29 The Twelve Beasts
"Where is it as unbearable as you say? Going to school is just dropping some bookbags, does our family's situation still require him to go to the third watch, the chicken and the fifth watch? Let's say that the champion of the previous dynasty is still in prison, and Hugh wants to scare him. The old lady said with a smile.
Mother said yes. I didn't expect this stubbornness to become a great talent in the world, but I only hoped that I would have a foundation for myself in the future, and I would be content. ”
Obviously, Jia Zheng knew what the old lady wanted to hear, and he flicked his sleeves, but he didn't say what he thought in the end, and he only revealed the matter with a few words of lesson.
Yunzhu stood at the door only when she didn't hear it, after everyone spoke, she held the tray into the hall, there was a mandarin duck obediently beating the legs for the old lady, Jade stood behind her with low eyebrows and eyes, and there was a fan for a while, and the glass was busy serving tea and water.
In the spring, the climate is not so lively, but the dragon in this house is not broken, and there are many people, and it is inevitably warm and dry. The old lady is old, and the earth dragon has always burned until April and May, and the maids who are waiting in the house are all dressed lightly, only Jia Zheng is dressed in stone blue clothes, and a thin layer of sweat has appeared on his forehead.
The old lady was also happy for a while when she saw Jia Zhengshun her wishes, but when she thought that the father and son were black-eyed chickens when they met, she shook her head and said: "You have always had a good idea, but Baoyu is still young now, and it is between father and son, so I don't have to say these foreign words to hurt his heart." ”
Without a word, the old lady gasped a little, and she said after a while: "I'm an old bone, I can't say how many good days there will be, you can stop a little." ”
As soon as these words came out, Jia Zheng's father and son had no choice but to panic. In Lao Taijun's opinion, the talents of the grandchildren in the house are withering, and it is easy to get a Jia Baoyu who looks like a good brain, and he is naturally more responsible for being a big man, but this atmosphere, the more he talks, the more strange it becomes.
The maid has always been a good hand at enlivening the atmosphere, Yunzhu saw that everyone didn't speak, thinking that the timing of things would determine the effect, and she was now interested in coming forward, so she stepped forward and held the tray and smiled:
"Why should you worry? If it is said that in the past, the second master of Bao only studied in the mansion, and there were not many people who had seen the talent of the second master, but now he went to the school outside, and even the great Confucian praised it many times! Not to mention the far, it is Qin Xiaogongzi, who often says that his studies are not as good as the second master. ”
Seeing that the old lady had a little more smile on her face, Jia Baoyu had always been afraid of her father, and half leaned behind Qin Zhong without saying a word, Qin Zhong had to follow Yunzhu's words when he saw this: "Yes, Mr. praised Uncle Bao a few days ago, saying that his articles are full of flowers, and he does not lose his style, which makes us bastards all local chickens!" ”
"That's exactly what I said! Ask people to inquire about Zong'er, who doesn't praise such a simple and filial child? ”
If anyone in this mansion can arrive before anyone arrives, it must be Lian's second grandmother Wang Xifeng, "Yo, I didn't know that the old lady had so many guests here, and my uncle was also there, rude!" ”
As soon as Wang Xifeng entered the house, she saw Jia Zheng, who was standing at the bottom with a calm face, for fear that people would say that it was inappropriate to disrespect her uncle, she had a flash of inspiration, and immediately put Jia Zheng in her uncle's position.
In terms of intimacy, she is Mrs. Wang's niece-in-law, and at this time, she is called Jia Zheng's uncle, but she is closer than her uncle, after all, it is nothing for a nephew to have a good time with her uncle.
This uncle spoke, Jia Zheng didn't want to continue to take the elders' money, he didn't have to change his face, and said with a pleasant face, "You kid, you love to protect him like this, where did you come from so late." ”
"Yes, I haven't seen you all day, where are we going to be in the wilderness?" The old lady let this series of interruptions, and she had long forgotten why Shicai was angry, and when she saw Wang Xifeng entering the house in a jeweled manner, she naturally caught her eyeballs.
