Zhu Men Ji Shi

Chapter 379 The Grange ([-])

The carriage drove slowly, and after leaving the city, they walked slowly for more than an hour before arriving at their destination.

Outside the gate, there were already plainly dressed farmers and women standing to greet them. They were all tenants of the Zhu family, and they were ordered to come over and serve.

As a tenant, to have the opportunity to serve the owner is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime blessing.Therefore, the expressions on their faces all looked a little nervous and excited.

Looking around, there are patches of green fields everywhere, and the breeze mixed with the smell of green grass and soil blows towards the face, which makes people feel refreshed.

Shen Yuechen hugged Zhu Ying, and smiled contentedly: "This place is beautiful, isn't it?"

Zhu Ying nodded repeatedly.

It was also the first time for her to go out, and everything she saw was new, but she felt a little scared.

She grabbed the corner of Shen Yuechen's clothes and asked cautiously: "Is this our new home?"

Shen Yuechen touched her head, said with a smile: "That's right, we want to stay here for a while."

Zhu Ying looked outside, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Mother, can I go down and find my brother?"

Shen Yuechen nodded and said, "Go."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Ying jumped out of the carriage like a happy little rabbit.

It's just a wheat field that hasn't grown yet, but the children are already as happy as they are in the New Year.

Shen Yuechen supported Cuixin's hand, got off the carriage, looked at the smiling Zhu Jintang, and praised: "This is indeed a good place."

Zhu Jintang took her hand, pointed to the open door opposite and said, "Look inside, you will feel better."

Shen Yuechen supported his arm, let Wu Ma hug the drowsy brother Xuan, and walked into the courtyard first.

"To the young master, please greet the young mistress." A burst of untidy greetings sounded.

Shen Yuechen nodded to them.

Looking at their appearance, you can tell that they are out-and-out peasants, with shy expressions, dark complexion, and simple and honest smiles on their faces.

Walking into the courtyard door, you will face a spacious and bright courtyard. The place is not big, but it is kept clean and tidy.

There are rooms on all sides of the courtyard, the one in the middle is the main room, and there are side rooms and side rooms on both sides. There is a tall locust tree in the center of the courtyard, and a stone well under the tree.

Zhu Jintang looked around the yard and said, "It's not a big place, but it has all internal organs."

Shen Yuechen said with satisfaction: "I also think it's good, the room is enough."

Suddenly, Brother Xuan was crying from behind, and Mama Wu patted him on the back in a panic, and coaxed him softly, "Little baby, don't cry, don't cry."

Shen Yuechen saw Brother Xuan nestled in her arms and whimpered and cried non-stop, so he quickly stretched out his hand and said, "Perhaps the place has changed, this child must be born."

Zhu Jintang took the first step and took Brother Xuan with one hand, "Let me hug you, you are inconvenient."

Brother Xuan was really afraid of death, leaning his little head on Zhu Jintang's shoulder, and slowly stopped crying.

Zhu Jintang hugged brother Xuan with one hand, and held Shen Yuechen again with the other hand, the two intertwined their fingers, looked at each other and smiled, their affectionate appearance aroused the envy of others.

I heard earlier that the young master's family is a good-looking talent, and today I saw that it really lived up to its reputation. This eldest young mistress is also a beautiful person. Standing together, the two are really a perfect match.

Brother Ming and Zhu Ying came in with a bouquet of wild flowers from the edge of the field, distributed one to each of the maids and wives, and insisted that they all pin it on their heads.

Miss and Master's instructions were also instructions, and everyone had no choice but to wear flowers, even Wu Ma had to do the same.

Zhu Ying left the reddest and most beautiful flower to Shen Yuechen, and even stood on tiptoe to put it on her head.

Shen Yuechen felt warm in his heart, reached out and tapped the noses of the two children, and said angrily: "You two naughty children, you got a hand full of dirt, wash it off quickly, we are going to have dinner."

Wu Ma smiled and pulled them to wash their hands in the yard. Taking advantage of this moment, those waiting outside the door came forward to say hello.

The leading middle-aged man, surnamed Sun Mingchang Sheng, was followed by his wife, Chen Shi, and several of his relatives.

"The yard is well cleaned up, you have worked hard."

"Grandma is too polite. We all write about country people, and we do things rough. Please forgive us for any inappropriateness."

Zhu Jintang said, "Is everything in the kitchen ready?"

Sun Changsheng stepped forward: "Back home, the rice and white noodles are the best. There is a large vegetable field in the backyard of the farm, which grows into vegetables. This year's peach harvest is not good, and watermelons and melons are abundant. Some people put some in the well, and it tastes more refreshing. Also, in order to entertain the young master and the young lady, they raised some little rabbits and ducklings in the backyard."

After listening to Shen Yuechen, she felt that they were really careful in doing things, and she couldn't help feeling a little more satisfied in her heart.

The meals have already been prepared, and they are all farm specialties.

There is a large pot full of stewed chicken with mushrooms, the meat is tender and the soup is thick, and there is a circle of small quail eggs on the side of the pot, which are all pre-steamed and sprinkled with coriander powder.

