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Du Hengshuang was sullen in the car, and Xiao Shiji also knew that she was thinking of her father-in-law.And his relationship with Du Xiancheng is not only a Weng son-in-law, but also a mentor-student friendship, so he felt uncomfortable, gently took Du Hengshuang's hand, and comforted her: "Shuang'er, you are married to me now, My father-in-law is alive in the sky, so he must be happy. I will take you to Luoyang to visit his father-in-law's grave when the Double Ninth Festival falls in autumn."

When the news of Du Xiancheng's death came that day, Fang Wuniang had already brought the Du family back to Luoyang.Later, a clothes tomb was built for Du Xiancheng at the ancestral grave of the Du family in Luoyang.

Du Hengshuang was thinking about going back to Luoyang to pay homage to his late father.Xiao Shiji took the initiative to mention it, Du Hengshuang nodded quickly, shook Xiao Shiji's hand back, and smiled, "Thank you for remembering my father."

"Your father is also my father, or my master. You have forgotten that you are a teacher for one day and a father for the rest of your life. I have two responsibilities, how could I forget?"

The two were whispering in the car, but they didn't see a grown man with black hair and black eyes and a lonely expression in the passing Fransya pilgrimage group, which was completely different from those blond and blue-eyed Fransya people.

The missions were finally exhausted, and the main streets of Chang'an City could pass normally again.

The cart returned to Xiao's house very quickly, just in time for the curfew when Lifang was closed.

The Xiao family is now the biggest official in this area of ​​Lifang, and Fangzheng flatters Xiao Shiji very much.

Respectfully guarding the gate of Lifang, saluted Xiao Shiji's cart, and asked with a smile: "Master Xiao just came back, you are really busy."

Xiao Shiji opened the car curtain, nodded and smiled at Fangzheng. "Yu Fang is being polite. It's getting late, so go back and rest."

Xiao's cart drove through the streets of Lifang, and soon came to the gate of his house.

The little maid from the Guan Clan has been waiting at the corner gate, chatting with a few sects.

Seeing that the uncle and the young lady finally came back in the car, the little maid lifted up her skirt and hurried back to the backyard to report to Guan Shi.

Mrs. Guan is arranging a banquet in the hall of the middle hall.

The table noodles for Zhuangyuan Building have just been delivered.Because it was a late meal, it was too early and many dishes were cold, and it didn't taste right.They were all delivered in a pinch.

The row of high chairs by the east wall has been removed, and there is a long nanmu table with dishes sent from the Zhuangyuan Building.

In the open space in the middle of the middle hall, there is a low dining table in the north, which is for Long Xiangye, and Xiao Yanran is the youngest.He will follow Long Xiangye and sit with the prime minister.There are two longer dining tables and lower tables on the east and west sides, where Xiao Shiji, Xiao Taihe and his wife sit.Xiao Taiji also has a long, low table next to it, which is for Aunt Jin and Chen Yuejiao to sit on.Although they were not considered serious members of the Xiao family, but Long Xiangye asked them to eat together, and they naturally did not refuse.

Looking at the delicacies on the long table beside the east wall, most of the Guan family can't even remember their names.A little timid, Tete called Chen Yuejiao to accompany her.

Chen Yuejiao smiled and glanced at the dishes on the table.I intend to give advice to Guan Shi.

"Cousin, the Zhuangyuan Building is only for the middle-class seats, so it's not the best. Here are hot dishes, including roasted white dragon, Wuxing Liandai, calves made with open fire and water, eight immortals plate, chopsticks spring, and five raw dishes. There are also brocade soft-shelled turtles everywhere, this one is Tonghua soft beef intestines, fried in mutton oil. There is also a plate of bright shrimp. The old lady likes to eat it most, just put it in front of her later. The sheepskin filaments are the uncle's favorite Let's put it this way." Chen Yuejiao said while pointing the servants to place these dishes on the low tables where they would sit.

When the people of Daqi feast, they always have as many dishes as they have in front of them. They just bring up the dishes one by one and put them on the tables in front of them.

Guan Shi was speechless: "The Eight Immortals plate over there is roast goose?"

