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286. Imperial City No. 21

Although Mrs. He always looks like she is very nervous now, she has been reunited in the imperial capital with her daughter whom she hasn't seen for more than ten years. Not to mention that she is not so busy, even if she is so busy, she has to push her job and reunite with her daughter.

As for the fact that since his daughter came, Mrs. He has not been stingy anymore. Seeing that the sky was either chicken or duck, she was cooking for her daughter, and she secretly said to her daughter, "The feng shui of this imperial capital is good. You and your son-in-law are not old. You can have a good condition and have a third child. The son-in-law's future is right now, so it's better to have a few more."

"Oh, mom, forget it." Aunt He was in her forty years and said, "Just now I can't finish it."

"What's the matter with Ayi and Ayu? I've just asked Dean Xia. Dean Xia said that the children are very attentive to study." Since becoming a scholar, Mrs. He has been particularly concerned about the studies of her grandchildren. Of course, she used to be particularly concerned about her grandchildren's studies, so now she has to add a special one before, that's very special. Because she is familiar with Dean Xia, she often asks Dean Xia to care more about her children. Feng Yi and Feng Yu are both exquisite and meticulous in their own father and mother.

Although the people who raised them are inevitably a little bit of a young man, they are very serious in their studies. Moreover, the two children are not stupid. They have been studying since childhood, and Feng Yi is already a scholar, so Dean Xia has a good evaluation of the children. This is also very proud of Mrs. He. After all, Mrs. He has published educational books. If the children at home are not good, Mrs. He will inevitably feel that he is not straight. The children are doing well now, so Mrs. He is more confident in his great career of writing books!

The children taught so well that she advised her daughter to have another one.

Aunt He doesn't have the heart to have another child, and she has had a very troubled thing recently, so she has not had a good time for nearly half a year. Now when she sees her mother, she told her mother, "Since our old lady passed away, our great-grandson married another house, the affairs of her hometown have never stopped. I wrote to her all day long and said that the family was difficult, so she asked her husband to send the money back. When the money was sent back, half of the land would be a blessing, and I don't know where the rest would go. Since my husband had time to do it, he knew

In the mansion, the great master sent the new wife's brothers to find the minister to make an appointment. If he was a capable person, he would naturally have to help him. For our new wife's brothers, I don't want to mention anything! I went there for a walk in the mansion's kilns within three and a half days! When my husband saw this, he couldn't do it, so he quickly sent him back. You don't know, something happened a few days ago, and I almost didn't piss off. Our great master made a marriage for Ayi!"

Mrs. He is a grandmother. She has her own opinions on the marriage of her grandchildren, saying, "Although the grandfather of the in-laws is Ayi's grandfather, it is reasonable to get married to Ayi, but you should have told you about this?"

"Isn't that the only thing!" Aunt Chen was so angry that she thought about it now. "If it was such a good daughter, I would only be happy. Mom, don't you know which daughter the great-grandson appointed for Ayi? It was the niece of the new wife, the granddaughter of the uncle who was visiting the kiln in Manchu. She had such a grandfather. You said, "I dare to call Ayi to pick up the granddaughter of his family? I was so angry that I couldn't eat for three days!"

When Mrs. He heard about this, she became furious and scolded her daughter first. "Just awesome. You can't eat for three days. You're so fucking so angry that I can't eat for three days! If you're so angry, then I'll be proud! Then I'll arrange A Yu's marriage! Humph!" Then she scolded Feng's family, "A idiot who has never seen a woman in eight lives! What kind of serious people will promise a good daughter to be a second wife for him. I think he's confused. I don't know if it's his grandson's marriage or his second wife!"

After scolding Feng's in-laws, Mrs. He asked her daughter, "What's going on with this matter? What do you say about the son-in-law?"

"My husband was quite angry, and he wrote a letter to refuse." As for her husband's position, Aunt He was quite pleased. Aunt He said, "Since my husband rejected this marriage for Ayi, the great-grandson has never written a letter to her. The second uncle at home said that the great-grandson was quite angry."

"I love to write but not write!" said Mrs. He, "It's only good if you don't write! Who still lacks ancestors? I'm really confused and confused, can't tell the difference between relatives and distant people? Could it be that the second wife's family will give him a care for him in the future?"

Then, Mrs. He made a summary, "It's all your mother-in-law. I don't know if you haven't eaten pomegranates in your eight lives. You can choke to death by pomegranate seeds! When your mother-in-law was alive, she would say something, and your father-in-law didn't dare to put a single fart!"

