Nongmen Shenjue

The nineteenth is Wen Jixue's birthday, and she used to cook longevity noodles, but this time Wen Jixue mainly eats boiled eggs in sugar water.

It is a custom in Yueliang Prefecture to eat a bowl of boiled eggs in sugar water on birthdays, and the farmhouse also treats distinguished guests with boiled eggs in sugar water.The local area is full of paddy fields, and the rice planted is japonica rice. In addition, glutinous rice is also grown. Naturally, glutinous rice is used as a filling in food. For example, Tianyu County is used to eating sweet boiled glutinous rice balls on birthdays.

Mu Qingyan got up early, so he didn't need to go to the inn kitchen. There was a stove in their small yard, so it was very convenient to cook a bowl of sugar water and eggs.

The eggs were delivered by Liu Yi yesterday, there were about twenty of them, very small and fresh.Chickens don't like to lay eggs in winter, but it's not true that there aren't any. Liu Yi specially sent people to the surrounding villages to collect them, so he bought fresh ones.

A small soup pot was placed on the stove, and the local liqueur was boiled. Once the soup was boiled, two eggs were beaten into it, and the bowl could be filled after rolling three times.Eggs are too old to taste. If you control the heat, the egg yolk seems to have just solidified without dripping juice. It tastes really good when paired with sweet glutinous rice wine.

"Delicious." Wen Jixue ate cleanly.

Mu Qingyan drank the sweet soup, accompanied by fried dumplings with pot stickers on the table, and a plate of pickled pickled cabbage, cut into thin shreds, mixed with shredded red peppers, which was refreshing and relieved the tiredness.

"For your birthday in previous years, did you cook noodles or sweet soup at home?"

"Both." Mentioning childhood events, Wen Jixue smiled faintly: "In our family, only my grandfather was born in the south, my grandmother and mother were both from the north, and my father and I were born in the capital. My grandfather is often at the border, The food at home is the custom in the north, so my father and I naturally have the same taste. But it’s my grandfather’s birthday, and my grandmother wants to order the kitchen to cook eggs in sugar water, and we all have to eat a bowl with him.”

"How are you going to live this year?" Mu Qingyan casually chatted with him.

"It's just the two of us, make a few things that you like to eat, and leave the ones that are not easy to buy to Liu Yi. In two days, I will clean up the kitchen in the yard. It is also kept before and has never been used." Wen Jixue thought During the New Year in Wanxia County, it felt good. The two of them didn't entertain guests or visit relatives. The customs were also free and easy, and it was very good.

Mu Qingyan naturally had no objection. After all, he was the one who took care of most of the things in the kitchen, and the more he did, the more tired he became.

Thinking of Xi Yong, just about to ask, but held back.

Forget it, let's see what Wen Jixue is selling.

After waiting like this, there was no movement until the end of New Year's Eve.

On New Year's Eve, Mu Qingyan prepared a table of dishes.This time Wen Jixue also rolled up his sleeves and started to do the frying work. Mu Qingyan was only responsible for lighting the fire and giving instructions with his mouth. The finished product was good.In the evening, as usual, I cooked dumplings, filled with pork and sauerkraut, and cooked a few glutinous rice balls.

Before the meal, Wen Jixue set off a string of firecrackers in the yard, and the whole town started the reunion dinner amidst the crackling sound.

The New Year's Eve between the two seems to be deserted, but both of them are used to it.

Either shake the dice to guess odd or even, or guess the crossword puzzle, and drink if you lose.The two came and went, even though Wen Jixue drank a lot, but Mu Qingyan couldn't drink anymore, insisted on staying up until the hour of the day, he couldn't hold on, waved his hands and gave up, and didn't dare to drink anymore.

The food and drink were cold, Wen Jixue took them back to the kitchen and warmed them up.

Seeing that it was still early, Mu Qingyan fetched water to wash his face and made a bowl of strong tea.

"Sleepy?"

"Well, a little bit." Say hello.The room was warm and warm, and he was wrapped in a big cloak, and when he felt sleepy, he couldn't help but close his eyelids.

"Go to bed first when you are sleepy." Although there is a custom of keeping the year old on New Year's Eve, it is not mandatory to follow it.

Mu Qingyan wanted to persevere.

In the previous two New Years, the two of them kept watch for the new year, waiting for the time to change, and the firecrackers went off together, heralding the arrival of the new year.The two greet the New Year together, and it always feels different.

"Since we can't bear to sleep, let's do something else." Wen Jixue said suggestively, pulling him up and taking him into the inner room.

The two of them didn't light another lamp, and with the light from the hall, the two of them were entangled together, and the bedposts creaked against each other.

Already drank, thinking it was New Year's Eve, without any scruples, it was inevitable to go too far.

When they heard the sound of firecrackers outside, the two paused slightly.

Mu Qingyan's whole body was hot, and he seemed to be weak and weak, and his mind was always muddled. He turned his head and looked out the window, only to see dimly flickering lights.

"It's child time?"

"What's the matter?" Wen Jixue didn't care, and with a movement of her body, she wrapped her tightly again, and her rapid breathing sounded again.

Indeed, right now Mu Qingyan doesn't want to think about the replacement of old and new with firecrackers to welcome the new.

During the New Year's Eve, we visit relatives and friends everywhere, and almost every family has a meal.

As a local parent official, Xi Yong is naturally very busy during the Chinese New Year, and many people want to treat him to New Year wine.He was an official abroad, and this year he was uncertain about seeking an official, so he did not return to his hometown for the New Year.Fortunately, Mao Cheng returned from the capital a few years ago and brought him good news. Xi Yong's mind was settled, and he was naturally in a good mood.

