Kaifeng in mid-June is similar to a steamer, the pedestrians on the street seem to have been dried up, walking on the street without a little spirit, but the people in the imperial city have joy on their faces, and they walk with the wind under their feet.

The weather outside is hot, the temperature in Huining Palace is just right, neither hot nor cold, more than a dozen palace maids are checking the ice cubes in each basin, a white little boy with pigtails, swaying and toddler, two personal maids open their arms to protect their little master, for fear that he will fall.

Seeing the man who lifted him high that day, he ran over excitedly, speaking alien words in his mouth, Zhao Zhen picked up his son and kissed his little face, Zhao Xin pushed it away with his hand, and motioned Zhao Zhen to lift him up.

Thrown ten times, Zhao Zhen felt that his waist was gone, and the loss of this night sheng song was a bit terrible! I have to find a royal doctor to make up for it, and Queen Cao came out to pick up her son and said, "The emperor looks in a good mood today." ”

"Yes! Shaanxi Pang Ji said that there is no need for imperial relief this year, and he can be self-sufficient, which is something that Taizu and Taizong have not done! How did you prepare for Xin'er's first birthday party? ”

Empress Cao said: "I am going to let the chef of Fan Lou cook this banquet, the dishes made by the imperial chef are safe, hygienic, and the taste is far worse, and it can be regarded as a propaganda for Xiao Feng, and the fertilizer and water will not flow into the fields of outsiders." ”

Zhao Zhen said: "Isn't Fan Lou the property of the Chai family? How did he get involved with Xiao Feng again. ”

Empress Cao said: "Doesn't the emperor know? At the beginning, Chai Yixi gave away half of Fan Lou's shares in order to get Lu Xiaozi's cooking method, and the kid didn't like to give it to Xiao Feng without looking at it. ”

Zhao Zhen said sadly: "He is really generous, when I had no money, I wanted to take Fan Lou for myself, but in the end, I couldn't do it, and Fan Lou's net income was two million a year!" I felt that in that kid's eyes, money was not as good as paper. ”

"Then he also made a lot of money for the emperor, without him, you now have spare money to hold a birthday banquet for your son."

"What the queen said is very reasonable, how can I forget Xiao Feng when I talk about this, he also had a lot of credit last time, I am thinking about what title to give him? The other two have it, and it's embarrassing that he doesn't have one. ”

Empress Cao asked: "What credit does he have, the main thing is Lu Boy!" You can take it easy, the three of them have titles, and the courtiers are afraid that they will have opinions about you, and the lady of the Pan family entered the palace two days ago and talked about Pan Shu? ”

Zhao Zhen said: "There are some things you don't know, what the three of them have done is worthy of the title I gave them, the Pan family?" Don't bother, times are changing, and they really think that they are still the same person who says nothing in the army. ”

On the way to change the law, Zhao Zhen found an interesting thing, that is, often his own words are very important, in the past, the minister would dismiss his will when he had nothing to do, but now he won't, he wants to install someone or do one thing, and the deacons agreed without thinking about it, and he likes to stand on a high place and look at the ugliness of the people below.

After Mei Yaochen and Su Shunqin came to the capital from Luoyang, one became a doctor of Guozijian and the other became the director of the Jinjuan Academy.

Mei Yaochen didn't like this job from the bottom of his heart, he wanted to do something practical and beneficial to the country and the people, but when he arrived in Kaifeng, he found that things were not what he thought, he was tired of this kind of work, there was no nutritional value, and he remembered that the time in Luoyang was indeed better than now.

Su Shunqin's work is a little better, the supervisor of the Jinjuyuan, the Jinjuyuan is equivalent to the Beijing office of later generations, but the power is greater than this, Su Shunqin with the support of his father-in-law Du Yan, he is doing a good job, and he is about to sacrifice to the gods, he thinks about how to get some money to explain this errand, and the Jinjuyuan is poor and can't take out a penny.

One of them gave him an idea and said, "Your Excellency, you can sell the waste paper and expired documents that we entered the theater." ”

Su Shunqin thought of the mountain of waste documents and said: "This method is okay, you go and contact the individual, and I will ask my colleagues to go to the restaurant to improve the food with the remaining money." ”

I haven't seen Sheng Yu for a month, and today I have time to talk to him, what he didn't expect was that the disheartened Mei Yaochen was saying goodbye to Ouyang, and he decided to go back to Luoyang, and he would never enter the government again in this life.

Ouyang Xiu said: "Sheng Yu, are you too young?" We can find a way, but you can't be angry! ”

Mei Yaochen said: "Uncle Yong, I really don't have that heart anymore, the students in the Guozi Prison are all the children of high-ranking officials and nobles, I am only a shallow learner, I am afraid that I will not be competent, I am a deliberate decision, not angry with you." ”

Ouyang Xiu wanted to organize a farewell dinner for him, but was politely rejected by Mei Yaochen, he couldn't stay in this Kaifeng City for a moment, this place is full of decay and depravity, there is no trace of freshness, everyone who comes here will be assimilated in the fastest time, although Luoyang is not Kyoto, but there is hope.

