When Li Shi learned that the feast bell and the five girls were going to invite Miss Huang to be guests, they hurriedly took out twenty taels of silver: "Tell them to set up a table, there are few girls in our family." ”

After thinking about it, he took out twenty taels of silver, "Now in August, it is the day to eat crabs, let the cook make a table of crabs, and warm a pot of orange wine for the girls to drink." ”

The second young lady is quite virtuous and kind, "Then I'll add another twenty taels of silver to buy some crab sauce for them, right?" ”

Crab mounds are also called salt-stored crabs and crab loa, which comes from the method of making crab locgrasses with salt flooding. This is something that cannot be obtained in a day, and it must be done for three or five days to have a few delicious ones, and the cooking is very complicated.

Tomorrow, Miss Huang will come as a guest, and it is too late to do it herself, so she can only go out to buy. Li Shi listened and patted her hands, "Where you want your silver, it will come out of the house, not only they eat, but we also eat, our mother and I haven't eaten crabs this year." ”

So it took a big deal. I also sent a few to the old lady. The old lady is going to leave in a few days, she is packing up her things, the soldiers are in chaos, where is the mood to eat crabs, and she is a cold person, and she is mainly warm and replenished on weekdays, and it is impossible to touch crabs, so she scolded: "The slut deceives people too much, my son is really confused!" ”

When the servants below heard this, they all bowed their heads and knelt, so angry that the old lady broke a few more glass peony flower bowls.

After hearing this, Li Shi made up a few more iron bowls for her, and said with a smile: "You are old, and it is normal for your hands to tremble. It's just that His Majesty is simple by nature, and he told his courtiers several times not to waste it, you smashed the bowl every day, and the money was also a lot of money, so the daughter-in-law made a set of iron bowls for you, which looked good and was not heavy, but it was definitely not broken. ”

The old lady was so angry that she almost fainted, and when Li saw it, she bent her mouth and walked away - what was this old pious woman angry about, when she gave birth to Princess Shun, she suspected that Princess Shun was not the daughter of Ning Guogong, and she wanted to use an iron basin to cover the baby.

Thinking of this, Li Shi was angry, went back and cried, and the anger in his heart was relieved, so he happily took out twenty taels of silver to give the feast bell and the five girls, "Buy another set of crab eight pieces, I heard that Kyoto has a new style of crab eight pieces, we finally have a guest, but we can't despise others." ”

The feast bell counted the silver, "Eighty taels of silver...... Can you eat so much? There are just three of us. ”

Fifth girl: "It's enough to be serious, and you don't need to buy a banquet in full, let's add some extra money when the time comes, and then invite my mother and second sister-in-law to have a meal." ”

Feast Ling praised her, "Fifth sister, you are so thoughtful. ”

But Miss Huang was still frightened by their solemnity, and exclaimed when she saw the crab sage, "Just came out, you bought it." ”

And said: "Ouch, I'm really flattered, next time I come, can I still have this treatment?" ”

Feast Bell chuckled, "It depends on whether we have enough money." ”

Miss Huang shook the painting she was holding, "I have brought something good, and with this painting in my hand, you all want to invite me again." ”

Feast Bell was curious, "What is the painting?" ”

Miss Huang played a dumb riddle, "I won't say it yet, you can watch it after eating, otherwise I'm afraid that you won't be able to think about it, and your souls will be hooked, but you won't be able to eat this table of good crabs." ”

The fifth girl didn't believe it, "What kind of good thing is it?" ”

Miss Huang: "Eat first, eat first." I haven't eaten this for several years, and people often say that the golden paste salt crab is red, so I'll see if your salt crab is red. ”

The five girls and the feast bell glanced at each other, but they couldn't, so they could only eat the crab first. I forgot about the painting while eating, because Miss Huang likes to inquire, and this time I inquired about some things.

"Then Song Qingyun said that he was going to be a monk!"

