Xicheng, Caofu, Peony Courtyard upper room.

Zhao Jiashi saw that Xicai beside Chu Yu brought a little maid, came in with medicine, looked behind her, and asked, "Where is the big grandma?" Why didn't you see her coming? ”

From the night before yesterday to this morning, Zhao Jiashi drank five or six bowls of medicinal soup. Every time, Chu Yu brought the maid and the maid to send it to her, and respectfully asked her to take medicine.

Since she was "sick", she couldn't stop drinking this medicine, so she could only grit her teeth and pour this bitter medicine soup into her throat.

She didn't eat a few meals in a row, and it was when she was hungry that she drank this medicinal soup, and she felt her stomach tumbling, and she was regurgitating vigorously, which was extremely painful.

Xicai replied with a smile: "Madam, the two and five grids of our palace came to give New Year's gifts, and we accompanied them, for fear of delaying the second wife's medication, so we sent slaves and maids to send them over." ”

The day before yesterday, it was "enshrined", and today it is "Gege"? Zhao Jiashi pursed his lips and instructed Xicai: "Leave it there, I'll drink it later!" ”

Xicai smiled: "Second wife." Now it's cold outside, and when you bring it to the kitchen, most of this medicine is cold. If the second wife doesn't use it first, the slave and maid will have to go to the hot again. ”

Zhao Jiashi looked up at Xicai and sneered, "What? Your legs and feet are noble, and you can't run anymore? ”

Although he has scruples about Chu Yu, he is not afraid of a girl.

Xicai was choked, but she was smart, and said with a smile: "The second wife is joking, what kind of tablet is the slave maid, but I don't dare to say this like the second wife." ”

When Zhao Jiashi saw her smiling cat, she only felt tired and bored. Can I be angry with a girl, I don't have to tell people to laugh when I talk about it.

However, since the nephew and daughter-in-law didn't come to star, she said that she didn't want to drink this bitter medicine soup anymore.

Zhao Jiashi thought for a while, waved his hand at Xicai and said, "Go to the outhouse and wait, and give you the medicine bowl in a while!" ”

Although Xicai was ordered to come and "wait" for Zhaojia's to run out of medicine, her identity is limited, and she is not too disobedient to Zhaojia's family. Therefore, although he was reluctant, he still put the medicine bowl on the kang table and retreated to the outer room with the people.

Seeing that Xicai had taken people out, Zhao Jia's Fang Chong beckoned to the green chrysanthemum standing on the side, called her to the side of the kang, pointed to the bowl of medicine, and commanded in a low voice: "Ma Lidian, hurry up and pour it!" ”

Lu Ju was a little puzzled and asked, "Madam, where to pour?" ”

Her voice was loud, and Zhao Jiashi quickly made a silent gesture, and then stretched out her neck to listen carefully to the movement in the outhouse.

In order to cover up Fang Cai Lu Ju's gaffe, she said loudly: "Pour the candied fruit on the plate into the purse, and give it to the fourth and fifth girls for a while!" After speaking, he whispered: "Don't squeak, bring the bowl of medicine to the windowsill and pour it into the pot of eight treasures." ”

Seeing that Zhao Jia's was so careful, Lu Ju also lightly took the medicine bowl, walked to the window, and poured the medicine into the flower pot.

Zhao Jiashi looked at the bottom of the empty bowl, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, but there was no need to drink this bitter soup. She took the empty bowl from Lu Ju's hand, and said triumphantly to the outside world: "After drinking, come in and get the bowl!" ”

"Yes, Second Wife!" Xicai came in, glanced at Zhao Jia's, and took the empty medicine bowl with both hands.

Zhao Jiashi also frowned, and said to Xicai: "Tell you Gege, since the sister is here, it is serious to accompany me more, and I don't need to come over at night!" ”

Xicai answered, and went out with the little girl without mentioning it.

Zhao Jiashi touched his stomach, only to feel hungry and panicked. She made Green Chrysanthemum bring the candied fruit on a plate, and ate two pieces, which were really too sweet and greasy. Moreover, the more she ate, the more hungry she felt.

She sighed, thinking about the pheasant and roe deer meat that Cao Hao mentioned yesterday, which were all things she loved to eat.

Cao Yin and his wife are not in the capital, and she is the only elder in this capital mansion. In the past six months since she entered Beijing, whether it is seasonal fruits or all kinds of food, she can send them first in this hospital. No matter how ghostly the boss is, Chu Yu, the nephew and daughter-in-law, really has nothing to say to her. Even if it is a daughter-in-law, it is no different.

