King Jing was very excited: his youngest son finally spoke to him!! Not to mention eating locusts, even poison is like a glutton. The youngest son went out to the sea and grew up, and his temper was not as bad as before, and he didn't cause trouble after coming back for more than half a year, but was reused by the emperor. Thinking of Jingzhong's praise for his youngest son, King Jing expressed his honor.

Although he was very happy in his heart, he was still holding a serious shelf on the surface, picked up chopsticks and sandwiched a large piece of grasshopper sauce, followed his son's example, wiped it on the steamed bun, and when he opened his mouth and was about to bite down, he was stopped by Princess Jing: "Lord, that ...... It's made of worms, are you sure you can eat it? ”

"It's okay! I heard my father say that in the southwest mountainous areas, insects are used to entertain distinguished guests, and some insects are very nutritious, what are they rich in...... Protein? My son is fine after eating, I am his son, what can happen? King Jing ignored the princess's obstruction, "Ah woo" took a big bite, and tasted it carefully, the taste was really good, with the fragrance of dried shrimp.

Zhu Junyang said while eating: "This is fermented grasshopper sauce, and most people will not be allergic when they eat it." Last time, the chief manager of Su Da, who was next to the emperor, ate the unfermented grasshopper sauce, and he had a pimple all over his body, and he itched badly. Although grasshopper sauce is delicious, it is not something that anyone can eat. ”

When Princess Jing thought that the father and son were eating the kind of bugs that looked terrible, she suddenly felt that she had no appetite at all. The coastal locust plague also spread to the capital, and the flowers in her garden were spoiled by the locusts, but fortunately, the precious flowers and plants brought back from Tanggu were moved to the glass greenhouse in time, otherwise it would be difficult to escape the scourge of locusts.

Speaking of the camellia brought back from Tanggu, Princess Jing suddenly felt angry. There are many people who love camellia in Beijing, among which Princess Jing and Mrs. Feng, the wife of the princess, are the most obsessed. Originally, this pair of sisters with the same hobbies had a close relationship, often exchanged tips for raising flowers together, and held a camellia feast together. The Camellia Banquet is not something that everyone can attend, only those who have enough status and character must be recognized by Princess Jing and Madame Feng can get the invitation.

The camellia banquet makes the famous ladies and ladies in Beijing flock to it, and if anyone can get the invitation to the banquet, it will not only raise their eyebrows among the many noble ladies, but also the whole family will feel that their faces are bright.

The camellia banquet is known to everyone in the upper circles of central Beijing. But the good times didn't last long, and the organizers of the two sisters collapsed! Everyone in Beijing knew that King Jing was extremely fond of the princess, and because of her hobby, she searched for precious camellia everywhere, which made Mrs. Feng both happy and envious. I am glad that there are new varieties of camellia at the camellia banquet every year, and I envy that these camellia flowers are not hers and can only be enjoyed occasionally.

Madame Fung is a true lover of flowers. She not only loves flowers, but also is very good at planting flowers, and she once cultivated new varieties of camellia by herself, which made Princess Jing very envious. So, Princess Jing also followed Mrs. Feng's example and served her favorite camellia with her own hands. But her later title of "Flower Killer" was not for nothing, and many precious camellias were raised by her beyond recognition. Mrs. Feng persuaded her many times, but Princess Jing was interested in planting flowers and didn't listen at all. Until she planted a top-notch eighteenth bachelor to death, Mrs. Feng didn't sleep for a few days in distress, quarreled with her, and the two fell out. The camellia feast will not be over......

"Mother, what do you want?" When King Jing's son was forced by his father to try grasshopper sauce and ask his mother for help, he found that she was in a daze.

Princess Jing came back to her senses, sighed, and said, "I don't know if those precious flowers and plants in the valley that Yu Xiaocao said have been spoiled by locusts. Last time, Xiaocao took Mrs. Fang's maid to go, and it is said that she didn't go far to see a lot of precious flowers and plants, as well as some herbs that are old. What a great place! If it's not for the fear of fierce beasts, I'd like to see it too! ”

Zhu Junyang thought of the wolf named Big Gray, nodded and said, "I have also heard about this place, there is a very big and powerful gray wolf living in it. However, that wolf is very spiritual, and he once helped the Yu family! ”

Seeing that Princess Jing was very curious about this topic, she briefly told them about their defense against the wolves. Princess Jing exclaimed, "Xiaocao helped the wolf, and the wolf saved her father. I didn't expect animals to have feelings and righteousness. Just raising a wolf at home, won't it cause trouble for the Yu family? ”

Zhu Junyang said: "I told the people in the village that it was a pet that I had raised since I was a child, and it was inconvenient to return to Beijing, so I asked the Yu family to help raise it." That wolf can understand human speech, and if it is not malicious, it will not attack people. By the way, is this year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner still eaten in the palace? ”

"The emperor has already passed on an edict, saying that if the weather is cold, don't toss, just eat the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner at your own home." King Jing ate the grasshopper sauce with relish, and scooped a spoonful and smeared it on the steamed bun.

Zhu Junyang saw that half of the grasshopper sauce he brought back had already gone to the bottle, and he put it away with some distress. When King Jing saw it, he scolded with a smile: "Stinky boy, hook out Lao Tzu's gluttony, and want to hide the grasshopper sauce and eat it alone?" No way! Quick, filial piety to Lao Tzu ......"

