In winter, the capital is dry and cold, the sun hides behind the thick clouds, and it does not show up for ten days and a half.

However, the weather is still good, at least it is only cloudy, there is no strong wind, and there is no snow, which makes people much less afraid of the weather outside.

Jin Niang has been holding back in the house for a long time and feels very stuffy. She wanted to come out and take a turn, but she was worried that she was weak now, and if she was not careful, she would suffer if she contracted the cold. So even if the whole person is about to grow hair, she only comes out to walk around at noon every day. I felt a little cold on my body, so I hurried back to my room to warm up.

There is still such a cautious effect, at least most of the maids and servants who came from Pingyang Town are sick, and Jinniang is fine.

Qinghe's girls are also not very adaptable to the climate of the capital, and several girls continue to get sick one after another. This is also a loss to the fact that there are four big girls in Jinniang's room, and Mama Qin takes care of it, otherwise there is really not enough manpower.

Several big girls fell ill one after another, but they sounded the alarm bell for Jinniang. In the afternoon, Jin Niang specially asked Mama Qin to find Gui Niangzi and asked Gui Niangzi to open a prescription to prevent wind and cold. Later, he asked his subordinates to buy a large number of medicinal herbs, and fried a pot in the house every day, and the servants in the house, no matter where they were on errands, had to get a bowl to drink every day.

This precautionary measure was effective, and at least for a short period of time, the people in the house were quite healthy. It's the kid who is responsible for running errands and sprinkling sweeps, and he has been cold outside for a long time, and he has never been sick again.

Jin Niang felt quite satisfied, but now she heard Xu Erlang say, "Qin Tian has monitored the stars, there will be heavy snow in the next few days, you see what to prepare, let Pian Pian hurry back Zhang Luo." ”

The Qin Tianjian is similar to the weather monitoring department of modern society, and is also responsible for many other chores. I don't want to say much, just say that Qin Tianjian still has a hand in weather forecasting, which is no worse than modern weather forecasting.

Since even Xu Erlang knows this news, it must be officially stamped and approved, so let's hurry up and prepare everything you need.

Especially some green vegetables, you have to buy some and stock them in the cellar, otherwise there will be no green vegetables to eat in the next few days, and Pian Pian and Changle are afraid that they will not be able to eat well.

There are also coal, items to keep out the cold, as well as some consumables and medicinal materials, all of which need to be prepared, but don't be able to buy them at that time.

When Jin Niang thought about it, she quickly called Pian Pian over. When Pian Pian came, he said so and so and ordered things to continue.

Pian Pian is also an anxious child, and when she heard that there was a heavy snowstorm, she couldn't sit still. After listening to Jin Niang's instructions, she walked out quickly, and as she walked, she instructed the maid Wutong beside her to call the steward and the grandmothers to come over and so on.

Seeing this, Jin Niang didn't want to mention more ironing in her heart, and turned around to talk to Xu Erlang about it, and said, "Pianpian has really been trained, and now the housekeeper is really good, and after two years of practice, he can really replace me." ”

Xu Erlang teased her, "Didn't you say a long time ago that Pian Pian can be on her own?" ”

Jin Niang hated him, "That's all coaxing children, you also believe that." I don't know if you found it, but Pian Pian has to be encouraged, and the more you praise her, the more motivated she is, and the faster she can do things. On the other hand, if you criticize her, her enthusiasm is gone, so can she handle things well? ”

To put it mildly, Pian Pian is a smooth donkey. If you follow her hair, you can tame her obediently, but you don't follow her, hehe......

But I can't say this to Xu Erlang, Pian Pian is his own sister-in-law, saying that she is a donkey, what has happened to Xu Erlang?

After saying Pianpian, Jin Niang was sad again, "I don't know where my father has gone now, a few days ago, my aunt asked Qing'er to write a reply letter, saying that my father didn't go home after the autumn exam, and wrote a letter saying that he had been lifted and was going to go directly to Beijing." According to the calculation of time, my father should arrive in a few days, but now there is no one in sight, and I don't know if I have encountered something on the road. ”

Jin Niang was also worried about whether Father Lin was sick.

It's hard to travel, not to mention the fact that even those sturdy young people who have been darts for a long time may accidentally get sick.

And Father Lin is an authentic literati, although his body is not weak, he is not healthy.

Jin Niang was really worried that Father Lin was not used to rushing and would make herself sick on the way. I was worried that he would be stuck in the middle of the road due to a heavy snowstorm, and that would be the only way to suffer.

