Fall in love with the technology tree [Three Kingdoms]

"It's just that my family is rich enough to make you make such a fuss." The grandfather pointed his finger at Ah Sheng's forehead.

Ah Sheng covered her bald forehead. She was only a little over a year old now, and except for a small piece of fetal hair in the shape of a peach heart on the top of her head, she was shaved.That's right, it's the hairstyle of the bellyband doll in the old-school New Year pictures.Cao Teng said that if he wanted to raise her as a boy, he would really raise her as a boy, even with the same hairstyle as Geely's little brother.

"The wheat is ground, but it's still wheat." Ah Sheng pretended to be stupid.As her teeth grew more and more, her speech became more and more fluent.

There is a stone mill with a diameter of about one meter in the courtyard. Two servants are hurriedly putting the wheat grains without hulls into the stone mill, and three big men are pushing the stone mill around.When the first bulgur came out, the servants had to patiently remove the husks.The wheat flour produced in the first pass is not fine enough, and needs to be poured into a stone mill for repeated grinding to obtain real flour.

However, Ah Sheng was still not satisfied.It is impossible to remove the bran manually, so the final product is yellowish whole wheat flour.The sieves at this time were all made of bamboo, which could not meet the needs of sifting flour at all, so the final steamed buns had a rough taste, mixed with various unknown small particles.

"Productivity is low." Ah Sheng complained silently in his heart.

More than a dozen people worked hard for a day, and this is what they finally got.To eat real white flour, she had to improve the stone mill and get a sieve with small apertures.If this plan is to be implemented, it will have to wait until she is older.Before that, it is considered to be eating whole grains.

Whole grains are good for your health.

Ah Sheng reached out to grab the steaming steamed buns, and was scalded back by the heat. "Hoo hoo." She blew on her reddened fingers.

"Squeamish! Look at Da Lang."

A Sheng turned his head, and saw that Ji Li's little brother was holding the torn remains of the steamed bun with both hands, and stuffing it into his mouth.Seeing Ah Sheng looking over, he even showed a silly smile: "It's delicious. Steamed cakes, delicious."

Ah Sheng: ...just as long as you are happy.

Except for Ah Sheng, everyone was very satisfied with the yellowed steamed buns mixed with small particles, including the well-informed grandfather.After all, during this period, the main way of eating wheat was to cook wheat rice.Think about it, the wheat without the shell is boiled directly like rice, it is delicious, but every bite is the esophagus fighting against the hard shell.People who pay attention to it can mash the wheat grains a little before cooking, and add some spices; ordinary people want to eat pure wheat rice, but it is still a luxury, and they usually have to mix it with beans.

When I am older, I want to eat something soft.Fei Tinghou Cao Teng ate three big steamed buns before stopping. "I can't eat any more, fine wheat flour, it's too extravagant, it's not the way of housekeeping."

A piece of rough noodles that Ah Sheng just swallowed almost got stuck in his throat.What are you talking about?Extravagance?Isn't our family rich?And you call this kind of fine noodles?Fine noodles are crying.

Ah Sheng stared at big round eyes, and Ji Li also stared at big round eyes.

grandfather:……

He beckoned, making Uncle Qing lean over. "Tell them to grind more, save it, and just feed the two children every few days."

Qingbo nodded.

"Keep your tongue tight. Don't spread the fact that my family has ground the wheat eight times. It's bad for your reputation."

Qing Bo nodded again. "Master, don't worry."

Grandfather thought about it for a while: "My cakes are whiter than those at the palace banquet. It's not right. You ask the kitchen to make a few regular ones, and then attach the method of grinding wheat, and send them to the palace."

It can be considered that everything has been covered here, and Uncle Qing was about to retreat after saluting, but was stopped again. "Don't send it blatantly, just take my token and send it to the Imperial Dining Room. Guo Ren, who is in charge of that place, has worked with me before."

Ah Sheng... Ah Sheng was helpless.She poked the thick noodle steamed buns on the plate in front of her, which had been served as a tribute, and deeply felt the distance of the times.

After explaining the matter, the grandfather hugged the sullen Asheng on his knees: "You, gods are not as delicate as you. You don't wear anything unless you have fine linen, and you don't eat unless you have fine wheat. Who can afford to live outside my house? you."

"Didn't it be agreed that Ruyi will not go out [1]?" Grandmother Wu walked in in response.After getting along for a long time, I realized that this grandmother is a capable person.She used to be the eldest maid in the palace, and she occasionally spoke in a crisp manner: "Let Ji Li raise her from now on."

Cao Teng put a plate of steamed buns on the old wife's table with his own hands. "Try it, Ruyi is so frustrating, it's not enough after grinding it eight times."

Wu shi wiped her hands gracefully before she ate half of it.After swallowing it all, he wiped his mouth and said, "You and I will also have a day to enjoy offerings from our grandchildren."

Cao Teng just laughed, looking proud.

"Just pamper Erlang. Ji Li, come to grandma."

Ji Li stood up steadily from behind his small table, and ran to grandma with brisk steps.Wu hugged him and sat on her lap, patted him and said, "Your grandfather hurts Ruyi because of her bad luck. When my father was alive, I relied on my father, and in the future I will rely on you."

This logical relationship is too complicated for real children to understand.

So Wu deleted all the causes and consequences: "I want you to support Ruyi in the future."

