The Honest Man of the Red Chamber

"Grandma, everything is ready." Seeing that everything was ready, Suyun hurried into the house and went back and forth to Li Wan.

Li Wan put down the books and stood up, "If brother comes back early, let him rest first and then do his homework."

"Yes, grandma." Jia Lan's nanny hurriedly responded, and sent Li Wan and Suyun Biyue out with a lot of things, and got into the carriage to Rongqing Hall.

"Grandma Zhu is here." Pearl smiled and opened the scarlet felt curtain for Li Wan.

When Jia Mu heard that Li Wan had come, she stopped eating the peeled grapes that Yuanyang brought to her mouth, "Come here and sit down and talk. I haven't finished talking about your wife yesterday."

Wang Xifeng was sitting on a chair beside her. Ben picked up fragrant pine nuts and ate them. When she saw this, she sighed deliberately loudly, "It is said that Zi loves young and Sun loves long. I didn't believe it before, but now I really believe it. When Grandma came, I Second Mistress, no one wants to read it."

Li Wan came in and twisted her mouth, "What a phoenix girl, I've only been back for two days and made up like this, it seems that I didn't know how many small things I said before, see if I don't deal with you."

"Old lady, help me!" Wang Xifeng begged with a smile, "Grandma, for the sake of your little nephew, please forgive me this time!"

The two were joking, but Jia's mother didn't care, her two granddaughters-in-law liked it.One is respectful and polite, everyone is ladylike, gentle and considerate, and can take care of others; the other is unrestrained and unrestrained, laughing and scolding, smart and can talk and do things.Besides, she also knew that these two people were just teasing her, so they really got into a pinch.

"I don't care. Both of you are dressed beautifully today. I think you are both beautiful. You are both beautiful like flowers. I will just sit and watch you, who is more powerful."

"Hahaha!" Wang Xifeng originally wanted to say something to create an atmosphere, but unexpectedly Li Wan also cooperated. After playing with her for a while, everyone had a good time. A whole set of colored glaze filled with amber and jade-like liquid came in, and there were a few small cages made of emerald bamboo that were still steaming.

Jia Mu asked, "What is this?"

"This is what my wife specially asked me to bring back to honor you, Huangyu Warming Stomach Soup." Li Wan couldn't help laughing when he thought that his wife had deliberately changed the name of this lemon honey dew.

When Wang Xifeng heard the name, she thought it was extremely gorgeous, "What is it made of?"

"Deliberately collect honey from longan flowers in the Lingnan area, filter and clarify it and store it under the roots of flower trees. In the coming year, wait until the cinnamon fruit (that is, lemon, because this thing has not been improved, it is sour and bitter, no one treats it as a fruit) It is eaten, but it is grown wild in some places and used as medicine.) After maturity, take the plump and sweaty one, wash it with rootless water, squeeze the juice from its skin to remove its network, and finally bake it slowly with fruit wood It is golden and clear, mixed with longan and honey, and then added with the secret medicine (actually salt) prescribed by Dr. Zhang, it can be sealed up, and when it is time to eat, it is best to drink it with [-]% hot boiling water." Li Wan also I don't know why my wife used those sour and bitter fruits, but as my wife said, she felt a little uncomfortable when she came back, and it was much better after eating for a few days in the morning.Thinking about the old lady and the second grandmother of Lian, one is old, and the other is pregnant, so I am afraid that eating it will be somewhat effective.

All these words made people feel a little greedy, so Jia Mu watched Yuanyang holding up the big-bellied crystal bottle-like glazed pot. With her movements, the amber-like topaz soup in the pot was poured into the pot along the spout. In the small bowl, it looks good.

Mother Jia took it and tasted it. It was sour and sweet, and she was a little bit sweet, "Okay, I can still get used to this."

Wang Xifeng was naturally served by Ping'er, so Li Wan introduced the dim sum in the cage, "Drinking this alone will make you hungry, this is what my wife and our master Li Gunian made after seeing different flavors in Guangdong and Guangxi. Tofu dim sum."

"Our family used to have steamed stuffed buns with bean curd skin, and I ate them pretty well." Wang Xifeng said just as he was feeling a little hungry, thinking about it.

