The Mid-Autumn Festival is a day of reunion, Hu Jiayue wants to go home, Song Yao asked the steward to prepare some fresh chicken, duck and fish for Hu Jiayue to bring, but the mother and son have no intention of going back.

Although the peasant family also celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival, in the harvest season, the food at home can be improved under the improvement of good conditions, and the moon cakes can be eaten, and the poorer people can eat a full meal or dip some meat in the festival, which is already excellent.

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Song Yao called a few sisters-in-law Wang on the ranch, slaughtered a few roosters from the year and stewed them, and returned half a head of pork to improve the food for the people who worked.

"Cut the meat into large pieces and put more in it." Seeing that the little daughter-in-law cut the meat very thinly, and only cut two pieces of meat the size of a palm, Song Yao advised: "Today's festival, we bought so much meat, so that the big guys can eat it, don't save it, this autumn harvest is the most tiring, you can't finish it without a month or eight, how can you do it without eating some oil and water." ”

"Madam, even the food given by the landlord's family to the long-term workers is not as good as what our Zhuangzi gives. I didn't dare to eat so good during the Chinese New Year! The little daughter-in-law was holding the knife, a little unsure of what to do, and her face was painful.

"Follow Mrs. Ben, and eat meat until you get tired of eating meat in the future, your thrifty temperament is good, but it will also be a good time." Song Yao took the kitchen knife, cut off a few cuts of meat with a brush, and gave a demonstration to the little daughter-in-law, "Just according to my size, pork stewed with cabbage, the meat slices are too thin and the taste is bland." ”

The little daughter-in-law was glared at by her mother-in-law, and she didn't dare to speak more, so she could only chop vegetables according to Song Yao's intentions.

The chicken stewed potatoes over there have been put into the pot, and the smell of the pot is home-cooked, and the taste is not strong enough, but as long as the stew is enough, the fragrance is the most authentic.

"Stir-fry two more pots of vegetarian vegetables, mix more oil, and the oil residue is reluctant to put it." Song Yao glanced at the pot where Sister-in-law Wang was stir-frying, and told her to put more oil.

After all, there are a lot of people who eat, and it must be not enough to eat meat dishes, and the cost is indeed too high, so Song Yao doesn't want to be too eye-catching.

Adding vegetables today, Song Yao knew that many people who couldn't eat two pieces of meat all year round had to eat it today, so they boiled a big pot of hawthorn water and kept it for everyone to eat.

"Mother, Qinghai is here, and I brought a lot of things." Song Yuanbao trotted to the kitchen and shouted loudly.

"I'll take a look, when the food is ready, I'll send it to the people in the field, and a few of you will bring it back directly, and we'll get together again for dinner." Song Yao wiped her hands clean, walked out of the kitchen, and asked Qinghai what to send.

Sister-in-law Wang answered, she is the wife of the ranch manager, and she has to arrange a lot of things on weekdays, and this little thing does not need Song Yao to explain more.

The things Qinghai brought didn't open, and Song Yuanbao didn't know what they were, but he just said that there were a lot of boxes, and there were some strange things he didn't know.

Song Yao saw that she couldn't ask anything, so she chatted casually with Song Yuanbao, and the mother and son soon came to the main courtyard.

Qinghai called Mrs. in a regular manner, and said happily: "These are all sent to Mrs. by Gongzi, and the slave saw that some of them were food, and he was afraid that Mrs. would be bad when she went back, so he sent them to Mrs. ”

"You're smart." Song Yao praised Qinghai, then began to look at the ingredients, and shouted in surprise: "Hairy crabs, green shrimps, these seafood have to be separated by several generations, how did this come over!" ”

"I should have walked a little waterway, and then I used ice cubes to keep it fresh." Qinghai replied and said with a smile: "Even Gongzi really has a heart, in our place, even the county lord's mansion may not be able to eat these things." ”

"How much money does it cost! This Lian Sheng, even if there is more silver to burn, it is better to discount it to me silver! Song Yao was speechless, not to mention the labor and consignment fees spent on the road, but the ice cubes on the land route were a lot of expenses, "It's too extravagant, it's too extravagant!" ”

Seeing Song Yao shaking her head again and again, Qinghai thought that Song Yao didn't like it, and she vomited so badly that she wanted to say a few good words for her master, but she was hit by Song Yao's next words and wanted to faint.

