By Jia Xiuzhen

I don't know what Yan Jun and Nanny Xu discussed. After they finished speaking, Nanny Xu went back to her room and sat and thought for a while before writing a letter to Li Wan. The next day, she arranged for someone to bring some All the products are sent to the government together.

The weather is getting hotter day by day, and new things are constantly happening in the ruling and opposition parties, which adds to the conversation.First of all, it is said that a technician's mansion was newly opened in the north of the capital. In order to distinguish it from the one in the south, it was called Beishi's mansion.Everyone couldn't help guessing the reason for the big fight, and they mentioned that the fleet that sailed a few years ago was coming back, and they sent someone to deliver the letter first. Not long after the news came, there was something about the Beishifu. What does it matter.

Another person came out to refute the rumors, saying that the fleet that sailed that year sank at sea, and there were no survivors.The large fleet in the legend is the caravan of several foreign countries, but it is rumored that it is the fleet of the original dynasty.That being the case, then the Beijing Normal University naturally has nothing to do with these.

The truth has not yet been revealed here, but there is a new strange thing. It is said that the south side paid tribute to the lychees this year, and the lychee trees planted in pots were transported by a large ship. This is a real thing, and people along the way have seen it. of.But someone came out and said that it was not a lychee tree at all, but a blood-dried tree, which was specially used for refining secret medicine in the palace.All of these, one saying a day, the old and the young are very happy to pass it on.

When Jia Zheng came back from the yamen that day, he went straight to the inner courtyard instead of chatting with those gangsters in the outer study.Mrs. Wang had just finished worshiping the Buddha in the small Buddhist hall, when she heard the girl report that the master had come, she stood up to greet her.When Jia Zheng entered the room, Jin Chuan'er and Yu Chuan'er waited on him to scrub and wash them, served tea and sat down again, and then he began to speak.Jia Zheng was talking to Mrs. Wang about the banquet at the consort's mansion in a few days, when Caixia came in from outside holding a plate of ice-patterned pink crystals, covered with a layer of crushed ice, and a few bright red fruits on top of the ice.

When Jia Zheng saw it, he wondered, "It's just so hot, how can we use ice?" Mrs. Wang said with a smile, "It's not because these fruits are making a fuss. I'm afraid they won't be able to hold it, so I made some out and put it away. The master tasted it." Taste." Jia Zheng looked at it carefully and was even more surprised, saying: "This is a lychee! Why do we have it in our house? I heard that there were thirty or fifty pots in total, but there were a hundred or so fruits hanging. For the first time, only the Zhou family got two royal gifts from the outer court."

Mrs. Wang smiled and said: "I haven't got the imperial gift yet. It was sent by my sister-in-law. It's not much. Most of it was sent to the old lady, and some were sent to the old man and the Dongfu. The rest are left for the master to try." Jia Zheng smiled with his beard, and then raised his hand to pick one up, and Caixia was about to take it and peel it off, when Jia Zheng stopped him and said, "You don't understand, this lychee doesn't talk about eating. , peeling is also an elegant thing. The sea mountain fairy Jiang Luoru, the white jade skin in the red gauze..."

He raised his eyes to look at a few people, put down the lychee again, and turned around and said, "Forget it, you don't know about this, what's the point of sitting around and eating. I'll go out and talk to them, and I'll deliver dinner to you." Let's go to the study outside." After saying that, he stood up and left feeling disappointed.When Mrs. Wang saw Jia Zheng like this, she probably understood something, so she ordered the lychees to be packed and sent to the foreign study.

Jia Zheng was walking outside, and happened to see Jia Huan passing by, walking and walking like no one, feeling depressed, and wanted to stop him and scold him, but at this time he was not in the mood, he snorted coldly as if he hadn't seen him, Gu Zi went outside.

Here, Jia Huan didn't know if he escaped a catastrophe, and jumped straight forward. At a corner, two little girls just came out from the other end and bumped into each other head-on. With a cry of surprise, one of the little girls fell aside. The other hurried to help her up.Jia Huan covered his forehead, jumped to his feet and cursed: "Are you all blind?! Walking and bumping into people!"

The little girl who fell to the ground rubbed her shoulders, listening to Jia Huan scolding, felt wronged and wanted to wipe her tears.Seeing that they were just two little girls, Jia Huan didn't say a word, and became even more angry, pointing at the two of them, "Which yard are you from! If you dare to bump into the third master, I'll ask someone to kick you out, believe it or not!"

