Chapter 15: The Lodge

The house on the Zhuangzi is three houses connected by a long corridor, the Wang family knew that the main family was going to come to Zhuangzi to live temporarily, and they had already cleaned the house inside and out, and smoked the room with wormwood, and when they entered the house, there was a faint fragrance of herbs.

Yan Wuye, who sent Mrs. Yan and others to Zhuangzi, looked around, found that everything was very proper, nodded with satisfaction, and said: "The house is very neatly tied, the old lady lives here, you have to serve well." "Let the entourage take twenty taels of silver and reward Zhao Zhuangtou.

Zhao Zhuangtou refused again and again, "This is what a small one should do, and I don't dare to ask for the reward of the fifth master." ”

Yan Wuye smiled: "This is what you deserve, take it, and serve the old lady, young master and young lady well." ”

Zhao Zhuangtou accepted the silver.

Yan Wuye waited for Mrs. Yan to settle down, accompanied his mother-in-law to lunch, left a dozen guards in the Zhuangzi, and rode back to the city with a few other guards.

For Yan Hagi, Yan Hong, and Yan Tongfeng, there is not much difference between living in Zhuangzi and living at home, but it is just a change of place to eat, drink, and sleep; But for Yan Qin and others, it is much easier, they don't need to read, practice calligraphy, and don't need to learn etiquette and Fu Yaoqin.

Early in the morning, after breakfast, Yan Tongxiu smiled and said, "Grandmother, we want Uncle Zhao to take us to the mountains to hunt." Yan Tongwen and Yan Tongming looked at Old Madam Yan nervously, afraid that she would not agree.

"I want to go hunting!" Old Madam Yan thought for a while, "Then let's go, but don't go deep into the mountains." ”

"Thank you, grandmother." Yan Tongxiu and the three of them smiled happily.

"Brother take me, take me there." Yan Tongfeng quickly pounced and hugged Yan Tongxiu's calf.

Yan Tongxiu's face was embarrassed, they are not very old, it is okay to take care of themselves, let them take care of the little cousin who is only more than two years old and can't walk steadily, it is really a little powerless!

"Ten brothers, don't go, there are many, many insects on the mountain, and the bite hurts." Yan Hagi relieved his cousin.

"Bugs." Yan Tongfeng flinched.

"Let's go to the creek to touch the fish, and fry the small fish at noon to eat." Yan Hagi smiled.

Yan Tongfeng's eyes suddenly lit up, and he slapped his face, "Fried small fish to eat, fried small fish to eat." Yan Tongxiu winked at her little cousin gratefully.

The brothers and sisters of the Yan family were divided into three groups, Yan Tongxiu and the three followed Zhao Zhuangtou to go up the mountain to hunt, Yan Qin and the four followed Zhao Zhuangtou's daughter-in-law to the orchard, and Yu Fangfei, Yan Hao, Yan Hong and Yan Tongfeng went to the stream to fish.

"You are fishing on the shore, and you are not allowed to go into the water." Old Madam Yan instructed.

Yu Fangfei and the four agreed, but Old Madam Yan was not at ease, "Mu Yuan, you go with me and show me these three little monsters." ”

"Yes, old lady." Mu Yuan replied with a smile.

The pampered young lady, what kind of fish will be caught there, but it is just playing with the water with a fishing stick, and it is Zhao Sanniu, the youngest grandson of Zhao Zhuangtou, who is fishing directly. Although Zhao Sanniu is only ten years old, he is very tall, and he is not a fisher, he is a spearfish.

Zhao Sanniu held the fork and poked it into the water, splashing everywhere, and then he raised the fork, and there was a big fish jumping around on the fork. Yan Tongfeng dragged the fish basket over, "Brother Sanniu, put it in, put it in." ”

"There's fish soup to drink! There is fish soup to drink! Yan Hong said excitedly.

At noon, there was not only fish soup to drink, but Yan Tongxiu's brothers also had a harvest, caught a pheasant, and there was one more braised pheasant; Before lunch, everyone makes plum wine together. Wash the plums picked by Yan Qin and others, dry the water, and then use a knife to cross the plums, put the crossed plums in a clean jar, put a layer of plums and spread a layer of white sugar, fill a can, pour one-third of the liquor into it, seal the can, and put it in a cool backlit place.

