The crispy and crispy yellow and clear pepper and salt fruits were fished out of the pot, drained for a while, wrapped in tung oil paper, tied with hemp rope, and handed over to the guest officer.

Liang Gong twisted it up and sniffed it, the aroma of the meat was mixed with the fragrance of pepper and salt, and even he, a person who has never been delicious, swallowed it, it must have tasted good. He asked, "What time do you all open?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "Yo, that's early, you have to remove the door panel to welcome customers before dawn." There were many shops on our street, and near the wharf, all of them were unloaded before dawn, and those who worked hard got up early. ”

This street is far away from Youfu and Liangjia, and Lianggong specially inquired about it, and they all said that their salt-and-pepper meat stuffing fruit was delicious. He is not very proficient in eating, nor is he particular about it, and he is willing to listen to people.

When he asked when the store would open, the shopkeeper looked at him in the smoke and smiled, "It's the first moment." Don't worry, I'll be open until the next day, as long as the sun doesn't go down, you can buy it. ”

Liang Gong looked down at his oil pot with a sly smile, "I know, your pot is fried over and over again, and the frying is not finished for one day, and it will be fried again the next day." Tomorrow, you change a pot of new oil, I will be the first one, give me the pot first, and I will give you more money. ”

The shopkeeper listened to him so exquisitely that he couldn't help but look at what he was wearing. Seeing that he was no more than an ordinary coarse linen garment, he did not squeak.

Who knew that "lalala", he threw more than a dozen copper plates on the case, "The reward will be given to you first, and the oil must be changed." So saying, he went away.

When I returned home at noon, the sun was poisonous, and the phoenix was swallowing the heart-rending cicada song. It is clearly an alley as far as the eye can see, but the sound of this cicada seems to be trapped here for a long time, and there is a kind of depression that calls the sky should not be and the earth is not spiritual.

After a long absence, this phoenix is still the same as before, the courtyard walls of several families are connected to the courtyard wall, the wall is low, and you can see the dilapidated houses and dilapidated lives in the wall.

He grew up here, and he was full of desire to be the first golden phoenix. But at this moment, he hurriedly thought of the pavilions and pavilions all over the You Mansion in his heart, and felt a powerless sour feeling about this alley.

When he walked to the door of the house with his head down, he heard his aunt sighing to people one after another in the courtyard, "How can we go to other people's houses to be subordinates?" He is a high-minded person, where can he stand the beating and scolding of his master? He can't stand that anger! He's read books, and he can't stand that anger! I'd rather he learn his father's umbrella making craft and make a small business, rather than be angry with others! ”

A woman in the courtyard accosted: "Your old man is thinking too much, he is not a child anymore, such a big man, why don't you get angry?" Even if he is an official, there are officials who are bigger than him at the top. Your old man goes with him, and he can come back with the money, that is, he is a good man, isn't he? ”

It is a widow Yi, because she obeyed Lianggong's earlier instructions, and came here every day to have a look. On this day, Aunt Liang was a guest, and she led her son to lunch here.

Her son was clever, sniffed around, and pulled down her sleeve, "Mother, there is meat and fruit to eat." ”

"Little ghost, where did the flesh and fruit come from?"

Widow Yi was rolling her eyelids, and when she turned her head, she saw Lianggong pushing the door in. Her heart fluttered, as if some lovesickness had been settled. Laughing, he couldn't help but have a little tenderness that he hadn't seen for a long time, and stepped forward, "Yo, why are you thinking about coming back today?" ”

Liang Gong handed over the fruit, told them to open it and eat it, and said with a smile: "Seeing the Mid-Autumn Festival, the owner promised me a holiday to let me come back for a day off." ”

With a grin, she took the table that had fallen off the paint, and went to the well to fetch half a basin of water to wash his face. Liang Gong washed his face and sat down at the dinner table, and when he saw the child holding a fruit and eating with oily face, he touched his head, "Is it delicious?" ”

The child nodded, and Widow Yi took the face towel and rubbed his face, turned his head and smiled at Lianggong, "It's just that you think about him, he doesn't necessarily have to buy him these things to eat when he is alive." ”

Liang Gong smiled but said nothing, she hurriedly threw down the towel again, and brought a new bowl of Bai Dengdeng's rice to the kitchen. Aunt Liang watched at the table with a pair of blurred eyes, and her mind was spinning.

