Love of Friends in the Red Chamber

Aunt Lin really had a plan and brought Daiyu back home at this time. She didn't want Daiyu to face the coming wind and rain directly. If you plant beans, you will get beans; if you plant thorns, you will get thorns.Lin Jiarui originally wanted to find ways to help the Jia family overcome this difficulty, but the chances of winning are really low. Furthermore, it is like getting a carbuncle on the skin, which cannot be cured unless the pus is squeezed out. It is better to let the Jia family bear their three generations. The bitter fruit of being rich and honorable and not thinking about making progress.

Although Daiyu is born smart, she is an innocent person after all, besides, she seldom thinks about these mundane things in her mind, so she has never noticed that the mountains and rains are about to come, and the house is full of wind and rain, and she lives comfortably in the Xinxin Pavilion of the Lin Mansion, without any worries. Suffering, accompanied by two sister-in-laws all day long, even though married, she is still pampered and pampered, living a life like a fairy concubine.

Seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and because of the bad New Year this year, Daiyu ordered her to go down early, waiving the rent of the tenants in the Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing, and asking the surplus grain in the granary to be distributed to each family, and the rest to be sent nearby In the temple, monks are invited to help the hungry people.As for how those tenant farmers who used this to spend the famine were grateful for the Buddha, she didn't care.

Seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, because the weather is not good this autumn, there are no sweet-scented osmanthus flowers to enjoy, and the autumn scenery is very bleak. Aunt Lin didn't want Daiyu to feel sad about autumn, so she didn't arrange outdoor sightseeing and elegant things, and the girls stayed in the room. It also has its own pleasures.On this day, Aunt Lin and Daiyu were enjoying the tea tangerines brought from the south just now in Aunt Lin's daily living room, when the two daughter-in-laws of the Lin family, Mrs. Always relaxed and cheerful, he said with a smile: "My wife and the eldest girl got up early, and my sister-in-law and I thought we were combing our hair. We rushed to serve, but it was too late." Mrs. Dong didn't say much, just smiled slightly, and took the maid He offered the tea in person, and said with a gentle smile: "Today, the tea has a very peculiar aroma. I smelled it right outside the door. It actually smells like oranges."

Aunt Lin laughed and said: "Isn't it? This is a new method that your sister came up with last year. Don't we have tea gardens and Orange Hills in the south? The taste of autumn tea is not as good as that of spring tea, and the price is also worse. In fact, the taste is better. It is thick and resistant to brewing, and it has its own advantages and disadvantages with spring tea. Daiyu thought of a way to find the tea branch tangerine with small fruit, remove the inner flesh, and do not break open, only open at the stem, put in autumn tea, They were fermented together to make this kind of tea fruit, which was delivered this year, and a pot has just been brewed, so everyone can try it.”

After talking, everyone sat down and opened the bowl to taste tea together. The tea soup was clear and there was a small mandarin orange in it.Mrs. Lu took a sip and said with a smile: "I have drunk a lot of Pu'er tea, and I also added dried tangerine peel, but the taste is not as mellow." Autumn tea is put into tangerines and ripened together in the sun. These are only one-year tea fruits. It takes five years for tangerines to stabilize their oiliness, and it takes at least three years for Pu’er to develop their flavor. Therefore, if you want to get top quality We have to wait a few more years for good tea."

Dong said with a smile: "It's my sister who has an ingenious idea. I have been drinking tea for so many years, but I have never thought of such an idea. This tea is not only refreshing, but also has the benefits of Pu'er. It is most suitable for drinking in autumn and winter. Get rid of the tiredness, eat mooncakes in two days during the Mid-Autumn Festival, it's best to eat with them." When she said this, Mrs. Lu clapped her hands and laughed: "I have an idea, let's make mooncakes by ourselves, it's interesting and fun " Daiyu said yes, Aunt Lin was thinking of entertainment, and after hearing this, she agreed, so she ordered to go on, and after a while, she sorted out a long table in the main room, and put all kinds of ingredients on it. A table.

The Lin family had no shortage of such clever people, and a few maids who were good at making dim sum also came to help.Mrs. Dong suggested to make self-made red wine to pay respects to the gods and worship the moon on Mid-Autumn Festival. The materials are easy to get, the process is simple, and it is handmade.So everyone started to work together. Daiyu rarely had this kind of cooking experience, which was very novel. Seeing that Mrs. Dong and Mrs. Lu were familiar with each other, she knew that it was common for the grandmother to cook in the Lin family. She couldn't help but admire Aunt Lin's home Elegant taste and housekeeping wisdom.

This moon cake for gods, from the outer skin to the inner filling, is made of vegan, high-quality sesame oil, flour, and carefully picked nuts.For a while, Dong Yao led a few maids to knead the dough to make dough. Dong Yao smiled and said: "Our family's secret recipe is to knead the dough with half maltose, half snowflake sugar, and good sesame oil, so the dough won't be sticky or greasy. , but also sweet and delicious."

The mooncake stuffing is more troublesome. Eight kinds of nuts are used, including walnuts, hickory nuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, almonds, pine nuts, hazelnuts, and chestnuts. Crush the nuts in a stone mortar, fry the glutinous rice flour, add sugar, sweet-scented osmanthus sugar, sesame oil, nuts of various colors, and finally rock sugar. But Aunt Lin stopped her: "Silly girl, this one has become froth, it's better to add sweet-scented osmanthus candy, rock candy is for a taste, what's the fun in crushing it - use the back of a knife to crush it into big particles, eat it It’s the best when you’re a little chewy.” Qingzhi smiled and said, “I’ve learned from my wife again.” Follow the words and everything will be ready in a short while.

