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Chapter 58
Chapter 58
During the evening meal, Mrs. Jiang Tai smiled and asked, "Is the rose dew rewarded by a sage? Why haven't I seen the yellow stick? It's something from the palace, it's very fragrant."
During the Chinese New Year and festivals, the emperor would give gifts to his relatives and nobles, such as cheese and cherries in summer, mouth-fat noodles in winter, and meat, vegetables and wine dishes at various festivals. Since Lin Yan ended his foreign post and returned to Beijing to serve as Shaoyin, these things have been common.
"But it wasn't rewarded by a saint." Lin Yan scooped a small bowl of fish fillets for his grandmother, carefully picking out the peppercorns inside, and said, "Occasionally I get some roses, but it's a pity to throw them away, so I ask Shenji wine shop to help. Make some honey-stained, candied sauerkraut."
Lin Yan paused, "Miss Shen is not too troublesome, she helped us steam some flower dew."
Mrs. Jiang Tai smiled and said: "No wonder! I said why I haven't seen a yellow sign. So it turns out that steamed flower dew is still popular among girls today? Shen Xiaozi's craftsmanship is really good. When I was young, the sisters I played with also liked to do it. This, jasmine in spring, rose in summer, sweet-scented osmanthus in autumn, and some people have also steamed it with plum blossoms, and they say it's a cold fragrance." Mrs. Jiang Tai said that she was still in her boudoir.
"When your grandfather took office in Hangzhou, I tried to steam it with several kinds of flowers, and it was very good. At that time, I gave it to my relatives and friends and called it 'Hundred Flowers Dew'." This is what happened after marriage.
"Afterwards, things were too complicated, and I gradually started to do less. Your mother..." Mrs. Jiang Tai stopped and said with a smile, "I remember these old sesame and rotten millet clearly, but I can't remember what I ate at Chaoshi today. I'm also very eccentric with my stupidity."
Lin Yan handed over the bowl and said warmly, "You have changed the prescription from Imperial Physician Fang, and it seems to be much better. Besides, what's the problem if you remember Chao Shi."
"If you can't remember the morning meal, of course it doesn't matter, but if you can't remember people and things, it's not good. If you're good, I can help you see a bride."
Lin Yan lowered his eyes and smiled, "That doesn't matter."
Mrs. Jiang Tai shook her head in disapproval.
Lin Yan handed over half of the rice dumplings that had just been cut on a small plate - this thing is not easy to digest, so only let the old people taste it, and the Dragon Boat Festival is coming again. This is the first time this year that new dumplings are steamed.
Looking at the rice dumplings in the plate, Mrs. Jiang Tai suddenly said: "My eldest man is so careful and looks good, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to marry a good little lady?"
The servants were stunned and laughed, even Lin Yan laughed.
Looking at the grandson who has grown into a handsome man, Mrs. Jiang Tai was a little sad and a little relieved, sighed in her heart, and smiled.
After dinner, Mrs. Jiang Tai again instructed "be careful with Lu slip", Lin Yan agreed, and came out with a salute, put on clogs under the porch, held an umbrella, walked out of the grandmother's yard, and slowly walked back to the inner study.
The rain this evening made Shen Ji's business a lot lighter, and just after Xu Zheng, no one was there.
The four of them packed up, and Yu San asked, "What's for dinner today?" No matter how good a cook is, there are times when he doesn't know what to do.
Shen Shaoguang said with a smile: "Didn't I just order a new branch for roasting meat? I think there is some meat left today, so let's grill it!"
Yu San frowned, "Isn't there a special stove for roasting meat? It will take two days for the stove to be delivered."
Shen Shaoguang said with a smile: "Child! Take a charcoal basin for heating in winter and make do with it."
Yu San: "..."
Knowing what the little lady is thinking, what's more, there is A Yuan who has already gone to the charcoal pot next to him, and Yu San resigned to cut and marinate the meat.
Shen Shaoguang also went to help, which means that the three cuts were done, so he marinated the meat with pepper, salt, sugar, clear sauce, rice wine, gorgonian powder, etc., and sprinkled cumin powder when it was roasted.