After lunch, Yan Letou heard that Lianggong was returning home somewhere, and hurriedly came to inquire about the news. Liang Gong closed the door of the east chamber, afraid that his aunt would not fall asleep next door, and people with bad eyes had the sharpest ears, so he lowered his voice low, but he was calm, "Is there a limit to our days on the other side of the great officials?" ”

Yan leprosy pinched his cuffs and wiped the sweat from his head twice, sipping cold tea and saying, "That's not true." Listening to Yu San, he went back to the capital early, and when he left, he left the fixed money, saying that after the matter was completed, he would send people to Beijing, and he would naturally bear the remaining silver. A noble son like this must not take the one hundred taels of money in his heart, but if we want the money underneath, we have to hurry up. ”

Seeing Lianggong sitting under the window thoughtfully, he asked, "What, what's the difficulty?" ”

Liang Gong frowned, "It's hard to say." Outside it is said that the You family is now an empty shelf, but I see that their family will not delay a day in handing out the monthly money. If you want to say that the number of gas is about to run out, I'm afraid there are still some days. ”

"Didn't you say last time that our term of office is approaching, and as soon as he leaves, won't it be difficult for the You family?"

"That's what I heard." Liang Gong glanced at him, put his head on the windowsill, and smiled crookedly, "Where can I know the news about the officialdom, and I also listen to other people's discussions." If Lord Futai is still re-elected here, then the days will be wasted. ”

Yan Leprosy rolled his eyes, put the tea bowl on the table, and walked over to sit beside him, "If you want me to say, seize the opportunity to abduct Miss Nayou out." Naturally, you can't provoke this lawsuit, and it will not be good for scientific research in the future. I'll do it, this young lady goes out, aren't you all with you? Tell me a message one day, and I will take two brothers and take a set of cloth bags and carry them away. ”

Liang Gong looked at him and laughed, "How did you take that person out of the city?" I have seen it in the You family these days, and everyone in the house treats this young lady as a baby. As long as her front foot is missing, the road all over the city with her back foot will have to be blocked. No matter how bad the You family is before, this bit of face is also to be given by the yamen. ”

Hearing this, Yan Leper scratched his head a few times in distress, and put on a posture of not doing anything, "What are you afraid of him, mountains and waterways, I don't believe that they have no negligence." Even if you really get into a lawsuit, you just have to push it on my head, and I have no relatives and no reason to hang my head, and there is no drag. One day, brother, you will not leave me alone. ”

Liang Gong thought for a moment, and was noncommittal about this strategy, and only let out a long and slow sigh, "As long as there is no limit on the days of the senior officials, we don't have to be anxious." If you're short of silver, I've got a couple of taels here. ”

As he spoke, he took out the three or two months of money he received. Yan Leper only glanced at it and waved his hand, "I'm messing around, and I can't miss a bite of food." I'm anxious for you, brother, with this money, if you go around and make some more, you just don't take a scientific exam, and donate a petty official to do it through some ways. ”

"Is it so easy to find a way? You don't have to rush, just take it one step at a time. Anyway, we can't rely on other people's orders. ”

Liang Gong still took back the silver, bowed his head and smiled, his face was slightly flushed, which was a little trace of being blown by the autumn wind and the scorching sun.

The weather was dry and dry, Miaozhen returned to the room after eating the reunion dinner, and felt a little itchy on his face, so he looked in the mirror for a long time and found that some ringworm appeared on his cheeks at some time. She touched her face and asked Bai Chi for ringworm cream, but Bai Chi was in a daze on the couch and shouted to her several times but didn't hear it.

