By Jia Xiuzhen

They were all brought up at once, not a tureen, but a set of sweet white glaze thick bone tea set, a pot with a lotus pattern carved with a lotus pod, four cups with a lotus pattern, the fetal bone is very thick and the glaze color is as smooth as fat jade.The tea saucer is made of sweet white lotus leaves embedded with a bamboo core, and the asparagus bamboo used as the inner core of the cup is placed in the middle of the thick white glazed lotus leaf saucer.Xichun was surprised to see it, and said, "It's hard to explain how they did it."

Suyun warmed the cups with tea water, then poured tea, put them on saucers and served them one by one.The color of the tea soup is golden red, it smells sweet and fruity, and it tastes warm and mellow.Yingchun took a sip, tasted it carefully, and asked Li Wan, "Sister-in-law, what is this tea called jujube?"

Li Wan replied: "It's called Jintang Zao. This name is because the tea tastes sweet and jujube-like, and the other is because the tea is shaped like a jujube."

Yingchun wondered: "Is there any tea leaves that look like jujubes?"

Li Wan asked Suyun to bring the tea leaves. When everyone looked at them, they saw that the tea was not broken, but small jujubes with golden and black fine lines.Li Wan took it from a tea saucer and handed it to everyone for a closer look, and said, "This is made from pressed tea leaves, and the golden ones are the hairs on the tea leaves."

After sighing that it was interesting, Li Wan ordered Suyun to bring some back for the girls to drink later.Said: "This tea is mild in nature, not as cold as green tea. This season is just right, especially for girls who drink it better."

Yingchun hurriedly said: "No, no, if sister-in-law is always like this, we will all become robbers."

Li Wan said with a smile: "A piece of tea, where is it! If I can't get it out, I will force you to make you fat. Don't worry, I don't have anything else here, I have everything to eat and drink."

Xichun said: "Sister-in-law still doesn't want it anymore, when Baoyu finds out and makes trouble again!"

It was too late for Yingchun to pull him, and Li Wan wondered, "How can Baoyu make trouble?"

Xichun said: "last time we took the meal from my sister-in-law, and got the rose dew and ginger-flavored pomelo tea. Baoyu came back and saw it and asked for it. The second sister just said, 'this is all from my daughter's house. Things', he started to toss. Later, the ancestor gave him his own rose dew, and asked the big kitchen to make sweet tea for him, coaxing him for a long time."

Li Wan said with a smile: "It's my fault. I forgot that our Baoyu should be like his daughter's family to be happy. Don't worry about it. I will also send this tea to Girl Tan, Baoyu and Huan'er." Yes, you just brought it back by yourself."

Xichun felt relieved after hearing what Li Wan said.Li Wan looked at Yingchun, and said again: "I said that the second sister talked less and less in the past few days. Could it be that this time Baoyu made you dare not speak?"

Yingchun was taken aback for a moment, then lowered her head and said, "It's always because I talk too much that Baoyu will..."

Li Wan slightly pressed her hand, and said, "Second sister doesn't know about Baoyu yet? He has nothing on his mind, not to mention he has always been kind to his sisters and sisters. But this time he came back and knew that he missed a lively event, so he was just unhappy. It's not because of my sister's words. If you care about it, wouldn't he be ashamed if he found out in the future?"

Yingchun was silent for a while, then raised her head and said, "Sister-in-law is right."

Li Wan patted her hand again: "My place is usually very free, and the old lady told me to take care of you. If you have free time, just come to my place, so it can be a little more lively." up.

Li Wan asked a few people to eat tea and fruit, a nine palace box with carved lacquer on a porcelain body with patterns of flowers and birds, inside which were crab shell yellow cakes the size of chess pieces, jade-colored soft cakes, lotus rolls, icing lotus seeds, candied dates with sand, and cloud legs Begonia fruit, crispy walnut and several kinds of dried meat with different colors.A few more plates of washed and cut fruits came up, with two-toothed silver forks with wishful heads attached.After all, it is a child's heart. After seeing this fresh food, I forgot all the things just now and became happy again.

