Reinforced iron dodder flower
Chapter 56
Before the news of Wang Xianzhi's remarriage came out, Xi Daomao had already left Jiankang with Tu En.The bullock cart meanders all the way, displaying the signboard of Xi's family, and there are countless servants of Ding Jianfu guarding the formation all the way.The famous posters of the Wang family and the Xi family are very useful, and most officials along the road are willing to send local government officials and soldiers to escort them.Xi Daomao and his party set off at dawn at five o'clock, and checked into the inn when it was getting dark, so that Tu Enbai, who was prepared for hardship, made psychological preparations.
"Arn, come, talk to my mother." When he set off at noon, Xi Daomao called Tu En to his ox cart. She had accepted her daughter's name as Xi En and stopped calling her Yurun. "The road is difficult, but the bumps are uncomfortable? If you feel uncomfortable, you must say it, just stop and rest. When you set off, you specially brought a tent. The cowhide tent learned from the Di people is thick and warm, and it is most suitable for traveling and camping. "
"It's okay. I haven't been sick since I set off. Don't worry, my mother. My health is getting better. I heard that there are bandits on the road. Don't trouble the guards. It's better to get to the station earlier."
"My son is kind-hearted. The guards are there to protect the master's family. If the master's family must accommodate them in everything, what do you want them to do?"
"It's not easy for them. It's not that I can't persevere. There's no need to delay the trip." Tuen sighed. If it's uncomfortable, traveling is naturally not as comfortable as at home, but if she rests ten times a day, when will she reach her destination.Thun is used to being considerate of others. In the world of adults, he takes care of himself and doesn't cause trouble for others.
"You, born with a compassionate heart, are too soft. Forget it, and I'm watching, so let's be soft." Xi Daomao smiled and nodded her forehead.
"Mom, where are we going?"
"Go to Kuaiji and meet your great grandfather first."
"And then we live with the great grandfather?"
"I still want to meet your eldest uncle, second uncle, and third uncle. The Xi family also lives in Kuaiji."
"I know, I have memorized the genealogy, so we live in Kuaiji?"
"What's the matter? You don't want to live in Kuaiji?" Hearing her daughter's face asking twice, Xi Daomao looked down at her: "My mother grew up in Kuaiji, where the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the fish and shrimp are plump, and even the wind is warm. Go and see Isn't the place where my mother lived when I was a child?"
"But my father said that you grew up in Jiankang City." Thun mercilessly disrupted the situation.She was asking about her future plans, and it would be a surprise if she could hear her mother's childhood gossip.
"Grow up in Kuaiji, and grow up in Jiankang." In Kuaiji, there is a carefree boudoir time, thinking that getting married is growing up.I have seen top power and top families in Jiankang, but I didn't know it until I got divorced, which is a long way from growing up.
"How can a person grow up from two places at the same time?" Thun asked.
"You'll understand when you grow up." Xi Daomao stroked Tu En's bun and stopped talking.
Thun was depressed. She was the one who started the topic, and she was the one who ended it. What he wanted to ask was where would he live in the future, would he live with his great-grandfather?Do you live by your clan?No one was asked.
"Aunt, I'm in Kuaiji, and I want to help you with household affairs."
"Okay, you can do it if you like. But don't be too tired. A little lady who is about your size is happy every day."
Thun curled his lips in disdain, "What's the point of eating and playing."
Xi Daomao touched his daughter's Baotou again and did not speak. My daughter is so smart, I am really worried that she will not adapt to this dirty world in the future, and Huiji will be hurt.
The convoy traveled overland from Jiankang to Kuaiji for more than a month, and their bones were broken.Then I abandoned my car and boarded a boat, passed by Taihu Lake, and saw plump whitebait and sparkling waves. This dense water network transported them to Kuaiji safely.
Kuaiji is a large county, and his grandfather Xi Yin lived in seclusion in Juzhang County, Kuaiji County. After Xi Daomao's chariots and horses entered Juzhang County, Tuen saw people on the side of the road courting the convoy, and even sporadically saw people saluting the convoy.
The first time they arrived in Juzhang County, the object of salutation was naturally not them, but the character "Xi" on the carriage.Seeing the appearance of Xi Daomao and You Rongyan, Tu En understood what it was like to be in a high family of politics, controlled by a powerful family, and loved by the world.
As soon as he arrived at the gate of Juzhang County, people outside the city had already lined up chariots and horses to greet him.
Xi Daomao, wearing a length-length curtain, got out of the car and said, "Third Brother."
"Sister, you don't need to be too polite. It's been a hard journey. We'll talk when we get home." Xi Chong nodded and helped her back into the carriage. Tu En called softly in the carriage, "Third Uncle."
"Yaoniang is back. Don't worry, we're home. There are three uncles!" Xi Chong waved his hand, and the whole convoy started to move. Instead of blocking the inspection, the officers and soldiers at the gate rushed them into the city in a hurry.
When their convoy entered the city, the servant who had been waiting at the gate of the city ran into the county government office to report to his master what was going on.
"It's already spring, the daughter of the Xi family and the son of the Wang family have broken off their marriage, and it took three months to arrive at Juzhang. I want to work hard all the way, so I will send a greeting card today, and I will visit tomorrow. Let the lady prepare the gift list first, um, prepare it for me Take a look. It’s the daughter of the Xi family who came back, so it’s not easy for the old man to chat.” The county magistrate stroked his goatee’s beard, thinking about any mistakes or omissions.Although he is the county magistrate in Juzhang County, there lives a Xi Yinxi governor who has become an official. Although he resigned from office and lived in seclusion, his qualifications are there, his reputation is there, and he is a local big family, so he cannot be ignored at all.
Tuen followed Xi Daomao into the Xi family mansion in a regular manner.In Juzhang County, the residence of Xi’s family and the residence of Wang’s family in Jiankang City were printed in the same mold. It stretches for several miles and has many clansmen.