Alas, her mother's words are really rough and not rough. When her mother-in-law was in the Feng family, although the Feng family was just a normal person, her father-in-law was at least normal. At that time, Aunt He would occasionally think that her mother-in-law was too powerful and would be like a sick cat, and she could not do anything at all at home. Only then did she realize that her father-in-law was just not in charge of her! Aunt He sighed, "What's the use of saying this? If she had her mother-in-law here, I wouldn't have to worry like this."

Old Niang He turned her eyes and thought of a way for her daughter, saying, "This is actually easy. A Yi is a nineteenth adult, so she will just make a marriage for him."

The mother and daughter were completely in tune with each other in this matter. Aunt He said, "I'm planning this matter too." He said to his mother quietly, "It turns out that Zijin is a good person to beat a child, but I haven't seen him for these years, I don't know what Zijin is doing. I'm just thinking that when my husband is missing, I'll let Ayi go to our house... As a result, there's no need to go... Why did Zijin decide the marriage so early?" Aunt He was quite regretful. She didn't feel that her parents' home was not

If your family doesn't like your niece in your parents' home. Feng Yi is the eldest son after all, and Aunt He really prefers her niece in your parents' home. Not to mention it, her niece knows the truth, and she will be close to her mother-in-law when she becomes a wife in the future. Alas, the two families are far apart, and her son is anxious for the imperial examination, so she didn't care about it for a while. Seeing that her niece is so angry and outspoken, Aunt He regrets that she is too late and can't help but complain to her mother.

Speaking of He Zijin's marriage, there were many twists and turns. He and his daughter talked about the whole story of the engagement between her girl and A Nian.

Aunt He knew that there was such a twist and turns in the process. She could recite the Buddha's name directly and said, "I'm so kind, I'm so good, I'm actually doing this! I don't know at all!"

"You are with your son-in-law. Today, I am in the west, tomorrow, where can I find you? Fortunately, our girl is really blessed, and there are people helping her everywhere, and there is no danger." Speaking of her girl, Old Lady He was quite proud and said to her daughter, "Don't you know, just our girl is in the Taoist temple on Furong Mountain, and she has a good reputation. She is the uncle of the Crown Princess."

Mrs. He had already told Chen's family several times before this. This time, she still felt strange to her daughter, let alone Aunt He who heard this for the first time. Aunt He's squinting eyes inherited from Mrs. He's eyes were so wide that they were shocked. She couldn't believe it and asked repeatedly, "What's the case?" Isn't this a coincidence? Just a master in the Taoist temple is the uncle of the current crown princess. What kind of luck is this!

"Not it." Old Madam He actually wanted to show off, but her girl said it was not a casual way to talk about royal affairs. So, except for telling Chen's family, Mr. He has been holding on for a long time. Anyway, her daughter is not an outsider, so she first reminded her daughter, "I just told you, don't talk about it." Then, she showed off her to the fullest, "Our girl came to the imperial capital to see the world, and she has seen the crown princess, the emperor and the empress dowager."

This time, Aunt He's eyes were almost in shock. After hearing her mother say carefully, Aunt He recited Buddha again, and this time she was convinced, "We Zijin, you really have luck."

"Isn't that? That girl is lucky and brave. If it were me, she wouldn't be able to speak when she saw the emperor. The emperor gave her a great silver fox cloak. The crown princess gave her a garland, and later, the empress dowager gave her a better piece." As she said that, she stood up and opened the three-layer lock, and gave the empress dowager to her own maid. Then, the maid gave her the garland that was kept by her daughter, and said, "It's okay to open my eyes!"

Although Aunt He has been a magistrate and has seen some good things on weekdays, there are so many good things in the empress dowager's harem, and it is not ordinary to take out any one. Aunt He couldn't help but say, "This is really a treasure. Look at the jade inlaid on it and the water head, all are excellent jade, and the gems are of high quality. And the inlaying craftsmanship, this is not a craft that ordinary craftsmen can have!"

"That's it! This is what the Empress Dowager admires our girl. I will keep it for her so that she won't lose it accidentally. There is also a piece that the Crown Princess admires her, which is smaller than this one, she will take it away by herself." After giving her daughter some appreciation, she wrapped the necklace in red silk cloth, took it back into the mahogany box, then locked it with a small lock outside, and then got up and put it back into the cabinet in her house. There was a small box in the cabinet. He put the box in the box, locked the box, and then closed the cabinet door, and added a large copper lock outside the cabinet, which was kept tightly. In He Zijin's words, the thief knew to steal the cabinet first. When He Zijin said this, he made He scold her very much, thinking that the girl could not speak!