"But as the old saying goes, what is expensive must be good, let's have a seafood dinner tonight, some people are willing to spend silver, we are worthy of our stomachs." Song Yao took a stick, fiddled with a few crabs that were barely alive, and said excitedly: "Qinghai, send other things to my house first, I'll go to the small kitchen to pick up the seafood, lunch and dinner together, I can't eat anything else looking at this thing." ”

Poor Qinghai can only resign himself to being a coolie, and if he wants to learn how to cook seafood, he can only wait for the next opportunity.

"Mother, Yuanbao will help you." Song Yuanbao rolled up his sleeves and used his strength to help, as long as there was food, he could handle multiple things.

"You" don't get in the way here, go to the house and instruct Qinghai how to put my things, I'm afraid that the foodie will be preoccupied with food and mess up my room. Song Yao rolled up her sleeves, hugged a bamboo basket and walked to the kitchen.

Qinghai, who was moving the cage, slipped under his feet when he heard Song Yao's words, and the whole person leaned back, if it weren't for his good kung fu foundation, he would have to fall and be disabled.

When she entered the kitchen, Song Yao picked the seafood first, and some of the spoiled ones could only be thrown away, but she didn't know that the seafood was sent to her, at least most of them had been thrown away, otherwise she would have to die of distress.

Originally, I planned to let Qinghai suffer again and send some seafood to Hu Jiayue, but I thought that it was not easy for northerners to eat seafood in this era, and once it was spread, it would be too ostentatious, so I stopped this idea.

The meat is fat and tender, Song Yao plans to steam it, and the chilled stir-fry is the most suitable.

"You have a heart." Song Yao, who was cooking, was humming a little tune in a very beautiful mood, and had a bright smile that only a woman in love can have.

Helian Sheng, who was far away in the capital, was enjoying the crab meat removed by the palace maid at the moment.

Although Helian Sheng thought that it was more delicious to eat seafood by himself, he could not lose his manners in the palace, and the rules did not allow him to be greedy for a delicacy, so he only tasted a few bites and then signaled the palace maid to retreat.

Thinking that Song Yao should also receive seafood over there, I don't know what flavor she will make, it must be more delicious than what the imperial chef makes.

Thinking like this, Heliansheng didn't have the appetite to eat anymore, and even the delicious delicacies on the table were disgusted by Heliansheng, and he didn't bother to move his chopsticks again, just occasionally took a sip of wine to pass the time.

The emperor has been paying attention to the situation on Heliansheng's side, and seeing that he is not even willing to eat a few more bites of the food in the palace, he can't help but speculate about Heliansheng's thoughts.

The Mid-Autumn Festival Palace Banquet, no matter how beautiful the singing and dancing is, can't get into the eyes of these big people, and the atmosphere is a little stagnant.

The queen sat in the first place under the queen mother and the concubine, so she took the opportunity to toast and talk to her, "The concubine has a good face, and she looks a little younger than the palace, which makes the palace ashamed." ”

"A woman's appearance is just an external thing, and the queen doesn't have to care about it." The princess said very facelessly: "As the queen, use more attention to the six palaces, so that the emperor can concentrate on the affairs of the previous dynasty, which is the queen's business, and there is no need to show people." ”

The smile on the queen's face was a little unbearable, Duan Wei Guifei was admonishing her to be nosy, and why wasn't it a joke that she was not favored?

The Queen Mother glanced at the queen and frowned.

What about the queen mother, at such a palace banquet, the concubine has the treasures given by the first emperor, and the phoenix chair is even higher than her, she has never won in this life, and even the throne of her son is not rare for Helian Sheng, so it was pushed to her.