The other little girl was not happy after hearing this, and she didn't care about the girl who fell on the ground, she got up and lowered her head and said: "The third master is really unreasonable, let's walk well, and the third master bumped into him. We haven't said what is wrong with the third master, but the third master filed a complaint first and wanted to kick someone out. We are in the old lady's yard, and the third master should try to kick one out? And we still have errands on us, sister Yuanyang Tell us to go to the second master to hunt for treasures, the old lady hunts for treasures and the second master eats lychees. If you are disturbed by the third master, don't delay our mission, who will be accounted for then!"

Seeing her sharp tongue, Jia Huan brought out Jiamu and Baoyu again. It was okay to bring out Jiamu, but when he talked about Baoyu, he got angry again and scolded, "Don't you bastard me! Bao Er The master is the master, and I am also the master, if you go hunting for the second master, you will be justified if you hit me and the third master?!"

Hearing this, the little girl quickly raised her eyes to glance at Jia Huan, and said in a muffled voice: "We don't know what is different, we only know that Master Bao was raised by his wife and lived in the old lady's yard." Where do you live, Mr. Huan?" After saying this, while Jia Huan was in a daze, he quickly helped up the little girl who had fallen to the ground, and they turned the corner and ran away.

Jia Huan was stunned by those words, and when he came back to his senses, there was no one left.I wanted to ask someone to question me, but the daughters-in-law and women who were doing the work next to me pretended to be deaf and dumb from the beginning, and hated me deeply.Just about to start swearing, I saw Sister Feng leading Ping'er, Zhang Cai's family and a group of more than a dozen women in charge walking here, so they hurried to the other side.

Ping'er had sharp eyes, so she said to Sister Feng: "It seems to be Mr. Huan just now? Why does he seem to be so angry that he ran away when he saw us?" Sister Feng curled her lips and said, "What do you want to do with something that is not on the table!" The daughter-in-law and mother-in-law who were working nearby originally planned that when Sister Feng wanted to ask questions, she would come forward and show her face. After hearing what Sister Feng and Ping'er said, they naturally had another idea in their hearts.

Let's say that the two little girls walked quickly to a remote place, but seeing that no one was chasing them, Fang bent down and helped his knees to catch his breath.The one who fell was relieved, and asked the other: "I don't know what to do, you are so brave, you don't even blink your eyes when you lie, when did we become old ladies in the yard. "

The other replied: "What should I say? I even reported my house and waited for someone to arrest me! I said it was in the old lady's yard, how dare he do something? If he dares to make trouble, it will be his first bad luck." The girl who fell said happily: "Really, your brain is so fast. It's annoying to say, walking by yourself is like being chased by a dog, and you blame us. You beat and chase people. Who does he think he is? .”

The other said: "It's just the egg laid by the slave girl, and he also acts as our master. Don't say that he didn't touch him at all, even if he did, so what? The wife or the old lady, or the second grandma who can stand in for him? You put gold on your face and asked someone to kick us out." Then he said to the one who fell, "How hard did you fall just now? Did you scratch your skin?"

The one said: "No, you see we're rushing this way, I'm going fast." The two of them remembered Jia Huan's stunned look just now, covered their mouths and laughed, and took a long time to breathe before they said: "Okay, this matter Let's not tell anyone, no one can find out, scolding him is useless." The other said: "I know, I see you keep your head down, and I keep it down, he doesn't even have a straight face See, tell me who is going." The two had a good time together, and then they went back to Lixiangyuan together.

In the evening, Jia Zheng arrived at Aunt Zhou's room early, and the little girl following behind brought out a plate of lychees from the food box she was carrying, and covered them in ice for half a day, still breathing in the cold.Aunt Zhou looked at it and said with a smile: "I'm so lucky to be able to see fresh lychees. It's just that the tea I prepared may not be suitable, but I don't know what kind of tea is suitable."

Jia Zheng smiled and picked one up and handed it to her, saying, "Taste the taste first, and then talk about tea. It's still early today anyway." Ziru Baiyuji, today we can see the truth of what Bai Letian said." Smiling, he peeled off the lychee shell, tore off the layer of film, and took a closer look at the crystal clear whole, before he lightly opened his lips and took a bite. , chewed and swallowed carefully, squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "It's strange that Xue Hongdu wants to say that Jiangshi's abundant muscles must not be forgotten!"

Seeing that it was rare for her to show such a coquettish attitude, Jia Zheng smiled and took the half-eaten lychee from her hand and put it into his mouth.Aunt Zhou said "Yeah", quickly covered her mouth and looked to both sides, seeing that the little girls had retreated early, she turned her head and gave Jia Zheng a light look.Seeing her flushed face, Jia Zheng laughed heartily twice.Aunt Zhou peeled another lychee for Jia Zheng and handed it to him, and said with a smile, "It's such a wonderful thing, I'm sorry for the master."