Miao Zhen grabbed her skirt and walked over with her feet, and suddenly slapped the kang table, "Bai Chi!" Bai Chi trembled with fright, she covered her mouth and smiled, "What do you have to do here?" ”

Bai Chi smiled reluctantly, like a sentry outside the bamboo foil, and seeing that Hua Xin was not there, she went to find the paste on her face, and pretended to mention it casually, "It's not that I want to set up an incense case tonight to pray to Chang'e Niangniang, I'm thinking about where the incense case should be placed." ”

It turned out to be a matter of peace and autumn. Miao Zhen forgot for a while, she turned back to the dressing table, dug out a little paste and slowly evened it in the palm of her hand, "Just put it on the arched bridge outside our courtyard, where the moon is the roundest and brightest." ”

"I don't know if this Chang'e Niangniang is spiritual...... Bai Chi walked outside and instructed the little girl to set up the case, and then came back to sit on the couch and stared at the sun that was gradually setting in the west, "I think we should pick a day and go to the temple to ask seriously." ”

Miao Zhen peeked at her in the mirror, she really couldn't understand, how could she bother so much? It's about your own future.

In terms of truth, Miaozhen's future is the right thing to hang on An Lang. But she has a perennial attitude of not being concerned. The rest of her life is planned by the old lady, don't worry about it herself.

Master You has always taken a fancy to An Lang and said that he is a talent who soars high. The most important thing is that at this time, he was favored by the You family, and married Miaozhen in the future, even if Miaozhen was ill, for this favor, he would never let Miaozhen go.

Miaozhen has always felt that her father is unfounded, but she understands their hard work and does not refute it, anyway, the marriage is decided by her parents. In addition, An Lang came home to pay respects in the occasional season, and she dealt with him, and saw that he was also a stable and down-to-earth person, so she waited to marry with peace of mind.

On this, I can't imagine that Bai Chi is more impetuous than her. She couldn't help but say a few words of relief, "Don't worry, my cousin was in the top three when he took the Xiucai exam, even if he was a little worse this time, he could still be lifted." You really don't worry, when I finish socializing with my wife, let's go to the temple. ”

Seeing her agree, Bai Chi couldn't help but be overjoyed. Later, I felt too happy, pulled out Miaozhen's head, put away some smiling faces, and said solemnly: "I'm worried about you." The old man often said that no matter how big our business is, it is only a merchant after all, and it is not decent enough. If Uncle An is the champion of high school in the future, you can be the champion lady, wouldn't it be a big face? ”

Miao Zhen evened out that beautiful face and looked left and right, "Mrs. Zhuangyuan...... It does sound like a lot of glory. When I really become the champion lady, let's see how Miss Feng Er still talks about me behind her back. You don't know, last time I heard them talk in private, saying that I was just a merchant's daughter, and no matter how good I looked, I was still an empty shelf. ”

"They're not laughing at you, they're jealous of you."

"Jealous of me?" Miao Zhen didn't believe it, turned around, "What are you jealous of me?" They are all official ladies. ”

Bai Chi looked at her face from afar, and a little sour welled up in his heart, "Naturally, I am jealous that you are born well, a woman, even if you are a queen, you can't let go of this face, it is always a fly in the ointment." ”

Miao Zhen is beautiful, but it is full of flaws, without flaws and errors. This is also her own confidence.

She stood up, walked to the window with a smile, and looked at the few Xiangfei bamboos outside the courtyard gate at a glance, and then thought of Lianggong's attitude towards her disobedience. This full of confidence will inevitably suffer a little setback.

At this moment, the little girls set up a case and shouted at the courtyard gate, she waved her sleeves, leaving this frustration behind, and several female ladies gathered on the bridge, looking forward to the moon rising.

Finally the moon rose to the tip, and everyone knelt down under the desk and bowed. Miao Zhen prayed in her heart, her eyes were crooked, and she went to the window of Lianggong's room, and then solemnly closed her eyes again, and there were words in her mouth.

What she is thinking about is nothing more than a woman's little vanity and ambition, and she wants him to be impressed by her no matter where he comes from.