The Happy Man in the Red Chamber

After all, the time to return home was short, even though everyone was in Anlan, the capital city, they didn't stop much.He just explained carefully to his sister-in-law and the people who stayed there.With Jia Amnesty on the side, Xing Zhong is honest and honest.But marrying a daughter from a high family, after all, is because the man's status is high, so it's hard to talk.I made noodles at noon, and after a simple drink, I left.Back home, Jia Amnesty used his internal energy to dissipate the smell of alcohol on the road.As soon as he got to the gate, he pretended to be drunk, and was supported by others before entering the gate.An Lan didn't know what he was scheming, but just thought it was fun and made trouble with him.

Showing howling, someone helped him into the house, took off his shoes and got on the kang.He also ordered the small kitchen to make hangover soup, and opened a window to let in some cold wind.Jia She was lying on the bed, yelling that he wanted to drink more, and he looked very handsome when the time came.An Lan sat beside him, pretending to wipe his forehead with a handkerchief, and said in a low voice, "What are you doing!"

Jia Amnesty narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Wine bag and rice bag!" He uttered four words and continued to pretend to be drunk.An Lan couldn't figure out his pace, and just acted like he was really drunk.

Soon, the hangover soup was brought over, she carefully helped Jia Amnesty to drink it, and the servants coaxed him to take off his clothes and cover him with a quilt.Sleeping on the warm kang is comfortable after all.

Mother Jia was in the back yard when she heard a servant say that Jia Amnesty drank too much.She pursed her lips and smiled, letting people go down.She is familiar with her stepson, and he has no brains.If it wasn't for her mother-in-law back then, she wouldn't have lived to this day.But fortunately, her son and daughter survived.

When Jia She woke up, it was already night.He was awakened by the scent, and An Lan sat alone on the Arhat Stepping to the north, much shorter than Chuang and resting on the ground.Because of the earth dragon, it is very warm when it is burned.On the small square table in front of her, there was a brass pot with enamel on the outside, and the thick soup inside was boiling hot.Beside her are vegetables and finely cut beef and mutton.

He lifted the quilt, put on his shoes [just without the heels] and walked over.Seeing that he had woken up, the waiter quickly moved an Arhat from the outside and placed it opposite An Lan.An Lan brushed the mutton, she doesn't like to eat well done.Just walk two times with chopsticks in the hot soup, and it will come out.

Jia Amnesty picked up the chopsticks and made himself a small bowl of hot soup before he said, "Why do you want to eat the pot?"

"The things I have here are all my own. I can eat whatever I want?" She smiled and ordered a red rectangular lacquer plate: "This is buffalo beef, where is the tenderest tenderloin. You try it."

"It's against the law to eat beef." Jia She looked at the plate of meat, picked up a piece and sank it in the soup for a long time before catching it. The sauce was made of peanuts, sesame seeds, walnuts, minced garlic, chopped green onion, and a secret cooking oil. .Jia Amnesty had never tasted this kind of sauce, so he bit his tongue when he tasted it.He took a sip of rice wine poured by the servant girl: "What kind of ingredients is this?"

"Oyster sauce." An Lan introduced: "The coastal area is in Haining, where a kind of shellfish is produced. It is called oyster, and it tastes very delicious when boiled in hot water. But if it is boiled for a long time, it is this kind of seasoning. No need for extra If you add salt water, the sea salt in the oyster itself is enough. Of course, it’s better to add some salt in summer. Is it good to eat?”

"Very good!" Jia She nodded, "It's even more delicious than using top-grade fresh soy sauce." The Huajian school he learned himself is a training manual for dudes.

Piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, antique appreciation, and gourmet gourmets are all things to learn.Back then, his grandmother, who was the venerable guardian of the sect, chose him as the successor after the previous one passed away.As for him, he predestined his son early.Even so, if it is passed down, it will form a phenomenon of being passed down from generation to generation, but it is better than having no inheritance for decades.Besides, he didn't just follow that set of things.In this world, people cannot live without people.The life of a noble scholar can only be that of the Wei, Jin, Sui and Tang Dynasties.Not the current situation.

An Lan saw that he was delicious, so she also used it casually.Fresh fungi are her favorite food.Among them, the Flammulina velutipes, which are specially searched for and cultivated, are made by Tete.Although not as neat as before, it is still somewhat good.

It's sweet for two people, and without those red tape rules, it's a lot more comfortable.An Lan took a sip of the warm rice wine: "This is the daughter's red that my mother entrusted someone to bury in the backyard of my house when I was born. It tastes mellow even after blending."

