Chapter 11 Painstaking Planning
The merchant was crooked in the carriage, slightly closing his eyes and quietly thinking about the matter of the debate and Gao Yang. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Originally, with Xuanzang's reputation in Chang'an, the debate machine as his personal disciple, although there is a loss of personal morality, but those officials in the court and China should still give Xuanzang two points of thin face, not to mention that the debate machine is indeed a person with great wisdom, who is very insightful in Buddhism, and has also been appreciated by the emperor.
In the final analysis, the debate machine and Gao Yang will get to where they are now, and it has a lot to do with Gao Yang himself.
If it weren't for her self-esteem, she was rampant in Chang'an, beating people and arguing, making people angry, and those imperial historians would not be idle to find trouble with a woman and a monk, let alone holding on to other people's privacy.
Sighing slightly, the merchant opened his eyes, lifted the curtain of the car, and looked at the pedestrians on the street, stunned.
It seems that we still have to find a way to get the list of adults who have been on the fold, otherwise my eyes will be black, and I don't know where to start.
There are still some Buddhist believers among those adults, but Master Xuanzang can ask Master Xuanzang to invite him to the temple to ask for personal favors first, as for the rest...... I'm afraid we'll have to start somewhere else.
Maybe...... Is it possible to ask Gao Yang to make an apology to that Lord Chen? Thinking of Gao Yang's stubborn and domineering temperament, Shangshang couldn't help but hesitate, worried about whether she would mess things up.
Seeing that the carriage had stopped at the door of the kitchen road, the merchant lowered the curtains, smiled on his face, got up and lifted the curtain of the door, jumped down from the carriage, stood firm, took out twenty copper coins from his sleeve pocket, handed them to the coachman, and sent him away.
The doorman who was guarding the door smiled and stepped forward to open the blue curtain at the door of the store, and the merchant smiled back at him and went straight into the store.
Passing through the lobby where most of the guests were seated, all the way straight into the backyard, the girl and the mother-in-law on the road saw her come in, they all put down what they were doing and saluted sideways, and the merchants raised their hands one by one and called up.
Cui'er, who was waiting for her to live, saw the merchant come back, hurriedly stepped forward to say hello, took the short otter rabbit fur cloak that the merchant took off and hung it on the hanger in the room, and saw that the merchant seemed to be a little tired, so she swept the soft couch in the merchant's bedroom, and served the merchant to lean on the couch, except for the shoes, and gently pinched her feet for her.
"Why did the girl come back at this hour, the eldest son and the second son are thinking about you!" Cui'er said softly as she pinched her stiff footboard.
A little girl came in with a tea tray, put a cup of hot tea in the merchant's hand, and then went down lightly.
"Something has been delayed, what did the eldest son and the second son do? Can the second young grandmother be at home? Shang Shang chuckled, took a sip of tea, and asked.
"The eldest son went to the hot spring village outside the city to see the greenhouse, the second son went to the branch in the south of the city to look at the accounts, and the second young grandmother was there, and he may have gone to the kitchen to see lunch at this time." Cui'er replied obediently, and her speech was very clever.
"I said why didn't I see her! It turned out that I went to the kitchen. Shang Shang smiled and lowered his legs, signaling that Cui'er didn't have to rub it anymore.
In the past, she always liked to run under the kitchen, but now she can't imagine that she has changed to green sleeves. Thinking of the bitter look on Greensleeve's face when he ate stinky tofu for the first time, Shang Shang couldn't help but smile.
"Let's go! Come with me to the kitchen. ā
Returning to the kitchen, Shang Shang's mood slowly relaxed, thinking that Gao Yang's matter could not be solved in a day or two, so he was not in a hurry.
Cui'er answered, took out a moon-white fox fur from the cabinet and tied it to the merchant, wrapped the otter rabbit fur cloak that she had just changed into a piece of cloth, and thought that when she went to the kitchen, she passed through the Huanyi room and handed it over to the rough maid to clean.
Shang Shang looked at Cui'er wrapped her clothes neatly, she was a little embarrassed, she had always been used to doing it herself, and now she was really not used to seeing Cui'er, a girl much younger than her, come to serve her.
Waiting for Cui'er to wrap her clothes and bring them to the bedroom door, the merchant turned around and walked to the back kitchen of the kitchen road.
The current kitchen has been expanded into two side-by-side stove rooms, one large and one small, the big one is afraid of the big stove for doing business in the kitchen, and is in charge of all the business in the kitchen, the dishes are in charge of the two masters brought out by Song Ma, and the small one is more clean and fine, only responsible for the meals of the owners in the inner courtyard, and Song Ma herself is the chef.
