"Well, I'm not wrong, right?" The seventeenth princess said proudly, "You don't know yet, Xiao Mo's craftsmanship is not something anyone can taste if they want to, except for the emperor, I'm afraid there are only me and that Shang Shulang." ”

"Why are you two so special and have this treatment?"

"Well, since the day Xiao Mo entered the palace, I have felt that I have a fate with him, he not only knows how to cook well, but also plays the flute. I have no mother since I was a child, his home is far away in Xiqiang, and in this indifferent harem, the two of us have slowly become confidants. As for why that Shang Shulang also has this kind of treatment, let him tell you himself. ”

Indeed, except for the emperor, only Shu Yan and the seventeenth princess have this kind of treatment. However, in Xiao Mo's eyes, the seventeenth princess and herself are just confidants and friends, and Shu Yan is much more important, and yesterday, she sent Shu Yan a copy of the same food she made for the emperor.

"Brother Shu and I met on a ship to Luoyang. He is from the south, I am from Xiqiang, and it is already very fateful to be able to meet for thousands of miles, and then there are some adventures. We felt more and more good about each other, and then we lived under the same roof in the Shangshutai Mansion, ate the same pot of rice, and became brothers. ”

"Worship brothers with different surnames? Is it the kind that does not seek to be born on the same day and month of the same year, but to die on the same day of the same month? Princess Seventeen asked curiously.

"Speaking of which," Xiao Mo was excited, "The fate of a thousand miles is not unusual at all, and there is even more unusual, Brother Shu and I were really born in the same year, the same month and the same day." ”

"Huh? Are you sure? The seventeenth princess was surprised, "In this way, you are really a strange fate." Hey, it's just that God doesn't make it beautiful, so that the two of you are men, if not, it must be a pair of good matches. ”

"Don't think that this is unusual, there are even more unusual, on the day Brother Shu and I were born, Ruyin and Xiqiang, thousands of miles apart, actually appeared seven-colored clouds."

"Ruyin, surnamed Shu, seven-colored clouds? How could it be such a coincidence? Zhixin muttered in her heart, although she didn't want to talk to this straightforward and enthusiastic strange eunuch more, but the doubts in her heart still forced her to ask, "Is there really such a coincidence?" What day were you born? ”

"Of course it's true, we were born in the second year of Taishi."

"Could it be that he was born on May 6 of the second year of Taishi, and he is twenty-one years old this year?"

"Yes." Xiao Mo looked at Zhixin in surprise, "How do you know?" ”

"For the vision of the seven-colored clouds only appeared on that day, and I was born on that day."

"Oh my God, how could it be so coincidental that four people were born on that day."

"Four? What are the four of them? What is your name? Zhixin deliberately wanted Xiao Mo to say the name surnamed Shu.

"I, Dr. Xin, you, my Shu eldest brother Shu Shangren......" Xiao Mo didn't mention his name because he respected Shu Yan, but only said his name.

It turned out to be called Shu Shangren! Zhixin said in her heart: I'll just say, how can there be such a coincidence, I thought to myself Brother Yan, if I meet someone surnamed Shu, it must be him? There are more people with the surname Shu in the world, and there are more people born in the seven-colored cloud on that day, which is just a coincidence.

Because that person was not her brother Yan, Zhixin's nervous and excited mood immediately became relaxed and indifferent, and she no longer cared who the rest of the person was.

"Three, one left?" Princess Seventeen asked.

"The last one......" Xiao Mo deliberately paused and glanced at the seventeenth princess with a smile.

"What do you think I'm doing? Does it have anything to do with me? ”

"Of course it matters, that person is your favorite secretary Lang Shide."

Zhixin was surprised and smiled: "Huh? It turns out that the princess likes the Shi family's son? ”

The seventeenth princess's face turned red at this time, "Xiao Mo, don't make such jokes in the future, especially in front of Dr. Xin!" Do you know that she and the Shi family's son have matchmakers. ”

"Isn't it?" Xiao Mo was so embarrassed that he couldn't do it, "Dr. Xin, don't take it to heart, in fact, I'm joking, the seventeenth princess, she doesn't know the Shi family at all, and it has nothing to do with it, don't take it seriously." ”

"Of course I won't take it to heart, because I don't have any matchmaking with the Shi family at all, and I don't have anything to do with it. But you said that the seventeenth princess likes the Shi family's son, I think it may be true, because I remember that she once said that the Shi family's son is the standard for young women to choose a mate now......"

"I take you as a confidant and a teacher, and you play tricks on people like this, and see that I will not cure your sins tomorrow!" The seventeenth princess pretended to be angry and gave the order to evict the guest.

Spring is the most vibrant time of the year. The spring cold is gone, and the climate is warm and humid, which contains great power and is suitable for the germination of all plants and trees.

