[Qing Chuan + Red Mansion] Midas touch

Chapter 104

As soon as Eleven came, Zuo Xi quickly checked his surroundings.Relieved to find no 'contraband'.

As soon as she was relieved, Zuo Xi couldn't help thinking that the frozen pear she asked someone to thaw had arrived.Opening his mouth, he was about to tell Yunjin, and he didn't want to see his blue pot friend who is a health expert, smiling softly at him when he looked up.

Don't panic, hold on.

The eleventh priority is to keep in good health, Zuo Xi is fond of food and drink, and the living habits and hobbies of the two are somewhat different from each other.Fortunately, both of them respected each other's way of life, and never thought of assimilating each other.

Of course, the inability to assimilate is also a major factor.

If you asked Shi Shi to accompany Zuo Xi in the bowing, playing in the ice, jumping up and down, then Shi Shi could afford to accompany him.If you ask Zuo Xi to accompany you to eat those clear soup and little water every day for eleven days, then Zuo Xi will definitely not be able to accompany you.

Participating in each other's life with the lifestyle they like without any burden is also the most rational place for Eleven and Zuo Xi.

However, a sick person does not have a choice.

At this time, Zuo Xi, who had a guilty conscience, smiled brightly at Eleven in order to cover up her disobedient behavior.

Eleven who, who didn't know Zuo Xi, gave her a look with a smile, and asked the palace man to remove the cloak for him.

The palace man quickly removed the cloak, changed Eleven's indoor shoes that were left here before, and served Eleven ginseng tea according to Eleven's custom, and then withdrew with a wink.

Sitting cross-legged on the kang, Eleven hugged the hand warmer and asked Zuo Xi, "How are you feeling today?"

Zuo Xi nodded, opened the hazelnuts with a small tool, and returned to Eleven: "I still have a runny nose, but the other symptoms are gone. Seeing that it is going to snow, I thought you wouldn't be here today. "

Eleven raised eyebrows at Zuo Xi with a half-smile, and ate the hazelnuts she had peeled off, "So you asked someone to prepare a pot?" Knowing that the little man in front of him has no conscience and wants to steal behind his back.

"Hey, mandarin duck pot, mandarin duck pot." The food protector moved Hazel closer to her, and Zuo Xi said flatteringly, "I didn't want to eat alone at first, but you can't eat spicy food. I just sent some small The green vegetables are going up the mountain."

Aunt Xue and Miaoyu who were taken by Zuo Xi could both eat spicy food. Seeing that it was eleventh, they thought he would not go down the mountain today, so Zuo Xi ordered people to eat spicy hot pot at night.

I don't want to, the guy in front of me is always so lucky.

The family happened to have coconut chicken ingredients bought from the city a few days ago. Zuo Xi asked Eleven whether his clear soup pot was made of coconut chicken, ordinary chicken soup, or big bone soup.

Like Zuo Xi, Eleven also loves coconut chicken.Seeing Zuo Xi asked, he said this without thinking.

After ordering Yun Jin to inform Zao Shang, Zuo Xi and Shi Shi got together and whispered together.After talking for a while, someone brought the chessboard over and played checkers for a while.

Aunt Xue doesn't know how to play Go, which is a way to pass the time, so Zuo Xi asked someone to get checkers and backgammon out early.Everyday Aunt Xue either plays cards, or asks Zuo Xi to accompany her to play this game.Now Zuo Xi is not at home often, and Aunt Xue is sometimes accompanied by the maid and nanny who plays with her, sometimes Baoqin and Miaoyu.

Now that Baoqin has returned to Jinling, it is Miaoyu who is with Aunt Xue to pass the time.

When it's cold, you can't always go out for a stroll, Zuo Xi and Shi Shi will also play this to pass the time when they are free.During these few days of Zuo Xi's illness, he played with Shi Shi a lot.

While playing checkers, Aunt Xue sent Tong Xi over to deliver some snacks.Seeing Zuo Xi and Shi Shi playing checkers, he jumped to look at the board.

