"Mother... After? The fifth prince Li Desheng looked at the woman in front of him with some uncertainty, surprised by her rapidly expanding figure, this is his own health-conscious and graceful concubine?

"Ahem," the five princes, who were indistinguishable from joy and anger, almost broke their work, he lowered his head and pretended to cough, covering up the embarrassment of this moment. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"My son," Concubine Jiang Shu was overjoyed to see the fifth prince, she hadn't seen her for a few months, and her son was more handsome and mature, showing a kingly bearing.

The fifth prince was sent out on a business trip after the year, and only came back today. Just finished explaining his work to Emperor Jingtai in front, he immediately came to Yanqing Palace to greet his mother, and by the way, he attended the Wanshou banquet with his mother later.

To be honest, such a concubine does make people eat a lot, but it looks like... Festive. Judging from the current "strong" state of the mother, uh (⊙o⊙)... My father still loves my mother, at least... Raised for white and chubby.

"How do you cough? But sick? Concubine Jiang Shufei was a motherly heart, and the youngest son couldn't even see a shadow, so she could only double the overflowing maternal love on the eldest son.

"It's okay," the fifth prince rarely showed a sincere smile, "It's just that the spring wind is dry, and my throat is a little dry." "It's the mother, why are you swollen like this?

"The spring is heavy, you have to drink more nourishing, I think there are no competent people around you to serve you..."

The fifth prince wanted to open his mouth to ask three times and twice, but was interrupted by Concubine Jiang Shu.

Concubine Jiang Shu: Son, don't ask your mother why she grows meat? The mother couldn't speak, and it was all tears when she thought about it...

But the more this happened, the more the curiosity of the five princes was aroused.

"Mother," the fifth prince considered the wording, thinking that it should not hit the mother, "Did Thirteen send a letter to the mother?" ”

"Humph!" When he thought of that evil obstacle, he got angry, "How can he remember my mother!" When she mentioned this, Concubine Jiang Shu was full of resentment.

If, that stinky boy doesn't send snacks all day long, how could the emperor be... Concubine Jiang Shu's heart is bitter, Your Majesty, you always went to my bedroom to eat at night, and shared the share that my son gave me... Bang duh, this palace is so aggrieved, there is nothing to eat, I often clean the "dog leftovers", and I can't wear a lot of clothes that are fat!

The fifth prince was a little confused, why did he still make his mother angry? My younger brother can't leave his mother behind, besides, the fifth prince secretly glanced at Concubine Jiang Shu, judging from the current body shape of the mother concubine, it doesn't look like thirteen didn't send food...

"Emperor," Concubine Jiang Shu changed the topic seriously, "After the big wedding, the regulations of the Internal Affairs Office have been decided, and the renovation of your mansion can be started?" ”

The five princes got married in February, and Emperor Jingtai gave the eldest son a beautiful mansion, which was very close to the palace.

Because the time is still early and everything is not complete, Concubine Jiang Shu is in charge of the internal affairs of the harem, so she naturally wants to fight for more benefits for her eldest son.

Jiang Shufei: Who called me so good...

The fifth prince knows that the mother concubine will not give her an answer, hey, let's check it out by myself.

So the five princes resumed their usual smiling faces like spring breezes and discussed the wedding with Concubine Jiang Shu.

On the beach, Li Shisan, who was sitting on the reef with his knees crossed, was in a daze.

If he could, Thirteen would have wanted to stay like this.

Every morning, wake up with the sun, and at night, everyone sits together to chat and play cards.

The sunrise by the sea is extremely beautiful, and the sky and clouds change in a variety of colors, and he often stands behind Qinglan and watches her and Mingyu paint the sunrise.

When the sun has risen and the fishing boats have returned, Qinglan will be the first to jump on it, pick up fresh and fatty seafood, and prepare breakfast for them.

After breakfast, it was already dawn at this time, and the group went out to play, sometimes going out to fish, sometimes going to nearby islands, and sometimes accompanying Mr. Ji to visit the Taoist chief in the mountains.

Today, Thirteen received a letter from his eldest brother, saying that the time for his wedding was set, and it would be February 20 of the following year, and he would definitely attend the wedding at that time, and at the end of this year, I am afraid that he would have to return to Beijing.

Back to Beijing... Thirteen was full of reluctance, even if it was his home, but I don't know why, as long as Thirteen thought of the capital, it was like a bloody tiger's mouth, wide open, waiting for him to get in.

Thirteen sometimes doesn't know what kind of courage and motivation he has to live happily in the imperial city.

For example, their father, mother, concubine or eldest brother, no, no, no, they are not really happy. True joy is...

Thirteen tilted her head to look at Qinglan, who was bouncing around on the shallows picking up starfish and flower nails, her trousers pulled up high, and Bai Huahua's calves and feet sunk in the sea and sand.

Thirteen had a wave of envy in her heart, how could she always smile so happily?