Cumin was called benzoin at this time. Like wolfberry and hawthorn, it was bought from drugstores. don’t know if it can expel wind and relieve pain, but it is certain that it can be appetizing. Sprinkling it on barbecue can increase the aroma by 30%.
It's a pity that its good friend Chili is not there, otherwise it will be fragrant, and people in a workshop can make it fragrant.
Across the window, Shen Shaoguang looked at the rain outside. This year, the rain was really frequent. If it didn't rain, it would be good to go to the yard to barbecue and eat it. Roasting in the house is a bit overwhelming...
It was also a coincidence that when the meat was marinated and the vegetables were ready, the rain gradually stopped, and a few new stars appeared in the sky.
Shen Shaoguang moved the table, charcoal pot, meat, vegetables and the like to the yard.
It has only rained, the heat has subsided, and the green brick floor has been washed clean. He took out the bamboo mat that had been laid in the store before, put the table out, and placed a few futons next to the table. Shen Shaoguang took the hidden capsule and leaned against it, shaking the small fan while watching Yu San Roast.
Ah Yuan couldn't wait, smashed walnuts with a hammer next to him, and made up for it first. Shen Shaoguang didn't often stretch out his hand, so A Yuan gave her half of it.
Shen Shaoguang suddenly found the meaning of "the sky is as cool as water at night, lying down and watching the Altair and Vega", but it was the Qixi Festival, and the Dragon Boat Festival has not yet passed here. Autumn light is cold painting screen", shouldn't the painting screen sent by Lin's house be put out to suit the scene?
But Shen Shaoguang suspects that the "painting screen" in the poem is not a large floor-to-ceiling screen, but a small pillow screen standing in front of the pillow on the bed to block the wind. Pingshan", the so-called "paper screen stone pillow bamboo square bed, tired hands throw books and dream long in the afternoon" ①......
Pillow screen is a private thing, and there are all kinds of paintings. I have seen the beautiful woman on the pillow screen of a scholar who has a legendary book and walked down ②... Shen Shaoguang smiled slyly, this scholar's pillow screen is probably the same as the Fengyue Baojian in the Red House one set of.
When think of a screen, can't help but think of the person who sent it. don't know what was painted on the screen of Lin Shaoyin's bed headrest who looked so serious?
This Lin Shaoyin made Shen Shaoguang quite confused. Shen Shaoguang knew that the food in his store was delicious, but it was so delicious that Jingzhao Shaoyin, a well-informed gentry and a well-informed disciple, used it as a canteen every day?
And the overly polite return gift, just the first time, was just in time to buy a house and land, this time...
But other than that, there are no other exceptions.
A person like Lin Shaoyin, who is cold, rational, and talented, shouldn't fall in love with me, right?
Shen Shaoguang snorted in his heart, self-love is a disease, and it needs to be cured! Maybe people are rich and well-mannered? The nobility is a stinky and particular group, what kind of habits do not have?
Wang Ziyou was still snowing in the middle of the night and went on a boat to find a friend and came back to the door of his friend's house. If Di Andao thought about it, he should think that this kid has some secret feelings about him that he can't express.
Turning around again, what if Lin Shaoyin really had so much meaning? A marriage that is not the right match has a very small chance of happiness. Marriage is like company mergers and acquisitions. It involves cooperation and games in many aspects of assets and personnel. It is not a "sentient", and it can ensure smooth cooperation and long-term win-win.
Thinking of "youqing"...Shen Shaoguang smiled, Ah Yi's life was already full of twists and turns, there was really no need to make such waves in marriage, and it was good to live in a small courtyard and barbecue.
Shen Shaoguang looked up at the stars in the sky. When he got old, he wondered if he would regret not tossing around like a moth to the flames like Mrs. Chu when he was young, or being a little more arbitrary like the eldest princess Fuhui...
Hearing the voice of "Lang Jun, pay attention to your feet", when he turned his head, he saw Lin Shaoyin at the gate of the courtyard.
Shen Shaoguang: "..."
Achang smiled apologetically, "The slave went to the front to get the wine, just when Lin Langjun came..."
