Chapter 64: The Aspirations of the People (10)
The meal at noon on Chinese New Year's Eve is the master and the next people eat together, and in this meal there is no master and no subordinate, everyone toasts and celebrates together.
After the lunch meal, if the people are close to home, or want to. It's okay to go out and have fun, you don't have to be confined to the house.
It can also be regarded as giving them a half-day off, so that they can have a good time.
After a short rest, the masters of the Zhao Mansion had already arrived at the strategic point of the kitchen.
However, Liu always keeps an eye on rouge to prevent the kitchen from becoming a miasma.
The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve is made by the family together, so everyone in the Zhao family is personally on the scene.
Hazy is pregnant, it's inconvenient to do anything, and Rouge is a kitchen killer.
Although the two men went to the kitchen, they just sat there quietly.
Liu's living noodles yesterday have almost woken up, but they have run out at noon.
This is to be re-mixed to ensure that you can get up fresh tomorrow morning.
Zhao Changqing is a rough man, he doesn't know anything, so he can only sit in front of the stove and burn firewood.
Zhao Yunchen will be instructed to carry water and wash vegetables.
Zhao Zijun gave them a hand, and took time to take care of Hazy.
Although Rongyin is a princess, her cooking skills are really good.
Many secret dishes in the court, Rong Yin is very good at it.
When she was a child, in order to please the queen mother, she also learned how to cook from the chef in the palace? Make it for the Queen Mother in person.
Liu's chopped vegetables and sorted out the side dishes.
Rongyin coriander, under the pot, the hot pot met the cold vegetables, and the flame in the pot instantly rose, and it sprayed on the beams of the house.
Rouge was taken aback, Rong Yin had already gotten used to it.
Neatly put the fried vegetables on a plate and serve them.
The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner cannot be sloppy, although it is said that there is no need to have one hundred and eight dishes for the full Han banquet like in the palace.
However, this representative dish is indispensable.
Chicken, duck, fish, meat and eggs, these are all basic dishes. One dish after another was put into the pot, and it was served for a while.
The boards that had already been cleaned up could no longer be placed.
The sky gradually darkened with the time of cooking, and the last dish, roasted squirrel fish, the Chinese New Year's Eve meal was completed.
The kitchen ladies are not in charge.
But it is also carefully warm the dishes made by Rongyin, so as not to be cold because the weather is too cold, there are too many dishes, and when you eat it, it will be cold.
There is no need for people to come to this plate, and several masters serve a few dishes to the table.
Zhao Changqing took a string of firecrackers and stood at the door and lit it.
A crackling sound means that their family is ready to have a reunion dinner.
Everyone sat down in turn, although it is said that the Zhao family often gets together to eat, but this New Year's dinner is. Everyone is reunited, together, with different meanings.
Moreover, Rong Yin can cook several times a year, which is a secret dish of the Ouchi court.
Rouge stood up and picked up the wine glass in front of him. said to Zhao Changqing and Liu.
"My grandfather and grandmother have passed a year, tonight is the reunion dinner, I live outside the meal to serve Baidu Magic in the new year all the best, good health."
"Sit down! As long as you are obedient, your grandmother and your grandfather will be very happy. ”
"I must be very obedient, I was taught by my grandmother and grandfather since I was a child, can I be disobedient?"
The three of them drank all the wine in the cup, then Rouge poured a glass of wine, and then faced Zhao Yunchen and Rongyin and his wife.
"This aunt and uncle are coming soon in the new year, and I hope that my uncle and aunt will be in the new year. Husband and wife are in love, and everything goes well. ”
"Thank you rouge for your blessings, and I hope to grow up a year older and become more and more beautiful."
Rongyin always dotes on Rouge, and here at Rongyin, Rouge gets the words he wants.
"Uncle, it's still hello, unlike my grandmother who will only say that I am disobedient."
