These things are hammers and drills and tweezers...... Did you smash it with a hammer and eat it? Or do you want to use a drill to save up and eat? What about the tweezers......

Everyone looked at these things in the hands of the two little girls, and they were full of doubts, and they also aroused infinite interest.

The girl who carried the tray didn't speak, and the two of them changed their hands, and took a small copper hammer and a copper drill from the girl behind them, as well as a large tweezers wrapped in copper and silver......

"What is this?" Jia Zhuo also squeezed over, looked at the fish-shaped object in the tray and asked suspiciously.

Ah Man squeezed to the front, looked over, only to find that the big tray was placed in a fish-shaped thing, white, smooth and neat, the surface was slightly burnt yellow, faintly there was a mysterious aroma from the middle, very light, if there was nothing into the nostrils, but it was particularly mysterious and particularly attractive, as if a small hand, reaching into the nostrils and probing into the throat, seducing out the greedy worms in the stomach.

The two girls had already placed the large tray on a low table in the middle.

Aman looked back at him and stuck out his tongue and grinned. In a blink of an eye, I saw the two girls take the big tray from the mother-in-law and carry it over, and the little girl didn't care about apologizing to Yang Jingyong, so she shook her head to avoid Yang Jingyong's control, and rushed up first.

Yang Jingyong has eaten cold fish skin, spicy fish skin, and was just startled by the little girl, but was attracted by the little girl's speculation, and there was a tendency of excessive secretion of jin fluid in her mouth, and she couldn't help swallowing her saliva, before she raised her hand and touched the little girl's head, and scolded with a smile: "The little girl is still so shocked, and even the timid soul is scared away by you!" ”

Yang Jingyong on the other side smiled lazily, and was about to say something, when Aman suddenly shouted: "Ah, I know, it must be my mother who made the fish skin...... The cold fish skin is crispy and delicious, and you can eat the fish skin today! ”

Aman was standing next to him, and when he heard this, he disagreed, shook his little head and said, "No, that fish is obviously blue-black with a white belly, but this one is not blue-black at all......"

Everyone was surprised, and Yang Jingfang smiled and said curiously: "What kind of dish is Mrs. Jingbei Hou cooking?" Did you send me the big fish I caught after they were steamed? ”

I saw that the big tray carried by the two mothers-in-law was really a long fusiform thing, big, slightly burnt yellow, except for the color, it was the shape of a big fish!

An exclamation caused everyone, whether they were drinking or ordering, to stop, walk around the platform, and hold on to the railing to look down.

This small boat had sent food and wine back and forth many times before, and everyone on the boat saw it again, and no one cared much about going. But when the two mothers-in-law carried a large tray on the painting boat, some of the people had already noticed it, and pointed to the surprisingly large tray in surprise and shouted, "What did you send?" How do I look like I'm carrying a fish? ”

The boat had already been served with wine and food, no matter how big or small, and no matter how much the fishermen who had written poems before, they all gathered on the platform on the top of the boat and ordered to eat and drink. After three rounds of drinking, the two mothers-in-law came from the shore like arrows in small boats, and after leaning on the painting boat, the two men carried a large tray up.

As a result, after this big fish was brought to the big kitchen in front, Qiu Chen got the news and went over to take a look, and didn't make any more fish head tofu or anything. It happened that there was very fresh lamb in the kitchen, so Qiu Chen asked people to cut the lamb ribs into mahjong pieces, marinate them slightly with simple seasonings, and then wash the big fish and stuff the marinated mutton into the belly of the fish. Mix well with coarse salt and egg whites, then completely wrap the large fish filled with mutton, pamper it, put it on a tray, and then put it in the oven and bake it over a thin fire with fruit wood for an hour.

Yang Jingfang had already been hearty from the process of catching the fish just now, but she didn't care about how to eat, so she immediately agreed to come down and follow Aman's instructions on how to deal with it.

