By Jia Xiuzhen

Concubine Hui, who was posthumously named the imperial concubine, was the birth mother of the seventh prince. Two months later, the old sage took the place of the seventh son and appointed herself the Supreme Emperor.After the new emperor succeeded to the throne, he was canonized in the harem, and Jia Yuanchun entered the Qianyuan palace as a concubine.There was one empress and four concubines first, and there were more dignified concubines and titled concubines, so the Jia family didn't have any excitement because of this, but Mrs. Wang stayed longer and longer in the small Buddhist hall.

Now it's hard for Li Wan to take these things to heart, he only cares about Jia Lan.It just so happened that the weather was getting colder, and the appetite to spend the whole summer in the heat and transpiration gradually recovered, so Li Wan came up with the idea of ​​those ingredients.

According to Lingchuang School's internal food classics, jiao's fin has the effect of "replenishing the five internal organs, strengthening the waist, nourishing qi, clearing phlegm and appetizing", and it should be similar to shark's fin.

Seeing that Li Wan ordered someone to take out the shark's fin, Mother Chang said, "Grandma should let the cook do it? I really don't know someone who is good at it."

Li Wan shook his head and said: "It's a little more troublesome, let's toss around in the yard."

Nanny Chang said: "Grandma will do this?"

Li Wan said with a smile: "Speaking of it, it was a long time ago. In the previous dynasty, my niece's cook was famous for doing these things."

Nanny Chang knew that Li Wan's grandfather's family was in charge of river workers and salt and iron in the previous dynasty, so she nodded and said, "That's true, these things are not common nowadays."

After taking out the hook wings, it was fermented once in cold water, then boiled and fermented three times in hot water with Shaoxing wine and purple ginger. It took a full two days before it was considered fermented.This hook fin is a shark tail fin, the fin is long and thick, and it saves the trouble of picking bones.

Another bamboo chicken, mallard, ham core, and fresh elbow were stewed in broth, and the oil was removed with bamboo paper.Look at the weight of the shark's fin, take a few stew pots, pour the shark's fin into the broth, cover the lids with tissue paper to seal several layers of water, put them in a pot-bellied earthenware pot and simmer slowly for three or four hours.

Nanny Chang was busy back and forth, and said with a smile: "It will take three or four days to take care of it, so it's a waste of food!"

When it was time for dinner, Jia Lan looked at the jade-white shallow-mouthed lotus cup in front of him, the soup was bright yellow, thick, and full of flavor, so he took a spoon and emptied one cup first. Seeing that it suited his taste, Li Wan was delighted, so he took another cup Come and eat with him.

When the whole pot was unsealed, if the strong aroma had any substance, a few drops of balsamic vinegar were added to relieve the greasy and enhance the flavor. Jia Lan ate the whole stew pot with purple tooth rice with a few sour side dishes.Li Wan used one for himself, and told Suyun to keep one, fearing that Nanny Xu would come tomorrow, and let them share the rest.

Nanny Chang shook her hand and said, "Grandma is really troublesome to toss about, so don't worry about us."

Li Wan said with a smile: "Mama only sees that Lan'er eats this meal vigorously, and she gets bored after eating it. It's just that it's not easy to toss once, so everyone should try it, who would eat it as a meal!"

Suyun also said: "Grandma, this thing is not easy to get, we don't know how to make it, and grandma has to work hard, so how can we eat it?"

Li Wan patted her and said, "Could it be that you don't eat it and keep it until it spoils and stinks, and you're doing me a favor? I usually eat a lot of things I make, but now I'm acting hypocritical."

Biyue interjected, "This thing...doesn't seem to be so expensive, I'm afraid it might not be available in the master's house."

When Li Wan heard this, Fang Mingwu smiled and said: "My brother and sister-in-law sent them all, and we all did it in the yard. Even if there was any rumor outside, it should be regarded as our own tossing and playing, and there is nothing to say. You Just rest assured and eat."

After Biyue heard this, Fang cocked her lips and smiled.The few people didn't refuse any more, and left a cup for Madam Xu, which was not much, just enough for one person.Even so, Biyue talked about it back and forth for several days.

One day Li Wan was flipping through books in the room, and Jia Lan walked in quickly from the outside. When she saw Li Wan, her mouth was filled with grievances. He stroked his hair and asked: "Oh, my Lan'er has been wronged, tell mother to listen."

