Happy Life in the Red Chamber

Nanny Gu followed Master Jiu out of the city and went to Zhuangzi in Fangshan.Looking at the beautiful and elegant woman in front of her, she finally understood why Concubine Yi was worried that Lord Jiu would be confused.

If you don't know her age, you really can't tell that she has a son in his early twenties.No wonder Master Jiu said that he looked tenderer than Jiu Fujin, it was really tender.

Looking at the young girl with smooth bones and elegant manners standing behind her, Nanny Gu secretly glanced at Yinzhen, and as expected, she was looking at the little girl.

The old mammy had a solid idea, it turned out that she fell in love with the little girl, and this, uh, is pretty good.

Nanny Gu laughed before saying anything, and she looked amiable.Ming Xi chatted with her for a while and understood the meaning of her words.

She smiled and said: "Mother, why don't you feel wronged and stay in Zhuangzi for a night, and I will enter the palace with you tomorrow?

The reason for the overnight wait is that my new batch of soaps won't come out of the mold until this evening.

This batch of soaps is a new product that I have just experimented with. There is milk soap. Take a bath with it, and your skin will be as white and smooth as milk.

I newly made a few jars of beauty cream, originally for my own use, it's rare that my mother doesn't dislike my craftsmanship, and I will bring them with me when I enter the palace tomorrow.

How about this, mammy, you have to be cautious about what you use for your empress, please try it first today, if you don't feel uncomfortable, then use it for your empress. "

Nanny Gu likes to deal with smart people, and Mingxi's attitude is more friendly when she is so smart.

Brother Jiu saw that they were talking so speculatively, so he said that he would go to Xue Pan to ask about the situation of the corn in the field.

Just as Ming Xi was about to send someone to call Xue Pan, he waved his hand: "Don't bother, it's the same if I go to the field to find him, or can you please ask Miss Xue to take me there?"

Mingxi didn't have the nerve to refuse in front of Nanny Gu, so he could only say to Baochai: "Bao'er, take someone to accompany Master Jiu to the field to find your brother."

Baochai nodded, led the two little maids, and walked out with Brother Jiu.

Mother Gu smiled and said: "Madam has raised a pair of good children, the little girl is really pretty."

Mingxi twitched the corners of his mouth: "Nurse is absurd, but it's just that she grew up in the countryside and is a bit more lively than other girls.

My daughter has been very spoiled since she was a child. When her father was talking, he always said that a girl should be pampered, and he didn't want her to marry into a noble family.

When you grow up, look for a marriage that matches your family.As long as the man treats my daughter well, it's fine. If he doesn't recruit a son-in-law, he won't let the child be wronged. "

Nanny Gu took a meaningful look at Mingxi: "Mrs. Xue is really a loving mother, but there are some things that I can't say for sure."

Baochai really led Yinzhen to the field in a proper manner, handed it over to her brother, and then came back.

Yinzhen is a little frustrated, this little girl is really slippery, she will pretend to be stupid to you no matter what you say.

His majestic elder brother, which woman didn't flatter and flatter him when she met him, and even threw herself into her arms?

Just this stinky girl, I wish I could stay eight feet away from him.And those two dead maids, he just wanted to get closer, they protected Baochai tightly, it was really annoying.

After all, he couldn't stay for too long, so he rode away after chatting with Xue Pan.Early the next morning, Mingxi took Baochai, and Madam Gu drove to the city in a car.

Nanny Gu had to let Mingxi take Baochai, saying that the empress likes little girls.Baochai was also eager to try, so Mingxi had no choice but to take her into the palace.

When they reached the gate of the palace, several people got out of the car and walked inside behind Nanny Gu.Although Baochai was quite curious about what was going on in the palace, Mingxi told her when she came here that she was not allowed to look around, and to watch more and talk less.

She could only follow Ming Xi with patience and curiosity, only daring to quietly look at the red walls and yellow tiles passing by from the corner of her eye.

After walking for a long time, she secretly raised her head and took a look, only to see Yanxi Palace written on the plaque at the gate of the palace.

Nanny Gu led them into the main hall, asked them to wait outside the door, went in and reported to Empress Yifei, and invited them in with a smile after a while.

Mingxi took Baochai into the flower hall, saw the beauty in palace makeup sitting at the head, and saluted respectfully and said hello: "The folk woman (people's daughter) greets the empress Yifei, and the empress Yifei is auspicious."

Concubine Yi took a look at Mingxi, and said casually: "Excuse me, give me a seat."

After Mingxi and Baochai thanked them, they sat on the embroidered pier brought by the maid.

Mingxi and Baochai's generous, neither humble nor overbearing appearance made Concubine Yi feel good.She is a straight person, and she likes people who are straightforward and straightforward.

People like Concubine De, who took a few turns in her stomach before opening her mouth, and those who were awkward in speaking and doing things, she was annoyed when she saw them.

