Chapter 178: The Spring Reciprocates
The sudden rain makes the fields as clear as water.
"Dalang, please go to the field to pick some fresh cabbage hearts, pack them up and carefully put them into the basket." Aunt Geng shouted and asked her eldest son to go to the field to pick vegetables.
"Erlang, go to the earthen pot and find some nice-looking salted duck eggs. I heard Su Dalang said that Mrs. Hou likes to have a salted duck egg with her porridge. I dare say that this From all over the world, no one can pickle duck eggs as well as I can. "
Aunt Geng looked at the basket in her hand and felt it was a bit old, so she called her eldest daughter-in-law: "My dear, go to Carpenter Nie's house at the end of the village and buy some exquisite ones. The basket comes ”
"Okay, grandma!" The eldest daughter-in-law responded and left.
Aunt Geng then sat on the bench in the courtyard and spoke to old man Geng who was smoking a cigarette with her hands: "Cai Xin, duck eggs, eggs from my own hens, my grandson picked them up. Wild honey. Think again, what else can our family do? ?”
Today is a day off for the academy. Old Man Geng rarely takes a day off. He is lazily basking in the sun and blowing in the breeze: “You put all the valuable things in Erlang’s shop. It's sold, what else can I get from my house? ?”
Hearing this, Aunt Geng felt uneasy: “Oh, it’s all my fault that I don’t have the foresight to know that Madam Hou’s plan is so far-reaching! Here we are, there are spies from the North in our village. This is like What a good thing! The village guards can guard against outsiders, but they can't guard against insiders!"
After speaking, Aunt Geng wiped away her tears: "What do you think they are trying to do? But, working for the people in the North?”
Although that family came to escape famine, his appearance was that of a person from the Zhou Dynasty.
When we first arrived, the family was as skinny as skin and bones. It was only in these years that I rented farmland from the Yongchang Marquis Mansion to fill my stomach and look like a person.
Who would have known that they were deceived by lard and were secretly trying to find information for the Northern Territory!
Old man Geng's eyes were profound, and he seemed to have seen through the sinister nature of human nature: "It's nothing more than seeking wealth."
Aunt Geng sniffed, and returned to her quick and easy manner: "Fortunately, we have a great Zhou Dynasty. There is Mrs. Yongchang! Her little plan has ruined the plan in the north! We have to be more vigilant in the future, there will definitely be fish that slip through the net!"
Old man Geng nodded.
“Oh, think about it, what else can we give away!” The topic returned here.
……
In Kyoto City, Chiang Kai-shek’s Mansion.
Mrs. Jiang stopped Jiang Guanghai who was about to go to school.
"Please wait a moment, come over and help me take a look, how does your godmother like it?"
Mrs. Jiang took Jiang Guanhai to her warehouse. Objects that are willing to be sold.
"Which is better, silk or satin, or this white jade Guanyin ornament?"
Jiang Guanghai looked at the sky, it was still early, there was still time: "My godmother does not believe in Buddhism, she believes in Taoism."< br>
“Ouch, we don’t have the decorations of Tianzun in our house!” Mrs. Jiang was worried.
The family backgrounds of our family and Yongchang Houfu are so different that there really isn't anything we can do about it.
Jiang Guanghai couldn't bear to see his mother-in-law in trouble, so he asked: "Ama, do you have anything to ask your godmother? Why don't you tell me, my godmother is kind-hearted, and I am If she doesn’t come to the door with gifts, she will help if she can.”
Mrs. Jiang slapped Jiang Guanghai. On his back, he yelled angrily: "Your godmother is so generous because she is generous! We can't do that ungrateful thing! Besides, I don't have anything to ask your godmother to do."
Jiang Guanghai I was stunned: "Then why do you want to give me a gift?" My family had just bought a house, so where was the extra money?
Mrs. Jiang patted her chest in fear: "You don't know. That man from your aunt's family took money from spies in the north and asked him to be an internal agent! Fortunately, you didn't agree to recommend him to Baichuan Academy, otherwise our family would Everyone has to follow the pot roast!"
After saying that, Mrs. Jiang broke into a cold sweat: "If Unless your godmother removes these nails in time, our family will be in trouble no matter whether the North is successful or not! Why would the spy want to find his uncle? It’s not your father’s position!”
Jiang Guanghai finally understood that this was the case.
This is really scary!
My family is naturally on guard against strangers outside, but my aunt's family is so closely related to my family. Even if they are a bit dirty on weekdays, it is impossible to think of them that way!
"My godmother has a rich dowry, and she likes food and exquisite gadgets on weekdays."
Mrs. Jiang's eyes lit up: "That's really great! I'll make a mandarin duck and five delicacies dumplings for Mrs. Hou. If she likes it, I’ll do it for her every day!”< br>
Yuanyang Wuzhen is made from the least fat and tenderest parts of five rare birds and beasts, pheasants, cattle, sheep, deer, and bears, cut into very thin slices, and each slice is arranged into a flower. The shape is delicious when eaten with salt, pepper and honey.
The ingredients for this dish are rare, but the most important test is the chef’s knife skills.
Both the Jiang family and his son loved this dish very much, but Mrs. Jiang thought the ingredients were expensive and troublesome, so she only showed her skill during major festivals.
"Then my son can also take advantage of his godmother." Jiang Guanghai said with a smile.
“Gluttonous son!” Mrs. Jiang laughed and cursed as she rolled up her sleeves and prepared to go out to buy the freshest ingredients.
Compared with Mrs. Jiang’s embarrassment, Mr. Chen’s family was extremely lively.
I saw Chen Yixuan carrying a rose chair and sitting carelessly at the door of the warehouse, while the waiter fed him snacks one after another.
“Move this coral ornament for me! My grandma is simple and there is no coral ornament in the main courtyard. Give it to her!”
"Eh? This inkstone is really interesting. I think my godmother will like it!"
"Oh, this set of Ru kiln dishes is very exquisite. Sister Yunyan will definitely like it!"
Chen Yixuan pointed. It was so happy that Mr. Chen was twitching in pain at the side.
"That's it! That's it! Whose son are you from? The warehouse is about to be emptied by you!"
"Stop it now! From now on, we will all keep I’m giving it to you as a betrothal gift, do you still want to marry me?”
Chen Yixuan glanced at his old father who was so anxious that he was sweating, and said dissatisfied: "Dad, if it weren't for the godmother's ingenuity, it would have been another matter whether you would be able to sit firmly in this official position!"
Chen Yixuan The old lady helped. : "No! Look how you became an official! There are only a dozen officials under you, and three of them are spies from the north! If Mrs. Yongchang Hou hadn't captured them in time, you might be involved in the future. Our nine tribes!”
Master Chen was speechless.
What’s weird is that in such a quiet yamen, spies from the north have infiltrated, and they are all under his own hands.
If General Li Aotian hadn't taken into account the relationship between his family and the Yongchang Hou Mansion, and hadn't investigated it thoroughly, he would definitely not have been able to get it!
(End of this chapter)