On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, according to the customs of Chang'an, the stove is sacrificed to celebrate the New Year.

Each family puts candy, water, beans, and straw on the table in front of the statue of the stove king; Among them, the last three are prepared for the mount of the Stove King's ascension.

When sacrificing to the stove, the Chang'an sugar should be melted with fire and smeared on the mouth of the king of the stove. In this way, he can't speak ill of the Jade Emperor.

Chang'an folk have the custom of "men do not worship the moon, women do not sacrifice to the stove", so the sacrifice to the king of the stove is limited to men. (Excerpt from Baidu)

When the Li family was in Tanzhou, they all celebrated the 24th lunar month, and when they came to Chang'an, it was changed to the 23rd lunar month.

This year, the Li family is the first time to celebrate the New Year in Chang'an, and Li Laoshi and Li Yunqing presided over the sacrificial stove, and the time was set in the afternoon.

In previous years, He Qing presided over the sacrificial stove in Qingwangfu, and this year, the eldest son He Jingyan came back, and it became his business.

He Jingyan took Li Jingjing and her twin sons into the house.

"The little ones say hello to the little prince, the princess, and the two little masters." The four door slaves and the eight personal soldiers saw that He Jingyan had changed his usual seriousness, and they were all smiling, and they all laughed.

This is the first time Li Jingjing has come to Qingwangfu after the family affair, and she obviously feels that the people of the palace are looking at her with a little more awe.

He Qing and Kong Ye had been waiting in the main hall of the main courtyard for a long time, and they couldn't help but be overjoyed when they saw Li Jingjing.

"Jing Niang has seen Uncle Qing and Uncle Kong." Li Jingjing deliberately wore a dress made of hole leaves this time.

The twins bowed and saluted.

He Qing and Kong Ye said a few good words in a row, and invited the three sisters and brothers to sit down and eat tea and fruits.

The twins sat beside Li Jingjing like two generals, one left and one right.

At this time, the three housekeepers and the chief and deputy wardens of the Qingwang Mansion came in, saluted the three sisters and brothers, and said that they would invite He Jingyan to the main kitchen of the palace to preside over the sacrificial stove.

The chief housekeeper is called Liu He, he was born short and fat, like a round ball, and his official position is from the fourth grade to the history of the palace, and he is in charge of all things, and his status in the palace is second only to the master.

The second housekeeper is called Zhao Sheben, medium height and long face, and his official position is from the fourth rank to the palace Sima, who is in charge of food, clothing, housing and transportation in the mansion.

The third housekeeper's name is He Zhao, thin and tall, with a square face, and his official position is the same as Zhao Sheben, who is in charge of things inside and outside the house.

The palace is Zheng Gao, the official position is on the fifth grade, the figure is tall and burly, the long face has a pair of slender elephant eyes, does not smile, is in charge of the internal and external security of the palace, and has five hundred personal soldiers.

Jiao Dali, the deputy pawn of the palace, is neither tall nor short, lean, ordinary in appearance, and his official position is from the five grades, assisting Zheng Gao in managing his own soldiers.

Among the five, Liu He is the oldest, fifty-two years old, older than King Qing's husband and wife, and he is also the person He Dong personally arranged to help King Qing's wife steward more than ten years ago.

Li Jingjing had lived in Qingwang's Mansion for a month, and she knew these five people, and wondered why they all came to participate in the sacrificial stove.

He Jingyan's gaze swept over the five people, fell on Liu He, and deliberately said: "This is my wife who has not passed through the door, Princess Huguo." You will honor her as you honor me! ”

Liu He had long known about the thirty-two articles of the Dao, and secretly felt that the Li family was powerful, and Li Jingjing, who had not passed through the door, looked at the harmless surface but could not be messed with at all.

This is good, she can help He Jingyan support King Qing and King Yan's Mansion together, and make those who have laughed at King Qing's Mansion angry.

He said respectfully, "Yes." ”

The other four nodded in obedience to the order, and followed Liu He to kneel to Li Jingjing.

Li Jingjing got up and said, "You are the old men of the palace, you have worked hard in the palace for more than ten years, you should get up quickly, don't do this big gift when you see me in the future, let me feel sorry." ”

The five of them were affirmed by Li Jingjing, and they were more respectful to her after getting up.

"Jing Niang, you and your two younger brothers sit here for a while, and I'll accompany you when I go." He Jingyan walked out of the hall under the shocked gaze of the five people.

"Okay." Li Jingjing was ashamed and happy, it was a good thing that He Jingyan valued her so much, but it was rumored that it would make the world think that he was too afraid of guilt. She cares about He Jingyan's reputation.