"I actually asked the old lady to make a special trip to find me, I should fight!"
Wang Xifeng took off his cloak and asked someone to take it, and casually explained a few words that he went to Ningguo Mansion to visit Qin Keqing today, and he came back late, and confirmed with Ping'er next to him that nothing happened in the mansion today, so he began to please the old lady attentively.
Yun Zhu watched the room come and go, becoming more and more cautious in her words and deeds, and only gently placed the tray on the few pieces in front of the old lady.
In the past, the old lady was lively during the day, but now it is lively at night, and she is also anxious when she sees the old man who is already a little tired.
Could it be that today's success is just like this? Thinking of the agreement with Liu Ping during the day, I unconsciously became anxious in my heart.
At this time, it was past the time of the palm lamp, seeing that Jia Zheng wanted to say goodbye and leave, there was a glass of tea turned in front of Jia Zheng, she was wearing similar to the amber jade, only the black and pressed bun was decorated with a red gold ruby hairpin, which looked very beautiful, at this time the glass knelt on the ground, flustered and clever, wiping the tea on Jia Zheng's shoes, looking at it from the perspective of Yunzhu, he saw a snow-white neck.
What is this doing!?
Yun Zhu's eyes widened, and the voice of wanting to sell was instantly drowned in her throat, and even Musk Yue unconsciously grabbed the corner of her clothes. Before Wang Xifeng could attack, he saw Jia Zheng say goodbye to the old lady with a black face, and then raised his foot to bypass, but he didn't give a superfluous look to glass.
"The rules of the vegetarian day are all so that the dog eats it? What are you doing! Amber stepped forward and tried to slap the glass, but while looking at the old lady's tired appearance, she looked at the glass-wet skirt and whispered to her to get out quickly.
Seeing this, Wang Xifeng didn't know the inside story, but it was a mistake in the old lady's room, so he knew that he didn't want to exaggerate this matter, so he also shouted: "Go out and ask the kitchen to make a few snacks, and the ones Baoyu likes are also ready." ”
Jia Baoyu, who was standing behind Qin Zhong like a quail just now, saw Jia Zheng leave, and his temperament became lively, and he waved his hand at the glass, "Yes, yes, let's warm some wine, the ancestor will drink a cup with us, and we will sleep peacefully!" ”
When the mandarin duck saw this chaos, she also hurriedly raised her head and talked to the old lady, "The old lady is not strange, the glass has been loose in the rules in recent days, and we will urge her to move forward tomorrow." ”
In the end, it is a room of maids, although the glass looks strange today, but they are all working together in the past day, and several people are also gossiping to help her cover up, the mandarin duck looked up and finished speaking, and saw the white porcelain cup in the tray on a few sons, and reached out to open the lid and couldn't help but be stunned.
said with a smile: "Today's big kitchen is obedient, and I took the initiative to send fresh tricks, what is this?" I've never seen it before. ”
Say that you have to find someone in the hall, and the big kitchen always sends new tricks, and you won't leave alone without the permission of the master, which is not only about rewarding money, but also about decency. Just looked around, and didn't see outsiders, but Yunzhu and Musk Yue stood by the door.
Because Qin Keqing was seriously ill and had a poor appetite, Wang Xifeng stayed in Ningguo's mansion for a long time and didn't eat anything.
When I returned home, I thought that I hadn't had time to say hello to the old lady today, so I hurriedly changed my clothes and hurried to Jia's mother's house, and I said a lot of words just now, and now I smelled this sweet smell, and I couldn't help but feel hungry.
