117th Birthday (Part II)
On the second day, Xingzhao got up early in the morning, and Huang's mother personally selected the clothes, a high-waisted skirt of autumn fragrant cotton and linen, with a moire plain Hangzhou silk supplement, and a Hetian jade jue pressed on the waist.
Xingzhao obediently changed it as he said. Mother Huang looked at the pretty little lady standing there with tears in her eyes, and said in a loud voice: "This year's birthday is really not easy, in the past"
Before he finished speaking, Xingzhao fully understood that the first time he spent his birthday in the palace, the first time he left Hefu for his birthday, and the first time he lost his mother.
Xingzhao lowered his eyes, the autumn fragrance looked clear and quiet, like the fallen leaves on the palace road in early autumn, and also like the slanting sun at the end of the dusk sky, Huang's mother's feelings came more from her thoughts about her mother, and it happened to be her feelings.
Sighing softly, the bravest thing my mother has ever done in her life is to choose to die, whether it is right or wrong, whether it is worth it or not, Xingzhao feels warm because of her.
Because of nostalgia, I want to live a better life, and this is probably what my mother is looking forward to.
Lianyu's eyes were sharp, and she keenly captured the loneliness of Xingzhao's sudden arrival, and smiled and opened her voice: "In the past, the girl ate Dingjing-style longevity noodles, but this year she will change her style." The queen mother ordered the small kitchen yesterday, the noodles are wheat grinding, but the whistle is made according to the northwest customs, fungus, cucumbers, cucumbers, belly strips, radish shreds are stewed in miso soup and spread on the noodles, and then poured with broth, cucumbers are crispy, the belly is fragrant, and the shredded radish can be delicious, you like to eat spicy, and then spread a layer of oil and spicy oil, eat it squirrelly, and keep it so that you can eat a sweat."
"Girl! Sue sue sue Lianyu must have stolen your longevity noodles! Lian Rong covered her mouth and smiled. Or how would she have known what noodles tasted like! ”
The room filled with laughter. was interrupted by two girls. The original haze gradually dissipated.
The little lady's birthday is not good, she is young, and there are elders on top, and it is not a bowl, nor is it an integer, usually after eating a bowl of longevity noodles, and then kowtow to the elders of the family, and give some reward money to the servants and girls in her yard. In the past, in Lin'an Hou Mansion, Mrs. Tai does not pay attention to her birthday, every year is to eat a bowl of longevity noodles to the elders to make a salute, the eldest lady usually chooses to come to see her at dusk, often holding a hairpin or a small sachet embroidered by herself, smiling and gently hugging her and whispering, what she said is not a big deal, it is nothing more than what to study well, paint red well, and talk about the appearance of the northwest
Xingzhao thought about it carefully. In her past life and in this life, He Yan left footprints in her life. It's pitiful.
Xingzhao walked his mind, and ate noodles with a spoon in small bites, and unconsciously ate this large bowl of noodles.
Sure enough, as Lianyu said, after eating noodles, there was a lot of sweat all over my body, and my depression was relieved, and I felt very happy.
After another freshening up, Xingzhao went to the main hall, the morning ceremony passed early in the morning, Aunt Jiang smiled at the round door to greet Xingzhao, and her tone was very festive, "The little birthday star has a birthday today!" Concubine Niangniang, Concubine De Niangniang are all here, and the princess mansion where Princess Xinrong returned yesterday has already prepared a congratulatory gift for you. ”
Xingzhao raised his eyebrows and smiled, the little lady's birthday was not easy to handle, but Queen Fang kept thinking about it, as if she was afraid that others would not know.
With a warm heart, he smiled and talked to Aunt Jiang while walking. About to enter the main hall, Concubine De smiled and shouted and beckoned Xingzhao to come over, and stuffed a bag for Xingzhao: "The little lady is one year older!" It's a big girl! ”
Concubine Shu's mood was much more restrained, her eyebrows gently took Xingzhao's hand, and handed over a heavy black lacquered mahogany box.