Ji Li nodded decisively: "I raise Ruyi." Then he grinned and smiled at A Sheng who was in Cao Teng's arms.

Wu sighed: "Is he a little younger, and I don't know if he really understands or pretends to understand."

"What are you anxious about, just teach slowly."

Wu Shi rubbed the center of her brows, a smile gradually appeared on her face, and she began to tease her grandson.

Ding came in at this time.He was dressed in plain clothes of ephedra, whose shape was blurred in the blood-red sunset.

A Sheng rubbed his eyes, and when he looked up again, Ding had already kneeled on the ground with her maid, and she could only see the top of her mother's black hair.

"My child is extravagant, it's because I am not strict in discipline." There was a tear in his voice, "This matter must not happen again, it will affect your reputation."

Ah Sheng: Let me go. Is technological progress so difficult?I just ground a grain of wheat.

Cao Teng showed displeasure, and smashed his chopsticks hard.Generally speaking, adults who dote on children are virtuous. They say "extravagance and waste" is okay, but others say it is not, even if it is the child's own mother. "Auspicious and Ruyi's teeth haven't even grown yet. What's the matter with making soft cakes to eat with them? Did my family buy and sell by force, or abused the servants? Mistress of the family, why panic?"

"But...the wheat has been ground eight times..."

"If someone asks, you just say that you and Ah Song have been filial to me. I rule the world with filial piety, let's see who dares to make irresponsible remarks about this!"

A Sheng and his elder brother stared at his grandfather with admiration.Ji Li knew that his steamed cake was saved, but Ah Sheng admired his grandfather's flexibility and clear thinking.

After Ding finished the ceremony, he straightened up and pressed the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief. "For the two who are not worried, it's up to A Weng to take care of them."

"What's the purpose of your visit this time?" Wu's eyes were sharp, and she was the first to notice that a maid behind Ding's eyebrows was trimmed.

"This is Mrs. Yin." Mrs. Ding smiled, and pulled the beautiful maid forward, "Ms. Zhang is pregnant, and there is no one to take care of Mr. Wang..."

"Oh." Wu said indifferently, "The Yu family, Chu family, Qin family, and Qian family in the backyard are not considered human beings, are they?"

Ding was choked by her mother-in-law, and panic immediately appeared on her face: "But those..."

"Those are not your dowry."

"Hey." Cao Teng hurriedly stopped his old wife and comforted his daughter-in-law, "You are the mistress, and you can make the decision about Ah Song's backyard."

Ding was persuaded with kind words, and she shed tears.She is also bitter in her heart, her facial features are flat, her skin is dark, she is uneducated, and she doesn't like Cao Song's taste anywhere.What should I do if I don't take the servant girl as a solid favor?Waiting for Mrs. Zhang to climb on her head?

Wu Shi took a deep breath to calm the anger between her brows. "I'm upset today and vented my anger on you. Don't take it to your heart."

Ding hurriedly saluted on the ground: "My family is unhappy, it's because my daughter-in-law didn't serve her well."

Ah Sheng couldn't hold back and knocked over the plate.

Wu seemed speechless, she waved her hand to signal Ding to take her down.It is estimated that if Ding's family stays longer, Wu's, who is in menopause, will explode.

"The Yin family..."

"You make the decision." Wu said impatiently.

Ding just left.

"Calm down, ah, calm down." Cao Teng poured a bowl of water for Mrs. Wu, "I'm getting older, but my temper is getting worse. I didn't suffer any grievances in the palace in the early years, and you are always the same. She looks so calm, but now she is so angry with her daughter-in-law."

Wu drank the water in one gulp, then smashed the bronze bowl on the desk. "Look at her, the concubines are being put into Ah Song's room one by one. Which family would be so vegan?"

Cao Teng laughed bitterly: "We are not from an aristocratic family either."

Wu frowned: "If you don't learn to be good, you will learn to be bad. The family tradition is not right, so what if you are a three-father? The first generation is in chaos, the second generation is in decline, and after the third generation, there will be no future."

Cao Teng was silent for a while: "She is stupid, so don't let her meddle in outside affairs. At worst, you and I will work hard for a few more years and pave the way for our children and grandchildren."

Ji Li often listens to their conversations at the knees of his grandparents, and his level of perceptual observation has gradually improved. He knows that the sensitive topic has passed by this time, and it's time to act like a baby.He used his chubby hands to smooth the wrinkles at the corners of grandma's eyes. "Grandma, don't be angry."

Mrs. Wu hugged her big fat grandson slowly.

Geely's complexion is like her mother's, a bit dark.The breastfeeding period is still not obvious, and after the first year of life, it is two color numbers together with Ah Sheng.Fortunately, he has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he can take the masculine route in the future. If he inherits Ding's small eyes, it will be a real pill.

Ah Sheng completely inherited his father's good looks.

That's right, a lot of scumbag fathers with concubines have handsome faces.One of the most important reasons why Cao Song was chosen by Cao Teng to be his adopted son among a large number of teenagers with the surname Cao was his good looks.In the era when there were no imperial examinations, face was very important in officialdom.But none of the high-ranking civil servants is ugly.Although Cao Teng was an eunuch, his official position was Da Changqiu and Fei Tinghou. He chose an adopted son to inherit his political capital, so naturally he had to choose one who could be promoted smoothly.Children's intelligence is not yet obvious, but whether they look good or not is a matter of one glance.

Note [1]: "Going out" here means getting married.