In front, the fourth master chose to entertain the thirteen in a flower hall.

Now it is impossible to enjoy the flowers in this season, so the windows in the hall are all closed, and a screen is placed at the door to block the wind. There is a large round table in the hall, the fourth master is at the top, and the thirteenth accompaniment sits on the lower edge of the left side.

The table was already full of dishes.

The fourth master asked the person who poured the wine and waited to go down, and personally held the pot and said: "Let's have a good drink today, so we won't let others come to the eyesore." ”

Thirteen hurriedly got up and held the cup with both hands, and when the fourth master poured the wine, he dried it directly, and after three glasses in a row, the fourth master put down the pot, pulled him to sit down, and said: "Okay, hurry up and eat two mouthfuls of food and press it, your face is already red." When I went back to the house, I asked my brother and sister to scold me. ”

He personally took a pine flower egg, scooped a spoonful of brine peanuts and put them on Thirteen's plate.

Thirteen hurriedly ate hard, stuffed his mouth full, chewed indiscriminately and swallowed it.

At this time, the stewed lamb brisket and charcoal-grilled lamb leg were served, and the fourth master pointed to the thirteenth and said, "Give you the leg of mutton and put it here for the thirteenth master." ”

Thirteen just poured three glasses of cold wine in a row, and swallowed a few mouthfuls of cold vegetables in a row, and now it was cold from the throat to the stomach, and I wanted to drink it when I saw the fresh soup of stewed lamb belly. But the charcoal-grilled leg of lamb was in front of him, and he had to take out the waist knife immediately, and take a few slices of roasted meat down, pretending to eat it as if it was delicious.

Fortunately, Su Peisheng remembered what Master Li said, it is best to warm up his stomach with a bowl of hot soup before eating. After so many days, the fourth master himself is used to it. As soon as he saw the sheep soup, he motioned to Su Peisheng.

Su Peisheng served two bowls, first to the thirteenth master, this is the guest, and then to the fourth master. As a result, he just put it down for the fourth master, and when he turned around, he saw that the thirteenth master had already picked up the small bowl and drank it all!

The fourth master drank the soup as a reminder from his family, and seeing that the thirteenth master unexpectedly liked it, he personally served him a bowl and said, "If you like it, drink more." ”

Seeing that the thirteenth nodded yes, the fourth master was also very happy in his heart, he saw the attitude of the thirteenth today, this younger brother is really close to him from the bottom of his heart. Although the eighth also gave benefits, Thirteen could obviously see who was sincere to him and who was false.

The fourth master felt that he had not been busy in vain during this time. This younger brother is sensible, can remember feelings, and is not ungrateful.

A meal that was enjoyed by both the guests and the hosts. After the meal, Thirteen finally found an opportunity to say that he had brought a gift, and asked someone to bring it up, and removed the wooden strips and oiled paper of the outer bread, and it turned out to be a rusty thin iron frame more than a person high, and the iron frame was inlaid with several colors of glass, and spelled out the appearance of a person.

The fourth master saw that this was a craft from the West, and when he looked closer, he felt that the woman holding the sheep was very familiar. It's a bit like the woman he painted in the Latin Western book he gave Su Su, all of them are holding sheep, and they look like the same person who should be drawn.

Thirteen also came over and said, "This is brought by a French merchant, and it is said that it is the window in their temple over there, and his sailors have taken it down and brought it to the ship." ”

The two of them circled around the glass window of this foreign temple a few times, and the fourth master smiled: "It's really hard for them to bring such a big thing across the ocean, I heard that this woman is the biological mother of their god." ”

Thirteen also inquired and said, "It's probably similar to our Guanyin." The merchant said that the sailor was afraid of the merciless wind and waves at sea, so he stole this glass window depicting the birth mother of the god out of the temple. ”

"As a result, the owner of the ship found out and sold it?" The fourth master laughed.