Green Sleeves is in this small kitchen at the moment, watching Mother Song pointing out the ingredients in the kitchen, discussing what to cook for lunch.
When the merchant entered the door, Green Sleeves was discussing with Song Ma what to do with a one-foot-long crucian carp in the tank.
"Or maybe it's still braised in the red? Such a big one, stewed into a soup is a big pot, and our family has a small population, but I am afraid that we will not be able to eat it? ā
The green sleeves are now tied up in the woman's bun, and the green silk that is pulled up hangs loosely on the neck, showing a bit of the bride's laziness, and a crimson silk flower on the sideburns makes the already extremely delicate skin more delicate.
"It's okay, the soup is a bit too much to stew, if it's leftover, it's not fresh to eat the next meal." Mother Song thought about it and agreed with Green Sleeves' opinion.
The eldest prince went to the hot spring village outside the city early in the morning to see the warm shed, and he had already explained that he would not come back to eat lunch, if he made soup, he would definitely not be able to drink it, and it was better to eat meat and save waste.
Song Ma and Green Sleeves are both people who have suffered from it, and the two brothers of the Su family have not suffered since they were outside the army, so they are not too particular about food and clothing, and most of them are still thrifty.
"What is the stew?" The merchant stood by the door and looked at the green sleeves with a funny look at the fish in the tank.
"Merchant! You're back? Green Sleeves looked at the merchant standing at the door in surprise.
On the day of her wedding, the two hurriedly chatted a few words in the new house and separated, the second day was to worship ancestors and tea, and the third day was to return to the door, and they were very busy.
When she was done, the merchant went to the Weiguo Mansion again, and only came back today after a night, and when he came back from the merchant, the two actually talked well.
"Hmmm! Just returned from the Temple of Mercy and Grace. The merchant replied with a smile, but his eyes were fixed on the fish that the two of them were studying in the tank.
"Mama Song! Are you going to braise this fish? ā
"Yes! What does the girl think? Mother Song looked at the merchant with a smile: "You haven't been back for a long time, what do you want to eat, Mother Song will cook it for you." ā
"We have always eaten lightly at home, or we should steam it! What do you think of Green Sleeves? Shang Shang thought about it, the steamed crucian carp tasted light, and it was extremely delicious, and the family had always had a light mouth, so they should like to eat it.
"Steamed?" Mother Song was a little suspicious, she had done braised and stewed crucian carp, but she really hadn't done this steaming.
"I'll do it! I also cooked in Jiuzhi Mountain, and this cooking skill was not lost. Shang Shang smiled and looked at Mother Song, she didn't come back for such a long time, she also wanted to do something for her family, just a meal, and she couldn't be tired.
"The merchant cooks the best food, Mother Song, give this fish to the merchant to make!" Let's pick two other dishes and make four dishes and one soup together, which should be enough to eat. This fish is left with one, if it is done well, we will steam another one when the eldest prince comes back in the evening, how about it? Greensleeves clapped his hands in agreement.
She is very confident in the cooking skills of the merchants. Just thinking about the strange way to eat tofu and her brother earning a family business with this small tofu block makes her confident.
"Then I'll give the girl a shot! Today, the girl will be the chef, let's also try this steamed crucian carp. ā
As Song Ma spoke, she took a pocket net and fished out a slightly smaller one of the fish in the tank, thinking that there were fewer people at noon, so she would eat the smaller one first, and then eat the slightly larger one when the eldest son came back in the evening.
The three women laughed and tidied up the lunch, and were about to send someone to the south of the city to urge Su Minzhi to come back for dinner, when Su Minzhi's voice came from the front yard, which caused the businessmen to laugh at Green Sleeves, and the green sleeves blushed with shame, and said that when Li Mo came back, she would definitely laugh back like this.
Su Minzhi happily watched Green Sleeves and the merchant make a mess, and smiled with satisfaction.
The family had lunch happily, praised the craftsmanship of the merchants, and said that they would steam another fish in the evening, and then ordered the little girls to remove the leftovers on the table, and one of them held a cup of tea and sat in the flower hall to gossip.
Shang Shang put things aside in his heart, so he was a little unsettled, and he often wandered when talking to the three of them, although Su Minzhi felt a little strange, but he didn't ask, she just thought that it had been out for a long time, and she was a little worried about Li Mo.
"Shangshang, it's been three or four days since you came back, do you see if you will bring Wei Guogong, Brother Ziqian, Miss Chu Yao and Green-sleeved brother and sister-in-law to play for a day tomorrow, and it can be regarded as a gathering together!" Su Minzhi took a sip of the tea in his hand and thought for a while.
