"Then you just wait here, I'll go and tell the second brother." Mi Zhen immediately smiled like a flower arrangement.

"Zhen'er." Liu Lan looked at Mi Zhen who said he would leave, and suddenly felt helpless, and hurriedly called him to stop.

"Xianggong?"

Mi Zhen heard Liu Lan calling him, hurriedly turned around, stared at Liu Lan with a pair of bright eyes, suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly said: "Xianggong, why are you still standing there, we have to go back to the house quickly, and let the second brother change someone to replace the old housekeeper." ”

Liu Lan came to Mi Zhen with tears and laughter, he really didn't find that he would have such a side, and persuaded patiently: "Zhen'er, do you think, will he send the old housekeeper to do the ordinary trivial things on weekdays?" Probably not. But why did you have to let the old housekeeper go to Liaodong in person this time? This shows that this matter is extremely important, and only the old housekeeper can solve it himself. At the end, he said with a smile: "This is called a veteran out of the horse a top two, you go back now and let your second brother change, how can you find the right candidate for a while, if there is really a suitable candidate, your second brother will not send the old housekeeper to Liaodong, are you right." ”

"But, but."

Mi Zhen pouted and wanted to say something, but Liu Lan smiled and slapped her lightly, and said, "Didn't Zhen'er say that she was smarter than me, why did she be confused today?" ”

"Hmph." Mi Zhen snorted unconvinced, but his words also made her understand completely, as for the humming on his lips, he expressed his dissatisfaction to Liu Lan, who dared to beat him, but soon, Mi Zhen's attention returned to the old housekeeper: "Then Xianggong, what should I do now." ”

"You don't have to do anything, just let the old butler go to sea quickly. In this way, won't the old butler be able to come back sooner? It can also be less tiring, right? ”

"Xianggong. I found one thing. Mi Zhen looked at her and said quite formally.

"What did you find?" Looking at the solemn face in front of him, Liu Lan unconsciously puffed up his chest. Said: "Don't worship me, although Xianggong is a little more handsome and handsome than others, but I still need to work hard to do better, you will make me proud." ”

Mi Zhen listened to him boast and giggled: "Yes, why didn't Zhen'er find out?" After a while, he said: "But Zhen'er found that you are smart in big things and confused in small things." It's not like Zhen'er, but it's a big mess. In the end, it was inaudible.

"Why didn't I find out?" Liu Lan laughed.

"So you mean I'm stupid?" Mi Zhen glanced at him and said coquettishly.

"Nothing, nothing."

Liu Lan explained: "I didn't say you were stupid. He whispered: "Besides, didn't the ancients say that a woman is virtuous if she is not talented." ”

Mi Zhen listened to his praise, and said with a smile: "Is Xianggong saying that Zhen'er is virtuous?" ”

It's just a little missing, though. Liu Lan muttered, he thought his voice was low, but he didn't want to be heard clearly by Mi Zhen. Immediately, his color changed, and he said angrily: "Xianggong, you actually said that Zhen'er lacks virtue? The eyes of the cut water were really about to burst into tears this time.

Liu Lan didn't expect Mi Zhen to react so much, and hurriedly explained: "Look. You see, you're mistaken again. As he spoke, he shook his head and sighed, saying, "I mean that your 'virtue' is missing a little bit." But there are just a lot of talents, so my family is a good woman with both ability and integrity. At the end, it was like a summary. Said: "So, my family is not only capable of both ability and political integrity. is one in a million, and there is no woman in the world who can be compared with my family. ”

Mi Zhen was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "You will coax people,"

"Where is this coaxing people, what I can say is from the bottom of my heart." Liu Lan patted his chest and swore solemnly.

"It's strange to believe you." Mi Zhen said so, but that moving style, no matter how you look at it, it looks like it is true.

Liu Lan smiled a few times with a shy face, and then said, "Zhen'er, you wait for me for a while." ”

"Hmm."

Mi Zhen responded obediently, but hurriedly asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

Liu Lan pointed to the old housekeeper and said, "Of course, let the old housekeeper go to sea faster." ”

Mi Zhen's cheeks were squeezed, and she looked down at Liu Lan, who was walking towards the old housekeeper, her eyes were full of tenderness and sweetness, but she didn't know what to think in her heart, but her flowery face was getting redder and redder, and finally she glanced at Liu Lan with some disgust.

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Liu Lan came to the old housekeeper and said with a smile: "The old housekeeper can leave with confidence, Zhen'er, I have already said it." ”

"Thank you, Uncle." The old butler said gratefully.

