Chapter 5 Spices
"Mother doesn't care too much," Song Zhi said softly, taking out a small paper bag from his arms. "The affairs of the back house are all taken care of by Aunt Zhou and the eldest sister. Spices, of course, are also in their hands, if I say that spices are wrong, don't I suspect them? I don't know how to make incense, so I can only ask my grandmother to find someone to help me see if there is anything wrong with this spice? β
Song Zhi knew that in his previous life, the Lin family had a mad disease, and he had some inseparable relationship with this spice. Luo's mother hurriedly took the paper bag and went out to find Qin's mother.
Mother Qin has some medical skills in her body, in addition to being able to regulate a woman's body, she also knows a lot about the selfish methods of these inner houses, which is why Song Zhi intends to ask her to take care of herself.
When Mother Qin came with Mother Luo, her expression was a little solemn, "Miss, your incense is really the spice that your mother usually uses?" β
Song Zhi nodded firmly, "I'm afraid of making a mistake, just let the moon come out of the incense burner, it will definitely not be wrong!" β
"Is there a problem?" Just looking at Mother Qin's expression, Old Madam Lin knew that there must be something wrong with this bag of spices.
"This incense, at first glance, is an ordinary incense. But there are a few spices that are very strange. It's not like the spices of our Central Plains. β
Mother Qin dipped her fingers in a little spice and put it on the tip of her nose to sniff it carefully.
"The old lady knows that I am from the West, and I have been bought and sold all the way from the West. There is a taste of camel leaf in this spice, which I know well. If this camel leaf is used in small amounts, it will have the effect of calming the mind, but if used for a long time, it will make people stupid and crazy. β
Hearing this, Mrs. Lin was already shocked in her heart! But I didn't expect that Qin's mother would have the following.
"There is also a cold branch among them, if you use it all the time, it has the effect of contraception."
"Ridiculous! Ridiculous! "Old Madam Lin didn't expect her daughter to be so naΓ―ve and stupid!
It's just that she doesn't associate with herself, she didn't expect to do such a stupid thing! actually put his life in the hands of others!
Song Zhi didn't say a word, but his eyes were red, which was worth a thousand words.
The old lady was distressed when she saw it, thinking that her heart and soul were living under the hands of others, and she must have suffered a lot of grievances.
The little person has to help his mother keep an eye on the black hand, so he should be frightened! The old lady hurriedly held Song Zhi in her arms and coaxed her.
"Who would do this?" Mother Luo and Mother Qin glanced at each other and asked.
"Song Yan." Song Zhi sullenly spoke.
"Why are you so sure?" Old Madam Lin looked at her little granddaughter and said suspiciously.
Mother Qin also had doubts, "How can she, a child of the boudoir, get that rare spice that is far away in the west?" β
"Isn't her eldest brother in the West?" There were all smart people present, but Song Zhi just clicked slightly, and then suddenly brightened, "Besides, why did Aunt Zhou do this?" She has no reason, Zheng and her mother are just her father's wife to her, and Song Yan and I are both father's children, all the same. β
Aunt Zhou is Song Ling's sister-in-law, and she had a life-saving grace for Song Ling in her early years, so Song Ling placed her in the house with great courtesy.
With Aunt Zhou in control, Song Zhi was not treated harshly in terms of eating and drinking, but was thoughtful.
However, Song Zhi did not think that Aunt Zhou did this because of this, but in her previous life, Song Yan had personally hinted that she had made the Lin family a madman.
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The tea was served in the second round, and the people outside waited until Mrs. Lin and Song Zhi came out.
"Little ghost, when did you sneak in?" Lin Tianlang was about to finish the plate of golden jade cakes.
"Big gluttonous cat! Why are there only two pieces left! Song Zhi looked at the golden jade cake and said angrily.
"Sister, don't be angry, I still have it, let's eat." Song Yan beckoned to Song Zhi, and her smile was both gentle and generous.
"Sister eat it herself, I'm joking with my brother." Song Zhi stood in front of Mrs. Lin again, and said with a smile: "Grandmother Fang Cai has opened a small stove for me!" β
"Grandmother eccentricity." Lin Tianlang and Song Ling said in unison.
"You two boys, also listen to this little girl's deception? It's just that she drank a little residual tea in my pot, and this girl came out to show off? Old Madam Lin's dark brown silk clothes were cold to the touch, and Song Zhi traced the pattern of rich flowers on it with his fingers, looking innocent and childish.
After Lin Tianlang finished talking about what he had learned in the academy, Song Ling said that he had made a few friends in the martial arts field, and Song Zhi said that Du Ruoxin in his courtyard had bloomed.
"My sister is elegant, Du Ruohua is small and white, and most people don't like it." Song Yan waited for a long time, and finally waited for a place where she could pick up the conversation.
As soon as she spoke, the room was silent for a moment, and the atmosphere was quite awkward for a while.
"Du Ruo's flower is cold, the flower stem is straight, and it is always independent. But its fruit is like a deep blue jade pearl, elegant and generous. The flowers are also beautiful, the fruits are also beautiful, and the children like it very much. Song Zhi's answer made Luo's mother stunned, she hadn't paid much attention to this young lady on weekdays, she didn't think about her young age, but her mind was very stable, she just knew that her sister had done such an evil thing, and she was so calm.
"My sister knows a lot." Song Yan said.
"The child is young, but he has nothing to do, just playing with the flowers and plants." Old Madam Lin looked at Song Yan, her eyes were a little sharp, "On the contrary, it's you, you'll be fourteen after this year, right?" It's time to get ready to get married. β
Song Yan opened her mouth to say something, but was interrupted by Mrs. Lin, "My daughter is not very careful, and I haven't heard her say if she is looking for someone for you." But don't worry, I'll give her a little bit of a reminder.