Xi Chong led Xi Daomao and Tu En, turned around the street, walked into the three-story courtyard, and met Xi Yin in the main hall of Xi's main house.
Along the way, the houses were full of details, and the servants acted with restraint. Seeing their maids bowing in the same height, it was like waves rippling in water, and like wind blowing wheat waves.
Compared with the time when Lin Daiyu entered Jia's mansion, it was a different scene. The wealth was not as good, and the majesty doubled.
"Greetings to Uncle/Uncle." Xi Daomao knelt down on the worship mat while holding Tu En.
"Get up, get up, I've been wronged, let the old man take a good look at it." Xi Yin called the mother and daughter, looked carefully, with tears in his eyes: "It's all over, just live a good life in the future, and the old man is here!"
"Yes." Xi Daomao responded lightly.
"My late father had only two children, me and your father. The Xi family had long since declined and the population withered. It was not easy for my late father to revive. Who would have thought that my unlucky younger brother was overworked and left early. Now your aunt has also gone. I'm a bad old man left in the world. These days, my head is dizzy, my eyes are blurred, and my teeth start to shake. I don't know when it will be my turn!"
"My niece is not filial, and my uncle is worried. Uncle, please don't say such unkind words. You are the pillar of Xi's family, and you deserve to live a long life and enjoy Pengzu's life."
Xi Yin smiled and waved his hands: "What kind of Peng Zu do you expect? It's a fluke to get a rare one. This is my granddaughter, Dao Yin wrote, saying that this son is very human."
"It's just an ordinary girl, but my brother loves the house and Wu." Xi Daomao smiled modestly and pushed Tu En in front of others.
Thun raised his smiling face, his eyes turned into two crescent moons, and kowtowed to his uncle again. "Good boy, come, come to grandfather."
Tuen snuggled up to him obediently. Last year, Xi Yin just passed his [-]th birthday. At this time, his hair was gray, his face was covered with wrinkles, and he had age spots, but he was energetic and his voice was loud, showing that he was in good health.The hand holding Thun was firm and warm.Thun's thin and small arms, like lotus root joints, were placed in his hands like a jade ruyi.
"grandfather……"
"Okay, okay, just come back. Grandpa sees you for the first time, take it." Xi Yin observed the little girl secretly, and had to admit that what Xi Hui said was right.Xi Yin had been a chief official for many years. He had been on the battlefield and killed the enemy. He was majestic. The granddaughter of the family was always afraid.
Tuen took the jade pendant that Xi Yin had casually untied from his belt, put it away, and took out a necklace from his bosom. "Ahn typed it himself and gave it to his grandfather."
Is this a courtesy?
"Hahahaha!" Xi Yin laughed loudly. No junior had ever done this before. Looking at his granddaughter who was stupefied by the laughter, Xi Yin took her webbing and hung it around his waist.
"This kid, you're being rude." Xi Daomao laughed.
"Your own child, don't be too harsh." Xi Yin defended.
Xi Daomao laughed even more happily, "Uncle loved me the most when I was young, but now I'm all partial to Yaoniang!"
"It's a sweet kid."
Thun changed a string for Xi Yin's sachet, put it on again for his uncle, and listened to their greetings.
"This is the first uncle, the first aunt, the second uncle, the second aunt, the third uncle, and the third aunt." Xi Daomao waited for Xi Yin to be overjoyed, and personally saluted Tu En.
"This is your eldest cousin, second cousin... eighth cousin. Auntie and Erniang have not returned after marriage. These are your third and fourth cousins." Xi Daomao introduced them one by one for Tuen, and the "cousin generation" to aunt Salute, Thun salutes his cousins, and all the etiquette comes down.The people in this family will almost recognize it.The eldest uncle Xi Chao has no children, but the number of males in Xi's family is eighth, which of course includes the four sons of my uncle Xi Hui.In my mother's generation, there were only four males in the Xi family lineage, and in her generation there were only eight males, and the houses that stretched for several miles she saw were all dependent clansmen.
Thun is no longer dizzy now. Compared with Wang's cousin, who has dozens of people, the Xi family is really "few people".
Table gifts were presented to each other, and the eldest aunt arranged a family banquet.Because of the new funeral of the great-grandmother, the family is observing filial piety, and there is no big fish or meat.As a married woman, Xi Daomao's minor work in May has already ended, but Xi Chao and other uncles and aunts are in the new funeral. In this era of filial piety, there are etiquette requirements for eating.
After eating, the eldest aunt sent them to the courtyard.
"My aunt lived in the yard when you were a child for a while before she got married. Now that you are back, it happens to be returned to the original owner." The aunt laughed.
"This is the house of Xi's family. Fortunately, my unfilial daughter has to be sheltered. Thank you, sister-in-law. The yard looks friendly, but I didn't expect it to still be there." Xi Daomao walked into the yard and saw the tall crabapple tree.
"It has been raised for so many years, and I will continue to take care of it." The aunt pointed out, and smiled and led him into the yard, "Sister, look at the flower buds of this tree. When the weather is warmer, it will be full of branches again, like a bunch of flowers. Hongyun. You are familiar with everything. When you arrive at your home, don’t be polite. Tell me if you want to eat or play.”
"Thank you, sister-in-law." Xi Daomao thanked her repeatedly, and sent the sister-in-law out and sent the baby to her small yard.The residence of Xi Daomao's boudoir is also a small secondary courtyard, very delicate.
"How, are you tired? Does it hurt, can you breathe freely?"
"Don't worry, mom, everything is fine."
"Okay." Xi Daomao chuckled lightly: "Grandfather is kind, uncles and aunts are kind, cousins and sisters are also gentle people, get along well in the future, we are all family."
Thun nodded, washed and slept under Xi Daomao's care.