The queen mother is not unaware of the emperor's actions, but her persuasion does not make the two of them restrained, so they can only be regarded as ignorant, and pray for the blessing of the Buddha every day to abolish the emperor.

"Uncle Nine Emperor doesn't seem to have much appetite, but he's not feeling well?" The queen asked, pretending to be concerned.

"The good courtyard was burned, how can Jingrui be in a good mood? The courtyard was specially ordered by the emperor to build according to Jingrui's preferences, and it was a coming-of-age ceremony given to Jingrui by the emperor, and it was built again. Duanyu's face was slightly pale, and her gaze swept in the direction where the eldest princess's mother and daughter were, with a little murderous aura.

The eldest princess seemed to have sensed something, looked up at this side, and was so frightened that she dropped the wine glass in her hand, and hurriedly asked the palace people to take her down to change her clothes, so as not to lose her honor in front of the palace.

The queen also noticed the movement of the eldest princess, and despised the eldest princess's fearlessness in her heart.

Seeing that Duanyu Guifei's face was cold, the queen hurriedly raised a smile and changed the topic: "Several imperial uncles have already married and have children, only the Nine Emperor Uncles have not yet married a concubine, and they don't even have an heir, but they are anxious to be the imperial sister-in-law of this palace!" I don't know if the concubine can have someone she likes, so that the emperor can get married, there must be a caring person around the Nine Emperor Uncles, right? ”

Concubine Duangui glanced at the queen, and said with a pale face: "The mourning family has always indulged Jingrui, and is unwilling to force him to marry an unsatisfactory person, although the Rui Wangfu is big, there are too many women who do not please Jingrui, and throwing them all in one place will inevitably delay the good years of these women, so if you follow Jingrui's wishes, lest he not even want to stay in the capital for a long time." ”

"The Nine Emperor Uncles are free and easy by nature, and they don't like the rules in the capital, but as a royal family, they must put their children first, and I am afraid that people who don't understand the temperament of the Nine Emperor Uncles will think that he has some hidden disease." The queen covered her mouth, looked at the concubine with the look of saying the wrong thing, and saw that the other party didn't even bother to look at herself, and there was annoyance in her eyes, but she still said with a smile: "The concubine lives in the Ruiwang Mansion all the year round, and there should be a kind person waiting for her here, just for filial piety, the Nine Emperor Uncles should also marry the concubine, otherwise the concubine will be uneasy!" ”

The concubine put down the wine glass, her eyes finally fell on the queen, the corners of her lips were slightly raised, the dark concubine dress, she was a little more precious of a mature woman, but it was not less charming.

"The queen has a heart, and the mourning family wants to have a daughter-in-law to serve, but when the emperor gave Jingrui Jingong, in addition to granting him the ability to beat the king unconscious and beat the ministers, he was allowed to do whatever he wanted. I don't know if the queen can make Jingrui marry willingly? Duanyu Guifei flicked her sleeves and said: "The mourning family knows that the queen is filial, and I believe that the queen will definitely have a way, whether the mourning family can drink a cup of daughter-in-law tea, it will be handed over to the queen." ”

The queen's face changed slightly, if she dared to call the shots directly, why did she need to say these words to Concubine Duangui?

I'm afraid that if I offend Helian Sheng, the golden mace will fall on her, and the queen's majesty and face can no longer be preserved.

The queen smiled awkwardly, and said a false word, not continuing the topic.

The emperor seemed to be appreciating the song and dance, but in fact he was paying attention to the dynamics here, and seeing the queen admit it so quickly, he couldn't help but be annoyed in his heart, and he was afraid that for a long time, the emperor would not go to the queen's palace.

Those daughters who deliberately dressed up to perform tried their best to get Helian Sheng to treat them differently, and they couldn't help but be extremely disappointed.

And today, it is also the most well-behaved time for the county lord of Suya, not to mention those crooked brains, even if he took the initiative to talk to Heliansheng, he only dared to sit next to his sisters, secretly looked up at Heliansheng, hoping that he would give him a look, even if she continued to be grounded by the eldest princess, she was willing.