There are really a lot of people in Yufangzhai. There is almost no space in the spacious lobby, and there are more than 20 different kinds of mooncakes in front of the long counter, which are sweet on the left and salty on the right.

Jiang Yanhua pointed out softly: "Lard white sugar sesame stuffing and rose stuffing are the sweetest. If the son doesn't love sweet things, it is better to have osmanthus stuffing and jujube paste stuffing. There are winter melon candy and tangerine peel in the 100-fruit filling mooncakes, but I don't like to eat them, but I don't know if my son likes to eat them. ”

As soon as she entered the door, she had already taken off her hat, and at this time, probably because there were many people in the room, fine beads of sweat had oozed from the tip of her slightly upturned nose. She was born like Cao's, her skin was very white, and when she was in the Chen family, she had to go to the field to deliver food at a young age, and she was a little malnourished, so she looked dull and black and thin. Since calling the Jiang family, not only the diet is rich, but also some white-skinned recipes are used, and the skin has been raised to be fair and delicate in a few years.

Jiang Heng was a little absent-minded, and the corner of his eye glanced at Taohua from time to time. Taohua didn't take off her hat, but only lifted the light veil on the hat at will, and her face was half covered and half exposed, as if revealing a touch of spring.

Jiang Heng coughed dryly and asked, "Miss Jiang, are there any of these moon cakes that are inconvenient for my mother to eat?" "He's a little curious.

These days, he inquired about the Jiang family, and it turned out that this young Jiang girl was actually very capable, and the Jiang family's medicine hall and medicine field actually had her figure. In particular, a while ago, this Jiang girl also found a staggered prescription, which can be said to have saved a child's life. Thinking of Huishan Temple's diagnosis of the happy pulse, and casually saying the home remedies for the hot wine and lotus root festival, Jiang Heng couldn't help but feel that this Jiang girl's medical skills were probably not as simple as she said.

Jiang Heng had never seen a woman practicing medicine. In the early years of the previous dynasty, I heard that there were still medical women in the palace, but later because of how rough the medical skills were, this system gradually disappeared. As for the people, due to the defense of men and women, women who study medicine are even rarer, and some of them are also in the market, and they can't be contacted at all with Jiang Heng's identity. It's rare to meet one this time, he is still a young man after all, and this curiosity is a little uncontrollable, and he can't help but try it.

Taohua thought for a while: "These are ordinary fillings, the county lord is healthy, as long as he doesn't eat it, it's okay." ”

"Oh-" Jiang Heng was a little disappointed, "Then can Miss Jiang recommend a few things?" ”

Jiang Yanhua on the side pursed her lips tightly. Taohua glanced at her out of the corner of her eye: "Sister Fang Cai has already said a few sweet stuffed moon cakes, does Jiang Gongzi like them?" ”

"Oh-" Jiang Heng remembered at this time, subconsciously wanted to grab his hair, put his hand down halfway, and smiled apologetically at Jiang Yanhua: "Sweet stuffed moon cakes are often found in Beijing, but I want to try the salty stuffing." ”

Jiang Yanhua said softly: "If you talk about salty filling, there are dried vegetables and crispy meat filling, salted egg yolk filling, and ham filling, these are all very good." There are several kinds of salt and pepper and five kernels, all of which are also salty. ”

Jiang Heng nodded and said: "Salt and pepper and Wuren are also common in Beijing, but I have never tasted this dried vegetable and crispy meat." Qingzhan, let the store install a few more. ”

Qingzhan replied, and said: "The county lord likes salted egg yolks, and ham is also good." ”

Jiang Heng waved his hand: "You look at it." I want sweet stuffing, and my sister-in-law likes it. ”

Qingzhan Le went to pick out moon cakes, Jiang Heng looked at the people around him, and couldn't help but sigh: "Sure enough, business is good." Today is only fourteen, and if it is tomorrow, there will be more people. ”

Taohua couldn't help but want to laugh: "Gongzi Jiang, everyone who should be prepared is ready today, and those who come to buy moon cakes tomorrow are probably cheap." If it's temporary, it's too late. "Although this person is not stubborn, but in the end he is also a son, not to mention that the four bodies are not diligent, I am afraid that they are also indistinguishable, and I am afraid that these daily trivial matters are not clear at all.

