By Jia Xiuzhen

A few night watch women drank hot soup and hot wine and changed into thick clothes. They were watching the night outside and closed all the windows that were open before they came to bring hot charcoal basins.Li Wan thought for a while, and said: "My house and Lan'er's house are warmer than other places, so we don't need to light a charcoal basin, let's light one in the remaining houses. Our current charcoal is enough for a few days ?”

Mother Chang said: "If you do this, if you order during the day and night, you can still order for two or three days."

Hearing this, Li Wan lightly tapped his knuckles on the table to remember what had happened, and then asked: "Send someone out tomorrow to buy some, can you make it?"

Nanny Chang was taken aback, and smiled: "Grandma? How do you say this? After all, it's spring, and even if it's cold in spring, can it be cold for a few days? The air in this place is already hot, even if it snows, it may not be able to survive , it will melt in a blink of an eye, and it will be fine when the sun shines again."

Li Wan looked worried, and said: "I always feel that the weather is not so good at the moment, so it's okay to have something ready, even if you don't need it in the future, stewing soup and boiling medicine will do the trick."

After hearing this, Nanny Chang said, "It's good to be prepared. At this time, there may not be much charcoal left in the warehouse in the mansion. It's more convenient to go out and buy."

Li Wan nodded and said, "Let's order the mother to go down today, and let them buy it early in the morning." Then he turned to Suyun and said, "Go and get some money."

After hearing this, Nanny Chang said, "Since we bought it ourselves, it would be a shame if there were too many, so we can buy two or three baskets. It's enough for anything." I gave it to Nanny Chang.Li Wan himself was very energetic, and the rest of the people must have been exhausted after all this trouble, so they ordered them to disperse.

Charcoal basins are rarely used in Li Wan's house, and now they have taken the time to set up the spring array. Su Yun followed into the house, waited for Li Wan to lie down, and said with a smile: "Grandma and brother's house is indeed better than other places. Warmth, and so is the east room, Biyue also asked if it was because of the glass windows in the east room."

Li Wan smiled slightly and said: "You stupid girl doesn't know Feng Shui." After finishing tidying up, Suyun put down the curtains and went to sleep on the couch in the outer room.

Woke up early in the morning, just as Suyun was taking care of Li Wan to wash and wash, Nanny Chang came in with a look of incredulity on her face, and said to Li Wan, "Grandma, it's really strange, I told Mrs. Chai and Mrs. Qian to do it early this morning. As soon as the corner gate opened, they rushed to Hongluo Lane to buy charcoal. It was really strange, several stores said they were out of stock, and even if they had some, there was only some black ash charcoal left. Two days ago, people came to buy one after another, and someone knocked on the door in the middle of the night yesterday and bought all the leftovers."

Li Wan was taken aback, and asked, "Someone bought it? Are they all sold out?"

Mother Chang said: "That's not the case. Is there anyone who can count on the snow in these few days? Or want to hoard it?"

Li Wan shook his head and said, "I can't figure it out..." He came back to his senses and said, "This is hard to deal with. If someone really knows that the spring is going to be cold, and they have bought all the good charcoal on the market, I'm afraid it won't be cold for a day or two. thing."

Nanny Chang hesitated for a moment, then said: "Why don't you go to the charcoal in the mansion first and ask?"

Li Wan shook his head and said: "It's troublesome if you want to come from the mansion."

Nanny Chang thinks about it too, and is at a loss for what to do for a while.Yan Momo also came, also with a worried expression on her face, she said: "It looks like the snow outside is about to accumulate, when is this, it shouldn't be like this."

Nanny Chang then talked about the lack of charcoal in the market outside, and they were silent for a moment, Li Wan sighed and said, "Everything seems to be something big, but I can't say anything."

Mother Chang said: "It's all about the year, grandma, don't think about it too much, if someone really can control the weather, it's still a big deal."