Zhu Junyang only brought back four cans of grasshopper sauce this time, two of which were given to General Fang. Looking at his father with a rogue expression of "If you don't give Lao Tzu grasshopper sauce, you are unfilial", Zhu Junyang endured the distress, put on a straight face, and reluctantly gave the remaining half of the can to his father.

King Jing said angrily and funny: "What kind of expression do you have?" Won't I eat something from you, as if I cut your flesh? If you like to eat, you won't buy other people's recipes and let our chef make them for you! ”

"What do you do if you don't have the ingredients?" Zhu Junyang thought of a few bags of locusts in the Yujia ice cellar, and pondered that as soon as the spring thawed, he would go to Dongshan Village to sit down, and the name was beautiful: to supervise the sowing of corn.

Zhu Junyang has asked Zhao County to pay attention to the purchase of land in Tanggu Town. Tanggu Town, as the hardest hit area of this locust plague, not every family is as lucky as the Yu family and has no losses. In the surrounding villages, most of the farmland has no harvest, and there are very few people who hoard grain at home, so before the disaster relief grain comes, most of the people buy high-priced grain to support their lives. There are very few families who can survive the winter and next spring, and there will certainly be many people who sell their fields, sell their land, sell their children, and sell their daughters.

Since Tanggu is to be built into a breeding base for improved corn varieties, a large amount of farmland is needed. Yu Xiaocao's family's more than 170 acres of land are not enough to stuff their teeth. Therefore, Zhu Junyang began to let Zhao County order buy land one after another since the autumn, and it is best to be able to connect them. It doesn't matter if it's not a film, just change it with someone when the time comes. The land used by the imperial court will be compensated with some silver, and it is impossible not to exchange it for acquaintances.

Just when Zhu Junyang was working hard silently for next year's work, the Yu family had already begun to happily prepare for the New Year.

The last little wild boar in the pen was killed not long ago. Xiaocao's grandmother's house in Xishan Village, as well as Lao Yutou's elder brother's family, each family sent ten catties of wild boar meat and twenty catties of white flour, as well as a few Chinese cabbages.

Although the price of rice and grain has calmed down, when the disaster year comes, the livestock raised by the family are slaughtered early for fear of wasting grain. During the Chinese New Year, the price of pork soared, and it was snapped up by the rich families in the town early, and it was not the turn of the common people at all.

Of course, the common people are reluctant and cannot afford to buy a pound of pork, and many people's dumplings for Chinese New Year's Eve are ready to be dealt with with dried vegetables. In previous years, I couldn't afford to eat meat, and there were cabbage and radish, but this year, I can eat dried vegetables!

The New Year's gifts given by the Yu family are tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow. When the New Year's gift was given, it was snowing heavily, and the snow outside was so deep that it was difficult for vehicles to pass. Yu Xiaocao took over the task of giving the New Year's gift with excitement. Since the little sleigh was made, there was no chance to show it except for a few laps in the mountains and forests, and now her wolf sled can finally come in handy.

Since the big gray came to the Yu family, the water it drinks every day has been added to the spirit stone water, it is already more majestic than its tall body, it sits on the ground, and the grass can't reach the top of its head. Big Ash looks mighty, and is more well-behaved than the most docile dog in front of Xiaocao. As for others, you can only see its cold side. The rest of the Yu family wants to instruct it, don't think about it! Therefore, the New Year's gift can only be given to Yu Xiaocao. Who makes someone else incapable of riding a sled?

On the small sled, Yu Xiaocao sits in the front, and pork and white flour are placed in the back. There is a railing behind the sled, so you don't have to worry about falling off halfway.

Yu Xiaocao wore the warmest clothes, a rabbit skin hat on her head, the kind that could wrap her ears inside, a rabbit fur scarf around her neck, and thick rabbit fur in the boots on her feet. Yu Hai was afraid that his daughter would freeze, so he wrapped his wolf skin coat around her, leaving only a pair of eyes outside.

"Let's go!" Yu Xiaocao waved to his family and said a word to Da Ash. The big ash slowly walked up on the snow, and out of the village, it began to speed up gradually, and the mountains and forests on both sides of the road quickly fell backwards.

At first, Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai also wanted to follow, but their little short legs were trapped in the snow and couldn't run fast, and they were dumped behind their wolf father before they left Dongshan Village, so they could only go home stupidly.

In the snowy season, the weather is cold, and there is hardly a pedestrian on the road, and there is no fear of scaring others with the dust. Yu Xiaocao went to her grandfather's second brother's house first. Yu Lixia lives in Dama Village, which is not close to the mountains or the sea, and there are more fertile fields. Yu Lixia's family has more than a dozen acres of fertile land, and after paying taxes, the remaining grain can barely be wrapped without starvation. But this year is a disaster year after all, although the imperial court has reduced or exempted agricultural taxes, but life is still tight.

When Yu Xiaocao entered the village, maybe everyone was at home and didn't meet anyone. She drove the sleigh directly to the door of the second grandfather's house and knocked on the door. It was Yu Yang, the eldest son of the second grandfather's family, who opened the door, and when he saw the grass wrapped in balls, he was stunned at first, and immediately said, "This is ...... Xiaolian or Xiaocao? ”

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Thank you Haifeng for the red envelope