The feast bell snorted, and the five girls took a sip of orange wine to get rid of the fishy smell, and said: "You should be a monk, if he hadn't intervened at the beginning, now Miss Mo said that she can't marry Yu Xingzhi, and the banquet bell doesn't have to suffer this humiliation." ”

This is something that Miss Huang doesn't know! Her eyes lit up, like a wolf that had seen its prey, and her eyes were shining, "Sister Xixi, talk about it quickly!" ”

That's what she loves to hear. The five girls stiffened, knowing that they had missed a word, and felt that the words of the sages were indeed right: drinking was really wrong.

Her mind was dizzy, and she couldn't remember what the sage said, but she remembered that although Miss Huang loved to inquire, she could still tell what things could be said and what couldn't be said, so she swore an oath, "When it comes to the reputation of Miss Mo and Yanling, you can't say it." ”

Miss Huang nodded hurriedly, and the Feast Bell sat aside and listened to them. Obviously, the things she said also included her, but she felt as if she was out of the matter.

Until Miss Huang scolded Song Qingyun for really suffering retribution and cutting off her children and grandchildren, after Yu Xingzhi didn't deserve anyone, she hugged her and cried, "Good sister, you suffered, come, let's have a drink - if you don't dislike it, marry my brother, although my brother is a pedantic person, he is good-looking and loves to read, and he is top-notch among the scholars." ”

The feast bell listened with some emotion. The fifth girl hurriedly pointed out Young Master Huang's shortcomings, "He's too old!" ”

When Miss Huang heard the word "old", she instantly died down, holding the wine jug and silently weeping for her brother, "Yes, my brother is a little old." ”

Feast Bell laughed, "How old?" ”

Miss Huang couldn't speak, "Twenty-five." ”

Feast Bell was surprised, "Ten years older than me." ”

The fifth girl was aggressive, "Okay, you are a righteous person, we have made you a good sister in vain, and we have specially made a table of crabs to entertain you!" You, you, you—are you worthy of the name of righteousness? ”

She was so angry that her hands trembled.

Miss Huang Zhengqi immediately regained her righteous appearance, "I'm just talking, really, just talking." ”

He muttered in a low voice, "My brother is really good, he has abandoned his studies all these years, otherwise he will be the champion in the morning." ”

Speaking of which, Young Master Huang is also a young talent. When he was young, he also made a name for himself in Guozijian like Yu Xingzhi and Song Qingyun, but he soon became reluctant to read sage books anymore, and instead fell in love with farming.

That's right, farming. He once bluntly said, "Can reading make crops grow in the field?" Can reading keep people fed? Let's farm. ”

His wish was to grow something that would feed the people. So every day he faced the loess with his back to the sky, and swore that he would not marry a wife until the people had enough to eat.

was so angry that Lord Huang's heart ached, and he sighed all day long.

But Miss Huang Zhengqi likes Brother very much, "He can't be regarded as a deviant, he is dedicated to the people." It's just that no one understands him. ”

When the feast bell heard this, he suddenly had a good impression, "Brother Ling is really admirable." ”

Fifth Girl: "But he's too old." “

The feast bell still has some different opinions, "My husband is only twenty-five or sixteen years old, and he is not old." ”

As soon as Miss Huang heard that there was a play, she hurriedly stepped forward to talk about the benefits of her brother, but was glared at by the fifth girl angrily, "You bully honest people." When you've got it, you've eaten it all, you've finished drinking, you can quickly show your paintings, and if you dare to talk nonsense, you'll have your skin torn out. ”

Miss Huang had no choice but to open the painting in frustration.

The rolled up painting unfolded little by little from her reluctant hand, and said: "Actually, it's nothing, I just want to show you what Suilan, who has the same name as me, looks like, I tell you, he really looks like Mo Shang Ruyu Gongzi, so good-looking......"

As a result, as soon as I looked up, I saw the feast bell staring blankly at the person in the painting, and after half a ring, his eyes quickly turned red, and big tears smashed into the wine glass.

Miss Huang didn't know why, but she was also stunned, "It's beautiful...... Just take a look at it...... Don't cry......"

She was puzzled: "Suilan is good-looking, but it's not good to cry." ”