He Angelica reluctantly climbed out of the quilt, continued to go back to the table to drink osmanthus dew, and then picked out the eggs in the noodle and ate them, and asked Cicada Yi: "Why do you like sugar so much?" ”

"Miss, you're so lazy, you don't fold the quilt, don't pull the quilt casually if you don't fold the quilt!" Cicada Yi replied while folding the quilt, "I don't know, anyway, when I was a child, I thought that sugar was the best thing in the world, but my family couldn't afford to eat sugar." My grandmother knew that I liked candy, so she used her private money to buy a jar and put it under the bed, and grabbed a handful into my bowl every day when the meal was served. A few months later, I went under my bed to look for the sugar jar before eating, only to find that it had been eaten by rats. ”

He Angelica was silent for a moment, and suddenly apologized: "Cicada Yi, I'm sorry, I just lost my temper with you." ”

Yes, childhood memories and preferences are often the hardest to change. What Cicada Yi couldn't eat when she was a child was sugar, but what she couldn't eat when she was a child was salt.

When she lived on the farm, the Qian Lao Wu family where she lived was one of the poorest families in the farm, and the food was scarce all year round, and she hardly added salt to the porridge. After living there for a year, one day at noon at lunch, she ate vegetable porridge and pickles, which was probably the first time in her life that she had eaten something so salty, and immediately felt delicious, and asked the lame money Lao Wu's mother-in-law, she knew that the salty thing was called "salt".

Qian took a broken clay pot to her, pointed to the white flowers in it and said, This is the owner of our farm, Luofu in Yangzhou City, each family has four catties! In the future, our family will be able to eat a year's worth of porridge with salt! After eating this, you will have more strength to do your work!

In the middle of the night, the five-year-old quietly got up from bed, ran to the kitchen to find the clay pot, grabbed a handful of "delicious" salt and studied it curiously, is this a gift from her family? When I was done, I put it in my mouth...... After that, her mouth was burned by the salt and swollen for half a month, but despite this, she still likes to eat salty things the most after the injury.

"As long as you like it, you can add sugar to your bowl in the future," He Angelica said sullenly, "After eating sugar, remember to rinse your mouth with green salt water, and drink two cups of tea to relieve greasyness, after all, eating too much sugar is not beneficial to the body." ”

"So miss, don't you like to eat sugar?" Cicada Yi said regretfully, "Second Prince Peng sent you a lot of sugar, but it all fell to the ground!" ”

"Fell to the ground? If it's dirty, throw it away and don't eat it," He Angelica looked at the cicada clothes and added, "By the way, you remember the cicada clothes, don't entertain that kid too hot when Peng gradually comes, let him feel bored and leave by himself, he won't be happy to come a few more times." Also, from now on, we can't ask for anything he brought, so we will return it to him as it is. "Peng Gradual's kid is not very clever, and his nature is as enthusiastic as fire, although he probably came to a new place to make a few new friends, but in case his actions are seen by the old lady Tang Mama and them, and they force him and himself to be a pair, even if it is finally rejected by Peng Gradual's parents, I am afraid that there will be a few twists and turns in the middle, and it is better to strangle it in the cradle as soon as possible.

Hearing this, Cicada Yi rushed over and argued anxiously: "You can't throw it away, Miss, those plates of zongzi candy and sesame candy are all packed in the suitcase, and after Second Young Master Peng fainted, he fell to the ground entirely, although the plate inside was broken twice, but the sugar didn't get dirty!" I've tasted each one, and each one is delicious, so why throw it away?! ”

After listening, the corners of He Angelica's eyes couldn't help twitching, it turned out that it was for sugar, and I thought that she suddenly rushed up to defend Peng Gradual...... "Hey, Peng Gradually fainted?" Is he sick? ”

"I don't know, in the morning, he was smiling and carrying the suitcase to our yard, when Master Peng suddenly came out from behind and slashed at the back of his neck with a knife-" As he spoke, Cicada Yi raised his hand and gestured at his neck, making a fierce expression on his face, which immediately stimulated He Angelica to think of Peng Shi's gloomy face, "-Then I only heard the two sounds of 'bang, bang', and the box fell to the ground, what a pity! The plates inside are very valuable at first glance, two of them were smashed into eight petals on the spot, and a few of them also had gaps! Cicada shook her head and sighed, then took off her apron and knelt on the edge of the bed to pick up the long hair of the young lady who was stuck to the pillow.

He Angelica waited quietly for a long time, could it be that her story was finished like this...... "Then, what happened to Peng gradually after he was cut unconscious?" ”

"Stupid you, miss, of course you were dragged away after fainting!" Cicada Yi replied nonchalantly, when she was young, she pinched seven or eight long hairs and walked to the door, stared at the morning light for a long time, and said in surprise, "Miss, come and see, your head has a problem!" ”

He Angelica's eyebrows jumped, could it be Meng Xuan's hair in her hands? Just as he was about to explain his words, he heard her say, "Look, you have two hairs with split ends, and I'll help you sharpen them!" As he spoke, he conjured a pair of scissors out of nowhere, and walked towards He Angelica with a bright hand, took off her hairpin and broke her bun, and then began to help her cut her hair "click, click".

