Chapter 234: Ten Years of Affection
In the capital, Li Wei in the Fourth Master's Mansion thought that after that night, the Fourth Master would go out for several days. [****** please go to w-w-w.. C-o-m see the latest chapter ******] After all, he is the boss in the capital now, and there is still a lot to be busy with the affairs of the eighteenth elder brother.
No matter how you say it, he shouldn't be idle to do anything, right?
But since the day they came back from the Old Summer Palace, the fourth master hasn't gone out again.
The next day, he first taught a few boys to read and read for a whole day, and then came to the East Courtyard in the evening.
Now that the children in the East Courtyard have moved out, she has nothing to do all day long. After all the luggage left in the Old Summer Palace was returned, it took a day to sort it out. But when it's over, she doesn't know what to do tomorrow.
So, when she finally saw him coming, she immediately followed him back and forth, and followed him all the time.
After dinner, he went to write, and she also spread paper and stood beside him as usual.
After writing, he smiled and said to her when he washed his hands: "Why did you become a fool of your lord all night?" β
She stood next to him and handed him a handkerchief, and after washing, she brought him almond oil to wipe his hands. The fingers of the two were twisted together, and there was no lingering meaning. He deliberately wrapped his fingers around her, the grease was slippery, and she pulled her fingers out hard.
After going back and forth, the two sat together, she leaned on him and whispered, "I'm just worried, I don't know how many days you can stay in the house......
If he stays for a few more days, she won't be bored for a long timeβdo you want to talk to Fu Jin and the Wu family?
She wasn't the only one left in her east courtyard for a long time. The children are all older, so she can just go to Ergege, but she is also worried that if Ergege only cares about accompanying her, she will not have time to play with Dagege and Sangege.
Parents and playmates are completely different.
Anyway, Li Wei really didn't get used to it after Hongshi left. On the one hand, it is also because the fourth master is getting busier and busier, from last year to this year, he has hardly lived in the mansion for long.
Is she going to experience the life of an empty nester now? The children are not there, the partner is not there, let's play with Momofuku and Zaohua, the two dogs are old, so she can't bear to toss them.
All kinds of grass and mud horses galloped wildly in her heart, and she didn't pay attention to the fourth master above her head, and she didn't speak for a long time.
For a long time, he sighed softly, patted her and said, "I can probably stay in the house for a few more days this time." It was the king of Zhijun who sent the eighteenth elder brother back......" She heard this and realized something in her heart, and he smiled back: "It just so happens that I can accompany you more." β
"King of Naojun...... Is the master trying to avoid his edge? Her question made him stunned for a moment, and then he laughed.
"What do you think? Do you think this is a drama? The fourth master sighed, and said gently: "You can't have two people to do one thing, the king of Zhijun is my brother, so naturally I should avoid it first." β
He then gave an example: "For example, if you and Fu Jin send ice and herbal tea, Fu Jin can't do it anymore." Otherwise, the two people in the house are competing with each other, so that outsiders will see what it looks like? β
Li Wei is stuck! She didn't want to compete with Fujin to send Ice Emperor herbal tea! What's more, when she sent it, the fourth master had been living in the household for almost a month, and the weather had been hot for more than ten days. She heard that Su Peisheng, who came back to get the clothes, mentioned it two or three times before she thought of sending the ice over! I also heard that there were people suffering from heat stroke when I delivered herbal tea.
She was anxious for a long time before she held back a sentence: "I didn't mean that......" couldn't help glaring at him, "It's not that your habits are not good!" On a hot day, the inside and the outside are wrapped so tightly. β
The fourth master's problem is the most incomprehensible, but fortunately he didn't force Hongyu and a few people to learn from him. At Li Wei's insistence, several children wore one layer in the summer. The fourth master has always been a set of underwear inside and a coat outside. It's all long-sleeved, and the buttons are buttoned up to the base of the neck.
Dog days. He had to change his outfit in less than half a day, because he also had a problem, thinking that it was indecent for people to see that the clothes behind him were all wet.