The return of Xi Daomao added the final link to the rumor that Princess Yuyao forced Wang Xianzhi to divorce his wife and marry him, and the Xi family members talked about it.But Xi's family has a strict family upbringing, the older ones know the seriousness and will not rub salt on the younger sister's wounds, and the younger ones don't have the guts to do so.
After settling down, Thun started to work on the medicinal bath.Xi's family has Xi Yin as their backing, and Xi Daomao has a lot of money in his hands, so a little medicinal material is not difficult.
"It's better to invite a doctor or immortal master to take a look." Xi Daomao was a little worried.
"Mother, this is the prescription given to me by the elder brother of the Wang family. It was handed down from my family. When I was in Baiheguan, he was the one who saved me. I will try it first, and if it doesn't work, just stop." Tuen said coquettishly, "Let's talk , I have also read a lot of medical books, so I can’t be wrong.”
"What a brazen little lady, you have only read the book for a few days, and you dare to say that you know medicine? Don't you hear that doctors don't heal themselves?" Xi Daomao still showed the prescription to the doctor who was raised at home. What can the doctor see? , can only be said to be harmless.Since it was harmless, Xi Daomao let Tu En torment him.
In addition to tossing about the medicated bath, Thun also had trouble with the kitchen.She is young and in poor health, and she can't eat heavy oil, salt and spicy food. She understands the truth, but it's a pity that she can't do it. Food with high calories is delicious.For this reason, Tuen found an excuse to study cooking skills and develop pastries to reward himself.This taste coincides with that of the old man Xi Yin. Every afternoon, Tuen would take the food box to Xi Yin's yard.
Still at the door, the accompanying maid came up quickly: "The little lady is here, the Lord has been waiting for a long time!"
"Nonsense, how can an old man wait for a naughty boy." Xi Yin was sitting under the tree in the courtyard, and the scattered sunlight shone through the shade of the tree, reflecting his smiling eyes.
"Yes, yes, this is what my grandfather was looking forward to." Thun raised the food box in his hand.
Xi Yin feigned anger and pointed at her, and the maid hurriedly took it, brought out two plates of snacks and put them on the table, and brought out a bottle of sour plum soup from well water.
"Grandfather, try it, and guess what it is this time?"
Xi Yin picked up a small round cake, and the browned round cake was covered with white sesame seeds.Xi Yin took a bite and tasted it: "Wheat flour, caramel, eggs, dates, pine nuts, flax, um, what else? There is a scent, but I don't know what kind of ointment it is."
"Grandfather, there is nothing you can't taste with your tongue. My granddaughter thought about it for three days, and you ate it in less than three mouthfuls. What's the point?" Tu En knelt on the embroidered cushion and shook it. In a flash, the pearls on Baotou's head jingled.
"Have you tasted anything yet?"
"I don't know if grandfather is trying to ease my heart?" Thun pouted.
This is also an intergenerational relationship. If the son and daughter were like children in front of Xi Yin, the young Xi Yin would not think that he was cute and innocent, but that he did not understand etiquette.But at this time, Xi Yin is already sixty, and the house is full of children and grandchildren, but the grandchildren are not as close to him as the granddaughter, so Thun can't take advantage of it.
"Grandpa, try this again." Thun pointed to another plate of square pastries.
"This is good, lard, rice noodles, caramel, right?"
"Grandfather has listened to my pleading, why did he report it in one breath, granddaughter, don't you want to lose face?"
"I'm a small person, learning to speak the language of adults, and I'm cramped. What's the use of reporting the ingredients, you girl, cooks who have been cooking for decades can't restore it. You have a good mouth, and you will join the rich family in the future .”
"I don't want to get married, I just want to take care of my mother for the rest of my life."
"Little girl, you still play tricks with me. Give me salty and sweet snacks every day, and even the drinks are different every day. Tell me, what are you thinking about?"
"Hey!" Tuen smirked, "Grandfather, have you tasted what kind of oil is used to fry the dessert?"
"I can't taste it. It's not fat like lard, tallow, and mutton, nor is it flax or zizi."
The so-called "spring travels lamb, the food paste is fragrant; summer travels the scorpion, the food paste smells; autumn travels the calf thick, the meal paste smells; winter travels the feathers, the meal paste smells."There are animal and poultry fats in spring, summer, autumn and winter, which are in line with the seasons of heaven and in line with etiquette. "Zhou Li" has pointed out the way for the world.Since Zhang Qian came back that year, he brought flax and other things with him, and people gradually liked the oily flax, which led to the development of renziyou, radish seeds, and cabbage seeds.In the early years, flax oil and the like were only used in military affairs such as lighting and fire attack. Later, people in the world paid more attention to filial piety, and meat was not allowed during the filial piety period, so these oils became popular.
Xi's family is keeping filial piety. Xi Yin has a good relationship with his wife, and he has served her as a filial piety for one year.I eat flax oil every day, how can I not taste it.
"Grandfather thinks that these snacks and drinks may support a shop?" Tu En did not answer, but provoked another question.
"Absurd! You are a little lady, and you are in business, and the family is short of food and drink for you?" Xi Min lowered his face, and the maidservant standing next to him immediately knelt down on the ground, trembling and afraid to look up.
"If someone else said this, my granddaughter would have nothing to say, but if it was said by my grandfather, my granddaughter would not be convinced. You are an old man with Tao Zhugong's abilities, and your granddaughter inherits your preferences. How can you be wrong?"
Xi Yin turned his anger into joy, "I can't scare you so bold." Naturally, Xi Yin doesn't despise business affairs, he is good at it himself.The wealth of the Xi family was brought by Xi Jian, but the wealth of the Xi family was managed by him.Xi Min's face darkened, even her son who has been famous for a long time and has been an official for many years can't bear this majesty. I don't know if this little girl is naturally bold or ignorant and fearless.
"How about it~ Grandfather!"
"If you want to open a shop and earn money for makeup, that's enough. With Xi's family here, it's enough to make family heirloom prescriptions."