Chen Yuejiao giggled, covered her mouth and said, "Cousin also knows this dish?"

"I once went to a banquet with my mother and saw this dish." A little embarrassed, Guan pointed to the cold pinch on the other side and asked, "What is this?"

Chen Yuejiao took a look at the other side, and said casually: "It's cool, it's made of raccoon meat, it needs to be stewed for about ten hours before it can be made into a soup, and it can be cut into small pieces after it is cooled in well water It’s chunky. There’s also watermelon, added with raw lotus root, it’s very delicious when mixed in the soup. Hey, there’s actually fish sticks, not bad, not bad, delicious and tender, this young lady should like it.”

Glimping around at the table, he saw Leng Chan'er Soup packed in a fine white porcelain urn with a deep belly and a wide mouth, and said happily: "Master is really rich. Cousin, look at this Leng Chan'er Soup. In a restaurant, a small bowl costs 50 renminbi, and such a large urn might cost [-] taels of silver."

Guan Shi was surprised, walked over to look around the cold toad soup for a long time, stared and said: "It's so expensive, is it made of dragon meat?"

Chen Yuejiao covered her mouth and laughed tremblingly, "Cousin is really funny. This is made of fresh clam meat and clam juice, thickened with broth, chicken egg white and pea kernels, and fresh lily is added in it. It is crispy, cool and smooth. Thick and delicious. ——I think, this dish is specially prepared for the eldest grandma, and we have all enjoyed the glory of the elder and younger grandma." He looked overjoyed.

Guan's heart was sour, she curled her lips and said: "Even if you have money, you can't waste it like this. Can you become immortal if you eat it?" His face was gloomy.

The servants in the room exchanged glances with each other, lowered their heads and smiled.

Chen Yuejiao hurriedly tugged at Guan's sleeves, and said with a smile, "Cousin is a good housekeeper who is diligent and thrifty. Both the old lady and my cousin's husband are in love with her."

Guan thought that she had asked Du Hengshuang to help her buy back the needleworkers who had been released, so she turned her displeasure into joy, and ordered the maids in the house to prepare food with chopsticks.

"In addition to dishes, there are also staple foods. Here, there are locust leaf Lengtao cold noodles and Shengjin 24 gas wontons, as well as Jianfengxiao and Shengjin duck flower soup cakes, which are for big guys to eat. The yellow rice in this small bamboo tube Liang rice is exclusively for the old lady." Chen Yuejiao watched the servants arrange the dishes, and ordered them to serve the main course.

"Is the yellow beam rice too rough?" Guan was puzzled.Long Xiangye is usually a person who never tires of fine food and fine food, but sometimes she finds the fragrant rice rough, let alone the yellow rice that the servants eat.

Chen Yuejiao wanted to show off, pointing to the yellow bamboo tube and said: "This is not ordinary yellow rice. This is carefully selected high-quality millet and boiled. Then sea cucumber, squid, chicken, and shrimp are chopped into fine powder and steamed. Then stir-fry it with cooked millet. When eating, put it in this bamboo leaf roll, it is fragrant and not greasy, and it is very nourishing."

Guan Shi came back to her senses now, looked at Chen Yuejiao suspiciously and said, "I don't know these things, how do you know so much?"

Chen Yuejiao's father was just a shopkeeper of a pharmacy, and he was sued for selling counterfeit medicine.He died of illness in prison shortly after being imprisoned.There were only these two women left in the family, and the members of the Chen family were not vegetarians. They urged them every day, either to remarry Aunt Jin or to find a son-in-law for Chen Yuejiao.The two of them had no choice, so they went to Chang'an City to join their mother.

Chen Yuejiao was born in such a family.How can I know the dishes commonly used by these rich families? ——not only know the name, but even the method seems to be clear.

Chen Yuejiao yelled inwardly, seeing these familiar dishes, she was dazed for a moment, she forgot to pretend to be stupid, and was in a hurry.After hesitating for a long time, I said softly: "I'm not hiding from my cousin. My family used to be unable to open the pot. My mother took me to work as a servant in a rich family, and I stayed in the kitchen of a rich family for a while."

