CHAPTER XLIV

The air in the early morning is very cold, but it is also very fresh, the kitchen is on fire early, Ruizhu pickled cucumber strips and sour eggplant in the jar in autumn, take out a small plate, and cover the mouth of the altar tightly.

Turned around and opened the pot, the glutinous rice in it had exuded a rich rice fragrance, and then the sour side dishes in the dish were cut, and the small eggplant twist that was only the size of a finger was slightly cut, and the whole skin was light purple.

This is the lady's favorite side dish, when she was in the house before, if she didn't like to eat, she asked the girl to take such a small dish in the kitchen jar, and the meal could eat at least half a bowl, which was sour and fresh and very refreshing. It's a pity that her craftsmanship is not as good as the kitchen in Tanfu, and the spices in the seasoning are also less, and when she pickles them out of the house, she always has less umami, but the sour taste is rich, and the young lady has to eat a little bit every morning.

Seeing that the sky had just lit up outside, and thinking that it was the time when the fang market was lively for breakfast, Ruizhu put away the fire in the kitchen, took out the copper coins left over from the empty jar in the kitchen, counted more than 20 pieces, and walked out of the house lightly.

Ordinary people's breakfast is also together with last night's leftovers, or half a steamed bun to eat, but Ruizhu has been in the house since she was a child, and there are no two words in her consciousness, although the lady went early, but when she was in the house, the young lady who carved the jade powder ball was the most liked by the old man, and the next person naturally did not dare to be harsh on the food, and the dowry left by the lady at the age of twelve, more than a dozen shops in his hand, a lot of silver, food, clothing, housing and transportation are even more fine, three meals in the morning, noon and evening can not be less, and each meal is changing. Even with a few girls around him, he never had the concept of fooling.

Before, there was no condition for the lack of money on hand, but now with silver, where to save, it is not sure that the aspect of eating is saved, God knows, these days, how difficult it is to eat brown rice crackers every day, now as long as I smell the smell of the tide, I don't want to eat, I don't know how the young lady swallows.

She put the small jar into the bamboo basket, carried it quietly out of the door, locked it, looked at it twice, and then hurried to the market.

There is a nearby market is convenient, a turn in, is the smoke curling the aroma of food, she is familiar with the way into this market, the most fragrant soybean milk made of the one, bought Wuwen soybean milk, see the scallion pancake just out of the pot next to it, the yellow and clear oil is moist, and there are oil bubbles that have not disappeared.

Miss doesn't like things that are too oily, but Ruizhu likes it the most, she found out a few pieces and bought one, and picked up the five-color dragon bag with the most in her family, and packed a paper bag with five meat fillings and five vegetable fillings.

Of course, the price is affordable and cheap, passing by the shop that sells sesame candy, thinking of the sugar jar that the kitchen has run out, and using the remaining wallet to fill a small bag of sesame candy, things are filled with a small basket, but only need to go to twenty or so, which makes Ruizhu, who is used to filling the kitchen with silver in the house, always feels incredible, before leaving the house, she has never experienced the feeling of buying a basket of things with a copper plate.

In the past, it must have been disdainful, and the things of twenty wen, can it be eaten? Don't eat bad stomachs, but now, surrounded by such small people, mixed in it, there is a sense of fulfillment, and the pace is fast along the way.

Of course, she would have been happier if she hadn't slammed the door of the guard last night.

When she entered the courtyard, she saw that the window of Xiaoxuan in the bedroom was slightly propped up, and she knew that the young lady had gotten up, so she hurriedly entered the kitchen, cut it neatly, and after a while, she took the dishes and pans and walked towards the room.

Lifted the door curtain, a warm and comfortable aroma came to the face, a few girls who served Miss knew that this was the body fragrance that Miss was born with, the older she was, the stronger the fragrance, it was very special, very warm fragrance, since the death of Mrs., Miss Body Fragrance Few people know, the Lord never talked about it, the people around him smelled it, and thought it was what spices were used, the two little ladies in the house, and chased and begged, and finally only said that it was the spices left by Mrs., only the last box left, and it was over.

Although the window of Xiaoxuan was opened, the room still carried the warmth left by the charcoal fire last night, and the young lady got off the warm kang, and there were no socks on her feet, only bare pink jade feet, and she sucked the thin cotton soft shoes that were soft and close to the skin in the room, and bent down to wash in the basin.

The bedding on the kang has been neatly put into the corner cabinet, and the kang table has also been moved to the side of the kang, all of which have been cleaned and are very clean.

Rui Zhu put the food box in his hand on the table, quickly climbed onto the kang, took down the pole of the Xuan window support, closed it, and couldn't help complaining, "Miss, it's cold outside, I opened the window just now, what should I do if I catch a cold?" ”

Tan Wanqing only loosely pulled her hair with a hairpin, and after cleaning her face with water, she lightly printed the clean muslin on her face, absorbed the water droplets, wiped her hands and hung it on the back of the chair squarely, and then turned around and said: "The air in the morning is the freshest and nourishing body, and when the sun is high, it will be muddy." ”

Rui Zhu pouted, when Miss didn't pick anything, she didn't feel like Miss anymore, but when she was picky, it was also speechless, and no one even had to choose a fresh time to take a breath of air.

Anyway, she couldn't say that Miss, so she had to close the window and take out the hot breakfast in the food box one by one.

