Chapter 101: Knowing the Warmth of the Winter

Chapter 101: Knowing the Warmth of the Winter

Zhu Zhanyan scratched his head, "I'm not afraid that what Minghui said is true and not good for you, so I came to tell you, but you didn't appreciate it, and blamed me." "The more she said, the more justified Zhu Zhanyan became, yes, she cared so much about Sister Qingyang, how could she blame herself!

Seeing that Sun Qingyang couldn't stop coughing, he walked up to her again and helped her pat her on the back.

Sun Qingyang finally stopped coughing, looked at Zhu Zhanyan and said: "Brother Yan, the county lord of Minghui is your cousin, who is much closer than my halfway sister, and it is only natural for you to look at her and feel sorry for her, but you can't cut tofu on both sides." You're afraid that I'll blame her, so let's talk about her pity first, about what I said about my childhood sweetheart, Xiaolangjun, you actually believed her, at least a little, otherwise, you wouldn't come to me and say. ”

Zhu Zhanyan jumped to his feet, "I don't, of course I don't believe in such a thing." ”

Sun Qingyang smiled slightly, with a hint of sarcasm in his smile, "You don't believe it, have you ever refuted her?" If you really believe me, you won't say it at all to test my truth, and you will help me refute it at that time. ”

"She said that you said something like this, of course, it's not true, but I'm a man, and I can't talk long or short with her as a girl." Zhu Zhanyan said that he was a little weak-hearted, and he also had three points of suspicion, the so-called no wind and no waves, he really wanted to ask Sun Qingyang if it was true, but he was afraid that she would be angry, so he said around the bend, hoping that she could explain to herself.

But although Sun Qingyang accused him of not believing her, he still didn't explain, isn't what Minghui said about groundless?

Looking at Sun Qingyang's eyes, he was a little hesitant.

Sun Qingyang remembered what his mother said: People who believe in you don't need to explain, people who don't believe in you, why bother to explain, it's better to be silent if you say too much.

As if she didn't see Zhu Zhanyan wanting to speak and stopping, wanting to ask but not asking questions, she was just silent.

Neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.

Seeing Xuanji come in, both of them felt relieved.

Xuanji didn't notice the difference between the two, and said after bowing her knees: "Miss, the pots are ready, and they will be sent over at dinner, and the slave maid also said to Miss Zhao and Miss Qin, and invited them to Biyun Pavilion for dinner in the evening, and the two young ladies also rewarded the slave maid, Miss Zhao rewarded a silver bill, and Miss Qin rewarded the slave and maid with 100 yuan." ”

When Zhu Zhanyan heard this, he looked at Sun Qingyang with a smile and said, "My sister really thinks that it is most comfortable to eat a pot this day, why don't you invite me to eat a pot tonight?" He took out a gold coin with a pen ingot from the purse tied to his shirt and threw it to Xuanji, "Say such good news, and the master will also reward you,"

Sun Qingyang covered his mouth and smiled, "You get a reward on weekdays, but I haven't seen it so honestly, it turned out that the prince was here, waiting for his reward." ”

Xuanji happily put the gold bills rewarded by Zhu Zhan Yan in his purse, and bowed and thanked Zhu Zhan Yan, "The slave and maid are honest today, and they have received such benefits, which shows that honest people are blessed." ”

At dinner time, Ma Liuniang personally took a few mothers-in-law in the big kitchen to carry some big food boxes, and carried two brass pots into Biyun Pavilion, one on the sour branch wood square table of the Luohan couch in the East Warm Pavilion, and one on the large square table outside the warm pavilion.

In the East Warm Pavilion, it was Ma Liuniang who personally took a bamboo mat and put it on the several, so that the mother-in-law took the copper pot ear handle and put it on the mat, the middle of the pot was a burning silver frost charcoal, and the milky white chicken soup in the pot was rolling, and you could see that there were red dates, longan, wolfberry and codonopsis, and the fragrance came to the nose.

The mother-in-law carrying the food box took out a thin slice of mutton, pork belly, hairy tripe, grass carp (yinhuan, that is, grass carp) fish fillet, winter bamboo shoots, potatoes, Chinese cabbage leaves, fungus, mushrooms, lotus roots, bean skin and other nearly 20 kinds of hot ingredients, and aged vinegar, garlic, shrimp paste and other ingredients placed on the two low tables in front of the bed, Ma Liuniang smiled and said: "Because the young ladies are young, this codonopsis is all some thin whiskers, just take a taste, it will not be on fire." If you like spicy food, just put some oil in your bowl and pour chili peppers, and you won't mix the soup. Eat the back, put down a few dumplings, otherwise you will eat vegetables, and you will be hungry again after a while. ”

After speaking, Ma Liuniang took out four side dishes from the food box, such as mixing three shreds and sesame oil mixed with bacon, put them on the couch, and bent her knees and retreated.

Walking outside, a few steps behind the mother-in-law, Ma Liuniang whispered to Xuanji: "On your side, I asked you to prepare more meat, so that you can have a tooth sacrifice." ”

Xuanji thanked her, and took out a bunch of money and handed it to Ma Liuniang, "Actually, you don't need to prepare so much, Miss They will definitely not be able to eat, and they will have to be brought out for a while." This string of money was asked by the young lady to reward you, and the eldest aunt should take it and share it with them. ”

"Hey, how dare you do that. Thank you for the reward. Ma Liuniang answered with a smile, "I still say the same thing, what Miss Biao wants to eat, what you want to eat, even if you open your mouth, you don't have to worry about whether you have money or not." ”

Xuanji thanked her again and lifted the curtain to send her out.

Just as she was about to turn back to the courtyard, Xuanji saw Zhao Yaoying and Qin Xueyi coming over with a few maids.