Thirteen also smiled and said, "In front of the merchants, this is also a thing that is more difficult than Western paintings." ”

The fourth master knew that Thirteen had heard that he had asked someone to buy some Western paintings, so he specially brought them to him. If he doesn't accept it, he will make Thirteen embarrassed.

He said, "Then my brother won't be polite to you." ”

Thirteen gave the gift out, and only then did a stone fall to the ground. He originally wanted that the fourth brother would not accept it, so he tried to find a way to ask someone to pretend to be a seller, and quietly negotiate a deal with the fourth brother's people, and then he could also send the glass window out. It's just a bit of a task.

He said embarrassedly: "My brother has just arrived at this thing, so I didn't bother to scrub it." ”

The iron frames on the four sides of the glass windows are indeed ugly, and the rust stains the edges of the glass paintings.

Of course, the fourth master will not just send it to the East Courtyard, at least to make it look good. Moreover, it's not easy to put it in this way, so it should be repaired to see if it can be made into something like a screen.

Ask someone to lift down the Western glass window, and the atmosphere between the two brothers will be more harmonious.

Changed from the flower hall to the warm pavilion of the study, called for tea, and the two continued to talk.

The thirteenth master started to talk: "The emperor is going to go to the Zhili area, what is the plan of the fourth brother?" ”

Although it is just over the New Year, the emperor has to go out several times a year, and this time it is also around February, and the people accompanying the car have not yet been decided, but there are already words that have been revealed.

The prince and the prince of Zhijun are all must-go, and the remaining sons depend on the emperor's mood.

The fourth master was also thinking about this recently, and asked Thirteen rhetorically: "What do you think?" ”

Thirteen didn't want to go, but it wasn't his turn to call the shots. In the past few years, he accompanied the emperor with the prince, but the emperor and the prince fought in the ring, and they all used him to trick him.

Thinking of it made him scared and annoyed, he sighed: "...... Listen to me, the emperor will probably still call me. ”

The fourth master didn't speak, and after a while, the thirteenth said tentatively: "I see what the emperor means, it seems that our brothers are asking themselves to go up and invite themselves." ”

The old man put out a jiashi for you to offer filial piety, and whoever wants to accompany me can go to the fold, or come and tell me in person.

The fourth master also saw this. In the days of the Chinese New Year, when I received a banquet in the palace, the emperor said a few words, 'You are all older, and the emperor wants to take you out to play, but he is afraid that you will have too many things to do, and he is not willing to go out with me'.

Of course, the brothers below are desperately saying that they all want to go out with the emperor, but they are afraid that the emperor will dislike them for being stupid and can't speak.

But that's what I said at the time, and after I came down, the brothers all thought about it in their hearts.

At least the third master made it clear that he wouldn't go.

"I can't wait to stay in the house this winter, the ground hasn't frozen yet, and I can't stand going out."

At that time, he didn't speak, and the fifth child didn't want to go, he just didn't want to take advantage of this excitement. Lao Qi said that his leg is not good, so he will not make trouble for the emperor and the brothers, and he will not be able to play well then, and everyone will have to take care of him.

After he finished speaking, Fourteen, who followed Lao Ba and the others in front, turned around and smiled.

The fourth master frowned at that time and wanted to scold him. Didn't his smile mean that Lao Qi's legs and feet were not good, and the emperor would not take him out at all?

Among a bunch of brothers, the number of times the seventh goes out is indeed at the bottom. Even the thirteenth and fourteenth, who were very far behind, went out more than him.

But people don't reveal their shortcomings. Looking at the seventh child, he pretended not to see the smile of the fourteenth, but who were the blind brothers walking behind? Fourteen is showing off his cleverness or is he coming to attract hatred?

The third child also smiled after turning his head at the fourteenth, and the mockery made the fourth master want to blush. bullying my brother to the public said that he was guilty of the following crimes, and he relied on his personal character, which shows that Fourteen is not a tolerant person.

Out of the palace gate, the seventh left first. The fourth master could only pat him on the shoulder slightly apologetically and send him away. Sometimes it is said that breaking is more hurtful, but it is better to be confused.

