Chapter 21: Mooncakes
Since Siyuntang's business boomed, Liu Zhen saved some silver taels and bought a small courtyard with a single family, which is next to the Jingzhao Mansion, after all, it is a woman, it is better to be cautious.
Liu Zhen came to menstruation today, and he was not feeling well, so he instructed the girl in the store. He went home early, walked home, and when he was about to reach the door, he saw a girl with a familiar face standing at the door of his house.
"Are you the tea fragrance next to Miss Song San?" Liu Zhen looked at a large basket in her left hand and a large basket in her right hand, and said very curiously: "Is there anything wrong?" ”
"My young lady asked me to come to the Mid-Autumn Festival." Cha Xiang said, and a soft whimper sounded from the basket covered with cotton cloth on her right hand.
"Your young lady is too polite." Liu Zhen was opening the door and didn't notice the sound. "Come on in."
"Yo, Miss Liu's house is quite elegant." Cha Xiang looked at the grape trellis in front of this small courtyard and couldn't help but sigh.
"Girl, don't make fun of me." Liu Zhen said, pushed open the door and invited Cha Xiang to come in.
The girl's house was clean and everything was in order. Cha Xiang put the basket in his left hand on a square table of grass and pear logs, and put the basket in his right hand on the ground.
Cha Xiang lifted the cotton cloth covered by the basket and took out a lacquered red six-sided wooden box with a full moon from inside, "This is a newly made moon cake in the afternoon in the kitchen, there are eight in total." There are two egg yolks with lotus paste and two egg yolks with bean paste, as well as fresh meat and taro paste filling, which taste very good. Miss distributed a few mooncakes to the girls in the courtyard in the morning, but everyone couldn't eat them at noon, so they ate all the mooncakes. ”
Liu Zhen is a homeless person, although after making some money, her mother also took a few pieces of moon cakes wrapped in oil paper a few days ago to coax her back, but Liu Zhen's heart is already cold, how can she be coaxed by a few months cakes.
"I'm tired of the girl on this trip, remember to go back for me and thank you miss." This Mid-Autumn Festival, she didn't plan to spend it, but it was not bad to eat two mooncakes for the occasion.
"Definitely, the girl remembers to eat earlier, but it will run out of oil if you leave it for a long time." Cha Xiang instructed.
"Okay," Liu Zhen tilted his head, curiously looking at the basket where the tea fragrance was placed on the ground, "What's in that basket?" ”
Cha Xiang squatted down, and when she got up again, she was holding a half-sized black and yellow wolf dog in her hand.
"Yikes!" Liu Zhen was pleasantly surprised.
"My young lady was a little worried when she learned that Miss Liu was a resident, so she chose a little wolf dog and raised her from a young age to be more relatives. I don't know if Miss Liu likes it or not? Tea Xiang said.
"I like it," Liu Zhen couldn't hold it anymore, and took the little wolf dog in his arms, "Miss Song is really too thoughtful, I didn't think of it myself, although I have never had a dog, but I must take good care of it, and never disappoint Miss." ”
After Cha Xiang sent something, he also saw that Liu Zhen's face was not good, so he took his leave.
Liu Zhen was not feeling well, so he didn't want to cook by himself, and he didn't bother to go out to buy it. So I burned a bowl of oil tea, and took one out of the mooncakes sent by the tea fragrance to eat.
As soon as I bite into it, the meat juice flows into Liu Zhen's mouth, and it is immediately full of fragrance, and the meat juice is still warm! It seems that Song Zhi sent it to him, and it was a newly made furnace.
Liu Zhen ate the remaining fresh meat mooncake again, drank half a bowl of oil tea, his stomach was hot, and his body was much more comfortable.
She caught a glimpse of the packet of mooncakes sent by her mother on the table, thought about it and reached out to take it, and just took a bite, she frowned.
This is winter melon filling, Liu Zhen has hated eating winter melon stuffed moon cakes since she was a child, but her family celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival every year, and only winter melon filling, because her younger brother likes to eat winter melon filling.
Liu Zhen threw away the moon cake and never looked at it again.
……
"Sister, what's wrong with you?" Song Yan gave Song Zhi a bowl of lychee pigeon egg sweet soup, but Song Zhi shook his head and said in a sick voice: "Sister, my stomach hurts." ”
"Why do you suddenly have a stomachache?" Song Yan saw the part that Song Zhi's right hand was pressing, her heart moved, and she comforted: "Is it unbearable?" ”
"It's okay, it's just for a while." Song Zhi leaned on Song Yan and felt relieved when he smelled the fragrance on her body.
Song Yan nodded her nose and said softly: "Then sister should hold on for a while, and when we have seen the "Autumn Garden Ammonite Picture" that the emperor appreciated, my sister will take you to rest again, otherwise, others will say that you are rude." ”
Song Zhi hesitated for a moment and nodded.
"Then let's go." Song Yan said with a smile. Song Zhi obediently followed her to get up, and on the Huanghuali butterfly circle chair she had sat on, there was a place where the color was extraordinarily dark. And on the long blue skirt on Song Zhi's body, there was a bright red on the buttocks.
The corners of Song Yan's mouth hooked up an imperceptible smile, and she glanced at Song Yao who was following behind her, who trembled slightly and nodded.