Hearing this, Jia She stopped his chopsticks and looked at the mellow and sticky wine in the cup, lowered his eyes and took a sip: "Wine is good wine...it's just a pity!"

"What a pity?" An Lan blinked, a little puzzled.

"Passed Zhaohua, and accepted me, an old man." Jia She laughed at himself, sitting cross-legged and holding his wine glass: "This spring is just a time to eat pot, and in two months it will be the Dragon Boat Festival. It would be nice to have ducks."

"Hehe..." An Lan lowered his head and smiled, peeled a boiled red prawn and threw it into his bowl: "It sounds so elegant at the beginning, but it doesn't taste good after that. You should still eat Bar!"

"Why isn't it the taste?" Jia Shen was biting into the prawn meat, and he saw that this kind of prawns were always wrapped in ice.It must be carried in the refrigerator along the way.It has not deteriorated, and at the same time retains the taste.The seaside is far away from the capital city.

Thinking of this, he filled a small bowl of soup and dragged the bowl while drinking and said: "At the beginning, when we said that we were going to marry a mistress, in addition to showing Lian'er a wife, there was another one in front of me. I am afraid that Zhu'er over there has to be settled first." come down."

"Jia Zhu?" An Lan lowered her eyebrows and thought for a while: "His marriage is not easy, he can't get high, and he can't get low. For a fifth-rank official family, at most, he can marry a fourth-rank and third-rank one. But they are a family All the children live here, the old lady is not dead, this family cannot be divided. It's hard..."

"I guess it's going to go away from the Imperial Academy and the Imperial College. There are very few girls who are honored in the imperial court who are willing to marry." Jia She nodded, and he didn't deny this.In fact, when his father passed away, he had said that the family would be divided.The reason why the old lady disagreed was also because of marriage.

An Lan nodded: "Then what are your plans for Lian'er's marriage? I'll ask him today, just say something to me if you think it's good for me."

Jia She looked at her unexpectedly, he thought that this woman would just keep her ears shut and be an idler in the future.Why do you still care about this!He looked at An Lan strangely: "I thought you just didn't hear what's going on outside the window, and you only wanted to save time!"

Hearing his words, An Lan burst out laughing: "How do you say that?" She let go of her crossed legs, sat sideways on the couch, and asked the maid to lean on two pillows: " I said, I need this identity. Now that I have assumed this identity, I have to be responsible as well, right?"

"That sounds weird..." Jia She shook his head and felt that he didn't understand what this woman was thinking.

"Why is it so weird?" An Lan put down his chopsticks and asked someone to add water to the soup pot.

"It feels like..." Jia She half-closed his eyes and hesitated for a while, "It's like a person who cultivates the Tao talks about karma and reincarnation."

"Have you ever seen a monk?" Hearing this, An Lan became interested.She supported her head with one hand, very interested.

"I've been to Zhongshan Tower before." Jia She nodded slightly and put down his chopsticks.Eating the pot itself comes slowly, and there is no rush.He stood up on one knee: "The old Taoist is very interesting."

"Hmm..." An Lan made a nasal voice, and said yearningly: "It's good to have a look. By the way..." She looked at Jia She: "When you pretended to be drunk and fell asleep, I'll go to the old lady and tell After a while, she said to let you take care of your body, don't always be ignorant."

"Tch!" Jia She turned around and smiled, "She's just making a fuss about this thing. Has the Spring Festival Baoxia been tidied up?"

"I'm still living far away for the time being. I see that the house is getting old and needs to be cleaned and reorganized. In addition, she is a girl after all, so the things in the house have to be cleaned up. I am not in a hurry, and I am not in a hurry. It's short of time." When it came to Yingchun, An Lan was very happy.She likes children, but she was worried about getting divorced after getting married, and she didn't want her children to suffer from what she had suffered in the future.I didn't find a man to marry and have children.Right now, it would be nice to have one who softly calls out to her mother.

"If you need anything, go with the second daughter-in-law, and don't worry about the things at home. I'm afraid the old lady can't wait to use it all on Yuan Chun, and it's probably the same when Zhu'er gets married. To put it bluntly, maybe wait for her During the burial, they will designate everyone who can be brought into the grave!" Jia She laughed at himself: "No matter what, she is my stepmother. A stepmother is also a mother, and there is no distinction between etiquette. If something goes wrong If she is not filial to me, she will gain a lot of fame."

Listening to Jia She's words, An Lan thought about the contents of the book "Dream of Red Mansions" carefully, and it was actually really good.Nine are inseparable from ten.