The stewed pork in casserole is also full of weight, filled to the brim, fat and thin, ruddy and soft.The children began to secretly swallow their saliva just by smelling the fragrance.

Meat dishes are heavy, but vegetables are also essential.Stir-fried garlic sprouts with mung bean sprouts are green in color.Stir-fried cabbage with fungus, black and white, refreshing cold potato shreds, sweet and crisp pickled radish, and the finale is pork ribs and taro soup.

There are meat and vegetables, well matched, even Zhu Jintang, who has always been picky, nodded in praise: "The preparation is good."

The children don't eat much for breakfast, so they will all feel hungry now.

Brother Ming was about to eat the chicken leg, and Zhu Ying wanted to pick it up for him herself, but the chicken leg was too big and heavy for her to pick up with chopsticks, so she had to help the maids in the end.

Brother Ming didn't hesitate to take the trouble, grabbed the chicken leg and gnawed it down, rubbing his mouth full of oil.

Brother Ming's diet has never been very elegant, but fortunately he is young and a boy, so he eats more solid food, but he looks cute and lovable.

The elders in the family like to take him to eat together. Just watching him eat so satisfyingly, his appetite has improved a lot, and he has eaten more.

Seeing his son's naive eating, Zhu Jintang simply rolled up his cuffs and stretched out his hand.

Seeing this, Shen Yuechen was slightly taken aback, and asked, "You want to eat like this, too?"

Zhu Jintang raised his lips and said with a smile: "It's not at home, it's just us, it's better to be more comfortable, how comfortable it is."

Shen Yuechen also smiled, and only said to Zhu Ying who was watching the fun, "We are ladies, so we don't eat like them."

Zhu Ying giggled, then picked up the chopsticks upright, carefully picked up a quail egg, and ate it slowly.

Although they are all common and visible dishes, they have a special taste after being skillfully and simply cooked by the peasant housewives.

After this meal, everyone ate very well.

Brother Ming's stomach was full, and it felt swollen to the touch, which made Wu Ma a little worried, for fear that he had accumulated food.

Fortunately, Brother Ming was very active. After eating, he became more energetic and took Zhu Ying straight to the backyard.

Shen Yuechen didn't stop him either, thinking to himself, it would be good to let him digest it.

Although Zhu Xiao can walk and jump, he doesn't like to move very much, and he has to take a nap at noon.

Shen Yuechen let the maids go to eat and rest, and walked around the room with Brother Xuan in his arms.

To be honest, she was a little stuffed just now, and she couldn't do without some exercise.

Zhu Jintang went to see his horse, and then came back to rest, seeing her hugging Brother Xuan, he hurriedly said: "The child is so heavy, can you do it?"

Shen Yuechen smiled and said: "He's so heavy! It's not even six months old, and I can still hug him."

Obviously it was time to take a nap, but Brother Xuan was still not sleepy, pulling Shen Yuechen's hair with open hands, babbling, making a sound that others could not understand.

Brother Xuan has started to learn language now, as soon as he wakes up every day, he will keep talking indistinctly like this.

The old lady said that this is a sign of intelligence, which means that he learned the tongue early.

Zhu Jintang stretched out his hand, wanting to take brother Xuan from Shen Yuechen's arms, but Shen Yuechen's hair was still wrapped around his little hands, and the strands of hair were tangled together, making it difficult to sort out.

Zhu Jintang was not very good at teasing children, and he didn't know how to play with them, so he could only sit quietly and watch how Shen Yuechen coaxed him to sleep little by little.

It took Shen Yuechen a cup of tea to put Brother Xuan to sleep, and her hair was also tied up by him.

Shen Yuechen had no choice but to loosen all her hair and comb it again.

Zhu Jintang sat by the bed, gently pinched his son's tender cheeks, but was dissuaded softly by Shen Yuechen: "Master, don't wake him up."

Brother Xuan's little face is round and puffy, anyone who sees it can't help but want to pinch it.

Zhu Jintang withdrew his hand and said with a smile: "Just now I said I'm not tired, but this will be too much."

Shen Yuechen gave him an angry look, stopped talking, and just concentrated on those knotted hair.

This strand of hair is all tangled together, it seems that if you want to separate it, you have to carefully do it one by one.

Zhu Jintang got up slowly, came to her side, sat down next to her, stretched out his hand to stroke her long black hair, and said, "Come, let me take a look for you."

His fingers were slender and flexible, and with three or five strokes, he untied the messy hair.

Shen Yuechen sighed contentedly, and simply said coquettishly: "Master, help me comb my hair."

Zhu Jintang was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, then reached for the wooden comb on the table, and said softly to himself, "I've never combed my hair before."

Shen Yuechen heard it clearly, and couldn't help pursing her lips and snickering.

Zhu Jintang was afraid of hurting her, so he used very lightly, and didn't even touch the scalp.

After he finished combing, Shen Yuechen deliberately went to the mirror to take a picture, and said half-jokingly: "Well, the uncle is really ingenious, and this skill is not worse than the girl's."

(End of this chapter)