After cutting it a few times, it was uneven, so Cicada Yi comforted her and said, "Wait a little longer, it will be fine soon", and after a few times, He Angelica looked back at the ground and saw that it was already a large piece of black pressing. Although she was a little worried about her long hair, she still enjoyed the moment.

Living in a dry and warm house where the sun shines, you don't have to worry about the livelihood of dressing and eating, you don't have to worry about trying to please a man, you don't have to fight day and night with a group of women who are also working hard to fight for the meaningless man's half-day hypocrisy.

How nice it is that in her own peaceful courtyard, basking in the autumn morning sun, not a person who wants to see can not see, and feeling the rhythm of the flow of time with a nervous and pure-hearted cicada, click......

Click, click, click......

He Angelica froze for a moment, and finally couldn't help but take back his long hair, and tearfully looked at the long black hair that was originally knee-length and could be used as a quilt at night, but now the longest part was only up to her waist, and it was three long and two short like a dog gnawing.

"Why are you crying...... If you cut it like this, your hair will be better and grow faster, and it will be more convenient to comb your hair in the future......" Cicada Yi muttered this sentence in a low voice, and stuffed the scissors into the young lady's hand, allowing the young lady to trim the ends of her hair by herself, and she herself walked away in a gray manner. Just took two steps and retreated, reminding He Angelica: "Hey, look, Mama Tang is here." ”

He Angelica looked up, and saw that it was Mama Tang walking from the other side of the gate from a distance, followed by Jiugu, holding a painting scroll in her hand, and then followed by a large group of maids such as licorice, lampgrass, pomegranate, dandelion, toon buds, etc., each carrying a large box and a small cart with a full of things...... Visiting the sick? Visiting the rescuers?

After Mama Tang trotted over, she pressed He Angelica, who wanted to stand up to greet her, back to the bench, and said with a smile: "Third Miss, you saved the old lady last night, and you were frightened again, so you didn't go back to bed and lie down?" However, between the lines, it didn't seem like he wanted He Angelica to go back to the bed and lie down, not only did he break away the cicada clothes and the old lady's maids, but only she and Jiu Gu were left, and the door was closed, looking like a ghost who wanted to discuss secrets.

He Angelica put down the scissors in his hand, poured a cup of osmanthus dew for Mama Tang and Jiugu, and greeted: "I haven't had time to boil hot water in the morning, there is no hot tea to greet the two, please eat some osmanthus dew, I used osmanthus stamens and lotus leaves to brew." "I had to give cold water to Hanyue, who asked the fire room not to send water to her yard.

Every year, as soon as autumn enters the house, the number of people in the fire room immediately increases by nearly 100, boiling hot water day and night. All the master's yards are to send a car of hot water every hour (since the beginning of the 10th, except for Taoyao Courtyard), the next room is also sent three times in the morning, noon and evening, the large and small courtyards in the house, the small kitchen to make snacks, make tea on weekdays, wash and bathe with the hot water supplied by the fire room. This move was a move for the benefit of the people created by the old lady when she was young, because the unified hot water supply not only saves firewood and charcoal, but also does not have to make all the courtyards in the house smoke, and boil water for a while for bathing and washing feet.

Of course, the old lady, the Sun family, as well as Luo Baiqiong, Luo Baishao, Luo Baiying and others don't have to worry about bathing, because there are three-eyed Ganjiu hot springs in Luo's mansion, the old lady occupies one eye, the Sun family occupies one eye, and Luo Baiqiong, Luo Baishao, and Luo Baiying take a glance. There is a saying that "hot spring water is slippery and washes gelatin", and with the moisture of Ganjiu Spring, the skin of these five people looks like rubbing balsam from any angle.

As early as when she was in Dongfu, she heard that bathing in hot springs was beneficial to the body, and Ganjiu Hot Springs and Yuhua Hot Springs were even more good for the skin. However, Dong Mansion does not have the legendary hot springs, but has pulled a few cars of Yuhua Hot Spring water from other mansions, and has passed the addiction of hot springs, after all, the young lady is different from the gentlemen, as long as there is silver, you can go to the hot spring pool and bathhouse outside to soak enough. As for the kind of Ganjiu hot spring that is more high-end than Yuhua, Dong has never even seen it, and Luofu has three eyes of this hot spring all of a sudden, how can it not make her heart flutter and itch unbearably?

