Mrs. Xing of the Red Chamber

After Li Mo asked people to pack up the things they probably needed, it was almost time for lunch.

In the house, the charcoal pot brought over has been burned, and I drank a bowl of ginger syrup to get rid of the cold.Li Mo was sitting on a cushioned chair in the main hall, warming his hands with a hand stove, and reading a travel book at the same time.

Feeling a bit thirsty, he took a sip of the chrysanthemum tea that was brewed next to him, and at this moment Little Silver came in and said, "Ma'am, lunch is ready, do you want to start eating?"

"Hengan and the others, why don't you come over to prepare lunch? You go tell them to come over quickly, wait for them to come over, and then serve the lunch!"

Little Silver lowered his head slightly and replied, "Yes, madam." Then he went out to look for the two young masters.

Heng An and Jia Zong had never seen the outside scenery before, and they were attracted by the surrounding scenery as soon as they got off the carriage. When Li Mo turned around and entered the house, how could the two of them stay together!

When Xiaoyin found them, they were looking at the cows and pigs in the pigsty!

The two of them were whispering, and they didn't know what they were talking about, but Li Xiaoshan, Li Zhuangtou's youngest son, who was next to him, had been introducing them to the situation in the village.

Li Xiaoshan patiently answered various questions from Heng An and Jia Zong, such as pointing to the cowshed and asking: "What kind of animal is this? We have never seen it before? And is this white and fat one over here?" The legendary pig?"

Li Xiaoshan was specially sent by Li Zhuangtou to serve these two young masters who just came out of the mansion and were curious about everything. Hearing the young masters' question, he replied:

"Back to the young master, the cow in this wooden pen is a cow raised in the village, and the other white young master, you guessed right, is indeed an ordinary pig. This pig can be sold at a reasonable price during the Chinese New Year. Well, this is also one of Zhuangzili's sources of income this year."

Heng An and Jia Zong have never seen this since they were young. At most, they have only seen kittens, puppies, and chickens, ducks, and other poultry waiting in the kitchen for ingredients.

The two of them hadn't finished watching the cows and pigs carefully when they saw Xiao Yin who was beside his mother approaching.

Xiaoyin walked over, um, and immediately smelled a pungent stench. Needless to say, the source of the stench was the smell of feces in the front fence.

It was very unbearable to smell it from a distance, and Little Silver didn't know how the two young masters could withstand such a big smell, and still looked around with great interest.

There was no way, Madam asked herself to find the two young masters to go back, so Xiaoyin could only cover her nose with a veil, and walked over bravely.

"Little Yin has seen Master Hengan and Master Zong, how did you come to this place, Madam is looking for you to go back and have lunch together!"

Hengan knew his mother was a good person, if they didn't hurry back now, they would have their own fruit to eat, so he didn't care about playing at this time, so he hurriedly said to Li Xiaoshan next to him:

"We're going back for lunch first, can you come back later and accompany us to visit other places?"

Hearing the little master's question, Li Xiaoshan hurriedly said honestly and shyly: "What's wrong with this, my father wants me to always be by the side of the young masters and serve you well, young masters, as long as someone tells me, I will Daddy will definitely let me come."

"Okay, then I'll let someone notify you when the time comes, we'll go back first, and you should go back and have lunch quickly!" Hengan got an affirmative answer, took Jia Zong's hand and walked back together up.

While walking, he said: "Sister Xiaoyin, let's go back quickly, otherwise it will be bad if mother waits for a long time."

When the three returned to the gate of the courtyard where Li Mo lived, Xiao Yin went directly to the kitchen to order the food to be served, and asked Heng An and Jia Zong to go into the main hall to find Li Mo.

But when Xiao Yin was about to leave, he reminded him: "You two young masters, you should go back to your room and change your clothes before looking for Madam.

All of you who are covered in dust and stains and have a strange smell are going to see Madam!

Be careful Madam kicks you two out, it would be bad if you have to be punished or something. "

Heng An and Jia Zong took a closer look at each other's clothes and shoes, and found that they did not know when they had become so messy. Fortunately, they went to see their mother before, otherwise they would be really hanging!

Hengan said to Xiaoyin gratefully: "Thank you, sister Xiaoyin, otherwise we would be punished by mother, so let's go change our clothes before going to see mother."

As soon as Hengan finished speaking, he couldn't wait to take Jia Zong to their room next to them to change clothes.

Hengan and Jia Zong were afraid that they still smelled, so they asked someone to bring hot water over and wiped their whole bodies, but they couldn't smell anything, so they asked the servants to bring a new set of clothes and change them.

When Li Mo finally saw the two people coming in, half an hour had passed since Xiaoyin went out for a walk.