Tan Wanqing from the rounded corner of the Xiangnan cabinet, took a heavy round belly porcelain bottle, gently opened the stopper, to the hand slightly tilted the bottle, after a while, from the inside out of three or two drops of transparent rose water, in the palm of the bend a small pool of water stains, before the bottle is righted, carefully put the mouth tightly closed, palms together, gently kneaded, slowly covered the face, suddenly, an elegant and rich fragrance of flowers, rushing to the face.

Qi Xin Dynasty women's fragrance makeup is very prosperous, carrying all kinds of balsam pills, moisturizing the face and body of fragrant flowers and jade dew variety, rouge alone is divided into a variety of textures, paste powder pieces, light and faint more than a dozen colors.

The bottle that Ruizhu picked and bought from the market is not the distillate of the finest petals, and the fragrance has no level and rhyme process, which is far from the best immortal Chenglu in the Yulu Pavilion in the capital, but it is also moist and fragrant, and it is better than nothing.

Tan Wanqing's skin is naturally beautiful, she is already white, she doesn't need any powder makeup on weekdays, plus she has been finely recuperating in the house for many years, and she also pays great attention to the supplement of nutrition and blood.

Gently rubbed the back of his hand, moistened with perfume, and then pulled his soft shoes back.

After getting up early like this, Ruizhu is no longer surprised that Miss doesn't like to wear lassos in the bedroom and wears barefoot galoshes.

When he was on the warm kang, Rui Zhu's sharp eyes saw the bright red like peach pink at the root of the young lady's snow powder, which was the trace of frostbite two days ago, and couldn't help but say: "The guy at the pharmacy said that the sky is falling, it is far worse than the perilla paste in the capital, and the young lady's feet have not been good after two days of rubbing, no wonder it is only sold for half a tael of silver." "In the past, I used perilla paste, but it has long since disappeared.

Tan Wanqing didn't care about it, no one could see that the soles of her feet were slowing down, and a few places on her face disappeared early.

She sat down at the table, pulled over the thin quilt to cover her feet, and then looked at the small table, which was placed in a porcelain plate, and the food was scattered and colored, which was very appetizing.

Eating is not only with the mouth, but also to meet the importance of the eyes, beautiful food, is an aesthetic pleasure, visual meal.

When ordinary people see beautiful food, they will naturally be happy to eat more.

Tan Wanqing is a person who is extremely sensitive to beautiful things, and her interest in painting is also derived from this, not only like painting, but also all beautiful crafts and scenery are within the scope of her liking.

This kind of liking does not have to be glittering or gold, silver and jade, but is everywhere, a peach forest full of pink, or a willow branch in front of the window that sways gracefully in the wind, or an old handicraft.

Tan Wanqing looked at it all first, and then picked up the chopsticks and grabbed a piece of the plate of her favorite rice dumplings.

The stoneware disc is not exquisite, but it is lined with five pieces of rice balls, like a white fat without lying on the soil, Ruizhu is fat in everything, and the appearance is very simple and cute, which is interesting and very appetizing.

In the porcelain bowl is milky yellow freshly squeezed soybean milk, which is probably placed in the food box and warmed for a while, with a layer of light yellow oil stained on the top of the skin, and there is a strong bean fragrance in the mouth.

"Sesame candy in it?" After Tan Wanqing took a sip, she took a closer look at the fine sesame seeds floating on it, and it was a little sweeter than before.

Ruizhu bit the golden cake in her mouth, only to feel that the cake was so fragrant, and when she saw the young lady asking, she hurriedly swallowed it and said, "The sugar in the kitchen is running out, I bought it in the market by the way, what does the young lady think?" She knew that this pulp could not be compared with the taste of dates and almonds in Danfu.

Tan Wanqing nodded, "It's very fragrant, mellow and delicious." She took another sip before putting down the bowl and opening the rice ball, the outer layer of the rice ball is wrapped with rice and glutinous rice, and the glutinous rice that comes out of the pot is crystal clear, the surface is oily, and the inside is pickled cucumber strips and sour eggplant, and the golden egg skin is rolled, and it is very refreshing to eat in the mouth, white, purple, yellow and green together, and it is also enjoyable to see it.

Seeing the eight four-color baby fist-sized buns arranged in a circle on the plate and a little in the middle, although she was tired of the wrong meat filling, she still took two more vegetarian fillings, and she ate them with relish.

Ruizhu bit the oil cake in her mouth, watching the young lady eat comfortably and comfortably slowly, and a feeling that the young lady's heart was too big swelled in her heart, yesterday the guard left like that, and the young lady didn't pay attention to it at all, not only did she have no dreams all night, she slept soundly, and the morning was later than usual, and she didn't worry at all, but Ruizhu was worried in her heart.

Tan Wanqing knew in her heart that since he hadn't dealt with the two weak female streamers from the beginning, he would not be annoyed and angry by yesterday's words, or turn his face ruthlessly, not to mention that she didn't say anything yesterday, so naturally there was no need to panic.

After cleaning up the table after dinner, Tan Wanqing sat on the side, reached out to get the snow-white Luo socks and put them on, and spread the pen, ink and paper on the desk, intending to paint a snow scene, when she heard a sudden sound of a knocker outside.

Ruizhu, who was holding a needle and thread in the house, was suddenly startled, raised her head and glanced at Miss, and under Miss's usual gaze, she hurriedly put down the thread in her hand and went to the yard to open the door.