Big cousin, I don't know. "Daddy, what's the name of the eldest cousin? Is he going to the capital next year? ”

Ye Yuan knew that she had forgotten something, and explained: "Big cousin, I'm talking about your aunt's eldest Langjun, surnamed Li Mingzhiyuan, 17 today, smart since childhood, I took the Xiucai exam the year before last, and I only took the autumn exam this year, and when the Double Ninth Festival is over, it will be time to release the list." ”

"The eldest cousin is very good at school, he will definitely be able to pass the test." Yunxiao said triumphantly: "When my cousin passes the exam, it's time to come to our house to propose, hehe......"

Yun Jin slapped it over: "As far as you know, pick your flowers." ”

Yunxiao laughed, hugged Yun Kai with a confused face and walked away, muttering as he walked: "You know, Yun Kai, the eldest cousin will soon become our brother-in-law......

"Ye Yunxiao!"

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "Don't make trouble, this matter is not until that day, you can't say it outside, your sister is a girl." ”

Yunxiao vaguely responded. Yun Jin was so angry that he wanted to chase him and beat him.

Yunxi hurriedly pulled her and said, "Sister, don't pay attention to him, tell me what the names of these flowers are?" ”

Yun Jin was angry, his little face was flushed, his long braid was crooked on his right shoulder, his nose was slightly upturned, and he was indescribably playful and cute.

She said angrily: "I can't get angry with him, my sister and I have a lot, don't get angry, don't get angry." ”

"Come, let me show you, this white and yellow flower, with stamens like lotus houses, is called Wanling chrysanthemum; The pink one is called mahogany; The petals are white, and the flower color is sandalwood; Pure white, the flowers are huge and called Xirong chrysanthemum; The yellow and round one is called golden bell chrysanthemum. "Yun Jin is like a number of family treasures," far from this, it is our new this year, marigold silver daisy, white and big, the heart of the flower is yellow, compared to Tao Yuanming's Jiuhua chrysanthemum and many more petals, more rare. ”

"Where did you buy these chrysanthemums?" Yunxi asked casually, there should have been a store specializing in selling flowers in ancient times, right?

It was an ordinary question, but Yunxi's sharp eyes found that the root of Ye Yunjin's ears was a little red, and there was a situation.

"Where else can it be, it's all bought by my father in Fengtai County? Buy one, raise it for a few years, it's more, our family hasn't gone outside to buy chrysanthemums for two years, and we have to send them out every year. There is also chrysanthemum wine, the chrysanthemum wine brewed by my father is good, and my aunt has to go to give gifts every year. ”

"Oh, how can I make some silver?" Yunxi knows that the ancient chrysanthemum wine is a must-drink in Chongyang, and the market should be not small.

Yun Jin said with a smile: "Is my sister short of money to spend, how do you think of making money, although our family is not that high-ranking family, it is also a family of generations of cultivators, chrysanthemum wine is just what my father likes, and it is better than ordinary people, in addition to drinking it myself, it is my aunt's house, my grandmother's house, and I just send some favors, but I don't sell it." ”

Yes, the ancients said that although the merchants were rich, they had a low status, so many families would rather be poor than buy and sell.

Yunxi didn't forget her sister's blush, and asked shyly: "Oh, that's it, where did you buy the new chrysanthemums this year?" ”

Yunjin slapped Ye Yunxi's head lightly, "You stinky girl, you also came to make fun of me, it was sent by my eldest cousin, his friend went to the capital to study and sent back a big car, my cousin got a few pots, so he sent us two pots, which Bianjing every household grows chrysanthemums, where do the new chrysanthemums come from." ”

Hey, cousins and cousins in ancient times, that's simply synonymous with lovers!

He dragged out his tone and said, "Oh, I see." ”

Yun Jin was even more embarrassed, and hurriedly changed the topic: "Hurry up and pick flowers, see that they have picked a lot, and after the flowers are picked, you can make chrysanthemum wine." ”

There are many people with great strength, and after a while, the chrysanthemums are almost picked, so that people can hold them, and a group of people will go to the kitchen.

This time I can't stretch out my hand, the cooks will pick the chrysanthemums with branches and leaves and leave five catties each, and then add five catties of rehmannia and wolfberry roots, add 100 catties of water to boil, it is said that it is necessary to boil until the water is halved, and then filter it with gauze, and set aside.

Other materials such as glutinous rice, each seventy catties, have been soaked in advance, then drained the steamed rice, and after being warmed, stir evenly with the koji and medicinal juice, and then pour it into the large wine urn, seal it with a candle, and move it into the cellar, and the wine urn is surrounded by straw to keep warm and ferment, so that the chrysanthemum wine is ready. It can be drunk during the Chung Yeung Festival next year.

A group of people laughed and laughed, and when the wine urn was put away, they all grinned happily.

Ye Yuan took the opportunity to move out the chrysanthemum wine brewed last year, and just waited for the Double Ninth Festival to open it and drink it. Chrysanthemum wine is not very energetic, even a little lady like Yunxi will be allowed to drink a cup during the festival, and everyone is even more happy.

The day passed like this, and by the time I finished eating, I felt so sleepy, and my upper eyelids kept fighting with my lower eyelids. Yun Kai closed his eyes slightly, tilted his head, and kowtowed his head again and again, causing everyone to laugh. Finally finished eating, Lin hurriedly took him to sleep.