Sister Feng stood in front of Mother Jia and begged for mercy, "It's really a new trick, it looks like the twelve auspicious confectionery made in the New Year's Festival, but it is clearer than the confectionery, the big kitchen is now more and more ingenious, the old lady pities it, why don't you let me taste it?" ”
"But it's skillful, old lady, look at this exquisite and clear style, it is even purer and rarer than citrine, who did this? Reward! ”
Xu is few people were frightened by Jia Zheng's episode just now, Jia Baoyu and Wang Xifeng are now trying their best to make the old lady happy, and they even boasted a plate of sweet potato sugar to the sky and the earth.
It's not as exaggerated as they say. Listening to a series of praises, although most of them were to coax the old lady to go, Yunzhu still unconsciously picked her toes under her skirt when she heard it.
I saw the old lady nodding slightly, "Okay, I didn't say anything, did I?" You don't have to be like this, for if the glass is uncomfortable these days, you will be spared of your work, and go back and rest for a few days before you come and serve. ”
"And you, you prank! Do you want to come to me to teach you to be hungry? Shicai has ordered his own food, and now he has to come to please me, just be obedient! The old lady stretched out her hand and nodded Sister Feng's forehead, pretending to be angry, and then squinted her eyes to look at the tray on a few pieces.
This look, only to see clearly, a white porcelain under the ice, and on the ice there is a flower and bird auspicious pattern of Ru kiln flat plate, the plate is lined up like twelve small plates, the beast sugar confectionery squatting on the plate, because the ice cup is placed for a while, there is a faint flow of water vapor in the bottom of the landscape pattern of the cup, and the bright candle flame reflects the delicate twelve rui beasts come to life.
The old lady paused, and said lazily: "It's really a clever novelty, I haven't seen this thing before, reward." ”
Jade got the order, turned around and entered the inner room, and when she came out, she held a crimson purse in her hand, and asked loudly in the hall, "Where are the people who serve dim sum today?" The old lady said, reward. ”
It's not good to touch the edge again, Yun Zhu dragged Musk Yue and the two pairs bowed down by the door, just when Musk Yue was puzzled, he heard Yun Zhu say crisply: "Don't dare to be an old lady reward, so that the old lady and the second grandmother and the second young master know that this Rui beast candy is a trick that the slave and maid learned from their families, and it is made by the same hand as Sister Musk Yue, just so that after the sun gets hotter and hotter, the masters can get this coolness, and the slaves and maids have done their duty." ”
The more she said it, the more outrageous it became, Musk Yue's heart was pounding, she just reached out and scraped two sweet potato skins, and she didn't even understand the process carefully, where did she make it herself? It's just that there seems to be no room for her to speak at the moment, so she has to lean over the door with a concern.
Jia Baoyu looked at the beast, this confectionery was not the size of two fingers, it was still hollow, maybe it was added menthol, smelling sweet and refreshing, so he stuffed a rabbit-like snack in one bite, and the already soft candy entered the mouth, and instantly stimulated the salivary glands after being hot, and then turned into a stream of water, which went straight to the throat and abdomen.
Savoring the lingering fragrance in his mouth, he smashed it and said, "It's not like ordinary dim sum and greasy, it's really cool and sweet in the mouth, what is this made of?" ”
The old lady was old, and it was not easy to restrain herself when she ate at night, but she looked up and down and didn't want to taste it, so she pushed the cup in the direction of Baoyu. It can be seen that Baoyu took a bite of it, and the sugar confectionery disappeared in an instant, and his heart couldn't help but move a little.
Wang Xifeng has always been thoughtful, and beckoned his subordinates to allocate one to Qin Zhong, and he took the small cup from Baoyudi, "Let me taste it too." ”
"I've never tasted such a snack, Uncle Bao is really blessed!"
As the old saying goes, those who are beautiful in my guest want to be with me. Yunzhu was all patting Qin Zhong on the back, and only put Quanfu's eyes on Wang Xifeng's face, after all, the second grandmother Lian is now in charge of the Rongfu Zhongfu.
Whether he and Liu Ping's business can be successful or not is up to here!