Shao Yi originally went through the motions and told the emperor that it was okay. Who knew that the trip to the palace was delayed for a long time by the emperor.

Look at the sky, I can't go to the kiln today, Shao Yi came out of the palace and went directly to his house.

Before he entered the palace, he asked people to bring a message to Shao's mother, and he went to deal with business first, and then he could go back about the time when he was gone.

At this time, it was much later than Sanyake, and I am afraid that his mother had already prepared dinner and was waiting for him.

Shao's mother has indeed been waiting for her son for a long time, since Shao Yi was born, until now for more than 20 years, she has never left the capital, and she has never even stayed overnight.

But this trip out, one trip is six days, and as a mother, I am really worried.

Since the day Shao Yi left, Shao's mother has been counting the days. Early this morning, Jin Fu, the housekeeper in the house, took two small servants, and the three of them were wrapped in thick cotton clothes, and went to the tea shed outside the city gate to wait.

waited until the beginning of Shen Shichu, Jin Fu came back with the two little guys, reported his safety, and told his uncle that he had to go to the office first before he could come back.

Shao's mother doesn't care about these, her son, who is less than ten years old, is messing around outside, not at home all day, because there is a powerful guard at home to follow, he will not suffer much loss, so many years, Shao's mother has been used to her son running away outside.

This time, too, as long as she entered the capital safely, she would be at ease.

When Shao Yi returned home, it was already dark, so he first went to his room to change his cloak and cotton robe, and put on homely clothes before going to Shao's mother's room.

Shao's mother was already waiting in the room, and she heard the maid guarding outside the courtyard door say that she saw the uncle, and hurriedly greeted her out of the room.

Before Shao Yi stepped into the courtyard gate, he had already seen his mother hurrying towards him.

He hurriedly took two steps forward, and before he could salute, he was already pulled by Shao's sleeve and looked up and down.

"Thin and thin, this is thin, it's the road, right?" Shao's mother was full of distress.

"Where? I have eaten well and lived well all the way, how can I lose weight? If you care about it, it's messy. Shao Yi said that he chose a county town on the road last night to rest, stayed for a good night, and took the opportunity to clean up. Otherwise, it will be even more dusty to come back this way, and I don't know what my mother will say.

Shao's mother looked him up and down a few more times, but she didn't insist: "Come into the house quickly, it's cold outside." Warm up first when you enter the house, let's eat, and the family is waiting for you to come back. ”

The family is waiting for Shao Yi to come back to eat, although there are only two masters, but the rules of which family are the same, only when the master's food is ready, the people will start to show their own.

In Shao's mother's room, although the meal has not been set yet, the big kang table has been changed on the kang. Obviously, today's meal must be much more abundant than usual.

At this time, the kang table was not empty, and a few saucers were placed on it, and inside were the Dongxi Tuyi brought back by Shao Yi.

Dongxi is a remote place, but there are some local characteristics in the county.

What Shao Yi brought back was a few kinds of food, and a few kinds of small fruit made of wild fruits, which were not pretentious, and the taste was incomparable with the candied fruit of the time-honored brand in Beijing. But there is no victory in the capital, and it is sweet and sour, and it has a different taste.

There are two other kinds of shortbread, which are also not good-looking, but the taste is acceptable, and they have not been seen in Beijing.

Shao Yi entered the door, first let Shao's mother take a seat, greeted his mother, and then glanced at a few plates of snacks on the kang table, it seemed that Shao's mother was quite face-saving, and she tasted everything a little.

While washing his hands in the basin brought by the maid, he asked Shao's mother with a smile, "How does these foods taste?" It's barren and there's not much good. I picked them out and thought they were good. ”

"It's good, the food of ordinary people has a different taste. If it was in the past, these were only the ones that had the opportunity to taste them during the New Year's holidays. Shao's mother said with a smile, as if she remembered the past years, some nostalgia, and some satisfaction.

Shao Yi has never been far away, usually walking in the capital, and often brings back some famous food from the old store in the capital, but this is the first time to bring back foreign specialties with a sense of ritual from such a long distance.

Shao's mother looked at Shao Yi and sighed in her heart, her son has grown up. I think that when she just heard the bad news of the death of the prince, she was also worried that her son would lose his father's care, and she didn't know if he could live.

Now that my son has grown up, I can still ask the emperor to allow him to go out of Beijing, take the guards, and run errands for a long distance.

Seeing Shao Yi clean his hands and face and sit on the kang, Shao Mu pushed a plate of small yellow fruit shops in front of her and said, "These small fruits taste good, they are very appetizing, you can also eat two grains, and eat more meals in a while." ”

Shao Yi hurriedly shook his head: "Forget it, I won't eat it." In the local area, these snacks are also eaten by women and children, and I am a big man, and I am not used to eating these. I helped Uncle Mo bring some things back, and by the way, I also brought preserved fruits and shortbread, I wonder if Aunt Mo and the little ones at home are also used to eating? ”

Shao Mu smiled: "The things brought back from so far away are very rare, you and I have a mouthful, I'm afraid it's not enough to taste it." ”

Shao Yi drank two sips of hot tea, slowed down slightly, and Shao's mother ordered the rice.

His family eats, Shao Yi is in the middle of winter, and he has just come back from the road, so this dinner naturally does not pay attention to catching the wind and washing the dust or anything, and the meal is prepared according to the comfort of eating.

The first thing that came up was a bowl of hot chicken noodle soup, followed by four dishes and one soup in turn, fried lamb with green onions, glutinous rice and chicken rolls, fried kidney flowers with garlic sprouts, steamed pork ribs with tempeh, shredded yam and pork soup, as well as a small steamed bun and silver silk rolls, which were Shao Yi's favorite meals.

Shao Yi has indeed not eaten a meal so comfortably for several days, and it is very comfortable to eat while chatting with Shao's mother about what he has seen and heard about this trip to Dongxi.

Gradually, the topic returned to the capital, Shao Yi swallowed the last bite of rice, pushed the bowl, and said: "The emperor is worried that the black gold stone will not arrive in the capital in time, and now it is almost the end of the year, and during the Chinese New Year, the workshop under the Ministry of Industry also has more than half a month of vacation, in fact, it does not delay the matter [520]. ”