Jia Zheng asked, "What a pity?" Aunt Zhou said, "Lychee is like a beauty, white jade is thin and seductive, and an eighteen-year-old Fujian woman cracks purple gauze. The master also needs to be served by a charming and eloquent twenty-eight beauties." " Jia Zheng narrowed his eyes and smiled and said, "Okay, you are making fun of the master like this! I still think you are so unforgiving after all these years." Aunt Zhou covered her face and said, "Oh , It is said that there are people who are drunk with betel nuts, or maybe the concubine is drunk with lychees, I don’t know.”

The two looked at each other and laughed again.It's a pity that after hearing Jia Huan's complaint, Aunt Zhao was about to shed two tears in front of Jia Zheng to complain, but she waited most of the night.After sitting so dry, he was secretly worried about whether his words and deeds had offended Jia Zheng in recent days, so he finally lay down, thinking about how to please Jia Zheng the next day, and couldn't care about Jia Huan's grievances for a moment. .

Li Wan and Jia Lan also had dinner and were talking about interesting stories about Jia Lan's school. When they saw Daiyu bringing snow geese, they looked behind her again. Daiyu smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, don't look, I'm here " Li Wan offered her a seat and a cup of tea, and said with a smile, "This is a place with no food or tea, tell me, what are you here for?"

Daiyu said happily: "Sister-in-law's words! It can be seen that our reputation has been ruined by the fourth sister!" After saying a few more words, Daiyu asked Xueyan to put a small box on the table, and said a little shyly: "I am really I don’t have the face to open it! Just thinking that this thing is not easy to get, I borrowed flowers and offered it to Lan’er.” After opening the box, there were two lychees inside.

Li Wan hurriedly laughed and said: "You have no shame! I heard that the nobles in the palace only get one imperial gift, and you are two in one move. You should have a lot of face." Daiyu became more and more ashamed, He said angrily, "Sister-in-law is ashamed of me! Although this is mine, it's not mine after all... I don't know if it's appropriate to give it to my sister-in-law like this. Oh, I don't know how to say it."

Daiyu was always eloquent, so Li Wan naturally knew what she meant when he hesitated this time.Mrs. Wang got it, Daiyu got it, but it came from Jia's mother, but Li Wan and Jia Lan didn't even smell the wind.It was Daiyu's intention to send it in this way, but I don't know if it hurt Li Wan's eyes even more.

Knowing the joints, Li Wan said with a smile to Daiyu: "This is difficult to explain. In this way, this Bodhisattva can't worship. Although I worshiped, the incense was not made by me, and the offering I didn't grow it either, after a long time, the person who worshiped the Buddha every day was actually working for the Xiangpuzi Fruit Bureau!"

Daiyu laughed when she heard this, but she was still embarrassed, so she stood up and said, "I came here for this matter, I'm leaving now, sister-in-law, don't tell anyone else, it's so embarrassing! " Having said that, it doesn't matter whether Li Wan stays with her or not, he just took Xueyan with him and hurried back.

Seeing Daiyu coming and going in a hurry, Jia Lan said to Li Wan, "It turns out that Aunt Lin can walk so fast!" This sentence amused the two nuns who had just entered.

Seeing the lychees on the table, Nanny Chang smiled and said, "Miss Lin has a heart." Li Wan said, "She is feeling uncomfortable, and she wants to give Lan'er a taste, but she is afraid that it will hurt our eyes." The nanny smiled and said: "Miss Lin is also a clever person, but she only cares about the people she cares about. When this matter is done, she only cares about grandma and brother's thoughts, and don't think about it if that person knows about it. I know what's on my mind."

Li Wan smiled wryly and said: "If it wasn't for what Mammy said, I wouldn't have thought of it." Yan Nanny also shook her head and said: "Who is a daughter-in-law or a girl in the gate of the mansion, who has to think about it a few times? Grandma is also rare. , Miss Lin looked at me, and she was more relieved than grandma. If the old lady's wish is really fulfilled from now on, it will be good." A few people took a look at Jia Lan, and they stopped talking if they didn't want to discuss further.

Li Wan took the lychee box and said to Jia Lan: "Here, your Aunt Lin sent it specially. It's very kind, so you can try it." The ups and downs outside made it difficult to take this fresh lychee seriously. He peeled one and ate it, and smiled at Li Wan: "The aftertaste is a bit sour, but the aroma is good, but it is not as good as the fragrant fruit and the sweetness with many seeds. Those ones."