Xiao Chen went to find a mahogany mantle incense case, put it in the courtyard, and carefully unfolded the "Autumn Garden Ammonite".
Everyone came forward to appreciate it, this painting is Zhang Changmeng's pen work, and it is exquisite. Everyone was stunned, and suddenly heard a girl's surprised voice sound, "Ah, childish sister, why is there a stain on your skirt?" Are you bleeding? Where are you hurt? ”
The girl who spoke was Song Yao, her voice was not loud, but she could hear every word.
There was a commotion in the crowd of the official lady, and the older girl knew what was going on at a glance, and she didn't say anything. Only Song Yao was still screaming, "Where is my sister broken, is it bleeding?" ”
She is as noisy as a knower on a summer tree, which is extremely disgusting. "Second sister, don't talk about it!" Song Yan's face looked very anxious.
Song Yao's face turned white and she was silent in an instant.
Song Yan stood still behind Song Zhi, her hand gently resting on Song Zhi's shoulder, like a protector. "Little sister, don't be afraid, my sister will take you to change your clothes now."
What else did she say next, Song Zhi didn't remember, she only remembered that there seemed to be faint laughter around her, and the faces of the girls were either frightened or ignorant or sympathetic, or ridiculed? Lin Tianqing wanted to help Song Zhi, but Song Yan seemed to shake her head and refused.
Song Zhi lowered her eyes, she could hear the heartbeat of 'dong dong' in her chest, but she couldn't hear what Song Yan said in her ear, Song Yan leaned down and pressed her face against Song Zhi's face, as if to appease, her cold earrings were the only thing Song Zhi could feel, and then Song Zhi's feet were soft and fell into the soft darkness.
……
"Miss? Miss? "A few words from month to month.
"How?" Song Zhi came back to her senses, her eyes turned from cold to gentle, as if a piece of broken ice melted into her deep eyes.
Month by month was stunned, and then said with a smile: "Lin Mansion is almost here, I want Miss to wake up, Miss, are you okay?" ”
Song Zhi smiled silently, "What can it be?" It's nothing more than a distraction. ”
On August 16 every year in the Lin Mansion, there is a moon viewing party, and dignitaries are invited to participate. It is said to be a moon viewing, but in fact it is just a gathering of the powerful. Emperor Shun'an knew it, but he also appreciated the moon cake wine for everyone to taste.
In her previous life, Song Zhi made a big ugly appearance at this moon viewing party, her menarche stained her dress and chair, and she was punctured by Song Yao. Song Zhi was shocked, not to mention the serious illness, and even the menstrual affairs were messed up, and it was only after nearly half a year that he came back to the second menstrual affairs.
In this life, naturally there will be no such thing again. Half a month ago, Song Zhi felt pain in her lower abdomen, and Qin's mother boiled a dose of uterine-warming decoction for Song Zhi to take, and the menstrual event came in advance, and the pain was much less.
Song Zhi has to cheer up today, after all, there is still a hard battle to be fought.
In her previous life, Song Yan proudly told Song Zhi that she and Rui Xi had known each other for a long time. The first time the two met was today, and since then Rui Xi fell in love with Song Yan at first sight and has not changed her mind.
These words came out of Song Yan's mouth, and the credibility should be discounted a little, but when they first met today, this should not be false.
Song Zhi thought about it, Song Yan was with him throughout the banquet, only he was frightened and fell asleep in the guest room of the Lin Mansion, and this time was blank. Only at this time could Song Yan meet Rui Xi alone.
But the dinner party in the Lin Mansion was at the end of the day, and the door between the Koi Residence and the Lin Mansion had already been locked at that time, how could Rui Xi come in?
Or did he not leave in the first place?
"Miss, it's here." Meteor jumped out of the car dexterously, gently brushed the wooden ladder with the skirt of the moon shadow yarn trimmed with blue satin, Song Zhi took Meteor's hand and walked down the small steps on the side of the carriage, and was suddenly supported by Song Yan.
Meteor didn't let go, and it wasn't until Song Zhi touched her fingertips that he stepped aside.
"My sister loves to dress up these days, and I see that the boss of the Silk Hall is so diligent." Song Yan held Song Zhi and looked intimate.
"My sister is not as talented as my sister, she can write poems, paint or something. I have nothing to do all day long, I can only think about what to wear and what to wear. Song Zhi recruited Song Yao on the side, "Second sister, come, don't hide alone." ”
Chunhua followed Song Yao quietly, "Why did my sister only bring a maid today, Chunqiao?" Song Yan asked seemingly unintentionally.
"I don't know what's wrong with this girl, such a big person is still so careless about eating, she has been vomiting and diarrhea for several days, and she can't walk anymore, so I let her rest." Song Yao said with a sad face.
"Oh?" Song Yan was a little surprised, but it was fleeting, and she smiled at Song Zhi again, "That's really unlucky, the moon viewing banquet in the Lin Mansion, how many dignitaries and nobles and famous families will come." ”
"My sister laughed, let's just have a light meal with the official ladies of the same age in the west hall. Outside, my father and mother don't allow us to get involved. Song Zhi said something indifferently, but Song Yan was speechless for a while.