Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

Mrs. Wu looked at Mrs. Xie,

He gently patted Mrs. Xie's hand that he was holding,

The smile became warmer and warmer.

Then Mrs. Wu looked at Mrs. Sun with lustful eyes again,

He also raised his eyebrows.

As soon as she turned around, Mrs. Wu saw a carriage parked nearby.

Under the quilt covering the carriage, there were many green bamboo tubes thicker than the mouth of a bowl and about a foot high placed vertically.

Mrs. Wu was stunned and stopped.

Even Mrs. Xie stopped.

Mrs. Sun followed Mrs. Wu's line of sight in confusion:

"Sister, what's wrong?"

Mrs. Wu pointed to the bamboo tube on the carriage and asked uncertainly:

"Is this filled with lychees?"

After hearing Mrs. Wu's words, everyone around them was stunned.

In this cold winter month, Mrs. Wu is talking about lychees?

Only a few members of the Xie family didn't have any surprised expressions on their faces.

Mrs. Xie smiled and said:

"The lady is well-informed. Yes, these are indeed lychees grown in Qinzhou, Guangnan West Road."

Mrs. Wu nodded and said:

"Last year, my mother-in-law's brother mentioned this rare thing in his letter to Beijing. I didn't expect to see it today."

'That's a lot for a carriage.'

Mrs. Sun looked at the bamboo tube on the carriage curiously, and was very curious about what the lychees inside looked like.

An Mei asked Xie in a low voice, "Sister-in-law, did you eat it often before?"

Mr. Xie shook his head and whispered: "I just saw this thing today. Before that, I just ate candied lychees."

Xu Zaijing, Liang Han and Xiong Yan on the side were blinking in shock.

Mrs. Xie looked at the people on the side, raised her chin towards the nanny beside her and said, "Take a few tubes down."

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Xie looked at Xu Zaijing's curious eyes towards the other carriages.

Smiling and patting the hands of the two ladies, Mrs. Xie raised her chin and pointed at the motorcade and said:

"The first two carts are Guangxi brocade, a specialty of Guangnan West Road, the other two carts are Yue persimmons from Gongcheng, the two carts are lychees, and the two carts behind are bamboo shoots."

"They are all specialties from Sister Rui's father's place. They are not worth much!"

"Take all the things from those cars."

After hearing Mrs. Xie's words, Mrs. Wu looked at Mrs. Sun and said, "Your in-laws are really nice!" So generous! 'the meaning of.

Xie said with a smile on her face: "Mom, let's go to the front and take a look."

Mrs. Xie was stunned and looked at the two ladies on the side. Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Sun smiled. Mrs. Sun said:

"Let's go! Let's go to the front. Over there in the courtyard is Brother Jing's Falcon Room."

A group of female relatives continued to walk forward,

The sun is just right,

It was the time when the Xu family was walking their horses,

Liju, Liju's son and two dragon colts, four handsome horses were released by Alan,

Started taking a walk on the racecourse,

This is the time on weekdays,

Mrs. Xie, the dragon horse that Xu Zaijing got after the Spring Festival last year, has never been seen before.

"What a handsome horse."

Mrs. Wu said: "The shiny black one was rewarded by Your Majesty."

The female relatives walked along the aisle that Xu Zaijing often walked in the morning.

Entering the inner courtyard,

While looking at the courtyard renovated by Lu Zongze's maternal grandfather, the Li family, he walked towards Sun's courtyard.

Followed by Xu Zaijing and three others.

Arriving at the courtyard and entering the warm main room,

Everyone took off their cloaks, cloaks, etc.

After sitting down, Xu's grandson and brother were carried out with a tiger stuffed doll in his arms.

Xu Zaijing and Xu Anmei stretched out their hands,

This kid is not looking for them,

Mrs. Xie and Sanniang Xie held out their hands. Perhaps they looked a bit like Mrs. Xie, so Brother Dai came to them instead.

Xu Zaijing stroked his clothes,

Liang Han looked at him curiously and said:

"Rokuro, cough, this is a blood relationship. Brother Dai must be related to his grandmother and aunt."