Aunt He said, "This is also Zijin is smart, otherwise everyone would appreciate her anywhere." Thinking that her niece's blessing was unusual, it was strange that she could match Tanhualang. Even her magistrate's wife, she had never seen the queen mother, let alone the queen mother rewarded her.

"I say the same thing. This girl is so angry that she is very sensible outside." Old Madam He said happily, "not only is she apt, but she also has a strong husband. As soon as she got married with A Nian, A Nian turned to understand Yuan. Now, when she came to the imperial capital, A Nian then got hit on Tanhua. Isn't this all our girls prosperous? Not only are they lucky, but they also know how to live. Although they are a bit overwhelming, they have earned 400 taels of silver in the past four months of coming to the imperial capital. Although this is not much in the imperial capital, it will definitely be enough to get married in the future."

"Not much?" Although Aunt He is the prefect, she is not a big-handed person. She said, "Even in the imperial capital, four hundred taels is not enough. How can Zijin make money? Mom, tell me, why is this girl so smart?" Her mother said, she regretted not taking action earlier.

Mrs. He then talked about selling books by his own girl movies. Mrs. He said, "There are some books sold in our hometown. At that time, A Nianzhong learned about Yuan and asked A Nian to write books. My girl movies insisted that I write one too. Oh, you said, I haven't been to school, so how do I write books? Later, it was the girl movies that I taught me, but I didn't write some profound articles, just how to cultivate A Nian and A Gong. I know this. Later, I said, "You remember the girl movies. You don't know what my books sell, and A Nian and Uncle Shen's books sell more than 10,000 each. The most popular book I sold, and I printed three thousand copies a few days ago. In the end, the profit of the girl movies is not enough to beat four hundred taels."

Aunt He kept nodding as she heard this, "Zi Jin looks like a younger brother and sister, and has been smart since she was a child."

What's this?

My dear daughter, say such inconsiderate words!

It is said that my daughter is my mother’s caring little cotton jacket!

Isn't Mrs. He the least likes to hear this now? She complained to her daughter with a bad face, "How do you look like your eyes? She is also the magistrate's wife, and she has no vision at all. The girl looks a bit like her uncle's family, but she looks just outside. She is smart inside and she can live her life now, but she doesn't follow me. If you want to say that she looks like your father, I believe it."

Aunt He:...

As the saying goes, filial piety, and obedience means filial piety.

Aunt He thought hard and laughed, "Zi Jin loves cooking, she looks really like my father. My father was so at that time, so she liked to make delicious food for us."

"No, I'm sorry, I've got a lot of money to him. In fact, he didn't eat much, mainly for our mother and three of us. Your father often said, I'm the girl of the master. After following him, he only suffers but does not enjoy happiness. Although he can't afford to be a big cause, he can't make us wrong in eating." Recalling the old man underground, Old Madam He turned to laugh, "The same is true for girls. She has been greedy since she was a child, and she can't feel wronged. When she was a child, she saw the sky.

My son pestered me to buy cakes for her. At that time, our family had no current life. She was so stingy. There were several cakes in the county, and the old Yangtou cake shop in front of the vegetable market was the cheapest. She didn't eat it at all and insisted on eating the cakes from Piaoxiangyuan. Oh, Piaoxiangyuan is so expensive. Every time I asked me to buy it for her private house. I thought at the time, this is really a greedy person. When it gets older, I will eat fish today and shrimp tomorrow.

I also think that I will be a spendthrift who will not live a life in the future. I will worry about her if I beat her up. I don’t think that everyone has their own luck. Girls are delicious and people can eat them. I have even practiced Zhou Pozi’s skills. Zhou Pozi is a very famous cook in our county. Anyone who treats guests or banquets in the county, if they are arranged at home, they must invite Zhou Pozi. Even when they come to the imperial capital, our house is also Zhou Pozi.

I was so proud of my family. Everyone who came said that the food was not bad. My girl was even more greedy when she was a child, and she would simmer when she grew up. She had a skill and didn’t know how she simmered it. She opened a roast duck shop with Sanya in our county. Oh, the shop was so popular that it was more than 200 taels a year. I also said that I couldn’t do a big business in my hometown, so I wanted to ask Sanya and Awen to come to the imperial capital to sell roast duck. Do you think this idea is OK?"

Aunt He thought for a moment and said, "The idea is a good idea. Anything with a secret recipe can be sold at a price as long as it tastes delicious. The imperial capital is large, with many people and more rich people, so it is natural to make money. But the same is true. When doing business in our hometown, Sanyatou's family is a big family in our Bishui County, so naturally no one dares to make trouble. If you do business in the imperial capital, you have to find a backer. Otherwise, not to mention the bopi on the street, even the people in the yamen would not be able to withstand their autumn wind."

