In the house, the pointed mouth of the gilded bronze crane kept spewing incense mist, and Chunyan, who had nothing to do, continued to chat with Tuan'er.

Chunyan added a piece of dragon incense and asked casually, "Have the two girls kissed each other?"

Tuan'er smiled: "When it comes to family affairs, it's also very funny." Our lord is deeply influenced by the third master, and he loves his baby daughter like his life, so they are in charge of everything, and the same is true for lifelong events. And the ladies have never admired the martial arts, so they opened a poetry club at home, and asked the master to interview those famous and talented people, but unfortunately none of them were selected this year. ”

"Is that so?" Chunyan listened to it secretly, in this regard, the master of the Mu family is more bold and open-minded than the third master.

Mu Hui is indeed much more dissolute than Xu Hao, she has no concept of family, she just wants her daughter to be satisfied.

Speaking of Fujian, since the Song Dynasty began to rise in literary style, the great poet Liu Yong, the anti-gold minister Li Gang, the prime minister Cai Jing, etc., during the two Song Dynasty, Fujian appeared a total of 19 champions, and the number of Jinshi is the highest in the world.

Since the Ming Dynasty, Fujian's Jinshi is second only to Jiangxi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the style of writing is outstanding. However, in the past ten years, with the full opening of the sea ban, the Hakka people from southern Fujian have moved into Taiwan and overseas continents, which seems to have suddenly detonated the nature of Fujian people to go out and take risks, making the atmosphere of studying for the imperial examination a little lighter.

Especially in Quanzhou, where trade is booming, the scholars inevitably have a little more philistine, in short, the sisters failed to choose the little fresh meat they liked.

Tuan'er said again: "But as soon as I arrived in Jinling, my lord heard that there was a poetry club, and he went there in a hurry. Sure enough, there are a lot of talents here, and the old man fell in love with the two of them at once. One surnamed Sheng and the other surnamed He, called the housekeeper to inquire on the spot, how did they know that these two people had been married, and the surname He already had a wife and a concubine. ”

"Surname Sheng?" Chun Yanxin said that Mo is not Mr. Sheng?

"It's the second lady of my family, who actually asked someone to hand over the seal engraved with talent and appearance to the surnamed Sheng, who is willing to be small, sister, what do you say is this?" Tuan'er sighed after speaking.

Chunyan closed her mouth in surprise and said, "How can she be such a shy person?"

Tuan'er smiled bitterly: "She said that this is a lifelong event, and it must be in line with her own wishes, otherwise she will hold a grudge for life." Alas, this matter has made my lord so distressed, how can the daughter of the dignified marquis be small?"

"Your girl is such a weirdo."

Chunyan shook her head incomprehensibly, and said with a smile: "In fact, in recent years, there have been many similar things in Jinling, there is a young lady from the minister's family nearby, and she also chose a son-in-law in the name of a poetry club. Hehe! The second master thought it was interesting and went, and when he came back to tell his wife, everyone laughed. The second master said that the young lady was thick and stupid, and she looked like a water cow, she chose a man, and a man had to choose her. ”

Tuan'er thought it was a joke and said with a smile: "Is this going to be true?"

"Naturally, it's true, if you don't believe it, you can go and ask someone casually." Chunyan said with a smile, "Most families have a hundred women in their families, and those who don't look good will skillfully recruit sons-in-law, and some even forcibly trick Jin Shilang into his house to worship heaven and earth, and cook raw rice to mature rice." Every time there is an imperial examination, there will be such a lawsuit. I think your young lady's character is so good, no matter who she likes, she is the man's luck, but she is too petite, some people say that she is like Huang Ying'er. ”

Tuan'er smiled and asked, "Who said that?"

Chunyan said: "As the third young master said to Grandma Shu before, your eldest girl is like a magpie, and the second girl is like Huang Ying'er."

"It's very similar." Tuan'er smiled.