On the side of the main room, Aunt Xue was gesticulating on a piece of material with scissors, while Miaoyu was making calculations and saying a few words from time to time.Seeing Tong Xi came back, Aunt Xue asked what the girl and elder brother were doing without raising her head.

"Playing checkers." Tong Xi replied with a smile, "The girl is about to lose."

After hearing this, Miaoyu twitched her mouth, feeling superior in IQ.Aunt Xue laughed when she heard this, "Forget it, I was just thinking about asking someone to set up a card table."

After speaking, he stopped talking and continued to look down at the piece of material under his hand.

When the piece of material was almost cut, Aunt Xue asked someone to bring another piece of leather, and cut it into eight palm-sized pieces for making small shoes.

Every year when the weather is cold, Aunt Xue will personally make two thick clothes and small shoes for her two dogs.Those two dogs are both Teddy, one was brought back by Zuo Xi two years ago, and the other was bought back by asking someone to go to the market according to their appearance.

With these two little poodles who don't grow up, Aunt Xue's life is similar to that of a modern shit-shoveling officer.

As for the little two who were loved by Aunt Xue, how many people were envied that day.

At this moment, Miaoyu was making plans in front of the kang table, Aunt Xue was cutting materials on the round table, and the younger two were lying on their exclusive small bed beside the smoker cage, looking at Aunt Xue eagerly.The small black grape-like eyes are watery, and the small tail behind him wags twice from time to time.

The maid serving the two sat in the corner, either doing needlework or knitting, and when Tong Xi replied, she walked over and worked with a few maids.

Some orange peels are thrown into the smokeless silver frost carbon, and there is a faint aroma of orange peels in the warm room. This kind of atmosphere is quiet and beautiful, leisurely and colorful, and no one is willing to break it.

The days of winter are short, and the Xue family eats two meals just like the peasants on Zhuangzi's side.

Eat breakfast around Si time and dinner around Shen time.

There were only four masters in total, and the addition of eleven would not count as outsiders, so the four of them sat around a table and had a meal of double pot hot pot.

Zuo Xi asked someone to set up a table dedicated to eating hot pot and barbecue.Two holes were dug in the middle of the long table, and the custom-made pots sat directly in those holes.

Originally, one hole was used for a hot pot, and the other was used for a barbecue pot.When I usually use this table to eat hot pot and barbecue, I lift the baffle above the pot to expose the hollow table hole inside.When not eating, just put down the baffle, and it looks like an ordinary table again.

Because I couldn't eat spicy pot on the eleventh, the table hole where the barbecue pot was originally placed was put in the coconut chicken pot.

Immediately, all the meat and vegetables that were cooked for a while were put on plates and placed on the table, and the four of them sat on the left and right.

When eating, I didn't pay much attention to it. Several people talked and laughed.And because the four of them didn't drink alcohol, it didn't take much time to eat.

After eating, everyone was sweating.Afraid of freezing, Aunt Xue didn't tell the three of them to leave, but just passed the time in her room.Wait until the sweat on your body disappears.

It was night, and Eleven took people away.Miaoyu also went back to her room to sleep.Aunt Xue thought for a while, then went to Zuo Xi's room, dismissed the maid who was waiting in the room, and talked about her and Shi Shi again.

Her daughter is not a concubine of the eleventh, but the two of them don't look very innocent.You can't just muddle along like this.

A woman's best years are just a few years, if her name is not settled now, what will she do in the future.

Zuo Xi actually didn't like to hear Aunt Xue's argument very much, but she also knew that Aunt Xue was really good for her.I was afraid that she would give Shiyi everything in the end, but Shishi would give her nothing.

But she and Eleven. Alas!

"Okay, I know about this matter." Zuo Xi didn't ask Aunt Xue to continue, and worried that this matter would make the little old lady restless. "Don't worry, I can't afford it."

Aunt Xue glared at Zuo Xi angrily, how can you tell her to rest assured until the dust settles in the end.

After trying to coax Aunt Xue away, Zuo Xi couldn't sleep again.Too lazy to get out of bed, Zuo Xi entered the small apartment directly with a flash of thought.

Opening the door of the small apartment, several balls of paper appeared outside as expected.