Mrs. He is also alive at this age and knows that his daughter is talking about the truth. Mrs. He said, "Then I will tell the girl tomorrow and ask her to ask Uncle Chen. Uncle Chen has been in the imperial capital for a long time and must know a lot."

Aunt He said, "That's the same."

Old lady He was not too worried about this. She was happy as she spoke and said, "Tomorrow, I'll ask Mrs. Zhou to buy two fat ducks. Later, you can try the roast duck made from girls. It's very fragrant!"

Mrs. He said it was so polite. There were several families, and how could two ducks be enough to eat? He Zijin asked him to buy ten ducks and asked Mrs. He to mutter, "Don't you ask you to buy two? Why do you get these things back? I heard the ducks call when I see them."

He Zijin smiled and said, "I don't use the money from the official, this is A Nian's private money to honor his aunt and uncle."

Mrs. He immediately turned anger into joy, and smiled and touched the tender face of her girl's film, and praised her, "It turns out that she is one year older and she is becoming more and more sensible. A Nian is considerate and kind." Turning back, she saw a murdered sheep in the kitchen. Mrs. He asked again, "How can you buy this whole sheep? The sky is getting hotter and hotter, and you can't help but put it on."

He Zijin said, "Apart from the mutton that was used as a side dish, marinate the rest of the morning and eat roasted mutton in the evening."

Old Madam He tsk twice and said to herself, she really knows how to eat.”

He Zijin was not ordinary, and even Aunt He, the prefect, thought that her mother's food was good and not very luxurious. In fact, they were all home-cooked dishes, but they were finely cooked and tasted. The barbecue at night was even more lively. April was already summer, and early summer was not too hot, but there were mosquitoes in the garden. He Zijin and the meatballs were smoked with mugwort in advance, and at night they set up several grills, and the Shen family invited them to eat them together. Three families were eating barbecue. For example, Mrs. Shen, Grandma Chen, is so old that she is not very good, but she can't resist He Zijin's skill. Mrs. Shen said, "Can't bite you anymore, come and talk to your in-laws and ask the children to eat."

Mrs. He looked full of confidence and said, "Don't worry, my in-laws, the meat that our girl roasts is very tender and doesn't take any trouble. Especially the mutton is sprinkled with cumin powder, oh--" Mrs. He tsk twice, swallowed her saliva, and told Chen's in-laws how delicious the barbecue was with that yearning look, which made Chen's family amused.

He Zijin is absolutely first-class in barbecue. This barbecue is not as hot as it is, and if the fire is too hot, it will be too old and savory. He Zijin can be grilled tender, fragrant and full of all kinds. In addition, the meat skewers also have a slight charcoal aroma. For the first time, Mrs. Shen, who has eaten such a skilled barbecue, ate a lot of it, but she was still afraid that she would not digest the meat at night, so she stopped barbecue, ate some roasted vegetables, and drank a bit of fruit wine from time to time.

Old Mrs. Shen said, "Our Zijin is indeed very skilled."

Grandpa Chen nodded, deeply feeling that He's family is blessed.

He Zijin is good at barbecuing and fishing. Except for a few old men, everyone else is done by himself. Uncle Feng, Chen Su, He Gong, also set up a small table and scalded rice wine. While eating barbecue, he was gossiping with wine and gossiping. His appearance and posture were very free and carefree.

A Nian Feng Yi took care of Azhu Adan Jun'er and Brother Zhong'er and prevented them from burning. He Zijin handed a grilled fish to Feng Yu. Feng Yu happily took the grilled fish given by Sister Zijin. Just as he was about to talk to Sister Zijin, his brother suddenly squeezed over and asked for wine with Cousin He quietly. Cousin He said, "Don't you still have to study tomorrow!"

"I won't eat too much, I'll have a few cups and I'll sleep soundly at night."

"Isn't there fruit wine?"

"How can real men eat fruit wine!"

Thinking that the rice wine was not strong, He Zijin asked the meatballs to go to the kitchen to get a pot for Feng Yi. As soon as Feng Yi ate a cup, Uncle Feng called him, "A Yi, come here to hold the pot."

Feng Yi had to put down the wine cup and went to hold the pot. Uncle Feng asked, "Why is it so smelly of alcohol?"

Feng Yi said without changing his expression, "I just ate a few cups of fruit wine, which was sweet, and the smell was just the same."