After chatting for a long time, the little maid outside reported: "Miss is back."

Chunyan hurriedly ran over and opened the door curtain, and Tuan'er greeted her, and saw two maids helping Mu Lingxia, who was obviously drunk, to come in.

"What's wrong?"

Chunyan asked, seeing that the girl's cheeks were red and peach-like, red, and her eyes were about to open and close, as if she thought the lights in the room were too bright, she immediately blew out a few candles from the candlesticks on the table.

Tuan'er helped Mu Lingxia to lie down on the bed, Chunyan was about to find water to wet the handkerchief, Xu Yu hurriedly ran in, and said with annoyance: "I'm really sorry, I'm really sorry!"

Mu Lingxia's eyes flowed, and when he glanced at him, he couldn't support it a little.

Xu Yu, who came closer, smelled her exhaled breath, in addition to the unpleasant smell of wine, there was also a faint aroma of cardamom, and it was true that her daughter's body was made of water, even if she was drunk, she was so cute.

Seeing Mu Lingxia with one hand on the pillow, looking like she was about to sleep with her face turned sideways, for a while, Xu Yu suddenly forgot her form and reached out to cover her with a brocade quilt.

Tuan'er on the side spoke: "Don't work young master, let me serve."

"Oh, good." Xu Yu realized that he was presumptuous, and he withdrew his hand in a sneer, looking at Ling Xia's pretty face suddenly turned extra red, and the roots of his ears were flushed to the two small dimples, and he was too shy and weak, and he suddenly felt very pity in his heart.

Xu Yu has never experienced this feeling, although his sisters are all lovable, but they are all little devils with beautiful and cute appearances, such as the active Yun Su, who is not like a good person, he has been taught by a famous teacher since he was a child, and the two of them are probably not opponents.

Yunyu is like a flawless jade, but that sharp mouth is the most unforgiving, there are hills and valleys in the chest, and there are thousands of knots in the heart, and my father often says that Yunyu's temperament is the most like him.

Yun Ning, who has a sweet mouth, is extremely talented, and has inherited the little talent of the Xu family's women, who seems to be supple but is actually extremely arrogant, and can be described as the master who coaxes people to live without paying for her life. So Xu Yu is not so much their elder brother, but their younger brother, who has been ridiculed, blackmailed, teased and taken care of by his sisters for a long time, and he can't afford to be a brother.

In Mu Lingxia's body, Xu Yu spontaneously had the urge to be an older brother.

At this time, Tuan'er had already put down the tent, and Xu Yu walked away. Chunyan smiled and asked, "Why did the second master get the girl drunk?" People just arrived today, how can they go so easily?"

Xu Yu frowned and said, "How can I fill her?" It was the wives who didn't know how much she drank, and the sisters toasted one by one, and even I had to toast a glass. At that time, I felt that she was not very good, I was afraid of getting drunk, and I was advised not to drink, but she misunderstood that I blamed her, and I actually ate it in one bite, and immediately her face turned red, I saw that she was really drunk, and quickly called someone to help her back. Alas, it's all mine, I'll apologize to her tomorrow!"

After saying that, he patted his head and shouted, "Don't be drunk by them again, I have to keep an eye on it." As he spoke, he took a wind lantern and ran out.

Several maids of the Mu family laughed, and Tuan'er also smiled: "I have heard that the second young master has a good temperament, and when I saw it today, it really deserved his reputation."

However, Chunyan smiled bitterly when she heard it, not that Xu Yu Jia Baoyu had a bad personality and what position she stood on, seeing that she was going to marry four daughters-in-law in one go, it naturally made several of them have an ambiguous maid suddenly become indecisive, and they are entangled in what they should do?

Mu Lingxia, who was lying on the bed, opened her eyes, she was shy by nature, and every time she heard Xu Yu say her words, her face turned red, but how many words did Xu Yu say in one breath? The whole face is so hot that it is getting ripe.