When the old lady passed the meal, Li Wan went with the two of them.Then asked Suyun to take a few copies for other people and send them over, Biyue asked: "Do you want to get Baoyu's lemon rose dew and ginger pomelo?" Chang's mother said: "Since no one has mentioned it, It's better to pretend that you don't know, otherwise it will involve what the second girl and the fourth girl said, which will hurt people." Biyue nodded in agreement.

In the evening, Li Wan recalled the events of this day in the Pearl Realm, and couldn't help but smile wryly. It seems that this thing really cannot be given away easily, and you can get as many copies as you give away. Although there are many things in the Pearl Realm, it is not worth doing so. It's just for entertainment.I can't afford to lose that heart.

Li Wan spends time in Jia's mansion reading and teaching his son during the day, and at night, he goes to the Pearl World to practice and read books or hunt for treasures in the mustard house.The days are immeasurable.The huge hall of the Taotie Pavilion has been tidied up, with the round platform as the center and two avenues intersecting each other as the boundary. Now the east area is full of various ingredients, it is really full.The south area is all kinds of cooking utensils, the north area is food utensils, and the seasonings and semi-finished products that have been prepared are placed in the west area.

Li Wan had a great time playing in the land of nearly ten hectares.While reading the classics of Lingcooking, while practicing with those semi-finished products.With some understanding, I took the ingredients from outside and went in to try it out, but I never got tired of it.Now this library has been moved to the small garden in front of Xiaozhu.Ah Tu and others naturally took it back.The sweet white porcelain tea set and assorted snack boxes used to entertain Yingchun and Xichun that day are all food utensils in the library.Although I brought some greedy utensils out before, it was too much to take them out for daily use.Sometimes Li Wan thinks to himself that things that are greedy for pleasure are too much to put anywhere.

In the early winter weather, the flowers and plants in this yard have completely withered, and the old lady's yard has been replaced with winter potted plants, so Li Wan's yard is naturally still early.Nanny Xu acted resolutely, and had already taken the array a month ago.Because each formation plate can be used for a land boundary of two mu, but a house cannot be built that big. Several people discussed it and decided to use two mu as the boundary.In this way, the cost is less, and when it snows heavily, there are gaps between the huts and the huts, and it is easy to clean.Li Wan couldn't count the fungus on the six acres of land.

Several women were gossiping outside the courtyard, and one said: "This grandma is making news again. She wants to change the glass of the window. The wife wants to be frugal most, and this is another good show."

The other said: "Hey, grandma paid for it herself. It's nothing to do with frugality. If you want to talk about the flower palace, hey, my wife has to look at the second master Bao, and she must be able to say these two words."

The mother-in-law who spoke at the beginning was not happy: "You have received more rewards now, so you started to speak for me."

The old woman smiled and said: "This is based on conscience. Grandma sent us to run errands to get back to something. It should be shared. It is also the master's grace to reward you. Don't you want it?"

The woman had nothing to say.Another woman interjected: "Grandma isn't doing it for herself. If she wants to do it for herself, why don't you pay for it in the west room? And it's only two yuan, and it's all in the east room. It's not for Lange's study! In this winter The sun is weak, so you can't burn wax all day long."

The mother-in-law at the beginning also said: "If you want to say that this grandma really thought of everything for Lang Geer. I heard that she spent several months of monthly money to buy books for Lang Geer."

"Monthly money for a few months! The grandma now pays ten taels of silver a month. The old lady said that there is a brother named Lan, who is not enough to spend, so she adds another ten taels. The monthly money for these few months is to buy books, Amitabha, this book It really is something only rich people can do!"

Another woman said: "Hey, if you pay more money, you can let people study. If you don't talk about anything else, I'm afraid my wife will be happy with 20 taels, not to mention 200 taels!"

