On the evening of the 10th day of the first month of May, the weather in the capital turned cloudy, and there was a slight rain at the first quarter of the first month (9:15 p.m.). Both officials and ordinary people are looking forward to the rain to alleviate the drought and heat in the capital. God prefers to play tricks on people, and the next morning the sky is clear, where can I see the rain?

Due to the fact that the prayer for rain from the sixth to the eighth day of the first lunar month did not show any results, the Ministry of Rites still prayed for rain in accordance with the previous holy decree, beating from the eleventh to the thirteenth and the third day of the year. It's just that the lamas who originally prayed for rain in the monasteries stopped praying for rain and began to chant sutras to pray when the epidemic was gone.

On the evening of the eleventh day, as in the tenth day of the first month, the weather turned cloudy at night, and it rained lightly for a while; The twelfth day is clear, the first day of the evening is more light rain, the second watch actually rains heavily, and the third watch gradually stops.

After the rain, the capital suddenly added a lot of freshness. Cao Hao stood in the courtyard and looked up at the two sycamores, although they had been washed by the rainstorm, they seemed to be much more verdant than they were carefully cared for.

This rain dispelled the summer heat, and it was also very beneficial to eliminate the epidemic as soon as possible, and Cao Hao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Chu Yu was worried about the people of Gyeonggi because of the drought, but now that it is raining, he is also in a good mood: "E, it was really difficult to endure a few days ago, and it has rained now, so I don't have to be as busy as before when I think you come to your household!" ”

Cao Hao, who took the people from the infantry army yamen to follow the fourth elder brother to prevent the epidemic, went out early and returned late, and was so tired that he lost a lot of weight. In order not to worry Chu Yu, he lied that the division was busy with the statistics of Zhili's money and food reduction over the years.

Chu Yu thought of getting all kinds of supplements, but because Cao Hao was a corpse patient every time he saw these days, where was there any good appetite? But if you have meat, you will be sick to your stomach when you see it. Chu Yu was secretly anxious, so he sorted out and said that he was studying vegetarian dishes in a different way, and the situation was better.

Hearing Chu Yu mention the errand, Cao Hao said with a smile: "Where is it that a rain can be solved, I will be busy for a while, and it should be better by the end of the month!" ”

When Chu Yu heard that he was still busy for more than half a month, he couldn't help but worry about Cao Hao's body, and his brows were tightly locked.

Cao Hao patted her shoulder and said, "I'm fine, it was caused by the heat a few days ago, and it was a bit bitter summer, this rain will come down, and the weather will be cooler, and it will be fine!" It's so tired that you've eaten vegetarian food with me for several days, and you don't have to do it anymore when you start eating! ”

Chu Yu nodded meekly, and Xiyun and Xicai set up breakfast in the house and came out to invite the two masters.

In addition to a few side dishes and two plates of dumplings, there are also two kinds of porridge, one bowl of turquoise and one bowl of golden brown. This green is spinach porridge, which is made by grinding rice into minced pieces, adding spinach juice and salt, which is fragrant. The golden one is replaced with spinach juice and pumpkin puree. These two porridge products were pondered by Chu Yu during this time, the spinach porridge is just in line with Cao Hao's appetite, and the pumpkin porridge is sweet and glutinous, and she likes it very much.

Cao Hao thought that Chu Yu was okay at home, and was afraid that she would be bored, so he pointed to the two porridges and said: "These are indeed good things to raise people, and it would be a bit of a waste for us to eat them ourselves!" If Chu Yu is free, he can organize these developed dishes and porridge into a book, and we will send a copy to the Chunping Palace, the third sister, and the parents in the south. Other good friends are also keeping up with what they like to eat, so that everyone can also see the virtue of our Chu Yu! ”

Chu Yu nodded while listening, but finally blushed when he heard the sentence praising himself, and said after a while: "The palace and the third sister and the south are okay to say, other people, will there be some ostentatiousness?" Although we are kind, we don't have to make people laugh! ”

Cao Hao smiled and said, "Then we won't give it to them, just give it to the family!" Even if no one gives it, it is better to keep it for our sons and daughters, grandchildren, and granddaughters! It's called "Chu Yu Cookbook", and it will be the heirloom of our family! ”

Listening to Cao Hao's mouth, his sons, daughters, grandchildren and grandchildren all came out, although Chu Yu was blushing, he asked with bright eyes: "Is this appropriate?" Aren't these heirlooms all antique calligraphy and paintings, and rare treasures? ”