A fat housekeeper came in to report and said, "Lord, princess, the villagers in Ludi's hometown heard that the little prince's wife, the princess of the country, is here, and they want to come in and kowtow." ”

He Qing felt that this matter was neither big nor small, and he couldn't be the master, so he had to send a slave to ask He Jingyan.

Li Jingjing opened her mouth and said, "Brother Yan is presiding over the sacrificial stove, so don't disturb him." I heard that Uncle and Auntie's hometown is in Ludi, but these villagers are the old people of your hometown? ”

Kong Ye looked at Li Jingjing a little nervously and explained, "Yes." Girl, this thing is like this, the villagers in Ludi's hometown village come to send us New Year's goods every year ago. In previous years, they had already returned to their hometown, but this year, when they heard that Jing Yan had decided to have a family affair, they especially wanted to meet you, so they stayed for a few more days. You see? ”

Li Jingjing hadn't heard He Jingyan talk about this, and looking at He Qing's expression, she shouldn't know what to say, thinking that it should be Kong Ye's meaning, so she said, "Then let them come." ”

Sure enough, Kong Ye immediately smiled at the corner of his mouth.

Soon, the steward's wife brought four people in.

The leader is an old man with white hair and beard and wrinkled face, but his waist is very straight, and he looks very energetic.

Then there are two middle-aged women wearing new clothes and silver hairpins, their faces are very ordinary, their skin is not dark, and they don't seem to be doing farm work at home and not basking in the sun.

The last is a little boy of five or six years old, wearing red clothes and red pants, with a large black mole of mung beans under his right eye, with black and red skin, a big nose and a big mouth.

The old man had just walked into the door a few steps, and there was still a distance of two zhang from the center of the hall, and he saw Li Jingjing, who was sitting at the bottom of Kong Ye, with a beautiful and noble appearance, thinking of the prestige of her grandfather, Mr. Crouching Tiger, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed very respectfully, and said in a somewhat cramped accent: "Zhenghe Sanshan has seen the princess of the country in Zaoshan Village, Xiaoman Town, Qingzhou. ”

Li Zheng is the head of a village, but he has no official position, not even from Jiupin, but if there is anything in a village, he has to find Li Zheng.

The two middle-aged women knelt down and kowtowed, but they couldn't say what they had thought about before, they were ashamed and anxious, and their two big round faces were red.

He Sanshan turned his head and whispered to the little boy: "Doudou, don't kneel down and kowtow to the princess." ”

He Doudou pounced and knelt down and kowtowed.

He Qing and Kong Ye got up and stepped forward, Li Jingjing had already helped the old man up before them, and said softly: "Old man, please get up." Will the elderly have a high birthday this year? ”

He Sanshan stood up and didn't dare to look at Li Jingjing, and replied: "The villain is eighty-one years old this year, and he will be eighty-two years old after the New Year. ”

Li Jingjing said: "Look at your tough body, it must be your descendants who are very filial to you and make your life comfortable." ”

He Sanshan heard Li Jingjing use the honorific title of "you", and heard her praise the filial piety of her descendants, he couldn't help but relax, showed a toothless mouth, and smiled: "The princess is right." The villain has three sons and two daughters, and they are all very filial. ”

Li Jingjing went to help up the two middle-aged women again, so that He Jiye helped He Doudou up.

He Qing supported He Sanshan with his right hand and said to Li Jingjing: "Girl, this is my third uncle." In the past, my third uncle and the villagers helped us deceive the army of the Kai Dynasty and gave us food. We survived. ”

He Sanshan hurriedly said: "The villain didn't do so well, he just gave the wrong direction to the army of the Kai Dynasty, and gave King Qing a few handfuls of cornmeal in winter." ”

Li Jingjing looked at He Sanshan's eyes with more gratitude and respect, bowed and saluted: "The junior Jingjing has seen the third grandfather. ”

He Sanshan shook his hand excitedly and said: "Princess, you are a golden branch and jade leaf, and the villain is just an unpopular Lizheng, which is unacceptable." ”

Li Jingjing said with a smile: "Third grandfather, this time I don't talk about official positions, only about seniority." He Sanshan also introduced the twins.