"Your grandmother just said that casually, and you still take it seriously, can't you? What a childish man. ”
The three of them also drank the wine from their glasses.
Next is Hazy and Zhao Zijun.
"Brother and sister, you two are about to become parents, and I have also been promoted from the youngest in the family to the second to the second youngest in the family, I am so happy, and I hope that my sister will give birth to a cute little nephew for me as soon as possible, so that I can tease him every day."
"Okay, he must be very happy to have you as an aunt."
"Hazy, what you said is wrong, it's not that our child has Rouge and this aunt is happy, but Rouge is very happy with our child's nephew."
Zhao Zijun's words made the haze dizzy.
"Does that make a difference?"
"Rouge teases our children every day, and our children don't become a toy for Rouge!"
"Oh my God, in your mind, your sister and I are such a person."
It's all joking, hazy, and it's inconvenient to drink now, so they bring wine with water, and the three of them drink all the water in the cup.
As for why Rouge was the first to rise up and bless, of course, it was because Rouge was the smallest!
After this rouge blessing, it will be the turn of Zhao Zijun and his wife.
Then there are Zhao Yunchen and his wife.
A large family, you add vegetables to me, I will add vegetables to you, and He Meimei is also very happy.
This kind of happiness is like that of ordinary people, which should not be seen in ordinary large households.
Chu Mansion.
Chu Mansion is also having a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner at this time, and this year Aunt Li made a mistake and is now a maid.
Although there is a mother who is more expensive than a son, the same son is also expensive because of a mother.
For this year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, Chu Wentao is not qualified to come and eat with everyone.
Zhou Jingya is pregnant at the dinner table. Seeing this frown, seeing that frowning and having no appetite, it also affected the old lady.
Although this is true for this pregnant person, Aunt Zhang can also eat at the table because she is pregnant. But Aunt Zhang's food is very fragrant, and Zhou Jingya, on the other hand, doesn't eat anything, and frowns when she smells the food.
Because Zhou Jingya was sitting next to the old lady, this move successfully affected the old lady's appetite.
This Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, a happy meal.
The old lady was suddenly out of mood by Zhou Jingya, but it was not easy to speak, after all, it is normal for people to be pregnant and lose their appetite.
Chu Changjian is a filial son, look at his mother, what he eats is not fragrant, and he immediately asked.
"Mother, what's wrong with you? Why don't you skip food? But the food was not appetizing. ”
Aunt Zheng sat at the bottom of Chu Changjian, and she was afraid that the meal she prepared would not match the old lady's appetite.
"What's wrong with you, old lady?"
As a result, everyone at the table put down the dishes and chopsticks and asked the old lady what happened?
"I'm fine, you all keep eating, but suddenly I lost my appetite."
"Mother, are you uncomfortable? But you need to find a Lang Zhong to take a look. ”
"It's fine, it's just that I don't want to eat it."
Aunt Hu saw that the old lady looked at Zhou Jingya's side with some disgust, and remembered that Zhou Jingya spit out everything she ate just now, and frowned.
I was thinking that this was probably the lady affecting the old lady's appetite.
The old lady said it was okay, and everyone picked up chopsticks and continued to eat.
Aunt Hu also took the opportunity to secretly talk about this matter in Aunt Zheng's ear.
Aunt Zheng took a closer look, it was really like this.
With a plan in his heart, he took Aunt Lahu's hand under the dinner table to express his gratitude.
After eating, the old lady did not eat much. Aunt Zheng instructed the kitchen to prepare some digestible food for the old lady again.
Because the old lady is an elder, everyone goes to the old lady's yard to accompany the old lady to keep the New Year.
Zhou Jingya was pregnant and only told the old lady and Chu Changjian that she was unwell, and she was also called back to the courtyard.
The old lady saw that Aunt Zhang didn't leave, so she asked Aunt Zhang to go back to rest.
"Old lady, the concubine is not tired, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, the concubine should accompany the old lady to keep the New Year."