"The old housekeeper doesn't need to be polite, he is reckless." Liu Lan waved his hand and said disappreciatively.

"Miss, she has been affectionate since she was a child, although she is arrogant, but she has no bad intentions, and the old slave also knows that she is good to the old slave, but this business is ......" said at the end with a sigh.

Liu Lan came here to ask the old housekeeper what to do in Liaodong, but at the last moment he did not ask recklessly, although Liaodong is his master, but the key is that he and the Mi family marry, if this is to ask more, but to ask for trouble, making it difficult for Tian Chou and Yan Rou to do This is not a superfluous move, if the Mi family really encountered something difficult to deal with in Liaodong, no need for him to ask, Mi Zhu came to the door early in the morning.

Immediately said some polite words after the old housekeeper said goodbye and embarked on the trip, and Liu Lan also arrived in Qu County with everyone, Mi Fu had already received the news, the middle door was opened early in the morning, Liu Lan rode on a horse, and saw a tall man standing in front of the house from a distance, his appearance was quite handsome, and Mi Zhu and Mi Zhen have a few similarities, no need to think about it to guess that this person is Mi Zhen's brother, Mi Fang, Mi Zifang.

When everyone came to the house, Dongmei helped Mi Zhen to get out of the car, and when the latter got out of the car and saw the second brother Mi Fang, he happily stepped forward and grabbed his arm and introduced to Liu Lan: "Xianggong, this is my brother Mi Fang." ”

Liu Lan bowed his hand and said with a smile: "Second brother." ”

"Deran Gong, look up for a long time."

The two exchanged pleasantries, Mi Fang let Liu Lan into the mansion, and after a few people rested, they were invited to the banquet hall by Mi Fang. At this time, a feast had already been set up in the hall, waiting for Liu Lan, the new aunt, to come to the banquet. After all, it is the home of rich and noble eunuchs, and it is inevitable that there will be no shortage of ceremonies and music before the banquet. However, at Liu Lan's request, these red tapes will be waived, of course, if there are Confucian students like Kong Rong, it is inevitable to say that we must lead by example, otherwise we will not be polite for three years, and the etiquette will be bad.

Liu Lan and Mi Zhen occupy a seat, sit on the same table, and the others each occupy a seat, sitting on the mat, and the wine and food are ready for a while. I saw that the dishes were sumptuous before the short table, especially a crab with a fat body was the most eye-catching.

This Tong crab is a special product of Qu County, and eating Tong crab is more fun, a plate of red Tong Tong crab, accompanied by an intoxicating umami served a few, to peel the shell and take the chela, remove the crab roe, cool vinegar and ginger to eat, suddenly feel full of fragrant and fresh.

Mi Zhen whispered in his ear: "Xianggong, the meat of the Tong crab is the most delicate, especially the meat on the back feet and paws is fatter. Its freshness is incomparable, and there is a saying that "crab is tasteless". As he spoke, he pointed to the ginger and vinegar and said, "And the vinegar and ginger used by my brother today are extraordinary, so you must try more!" ”

"A must." Liu Lan chuckled shyly, but his eyes moved to these condiments. "Isn't it just some ginger and vinegar?" What's so special? ”

"Xianggong didn't know that this ginger was a big ginger produced in Daze Mountain, Jiaodong Kingdom, which was not only expensive. It is transported from Jiaodongguo, and how much does it cost. If you want to eat Jiaodong ginger in Qu County, even if the rich family is willing to buy it, they may not be willing to use it! ”

That's true. How can ancient logistics be compared to later generations, and it is still this little ginger, it is a pity to buy it for consumption on weekdays with a huge amount of money, so it is often used to entertain distinguished guests, nodding in agreement: "Yes, this big ginger is transported to Qu County, and it is too expensive to buy it, but it is better to spend a small amount of money to buy some ordinary ginger, if it is too cheap, the trader will lose money, such chicken ribs, it can indeed be seen that your brother really feels sorry for you!" ”

"What's the matter, it's my brother who values you!" Mi Zhen said.

"Are you a fool? Based on your previous explanation, you must love to eat Tong crabs, and your brother knows that your little gluttonous cat loves to eat, so he specially prepared it for you, right, and said that he valued me? Liu Lanwan said with a smile.