If it is as usual, the Fengtian game taken from the palace should be eaten first in her yard. Now, he can only take a bitter medicine soup. She originally wanted to send someone to the kitchen to get some food in private, but the deacon's daughters-in-law from all over the house were from the long house. She couldn't wipe that face, and let her subordinates gossip behind their backs, so she endured it.

The more hungry you are, the more you want to eat, the more hungry you are, Zhao Jiashi couldn't stand it, and said to Lu Ju: "Go to the drawer where the four girls put snacks and see if there is any jerky to eat." ”

Green chrysanthemum went in response, turned over for a long time, and only turned out a few almonds and half a handful of melon seeds.

The fourth sister and the fifth child are of the same age, and the little sisters often play together, and today they go to Mr. Zhuang's yard in the front yard to see Niuniu, and they are not in this yard.

Zhao Jia's family guards filial piety in the mansion, rarely goes out, and has fewer snacks for the fourth sister. Because the fifth elder brought food to his sister, Zhao Jia's family saw it, and said that it was all in the house, so he didn't prepare anything else.

Zhao Jia's is so hungry that he can't help but eat melon seeds slowly? She asked Green Ju to bring the almonds, but she didn't bother to rub the skin and put it directly in her mouth.

It's just three or five, not enough to stuff your teeth. Zhao Jia lay down on the pillow and began to sulk with himself. After this toss, everyone is pure, and she is uncomfortable alone.

She struggled in her heart, thinking about whether to directly ask someone to go to the kitchen to get food, if Cao Hao and the two of them asked, they only said that they were cured.

Just as he was hesitating, he heard someone enter the courtyard, and Zhao Jiashi hurriedly tilted his body, pretending to be sick, and said "oops, oops" in his mouth.

At this time, someone under the corridor said: "Second wife, the slave maid is Xiyun, and Gege sent the slave and maid to deliver things!" ”

Zhao Jia's heart wondered, this medicine has been "drunk", what else to give?

She really couldn't think of it, so she snorted at Lu Ju and said, "Call her in!" ”

Green Ju went out and picked up the curtain and invited Xiyun in.

Xiyun carried a lacquer flower food box in his hand, came in with a smile, and leaned over to see Zhaojia.

Zhao Jiashi looked at the food box in her hand and asked, "Xiyun, what did you Gege ask you to send here?" ”

Xiyun put the food box on the kang table, and while answering, he made a short plate from the inside out: "If you go back to the second wife, it is a finch cub that was fried in the kitchen, Gege said that this thing is hot and crispy, and it is also burnt when it is cold, so he specially asked the slave maid to send it over, saying that it was just right to make snacks for the fourth and fifth girls." ”

Zhao Jiashi looked over and saw a palm-sized white jade plate on the table, containing one, two, three, and four...... Four little golden sparrows.

Although there are not many things, because they are hot, the smell of meat is immediately heard when they are taken out.

Zhao Jia swallowed and foamed, unable to take his eyes off. Xiyun took out the things, looked around, and said, "The two girls are not here, the second wife, do you need the slave to collect this first, and go to the kitchen to heat it?" ”

Zhao Jiashi waved his hand hurriedly and said, "No, no, no, in this house, I will make people warm from the water, and it will not be cold, so why bother!" ”

Xiyun smiled when he heard this, picked up the empty food box, and said, "Since the second wife said so, the slave will go back to her life first!" ”

Zhao Jia's side endured hard, and when Xiyun left, he couldn't wait to call Lu Ju to serve, so he rubbed directly to the kang table, took a fried finch and sent it to his mouth...... * In Wutong Garden, the three sisters finished eating, and Chu Yu was talking with Ergege and Wugege, and saw Xiyun come back. She called Xiyun to her side and asked in a low voice, "How is it?" What food did you send over? ”

Xiyun said in a low voice: "Fried finch cubs, I only said that it was for the fourth girl and the fifth girl." The slave looked at the second wife as if she was so hungry that her eyes were about to pop out! ”

Chu Yu couldn't help frowning when he heard this, he hadn't eaten for the past two days, and he ate this greasy food directly, how could he stand it?

Xiyun saw Chu Yu's worries, and replied in a low voice: "In the kitchen, the slaves and maids have taken a closer look, and this smell is fragrant and seductive." Gege rest assured, the slave maid only loaded four, and did not dare to send more. ”

Chu Yu thought about it, and he was still a little worried, under the New Year, don't really get sick. Therefore, she said to Xiyun: "I still send someone to the kitchen to say, let them boil a bowl of bird's nest porridge and send it to the second wife, only eat this fried food, I am afraid that her stomach will not be able to stand it." ”

Xiyun responded with a smile and went out to look for someone.

