take a wife to support the family

Chapter 407 Pan-Fried Fresh Bean Curd

In the past few days of Ruzhen's birthday, the weather has turned cooler, and the lead gray clouds are low, and it seems that it is about to snow.

It was windy outside, and the brazier was burning in the house, so it was not cold at all.But the children like to stay in the east chamber, and when they sit on the kang, it doesn't matter if they wear less clothes, their legs and body are warm.

Lily put a pot of warm water in the corner of the big kang, dripped two drops of rose dew, and put a bamboo cover on the outside to prevent it from being knocked over.

Wenwa Niang came in with a basket, and saw the black tiger crawling out of its hut and wagging its tail. Li Chouwa was warming wine and eating with a few people in the back seat, and greeted with a smile: "Everyone is in the east chamber."

Wen Wa Niang walked around the screen wall, and saw a thick cotton curtain hanging at the door of the east chamber to keep out the wind, but it couldn't stop the bursts of laughter inside.

She opened the door curtain and walked in, only to see little dolls in red and green clothes and shining gold necklaces and jade ornaments all over the room, dazzling people's eyes.

Lily was wearing a water-red jacket, bright green trousers with floral patterns on her bottom, and she was not wearing a skirt. Her hair was tied into a shiny bun. She was sitting on the edge of the kang looking at Hezhen painting flowers——Hezhen Xue If you want to draw a picture, you can draw flowers, even better than Yi'an.

Yi An said unconvinced: "You are a boy, why do you know these things?"

He Zhen said: "Grandpa Huang also made a small house for grandma to play in, and father also drew fans for mother. Why can't I do these things?"

The two brothers and sisters bickered, causing Song Haonian to burst into laughter.

Ruzhen's big head was resting on Song Haonian's lap, his small body was twisting and turning, and his feet kept kicking Xing'er, Xing'er and Hanai grabbed his feet from left to right and tickled him, Ruzhen immediately laughed, Almost died laughing.

Fortunately, the room is big and the kang is spacious, so it can accommodate so many children who refuse to be honest.

Hanzhi and Hanfang were playing sheep gaha, they could care less about the sandbags than the bones, they were picking up sandbags all over the floor, sweating from anxiety.

Suddenly the sandbag fell at Wenwaniang's feet, Hanzhi hurried to pick it up, looked up and saw Wenwaniang, blinked: "Second aunt, an aunt is looking for you."

Wen Wa's mother didn't know whose family these dolls belonged to, but she knew that the dolls of Song Haonian's brothers' family were all treasures, and she felt uncomfortable when she heard that she was called aunt, so she hurriedly said: "I made some new things, bring them with you. Give it a try."

Lily and Song Haonian hurriedly got up and asked Wenwaniang to sit down, and asked Lan Niu to pour honey tea. Lan Niu and the others were cooking sweet potatoes in the kitchen. Hearing the order, they brought a pot of honey tea and added some sweet potatoes: "I just baked it." Well, it's delicious."

The sweet potatoes are roasted hot and flowing with honey, the outside is burnt, the flesh is golden, and a sweet smell wafts out.

Wen Wa Niang also took something from the basket and put it on the kang table, and said with a smile: "You told me that the tofu shop has to be open for a long time, the tofu shop has to be made well, it has to be prosperous, and it has to be fresh. I just made a pan-fried bean curd, you guys have a taste."

Needless to say, the smell of spicy and spicy has attracted the children here. The younger ones love sweets, and Hezhen is a man who does not want to eat sweets like his younger siblings. My eyes lit up.

This thing is said to be bean curd, but it is actually made of rice and mung beans, steamed into soft glutinous bean skin, two pieces of bean skin are wrapped with glutinous rice mixed with shiitake mushrooms and diced pork, fried and sprinkled with chopped green onion to eat, love it If it's spicy, apply another layer of hot sauce.

Lily took two bites and said with a smile, "Why is this glutinous rice so fragrant?"

Wen Wa Niang said: "I mixed some lard into the glutinous rice, the more fried it becomes more fragrant."

Lily asked the children again: "How are you eating?"

He Zhen nodded and said, "Very good."

He cherishes words like gold, and he can act like a baby in front of his own parents, but he is reserved in front of outsiders.Yi'an didn't hold back, and said generously: "It's delicious, even if it's put in the imperial dining room, it's not bad."

The imperial dining room is a place to cook for the emperor!

Wenwaniang's legs softened, and she hurriedly said: "How can you compare with the masters in the imperial dining room? But I messed around, so you can eat well."

Yi An said: "Which dish in the Imperial Dining Room have I never tried? But that's it, Auntie, please tell me how it's made, and I'll teach them to do it later!"

Wenwaniang looked at Lily hesitantly, Lily nodded, and she told Yi'an in detail.

In the middle, Yi An asked from time to time, "Why do mung beans need to be soaked for two hours?" .

After thinking about it, if this little nobleman really asked the master of the imperial dining room to cook it and present it to the emperor, would it be considered that the emperor also ate her food?Wen Wa can live better in the capital.

Wenwaniang actually came back this time because Xu Caiwen hadn't written back for several months, so she had to ask Lily anxiously.

Song Haonian said: "Wenwa and Qingsong are going to Liaodong to work for the imperial court. I think they will be able to return to the capital at the end of the twelfth lunar month. Don't worry. It's just that you can't come back for the New Year this year, you should know."

