Food for the people

"But for the one in yesterday's letter?"

Meng Qiwen rolled the fish porridge, brought it out to the two people outside who were waiting to be fed, and served an extra bowl of Panax notoginseng. By the way, he took away most of the pastries that had been eaten, and asked Lu Jincheng not to come in and disturb him for the time being. Into the backyard wing.

This academy wing room is also quite simple, except for the table, chairs and bed, there are no other decorations, even the bed is the simplest wooden bed, covered with light blue coarse cloth sheets, so simple that it is almost rudimentary.

But it can be seen from other places that this wing room is treated specially.

A black landscape painting was hung above the desk, with two lines of writing in the blank space beside it, and at the bottom were two small red seals, engraved with the names of two people.

There is a pot of Clivia on the desk. It is in the blooming season, and it has been well cared for. A large cluster of orange-red flowers has been drawn out.

There is a sachet hanging on the bedside under the tent, it is said to be a sachet, but in fact it just looks like a sachet sewn on, there is no embroidery on it, the position is quite awkward, it doesn't look very delicate at first glance, but it is seen Hanging it where you can see it as soon as you open your eyes shows how much its owner cherishes it.

If the environment of this academy is for Qiao Yu's courtyard, it should be pretty good, but if it is for the Shangshu Mansion, it seems too dilapidated.

Lu Jincheng didn't answer and asked instead: "How is this place better than the Shangshu Mansion?"

Meng Qiwen laughed and said, "One is the sky and the other is the earth."

How could he not know what Lu Jincheng meant, and said, "It's easy to get a priceless treasure, but it's rare to have a lover. The prince must understand this truth, so there's no need to explain it."

It has been hundreds of years since the founding of the Yang Kingdom. It has moved to the imperial capital three times, and later established the imperial capital in Hanyang. So far, it has been a hundred years. At the foot of the imperial city, nothing is new. Which family married a concubine? The adult is married to a daughter, and the wife blocks the back door of any adult's night out at the brothel. As long as someone sees it, even if discussion is banned, it will inevitably become the topic of conversation after dinner.

But in terms of shocking the world, no one can match Meng Zhao, the Minister of the Ministry of War.

Even if it's been a few years, if someone brings it up, they can still fight for each other.

There are many people who say that he has deep roots in love and can be a good match, and many people say that he has no regard for human relationships, morals and principles.

For what?

Because he married a man.

It's still beating gongs and drums to the wife that Ming Media is marrying back.

Central folk customs are open, although masculinity is not prevalent, but it is not new. If you go to North Street, you can see those young ladies who are more beautiful than women than women, so you don’t need to go to the building, so good masculinity is nothing. Great thing.

But marrying a wife is different.

Although Yang Guo allowed concubines, the low status of the concubine's room could not be described in a few words.

The sons of the concubines are also a few heads lower than the sons of the main wives. Not only do they have to bow and salute when they meet, they are not even allowed to sit at the same table when they eat. Except for the royal family, the concubines brought by other families even have maidservants who are older than the family. What's worse, it's just a matter of a word for the main wife to want to beat and scold, and there are even jealous main wives who sell the concubines they have brought to brothels.

Before Meng Zhao, there was a small official who took a fancy to the top card in the Guanlou and took him as a concubine in spite of everyone's objections. Although it also attracted a lot of discussion, it didn't take long for them to disperse. Although the family members were dissatisfied, a concubine It's just that, hiding in the backyard of her own house, no one can see her, and she doesn't show her face like a regular wife, and she can't have a child, so she just treats it as an extra plaything, so although she objected at first, she didn't speak anymore.

But the matter of Meng Zhao is completely different. Although Meng Zhao has no father and no mother, he has an elder sister who is like a mother. She worked hard to raise him. When she learned that he was going to marry a man, she rolled her eyes and fainted on the spot. After passing through, she threatened and lured her bluntly that if that person was allowed to enter the door, she would kowtow to death on the tombstone of her parents.

What happened afterwards is unknown to outsiders, only that Meng Zhao got married with that man, and the elder sister didn't die, but she just broke up with him.

If this incident was only in the backyard, it probably wouldn't be remembered for so long. It is still remembered in people's minds because it was brought to the court with a lawsuit.

The indictment wrote several large articles eloquently, spreading the impact of this incident from a small family to a big country, and in the end it was as if Meng Zhao married a male wife, and the country would be ruined.

This matter can be big or small, depending on how the emperor sees it.

At that time, Emperor Xian was ill, and the excerpts were not delivered to him, but in the hands of the crown prince of Jianguo, who is now. I spent January behind closed doors in the mansion.

This order was issued as if it was a joke, it was a foot restraint, it was more like a long vacation for Meng Zhao's wedding and honeymoon, everyone still didn't understand the meaning of the future emperor, and they had to stop their flags and drums if they wanted to, and dared not mention it again.

Sure enough, after one month, Meng Zhao returned to court unscathed, and this matter was picked up high and put down gently.

Later, when the heat dissipated, everyone found out that Meng Zhao married Jiang Songyu, a gentleman from the well-known Songyu Academy in Hanyang City.If the matter had nothing to do with themselves, everyone would come together and scold a few words, but it was about their own young people, except for a few who felt that this kind of thing would be contagious and feared that their children would drop out of school, the rest of them shut up, at least I dare not say a word more in person.

Lu Jincheng came back from the memories, and said with a smile: "Back then, everyone knew about your troubles, but now it seems that it is a good thing."