Xu Zaijing finished speaking with a very firm tone,

The female envoy Qingcao standing behind him curled her lips secretly: 'Master, I'm afraid you have forgotten what you did last night! ’

Liang Han looked at the plates of lychees brought up by the envoy and smacked his lips: 'Isn't he your nephew? ’

But he didn't dare to say it.

A fruit plate containing washed lychees was placed on the table by the waitress.

Xu Zaijing looked at the lychees that still had a delicate fragrance,

He picked up three or four of them and handed them behind him. Qingcao quickly reached out and took them and put them in his pocket.

Liang Han said with a horrified look:

"Brother Jing, are you so kind to your female envoy?"

"If you put lychees of this quality on the market, you can only buy them if they cost five ounces each."

Xu Zaijing looked at Liang Han doubtfully.

At this time,

The lychee pulp peeled by green grass was handed to his mouth.

Xu Zaijing opened his mouth and ate it.

It tastes great!

Liang Han bit his lip, lowered his head, and carefully peeled the lychee skin. His boy was standing outside in the fishing cart.

Come here for a while,

The Xu family's maid brought up persimmon cakes cut into pieces and covered with white icing sugar.

This thing is not as rare as the lychee just now, and you can buy it at the famous Li Hejia Fruit and Dried Fruit Shop in Bianjing.

Amidst the laughter teasing Brother Dai, it was time for dinner.

Brother Xu Zaijing sat at the same table with Liang Han and Xiong Yan, and the female family members sat at the same table.

The dishes continue to be served,

"Sir, this dish uses dried bamboo shoots brought by Mrs. Xie. The chef just made them."

Xu Zaijing nodded and made an inviting gesture to the guests.

Then he said to the green grass where the dishes were placed: "Let the flowers miss them both."

Liang Han's eyes lit up.

"Come and get two lychees, eat and play."

Liang Han's eyes went out again. He thought he was here to serve food with wine.

Qingcao smiled and bowed: "Yes, young master."

Xiong Yan on the side held up his wine glass and said, "Sanlang, Wulang, Liulang, come on, have a drink!"

Xu Zaijing smiled and drank a drink.

This meal is considered a family feast.

By the way, I completed Miss Xie San’s marriage proposal.

It’s not just Xu Zaijing’s table,

The ladies and girls also drank some wine at the table, which was full of laughter and laughter.

After midnight (around 2 p.m.)

Withdrew the table,

The eldest ladies were sipping digestion drinks and talking about Bianjing, such as the background of the woman the concubine of the Han family befriended during the Double Ninth Festival.

For example, that woman’s sister, because she couldn’t find a family,

As a professional, there is no doubt that Mrs. Wu is well-informed and authentic.

Sun was talking about the letter from Marquis Yongyi, praising the excellent quality of the oilcloth purchased by the Ministry of Revenue and so on.

Chatting until the afternoon,

The ladies got up,

As she walked towards the carriage, Mrs. Wu discussed in a low voice with Mrs. Xie when the Xiong and Xie families would cross the grass.

In the golden afternoon sunshine,

The guests took their leave,

The female relatives were sent to the second door.

Xu Zaizhang and Xu Zaijing were sent to the gate.

In the carriage returning,

Liang Han also held a basket of lychees, bamboo shoots and persimmons in his arms and said:

“The lady didn’t say anything about giving more.”

Mrs. Wu nodded his head and said, "Silly boy! The rest of the Xu family will be sent to the palace!"

Liang Han was stunned.

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Wu sighed: "The Xie family is really amazing. They can actually master this craft."

"Mom, why don't the Xie family offer it themselves?"

"What can the Xie family get by offering it? Is it better than making the Xu family more holy? Don't you want to think about whose son Dai Geer is?"

Liang Han: "Oh"

The Yi family of Zhending Mansion is just a military officer;

The Zheng family is a concubine.

The Xu family is the eldest grandson of the Hou family.