Tossing for more than a quarter of an hour, walking the fish again, and using a net pocket, finally fished up this big guy, and waited for a big fat fish with a blue and black back to fall on the board of the boat and stumbled hard, before being pulled to the cabin by Qin Yong in time, restricting the four children of Aman Zhixian and Zhen who could not move, finally got free, clapped and cheered and rushed up, Tuan Tuan surrounded the big fish nearly two feet long in the middle, you look at me, I want to reach out and touch but not timid, and finally Aman smiled and slapped the fish on the head, stunned the fish, and then smiled with Yang Jingfang: "Uncle Fang, if we can't do such a big fish on the boat, we will spoil it, so it is better to send it to the big kitchen...... We have a good hand at making fish in our big kitchen, and this fish can make three or four dishes. ”

While appeasing Yang Jingfang and preventing him from pulling indiscriminately, so as not to break the fishing line, Aman turned back to the guards for help: "Master Li, Master Yong, bring a long rod net pocket, Uncle Fang has caught a big fish!" ”

Aman saw that he was a little lawless, and hurriedly reminded: "Don't worry, don't worry, take a walk slowly, and pull it up again when it runs out of energy......"

Ah Man shouted, and had already reached out to pull the fishing rod for Yang Jingfang, and after being reminded by her, Yang Jingfang also hurriedly held the fishing rod and tried to pull the hooked big guy up.

"Uncle Fang, it's hooked, it's hooked, it's reeled, it's reeled!" Aman's sudden shouting interrupted Yang Jingfang's fugue, turned back to look over, and sure enough, she saw that the end of the slender fishing rod was bent down, almost pulled into the water...... Judging from the tight fishing line and the curvature of the fishing rod, you can probably guess that this time it is a big guy!

Yang Jingfang was pushed forward by his mother and relatives, and fought with the eldest prince, the third prince and his family for more than ten years, but there was nothing he was willing to do. For as long as he can remember, he has lost count of how many times he has experienced overt and covert injuries, and how many times he has brushed shoulders with death...... He really wanted to get out of the whirlpool of struggle and spend the rest of his life in peace and comfort. He wanted to find a way out for himself......

Growing up in that kind of environment, some people will desperately want to go higher and control more, while others will get tired of a qiē and want to escape the shackles brought by this birth and live truly freely.

From Aman's small gesture, he thought of his brothers and sisters, and further thought of the miscarriage of the side concubine in his house a few days ago, four and a half months pregnant, a boy who had already taken shape, just because the side concubine stepped on a thin ice under the steps and fell and had a miscarriage. This kind of thing, he has heard and seen too many things when he grew up in the palace, and naturally knows that there should be no ice on the steps, but he also knows that this kind of thing can't be traced at all, and if he really wants to investigate, at most, one or several minions will be thrown out to blame, who is the mastermind behind the scenes? Is it his concubine Tang? Or other side concubines and concubines? The result is indeed the case, a second-class girl next to the side concubine who had a miscarriage committed suicide, and it seemed that she died in fear of crime, and the clue to follow was that she accidentally fell down with a basin of water and sprinkled it on the steps......

On the other hand, there are more than a dozen of their brothers and sisters, who has really cared about whom? Oh, there are, and there are 'concerns', but not concerns, but worries about how to put to death those brothers and sisters who are in the way and may get in the way!

Turning his eyes and looking at the fishing rod in his hand, he secretly asked in his heart, most of their brothers and sisters did not crawl out of the belly of a mother, but they were also a father...... The little girl in front of her is only six or seven years old, and the younger brother she said is just a half-mother, how can she be so close and so concerned, and she can't forget that brother even when she catches a fish......

Yang Jingfang looked at the little adult-like girl in a daze, blinked her eyes, and the smile on her face suddenly couldn't be maintained.

As he spoke, he turned to his girl Shui Han and said, "Sister Shui Han, I'm sorry for you to take a trip, take this fish to the big kitchen and hand it over to Xiaoxi, and make a tofu soup for Brother Yun to drink." My brother loves to drink the thick soup made of tofu and fish! ”

When Aman saw this black fish, he jumped up with joy, clapped his hands and said, "This black fish is not small, it can just make soup." ”

Different from the silent bow of the boat, Yang Jingfang at the stern of the boat with four children is having fun, Aman caught three fish one after another, two crucian carp with a bundle of long, and one is actually a black fish of five or six catties, with a dark pattern of fish body, and a big mouth densely covered with fine teeth, very vicious.