Meng Qiwen smiled and said, "It's all over, how about you, my lord?"

Lu Jincheng had an inexplicable expression on his face, and frowned slightly: "I didn't think about it, if I did, why did I come to you?"

Meng Qiwen laughed again: "It's really rare for a prince to do this, so I'll just say it straight. If the prince really likes that boy, he has to think about several things."

Lu Jincheng didn't speak, but the look on his face made him continue.

"The queen mother, the emperor and yourself."

"However, in my opinion, there is only one thing that the prince really needs to consider, yourself."

"That young man has no power or power. If the prince really likes it, it doesn't matter if he likes it or not." After Meng Qiwen finished speaking, he looked at him with a smile. Lu Jincheng's face turned cold when he saw it, but he knew that there was something in his words. , not much to say.

"If the prince is not only fancy, but also has other thoughts, it is time to consider the queen mother and the emperor. The queen mother is still healthy, and the emperor has already made the queen. The choice of the prince's concubine is a serious worry for her. Let me say something Don't be angry if you are rebellious, the queen mother is not my eldest sister, she can't say such things as grabbing land with her head, if she is unhappy, someone will pay for it." Meng Qiwen still smiled, but there was no smile in his eyes up.

"As for the emperor, you should understand his thoughts best, my lord, but I am inconvenient to say more."

Lu Jincheng pondered for a while, then asked in a wrong voice: "Are you drunk?"

Meng Qiwen was taken aback for a moment, and then said, "I'll get it for you."

Qiao Yu packed up the stall and went home, rubbing his too sore shoulders while walking.

At first he thought it would be fine for him to set up a stall by himself, but Qiao Ling was going to the academy tomorrow, and he realized that it might not be all right. There are a lot of things, and there is a small stove next to the cart. When the stall is out, there is a pot of stewed meat on it, but there is no specific stewed thing. It usually depends on what he bought in the butcher shop. He doesn't choose what to marinate, and everyone doesn't pick when they buy it. Anyway, whatever he marinates is delicious, even if he buys a chicken wing with little meat, it tastes delicious when sucked.

Qiao Yu didn't let Qiao Ling go with him today, and Qiao Ling will go to the academy tomorrow, one is to let him stay at home to organize things, and the other is to let him get used to working alone in advance.

Usually when Qiao Ling was around, he still couldn't feel it, but today Qiao Ling wasn't around, and Qiao Yu felt as busy as a spinning top, and everyone thought he was the only one who was fully aware of it.

On weekdays, Li Qiaoling will be responsible for scooping up braised meat for everyone and collecting dishes and chopsticks.

Qiao Yu was left alone today. Everyone saw that he was too busy, so they would take the initiative to put away the bowls and chopsticks for him. Everyone scooped up the lo mei by themselves, and when they were ready, they would give Qiao Yu money according to the price that should be paid.

Qiao Yu's car was parked in front of Wanniang's door, and when Wanniang's shop was not busy, he would come over to help him, which made him very embarrassed, and forced him to give away the stewed chicken leg that was originally left for him. Miss Wan.

As soon as he walked out of the West Street alley, Qiao Yu ran into Qiao Ling who came to pick him up at the entrance of the alley.

Qiao Ling stayed at home for two hours and wanted to find him all the time, but Qiao Yu gave a death order, saying that he had to try it alone, and told him not to come and help, so he finally stopped him.

Qiao Ling has grown a little recently, and he's not that thin anymore. He's rounder than when Qiao Yu came, but he's even more handsome and good-looking, vaguely resembling a boy.

As soon as Qiao Yu saw him, she asked, "Is Aunt Qiufeng here? Why did you come out by yourself?"

Qiao Ling replied: "Come on, I just came out when I saw her coming, and I have already prepared the things I need to prepare for the academy tomorrow." After speaking, he consciously pushed the other side of the car and helped Qiao Yu share the burden. half weight.

After Qiao Yu finished asking him, he began to ask Qiao Yu again: "How do you feel, brother? Are you tired? If you are tired, then go find someone else."

Qiao Yu also had the same idea. Although he likes to make money, he will never be brave where he shouldn't be, just like when he hired Aunt Qiufeng to help them. Although they didn't make much money a day, the money gave It is not ambiguous at all. After all, the body is the capital of the revolution. He will have to earn a lot of money in the future, and he cannot exhaust himself with small money.

But this person can't be found in a short while, Qiao Yu nodded, and responded: "Go back and ask Grandma Song, find one if you have one, and do it first if you don't have one, just a while when you're tired, later That's fine."

The two discussed while walking and returned home. As soon as they turned into the alley in front of the house, Aunt Qiufeng stood outside and looked around. As soon as she saw someone, she quickly waved to them and made two gestures. There are people at home.

After thinking about it for a while, Qiao Yu knew who it was.

His yard has always been clean, and there are only a few people who come back and forth. The only one who can make Aunt Qiufeng so serious is Mr. Yan who has never met.

Sure enough, as soon as he entered the yard, he found Mr. Yan sitting in the yard with a relaxed and comfortable face, with a cup of steaming tea in front of him. Wen Sheng stood timidly opposite him, sizing him up carefully.

"You're back?" Lu Jincheng looked up at him and suddenly smiled.His eyes are light brown, lined with fine sunlight, as clear as glass, and his eyes are flowing.

Qiao Yu's heart skipped a beat, and while thinking "this man's eyes are pretty good", he inexplicably had some bad premonitions, as if he felt that the person across from him was plotting something bad behind his back.