Zuo Xi stooped to pick up the house, opened it one by one and looked at it for a while, and didn't reply because he was not in the mood.Put away the ball of paper, walked around the small apartment, and went out with the phone again.

There are stand-alone games on the mobile phone, downloaded online novels, and photos secretly taken in the photo album.

Swiping her thumb across the screen, Zuo Xi pursed her lips as she looked at the recent photos inside.

All are single photos of myself or Shi Yi.

She and Eleven haven't had a photo together yet.

Taking a few group photos at night, Zuo Xi got up late in the morning.After staying in bed for a while, I got up to have breakfast.

After the meal, I picked out a set of jewelry and a big fur cloak made by the previous son and sent them to Wanyan's house in the name of Aunt Xue to the future grandma of Xue's family.

In the afternoon, when the servants who went to Wanyan's house came back, they brought back a gift from Wanyan's family.

Two exquisitely embroidered forehead wipes, and two small jars of autumn pear ointment made by Wanyan himself.

When they first got engaged, Xue Pan was still at the sixth rank with a hundred households, but now in less than half a year, Xue Pan has been promoted to the fifth rank with a thousand households.

For this marriage, the Wanyan family is as satisfied as the rest of the Wanyan family are jealous.Don't talk about the future prospects of her husband and son-in-law, just talk about the fact that the Xue family sends people to deliver things every now and then, which makes Wanyan look forward to the day after marriage with all her heart.

It's not about drawing things, but the desire to be put in people's hearts makes Wanyan, who lacks love since childhood, yearn for it.

The Xue family sometimes gave some relatively expensive things, and sometimes they were boudoir items.When Baoqin was around, Zuo Xi would also use Baoqin's name to send flowers or flower sticks.

Zuo Xi didn't want to use his own name to give away Yan's things, the reason was because of the rumors about the previous concubine.One more thing is worse than one less thing, and some things can't be explained clearly. Now that the person is not married yet, saying anything will cause groundless speculation. It's better to wait for the person to marry back and let her see for herself.

Wanyan's here often returns gifts, or two boxes of snacks, or a few colored needles and threads. Over the past few months, they have come and gone. Although they don't know each other's temperament, they have somewhat developed a good impression.

Because I'm still in Guoxiao, the wedding date is set at the end of April next year.The Xue family is a royal merchant's family, and there are quite a few shops in the family. Although they dare not buy wedding items publicly, they have asked the stewards in the shops to prepare the goods in private.

As soon as you go abroad, you can send it to Xue's family, so you can guarantee that the happy event will not be delayed.

The old couple who made gold and silver jewelry that Zuo Xi raised before are still staying at Xue's house.But Zuo Xi thought that when Wanyan married in, she would move him to her Sanjin yard near Jinyu Alley.

After selecting the site for Elder Brother's Mansion on Eleventh, Zuo Xi asked someone to buy her a yard nearby.It's not far from Eleven Prince's Mansion, walk out from the corner gate, and you can walk there for about a quarter of an hour.

It is said to be the courtyard of Sanjin, but it is not really that big.In the summer, people started to tidy up. Zuo Xi lived in the Grand View Garden, and also lived in the exquisite garden of Lin Jiaxiu, and now he lives in the beautiful Xiaotangshan courtyard, so he was very careful when tidying up the house.

A deep well was dug, and the kitchen and firewood room were placed in one entrance. After the whole house was paved, a boiler room was built in the front yard.

The inverted room with the first entrance and the back cover room with the third entrance are reserved for servants to live in.She lives in the second entrance by herself, and she doesn't need any wing rooms except for the two main rooms and two side rooms.Connecting the place where the side rooms were knocked down and the open space in the yard, a small garden in the shape of a curved water cup was built.

The pipeline of the earth dragon is buried under the chashou veranda in the second entrance courtyard. From here, it enters the main room all the way, then turns around from the main room and then enters the back cover room, turns around in the yard and finally returns to the boiler room.