She looked sad, and Xu Erlang persuaded her, "Don't worry, my father-in-law and Xin Wei came over together, and they took care of each other on the road, so there shouldn't be a big incident." Wait patiently for two more days, and after the snowstorm is over, I will send someone back to look for it. ”

Jin Niang thought about it and said hello. Now it's not appropriate to send someone out to look for it, after all, it is said that there is a heavy wind and snow, but don't block the way that is sent out. So let's be patient and wait, I can't say that I just encountered something to delay the trip, and I really don't have any problems.

Thinking so, Jin Niang put her heart down.

At night, a strong wind arose, and after a while the cold wind stopped, snow and insects slowly began to fall in the sky.

The snowflakes were not heavy, but in a matter of moments, the ground was white.

At this time, the family was sitting in the flower hall eating pots.

There is a hot pot in the capital, and I don't know if it was the person who crossed the Su out, or the local foodie and indigenous people who came up with this way of eating, in short, there is a hot pot, and there is no shortage of mandarin duck pots.

The family is gathered together, Jin Niang doesn't eat much spicy now, so she and Chang'an Changping Changle and Xiaoyuer eat with shabu-shabu at the bottom of the pot of big bone and three bacteria soup that is not spicy.

The soup is made with beef bones and various mushrooms, not to mention how fresh the beef bones are, but to say that there are seven or eight kinds of mushrooms such as tea tree mushrooms, flower mushrooms, porcini mushrooms, green bar mushrooms, and agaricus mushrooms. At the bottom of the pot, the smell of delicious mushrooms comes to the nostrils, and the fragrance makes people hate to drink two bowls.

On the other hand, Xu Chong, Xu Erlang and Pianpian, the mutton hot pot eaten by the three of them. There is a layer of red chili oil floating on the bottom of the pot, which makes people feel spicy when they look at it, and the three of them are in full swing.

Xu Erlang is okay, he cares about his face, even if he eats spicy hot pot, he still holds the shelf of the male god. On the contrary, Xu Chong and Pianpian have no burden of being elders.

Xu Chong can also eat spicy, but today's mutton hot pot is fried with new chili peppers, which is a bit beyond his ability to bear, so Xu Chong was spicy and hissed haha. His mouth was red and swollen, the beads of sweat on his forehead rolled down his cheeks, and his whole face was also very red.

Pian's cough has also been cured, but it is not taboo to eat spicy. But she is a girl's family in the end, and Jinniang is afraid of her body and doesn't let her eat more. So Pian Pian just followed the two brothers and had a few chopsticks for fun, and was called back by Jin Niang.

A room full of people eating, drinking, talking, laughing, and laughing, so lively.

Xiao Yu'er is the smallest and has a small appetite, she will be full after a while, but seeing that her brother and sister and little aunt are still eating and drinking happily, the little girl is a little aggrieved. The belly is too small to fit anything else.

The little girl held her little belly melancholy, very sad.

Jin Niang was angry and funny, and was about to persuade Xiao Yu'er not to eat too much, otherwise her stomach would hurt, when she saw Qinghe stepping on brisk steps and running in from outside with a smile on her face.

Before Jinniang asked what the happy event was, Qinghe smiled happily and said, "Madam, master, the master of the Lin family has come to Beijing, and the son of the Xin family has come to the door of our mansion with him." ”

Jin Niang was overjoyed and stood up from the stool.

This afternoon, she also talked to Xu Erlang about her father, and she was worried that he didn't know if he had been offended when he got there, and he didn't want to be so coincidental, so his father arrived tonight.

Jin Niang looked at Xu Erlang happily, and saw that Xu Erlang had already gotten up and walked over, and he said to Jin Niang, "I'll go out to greet you, don't go out, just sit here and wait, I'll be back soon." ”

Jin Niang was eager to go, but she also knew that the situation did not allow it, so she reluctantly said "um".

Xu Erlang was about to leave, Xu Chong wiped his mouth and shouted, "Second brother, you wait, I'll go with you." ”

Chang'an Changping also stood up and said, "Second uncle, let's go too." ”

Xu Erlang looked at the children behind him and nodded.

Later, he took Xu Chong and Chang'an Changping to greet the guests, and Jin Niang beckoned the maid to quickly clean up the flower hall and serve the food again.

After a while, there were footsteps and the sound of people talking.

Xiao Yu'er blinked, raised her head and asked Jinniang, "Is Grandpa here?" ”

Xiao Yu'er is very familiar with her grandfather, after all, when she was in Pingyang Town earlier, she had to see her grandfather twice a month. She was also very familiar with her grandfather's voice, and now she heard his grandfather talking outside.

Jin Niang nodded, Xiao Yu'er was excited, slipped off the stool with a sigh, and ran out at a trot, "Grandpa, grandpa......"

The little girl's crisp voice was like a lark, and her cheerful and cheerful appearance made people's hearts soften. At the same time, Jin Niang couldn't help but laugh and scold her, "It's like a monkey, I can't pull it if I want to." ”

Changle and Pian Pian covered their mouths and laughed on the side.