"Yan'er is really touched by her grandmother's care, but Yan'er still wants to serve by her father's side for two more years." Song Yan said busily.
"Of the five children in your family, three will marry back two if you marry three, so why worry about no one honoring your father?" Mrs. Lin didn't eat this set.
"I heard that you started to learn to manage things early in the house, and I think you have some thoughts." These words were very serious, and Song Yan's face turned red all of a sudden.
Although ordinary ladies can look at the account books and take care of the affairs in their own courtyard, it is indeed rare for a young lady like Song Yan to be married and her mother is alive, and a young lady who has not yet left the cabinet is in charge of things in the house.
If it weren't for Song Ling's perennial absence in Beijing, and the Lin family was not sociable, I was afraid that I would be laughed at if I said this.
"That's fine, at least it's more handy after getting married." Old Madam Lin added again.
In the end, Song Yan was still young in the end, and she actually walked out of the Lin Mansion with red eyes, everyone saw it, but no one asked.
After this incident, the General's Mansion was comparable to the Longtan Tiger's Den in the eyes of Mrs. Lin, and she asked Qin's mother to go back to the General's Mansion with Song Zhi on the same day.
The first thing Qin's mother did when she arrived at the General's Mansion was to meet the Lin family and asked the Lin family to return to the Lin Mansion immediately tomorrow.
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Lin went out to Lin's house the next morning and didn't return home until dusk.
"Isn't Madame going to see Madame? I heard that Madame came back with red eyes. Standing behind Song Zhi month by month, I watched her write a dense piece of fly-headed letters.
"Who are you listening to when you say this? Why did the things in front of Madame spread so quickly? β
"Bi Xin beside Madame has always been a long tongue." The moon was heard from the mouth of Cuiyu, who was good friends with Bixin.
Song Zhi nodded, didn't say anything, and said after a while: "My mother will be very busy, and she won't have time to see me for the time being." β
Song Zhi put down his pen, "Mother Qin has just arrived, did she sleep well yesterday?" β
"Okay, Mother Qin said everything was fine, she also prepared a pot of lotus leaf lotus seed soup, and I asked Meteor to pick it up. But Mother Qin, she seems to have gone to Madame again. β
She also knows a few words month by month, although she can't taste them, but she can still see that Song Zhi's words have improved rapidly in the past few days, one word by one, elegant and fine.
(Song Zhi thought to himself, of course the progress has been rapid, and a few days ago he was still pretending to be ugly and his hands hurt.) οΌ
"Well, Mother Qin will be busy in the main courtyard for a few days." Song Zhi didn't seem surprised at all, "Tell me to go down, and respect Mother Qin up and down." β
"It's been ordered." Month by month.
"Why don't you go and see Aunt Zhou." Song Zhi took a wet handkerchief and wiped his hands, and then scraped a little milky white jade girl paste from a jade box with his fingers, and rubbed it on the tiger's mouth to prevent calluses.
"Okay." Although Zhuyue didn't understand why Song Zhi suddenly had this interest, since the master had spoken, she had no reason to spoil her fun.
Aunt Zhou likes to be quiet, so she lives in the Southeast Pavilion not far from the Ruyi Pavilion. Aunt Zhou has always been not like to be lively, and she speaks very straightforwardly, so Song Zhi didn't like to talk to her in her previous life, and she didn't have much intersection with her.
But in the end, there was only one woman in the house, who stood up and scolded Song Jian and Song Yan, although it was for Song Ling's sake, but 'the enemy of the enemy is a friend', isn't it?
"Yo, why is the young girl here?" Aunt Zhou seems to be used to being called, and the young ladies in the mansion are all called girls.
"I want to go to the garden, and I want to be close to my aunt. I had nothing to do, so I came over and looked. β
Aunt Zhou is an unsociable person, and she can't speak well, so she only pours water and passes pastries to Song Zhi.
has been a human being in two lives, and Song Zhi now prefers people with a temperament like Aunt Zhou.
"Auntie guess what it is?" Song Zhi waved his hand towards the moon, and the moon took out a paper bag and handed it to Song Zhi.
"What?"
Song Zhi smiled slyly, her face was still childlike, but her eyes had already grown. With such a smile, it comes out with a bit of feminine charm.
Aunt Zhou thought to herself, these three girls are really better than the eldest girl and the second girl in terms of appearance.
Song Zhi unfolded the paper bag in his hand and handed it to Aunt Zhou as if offering a treasure.
"Isn't this a hollyhock seed?" Aunt Zhou looked at the seeds in the paper bag and said happily.
"I heard that my aunt's house is in Shuzhong, far away from Beijing. Zhi'er got this bag of seeds by chance, but Zhi'er didn't plant it, and wanted to give it to her aunt, so that she would be able to make this hollyhock bloom better, and she could also relieve her aunt's homesickness. β
"The girl is really sweet, and she still remembers me." Aunt Zhou caressed the seeds, and her joy was indescribable, "Now it's past the time to sow seeds, and when the flowers bloom next year, invite the girl to enjoy the flowers together." β
"That aunt wants to give me a hairpin flower."
"That's nature."
A packet of seeds shortened the distance between the two, and Song Zhi spoke so affectionately, and Aunt Zhou couldn't help but be a little more casual.
Watching Song Zhi act like this, he sighed a little for a while, "Miss has really grown up." β
"Why don't you speak, but you can't understand why I'm doing it?" On the way back to Ruyi Pavilion, he didn't say a word month by month.
"No, I understand." Month by month smiled lightly, "Miss wants to do anything, she will help Miss month by month, as long as it is good for Miss." β