The Pretty Eldest Daughter of a Scholar's Family

Chapter 727 Dragon Boat Team

After making arrangements for Zheng Daniu's family, the Chen family of Songhuazhuang informed Su Yunduo of the just-agreed wedding date for Zisu.

Zisu's wedding date is set on the ninth day of August this year, so there are still about four months left.

Su Yunduo began to appropriately reduce Zisu's workload in Xiaofengyuan, and at the same time gradually let Zisu intervene in the management of "Yunshang", and arranged Zheng Xiaoqian to Zisu.

This not only gave Zisu time to embroider her dowry, but also had more opportunities to participate in the management of "Yunshang". At the same time, Zheng Xiaoqian was officially handed over to Zisu, and by the way, there was a reason to keep Zheng Xiaoqian in and out of Xiaofengyuan.

Zisu was the second person to marry from Su Yunduo's side, but she was the first among Su Yunduo's dowry maids to marry, and because Zisu was the first to serve Su Yunduo, the love between the two Naturally, it is different from Bai Zhi who got married before Su Yunduo got married.

Although Zisu is two years older than Su Yunduo, Su Yunduo has the feeling of marrying his daughter.

In addition to arranging Zisu's pre-marriage and post-marriage errands, she also personally designed several embroidery patterns for Zisu. Because some modern elements were added to the embroidery patterns, which were festive and trendy, Baikui and Baimian were very eye-catching.

"These embroidery patterns are specially drawn for Zisu, so don't be too envious. When you get married, I will design new embroidery patterns for you to ensure your satisfaction!" Su Yunduo smiled and looked at what she had drawn. Like this, he glanced at a few envious maids and said.

Except for the two purples, the four whites around Su Yunduo are all fifteen or sixteen years old, and they are at the age of first love. They all blushed when they were teased so brightly by Su Yunduo, but seeing the sudden light in their eyes , Su Yunduo knew that the maids were still looking forward to it.

Well, then when they get married, she will spend some time designing some embroidery patterns for each of them.

In the blink of an eye, it was approaching the Dragon Boat Festival of the year, and Su Yunduo was once again busy like never before.

Every day, there are etiquettes to send from the Duke of Zhen to each other, and naturally there are also rituals to send to the mansion of the Duke of Zhen from all over the world. During this welcome and sending, even the aunts of the several rooms are assigned tasks by Su Yunduo Each helped manage a piece, and Su Yunduo himself was too busy to touch the ground, and he was no longer as leisurely and elegant as he was in Dongmingfang last year, leading the cooks to make zongzi by himself.

Fortunately, Su Yunduo still has a capable white cotton beside him. Last year, he learned a lot of new tricks of rice dumplings from Su Yunduo, and got orders from Su Yunduo to take the cooks to make many rice dumplings with different fillings. Everyone in the town government's mansion was full.

This year's Dragon Boat Festival is the same as in previous years. There is a five-day temple fair by the Mozi Lake, and there are still dragon boat races on the first day of the Dragon Boat Festival.

The dragon boat race in the capital is naturally indispensable to the dragon boat team of the Duke of Zhen.

Su Yunduo didn't know what it was like in previous years, but this year she witnessed the training of the Dragon Boat Team of the Duke of Zhen's Mansion, and it was really hard work.

Although this year's dragon boat competition, Lu Jinkang still didn't have the opportunity to end in person, but as the heir of the Zhen Guo government, he naturally had to watch the dragon boat team's training in person, and spent almost every day's free time on the dragon boat team's training.

It is said that the dragon boat team of the Zhen Guogong Mansion this year is the original team from last year. After last year's run-in, they will play again this year. The cooperation between the players is more tacit, but Lu Jinkang is still very dissatisfied. It can be described as devil-like training, which made the third and fourth sons complain a little, it was really hard work!

This year, the dragon boat team of the Zhen Guogong Mansion held the last half month of training in the "Lotus Garden" in the southern suburbs. Today, Lu Jinkang took advantage of Xiu Mu and dragged Su Yunduo, who had been busy for several days, to come to watch the training.

Thinking of the sons who worked hard in the "Lotus Garden" for training, Su Yunduo simply asked Bai Mian to bring over hundreds of big meat dumplings made by the cooks.

"Sister-in-law, are these the zongzi made by you? It's so delicious!" Lu Jinlin, the fourth son, squinted his eyes so beautifully after eating the zongzi that you could see the meat in one bite, and couldn't help praising him as he swallowed the zongzi.

"You have a good idea! Your sister-in-law is so busy these days that she has some free time today. How can she have the leisure to make rice dumplings for you! Some of them are good to eat, and I want your sister-in-law to make rice dumplings for you as a newbie. How big is your face?!" Seeing a group of thick men looking at Su Yunduo in unison, Lu Jinkang was immediately annoyed, stretched out a big slap and threw it at the back of Lu Jinlin's head, scolding.