Changle said, "Xiao Yu'er is so happy, her grandfather spoils her the most, and Xiao Yu'er is afraid that she also misses her grandfather." ”

Several children in Chang'an are close to Jinniang, and sometimes Jinniang will take them all with her when she goes to Lin's house. Several people should treat Jinniang as their mother in their selfish hearts, so they also call their grandparents and grandmothers to Lin's father and Lin's mother, even Qing'er and Xuanxuan, who are not much older than them, and several children also call their uncles and aunts without any psychological burden.

And Father Lin and Aunt Shen are also the most soft-hearted, and they are also very fond of several fatherless and motherless children. Even if they are Xiao Yuer's maternal grandparents, they never treat Chang'an people badly. Anyone who prepares something for Xiaoyuer must have their share. The two have been treating each other equally in the past few years, so it's no wonder that Changle couldn't stop the smile in his eyes when he heard Father Lin coming.

Pian Pian is also very happy, after all, she and Xuanxuan are good, and she is Jinniang's sister-in-law. Yu Li's father and Aunt Shen also took care of her a little more. Pian Pian can experience the elder care that her father has never experienced before, so she also admires Father Lin.

Father Lin walked into the flower hall and saw Jinniang, Changle, and Pianpian all looking at him with smiles on their faces.

And Xiao Yu'er was held in Xu Erlang's arms, she originally wanted her grandfather to hug her, but her father said that her grandfather had been on the road for a long time, and now he was very tired, and it was very hard to hold him.

Xiao Yu'er thought about the way they came to the capital from Shuozhou before, and couldn't help but feel kinship, so she didn't need to be hugged by her grandfather, and turned to be picked up by her father.

Everyone in the house was very happy to see each other, and Jin Niang looked at Father Lin and said distressedly, "Father is much thinner than before, you have suffered." ”

"I didn't suffer much, I had Xin Gongzi to take care of me all the way, and my father ate better than at home." Father Lin said with a smile, "It's just that I'm so old and weak, and I had an illness on the road and delayed my trip, otherwise I could have come to see you a few days earlier." ”

Hearing that he was sick, Jin Niang worried, "Are you okay now?" What is the disease? Is it the wind chill and the heat or something else? How do you feel now, do you need to ask a doctor to come and check your pulse? ”

Father Lin said, "It's all right, it's all right." It's a simple wind cold and heat, and among the people accompanying Xin Gongzi, there are doctors and a lot of medicinal materials, so he immediately showed it to his father. After taking a few doses of medicine, my father got better quickly. It was Xin Gongzi who was worried that his father would suffer on the road, so he waited until his father fully recovered before starting to hurry. After speaking, Father Lin was a little ashamed, "Thanks to Xin Gongzi this way, I also delayed Xin Gongzi's journey, otherwise he would not have slept in the wilderness and suffered a lot." ”

Jin Niang was a little relieved when she heard this, so she had time to ask Xin Gongzi.

Xu Erlang said, "The Xin family has a residence in the capital, so he specially sent his father over, and now he has returned to the Xin family." ”

"It's getting late, you should leave Xin Gongzi behind. Even if you don't stay overnight, you should always invite someone to have a meal. ”

"He's a close friend of mine, so I don't have to be so polite. The Xin family's house is also close to our current residence, and you can invite him to dinner whenever you want. It's just that Xin Wei's body is not very healthy, and he has been on the road for so long, and now he is tired and tired, so he should take a good rest. ”

And if he came to the Xu family, he always had to say more no matter what, it would be a very heavy burden for his weak body.

Since Xu Erlang said so, Jin Niang will not be entangled.

She originally felt rude, but Xu Erlang and Xin Wei didn't care about these words, so she didn't care.

The maid had already re-served the meal, and because they were all a family, there was no need to be separated by a screen, so they all sat together and ate simply.

A few people have a small appetite, and they all ate almost all of them just now, but now they just move two chopsticks.

However, Xu Chong and Chang'an Changping, when the young man was growing up, he had a lot of food, and when he saw that there were several dishes on the table that they liked to eat, the three of them actually ate a lot.

Father Lin is old, he has been on the road for such a long time, and he participated in the Autumn Festival earlier, which is very exhausting. Now sitting in the warm flower hall, Father Lin's face was even more tired, and he even yawned uncontrollably.

Seeing this, Jin Niang hurriedly asked Father Lin to take Father Lin to the room that had been prepared for him a long time ago to rest.

It wasn't until the maid replied that Master Lin had fallen asleep after bathing, and the lights were turned off in the house, that Jinniang felt a little more relaxed.

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