Yang Jingyong didn't speak again, put the teacup in his hand on the small table, turned to look at the sparkling lake outside the boat, and unconsciously became distracted.

Qin Zheng lowered his eyes, drank tea one by one, and did not make a sound.

Yang Jingyong was choked again, and it took a while before he spit it out, and he seemed to be a little stunned, sighing and whispering: "Do you think you can live this life by thinking about it?" ”

Qin Zheng didn't look at him either, he lifted the copper kettle on the small red clay stove next to him and poured a cup of tea, lowered his eyelids and said lightly: "Be calm every day, guard your family, watch the children, sunrise and sunset, it's good!" ”

Yang Jingyong just took a sip of tea in his mouth, and when he took a breath, he choked on the tea and coughed immediately. After a while, he gradually stopped coughing, pointed at Qin Zheng and glared, "You...... Just you, you actually like this day......"

Qin Zheng finally withdrew his gaze from afar, slowly turned his head, looked at Yang Jingyong and said, "I really like today's days...... After more than ten years on horseback, I have long been tired of that kind of life of shouting and killing. ”

For a long time, Yang Jingyong lazily spoke: "You have thought about it and calmed down, and you actually became the head of the child!" ”

Yang Jingyong was obviously accustomed to his few words, and did not feel that his silence was slack, so he walked over and walked to the bow of the boat, but he did not stand and stare at the bow like Qin Zheng, but sat on the ground on the bow of the boat at will, beckoning the little servant to bring a small table, but instead of putting tea cups and utensils, he lazily supported an arm and went up, reclining, pinching the cup in one hand, and taking a small sip, as if he was serving not tea but wine.

Qin Zheng moved slightly when he heard this, but he didn't look back or reply.

Yang Jingyong couldn't hold his breath after all, sneered softly, and lazily walked out of the shadows next to the cabin: "This is not the border gate, but your own lake, what's there to see?" You just stand there and don't get tired? ”

Yang Jingyong held a cup in his hand, slowly turned it in the palm of his hand, walked around the side of the ship from the stern, and stood leaning on the cabin, looking at the cyan figure at the bow of the boat. The figure stood at the bow of the ship, as if eternity had become a flag.

Qin Zheng smiled silently, put the teacup in his hand on the table, got up slowly, walked out of the cabin with his hands in his hands, and went straight to the bow of the boat. The cyan Su brocade robe was blown up by the breeze on the bow of the boat, swaying slightly. Lined with his figure standing with his hands in his hands, he became more and more tall and tall like a spear in the cold light, and like a flagpole for hunting with battle flags!

More than a dozen people, large and small, readily agreed, sitting or standing or pacing back and forth in thought, and the cabin fell silent, and everyone was immersed in the poetry and pondering the words, but no one paid attention to what others had done.

The rest of the people in the cabin except for Qin Zheng and Yang Jingyong are all scholars, although there is a difference in age and different identities, but there is absolutely no lack of common topics, drinking tea, starting with a pool of blue waves, speaking of the infinite spring and spring, they naturally discussed the poetry and songs, and then, Shao Ziyan mentioned yì, and used the rhyme of the seven laws to make a poem about spring boating.

When I got to the stern of the boat, I saw that Aman and the three Tao boys were very familiar with the division of labor and cooperation, taking fishing rods, preparing fish food, casting bait and fishing, and a series of preparatory activities were done in an orderly manner, even the youngest He Zhen pouted with a serious face, and did not run crazy, Yang Jingfang finally secretly breathed a sigh of relief. In the blink of an eye, he looked at Qin Li and Qin Yong's guards who were helping to pick up and prepare with a few children, and he was even more completely relieved. With these skilled guards with him, he doesn't have to worry about the safety of the children.