"Hey, what are you doing!?" Seeing Thirteen Eleven sitting there with a stunned face, Qinglan was a little unsure, what's wrong with this kid?

"Look at the monkeys." When Qinglan walked up, Thirteen replied expressionlessly.

"Monkeys? Where is it? Xiao Bao suddenly jumped out from behind Thirteen, he wanted to hide behind and scare Thirteen, but when he heard Thirteen's words, Xiao Bao himself stood up and looked around, where is the monkey? Where do the monkeys come from on this beach?

"Fool, he said you!" Qinglan set fire to Thirteen, trying to cheer him up.

"You!" Xiaobao was really fooled, and angrily questioned his good buddy with his eyes.

Thirteen is speechless, this child's IQ is really anxious.

"Look." Thirteen pointed to the coastline not far away, and there was a small stone mountain bag, which looked like an old ape from Thirteen's perspective.

"I feel like an old man, looking at the sea and thinking." Xiaobao examined it for a long time and came up with his own answer.

Qinglan also felt more like an old man looking at the sea.

"I've read a book called The Old Man and the Sea." Qinglan felt it, and after speaking, she found that she accidentally made a mistake, Mom, when the time comes, they will ask me if I want a book!

Fortunately, the two of them didn't dig deeper, urging Qinglan to hurry up and pick up the seafood and prepare for the bonfire party in the evening.

Today is the last day of the trip, and Haruman proposes to hold a bonfire party by the sea to celebrate the end of the trip, and she prepares a seafood barbecue for everyone.

The condiments for the barbecue were prepared by Qinglan at home a long time ago, of course, this time in Jiaoao, Qinglan went to visit near the pier to see if she could find other spices and ingredients. It made her meet a foreign businessman, and she really got some treasures.

This foreigner's name is Sekar, who came by ship from the European continent and has been to many places, but his favorite is Jiaoao, so he settled here.

Sekar's shop is very close to the port, although it is inconspicuous, but his special appearance is undoubtedly a sign of face, and when you inquire around, everyone knows that there is a small shop opened by a foreigner, and there are all kinds of strange things and spices with special tastes.

When Hariran first met Sekar, she thought he was more like a gentleman in the traditional sense, he was well-dressed, the expression on his face was modest and respectful, and it is worth mentioning that his collar was ironed properly, which made people feel good.

"What do you need?" Sekar's Jiaoao dialect is very authentic, and if Qinglan is the examiner, he will give him a full score on the HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test).

Xiaobao quietly put on Qinglan's sleeve, Yiren, alive!

Qinglan and Thirteen gave him one: Don't be so embarrassed, it's just a monster, and it's not a monster.

Xiao Bao is strange, Thirteen has seen a lot of knowledge in the capital, and he is not surprised to see Yiren, how Qinglan... Xiaobao glanced at Mingyu and looked, your brother is also "eye" shining!

There's rum here?! Served with juice... Qinglan felt that saliva was raging in her mouth, she seemed to have dug up a treasure, and she gave full play to the most unique potential of a woman: buy, buy, buy!

Basically, she didn't let go of the special products in the small shop, including spices, cocoa, wine, headdress... There were seventy or eighty in total, and the three boys who watched it were dumbfounded. Qinglan ignored it, she hadn't spent much of the money she brought this time!

Xiaobao: It's so heavy, women are terrible...

Thirteen: It's so heavy, I actually asked my master to help you carry it...

Mingyu: It's so heavy, sister, you buy so many useless things, won't my mother really clean you up...

Qinglan: This pale green lace flower shawl is so good~~~ This pair of lace flower shoes is so floating~~~ Wow! These lace gloves also look good, especially with the ruby and pearl decorations on the wrists!

......

Because of the good business of the Shu family's restaurant, the family's economic conditions are also much more relaxed, although last year, Mrs. Shu saw a doctor, took medicine and funeral, and Qinglan's family contributed a lot of money, but during the New Year, there was still a lot of surplus, and Uncle Pan paid back 500 taels of horse money.

If you continue to do this, within two years, it will be easy to pay off the remaining 1,300 taels.

Qinglan and her two younger brothers got a lot of New Year's money during the New Year's Festival, except for Shu Lao and his wife, Mr. Pan gave the most, he cherished his three grandsons, and the red envelopes were all small gold ingots.

Although Mrs. Shu died, Shu Lao Er and others could not go out to pay New Year's greetings, but it did not prevent several children from receiving red envelopes.

On this spring outing, Mingyu handed over all his savings to Qinglan, and Qinglan also took out all his savings, traveling, of course, can't treat himself badly!

With the additional funding from Mr. Pan and Pan Erniang, Qinglan is like a "little rich woman"!

Of course, you can't compare with Xiaobao and Thirteen, Thirteen received a dozen silver tickets, to be honest, sometimes Thirteen doesn't know what to spend - except for buying stationery, it is really someone to take care of food, clothing, housing and transportation, and he doesn't need to pay for it at all. Therefore, he paid for the travel and accommodation expenses of this trip, which he actively fought for.

