Peach blossom crossing, Liang house.

Uncle Liang has not returned to Tongzhou at night, but it is more lively than before.

Today's day is not bad, many mothers-in-law carry Maza, in the courtyard aisle while basking in the sun to do line work, while chatting and gossiping, the small guy is around to push a pai gow, shake a dice tube for entertainment, noisy and abnormal.

Seeing that Luo Shi was coming, they greeted her one after another: "Miss Luo Shi is here?" We haven't come back yet."

"Xiaojiu, Mr. Liu is in the account room?"

After greeting others, she asked a young man with a good relationship.

"Mr. Liu went home to be busy with the New Year, and he didn't come back until the market opened on the sixth day of the first month of January, what are you looking for him to do? The monthly dividends that should be issued were all issued yesterday, and now the books have been cleared, and the silver has been locked into the cabinet without mentioning the money."

Xiaojiu told Rashi 1510.

Luo Shi nodded: "Okay, then I know, you play yours, I'll go around elsewhere, looking for girls to talk"

Xiaojiu screamed, and then threw himself into the crowd again, killing all directions.

Luo astringent frowns are difficult to express, I don't know what to do now.

When she went to Tongzhou City yesterday to collect spicy vegetable silver, she had inquired from the side that Tongzhou City was the old capital, with the same six-part system as the capital, but the function was weak, and it was just for those old ministers who were about to retire to provide idle posts, and it was actually okay.

In terms of power, it is nothing more than the governor's yamen, the state capital and county yamen, and there is another special existence, that is, the Tongzhou garrison general's mansion.

There are five generals' mansions in the country, Shengjing deters Lao Maozi in northern Xinjiang, Liangzhou resists the Mongolian soldiers in Xilong, there is a general's mansion in Sichuan and Shu, and there are also in the coastal area of Yuedi to prevent pirates.

And Tongzhou Mansion is close to the capital, and this garrison general, Gong Guard, is the division of King Qin, and must be a person who the emperor trusts very much.

If Luo Shi wants to gain a firm foothold in Tongzhou, no one dares to bully, and he needs to take this lead. It's just that she didn't have an entry point, so she came to the door rashly, and with what she had the ability to do, she also called someone out.

Four or two thousand catties, you have to draw the road first.

Pacing back and forth in the huge Liang Mansion with his hands in his hands, he somehow walked to the back kitchen storage.

Uncle Liang is not there at night, this small kitchen has been cold for a month, and no one comes on weekdays.

"Isn't this Luo Shi, why are you here in this hurry?"

The assistant chef aunt who spoke, she was coming out of the warehouse, carrying a sack of things behind her, which looked like melon seeds and nuts or something.

"Aunt Wang, I haven't seen you for a long time, I'll take a look at you, what are you carrying?"

Aunt Wang has always liked her sweet mouth, and people also understand the world, so she squinted and smiled:

"Oh, it's all called fragrant seeds, walnuts or something, I haven't eaten these, some melon seeds and peanuts are in the New Year, it was the head of the capital to spread the word, saying that it was the grandson of General He on the fifteenth day of the lunar month, He Zao, who was one year old, and asked me to send some dried fruits to congratulate him."

"General Ho?"

"You don't know, it's the general of the Tongzhou City garrison, General He Lao, poor Gu Xinian hugged his eldest grandson, very happy, on the fifteenth, he invited all the officials and gentry in the city, and the little doll still had to draw lots, and they all went to congratulate him and ask for a favor."

While talking to Luo Shi, Aunt Wang unloaded the sack and put it on the ground, and took out a handful of walnut kernels:

"You said that my family is also sincere, saying that the old general is not short of gold and silver antiques, send some walnuts to him to replenish his brain, don't let him be confused too early, and enjoy a few more years of family fun"

What a clear stream among the gentlemen!

Luo Shi lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, then raised her head and smiled shallowly:

"The mind is good, the old general may not be unappreciative, but there are so many people, and he doesn't care about the face of the Liang Mansion of Zhenguo Gong, and uses this sack to ......"

"Not really! My hair is so sad that my hair is gray, because my sister is the nurse of the little grandson, so she handed over this matter to me."

Luo Shi probably had an idea in her heart, but she didn't say anything about it now, but said:

"There are still a few days left, why don't you leave it to me, auntie, I'll find a beautiful box for you, you can take it with you, you can pay the errand without losing face, but ......"

Aunt Wang already knew that Luo Shi girl had a delicate heart, and she had many ideas, so much to say to her today, I also hoped that she could come up with a good idea, seeing that she still had a later article, I couldn't help but feel worried, don't you want to take the opportunity to open a high price, right?

"But what? Let's say okay first, my aunt doesn't have a family of princesses, so I don't want to coax you to take money as money."

"Where is the aunt, I don't charge money, I just ask the aunt to take Luo Shi with her that day and see the world!"

She pulled up Aunt Wang's sleeve, coaxed and grinded, and used all the little coquettish skills she had, goosebumps flew all over her face, and finally her efforts were not in vain, Aunt Wang relented:

"Okay, okay, I'll take you with me, but I can say okay first, just follow me all the time, and don't go anywhere."

Nodding in response, he asked her to ask for these dried fruits and walnuts to leave:

"Auntie, the things I made can make the old general happy, but the little doll doesn't necessarily like it, so I have to ask you to borrow something."