Ergege and Wugege came for a long time, they wanted to see each other, they wanted to talk to their sister, and they saw that she was a maid and a woman here, and she always had housework to do, so the two got up to go back.

Chu Yu looked at the clock, it was almost Shen Chu (three o'clock in the afternoon), so he didn't keep them anymore. She asked someone to send a message to Ermen to prepare the carriage, and then watched them put on their cloaks and cloaks, and after covering them tightly, she personally sent them out.

Because Cao Hao hadn't come back yet, Chu Yu said to the two Gege with some guilt: "I said I was going back, but I don't know where it was delayed, don't blame the two sisters." ”

The carriage was already waiting here, and Erge held Wugege's hand and said to Chu Yu: "I'm busy at the end of the year, and it's not that I haven't seen my brother-in-law." Eldest sister, let's go back first, anyway, my sister and brother-in-law will go back to the palace for the New Year in a few days, and we'll talk again when the time comes! ”

Chu Yu nodded, instructed the maid guards who came with him to take care of it carefully, and asked Wu Sheng to send it with a few nurses, and the daughter-in-law also sent two.

Seeing his sister acting like this, Er Gege said with a smile: "Eldest sister, this is only a long way, it is worth this trouble!" ”

Chu Yu said: "At the end of the year, there are many people on the street, and my sisters have a noble status, so people collide, but how can they be good?" ”

Ergege knew her kindness, so he didn't say anything more, got into the carriage with Wugege, and went back to the palace.

* Cao Hao originally remembered that his two sisters-in-law would come to the house as guests today, and he thought about going back to the house for dinner, but it was really delayed as Chu Yu said.

Because at the end of the year, there was no errand in the yamen, Cao Hao turned around and went out of the yamen. He thought it was still early in the morning, and it would be okay to go home. The sisters-in-law came to talk to their sister, why did he, the brother-in-law, go back early to be an eyesore. As long as it's time to eat, go back and eat with you.

Thinking that since he came back from Outer Mongolia, he only went to the Thirteenth Elder Brother's Mansion once, so he went to Goldfish Alley.

The gate of the Thirteenth Elder Brother's Mansion was closed, and there was no joy in sight of the New Year. Cao Hao rode on his horse, looked at the somewhat old and dim gate, and sighed in his heart.

The thirteenth elder brother is also stubborn, even if Kangxi was angry with his son in his early years, it has been five or six years, and it should have almost disappeared. As long as the thirteenth elder brother admits his softness and hands Kangxi two copies of the Greetings Fold, the father and son will not be frozen like this.

It's just that although he understands these words in his heart, Cao Hao can't say them, the thirteenth elder brother has the pride of the thirteenth elder brother, and he doesn't need the pity and sympathy of outsiders. His persistence was due to his pride, and his pride did not allow him to slap his father, who had given up on him.

The thirteenth elder brother was bored, and was coaxing his sister-in-law Hongjun in the main room of the inner courtyard to teach him to write big characters.

Although he is four years old, he is young, and he was born in Layue, and he was only three weeks old a few days ago. Therefore, he had a hard time holding the pen.

The thirteenth elder brother spent a long time, so anxious that the sweat on his head came out, this little guy can still only draw one Dao, and the word "two" of the two Dao Dao can't draw anything.

The thirteenth elder brother really lost his patience, put aside his mistakes, and said with a wry smile: "Who is this child with?" He, Amma, was very smart when he was a child! ”

Thirteen Fujin listened and said with a smile: "Look at what the master said, don't you look at Hongtun is a little bigger?" Whose child is so young, the master is too anxious! ”

When the thirteenth elder brother heard this, he couldn't help but feel a hint of triumph. The other elder brothers were all enlightened at the age of six, but he entered the study before he was five years old. At that time, Huang Ama also personally taught him big characters...... What do you want to do with these old things? He suddenly felt lonely and shook his head.

At this time, I heard that a little eunuch came to report that Cao Hao, the head of Heshuo, was here and was waiting in the front hall.

The thirteenth elder brother smiled when he heard this, got up and said to the thirteenth Fujin: "Ye is looking for someone to talk to, this Cao Hao came at the right time." Prepare a few good dishes in the kitchen, and have a good drink with him. ”

Thirteen Fujin rarely saw that he was interested, so he responded with a smile and sent someone to the kitchen to spread the word......

(To be continued)