"Well, just like my mother said, the food business is manned and the ingredients are complicated. The most important thing is that every serving cannot be guaranteed to be the same. How many people in the world can afford such delicate and complicated dim sum? Buying and selling can’t be done.” Tu En bowed her head, she had discussed this matter with Xi Daomao, the dim sum shop business can be opened in Jiankang City, Shanyin County where Kuaiji County is located, and in Yixi There is no need for Juzhang County headed by the family.It's better to make a few tens and distribute it among the inner houses, and the rewards and gifts you get are more than the silver you get from doing business.
"Then you still come to make noise." Xi Yin squinted at her.
"There's another trick! What kind of oil did Grandfather use to fry the round cakes?"
"Hurry up and tell me~" Xi Yin had asked earlier, and Tu En kept it a secret until today.
"Soybean oil."
"The bean from Doumai?"
"Yes, soybean oil. A few uncles and aunts keep their filial piety, and they can't touch meat. This is vegetable oil, so it's okay to eat some. Eighth cousin is so young, I can't help but want to invite him to eat some snacks that don't touch meat every time." For the appearance of soybean oil, Eun found a high hat of filial piety and friendship.
"I have a heart. How much oil does a catty of beans produce?"
"One or two halves."
"So high?" Xi Yin was surprised. Beans have always been the cheapest and cheapest staple food, and the value of oil has doubled, and they can produce half of the oil.
Thun was surprised, this is already very little, only one or two half.She also hates the book when she is ready to use it, and she wants to eat soybean oil because she thinks her technology is low.In my previous life, I was arty, and vegetable oils were all pressed, because the leaching method is a chemical oil extraction method. Although there are international standards, I always feel that it is not as safe and healthy as the pressing method.Only here did I know the benefits of chemical leaching.
Without him, the oil yield is high!The lowest is 20.00%, and the highest is 40.00%, which is twice as high as the 15.00% of your squeeze method!
But Tuen is just a poor and weak high-ranking daughter, who can't mix complex chemical reagents, and can't decolorize and deacidify. She can neither separate hexane nor produce light gasoline.No wonder it is said that science and technology are the primary productive forces!
If the leaching method can be used, with an oil extraction rate of [-]%, she can use beans to boost the economy of the whole area.It’s okay to dream about such a beautiful scene, but the reality is that you can only use the cumbersome pressing method, the most primitive ordinary pressing method, and she can’t even handle the blades with the screw pressing method, and she can’t handle the high pressure. Only male labor can undertake such work. an expense.
"You came up with this idea yourself?" Xi Yin asked again.
"From an ancient book."
"Which ancient book?"
"Forget it, probably stay at Wang's house." Tuen pushed [-], and asked again, and the book was used to wipe his ass.
Xi Yin took a deep look at her, that's all, don't say it if you don't say it, ask the ancients to operate normally.
"Grandfather, can my granddaughter do it?" Tuen moved his embroidered cushion to Xi Yin's side, and pulled his sleeve to act coquettishly.
"But, let your mother come forward and find your uncles if you have something to do, stay at home every day, don't move, be careful."
"Thank you, grandfather!" Tuen was overjoyed, living in Xi's house, both good and bad.After being sheltered, someone cares about nature and feels warm in his heart, but someone pays attention to everything. For Toon, who is full of secrets, it is not so wonderful. "The granddaughter's oil workshop donates [-]% of the profit to the family, which is used to repair the ancestral hall and educate the orphans and widows."
"Let's find your uncle. I won't get involved with the younger generation's affairs!" Xi Min waved his hand, calmly accepting the [-]% of the profit.
Thun smiled, and the businessman paid tribute to the big family and operated as normal.Their orphans and widows are attached to Xi's family, so they naturally have to share the profits.
Since she was going to pay tribute, she couldn't be the only one to contribute. Thun rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "Grandfather, what is the price of this soybean oil?"
"The little girl decides for herself, the old man doesn't care." Xi Yin took a sip of sour plum soup, squinting his eyes to enjoy the coolness.With this little girl's cleverness, it's impossible to lose herself.
"Sigh, flax oil is cheap, and it can't be compared with sheep oil and butter. Now my grandfather refuses to give advice, so he has to sell it at a low price. It's good to get back a few capital." Tu En pretended to sigh, "Who made my granddaughter I have no ability to let the world know the benefits of soybean oil."
Xi Yin ignored her and continued to eat his snacks.Unexpectedly, when he stretched out his hand, Thun took the plate away, as if I wouldn't give it if you didn't tell me.
Well, cannibals are short-mouthed.Xi Yin twisted his fingers and asked with a smile, "What do you think, Yao Niang?"
"Nowadays there are so many people who practice filial piety. During the filial piety period, you can't eat meat and fish. You can mourn too much. If you don't take care of yourself, how can you serve the country and the people. This soybean oil should be called filial piety oil. It is filial to your parents without mourning." Destroy it too much, let the deceased relatives worry, get the best of both worlds."
"The little girl has already figured it out, and she still asks the old man why, put down the plate quickly."
"Grandfather received filial piety oil from his granddaughter, wouldn't he write a poem or a fu?" There is no big boss to advertise, how can this oil be worth a lot.
"Little girl's dim sum is really not good." Xi Yin nodded, and Tu En obsequiously offered a dim sum plate.
This can be regarded as Caiyi entertaining a kiss, having snacks with Xi Yin, and talking a lot, Tu En guessed that it was time for Xi Yin to study, and Zhiqu took the food box and was about to leave.
"Wait a minute, I'll leave the soybean oil to you, little girl messing around, the dim sum recipe is to be passed down from family to family, do you have a good name? If you want to pass it on to the family, you can call it square cake, round cake, sweet cake, or salty cake." No." Xie Yin asked.
The genes of my big foodie country have a long history. I just met a majestic and kind old man, how did he become a glutton.
"Grandfather, please give me a name. This round cake is pine nut date paste sesame cake, and this salty cake is lard pastry."
