Chapter 14: Chrysanthemums
chrysanthemum
Xing'er stepped forward, "Eighth Young Master, my aunt still has chrysanthemum petals, do you want to add a chrysanthemum soup at night?" ”
An Chun came back to his senses, "You go and ask your aunt." ”
Aunt Li was pondering whether the chrysanthemums on the upper of the shoes were better embroidered green or red, "You ask me?" Brother said he wanted to eat? Let's ...... then."
"Brother didn't say it, it's the slave who saw so many chrysanthemums drying outside, let's go tomorrow, it's a pity to lose it in vain." The window is open, and the canopy covered with chrysanthemums is placed underneath, and the red, yellow, and purple ones are particularly beautiful, and the apricots can see them when they look up.
"It's also ......," Aunt Li pondered, "Chrysanthemums don't smell good, and they can't be sewn into anything, and my brother doesn't like to eat them...... Why don't you make a chrysanthemum fish? ”
"You go and take the money, ask someone to go outside to buy a few fat fresh sea bass, let's steam it with chrysanthemum vinegar salt, and my brother can eat it, and then send one to Sister Mei and Aunt Zhou, one to my wife, and then Sister Cheng." Aunt Li said, and opened a silver coin box for Xing'er, "You take more, run errands for that mother-in-law!" ”
"Yes." Xing'er took the money and went out to spread the word.
When Aunt Li's chrysanthemum fish was brought to the Shen family's yard, they hadn't eaten yet, and Lotus Ye smiled when she saw what Xing'er was taking, "Isn't this a coincidence?" My wife also said that this chrysanthemum blooms well, and she needs to eat something appropriate for the occasion......"
As soon as Xing'er came in, she saw that the lotus leaves, lotus branches, lotus seeds, and lotus stamens were all guarding outside, so she knew that something was wrong, so she just pretended not to see it, and smiled, "This is what my aunt ordered me to buy on purpose, it's fresh, and I put it in the steamer when I put it in the water, and my wife will eat it fresh!" ”
"We also steamed chrysanthemum cake in our yard, and we didn't put any sugar, Sister Xing'er, you take it back and give it to the Eighth Young Master to eat!" As she spoke, Lotus Ye led Apricot into the next room.
"Sister is hard, I can come by myself, where can my wife leave my sister to serve?" Xing'er took the chopsticks and politely didn't go to work the lotus leaves.
Lotus Ye put down the chopsticks and didn't leave, looking at Apricot with a smile, "Little girl, what about talking to me?" ”
"Didn't you see me standing in the yard as soon as I came in, and you told me this?!"
Lotus Ye spoke straight and Xing'er knew that she was familiar with each other, so she simply smiled and came over, and saluted uprightly, "Good sister, you tell me something, but what happened to my wife?" Let's get out of the way. ”
"Our aunt is a small fish and shrimp, and she can't stand the toss."
The lotus leaf poked Xing'er's forehead, and her chin nodded at the chrysanthemum fish, "What are you afraid of?" Your aunt has a wife in her heart, and the wife knows it, what wind and waves can hit your head? ”
"Okay, okay, go back, be careful that pastry is cold, you eighth young master can't digest it!"
When Tao'er brought back the fish to An Cheng, the two girls got together and muttered for a long time without any result, so they put it down.
This dinner, because of Aunt Li's extra meal, everyone ate well - except for the Shen family and An Lin.
In Shen's house, a pair of pink pearl gold hairpins were packed in a mahogany box, the lid of the box was open, and it was thrown on the ground at will.
"She can't? Why can't she?! Knowledgeable and generous, filial and sensible, where is the bad conduct? ! "The second master of An Lin rushed back to bring back the things that were prepared for the little beauty, but when he came back, he saw that the Shen family had dragged the person away early! It was also dragged to the yamen!!
What does this make him lose face?!
Pity the beauty and her own infatuation...... An Lin felt distressed when he thought about it.
Shen didn't care if he was distressed or not, he glanced at him, "Does the master really like it, can't you give it up?" That being the case, Hezhi ......" Hezhi hurriedly came in, "You call someone, invite that Miss Xu back, and say that our family has hired her as a concubine with a lot of money." Is the lord satisfied? ”
He also called someone, "Lotus seeds and lotus stamens, go and pick up the jewelry and wipe it well...... It was given to the new aunt by the master, and then I went to my jewelry box, took out the pomegranate flower, and kept it as a meeting gift for the new aunt......"
Shen Shi ordered one after another, and the maids reacted quite quickly, and they were about to go out when they were stopped by An Lin, "Wait!" ”
The fox looked at Shen suspiciously, "What are you doing here?" ”
Shen Shi agreed?
When did he become so powerful in the family? Who do you want to accept? Can Shen happily agree?
The second master couldn't believe it, he had been cleaned up for so many years, and he just yelled two sentences in a drunken and bold manner......
"Didn't do anything." Compared with the second master's grass and trees, Shen was very calm and calm, and also instructed the lotus leaf, "Now that it's past the meal, I don't have the heart to eat anything else, cook a ham and bamboo shoot porridge." ”
The Shen family didn't care about the second master, and the maid just replied to Shen's words if she had a good example, "Madam, Aunt Li sent a fish, and it has been hot." ”
"Then bring the fish to her, it's her part...... And the tent ...... of our shop in Shuzhong"
Seeing that the Shen family went to Zhang Luo to do something else, the more the second master thought about it, the more he felt that it was wrong, "...... wife?" ”
Shen glanced back at the second master, and smiled gently, "Miss Xu...... It's time to call Aunt Xu now, now the journey is in a hurry, let's wait until we get to the capital to make up the banquet, the lord said it's okay? ”
The second master was still a little confused, Shen's hand was too unexpected for him, and he came back to his senses when she asked, "Ah...... Belch...... Yes. ”
"There is one more thing...... Shen smiled more and more kindly, "We can count the carriages and horses, and there are no other cars for the temporary aunt, so let her and Aunt Zhou get off together?" ”
"Make." The second old man looked at Shen's arrangement tastelessly, obviously letting him get what he wanted, but he felt a little panicked, and he couldn't say, "That...... The moon is like ah......"
"The old man ate wine outside, didn't he? Do you want to cook a bowl of decanting soup? "Shen didn't seem to see the second master's demeanor, what should he do.
"Again...... Miss Xu is our aunt, so all the items have to be supplemented, lotus leaves, and all the materials we brought back are sent to Miss Xu. Shen arranged it, and smiled at the second master, "What else does the master want to add?" ”
"You do." The second master is really bottomless in his heart. "I ...... I'll go back to the study first. ”
When the second master left, Lianzi Lianrui came over, "Mrs...... Really going? ”
"Really! How not really?! "Shen is scraping the foam on the tea." You two, just take something from my private room, even if it's with real money! I'm going to smash that Miss Xu to the two of us as aunts! ”
"Madam, didn't you disagree with ......?"
"I've changed my mind." Shen smiled coldly, "After six years outside, the master's heart is in the wild, and he will smash things with me and yell at people, and when he returns to the capital, the first thing he has to loosen his muscles and bones." ”
Shen's two fingers that were originally holding the tea lid were gently loosened, and the tea lid closed the teacup, making a "click" sound.