Concubine Yi smiled very satisfied: "Mrs. Xue's beauty cream, I use it very well. I just want to see what kind of strange woman can have such skills."

Mingxi smiled: "Your Majesty does not dislike the vulgar craftsmanship of women. It is a blessing for women. This formula of beauty cream was obtained by my master from missionaries in the early years. It is said to be a holy formula for the court.

Don't be afraid of the empress's jokes, the woman is the one who pleases herself, in order to keep our master's heart, I did a lot of tinkering with making rouge and gouache.

After discovering this recipe by chance, I tried to make it.The materials are rare, but the difficult thing is that the ratio is not easy to master.

There is also the temperature for boiling the ointment. If you boil it ten times, one or two times will be successful. "

Concubine Yi asked a lot of questions, and Mingxi explained them to her one by one.

Concubine Yi smiled and waved at Baochai: "This girl looks good, I really want to stay and be my daughter."

Mingxi twitched the corners of his mouth: "Thanks to your mother for not disliking her, but Bao'er is used to being casual at home on weekdays, and I'm afraid she will be annoyed by her within a few days in the palace."

Concubine Yi took Baochai's hand and said with a smile: "Madam is too self-effacing, such a good girl, it's too late for me to be hurt, how can she be bothered?"

Before leaving, Concubine Yi not only rewarded a bunch of things, but also rewarded two foster nuns.Among them was Nanny Gu, who had been invited to Mingxi's house by herself.Nanny Gu is an old man who followed Concubine Yi. She watched elder brother Jiu grow up since she was a child, and she couldn't be more worried about his affairs.

Up to now, there is not even an elder brother in his house, and Nanny Gu is anxious because of seeing this.Concubine Yi was satisfied when she saw Baochai, and felt that her round figure was good for childbearing, and she was generous, well-educated, and elegant, and the children raised by such a mother were no different.

Mingxi was a little embarrassed when he left the palace: "Nurse, you just returned to the palace, and you're going back with us..."

Mother Gu smiled and said: "What's the matter? I have been in the palace for most of my life, and I wish I could go out of the palace and relax. I am bored in the palace every day, and I feel like I am following my wife and girls in Zhuangzi. Quite interesting."

Mingxi twitched the corners of his mouth, looked at Baochai, and sighed.She was willing to do business with brother Jiu, but she never thought of bringing her little girl into it.

But now their family members are soft-spoken, and Empress Yifei is kind enough to teach and raise the nanny, and they didn't say clearly that they have a crush on their little girl.What can she say?

Mingxi thought for a while, the girls of Xue's family were not eligible to participate in the general election, and the small election was entrusted to Wang Ziteng to organize the exemption, so there should be no problem.

After the two nuns came, Mingxi felt that Baochai's manners were much better, and his speech and actions were more organized than before.

Nanny Gu is an old man by the side of Concubine Yi. She grew up watching Brother Jiu and has always been worried about him.

The reason why she invited herself to teach Baochai was that she hoped that she would meet a beautiful woman who would be with her for the rest of her life as she watched Yinzhen grow up.

A month later, the corn and potatoes in the field are ripe.On the day of harvesting the crops, fourth master and ninth master took a team of soldiers to the Zhuangzi in Fangshan.The soldiers they selected were veterans who had cultivated the land at home, and they could not trouble them by breaking corn or peeling potatoes.

Although the fourth master had said that Mingxi's family would not be required to prepare meals, Mingxi still asked Xue Pan to bring the cook in the village to cook.White noodles and steamed buns are enough, stewed vegetables in a big pot, stewed cabbage and pork with tofu.There is a lot of meat and tofu, and you are willing to put oil. The taste of this dish is quite good.

The soup is corn custard and egg sweet soup, with added sugar, it has a slight sweetness, and after several pots, it is completely drunk.

Of course, the two elder brothers can't eat these, Xue Ming sent a food box.White rice, beef stew with potatoes, Kung Pao chicken, fried pork with chili, scrambled eggs with tomato, and corn chowder.

Brother Nine burst into tears when he ate chili fried pork, and was unwilling to put down his chopsticks, wiping his tears while eating.Yinzhen frowned: "Old Jiu, have you learned all the etiquette and rules in the stomach of a dog? If this ghostly look is spread, I think you will have more face?"

Yinzhen took out the handkerchief and wiped away his tears and snot, and Yinzhen, who was obsessed with cleanliness, was so angry that he really wanted to put the plate on his head.Looking at the angry fourth child, Yinzhen pointed at the chili fried pork with a smile: "Fourth brother, try this, it's really spicy and appetizing."

Yinzhen took a mouthful suspiciously, chewed it up and swallowed it, and quickly drank a few mouthfuls of soup to suppress the spicy taste.

Yinzhen smiled unkindly: "How is it? Is it very spicy? If the fourth brother likes it, I will ask Xue Pan to pick a bag for you when I leave. Although this stuff is easy to get angry after eating, but when you eat it Very enjoyable."

