Chapter 40: Jinling Affair (3)
"Jade shrimp, crystal hooves, steamed pork ribs, salted duck, and this meat crispy pot that is only eaten during the New Year, this is still a casual feast, it has to be a big banquet in the palace, in order to be regarded as a formal banquet." Yao'er picked up the chopsticks without waiting for the new moon to finish toasting, because she was still taking medicine, and she, like Shan'er, drank tea.
"Yao'er, wait for the sister-in-law to finish her speech" Shan'er pulled Yao'er, who was sitting next to her, Yao'er was a little shaky, but seeing Xinyue holding a cup and waiting for her to speak, she immediately quieted down.
"Since Yao'er said so, and the people here are also a family, then I won't be so polite to you, the food and wine are good, please enjoy yourself" After speaking, Xinyue drank all the wine in the cup.
Rong Han and Kong Mao did the same, they drank the wine in the cup, and the maid who stood there immediately filled it.
Xinyue looked at the crystal hoof pieces that Yao'er loved in front of her, Xinyue picked up the chopsticks, added a piece and put it between her lips and teeth, and was about to chew and taste it, when she heard a very disturbing vomiting sound, Kong Mao, who was sitting next to Shan'er, immediately put down his wine glass and patted Shan'er's back, "Is it disgusting?" ”
"Li'er, bring a cup of sour plum tea to Miss Shan."
"Yes" Li'er was the maid beside Xinyue, and immediately walked out after receiving the order.
"At home, I heard from my mother that Sister Shan is pregnant, so I congratulate my sister and brother-in-law." As he spoke, Rong Han picked up his cup.
Rong Han is sixteen years old this year, and he is preparing for the spring exam this year, and he once had a younger brother who died when he was ten years old, so he is the only son-in-law of Rong Xu's second uncle. Although Bai Shi doesn't seem to be a clear and sensible person, Rong Hanli is thoughtful, and the articles and poems are also very good, so he is a good boy.
"Thank you," he said, Kong Mao and Rong Han touched their glasses in the air.
Kong Mao is the son-in-law of the Yanwen family, and the only son of this generation, they have been in the same line of Yanwen Gong for hundreds of years, far longer than the time of this dynasty, this is the vein of the Shi clan, intertwined, and a hundred deaths. The Ai blue robe on his body, the pattern of Pingyun bamboo, is also a representative of their family.
"Brother Han's first attempt this time is really a good implication to come out on top."
Crescent Moon chewed on the slices of meat in his mouth, this is a cold dish, more flavorful than hot, cold and solidified gravy, wrapped in very chewy skin, tendons, and soft lean meat, Crescent Moon squinted her eyes, spices, slightly salty brine smell is left in the whole mouth.
"Sister-in-law, you taste the radish in this meat crisp pot, the stew tastes better than the meat." Hearing the new moon here, he couldn't help laughing, and the three people who were polite and happy stopped when Yao'er made such a fuss, and the new moon laughed at the right time, which made the three of them look at the new moon in unison.
From the slightly boiling pot, the new moon picked up a piece of radish that had been boiled and discolored, returned to the yarn but did not fall apart, and was steaming, and said to several people, "Since Yao'er has said so, let's try it." ”
After the meal, Shan'er and Yao'er went to talk again.
After Shan'er got married, Yao'er felt lonely alone in Beppu, so she went back to live in the palace of the eastern capital, and it was not until the new moon was in charge and Yao'er that she made a family appointment for Yao'er, and now she came back here, and the two sisters naturally had something to say.
Xinyue, who drank a few glasses of wine, slowly walked out of the dining room, but when she walked out of the courtyard, she found that Shan'er was looking at herself with her eyes, Shan'er was not the kind of person who couldn't help but be curious and couldn't stabilize her temperament, she would be like this, sure this matter, it was something she couldn't think clearly, Xinyue was under the cloister in the courtyard, and waited for her for a while.
Sure enough, as soon as Xinyue gained a foothold, Shan'er came from the other direction of the cloister, the direction of Yao'er's courtyard.
Crescent Moon did not wait for her to come, but sat down on the stone of the cloister with her feet raised, leaning on the pillar on one side as if she were drunk.
"What are you doing here? There was no one around to wait. Shan'er saw that Xinyue was sitting here alone, and people relaxed a lot.
"I'm very drunk, and I'm cleaning up in my yard, so I'm hiding here." As he spoke, Xinyue sat up again, and her center of gravity was unstable and she almost fell to the ground, but fortunately, Shan'er's maid supported Xinyue, "Madame, be careful." ”
"Thank you, Yun'er, it's been a long time since I've seen you, you've grown a lot taller." As she spoke, the new moon climbed and hugged the maid in front of her.
"This is not Yun'er, you really drank too much, Yun'er died before I got married." Shan'er's voice immediately turned cold.
"What are you talking about, this is Yun'er, she has a faint smell of daffodils, hey, Yun'er, have you changed the fragrance powder? How is the taste of osmanthus. With Shan'er, the girl who loves stinky beauty, she uses a flavor of incense powder, it's Qilanju's, I don't like it, I use Shaohua Pavilion's, their incense powder is very special, and there will be no duplicate. ”
"What the slave and maid use is the osmanthus fragrance powder of Shaohua Pavilion." Zhi'er looked at the crescent moon in her arms with some embarrassment, and she fell on top of her like a child.
"It's not like it at all," said Crescent Moon pushing her away and looking up at Shan'er, "Shan'er, you're really fat." ”
"I, I..." Shan'er subconsciously touched her face and belly, "I'm pregnant, that's why I'm fat." ”
Xinyue shook her head, "You have eaten too much in the new year, just like Yao'er." ”
As soon as Shan'er heard Yao'er, she still smiled subconsciously, and then sat sideways beside Xinyue "sister-in-law"
Crescent Moon didn't answer, but rested her head on Shan'er's shoulder.
"Sister-in-law, you really did a very good thing." Xinyue still didn't speak, but she knew that Shan'er was talking about Yao'er.
"Cao Jie, I know him, he is a very good son, capable of writing and martial arts. You know, Brother Mao... My husband's father was his teacher, and he didn't look down on me, but he knew that our two families were married, and he praised him for being a good man. Say, worthy of the character you chose. Shan'er clasped her hands in front of her abdomen, lost for a moment. He looked down at Xinyue with slightly squinted eyes, thinking that Xinyue was going to fall asleep, "Sister-in-law, do you really want to reconcile with your brother?" ”
Xinyue still didn't speak, and Shan'er lost her patience and said to Zhi'er beside her, "Go and call her maid." ”
"Yes" Zhi'er is the one who serves Shan'er closely, and the other two maids are standing on the side, some distance away.
"Shan'er" Xinyue waited for Shan'er's maid to go away before calling her.
Shan'er's body stiffened, but when she looked down, Xinyue was still sleepy-eyed and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
"Now that you're pregnant, don't use incense powder anymore." With that, Crescent straightened up and stood up.
Shan'er wasn't sure if she was drunk at first, but thinking that she had been shallow all the time, and that she wasn't walking straight, she must have been drunk.
The new moon staggered, out of the corridor, until she couldn't see Shan'er, she straightened up, straight to the front, she was a child of very shallow amount of alcohol, but since that dream woke up, she seems to be able to drink, because in the dream, she was locked in the backyard of the Yu Wangfu since it was built, no one cared about the courtyard, here soon after the completion of the water, Yu Princess felt unlucky, not even repaired, so idle.