In the kitchen of Lai Lu’s house, the full moon banquet has already ended. Ruyi, Yanzhi Hongxia and Sister E are all helping Ruyi’s mother clean up the things she does for the big mat.
It’s cold in winter and water turns into ice. Ruyi Niang rarely takes care of her job in winter, but the son of Wanmei is full moon, and Madam Wang comes to invite her in person. She said that the invitation only gave only acquaintances from both the East and West Mansions, and there were no foreign guests. Everyone’s acquaintances gathered together lively, and only set up a dozen tables, and Ruyi Niang agreed.
Of course, Ruyi’s mother agreed readily because Madam Wang gave Ruyi a few days off when she was busy and asked Ruyi to come home to help her. As long as she could be with her daughter, Ruyi’s mother would be willing to do anything.
Yanzhi Hongxia came to eat the mat with the gifts, and after the mat, she went to the kitchen to help clean it up.
There were so many people working quickly, and the pots and pans quickly filled a car. Ruyi’s mother put more than a dozen knives that had been polished by everyone into the leather box. Jiujie and Changsheng helped to carry the car. The father and son first transported the guy back to Siquan Lane, and then rushed over to pick up the women.
Finally got idle, Ruyi cooked a pot of hot Pu’er tea, added sweet braised kumquats, and it was fragrant and fragrant. The women sat around the tea stove and chatted with Ruyi’s mother’s freshly fried pine nuts with fine sand and coarse salt. Ruyi Niang’s pine nuts are very good, and they are easy to peel until they are all open and they are not muddy.
Full Moon Beverage, the newborn Laien is of course the protagonist, Ruyi praised the name for good, “… If you take the imperial examination and become an official, your name is very important. Let’s not talk about others, just talk about the relatives of the Zhang family, Zhu Xizhou, Wang Yanlin’s eldest uncle, in the imperial examination that year, was 107, ranking behind 100, and the position was behind. “
“So, during the palace examination, the late emperor saw that his name was Zhu Xizhou. Zhu was the national surname of our Ming Dynasty. The Zhou Dynasty had a lifespan of nearly 800 years. The name means that my Ming Dynasty’s lifespan is comparable to that of the Zhou Dynasty. The name is really auspicious. The late emperor personally mentioned it and named Zhu Xizhou as the first top scholar in the palace examination. It can be seen how important the name is. If you choose a good name, you can jump from 107 to the first place.”
Everyone sighed and gave a good name, which changed their destiny.
Ruyi’s mother and Youxuan said, “My family knows so much! I know these experiences. Miss Wang is now married to the Zhu family. How is she doing?”
Ruyi of course heard from Wang Yanlin about Zhu Xizhou’s Ruyi, “Miss Wang married Zhu Xizhao, the younger brother of Zhu Xizhao. Zhu Xizhao likes to copy the tombstones of the top scholars of the Song and Yuan dynasties in various places. Ms. Wang travels with her husband to travel around and draws and writes poems. Zhu Xizhao compiles two books, called “The Record of the Song Li Principals” and “The Name of the Top Scholars of the Yuan Dynasty”. Ms. Wang also sent me two books, with Zhu Xizhao’s signature.”
“Now both are not in Suzhou. Zhu Zhuangyuan has taken an errand for his younger brother and works as a capital officer in Guizhou Metropolitan Command. The couple have gone to Guizhou. They have just gone, and the place in Guizhou is far away from the capital. It takes three months for a letter to be sent.After life, I have to wait until the first lunar month is spring, and the letter Ms. Wang wrote to me will arrive. Then I will know how they lived in Guizhou. “
Hongxia said: “Nanjing, where the second lady is about to marry far away, is already the farthest place I have heard of the Ming Dynasty. A letter can be reached in a month, but Guizhou will take three months. You can imagine how far it is! Three times the journey to Nanjing. “
While everyone was chatting, Yanzhi kept silently peeling the pine nuts. She rubbed the peeled pine nuts off her red clothes, blew them away carefully, and then put the fat and oily pine nuts on a small plate to feed everyone. Then she added a sentence and said: “Ms. Wang has been to many places, and she has a wide range of knowledge. I don’t know how many new experiences she can have in the distant Guizhou. Then Ruyi will tell us. “
The things that Sister E, who was sitting around the fire, were different from the girls. Sister E asked Ruyi: “What is the official of the Guizhou Commander Commander of Aunt Zhu, who copied tombstones everywhere.”
Ruyi said: “He is a seventh-rank civil official. “
Sister E said, “Isn’t it the same as my family’s Jixiang, they are all seventh-rank officials. “
Ruyi Niang smiled and said, “Oh, look at this smug and frivolous look, like eating bee shit. Who doesn’t know that your son has become a seventh-rank official here. “
In fact, the Ming Dynasty emphasized literature and military over military officials, and they were both seventh-rank ranks. The status of civil servants was higher than that of military officers. However, everyone was also gossiping around the fire and talking and talking. From Laien’s good name, they mentioned the auspicious official title.
Sister Goose smiled and pinched Ruyi’s mother’s mouth, “Who did you eat bee shit just now said that my Ruyi knew so many children were good at it. What’s wrong with being a mother’s praise?”
Hongxia laughed and said, “Don’t argue with both of you. They both ate bee shit, and they were proud – I’ll tell you the news…”
Hongxia turned around and looked around. There was no outsider, and said, “I heard from my younger brother Hongdou that my cousin Laichun had been in Jiangnan for 80% of her life, and she was so cute. “
No matter how the top scholar is promoted and made a fortune, it is not as attractive as the gossip of men and women. In an instant, everyone’s eyes were on Hongxia.
Because Hongdou and several martial arts servants followed Laichun to Jiangnan, they knew what Laichun did. After Laichun bought the land and real estate in Jiangnan, they did not return to Beijing immediately. Instead, they rented a large mansion on the Qinhuai River in Nanjing. They lived there for half a month, and Hongdou and the others only lived in inns.
In the past half month, Laichun occasionally saw Hongdou and waited for him. Every time Laichun had the smell of rouge powder that only women had.
Moreover, Laichun refused Hongdou and the others to follow him back to the big mansion, saying it was inconvenient.
Once, Hongdou was curious and followed Laichun back and waited for a long time. A peddler was carrying a load and hawking the market. A beautiful girl in red came out of the yard and bought some needles.The head is back.
“…… All of this was seen by my brother. Laichun’s cousin hid someone in the yard.” Hongxia said.
In fact, the beautiful girl in red dressed up as a makeup-powder, deliberately made her look for Hongdou.