Chapter XVIII
"Lady, the copper pot of 'Wangjiang Tower' came over and asked, whether the beef and mutton are thinly or thickly cut, and whether you want to marinate it. There is also a new boatload of crabs, which are pasted, and if they are used, they will be steamed in the pot. ”
"Thinly cut beef rolls, the more tender the better, and remember to be less fatty."
"Yes, lady, I'll go back to him."
"Remember to keep some crabs and put them in the house, and the two Xiao ladies still eat crabs."
"Do you want to raise it in the water?"
"No need, just find an empty tank and put it in it."
"Yes, lady."
Cui Jue made proper arrangements, and ordered someone to move some exotic flowers and plants to the elegant single courtyard, secretly thinking: Ah Lang is a person who likes the South Garden, and I don't know if this Princess Changle likes it or not.
Suddenly, she remembered something important, and hurriedly instructed the maidservant to pass the word.
The maidservant took the handwritten book, went to the yamen of the observation embassy, looked for Zhang Li who was in the office, and then said: "Zhang Wenwen, the lady told me, saying that after reading it, let people go to Jiangyin's hometown." ”
"Oh?"
Zhang Li was stunned for a moment, shook the book open and looked at it, his eyes bulged there, and he exclaimed: "My God!" Changle Gong ......"
Hurriedly stopped his mouth, and Zhang Li, who was a little nervous, took a deep breath and said to the maidservant: "Go and reply, just say that I will do it immediately." ”
"Then there's the Lao Zhang paperwork."
When the maidservant girl left, Zhang Li was going to look for his brother, but Zhang Qian and Zhang Heng were not there, Zhang Zhen went to the field to do errands, gritted his teeth, and went to the north bank.
After more than an hour, he arrived at Hanyang Academy, and after meeting Master Cao, he found the escort of the academy, who was also a disciple of his own family who came out of Jiangyin, and was Zhang Songang's cousin, called Zhang Songmao.
Unlike Zhang Songang, Zhang Songmao's mind is not so deep, he is an honest man, when the Jiangshui Zhang family entered Beijing together, there were several people who refused to accept the death of the water and soil, and he was the one who escorted the coffin to the family. Later, he didn't have much ambition, and Cao Fuzi lacked a man who could block arrows, so he followed Cao Xian.
"Master, what should I do here?"
Zhang Songmao asked.
"You reported the letter, just come back early. I don't want you to really go back to Jiangyin, go to Yongxing, and ask for your own boat, so that Uncle Tan knows the situation in Wuhan, it is appropriate. ”
"You haven't said what to do here, Master? In the old years, there were a few scoundrels who wanted to hurt the master, and you also know it. Those who read in Luoyang, Chang'an, although there are many who respect the master, there are also many who hate him. ”
"What's the hurry? I have already asked the patrol yamen to transfer two shifts, there are 256 people, and again, Songbai returned to Wuhan last month, and this scene is just following Li Jingren in hunting for beauty. I'll talk to him, and he'll come to you for two days. Besides, you are not the only one here, and without you, will the Master be in trouble? ”
"Okay, I'll go to Yongxing to explain, and I'll turn back."
"The things of the day, go and come back quickly."
After that, he sealed the handwritten book with wax and handed it to Zhang Songmao.
At this time, because there are still a few days to go before Chinese New Year's Eve, a certain rural Zhuangzi in Furong City is also full of joy. There is no snow here, but it is also frozen, and the bears are looking for stones and smashing holes in the ice, and it is also fun to make the stones smack and slide out a few feet.
"Little ones! Smash—"
At the sound of an order, more than 20 bear children carried stones on the stone bridge and threw them into the ice in the river.
There was a rattling sound, and the ice surface was like glass, shattering into one piece after another, and the ice floe was stacked on top of each other. The bear children on the stone bridge were excited, as if they had done something big.
"Da Lang, hurry up and go home and make wontons. The lady is still looking for you to measure the clothes, which you will wear in the first month. ”
"Hey, here we go!"
The bear children answered, then sniffed, and said to a group of bear children: "I'm going home, oh, there's some sugar here, let's divide it." ”
"Oo......oo
"I want it too, I want it too!"
"Leave a piece for Bao Erlang's sister."
"I have a sister too."
"Then leave a piece ...... too"
"I'm ...... I don't have a sister, I have two sisters......"
The giggling bear children fiercely and carefully put away the candy and then ran home as if they were flying.
"Stop."
The bear child was about to enter through the door, but he saw an old man standing with his hands in his hands, although he was wearing thick clothes, but he was not angry and arrogant.
"Ah, Ah Gong."
"Wash your hands and face, and pat the dust off your body."
Although he had a straight face, the old man still led the bear child by himself, went to the courtyard to get hot water, pressed a little well water, and after mixing it mildly, he helped the bear child wash his hands and face, and said: "It's okay for Xiaolang to go out to play, but you can't go to see your mother like this, you know?" ”
"However, Ah Gong ......" lowered his head, and the bear child, who was a little hesitant, still raised his head and asked, "Ah Niang doesn't blame me." ”
"She doesn't blame you, it's because you're her son." As he spoke, he didn't know where to get a clean robe, "Let's change it." ”
After changing Zhang Cang's clothes, Uncle Tan patted his head gently: "Go ahead." ”
"Then I'll go, Grandpa."
bowed, and then ran fast, through the hall and the transfer of ownership generally, to a large courtyard, suddenly saw a few strangely dressed women, stunned: "Auntie, the clothes they wear are so strange!" ”
"This is Da Lang?"
In the house, the woman who accompanied Li Zhi'er to speak, dressed in grassland clothes, her fur and fur were all gold, and she was blown by the wind and frost in the north, and her skin was not very rough, but it was smooth and bright, which was dazzling.
"Come, meet this historian."
Li Zhi'er beckoned, Zhang Cang came over to salute her mother, and said respectfully to the woman: "I've seen a widow." ”
As he spoke, he looked secretly, wondering in his heart: how could there be such a person at home?
"I know that you are not long ago, and it is also due to fate, and I was about to go to Wuhan to find you Aya, and I met you when I passed through Jiangyin. I just prepared a gift, and I want to take it out from your Aye, but since it is fate, this situation is good for you. ”
After that, the woman actually took out a string of very powerful fangs, and strung them into a string, and there were more than a dozen of them, all of which were shiny and shiny, and obviously very well maintained.
"What kind of tooth is this? It's so big! ”
"Twelve tiger teeth, hunting six giant tigers, there are only so twelve."
"Wow! Tiger's teeth! ”
With his eyes widened, Zhang Cang held it in his hand and hurriedly shouted: "Tomorrow, I will go and tell them that I have killed six tigers and extracted twelve big teeth!" ”
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The woman was stunned for a while before she looked at Li Zhier: "Seeing him like this, I believe he is Zhang Dalang's son." ”
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