On the fifth day of the lunar new year, Xi Yong went out to dinner again.

This time the guests were not a family, but several squires invited together, and they chose a private house, and the one who accompanied the wine was the top brand of Hualou in Yueliang Prefecture, who was in his [-]th year of life, with bright eyes, white teeth, shining flowers, and a charming demeanor.If you want to invite this top card, the price is not low.Xi Yong has heard about him for a long time, it's not that he is indifferent, and it's not that he has no money, but he is the county magistrate of Guining County, how can he go to Yueliangzhou City to find sex?Besides, he didn't want the Rouge Tiger at home to make a fuss.

Everyone in Zuojin knows that Xi Yong is mediocre to his wife, but he has a doting aunt who is good-looking, not only has a lot of means, but also adds an old man to Xi Yong, even if he is a concubine, he can't help loving him .Besides, this aunt's family is in business, so every year the brother-in-law does not lose the benefits of being filial.

Seeing the preparations of several squires now, I am naturally happy, and after the banquet, I spent a good time here.

Seeing that it was getting late, Xi Yong got dressed and left.

There were beauties to add to the fun this evening, the wine was not less, and it was a spring breeze, which really took a lot of energy.As soon as Xi Yong left the room, the servants were about to help him, but they saw that he stumbled under his feet somehow, and suddenly the futon fell down, and his forehead hit the stone floor, and there was a muffled sound that was very clear.

"Old master!" The servant was so frightened that he hurriedly helped him up.

Several squires who came to see him off also changed their faces when they saw it: "My lord!"

However, Xi Yong's forehead was immediately swollen with a big lump, and he was so dizzy that he couldn't even stand upright, and passed out when his legs softened.

Now everyone panicked and hurried to ask for a doctor.

After the Lantern Festival on the 15th of the first lunar month, the flavor of the new year gradually fades away, and government offices in various places have gradually begun to open their offices.

The first thing the governor of Yueliang Prefecture did when he opened the government office was to take the file of Li Daxing's death case handed over by Xi Yong years ago, go through the procedures, and then send it up.The dossier is placed in the second hall, where he usually works here, because this dossier is special, it is specially placed here, how do you know, it has disappeared!

At first I thought I had misremembered the place, but when I searched for it to no avail, I broke out in a cold sweat.

The dossier is lost, this is a big deal!

Zhizhou hurriedly consulted with his trusted aide.

Although the staff were surprised, they didn't panic. They first broke the news: "Your Excellency, I don't know yet. Xi Yong, the magistrate of Guining County, went out to drink on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. He accidentally fell down. It is said that he kowtowed his head and fell very hard. Lying on the bed, seeing nothing but a headache."

"Oh? There is such a thing?" Zhizhou frowned and sighed again: "Oh, that's the case, and the matter can't be blamed on him. Blame me, blame me, if I didn't know, I would have sent the file early to suppress his breath It’s fine to send it up.”

"My lord, don't be in a hurry. If the dossier is really lost without knowing it..." How can Zhizhou not understand what the aides have left behind.

In that file, the "murderer" was an ordinary citizen, the only thing special was that he was a villager of Xuejia Village.Ordinary people would not dare to touch this kind of thing, they would take action to steal the dossier, it must be to help the six members of the Zheng family, so, the inside story behind it is beyond anyone's guess.

Zhizhou regretted it more and more, he just didn't want to get involved in this matter, otherwise the case would have been sent back for retrial.

Now that the dossier is lost, it is because of his dereliction of duty, how can it be settled?

If Xuejia Village is involved again, I'm afraid that someone will make a fuss about it, and if it fails, not only will they lose their official position, but they will also lose their lives.

The staff said in relief: "Sir, wait a minute, listen to me first."

"You said."

"My lord, there is only one way to solve this matter. If the dossier is lost on the way after we send it out, then it has nothing to do with your lord." Although there was still a responsibility at that time, a greater responsibility was being sent Tolerance of official documents.

And according to the intention of the staff, as long as there is a way to attract the tolerance to be careless on the way, the briefcase will be lost directly, and the files will be mixed in, so that it will not be conspicuous and not so deliberate.

"This, this can be done?" Zhizhou hesitated, shook his head, and sighed, a little unbearable.

"My lord, there are a lot of people in the state office. We can choose a suitable person. In this way, it can be regarded as the best of both worlds."

It has been less than a year since Zhizhou came here, and it can be regarded as straightening out the affairs of the state, but it is not easy to employ people everywhere.Some people knew it was wrong, but because they didn't grasp the reason and couldn't act well, according to the wishes of the staff, they used this incident to make the most inappropriate one a scapegoat.

Zhizhou's way of being an official is moderate, and his temperament is somewhat soft, easy to look forward and backward.

The staff knew this well, and persuaded him a few more words about the future.

"Come on! Just do as you want." Zhizhou instructed again: "Mr. take care, be careful!"

"Don't worry, my lord."

After the staff took the cards, a fake file was put into the briefcase, and together with several other unimportant official documents, they were sent to the governor's mansion by the state government.After that, the two waited.As a result, three or five days passed without any news, but their plan went smoothly, and the briefcase was indeed "lost".

The staff sighed: "The man ran away!"

That man was not stupid, he knew that he had something on his back, and Zhizhou couldn't tolerate him.Now that I have lost my briefcase again, if I really want to lose my hair, I will peel off my skin if I don't die.This person was also ruthless, so he simply ran back secretly, explained a few words to his family, and then went to other places to hide his name and find a way to survive.

The Zhizhou boxers pounded the table and sighed together: "Now we can only wait."

After a long time, the tolerance that should have been returned has never been returned, so they can "track down".