"It's all the same!" Mi Zhen spit out his little tongue, how could he think that he was a woman, it was clearly the 'little pot friend' who was cute and cute, and said: "Xianggong, this vinegar (vinegar) is even more rare, this is the balsamic vinegar produced in Dantu County, legend, this balsamic vinegar is made by Du Kang's son Heita." ”

"This is the first time I've heard of it, so let's hear about it!" Liu Lan pricked up his ears and asked curiously.

"Legend has it that Du Kang made Du Kang wine, and their family moved to Dantu County, and the family opened a small trough workshop outside the city to make a living by making wine and selling wine!"

Mi Zhen talked about allusions, but was interrupted by Liu Lan: "Say vinegar!" ”

"I hate it, who asked you to urge it, this has to be told from the beginning!" Mi Zhen said a little unhappily.

"Okay, okay, if you want to talk from the beginning, then I'm willing to listen from the beginning!" Liu Lan looked helpless, naturally he didn't dare to show it, and pretended to be deaf: "Then what about after they sold wine, they invented vinegar?" ”

"Yes, Du Kang's son Heta helped him make wine, whether it was carrying water or moving the tank in the workshop, he did everything anyway, and later raised a black horse, one day, Heita finished the work and added a few buckets of water to the wine tank in the tank, and then moved the wine jar with great interest and drank several catties of wine in one go, but he didn't expect to get drunk, and it didn't take long for Heita to go back to his room drunk and sleep, and suddenly ......"

Mi Zhen exclaimed, although the voice was small, it really scared Liu Lan, his heart was pounding, and he said bitterly: "Say it well, don't be surprised." "I say this on my lips, but I am bitter in my heart, and I am not telling ghost stories, as for such a godly chatter? Even the cold hairs are standing up, but after talking about it for a long time, it has nothing to do with vinegar and half a dime, is it okay for you to talk about vinegar directly? But no matter how much grievance she has in her heart, she can't care about this with the little woman, not to mention that she is so interested now, so she has to pretend to be attentive and ask, "What happened later?" ”

"Later, after the black tower fell asleep, he heard a thunder in his ears, and he opened his eyes in a daze, Xianggong, guess what?" Mi Zhen looked at Liu Lan with the eyes of the school examination.

"What's the matter? It can't be seeing immortals, right? Liu Lan is a descendant, naturally read too much about the ancient books that say those fairy and strange things, especially those who took a bath by the river, and suddenly a flying rainbow entered the belly and was pregnant with a certain great sage rumors are even more scornful, in his opinion, most of the time she was seen by passers-by when she was bathing by the river and XXOO, and then pregnant with wild seeds, those flying rainbows into the belly or something, just to tout the extraordinary sound of those great sages, to deceive the ignorant people in ancient times, to deceive the ignorant people in ancient times, it is really difficult to deceive modern people.

"Xianggong is so smart!" Mi Zhen said with admiration.

Damn, is it really right? Liu Lan smiled bitterly in his heart, but listened to Mi Zhen continue: "After Heita woke up, he saw a white-haired old man standing in the room, who was smiling and pointing to the vat and said to him: "Heita, the seasoning elixir you brewed has been twenty-one days, and you can taste it today." ”

Heita was about to ask again, but when he knew that the old man was gone, he shouted loudly: "Immortal, immortal!" Unexpectedly, he woke himself up, and then he realized that he had just seen and heard in a dream.

It's a dream, I think I'm really a fairy, but this kind of dream, if he doesn't hear it, but someone else, I'm afraid I will really think that the old man who dreamed is a fairy. Liu Lan nodded and said, "And then, the black tower is brewing vinegar?" ”

"Don't interrupt me!" Mi Zhen pouted in protest before he said: "After the black tower woke up, he thought back to what happened in the dream, and felt strange in his heart, the vat was only filled with sake lees for feeding the horses and a few buckets of water, how could it be a seasoned elixir?" In his heart, he was suspicious, Xianggong, you think, he drank wine before going to bed, and he would definitely have dry lips when he woke up suddenly, so he ran to drink a bowl of seasoned elixir that the immortals said, guess what......

Liu Lan didn't wait for him to say, took over the conversation, and said: "He drank it, but he didn't expect to find that what he drank was fragrant, sour, and sweet vinegar!" ”

"Xianggong, have you known this story for a long time, and you have been lying to Zhen'er!" Mi Zhen never believed that Liu Lan could guess it at once, he must have known this story a long time ago.

"No, I'm guessing, there's no way, who made you too smart!"

"No shame!" (To be continued.) )