Jiang Heng was a little embarrassed, Jiang Yanhua smiled softly: "Jiang Gongzi doesn't need a housekeeper, he has his own subordinates to prepare, and it is not clear if you think about it." Tomorrow we are going to walk the moon here, I wonder if there is this custom in the capital? ”

"Walking the moon?" Jiang Heng was really attracted, "What's going on?" ”

Jiang Yanhua said with a smile: "We walk the moon here and call it the three bridges, that is, when the moon rises at night, everyone goes out to walk, at least three bridges must be crossed." ”

"Why do you have to take three bridges?" Jiang Heng was quite curious, "There is no such custom in the capital. ”

Jiang Yanhua couldn't answer now. Wu Di has the custom of walking the moon, and she has heard it since she was a child, but where does this custom come from and why she has to walk across the three bridges, but she has never studied it in detail, so she can only say: "The old generation all said so, saying that you can go to all diseases by walking on the three bridges......

"But why do you have to take three bridges, not two bridges, not four bridges and six bridges?" Jiang Heng has always been curious about these market vulgarities, and he can't help but break the sand pot and ask to the end.

Jiang Yanhua's face turned red, and she had to turn her eyes to Taohua for help. Taohua had been listening casually, and then smiled and said: "In fact, taking the three bridges means that you must walk through at least three bridges, not that you must walk on three bridges." In some places, you have to walk as many bridges as you can, and you are not allowed to go back, so plan your route carefully before you travel, otherwise it will be difficult to go home. As for why there are at least three bridges, perhaps because three is the way of heaven, earth and man, or two or two in one life, three or three in life, in short, the customs are long standing and it is difficult to verify. ”

"Miss Jiang has read "Lao Tzu"?" Jiang Heng was slightly surprised. I knew that she was studying medicine, so she must be literate, but I didn't want to seem to read a lot.

Momoka was a little embarrassed. "Lao Tzu" was read in my last life. Grandpa said that reading "Lao Tzu" can be cultivated, as a doctor, medical skills are important, but self-cultivation and morality are also indispensable. Therefore, "Laozi", "Zhuangzi" and "Analects", the Tao family all read through.

In fact, Taohua was very unimpressed. What kind of self-cultivation and morality are said, what kind of virtue is patriarchy? Before his parents gave birth to a younger brother, they had no status in front of several uncles and uncles. Every year when everyone gathers for the Chinese New Year, there are always a few cousins who bully her, and the adults still turn a blind eye? Is this self-cultivation?

So Taohua read those books just to cope with her grandfather's inspection, she was the most familiar with it at that time, and she can still recite it even now, but is she self-cultivation? No. As she memorized these books, her heart was full of rebellion and injustice.

However, memory is really not up to people, you may not remember what you like, and you may not forget what you think you don't think about. So when Taohua answered, she casually said the sentence in "Lao Tzu", which was really not intentional.

"My father likes to read "Lao" and "Zhuang", but I just read a few chapters with my father." This is not a lie, perhaps the same doctors have something in common, and the Jiang family also thinks that "Lao" and "Zhuang" can develop an indifferent way. Doctors should not think too much about being born, but they need to be indifferent to fame and fortune, so as not to have delusions because of fame and fortune. Because of the delusion of a lifetime, medical skills may not be used as a tool to save people, but as a murderer. Therefore, the Jiang family has a family motto, those who study medicine, medical skills are the second, and medical ethics are the first.

And Jiang Xi himself also likes Lao Zhuang's learning, but he mainly likes the loose and carefree energy in the book. Now both books are in his study, and he can turn a few pages when he has nothing to do.

Jiang Yanhua clenched her hands. She also often goes to Jiang Xi's study to pick up books to read, but what she reads is poetry and the like, but Lao Zhuang's learning has never been turned over, and now she can't even pick up a sentence.

"I see. However, I think it is rare for a boudoir woman to appreciate the learning of "Lao" and "Zhuang". Jiang Heng felt more and more that this Jiang girl was unexpected.