With Yang Jingfang's permission, the three little buns of Zhixian Zhide and Zhen happily saluted and retired with their uncle Qin Zheng and Mr. Liang, and followed Yang Jingfang and Aman out of the cabin together. Ah Fu and Jia Zhuo Jiafei were unwilling, so they could only stay. The three of them, Ah Fu, are at least nine or ten years old, and they can no longer be regarded as naughty children, so they should work hard and prepare for the scientific examination that they will participate in in two or three years.

was said by Aman, and there was a 'sweet and particularly fresh drunk shrimp' as bait, Yang Jingfang involuntarily nodded in agreement.

Seeing that Yang Jingfang stiffened his face and didn't speak, Ah Man shook his hand with a smile and said with a smile: "Uncle is worried that they won't be able to fish?" A few of them often come to the lake with my brother and I to fish, especially Zhixian, who is very good at fishing, and also uses grass to catch shrimp. When he catches dried shrimp, Man'er will make a drunken shrimp for his uncle, okay? Freshly caught dried shrimp to make drunken shrimp, sweet and very fresh! ”

Yang Jingfang looked at the three hairy boys who were five, six or seven years old, and the smile on her face was a little stiff. The reason why he took the little girl Aman to play was that this little girl was lively and knew how to advance and retreat, which was very likable; Second, it's a little girl, and he can take care of it...... If you bring three hairy boys, they are all crowded to the stern of the boat, and the boys are naughty, whether they can fish safely, not to mention, it is enough to take care of a few people without falling into the water and not being in danger...... Where is there still the leisure and fun of fishing.

As she spoke, her little hand pulled in the direction of the three little people, Zhixian and Zhen.

In a blink of an eye, seeing the envy of Zhuo Jiafei and Zhixian Zhide and Zhen next to him, Aman smiled and pulled Yang Jingfang's hand and said, "Uncle Fang, it's boring for the two of us to go with too few people, why don't you call a few of them together?" ”

Man'er smiled and nodded in agreement. Speaking of which, it is rare to have a day off, and she naturally prefers to play rather than discuss some academic articles.

As he spoke, he reached out and took Aman's little hand and walked out, and said with great interest: "On the boat, there is nothing more fun than fishing...... I've just seen it, there are a lot of fish in the lake, let's go to the boat lady to ask for a fishing rod, go to the stern of the boat to fish, catch a fish, and let the boat girl make it for us immediately...... The fish that I just caught and stayed out of the water was the most delicious......"

At the mention of article knowledge, Yang Jingfang immediately had a bitter face, frowned and shook his head: "You go to class and read every day, you haven't seen enough and learned enough, it's rare to have a day off and discuss that...... Let's go, you little girl don't need to be admitted to the office, what's the use of learning those articles, go, let your brother and them discuss the articles and knowledge, and your uncle will take you outside to play. ”

Aman was completely uninhibited at this time, and said with a smile: "We invited the fourth uncle and Mr. Liang, as well as the second uncle and two cousins, to discuss the article and ...... together."

Yang Jingfang recognized herself as Uncle Fang, and she fell in love with the little girl Aman, and without waiting for a cup of tea to finish drinking, she beckoned Aman over and asked with a smile: "What were you and your brothers going to do just now?" Is it okay to take your uncle to play? ”

Just now, Qin Zheng took a group of children, big and small, to return before they reached the center of the lake, but they just said a few words, and they didn't have time to do anything. This time, Yang Jingyong and Yang Jingfang got on the boat and left the lake shore again.

Speaking of which, Fu Wang Yang Jingfang is not yet twenty years old, similar to Lin Xu Junshu, not as big as Junwen, and he looks approachable, Aman needless to say, has always been bold and lively, even the calm and polite Ah Fu couldn't help but relax when he saw Yang Jingfang, and naturally followed behind Qin Zheng with his sister and led Yang Jingyong and Yang Jingfang onto the boat.

He casually took off a pair of Canan incense bracelets from his wrist, handed it to Ah Man, and untied a piece of jade pendant from his waist and handed it to Ah Fu, and said with a smile: "Uncle came in a hurry today and didn't prepare a meeting gift, another day, my uncle asked my aunt to prepare it for you." ”

As he spoke, he bent his knees and blessed himself, with a bright smile on his face, and his whole body was full of joy and joy, so that Yang Jingfang, who had been cold since entering the Jingbei Hou Mansion, also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and the smile on his face became bright again, more sincere than the hippie smile just now.