When Li Wan heard this, his ears were filled with thunder, "Manipulating the weather", of course ordinary people can't do it, if it is said that according to those powerful people in the bead world, it is not impossible to call the wind and call the rain, no wonder I always feel that something is wrong.Thinking about it again, if that's the case, it's not something I can control, it's just that gods fight mortals and suffer.

Pressing her mind, she smiled at Yanmao: "Forget it, it's useless to think about it now, Mama is here to see Lan'er's dim sum, right?" Yanmao smiled: "No, grandma agreed yesterday My brother. As soon as I come out, look at the battle, I will forget about it."

Li Wan said: "I'm afraid that if I go to the kitchen to ask for something, I'm afraid I won't get it. Why don't we make it in the yard." Madam Yan said: "It's okay to talk about silver noodles, but where can I find them now?" What about mutton soup?"

Li Wan then told Suyun: "Go ask someone to come to the kitchen to ask for some mutton, whether raw or cooked."

Suyun then went out to order people.Not long after, he came in with a food box and said with a smile: "Grandma really guessed wrong, we got up early today, and our clothes are neat. It's chaotic outside, but not many people bother the kitchen. " Li Wan nodded.

It was still snowing outside, so Li Wan asked to move the charcoal stove to the leeward place under the eaves of the east wing, set up the largest pot, and when he opened the food box to see, it was cooked white water mutton.I think it was warm two days ago, and the cold dishes prepared by the kitchen.First cook the silver noodles thoroughly, put them into a pan, add water, boil them and put in mutton, shredded white radish and ginger, etc. When the water boils, put the boiled silver noodles in , gently push aside.While seasoning, put a pill of "White Sauce Whole Lamb" into the soup.

In an instant, the fragrance overflowed, and Biyue, who was holding a food box at the side, swallowed secretly.Li Wan said with a smile: "Don't worry, look at this pot, everyone has a share." Another person took a bamboo-shaped green-glazed thick-walled noodle bowl, picked out silver noodles, spread soft-boiled mutton slices, sprinkled Serve with shallots and coriander, and two spoonfuls of hot soup.After filling two bowls and putting them in the food box, Bi Yue followed Li Wan into the east room.Jia Lan was already sitting at the table, Biyue took out two bowls of noodles and put them away, Suyun laid out the chopsticks, plates and spoons.

Li Wan glanced at the two of them, and said with a smile: "You don't need to wait here, go eat noodles, if there are more, you just look at the casual people." The two smiled and saluted and went out, Biyue knew this. I cooked four or five rolls of silver silk noodles at one time, and I must have a share with Suyun Qingyu and the nuns. I am afraid there are more. If there are more, I must leave it for Miaoer. share.

Jia Lan picked out the noodles, and was reluctant to put down the bowl when she was about to ask a question, so she had to look up at Li Wan from time to time while eating.After they finished eating, Suyun and Biyue came up to serve and rinse their mouths, Li Wan asked, "Do you want to add more?"

Jia Lan shook his head and said, "I already had a lot of bowls, but now I can't eat so much." He said, "Mother, why is this noodle so delicious? If those who write notes taste it, I'm afraid they can write Here comes a book!"

Li Wan said with a smile, "It's also interesting to play this analogy. I don't know. It must be because it's suddenly cold. Eating mutton is more delicious."

Jia Lan was so easy to fool, he shook his head hurriedly and said, "No, no, even though it's only a bowl of noodles, it's like tasting a sheep when I eat it."

Li Wan secretly thought that this kid is really talented in "food"!Ignoring him, turned around and asked Suyun Biyue: "Can you eat?"

Biyue said: "Grandma's craftsmanship is superb. We and the nuns ate it all. Madam Chang sighed that the masters in Songhe Tower might not have grandma's skills. I don't know about pines and cypresses, I only know It was so fresh that I almost swallowed my tongue."

Suyun didn't laugh at her this time, but nodded aside and said: "The remaining girls and women in the yard are divided, and there is not even a drop of soup left."