Li Wan smiled and said, "Yes, besides our original tofu skin, my wife and the chefs have made several kinds of tofu skin. The old lady and Lian's second grandma, come here while it's hot. Taste it, taste it, if it doesn't taste good, I can tell my wife so that she can change the recipe so that I can sell it."

"I said Grandma Zhu, you are obviously showing off, and you still want to pay me verbally!" Wang Xifeng sat down at the small round table with Jia's mother, and first picked one for Jia's mother, and she couldn't wait to choose. A trembling white jade flower-like little bun was put into her mouth, she just chewed it, and she felt that her mouth was full of delicious fragrance, it was soft like tofu, but she didn't know that the bun inside was just like fresh juice, and she chewed it again Before I even noticed it, I swallowed it all, making me want to eat another one.

Jia Mu and Wang Xifeng each ate three, and they were gone before they were full.

"What is this? It's the first time I've eaten it!" Mother Jia asked, looking at the other four cages, not knowing what kind of good taste the rest would have!

"Frozen tofu skin wrapped with crab roe dragons." Li Wan introduced the rest of the dishes one by one, "This is an improved tofu skin bun. It was originally wrapped with winter bamboo shoots, pork, etc., but now it is wrapped with fish paste; this is Seaweed tofu buns, made by my wife using healthy green algae grown in the sea, processed and baked with dozens of kung fu, it tastes good even if you eat it alone.” At this point, she said a few more words, “ Doctor Zhang said that it is the best tonic when there is a lack of vegetables and fruits at sea, and it is light and easy to store, but it is a good thing.”

While she was talking, Jia's mother and Wang Xifeng ate and ate, and within a while they ate up all five baskets of snacks.

"Oh, I'm so tired. You stood and talked for a long time, but there was nothing left!" Jia Mu said, "Yuanyang, give our grandma Zhu five taels of silver, and tell the kitchen staff that I ordered the compensation. For her." He said to Wang Xifeng, "Look, that's why I say she should take care of the kitchen."

Wang Xifeng knew that this was to divide her power over the family, but she was [-]% willing in her heart.She is pregnant now, so naturally she has to plan for the child first, besides, the kitchen is not easy to move, she can't touch it, it's really difficult, why not push it out, it will satisfy her and the old lady's desire for tongue and tongue, and also Save her a trouble.

Li Wanyuan also came here for this reason, Wang Xifeng came up and begged, and the old lady said a few more words, she immediately agreed.

When she came back, the wife told her that she didn't have to fight for anything in Rongguo Mansion, just ask her for what she wanted, and there was nothing she wouldn't give her. Holding it firmly in your hand is the most important thing.

She deliberately sent food over for two consecutive days, also for the right to manage the kitchen.Now that he can get it so smoothly, no matter how detached Li Wan is, he is also a little overjoyed.

"Since you have taken over the kitchen, I have something to make things difficult for you." Mother Jia drank the topaz soup again, and felt that the taste was even better. "Now Pearl is ordered by the emperor to walk in front of the imperial court, and she is often away. You are the elder sister-in-law, so take more care of your uncle, second uncle, and your second younger siblings who are so happy. They have filial piety, and they are not good at big deer and big meat, but they just eat eggs and stay in front of the soul... This The weather is getting colder, and I know your wife is the best at making pots, so you can serve more snacks, and make some vegetarian dishes that are delicious and nourishing for them to eat."

"I see, old lady, don't worry." Li Wan also responded, and went back to the house to read the recipe given to her by his wife again.

Suyun changed her into the family clothes, and Biyue beat Li Wan's feet.

"Grandma, everything is in order, it's just..." Thinking of that embarrassing person, Su Yue also felt uncomfortable.

Li Wan first drew up all the menus for tomorrow except the old lady, she and her father had passed the hundred-day observance, and the mourning period for the others had not yet arrived.After helping Jia Zhu to display the incoming letters, he asked, "What did you want to say just now?"

Although she has an elegant and quiet temperament, she has been with Wang Guizhi for a long time, and she is no longer the stereotyped lady who only feeds female rings and female rules, and only knows how to obey father, husband and son.The wind swept over, and there was a bit of sharpness.