He picked up another one, peeled it, and handed it to Li Wan, saying, "Mother, try it too." Li Wan took it and ate it, spat out the core, wiped his hands, and said with a smile, "Maybe we will have it in a few days, but now this Like, let’s give it away casually, it looks frivolous." Yan Momo nodded, and Chang Momo smiled and said: "Grandma, why don't you plant these seeds in our yard and see if the seedlings can emerge."

Yan Momo laughed at her: "Even Jinling and Yangzhou haven't heard that this thing can be planted, can we still plant it here?" Jia Lan became excited when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "I'll plant it, I'll plant it." Li Wan laughed and said, "What are you busy with? I don't care what time it is. Put it away and you'll go to school tomorrow. I have to ask someone to prepare two pots for you." After hearing this, Jia Lan gave up.

Daiyu went back to Jiamu's yard, and Jiamu was talking to Mrs. Wang about something, so Daiyu went back to her room, but Baoyu was waiting there with her attacker.Seeing Daiyu coming, he got up quickly and took her hand, leading her to the table, where there was a crystal plate with three lychees on it.Baoyu said: "I specially asked you to find this plate to serve it. How beautiful is it? This food is sweet. You don't like meat, but you like these fresh things. I'll bring them here for you."

Daiyu felt his heart, and said with a smile, "I want to accept your kindness. It's just that the lychee is hot, and I tend to cough easily, so I don't want to eat too much of it." Seeing Baoyu's resentment, she couldn't bear it, and hurriedly said: " Your plate is really interesting, but I think that the shell is crimson red, and the crystal plate looks dull against it, and it would be more interesting to use an agate plate.”

Hearing this, Baoyu felt as if he had found a treasure, so he knocked on his head with a fan and said, "Sure enough! Listen to what my sister said, it's so true! I'll go and exchange it!" After saying that, he was about to go out, but Xiren hurriedly stopped him and said, " Ms. Lin just said that, and the second master should not think that one came out once. I don’t know where those agate and emerald dishes are kept now. It’s this time, how can I find them. Now the wife is discussing with the old lady. , if it’s nothing to do, I have to find the second master, and I’m in a hurry to make these things up, and I’m going to make a fuss again.”

Daiyu also said: "Xi Ren is right, it's here now. Besides, this thing is delicate and not kept for a long time, and I don't want to eat it, so you take it back and look for a plate tomorrow." That's fine." Baoyu felt that everything was meaningless today, and it was not easy to vent his anger on Daiyu, so he rushed at people and said, "If you find it, you can find it. If you don't know where to put it, there are only two rooms. How hard is it to find?!"

Seeing that he was angry, Xiren didn't dare to persuade him any more, so he took someone back to Baoyu's room to look for the plate.As soon as she left, Mrs. Wang sent Jin Chuan'er to look for precious jade, Jin Chuan'er said with a smile: "I said, I won't be in my room anymore, so I will come here directly to save my leg work. Baoyu laughed and said, "You know me." Daiyu also said, "I won't be here next time. I'll let you go for nothing!"

Jin Chuan'er smiled and said, "That's impossible, our second master, it's hard for Miss Lin to get rid of her even if she wants to. Our second master will bow down and plead guilty in a different way." Daiyu knew that she said that the two of them two days ago Bickering about Baoyu's apology, he spat at her, then changed the subject and said, "Do you eat lychees?" Jin Chuan'er was taken aback, as if he didn't understand what he said, Baoyu also laughed and said, "You are so clever today, If there is no other reward, I will give you the litchi."

Only then did Jin Chuan'er realize that she was not joking, and hurriedly said: "On weekdays, there is no shortage of rewards from the second master and the girl, but I dare not accept this thing, it is too expensive." If the mood is not going well, he said: "Then let's do this, how about we share one for each?" Baoyu was overjoyed when he heard this, and nodded quickly: "That's it, that's it, so it's me I'm eating lychees with Miss Lin, and I reward you with one, even if my wife asks, it's fine."

After saying that, he picked up one and handed it to Jin Chuan'er, who narrowed his eyes with a smile and said, "Go back and tell me, they must hate me to death!" Baoyu picked up another one, peeled off the shell and handed it to Daiyu, I just picked the remaining one and ate it.Xiren finally found the silk-wrapped agate dish, but there were only pieces of fruit shells left in the carved lacquer slag bucket. Which lychee should be put in this dish?