Tian Jiang served a bowl of pheasant soup for Shen Erye, covered with a layer of butter, knowing that he liked to eat light, he smiled and persuaded: "Eat more meat oil in cold weather, warm muscles and bones can strengthen the body." ”

Shen Erye took it, looked at her meaningfully, didn't say much, scooped it with a spoon and took a sip, it looked greasy, but the taste was very good.

Tian Jiang saw him drink the soup slowly, obviously he liked it, and couldn't help but talk a lot: "When I was a child, there was a cook in the house, very good at cooking pheasant soup, I love to eat, and then she wanted to leave Beijing and return to her hometown, so she gave me this craft, and the pheasant meat was covered with thin slices of ham, bamboo shoots, and fresh juice to make soup, which sounds simple, but it is not easy to do well." In particular, this fresh soup is very finely blended, and if you don't follow her recipe, the taste will be very different. ”

Second Master Shen was silent before asking, "How can you remember this?" Could it be that Chengdu remembers? ”

Tian Jiang shook his head, looking a little lonely: "It's strange to say, I still can't remember what I want to know, but I haven't forgotten these unrelated things." ”

Second Master Shen touched her face, and said in a soft tone: "How is this irrelevant, I like to listen to it very much, you can say more." ”

Tian Jiang also felt that it was rare for the two of them to have dinner together, and it was not the right time to be sad, so he diverted and asked: "What did the second master like to eat when he was a child?" ”

Shen Erye put the hot sticky cake into her plate, thought about it, and said with a smile on the corner of his lips: "When I was a child, my grandmother made a plate, which is really memorable, and there are hand-torn boiled chicken and duck meat and tender goose slices, bamboo shoots, fried crispy crucian carp, wind-dried meat, smoked eggs, bad fish, ham, peeled fresh walnuts, and some fresh vegetables and vegetables, which are very rich." ”

"Every time my grandmother makes a plate, she will sacrifice on the New Year's Day, or there will be a concubine to visit, or ask Mrs. Panfu to wipe the cards and play, I can't see it on weekdays, even if we don't have to eat, I take my younger brother to hang by the door, or encourage the most honest fourth brother to beg, grandmother to do the rules and categorically not give, other visitors will always be soft-hearted, or a piece of goose meat, or give a smoked egg, or a piece of ham, I will take the third brother and five brothers also around the past, each time you can also get a little, although not much but also satisfied. Or if you are scarce, you will never forget the taste of any delicious food you eat. ”

Tian Jiang listened with relish, and interjected and asked, "Why haven't I heard anyone mention the fourth brother, where is he now?" ”

Shen Erye paused for a moment and replied: "In the mansion to seek the equivalent of me, only the fourth brother Ze Han, he was a teenager at the age of twelve, fifteen years old in the second class of the first Jinshi, awarded Shu Jishi, and then entered the Wenyuan Pavilion to study, participated in the revision of the canon of our dynasty, three years later the ceremony was completed, and he was awarded the prince to read, and then in the past few years he can enter the cabinet as a supplementary minister, but he never thought that he suddenly one day seven years ago, cut his hair and shaved his degree to go to Tianruo Temple as a monk, since then he has broken the dust, all day long in the self-isolation room, eating fasting and chanting Buddha, my mother and I and my brothers are not seen, After a long time, he no longer insisted on it, for fear of mentioning his mother's sadness, so the secret order in the house kept him secret. ”

Tian Jiang couldn't help but ask again: "Why did he see through the red dust and cut off his future?" ”

Second Master Shen looked at her strangely for a long time, and said: "The fourth brother is a person who is very affectionate, he admires a woman, and he has to be allowed to propose marriage this time, how can he think of the woman on the second day...... died a miserable death, and overnight, he had three souls and six spirits wandering through the hell of Xianfu, and it was difficult to bear the pain of this life and death parting. ”

Tian Jiang's heart was sour when he heard this, there are many men and women in this world who are shallow and affectionate, and there may be a few who are as decisive as him, which is always admirable and respectful.

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After dinner, Shen Erye went to the clean room first, and Tian Jiang took the basket, sewed the cotton robe for him, and locked the edge of it.

Cai Rong came in with two pieces of cloth: "The steward sent it, saying that the second master forgot to be in the study, and it was the fifth master who gave it to the lady to tailor clothes." ”

Tian Jiang paused, raised his eyes to see the cloth, the makeup and satin, the color and texture were very exquisite, but he remembered the eyes of the fifth master staring at her during the day, and he was disgusted in his heart, so he said: "You put it away, and when the New Year comes, you will cut new clothes for Sister Li." ”

Cai Rong smiled when she heard this: "This color flower cluster is more suitable for Mrs. Mi." ”

"I don't like it." Tian Jiang's answer was brief, and he hung his neck to do the needlework on his hand, Cai Rong had to hug him out of the room, and met Shen Erye who had washed in front of the corridor, and bent down to give a blessing ceremony.

Second Master Shen looked at the cloth and asked casually, "Madame, do you like it?" ”

"Madame doesn't like it." Cai Rong truthfully said: "I said that I would keep it for Sister Li's clothes when I was waiting for the New Year." ”

She didn't hear the second master speak, and quietly looked at him, not half displeased, but instead pursed a smile, nodded at her, and walked towards the room with her hands behind her back.

Cai Rong was confused, and suddenly heard someone shouting at the gate of the courtyard: "Sister Cai Rong!" Then I walked over, and there was a girl named Jiayue standing outside the door, who was in the third room to listen to the dispatch, looking left and right as if she was afraid of being seen, because she answered: "Why is it sneaky?" What's the matter? ”

Jiayue heard that she stepped into the threshold and hid in the dark behind the door, panting and asking, "Where have you been, I shouldn't have called the door for half a day?" ”

"Where can I go!" Cai Rong pursed her lips and raised the cloth in her hand: "I'm showing this to Madame." ”

"It's so pretty." Jiayue sighed with envy in her eyes, and Cai Rong whispered in her ear: "Madame doesn't like it, let me put it away." ”

"I don't like this....... Jia Yue was a little choked, shook her head and said softly: "I came around to you while I was giving a message to the third grandmother, and told you that you don't have to talk to others, just go in and out of your left ear." ”

Cai Rong swore that she only knew it, and Jiayue said in a low voice: "Earlier, the third grandmother came back from the old lady's room, smashed the dishes and smashed the bowl to lose her temper, and then called Meiyun to go, saying that your master raised Yingge outside was spread by her, and she was going to be kicked out of the house. ”

"So she passed that on?" Cai Rong was suddenly confused again: "What are the benefits of chewing the root of her tongue like this?" What's more, when I see her on weekdays, she is not a person without measure. ”

"Who knows." Jiayue shrugged her shoulders, these things have been counted, and it is not worth studying further, so she said goodbye and left in a hurry.

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Besides, Tian Jiang was washed and changed by Cuimei, and then went back to the room, and saw Shen Erye sitting in front of the table, leaning on the back of the chair idly, holding the book with slender fingers, reading very seriously.

The room is warm like spring, in the large copper brazier, the animal charcoal burns red, and the cloisonné enamel smoker burns jasmine slices, which are not precious spices, but the smell that exudes gives people a sweet and peaceful feeling.

She didn't want Cuimei to wait, she combed her long black hair slowly, and then tied her hair in a bun with a rose hairpin, and let a few strands fall lightly on her shoulders.

Second Master Shen was still reading, Tian Jiang walked to the table, pursed his lips and said, "Second Master has not been painting often since he returned to the room recently. ”