The autumn wind rises, the chrysanthemums are yellow, the crabs are fat, and it is the right time to eat crabs and appreciate chrysanthemums. ∽ ↗ Top ∽ ↗ Point ∽ ↗ Small ∽ ↗ Said, www.

Early in the morning, Xiao Shi fiddled with a pot of blooming chrysanthemums in the house, a flower with two colors, so it was named "Er Qiao", and four or five little girls outside were also picking petals in the flower garden, to make chrysanthemum tea that cleared the heat and defeated the fire.

Xiao Binglan sang a song and ran out of the window, Xiao asked Yuelan, "Are they having any fun today?" Look at the girl's delight. ”

Yuelan said: "The invitation sent last night, people want to guess the riddle and eat crab today." ”

"Guessing a riddle?" Xiao Shi was interested, and said happily: "They are interested, we might as well be uninvited guests and disturb Yaxing." ”

Yuelan said with a smile: "Then I'll go to Zhang Luoxia, let's go over, eat up other people's fat crabs, drink all other people's good wine, and the noisy sisters and sisters don't have to eat, Yu'er has to jump in anger." ”

"What's going on?" Xiao Shi listened to the words, this matter is Xu Yu personally Zhang Luo, the Yingchun Lanchun of Yisu Garden is all prepared and thoughtful, according to the rules, the crabs in each room of the three mansions should be prepared, and they will send people to invite them as usual, even if the elders don't go, they will send food over, and the Xu family is so poor?

Yuelan couldn't help but smile and explained: "It's not a foolish thing that Yu'er did, he wanted to give Miss Shi and them a generous gift for marriage, but he didn't tell the people around him, he actually went out to borrow three thousand taels, and these days he will inevitably be anxious for silver." So this time, Yingchun Lanchun returned the money for him, deliberately coaxed him, and wanted him to know the difficulties of not having money. ”

"This kid." Xiao Shi smiled and said: "Well done, I will say that Yingchun Lanchun is meticulous, everything is thought of properly, a gift of three thousand taels of silver, hum!" He's so generous. ”

Yuelan hurriedly said: "The second young master has never spent money indiscriminately, and he also values love and righteousness, so don't be angry, wife." ”

"I'm not angry, I'm just emotional." Xiao sighed: "In this regard, he has the same temper as his Lao Tzu. I never care about the money, and I'm glad it's too late. But I hope he understands that the silver is not blown by the wind, and he does not have his father's ability. ”

At noon, Xiao took Mu Ningxue and others into a corn garden, and when they found a meeting place, they saw that the hillside was full of osmanthus flowers, the pond water was crystal clear, and the water pavilion was full of all kinds of chrysanthemums.

There are several bamboo tables on the shore, with wine sets, tea sets, cups and bowls on them. Green smoke rises, and several women gather around a large steamer. You can smell the enticing aroma of steamed crab from afar. There are also two or three girls talking and laughing about the fanning stove making tea, and a few girls on this side are scalding wine.

Xu Yu and Mu Lanxiang hurriedly ran out and welcomed the elders in, and Ripple and Ye Qin ordered to prepare the things they brought.

Generally speaking, there is a complete set of special tools and a complete set of processes for eating crabs in Xufu, commonly known as Wen Eat. But it's all made for outsiders to see, and for foodies, there is no comfort and happiness in eating by yourself, even if your hands will be stained with a fishy smell, and each person is only equipped with a small hammer and scissors.

The maid brought a plate of red crabs. About fourteen or fifteen. Ripple washed his hands, stood in front of Xiao Shi and peeled the crab, Xiao Shi said: "You can help me open the lid, and you are not seventy or eighty." Break it and eat it sweetly. ”

Suddenly, Xu Yu said loudly: "Leave the crab legs to us." ”

Mu Ningxue smiled slightly, and said secretly. Xiao Shi also smiled: "Eat first and then play, what are you anxious about?" ”

"Huh?" Xu Yu complained bitterly in his heart, he thought it wasn't enough to eat. There are not many crabs in more than a dozen baskets, three or four per person, and one and a half crabs at the least. The problem is that there are so many people who can't stand it, and one per person is gone in a blink of an eye.

Zhu Mingzhi and others saw his predicament, and laughed and said that they had eaten too many crabs in the past few days, and their appetite was not good, so it was enough to eat a few crab legs today.

Xiao Shi didn't say anything, and said with a smile: "Then you play with yours, and we will eat ours." ”

"Okay." Xu Yu said apologetically to Chunyan and the other maids: "I'll go and ask someone to buy crabs now." ”

"Say no more." Lan Chun interjected in time: "We have crabs to eat, so we have to wronged the girls." ”

Mu Lanxiang smiled: "It's nothing, let's pick up your crab legs to eat this time, it probably tastes different." ”。

At this time, Mu Ningxue said: "Crab legs are not something that can be eaten for nothing. ”

"Mother." Xu Yu was suddenly anxious.

"Don't worry." Mu Ningxue said with a smile: "Four puzzles have been prepared for you, and those who guess correctly will have something to eat, how about it?" ”

"It's a deal!" Xu Yu smiled.

Ye Qin, who was serving her mother-in-law, asked the little girl to bring mung bean noodles smoked with chrysanthemum osmanthus, which can quickly wash away the fishy smell on her hands, and of course it is extremely luxurious. After wiping his hands, he rinsed them with water, applied soap, washed them again, dried his hands, and walked towards the screen.

Xu Yu, Zhu Mingzhi, Mu Lanxiang and the others immediately looked at her intently, whether the crab is eaten or not, it is important to get a lottery in front of the elders.

