The dog days in Lin'an City seem to be much hotter than those in Fuchun County.

But Mrs. Wang's mood did not become burning because of the hottest end of the year. At this time, she put down the chopstick, took the fan handed forward by the servant and shook it slowly, while persuading Qin Fangzi to eat a few more mung bean crystal cold cakes made in the dim sum room, and asked Amber to pour a bowl of lychee and bayberry soup, handed it to her daughter, and said: "Even if you feel hot again, you still have to drink less ice and snow soup, especially in the morning and at night, you can't be greedy for a mouthful. ”

Qin Fangzi was impatient to listen to these words, she frowned and threw away the spoon, waved her hand to show that she really had no appetite to eat those extremely delicate but sweet and greasy pastries, and complained: "Weng Weng is too accustomed to Wen's, she is just a cook, with such a high salary, why don't she make additional meals?" The people in the dim sum room can't even buy chili peppers, like the spicy fried kidneys made today, only adding Sichuan peppers to eat something. ”

"On such a hot day, you shouldn't eat too much spicy food." Mrs. Wang also frowned: "I can't blame you Weng Weng for this matter, since Youwei, there have been Wen's chefs, our family does not invite Wen's, some are hired by powerful and wealthy families, not to mention Wen's chefs, but if the cooking skills are still good, they will not agree to even contract additional meals." ”

But Mrs. Wang loves her daughter, and she actually loves spicy food, that is, she pays attention to maintenance, and she doesn't often eat it in summer and summer, but sometimes she really needs spicy side dishes to accompany her with a poor appetite, so she asked Jiang Yuan: "Why didn't you really inquire about where to buy chili peppers?" ”

Jiang Yu hurriedly said: "I was about to report to Mrs., the subordinates of the procurement office almost searched all the shops in Lin'an City, and those merchants had never heard of such a thing as chili peppers, and the old slave inquired about the blistering kitchen, only to find out that the chili peppers were actually the ingredients that Sanniang got from the hands of Feng Fan, and even the dried chili peppers from Aunt Wen were given by Sanniang. ”

Qin Fangzi couldn't hear the word "Sanniang" now, and slapped the fan on the dining table, hitting a white porcelain dish and almost turning over: "Don't mention that slut!" ”

Mrs. Wang made a look, and when Jiang Yuan cleared the room, she softly comforted her daughter: "Isn't it just a foreign thing?" Although it's not common, it's not worrying that you can't find it if you search carefully, and it's a real joke that we can't even eat chili peppers during the Qin Fang period without her, so why bother about this? ”

"A-Niang, Qin Fangqi is nothing more than a prostitute, why does Weng Weng protect her like this?" Qin Fangzi became more and more irritable: "Xu Mingjiao heard that the evil man went to Fuchun, and he insisted on going with him, and her aunt didn't allow her to come to pester the wife, it was nothing more than that she had always pampered her and would intercede for her, I don't care where she likes to go, but her second cousin will also accompany her to Fuchun, for so many days, no one in the grange is staring at Qin Fangqi, isn't A-Niang worried about being exploited by that evil cousin to lure the second cousin to do that shameless lewdness/!" ”

"What am I worried about?" Mrs. Wang sneered: "I wish Qin Fangqi used this method, let alone coerce your aunt to admit that she entered the door of the Xu family, I'm afraid your mother-in-law won't even save her life!" Azi, don't blame your wife for being biased towards Mingjiao in this matter, your wife has already agreed to promote your marriage with Mingxi. ”

"Did the lady really agree?"

"In order to fulfill your wish this time, I have wasted a lot of heart." Mrs. Wang sighed: "At first, your wife refused to nod, saying that you and Xi'er's temperament was not suitable, and you listened to my words for a while...... In the end, I agreed, although your brother's marriage does not need to be rushed, you can find a good concubine for your brother first. ”

"A-Niang should have agreed to this a long time ago, why didn't she let go?"

Mrs. Wang glanced at her daughter: "Your brother is ill, and the marriage will not go too smoothly, if you accept a good concubine and give birth to the eldest son, there will be no high-ranking concubine willing to marry in the future, Ze'er is the eldest grandson of Xiangdi, but his future wife is not as good as his cousin and even Qin Zhi, a woman who married a bad man, how can I swallow this evil breath?!" But this time, for your sake, I can only let Ze'er suffer this grievance first. ”

First, although Mrs. Luo's matter was messed up, the responsibility was not on her, and the old lady also dispelled the idea of marrying with the East Palace, and then Qin Fangfei married to the Ge family, although she was unwilling, in the end she still agreed to focus on the overall situation without obstruction, and then even gave in to the matter of giving a concubine to Da Lang first, to meet the old lady's desire to be in the same house for four generations, as far as she understands the old lady, the old lady must also understand that the marriage with the Xu family is a must-win for her.

"Zi'er, these alone are not enough to convince the wife, A-Niang also inquired clearly, your second uncle is afraid that his position will be promoted, and he will be appointed as the secretary of the country, and the more he will follow the road of your Weng Weng's promotion, step by step. On the other hand, your father has no signs of moving in his position as a waiter in the Ministry of Works, and if he continues like this, the second room will have to climb to the top of our long house in the future! The Li family and the Gao family have never dealt with each other, and the suspicion has been settled for two generations, and the old lady will have to suppress your second uncle for the sake of the mother family, so this is the key to the old lady's finally moving heart and planning to let our Changfang and the Xu family marry.