Biyue laughed and said, "Miao'erte took a small bowl and poured out a bowl of soup for her mother to drink. Normally, I would say that she has disgraced our yard, and she is not afraid of being shabby. Today I think, if I Mother is here, I want to pour a bowl for her too." Everyone laughed.

Although the snow outside is not heavy, it has been falling continuously.Li Wan and others went to the room to greet Jiamu, but felt that there was a lot of noise along the way, and when they arrived at Jiamu's place, it was even more chaotic.

It turned out that during the cold yesterday, Jia Mu was so old that she was afraid of the cold, so she didn't put away all her heavy clothes, and Yuanyang was vigilant, so it didn't matter.It's just that Mother Jia was worried about Baoyu and Daiyu, so she never slept well that night.

Baoyu is most afraid of the cold and the heat. The warmer these days has already urged the charming Xiren to change their clothes. Yesterday, the peach blossom snow was completely frozen.Although there is a house full of maids, they can't help him catch the cold, and he has always been weak. Although he hurriedly changed into a thick quilt and warmed the mattress and lit the charcoal basin, he still coughed a little in the morning and complained that he was weak.

Daiyu couldn't change the mats even in summer, so of course she hasn't changed them yet, Zijuan and the others also ordered a charcoal basin overnight and added a warm woman, so it stands to reason that she didn't catch a cold, maybe it was blown by the wind or something Yes, I also started coughing before dawn.In this panic, Jia's mother was not very refreshed.And because Sister Feng was obliged by the old lady's order to raise the baby in peace, this sudden snowstorm made Mrs. Wang very busy, and she lost sight of the other.

When Jia Mu saw Li Wan, she had no choice but to ask, "How is Brother Lan?"

Li Wan hurriedly said: "He is fine, the old ancestor takes care of himself."

Jia Mu nodded and sighed: "It's just that these two Yu'er don't worry about it. It's not that there are people around who don't serve them wholeheartedly, but they are born with weak bones!"

Li Wan said: "It would be better if the day turned around sooner, but now when I came here it was still snowing outside, it would be really troublesome to stay in this cold for a few days. Why don't you hurry up and invite the imperial doctor, the capital is full Yes, I'm afraid that the hospital will not have enough staff at that time."

Mother Jia sat up straight after hearing this, and hurriedly called for someone to order to take the post to the Imperial Hospital to invite someone.He said to Li Wan, "You want it."

Li Wan said: "I woke up when it was snowing in the middle of the night, and I was looking for clothes and quilts. I wanted to send someone out to buy some charcoal early in the morning, but the woman came back and said that all the good charcoal in the market was bought. Empty."

When Jia's mother heard this, she didn't care about Li Wan's sending someone to sell the charcoal. She just asked, "Is it all sold out?"

Li Wan said: "Yes, the woman who went out first went to Hongluo Lane. It is said that someone knocked on the door in the middle of the night and bought the rest. Then she went to Chaitan Hutong, the same way. Or other small shops There is still there, but these two places are gone.”

Jia Mu pondered for a while, and said to the mandarin duck, "Call me the daughter-in-law who is in charge of the charcoal in the house."

But after a while, a daughter-in-law in charge came in, wearing a blue jacket and a blue bijia. Just as she knelt down and saluted, Jia's mother asked, "How much charcoal is there in the house?"

The daughter-in-law replied: "Old lady, just ordered, there are still more than 700 catties of medium-grade charcoal, and more than 80 catties of high-grade silver frost charcoal, and the rest are some charcoal."

Jia Mu said: "There are only more than 80 catties of silver frost charcoal left? Forget it, now is not the time to tell you this. You should send someone out to look at the places selling charcoal on the street. If there is silver frost charcoal, I bought them all."

The daughter-in-law said: "Just counted, my wife has sent people to Hongluo Lane to buy."

Jia Mu said: "I'm afraid there may not be any over there. You just listen to me and go to the scattered shops on the street to find them."Li Wan resigned and went out to see some girls.