Cao Hao shook his head: "It's so cheesy, what we want to leave to our children and daughters must be unparalleled and unique." Every dish in this recipe is developed by you, a mother-in-law, a grandmother, a daughter-in-law, a granddaughter-in-law, a daughter-in-law who enters the door, a granddaughter-in-law, let's let her copy a copy! ”

Chu Yu couldn't help but touch her belly, her face was a little lonely, and she immediately remembered what her husband said to herself, whether this woman's belly is pregnant or not is not something that the woman can decide, it depends on the man's side. If a man is strong and strong, he will naturally let his wife conceive earlier; The man's body is in trouble, and his wife can't do it. I remembered what my husband said, first regulate a period of time, and wait for a while before having a child.

In order not to make Cao Hao "sad", Chu Yu's lonely expression turned around, and in a blink of an eye, he changed his smiling face and asked, "How can I use Chu Yu's name?" In this way, it is not inconvenient for them to talk about it in the future! ”

The names of the ancients and elders should be avoided, Cao Hao nodded: "That's right, I was careless, but I didn't notice these!" Then Chu Yu think about it again, what is the right name! ”

Chu Yu looked at Cao Hao with a smile: "If Chu Yu did it, wouldn't it be impossible for Chu Yu to be a father and a grandfather?" ”

"Be a daddy, be a grandfather!" Cao Hao couldn't help but laugh, the two young couples were newly married, and when they talked about the future, they were promoted two generations in a row. Thinking of the picture of his beard and hair all white, leaning on the recliner leisurely, and chatting with Chu Yu, he couldn't help but think about it again.

Cao Hao raised his head, looked at the sycamore in the courtyard through the window screen, and said, "Why don't you use the name of our yard, called "Tongyuan Recipe", Chu Yu is okay to listen to?" ”

Chu Yu thought for a while: "Listen well, although it's not gorgeous, but it's just the right time!" Speaking of this, he looked at Cao Hao with some embarrassment: "Forehead, Chu Yu is not proficient in cooking, I don't know when I will be able to write this recipe!" ”

Cao Hao couldn't help but wonder: "It's not what you want, what's the hurry?" If you add two dishes a year, there will be a hundred dishes in the past 50 years! ”

Chu Yu nodded hurriedly: "Today, Chu Yu will write these two porridges and the 'Breeze Buddha Willow' the night before yesterday!" ”

After eating, after hitting Wutong Garden, Cao Hao looked at his pocket watch, it was already the second quarter of the first month of Mao (half past seven in the morning).

Maybe it was the Fengdun County Palace's effect, or maybe those princes and nobles also realized the seriousness of the situation, and the inspection and epidemic prevention a few days ago were very smooth. The mansions where some people died violently due to the epidemic were also supervised by the infantry yamen; Even if there are no sick people, they are very cooperative in trying to minimize going out.

When I arrived in the front yard, I happened to see Wei Bai coming in from outside, and when he saw Cao Hao, he hugged his fists and said, "Childe!" ”

Cao Hao saw that he was dry, and there was less mud and water on his shoes, so he remembered the rain last night and asked, "Is this coming back in the morning?" ”

Wei Bai smiled and nodded: "I came back before dawn, found something, and added ingredients to those bastards!" ”

"It's a death on the left and right, why bother you so much? In the end, you need to pay attention to something, the epidemic is not a joke at this time, and the palace guards also have vigilant people, don't put you in! Cao Hao knew that they had a deep brotherly relationship, and he was afraid that he would make a mistake because of this, so he couldn't help but give another advice.

Wei Bai's face was a little more angry: "Since it hurt my brother and blocked the son, if he dies so easily, it won't be cheaper for them!" Childe rest assured, Lao Bai knows in his heart, and he no longer dares to be as arrogant as usual. We're not afraid of real knives and guns, but we still need to be wary of that dirty method! ”

Cao Hao knew that if Wei Bai was not allowed to take such a breath, he was afraid that he would not be able to stop, so he would not say more, but still gave him the safety of the mansion, and took Xiaoman and the Wu family brothers to the Bujun Yamen.

Originally, according to Tuo Heqi's meaning, it was not good to bother Cao Hao every time he went over, so he proposed to call the officers and soldiers who went with Cao Hao to prevent the epidemic to wait at Cao's Mansion. Cao Hao didn't like publicity, and he didn't want to risk letting the people in the mansion get sick, so he politely declined Tuo Heqi's kindness.