She didn't know if she would have a chance to live in this house in the future, but it didn't take much money and effort to prepare in advance that she would live in it.Deep down in his heart, Zuo Xi would also be afraid.I'm afraid I won't be able to get along with my brother and sister-in-law in the future, and there will be no place to put her.Secondly, he was also afraid that he would have no place to live after leaving Eleven, and he would get into an awkward quarrel with Eleven, so he would temporarily use it to run away from home, so Zuo Xi still cared about this house.

It took a lot of money to repair this house, but because the house is small, it didn't take long.After Laba, Zuo Xi went back to the city to take a look, arranged for two servants to look after the house and left the city.

After another two days, Zuo Xi's wind and cold completely recovered.Because New Year's Eve was coming soon, Zuo Xi didn't move back to another courtyard.

Eleven would go to Zhuangzi every day, and sometimes eat breakfast here, stay for a whole day, and return to the other courtyard after dinner.Sometimes when it comes to windy and snowy days, Zuo Xi directly stays in the house in Zhuangzi that he packed up for Shi Shi earlier.

On New Year's Eve, Xue Pan brought Zhou Yun back to the city on a fast horse.After completing the ancestor worship ceremony, he went out of the city and returned to Zhuangzi.

Counting Zhou Yun, there are only six people in the Xue family this year.Zuo Xi didn't ask to divide the tables and separate the screens, so they all sat at the same table in no time.

Aunt Xue, Miaoyu, Zuoxi, Shishi, Zhou Yun and Xue Pan, Zuoxi has Miaoyu on the left and Shishi on the right, being sandwiched between these uncles and nephews, they still feel a sense of happiness in their hearts.

Xue Pan's promotion from the sixth rank to the fifth rank was a blessing in disguise, thanks to the help of Wang Ziteng.Wang Ziteng's repayment of the national debt aroused public outrage, so the people who disliked him naturally looked for his faults everywhere.Few people knew that he had someone suppress his nephew, but it became an open secret later on.The last time Xue Pan led troops to suppress the bandits again, after the official document was reported, in order to squeeze Prince Teng, this matter was brought up to the present day.

Although he is full of bad news and twists and turns today, he will not really sit back and watch this kind of thing that is suppressed after relying on his own ability to gain military exploits.What's more, in today's heart, Wang Ziteng has been abolished, and there is no way to wrong the court rookie for Wang Ziteng.So Xue Pan didn't even make the transition from the fifth rank, and directly became the fifth rank.

Not only has it benefited, but it has also registered in front of the present.As long as he doesn't do anything and die early, there should be no need to worry about his future.

However, if Xue Pan's younger sister wants to become the prince's successor, it is still a bit short of success.

Zuo Xi didn't feel any changes in Xue Pan when he was promoted to the fifth rank.When eating the New Year's Eve dinner, he still had that carefree and honest look.Talk about things in the barracks, about suppressing bandits, and when it comes to excitement, he will dance and gesture twice.Sometimes when it comes to getting stuck, Zhou Yun on the side should remind him.

From time to time on eleven, I took a sip of honey water that was not incompatible with what I ate tonight, listening to Zuo Xi asking this and that, seeing that even Miaoyu, who had always been cold, would be surprised or frightened in Xue Pan's description. look, the mood will become very relaxed.

This is the most relaxed New Year's Eve for the first time since the eleventh day.

There are no cumbersome rules, no pretentious care, and there is no deserted room when you are unable to attend the palace banquet due to physical discomfort.

Maybe this is the atmosphere that Chinese New Year should have.

This year's New Year's Eve hasn't passed yet, so I'm thinking about the future on the [-]th.

Compared with the eleventh, many people in the palace were forced to smile at this year's New Year's Eve palace banquet.

In Qiuli, many of the people whose debts were being chased by the fourth master and the ninth master were royal family members who were eligible to participate in the New Year's Eve banquet in the palace.

The men gritted their teeth and looked at the fourth masters who had been highly praised by today, wishing they could tear the four brothers apart.Stepping on the flesh and blood of men to climb up, have your consciences been fed to dogs?

The female relatives were in the back, and when they saw Concubine De, Concubine Yi, and the wives and children of the four masters, they were also depressed and indignant, and their words were filled with all kinds of gunpowder.

