Chapter 9: The Lost Goose

When he woke up on the second day, his cousin Xie Shang had already left, Xie An rubbed his eyes, and looked at the sky at noon. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

He walked around the study and touched all the books, and there was no Penglai book that could enter the meditation world last night.

There is such an open thing as Penglai classics in this world, and it is not accidental that I was able to contact that world last night, as long as I touch the classics with divine power again, I can enter Penglai Pavilion to take a look, right?

And Xie Shang said that only those who have the ability can go to Penglai Pavilion.

To prove one's ability in this era, then it should be ranked on the list of nine products and three.

The 'library card' written on the door of the meditation world that I saw last night may have something to do with the ranking of the nine products.

He turned around the study again, and found that there was a two-story pavilion, and there was a door to the second-floor pavilion, and the door could not be pushed open. There are words on the door, scribbled like a drawing, and it is cursive.

Xie An had been exposed to cursive writing in his previous life, but he was satisfied with just getting started and recognizing the characters.

"The word behind the back, you can only enter when you break the word, this word is for my father's ten years of skill."

It should be left by his uncle Xie Kun to his son Xie Shang, and the upstairs is probably where the Xie family collects Penglai's rerecorded classics, and his cousin Xie Shang has been transcribing it three times, and it seems that he has already broken it.

What is it?

And breaking the word, what kind of breaking method is it?

He was about to reach forward and reach to open the copy, but found that he was ...... Not high enough.

Well, it's a long time coming! Xie An rubbed his hungry stomach and decided to leave more time for himself to digest so much information, calligraphy is not a one-day achievement, and he has to rely on the foundation of calligraphy in his previous life to enter the weak fish pond.

And in the mouths of the elders, there are many people who are about the same age as him who can enter the weak fish pond.

It seems that there is no golden finger in calligraphy, only talent and hard work can preach.

In broad daylight, you can finally observe the situation at home, a typical Jiangnan house, but not as beautiful as the gardens of later generations, but it is also interesting.

The name of the book pavilion is the Mao Ying Pavilion, there is a water pool next to the pavilion, the dry lotus isolates the floating algae, there is a pavilion hanging with a bamboo curtain to block the wind on the side of the pool, it is called the Canglang Pavilion, the names of both are taken from Qu Yuan's "The Fisherman" in "The Clearness of the Canglang Water, You Can Wet My Ying; The water of the waves is turbid, and it can wet my feet."

Jiangnan houses have their own beautiful characteristics in the four seasons, such as in winter, plum blossoms are the best decoration.

In the first year of Yongjia, the first emperor Sima Rui and Wang Dao Situ crossed the river, and the Xie family has been operating in Jiankang for nearly ten years, although this house is not luxurious, it is also pure and elegant.

The first thing to do is, of course, clean and convenient, the problem of convenience is not much to say, anyway, it is a bitter word, and it is convenient to secretly take a few pieces of paper, after all, paper is expensive!

Cleaning teeth is made with salt, but thanks to him, when he was in Yan County, he begged his eldest brother to use the rabbit hair of the pen to tie a small brush, which was used as a toothbrush, which was necessary for home travel.

In winter, when it is cold, the servants are called to boil hot water and take a bath, and change and wash up.

The servants are all northern refugees, most of whom are tenants who are attached to the Xie family, and when it comes to tenants, the northern scholars will occupy mountains and land after coming to Jiangdong, and then take in the displaced people as tenants in the clan.

Tenants do not sell themselves, and they can pay rent regularly.

However, the Xie family still has a military household, and the military household is equivalent to selling himself to the military government, and he has to go into battle whenever there is a war, and it is hereditary.

Xie An knew from the domestic servant that the eldest brother Xie Yi had just sent Kong Yan away, and the two old friends talked nonsense all night.

Father Xie handled official business in the ministry, Xie Shang went out to meet friends, and Father Xie's two harems helped marinate meat in the kitchen.

Xie An and Xie Yi were born to the Sun family and are the main wife.

After Sun's death, Father Xie accepted Jiao's family, who gave birth to his fourth brother, as a concubine, but because of Jiao's background, he did not correct it.

The second brother Xie Zhi's mother is a concubine Zhou, Zhou is a believer in the Taoist master, and most of the time is spent in Taoist meditation in the Taoist temple, and this time the second brother went to her with his wife.

In the kitchen are the Zhuang and Koo families who marinate the meat.

Zhuang is the servant who has served Xie's father for many years, and Gu is the daughter of a northern homeless who was sold to be a musician, and was later rescued by Xie's father and became a family servant.

It seems that Daddy's harem is quite rich and harmonious, Xie An couldn't help but sigh.

Jiangdong area light snow season pickles, heavy snow pickled meat, now the heavy snow has just arrived, the cold weather is just busy with these, Zhuang is in his thirties, looks gentle and kind.

