Chapter 228: Joy in Sorrow, Smiling in the Future

Throughout the ages, there have been many famous strategists, and there are many famous monks, but there is only one person who is famous for monks and strategists, and that is the old monk who has just sat in Qingshou Temple in Xiaowukou, Daoyan monk Yao Guangxiao. instigated and assisted a vassal king to sweep the entire Central Plains in the form of rebellion, pointing out the country and scolding Fang Xuan, but after the success, he didn't want wealth or beauty, and even official positions were not rare, and he never interfered in state affairs, which was a good death.

Zhang Yue and Monk Daoyan have only met once, and at that time, the other party was already an old monk who was dying of old age, and it was difficult to imagine the original demeanor, but Ci Feng still carried a sharp spirit of the past. Seeing that Du Wan was stunned, Xiao Wu's eyes were already red and red, and he also gave birth to a real sadness - at least, a legendary figure was no longer there.

Dao Yan not only asked Xiao Wu to bring a letter, but also a chess table and two boxes of black and white clouds that had accompanied him for most of his life, plus a broken chess book. Du Juan, who loves chess by nature, saw things and thought about people, and after putting things away, he said that he wanted to be quiet in the east wing, while Xiao Wu was sobbing in the main room, and the tears were like beads with broken threads.

"The old monk muttered to himself before sitting down, smart people in this world are not willing to be lonely, but at least they must endure loneliness, he just got the opportunity when he was old, and at least he has not lived in vain in this life."

He also said that although his sister and those old friends refused to see him, he did not regret it.

The emperor went to visit him on purpose, and he also listened to his words and released a monk. When I left, the emperor had already posthumously conferred the title of the old monk Rong Guogong and greatly rewarded his nephew. The old monk left a piece of jade for me, saying that he was thanking me for taking care of him for many years...... Woo woo, if I didn't have him, I would have starved to death, why did he die so early......"

Seeing that Xiao Wu was already crying in the end. Zhang Yue hurriedly glanced at the Lingxi next to him, and motioned for her to hand over a silk handkerchief. Xiao Wu, who was crying sadly, took it and wiped it on his face regardless of 3721, and then wiped his nose vigorously, and when he raised his head again, his eyes were already swollen like walnuts, and his face was also a big face. Seeing this scene, Lingxi had to order a little girl to fetch cold water and personally wring a towel and send it to him.

It's so easy to cry enough. Xiao Wusi looked around, and then remembered that he had just found the government office first, and then was brought here by Amber, but what kind of place is this? Remembering that the young lady entered the house after taking the things and never came out, she sat here and cried for so long, her face was only slightly red, and she asked Zhang Yue, "Why is the young lady here?" ”

Zhang Yue remembered that he had clearly told Du Zhen about the Meng family, and the expression on his face suddenly became a little subtle: "When you came, Mr. Du didn't tell you?" ”

"I went directly to the Yamen of the Political Secretary in Jinan. At that time, I cried so much that I could not say anything, and my lord happened to go to a neighboring state and county, and my wife did not dare to delay, so she arranged for a carriage and ordered someone to bring me over. Where is there time to say anything else? ”

Xiao Wu looked here and there, and found that several girls around her were very unfamiliar, and there was a sweet-looking daughter, she was suddenly even more puzzled. Du Zhen and his wife are clearly in Jinan Mansion. Why did the young lady come to this Qingzhou Mansion?

The Meng family suddenly had such a babbling girl, Zhang Yue was really a little uneasy, and it wasn't until half an hour later that Du Xuan, whose eyes were slightly red and swollen in the east wing, opened the door and came out, and he breathed a sigh of relief. One thing drops one thing, at least with Du Juan watching, he is not afraid that this little girl will cause any trouble to the already messy Meng family. Thinking that the evening hall was about to start at this moment, he didn't have time to say any more comforting words. hurriedly returned to the prefect's yamen.

