Chapter 22: The Nobles of Qinghe County (I)

Mother-in-law, is there anything interesting in the county today? "Qi Su: The magpie's old robe, with a floral green scarf tied around his waist, and a floral green headkerchief wrapped in his bun, squatting in the yard while tying a chicken nest, while asking the princess next to him.

The two wings of the little white flower were grabbed by Mrs. Wang, and she cooed, and Mrs. Wang smiled: "There is nothing else, I heard that there are a few hillbillies on the dock today, and I went to the county office to find Lord Chen, and when I saw that there was no one in the ya, I was still standing at the gate of the county government and lost my temper, and I was blasted out of the county seat." ”

Qi Su Niang was taken aback and turned her head, "Did they come to the grass hall later?" ”

"Come, didn't Lord Chen go to Jiangning to pick up Emperor Laozi? They only saw the history of Yundian, and when they heard that there was nothing wrong, they left. ”

Qi Su Niang took a bundle of grass and covered it on the bamboo cage, and took the little white flower from Mrs. Wang's hand, "Thank you, mother-in-law, if you hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have noticed that this bamboo cage was drilled." Xiao Hei was afraid that he was taken away by the little weasel. He looked down at the blood stains on the grass in the yard.

Mrs. Wang watched Qi Su Niang put the little white flower back into the cage, and said with a smile: "When I go back to the scattered gathering, I will send another black reed chicken." ”

Qi Su Niang closed the chicken coop and said with a smile: "Mother-in-law Duolao," reached out and took out five cents of silver from her sleeve, "This is the money to buy chickens," stuffed the money into the hands of Mrs. Wang, turned around and took out a bundle of dried vegetables from the stove, "I made it in the next year, mother-in-law tasted it." ”

Mrs. Wang's eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile, "A big fat chicken with three cents of silver is enough, why do you want to break the bank." When I come, I'll bring you some food. Now that you don't go out anymore, you don't have a girl at home to talk to you, and you don't get bored at home? ”

Qi Su Niang said with a smile: "Recently, I have been busy helping him make river maps and make clay molds, which is too much trouble, except for cooking and laundry, I can avoid other things, and I am tired of my mother-in-law." With that, he sent Mrs. Wang out.

Qi Su Niang looked up at the sky, after the third of March, the sun in the sky has been a little sunny, the clothesline in the yard on the light white cross-necked mandarin duck bandeau chest, white Luo clothes, cocoon silk skirt has gradually dried, the loofah vine has bloomed tender yellow ground loofah flowers, the green vegetables on the green vegetable ground stretch towards the sky, and the tender green vegetable leaves are gently swayed from time to time by the warm spring breeze. Qi Su Niang took out a black lacquered table of four immortals, placed it in the courtyard, and moved the clay mold out of the room to dry.

She put away her bandeau and other dry clothes. Sit at the head of the bed and fold it carefully. I was about to receive it in the box. Something suddenly came to mind. She walked out of the house and into the courtyard. Look down at the bloodstains in the courtyard. Scoop the water with a gourd. Wash away the chicken blood. I opened the courtyard door. In order to let the ground blow out early.

I was about to go back to the inner room to put away my clothes. Look up at the time of day. Qi Su Niang went to the stove to open the fire. Put the cornmeal and chicken fat steamed cakes on the stove and steam. She fetched a bucket of water from the well. Mention the edge of the green vegetable field. Squat down. Sprinkle water and catch insects on the vegetable patch.

"Qi Clan."

A familiar and unfamiliar voice sounded behind Qi Su Niang. She slowly twisted her face. stared blankly at the three figures at the door of the backyard.

opened Chrysostom to call her Kangxi, who seemed to be much older than four years ago. The sideburns are slightly grayish. The eyes are still blazing. There was some tiredness on his face. Dressed in black and green silk. Covered with limestone satin than nails. White silk socks. Yuntou Fu word shoes. It's just a dress for the common people.

Behind him. The fourth master was dressed in a black cocoon silk robe. There was still no smile on his face. He looked at her quietly. The thirteenth master was dressed in a royal blue palace silk arrow sleeve shirt. His face was still a little worried. Eyes rolled over her. Swept the gourd scoop in her hand and the vegetable patch behind her. The corners of his mouth brought a smile.