It's better for men, who don't dare to be a monster under the nose of today, but women know how to trample and squeeze people to make people the most painful.

Facing Concubine De, he was talking about the adopted Fourteenth.Facing Concubine Yi, he was talking about Eleven, a sick child whom she cared for.

In the face of Fujin with four elder brothers, those who have heirs say they are concubines and concubines, and those who have no heirs also say that they are concubines and concubines.

Hurt each other~

With Eleven's body and eleven's age, people have been concerned about her marriage, even if Concubine Yi has long since dismissed such matters, she can't help but be angered by these people.

Seeing Concubine Yi's expression changed, Wu Fujin and Jiu Fujin hurried over to help their mother-in-law.At this moment, an elder Fujin from the clan didn't seem to see Yifei's change of face, he also mentioned Shiyi's marriage, and said that her natal family had a niece.

Because the fifth elder brother was raised under the empress dowager, Wu Fujin was the most respectable in front of the empress dowager.At this moment, the queen mother is sitting at the head, and Wu Fujin can also say a few words beyond her seniority: "Thank you for your concern, but in the old year, Er Niang invited the shaman grandma to do the math for the eleventh brother, shaman grandma Mama said that it is not appropriate for the eleventh brother to marry early, and even pointed out the direction for the candidates for the eleventh brother and sister, and said that it is not called to arrange some messy people."

Wu Fujin smiled back to the old Fujin who relied on the old to sell the old, and said that she was such a good niece, she might as well stay by her side, and pointed to the old Fujin's daughter-in-law with a smile and said a few bad words.

Concubine Yi suppressed her anger, took off a gold bracelet inlaid with beads from her wrist, and asked someone to pass it to the old Fujin's daughter-in-law with a smile, "If your mother-in-law is biased, let her niece pass you, good boy, Don't be afraid, just come to me, I will always love you. But I think that she is your mother-in-law's niece, she must be good at sex, and you sisters will be together in the future, respect and love each other. We love Xinjueluo to spread branches and leaves..."

Seeing this, the old Fujin thought for a while and then asked about Eleven Fujin and whether the shaman grandma would get married when Eleven would get married.

They are all descendants of my family in Aixinjue, and they are also duty-bound to spread the branches and leaves.

"Are you afraid that you won't be able to eat without a glass of wedding wine? You can always rest assured, and I will be the first to notify you when the day comes."

After Wu Fujin finished speaking, he walked up to the Queen Mother and whispered to the Queen Mother in Mongolian.The Queen Mother first widened her eyes when she heard the words, then slapped her legs for joy, and finally waved to Concubine Yi.

Concubine Yi stepped forward with a smile, and the Queen Mother came over with a series of questions in Mongolian.Concubine Yi had also studied Mongolian language hard back then, knowing that her daughter-in-law had spoken to her, she immediately approached the Queen Mother and replied in Mongolian.

The conversation between Concubine Yi and the Empress Dowager, some of the children and family members in the room understood it, and some didn't understand it at all.But no matter whether he understands it or not, it is an indisputable fact that Wu Fujin successfully brought Concubine Yi to the Queen Mother.

After the palace banquet, Concubine Yi took her two daughters-in-law to Yikun Palace. When they arrived at Yikun Palace, Concubine Yi wanted to throw something, but was stopped by Guiren Guo.

It is not too bad luck to throw things during the Chinese New Year.

"It's all caused by Lao Jiu's evil account." Thinking of being besieged by so many people today, Concubine Yi became very angry, especially when these people even involved Eleven, this is called Concubine Yi It was even more unbearable.

"You don't talk about Lao Jiu, I see that Lao Jiu is doing a good job." Looking at Wu Fujin and Jiu Fujin standing on both sides, Guo Guiren said again, "Look at that Yonghe Palace, what else do you have?" Unsatisfied. I have been tired all day, and I have to come in again tomorrow, so go back and rest."

After talking about Concubine Yi, she turned around and told Wu Fujin and Fujin Jiu to leave the palace. The two Fujin bowed to Concubine Yi and sisters and then retreated.