Spring in the south is rainy and rainy, but in the north, spring rain is as expensive as oil. Although there had been spring thunder before, it had not rained since March, and now there is a drought in many places. Although there are many large and small rivers in Shandong, it is not easy to divert water far from the river, and several villages have fought for ditches to divert water. In the evening hall of this day, Yidu County, Le'an County, Shouguang County, Zhucheng County, and Anqiu County all reported similar cases, and the following officials of the prefect discussed it. Except for Linghua in charge. I decided to go to the counties tomorrow to see what was going on, otherwise it would be too late to cause a civil uprising.

For today's Ming officials. The most feared thing is natural disasters, and the evaluation will inevitably be affected, but if you dare to hide it and not report it, it will be a big punishment rather than a small punishment. In the event of floods, droughts, locust plagues, etc., the Chief Secretary can first provide relief and then report to the disaster, which is considered a benevolent policy. Only benevolent government must also be implemented by officials, and it is useless to sit in the south and do nothing.

Since there are droughts and armed fights in the five counties, Zhang Yue, the acting Tongzhi and the two general judges, have to go down and take a look. After agreeing, he returned to his public office hungry, and immediately ordered the Cui family to pass the meal, and he went straight to the ear room of the landlord, and sat cross-legged on the kang to close his eyes and recuperate.

After a while, Lingxi personally held a lacquered wooden plate and sent the meal, but the dinner was a plate of dumplings and a plate of rice vinegar. Seeing this, Zhang Yue couldn't help but raise his head and asked strangely, "Do you want to eat dumplings at home today?" ”

"It was Miss Meng who saw Xiao Wu coming, and she was afraid that Miss Du would be sad about things, so she pulled the two of them and Chunying to make dumplings, and the kitchen almost turned upside down."

Lingxi thought of the scene under the Meng family's stove just now, and couldn't hold the usual strict face anymore, and laughed out loud: "That dumpling filling is me and Autumn Marks Amber mixed together." Because it is rare to make dumplings, I can't eat two things up and down, and as a result, I used more than ten or twenty catties of meat, all of which I took from the public office. Now this is Miss Meng's craft, and she refuses to let me bring the dumplings made by Miss Du. ”

As soon as he heard that the dumplings were so loud, Zhang Yue couldn't help crying and laughing. Seeing that this plate of dumplings was even, he picked up the chopsticks and dipped them in some rice vinegar, and when he bit into it, he felt that the skin was thin and the filling was more, and there was an indescribable umami, he couldn't help but give a thumbs up to Lingxi, because he smiled: "I didn't know that you still mixed a good filling, and it was really good." By the way, send some to Lord Ling, I always go to his place to eat on weekdays, and I have to think about others if I have good things. ”

"You don't need to say this, young master. I sent it a long time ago. ”

Listening to Zhang Yuezhen's eloquent words about the word rubbing rice, Lingxi couldn't help but laugh. Seeing that Zhang Yue wiped out the plate of dumplings one by one, she couldn't help but think of Du Juan's plate of masterpieces, but no matter what, compared to the plate of dumplings of Xiao Wu, who claimed to be "ingenious", Du Juan was at least able to become a teacher. Thinking about it, she simply dropped the dishes and ignored them, and asked Zhang Yue to go over to see the excitement with a smile.

The four-room aunt of the Meng family and the two little masters have lived a hard life together for more than ten days. On this day, I was naturally happy to hear that there were dumplings to eat, and even the people were full of joy. However, the two daughters-in-law, who were in charge of the kitchen, were standing outside, listening to the noise in the kitchen, which was a real mess, and they couldn't help but look at each other outside.

These aunts and grandmothers aren't going to break all the pots and pans, right?

Du Juan and Xiao Wu Chunying are both southerners, and they have never been familiar with pasta, even if they want to contribute well, they are powerless. First of all, the rolling of the noodles was really embarrassing to them, so Du Juan was cautious. Xiao Wu simply made a fuss with flour all over his face, and in the end, Amber Autumn Mark simply took over, not daring to let the two of them do this again.