"If you go back to grandma, it means that before the master, there were two aunts."

Li Wan frowned when his aunt was mentioned, not because of the girls around Jia Zhu who grew up with him, but because his wife was comatose and gave birth prematurely when Yuanyuan was born, and it was all related to one of Aunt Zhao .Although the master was afraid that the truth would spread and he didn't know what would happen, but he just ignored Aunt Zhao coldly, and it made her feel unhappy when she thought about it.

Now those few girls only have some affection from the past. Two of them understood that they asked Jia Zhu if they would be allotted to others, and there were three who wanted to continue to compete with her. Li Wan didn't take it to heart. on.She was stupid in the past, and the wife treated her like that and taught her carefully. She didn't seize the opportunity, and the wife called the uncle to talk, and even alarmed the old lady. Although Binglu was kicked out, she He and Jia Zhu were still angry with each other for a long time.Thinking about it now, she really doesn't understand a man's heart!What a waste of letting his wife lead her like that!

But as my wife said, I don’t have to think about it anymore when it’s over. Days are passed slowly, and a momentary depression is nothing!

Look at her now, how can she care about the girl again?If she wanted to fight, she was also fighting for her own man's heart. It was useless to fight with other women.Just look at the wife, the master is socializing and working outside, where is there really no young girl and beauties to throw himself into his arms?How can the wife give it to other people in the family instead? It's not that the wife is in the master's heart, she is already more than just beautiful.

As long as she is more important in Jia Zhu's heart, others will naturally be less.As soon as he came back from Guangdong and Guangxi, he was called to question by the emperor, and he was appointed a Habayashi guard who could walk in front of the imperial court and be there whenever he was called.This is just the beginning, and he is afraid that he will be more able to handle errands in the future, and he will be more busy. The time spent with her and Brother Lang is short, so how can he have time to pay attention to others?Maybe there will be someone that Jia Zhu likes in particular, but it will have to wait until such a person appears, it is not too late for her to be anxious, now she just needs to get along with him wholeheartedly, take care of Lange, and take care of his wife Taking care of the kitchen and family matters, I really don't have time to take care of them.

"Is it Aunt Zhou? Or Aunt Zhao."

Suyun didn't dare to look at Grandma anymore, for some reason, she also felt guilty.

"It's Aunt Zhao..."

"Hmph, what's wrong with her? Is it because she wasn't given four meals a day and three meals a day?" If Li Wan hadn't thought that she was someone who had been with the master, she would have sold out Aunt Zhao long ago. , but also eat and drink for her!How dare you be a fool at this time!If there is something, see if she doesn't deal with her!

"Don't dare, grandma, you also know that everyone now dares to easily change the rules set by your wife." Suyun dare not speak casually, if she makes grandma misunderstand and harm those who are doing good work, When the family's errands are gone, she won't be able to ask for anything. Lying is a big taboo in the house!

Li Wan touched the nail shells that were dyed bright yellow. Apart from his wife's love for food, he also liked to work hard with them on dressing up. This impatiens was planted by a special person according to the color, "What's going on? "

"She, she wants her family to redeem her to go out..." Suyun's face was flushed, she was not married yet, so she was really a little embarrassed to say.

"..." Li Wan didn't know what to say, could Aunt Zhao get someone to redeem her body?She sneered, "What is she thinking? Is her family willing?"

Suyun shook her head and said, "Her brothers and sisters-in-law tried to persuade her, but she didn't do it, saying that she... said why should she wait in an empty house, anyway, the master doesn't want her anymore, she would rather go out and remarry..." She heard It was also jaw-dropping, I didn't expect Aunt Zhao to be so bold!

The author has something to say:

In the future, it may involve the flowers and lotteries of the people in the Dream of Red Mansions. I refer to the previous question on Zhihu, the answerer of Mingyue Zhonggong and "The Atlas of the Dream of Red Mansions", and Liu Ruhua's list of flower lotts for the main characters of the Dream of Red Mansions.

This is the sixth episode I remember in my notebook, and I don't know which relative ordered it, because I don't know how to write about her in detail, so I just mixed it with Li Wan and wrote it, I hope this relative doesn't mind.