In the end, when he talked about them, his tone was already like his own sister's intimacy, although she was pleased, but she was also embarrassed, fortunately no one found out through the tent, otherwise she would really be ashamed to death.

was so dizzy and cranky, after a while, I heard Mu Caichun next door come back, and I didn't come to see myself, I vaguely heard the sound of the tent hook over there, and knew how drunk my sister was.

Because of the close relationship between the two families, Mu Hui and his wife wanted to give one of their sisters to Xu Yu, but Mu Lanxiang didn't say it.

Therefore, Mu Lingxia couldn't help but recall his words and demeanor carefully, all of which did not conform to his own wishes.

Just thinking about it, and couldn't help but think of Mr. Sheng's body, Mu Lingxia immediately became ashamed, blushed and simply didn't think about anything, closed his eyes and quickly fell asleep.

At the same time, Xu Yu rushed to say goodbye. It turned out that Emperor Xuande ordered Xu Yu to marry on a whim, and he really pointed out his sister, Mu Lanxiang, and the Zhu family sisters to the Xu family, of course, Zhu Mingzhi wanted to ask for the princess's honorific title to be removed for this.

It's very bloody but it's also normal, the etiquette is formulated by people, and it will be broken by people, because there are always exceptions to everything, and Princess Daming actually doesn't have any political status, in the early stage, it was used as a marriage tool to attract heroes, and in the later stage, it was used to reflect the royal gifts for the people.

In short, no one is serious with the Xu family in this matter, not to mention that it is Xu Yu who is married, which is in line with the practice of the imperial court at this stage to attract meritorious deeds. The only thing that is criticized is that four women marry one husband, but so what? Both parents don't care.

Because the name has been decided, Zhu Mingzhi is in a hurry to move out, she plans to go to Jiangnan, and the Zhu sisters will also temporarily move back to their old house.

So Mu Lanxiang was in a hurry to come over to say goodbye, and Zhu Mingzhi left Chunyan behind, first, to accompany Xu Yu, so that he could not miss it, and secondly, he also had to leave his own person to be responsible for decorating the new house.

On the dock, Xu Yu stared blankly at the official ship that was gradually moving away, and was stunned for a while.

Early the next morning, even Mu Lanxiang moved back to Mu Wangfu, and Xu Yu, who was not used to it, came to visit Mu Lingxia, not wanting Mu Lingxia's body to be soft and without any strength, and she was sick for two days because of drunkenness.

Xu Yu didn't want to go, so he came over to say hello when he was free, and he became familiar with Mu Lingxia back and forth, so that he was the second Zhu Mingzhi.

On this day, Mu Caichun and his sister walked to the depths of the green clouds, and two plates of snacks were sent in with a cigarette.

Mu Caichun looked down and saw that one plate was cut tender lotus root slices, and the other plate was red sugar paste, wrapped in many small round balls, and he couldn't tell what kind of food it was, like candied fruit or something.

Qingyan looked at their reactions, pursed her lips and smiled: "The two girls have lived in the south for a long time, so they haven't even seen this, right?"

As she spoke, she took out a few small snow-white forks, handed them over, and said, "Please taste them, and you'll know."

The Mu family sisters were reluctant to eat such muddled things, and they were very reluctant, but as guests, it was difficult to refuse. Mu Caichun first stretched out his hand and took the fork, forked a small round ball, and hesitantly put it in his mouth, suddenly feeling pink and sweet, and there was some refreshing osmanthus fragrance.

Mu Caichun said with a smile: "I understand, this is the sugar taro that Suzhou people like to eat." Because I hung up the paste, I couldn't remember it for a while. ”

Xuan Yan looked at Mu Lingxia and tasted one, and said: "The girl guessed yes, but the guess is not all right, Suzhou people cook sugar taro, but use some sugar." Mine is different, in addition to replacing the sugar with white sugar, I also added lotus seed powder, chestnut powder, osmanthus sugar, orange peel, tangerine peel plum, and dried petals in the four seasons, as well as some Chinese medicine to nourish the body. ”

"It's unusual." Mu Caichun said with a smile, "Taro is not worth anything, but the condiments are too expensive and too laborious." ”

Xuan Yan smiled: "The way to eat when you have nothing to think of is nothing."