Xi Yin gave her a sideways glance, and didn't bother to say anything vulgar. "Let's call it Fanxing Cake and Furong Cake."
The pockmarked face is full of stars, and the lard cake is transformed into hibiscus pastry, which is worthy of being a literati.
The author has something to say: enter a brand new instance and start farming mode.
"Arn, come, talk to my mother." When he set off at noon, Xi Daomao called Tu En to his ox cart. She had accepted her daughter's name as Xi En and stopped calling her Yurun. "The road is difficult, but the bumps are uncomfortable? If you feel uncomfortable, you must say it, just stop and rest. When you set off, you specially brought a tent. The cowhide tent learned from the Di people is thick and warm, and it is most suitable for traveling and camping. "
"It's okay. I haven't been sick since I set off. Don't worry, my mother. My health is getting better. I heard that there are bandits on the road. Don't trouble the guards. It's better to get to the station earlier."
"My son is kind-hearted. The guards are there to protect the master's family. If the master's family must accommodate them in everything, what do you want them to do?"
"It's not easy for them. It's not that I can't persevere. There's no need to delay the trip." Tuen sighed. If it's uncomfortable, traveling is naturally not as comfortable as at home, but if she rests ten times a day, when will she reach her destination.Thun is used to being considerate of others. In the world of adults, he takes care of himself and doesn't cause trouble for others.
"You, born with a compassionate heart, are too soft. Forget it, and I'm watching, so let's be soft." Xi Daomao smiled and nodded her forehead.
"Mom, where are we going?"
"Go to Kuaiji and meet your great grandfather first."
"And then we live with the great grandfather?"
"I still want to meet your eldest uncle, second uncle, and third uncle. The Xi family also lives in Kuaiji."
"I know, I have memorized the genealogy, so we live in Kuaiji?"
"What's the matter? You don't want to live in Kuaiji?" Hearing her daughter's face asking twice, Xi Daomao looked down at her: "My mother grew up in Kuaiji, where the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the fish and shrimp are plump, and even the wind is warm. Go and see Isn't the place where my mother lived when I was a child?"
"But my father said that you grew up in Jiankang City." Thun mercilessly disrupted the situation.She was asking about her future plans, and it would be a surprise if she could hear her mother's childhood gossip.
"Grow up in Kuaiji, and grow up in Jiankang." In Kuaiji, there is a carefree boudoir time, thinking that getting married is growing up.I have seen top power and top families in Jiankang, but I didn't know it until I got divorced, which is a long way from growing up.
"How can a person grow up from two places at the same time?" Thun asked.
"You'll understand when you grow up." Xi Daomao stroked Tu En's bun and stopped talking.
Thun was depressed. She was the one who started the topic, and she was the one who ended it. What he wanted to ask was where would he live in the future, would he live with his great-grandfather?Do you live by your clan?No one was asked.
"Aunt, I'm in Kuaiji, and I want to help you with household affairs."
"Okay, you can do it if you like. But don't be too tired. A little lady who is about your size is happy every day."
Thun curled his lips in disdain, "What's the point of eating and playing."
Xi Daomao touched his daughter's Baotou again and did not speak. My daughter is so smart, I am really worried that she will not adapt to this dirty world in the future, and Huiji will be hurt.
The convoy traveled overland from Jiankang to Kuaiji for more than a month, and their bones were broken.Then I abandoned my car and boarded a boat, passed by Taihu Lake, and saw plump whitebait and sparkling waves. This dense water network transported them to Kuaiji safely.
Kuaiji is a large county, and his grandfather Xi Yin lived in seclusion in Juzhang County, Kuaiji County. After Xi Daomao's chariots and horses entered Juzhang County, Tuen saw people on the side of the road courting the convoy, and even sporadically saw people saluting the convoy.
The first time they arrived in Juzhang County, the object of salutation was naturally not them, but the character "Xi" on the carriage.Seeing the appearance of Xi Daomao and You Rongyan, Tu En understood what it was like to be in a high family of politics, controlled by a powerful family, and loved by the world.
As soon as he arrived at the gate of Juzhang County, people outside the city had already lined up chariots and horses to greet him.
Xi Daomao, wearing a length-length curtain, got out of the car and said, "Third Brother."
"Sister, you don't need to be too polite. It's been a hard journey. We'll talk when we get home." Xi Chong nodded and helped her back into the carriage. Tu En called softly in the carriage, "Third Uncle."
"Yaoniang is back. Don't worry, we're home. There are three uncles!" Xi Chong waved his hand, and the whole convoy started to move. Instead of blocking the inspection, the officers and soldiers at the gate rushed them into the city in a hurry.
When their convoy entered the city, the servant who had been waiting at the gate of the city ran into the county government office to report to his master what was going on.
"It's already spring, the daughter of the Xi family and the son of the Wang family have broken off their marriage, and it took three months to arrive at Juzhang. I want to work hard all the way, so I will send a greeting card today, and I will visit tomorrow. Let the lady prepare the gift list first, um, prepare it for me Take a look. It’s the daughter of the Xi family who came back, so it’s not easy for the old man to chat.” The county magistrate stroked his goatee’s beard, thinking about any mistakes or omissions.Although he is the county magistrate in Juzhang County, there lives a Xi Yinxi governor who has become an official. Although he resigned from office and lived in seclusion, his qualifications are there, his reputation is there, and he is a local big family, so he cannot be ignored at all.
Tuen followed Xi Daomao into the Xi family mansion in a regular manner.In Juzhang County, the residence of Xi’s family and the residence of Wang’s family in Jiankang City were printed in the same mold. It stretches for several miles and has many clansmen.
Xi Chong led Xi Daomao and Tu En, turned around the street, walked into the three-story courtyard, and met Xi Yin in the main hall of Xi's main house.
Along the way, the houses were full of details, and the servants acted with restraint. Seeing their maids bowing in the same height, it was like waves rippling in water, and like wind blowing wheat waves.