Qi Su Niang squatted on the ground and stared straight at the three of them, couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of spit, and muttered, "I obviously woke up from sleep......"

"Qi Clan." The faint words in the fourth master's mouth were like two big stones slamming on his head, directly waking Qi Suniang from her trance, she dropped the gourd scoop, jumped up quickly, and shouted softly: "Your Majesty? Suddenly, he remembered the great gift that he hadn't performed for four years, and knelt down with a bang, "Minnu...... Women's ...... The courtiers asked the emperor for peace, and for the fourth and thirteenth masters. The sweat was pouring from his forehead.

Kangxi saw that she was in a hurry and stammering, and smiled slightly, "Get up, this is outside, so you don't need such a big gift." As he spoke, he walked into the courtyard gate.

Qi Su Niang thanked her, got up with trembling feet, and stood with her head down, Kangxi was about to speak, and at a glance she saw the mud mold on the black lacquered square table, and walked over.

The fourth master glanced at her, "What about Chen Bianzhi?" ”

Qi Su Niang desperately restored her mental state of being a slave four years ago, and replied respectfully: "Back to the fourth master's words, my grandson was ordered by the governor of Liangjiang to go to Yangzhou Mansion to wait for the emperor's southern tour. ”

"Why isn't he on the board of directors in the county government, and the chief official is not on the board of directors in the county seat, isn't it inconvenient for the people?" Kangxi asked while looking at the clay mold.

Qi Su Niang carefully considered, "If you go back to the emperor, the people of Qinghe County depend on the river for a living, even if they farm and grain households, they also work at the wharf to make a living. And there are royal dams and three gates in Qingkou, although the accident has been reduced, but the affairs are still complicated, so it is ......"

Kangxi turned his head to look at Qi Su Niang, looked at her clothes, and then glanced at the vegetable shed and chicken coop, "You don't have a maid by your side?" Shrugging his nose, "What is the kitchen doing?" ”

Qi Su Niang said with a smile: "If you go back to the emperor, it's just laundry, cooking, and cleaning up the house, the place is not big, and the courtiers can take care of it alone." Lunch was approaching, and the courtiers were steaming cornmeal and chicken fat steamed cakes. ”

Kangxi nodded, with a smile on his face, "Without being taught in front of the Queen Mother, Chen Bianzhi is already a positive sixth grade, you can still be so simple and self-disciplined, the Queen Mother will also be happy when she knows about it." As he spoke, he reached out and slapped his waist.

Qi Su Niang saw that Kangxi seemed to be tired, and when she wanted to ask Kangxi to rest at home, she was a single courtier, although she had waited in front of Kangxi, and she knew a little bit of proportion, but she didn't know what Kangxi's rules were, and when she was hesitating, the thirteenth elder brother stepped forward and said: "Huang Ama, after walking for half a while, you haven't rested." Let Qi Shi move a chair out, and you can sit in this courtyard for a while. ”

Kangxi nodded and said, "Just take a break." Sit down, too. ”

Qi Su Niang hurriedly responded, entered Chen Yan's room and moved three one-word chairs, looked at Kangxi's eyes, and put them on the side of the black lacquered square table, and the three nobles sat down, blowing warm air through the door.

There was no good tea at home, so Qi Su Niang said with a smile: "Your Majesty, since you are in the south, do you want to use some miscellaneous tea?" The courtiers will salt bamboo shoots, walnuts, sesame seeds, wood, melon kernels, and candied fruits."

Kangxi laughed, "Okay, let you show your skills." ”

Qi Su Niang thanked her, turned around and entered the wing, and took a complete set of apricot leaf silver teapots, tea cups, and teaspoons from the dowry box where the gold and silver utensils were placed, and took the tea tray from the lacquerware.

"These are the rewards given to you by the Queen Mother?" Siyedi's voice suddenly sounded from behind her.

