Chapter 60: Peach Blossom Cake

Although Chang'an is geographically northern, but now it is also serious to the "spring" warm "flower" blooming season, compared to the third day of Zhuo Zhaojie to Chang'an to visit his aunt, Ruanfu Zhengtang removed a lot of utensils, the original ivory carving Cangshan negative snow painting screen was replaced by the peach and plum to compete for the scene of the "spring" glass screen, sitting and lying utensils will also be "color" dark red sandalwood replaced by a relatively "glamorous" lot of pineapple wood, all around the heavy Luo removed, easy to a refreshing bamboo curtain - to the summer is estimated to be replaced with water "essence" curtains.

Even the glass cup that came up to hold sandalwood drink is not the pattern used last time, but it is a peach 'flower' burning, which is very pleasing.

Such a replacement is not a mundane thing and a small piece, which shows that although the Ruan Mansion is not prosperous, it is extremely rich.

Zhuo Fanghua ordered someone to fetch the cherries, and said: "Ask someone to wash it in the morning, this thing is delicate, and it won't be 'refined' after a long time, so let people hang it into the well, you wait a little." He also said to Zhuo 'Yu' Niang, "The peach 'flower' cake that Liu Niang likes will come up in a while, remember to eat a few bites...... I heard my sister-in-law say, did you have a stomachache when you ate too much last time? ”

When Zhuo Fanghua talked about the peach 'flower' cake, Zhuo 'Yu' Niang's eyes lit up obviously, and her face suddenly turned red at this moment, and she didn't dare to be angry in front of Zhuo Fanghua, so she only said: "I also ate a lot of things on the side that day, it may not be that I ate too much of this cake...... This peach 'flower' cake is the most authentic of the eldest aunt's place, and it can't be made anywhere else. ”

"This is Granny Ruan's ancestral craft, and it is not passed on." Zhuo Fanghua smiled slightly and said, "It's me here, and I can eat it during the 'flower' period a year, and Granny Ruan never needs to dry 'flowers', they are all freshly picked and made." ”

Zhuo Zhaojie listened and said curiously: "Why is this peach 'flower' cake delicious?" ”

"You'll know when you taste it!" Zhuo 'Yu' Niang looked impatient and rushed to the road.

Ruan Yunshu explained gently: "Granny Ruan happens to have the same surname as our family, and her ancestors have the craft of making pastries, and there are four seasons cakes, namely peach 'flower' cake, lotus 'flower' cake, osmanthus 'flower' cake and plum 'flower' cake, among which the peach 'flower' cake is the best. ”

Zhuo Zhaojie has always been dispensable to pastries, she prefers all kinds of fruits, and when Ruan Yunshu spoke, the cherries were delivered, and she was clearly absent-minded.

Zhuo Fanghua saw this scene in his eyes, and couldn't help frowning slightly, You and Zhuo Fangli didn't dare to hide Ning Shaobi's matter, they had already secretly told someone before, Zhuo Fanghua was a little unhappy when he met Zhuo Zhaojie's deliberate alienation of Ruan Yunshu, anyway, Ruan Yunshu was raised by Zhuo Fanghua, even if he was not his own, he always had feelings - not to mention that Ruan Yunshu has always been filial and sensible.

If it weren't for Zhuo Zhaojie being Zhuo Fanghua's brother's daughter, and being born like the Liang family, Zhuo Fanghua would not have accommodated this niece 'daughter' everywhere and took the initiative to push out the adopted son who was raised by one hand to propose marriage. Sex, the more Zhuo Fanghua was wronged for him, but the people sent by the You family before repeatedly emphasized that Zhuo Zhaojie was young and ignorant, so please take care of Zhuo Fanghua more.

Zhuo Fanghua thought about it, and also felt that the niece and daughter who had just returned to the family should not use too strong means, so she endured the reprimand that came to her mouth, and exchanged a few words of greeting with the two nieces and nephews, looked at Chenguang, and asked someone to take the meal.

After the meal, Zhuo Fanghua excused herself to take a break, and sent someone to send two nieces and nephews to the room prepared for them, and when Zhuo Yu's mother and Zhuo Zhaojie left, they called Ruan Yunshu back.