Now, the fourth master is hesitant to show filial piety according to the emperor's intentions, and hand a fold up to show that he is also willing to serve the emperor and go to Zhili?

Thirteen didn't expect to move the fourth master once, he himself didn't dare to follow the emperor and the prince alone, not to mention that there was a straight county king this year. This group of immortals fought, and his little ghost was not enough for them to pinch with a finger.

He could see that the fourth brother was tempted. Then he will leave first, the fourth brother can't be urged, and the more he talks, the more he won't go.

After the thirteenth left, the fourth master looked at his watch, and it was not yet time for Hongyu and the third elder brother to come back from the school. At this time, the strength of the wine that I drank with Thirteen at noon came up, and I felt sleepy. It is not possible to sleep well in the study.

Let's go to the East Courtyard.

In the east courtyard, Li Wei was taking a nap. When the fourth master came in, it was almost time for her to get up. As a result, he took off his coat and sat down and said, "You don't need to get up, I'll lie down too." ”

That's nothing to say. Jade Bottle came in and waited for him to take off his boots and pour water, and she gave her a look. The fourth master doesn't know how long he will lie down? When the fourth elder brother wakes up, Hongyu and they should almost come back. She couldn't come out to take care of them, so she had to leave it to Ergege.

The jade bottle nodded and went out, and gently closed the door before leaving.

There were only the two of them left in the inner and outer rooms.

Li Wei said that she had slept enough, but she fell asleep after lying down for a while. The fourth master was turning in his mind the thirteenth, the emperor and a bunch of brothers, and the drowsiness was not so easy to brew, but he was taken away by the tranquility of this room and the rhythm of the people around him sleeping soundly, and he fell asleep unconsciously.

Sleep peacefully. When he woke up, the fourth master had a feeling that he was more solid and full than he had slept all night.

And he probably really fell asleep, and when he woke up, he gradually heard the voices of the children actually next door. Through a curtain, Su Su and the third elder brother were talking.

"It's so easy to burn, it's so easy to ignite!" Three Brother Dao.

The fourth master thought about it in the house for a while before remembering that he asked Su Peisheng to send some wheat straw over, and what Su Su said in the morning was that he also wanted to let them see and understand on a whim.

Ergege followed and said, "Isn't this grass? How can you burn it? ”

Su Su explained to the child: "Grass can be burned, and there is a saying that it is called a spark and can set the prairie on fire." ”

After speaking, Li Wei felt that it didn't seem right?

Then, Hongyu recalled for a long time and said: "Eniang, which poet or lyricist did this?" I haven't even read ......."

…… It seems to be Taizu.

Li Wei had no choice but to hehe.

The fourth master came out with the curtain at this time, and he is now used to dressing himself, and he doesn't ask anyone to come in and wait when he wakes up. At this time, it was particularly shocking to come out, he first glanced at her helplessly, and then said to Hongyu: "Probably what you thought about when your mother was fine, the meaning is still good." ”

Hongyu instantly understood that he had exposed Eniang's shortcomings! immediately slapped the sycophants: "These two sentences are amazing!" ”

Taizu, of course!

Li Wei smiled proudly and modestly, revealing a look of contempt.

called the fourth master to withdraw even more, I have never seen this kind of person who is still complacent when he is dismantled by the child in person. He came over to change the topic with a smile and said: "This is a wheat stalk, and the common people who farm the land use this as firewood, which is more convenient than going to the mountains to chop firewood, and this thing is easy to burn, and the fire is fast." ”

The topic finally turned back, and the children and Li Wei listened attentively to what the fourth master said.

Su Peisheng saw the masters talking around the wheat straw on the ground outside, and suddenly felt that his hard work this day was worth it. In the morning, the fourth master asked him to prepare wheat straw, where did he find it? You don't need this in the house! To put it bluntly, no one in the city uses it! I had to quickly carry two bundles from the grange in the suburbs, and then ask someone to cut the head and tail, and cut the thorny ones, which were too thick and too thin, and they were all picked out.