Taohua smiled: "It's not that I like "Lao" and "Zhuang", it's just that the ancestors of the Jiang family have taught their children to read Lao Zhuang's learning, so that they can cultivate an indifferent nature, so as not to abuse medical skills and go astray because of the struggle for fame and fortune." ”

Jiang Heng suddenly felt that he was going to be impressed by the Jiang family: "The ancestor of the Jiang family is really benevolent to the doctor. "In this way, it is a pity that the Jiang family no longer practices medicine now.

Momoka just smiled. Seeing that Qingzhan had already brought several boxes of moon cakes, and Xuancao also took the ordered moon cakes, she didn't want to say anything more to Jiang Heng: "Jiang Gongzi, it's not too early, we have to go back." ”

"Hey-" Jiang Heng felt that he hadn't finished speaking, "Just now Second Miss Jiang said that there is a custom of walking on the moon at night, and I also want to see it, I wonder if I can go with the two of you?" ”

Momoka doesn't plan to walk any moon. When it comes to nightlife, her previous life was much richer than now, and she didn't just like to sit at home and read the doctor's notes. However, before she could find an excuse to refuse, Jiang Yanhua was already busy saying: "Go out from our house, you can walk across the most lively bridges all the way, if the son is interested, we can go out after dark, all the way, we don't have to go back, we can walk for about an hour." ”

Jiang Heng really looked interested: "In that case, I'll go to meet the two of you when it's dark." ”

After getting into the carriage, Jiang Yanhua looked at Taohua with a snort: "Sister, shouldn't I be good at making claims?" It's just that Jiang Gongzi is the son of the county lord, I'm afraid that if I don't agree, it will anger the county lord and be bad for my father......"

"Oh-" Momoka just casually agreed, turning her head to look at the street scene outside the car window.

Jiang Yanhua spied on her face and said softly, "Is my sister angry?" Actually, in fact, I know that I shouldn't talk to Jiang Gongzi more......"

"My sister is really funny when she says that." Taohua sneered and turned to look at her, "Since you know you shouldn't, why do you say so much?" Why did you promise to take Gongzi Jiang to the moon tomorrow? ”

Jiang Yanhua was speechless when asked. Taohua turned her head back and said lightly: "Don't say anything that will anger the county lord if you don't agree, you know what you think." But I tell you that Gongzi Jiang is the son of the county lord, and the Jiang family is just a doctor, and you should also understand the difference between the abyss and the abyss. I didn't stop you, because in Wuxi, it was Jiang Gongzi who gave in. He wants to see something new in the market, and it doesn't hurt for us to be guides. If you see you again in the capital in the future, it will be the Jiang family. A chicken is going to squeeze into the middle of a flock of phoenixes, do you know what the result is? ”

Jiang Yanhua's face turned red, and she finally couldn't hold back for a while, and muttered: "Sister is not so close to the Su family......

"It turns out that this is what you have been unconvinced." Taohua looked out the car window, and this time she didn't even bother to turn her face, "The Su family doesn't have a son who hasn't married yet." What's more, Mrs. Su and Mrs. Su have helped the family's business, do you know? ”

Jiang Yanhua only knew that Taohua had sent the medicinal oil in the medicine hall to the Su family, and the rest was completely unknown. Taohua didn't need to look back to know that she couldn't answer, and sneered: "From tomorrow, you learn to read the accounts." Poetry and songs, it's enough to cultivate them, and they can't be eaten as food. In the future, the family you marry will probably not be able to live by poetry and songs. ”

Jiang Yanhua's face was so red that he could almost drip blood, and he bit his lip and lowered his head. Taohua glanced at it from the corner of her eye, and felt that she was probably speaking too sharply, Jiang Yanhua was still a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl, and when she was in her last life, she was at most a child who had just entered junior high school. So he changed his tone to a more moderate tone: "You must always be down-to-earth in life." It makes sense for the older generation to pay attention to the right person. It's naturally good for you to read more books, but reading is for reason, not for vassal elegance. ”

Jiang Yanhua answered in a low voice, but the fingers in his sleeves were clenched tightly, and his nails were almost pinched into the flesh. What does it mean that the family she will marry in the future will not rely on poetry and songs to live? Could it be that she still wants to marry back to a farming family like the Chen family, and she can't work hard every day for food and clothing?

Taohua doesn't have a pair of discerning eyes that can see through people's hearts, not to mention that she is really not a good teacher who is good at psychological enlightenment, only seeing that Jiang Yanhua didn't speak again, she thought that she had finished saying everything, and left the rest to Jiang Yanhua to think about herself, and slowly and naturally understood, she didn't expect Jiang Yanhua to think about whether she would marry a farmer in the future, and she didn't understand her meaning at all.

Although some unpleasant things happened in the year, at least this Mid-Autumn Festival, the Jiang family still had a relatively happy time.

Cao Shi has peeked at Jiang Xi's face a few times since he came back, but after finding that Jiang Xi had no intention of letting Jiang Bohua return to her, Ren was confused, and she also guessed that most of the jade carving narcissus had already been released, and she immediately became honest, almost the same as when she first got married.

Although Jiang Xi was displeased, for the sake of her son, she slowly let go of the matter, and the family seemed to be harmonious again. In addition, Yaotang and Zhuangzi were smooth, and Taohua was rewarded by the lord of Nanhua several times, so this Mid-Autumn Festival at least seemed to be joyful on the surface.

Jiang Bohua is the happiest, with moon cakes in his left hand and melons in his right hand, and he is still guarding the rabbit in front of him, and he is full of joy. With this little thing there, everyone couldn't help but laugh when they looked at him, and the atmosphere was naturally cheerful.

Cao Shi took a crab, took out the crab roe and added ginger vinegar, put it in front of Jiang Xi's eyes, glanced at Jiang Bohua, and said with a smile: "Eat quickly." Your two sisters are going out in a moment. ”

Jiang Bohua's eyes widened suddenly: "Where is my sister going?" Bai Ge'er also goes! ”

"You stay at home with your parents, and you'll go when you're older." Cao coaxed him and glanced at Jiang Yanhua happily.

"Big sister-" Jiang Bohua turned his head and threw himself on Jiang Taohua, "Brother Bai is going too, Brother Bai is going too." ”

Taohua thought for a while: "Okay, my sister will take you there, but you have to be obedient, if you run around, my sister will never take you out." ”

"This, this is not good...... Cao Shi was a little anxious, "Isn't there still Jiang Ergongzi with you tonight?" "What's the point of having a little kid in the middle?

Jiang Xi frowned, and only said, "Brother Bai is not young, can you hold it?" "Although Taohua is not as powerless as those ladies, Jiang Bohua is such a little chubby, and she can't hold it for long.

"It's okay to let Sanqi hold him and walk a few bridges." Taohua said nonchalantly, "It's not far to walk the three bridges, and Bai Ge'er is also very well-behaved, and he will be back in a while." "There are a lot of bridges near her house, and three bridges are only seven or eight blocks away.

Bai Ge'er immediately nodded his head and agreed: "Bai Ge'er is obedient." ”

"Well, good boy, we can't go far at night, can we come back after buying candy?" Taohua touched his head and knew very well that this kid was not going to walk the moon at all, but for the sugar man outside.

In fact, the sugar outside may not be better than at home, but in the hearts of children, what is bought outside is good, especially when people's sugar is pinched into some kind of bird and rabbit, it looks delicious.

Sure enough, Bai Ge'er's eyes lit up immediately when he heard the sugar man, and he didn't even want the melons and moon cakes in his hands: "I want two!" ”

"Okay, just two. But don't eat it all at once, you can only eat one a day. ”

"Sister-" Jiang Yanhua couldn't help but move, "If the second son of Jiang wants to take a few more bridges......

"yes." Cao Shi hurriedly helped, "Can you still leave Jiang Ergongzi alone on the street?" ”

Taohua calmly wiped the melon juice on Jiang Bohua's hands: "Too much to worry about." Jiang Ergongzi must bring servants when he travels, how can he be alone on the street. The pomp and circumstance of the county lord's mansion is not comparable to our family. ”

Cao Shi wanted to say something, Jiang Xi had already calmed down and said, "No need to say any more." Originally, the second son of Jiang shouldn't have mentioned this matter, you two sisters should go to the scene and take a few bridges. ”

Cao Shi was taken aback: "Master, that, that's the county lord's-"

"What about the son of the county lord?" Jiang Xi raised his voice a little, "Taohua and Yanhua are not children anymore, although people like us don't have such strict rules, we should avoid suspicion." It is precisely because of his noble status that he has to accompany him on a few bridges, do you still have to follow him? Our daughter didn't sell herself to the county lord's mansion! ”

Cao Shi realized that her husband was unhappy about this matter, and couldn't help but open his mouth, and only said after a while: "But Taohua often goes to the medicine hall or something in Zhuangzi, and sometimes sees foreign men-"

Before she could speak, Jiang Xi had already put the wine glass in his hand on the table: "What do you say!" ”

As soon as Cao's words came out, he knew that he had said something wrong, and when he couldn't speak, the little guy outside ran in and reported: "Second Prince Jiang has arrived." ”

Taohua hugged Jiang Bohua, stood up with a faint sneer on the corner of her lips and said, "Daddy, don't be angry, you can't let Jiang Ergongzi wait for a long time, go out early and come back early." ”

Jiang Xi stood up angrily: "Since that's the case, I'll go too!" ”

Cao didn't dare to speak, Jiang Yanhua showed an anxious look on his face, and he stopped talking. Taohua took the looks of both of them in her eyes, and pressed her father's shoulder with a smile: "Dad, it's not necessary." Jiang Ergongzi was just curious about the local customs, and had no other meaning. "Most of the men who walk the moon are women, teenagers and boys, but the adult men do not go out this night, unless they are some ill-intentioned gangsters who want to get into the women's pile to take advantage.

Jiang Xi was indeed unhappy in his heart. The doctors of the Jiang family are actually not as close as those of those high-ranking families. If Jiang Heng is just an ordinary boy next door, with a maid and servant to follow, it is not impossible to meet and walk the moon. However, the temper of the lord of Nanhua County, just because the disease was not cured, he even smashed many medicine halls, such a person, Jiang Xi only wanted to get as far away as possible.

Taohua has been in contact with the lord of Nanhua twice in a row, both because others have asked for it, and he is just an accompaniment. Although they were all rewarded by the Nanhua County Lord, Jiang Xi knew that his daughter was also unwilling to get too close to the Nanhua County Lord, so he was quite relieved. Unexpectedly, Jiang Yanhua couldn't wait to agree to accompany Jiang Heng on a trip, which was simply out of proportion.

Jiang Xi doesn't think much about the love of children here, but if Jiang Yanhua blindly can't see the path he should take, but he thinks about climbing high, it is a thing that will bring endless trouble. It was because of him that he was angry, but in fact, he said it to Jiang Yanhua, in order to point out the difference between the two worlds, and he didn't really blame Jiang Heng for being rude.

At this moment, seeing that Jiang Yanhua didn't dare to speak in the end, thinking that he hadn't arrived home in a daze, Jiang Xi's anger calmed down a little, and he said with a calm face: "I brought the girl, there are many people outside, and I stumbled and got lost carefully." ”

Taohua responded with a smile, straightened her clothes, and let Sanqi firmly hug Jiang Bohua, followed by the bellflower, and she and Jiang Yanhua each brought mint and daylilies and walked out of the door.

Jiang Heng deliberately wore a moon-white plain silk jacket tonight, wearing only a small cyan turban on his head, dressed like a civilian boy in the market, with Qingzhan and Feijian by his side, he was leaning in front of Jiang's house to watch the rising moon, and when he saw Taohua and his party coming out, he smiled and said: "I was still early, but I knew that I had seen many people go out all the way." ”

Jiang Yanhua was just worried, only afraid that Jiang Xihui would temporarily change his mind and not let them go out, but now he stepped out of the door, and his heart was realized, and he said with a smile: "Everyone will go out as soon as it gets dark, but there is always one night, which is enough." ”

She was dressed up carefully tonight, wearing a lake-blue embroidered honeysuckle jacket, combing a fallen horse bun on her head, inserting the golden hairpin that the lord of Nanhua County appreciated, and folding a branch of osmanthus and pinning it to her sideburns, exuding a faint sweet fragrance.

Taohua had already seen it in her eyes, and she didn't break it, but said: "Then let's go, there is a bridge all the way out from here, it's enough to go." ”