When Meng Wenzhao finally finished speaking, everyone got up and said in unison: "I wish Mrs. Meng a long and blessed life." Mrs. Meng smiled and said in a voice that was not big but with a hint of majesty: "You have come here today to celebrate the birthday of the old body, it is the honor of the old body, and the old body will thank you." ”

Everyone shook their heads, and Du Shaofu smiled: "It's my honor to come here to celebrate my birthday, how dare I say thank you, and we are all here to get the blessing of the old birthday star, it should be our Mrs. Xie." ”

Everyone nodded in agreement. Mrs. Meng had to smile and let everyone sit down, and then the children and nephews began to offer gifts, which was just a process of congratulating the birthday, which could be regarded as expressing the hearts of the younger generations. This gift is also limited to relatives and people of high status in the family, and the rest of the people simply read their names.

Each gift will receive a longevity peach from Mrs. Tai, which is considered a blessing. Meng Wenzhao sent a "Hundred Shou Post", on which were written hundreds of different ways to write the word "Shou" in ancient and modern times. This may seem simple, but each of them needs to be well-documented, and it takes a lot of effort to search for it. This Meng Wenzhao not only showed his filial piety to his mother, but also showed off his profound knowledge.

Next, Du Shaofu sent a strange stone, the stone is a naturally formed "longevity" word, this gift really surprised everyone, this thing is considered "auspicious" in ancient times, very valuable. Mrs. Meng was also taken aback and said: "This thing is too valuable, the old man really doesn't dare to accept it, and ask Du Fuyin to take it back." ”

Du Shaofu said with a smile: "This thing was also fished out of the Qingliu River outside the city recently, and it fell into my hands by mistake, this happens to be Mrs. Tai's birthday, which is given to Mrs. Tai by God, Mrs. Tai will definitely accept it, and this huge Yunzhou will be worthy of Mrs. Tai, and Mrs. Tai will take it that is a sign of longevity." In the end, under the persuasion of everyone, Mrs. Tai still accepted it.

Next is a variety of valuable antiques, calligraphy and paintings, as well as written longevity words, each of which Mrs. Tai accepted with a smile. In this process, Lin Mo roughly knew what the characters with heads and faces in Yunzhou looked like.

Among them, there are three people Lin Mo cared about for a while, one is the fat man next to Du Shaofu, it is actually Deng Heguang, the superintendent of Yunzhou, Lin Mo is very strange why he came, generally speaking, the superintendent of the imperial history of various places will keep a certain distance from the magistrate, so as not to be said to be in the same stream, but why did he participate this time.

But after thinking about it, Lin Mo also understood, this time it was to congratulate Mrs. Tai on her birthday, Mrs. Tai was a good order, theoretically no one in Yunzhou or even Jiangnan Province was older than her, Deng Heguang supervised the state capital on behalf of the saint, and naturally he also had to attend this birthday banquet on behalf of the saint to show the emperor's favor, so that it was reasonable and in line with the etiquette system. And the man who stared at him was Wanquan, and there was also a man surnamed Luo, if Lin Mo guessed correctly, he was Ma Ruoya's uncle.

When it was over, Lin Mo's most nervous moment came, and he saw a subordinate put Lin Mo's food box on the table, and Mrs. Meng said: "Wen Yanxian's nephew told Lao Shen that his student specially made a dish for Lao Shen to congratulate Lao Shen on his birthday. this

The first dish of the birthday banquet is this dish, Wen Zhao will serve this dish. ”

Lin Mo was a little embarrassed, according to his assumption, he should have put the dish on it first, and after everyone ate it, he felt that it was very delicious, and he was asking, at this time, Lin Mo jumped out again and made it clear that his own restaurant made it, so as not to be abrupt, this lady really gave Wu Wenyan face, and suddenly directly pushed the dish to the front of the stage, which was better than Lin Mo's imagination.

Meng Wenzhao opened the food box, and there was a bowl of porridge on the top of the food box, which was the leftover eight-treasure porridge from last night, which was originally intended to be left for Lin Mo to make breakfast, but it was put on by Zhou Fu this morning.

Everyone looked at this bowl of porridge suspiciously, and Wu Wenyan was also stunned, didn't he say yesterday that he didn't bring this porridge, why did he bring it. Wu Wenyan looked at Lin Mo suspiciously, and Lin Mo also shook his head in surprise, meaning I don't know what's going on.

The rest of the people are looking at this porridge with the mentality of watching the show, after all, it is okay to send food for the birthday, you also send porridge, it is a tradition for this old man not to drink porridge for his birthday, this person also sends, isn't this going to touch the head? Lin Mo's mind spun rapidly, and then he got up and said, "Mrs. Tai, this is given by the student, and this porridge is naturally specially made by the student, and this porridge actually contains the student's admiration for Mrs. Tai." ”

Mrs. Meng looked at Lin Mo suspiciously, and everyone also turned their eyes to Lin Mo. Lin Mo then explained: "This porridge is called 'Eight Treasures Porridge', called its 'Eight Treasures' is that this porridge uses eight kinds of grains as porridge, this porridge has the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach, invigorating qi and calming the nerves, which is extremely beneficial to the old man's body, in addition, the 'Eight Treasures' also represents the 'Eight Virtues', that is, 'loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, love, faith, righteousness, harmony, and peace' These Eight Virtues are the necessary virtues for treating others and self-discipline, and are for the 'Eight Treasures'. Everyone nodded and praised when they heard this, and even Wu Wenyan couldn't help but smile slightly, "This Lin Mo is really anxious." When Mrs. Meng heard this, she immediately smiled and said, "Well, Wen Yan, your student really has a heart, and the old man accepted this ceremony." By the way, what's your name? ”

When Lin Mo heard this, he smiled and said, "Student Lin Mo, I wish Mrs. Tai a long and blessed life." Mrs. Tai nodded and said, "Lin Mo, Mo Shunfeng is a good name." Lin Mo hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Mrs. Xie praises." Lin Mo was a little surprised by this lady, he didn't expect to get the origin of his name from "Chu Ci" when he opened his mouth, although it was far from the scene of his grandfather's name, but the original intention was the same, it was not to make himself quiet and obscure, although he was now contrary to his grandfather's original intention, but he was also glorifying his ancestors for the family, and his grandfather should not blame himself.