Since last summer, because Su Peisheng changed his clothes too often, she asked the sewing room to make two large rattan boxes of underwear for him after she found out. Just to make him change his clothes and have a good time.
The more I thought about it, the more aggrieved I became, and Li Wei's eyes turned a little red: "I don't want to compete with Fujin for a long time......"
Seeing this, the fourth master hurriedly hugged and coaxed: "That's not what the master meant." Look at this little tempered one, I didn't say anything. After finishing with a sigh, "You also know Fujin's temperament. Ye told you to do what she couldn't think of when she saw it, and that's what she pictured. Think about it, according to Fujin's temperament, will she send ice and herbal tea to the household? β
- Of course not.
Li Wei thought about it carefully, she had never seen Fu Jin do anything out of character.
This 'out of line' is a very subtle thing that can only be understood. For example, if she sends something to the fourth master, Fujin will send clothes, but if she is killed, she will not send ice to eat and drink.
"Now you understand, don't you?" The fourth master said so.
Li Wei was strangely appeased.
After the topic ran to the United States, it was pulled back again. Forgetting about Fujin, the fourth master mentioned the king of Zhijun again: "The eighth is in the internal affairs mansion, it just so happens that he was raised by Concubine Hui, and the king of Zhijun has also taken him before." If I get caught in it, I won't be able to stretch my hands and feet, so I just avoid it and tell the two brothers to do it. β
As the fourth master said, he was really idle in the house after that. However, the people from the household department still came to him every day, and the front yard was lively again. Both Hongyun and Hongshi are too young to be allowed to participate in the affairs of adults. The two came back unhappy, and asked Li Wei, who was lonely, to happily take her sons to play games every day.
The slide under the pomegranate tree finally has a place to go.
It also happens to be the season when the pomegranate is ripe, and this pomegranate tree has been planted for ten years, and it has really become a towering tree. The tree pole is not very thick, but the canopy of the tree is already covering the sky and the sun, and in the summer, Yuyan has no ice use, and they can't wait in the master's house, so they all come here to enjoy the coolness.
I heard Zhao Quanbao say that there were still people who came here to sleep in the middle of the night with a mat, and asked him to catch it several times. Catch it and hit it once.
Later, Li Wei said that if she wanted to sleep, she would go to sleep, and it would be cool and cool.
The windows of the houses in the house are relatively high and small, except for the large windows of the masters' houses, which can blow a cool breeze when opened, the windows of houses such as inverted seats and corner houses are small and pitiful, which are neither easy to transmit light nor easy to breathe.
It's okay in winter, but it's like a sauna in summer. It is said that Zhao Quanbao and these eunuchs, in order to be afraid of the pickled smell of the house on their bodies when it is hot, they will take well water to take a shower before dawn, and then wear their clothes in the yard on their backs, which is called a hard work.
Li Wei can also understand, imagine a quilt that has not been dried once in hundreds of years and a house with a bunch of sweaty feet.
She took Hongyun and Hongshi to pick pomegranates, and the ones they picked were not only enough to eat in her own house, but also to send some outside. She asked someone to send two big pieces to the front yard, and I heard that the fourth master specially asked someone to send one to the palace, and the other one was given to the top half of the thirteenth mansion and the first half of the fourteenth mansion.
This is aggrieved. made Li Wei feel distressed, he was so distressed, he hurriedly left her for himself to eat and sent it over again, and asked someone to tell him: This is for you to eat, don't give it away. If you want to give it to someone, you will have it on the tree, and I will pick it tomorrow and send it to you.
On the afternoon of the day this was sent, the fourth master came over with a smile on his face. went into the house to take a shower and change clothes, and then hugged her to the couch to peel pomegranates and eat, you and I have one grain.
He smiled and said, "You sent this pomegranate over, and you sent it to someone like that......
Li Wei was stunned, and said in her heart, Zhao Quanbao is not so stupid, right? Did he say it in front of outsiders? It's impossible, he didn't mention it when he came back, he said that the fourth master was very happy to take the pomegranate, and asked someone to immediately pick up a plate and put it in the house to smell the fragrance.