Compared with the time when Lin Daiyu entered Jia's mansion, it was a different scene. The wealth was not as good, and the majesty doubled.
"Greetings to Uncle/Uncle." Xi Daomao knelt down on the worship mat while holding Tu En.
"Get up, get up, I've been wronged, let the old man take a good look at it." Xi Yin called the mother and daughter, looked carefully, with tears in his eyes: "It's all over, just live a good life in the future, and the old man is here!"
"Yes." Xi Daomao responded lightly.
"My late father had only two children, me and your father. The Xi family had long since declined and the population withered. It was not easy for my late father to revive. Who would have thought that my unlucky younger brother was overworked and left early. Now your aunt has also gone. I'm a bad old man left in the world. These days, my head is dizzy, my eyes are blurred, and my teeth start to shake. I don't know when it will be my turn!"
"My niece is not filial, and my uncle is worried. Uncle, please don't say such unkind words. You are the pillar of Xi's family, and you deserve to live a long life and enjoy Pengzu's life."
Xi Yin smiled and waved his hands: "What kind of Peng Zu do you expect? It's a fluke to get a rare one. This is my granddaughter, Dao Yin wrote, saying that this son is very human."
"It's just an ordinary girl, but my brother loves the house and Wu." Xi Daomao smiled modestly and pushed Tu En in front of others.
Thun raised his smiling face, his eyes turned into two crescent moons, and kowtowed to his uncle again. "Good boy, come, come to grandfather."
Tuen snuggled up to him obediently. Last year, Xi Yin just passed his [-]th birthday. At this time, his hair was gray, his face was covered with wrinkles, and he had age spots, but he was energetic and his voice was loud, showing that he was in good health.The hand holding Thun was firm and warm.Thun's thin and small arms, like lotus root joints, were placed in his hands like a jade ruyi.
"grandfather……"
"Okay, okay, just come back. Grandpa sees you for the first time, take it." Xi Yin observed the little girl secretly, and had to admit that what Xi Hui said was right.Xi Yin had been a chief official for many years. He had been on the battlefield and killed the enemy. He was majestic. The granddaughter of the family was always afraid.
Tuen took the jade pendant that Xi Yin had casually untied from his belt, put it away, and took out a necklace from his bosom. "Ahn typed it himself and gave it to his grandfather."
Is this a courtesy?
"Hahahaha!" Xi Yin laughed loudly. No junior had ever done this before. Looking at his granddaughter who was stupefied by the laughter, Xi Yin took her webbing and hung it around his waist.
"This kid, you're being rude." Xi Daomao laughed.
"Your own child, don't be too harsh." Xi Yin defended.
Xi Daomao laughed even more happily, "Uncle loved me the most when I was young, but now I'm all partial to Yaoniang!"
"It's a sweet kid."
Thun changed a string for Xi Yin's sachet, put it on again for his uncle, and listened to their greetings.
"This is the first uncle, the first aunt, the second uncle, the second aunt, the third uncle, and the third aunt." Xi Daomao waited for Xi Yin to be overjoyed, and personally saluted Tu En.
"This is your eldest cousin, second cousin... eighth cousin. Auntie and Erniang have not returned after marriage. These are your third and fourth cousins." Xi Daomao introduced them one by one for Tuen, and the "cousin generation" to aunt Salute, Thun salutes his cousins, and all the etiquette comes down.The people in this family will almost recognize it.The eldest uncle Xi Chao has no children, but the number of males in Xi's family is eighth, which of course includes the four sons of my uncle Xi Hui.In my mother's generation, there were only four males in the Xi family lineage, and in her generation there were only eight males, and the houses that stretched for several miles she saw were all dependent clansmen.
Thun is no longer dizzy now. Compared with Wang's cousin, who has dozens of people, the Xi family is really "few people".
Table gifts were presented to each other, and the eldest aunt arranged a family banquet.Because of the new funeral of the great-grandmother, the family is observing filial piety, and there is no big fish or meat.As a married woman, Xi Daomao's minor work in May has already ended, but Xi Chao and other uncles and aunts are in the new funeral. In this era of filial piety, there are etiquette requirements for eating.
After eating, the eldest aunt sent them to the courtyard.
"My aunt lived in the yard when you were a child for a while before she got married. Now that you are back, it happens to be returned to the original owner." The aunt laughed.
"This is the house of Xi's family. Fortunately, my unfilial daughter has to be sheltered. Thank you, sister-in-law. The yard looks friendly, but I didn't expect it to still be there." Xi Daomao walked into the yard and saw the tall crabapple tree.
"It has been raised for so many years, and I will continue to take care of it." The aunt pointed out, and smiled and led him into the yard, "Sister, look at the flower buds of this tree. When the weather is warmer, it will be full of branches again, like a bunch of flowers. Hongyun. You are familiar with everything. When you arrive at your home, don’t be polite. Tell me if you want to eat or play.”
"Thank you, sister-in-law." Xi Daomao thanked her repeatedly, and sent the sister-in-law out and sent the baby to her small yard.The residence of Xi Daomao's boudoir is also a small secondary courtyard, very delicate.
"How, are you tired? Does it hurt, can you breathe freely?"
"Don't worry, mom, everything is fine."
"Okay." Xi Daomao chuckled lightly: "Grandfather is kind, uncles and aunts are kind, cousins and sisters are also gentle people, get along well in the future, we are all family."
Thun nodded, washed and slept under Xi Daomao's care.
The return of Xi Daomao added the final link to the rumor that Princess Yuyao forced Wang Xianzhi to divorce his wife and marry him, and the Xi family members talked about it.But Xi's family has a strict family upbringing, the older ones know the seriousness and will not rub salt on the younger sister's wounds, and the younger ones don't have the guts to do so.
After settling down, Thun started to work on the medicinal bath.Xi's family has Xi Yin as their backing, and Xi Daomao has a lot of money in his hands, so a little medicinal material is not difficult.