Looking at Mrs. Tai's frame praising Lin Mo, the people on the side began to echo and praise Lin Mo, but the two or three people didn't, especially Wanquan, who showed hatred in his eyes, he figured out the meaning of Lin Mo sending this thing, that is, to attract popularity to his shop, he was really angry and annoyed now, but there was no way. Mrs. Tai took a bite of the eight-treasure porridge and said, "Well, this porridge is really delicious, but it's a little cold." ”

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Mo listened to the bitter smile in his heart, of course it was cold, this porridge should be left over from last night, Zhao En and they probably planned to keep it for themselves as breakfast, but it turned out to be in the wrong food box, and it was strange if it was not cold for so long, although the food box has the effect of heat preservation, but it is only for the Buddha jumping over the wall on the lower floor, and the porridge on the upper layer cannot feel the heat.

At this time, I don't know who muttered: "It is a little inappropriate to drink cold porridge on a cold day, this porridge has to be hot like tea, and it is a pity to be cold." Lin Mo frowned when he heard this, what this person said seemed to be unintentional, but it suddenly made people think of it from porridge and cold to people walking in tea, and suddenly turned Lin Mo's kindness into malice. Lin Mo immediately explained: "This porridge was deliberately cooled. ”

Everyone then looked at Lin Mo in confusion, and Lin Mo then explained: "This porridge is like Mrs. Tai's life, although it is turbulent, complicated, difficult and difficult, and ordinary people can't think of it, but for decades, Mrs. Tai is still as sweet as food, her heart is as warm as water, and she is calm. Then Lin Mo unconsciously recited two couplets he saw in his previous life: "Don't be shocked by the humiliation, watch the flowers bloom and fall in front of the court." Go and stay unintentionally, wandering with the clouds outside the sky. This couplet is very compatible with Mrs. Tai, and if you are not born later, please don't dislike Mrs. Tai. ”

Mrs. Tai listened to Lin Mo's eloquent words, fell into contemplation, looking back on her life, from following her husband's achievements to now spending this seventy years here, decades have passed like a white horse, among which the bitterness and bitterness are not enough for outsiders, and now that I think about it, I am indeed so lightly over.

Everyone also recalled Lin Mo's couplet, and Lin Mo was really surprised to see it at such a young age. Mrs. Tai was even more happy, and then said: "What a pamper, don't be surprised, go and stay unintentionally." Wen Yan, you are really a talented student, and you will definitely achieve great things in the future. ”

Wu Wenyan said with a smile: "Mrs. Tai is joking, although my apprentice is quite intelligent, he likes to specialize in business, and he is a little stubborn. Mrs. Tai said: "You don't have to be modest, with you as a famous teacher, you will definitely lead him to the right path, if Changjun can have half of his talent, the old man will laugh out loud in his dreams." ”

Lin Mo felt a little helpless when he heard this, what's wrong with this business, is it a bad thing to make money? Wu Wenyan looked at Lin Mo and couldn't help but brush his beard, it can be said that he is becoming more and more fond of this half of the student, the reason why he is half a student is because although Wu Wenyan has taught Lin Mo, but Lin Mo has never officially performed the apprenticeship again, and when he is free, Wu Wenyan must let Lin Mo perform this apprenticeship and officially accept Lin Mo, such a student can't let go.

Meng Changjun on the side was a little helpless, no matter what his grandmother did, she could blame herself, she was provoking anyone, but she admired Lin Mo even more, Lin Mo's talent was really eye-opening.

Wan Quan in the distance was full of unwillingness, this Lin Mo was too witty, the trap he had set just now was easily resolved by him, and it also attracted praise from everyone, it was the loss of his wife and the loss of his army, but Lin Mo was so showy, he couldn't target him openly, he could only be dark in the future

to make plans again.

And Qiu Ji'an, who was at the same table, glanced at Lin Mo deeply, not knowing what he was thinking. Mrs. Tai continued: "There should be another dish in this food box." Lin Mo got up and hurriedly said, "Back to Mrs. Tai, but there is a dish, and Mrs. Tai is invited to taste it." ”

Then the subordinate hurriedly opened the lower layer of the food box, and there was a porcelain jar inside, which seemed to be quite hot. The servant took the cloth and wrapped it carefully, and then brought it out and put it in front of Mrs. Tai. The crowd looked at this strange jar and there was more to it than anything.

Meng Wenzhao carefully picked up the lid on it, and a fragrance came to his nose, although the jar was not big, but the aroma quickly floated in front of everyone, so that the smeller couldn't help but swallow his saliva, this dish was full of aroma, I don't know what it tasted like, but this small jar was still in Mrs. Tai's place, I definitely couldn't taste it, and I would definitely ask where it was sold.

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