"Aunt Zhao, how long can I drink this wine?" Yan Miao asked.

"It takes more than forty days to drink." Zhao Zhuangtou said with a smile.

Yan Miao pouted, "It's going to take so long!" It's not that you can't drink it. "They couldn't have lived in the village for so long.

"Just bring the jar back when you get back." Yan Qian glanced at her and said.

"Yes." Yan Miao was happy again.

On this day, Yan Hagi led his cousin and cousin to drill the cornfield and break the tender corn, and did not let anyone help, the three of them made their hair messy and dirty; The sound of horses' hooves came from far to near, stopped, Yan Hagi came out with two corns, and looked up at the person sitting on the horse, "Cousin Fu." Turning his eyes, he saw a few people behind him, "Cousin Li, Cousin De, Cousin Bai, Cousin Jiang, why are you all here?" ”

Fu Zhixing turned over and dismounted, looked at the little girl with a muddy face, reached out and lifted her up, squinted and asked, "It's fun?" ”

Yan Hagi cracked his mouth and smiled: "It's fun." "The corn is sweet and delicious, of course, in order not to show my foodie nature, I still don't say it.

Fu Zhixing took out the handkerchief and helped Yan Hagi wipe the mud off his face, "Accompany me to meet the old lady." ”

"Cousin Fu, you let me down, I'm dirty." Yan Hao knew that Fu Zhixing had a habit of cleanliness, and he was still wearing a brocade robe embroidered with bluegrass on a white background today.

"I don't dislike it." Fu Zhixing took Yan Hagi into his arms and walked slowly towards the village. Tang Li and the four of them looked at Fu Zhixing's back, and they all showed playful smiles.

Mrs. Yan took a few granddaughters to taste tea in the courtyard, Fu Zhixing and others went in and ran into it, since this was the case, Mrs. Yan simply did not let her granddaughters avoid it. Yan Qian's eyes lit up when he saw Tang Li, and after the five of them sat down to greet Mrs. Yan, they held the tea to Tang Li with their own hands, "Taisun, please drink tea, this is tea brewed from the clear spring on the mountain." ”

Old Madam Yan stared at Yan Qian, her eyebrows frowning slightly. Yu Fangfei had a faint regret in her eyes, why didn't the prince of Chu come?

"Thank you, Miss Yan." Tang Li knew that there were thirteen young ladies in the Yan family, and the young lady he was most familiar with was Yan Hao, and he couldn't figure out how many Yan Qian ranked.

"You're welcome." Yan Qian pursed her lips and smiled, lowered her head and retreated to her seat, and sat down.

"You little dirty cat, go wash your face." Old Madam Yan pulled Yan Hao, this girl was covered with mud, and she stained Fu Xiaozi's clothes.

Mu Yuan took Yan Hagi down to wash his face, and after a while, he combed his hair again, and Yan Hagi, who had changed into clean clothes, was brought out by Mu Yuan. She was wearing pink clothes, her little face was white and tender, and she was wearing a pink hairband on her head, and a small silver bell was tied at the end of the hairband.

Fu Zhixing beckoned, "Xiaoxiao, come over for tea." ”

Yan Hagi walked over, leaned next to him, and took a sip of tea on his hand, "Thank you, cousin." ”

Fu Zhixing touched her head with a smile and fed her a few sips. Seeing that her cousins were so close, Mrs. Yan's eyes flashed, and she smiled dumbly, the difference between the two was nine years old, it should be the love of brother and sister.

Fu Zhixing and the five of them had lunch in the Zhuangzi before leaving to do business.

After staying in Zhuangzi for a few days, it was May 19, the summer solstice, and the saint gave ice as usual to reward the courtiers to relieve the heat; The Yan family also dug an ice cellar, which contained more than 3,000 pieces of ice; The next day, the summer vacation begins; The saint took the queen, Concubine Li and others to the Jing Palace in Daxi Mountain to escape the summer, and the saint ordered King Rong, King Xin, An Guogong, Yan Taifu, Jiang Taifu, Wu Shoufu and others to accompany him.

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Note: It is believed that corn was introduced in 1531. This article is overhead, and the preset time point is 1780, so there is corn! Please don't delve into it.