Xiao Shi looked interesting, stopped his hand, and whispered: "Don't eat it first, let's see the excitement." ”

Ripple picked up a warm hand towel and wiped his wife's mouth, then turned his head and ordered, "Send the hot rice wine." ”

"The first question is Mrs. Tai's." Ye Qin picked up the brush and wrote a seven-character poem on the screen, "Around the knee, Sun Zeng smiled and opened his eyes, beat Mencius's name, and rewarded two crab claws." ”

Before the words fell, I saw Zhu Mingzhi speak: "It's too public." ”

"Not bad." Xiao Shi smiled and nodded, and Chunyan and Xiaochun and other maids suddenly cheered, walked over with a smile, and took away the two crab claws.

Zhu Mingzhi picked one up and was about to hand it to Xu Yu, but he was surprised to find that so many people were staring at her, and hurriedly put it in front of Mu Lanxiang.

Yun Yu and Yun Ning were the youngest, staring at each other with blank eyes, and shouted: "Come again, watch you eat, we are also hungry." ”

"Gluttonous girl." Mu Ningxue said with a smile.

Ye Qin turned around and wrote: "The west wind sends guests across the city, or the name of Mencius." ”

"I know, I know." Xu Yu shouted first, "It's Qi Dongye!" ”

Ye Qin said: "That's not a name. ”

"Really?" Xu Yu frowned and pondered, while Yun Yuyun Ning didn't dabble much in Mencius, and was thinking hard. Shi Zuoqin smiled: "It's the Dongguo clan." ”

"That's right." Ye Qin nodded.

"Alas!"

Three sighs in a row made everyone else laugh. Ye Qin once again wrote: "It is still the seven uniques of Mencius's name, and the grass is bright and reflects the red rainbow." ”

The mystery was so tricky that everyone looked at each other and couldn't figure out what it was for a long time. Mu Lanxiang said: "It must be from the eldest sister-in-law."

Ripple said proudly: "It's Laizhu, please eat the penalty bar." ”

After drinking the penalty wine, Ye Qin wrote: "The West Chamber is like a spectrum of silk. ”

"It's Qin Zhang, isn't it?" Xu Yu reacted quickly, and then saw his mother sighing at him, blushing and smiling, running over and grabbing a handful of crab claws and running back, picking up a small hammer and knocking it out.

Ye Qin said: "No, you can answer it yourself." But we must also follow Mencius's Seven Absolute Rules, and do not mess with the rules. ”

Xu Yu didn't listen to this, carefully peeled the crab meat, tore a strip and stuffed it into Yun Ning's mouth, and gave the rest to Yunyu.

"I'll come first." Shi Zuoqin knew that he was the oldest, and took the initiative to say, "Go to Jingshi in a while." ”

"It's Zidu." Zhu Mingzhi replied without thinking, looked at Shi Zuoqin and nodded, and then her poem said: "Thin Yang Concubine Yudiankong." ”

"Is it a barren ring?" Mu Lanxiang asked, seeing Zhu Mingzhi nodded, he smiled and said, "Dew drops poplar branches are chunzeng." ”

Qin Suqiu's eyes lit up and said, "There you have, it's Yanagi Hui!" ”

"That's interesting." Yun Ning said with a smile.

Qin Suqiu smiled and said, "The thrush man has a good appearance. ”

Before the words fell, the girls all laughed ambiguously, and Yunyu said: "Since Sister Suqiu has been a good brother-in-law, she has been telling us every day, and this time she will be playing tricks again." ”

"Phew, the dead girl who chews the root of her tongue."

Qin Suqiu, who took a bite, wiped it on the crab on the plate passing by, and then reached out to wipe Yunyu's face, Yunyu dodged back, Qin Suqiu suddenly collided with Yun Su, who was patronizing and feeding the cat, and heard Yun Su's ouch, and the cat jumped on Qin Suqiu's head in fright.

The people around him burst into laughter, and Yun Yu pointed at Qin Suqiu holding his stomach and laughing.

"It's Zhang Yi." Jin Ju, who was at a loss, finally came up with it.

Qin Suqiu, who was rubbing his head, grabbed the cat and said stupidly: "Yes." ”

Jin Ju was a little surprised that everyone was laughing at, and said, "Then I'll ask you about a book cut." ”

Yun Yujiao smiled: "Are you going to ask Shicai if the thrush man's appearance is good?" Then you have to ask Sister Suqiu. ”

"Jade girl, you wait, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years." Qin Suqiu's face turned red again.

Talking and laughing in the water pavilion, Qin Yan on the shore had just eaten a big crab, squatting by the river to wash his hands, and suddenly someone behind him said: "Qin Yan." ”

"Who?" Qin Yan stood up and turned around, it was Hu Sheng, and asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

Hu Sheng said: "The master is dead, I just came to Qiushuitang to report the news, I replied to the third young master, and asked you to go back to send the funeral." ”

"The master is dead?" Qin Yan was stunned, and tears fell instantly, "Died in time?" ”

Hu Sheng sighed: "The person who came said that he was not sick, he slept last night, and he died this morning." ”

The sad Qin Yan wiped her tears and asked, "Then how do I go back?" ”

"There is a steward waiting for you outside the door, the third young master instructed not to delay too much, and come back after the funeral." Hu Sheng explained, "I'll wait until the evening. ”

"I see." Qin Yan glanced at the water pavilion and didn't want to go in to ruin the fun, so she went back to the room, wrapped a bag of clothes, brought her monthly silver, and explained that the guard's mother-in-law was going home for the funeral.

Out of the yard, Qin Yan couldn't recognize the road at all, so she lost a little girl to take her out. The women at the garden gate knew about it, and without asking, they just let her go.

A carriage rested by the wall, in addition to the steward of the Xu Mansion, Qin Yan recognized that her sister's cousin Wu Mazi was also there, stepped forward to meet him, and got into the car. (To be continued......) R527