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Chapter 347 Sour Bamboo Shoots and Chicken Skin Soup

Lily was pregnant again, and everyone from the emperor to the servants of Prince Xin's Mansion was overjoyed—Concubine Zhou specially rewarded each of them with two months' money, just to accumulate blessings for the child.

Empress Zhang and Concubine Zhou both believed in Buddhism and Taoism. Although they didn't believe in it, they wanted peace and auspiciousness. Therefore, they ordered the ladies in the palace to choose Buddha beans as alms, and Wang Shizi and others followed suit.

On the contrary, Princess Changping and Princess Zhaoren don't believe in Buddhism and Taoism, and they also don't believe in Baihe.

Lily and sister-in-law talked about the fake monk in Dongshan Temple, Zhaoren stuck out his tongue: "There are such bad people in the world! If the Buddha has spirits, they should all be sent to Abi Hell! But they were still Living very well, it can be seen that the Buddha has a spirit, but it is just delusional."

Princess Changping knew more, and sighed: "Thanks to your cleverness, during the few years when I was in charge of the Imperial Army, I had a lot of contacts with the Jinyiwei. I saw their documents exchanged, and the nunnery of the monastery is the most dirty place. Every year, Jin Yiwei and the local government just want to check the monster monks and nuns, and they don’t know how many there are. In order to stun the monster monks and lose their virginity, there are more than hundreds of people hanged and thrown into the river every year!"

Zhaoren said angrily: "This kind of monster deserves to be hacked into pieces!"

Princess Changping said with a smile: "It's not just a thousand cuts to pieces. Anyone who is caught will either be sent to Nanyang to do hard labor, or sent to a coal mine. Do you know where the coal we burn in Ming Dynasty now comes from? Nanyang is doing well now. When it was fought down, there were Tufan riots every day, and they didn't dare to attack our Ming army, they only targeted the death row prisoners who were doing hard labor."

As soon as all the achievements were made, the Ming Dynasty opened up its borders and expanded its territory, and naturally made great achievements on the mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

Lily smiled and said: "I didn't understand these things, so I thought, if the immortal Buddha has a spirit, I will offer him a stick of incense and ask for many things, but he may not answer me. It's better not to believe it, everyone clean!"

Zhaoren clapped his hands and said, "That makes sense, I'll go ask my concubine right now."

Bai He hurriedly stopped her: "This is just a little thought on my part, and the concubine mother may not necessarily believe in gods and Buddhas, but please rest assured, what are you going to expose her for?"

Originally, Empress Zhang and Princess Zhou didn't believe in these things. Since all the children born to Empress Zhang died, she began to believe in the words of Buddhism and Taoism, and she had to recite the mantra of rebirth 49 times a day.

Concubine Zhou thought that after Zhu Cixuan died, she lit the ever-burning lamp in the temple, and invited Taoist priests to perform ritual rituals, just for peace of mind, so as not to be torn apart by the pain of losing a child.

"Your brother and sister are right, stop messing around." Chang Ping spoke, but Zhaoren dared not listen.

Lily then talked about something else: "When will the eldest sister's girls' school open to South Zhili? In our Qingliu town, there are also some clever girls who can't get into the school. They learn to tailor clothes and cook with their mothers in their teens. There are also people who marry at the age of fourteen or fifteen."

Myolie and Lily are so smart when they learn arithmetic and reading. They are not much worse than the good students Lily taught in her previous life. If you want to say that Lily is better than ordinary village women, it is her advantage of being able to read and write. She thinks reading is better than not reading better.

Princess Changping said: "It's coming soon, it will be able to drive in a few years, and Brother Xuan will need to take care of it nearby. If you have a daughter in the future, you will have to send it to a girls' school."

Lily put her palms together and looked at the sky, saying: "If there is such a day, it will be the best!"

Xing'er is afraid that she won't be able to wait until the girls' school opens to Taiping County, but Yuanyuan and Tingyu still have hope.

Zhaoren looked at Lily's belly and said, "I heard people say that a round belly gives birth to a daughter, and a pointed belly gives birth to a son. Second sister-in-law, are you round or round?"

Lily looked down: "I haven't shown my bosom yet, how can I tell? Besides, that's not always accurate. Before I was born, everyone said I looked like a girl."

Chang Ping suddenly said: "Mother is the happiest when you are pregnant."

Concubine Zhou was indeed happier than others. She came late and whispered to King Xin and whispered to her ears: "Brother Xuan has a weird and stubborn temper. I can't talk to him. But there is one thing, his wife is pregnant. It’s easy to hurry, when Brother Xuan’s daughter-in-law is born, it will be winter again, and when the child grows up to be able to travel long distances, two or three years will be enough.”

Two or three years, isn't it enough for Brother Xuan to regard the capital as his own?The more Princess Zhou thought about it, the happier she became, wishing that Lily's stomach would immediately swell up like a blow.

But she didn't know that Song Haonian and his wife had planned long ago: "When the moon is light, they dare not move. When Brother Can gets married, it will happen to be around four or five months, and he will go back to the countryside. At that time, the capital is gradually heating up, but Qingliu Town Cool off."

Although Taiping County is to the south of the capital, Qingliu Town is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and there are countless old willow trees for shade. In summer, ice is never used, and it is much cooler than the drier and sweltering capital.

Song Haonian also said: "If it weren't for the different identities of the parents, I still want to take them to the town to support them."

Lily thought about the humid climate in her hometown, "You and your father, queen, mother and concubine can talk about it. If they get impatient in the capital one day, they might as well go to the town to relax."