Aman turned his eyes to look at Qin Zheng and Yang Jingyong, and both of them looked at Aman's inquiring eyes, and they both bowed their heads slightly. When Aman got permission, he immediately burst into a smile and shouted sweetly at Yang Jingfang, "Uncle Fang! ”

Yang Jingfang straightened her expression slightly, nodded and said, "Your mother is the lord of the imperial seal, so naturally you can call me uncle!" ”

Aman still grabbed Yang Jingyong's hand, and didn't pay attention to Yang Jingfang's outstretched hand, but looked at Qin Zheng suspiciously, looked at Yang Jingyong, and then looked at Yang Jingfang and asked, "Can I call Uncle Yong uncle, can I also call you uncle?" ”

Haha smiled, Yang Jingfang leaned over and looked at the little girl Aman and said, "Your name is Man'er?" Your Uncle Yong is not happy, but Uncle Fang likes Man'er very much, come, Uncle Fang will play with you! ”

'Uncle Yong' called out, and everyone was surprised. But only the look of surprise in Yang Jingfang's eyes flashed, and she looked at the little girl who ran up and grabbed Yang Jingyong's hand, revealing a look of understanding.

Ah Man rolled her eyes to look at Qin Zheng and then at her brother Ah Fu, seeing that Qin Zheng turned sideways and let King Yong Fu get on the boat, she pulled her brother to take a step back with Qin Zheng's side, but did not wait respectfully and silently, but looked up at Yang Jingyong with a smile and said: "Uncle Yong hasn't been here for a long time, and he still has a straight face when he comes, is Man'er displeasing you?" ”

Yang Jingyong still had a cold face. Fu King Yang Jingfang nodded with a smile on his face and said, "That's right." …… What do you do, keep going, don't let our brothers affect everyone's interest! ”

Politely bowed his hand, Qin Zheng still had a faint face, and said politely: "King Fu misunderstood." Today is not a meeting, but a family together, and the children are up and rowing together. If you treat guests another day, you will definitely post to invite the two princes, and I hope that the two princes will be able to appreciate their faces at that time! ”

When he came up like this, he complained like this, and he had a very familiar taste, although he was an uninvited guest, because of their identity there, Qin Zheng, as the master, was not easy to slacken.

King Fu glanced at King Yong with a smile, and then arched his hand towards Qin Zheng in a blink of an eye and said: "The scenery of the garden of Jingbei Hou is picturesque, and he doesn't share it with others, but he hides at home and enjoys himself with relatives and friends, I really can't help the love of our brothers!" ”

I haven't seen him for a long time, Yang Jingyong's face is flat, his expression is calm, and when he sees that Qin Zheng has no-for-tat, he has no original casual arbitrariness, he just silently, watching King Fu talk to Qin Zheng and a large group of people with a smile on his face.

Walking to the lakeside wharf, watching from a distance Hou Ye with a large and small group of people to greet there, Chen and Wang breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, stopped more than ten steps away from the wharf, lowered their hands and retreated to both sides, and respectfully invited the two Buddhas of King Yong and King Fu to come over.

Although he didn't pay attention to it, because of the Fu King who came with him, Qin Zheng couldn't do too much. Therefore, when the Chen and Wang clans led the two princes into the back garden, Qin Zheng had already ordered someone to bring the painting boat back to the shore, and also brought a large and small group of people down from the boat to greet them.

Chen and Wang carefully led the two of them inside, and King Fu could ignore it willfully when King Fu spoke, so they could only consider it and give a brief explanation or two for King Fu, who was full of curiosity.

King Fu was dressed in a real red silk brocade robe, wearing a jade crown around his waist, shaking an old folding fan in his hand, looking left and right with a smile on his face, pointing and commenting on the trees and flowers from time to time, and ignoring the second brother Yang Jingyong next to him who had been silent and ignored him at all.