"What's wrong?" Set yourself up first, she asked.
The fourth master stuffed a grain into her mouth: "You're not afraid of making people laugh at you?" β
"Zhao Quanbao didn't say it in front of outsiders, right?" She blurted out, did he really say it?
The fourth master laughed, determined not to tell her. Although there were no outsiders when the eunuch came, Su Peisheng was there. Of course, he also warned Su Peisheng afterwards, what should not be said, Su Peisheng knew it in his heart.
He kissed her on the mouth: "In the future, if you say this kind of thing in front of the master, don't let anyone spread it." β
It would be nice to tell him to his face, and although it was not a good taste to have someone tell him, he would have preferred to hear it from her mouth.
"So distressed?" He kissed again and said, "It's distressing to even give things to others? β
She was so kissed by him that she couldn't speak: "That's not ...... I gave it to you, and you didn't eat a bite to give it to others......"
Kissing and kissing, the two were not in harmony.
Afterwards, Li Wei got a guarantee that 'whatever Su Su will give to the master in the future, the master will not give it to anyone'. She always felt that his understanding was wrong.
It doesn't seem like she meant that?
Forget it, no matter.
The king of Zhijun has returned to Beijing. When he returns to Beijing, he will return to Beijing, generally speaking, she has nothing to do with her in the backyard of the fourth master. But...... The house suddenly stopped screaming.
Every day, Zhuangzi will send fresh chickens, ducks, eggs, milk and vegetables. The Internal Affairs Office (the fourth master is still eating some precious things given by the Internal Affairs Office) will also send things every day. So it's a bit scary to suddenly have guards guarding the door of the house, and then not allowed to enter or leave.
Early in the morning, the fourth master came out of the front yard after getting the news and called her to the main courtyard again. He's probably used to this kind of convenient way of informing all at once.
Li Wei also had breakfast for the first time in the main courtyard - what a big table!
I saw that there were all kinds of noodles and side dishes on the table on both sides, and there were some porridge pots and soup pots in the tea room next to the main house on the stove
It's like a buffet.
In front of the first two 'seemingly' fourth masters and Fu Jin who were negotiating amicably, she had to put all her energy into the breakfast table.
Except on some big days, she hadn't tried to order so many dishes at once. This clearly means that there will be a lot of people who will withdraw to zuihou as they are, and Fujin's life is really luxurious. She was so envious......
It was probably because she was eating too happily (which is obviously not scientific), and the fourth master and Fu Jin both glanced at her several times.
The fourth master cleared his throat: "Su Su said let's talk about it?" β
Sugan.
Yuan Ying looked at the fourth master.
Li Wei made a big red face, in front of Fujin, you call it really a big husband?!
She was rarely shy, bowed her head and said, "It's very haode, I listen to Ye and Fujin." β
"Hmm." The fourth master nodded and said to Fu Jin: "Then let's do it." β
Then, the old man got up, and before getting up, he asked her, "Have you eaten well?" β
She hurriedly put down her chopsticks, there was still a mouthful of butterfly crisp on the plate that she hadn't finished, and there were still two mouthfuls of autumn pear lily porridge in the bowl...... You can only forget it. She has always been taught that 'leftovers are an impolite act', and she is still a little uneasy to return to the East Courtyard.
The fourth master naturally came back with him, and when he saw that she looked like she had nails under her fart, he asked funny: "Is it so uncomfortable?" β
She looked over: the man asked knowingly.
"It's just your word." He took her hand and pulled her to sit down, "Master took the word for you, and it was the first time to call it outside." β
He also sighed very much. After so many years, he can really guard her until now. Sometimes when I think about it, it makes him a little unbelievable.
"I just think it......" Li Wei thought that the atmosphere at that time made her very uncomfortable, "as if she was demonstrating ......"
"Hmm." The fourth master hugged her, told her to lean in his arms, and stroked her shoulder.
"Su Su is what I like." He kissed her appreciatively on the forehead.
The people who were praised were very excited, and a little shy.