In this year, people eat two meals, one in the morning and one in the evening, and now it is noon, and there is sweet potato rice specially left for Xiaolang in the morning.

There is also a basket of cracked steamed cakes, dipped in osmanthus sugar and eaten, soft and fragrant.

Zhuang saw that Xie An was coughing, took out the autumn pear paste and brewed a cup of water for him to moisten his throat, the paste not only contains pears but also ginger and monk fruit, which is a good medicine for coughing and moistening the lungs.

Xie An eats satisfied, although the standard of living in ancient times was not developed, as long as there are ingredients and a pair of skillful hands, even ordinary food will be delicious.

Seeing that there was a piece of land in front of the kitchen, Zhuang said that this land was used to grow herbs.

"Aunt Zhuang still uses medicine?" Xie An asked.

Zhuang was comforted by his Aunt Zhuang's call, and his smile was a little more, "In the past, my mother's family opened a pharmacy, and I planted some at home when I had nothing to do, and I passed the time." ”

Gu was born in Leki, in his twenties, with the appearance of a small jasper, and he spoke timidly and quietly, and at this moment he was holding a small jar, picking out a green plum from it and putting it in Xie An's mouth.

She whispered, "I've been pickling for half a year, and it's good for my throat." ”

After getting along for a while, Xie An concluded that these two little mothers should get along well, Zhuang's took care of the kitchen meals, and Gu's helped to help, and she had a good temperament, looked delicate, and was deeply favored by Xie's father.

Now there is only the Jiao family who gave birth to the fourth brother.

After some side knocks, Xie An found that everyone avoided talking about Jiao's family, and they couldn't afford to hide from it.

Isn't it fierce? Xie An speculated that he was about to go to the West Courtyard to meet his fourth brother, when he heard the cook shouting at the back door, "Ouch, I caught a goose!" Old fat! ”

Xie An is particularly sensitive to geese, and when he heard the sound, he went out and saw the cook holding a big white goose and walked happily to the kitchen.

The big white goose quacked in horror, and struggled with fluttering, and its white feathers flew wildly.

"Drop it, put it down!" Zhuang hurriedly said, "Aunt Fang forgot again, we only caught a goose a few days ago at the back door, but Xiao Shiro asked you to slaughter the goose to eat, and just slaughtered the other door, the Wang family came to look for the goose, saying that it was lost by his little lady, but the result is still true, so angry that the old man grounded Xiao Shilang, and he hasn't released it yet." ”

Gu Shi also hurriedly said: "The baby goose of the little lady of the Wang family has the fragrance of ink, you smell it." ”

Aunt Fang pursed her lips, "What is the smell of ink, the slave family has never smelled it, and the famous lady is a goose idiot, it's really strange!" ”

The little lady of the Wang family? Wang Xizhi?

Xie An hurriedly stepped forward and held the goose in his arms, and found that the goose was extremely cleanly washed, and there was a smell of sandalwood in its wings, most of which was specially smoked.

The back door of Xie Mansion happened to be facing a back door of the Wang family, Xie An volunteered to send it over, and it happened to meet the poor Lori - listening to Xie Shang's words last night made him even more curious about Wang Xizhi.

And it is normal for neighbors to visit each other, he asked Gu for a small jar of pickled plums, and went to the back door of Wang's house with the goose, which happened to open a gap, and I think this goose ran out like this.

There are bamboo forests on both sides of the path, and the bamboo leaves are covered with layers of snowflakes, which are crushed and heavy, and when the wind passes through the forest, there is a rustling sound, and the backyard is already silent, and the sound of the wind leaves is even calmer.

There is only one road, Xie An walked to the end, through the arch, and there was a small courtyard, and there was a square and blue pond in the courtyard, and there were a few geese swimming in the pond.

A red-clothed snow fur little Lori was sitting on the edge of the pool, staring at the pool in a daze, while stretching out her fingers in the air and not knowing what she was paddling.

There was a small table with a few pebbles on it.

At this time, the goose in Xie An's arms quacked.

Xie An was itchy from the tip of his nose from the fluttering wings of the goose, and sneezed several times in a row.

Little Lori turned her head to look at her slowly, as if the two were already very familiar.

The red mattress jacket, the short snow coat, the round face, the eyes reflect the surroundings like black pearls, and there is no trace of panic and unhappiness that is interrupted from contemplation.

"Do you like geese?" Little Lori's face was red from the cold, and her voice was sweet and very cute.

Xie An suddenly had a bad heart, and replied happily: "Of course I like it!" Marinated goose paws, pan-fried foie gras, braised goose meat, bean drum goose sausage, braised whole goose, grilled goose...... I love them all! ”