Chapter 26: Rites (II)
Zhang Dashan and Zhang Dalin accelerated their pace to the town together, not wanting to join the women's war, and Zhang Dashan felt that the truth of this matter would naturally be understood as long as he gave the gift, so he didn't need to be in a hurry to distinguish it now.
Zhang Xiaojie got up not long after Zhang Dashan went to town, since Xiaoshi has been studying lately, after all, Xiaoshi is still young, although he himself tried his best to say that he is already an adult, but the bed will not be less, the nature of a child is only.
After helping Xiaoshi get dressed and then taking him to wash, Zhang stuffed Xiaoshi with a roasted sweet potato, and Xiaoshi turned his head and prepared to go out.
"Ah Yan, come back slower at noon," Zhang Shi said as he watched the figure of Xiao Shi running out of the door.
Xiao Shi was very happy to hear his mother call his name, because he had eaten three meals recently, and the little face that had raised some meat showed a happy smile and answered loudly.
"Mother, how happy you are to see Xiaoshi" Zhang Xiaojie looked at Zhang's happy face and said.
"Yes, Ah Yan has to be valued by Master Yan, this is a good thing, Xiao Jie, your father went to the town to buy gifts for Master Yan, I discussed it with your father and felt that other families could not afford to send it, so I was ready to buy some food, I heard that Master Yan was good at this" Zhang looked at Zhang Xiaojie and thought that these silver were earned by his daughter, and felt that God treated him well, although he suffered some hardships when he was young, but his daughter was blessed, and his son began to have a chance again.
"Mother, why don't I help make some food and bring it to Master Yan? I'm afraid it's not good if this gift is thin?" Although Zhang Xiaojie understood the meaning of Zhang's words, Zhang Xiaojie thought that this money was originally for the family's expenses, and the family was also very good to herself, since she was already Zhang Xiaojie, these are the things that should be.
"Also, you girl has some cooking strengths, so if you think about it, the chicken will be handed over to you to do" Zhang thought about the rabbit soup these two times and decided to hand over this task to Xiaojie, although Yan Fuzi is not like he has not eaten anything good, but the soup is really delicious, if it weren't for the fact that the neighbors around his house are far away, otherwise I am afraid that many people will have to come to see this smell.
"Okay, mother, just look at it" Zhang Xiaojie was also happy to see that the Zhang family trusted her so much, after all, this thing is not ordinary, and you can't be sloppy in giving gifts to the teacher.
Zhang Xiaojie thought of the appearance of Master Yan, Master Yan loves to wear long shirts because of his fame, wearing a gray or dark blue long shirt all the year round, with a small goatee, about fifty looks, when he said the classics of the sages, his tone was excited, his eyes were bright and bright, and he usually seemed to be unsmiling, but he was unexpectedly tolerant.
Although Yan Fuzi is just a showman, but this is also the only one in Xiaohe Village, you must know that Yan Fuzi was originally going to take the examination again, but because his father died suddenly, the law requires three years of filial piety, who knows that during the three years of filial piety, his mother also died due to excessive sadness, Yan Fuzi kept filial piety for three years, so it was delayed for six years, because the biggest regret of his parents was that he did not see his successor, so Yan Fuzi decided to marry a wife and have children first.
At that time, Master Yan was already forty-five years old, although he was old, he still married the daughter of the village chief, and after giving birth to a son and a daughter, he felt that he was old, so he stopped thinking about going to the exam, and opened a private school in the village to support his family.
Master Yan was also a person with real talent and learning, and he was not old-fashioned, otherwise Zhang Xiaojie would not have liked to go to the private school so much, and he was not driven away by Master Yan, at this point Zhang Xiaojie also decided to make a delicious meal to thank Master Yan, but this body is too small to even go to the town, let alone know what is here.
It seems that it can only be pressed, Zhang Xiaojie looked at the pheasant in front of him that had been cleaned up by Zhang's family, because it was already dead when he got it back, so he didn't bleed, the usual method may be very fishy, and this is still a rooster, so it is not suitable for stew.
And it is recorded in the medical book "Food and Medicine Heart Mirror" that pheasants can treat thirst, tongue burn, dry mouth and frequent urination, and its taste is sweet, sour, and warm, and enters the heart and stomach meridians. Its meat is the most delicious in autumn and winter. However, people with hemorrhoids should avoid eating pheasant meat outside of autumn and winter; People with scabies should not eat pheasant meat.
Zhang Xiaojie thought about it for a long time, walked around the yard, and suddenly saw that the goat weed she had collected together when she was picking wild mushrooms that day was quietly drying under the eaves at this time. There are also chanterelles, perilla and herbs that have not been used up, think of these
Zhang Xiaojie instantly thought of a very good dish, but now she had to ask her mother when she was going to give a gift to Master Yan.
Zhang Xiaojie ran to the main room and saw the two girls of the Zhang Orthodox Church sewing and mending clothes, and the three girls playing and making trouble on the side. At first, Zhang Xiaojie was also ready to enhance her skills and learn embroidery, but when Zhang Xiaojie proposed to learn embroidery and asked Zhang to teach herself, Zhang thought that Zhang Xiaojie was stunned.
It turns out that this country family can embroider what flowers, embroidery skills are only in Yizhou City, who in this town wears embroidery, I'm afraid only the county lord's house. That's why Zhang Xiaojie was so surprised when he proposed to learn embroidery.
Looking at Zhang's surprised look, Zhang Xiaojie knew that she was being pitted by the novel again, and finally had to carefully explain that she was listening to Master Yan talk about embroidery when she was eavesdropping, and she said this with envy.
Looking at Zhang's appearance, he should have misunderstood that he wanted to wear new clothes, Zhang Xiaojie secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, but fortunately she didn't show her feet.
"Mother, when will our family send this gift" Zhang Xiaojie saw that Zhang was teaching seriously, and Erya didn't see herself.
"Your father said it was night, and he was going to drink wine to invite Master Yan to drink, what's wrong? What did you think of eating?" Zhang glanced up at Zhang Xiaojie and said.
"Sister is going to make food again, Sanya is hungry," Sanya heard that Zhang Xiaojie was going to eat again, and threw away the 'earth dog' she was holding in her hand and ran to Zhang Xiaojie's side, looking at Zhang Xiaojie with a blank eye.
"You little glutton, it's not noon yet!" Zhang looked at Sanya and scolded with a smile.
"Mother, it's not, Sanya is just ......" Sanya saw that her mother and sisters were laughing at her and wanted to explain, but she didn't know what to say, so she was out of words, so she had to pinch the corner of her clothes and lowered her little head embarrassedly.
"Okay, you little glutton, don't there be six wild eggs, three are for your brother who studied hard, and the rest of you three sisters eat, okay?" Zhang said with a smile when he saw that Sanya was anxious.
"Mother, it's so good" Sanya heard that there were eggs to eat, and immediately raised her head happily and went up next to Zhang and said.
"Mother, you also eat the eggs, I don't eat them" Erya heard her father and mother say a word in a whisper.
Zhang Xiaojie saw that her mother was thinking about her child wholeheartedly and said: "Mother, my egg will be eaten by my father, you and your father have to go to the ground every day." ”
"Then Sanya's share it with Sister A, right?" Seeing that the two sisters had let the eggs out, Sanya bit her lip and said in a reluctant tone.
Seeing that the few children were so filial, Zhang couldn't help but feel sweet in his heart, hugged Sanya with one hand, touched Erya's little head with the other, looked at Zhang Xiaojie with gentle eyes and said: "It's okay, you can eat these eggs, be good, my father and mother are adults, and I don't like to eat these." ”