"They're making a living for themselves, and it's not uncommon for them not to come back for a few years." Wen Wa Niang nodded, but she was still anxious, "It's just such a cold day, and I don't know if his two little brothers have been in the cold."

She didn't know much about the situation in Liaodong, but Song Haonian had heard from Wang Shizi, and now she kept Liaodong's bitter cold away and said: "They are not bachelors going to Liaodong, there are still many people following them, there are also Liaodong Jinyi Guards, and they can't be wronged."

Decades ago, the frontier soldiers of the Ming Dynasty ate coarse grains mixed with sand and mouse feces, and padded jackets filled with catkins. The catkins did not keep warm. Many people did not die on the battlefield, but froze to death in the camp.

Later, the emperor said, no one should suffer from the warriors who defended their homes and the country. They killed corrupt officials from top to bottom, and cut down the palace expenses. That year, there was not even silver frost and charcoal in the palace. The black charcoal smoked the eyes to tears, and the celebration activities were completely cancelled. The New Year's Eve palace banquet, civil and military officials each had a bowl of thin porridge, even the emperor and the empress were no exception.

Up to now, the frontier army has enough food and clothing, and they are extremely powerful in fighting. The surrounding land has been subdued, and any man with a little ambition to make contributions is looking forward to conquering overseas.

That's a long way to go, let's say that Qingsong and Wenwa went to Liaodong to do errands. Although the journey was a bit arduous, they finally got credit because Chen Bin took care of them.

If it was another boss, or because they were too young to be willing to use them, or because Song Haonian spoiled his brother-in-law and would not dare to use them, then Qingsong would really be abandoned in Jinyiwei, and he might have to rely on other people's merits to get promoted.

But how can the credit for grabbing last long?The emperor has paid attention to the green pine, and he can see through it at a glance, and he can't walk around from top to bottom.

Therefore, Qingsong Wenwa and Wenwa went out this time, even though the family members were concerned, they had to let them go.

Qingsong has a daughter-in-law, and Yueniang writes letters home from time to time, so the family can still get news.Wen Wa is a bachelor and has not heard from her for several months, so it's no wonder his mother is in such a hurry.

Lily simply brought out the most important thing on Wenwa's mother's mind and said to her: "Yueniang wrote to her, saying that her sister-in-law wants to talk to Wenwa about a girl, whether it can be done or not depends on whether you, the mother-in-law, are satisfied."

Sure enough, Wenwaniang's eyes lit up, and she asked anxiously, "What kind of girl?"

Lily thought for a while, opened the box to get the letter and said, "I'll tell you slowly." The letter made it clear.

Xu Caiwen was born in the countryside, and there is no brother-in-law who is a county king behind him, but he is as close as a brother to Qingsong, and has a good relationship with Mu San. Both Xinwang Mansion and Mu Wangfu are willing to take care of him. In the capital, he can be regarded as young and capable. Promising bachelor.

In his marriage, it was a little too high or too low: the daughter of a scholar family, I was afraid that people would look down on him as a military brute and would not marry;If his family background is too low, it won't help him in the future; if his family background is too high, people will look down on him.

Therefore, Yueniang's sister-in-law has been watching each other for several months, and none of them has all the four corners.

Wenwa was not in a hurry, he said: "I'm still living in Qingsong's house now, I can't even afford a house of my own, it's not unusual for people to look down on me, in a year or two I can buy one in Beijing." Little house, no matter how married you are, you won’t eat it.”

He thought that he was only in his twenties, and when Song Haonian married Baihe, they were both 24 and [-] miles away. Although the marriage was late, the elder sister-in-law was better than the wives in the town.Qingsong just thought, even if he gets married later, he still wants to find a good girl.

He was not in a hurry, but his mother was in a hurry to get angry, and couldn't sleep all night, so she opened her eyes and said to Wenwa's father: "Last night I dreamed that my mother-in-law came to scold me and asked me why I didn't marry Wenwa. , when will she see her great-grandson?"

Grandma Wenwa died many years ago. When Wenwaniang first married, she taught her mother-in-law a lesson. She trembled with fear when she saw her mother-in-law.

Wen Wa's father said: "He is in the capital, so he must marry a daughter-in-law from the capital. How can a girl in the capital be easy to marry? It is easy to find a wife in the countryside. If you don't feel wronged by our son, just find one for him."

Naturally, Wen Wa's mother still hoped that Wen Wa would marry a girl from the capital, so she had to sniff her nose and get up to work.

Wenwa's father pondered for a while, and finally bought a knife and paper to go to his mother's grave. He squatted in front of the grave and said, "Mother, Wenwa is not too old. He will marry a good wife later. In a few years, there will be a bunch of them." The baby calls you the old lady. My daughter-in-law is timid, so if you want to dream about it, you can come to me, don't scold her."

Coincidentally, the sister-in-law of Yueniang is also surnamed Li. Li's natal family is an old family in the capital. Since becoming the ancestor, she moved from Nanjing to Beijing with her, and has not moved for hundreds of years.

Li's natal family is also a military household now, and there are quite a few girls who can get it. This time, the one I want to tell Wenwa is the daughter of one of Li's cousins.

Since the matchmakers only say good things and not bad things, you will have three points of benefits, and they will give you ten points. Yueniang has never seen that girl, so she just wrote her sister-in-law's words exactly, please Wen The baby girl makes up her own mind.

When Wen Wa Niang heard that she was Li's niece, she was stunned: "Isn't this generation a bit short?"

(End of this chapter)