When it came time to make dumplings, although Meng Min demonstrated several times, none of Xiao Wu's subordinates could stand well when they came out of the dumplings. All of them fell asleep on the plate and couldn't get up, and even a lot of them used two skins to wrap the filling. Du Juan's plate of dumplings was of different sizes, and the evenly rolled dough was not suitable in her hands, so she was in a hurry.

Meng Min was able to endure it at first. Later, I couldn't help but snicker, and gradually snickering turned into a chuckle, and chuckle turned into a laugh. Since her father was imprisoned and her mother was seriously ill, she rarely showed her joy, and the red sleeves on the side were happy at first when she saw this scene, but then she felt a sour nose and couldn't help but turn away. Hearing this laughter, Xiao Wu was unconvinced and wiped his hand on his nose and launched a fierce attack on the face on the board.

"Hmph. I've learned something as difficult as writing, and I don't believe I can't cure a small piece of the ground! ”

When Zhang Yue lifted the curtain and entered the kitchen, he happened to hear Meng Mindi's laughter, and in addition, he saw a group of warblers and Yanyan making dumplings - Du Juan was asking Amber and Qiuji for advice with a red face, and the dumplings in his hand were bulging; Meng Min was teaching Xiao Wu how to make the dumplings stand up, with a little flour on his forehead. When he saw that no one was looking at him, he couldn't help coughing.

Xiao Wu now feels that the most difficult thing in the world is making dumplings, and when he saw Zhang Yue's smile at this time, he felt that he was gloating. Then he shouted: "Cough what cough." If you have the ability, you can make a dumpling and I'll take a look! If only you could wrap it up, I'll ...... I'll worship you as a teacher! ”

Meng Min, who was wearing a handkerchief and an apron on his head, didn't expect Zhang Yue to break in at this time. was about to say that the gentleman was far away from cooking, but unexpectedly, Du Juan rushed to the people first: "Don't laugh, if you make dumplings, you may not be able to catch up with Xiaowu...... Huh......"

In front of everyone's eyes, Zhang Yue washed his hands in the basin next to him, wiped off the water beads, picked up a dumpling wrapper, picked up the filling, and skillfully pinched and turned, and a dumpling became a shape. Seeing that the young ladies and girls around him were dumbfounded, he smiled slightly and winked at Xiao Wu slyly. Then he washed his hands again and smiled at everyone:

"Seeing that you have been busy for most of the day, you can't even take care of a bite yourself, right? Although it is a good thing to be busy and happy, the two daughters-in-law outside are afraid that they will not go, so let them do it, and you should also take a break. ”

Seeing that Zhang Yue drove Meng Min and Du Juan out, Xiao Wu had to go to wash his hands angrily, Qiu Zhen couldn't believe it, so he bumped Amber next to him with his elbow: "You and I have been with the young master for so many years, when did he learn to make dumplings?" ”

Amber smiled and said, "Young Master, I'm afraid there are many things we don't know!" ”

After a while, the daughters-in-law outside came in to change shifts, wrapped all the dumplings and cooked them in batches. Meng Min asked people to bring the cooked dumplings to the kang table in the main room, and beckoned everyone to eat on the kang together. I ate a few greedy on May Day, and the result was full of burps, and the others forgot the saying that they didn't eat and didn't sleep, and they all said interesting things about today, and finally looked at each other's flour marks on their faces, and a group of people suddenly laughed back and forth.

At this moment, although there is no wine, although everyone's heart is pressed against the stone, and everyone does not know what tomorrow will be, but there is a drunken feeling wafting in the air, which makes people unconsciously enjoy it. The laughter spread all the way to the main house, and Mrs. Wu couldn't help but feel quite relieved when she heard it—get through this time, and everything would be fine!