It's just that Jia's mother there is the biological mother of the two sons, and she only prefers the younger son.But the eldest son, Jia She, is indeed useless.Not to mention a playful scumbag, even a father can't be a good one.

At this moment, Jia Amnesty asked her to separate what she knew from the story from the one in front of her.She got up and picked up a chopstick to mix cold jellyfish, and it sounded nice to bite.The sweet and sour taste is very suitable for her foodie.

After taking a sip of Nurhong, she put down her chopsticks and held up the small wine cup to Jia She: "These two 300 years of wealth, are you so willing to spend them?"

"Silver is something that you don't bring with you when you live or die." Jia Amnesty picked up the wine glass and took a sip, as long as the two of them were courteous.He thinks open-mindedly, there are people who have money.Besides, he still has a knighthood after all.

An Lan nodded, lying on her back with her feet resting on the beam at the other end.He folded his hands on the lower abdomen and looked at the ceiling: "Actually, I can help you make the old lady stupid and paralyzed, and everything will be fine. As long as the pension is over, it doesn't take much for a person who can't move. That way, everything will be fine." It can be resolved."

Jia She looked at her: "It's a good idea, but right now she's better alive than dead."

"Why?" An Lan turned her head, expressing her perplexity.

Jia Amnesty glanced at her, then lowered his head and picked up the chopsticks to rinse the meat.While shaking his chopsticks, he explained: "First of all, the current emperor has arranged manpower in every house. The old lady used to be a female official around her when she was young. Even if it is not obvious, there will be traces. Secondly After her death, the second child's family has no shelter, and they don't know what they will do in the name of the Rongguo Mansion. His daughter-in-law is from the Wang family and is the second daughter. Her father, the old county magistrate, is also a figure. Three daughters-in-law. The first one gave birth to Wang Ziteng and the eldest daughter who married Xue Gong. Then she died and married another. It was her mother. That woman is used to doing things. She gave birth to two sons, one Daughter. But her greatest ability is not to have children, but to deal with lawsuits and lend usury. It can be regarded as a family tradition!"

Jia Amnesty sighed, feeling that he was talking too much nonsense.After smiling, he picked up the meat, put sauce on it, and ate it, then said again: "The woman's father is the lower-level steward who handles these things for the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The old lady is here now, and what she did is not obvious. A few years ago At most, the maid’s monthly money will be distributed a few days in the evening. If the old lady goes, she doesn’t know how to deal with the second child. Wang Ziteng is also a character, and he is currently ups and downs, so there is no possibility of a promotion in the future.”

Listening to Jia Amnesty's words... An Lan sat up and lowered her eyelids, washing her intestines.Such things are not eaten by upper-class people.However, An Lan liked this taste.Compared with these, she also likes Huizhou edamame.Unfortunately, not here.

Jia She looked at her with a complicated expression: "No matter what the second child is, he is my brother. Right now, it would be good for the old lady to take care of him while she is still alive. But in the future, I am afraid that if something happens, it will be implicated on my side." .”

After hearing what he said, An Lan burst out laughing.Covering his mouth, he put down his chopsticks and smiled happily.Jia Amnesty stopped his chopsticks from her laughter, not knowing what to say.She laughed enough before wiping the corners of her mouth: "I'm not laughing at you, really! I just didn't expect that the Huajian School, once known as the Demon Sect, would have a character like you. It's not that you are cruel. There are many who are indecisive.”

Hearing this, Jia Amnesty's expression changed. He put down his chopsticks and turned his head without saying a word.He knew that he couldn't beat him, but he didn't know how many masters there were among the people he brought.Can only be sulking alone.

An Lan looked at him with a smile and picked up a jellyfish with chopsticks and put it on his plate: "Eat! This is not a bad thing, it's better than being cold-hearted, isn't it."

When Jia She heard this, his face softened.At first he thought that the transparent silky cold dish was some kind of vermicelli, but only after he took it in did he realize that it was a jellyfish.Crunchy and refreshing, it's not bad.It's just that these things are rare in the capital.I'm afraid that many people now don't even know it.

After using it up, An Lan went to the bathroom to take a bath.On the other side with a screen next door is Jia She.She soaked her whole body in the water, and then slowly closed her eyes.If you haven't cultivated well in the past two days, even if you are innate, you will regress.

Jia Amnesty listened to the even and long breathing next door, paused for a moment, closed his eyes and began to meditate.There is a fire channel under the water basin, and there are people around to test the water temperature, so there is no worry about it getting cold.