This is true.However, Aunt Jin's helpers are only doing chores in the kitchen. When the master cooks the dishes, they keep these handymen and women far away, so it is impossible to know such details.

Of course, Mrs. Guan didn't know about this incident at all.

Guan was stunned.A little ashamed that he had wrongly blamed Chen Yuejiao, he held Chen Yuejiao's hand and comforted her in a low voice. "Thank you for your hard work. Don't worry, from now on, you will live with me in Xiao's house. If I have a bite to eat, you and your aunt will be indispensable."

Chen Yuejiao raised her head, her slender eyes were filled with tears, she bowed to Guan's Yingying, "Thank you for your cousin's life. If there is a chance, Yuejiao will definitely repay her in the future."

Guan Shi smiled, but didn't take Chen Yuejiao's words to heart.After all, a widowed daughter who is dependent on others will either marry a poor family as the wife, or become a concubine to a rich family. How can she expect Chen Yuejiao to repay her? ——If she can get married properly, she will be thankful if she is not dragged down.

Chen Yuejiao thought that she was hiding it well, but as soon as Xiao Shiji came in front of her, her eyeballs would wrap around Xiao Shiji's body like a string.Both Guan Yunlian and Xiao Taiji saw it, so they didn't want to expose her.The two of them were willing to let Aunt Jin and Chen Yuejiao stay, and they also had a thought that was not humane.

"Second Young Mistress, Eldest Young Mistress and Grandpa are back." The little maid who was watching at the gate just now ran in like an arrow and reported to Guan Shi.

The Guan family was overjoyed, put aside the matter of Chen Yuejiao, and hurriedly said: "You go to the yard of the young lady and tell me that I have something to see the young lady."

The little maid took orders and left.

Mrs. Guan entrusted the matter here to Chen Yuejiao, "Help me invite my mother-in-law and sister-in-law to come to the table, and I will personally invite the elder mistress and uncle."

Chen Yuejiao nodded with a smile, and watched as Guan took the two maids along the way.

As soon as Du Hengshuang and Xiao Shiji returned to their yard, they heard the servant girl come in to report, saying that the second young lady asked to see the eldest young lady.

This is specially for the servants to pass on, they are all sisters-in-law, and they should not be so divided.But Xiao Shiji just used two gatekeepers as rafts yesterday to punish these servants for "disrespecting the big house". Come on, the second young mistress and the second master are all behind.

Xiao Shiji went behind the screen to change clothes, noncommittal.

Du Hengshuang smiled, and said to the servant girl, "Take Second Young Mistress to Dongci Room, and I'll go there after I change my clothes."

Guan Shi followed the servant girl into the East room and waited.

The furnishings in the room once again dazzled her eyes, but since there was a maid waiting by her side, she did not dare to look around and chatted with the maid with a smile.

Du Hengshuang didn't keep her waiting long, and changed into the homely red bamboo leaf pattern half arm and moon white skirt, took a few pieces of jewelry from her head, and brought Zhihua to Dongcijian.

Mrs. Guan hurriedly stood up, exchanged a few words of greeting, and then said evasively: "Sister-in-law, can I take a step to talk?"

Du Hengshuang glanced at Zhi Hua.

Zhihua understood, hurriedly bowed and went out.

Guan shi knelt down in front of Du Hengshuang with a plop, and begged, "Sister-in-law, save me!"

Du Hengshuang was startled, quickly helped her up, and asked, "What happened?"

Guan said about the matter of dismissing the needleworkers on his own initiative.Finally, she begged: "Sister-in-law, I really don't know what's wrong with this matter. I thought it would be beneficial to my uncle's reputation to let them out without their worth. —— I really didn't mean it."

Du Hengshuang understood the whole story, and couldn't help but laugh. She helped Guan sit down on the brocade stool with a smile, and said in a soft voice, "Second siblings, my uncle is not a civil servant. What do you need such a good official voice for? Besides, these needlework When people searched for it, they spent a lot of money. You let go of four or five thousand taels of silver. If you want to talk about extravagance, you spent watermelon. You saved sesame.” After a pause, He shook his head again and said, "This matter is too big, I can't make the decision, I have to ask the uncle for instructions."