The fourth master couldn't help but smile when he saw her, his heart is long-lasting, Su Su is not a forgetful person. I wish to have one heart, and the white head will not be separated. It is a blessing that the two of them have come to this point, and he should cherish it.
The closure of the mansion can only be like this, according to what the fourth master said, all the mansions in the capital, mainly the more important mansions, have been guarded, and the reason is unknown. But no one dared to inquire at this time.
There are also people who are worried that the emperor and the crown prince are not there, and the king of Zhijun ...... Is this a disobedience?
The fourth master didn't say it too clearly, anyway, he didn't plan to face this matter directly, it turned out that he planned to avoid it, and now he had to avoid it to the end. Although he said it vaguely, the sentence 'the emperor and the crown prince are not in Beijing' is enough to make people feel shocked.
Li Wei was only distressed that she couldn't notify the Li family, but the fourth master also said that the Li family was a little shrimp in Beijing, and this turmoil couldn't sweep them away.
A very intuitive result after the closure is:
On the first day, there was no fresh milk or fresh goat's milk.
On the tenth day, there was fresh milk, fresh goat's milk, but no vegetables.
The fourth master explained again: "Now it is the Ministry of Internal Affairs that sends things to our house, unlike Zhuangzi, which is convenient for whatever food you want." β
On the table, there are stir-fried meat foam with sour beans, fried pork belly with sour cabbage, stewed duck with sauerkraut, Li Wei took a strip of sour cucumber and was gnawing on it, and said, "It's okay, it's just a few days." β
After eating sauerkraut for a few days, Li Wei is not tired, and the fourth master is already tired. But there are no vegetables in the house, and fresh vegetables are sent to the village every day and some are bought on the street. However, the dining room planned to pickle this year's pickles, and bought a lot of radishes and snow mushrooms in advance.
The master wanted to eat fresh vegetables, and the dining room had to toss the radish to make the taste of the imperial meal.
But this task is too daunting. That night, after the fourth master came to the east courtyard, he kept staring at the loofah vine next to the grape shed in the yard.
Li Wei followed his gaze, and there were indeed a few long loofahs on the vine, but they were going to grow old enough to be used as bath towels......
"Master......," she said cautiously, "the loofah is old." β
The fourth master nodded indifferently: "Hmm." After a while, he added, "Ye just look, it turns out that the loofah you planted for rubbing the bath looks like this." β
This loofah has been raised for several years, did you only see it today?
Li Wei was distressed again, but it was difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.
The next day, after he left, she asked Zhao Quanbao to quietly go to the dining room to ask if there were any seeds such as rapeseed for growing vegetables in the dining room?
Although the current seed is a bit ridiculous, it is better than watching him gluttony. She listened to the fourth master talk about the dishes of the night last night. said that when he was in the palace before, it seemed that he had never eaten fresh vegetables. Green vegetables and other vegetables are used as garnishes or ingredients for meat dishes.
"That time I saw a plate of hot vegetables at your place, and I really didn't dare to put down the chopsticks." He said this with a wistful smile.
Li Wei's heart was about to hurt him.
Luckily, the vegetables aren't so hard to find. First of all, the night incense and garbage in the house had to be transported out of the house every day, so the rapeseed was found in the afternoon of the same day, as she said, all of them grew fast, and they were the small greens that could be grown in this season.
There are not many masters in the house, and the place is still enough. Li Wei asked someone to enclose a vacant space behind the firewood room and lifted all the floor tiles (...... I told a few people who knew how to plant to turn over the land and put the seeds in.
Without waiting for the seeds to germinate, the king of Zhijun personally went to the mansion to invite the fourth master out of the mountain!
The confinement of the gods in the house will naturally be lifted. Of course, in order to treat everyone equally, there are still guards standing at the gate of the house, but there is no longer any restriction on the carriages and horses on the Zhuangzi.
There are fresh vegetables to eat in the house, and the small greens have also sprouted, and the fourth master is not at home.
Li Wei: ==
What a waste of feelings!!