Chapter 24: Snowfall
Zhang He didn't care about avoiding suspicion, quickly sent all the things in, and retreated with Ji Qing.
The old lady asked in surprise, "San'er, is this true?" Your father agreed to let you in. “
"Mother, if my father doesn't agree, can I go into the backyard? Mama Gui, this is button meat made of tofu milk, you go and bring a bowl of hot meat to my mother. It's bean porridge noodles, you make a bowl of porridge for my mother, and the water rolls down and cooks it. Chop some pickles and bring them up, and I will wait for my mother to finish her meal and leave. “
"Don't be busy, I don't have an appetite, you sit down and rest." The old lady said movingly.
"When the meal comes, there is an appetite. You see this is a cotton forehead, this is a cotton scarf... Cotton gloves... I put on this pair of cages for my mother. Yue Sanye kept introducing things while taking things out.
He clumsily put on his mother's scarf, which had an opening in front of the scarf and was covered in the shape of open scissors, just around the neck. Then squatted down to change her mother's shoes, and the old lady was in front of everyone, wrapped her little feet. In the later period, because of the war, because the emperor did not like small feet, this bad habit was eradicated in the Liang Kingdom, and no one bound his feet anymore.
Because of the old lady's foot binding, her feet are very small, although they are not three-inch golden lotus, and those feet are not big. The soles of the shoes are thin, and in the winter the ground is hard, and she hardly goes out.
Yu Jin only found out after asking her mother, and made two pairs of hemp bottom cages, which were padded with thick wheat straw and a layer of cotton cushion on top, and the cotton lining was particularly warm to wear in winter.
"Mother, stand up and take a walk."
The old lady was sleepwalking, and walked a few steps with her son's support before grabbing her son like waking up from a dream, "San'er, the soles of these shoes are so soft, I have never worn such comfortable shoes, and they are light." “
Yue Sanye took out a hooded cotton cloak, helped his mother put it on, and put on the hat, "I'll accompany my mother to go out and stand and eat later." “
The old lady walked out of the house and walked around the yard, and Mama Gui came to ask if she wanted to eat.
The old lady felt that she had an appetite, drank bean porridge, ate the button meat sandwiched by her son, and praised it for being delicious.
However, it was broken by two people after a while, and one of the two servants came to take away four portions of the bowl for Grandpa Guo, and the other came to ask for ten more bowls for Grandpa Guo.
Seeing her son's unhappy face, the old lady gently patted her son who was sitting beside her, "San'er, the Duchess of the Kingdom is kind to the current emperor, and the emperor has affection and love for the queen." Outsiders don't know, thinking that the queen is not favored by the emperor, the Duchess knows the real situation, the queen is extremely filial to the Duchess of the country, and the Duchess of the country's feet are as big as me. The old lady smiled and groaned, as if she had no intention of mentioning it.
"Thank you mother for the reminder, I know what to do." Yue Sanye hurriedly smiled and expressed his gratitude to his mother for the seemingly inadvertent reminder.
The old lady was reluctant to rush out, "Let's go!" Don't come if it's okay. “
"Yes, mother, the child takes his leave." Yue Sanye knew that being able to come in was a good start, and it was really not advisable to stay too long for the first time.
Yue Sanye didn't eat and hurriedly said goodbye and left, and the next day, the Guogong Mansion ushered in the people sent by Yue Sanye. said that he was grateful to the prince for interceding in front of the old marquis and letting him enter the house. The thank you gift is not thick, ten buckle bowls plus a pot of buckle meat, two pairs of cages for the Duke of Guo, two pairs of cages for the Duchess of the country, and leave without waiting for the Duke to give a return gift. Liu Guogong laughed, put on a cage and scurried around the yard, very proud in his heart, and began to look forward to the snow soon.
Fang Ronghua sent someone to send a greeting sticker to Yue Sanye, and there was a note in it for Yan Yinuo. The greeting post sent by Liao Fanlin was a direct request to see Yan Yinuo, and the two chose to be on the same day.
When Yu Jin arrived in the front yard, Changhe saw it and greeted him in surprise, "Third brother." He pulled Yu Jin and walked into the house.
"I've seen Childe." Xing Yin was burning a charcoal basin in the hall to keep warm, when he heard a sound outside, he lifted the curtain and came out to salute.
"I've seen Childe." A thin boy of seven or eight years old ran out of the wing room timidly.
"This is Chang Ling, my scholar." Changhe introduced.
"Third brother, are you used to living here?"
"I'm used to living, I get up early every day to walk with my second brother, and then go to my eldest brother to learn calligraphy." The long river is proud.
Xi Nu corrected on the side, "Third Young Master, when guarding outsiders, you call Brother Yan, don't call Third Brother." “
"Brother Yan, I remember. Are you here today to be a guest? Changhe asked innocently.
Yu Jin smiled and replied, "Yes, there are two guests coming over."
"Brother Yan, can I go and play with Brother Xie Duo?"
"Of course you can, but you can't make noise with the two gentlemen, just keep quiet."
"I save it, every time we play, we don't make a sound, Brother Xie Duo taught me to learn words."
Changhe went out for a while, ran back and shouted excitedly: "Brother Yan, it's snowing outside, and it's snowing heavily." Can I wear a cage? “
Yu Jin nodded, and did not forget to advise: "Be careful, don't sprain your foot."
Xi Nu thought that Changhe was deliberately exaggerating for the sake of piercing the cage, and opened his mouth wide in surprise when he lifted the curtain, "Childe, come out and take a look, it's really snowing, goose feathers and heavy snow." “
The snow finally fell on November 9, and the flakes were so large that they soon covered the ground. Yu Jin stood under the corridor and watched the snow, the sky and the earth were white.