Yan Momo also came in, seeing that Li Wan had embraced Jia Lan, she sighed and said, "I said grandma can't give those things to children to play with."

Li Wan was confused, Jia Lan spread out his palms, but it was the pocket watch that was given to him earlier, it seemed to be knocked down, but it was a good workmanship, and the rice beads inlaid on it were all intact.Jia Lan looked up at Li Wan, and said in a low voice, "I won't be leaving..."

Li Wan casually put the watch on the kang table, took Jia Lan's hand, and said, "Did you accidentally drop it on the floor? What's the matter? Are you just like this?"

Seeing that Li Wan didn't mean to blame, Jia Lan said loudly, "I didn't drop it. Third Uncle Huan insisted on taking it to see, so he dropped it. I think it was intentional." Li Wan listened. For a moment, I didn't know what to say.

Yan Momo said on the side: "This watch, Second Master Bao just got one on his previous birthday. It's a gold case. Grandma just gave it to my brother. It's inlaid with jewels. It's not eye-catching. If you don’t keep everything in order, there will be those who are vicious and cruel, and bully your younger brother. In the final analysis, it’s grandma’s fault, and the money is not revealed, and children’s families don’t play with it.”

After hearing this, Li Wan probably knew what was going on. He smacked his lips and said, "What mammy said is that, I thought so too, but it's different now. My dowry business nanny also knows, and my brother Sister-in-law will give this to that. From now on, my things here will be indispensable. I can’t keep them all until they get moldy. I’m just Lan’er. Lan’er is also the son and grandson of the Duke’s mansion. It’s not a big deal if you’re inevitably better than others.”

After hearing this, Yan Momo said: "That being said, it will attract people's attention after it's been used. Look at today, it's not like this. You can't care about a child if you waste things in vain."

Li Wan shook his head and said: "I don't think so much about this, Mammy thought, if Huan'er dared to hit Lan'er, why didn't he dare to hit Baoyu? Don't say that my younger brother is afraid of my elder brother, this child doesn't look like he has anything to fear." He will not do that, but because he has never been able to compare with Baoyu, and Baoyu has always spent more food and clothing than him.

Let's Lan'er, I am easy-going and don't like to be conspicuous, I have used the rules in the mansion since I came, nothing else.Therefore, now that this and that got up, it made him feel unconvinced.If I still do what I did before, I’m afraid I’ll really be a wooden person.Now, I let these people know that Lan'er is my son and grandson, and Lan'er is my son. In this way, not everyone can compare. "

Yan Momo was stunned when she heard this, then smiled suddenly: "Grandma has always been good-natured, so how can she be so fussy with a child now?"

Li Wan shook his handkerchief, and said slowly: "Mammy, what the child sees and hears comes from other people. This is not a child's business. Mammy just wants to think, if today Huan'er smashed Baoyu's watch , what is the situation like now?"

Nanny Chang finished her work in the yard and came in, listened back and forth, and said with a smile: "Grandma is right, we are now in this mansion again, and we can't hide it anymore. I heard shark fin outside today. It's over, the answer is 'the old lady hasn't eaten yet'. Sure enough, our food was not bad that day."

Li Wan said with a smile: "I knew it would happen. The next day, I sent dry goods to the old lady and the wife. It's just that the cook didn't make it, or I had other plans."

Mother Chang laughed and said, "I don't know who spread the word, but in our house, a single chicken feather can bring out several heads."

Jia Lan was still playing with that pocket watch, when Li Wan saw him, he hugged him again and asked, "Does Lan'er just like this watch?"

Jia Lan nodded, and said again: "Mother, I feel very aggrieved."

Li Wan smiled, "Why, do you still want to fight with your third uncle? This is a shame."

Jia Lan remained silent for a while, then asked Li Wan, "Mother, Third Uncle Huan is also my elder, because of this, I have to give way to him, right?"

Li Wan said: "Lan'er, there is no right or wrong in human affairs. There is only the saying of taking responsibility."

