The city valve has always been extremely cold in winter, and it is better when there is sun during the day, and when the sun sets in the evening, the chill is like a maggot on the tarsal bone, so that people can't leave the house with a kang charcoal basin. Even in a warm room, Chen Lan could hear the whistling wind outside, and then glanced at the black coal, firewood, silver frost charcoal, and so on on the kang table, she couldn't help frowning thoughtfully.

The kang at home is made of coal, and the stove in the kitchen is made of charcoal, plus the brazier for heating the cage and the fine silver frost charcoal in the hand stove, and the consumption of more than 400 taels of silver in a whole winter. This is also thanks to the fact that coal is far cheaper than charcoal, otherwise the heating bill would have been even greater. From this point of view, it is also thanks to the two brothers Taizu and Chu Guogong who advocated the use of coal, otherwise, just like the continuation of the Ming and Qing dynasties, the entire mountains near the capital would have been cut down long ago!

"Madam, Aunt Liu is back."

Hearing this, Chen Lan immediately threw aside the trace of reverie just now, nodded and sat up straight. After a while, Aunt Liu came into the house, curtsits, and talked about the situation of going to Huguo Temple today: "This year's weather is extremely cold, and there have been several snows so far in winter, one of which is three days, which has collapsed many houses in Dongcheng, so Huguo Temple gave up porridge on the first day of the month, and it was almost not enough rice until noon."

Looking at Master Zhiyong's appearance, I hope that our family will also give up some sesame oil money, or simply send some rice.........

When Aunt Liu began to speak, Chen Lan gestured to the red snail on the side, and she stood up immediately while sitting on the pedal, put down the account book in her hand without saying a word and went out. At this time, Chen Lan nodded: "Although my mother is not a layman, this kind of thing should always be expressed to some extent." Tomorrow, I will order to send ten stones of rice first, after all, the price of rice will always rise in response to the Caohe River. If the rice from the past year is sent down, "You might as well even it." What about the other situation? ”

The previous words were just the beginning, so Aunt Liu immediately took two steps up, and bent down next to Chen Lan: "Fortunately, Madame didn't go, that Jin Gonggong is so confused!" I don't know who I ate and was terrified, "I was going to take a knife to my throat if I didn't agree with a word, and I said what to die to Mingzhi," ......, fortunately, the slave saw the opportunity quickly, first comforted him with words, and then slapped down his dagger and reprimanded him. According to him, Father-in-law Xia's private account of the silver money in the imperial prison, as well as contributions, etc., "were all kept by him, and Father-in-law Xia did not touch them." I just listened, didn't promise to take over those things, and told him not to show his mouth to others again, after all, there is no explanation for how to deal with it. ”

Listening to Aunt Liu's detailed explanation of the reason, Chen Lan couldn't help but show appreciation: "Auntie is doing a good job, if he dies now, I'm afraid that things will be bigger by then, and I can't guarantee that anything will be involved." As for those private accounts, there is absolutely no reason for us to handle them. When it comes to eunuchs, you have to be extra cautious. In this way, tomorrow my aunt will enter the palace on my behalf to greet the imperial concubine, and when the time comes, you can inquire about my father-in-law through my mouth, so that you can have a number in your heart. ”

Today I experienced such a scene in Huguo Temple, Aunt Liu was like a light lifter, and she slapped and sweetened the ground, which finally shocked the golden eunuch, but on the way back, I couldn't help but feel up. At this time, she was praised by Chen Lan, and ordered herself to enter the palace tomorrow to see the imperial concubine, she was deeply moved after being shocked, and she couldn't help but kneel down again, but this time she was dragged by Chen Lan, and then involuntarily sat next to the edge of the kang.

"Don't say anything about kindness or non-kindness, didn't you relieve me of a big trouble today?" Chen Lan sincerely held Aunt Liu's hand, and then said word by word, "What I asked my aunt to do today is difficult to know, but my aunt agreed" shows his sincerity. In addition, when you and Aunt Yun helped me all the way, the one thing that was ordered to do it was enough to offset it, but really speaking, I owe you a lot. I know that you have been in the palace for many years, and now this so-called freedom is also very limited, if there is anything in your family and friends that you want me to help, just say it. Aunt Lao also brought this to Aunt Yun, the road ahead is still very long, and I hope you can treat me as before. ”

"Yato..."

For the last half of the queen's month, Aunt Liu had been serving by her side, and at that time, she always felt that the queen and Chen Lan were standing together, and there was an indescribable sense of harmony. At this moment, she finally understood where this feeling came from, this young daughter of the Houmen was just like the former queen mother, smart and clever, tolerant and generous. Well, at this point, she finally broke free of that hand, regardless of Chen Lan's obstruction, she knelt down respectfully and kowtowed three times.

When Aunt Liu came out of the house, Chen Lan let out a long breath, leaned on the back of the kang chair and didn't want to get up, and naturally hugged the boxy red satin embroidered peony pillow in his hand. Resting her chin on the soft pillow, her eyes lit up so brightly that she didn't lift her eyelids until the curtain rang. My lord, the fourth young master is here, and he is at the eldest lady's place. ”

Now there are three masters in Jingyuan, old and young, plus Chen Yan often comes and goes, and he is a descendant. Naturally, the title of the middle is a little less polite and a little more close, and over time, not only the four words of Yangning Houfu are omitted, but even the word uncle is also saved.