Guan shi was so frightened that he almost fell off the brocade stool, tremblingly said: "How can it be so expensive?"

Du Hengshuang thought about it.Feeling that this matter was not done by Guan alone, he asked: "When you released them, did you carefully read their deeds of prostitution?"

The contract of sale usually clearly states the period of sale, price, name, place of origin, address, parents, etc.

If Mrs. Guan had read the deed of selling herself carefully, she probably wouldn't have made such a big mess.

But Guan said anxiously: "Of course I read it. There is no price tag on those body contracts. Otherwise, I really wouldn't dare."

Du Hengshuang's expression changed slightly.Playing with a handful of ink jade paperweights in his hand, he put down the paperweight for a long time, and said, "Aside from returning their deed papers, what else have you done? Can you go to the government to make a deposit?"

When a person who sold himself as a slave was expelled, in addition to the return of the deed of sale, the master had to go to the government to cancel the registration, and move his name from the slave registration to the good registration.

Otherwise, those who do not count can be punished as fugitive slaves at any time.

Da Qi's fugitive slave law is as strict as Da Zhou's, and few people are willing to be fugitive slaves.

Guan was suffocated, and stood in front of Du Hengshuang with her head bowed and hands down, like a child who has done something wrong, "... I don't remember. It seems that I ordered Xiao Yi, the chief steward of the outer court, to go to the government to make trouble." She wanted to do good things to the end. , Send the Buddha to the West.

"Oh, I see, you go back first, I'll ask Manager Xiao later." Du Hengshuang smiled and stood up to see off the guests.

Mrs. Guan didn't get an answer from Du Hengshuang, and heard Xiao Shiji coughing several times outside the curtain. Knowing that he was impatient, she hurriedly said a few words, "The family banquet has begun, please go, grandpa and grandma." Just say goodbye and leave.

Xiao Shiji walked in and asked, "What's the matter? You're sneaky."

Du Hengshuang didn't hide it from him, and told the story again.

Xiao Shiji snorted, and sat down next to Du Hengshuang with his sleeves folded, "A fool who pretends to be smart. Xiao Yi told me about it, and I asked him to send those people to Zhuangzi to live temporarily. The needles and threads I found at a great price Venerable Master, she developed it on her own without even asking, and she doesn't know if she thinks this is really her home, or if I'm a fool to fool you."

Du Hengshuang was not easy to answer, so he pushed him and said, "Don't worry about these family matters in the future, just leave them to me. Otherwise, you, an elder brother, will still be entangled with her?"

Xiao Shiji gave a "hmm" and said with a wry smile: "Do you think I want to take care of it? There is no way to do it. It will be fine in the future. I will leave this house to you, my wife. ——Even I am you Yes, you can do whatever you want..." He became unruly as he spoke, wrapping his hands around Du Hengshuang's slender waist, "...this waist is so thin, I can fold it with one hand."

Du Hengshuang pushed his hand away with a snap, "It's time to go to the family banquet, and you're still pissed off. Mom won't say anything about you when it's too late, but she won't treat me well."

Xiao Shiji stood up with a smile, "How could it be? I delayed my lady's time, I will make it clear to my mother." After saying this, he took her to the middle hall together.

In the courtyard of the central hall, a series of more than a dozen yellow nanmu gilded flower and bird palace lanterns hang high around the courtyard wall, illuminating the courtyard of the central hall as bright as day.

In the middle hall, the huge transparent butter candles with the thickness of the arms reflect the vermilion magpies on the branches and the red sandalwood trees, which is elegant and solemn.

When the two of them came in, the rest of the Xiao family were all present.

Long Xiangye sat at the head, and stood up with a half-smile, "Young Mistress is here. If I don't come, my wife will starve to death."

In front of everyone in the Xiao family, Du Hengshuang didn't expect that Long Xiangye really said it, his face turned red all of a sudden, and he hurriedly bowed his head and apologized.

Xiao Shiji pursed his lips, followed Du Hengshuang to salute Long Xiangye, and said with a smile, "Mother, are you blaming your son?"