Li Mo put one leg on the other, stretched his waist, and then asked, "Why did it take me so long to come back, and I didn't know where to go when I didn't look at you all of a sudden! Let me wait so long again, You don't want to eat anymore, do you?"

Hearing what Li Mo said, the two also remembered that when they set off in the morning, they kept their mother waiting for a long time. Now that the lingering anger was still there, they made their mother wait again, and they felt a little guilty!

Heng An took the initiative to step forward and beat Li Mo on the shoulder, and carefully admitted his mistake: "Mother, we know we were wrong, and we will never dare to do it again next time. If there is any delay, we will definitely remember to let someone notify you in advance. Yours, please forgive us this time! Mother, please!"

Li Mo glanced at the two of them angrily, pointed Hengan's forehead with his finger and said, "You, every time you make a mistake, you know how to act coquettishly and pretend to be filial. Use this trick to deal with your father! Hmph!"

At this time, Jia Zong also obediently stepped forward to admit his mistake to Li Mo: "Mother, I also know that I was wrong. I shouldn't take Brother Hengan to play around. If you want to punish me, punish me!"

How could Hengan let his brother Brown bear the responsibility alone? He hurried forward and said:

"It wasn't Brother Brown who took me to play around, obviously I couldn't help being curious and forced Brother Brown to go with me!

Hengan is a man, he does things by himself, so don't get Brother Brown involved!

Mother, if you want to punish, punish Hengan alone! "

Hey, what a big deal, do you want to make it look like parting life?Li Mo rolled his eyes speechlessly, and said impatiently:

"Okay, okay, I don't want to listen to you push and push, but since you made a mistake, you will be punished!"

Seeing that the two of them were about to push back and forth again, Li Mo continued, "Okay, neither of you can run away, so there's no need to say more!

Well, let me punish each of you for copying the first [-] chapters of "The Great Learning" to me five times. Do you have any objections?

If there is any objection, I still respect you mothers, you can talk about it.What do you think? "

Even Jia Zong, after hearing what Li Mo said, knew the meaning of what mother said next. Didn't it mean that even if you have objections, it's up to me whether you listen or not!

Not to mention Heng An who knew his mother better, knowing that there was no objection, the two of them could only obediently shook their heads and replied: "We have no objection, mother/mother."

Seeing that they agreed, Li Mo didn't say any more.Of course, Li Mo could tell that both Heng An and Jia Zong had changed their clothes, but he was considerate of their first time outside, so he didn't bother to pursue it.

Seeing that Xiaoyin Wang Shanbao's family had already brought in lunch, Li Mo got up and took the two of them to have lunch together.

Xiao Yin set the table and chopsticks for Li Mo and the others, and said with a smile: "Madam, all the dishes for lunch today are from Zhuangzi, you should try it later.

Let's see what's different from the dishes in our house!Otherwise, wouldn't it have failed the special preparations of Li Zhuangtou's family! "

"Oh, do you have any special dishes today?" Looking at the covered pots and bowls on the table, Li Mo asked curiously after cleaning his hands.

Heng An and Jia Zong wiped their hands with wet handkerchiefs respectively, and looked over curiously at this time to see what was said in the middle.

Xiaoyin said with a smile, this one, let Li Zhuangtou's daughter-in-law introduce it to his wife and young masters.

Li Zhuangtou's daughter-in-law, Yang Shi, stepped forward to bless Fushen, and said in a voice with a bit of rustic taste: "Mrs. Yang, please greet my wife, and greet the two young masters!"

"Well, get up, tell us about the dishes for lunch today!" Li Mo said lightly.

Li Mo has been in this era for quite a long time. Although he still can't see his food being wasted, people in Jia's mansion used to laugh at Mrs. Xing for being more and more stingy for actually deducting her own food. so tight.

Now when Li Mo is outside, he can still restrain himself, and won't rush to eat food as soon as he sees it.

Now it's time to hear what they have to say about these dishes!

At this time, Mrs. Yang came forward, uncovered the big soup bowl in the middle, and said, "Mrs. You must have never drank this soup. It is passed down from our ancestors. It is very effective in dispelling cold and treating rheumatism.

Even healthy people often drink this soup in winter, and it can also remove moisture and strengthen the body.

The older generation spoke highly of this soup, Madam and Young Master, how about you try it? "

Li Mo's interest was also aroused when he heard that Yang's talk about this soup was so amazing.

After receiving the soup bowl handed over by Yang, Li Mo lowered his head and took a sip carefully. After tasting it, he found that there were several ingredients that could be used as medicinal materials in the soup. As for other things, Li Mo also tasted it for a while. not come out.

But the taste of this soup is really good, Li Mo simply drank the whole bowl of soup in one gulp.