Lu Jinlin jumped up from the ground all at once, avoiding Lu Jinkang's big slap, and still said unwillingly, "Even if my sister-in-law didn't make it herself, it must have been her true inheritance. This zongzi is comparable to the zongzi in our house in previous years." It’s too delicious, don’t you think?!”

"The fourth son is right, this year's zongzi is delicious, thank you Mrs. Shizi!" Following Lu Jinlin's words, the sons and daughters present jumped up, making Su Yunduo amused.

After eating the zongzi, Lu Jinlin sighed in satisfaction and said, "It would be even better if the training intensity could be lowered. If I continue to practice like this, my arm will be broken!"

Lu Jinkang glanced at Lu Jinlin and said, "If you don't mind being overtaken by Washington's dragon boat, you can go back to the city to rest now."

Overtaken by Washington?
That is absolutely not allowed, nor will it be reconciled!
Huafu is Concubine Hua, no, Concubine Hua has already been demoted to Concubine Hua.

Huafu is Concubine Hua's natal family, that is, the third prince's natal family. Because Concubine Hua has always been at odds with the precious concubine who was born in the Duke of Zhen's mansion, she always targets the Duke of Zhen's mansion.

The annual dragon boat race is almost a battle between the two prefectures, and this year is no exception.

Concubine Hua was demoted from imperial concubine to concubine after the Dragon Boat Festival last year. Huafu and the third prince held back their anger for a whole year, vowing to compete with Duke Zhenguo in this year's Dragon Boat Race.

This year, Washington spent a lot of money to recruit a dragon boat team from the southern water town. It is said that this dragon boat team is invincible in Jiangnan and has never been defeated.

Even if there was no conflict between Concubine Hua and Concubine Bao, the Dragon Boat Team of Duke Zhen's Mansion would not be able to afford to lose this person. Also an invincible team.

Lu Jinkang's simple words made the boys of the dragon boat team scream and rush towards the dragon boat to continue their high-intensity training.

Su Yunduo sat quietly on the gazebo by the shore of the lake watching the training of the boys in the lake, and had an idea in his mind.

Lu Jinkang, who was standing on the shore of the lake and instructed the dragon boat team to train, returned to the gazebo. Su Yunduo looked at Lu Jinkang and asked, "Are they going to train like this until the Dragon Boat Festival?"

Lu Jinkang shook his head: "Two days before the Dragon Boat Festival, the training intensity will be appropriately reduced."

Su Yunduo nodded thoughtfully, looked up at Lu Jinkang after a while and said, "With this kind of training intensity, it will be troublesome if you strain your muscles. Husband, why don't you go to Leyou Mountain Villa to ask the owner of the valley to relieve fatigue and strengthen your body?" Let them take a bath after training every day. First, it can relieve fatigue, and second, it can also reduce the pain caused by high-intensity. Well, it is best to have two people who know massage and take a bath every day. Give them a massage on their arms, waist and legs after the bath."

Lu Jinkang's eyes lit up when he heard this, why didn't he think of it? !

Su Yunduo really has the roots of wisdom, and every time he makes a suggestion, it always makes people feel like enlightenment.

Then he sighed again, the person next to his pillow is too smart and the pressure is really not normal!

But this is not the time for him to sigh, there are only ten days left before the dragon boat race, if he can get a bath from the owner of the valley, he will definitely get twice the result with half the effort, so he hurriedly arranged for Chunyu to go to Leyou Villa.

The husband and wife went to the vegetable farm. A few days ago, the vegetable farm paid a high price for the two small farms next to it. It has been connected with the "Second Farm". Today is a good time to visit.

"Husband, 'Second Farm' and 'Vegetable Farm' are not only awkward to pronounce but also make people feel weird. Do you want to take this opportunity to change the name?" Su Yunduo looked at the concatenated pieces. Zhuangzi, although the area is still not as good as the "Lotus Garden", he already has some momentum, so he wanted to change the name of this freshly baked Zhuangzi to a well-known and catchy village.

Lu Jinkang held Su Yunduo on the horse and looked at the farm in front of him thoughtfully. A piece of sweet-scented osmanthus tree in the newly acquired small farm between the "Vegetable Garden" and the "Second Farm" fell into his sight. , holding the rein and pointing to the osmanthus tree: "It's called osmanthus garden."

Looking at the small piece of osmanthus trees, Su Yunduo felt that the name was appropriate, but the royal family had a famous osmanthus garden called "Osmanthus Garden". No matter how many osmanthus trees there were in their garden, they could not compete with the royal family. Next, forget about the name of "Osmanthus Garden".

Lu Jinkang probably also thought of the famous royal "laurel garden", coughed twice to cover up his embarrassment and guilt, looked at this new village again, and finally came up with an idea: "Or, let's call it 'Huaizhuang'."