"Aunt Zhang, but you're pregnant! You can go back and rest like your wife. ”
"Where is the concubine so valuable, and besides, the child in my belly is also obedient, knowing that it is to accompany my grandmother to celebrate the New Year, it must be too late to be happy."
"Since you are so insistent, then I will follow your wishes, if you feel a little unwell and tired, you must go back to rest!"
"Yes, listen to the old lady."
Aunt Zhang's words just now, although she said that she was a concubine and had a humble status. can't be compared with Zhou Jingya, this lady.
On the surface, it doesn't sound wrong, but when you think about it carefully, it seems that Zhou Jingya is too ignorant, and she doesn't accompany the old lady to keep the New Year because she is pregnant.
Why did Aunt Zhang say that? Thanks to Aunt Hu's words.
Aunt Hu and Aunt Zheng have decided to pull Zhou Jingya, this lady off the horse.
In addition, Aunt Zheng has already noticed it, and Zhou Jingya may have done something to the child in Aunt Zhang's belly.
secretly sent someone to observe it, and sure enough.
Mama Chang, who was next to Zhou Jingya, bought a maid next to Aunt Zhang who was responsible for decocting fetal pills.
Mama Chang gave this decoction maid and a packet of medicinal powder. Let her pour a little bit in Aunt Zhang's fetal pills every day.
Because the daily dose is not large, and Aunt Zhang only knows a little about pharmacology, if you really want to identify the fetal medicine, it is still not possible.
Aunt Zhang drank it for a few days, and there was nothing serious, but she couldn't sleep well at night.
Aunt Zheng told Aunt Hu about these things, and both of them were worried about the child in Zhang Yiliang's belly, so don't be harmed by Zhou Jingya.
But the two of them couldn't go directly to Aunt Zhang, in case they startled the snake.
I could only write a note and pass it to her quietly.
It is very precious to look at the child yourself.
I was almost middle-aged before I conceived this child, and I couldn't keep it this my first and last child, and Aunt Zhang didn't allow the half-point difference.
In addition, she knew that this note was passed by Aunt Hu, so she took it to heart.
When the maid decocted the fetal pills again, Aunt Zhang let the henchmen around her secretly look at it.
Sure enough, after the fetal medicine was decocted, the maid took out a packet of medicinal powder from her sleeve and gently poured a little into it, although it was not much, but it did come out of the medicinal powder.
The henchman didn't stretch out, but went back and quietly told Aunt Zhang.
"Auntie, this maid is really hateful, this little cheap hoof is so cheap, she really dares to do something in her aunt's fetal pills, if I didn't go to see it today, I wouldn't believe it."
Damn, I stepped on Aunt Zhang softly, and reached out to stroke my belly.
"Originally, I didn't believe it, I thought I had nothing to say about the people in the yard over the years, but once it was related to the child in my womb, I had to be cautious."
"Then what is my aunt going to do? I didn't say anything just now. Presumably, the little will bring the fetal pill after a while. ”
"Yes, don't make a noise, we still have to find out who is behind this scene."
"Auntie, there is an object of suspicion."
"Cui'er, do you know how I knew that the fetal pill was tampered with?"
"It's not because my aunt hasn't been sleeping well at night lately. Did you just find out? ”
"Where do I have that ability? It was Sister Hu who told me. ”
"Aunt Hu?"
"Well, today someone sent a note over, and the note said that my fetal pills were tampered with and asked me to observe them secretly."
"How did this Aunt Hu know?"
"I don't know about this, but Sister Hu won't harm me."
"Buckle, buckle."
The maid outside knocked on the door.
"What's the matter?"
"Auntie, your fetal pill is ready, you can drink it."
"Auntie, what should I do with this little?"
Aunt Zhang's personal maid Cui'er hates this maid very much now.
"Don't startle the snake yet."
Although Aunt Zhang hated her very much, she still pretended not to know anything.
"Okay, I see, you come in!"