Yunxi forced himself to freshen up, lay down in the quilt and slept until dawn. It is worthy of being a child, the recovery is fast, and Yunxi feels energetic and full of vitality again. I went to breakfast with great anticipation.

When I arrived at the dining room, I found that only Lin and Yun Jin were sitting in the morning.

Yunxi asked strangely: "Mother, why don't my father and brother come to dinner?" ”

"Your father and brother and brother went to celebrate the festival with relatives."

"Chasing the festival, is it going to relatives?"

"The second sister even forgot to chase the festival?" Ye Zhen is a good teacher, "Chasing festivals is to give gifts to each other during festivals when you have relatives!" It's also right to say that you should leave your relatives. ”

It's not just a relative, Yunxi smiled and said, "It turned out to be a gift for the holidays." Is the Chung Yeung Festival festival a gift of chrysanthemums, chrysanthemum wine and chrysanthemum cakes? ”

Yun Jin nodded and said, "You are quite smart, these are the few things, they are sent every year, my aunt's house and my grandfather's house, there are two places to run, so my father and younger brothers left early in the morning, or it would be dark when I came back." ”

Yunxi was secretly envious, she really wanted to go to the Daimyo Mansion to see, even Fengtai County.

After eating, Lin took his two daughters to the kitchen and asked them to see how to make Chongyang cakes.

Chongyang cake, also known as "flower cake", like chrysanthemum wine, is also a must-have food for the Chung Yeung Festival.

Use finely ground rice flour and pea flour as raw materials, boil water and noodles with chrysanthemums, in addition, add sucrose, add jujube grains, crushed almonds, crushed walnut kernels, crushed peanuts and other fruit materials, make a thick round cake shape, and decorate various nuts on the top of the round cake, some are spread with chrysanthemum petals, and some are sprinkled with some osmanthus. In this way, it is the same as steaming steamed buns, steamed in the pot, and it is Chongyang cake.

In his previous life, Yunxi was steaming pumpkin steamed buns and brown sugar steamed buns by himself, so he understood it at a glance. Yunjin is not far from fifteen and Xu, so Aunt Ye let her learn directly, Yunxi's task is to observe and taste, hehe, this is a good job.

Afraid that he would be sleepy again at night, Yunxi finished lunch and prepared to take a nap. Maybe it's just that people sleep fast, and she falls asleep quickly.

When Yun Jinlin's family was done, they looked at each other and smiled when they entered the door, the corners of Yunxi's mouth were crooked, and he didn't know what kind of good dream he was having.

"After my sister fell this time, she seems to be much more sensible, and she is more stable, not like she used to be crazy, and she is like a sister."

"No, I can't believe how obedient I am these days." Lin Yunjin sat on the round bench and said with a smile: "In the past, Xi'er always blamed me for not treating her well with Yunkai, but if you watch it for a few days, even she herself will let everything go, so our family will be more harmonious." ”

Lin took a sip of tea and continued: "The autumn test has passed, I don't know how your cousin Zhiyuan did this time?" If it passes, it will be lifted. ”

Yun Jin pursed his lips and smiled: "My cousin has been studying hard for the past two years, and he will definitely be able to pass this time." ”

"Isn't your aunt allowed her tail to rise to the sky?" Aunt Ye whispered: "Jin'er, if your eldest cousin gets a good ranking in the exam, I estimate that your aunt will probably not look down on our family." ”

Yun Jin blushed and shouted in a low voice: "Mother......"

Lin looked at Ye Yunjin's shy appearance, he couldn't bear it, thinking about what he should say, he still had to say it, took Yunjin's hand, and said with a heartfelt heart: "Your eldest cousin is a good one, and he is not bad for you, but filial piety comes first, and your aunt's temperament, I am afraid that you will be angry if you marry." ”

"Mother," Yun Jin was silent for a while before he said, "Mother, I listen to you." ”

Lin touched her head pityingly: "Well, that's right, you are the boss, your father and mother have loved you since you were a child, our family is simple, I don't want you to go to other houses to be angry." ”

"If your cousin inherits the family business and does business, then you will marry him, and you will be considered a good match. But who knows, the new official family actually allowed the children of merchants to participate in the imperial examination, so that your cousin is rich and rich, and the daimyo mansion doesn't know how many want to marry him. It's a shame that your uncle kept his word and remembered the agreement you made when you were a child, otherwise your aunt would have given another family a long time ago. ”

Yun Jin asked, "Mother, why doesn't our family do business?" Yesterday, my sister also said that if you want to sell chrysanthemum wine, you can also earn a lot of silver, I see that my father makes chrysanthemum wine, and every year my aunt's family has to give a lot of gifts, which is definitely better than others. ”

Lin sighed and said: "It's all your father's fault, I read a lot of books, people have read a lot, and he always says, 'Everything is inferior, only reading is high', he has read books for so many years, and he has not seen a few taels of silver, and he spends a lot of pen, ink, paper, and inkstone every year." If it weren't for your grandfather who bought this business when he was alive, our family would not have been able to live without worrying about food and clothing. ”

"We don't steal or rob, I don't think there's anything that can't be done." There was a vibrant voice from the bedroom, it turned out that Yunxi had woken up and was about to get up in a daze.

Lin Shi felt funny when he saw her angry appearance, walked over and nodded her head and said, "Let's sleep honestly, there is no shortage of food for you, there is no shortage of food for you, there is no shortage of food for you, be careful about whether it will grow long." ”

……

Okay, sleep, don't let you talk about it, it's not bad anyway.