"The children are grown up, don't be so anxious every time you encounter something about the eleventh." Guo Guiren handed a cup of tea to Yifei who was still angry, "I'm far away today, look You guys are so lively that you can't get in your mouth, you're sitting there thinking about a lot of things..."

Concubine Yi didn't have an elder brother in her early years, and she was born on Eleventh. Looking at the birth of her eldest nephew, Concubine Yi always felt in her heart that this was her child who died in infancy reincarnated back to her side.As an older sister, Guo Guiren can still hold a bowl of water, but Concubine Yi, because of this thought, and Shi Yi's crooked body since she was a child, can't help but prefer Shi Yi a little bit.

Guo Guiren also often persuaded Concubine Yi, saying that the children were all grown up, married wives and had children, and if they favored Eleven like this, they would cause resentment and suspicion between their brothers.After hearing this, Concubine Yi also felt that this was the case.She usually looks okay, and she also shows partiality to the two daughters-in-law and their men.It's just that when it comes to critical moments, it makes old mistakes.

"However, the marriage on the eleventh day should be paid close attention." Guo Guiren thought of his son's temper, and then thought of Zuo Xi, and sighed, "Son and daughter are debts."

Who said no.

This year, there is no new year wine everywhere, and the Xue family is the same.In previous years, there were such things as visiting relatives and visiting the house to pay New Year's greetings, but the Xue family didn't have much left this year.

As soon as Aunt Xue came back from Jinling, she heard that the officials ordered by Wang Ziteng were going to suppress her son, and she burst into tears.And the things that Rongguo Mansion has done in the past two years also made Aunt Xue not want to deal with that family.There is no need to eat New Year's wine everywhere, and even the relatives in these two places do not need to visit New Year's greetings.Except that Xue Pan went to his Shangfeng house, the elder brothers Wujiu and the future father-in-law paid New Year's greetings, Zuo Xi took Miaoyu to Lin's house to pay New Year's greetings, Daiyu took her younger brother to Xue's house for a walk, At other times, the big guys just stay at home and play mahjong.

On the 21st of the first lunar month, under Zuo Xi's strong request, everyone can give gifts but don't say anything to wish her a happy birthday.

After this birthday, Zuo Xi will be seventeen.In my previous life, I was still a high school dog when I was seventeen, so I don't care if I don't mention it in this life.

It wasn't until the first month came out, the weather turned warmer, and now I took people to visit Jidian, and Yifei and Guo Gui sent people to pick up the eleventh palace.

must come back.

All right, just go back.

After asking someone to pack their luggage, Zuo Xi sent Daiyu the birthday present she had prepared for Daiyu earlier.

Daiyu's birthday is in February, and now she is going into the palace with Shi Yi, and she doesn't know when she will be able to come out, so sending it in advance will save her from worrying about it.

The carriage stopped in front of the palace gate, Eleven looked at the seat that had been waiting here for a long time, hesitated for a moment before sitting on it.

With his current body, there should be no problem walking from the gate of the palace to Elder Brother's place.But thinking of the benefits of being a patient, Eleven still followed the habit of previous years, sitting and kicking out as soon as he went out.

Zuo Xi was dressed very thickly and followed beside him, looking up at the palace wall for a while, and looking at the palace people passing by for a while, Zuo Xi found that the mood of entering the palace this time was really different from the last time.

It seems that there is less hesitation and more confidence.

With a smile in his eyes, he glanced at Eleven who was about to catch up, and when he looked back, he happened to see Mrs. Wang who was so thin.

what!

Mrs. Wang saw a procession approaching from a distance, and there were still people walking in the procession, so she knew that she had met a nobleman.He didn't dare to look closely, but kept his head extremely low while avoiding standing aside.

If Zuo Xi hadn't looked around, she might not have seen Mrs. Wang.

The skinny Mrs. Wang appeared here, could it be that she was going out of the palace?

Yes, Mrs. Wang is finally released from the palace now.

But at this moment, Mrs. Wang, who was about to leave the palace, didn't know what was going to greet her.