Ruan Yunshu accompanied the adoptive mother to the two cousins perfunctory for a morning, and finally got out, and only sat down at the desk when she returned to her room, and was called to her adoptive mother again, but she was not impatient at all, she was still calm and not impatient, looking at the gentle and gentle adopted son, although Zhuo Fanghua was sad that she had no son's 'daughter' fate, and the only 'daughter' not only died early, but even the grandson who had never seen her died prematurely, but Ruan Yunshu was in front of her, which was a kind of comfort.

Thinking like this, Zhuo Fanghua couldn't help but soften her tone a little more, and said, "Your two cousins have been spoiled, and I have wronged you today." ”

Ruan Yunshu didn't expect Zhuo Fanghua to call herself to say this, so she smiled unconsciously and said: "Mother is serious, and the cousins didn't say anything, and they are all their own relatives, since they call the child a cousin, the child should also love his sister." ”

He is a person who has suffered hardships, he knows very well that he cherishes his blessings, grows up with brocade clothes and 'jade' food, and the former scientific detective 'flower' personally guides, and it is inevitable to win the test - such a brilliant and splendid future is completely predictable in the past, which he never dared to think of, and he remembers the bits and pieces that Ruan Zhi and Zhuo Fanghua gave him, Zhuo' Jade 'Niang and Zhuo Zhaojie are just two slightly squeamish cousins in his mind, not to mention Zhuo Fanghua's kindness, the hardships he has suffered in the hands of his brother and sister-in-law have long made him look down on a lot of grudges early, even if the two strange little ladies deliberately snub themselves, or directly ignore them, Ruan Yunshu does not feel the need to resent.

Of course, in a sense, it can also be considered that he doesn't care about these two cousins - so their snubbing and ignorance, Ruan Yunshu is at most stunned.

Seeing that what Ruan Yunshu said didn't mind was completely from the heart, Zhuo Fanghua nodded secretly and said, "Your eldest aunt and fourth aunt are reasonable people, but they do love 'daughters' too much, of course, they are not very old now, and it is not too late to start teaching." ”

This is an obvious hint, Ruan Yunshu said respectfully: "The child understands." ”

Although neither Zhuo 'Yu' nor Zhuo Zhaojie is a satisfactory wife candidate in Ruan Yunshu's mind, he is not very annoying, not to mention that Zhuo Fanghua likes it, not to mention that Zhuo Fanghua now hints that he will restrain his niece and daughter, even if his future wife is pampered and willful, Ruan Yunshu feels that as long as it is not very excessive to the point of being bad, he can endure it - as long as his adoptive mother likes it.

Since Zhuo Fanghua has 'handed over' these words, of course he has to be kind to his cousin - it is expected to be Zhuo Zhaojie.

Ruan Yunshu sighed slightly in his heart, in fact, if he chooses among these two cousins, he would prefer to choose Zhuo 'Yu' Niang, not that he thinks that Zhuo 'Yu' Niang may be more virtuous than Zhuo Zhaojie, but he knows that Zhuo Zhaojie and the Hou Shizi of Yongcheng have a very close relationship, if it is this Zhuo Qi cousin who is promised to himself, I am afraid that the prince will not give up, and Ning Shaobi will deal with him under jealousy, for fear of affecting Ruan Zhi and Zhuo Fanghua, after all, he dares to interrupt the prince of Qin on the street' The lord of the legs, rushing into the Imperial History Mansion to smash things, may not be able to do it.

Anyway, everyone knows that there is the eldest princess of Jiyang in one day, unless this prince rebels, the eldest princess will bear it for him, and some people even suspect that with the relationship between the saint, the queen and the eldest princess, even if Ning Shaobi rebels, the saint will open the net, anyway, how big a storm can this rebellion set off?

Ruan Yunshu thought about it again and again, in the end, it was better to tell Zhuo Fanghua about this matter first, so as not to make things big at that time, but Zhuo Fanghua was unprepared.