Xingzhao lowered his eyebrows and thanked him obediently, looked at Queen Fang who was standing upright, his eyes were red, he hurriedly lowered his head to cover it, handed the box to Lianyu, knelt on the blue brick ground and solemnly kowtowed three times, but when he got up again, he found that Queen Fang's eyes had also become red.
It is a great joy to have good intentions and dedication understood and accepted by others.
The room is quiet, the morning light is faint, like the blue waves and green water are also like flowing clouds floating through the greatly open Zhu Gate, after several twists and turns, it falls on the peaceful and gentle side of the little lady, one is expressing gratitude from the bottom of her heart, one is full of motherly tenderness and distress, and the room is beautiful and quiet like a delicate ink painting.
Rao is Concubine Chen Defei is unwilling to make a noise.
Queen Fang's heart was strained, but it was hot, she endured a thousand emotions, laughed loudly and asked Xingzhao to sit on a stool, and asked, "Are longevity noodles delicious?" How much did you eat? Can you get used to the flavor of the Northwest? ”
Xingzhao's voice was clear: "I'm used to eating, and I think it's delicious!" A big bowl, Auntie ate it all, and finally left a bowl of red and bright soup, so spicy that I didn't dare to drink it! ”
Concubine Chen Defei grew up in Bingzhou, which is a big city of merchants who come and go, and she is well-informed, so she went down as she spoke: "It's strange to please the queen!" When I was at home in the past, my father took me to eat Northwest specialties, and ordered a dish of mutton, and I still remember that the spicy food on the meat is as thick as mutton, and I thought to myself, how much advantage does this Northwest cuisine take, and I sell spicy dishes at the price of mutton."
"That's because the mutton is heavy, so you have to use spicy to suppress the taste, which is the same as Yuhang people eating perilla steamed crabs!" Empress Fang felt comfortable, what she saw and listened to was good, so she laughed loudly, pointed at Concubine De, and said to Concubine Shu with a smile: "Concubine De is saying that the Northwest people are not authentic, she don't forget that there are two authentic Northwest people sitting here!" ”
When Concubine De heard this, she didn't follow the truth.
Xingzhao sat with a smile, listened with a smile, and responded with a smile when he was mentioned. It was rare for Fengyi Hall to be so lively, and it didn't take long for Gonggong Lin to come in again and say that Yang Mingbo was here.
It is not good for women to see foreign men, Queen Fang is an aunt, and Xingzhao is a sister, but it is not good to ask Concubine Shu and Concubine De to avoid going to the inner room. I still reminded my father-in-law that today is Grandma's birthday. My uncle slapped me and scolded me repeatedly, asking me to come in and take a look at my sister."
A reminder to my father-in-law. That's the Emperor's reminder.
Xingzhao smiled. The house was full of women. The tip of the nose is full of the aroma of fat powder, and the scene is so nervous that you can jump out of anything.
Empress Fang also smiled, and let Xingzhao lead Xingjing to the outside, and when the two children were about to step out of the porch, Xingzhao heard the tone of Queen Fang's hatred behind him: "Xiao Langjun is a good son who can fight and kill on the battlefield, and he will be cowardly when he falls into the pile of wealth." I don't know what to do when I marry and set up my own business."
Self-supporting portal, yes. Empress Fang and Fang Qi both had this idea.
Xingzhao chuckled and pulled the corner of Xingjing's clothes into the outer room, and looked Xingjing up and down carefully, secretly thinking that compared to that night, Xiao Langjun's still green face became more and more resolute, and the eyes that were originally like young wolves also knew how to converge their edge, and their backs were straight anytime and anywhere, and there was a taste of a hundred battles between their gestures.
Uncle is a rough outsider, Queen Fang used warmth and comfort to get her out of the predicament, and the uncle should teach Xingjing in another way, another way of being a manly man.