Xuanji greeted him and saluted: "Two young ladies, my young lady was still reading you just now, saying that the pot should be hot, and the slave maid was still thinking about whether to let someone go to see it, and it just so happened that you came over." He lowered his voice a little and said, "The prince of Han is also here." ”

Zhao Yaoying and Qin Xueyi were stunned, Zhu Zhanyan and they had seen each other on weekdays, but they had never eaten together.

"After returning to Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess, Her Highness said that you should eat with peace of mind and no restraint."

The two of them entered the room and cleaned their hands with hot cloths, and were pulled to the couch by Sun Qingyang cheering.

Seeing that Sun Qingyang picked up the chopsticks and wanted to do it himself, Zhu Zhanyan hurriedly shouted: "Sister asked the girls to blanch it and send it over, the pot is so hot, don't burn you." ”

Du Ruo, who was standing on the side of the hot wine, also hurriedly said: "Miss, put it down, wait until we are scalded before eating, in case it burns you, you won't be allowed to eat anything next time." ”

Sun Qingyang pouted, "But this pot has to be eaten by yourself!" ”

Zhu Zhanyan smiled and said, "Wait for my sister to be older, there will be opportunities in the future, but I can come by myself." After speaking, he used chopsticks to pick up some of the meat dishes and put them in the pot.

Sun Qingyang said to Zhao Yaoying: "Then it's good to leave Du Ruo and Xuanji to wait here, and the others, tell them to eat outside, and prepare a pot for them today." ”

Zhao Yaoying shook her head, "How can you keep all the people in front of you?" Qiu Ju stayed, and Xuanji went out to eat first, and she could also control those skins. ”

Zhu Zhan's eldest maid Lidong hurriedly said: "The slave and maid stay, so that the prince will not drink too much wine for a while." ”

Zhu Zhanyan glared at her, "What you said about the master is a drunkard." Punish you for serving well, a little slip-up, and watch your skin. ”

Lidong knew that he was a person who liked to talk harshly, so he didn't care, and smiled and prepared the cooking bowl for them according to their tastes.

Xuanji whispered to Du Ruo: "Then it's hard for you today, I'll pick up the good ones and keep them for the two of you." Then he bowed a few knees with Qiu Ju and withdrew.

Sun Qingyang saw that the mutton slices had changed color before, so he hurriedly took them out and put them in the bowl in front of him, dipped them in the seasoning, and put them in his mouth, nodding while eating, "Ma Liuniang's craftsmanship is really good, the bottom of this pot is delicious!" ”

The four of them ate for a while, Sun Qingyang called out for heat, took off the cotton jacket outside, and Zhao Yaoying also followed the big clothes outside, a few only wore close-fitting jackets, drank wine, ate meat, vegetables and drank soup, and their cheeks were crimson when they ate one by one.

Du Ruo added soup three times, and when he saw that everyone had eaten almost enough, he threw the dumplings into it.

Lidong took four clean small bowls, scalded them with hot water, and put the boiled dumplings in front of them. ”

Qin Xueyi looked at the dumplings in the bowl hesitantly, and sighed, "Eat, my stomach is very supportive, don't eat it, I feel a pity when I hear the prince say this!" ”

Sun Qingyang laughed, picked up the bowl and ate the dumplings by himself, Zhao Yaoying also smiled and sandwiched one, Qin Xueyi saw that they were eating deliciously, but in the end she still picked up the bowl and ate all the three or four dumplings in the bowl.

Xuanji, who had already exchanged Du Ruo and Lidong, took a few lucky branches, cleaned up the pots, dishes, etc., and lifted Dafangji off the couch.

Xuanji brought the brewed black tea, and the four of them leaned on the couch to talk.

After a while, Du Ruo came in and said: "The mothers-in-law from the Lilac Courtyard and the Rose Pavilion came to pick up the two young ladies, saying that it was already late, and they were afraid of the cold young ladies, should they wait for a while or leave this time?" ”

Sun Qingyang nodded, and did not discuss it with Zhao Yaoying and Qin Xueyi, and directly ordered, "Tell them, Sister Zhao, they will go back now." The two powerful mothers-in-law in our courtyard sent the prince to the guest room of the Zhaoyang Hall to rest. ”

Du Ruoying smiled and agreed, and went out to spread the word.

Lidong, Qiu Ju, and Diancang came in and waited for them to get dressed. Pushing Lidong aside, Zhu Zhanyan stretched out his hand and shouted: "Du Ruo, this master asked you to take the hot cloth and didn't move for a long time, just now I asked you to warm wine, and you always give them a few first, and now you will be punished for dressing the master." ”

Sun Qingyang nodded to Du Ruo, "He's a little drunk, don't argue, just put it on for him." ”

Du Ruo put on Zhu Zhanyan's big clothes outside, put on a cloak, and carefully tied the belt before bending his knees and saluting, "The slave and maid have neglected the prince of the world today, and I hope that the prince of the world will not take it to heart, forgive the slave and maid for being dull and not good to wait." ”

Zhu Zhanyan looked at her red face under the lamp, was stunned, and stuffed the gold coin in her hand into her hand, "Lord rewarded Xuanji today, I can't pull you down, take it." ”

Du Ruo was a little stunned, and looked up at Zhu Zhanyan, but saw him glaring, "What's the matter, I don't think the master has been rewarded much?" ”

Du Ruo hurriedly lowered his head and thanked him.

Zhu Zhanyan and the three of them went out of the main house, and the maiden was already playing lanterns outside, and when she saw them coming out, she hurriedly stepped forward to greet her master, and hugged them out of the courtyard gate of Biyun Pavilion and went to their respective courtyards.

Under the eaves of the main house of Biyun Pavilion, the red lanterns shine warmly, looking warm.