Yinzhen, who always eats lightly, shook his head: "I'm not used to this, it's too spicy. What kind of dish is this? Why haven't I seen it before?"

Yinzhen heard Xue Pan mention this: "This is called chili pepper. It is said that Zheng He brought it back from his voyages to the West in the previous dynasty. In the past, Guizhou and Hunan came to watch it. Westerners dried it and ground it into powder to make it. Seasoning, sprinkled over roast.

All three members of Xue's family love to eat, so they planted some, and later found that it is delicious to use for cooking.This thing is very enjoyable when eating, I quite like it.

It seems that there are also less spicy ones. The kind of fried meat and scrambled eggs are also quite delicious.My mother-in-law likes it very much, but I don't think it's enough. "

Yinzhen said to Su Peisheng beside him with a straight face, "Remove this dish."

Yinzhen smacked his lips in pity: "Why did you withdraw it when it was good? Fourth brother, you can try it again, or I will ask them to fry a dish that is not too spicy?"

Yinzhen glared at him: "Shut up, eat quickly."

In the afternoon, people were divided into two teams, and one wave continued to break sticks and plan potatoes.The other team surrounded the corn cobs that had been broken off and transported to the field, and began to tear the corn husks.

After tearing, someone transported the corn cobs to a large mat made of reeds to dry.Ming Xi has asked Ling Qi to investigate, and the next seven days will be sunny.

There are many people and strength, and the corn and potatoes on several acres of land were harvested in one day.

Both corn and potatoes need to be dried, and there are special personnel to take care of them during the drying period.

After it was completely dried, the two of them led the people back again.Ming Xi bought the blueprints from the mall, and took advantage of these days to have the craftsmen make a lot of small magic tools for peeling corn kernels.

A girl in Baochai can use it easily, let alone those soldiers who are used to doing farm work and have great strength.

In the morning, the corn on the cob was almost finished, and it started again after eating at noon without taking a break.

When the weighing was over here, Kangxi Yulong in white clothes and Qingche Jiancong came to the scene in person.

After a few acres of corn were weighed, the yield per mu reached six stones. You must know that in the south of the Yangtze River at this time, the rice yield of the best top-grade fields was only three buckets for one stone.

It is true that Xue Pan led people to take good care of these few acres of land, but even if it is an inferior field, the yield is halved, and there are still three stones.

There is also the fact that the yield of potatoes per mu is as high as [-] shi, even if Xue Pan said that because this field is a first-class field, it has been fertilized.If it is sandy soil, the yield will be reduced.

Kangxi couldn't help being excited. Think about it, if these two crops were popularized in the Qing Dynasty, how many people would be able to eat enough?

Especially when I heard Xue Pan say that these two crops are not picky about soil quality, especially potatoes can be grown on sandy soil, and the yield is not low.

Tasting the original farm meal made by Mingxi himself with corn and potatoes, the happy Kangxi waved his hand and rewarded Xue Pan with a marquis, a marquis mansion and 100 taels of gold.

Xue Pan was so excited that he was speechless, kneeling on the ground trembling and kowtowing, he turned into the Marquis of An Guo?

It turned out that what his mother said was true, farming the land can also produce a marquis. After Kangxi left, Xue Pan was still kneeling on the ground, grinning from ear to ear.

Mingxi kicked him to the ground, he patted his buttocks and stood up, licking his face and leaned in front of Mingxi: "Mom, save me some face in front of others in the future, your son is also An Guohou after all. It’s okay to be beaten at home, but it’s so embarrassing to be beaten outside!”

Baochai couldn't help covering her mouth and laughing: "Brother, even if you become Lord Marquis, you can't escape being beaten."

Xue Pan scratched his head, and when he returned to the courtyard, Mingxi pointed to the 100 taels of gold and said to Xue Pan: "Put it away, the emperor rewarded you, but don't spend it. Come on, this time our old house doesn't need to be repaired." , you can directly live in the Xinhou Mansion."

Kangxi admired the mansion, and this Hou's mansion can't be lived in in a short while, it has to be renovated.

Kangxi now finds Yinzhen more and more pleasing to the eye, and directly throws him to the Ministry of Industry.Master Jiu is rich and powerful, and people make Xue Pan's Hou Mansion look magnificent.

Mingxi reciprocated and handed him the glass prescription.I heard that not long after, the Ministry of Internal Affairs built a glass workshop, and Yinzhen led the tenth elder brother who had the best relationship with him so busy that his feet didn't touch the ground, and the relationship with the eighth elder brother gradually weakened a lot.

作者有话要说：感谢在2020-11-2214:26:49~2020-11-2311:16:43期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel of the irrigation nutrient solution: 5 bottles of nectarine fruit; 1 bottle of sea and summer rain;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!