Dong thought about it, thinking that with her status as the eldest daughter-in-law of the long house, she could also enjoy the moisture of the hot spring water, so she folded her hands and said: The old lady is an elder and cannot share her; Sun heard that she had a serious cleanliness habit, and even her daughter refused to share it with her. Qiong Shaoying's three are not far from her age, anyway, the three of them are already working together, and what are you afraid of.

So, Dong ran to ask the third aunt Zhao if she could soak in the hot springs in Fuzhong. The third aunt replied to her that she only occasionally pulled some water from the hot spring to wash in the room, and she was a junior who had just entered the house, so she was afraid that she would not be able to get this benefit. Dong glared and asked why, isn't she the grandmother of Luofu? Isn't she the most qualified person in this house to take a hot spring? I've heard that bathing in hot springs can help you give birth to a boy!

Zhao sighed and revealed the truth to his niece. The late lord of Luofu, Luo Duzhong, was originally a pair of lovers with today's old lady, and he only went to Chai Mansion to ask for relatives when he had a prominent reputation. But the old lady has a sister who is ten years older than her, because of her violent temper and impatience, although she is known as "the first beauty in Sichuan and Shu", she can't find her in-laws in the local area. The mother of the two Miss Chai felt sorry for her eldest daughter, so she took the opportunity of the late master to stay with him, and tricked him to ruin the innocence of the eldest daughter, so that he could marry her two daughters in one go.

Dong didn't expect that the older generation of characters would have such a romantic affair, and they couldn't help but listen with great interest, and they couldn't understand why the third aunt shook her head and sighed, unhappy.

Zhao continued, the reason why Chai Mansion treats this son-in-law so well is because Luofu is higher than Chai Mansion, and the old man is the eldest son, and he has a talent and a graceful future; The second reason is that at that time, the saint swore to heaven that he would "kill all the corrupt officials in the world", and after killing, the saint also made the skull of the corrupt official into a sign box containing tokens, and placed it in the court where he had sit, leaving it for the next official, which made people panic and everyone was in danger - who in the officialdom can say "I have not been greedy"? After a few years of rolling in officialdom, who can pick it cleanly and not get a leaf on its body? There is really a Qing Shui official who has never been greedy, and he is also afraid of being framed by political enemies, with the kind of character of the saint who would rather be in vain than indulgent, once he gets involved with the word "greed", he is afraid that he will be pulled into a skull vessel in two days - and the relationship between our old lady and the saint, I don't say that you also know some - that's it, so the old man got two flat wives in one go, that is, the eldest old lady and the old lady.

Dong asked curiously, why have I never seen the eldest old lady, I vaguely heard people say, isn't she still alive?

Zhao glanced at the door, lowered his voice and told her that the old lady was under house arrest, and she was about to choke when she saw it...... This great battle of "east wind overwhelming west wind", which lasted for decades, finally ended with the old lady winning! Our big house is from the old lady, so ah, Sister Lan, what kind of status our big house will have in this mansion in the future, I won't say that you also know.

At that time, the Dong family, who had just married, was still a young woman with a young woman's body and a girl's heart, where had he heard of such a terrible history of family house struggle. As soon as she heard this, she immediately lost her face and said, how can this be, aren't the two of them sisters?! In this way, wouldn't I have the name of a "big young grandmother" on my shoulders, but in fact I was classified as a side by Luofu? So that's how my hot spring is soaking? No, isn't Bai Ying also from a big house, how can she go to the hot springs?

Zhao shook his head and didn't say more, and went back to the room to have a small snack. Dong gritted his silver teeth, why? She doesn't believe in evil, she just wants to try him! So, she ran to the old lady and asked the old lady to go to the hot spring bath in the future.

At that time, Sun and Luo Baiying were also present, but Sun was silent with a smile, and Luo Baiying immediately thought that Dong was going to share that spring with the three sisters...... She felt the old lady look at her with her peripheral vision, as if to ask her if she would like to. Luo Baiying suddenly looked at him left and right, and mentioned that his younger brother's ex-brother had been in and out of the Qinglou frequently recently.

The old lady was shocked when she heard this, and beat the bed and scolded her ex-brother, a dead child, how could he go to that kind of place, what should he do if he is sick, what can he do if he is tired. Dong's heart was even more secretly angry, okay, you damn Luo Baiqian, you said that you want to go to the academy to study and test your fame, and you are not in the mansion all day long, you put me in the ice cellar and freeze, but you go out to find those fox spirits to be free! The Pan Gongzi I said before I left the pavilion is now a Jinshi, you don't even have the face to go out and be merry, I will marry you when I am blind!

Sun suddenly sighed, and said quietly, man, just like that cat, how can there be a reason not to eat meat, if the family follows his hair and feeds him enough, he is not willing to go outside to find those dirty and stinky wild food to eat.

The Dong family was shocked when he heard this, which was clearly a metaphor that he and his third aunt had been pressing not to give Luo Bai a concubine......