Outside the back gate of King Wei's mansion, Gao San's envoy nodded to the city gate guard in civilian clothes, and this person immediately bowed and left.

Gao Sanenvoy watched the people walk away from him, until he disappeared, he still stood still, stayed for about half a moment, and saw that there was no one around, before turning around and returning to the palace.

An hour later, the main courtyard of the Wei Palace.

Gao San's hand swept the dust, bowed his head under the porch and slowly followed, telling the corresponding matters one by one, and finally said: "The king, Mrs. Liu and her family have entered the city at the beginning of this afternoon. ”

Shen Zhongyi paused and ordered: "Let people go to the Li Mansion to inform me that Liu Buque's biological mother has arrived." ”

"Whoa." Gao San's head is bowed.

Shen Zhongyi stopped, turned his head to look at the white swaying sunlight in the courtyard, his phoenix eyes narrowed slightly as if he couldn't stand the strong light, and said, "The Evil Five is coming." ”

Evil five, the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.

When the season arrives in the fifth month of the lunar calendar, the air is hot and humid, and snakes and mosquitoes infested frequently, so people take May as the poisonous month.

It is the fifth day of the first month, the sun is blazing, all kinds of poisons come out, and the fifth day is an evil day.

Therefore, the fifth day of the fifth month of May is known as the five evils.

Nowadays, the country and the people are safe, the people live a rich life, and the people of the time like to gather the most, and the evil five has long become a festival for the whole country to celebrate the party, visit relatives and friends, send gifts to each other, and drink calamus wine together.

As long as there are no children in the family who are born on the fifth day of the evil month, when it comes to the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, most of them are happy and smiling, and they will not be called the evil five.

When the Gao San envoy was in the palace, he served by Shen Zhongyi's side, listening to Shen Zhongyi's voice that did not distinguish between joy and anger, but his heart was like a mirror.

After the fifth day of the fifth month of May, the days are getting hotter and hotter day by day, Shen Zhongyi likes to be clean, and it is easy to sweat stains in the hot summer days, so Shen Zhongyi is the most intolerant of the heat.

Gao San's envoy knew that Shen Zhongyi's dislike, and their Wei Wangfu was also going to be the most cautious time of the year, he thought about it and said: "The weather has been hot recently, and the sage is worried that the king is not tolerant of the heat, and before the king came back from Luoyang, the palace sent enough ice cubes for half a year to cool off, which has been stored in the cellar of the mansion. It's just that the sage was worried that the king would be greedy for cold, so he instructed that it would not be easy to use ice too early, at least in May. Therefore, the villain has not been taken out. ”

Shen Zhongyi resumed his journey and said, "After tonight, it's May, just a few hours, you can take out the ice and use it later." ”

The tone was still faint and did not fluctuate, but Gao Sanchen heard from Shen Zhongyi's words that the impatient emotions had dispersed a lot, and his heart was relieved, and he bowed his head in response.

Hearing this, a smile flashed in Shen Zhongyi's phoenix eyes, and his mood improved significantly.

At this time, the master and servant had already stepped into the room, and Gao Sanzhi looked at the maid who had already heard the order to wait here, and then came over with water.

Gao San's envoy held the long handle of the dust whisk in his hand and personally brought the fine porcelain cup from the lacquer-red holding plate.

Shen Zhongyi stopped, took the porcelain cup and took a sip, but stopped slightly.

Gao San's envoy thought that Shen Zhongyi didn't like it, and hurriedly said: "Plum water, the king felt a little sour last time I drank it, so the villain added a spoonful of honey to the water." If the king thinks it's bad, the villain will change it. ”

At this time, although tea has been quite popular among dignitaries, tea is still mainly cooked, and more particular, but also seasoned with salt, so daily for convenience to drink more.

"No, you don't." Shen Zhongyi drank the cold plum honey water in one gulp, although it was raw to quench his thirst, the taste was too heavy, far less good than the plum and honey mixed with water alone.

Honey, in particular, is either mixed with water alone or paired with a light flavor such as chrysanthemum.

Thinking of chrysanthemum water and honey, I suddenly remembered that in the incense room of the White Horse Temple, Mrs. Liu once said that when Liu Chenxing used to study at home, every summer, Mrs. Liu would soak chrysanthemum water and honey, specially cool, and wait for Liu Chenxing and his brother to drink when they were tired of studying.

Although it is a Pengmen household, it is a family that is very good at living.

Even a casual tipping break on the road is easy to pass, the cooking utensils are well prepared, and the cooking method is unprecedented.

Thinking of the taste of the two dishes made by Liu Chenxing that day, Shen Zhongyi handed the porcelain cup in his hand to Gao San's envoy and instructed: "Next time, change to chrysanthemum water, and you don't need to add honey." After a pause, "In addition, the old woman Liu has arrived in Chang'an, and the marriage date of Liu Buque and Li Sanniang is most likely to be set, avoiding the evil five is not suitable for marriage, I want to come to June at the earliest, and it will not exceed August at the latest, and the marriage between the two families will not be able to be concealed at that time, so move around according to normal relatives and the Liu and Liu families, and the evil five gifts will also be added to them." ”

Hearing that Shen Zhongyi talked about Li Sanniang's marriage quite leisurely, he thought that Shen Zhongyi was still in a good mood for Xia Bingyong, of course, he also attached importance to the foreign family, so he didn't want to hear about the Liu family.

"The Liu family?" Gao Sanenvoy turned around and put down the porcelain cup, almost silently, then turned around, bowed his head and responded: "The villain knows." ”

There are comings and goings of gifts, Liu Chenxing's actions have a little trace of Liu Wensu, quite leaky, and the return gift is not strong in eating, so he can only win in a novelty, thinking of the hot pot, spicy tang and the dishes known as one burn and one stir-fry that day, Shen Zhongyi's phoenix eyes were a little curious, but he closed his eyes and only ordered: "Go out, I'm bathing." ”

Gao San's envoy has been serving Shen Zhongyi for more than ten or twenty years, knowing Shen Zhongyi's habits, Gu Yu will bathe and change clothes almost every day when he returns to the house, and he doesn't like people to be close to him since he was a child, so he can serve him to change his clothes, thinking back to the bath barrel behind the screen, he has let people change the hot water every other moment since the afternoon, and now the hot water in the bath bucket has only been changed for a short time, it is estimated that it is already warm, and the bathing body is just right, Gao San makes his heart feel at ease, no longer delay, leading the maid holding the porcelain cup, bowing and quietly retreating.

After Shen Zhongyi bathed comfortably, Liu Chenxing also took his family to Dao Zhengfang's new house, their home.

Chicken soup in my heart said that it doesn't matter if the house is not your own, and the place where you have a family is home.

She can only agree with half of this, in the modern work city, she is renting a house, the highest record can move three times a year, so she has never dared to buy more things she likes, without him, moving trouble.

The city is so big, but there is no place for her to stay, which always reminds her of a song she heard when she was a child, "Dad has a home, Mom has a home, and there is still one left for her, I don't know where to go." ”

So, in her opinion, home is her own house, where her own family lives.

The new house of Daozheng Fang, with A-Niang, is finally their own home.

took out the key, "click", the iron lock on the gate opened in response, Liu Chenxing "squeaked" and pushed open the two gates from the middle, and the spacious front yard of the bamboo forest and the pool instantly came into view.

"It's home!" As soon as Liu Chenxing pushed open the door, he turned to look at everyone, with a bright smile on his face.