So he sorted out such a half bundle of neat, clean and good-looking wheat straw for the masters to play with.

In the house, he listened to Master Li's admiration: "This incision is so neat, it is all long on one side." I've seen them cut wheat, and they're so fast! The wheat that fell down was very neat! ”

Su Peisheng shook his head and snickered, he had also seen wheat cutting, this was chopped by them with a knife! It's strange that it's different.

Then, the second elder brother also said: "This is practice makes perfect, right?" ”

Su Peisheng continued to snicker.

zuihou, the fourth master said: "So, those farmers are also very powerful." In this world, anyone who specializes in one subject will have a lot of achievements. Remember to always be in awe, and not to underestimate even a common people. ”

Su Peisheng: ......

What the master said makes sense.

Master Li suddenly popped out again: "This is three hundred and sixty lines, and the line is the champion." ”

Su Peisheng: ......

Phew, anyone who reads is going to be by this.

In the house, the fourth master asked the children to continue to burn wheat straw to play, and pulled Su Su, who also wanted to play, and said, "You, you, you really dare to say anything." ”

Li Wei didn't react, he didn't mean to think about her, but it didn't sound good to say this, not to mention that Su Su was in a high position now, so she should have been more cautious about her words and deeds.

But when you say it, it's not like this at all.

He said: "You are the master now, it is inappropriate to keep saying these folk words, don't say that next time." ”

That's to drop as many books as possible. Li Wei imagined that her mouth was full of words, and she was amused by her brain.

The fourth master was inexplicably happy when he saw her, although he didn't know why, he was also laughed at by her.

Forget it, she can't see the readers outside anyway, and she won't say the wrong thing when she sees a guest occasionally. Let her be at ease in her own home.

For dinner, the table is full of rice porridge, a plate of salted duck eggs cut in half, a plate of stewed tofu, a cup of stewed pork ribs with yam, and braised pork belly with vinegared cabbage and shiitake mushrooms.

Li Wei looked at this table of such homely dishes and missed them to death, so this is called eating. If it weren't for the fact that the people around her were all dressed in ancient costumes, and the tables and plates were too exquisite, she really felt that she was back in her modern home.

For this table full of stomach-nourishing vegetables and porridge, the fourth master smiled and accepted it gratefully. He first took a salted duck egg and used chopsticks to chopsticks to cut all the egg whites into the porridge bowl in front of the children's surprised eyes, a way he had never eaten in front of the children.

Li Wei ranked second, she broke the salted duck eggs for the fourth elder brother and mixed them in the porridge, so that he would not eat too salty in one bite, and urged the other children: "Eat quickly, eat quickly." ”

Ergege and Hongyu looked at each other and stretched out their hands.

After the meal, the children all retired. The fourth master slept well just now, and he was in good spirits at this time. After Li Wei copied the sticker written by the fourth master for her, she sat on the couch with nothing to do, he was still practicing calligraphy, and suddenly said to her: "The emperor is going to Zhili this month, do you want to go?" ”

Li Wei looked up: "? "What's the logic of?

After writing a stroke, he came over and sat down and said, "I'll fold it when I turn around, and I'll take you with me then." ”

Traveling with family members at public expense.

These seven big words smashed into her mind, compared to going to the Maldives, Zhili can also do!

Where is Naoli?

Li Wei, who has never been out of Beijing since she landed, is a little confused about what this ancient place name refers to, but she can't ask directly, and she always feels that she is too uneducated.

But the fourth master saw it and explained intimately: "It's Baoding Mansion." ”

She had an impression of Baoding Mansion, and immediately said: "It's an ancient capital, right?" ”

The fourth master said: "It has been there since the Song people, and it has been seven or eight hundred years. ”

Li Wei suddenly felt that it was true that she was in history, but standing in the Qing Dynasty, there were thousands of years away from the Tang and Song dynasties in front. Compared with them, the Qing Dynasty was only a little brother.