As soon as the wax moon enters, the taste of Beijing is much heavier.

It is not only the opening of the government, but also the warm banquet must not prepare New Year's goods and gift lists.

Mrs. Jin's recipe has already been seen by Imperial Doctor Ji, and Ah Gui has taken it out and asked the famous doctor in the city to read it, and they all said that there is no problem, and Wen Yan began to use it.

After drinking the decoction and decoction with honey to remove the bitterness, Wen Yan looked at the list written by Xing's mother.

In fact, she and Huo Yixiao have very little personal contact.

At this time when the ladies and ladies are the busiest, the banquet is quite relaxed, and only a few are prepared, which is enough to cope with this situation.

With the experience of her previous life, these things are also handy.

Xing's mother saw her carrying a pen to delete and change the list, and asked, "Madam, will it be a little less?" ”

"It's almost enough," Wen Yan said, "The Huo family, Yanzi Hutong, the two highnesses, that's all." Mom never thinks that there are other adults who want to be generous with Xiao Ye for the New Year's Festival, right? ”

Xing's mother: "......"

It's too straightforward, and for a while, I don't know whether it's because Mrs. Xiao is transparent, or if I'm sad for my grandfather.

That's it, don't be sad.

Xiao Ye has never paid much attention to these troublesome favors.

Prepare for a few highnesses, it's not that you pay attention to such a dealing, but people will definitely send it, and they have to go back.

"His Royal Highness is kind, and he also gave a lot of congratulatory gifts when he got married, and the princess must have prepared our New Year's gift;" Wen Yan's tone was calm, if it weren't for Mother Xing's familiarity with her, she wouldn't have heard that "harmony" was mockery, she kept talking, "Since I have dealings with His Royal Highness's house, I can't skip the Second Highness, I don't think that Xiaoye is stingy, His Royal Highness is like that, and he still remembers the old hatred, and he refuses to even give out this bit of New Year's money." ”

As for Zhu Huan and Zhu Yu, no matter what the relationship is, as long as they don't open the mansion alone, they don't use these things.

"Prepare another copy and send it to Lord Gaofang's mansion in the name of the Ding'an Hou Mansion, you don't need to be too eye-catching, just get your mind." Wen Yan said.

Xing's mother should go down.

When I arrived in Laba, Wen Yan got up early and went to the kitchen to make porridge.

The ingredients used in the kitchen are soaked in the kitchen at night before going to bed.

After it was done, Wen Yan brought a bowl to Huo Yixiao.

Huo Yixiao tasted it and said, "It's not the same as what I ate before." ”

Wen Yan Wan'er.

Nature is different.

"Xiao Ye should remember that when you were in the Huo family, when you opened your eyes, it was like a war, right?" Wen Yan said.

After he mentioned it, memories slowly emerged, and Huo Yixiao remembered those pictures of young Laba.

When it was not dawn, everyone got up and the lights were on.

He remembered most vividly that when he was five years old, he was so sleepy that he yawned and was led outside the ancestral hall by Xing's mother.

Everyone was busy, and a few of them stood by and watched the adults do things until it was their turn, and they kowtowed and listened to the admonitions.

After that, he followed Xuan Zai, and Mrs. Huo gave each of them a bowl of porridge.

Xuan Tsai only took one bite, and he said it was "unpalatable".

The eldest lady said, "Just ask for a lottery, and I will eat a few bites." ”

Huo Yixiao didn't like to eat either, and later the brothers complained that the cooks' skills were obviously not bad, how could they make porridge with such a ghost taste.

Later, he stopped living in the Huo family.

Other times it doesn't matter, when he is serious about worshipping his ancestors, he is an "outsider" to make trouble.

If it weren't for the fact that he had to have a "background" when he got married, Huo Yixiao would not have chosen to go to the Huo family ancestral hall this time.

If he doesn't participate in Laba, naturally no one cares whether he is begging for money or not.

If you don't have the impression of a delicious porridge, you just don't eat it.

Wen Yan took a spoon to mix porridge and said with a smile: "Everyone's mansion has to open an ancestral hall to worship their ancestors, and they have to worry about the soup soup at the gate of the city. ”

The pot is so big, and the population is still so large.

Needless to say, the masters, the maids and grandmothers and housekeepers at the bottom, which one can't share a bowl?

Everyone stayed up in the middle of the night, and when they were too busy, the bottom layer of the pot was still easy to burn.

All kinds of rice and beans are melted into one piece, and there is no taste at all.

"We don't have to do that, I'll just take care of the two of us."

In this way, of course, there is plenty of abundance.

Generous, the warm banquet can be slow, with a casserole to boil just the right porridge.

Glutinous but not rotten, peanuts are still crunchy.

"There is also a pot boiling in the kitchen, the cook looks at the fire, there are few people in the house, just enough." Wen Yan said.

As soon as Laba passed, the days became faster and faster, and of course, Huo Yixiao was also busier.

The yamen was sealed on the 23rd, and before that, all official business had to be done.

The east and west of the thousand-step corridor, the officials are in a hurry.

It was only on the last day that everything was settled, and I was relieved.

The bosses who have worked hard for a year give each other hands, and they are happy.

Huo Yixiao and Zhu Huan came out of the Ministry of Rites and met Zhu Mao from afar.

Zhu Mao stepped forward and said with a smile: "The seal will be opened in the coming year, and it is almost time to change the yamen to watch the government, have you figured out where to change?" ”

Zhu Huan said: "Not yet." ”

"I don't either," Zhu Mao said, "Speaking of which, the six yamen, we have two rounds, and we have been everywhere, so it is better to sit down and talk about the situation, and also give a reference." ”

After speaking, he didn't wait for Zhu Huan to refuse, and asked someone to invite Zhu Yu first.

Seeing this, Zhu Huan turned his head and said to Huo Yixiao: "Then let's go." ”

Huo Yixiao responded.

This time, Zhu Mao did not set up a banquet in the mansion, but found a wine shop.

It's a reference.,The topic roughly revolves around here.,But the content of the talk.,It's probably what has been said in the imperial study.,There's not much new.。

Huo Yixiao put down the wine cup and said, "I want to go to the military department." ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhu Mao was puzzled, he looked at Zhu Huan again, and saw that Zhu Huan's face was as usual, and there was not much surprise, so he couldn't help frowning.

These two people obviously discussed enough, but Zhu Huan replied to him before, "Not yet".

Zhu Mao froze.

He's in the military department this round.

It is said outside that the military department is full of a group of big bosses, which is true and not true.

Compared with other yamen, it is indeed rougher, but in fact, the upper and lower levels also have their own thoughts.

The whirlpool under the surface of the water, Zhu Mao has not yet fully figured it out.

In particular, first You Shilang committed suicide to testify that Pingxi Hou collaborated with the enemy, and then Di Shilang was reprimanded by the emperor and hung the beam, and after that, Min Hao was greedy for Mo's case, and it was rumored that the military department was also implicated, and in the end, the Metropolitan Procuratorate did not stare at them, which was enough to make the military department and the people's hearts guard.

Zhu Mao chose the military department in the second round, originally wanting to fish in troubled waters, but unfortunately the fish were frightened and didn't dare to bite the hook at the moment.

Twisting the wine cup in his hand, Zhu Mao narrowed his eyes.

Zhu Huan and Huo Yixiao wanted to go to the Ministry of War, but didn't the Metropolitan Procuratorate still have some clues at that time?