I think it was because Cao Hao led people to seal the Dunjun Palace, and now the Bujun Yamen treats him differently than in the past. Not only did Tuo Heqi seem more courteous, but even the soldiers below treated him politely. Many people have seen the things that are said, Cao Hao is so not afraid of the powerful, it is for the people of the city, he really deserves everyone's thumbs up and praises "good".

Only Chang Ling was a little wary of Cao Hao's cordiality, and privately asked the soldiers who said that Cao Hao went to Shichahai, but he didn't find anything abnormal. What's more, in the past two days, news has come out from the Dunjun Royal Mansion that many people have symptoms of the epidemic and have died several nursing homes.

Chang Ling really couldn't figure out Cao Hao's intentions, even if he looked good, but he was born in a family, and he should know that he was afraid of it since he was a child. What is the purpose of doing this now? Is it really so selfless, so harmless? For some reason, he always didn't believe it, and he was wary of his cousin from the first time they met.

Changling also had doubts about the relationship between the Fucha family and the Cao family, which is not like relatives and not like a living person. Because his mother went early, he basically had no impression of his uncle's family, and he rarely heard his father mention it.

Today, Cao Hao came to the Yamen of the Army, and Tuo Heqi's diligence was a little more, but he had a plan: "Forehead, if this is a nine-gate inspection today, I'm afraid I won't be able to go to the mansions with the forehead!" ”

Cao Hao looked at Tuoheqi with a little smile, and didn't know whether to praise this Tuoheqi for "knowing practice", in order to spare his life, he didn't even want a face.

Seeing Cao Hao's strange smile, Tuo Heqi couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and said, "It's really not that I have the intention to shirk, this ...... This one...... There are some inconveniences. Due to his physical discomfort, he reported to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for medical treatment. I went to the imperial doctor in the palace, but it didn't look very good. The third elder brother and the fourth elder brother have explained, and now I am afraid that they will go to their house to deal with it. In the early years, there was some misunderstanding with the Duke of E, but it was not appropriate to come to the door like this! ”

"Auxiliary Gong Efei?" Cao Hao pondered for a moment, and the middle-aged man who looked a little thin and had a bit of a gaffe after hearing about his birthday appeared in his mind: "Isn't Lord E the Minister of the Interior?" Why didn't you follow the river? ”

Tuo Heqi said with a smile: "It's just temporary, this minister of the guard was originally the younger brother of Empress Xiao Zhaoren, Guoyi Gong Ah Ling, two years ago, Ah Ling Ah Yin...... Because the party's attached prince Brother was punished, he was dismissed from the post of Minister of the Interior, and he was temporarily replaced by the Duke of E. A few years ago, Ah Ling'a recovered, and Egong unloaded his errand! ”

It's Empress Xiao Zhaoren's family again, so isn't Ah Ling'a also the maternal uncle of the tenth elder brother? Cao Hao couldn't help but have a headache, he really didn't expect that the power behind the tenth elder brother would be so strong. Perhaps, the eighth elder brother is not simply a brotherhood in wooing the tenth elder brother like this, I am afraid that there are also calculations in it.

Efei's Guogong Mansion is near Fangjia Hutong, not far from Chongwenmen.

I have seen the Prince Beizi Mansion in the past two years, and the Guogong Mansion here seems to be very uneyed, if it is not for the sign of the Guogong Mansion, it is just an old mansion.

came out to answer the housekeeper of the public mansion, a middle-aged man in his forties. Cao Hao asked about Guogong's illness twice, and replied that it was "full of swelling and swelling, and he didn't want to eat and drink", which was not the same as the symptoms of the epidemic in other people's homes at the moment. Even if the doctor diagnosed it, he also said so, only saying that it was because of the summer heat, and prescribed some medicine to clear the heart and calm the nerves.

For some reason, Cao Hao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Recently, most of the people who died due to the epidemic were old and weak women and children, like ordinary young people, even if they were infected, they would not be bedridden, and there was room for healing. There are very few people who are as lucky as Mrs. Jue Luo to be cured.

In order to prevent the problem before it happens, Cao Hao inevitably made an explanation of the epidemic prevention to the housekeeper, and finally proposed to visit Xia Guogong before he proposed it. The housekeeper was a little surprised, and didn't dare to make his own opinion, so he asked Cao Hao to wait for a while, and then went in to ask the master.

Cao Hao was a little nervous in his heart, and although he had spoken twice to his former boss, he did not seem close. But for some reason, I just want to see him.

(To be continued)