"It's better to invite a doctor or immortal master to take a look." Xi Daomao was a little worried.
"Mother, this is the prescription given to me by the elder brother of the Wang family. It was handed down from my family. When I was in Baiheguan, he was the one who saved me. I will try it first, and if it doesn't work, just stop." Tuen said coquettishly, "Let's talk , I have also read a lot of medical books, so I can’t be wrong.”
"What a brazen little lady, you have only read the book for a few days, and you dare to say that you know medicine? Don't you hear that doctors don't heal themselves?" Xi Daomao still showed the prescription to the doctor who was raised at home. What can the doctor see? , can only be said to be harmless.Since it was harmless, Xi Daomao let Tu En torment him.
In addition to tossing about the medicated bath, Thun also had trouble with the kitchen.She is young and in poor health, and she can't eat heavy oil, salt and spicy food. She understands the truth, but it's a pity that she can't do it. Food with high calories is delicious.For this reason, Tuen found an excuse to study cooking skills and develop pastries to reward himself.This taste coincides with that of the old man Xi Yin. Every afternoon, Tuen would take the food box to Xi Yin's yard.
Still at the door, the accompanying maid came up quickly: "The little lady is here, the Lord has been waiting for a long time!"
"Nonsense, how can an old man wait for a naughty boy." Xi Yin was sitting under the tree in the courtyard, and the scattered sunlight shone through the shade of the tree, reflecting his smiling eyes.
"Yes, yes, this is what my grandfather was looking forward to." Thun raised the food box in his hand.
Xi Yin feigned anger and pointed at her, and the maid hurriedly took it, brought out two plates of snacks and put them on the table, and brought out a bottle of sour plum soup from well water.
"Grandfather, try it, and guess what it is this time?"
Xi Yin picked up a small round cake, and the browned round cake was covered with white sesame seeds.Xi Yin took a bite and tasted it: "Wheat flour, caramel, eggs, dates, pine nuts, flax, um, what else? There is a scent, but I don't know what kind of ointment it is."
"Grandfather, there is nothing you can't taste with your tongue. My granddaughter thought about it for three days, and you ate it in less than three mouthfuls. What's the point?" Tu En knelt on the embroidered cushion and shook it. In a flash, the pearls on Baotou's head jingled.
"Have you tasted anything yet?"
"I don't know if grandfather is trying to ease my heart?" Thun pouted.
This is also an intergenerational relationship. If the son and daughter were like children in front of Xi Yin, the young Xi Yin would not think that he was cute and innocent, but that he did not understand etiquette.But at this time, Xi Yin is already sixty, and the house is full of children and grandchildren, but the grandchildren are not as close to him as the granddaughter, so Thun can't take advantage of it.
"Grandpa, try this again." Thun pointed to another plate of square pastries.
"This is good, lard, rice noodles, caramel, right?"
"Grandfather has listened to my pleading, why did he report it in one breath, granddaughter, don't you want to lose face?"
"I'm a small person, learning to speak the language of adults, and I'm cramped. What's the use of reporting the ingredients, you girl, cooks who have been cooking for decades can't restore it. You have a good mouth, and you will join the rich family in the future .”
"I don't want to get married, I just want to take care of my mother for the rest of my life."
"Little girl, you still play tricks with me. Give me salty and sweet snacks every day, and even the drinks are different every day. Tell me, what are you thinking about?"
"Hey!" Tuen smirked, "Grandfather, have you tasted what kind of oil is used to fry the dessert?"
"I can't taste it. It's not fat like lard, tallow, and mutton, nor is it flax or zizi."
The so-called "spring travels lamb, the food paste is fragrant; summer travels the scorpion, the food paste smells; autumn travels the calf thick, the meal paste smells; winter travels the feathers, the meal paste smells."There are animal and poultry fats in spring, summer, autumn and winter, which are in line with the seasons of heaven and in line with etiquette. "Zhou Li" has pointed out the way for the world.Since Zhang Qian came back that year, he brought flax and other things with him, and people gradually liked the oily flax, which led to the development of renziyou, radish seeds, and cabbage seeds.In the early years, flax oil and the like were only used in military affairs such as lighting and fire attack. Later, people in the world paid more attention to filial piety, and meat was not allowed during the filial piety period, so these oils became popular.
Xi's family is keeping filial piety. Xi Yin has a good relationship with his wife, and he has served her as a filial piety for one year.I eat flax oil every day, how can I not taste it.
"Grandfather thinks that these snacks and drinks may support a shop?" Tu En did not answer, but provoked another question.
"Absurd! You are a little lady, and you are in business, and the family is short of food and drink for you?" Xi Min lowered his face, and the maidservant standing next to him immediately knelt down on the ground, trembling and afraid to look up.
"If someone else said this, my granddaughter would have nothing to say, but if it was said by my grandfather, my granddaughter would not be convinced. You are an old man with Tao Zhugong's abilities, and your granddaughter inherits your preferences. How can you be wrong?"
Xi Yin turned his anger into joy, "I can't scare you so bold." Naturally, Xi Yin doesn't despise business affairs, he is good at it himself.The wealth of the Xi family was brought by Xi Jian, but the wealth of the Xi family was managed by him.Xi Min's face darkened, even her son who has been famous for a long time and has been an official for many years can't bear this majesty. I don't know if this little girl is naturally bold or ignorant and fearless.
"How about it~ Grandfather!"
"If you want to open a shop and earn money for makeup, that's enough. With Xi's family here, it's enough to make family heirloom prescriptions."
"Well, just like my mother said, the food business is manned and the ingredients are complicated. The most important thing is that every serving cannot be guaranteed to be the same. How many people in the world can afford such delicate and complicated dim sum? Buying and selling can’t be done.” Tu En bowed her head, she had discussed this matter with Xi Daomao, the dim sum shop business can be opened in Jiankang City, Shanyin County where Kuaiji County is located, and in Yixi There is no need for Juzhang County headed by the family.It's better to make a few tens and distribute it among the inner houses, and the rewards and gifts you get are more than the silver you get from doing business.