Not only is it not taboo for Chen Yan to enter the house, but the Jiang family treats him as half a son, and often has delicious and fun to leave a copy first, even Chen Lan often jokes that his mother-in-law's heart is not a little biased.

Because it was dinner time at this time, after Chen Lan got the letter, he put on a cloak and went straight to Xifuju. Sure enough, Mother Zhuang was reporting the dinner dishes prepared in the kitchen, and when she saw that she just bent her knees slightly, she continued her words: "In addition to the original four-color dish, the other side said that the wild duck soup would be good in half an hour, and there was still a piece of marinated venison that could be cut into preserved meats and sent to it." Then twist the leeks in the greenhouse into juice and mix the meat to make meatballs into the soup, if you want to add anything, please ask the old lady to instruct it. ”

Seeing that the Jiang family looked over with an inquiring gaze, Chen Lan glanced at Chen Yan, who was grinning, and said with a smile: "Where else to add something, no matter how big his belly is, these things can be almost filled." Little four, tell me yourself, from last month to this month, how many meals have you eaten? ”

"Isn't this the food in Mirror Garden?" Seeing that Zhuang's mother retreated, Chen Yan smiled and said, "Besides, my aunt said that I can come at any time, and when I am growing up, I can't wait to come over every day to eat!" Sister, don't stare at me, this look is strange and scary, that is, the old lady at home may be me, saying that as long as I send someone to report, I will not worry about going back after dinner here every day, this is what the old lady said herself, I don't believe you can go back to confront me! ”

Chen Lan didn't know that the little guy's fearless appearance must have been approved by the Zhu family, but at this time, he still couldn't help but be angry. Jiang smiled and beckoned Chen Yan to come over and sit next to him on the soft couch, then looked at Chen Lan and said: "Brother Yan'er This is a true temperament, one more person is more lively, not to mention that Brother Quan will not come back tonight, it is good to have him with us." ”

"Brother-in-law won't come back tonight?" Chen Yan still just knew about this, and when he saw Chen Lan nodding lightly, he couldn't help but tilt his head and mutter, "It's strange, Senior Brother Shang is nowhere to be seen tonight, and he originally made an appointment with Mr. Han to go there for dinner," only the speaker has no intention, the listener has a heart, since Chen Lan knows what Yang Jinzhou and Luo Xu are planning, he is extremely sensitive to their affairs, at this time, he does not show it in front of the Jiang family, and when he eats, he blindly looks at Chen Yan with a smile. But when the Jiang family took Chen Yan out by her after the meal, she had to take people directly to the wooden bridge of the lotus pond, just like the last time she treated Zhang Bingyun, which blocked both sides of the wooden bridge.

However, this time it was daytime and there was still the sun in the sky, but this time it was a night with only one crescent moon, and although the lantern in his hand was lit, the warmth it could provide was extremely limited. Therefore, Chen Yan couldn't help but lightly stomp on the bridge under his feet with his foot, until Chen Lan casually said that the bridge had been more than twenty years old, and then he stood still.

"Sister, what's the big thing to come to this place and blow the cold wind?"

"Your Senior Brother Luo has asked you to run errands recently?"

"Senior Brother Luo?" Chen Yan raised his eyebrows in surprise, then shook his head and said, "Senior brother said that there is nothing to use me recently, just let me follow Mr. Han and the master to learn literature and martial arts, and don't worry about anything else,..., not to mention, he has been sneaky ...... "......" recently"

These sneaky words naturally resonated with Chen Lan. After asking a few more words, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart when she learned that although Luo Xu had a firm foothold in Wenyuan Pavilion now, and the three pavilion elders respected him, her colleagues often excluded him. When she asked something else without a trace, she was about to pull Chen Yan back, but Chen Yan suddenly changed the topic.

"By the way, sister, the second sister came back yesterday. In the past, a new set of clothes was only worn for one season, but this time it was obviously a last year's style dress, and I vaguely listened, Mrs. Runingbo......... cough cough, in order to plug the holes in the house, her mother-in-law almost hollowed out the family, and put on the idea of her dowry, the second sister refused to let go, and simply pawned a lot of those good gold thread and satin clothes, and said that she had no money. The second aunt was so angry when she heard about it, and said bitterly in front of the old lady that she wanted to let the second sister and the second brother-in-law reconcile! ”

Hearing the words Heli, Chen Lan's eyes flashed at that time, when Chen Bing pulled Chen Yun to his face to question, it was only a few months, and the golden beetle son-in-law at that time had become a kraft candy that he couldn't get rid of now?

"Brother-in-law is gaining momentum now, I can't guarantee that the second aunt will beg for you, sister, you can be careful!"

PS: Preview, sort out the plot, for the sake of consistency, after one chapter tonight, the two chapters will be combined at noon tomorrow