Ouyang Xiu also felt sorry for his friends, when they were left behind in Luoyang to guard Qian Weiyan's subordinates as officials, at that time he himself had just become a second-class jinshi in high school, and several people were proud, and it was difficult to say what happened in life!

Shaanxi didn't rain just after the New Year, but there was a lot of rain this season, Lu Zifei held his son and didn't let him touch the water, Junxiang's children were unhappy, they would only make one move, they couldn't try a hundred times, and opening their voices was a cry.

Xue Ning, who rushed over when he heard the crying, said: "You said what you can do, your son can't take care of it well." ”

Lu Zifei said innocently: "He wants to play in the rain, what do you say I can do, it's all because you are too used to him." ”

Xue Ning squinted her eyes and said: "You blame us for saying this, you won't find a way if the child wants to go, don't make excuses if you're lazy, you look like your father." ”

There is no way to play happily, weakly pulled her brother's clothes and shook her head, after Xue Ning left, she said: "Big brother, is my mother the menopause you said is coming, she is not at ease when I play with Xiao Junxiang, and she kicked me out." ”

"Shhh, don't dare to say nonsense, my mother will stop your toffee and pocket money when she hears it, why don't you go to Shen Kuo and Wu Pan to come to me to do something, I don't have the money to secretly go to your senior sister to ask for it, your brother is poor now and has no money."

Weakly said, "What about my money? I have a lot of money in my purse, and I want to eat the sweet potato you baked last time. ”

Lu Zifei said: "Do you know where our family's clothes are placed? ”

"I know, it's right next to the stable in the backyard, big brother, I'll go with you!"

"You can't go, you'll get sick when you get wet, that old man came to get you that bitter medicine to drink again, you wait at home obediently, brother will dig for you, dig more today, so that you can eat enough."

Lu Zifei met a boring little wolf in the stable, the two hit it off, Lu Zifei had one more person to help him with that thing, the little wolf could just go out for a walk, and he felt that his bones were about to rust when he had nothing to do in the house.

The two of them braved the rain to dig two baskets, because the fruit was not fully ripe, the largest was about the same thickness as an adult's arm, and the well-informed Lu Li said: "The yield of this sweet potato can indeed reach the two thousand catties you said, but I felt sick to my stomach after eating this thing once, and it doesn't work to eat it as the main thing." ”

Lu Zifei said: "My father is right, rich families don't eat it, but for the disaster victims, it's like a delicacy, sweet potatoes can be used as miscellaneous grains, but corn can be used as a staple food, I took a look at it today, the cob is still small, and it can be eaten in another month." ”

A few children were greedy for the taste of roasted sweet potatoes, and Lu Zifei thought of a very famous dish in the Northeast, pulling silk sweet potatoes, Wu Pan and Shen Kuo themselves picked a few of the largest ones in the basket and took them to the kitchen to roast and eat.

Lu Zifei knows that the kind of roasted sweet potato is not big or small to be delicious, and if it is too big, there will be firewood, and the big radish will be humble, since he is cooking today, then take a hot pot by the way, and two hours later, the hot pot side dishes and sweet potatoes are ready.

I really wanted to greet everyone for dinner, Pang Ji and Liu Yang came together, and Lu Zifei said: "When did the huge people start to join the party members. ”

"Phew, the dog can't spit out ivory in his mouth, the two of us met at the door of your house, the time is just right, this is your new food hot pot! Let me meet you today. ”

Liu Yang's eyes were full of desire, because he had already tasted it once on Lishan Mountain, and the taste haunted him, as for saying that he was a party member, although he said it, he would not lose the flesh on his body.

With Pang Ji here, Lu Li didn't go to the table, and they asked the cook to redo it for them, and Lu Zifei and Hu Ying accompanied the two of them.

Lu Zifei asked, "Is there something wrong with the huge man coming today?" If there is something, let's talk about it first, otherwise I won't be happy with this meal. ”

Pang Ji laughed and said: "It's really okay today, just to see how you prepared for the exam, after all, your recommender is me, how embarrassing it would be for me to fail the exam." ”

Lu Zifei felt a lot more comfortable when he heard that there was no imperial court, and turned his head and asked Liu Yangdao, "What about you?" ”

Liu Yang said: "I'm here for it, can you give me the formula, I promise not to pass it on, just make it myself." He pointed to the hot pot and said.

Lu Zifei said: "Yes! It's a trivial matter, even if you pass it on, you can't do it, and the chili pepper is only available in my family, and the rest of you want to learn it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. ”

"No, I'll make it myself, I'll buy yours with chili peppers, and the money my mother left me is enough for me to eat for a lifetime."

Lu Zifei said: "I want to ask you a privacy question, you can refuse to answer." ”

Liu Yang said: "You want to ask me why I had the opportunity to return to Western Xia but didn't go back?" Right! ”

"Yes! I have always been unable to figure it out, I have been to Xingqing Mansion and met your second brother Ning Lingge, and the wisdom he showed is far from yours. ”

Liu Yang took a bite of sweet potato and said: "There is nothing that cannot be said, my nominal father announced at the court meeting that he does not have the existence of my son, so you understand." ”