"Then you still come to make noise." Xi Yin squinted at her.
"There's another trick! What kind of oil did Grandfather use to fry the round cakes?"
"Hurry up and tell me~" Xi Yin had asked earlier, and Tu En kept it a secret until today.
"Soybean oil."
"The bean from Doumai?"
"Yes, soybean oil. A few uncles and aunts keep their filial piety, and they can't touch meat. This is vegetable oil, so it's okay to eat some. Eighth cousin is so young, I can't help but want to invite him to eat some snacks that don't touch meat every time." For the appearance of soybean oil, Eun found a high hat of filial piety and friendship.
"I have a heart. How much oil does a catty of beans produce?"
"One or two halves."
"So high?" Xi Yin was surprised. Beans have always been the cheapest and cheapest staple food, and the value of oil has doubled, and they can produce half of the oil.
Thun was surprised, this is already very little, only one or two half.She also hates the book when she is ready to use it, and she wants to eat soybean oil because she thinks her technology is low.In my previous life, I was arty, and vegetable oils were all pressed, because the leaching method is a chemical oil extraction method. Although there are international standards, I always feel that it is not as safe and healthy as the pressing method.Only here did I know the benefits of chemical leaching.
Without him, the oil yield is high!The lowest is 20.00%, and the highest is 40.00%, which is twice as high as the 15.00% of your squeeze method!
But Tuen is just a poor and weak high-ranking daughter, who can't mix complex chemical reagents, and can't decolorize and deacidify. She can neither separate hexane nor produce light gasoline.No wonder it is said that science and technology are the primary productive forces!
If the leaching method can be used, with an oil extraction rate of [-]%, she can use beans to boost the economy of the whole area.It’s okay to dream about such a beautiful scene, but the reality is that you can only use the cumbersome pressing method, the most primitive ordinary pressing method, and she can’t even handle the blades with the screw pressing method, and she can’t handle the high pressure. Only male labor can undertake such work. an expense.
"You came up with this idea yourself?" Xi Yin asked again.
"From an ancient book."
"Which ancient book?"
"Forget it, probably stay at Wang's house." Tuen pushed [-], and asked again, and the book was used to wipe his ass.
Xi Yin took a deep look at her, that's all, don't say it if you don't say it, ask the ancients to operate normally.
"Grandfather, can my granddaughter do it?" Tuen moved his embroidered cushion to Xi Yin's side, and pulled his sleeve to act coquettishly.
"But, let your mother come forward and find your uncles if you have something to do, stay at home every day, don't move, be careful."
"Thank you, grandfather!" Tuen was overjoyed, living in Xi's house, both good and bad.After being sheltered, someone cares about nature and feels warm in his heart, but someone pays attention to everything. For Toon, who is full of secrets, it is not so wonderful. "The granddaughter's oil workshop donates [-]% of the profit to the family, which is used to repair the ancestral hall and educate the orphans and widows."
"Let's find your uncle. I won't get involved with the younger generation's affairs!" Xi Min waved his hand, calmly accepting the [-]% of the profit.
Thun smiled, and the businessman paid tribute to the big family and operated as normal.Their orphans and widows are attached to Xi's family, so they naturally have to share the profits.
Since she was going to pay tribute, she couldn't be the only one to contribute. Thun rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "Grandfather, what is the price of this soybean oil?"
"The little girl decides for herself, the old man doesn't care." Xi Yin took a sip of sour plum soup, squinting his eyes to enjoy the coolness.With this little girl's cleverness, it's impossible to lose herself.
"Sigh, flax oil is cheap, and it can't be compared with sheep oil and butter. Now my grandfather refuses to give advice, so he has to sell it at a low price. It's good to get back a few capital." Tu En pretended to sigh, "Who made my granddaughter I have no ability to let the world know the benefits of soybean oil."
Xi Yin ignored her and continued to eat his snacks.Unexpectedly, when he stretched out his hand, Thun took the plate away, as if I wouldn't give it if you didn't tell me.
Well, cannibals are short-mouthed.Xi Yin twisted his fingers and asked with a smile, "What do you think, Yao Niang?"
"Nowadays there are so many people who practice filial piety. During the filial piety period, you can't eat meat and fish. You can mourn too much. If you don't take care of yourself, how can you serve the country and the people. This soybean oil should be called filial piety oil. It is filial to your parents without mourning." Destroy it too much, let the deceased relatives worry, get the best of both worlds."
"The little girl has already figured it out, and she still asks the old man why, put down the plate quickly."
"Grandfather received filial piety oil from his granddaughter, wouldn't he write a poem or a fu?" There is no big boss to advertise, how can this oil be worth a lot.
"Little girl's dim sum is really not good." Xi Yin nodded, and Tu En obsequiously offered a dim sum plate.
This can be regarded as Caiyi entertaining a kiss, having snacks with Xi Yin, and talking a lot, Tu En guessed that it was time for Xi Yin to study, and Zhiqu took the food box and was about to leave.
"Wait a minute, I'll leave the soybean oil to you, little girl messing around, the dim sum recipe is to be passed down from family to family, do you have a good name? If you want to pass it on to the family, you can call it square cake, round cake, sweet cake, or salty cake." No." Xie Yin asked.
The genes of my big foodie country have a long history. I just met a majestic and kind old man, how did he become a glutton.
"Grandfather, please give me a name. This round cake is pine nut date paste sesame cake, and this salty cake is lard pastry."
Xi Yin gave her a sideways glance, and didn't bother to say anything vulgar. "Let's call it Fanxing Cake and Furong Cake."
The pockmarked face is full of stars, and the lard cake is transformed into hibiscus pastry, which is worthy of being a literati.
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