The great plan in Xiao Mo's heart must also be realized in time for this good season. She wants to make wine for Shu Yan. To make wine, you have to have raw grapes and winemaking techniques. The winemaking technique has been learned, and the grape seeds have been brought from home, which she has prepared after half a year of hard work.

She knew that this day was Shu Yan's day of rest, and today the emperor went on a trip, so she was able to relax. After hurriedly dealing with her own affairs, she went to the Shangshutai Mansion to find Shu Yan.

Shu Yan had just finished playing a sword trip and returned to the house, planning to make some corn porridge for himself. After searching around the stove and finding nothing, he suddenly slapped his head, "It's bad, I ate all the rice yesterday, and I forgot about it." Alas, it looks like I'm going to be hungry today. ”

"With me, how can I starve you?"

Shu Yan saw Xiao Mo coming with a small jar in his hand, and said happily: "What are you taking?" ”

"Porridge."

"Wow, it's a good thing I haven't eaten yet, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to receive your affection."

"Even after eating, can you bear not to accept my affection?"

"Don't play tricks with you, let me take your affection." Shu Yan opened the jar and poured the porridge into the bowl, he looked at the big bowl full of porridge and smiled, "Are you putting meat in the rice or rice in the meat?" ”

"What do you mean?" Xiao Mo glanced at the bowl, and immediately understood what Shu Yan meant, and smiled, "The meat is a little too much." ”

"I don't know if I'm eating meat or porridge."

"That's right, I guess that in the past six months, I have not been by your side, and you must have returned to the life of coarse tea and light food, so after I come back, I must make up for what I was missing before."

"It doesn't matter if it's meat or porridge, the most important thing is that you made it privately?" Although Xiao Mo often brought some food for Shu Yan, Shu Yan was afraid that Xiao Mo would take advantage of his position for favoritism, so he had to ask every time.

"Of course, I paid for it myself, and I did it myself, and I didn't take advantage of the official family."

"That's good." Shu Yan relieved himself, picked up the chopsticks, slurped, and ate the bowl of porridge in a short time. These days, he really hasn't touched the meat much. Although he can endure the life of "one spoonful of food, one scoop of drink", it is absolutely against heaven and reason not to enjoy it in the face of food.

"How's it taste?" Xiao Mo likes to watch others eat his cooking, especially for Shu Yan, it is simply an indescribable enjoyment.

"Porridge is good porridge." Shu Yan burped, "It's just a little stuffy." ”

"Don't get cheap, and play tricks." Xiao Mo finished enjoying it before he brought up the matter, "I'm not just here to bring you porridge, but also to discuss with you." ”

"What's the matter?"

"Make up for your regrets and fulfill my wishes."

"About wine?"

"That's right, you and I really have a tacit understanding."

Shu Yan saw Xiao Mo's attitude, and he really wanted to complete this matter. Xiao Mo has always been a fiery character, but Shu Yan knows that he is serious about this matter. "You have to have grapes to make wine, the first step is to plant grapes, and to grow grapes you need grape seeds and a piece of land, and you have brought the grape seeds from home, and now the most important thing is to find a land to grow on. But where to find such a suitable piece of land? ”

"You don't have to worry about this, I have already taken care of it, there is a small open space at the back of your residence, although it is a little smaller, but it can be improvised, the most important thing is that it is very convenient to take care of in the future." Xiao Mo said proudly.

"No, no, no, this is a party hall, how can we occupy the official territory to do private things? I see, there is a good vacant lot in the northwest corner outside the wall of the pavilion, and the place is still large, and it is useless idle land. ”

"You can tell you what, it's even worse there."

"How?"

"You don't know it's next to the street? A delicious fresh fruit like grapes, in such a crowded and conspicuous place, when ripe, you are guaranteed not to be able to see the skins. You are still from a filial piety background, and you can't even think of this? ”

"yes." Shu Yan smiled and said, "This reminds me of a story about your boss, Guangluxun Wang Rong, when he was a child. He went out to play with a few friends and saw a big plum tree on the side of the road, full of ripe fruits. The other friends all climbed the tree to pick plums to eat, but he stood there quietly, and others asked him why he didn't pick plums to eat? He said that the plums on this tree must be very unpalatable, otherwise how could there be so many fruits on the side of such a busy road and no one to pick them? Sure enough, the plums picked by those friends were really bitter. ”

Xiao Mo didn't pay much attention to Shu Yan's story, she was thinking about how to solve the problem of land.

Shu Yan sighed slightly and said: "I think I am in Ruyin, although it is remote and poor, but there is always a private territory that belongs to me." And although Luoyang is good, it does not have half of the land that belongs to me. In this way, you really can't have both fish and bear's paws. ”

"Why can't you have both? It's just that you can't have both. You see that the scholars in the Beijing division are all officials, and which one does not have thousands of acres of land? ”

"How can a man from a humble family compare with a nobleman? Even if they own 10,000 acres of land, they won't give us a cent for nothing. We really just need a piece of land. ”