"If you like it, try it." Xu Yu said to Mu Lingxia, and then said to Mu Caichun: "Let's eat here at noon, what do you want to eat?"

Mu Caichun tilted his head and thought about it, and said, "I want to eat Fujian cuisine, I'm afraid you don't have it here."

"Why not." Xu Yu said: "Didn't you bring the cook?" It happened that a boatload of ingredients was sent to Fujian yesterday, which was specially explained by my father. ”

"That's great." Mu Caichun immediately happily recited: "Then why don't you borrow flowers to offer Buddha and invite the sisters to come over for dinner." I ordered Buddha jumping over the wall, Quanzhou vinegar meat, lychee meat, chicken and fish lips, pipa shrimp, and green onion meatloaf. Well, Ling Xia, you also order two dishes, which is exactly eight. ”

Mu Lingxia said softly: "Red drunken fragrant chicken and purse shark fin."

Suddenly, the two sisters glanced at each other, and then Mu Caichun smiled at the smoke and said, "Since we have eaten your sugar taro, we can't help but return the eight-treasure taro paste."

The smoke asked, "Please tell the girl carefully."

Mu Caichun said: "Taro paste is also known as taro paste in Fujian, and it is the signature dim sum of Fujian cuisine. Whenever there is a festive season, or a red and white celebration, the final dessert must be taro paste. This eight-treasure taro paste is delicate and delicious, fragrant and sweet, and is most suitable for girls to eat. The taro is not the sweet taro of Suzhou, but the Binglang taro produced in Fuding, as for the method. Hee-hee!"

"Let's talk about it." Mu Lingxia didn't feel it, and said with a smile: "In Fuzhou, Quanzhou, I have always liked to use eight-treasure taro paste to tease outsiders. The taro is steamed and crushed, mixed with sesame seeds, red dates, peanuts, etc., and cooked with cooked lard and other ingredients. Don't look at the lack of heat when it is served, you think it is a cold snack, but in fact, it is very hot inside, and if you don't know it, you will be screaming if you eat it. ”

Mu Caichun smiled: "I didn't mean that, but I just want to scare you."

"Good! The girl really holds a grudge. Yan Yan said speechlessly.

Xu Yu laughed and asked with great interest: "My father likes to eat Buddha jumping over the wall, I heard that it is the first of Fujian cuisine, I want to ask the origin of the name?"

Mu Caichun said: "There are two folk legends, it is said that the Tang Dynasty monks went to Fujian Shaolin Temple on the way, passing through Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian, staying at the inn at night, just the official family next door to 'full altar incense' to entertain guests, the monks smelled and salivated, abandoned Buddhism for many years of practice, jumped over the wall and entered to enjoy the full altar incense, the Buddha jumped over the wall and then got its name."

Mu Lingxia said: "Mantan incense is based on Fujian customs, and on the third day after the new daughter-in-law gets married, she must personally cook and show her tea and rice skills, serve her in-laws, and win appreciation. Legend has it that there was a rich lady who was pampered since she was a child, did not learn to cook, and was sad on the eve of her marriage.

Her mother took out all the delicacies from the mountains and seas at home and made all kinds of dishes. Wrap them in lotus leaves one by one and tell her how to cook them when the time comes. Who knew that this young lady had forgotten all the cooking methods, so she poured all the dishes into a Shaoxing wine jar, covered with lotus leaves, and put them on the stove.

On the second day, the strong fragrance wafted out, overflowing the courtyard, and the family praised the good dishes, which was the origin of the "full altar of incense" of "eighteen dishes cooked in one pot". (To be continued......)