot, jumped vigorously, and clasped the wall with both hands.

When Xiaotuanzi saw this series of actions behind him, his eyes widened, and he blurted out, "Your Highness, how did you climb the back wall?"

The voice was a bit loud, and Liu Ke's forehead twitched with veins, wanting to kill this extremely stupid servant, he turned around and growled: "Why don't you shout louder, the whole capital knows that the master is climbing the wall!"

Xiaotuanzi immediately covered his mouth and shook his head in fright.

Liu Ke took a deep breath, then used both hands to climb up the wall, and finally climbed over the wall lightly, and soon there was no one there.This vigorous skill shows that he often does this kind of thing on weekdays.

In the dark night, Xiaotuanzi waited outside alone with a lantern, surrounded by silence, which made the timid him a little scared.

Finally he crouched slowly by the sack, quietly huddled, rubbing his hands and waiting.

It's just that he just squatted down, there was a sound of clothes flapping over his head, and when he looked up, he saw his master who had climbed into the wall turned out again.

Before he could go up to ask, Liu Ke hurriedly said, "Let's go!" and ran away.

Xiaotuanzi didn't understand what happened at all, he only knew that Liu Ke was running ahead, and he could only follow.

It's a pity that he was chubby and couldn't run fast at all. After running for a while and turning his head, Liu Ke found that he had been dragged down a lot.

"His Royal Highness, Your Highness..." When Xiao Tuanzi was about to die, Liu Ke in front of him finally stopped. He sat down on the ground and felt that he almost entered the Palace of Hades, and asked out of breath, "After all, what happened... What's up……"

Liu Ke was panting a little. He put his hips on his hips and looked back. Seeing that no one was chasing him, he wiped the sweat off his brow and kicked the ground.

"Idiot, of course someone found out! Damn, why are all the women of the Shang family so vigilant!"

Shang family woman?This climbed on the wall of the Shang family?

Xiaotuanzi looked at Liu Ke in shock, panting, and said, "Your Highness, what are you doing... Didn't you say you don't like girls from the Shang family?"

"Who told you that I came to find those tigress?"

"Ah?" No?

Xiaotuanzi was full of surprises today, if he didn't look for Miss Shang, who would he look for?Is it possible...

"Shangfu...husband..." He couldn't speak well.

Liu Ke hated iron but said: "Husband, you are tall, can you think of something else besides women?"

"That's Young Master Shang?"

This time Liu Ke was honest, "Yeah."

And Xiaotuanzi was even more puzzled: "But if you want to see Master Shang, why didn't you just visit the door instead of climbing the back wall?" Those who usually climb the wall are either sneaky or adulterers. Since the two do not stick, why waste this energy.

Liu Ke rolled his eyes at him, "I don't want to alarm others."

"But you have already been alarmed." The lights of Shang's house were instantly lit up at this moment.

Liu Ke: "..." His eyes instantly became dangerous, and Xiaotuanzi immediately lowered his head when he saw this.

"Forget it." Liu Ke rubbed his chin, "Wait a little longer, calm down and knock on the door again."

"Ah, are you still going?"

Liu Ke said inexplicably: "Nonsense, did you come out for a drive in the cold at night? You're full."

In theory, Xiaotuanzi had never won, but the beating of the watchman's gong not far away indicated that it was midnight.

He wondered: "Master Shang should be fast asleep right now? It's not good to wake someone up in the cold, and that person is still weak."

The rare Liu Ke showed a hint of hesitation on his face, but he couldn't see it because of the darkness.

Under the dim light, he exhaled clouds of white air, and finally said: "Be quiet, let's go."

Fang Jinling had indeed gone to bed, and with his unimportant body and the severe lack of nightlife, it was difficult not to go to bed early.

But listening to the figures coming and going outside, Zijing was afraid of alarming him, so she came in with a candle to look, unexpectedly it woke him up instead.

"what happened?"

Zijing replied: "It seems that a thief has entered, Miss Qi found out, and is searching the mansion."

"thief?"

"Well, it probably caught my eye when I moved things back from the Yunyang Hou Mansion a few days ago."

Fang Jinling was surprised when he heard the words, and couldn't help but said: "Then this thief is too careless, don't you know that none of the women in our family are easy to mess with?"

Zijing covered her mouth and smiled: "That's not true, but Miss Qi said that she should have come to step on it a little bit. I know that you live near this yard, so I specifically found the back wall here to climb."

"Is that so?" Fang Jinling thought for a while and said, "Then you go to your sister and ask them to check my yard inside and out, so that the little thief can't hide and hurt others."

"Then you rest for a while, and this servant will go find Miss Biao."

After a while, the noise outside gradually subsided, Zijing came back, and said: "Young master, I have searched inside and out, but I didn't find anyone, so they must have escaped."

"That's good, you go to sleep too, it's hard work."

Zijing helped Fang Jinling to lie down, then backed out.

However, after the noise just now, Fang Jinling's drowsiness has disappeared, and it will take time to fall asleep again. Just as he was in a daze, he heard voices outside.

So he called out: "Amethyst?"

Amethyst lit a candle and came in, "Master."

"what happened again?"

With this candlelight, Zijing had a strange expression on her face, and said: "Young Master, please tell me, the Seventh Highness is here, and I want to see you by name."

"Liu Ke?" Hearing this person, Fang Jinling's finally brewing drowsiness disappeared in an instant. He blinked and asked, "What time is it?"

"A moment has passed."

Fang Jinling: "..." What is that strange flower singing again, is it that Midnight was frightened?But why did you come to him?Could it be that he deliberately came to settle accounts, only to realize that this idea is too bad now?

Various thoughts floated through Fang Jinling's mind one by one, even though he could guess people's hearts, he couldn't guess what Qipa was thinking for a while.

Zijing looked at him uncertainly, and said: "Why don't the slaves refuse, saying that you are not in good health and have already fallen asleep after drinking the calming soup?"

Fang Jinling nodded. After hearing this answer, most people would definitely not bother.

However, as soon as he lay down, he immediately sat up again, thinking that normal people can't do it, but is Liu Ke normal?Those who come at night must want to be a demon. If this person doesn't achieve his goal, how can he give up?

Thinking about those courtiers who knew how absurd the dog princess was today, but still obediently presented generous offerings, you will know how vengeful this person is.

Fang Jinling narrowed his eyes slightly thinking of this, he was never one to run away, since the opponent made a move, he followed suit.

So he asked, "What about people?"

"Waiting at the door."

Hearing this, Fang Jinling was surprised, "Why didn't you come in first?" Anyway, it's the prince, it's so cold to wait outside in the middle of the night, and it would be rude for their Shangfu to neglect him.

Zijing said: "The concierge said that His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince would not come in, so let him ask, and if you rest, he won't bother you."

So easy to talk to?It's not like Liu Ke's style.

So there is only one, what do you want from others?

Thinking of this, Fang Jinling raised his eyebrows, and ordered: "You let Changkong bring him here quietly, don't disturb your mother and sisters."

"Yes."