The twins followed and saluted He Sanshan and shouted, "Third grandfather." ”

He Sanshan smiled and said: "These are Mr. Crouching Tiger's two little grandsons, they look really good." ”

Kong Ye's face was full of red light, and her big elk-like eyes looked at Li Jingjing doting, patted her little hands, and said, "These two are my third uncle's youngest daughter and daughter-in-law." I usually call them sisters. ”

Li Jingjing nodded at the two middle-aged women and smiled: "Jing Niang has seen two uncles. ”

Kong Ye pointed to Doudou and said, "This is the youngest grandson of my third grandfather, nicknamed Doudou, who will be six years old after the New Year." ”

Li Jingjing took out a small gold ingot of two taels from her purse, put it in Doudou's hand, and said, "This is a meeting gift." ”

When she came, she only brought a meeting gift for He Yi, He Jingxin, and He Jingmiao, and she didn't know that there was a child in her hometown, Doudou.

Two taels of small ingots of gold are twenty taels of silver. For the people of Zaoshan Village, it is a lot of money.

Doudou came to Chang'an for the first time, and was taught by his father and mother for several days at home, and he couldn't accept gifts indiscriminately when he arrived at the palace.

He didn't dare to accept it, and wanted to return it to Li Jingjing, but as soon as he was nervous, the gold ingot fell from his hand on the carpet.

Doudou Niang was frightened and shouted, "Doudou! ”

Li Jingjing picked up the gold ingot, still put it in the hand of Doudou, who was about to cry out in fear, touched his bun head, and said softly: "Doudou, my little care." You take it back and take it back to buy pen and paper to read. ”

He Qing smiled: "It's okay to take it." ”

He Sanshan didn't want to lose face to King Qing's family, so Li Jingjing looked down on him, and seeing that King Qing agreed, Fang said: "Doudou, your hand is loose, quickly let your mother give you the meeting gift that the princess gave you." ”

Li Jingjing asked, "Doudou, do you know how to climb trees?" ”

Doudou raised his head and said in surprise: "How do you know the Dao?" ”

Li Jingjing blinked, and then asked, "You still dig birds' eggs?" ”

Doudou was even more surprised, nodded and said, "That's right." "Before coming to Chang'an, he almost fell from a tree because of digging birds' eggs, which frightened him at the time.

Li Jingjing pulled the twin sons to her and said with a smile: "My two younger brothers secretly learned to climb trees when they were in Tanzhou, but they were detained by their elders in Chang'an and couldn't climb trees. ”

Li Yunfei's eyes shot out, and he said, "Doudou, let's go, let's go to the back yard than climb the tree." ”

There are several pomegranate trees that are hundreds of years old in Qingwangfu, which are not tall but can also climb and play, and there are more than a dozen magnolia trees that are nearly 100 years old, and the height of this tree is that the tree pole is thin, and only one person can climb at a time.

He Jiye rubbed his hands excitedly and said excitedly: "I haven't climbed a tree for a long time." ”

Li Jingjing immediately said: "Climbing the tree hangs up the clothes." Do not climb. ”

The twins immediately wilted.

Doudou said enthusiastically: "I brought several thick cloth clothes, and you guys climbed in my clothes." ”

Li Jingjing only then agreed.

The three little ones jumped up and down and went to climb the tree.

He Qing invited He Sanshan and the two sisters to sit down and talk, and the three of them sat down when they saw that Li Jingjing was approachable and did not hold a shelf.

Li Jingjing listened to the conversation between He Qing and the three of them and realized that everyone in Zaoshan Village was surnamed He, but He Qing's grandparents were not from Zaoshan Village, but from Xiaoman Town.

He Sanshan and He Qing are not related at all.

It turned out that He Dong rebelled that year, and the army of the Kai Dynasty killed all the relatives of He Qingsheng's father in Xiaoman Town.

He Qing's grandparents and biological parents fled with He Qing to the mountains of Zaoshan Village for refuge, so that they became acquainted with the villagers of Zaoshan Village.

Later, He Dong ascended the throne, and in order to thank the villagers of Zaoshan Village, the He family exempted the tax for a hundred years, and gave each family two hundred taels of silver.

The people of Zaoshan Village only know He Qing and his wife, and He Sanshan, as Lizheng, brings the native products of the village to Chang'an every year to He Qing to worship his early years, and is grateful to the imperial court for exempting the whole village from taxes.

He Qing and his wife will not let He Sanshan go back empty-handed, bring him some Chang'an specialties, and will also ask the three housekeepers to solve some difficulties for the villagers of Zaoshan Village.

A few years ago, Qingwangfu helped Zaoshan Village set up a school, and this year, the teenagers in the village have been admitted to Xiucai and won fame.

Today, Zaoshan Village is the richest village in the surrounding 100 miles, and it is a very glorious thing for a woman from another village to marry in, and a man from another village to marry a Zaoshan girl.