Qi Su Niang was startled, I don't know when he came in, she hurriedly put the tea utensils in her hand aside, turned around and bowed her head and said: "If you go back to the fourth master, it is indeed the queen mother's dowry to the courtiers," thought about it, "The fourth master can rest assured, these gold and silver utensils have not been used once, and they are very clean." ”

The fourth master didn't make a sound, Qi Su Niang couldn't help but peek at him, only to see him take a closer look at the various things in the wing, "What about the dowry that the master rewarded you with?" ”

"Back to the fourth master, this side of the room is in the shade, and the ground is gold, silver, copper, and tin utensils and makeup cabinets that are not easy to be wet, and the ground is placed in the yang wing room on the opposite side is the head and face ornaments, four seasons robes, and fur materials. The clothes, incense, and medicine that the fourth master rewarded were in the wing room over there. Qi Su Niang looked at the fourth elder brother's expression, went to the opposite side and opened the door of the wing, hesitated slightly, and opened the room and inner room.

The fourth master glanced at Qi Su Niang, "You go to tea." Then he lifted his feet and walked into the wing.

Qi Su Niang endured the doubts in her heart, cleaned the tea vessel with well water, a candied golden orange tea, a walnut nut tea, a salt bamboo shoot sesame tea, and respectfully offered it with a bright red lacquer tea tray, watching Kangxi take the walnut nut tea and drink it, and said with a smile: "The courtiers still have refreshments, can the emperor use some?" ”

Kangxi seemed to be very satisfied with the walnut nut tea, and looked at the stove, "When will the cake be steamed?" I've tasted your porridge and dim sum before, but it's getting better and better in the past few years, so it can be seen that I cook every day on weekdays. ”

Qi Su Niang knew that the main meal in the palace was two meals in breakfast and lunch, and listened to Kangxi's tone, and said carefully: "If you go back to the emperor, the cake will take half a moment."

It's almost noon, can the emperor use some dishes? In addition to the self-grown vegetables, there are also wind chickens, preserved ducks, and smoked fish, all of which are made by the courtiers themselves, and they are quite clean. If...... If the emperor wants to eat fresh," Qi Su Niang couldn't bear to glance at Xiaobaihua, "The courtiers still have an egg-laying hen......"

The thirteenth elder brother was drinking salt bamboo shoots and sesame tea, and couldn't help laughing, Kangxi also smiled: "That's it, I want your egg-laying hen." You can do whatever you want. ”

Qi Su Niang breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly responded, first sent a few plates of tea under the top cake, pickled bayberry, and sugar, confessed, turned around and allocated ten green vegetables in the green vegetable field, cleaned them with water by the well, and brought them into the stove with a small basin. She glanced at her eyes before entering, and the fourth master came out of the room and entered the inner room without taboo.

In addition to wind chicken, cured duck, smoked fish, and half a basket of eggs in the stove. Qi Su Niang took half a piece of wind chicken, five pairs of duck wings, a piece of smoked fish, five eggs, took a bowl of white pepper from the vegetable jar, and took a handful of dried plum vegetables from the wall.

Qi Su Niang took off the tin kettle hanging on the stove, put a bowl of plum cabbage smoked fish in the small steamer, and put it on the fire. Another stove rack with cornmeal and chanterelle steamed cakes.

She shredded the chicken, beat the eggs, and drained the vegetables, but she was a little worried. Although the meat is enough, but the vegetables are scarce, the three big men, or the nobles in the palace, can't they use a fried vegetables and an egg soup to deal with it?

Just thinking like this, there was a sudden cry from the princess outside: "Su Niang, I'll send you the big black and vegetables" The words were stuck halfway, Qi Su Niang suddenly remembered to make an appointment with the princess to send chickens, for fear that she would startle Kangxi's driving, and she would be unlucky, so she ran out of the stove in three steps and two steps.

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1. I apologize again to my relatives, my operation mistake, so that the fourth and third sections of chapter 20 are repeated, and the reasons and compensation methods are written below chapter 20. I'm sorry. In addition, these chapters are updated with not many words for the sake of card plots. In order to match the reading habits of the parents. I'm going to try to divide the chapters by word count in the next volume.

2, relatives don't need YY Qi Qiang, brothers and sisters are brothers and sisters, Khan, the heroine has no phoenix eyes. Their feelings, in addition to mutual gratitude, as well as my understanding of the difference between ancient families and ancient men and women, will be written out slowly. To be honest, it takes a little care and patience to read my writings, and you can't take an existing set all at once. What I see now is not what I really want to express, but it is the whole picture when strung together little by little. However, it's good to be happy to see it. Haha, forgive me for breaking your YY. Call Pink and Commuter Pass again ~ (There is no charge for the above number of words)