As for Xiaobao, their family has the most people, how can Master Ding be embarrassed to let Mr. Ji or the Pan family come out, so the Ding family is responsible for three meals a day and snacks and snacks during the trip!

Qinglan's task is to be in charge of doing it. More precisely, how to command. She doesn't have her mother's two times, she is rich in theory and has failed miserably in practice, especially after Xiaobao and Thirteen ate the food cooked by Qinglan twice, they all tacitly agreed not to let her do it.

Once Qinglan imitated Old Man Pan's braised pork, the pork belly was roasted, so hard that she couldn't chew it, and I don't know how she did it.

Another time on the way here, Qinglan took care of the house and got some greens, wanting to make garlic and boiled vegetables. As a result, part of the vegetable was paste-the leaves were charred like freshly burned kraft paper, and some were uncooked, exuding a rich fragrance of chlorophyll.

Since then, Qinglan has not been able to get the position of chef, and Mr. Ji has become the highest-rated chef, not to mention, as soon as the master and apprentice cooperate, not only the vegetables are fragrant and the meat is cooked, but the taste is also good.

Relying on the few small seafood that Qinglan and Mingyu picked up on the beach, I am afraid that even Mingyu himself will not be able to feed it. The two of them went to buy a large number of seafood and processed the yards according to Qinglan's instructions.

Such fresh seafood is very delicious when boiled in practical white water, but Mr. Ji and Thirteen have already eaten too many original ingredients, so it is love at first sight for chili peppers, and they don't eat a meal, such as every three autumns, naturally this barbecue is mostly spicy.

Taking advantage of the sunset, Wu Shi lit three bonfires on the beach, this fire is not grilled seafood, Qinglan has prepared another oven, which is designed by Qinglan and built by Old Man Pan himself.

As the sun sets, the sky leaves only an orange-red cloud, which turns from red to purple as the sky darkens, and finally blends with the night.

Eating grilled fish, grilled shrimp, grilled oysters, and drinking rum prepared with fruit juice, Qinglan is very comfortable, wow Ka Ka ~~~ The most comfortable days are nothing more than that!

"Hey," Thirteen ate and drank to his heart's content, and sat down next to Qinglan.

"What for?" Qinglan remained vigilant, it was really because she had teased the two of them too many times on weekdays, afraid that Xiaobao and Thirteen would retaliate and come back.

"Didn't you say that you read a book called Old Man and Hai."

Oh, it's not good to fix me," the old man and the sea. Qinglan corrected.

"What are you talking about?" Thirteen's Beijing films are becoming more and more with a strong Shandong accent.

"A... The story of the old fisherman. Qinglan took a sip of fruit juice and concluded.

"Tell me about it." Thirteen's face was flushed by the bonfire, and he didn't know if it was because of the wine, he was a little dizzy.

"Hmm..."Qinglan organized the language, and said, this drinking stamina is really a bit big, "This old man is a fisherman, and he lives by the sea..."

“... He didn't catch a single fish for eighty-four days, and he starved to death. But he is a character who refuses to admit defeat in his bones, full of the spirit of struggle, and finally on the eighty-fifth day, he caught a... Extraordinarily large fish. Qinglan opened her arms and gestured.

"How old?" Thirteen stared at Qinglan, not knowing why he was asking such a boring question.

"Well, probably..."Qinglan frowned, "almost two feet!" ”

"What's that?" Xiaobao squeezed in, his cheeks were flushed, and he knew at a glance that he had not been drinking.

"Marlin." Qinglan continued to gestify, "There's a long arrow on his mouth. ”

"Go on." I don't know why, Thirteen felt that Xiaobao at this time was extremely eye-catching.

The fish was so big that he dragged the old fisherman's boat to the depths of the sea, and the old fisherman held on to it, and he was not discouraged at all when there was no water, no food, no weapons, and no assistants. After two days and two nights, he finally killed the big fish and tied it to the side of the boat. But..."

Qinglan raised her eyebrows, "There are a lot of sharks around... The old fisherman had to kill them one by one, until at last only a broken tiller was left as a weapon. However, "Qinglan paused, this story is really not suitable for eating after meals...

But she continued: "The big marlin was still eaten up, and eventually, the old man dragged back a pair of fish bones in exhaustion. ”

...

"Although the old fisherman is old and unlucky, he still failed in the end," Qinglan looked at the two boys silently and explained, "But he never stopped trying, and the outcome is often beyond human control." Our life is like a long journey, and the result is death, and this process is the most important thing for us, isn't it? Just like the old fisherman, what he has harvested is far more than a fish skeleton, a gentleman is not a weapon, maybe he will be wiped out in the end, but no one can defeat him. ”

Qinglan didn't know what kind of profound meaning this story had for the two boys.

Thirteen stared at Qinglan, as if he wanted to gaze her into the deepest part of his soul, he made a decision, and he wanted to work hard for this decision. (To be continued.) )