He Sanshan said respectfully: "Princess, there are also the villain's youngest son and son-in-law who came this time, and the villain was afraid that they would startle your driver, so he didn't let them come in and kowtow to you." ”

Li Jingjing felt that He Sanshan was sensible and had a better impact on the villagers of Zaoshan Village.

The villagers of Zaoshan Village are much stronger than the Qin family's own family in Tanzhou. It's good for such old folks to walk around every year.

Kong Ye struck while the iron was hot and asked, "Girl, the third uncle suffers from rheumatism, and the pain is unbearable on a rainy and snowy day, can you help him take a look?" ”

He Sanshan didn't get Kong Ye's message in advance that Li Jingjing would treat him sick, so he hurriedly shook his hand and said: "How can this be done, how can the princess treat the villain." ”

"I can't do it. When I used to be in Tanzhou, I used to give medicine to the villagers of Qujia Village to treat diseases. Li Jingjing walked over to check He Sanshan's pulse.

He Qing said to the three of them: "My daughter is a great pharmacist, her medicinal skills are particularly clever, and her medical skills are also good. I've seen her save several people. ”

Kong Ye said proudly: "Our husband and wife's athlete's foot is still cured by my daughter." ”

He Sanshan heard that there was no such shop after this village, so he stood up and stretched out his left hand, and said gratefully: "The villain is tired of the princess." ”

"You sit down." Li Jingjing invited He Sanshan to sit down and maintain his natural state, and after checking his pulse, he asked more than a dozen questions, and praised: "You have been suffering from rheumatism for more than 30 years, and you can still stand up so straight, you really have perseverance." ”

Kong Ye asked with concern: "Girl, is there any medicine to cure the third uncle's illness?" ”

Don't forget to dig wells, not to mention that He Sanshan once sheltered He Qing's family and helped them survive in the mountains.

Kong Ye did this, Li Jingjing understood.

"Yes. It can be cured by rubbing it with animal bones, medicinal wine. In the past, in Tanzhou, this wine cured more than 30 patients of rheumatism. Li Jingjing immediately sent Li Huan back to Li's Mansion to get animal bone medicine and wine.

He Sanshan was very grateful. Sister He and Doudouniang kowtowed to Li Jingjing again to thank them, but they were stopped by her.

He Jingyan presided over the ceremony and returned from the ceremony, and the three people from Zaoshan Village hurriedly got up and saluted.

Kong Ye said a little embarrassed: "Jingyan, your third grandfather and two aunts have always wanted to meet their daughters. It just so happened that my daughter came, so I let them see her. I also asked my daughter to show your third grandfather rheumatism. ”

He Jingyan knew that the old lady wanted to show her eldest daughter-in-law's mind, anyway, when she got married in the future, the interpersonal communication in the mansion was also handed over to Li Jingjing, and she knew the villagers of Zaoshan Village in Langdao a day earlier, and said: "It's okay." ”

He Sanshan was in awe of He Jingyan no less than the current emperor, and said boldly: "The little prince is really a family affair that has set the door very well." ”

He Jingyan's eyes were bright and nodded with a smile, invited He Sanshan to sit down, and said to Li Jingjing: "Jingniang, I'll take you to see my younger brothers and sisters." ”

The three people in Zaoshan Village waited for He Jingyan and Li Jingjing to leave, and then let go of their voices to speak.

The people of Ludi speak loudly, and the people of Zaoshan Village are the Lord who can't wait to stand on the mountain and shout, and they can be heard by the next mountain.

He Sanshan said excitedly: "The princess of the protector is really the same as the fairy in the sky. The prince and princess are really blessed. ”

Doudou Niang said loudly: "I said that the little prince has not decided on his family for so many years, and he has been waiting for the princess who protects the country." ”

"It's not like we haven't seen noble girls, the dozen or so I saw in the palace the first few times are far inferior to the princess who protects the country." Sister He deliberately compared the size of the gold ingots and said, "The meeting gift that the princess gave to my nephew Doudou is a big piece of gold. ”

She is talking about the princess of the royal family, the county lord, Liu Liqing, Hu Binglan, Hu Bingyue, and Ouyang Xiu.

At that time, several princesses and county lords helped the daughters of the mother's family to match, hoping that Liu Liqing, Hu Binglan, Hu Bingyue, and Ouyang Xiu could marry He Jingyan, so they took them to Qingwangfu.

These royal daughters and noble women, not to mention the people in Zaoshan Village, even He Qing and Kong Ye didn't pay attention to them.

He Qing and Kong Yeha laughed, but they were a little drumming in their hearts, and they didn't know if Li Jingjing would look down on the He family when they saw He Jingxin and He Jingmiao.

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