Uncle Feng did not get deceived and asked Feng Yi to pour wine on the side all night. As a result, Feng Yi didn't enjoy the barbecue and didn't drink the rice wine. He Zijin laughed so hard that Feng Yi was hungry at night, so he wanted to put a bowl of noodles for him. Anyway, A Nian and A Lie had to have a midnight snack, so He Zijin simply made a pot of pickled chicken noodle soup for everyone to eat. He Zijin also made fun of Feng Yi, "This is the end of stealing wine."

Feng Yi bit the chicken and swallowed the noodles, and said, "My father, that's the wind. You're so weird. Why are there so many people staring at me at night? Why don't he stare at A Yu?"

Feng Yu slowly adjusted his mouth and took a sip of the soup. Xiuxiu said angrily, "I didn't mumble with Sister Zijin, of course he wouldn't look at me." He said, "Brother, you are really, our three families are just sister Zijin, and Sister Zijin is just a little red from the bottom of it. You and Sister Zijin are not blind. Our father has been watching you for a long time."

A Xuan was so happy that Feng Yi felt embarrassed and said that his younger brother was hurting the situation, "Then why don't you remind me?"

Feng Yu ignored his brother, A Xuan smiled, "A Yu has always wanted to talk to Sister Zijin. Brother Ayi, you can block him from the front and talk. Of course, A Yu won't remind you."

Just for this little thing!

I can't remind my brother that he didn't eat enough barbecue in one night!

Feng Yi felt that his brother was not his brother, he was completely his enemy in his previous life!

Feng Yu and his brother have no common language. Feng Yu likes sister Zijin more. In Feng Yu's imagination, his sister should be like sister Zijin, who is good-looking, generous, and good at taking care of his younger brother. Feng Yu has never been able to take care of his brother since he was a child. He has been bullied, and he has been a lot of people. His brother has loved to bully him since he was a child, but he hates it. When Feng Yu was a child, he often asked his mother why he had an older brother instead of an older sister. His brother didn't like him, and his brother also often asked his mother why he had a younger brother instead of a younger sister.

So, the relationship between these two brothers can be imagined.

Aunt He was worried about both sons.

After receiving it, Feng Yu realized more and more that not only Zijin's sister was a good sister, but even her future brother-in-law, A Nian, was also a good brother.

After A Nian invited everyone to eat barbecue and roast duck, A Nian also learned from food, clothing, housing and transportation from time to time, and cared for Feng Yu in all aspects, so that Feng Yu was moved to his mother, "Mom, I think Brother A Nian is my biological brother."

Aunt He:...

Not only did Brother A Nian care about Feng Yu, he also cared about Aunt He. He went over to greet him every morning, and sometimes praised Aunt He for his good looks and young people. He accompanied Aunt Feng to talk about his knowledge and asked him about his skills in dealing with people.

Then, A Nian bought small toys for the baby in Shen's belly in advance, customized a car with the old carpenter, and bought the millet cake he liked for He every day. Seeing Tianer flattered Mrs. He, he also took over the work of proofreading the third draft of He's second book, so that Mrs. He could only talk to Aunt He with peace of mind. While A Nian was considerate with Mrs. Shen, she did not forget Mrs. Shen. Dim sums were always double. For Mrs. He's, there were Mrs. Shen, and Mrs. Shen. Then, A Nian bought an ancient poem from the previous dynasty from some bookstore and gave it to Mrs. Chen, which made Mrs. Chen very happy.

In short, in recent days, A Nian's impression in the hearts of the elders has been growing upwards!

The mess made Mrs. He a little confused and asked with her own girl's movie, "What's wrong with A Nian? Why do you always buy me snacks?"

He Zijin said, "Isn't that good?" If you don't take advantage, this is not her grandmother's style!

Mrs. He looked at her squintingly, "Dimm sum is good, but I live my life at home, so where is there any reason to always eat such expensive things? It's just like eating it once every ten or half a month. When you live, don't look down on this little money. Life is saved from these small money, and it will become a lot of money as you save. You tell A Nian, you are not allowed to buy it anymore." For fear that the girl's elbows would turn out, A Nian would never buy her cakes from now on. Mrs. He added, "Don't buy it every day, you can buy it three times a month."

He Zijin:...

Shen smiled and said, "A Xuan's mother has come to tell me. After that, she will go to Xishan Temple and ask the monk to vote for a few auspicious days. Our family will choose one to prepare for marriage."

Only then did Old Madam He suddenly realize and slapped her thigh and said, "Oh! I said, why does A Nian always buy me cakes! It turns out that she is in a hurry to get married!"

Everyone couldn't help laughing, and everyone could see a little, but they just kept laughing and didn't say anything.

Old Madam He figured it out, laughed and said with ease, "Let's hurry up, don't make A Nian anxious."
Chapter completed!
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