Although Zhang is not yet fifty years old, he is already considered to be old, and he has been pampered all year round. This time I went out of the city to send the spirit, but I was very tired. When I got home, I immediately had to lie down on the bed and ask the girl to rub her shoulders and beat her legs. However, she still didn't forget her grandson, who was also affected, and told Zhao Xiu to remember to send some good medicine and wine to her brother, and then let the girl Ming'er not have to ask him to get up early, so that he could rest for a few days.

Zhao Xiu rubbed her grandmother's shoulders with some distress: "Are you so tired?" Even if your body is good, you are tired like this, what about those who are old? ”

Zhang sighed: "As long as you can't really get up, even if you are tired, you have to hold on." Suddenly remembered something: "Our family's medicinal wine is excellent, and you will send someone to send a bottle to the Zhuguo General's Mansion in a while." Mrs. Cao was also very tired this time, on the way back, at noon, we happened to meet, I saw that she was so tired that she didn't even want to get off the car, didn't want to eat, or Mrs. Cao personally brought a few light side dishes to the car to wait for her. But it's rarely used, and it must be like me, and I can't even eat anymore. ”

Zhao Xiu agreed, and said: "If you don't have a good appetite, I'll ask them to prepare rice porridge, boiled glutinous, with side dishes brought from your hometown, what do you think?" Anyway, you have to eat something, otherwise how can your body hold on? ”

Zhang smiled: "Then it's up to you, the porridge doesn't have to be too thick, and don't put sesame oil on it." Although the weather is windy at night, it is still very hot during the day. ”

Zhao Xiu answered, went out and ordered a round of the kitchen, and came back to continue rubbing his grandmother's shoulders. The two girls beside Zhang's side were on one side. Take the beauty hammer to hammer her waist and legs. After hammering like this for half an hour, Zhang felt relieved, and slowly sat up with the support of his granddaughter and the girl. Mother Lu personally brought the small table. Served porridge and side dishes. Zhang ate half a bowl of porridge with side dishes, drank two sips of tea, and felt much better.

She began to ask about the housework in the past few days away from home, and Zhao Xiu replied one by one, and Mama Lu would add the details, and there was no leakage. Even the Mid-Autumn Festival sent out the festival gifts, and I didn't go on a business trip. Zhang felt very satisfied, and said with a smile: "Sister Xiu is the older she is, the more capable she is." And so on. Starting next year, I'll be able to relax a lot. Mrs. Cao also persuaded me that when I am old, I will take good care of my life and eat what I should eat. Play that should be played. When I am free, I go around and give Brother Wei a daughter-in-law. When my granddaughter-in-law comes in, I don't have to worry about anything. I also told her at that time, where can I have time to see my granddaughter-in-law? Isn't it now? ”

Zhao Xiu secretly wiped his sweat, the little brother Zhao Wei is not yet fifteen years old this year, and he has not graduated from junior high school, marrying a wife so early is simply destroying the seedlings of the motherland.

The housework is over. Zhao Xiu watched Lu's mother retreat, and suddenly remembered Zhao Yan's matter. Hurriedly told Zhang, and said with a smile: "Zhao Yan is obviously a boy, but he speaks awkwardly. First of all, I told the landlord that he was going to evict them, and I told them to move away. He changed his story and said that he actually wanted me to intercede with the landlord so that they could stay, otherwise they would have no money to move. When I found out that they were not short of that money, he changed his mind again, saying that Niu refused to pay for it, and that he wanted to earn more money to supplement his family, and asked me if I could work in the study's shop. In fact, this last sentence is his purpose, and it took him a long time to get to the point, and he didn't know what he was thinking. I asked him to ask his brother if he went. The news that he came back a few days ago, Zhao Ze accepted him to work in the store, and gave him three taels of silver a month. ”

Zhang listened all the way, frowned all the way, and sighed after listening: "That child has been raised in front of his biological mother since he was a child, and how the Qian family is raised, just look at the old Aunt Qian's grandmother." Therefore, even children such as Zhao Yan and Zhao Man have been taught to be childish and cannot be put on the stage. Everything only depends on one's own likes and dislikes, and he doesn't even understand the superficial skills, so he will provoke things like not redeeming his grandmother when he redeems him, or treating his brothers and sisters harshly. Fortunately, now they are down, as long as they earn some money to support their family, they don't have to go to the officialdom to earn a future, otherwise sooner or later they will make jokes. ”

Zhao Xiu also told the Zhang family what he had heard: "Zhao Yan has actually saved a lot of private money, if it weren't for his younger brother falling into the hands of the Niu family, he would never have paid out obediently." Now it is also a last resort. But he didn't have much to do when he was looking for errands, he just wouldn't work honestly. I have told the account office to check the accounts carefully, and if he is greedy, he must pay for it. ”

Zhang sighed and said: "It's not easy for their mother and son, you can open one eye and close one eye, the shop is small, even if he is greedy for money, how much can he be greedy?" ”

Zhao Xiu disagreed: "I didn't lose him." The salary is not small, and when he came before, I also wrapped a boxing gift for him, which is very good for him. He wants to be greedy for money again, which is too much. Grandmother don't indulge him in such things. He is now working for our family, and if there is something bad, even if we point it out, at most we will ask him to pay for the money, and we will not do anything to him. If he works for other families in the future and is greedy and accustomed to it, it will be the same, and the boss of the other family may break his legs! How old is he? If you don't learn it well, we should develop the right way to behave for him. ”

Zhang opened his mouth, felt that his granddaughter was reasonable, and sighed again: "That's it, it's up to you." If they're really having a hard time, I'll make up for it privately. ”

Zhao Xiu glanced at her grandmother disapprovingly and did not say anything.