It is rare for businessmen to come back, and it is reasonable to pick up relatives to have fun, not to mention that Wei Guogong is an elder, and he should be more filial, although the old man's body is not as good as before, but he has always taken good care of their brothers and sisters, and often let Li Ziqian come to visit the kitchen, no matter how you say it, you should invite the old man to come to the house for a meal and relax.
"Yes! Merchants! My brother has told me several times that he wants to come over and thank you, but he has never had a chance. Greensleeves said with a smile.
"It's supposed to take relatives to play at home, and you don't need to thank you or not. It's all family. Brother, take up your mind! If you think tomorrow is good, you should post it early, and if you are late, you are afraid that it will not be easy to arrange. Shang Shang came back to his senses and nodded.
"Then I'm going to write a post and have someone send it out immediately, and it's set for tomorrow! Merchants! You and Mother Song will set tomorrow's dishes, and I will prepare the ingredients in advance. ā
Su Minzhi thought of it, put down the teacup, got up and went to the study to write a post, and Green Sleeves followed him to the study together.
Mother Song couldn't help but smile when she saw that Green Sleeves was running fast: "This little girl is running fast!" With Xianggong, no one can see it! ā
The merchant looked at Song Ma with a smile on his face: "Let her be!" She and her second brother are doing well! ā
"Who's to say it isn't? This girl is also a blessed person, following the girl to this day, she has finally achieved a positive result, and the second son is also a person who knows how to hurt people, if you can add a doll soon, it would be great!" Mother Song looked at the back of the green sleeves with emotion.
"Let's go! Let's go to the kitchen to take a look, pick up the missing and make up for some of them, all of them are our own family, and there are old people and children, let's pick some dishes that are easy to digest! ā
After thinking about Wei Guogong's current body, and remembering that Yuan Tieniu's daughter-in-law Huaihua'er had just given birth, the merchant decided to make some good food, so as not to eat too much for the elderly and children for a while, in case they didn't digest it and make a stomach, it would not be beautiful.
Mother Song also nodded, and the two put down the teacup, got up and walked to the small kitchen.
I booked the next day's recipe with Song's mother, and explained the materials to be purchased with Su Minzhi, who went downstairs, and watched the guy send the stickers out one by one, and the businessman was relieved.
Seeing that it was still early, the merchant went to the study in the backyard of the kitchen road. It's been three or four days since I thought about it, and I don't know how Li Mo is doing in Jiuzhi Mountain alone, so I want to write a letter to greet him, and by the way, I will also mention the matter of the debate machine and Gao Yang.
Li Zhi's current plan is that she doesn't have any score at all, if she doesn't tell Li Mo, if it really comes to the point where she wants to tear her face and fight with those adults in the court, with Li Mo's support, it will definitely be a matter of twice the result with half the effort, and Li Zhi will give him this face.
In short, she wants to protect the debate, and Li Mo also has to take care of it as much as possible, although it is said in this world that there is no such thing as the best of both worlds, but she has to fight no matter what!
Rolling the paper full of words into a small bamboo tube, the merchant went downstairs, through the hall in the backyard, and into a small separate pigeon shed behind his bedroom.
There is a nest of gray-feathered and white-necked carrier pigeons in this shed, which was used by Su Minzhi to contact her who accompanied Li Mo in Jiuzhi Mountain, but now that she came to Chang'an, it was changed to her to contact Li Mo.
The merchant silently watched the pigeon in his hand flap its wings and rush into the blue sky, until the pigeon turned into a small black dot and disappeared from her sight among the white clouds, and then slowly turned around and walked towards his bedroom.
After the debate and Gao Yang's incident, it seems that she is afraid that the time for her to return to Jiuzhi Mountain will be postponed, and she doesn't know that Li Mo can't get used to it, and now he is the only one left in Jiuzhi Mountain. In her absence, I wonder if he will go to talk to the people guarding the tomb?
It's not good to be alone all the time. O man! Or do you have to have someone to talk to, so that you can live comfortably, right?
Thinking of Li Mo's personality of not speaking, Shang Shang couldn't help but be a little worried, and he didn't know if the matter of Gao Yang and the debate machine could be solved smoothly? She really misses Li Mo!
Although the two did not get married, she and Li Mo have always adhered to the great defense of etiquette and religion, and they are in the filial piety period, and there is no overstepping the rules, but as long as the two of them are together, she can also feel at ease, and I believe that Li Mo also feels the same way as her.
"I really hope that the matter between the debate machine and Gao Yang can be solved quickly!" The merchant muttered under his breath.
After thinking about the troubles he might encounter, the merchant still brought some pen and ink and other things from the study to his bedroom, and wrote down some of his thoughts, in case he forgot it, and when everything was done, looking at a few points on the table, the merchant was temporarily relieved. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )