Chapter 56: The prince and princess are also short of money
ps: The first day of Sanjiang, two shifts today, there is still a chapter before nine o'clock in the evening.
Although it was very cool in the pavilion, after lunch, several people were still sweating, and Wen'er immediately asked people to serve dessert after the meal, which was also the focus of Li Su's careful preparation. I saw a few maids bring each of them a small lamp, which was also covered with a lid, and the silk thread was floating on the surface of the small lamp.
Li Zhi and the others opened the lid at Li Su's signal, and saw that inside the small bowl was a very brightly colored snow-like thing, and some fruit pulp and cheese were dotted among them, which looked very appetizing. The painting presented the prepared small spoon, and everyone immediately couldn't wait to taste it, and was immediately conquered by the delicate, smooth, and cool taste, sweet and with a strong milky aroma, which made people taste Chapter 56 The prince and princess couldn't help but want to eat the second bite because they were short of money.
This is exactly Li Su's homemade ice cream, mixed with milk, cream, honey, egg yolk and other main ingredients in a certain proportion, and then put it in an ice cellar to freeze, and then take it out after hardening, put the prepared pulp and cheese crumbs, and the taste is definitely no worse than any ice cream he has eaten in his previous life.
"Sixth brother, this thing is so delicious!" Gao Yang praised loudly while eating, ice cream is already loved by girls, and in such a hot weather, eating a bite of cold and sweet ice cream is definitely a supreme enjoyment.
"Of course, this thing is called ice cream, which is not only delicious, but also can beat the heat, and it is the best cold drink in the summer." Li Su said proudly, but it's a pity that Qinghe and they eat and taste delicious food, and no one listens to him at all.
At this time, the little brother looked at his brother and sister's Xiao Zhan, and then looked at his own, and suddenly said angrily: "Sixth brother, you are eccentric, why is the ice cream of the son only half a bowl, but yours is full?" The son's words attracted Li Zhi, who was bowing his head and eating violently, and looked at the ice cream in his hand, which was indeed only half a bowl.
"Son, although this ice cream can cool off, Chapter 56 The prince and princess are also short of money, but they should not eat more, especially a child like you, if you eat too much, you will have a stomachache." Li Su replied helplessly, originally he didn't want his son to eat ice cream, but if everyone had it, he didn't have it, and it seemed that he was too cruel as an elder brother, so he asked Wen'er to give his son a small portion, but he didn't expect the sharp-eyed son to find out the problem at once.
Hearing Li Su's words, the son immediately pouted unhappily, after just tasting the delicious ice cream, the little girl immediately liked this kind of food, but she didn't expect that the sixth brother who had always loved herself would be the same as the Imperial Doctor Sun, preventing herself from eating what she liked.
"The son is obedient, and the sixth brother is also good for you!" Li Zhi also knew that the sixth brother was for the good of his son, so he opened his mouth to persuade him, and the two sisters Qinghe and Gao Yang also opened their mouths to make their sons happy.
"Don't be angry, don't be angry, or else, the sixth brother will tell you a lot of beautiful stories, and you will play with your son all afternoon, okay?" Li Su squatted down and said softly, he still has some experience in coaxing children, and if he wants to divert their attention from one thing, he must use another thing that makes them more interested in attracting them.
"Really, that's great, my son likes to listen to stories the most!" When the son heard that the sixth brother was going to tell him a story, he clapped his hands and shouted happily, children like to listen to stories, and the son is no exception. But although Li Shimin loves his son, he is busy with government affairs and has no time to accompany her, and the eldest grandson is in the sick room, usually only Concubine Yang takes care of her son, Concubine Yang grew up in the court, and all she knows is some small stories in books, which cannot meet the requirements of her son, and the poor little son usually wants to hear a story and no one tells her, but now when she hears that the sixth brother wants to tell a story for herself, she is naturally happy to dance.
"Sixth brother, what should we do then?" Li Zhi ate the ice cream in his hand and asked, they were planning to stay here for an afternoon, and they couldn't do it without finding something interesting to spend time.
"It's simple, Wen'er, you go to the room and bring the thing we often play with!" Li Su smiled and instructed, if you want to talk about eating, drinking and having fun, Li Su can ask himself that he is no worse than anyone else, and those games in the future life can be taken out casually, which is enough for a few children to have a good time.
"Sixth brother, this is what you said was fun?" Li Zhi asked, pointing to the stack of pieces of cardboard on the table. Wen'er quickly took the thing and put it on the table, just now Li Su praised this thing very rarely, saying that they would definitely be fascinated by this thing after seeing it, but isn't this just an ordinary piece of cardboard, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look interesting? Gao Yang and Qinghe also looked at Li Su with puzzled expressions.
"This thing is called poker, uh~" Li Su was suddenly stunned, he remembered that this poker was a transliteration of English, and the Tang people really couldn't explain it, so he hurriedly changed his words, "Of course, it can also be called a card, which is a prop for making games." ”
"But how are you going to play this?" Li Zhi flipped through the cards with his hand and found that there were some inexplicable patterns and numbers drawn on them, which seemed to be quite complicated.
Although the life of the Tang Dynasty is beautiful for Li Su, it is a little boring in his spare time, after all, there are too few entertainment methods in this era, especially at night, when there are no computers and televisions, it is simply a nightmare for Li Su, and in desperation, Li Su can only get out the cards that he often played in his previous life, and kill time with Wen'er and Hua'er fighting the landlord every night.
"The rules of this thing are very simple, you will understand it if I say it once!" Li Su said and spread out the cards, explained the difference between the four suits for them, and then explained the rules of fighting the landlord again. Afraid that they wouldn't understand, Li Su called Wen'er and Hua'er again, played it again and let them watch, and now everyone would know it, and after playing it a few times, they immediately became obsessed with this very interesting game, and no longer pestered Li Su, and ran to play by themselves.
"Sixth brother, now you can tell a story to your son!" The son was very well-behaved just now, although she was young and couldn't understand how to play cards, but she still patiently waited for Li Yu to settle Li Zhi and them before asking.
"Okay, the sixth brother will tell his son about Snow White vs. the Seven Dwarfs...... Phew~, it's the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs! "Li Su sweated a lot, and almost told a good fairy tale into an evil adult story, which is all due to the influence of the Internet in later generations, and any messy story dares to be posted on it, and Li Su is also one of the victims.
There are many fairy tales for children, and "Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales" and "Grimm's Fairy Tales" are enough for him to tell for several months. In addition, there is "One Thousand and One Nights", this story is more, but Li Su thinks about it but doesn't dare to tell it, he is watching the unabridged version on the Internet, which is perverted and bloody, which is really not suitable for a pure little girl like his son.
After the European fairy tales have been improved by Li Su, one interesting story after another has immersed the son. Children usually have only one reaction after listening to stories for a long time, that is, they are sleepy, especially after meals, the blood in the body is concentrated in the stomach to digest food, and the brain will naturally feel sleepy, so after listening to three stories, the son fell asleep in Li Su's arms. Give her son to Wen'er and let her carry her son back to her bedroom to sleep, after all, she has been weak since she was a child, and if she sleeps here in the gazebo, she will easily get sick.
"Four with two, I won again! Hahaha~" As soon as I sent my son-in-law away, I heard Gao Yang's excited laughter, and then I heard her shouting: "Give money, give money, hurry up and give money!" ”
Li Su turned his head to look, only to see Gao Yang stepping on the table with one foot, pointing at Li Zhi and Qinghe with an arrogant face and shouting. Li Su looked speechless for a while, these little guys can really draw inferences, they just taught them how to play, but they actually used cards as a tool for gambling money without a teacher, and they played happily. In fact, this is not surprising, the Tang Dynasty nobles are good at gambling among themselves, the last time at the banquet of the five kings, Li Su has already seen it, no matter what you play, you have to add a color head, in fact, it is gambling in disguise, as a prince and princess Li Zhi them, since childhood, it is not surprising that the first time they played cards were used in gambling.
Li Zhi took out the money bag with a dejected face, poured it down for a long time, and only poured out a few copper plates, he lost a lot just now, and these copper plates were already his full belongings. Qinghe's situation is not good, her luck is better than Li Zhi, she won a few handfuls at first, but she didn't expect Gao Yang to suddenly kill all sides, and after becoming a landlord, she won seven in a row, winning all her and Li Zhi's money.
"Seventeenth sister, that's all I do, do you want to love it!" Li Zhi angrily pushed a few copper plates, and said as a scoundrel, according to the regulations, each person should make ten copper plates per game as lottery heads, and of course his copper plates are not enough.
"Hey, pheasant slave, you are also a dignified son, how can you be such a scoundrel?" Of course Gao Yang, a spicy girl, refused, and angrily pointed at the pheasant slave and scolded. Gao Yang and Li Zhi were actually born in the same year, but Gao Yang's birth month is older than Li Zhi's, so according to the ranking, she is Li Zhi's sister.
Li Zhi was really afraid of this spicy young lady, Gao Yang was angry and immediately scared him into a scoundrel, and he shrank his head and looked at Qinghe for help, Qinghe covered his money bag, and said with a helpless expression: "I don't have much left, Gao Yang will win like this, and this money will not be able to support a few games." ”
"Seventeenth sister, why don't I write an IOU?" Li Zhi saw that Qinghe couldn't help himself, so he had no choice but to choose the last way.
"It's not impossible to write an IOU, but ......" Gao Yang's eyes rolled when he said this, and he looked at Li Zhi with a wicked smile on his face, and suddenly stretched out his hand and snatched the jade pendant on Li Zhi's waist and said with a smile, "But this jade pendant will be placed here with me first, and it will be counted as a mortgage!" ”
Li Zhi didn't notice it for a while, and he actually let Gao Yang succeed, and he was in a hurry at the moment, and shouted loudly while grabbing it: "Seventeenth sister! Give it back! It was given to me by my father, so I can't give it to you! ”
"No, this is a mortgage for the money you owe, and I will give it to you when you pay it back." Gao Yang held the jade pendant with a grin, jumping to his feet just to not let Li Zhi reach it, the girl's body develops early, Gao Yang's height is half a head taller than Li Zhi, so no matter how Li Zhi grabs it, he can't grab it.
When the two were fighting, suddenly a big hand reached over and took the jade pendant in Gao Yang's hand, and it was estimated that no one in the pavilion had the courage except Li Su. He took the jade pendant in his hand and looked at it, and smiled at Gao Yang: "Seventeenth sister, you are really greedy enough, you want to exchange a jade pendant for a few pennies?" ”
"Cut~, I didn't say I wanted it, but I just used it as collateral." Gao Yang tried to snatch it back from Li Su's hands, but he tried several times without success, so he replied with a disdainful face.
"Okay, isn't it just a few pennies, the sixth brother paid it back for the pheasant slave." Li Su threw the jade pendant to Li Zhi and said to Gao Yang with a smile.
"Hmph, it's still the sixth brother, you have a lot of money, how can you be like us sisters who haven't left the palace, it's not easy to save a private money." didn't get the jade pendant she always wanted, Gao Yang was still unwilling, but since the sixth brother had promised to pay off the pheasant slave, she couldn't mess around, so she could only say sourly.
"Thank you, Sixth Brother, you are my great benefactor!" Li Zhi took the jade pendant, and very exaggeratedly pounced on Li Su's thigh, with a grateful expression. But Li Zhi will not be confused by this kid, Li Zhi is an undisciplined wall grass, maybe he will sell himself at some point.
"Gao Yang, listen to what you mean, you seem to be quite short of money, what's going on?" Li Su turned to Gao Yang, who was still angry, and asked, it is said that these princes and princesses, even if they don't leave the palace to open the mansion, they shouldn't worry about money.
Hearing Li Su ask about this, Qinghe next to him suddenly brightened his eyes, and his gaze at Li Su immediately took on a layer of golden light, only to see her running to Li Su's side very affectionately, holding Li Su's arm and coquettishly said: "Sixth brother, you can't remember the life in the palace before, like us princes and princesses in the palace, food and clothing are all from the palace, so basically they won't give us money, and occasionally we can only get some silver money from the rewards of the father and the queen mother, but it's not a lot, it's not enough to even reward the palace people, let alone buy anything?" ”
"Yes, sixth brother, like us, the princes are better, they can go out of the palace to build a mansion at a certain age, and the monthly salary will also be issued according to the prince of Yipin, but like Sister Qinghe, as long as they are not married, they can't build a mansion, although they don't have to worry about food and clothing in the palace, they want to buy something they like, but they can't even get together the money." Li Zhi also began to pour bitter water, although it was a bit exaggerated, but most of it was true.
Li Su didn't expect that the rules in the palace were quite strict, and it was probably related to the fact that Empress Changsun was very strict with the management of the palace, and even the use cases of these princes and princesses were very strict, so they didn't want their children to develop the habit of being lavish.
"Sixth brother, you are now a well-known rich man in the royal family, and the five kings who got drunk are profiteering, I heard that they are selling very hot now, and it is not an exaggeration to describe them as making money every day, can you also pull us younger brothers and sisters, such as letting us take a share or something, let us also get some small money to spend, so as not to even buy something for a few months." Qinghe, the girl who is the oldest, has the most eyes, and she keeps coquettishly shaking Li Su's arm.
"Eleventh sister, your appetite is really big, don't think about what to share, after all, that winery is not the sixth brother's own, Uncle Hejian Wang and Jiangxia Wang have a share in it, I heard that the eldest brother wanted to take a share last time, but the two of them refused, let's not even think about it." Although Li Zhi is not very old, he is very well-informed, and he even knows about Li Chengqian's rejection last time.
"This......" Li Su was also a little embarrassed, the winery didn't have to think about it at all, as long as there was Li Daozong, a miser, no one would want to interfere, and it would not work to fry tea, that was the main source of the royal expenses, and in addition to the Wang family's industry, there was only one coal mine under his name that had not yet started, and there was no money-making industry at all.
"Sixth brother, you can help us" Gao Yang, the pestering girl, also came up and hugged Li Su's arm and said coquettishly, seeing that Li Su was a little embarrassed, so the little girl said again, "Actually, we don't have to make too much money, as long as it is enough for our usual expenses." ”
Gao Yang's words reminded Li Su that Qinghe usually only spends some money when they go out of the palace occasionally, plus rewarding palace people in the palace, in fact, each person doesn't need much money at all, as long as they find a way to earn them some pocket money. Thinking of this, Li Su immediately relaxed, when it came to ways to make a little money, he grabbed a lot of them, and there was one in front of him, as long as he operated it properly, he would definitely be able to meet Qinghe's requirements!!