Grandmother is so easy to relent. In the past, because he felt sorry for Zhao Ze, he took care of him everywhere, after all, now Zhao Ze's personality is quite clear, and he is not as superb as his parents. But now that even people like Zhao Yan have pity on their grandmother, will they pity Zhao Xiang and Niu's in the future?

Zhao Xiu muttered in his heart, and heard Zhang's words again: "That girl named Bailing, since you have delivered so much news to our family, you tell the people below not to treat others badly." Give her some silver, and let her keep it quietly. If Niu really wants to sell her in the future, remember to buy her immediately. Don't let her suffer. ”

Zhao Xiu hurriedly said: "I have already instructed her godmother, she said it herself, let her find someone with a new face." Pretending to be a relative of her hometown, she went to Beijing to look for her. As long as someone is willing to ransom her, she doesn't have to worry. ”

Zhang nodded slowly: "That's fine, just don't let Niu see it, otherwise she deliberately raised the price, or refused to sell, and turned around and rubbed people to death." It's too wronged that girl. ”

Zhao Xiu agreed, and Zhang got up and went back to the bedroom to lie down, stretching his waist. She was a little worried about Zhao Ze in her heart: "Brother Ze'er, that kid." Although he has five taels of wages a month, it is too hard for him to bear such a big task as renting a house. He also left himself a tael of silver every month for his daily expenses. If you really have to rely on him to rent a house. Not to mention that he has to advance his salary for two or three months, what will he eat and what will he use after the money is spent? The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, the weather is getting colder, and you have to buy firewood and charcoal to keep warm in winter, otherwise people can freeze to death. Niu's is too much, and she is not without money. Could it be that because Brother Ze has an errand here, he has to force his grandson to die? ”

She began to think about it. Should you buy a house by yourself and rent it to Zhao Ze at a low price, so that you can reduce the burden on him.

Zhao Xiu was a little speechless, and didn't want to express any opinions, but just reminded her: "If you really want to do this, don't let the Niu family know, otherwise this rent will really not be recovered, maybe she will have to die and treat the house as her own." ”

Zhang frowned.

Not to mention how the Zhang family worries about Zhao Ze's renting a house, the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching day by day, and this year Zhao Xiu is in charge of housework, and soon arranged all the affairs. Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the city sent fresh flowers for the owner to enjoy, and naturally fruits and crabs were indispensable, so Zhao Xiu decided to have a crab feast, and commanded the people in the kitchen to make moon cakes.

Today's moon cakes in Beijing are all big sugar and oil, and the taste is not as good as that of later generations. The ancestral home of the Zhao family is Fengxian, and they eat Suzhou-style mooncakes in the south of the Yangtze River. Zhao Xiu chose fresh fillings, in addition to the old rose moon cakes and fresh meat moon cakes, he also added pine nut and jujube paste filling, chestnut paste filling, dried nut filling, and bean paste filling, all of which were newly harvested materials on Zhuangzi, adding a bit of flavor.

Zhang's eating these fresh mooncakes was good, so she specially sent one to the Guangping Palace's Mansion and the Zhuguo General's Mansion. When Zhao Xiu went to the palace, he asked how Gao Zhen spent the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Gao Zhen said: "In previous years, I went to the palace, and after the palace banquet, I went home, and the family of three sat around to admire the moon." This year, my mother is gone, and my father is unable to move, so I originally thought that I would have a meal in the house. If you are attending a banquet in the palace, how will your father eat? It's just that the queen mother and the emperor have repeatedly told our father and son to go to the palace for the festival. Let my father not worry about any inconvenience at the banquet, the emperor will send someone to wait for him. The Queen Mother's grandmother was so bad that she started crying, and her father had to agree. Our father and son are going to enter the palace early in the morning, and I am afraid that they will not return to the palace until seventeen. ”

Zhao Xiu felt a little sorry in his heart: "The crabs on our Zhuangzi this year are good, I originally wanted to ask you if you wanted to, but I didn't expect you and the prince to enter the palace." "Then naturally there is no need for the crabs sent by home, there must be better ones in the palace.

Gao Zhen glanced at the big baskets she brought: "What is this for?" If there were crabs, I'd eat them tonight. ”

Zhao Xiu smiled: "These are moon cakes and fresh fruits, no crabs." That thing is cold, and my grandmother doesn't dare to eat more, I don't know if the prince's body is suitable for eating this, so I didn't bring it. If you really want it, I'll send it when you get back. ”

Gao Zhen was noncommittal: "Who doesn't have moon cakes?" The palace rewarded a lot. You're going to send it to me. ”

Zhao Xiu was not happy to hear it: "What I gave was given by me, and what was rewarded in the palace was rewarded by the palace, can it be the same?" This year's moon cakes, because of the bumper harvest in the village, I also specially picked some fresh dried fruits to make fillings, there may not be sold outside, I don't believe you can taste it. ”

Gao Zhen really found one out of the basket and tasted it, only took a bite, and then frowned: "This is a nut?" It's not sweet, and there is a smell of nuts, what do you put in it? ”

Zhao Xiu glanced at it, pursed his lips and smiled: "This, this is a five-kernel moon cake, which contains walnut kernels, peanuts, pine nuts, almonds, melon seeds or something, it is the practice of Lingnan, I also changed the recipe, and it is absolutely exclusive." What, do you like it? Then eat more. ”

Gao Zhen glanced at her suspiciously, and then looked at the five-kernel mooncake in his hand, although he didn't know what she was laughing at, he still frowned and finished eating the five-kernel mooncake. (To be continued......)

PS: The National Day holiday is coming! Happy holidays everyone~~~~