Haha laughed, Aunt Wang nodded her forehead, and pretended: "What kind of tricks, all the tricks, all the flowers, let's say, what else do you need?" ”

Hehe smiled, Luo Shi beckoned her to come over with her ear, and read a sentence in her ear, Aunt Wang's eyes were straight, and she hurriedly asked:

"Does this work?"

Luo Shi shrugged: "How do you know if you don't try?" ”

*

Carrying a sack of dried fruits out of Liangfu, he returned to Niujia Village in a carriage, and when he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, he called Sanniang to come out to help.

Since being robbed by the "robbers", Sanniang's house has also been delayed, and there is no penny in hand, and it is not even the New Year, so I can only wait to get through this period of time and think about it again in spring.

Now the two of them can only continue to live in Luo Shi's house first.

Sanniang heard Luo Xi's voice and ran out haggard - Luo Xi saw her red eyes, afraid that she was still wiping her tears.

Luo Shi couldn't help but sigh, grabbed her hand, and gently comforted:

"Sanniang, I know you're sad, but you still have to live your life, and you have to take revenge, I never believe that it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, I'm a woman, and I'm aggrieved overnight, so you cheer up, I have something to ask you to help with."

Sanniang wiped her tears and nodded:

"You have always had an idea, I listen to you, I will do whatever you tell me to do"

"Go and find Brother Niu Qian, let's have a meeting, three stinkers, stinky Zhuge Liang, come, start work!"

North Hall, three people gathered.

Since Luo Shi didn't have a pen and paper at home, he could only pick up a branch, make a simple sand table and draw a rough pattern for him:

"Brother Niu Qian, try it, can you carve this pattern on a one-foot-square wooden box cover?"

"It's ......"

Niu Qian put his hands behind his back, tilted his head, looked left and right, and asked very embarrassed tentatively: "Is it a mouse?" ”

Luo Shi spurted out a mouthful of old blood, and couldn't help covering his heart, and asked rhetorically:

"Isn't this a ...... Squirrels? ”

Sanniang smiled, picked up the branch and re-painted a few strokes, I don't want her to be very talented, the little squirrel she painted is cute and cute, and she is still holding a small nut in her hand, and the feeling of astringency comes out instantly!

Secretly wiping away her wordless tears, she admitted her defeat.

Husband and wife always have a tacit understanding that ordinary people can't reach, and after a while, Niu Qian carved the squirrel out with a carving knife on a wooden board.

"Yes, that's it, Brother Niu Qian, you are responsible for making the wooden box of the Wufu squirrel, and I will divide it into five gaps, a round one in the middle, which can fit a big red date, and the whole box should be like a five-petal flower."

This looks simple, but it is very test of school kung fu, unlike the square table and bench that a carpenter can fiddle with, manual work and the like, it is always a kind of craftsmanship.

Whenever he came across something about wood, he was like a piece of wood, and he didn't say a word, but squatted in the corner and pondered.

Luo Shi called Sanniang and poured out the dried fruits in the sack, seeing so many of them, her eyes were going to be spent.

In addition to dried fruits, there are also all kinds of assorted southern sugar, persimmon cakes, rice candy, rich people have a few kinds of golden dates, sugar-pickled lotus seeds, and what sesame cakes and other pastries.

All mixed together, take what you eat, put it in a sack, put it in an iron box, even if you are very particular about people, at most you will find a flower porcelain sunflower bottle and can, and there is never any exquisite packaging.

She plans to do the opposite, picking out each type of dried fruit and putting it separately, not much, but it should be delicate and have an auspicious meaning that can be catchy.

At the little doll's first birthday banquet, he first won the blue eyes of General He.

While picking, Sanniang asked suspiciously:

"Luo Shi, I see that your idea is fresh, and it sounds good, but what if General He doesn't like it? It's not something you can't get on the market."

Luo Shi smashed open the big walnut, peeled out the walnut kernel, put it in the mouth, chirp and chewed it, the walnut kernel taste was light and astringent, she sipped the water and said:

"I'm still waiting for something."

……

It wasn't until the evening that Aunt Wang brought the things and put them in a black jar, and she smiled and handed them to Luo Shi.

thanked Aunt Wang, and agreed to wait outside the gate of the Tongzhou Garrison General's Mansion on the fifteenth day of the lunar month, and when the time comes, she will bring the dried fruit gift box with it.

Niu Qian has already made the box, and the lid is engraved with a huge squirrel, and the four small characters of Wufu squirrel are engraved on the side.

In the box, according to the meaning, the radish was filled with peanuts, dried longan, persimmons and so on.

There are not many of them, but they are scattered legal person meanings, and if you really want to eat them with a snack, you are afraid that you will not eat them, but there is mainly a meaning in it, and it looks exquisite and high-grade. mixed with the original sack of dried fruits, it is simply two painting styles.

As for the circular space in the middle of the box, she planned to put a jujube and walnut kernel.

This thing also sells well in her snack shop in modern times, and in the final analysis, it is a little astringent and bitter to eat walnuts alone, and it will be better if it is sandwiched in red dates.

And the nuclear date, He Zao, was originally taken from this Qiaozonger.

I deliberately selected a big red date, cut half of it and took out the date core - soak the walnut kernels in the jar that Aunt Wang borrowed, and when the juice was boiled dry, I took it out of the pot, brushed it with a layer of fine sugar, and then dried the inside of the big red date.

Everything is ready, just wait for the fifteenth day of the lunar month.