Jia Lan shook his head, and Li Wan continued: "Because if you want to say something is right or wrong, you must first give a scale. What is it to measure whether it is right or wrong? Take the law of heaven and justice? Then you must first understand what is the law of heaven. , what is axiom. If you don't know the axiom of heaven, how can you compare it with this. For example, in summer, I don't let you drink more iced drinks, why? I have a calculation here to 'benefit you ’, in summer, the heat is on the outside and the emptiness is on the inside. If you eat too much cold food, it will easily hurt your yang energy, which is not good for your body. It is because of these that you have the saying “it’s wrong for you to eat more ice products” Saying. So, do you understand?"

Jia Lan nodded and said, "How to treat people is like whether you should eat ice or not in summer. You must first have a comparison. Then, mother, where does this comparison come from?"

Li Wan patted his head again, and said with a smile: "This is one person, one law. You read the books of the sages, what do the sages say?"

Jia Lan frowned and said, "The sages have said a lot, but I can only think of one at this moment."

Li Wan asked, "Oh? Which sentence?"

Jia Lan said: "Repay grievances with virtue, how can you repay virtue?!"

Li Wan raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect his son to be a fiery temper, so he didn't say much, he just said: "Then what is Lan'er's standard?"

Jia Lan squeezed the pocket watch, and said in a muffled voice, "If people don't offend me, I won't offend others."

Li Wan almost clapped his hands and applauded, but he didn't see Yan Momo frowning on one side, almost knitting together.

Li Wan was still not satisfied, and continued: "If I help Lan'er fix this watch, I guarantee that nothing will be seen, will Lan'er not be so aggrieved?"

Jia Lan shook his head resolutely, and said: "Mother helped me fix it, it's because Mother loves me. But I'm not unhappy because I lost a watch, I'm only concerned about other people's care for me!"

Li Wan said again: "How do you know whether people have good intentions or bad intentions towards you, and how do you stop?"

Jia Lan said: "Don't do to others what you don't want to do to others, and do to me what you don't want to do to me. Anyone who wants to hurt my body, mind and things has a bad heart!"

Li Wan said: "Is it because you have good intentions but ruined your business? How do you stop?"

Jia Lan said: "If this is the case, then it must be that this man is not good enough. Although he wanted to treat me well, he couldn't do it. Instead, he hurt me. In this case, I don't blame him. Those who don't know are not guilty."

Li Wan pursed his lips and said with a smile: "It turns out that those who don't know are not guilty."

Yan Nanny finally had a chance to interrupt, and said to Jia Lan: "Brother Lang, how can you judge the world's affairs based on your own interests? Just like living at home, for the sake of the family and the prosperity of everything, it is right to be patient. Everyone is out of touch, how can we live in this day? In the family, the country and the world, everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world, so how can there be a place for personal interests at this time?"

Li Wan thought secretly that it was indeed Yan Nanny!Unexpectedly, Jia Lan made a shocking statement: "What the nanny said is not different from me, but what I just said was about me, and what the nanny said was about our family and our world, that's all, it's just a bigger version of me. If people don't offend me, I won't offend others. If Madam wants to say that there is a conflict between me and the affairs of our mansion, the mansion is the most important thing. If there is no conflict, naturally I will be the main one."

But this is not something that Madam Yan educated, so she couldn't refute him for a while.Jia Lan said again: "What Uncle Huan did today, in my case, he is deceiving me. In my house, what good is he doing like this? How can I lie to my family and everything to prosper by saying that I will calm things down and make others happy."

Mammy Yan moved her mouth but couldn't speak, Nanny Chang was chanting at the side and said: "Amitabha, how can such a young brother be able to speak."

Li Wan's interest increased greatly, fearing that the world would not be chaotic, he asked, "Then what are you going to do, Lan'er?"

Jia Lan raised his head and said: "He is my uncle. I can't control him, but I have someone who can control him. It's the father's fault if he doesn't raise him. The teacher is lazy if he doesn't teach well. I don't know him in school. I just tell him That's it, my lord!"

Yan Momo's face paled slightly, and she said: "Jia Zi will repay the wrong of a gentleman, but my brother is going out of a conspiracy, so he is frank at last."

Mother Chang laughed and said, "What you said is not a gentleman, but there is another sentence, non-toxic and not a husband."

Yan Momo smiled wryly and said: "Brother is only so old, he must have a solid foundation of temperament, but you should teach him something!"

Li Wan quickly waved his hand and said, "I didn't say anything, I just asked him."