The crowd laughed for a while, and a woman said, "I'm afraid that Brother Lang is going to study well, and my wife won't want to see this courtyard even more." Suddenly someone called to work, and they all dispersed.

Li Wan let go of his spiritual sense and heard it clearly, and secretly smiled in his heart: "In this mansion, it is the master who farts, and a hundred people know about it." Seeing Madam Yan coming in, the four wives behind were carrying two big boxes. It's the second batch of books.Busily carrying it in, Su Yunrang wiped the box under the eaves before carrying it into the house, and rewarded four women, Li Wan recognized that it was one of the few people who were gossiping outside the courtyard just now.

After they all retreated, they asked Yan Momo: "Didn't you already deliver half of it last time? Why is there more this time?"

Yan Momo smiled and said: "The money grandma gave is of good quality, and there are a few taels more. When I sent it last time, I asked my brother what books he wanted. Grandma said that my brother likes some travel notes. It’s for this business, so it was collected and delivered.”

Li Wan laughed and said, "It's my fate to accept them."

She also asked Suyun to give Yanmama a purse, and said: "The golden melon seeds here are for their other half's book money, and there are some scattered silver coins that Madam Yan used to dredge the joints on the road outside here."

Yan Momo squeezed her purse, and refused: "Grandma, there is no need for such things. Let the second grandmother know about our book buying, but it is just a few dollars for the woman at the door to drink and eat. "

Li Wan said: "Take it, mama, there will always be things to go in and out in the future, it will be convenient in the future after establishing a good relationship." After hearing this, mama Yan accepted it.

Jia Lan on the other side heard that the book had arrived, and had already rushed over. Seeing that Madam Yan braked, she quickly stood still and saluted Li Wan in a polite manner.Li Wan looked at it and laughed secretly, knowing that Madam Yan is strict and can control this slippery head.

Pointing to the box, he said: "Shen Zi, you can't open it. After a while, Suyun opened it, and brought the little girl to clean it up. You decide where to put it."

"Yes! Thank you, mother!" Jia Lan's voice was loud.He had finished reading all the one hundred books last time, and knew that there were another hundred books waiting for him.

Li Wan said again: "After reading these books, you can recognize a lot of characters. You don't need to read these paintings in the future. It just so happens that they sent a lot of other books this time, all of which are travel notes. You are free." It’s good to have a look and learn a lot.”

Jia Lan pondered for a while, and said, "I went to pay my respects to the master last time, and the master told me to go to school with Uncle Bao."

Li Wan asked: "When did this happen? Why didn't I hear you say it?"

Jia Lan said: "Just a few days ago, the master said that I was young, and he would talk about it with the current husband. I don't think it's certain, so I didn't tell my mother."

Li Wan said: "Yes, after all, you are still too young." However, I am afraid that the husband is not willing to accept a three-year-old child, and he must be five or six years old to enter school.

Jia Lan didn't care: "Mr. isn't happy, so I'll just read and learn by myself. After all, Niang can teach me how to read. The master tested my Thousand-Character Essay and Disciple Rules, and said that I can learn the Four Books. There are books left by my father in the study." , I still have a lot of experience, I can read it myself first.”

Li Wan couldn't help thinking of the discussion of the women just now, thought for a while, and said, "You're still young, and it's not too late to play for a few years." Jia Lan said, "Reading is not tiring, it's almost like playing." Wan has nothing to say.

Sitting on the kang, he watched Jialan Douding standing in the middle of the room, directing Suyun, Biyue, Primrose, and several big maids around.Li Wan originally said that it would be fine for Suyun Biyue to bring the little maid to do it, but Jia Lan refused, insisting that the little maid would damage his book.After all the tossing and tossing was finally over, Li Wan asked the four of them to go down to wash and rest for a while, so they don't have to come up to serve them.Jia Lan had enough books for everything, so she put a few books on the kang table by the window, and read them intently.