Even so, both of them knew that the journey was far away, and King Xin and Princess Wang probably would never go to Taiping County in the future. They were young, so they could come to the capital to visit their parents every year.

Since Lily became pregnant, her taste became weird again. One day she would eat sour food, and the next day she would eat spicy food. Fortunately, the palace has abundant supplies. There are only things she can't think of, and there is nothing she can't eat.

One day, I suddenly wanted to eat sour bamboo shoots and chicken skin soup. When I thought of the name, I was so greedy that I swallowed my saliva: This sour bamboo shoots and chicken skin soup can be regarded as a rich dish. Ordinary farmers, who would use the chicken skins of several chickens to match it?
Song Haonian was about to give orders, but Lily said again: "You don't need them to do it, just bring the sour bamboo shoots and chicken skin, and I will cook and eat it myself."

This soup is not difficult to make, but it is rare to use good ingredients. The sour bamboo shoots and chicken skin are put into the broth and cooked, and the thick white soup, light yellow sour bamboo shoots and tender raw chicken skin come out.

This chicken is a free-range chicken sent from Huangzhuang. The skin is smooth and firm, full of elasticity, fat but not greasy.

The hot and sour bamboo shoots are appetizing, and the lily is eaten with soup and rice. You can eat two small bowls.After dinner, he walked on the gravel path in the yard to digest food, and Ruzhen followed his mother like a little ball, just rushing forward dully.

Inadvertently, Lily stopped in her tracks, Ruzhen bumped her head against her calf unexpectedly, and fell back to sit on the ground.

"Ouch," Lily quickly knelt down to look at Ruzhen, "Does it hurt?"

Ruzhen didn't mean to cry at all, he laughed happily, stretched out his chubby hand to pat Lily's knees, got up and walked forward holding Lily's skirt.

Lily smiled and talked to her son: "Where is Ruzhen's little nose?"

Ruzhen was taught early, and she reached out to touch her nose, and Lily lowered her head and kissed him, then asked, "Where are Ruzhen's ears?"

Ruzhen was stunned for a moment, and pointed to his mouth first, seeing no response from his mother, then pointed to his ear, Lily praised him: "Ruozhen is really smart!" The mother and son had a great time playing.

There are no stupid people in the lineage of the emperor and the king of Xin. If his father is born smart, Lily's side is not bad in terms of agility.

Coupled with the fact that Lily had learned some pedagogy in her previous life, she was naturally very caring towards her son, teaching her son bit by bit, Ruzhen seemed extraordinarily smart and lovable, even Princess Zhou said: "Ruzhen really makes people wonder. How do you love him? If you want to go back to the countryside, leave Ruzhen with me."

Lily was naturally reluctant, but she couldn't speak directly to Princess Zhou, so she had to grind Song Haonian to intercede.Song Haonian knew that Princess Zhou just said this: "How old is Ruzhen, how can I leave my parents? Even if my mother wants him to accompany me, I have to wait for him to be ten years old before he can fulfill our filial piety for us. Now you What kind of heart are you talking about?"

Bai He was still worried: "At first we only had one son, so Mother Concubine naturally couldn't bear him to be separated from us, but I still have one in my stomach, I'm afraid Mother Concubine really wants to keep him."

Song Haonian couldn't laugh or cry, his daughter-in-law became paranoid when she was pregnant, and she was more timid than usual, he had no choice but to go to the princess and say: "Let's take Zhenzhen back to the countryside, and when he grows up, send him to I am filial to my mother."

Concubine Zhou agreed with regret, and asked him again: "My lord, let me ask you, how do you plan on the matter of enlightenment?"

Song Haonian was dumbfounded: "How old is he!"

A baby who is only two years old, still can't speak clearly, and the road is not stable, so how can he mention enlightenment.

The concubine said: "I'm not yet a prince. It's a pity that you missed school when you were young. You must make up for it with Ruzhen, and don't allow him to follow in your footsteps."

Song Haonian really didn't know what to say, so he said after a while: "That will have to wait until he is three or four years old, let's see what he is like now, teach him where his ears are today, and forget them tomorrow, how can he be enlightened in reading? "

The king of Xin is not used to raising children, so he really doesn't know how to raise these children, but the princess is still clear: "I'm just asking you for the prince, you don't listen to the prince's nonsense. In the future, even if you really go to school, you don't have to force him. Tell him to learn whatever he likes."

The princess strictly controlled the studies of her sons, but she loved her grandson very much.

Song Haonian smiled and agreed, he didn't worry about his parents doting on his grandson, anyway his wife also valued his studies, he was afraid that he would be stricter than the princess, with her watching, if he really wanted to imitate Song Haojie, there would be no time for such fools.

Song Haonian sometimes thinks about Lily urging him to read, and he can't help laughing: If it wasn't for his daughter-in-law urging him to learn Chinese characters, how could he want to learn from those idiots?
It was only when he followed the prince to sacrifice to heaven that he realized that literacy is important. He can write and read letters from his wife, and he can relieve fatigue more than anything on the road.

Concubine Xin wanted to take the opportunity to hint that Song Haonian would stay in Beijing for a while, but who knew that he didn't know what he was thinking, so he laughed alone.

The princess said: "You child, is it possible that you have a demonic obstacle?"

Only then did Song Haonian wake up: "Mother, don't blame me, since my daughter-in-law is pregnant again, I can't suppress the joy in my heart, as long as I sit there, I can't stop laughing."

(End of this chapter)