So, you brought him directly to the back home? Shen Shaoguang knew Achang's problems, and he was at a loss when he saw the "noble person".
That's all, let's be safe when it comes. "If Langjun doesn't dislike it, please take a seat and eat some roasted meat." Shen Shaoguang stood up and smiled.
Lin Yan nodded: "Excuse me."
Lin Yan had never done such an "indecent" thing as staying in a woman's house overnight in his life. He felt a little uncomfortable, but his face became more and more serious.
Shen Shaoguang looked at him, obviously he was here to rub the barbecue, but it seemed like he was having an executive meeting...
Yu San expressionlessly handed the grilled mutton skewers, chicken skewers, pork belly skewers, tofu gluten vegetable skewers to Ah Chang, who placed them on large plates to entertain guests and to his little lady. I don't know if I want to wait for the guests to go to the branches and cut small pieces, Lin Yan said warmly, "I'll just do it myself."
The rest of the baked goods, Yu Sanzi took it, and brought a plate of noodles, took Ah Chang and Ah Yuan, and went back to the room to eat.
Shen Shaoguang smiled at Lin Yan and said, "Langjun please use it, don't be polite."
Lin Yan smiled and nodded: "Thank you little lady for the delicious food and wine."
Originally, I wanted to replicate the nightlife of a small horse, a zola board, a big vest, a skewer, and a beer, but it turned out to be a social dinner. Shen Shaoguang was not good at throwing off his cheeks and eating it directly, so he had to put the meat on the plate and eat it with chopsticks - it felt that the taste was wrong.
It is embarrassing to "eat without talking" at such a time. Shen Shaoguang ate some meat and drank some wine, and then he began to talk nonsense: "Today's charcoal is not good, we should still use pine branch charcoal, which has a pine fragrance when roasted, or use fruit charcoal, Jujube charcoal, roasted a little sweet."
"If you don't have this charcoal, picking up some pine towers and putting them on the charcoal fire is the same." Shen Shaoguang said again.
"Is this the way in the palace?" Lin Yan asked with a smile.
"What's the use of such trouble in the palace? This is an idea that Liang Weng came up with." Shen Shaoguang was very convinced of Mr. Liang Shiqiu, and felt that when he was traveling in Chongyang in autumn, he could go to the mountains with pine forests to look for it.
"That's it, it's already delicious." Lin Yan looked at the table in front of him and smiled.
Shen Shaoguang squinted and smiled, and Lin Shaoyin became more and more complimented.
Shen Shaoguang said again: "I haven't thanked your mansion for the screen, Mrs. Tai is so polite."
"Today, my grandmother praised the little lady's steamed flower dew, saying 'it is very rich and mellow', and the little lady should not be polite."
Hearing him speak candidly, Shen Shaoguang felt that maybe he really thought too much, and immediately became cheerful, "It's just that my thatched hut is very simple, and it would be a waste to put such a rich and elegant thing."
Lin Yan looked at the peach tree in front of the window, the vine branches and green leaves all over the wall, and the lush side vegetable garden over there, and smiled: "'The back eaves of the elm and willow shade, in front of the Taoli Luotang,' why is there such a thing?"
Ha, sure enough, every literati has a dream of a hermit, living at the height of the temple, he is thinking about the joy of returning to the garden and the garden, and the joy of fishing and woodworking.
"Shao Yin is elegant and elegant, beyond the reach of ordinary people." Shen Shaoguang said with a smile.
Lin Yan glanced at her smiling face, her words were not in her heart, and she spoke eloquently!
Thinking of "Ling Se", Lin Yan lowered his head and took another sip of wine. Out of the corner of his eyes, the pretty face was reflected in the light of the vermilion yarn, which made him feel embarrassed.
The author has something to say:
①From Li Gang's "Thanks to the Emperor's Enlightenment: On the Pillow", Mao Pang's "Candle Shadow Shaking Red, Pine Window Dream at Noon", and Cai Que's "Summer Boarding the Car and Covering Pavilion".
②This stalk draws on the story of "Cheng Lao Pillow Screen" in Hong Mai's "Yijian Zhi" in the Southern Song Dynasty.