Zi'er listen, the Xu family is not as good as the Ge family, not to mention your aunt, even the old lady will not condone you and Mingxi to quarrel, you marry the Xu family, you must be virtuous and docile, the in-law of the Shangshi family, that is, Mingxi will accept a concubine and raise a concubine in the future, and you can't have jealous words and deeds on the surface. ”

Mrs. Wang is full of sorrow, at this time it is inevitable that she will dislike her husband Qin Jing more and more, if he can be as prosperous as Weng Dad in Shijin, Fangzi's waist can also be stiffer, no matter what kind of high-ranking surname he marries, he can be free from such and such restraints and grievances.

"Got it, A-Niang can rest assured." Qin Fangzi raised her sharp brows: "What is a concubine, no matter how favored she is like the Zhou family, she is not the same as the next servant, and the second cousin is not like a father, the second cousin is a famous child who is like a fake, and the concubine is nothing more than to spread the branches, how can you have any true feelings for those lowly people?" I'm the only wife of my second cousin, and I'm guilty of being jealous of those lowly people? ”

Mrs. Wang does know about her daughter: "You want to marry Mingxi, it's just to fight for this breath, I'm really relieved, what women are most afraid of is that they are too obsessed with the love of husband and wife, and pay first wholeheartedly, how much can they tolerate if their husbands don't repay them wholeheartedly?" On the contrary, it is a marriage out of utilitarianism, many things can be put down, and I live comfortably and comfortably, and others envy me, which is considered happy. ”

"A-Niang, but since the grandmother nodded and agreed, why did she let Xu Mingjiao go to Fuchun?" Qin Fangzi only cares about her marriage, whether the eight characters have been written or not.

"Although the old lady pampered Mingjiao, she didn't depend on her for everything, this time the old lady saw that she wanted to go to Fuchun Grange to escape the summer, and Mingxi was more urgent than Mingjiao."

"Ah Niang is saying that the second cousin is actually happy with Qin Fang!" Qin Fangzi's two willow eyebrows suddenly erected, and her eyes suddenly turned into two burning stoves.

She doesn't love her second cousin, and she doesn't care about her second cousin's concubine in the future, but she can't tolerate her second cousin marrying her and still thinking about Qin Fangqi!

Mrs. Wang saw that it was not good, and hurriedly said: "Who made you get close to the Ge family wholeheartedly at that time, but you were estranged from your cousin?" Qin Fangqi is deliberately trying to win the favor of the two brothers and sisters of Mingxi, but he is even closer to Mingxi than you! Zi'er, you can't be confused anymore, reprimand Mingxi for this kind of thing, the two of you can't get along in harmony, not to mention that your aunt won't approve of this marriage, even the old lady will regret it! ”

Qin Fangzi trembled with anger, gritted her teeth hard, and then endured the anger in her chest: "Okay, very good, the more the two of them are in love, the more I don't let the two of them be satisfied, I want the second cousin to see with his own eyes, Qin Fangqi has endured endless abuse and abuse, and the second cousin will one day understand that cheap bones are cheap bones, no matter how beautiful the appearance is, it is different from me." ”

Mrs. Wang breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "The old lady is indulging in Mingxi and Qin Fangqi at this time, just to make Mingxi have expectations, but your aunt will never allow Mingxi to marry a concubine, Mingxi will quarrel with his relatives because of marriage, and your aunt will be in a hurry to set a relationship for him, so that Mingxi will die and ask to marry Qin Fangqi!" ”

At that point, it's Fangzi's chance.

On this day, Mrs. Wang simply left Fangzi to take a nap in her Mingyuxuan, thinking that she would wait for a while, and then explain in detail how her daughter would deal with Xu's mother's questioning of coral, but she had just washed her face, and before she had time to drink cold water, she heard that Peng's mother had come to ask for her health again.

Peng He had actually been waiting in the flower hall for a while, she knew when Mrs. Wang would have the energy to meet and talk about when she would take a nap, but she rushed to the door at the time of the nap, in order to show a little sincerity, of course she would not disturb Mrs. Wang's rest, and she should not wait to be anxious.

The end of this year is particularly hot, the Peng family's garden has to be exposed for several hours from noon, can not find a shady pavilion, the house has to put several ice basins to dissipate the heat, and now the ice supply is not short, the price of ice is not as expensive as the previous dynasty, but a hot day is still expensive, Peng Jianxiao's official rank is not high, Fenglu is meager, and the ancestors have not accumulated a few money, and several generations of official homestead industry are in Kaifeng City, now of course not belong to the Peng family, Even today, I can't go back to the imperial city in Tokyo, and other people can still ask the Liao lord to return their private property?

Peng He's family uses a lot of ice at home, watching the ice stones melt into water little by little, and their hearts are stinging like blood, so it's better to come to Xiangdi, and there will be no heartache to see other people's ice stones turn into water.