Huaizhuang?Su Yunduo looked at the luxuriant pagoda tree in front of him, and couldn't help but feel a little pity. If he had received this Zhuangzi a month earlier, he would have had the opportunity to make delicacies with pagoda flowers. There are some flowers, but it is not suitable to be used for meals.

"What are you thinking? Does Huai Zhuang sound good?" After not hearing Su Yunduo's reply for a long time, Lu Jinkang felt bad all over.

"Let's call it Huai Zhuang. It's a good fit for the occasion. I just thought we were a bit late in accepting this Zhuangzi. It's a pity that the tree of Sophora japonica is missing." Su Yunduo leaned into Lu Jinkang's arms, and turned to look back at him.

"Can Sophora japonica flowers be eaten?" Lu Jinkang and Su Yunduo have known each other for several years, and one can see what she is thinking from the expression on her face.

Su Yunduo nodded: "It can be eaten! Compared with elm money and Chinese toon, it has another flavor."

So Su Yunduo popularized Sophora japonica for Lu Jinkang from two aspects of food and medicine.

Sophora japonica is bitter in taste and non-toxic, and has the effect of clearing away heat, cooling blood, stopping bleeding and lowering blood pressure. As long as a little treatment is done, its bitterness can basically be ignored.

Sophora japonica can be used to make Sophora japonica drink and Sophora japonica tea, and can also be used directly to cook porridge and steamed fish to make Sophora japonica rice, or it can be stuffed with meat like shepherd's purse, and it can be used as stuffing for buns, dumplings, pancakes, etc. It can also be used to scramble eggs.

After being introduced by Su Yunduo, Lu Jinkang only felt that his mouth was full of saliva, and his already hungry stomach suddenly became rumbling. Looking up at the sky, he saw a dark cloud approaching, not good!It is going to rain.

Showers in summer are very common, but today they didn't bring rain gear when they went out. Lu Jinkang took the reins and galloped to the "Lotus Garden".

As soon as the two of them returned to the "Lotus Garden", there was a downpour of rain in their pockets. Lu Jinkang was alert, so the two of them didn't get drenched. Even so, some raindrops still fell on Su Yunduo's body.

Baimian and Baitao came out with Su Yunduo today. Seeing that it was raining on Su Yunduo, one of them hurried to the kitchen to make ginger soup, and the other hurriedly bathed and changed Su Yunduo, lest she catch the cold.

When Su Yunduo came out of the bathroom, he didn't see Lu Jinkang, so he couldn't help being a little surprised. After asking, he found out that he went directly to the lake.

"With such heavy rain, the Dragon Boat Team is still training right now?" Su Yunduo couldn't help being surprised and surprised, and felt relieved after thinking about it.

No one knows if the weather on the Dragon Boat Festival will be the same as today. Such training opportunities are rare, and Lu Jinkang will not let go of this rare training opportunity. Presumably he himself is setting an example and standing on the shore in the rain While staring at it, Su Yunduo felt a bit of pain in his heart when he thought about it.

In such weather, even farmers would hide from the rain first, and who would have known that such a proud man like Lu Jinkang would have to endure hardships beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Seeing Bai Mian come in with a steaming bowl of ginger soup, Su Yunduo hurriedly ordered Bai Mian to go to the kitchen to cook some thicker and thicker ginger soup for the sons of the dragon boat team.

"Master, don't worry, the ginger soup has been boiled in the kitchen and sent to the prince and the others." Bai Mian said while serving Su Yunduo to drink the ginger soup, and then said after a moment: "Sister Zisu said that the prince I don't like to drink ginger soup, I'm afraid the son won't drink it. The maidservant has asked Jiu'er to call the master back, and the kitchen has prepared hot soup. When the master comes back, the master should stare at the son and have a good soak Hot soup to go cold."

Lu Jinkang doesn't like ginger soup. Su Yunduo has seen it in Geshan Village. She has a "brilliant" record of forcing Lu Jinkang to drink ginger soup. As long as Jiu'er can bring Lu Jinkang back, Su Yunduo has the ability to make Lu Jinkang drink ginger soup After drinking the ginger soup, I'm afraid that Lu Jinkang would not want to come back with the excuse of training the dragon boat team.

Fortunately, Xia Ritian’s baby’s face, the rain passed quickly this time, even if Lu Jinkang wanted to stay by the lake, he couldn’t stay any longer. When Lu Jinkang returned to bathe and change clothes, he came out of the hot soup. It was inevitable that Su Yunduo would pinch his nose and drink a bowl full of ginger soup.

The person who went to Leyou Mountain Villa to ask for Fangzi Chunyu came back very quickly, and was naturally drenched in the rain like a chicken, and it was Sun Hongfei who came with him, which surprised Su Yunduo a lot.

Knowing that Sun Hongfei was ordered by Lu Mingyang himself, Su Yunduo couldn't help but pursed his lips and smiled. The expectations of the whole family of Zhen Guo Gong's Dragon Boat Team are really extraordinary!
(End of this chapter)