Long Xiangye snorted, and waved to Xiao Shiji, "You are busy with business, mother knows all about it, how can you blame you?" The implication is that they must be late, it must be Du Hengshuang's fault, it is She's dragging her feet.

Xiao Shiji took a step forward, supported Long Xiangye to sit down, and said with a smile: "Today, my son has something to delay, and Shuang'er was a step late in order to wait for me."

Long Xiangye nodded, "That's right. After marrying a daughter-in-law, just take good care of my son. I won't blame you if I neglect my old lady."

People in Daqi all claim to marry wives first to serve their parents and elders, and then to carry on the family line.

Long Xiangye was clearly saying that Du Hengshuang only saw her as a man and had no parents, which was a great disrespect.

Du Hengshuang had no choice but to admit his mistake, "I was late today, please punish my mother-in-law."

Long Xiangye ignored the suddenly cold face of the eldest son beside him, and said with a smile: "Of course I will be punished. ——I will punish you to eat with me today and serve me the food."

How easy is it?

To be a daughter-in-law and to serve Weng Gu, I have to serve tea and water.When the mother-in-law is eating, the daughter-in-law is supposed to serve the food by the side, which is a due responsibility at all, not a punishment.

Du Hengshuang was both surprised and delighted, and felt that Long Xiangye was not an unreasonable person. He smiled at Xiao Shiji and flashed his eyes, and said to Long Xiangye: "Mother, this is biased towards me." Coming forward, he said to Xiao Shiji, "I'll serve my mother."

Xiao Shiji paused for a moment, then nodded, walked to his and Du Hengshuang's desk and sat down alone.

Long Xiangye smiled all over her face, and said to the people in the room: "Today everyone is complete, my two sons are married, from now on you should be a husband and wife, be diligent and thrifty in managing the house, don't make troubles, make the house chaotic." " After speaking, he said to Xiao Shiji and Xiao Taiji: "Brothers are of the same heart, and their profits can cut through gold. You two brothers must support each other well, and only then will you be a prosperous family."

Xiao Shiji and Xiao Taiji responded in unison.

Long Xiangye raised the chopsticks first, and everyone started to eat.

Du Hengshuang bowed and stood aside to serve Long Xiangye.

On weekdays, this work is done by Long Xiangye's maid, Mei Xiang.

Today, Du Hengshuang took Mei Xiang's place, and Mei Xiang had to hide in a small room on the side of the nave.

"My mother-in-law loves to eat this Guangming Shrimp. It looks good." Du Hengshuang served Long Xiangye one by one.

Long Xiangye was very picky about what she ate today, so she gave up every dish after two bites, and asked Du Hengshuang to eat the leftovers on the spot, which she called a "reward" for her.

It is common for the elders of rich families to give food and vegetables to the younger generation, but it is rare for them to give the leftovers they have actually eaten to the younger generation.

Du Hengshuang never ate other people's leftovers, and Long Xiangye's favorite dishes were all dishes she didn't usually eat, but they were given by the elders, so she had no choice but to hold her nose and swallow.

When it was the last dish of Tonghua soft beef intestines, Du Hengshuang couldn't eat it anymore.She bowed and stood beside Long Xiangye, disgusted by the strong smell of mutton fat, her stomach was churning, and today she ate a lot of big oily meat that she usually doesn't eat, she couldn't hold it for a while, her stomach was churning , Opened his mouth and vomited, just from top to bottom, a sour smell of filth spit out Long Xiangye's head and face. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)

ps: Yesterday's double update, the result is that there are still very few pink tickets.My friends and I were shocked.So my little friend suggested that I should not double update. o(╯□╰)o.Is everyone really out of pink tickets?If there is really nothing, I won't ask for it, just squat in the corner and draw a circle...

Thanks to Blossoms and Blossoms for rewarding Heshibi yesterday.Thank you Xiaoxiao Qingsha for the fairy flower fate that was rewarded yesterday.Thanks to enigmayanxi for donating Heshibi, Little Yellow Chicken and Ping An Talisman yesterday.Thank you that I am the little yellow chicken that Zhang Fei tipped yesterday. o(n_n)o