It’s clear who to invest in.

After the guests left,

The sun is setting more and more to the west,

Xu Zaijing and his brother returned to Sun's courtyard,

Haven't sat down yet,

A female envoy came to preach: "Madam, three more carts of things from the Xie family have arrived."

Mrs. Sun looked at her eldest daughter-in-law, smiled and sighed: "Put it away first."

"Jing'er! Please take my Majesty's token and leave three tubes for the Gu and Sheng families, and send the rest to the palace."

"Except for lychees, they are not rare in other palaces."

Xu Zaijing bowed and cupped his hands:

"Yes, mother!"

After checking for half an hour,

Soon, two carriages on Quyuan Street drove towards the palace.

The sun has touched the ground,

The side entrance of the palace,

When the internal officials and the imperial guards verified the tokens,

He also sent people to run quickly to where the emperor and empress were, informing him of Xu Zaijing's intention.

Soon the little eunuch panting heavily said beside Xu Zaijing:

"Wu Lang, your majesty and empress will ask you to come to the palace."

"Bring the tube of lychees."

Xu Zaijing nodded, took two tubes of lychees from the carriage, and handed them to the guards.

"Thank you, Wulang, for your understanding, please."

The group of people walked towards the palace where the emperor and empress were.

The carriage was parked outside,

A group of internal officials and female officials lined up and carried the bamboo tubes on the carriage to the underground storage room of the palace.

inside the palace,

When Xu Zaijing arrived,

The sun sets,

There are lights in the temple

Xu Zaijing was having dinner with the emperor and empress,

Prince Zhao Fang, who was using chopsticks by himself and still had rice grains in the corner of his mouth, smiled.

"have you eaten?"

Xu Zaijing quickly bowed and said:

"Return to your majesty, you have eaten a lot at lunch, so you are not hungry."

"Bring another table. Give him a pair of bowls and chopsticks."

Xu Zaijing:

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Eat, don't hold back."

"Yes, concubine."

Looking at Xu Zaijing eating as fast as a tabletop plate clearing master,

From time to time, the waiting chamberlain would come to give him food.

Zhao Fang also ate one more bowl of rice than usual.

The emperor was very happy to see it.

After the queen sighed, she whispered to the female officials to prepare some drinks for digestion.

Xu Zaijing burped secretly. The food in the palace was indeed delicious.

in the palace,

After dinner, several people drank sweet hawthorn rock sugar drinks.

After about a quarter of an hour,

The emperor looked at the post handed over by the chief minister and said:

"Why are there only lychees? Where are the dried bamboo shoots and persimmons?"

Xu Zaijing: "Well, come back to your majesty, my family thinks"

"Send half as well."

"yes!"

"No, most of it!"

Xu Zaijing bowed his head in response.

"Go!"

Xu Zaijing bowed in response.

Walking on the way out of the palace with Zhao Fang,

Zhao Fang whispered: "Brother Jing, you shouldn't have carried so many swords from my father."

Xu Zaijing whispered: "Well, what His Highness said is that we shouldn't move so much."

In front of me, the official was walking quickly with a lantern.

Arriving at the entrance of the palace, Xu Zaijing bowed and cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, please stay."

Two quarters of an hour after Xu Zaijing left the palace,

The side door of the palace opens,

A group of Imperial Guards wearing winter clothes rode out of the palace on horseback, with their arms bulging.

Then they dispersed and ran towards the distinguished families in Bianjing.

The Rong family in Nan Lecture Hall Lane is close to the nearby Chai family.

The horses of the Imperial Guard also arrived early.

Back to the snowy courtyard,

Rong Feiyan was holding an arrow and playing hutong.

Accompanying me step by step,

There are also Disu fruits as prizes on the table.

After a commotion outside the house,

Just when Rong Feiyan was curious,

The female envoy from the inner courtyard of the Rong family came to the door carrying a plate.

"Girl, fresh fruit as a reward from the palace."

"Come in, what fresh fruit? We don't lack it at home."