But he implicitly explained the scene he saw at the 'spring' banquet, but Zhuo Fanghua was not surprised, nodded and said: "Qi Niang was kidnapped by a 'female' thief when she was in Moling, and she happened to be saved by the Hou Shizi of Yongcheng at that time, so she was very 'excited' by this Shizi, she was young and ignorant, and you also know that this Hou Shizi of Yongcheng was good with the five 'friends' at that time, and it was a habit The one who made Fengyue coaxed this child into confusion, but although Qi Niang thought she liked this Yongcheng Hou Shizi, she had always been closely watched, and she had only talked to this son a few more times, in the end, she had seen few men, so don't worry about her. ”

Ruan Yunshu said: "Mother, I don't care about this, it's just that the Hou Shizi of Yongcheng is very difficult. ”

"No matter how difficult it is, there is no reason to forcibly kidnap the wife of the trial scholar of the palace." Zhuo Fanghua disagreed, and said, "Don't you want the face of the imperial court?" ”

Ruan Yunshu knew that if he continued to talk about it, he might make Zhuo Fanghua suspect that he disliked Zhuo Zhaojie and had an affair with the Hou Shizi of Yongcheng, and he didn't want to marry this cousin, so he had to keep quiet.

He thought in his heart that his mother was not the one who liked to gossip, because Ruan Zhi's parents and close relatives had died, and Zhuo Fanghua had not returned to his parents' house for many years, and the Ruan family now came and went except for the Wenxiang Mansion next door, that is, there were only a few families, and none of the ladies who could talk to Zhuo Fanghua liked to move 'get' and 'lip', so Zhuo Fanghua's understanding of the Hou Shizi of Yongcheng, that is, the general words that were roughly circulated, were arrogant, arrogant, and relied on the favor and support of the eldest princess, and did not take others in their eyes- In fact, how can this son of the world be so high-flying?

Ruan Yunshu because he studied in Guozijian, he read well, his 'temperament' was gentle, he was not limited to the noble and the lowly, he was treated all of them, and he had a good reputation for popularity, but he had heard the extremely detailed version of the Yongcheng Hou Shizi, there were many gentlemen in Beijing, and the three tyrants who were elected from this, even if they saw the little lady, their bones were soft for three points, and they looked like a little white face when they saw the little lady, and they actually turned their faces upside down.

This Yongcheng Hou Shizi is mean and 'yin' ruthless, what can't he do?

It's just that Zhuo Fanghua is confident that with the 'door' of his family doctor, and the daughter-in-law 'wife' who is seriously hired, even the emperor's relatives can't ignore a little scruples, and it is impossible to be robbed by force, and Ruan Yunshu can't continue to persuade, so he has to think about how to deal with this matter at that time.

Looking at Ruan Yunshu's departing back, Zhuo Fanghua's brows gradually frowned, she was not dissatisfied with Ruan Yunshu's words, in fact, when Ruan Yunshu mentioned the 'spring' banquet, Zhuo Fanghua also felt very sorry for this adopted son, she herself came from a young age, at that time, Ruan Zhi was more 'colorful' to the 'female' son next to her, but the 'female' son had a bit of posture Color', whether he is out of the cabinet or not, Zhuo Fanghua's heart is sour, although Ruan Yunshu is an adopted son, but he and Ruan Zhi are so old, and in the future, the whole mansion will not be his? What's more, this adopted son has good talent and is willing to work hard, even if he doesn't have the inheritance of this imperial history mansion for him, he can still get ahead after the meeting test and the palace test.

Even if he has raised and taught him for many years, but this yuan is a lifelong thing, although a man marrying a wife is not virtuous, it will be mistaken for life like a 'woman' son who meets someone unladylike, after all, there is also the ancient adage that a wife and a good husband are less than a disaster, and it is already rare for Ruan Yunshu to never express any dissatisfaction.

Zhuo Fanghua frowned and thought, Qi Niang's beauty is far better than ordinary people, and this arrogant 'sex' is also good, but being a 'woman' in the cabinet is not as good as being a 'woman' at home, she and the You family can protect her for a while After all, how can Ruan Yunshu think about the grace of raising her and be willing to endure it, how can it be endless? What's more, people like Ruan Yunshu are afraid that no one else will make up their minds in the future? She specially called Ruan Yunshu to comfort her today, just because she didn't want him to have a bad impression of Zhuo Zhaojie in her heart - in the final analysis, she was also for the good of her niece and daughter.

"Ming'er, let's talk to her about it." Zhuo Fanghua thought for a long time and thought, "This kid is spoiled." ”