"Is my brother okay? Is my uncle okay? Xing Zhao poured hot tea for Xingjing. He tilted his head and asked, sentence after sentence: "The sun is getting bigger." Uncle is not the usual seventeen or eighteen years old, go to the governor's mansion to make a sound, I heard my aunt say that even though the northwest is hotter than Dingjing, but the northwest is boundless, and there is a wind coming, it will not make people accumulate the heat in their hearts. Uncle has never been in the summer of Dingjing, I don't know that Dingjing is wet and hot, both hot and cold, and the wind cold, and when the real child is really hot, one or two pills but not good to cure the two men in Yuhua Lane, and no one to take care of them. After I went back, I drank mung bean soup to relieve the heat, so that the soldiers who followed me also paid attention to it, and last time I saw that Lord Jiang's legs and feet were not complete, I specially went to the Imperial Doctor's Department to ask for a few pairs of plasters, and my brother remembered to bring it back to Lord Jiang."
The little lady was chattering, but Xingjing felt that her chest was full of sweetness.
nodded again and again, and promised in his mouth: "Drink mung bean soup, drink white fungus soup, and put ice." The mung bean soup is boiled in a big iron pot during the march, and anyone can get it. I remember to bring it back to Jiang Qianhu, but he went to the northwest with his men and horses, and I will give it to him when he comes back."
Speaking of this, as if remembering something, he took out a small box from his sleeve and handed it to Xingzhao, with a pair of bright eyes, until Xingzhao opened it first, and said in his mouth: "It was collected in the northwest, it was a gentleman's wood that sank in the mud, I took a knife and sharpened two hairpins, and I was thinking, one carved lotus flower for my sister, and one carved for my mother."
At the end of the words, it sank into the earth.
Xingzhao's small hand held the big hand, and then fell silent, and the afterglow glanced at the slender small box, and smiled on his face, as soon as he opened it, he saw an ebony hairpin, smooth and shiny, there was a small lotus flower on the hairpin's head, and the five-petal lotus was open, and a few strokes looked very cute.
"Brother carved beautifully!" Xingzhao praised aloud at the right time, "The gentleman's wood is heavy and hard, and it is not easy for my brother to carve it so lifelike!" Grandma loves it so much! Seeing that Xingjing's face warmed up, he remembered his previous words again, and asked with a smile: "Jiang Qianhu went to the northwest?" Still with people and horses? ”
Xingjing bowed his head, looked up at the wide open porch, and did not continue to speak.
Xingzhao was suspicious, and when he saw Xingjing's expression, he was also kind and began to nag again.
A day of noon passed very fast, Xingjing accompanied Xingzhao to finish lunch, drank a large pot of longevity noodles in a squirting manner, wiped his mouth, and asked for a large plate of roasted naan dipped in sauce to eat heroically, Xingzhao was dumbfounded, and when it was time for Xingjing to say goodbye, he ordered someone to fill it with plasters, food and summer socks and clothes made by her.
As soon as Xingjing left, the sky darkened, Xingzhao leaned on Queen Fang's side and opened Concubine Shu's box, Concubine De's bag, and the things sent by Xinrong, Huanyi and Wang Concubine one by one.
Concubine De is the most realistic, packed a bag of golden beans, Xinrong sent a bunch of red beans wrapped in beeswax, the fourth prince sent a jade flute, the princess and the second prince sent together, four flat and stable, a box of Hui ink and a box of wolf pen, Huan Yi gave a picture of "Early Spring Fishing and Farming" painted by himself.
Except for Concubine De's gifts, they are not too valuable, and the queen buried Concubine De with a smile: "She hates spending her mind the most, and she must think that it is better to send bags of gold than to send them around." ”
Xingzhao also laughed, and Lian Rong stepped in a regular manner, and said yes: "Princess Huanyi came to invite the girl to the Taiye Pool to admire the moon."
In the early August, which month is the reward? (To be continued......)