Ningxiang said and went to the outer room. After saying a few words, she took the plate to the inner room.

After taking a look, Rong Feiyan continued to play hut and asked:

"Huh? Lychee? Where did it come from in the palace? This is the first time I've seen my sister since she entered the palace!"

"Girl, someone from the palace said it was a gift from the Yongyi Hou family."

"Snapped"

The arrow missed the throwing pot by more than two feet.

Rong Feiyan clapped her hands and said, "Put it on the table."

Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah!

Two maids, one each,

The rest went into Rong Feiyan's mouth,

Looking at Xinbu who was cleaning up the mess, Rong Feiyan said:

“Don’t throw away the lychee shells!”

“Don’t throw away the lychee shells!”

Chai family,

Under the bright yellow candlelight,

The female servant Yunmu listened to Chai Zhengzheng's words,

She looked at the other younger maid in confusion.

Then he looked at his girl and said:

"Huh? Girl?"

"Although this is a gift from the Xu family and a reward from the palace, it doesn't have to be like this, right?"

Chai Zhengzheng walked to Yunmu,

He stuffed the last peeled lychee into her mouth and said:

"If you are asked to stay, you will stay!"

With that said, Chai Zhengzheng turned around and walked to the armor puppet with his hands behind his back and said:

"This girl, I want to keep it for making incense!"

Rong family,

Rong Feiyan was sitting in front of the candlelight, trimming the lychee core with a knife.

The man on the side is carefully sorting out the lychee shells.

Thinking about what my girl just said,

She glanced at Ningxiang and said:

"Can this lychee core also be used as incense?"

Ningxiang frowned and said:

"Can?"

Rong Feiyan said from the side: "It can be used as medicine!"

Xingguofang,

Gu Tingye courtyard son,

A dark shadow came quietly into his room,

"Brother! Brother! Are there any more lychees?"

A lychee shell was thrown out from the curtain on the bed,

"Come and get it yourself!"

"Dong dong dong"

Ting Yi ran over quickly.

"Go softly! Let mother hear you, and we will suffer a lot!"

Ting Yi nodded.

After opening the curtain,

Ting Yi's eyes widened suddenly.

Looking at the big bamboo tube in his eldest brother's arms, he said:

"Brother, you didn't get this from the palace, it was from my sister-in-law's family. What are you doing?"

"Shhhhhh!"

Gu Tingye quickly raised his finger and said:

"After I finish eating, I stuff the lychee shell back and then punch a hole in the bamboo tube."

Gu Tingyi's eyes lit up:

"In this way, Grandma Chang will think it was a rat that ate it!"

"clever!"

Gu Tingyi: "Hey hey hey."

"Here! Eat!"

Gu Tingyi: "Eat it, Grandma Chang!"

Gu Tingye chuckled and said, "Ting Yi, you still can't do the tricks your brother and I have done!"

Grandma Chang walked over quickly and said according to the light of the lantern outside the house:

"Keep your voice down!!! My brother! Sister!"

"What a mother! When she was a little girl, she had a stomachache from eating too many lychees!"

"You two little ancestors."

As she spoke, Grandma Chang took the big bamboo tube from Gu Tingye's arms.

After weighing the weight, he nodded bitterly at the brother and sister.

"Mommy, I said my brother ate them all, but I only ate one. Do you believe it?"

Aunt Chang: “Believe it!”

Ting Yi was about to stretch out his hand to ask for it.

Grandma Chang said: "It would be weird if I believed you!"

With that said, Grandma Chang walked out of the house.

Two quarters of an hour later,

Lord Mother’s Courtyard,

Mrs. Bai was looking at the account books on the table.

She reached out and took out the remaining peeled snow-white lychee from the bowl next to her.

On the side, Grandma Chang said seriously:

"Girl, you are already a mother, eat less."

"You know, I know some medical knowledge, but I really can't eat it,"

Mrs. Bai stretched out her hand: "This is the last one!"

Aunt Chang: "Girl, you can keep your word!"

Mrs. Bai spit out a lychee core:

"the last one!"