Many flowers and trees in the flower garden have germinated, and the earliest forsythia trees in spring have bloomed into a golden patch; The magnolia flowers also bloomed most of them, and the large pure white lilac flowers opened on the bare branches, which was unique and elegant!

The weeping willows by the lake have been fluffy catkins, bulging on the slender and soft willow branches, bulging one by one, as if wearing a string of plush balls, gently swaying on the lake with the breeze, which is not interesting.

Qin Zheng said this, Qiu Chen couldn't help it, but it was not good to really ignore it. I could only send Mama Chen and Mama Wang to lead the two princes who came to the door to the back garden.

Not long after entering the garden, the painting boat had just left the shore, and King Yong, who had not been at the door for a long time, arrived with King Fu. Qiu Chen got the letter, and hurriedly sent someone to the back garden to inform him, Qin Zheng sent the little servant Yanyun to send back a sentence, so that Qiu Chen didn't have to pay attention to it, and let them go into the back garden by themselves.

The group has gathered, and it is already the beginning of time.

Shao Ziyan, Qin Yao, and the Tang brothers got together, Lin Xu, Junwen Junshu and Afu Aman, as well as Zhixian Zhide and Hezhen, as well as Mr. Liang and Qin Zheng's two doormen, more than a dozen people, large and small, got together, and set up a painting boat in the back garden of the Marquis Mansion in Jingbei to boat on the lake, talking about learning, discussing poetry, and also joking, playing with shooting couplets, and fishing at the head of the boat......

The day after Yi Heng came to the door, just in time for the rest day of the Yamen, Yi Heng took her husband Shao Ziyan, the second son of the Shao family, to Jingbei Hou Mansion. Also coming with him was Qin Yao, the third son of Liang Guogong. Afu Aman also invited Zhuo Jiafei, two classmates of the Tang family, to come over as guests.

While preparing for the upcoming flower party, she arranged Lin Xu and Junwen Junshu's itinerary in the capital.

The two letters were sent, and Qiu Chen put this matter aside for the time being.

Therefore, Qiu Chen is not good at advocating Lin Xu's marriage, and writes back to discuss with Mrs. Lin to see what she means.

The situation of the Lin family is much more complicated than that of the Yang family. Lin Xu wants to join the office, but now he can't reveal the background of the Lin family, and he can't investigate the old things of the Lin family, even if he is from an ordinary villager's family, it is far better than the son of a criminal minister. What's more, Lin Xu's life experience can not stand scrutiny, strictly speaking, Lin Xu is a child who escaped from resisting the decree...... However, if he hadn't escaped at that time, Lin Xu might not have survived.

On Lin Xu's side, Qiu Chen also wrote a letter to the old lady of the Lin family.

Not to mention that Yixuan and Yiheng actively discussed and formulated a plan to choose a family, after Qiu Chen told Yixuan about the three of Junwen's parents, he wrote a letter that night and sent someone to send it back to the eldest brother. Junwen Junshu's two children are not bad with her, and she contributes money and efforts to provide for the children's education, but it is really related to the children's lifelong events, she still has to discuss with the eldest brother and sister-in-law and the second elder of the Yang family first. You can't make your own claims without saying a word.

Yi Xuan and Yi Heng discussed, after the flower party in the Jingbei Hou Mansion, it happened to be the fiftieth birthday of the wife of the Shao family, and at that time, Yi Heng discussed with the Wei family, invited more than a dozen families they selected, took that opportunity to meet the girl and her family, carefully considered it from the side, and then decided whether to ask someone to come to the door to propose.

Yiheng's father-in-law Shao Jingshan has been immersed in the Ministry of Industry for 20 years, Yiheng's husband Shao Ziyan, the second son of the Shao family, was born as a scholar and was appointed as the editor of the Hanlin Academy. Although the Shao family is not prominent or rich, after years of operation, they are very familiar with it in the Beijing official circle.

Yixuan's in-laws live in Tongzhou, and their social circle in the capital after marriage is relatively narrow, but it is not as good as Yiheng who married into the Shao family.