The next day, An Lan quietly opened her eyes beside Jia She.Both of them understand that this kind of pure sleeping under the quilt will be a daily routine in the future.There was nothing embarrassing about it, Jia Amnesty was not afraid of embarrassment when he took off his pants.And An Lan didn't feel at all that there was nothing to worry about because she was separated by a quilt and the other party couldn't beat her.Besides, she wasn't that old girl who had never seen a pig or seen a pig go away.Although this body is very immature, her soul has experienced everything.

In the era of her previous life, when male and female friends were invited together, no one had an intense exercise.Coupled with the development of medical technology, small plastic sleeves can be bought anywhere.Various models, various fragrances, various functions...

"Madam is up!" Linglong stepped forward and handed An Lan the coat to put on.An Lan kicked Jia She to get him out of bed.Then he stepped over and got off the window in a big way.Jia Amnesty woke up early, although he didn't mind a woman sleeping next to him.But if this woman is stronger than you, then you have to worry.He is this kind of mentality, sleeps very lightly.

He sat up, took the tea bowl Liuli gave him to rinse his mouth, and then slowly got up.An Lan had to take a bath sooner or later, he knew it.He didn't care, he cleaned himself, changed his clothes, sat on the stool and asked the girl to comb his hair.People from the Ministry of Rituals will come today, and the note he submitted is the order of the third-class lady, but I don't know what the emperor will give.

An Lan packed up and changed into a festive red embroidered golden pheasant pecking day dress.They served the porridge with wheat kernels and mixed grains, and after eating two small steamed buns warmly, they got up and went to Jia Mu's yard.

The door of Jia Mu's courtyard was wide open at this time, and the maids and mother-in-law were busy coming and going inside.An Lan did not wait in the main hall, but went into the side room.At this time, Jia's mother is eating japonica rice milk, which is full of milk.Porridge is a very nourishing porridge.

"I came at the right time, I could smell the fragrance as soon as I entered the door!" An Lan smiled and bowed, and Mother Jia didn't let her be polite, but pointed to the opposite side of her.An Lan sat down and said to the maid on the side: "Next time, what's delicious here, old lady, the girls should report to me early. I'm ready to eat. When the time comes, I will definitely eat it." The red envelopes are for the girls to buy melon seeds and plums."

"But did you use it?" Mother Jia asked her with a smile as she put down the small bowl after listening to her words.

"I made people prepare porridge with mixed grains at night and ate two small meat buns. If I knew that the old lady's side dishes look so pleasing, I must bring a bowl and eat them."

"I bought it from Liubiju outside. If you like it, just order it. I like this taste." Jia Mu smiled and asked to remove the food.

An Lan smiled and didn't answer but said: "I went back to my mother's house yesterday and heard from my brother that Zhuangzi sent six pigeons, all of which were rich in meat. I brought three pigeons with me. I slaughtered it for the old lady and brought it here. Marinate it in the afternoon, cook the soup overnight in the evening, and the next day it will be a good soup. It is very nourishing. In addition, I will give one to my younger siblings. I heard that Brother Zhu is very hard to study. , also needs to be patched up, and the remaining one is reserved for Lian'er. He doesn't look very good, and I think it will take two or three years to get it done."

When Jia Mu heard this, she nodded, "Nourishing is the most important thing, but there are so many pigeons. You can keep them... I am getting old, and those things are not very good."

"The matter there! It's just a matter of tens of taels of silver. My brother's farm is specially raised! Although it is said to be relatives and my natal family, it can't let the farmer lose money. I think this, each 20 taels of silver, ten It’s a good idea to send one from heaven. Now I have three at a time, and it must be good for everyone to use. It’s also for eating corn beams. But in the future, I’m afraid there will only be you here and the two small ones. Master, it’s enough to get a pot of water to cook the noodles.”

She said it easily, but Jia's mother could understand it.She nodded: "I don't need it here, that thing is the most nourishing. Just let Lian'er follow the spring equinox. It's a little thing."

"Hey!" An Lan's smile unfolded, and she said again: "How many are raised in the Zhuangzi? It is said that there are hundreds of them! I'm one of them, and if my younger siblings use them, please tell me." I'll just draw a line."

"That's okay!" Mother Jia nodded. At present, dishes that are not on the brand of the regular kitchen at home have to be paid for a la carte.Besides, this pigeon was not raised by others.It was given by relatives, that is the intention of others.It's hard for her to say, when the time comes, the daughter-in-law will be forced to lose the reason of her mother's family subsidizing her husband's family.