"People don't keep guests, heaven stays. It's snowing so hard that it doesn't seem to be able to go today. Before the sound came, Liao Fanlin strode into the courtyard, because he walked fast, his cloak was scattered in the wind and snow, and he was covered in snow.
"Master Liao, where did you go and start the snow to fall, is the road slippery?" Yu Jin asked.
"As soon as I arrived at the gate of your house, the snow fell, and I directly asked the car and the entourage to go back. I'm a man, and I'm here to ask the two gentlemen for advice. Liao Fanlin shook off the snow on his body, followed Yujin into the house, took off his cloak, and exposed the backpack behind his back.
Xi Nu laughed and teased: "Master Liao is really accurate, it seems that he came prepared."
Liao Fanlin disagreed, and said with a smile: "Not only me, but also Second Brother Fang." He brought the harp, the stove, clothes, books, and so on into the courtyard where your father lived, and left a long attendant to serve him, and brought a cart of food and gifts, and I only brought half a cart of food, and the cart was full. “
"It's not authentic behind your back, Brother Liao, you run fast. Uncle Yue asked me to pass the word, he went to the backyard to settle, and the Xinuan Pavilion in the front yard was given to us to use. Fang Ronghua cleaned up the snow on his body and entered the house, his lips were blue from the cold.
"An uninvited guest." Zhuge shouted and barged in, smiling and saluting, "I saw two carriages in front of the mansion, and the carriages ran back quickly, for fear that someone would stop them, and I knew that someone was taking advantage of the weather to stay here and not leave, and sure enough... Second Prince Fang, Grand Prince Liao, you have discussed it! “
The four of them couldn't help but look at each other.
"What the hell is this weather, isn't it good to wait until I'm in the house to go down? It had to snow heavily halfway, which was really unlucky, and my boots were wet. As soon as everyone sat down, Yu Jin heard some familiar complaints and the sound of snowflakes on her body in the corridor outside.
"Lord Shizi, you shouldn't complain, I'll let you come quickly, you're afraid that the snow will be small, Yan Gongzi refuses to stay guests, saying that we are not lifters, there is no reason to stay here. How, I was almost blocked in the middle of the road by the snow. “
Tang Ergongzi and Prince Zhuang walked in complaining to each other and greeted everyone with a smile.
Tang Ergongzi had only heard of Yan Yinuo's name and had never met him. When he saw that Yan Yinuo and Changqing looked really alike, he didn't think deeply about Yan Yinuo's identity, so he arbitrarily decided that Yan Gongzi was a man. Fortunately, he is familiar with himself, and after greeting him, he is as warm as a friend.
"It doesn't seem to be a natural disaster, it's a man-made disaster. You are all here for the snow, and this snow seems to have fallen for you, and I wonder where you all flock to this place where your neighbors do not lean. Ladies and gentlemen, drink a cup of hot tea to warm up. Yu Jin glanced around and saw that Li Shizi had been shivering, and was busy greeting tea.
"I am here from the second son of Chongfang, and the prime minister above the palace asked his son to come over for advice, and if he can come in, I will follow. The snow is boring at home, and naturally where it is lively, it is not to mention that on a snowy day, there are elegant people who are the second son of Fang, and Wang Boyang is happy to talk about poetry and literature. It's just a little presumptuous, please say Gongzi Haihan. After Li Shizi drank a cup of tea, he smiled heartily.
The second son of Tang smiled and came frankly, "The prince invited me to join in the fun, so as not to miss the good things." “
Yu Jin was really defeated by the willfulness of the two sons, and she asked, "You two can take a long follower, what about your car?"
Tang Ergongzi replied indifferently: "I didn't bring it, the car went back, the snow was falling heavily, and it would be more difficult to walk by car later." All the things that the prince and I used most often were sent into the courtyard of Lord Yue, and the second son of Fang helped clean them up. “
Xi Nu opened the curtain and came in, "Childe, Xing Ji came to report, the master has asked people to clean up the Xinuan Pavilion, he and his wife have been living in the backyard Dongnuan Pavilion for the past few days, he took Changhe to the backyard, the eldest young master and the second young master have been waiting in the Xinuan Pavilion." The lord instructed, Changhe clamored to find the son, and asked the son to go to see the master after dark, and the lord had something to discuss with the son. “
Yu Jin nodded, saw that Xi Nu wanted to speak and stopped, and asked, "Is there anything else?"
"Childe, you better ask the guests to hurry over, the snow on the ground is already on the feet."
Yu Jin got up, "Everyone, let's go to Xinuan Pavilion now." Xi Nu, take the clogs out and let the sons change them. The shoes taken off by the sons are cleaned up, and you and Xing Yin are sent to the Xinuan Pavilion to bake and dry. “
Xi Nu and Xing Yin quickly took out ten pairs of cages for selection, Yu Jin changed into cages, and heard Shizi's surprised voice, "This clogs are very special, how is it different from what we use, I wear this pair just right." “
After trying it on, Tang Ergongzi said: "It's different, our clogs are tied directly to the shoes with ropes, which is really warm." Shizi also said that your shoes are wet, my socks are wet, and my feet have long been frozen. Guys, I'm going to have to take off my socks. Yan Gongzi, do you have extra socks? “
Yu Jin instructed: "Xi Nu, get a pair of socks for Tang Ergongzi."
"I want it too, my socks tide." Li Shizi muttered quietly.
Zhuge Weilan refused to suffer, and hurriedly raised his voice and said to Xinu: "And me."
Yu Jin had already walked to the door, with her back to the five people who were changing their shoes. Xi Nu stopped, waiting for Yu Jin to give a new order.