Daiyu led the maids to peel the nuts, but now her son also started to peel the nuts, and it was done in a short while. Daiyu asked Mrs. Lu: "Second sister-in-law, why are the same moon cakes, some are called Zilaihong, and some are called moon cakes?" What about Zilaibai?" Lu said with a smile, "Sesame oil and hot noodles are used for the cake crust of Zilaihong. The cake crust is pure white." Daiyu said with a mischievous smile, "It's strange, it's so greasy with lard, who would eat it?" Aunt Lin and the others all laughed: "It's always been more expensive than Zilaihong in pastry shops. All the dim sum should be delicious, there is no one without lard, the plum blossom crisps and lotus flower crisps you often eat, where does the taste come from without lard?" Only then did Daiyu understand.

At this time, Qiuyang slanted in from the drawer of the main hall window, and there were bursts of laughter in the hall, sweet and fragrant, and warm. Daiyu felt at ease, thinking that the so-called quiet years are nothing more than that, and doing ordinary things with heart is also the same. Peace of mind.The fly in the ointment is that that person is still weathering the wind and rain, thinking about that promise to himself, his heart is slightly rippling.

Mother Jia was not feeling well, and Daiyu soon found out that, coming to serve medicine every day, the Rongguo Mansion did not even have a good Mid-Autumn Festival.Since Mrs. Xing was in charge, many things have been cut under the pretext of being frugal, and she rarely invites relatives and friends for family banquets.However, after all, it is not good to not invite people to the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet. Looking at the housekeeper's bill, Mrs. Xing felt a pain in the flesh. Just because of Jia's mother's illness, even the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet was avoided, and she covered her face with the word filial piety. , relatives and friends all shook their heads behind their backs.

Jia Zhen from the East Mansion seldom looked down on Mrs. Xing's petty calculations, so she made it bigger and bigger, entertaining guests, relatives and friends, which was very lively.Although Jia's mother was ill, she was sober in her heart, so she said that because of her illness, she could not even give up the etiquette. On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, except for Daiyu and Li Wan, everyone else would go to Dongfu for a banquet. Mrs. Wang was lazy to go, but she also knew Jia Mu's intentions, so she insisted on attending, and was let by You Shi to be the chief, next to Mrs. Xing and others.Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng led all the sons and nephews in the outer hall. Jia Zhen made a toast inside and out, and soon the playlist came up on the spot. Those who are senior middle-aged are in the midst of the flowers blooming and the fire cooking oil, when they suddenly hear the butler running in with a dispirited expression, saying that Master Jia, a cabinet scholar, is coming to pay homage.

Jia Zhen was a little drunk, and didn't listen to the truth, so she asked, "Which master Jia?" transfixed.The butler said anxiously: "Master, go and meet him quickly, if you don't go, people will come in by themselves."

In the end, Jia Amnesty could still hold on, so he stood up and took his nephew and nephew to meet him. Jia Zhen followed behind with a ghost, when he went out of the ceremony gate, he stumbled and fell and gnawed on the mud. Two front teeth fell out and his mouth was full of tears. Jia Rong was so frightened that he quickly helped his father up and asked someone to pass on the imperial physician. Jia Zhen slapped him backhanded and scolded, "I'm not going to save my life. Why should I pass on the imperial physician?" Wiping it with her sleeve like that Bloodstains, hurriedly followed out the second door.

Jia Yucun had already brought people in, and as he walked, he pretended to greet Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng, and turned his face up to Jia Zhen and others, ignoring them.Everyone knew that something was wrong, and some poor relatives who came to enjoy the autumn wind and drink wanted to run away with oil on their feet. There was no way they could leave, because the guards from Jinyi Mansion had already guarded them inside and out.

After entering the lobby, Jia Yucun looked around and said with a smile, "It turns out that Jia Zhen is still entertaining guests at home. I remember that your father died less than three years ago, right? I'm so excited." After the banquet was withdrawn, Jia Yucun happily looked at Jia Zhen's distressed appearance and Jia Zheng, Jia Amnesty's panicked appearance, and then said lightly: "I have ordered to inspect Jia Zhen's family property." Suddenly, Jia Zhen was blown out of her soul , kneeling on the ground, shaking like chaff.

Jia Yucun stood in front of the just-opened incense table and read out the imperial decree: "Following the heavens, the emperor said: Jia Zhen is not cautious in being an official, and acts perversely, seduces the children of aristocratic families to gamble, forcibly takes the wives and daughters of good people as concubines, bullies the weak, and kills people." , Live up to my kindness, be resigned from office, sent to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice for interrogation. I respect you." Jia Zhen grabbed the ground with her head and collapsed into a ball. Jia Rong supported him and kowtowed to accept the order to thank him.

Jia Yucun smiled contemptuously, and said in a loud voice: "Take Jia Zhen down, all relatives and friends will be imprisoned, and none of them will be released. I will personally review it." When Jia Yucun gave an order, they all rushed into the inner hall and searched after hearing a whistling.

The author has something to say: I wish you a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!