Chapter 540 Reminder Letter from the Ministry of Punishment
After the Feng Shui master finished speaking, he left. The aunt and the others couldn't hold him back, so they just disappeared on the village road with the cloth bag in their arms.
"Sister-in-law, you heard what the Heavenly Master said, wherever my son is, there is a lucky house!" Mother Chen raised her chin and sneered at her eldest aunt.
The eldest aunt couldn't hold her head up in front of her mother and came back angrily; the grandmother also found an excuse to say that there was still a fire on the stove at home, and followed the eldest aunt back to the old house; the fourth aunt and the third aunt After talking to my mother, Mrs. Chen, I also went to visit the old house.
"Master Zhang said that wherever Ping'an Lang lives in my house, it is a lucky house. This Celestial Master is so great that he has been invited by the former magistrate." Grandfather walked away smoking a pipe with his hands behind his back, and walked with a man of similar age. The old man spoke with pride in his tone, and his grandfather's face shone red in the sunset.
"Then why did you break up Ping An Lang's family in the first place, otherwise your old house would also benefit from it..." After hearing what his grandfather said, the old man next to him said something.
Hearing this, my grandfather was silent. Only the scarlet ignition point of the pipe flickered in the sunset. It took a long time before he sighed. In the sunset, my grandfather seemed to have aged...
After the feng shui incident, my mother, Mrs. Chen, chatted with several nearby aunts and uncles. They kept talking about how Zhang Tianshi was doing and how my son was doing. When the aunts and aunts echoed the praises of Zhu Pingan, her mother, Mrs. Chen, waved her hands and said that there was no such thing. In order to prove that Zhu Pingan was not that "excellent", her mother, Mrs. Chen, proudly picked out the embarrassing things that happened when Zhu Pingan was a child. Several things were said:
“This silly boy is three years old. At that time, his father gave him ten cents to sell tobacco leaves at the entrance of the village. The extra cent was used to buy candy for him. "
"After a while, this silly boy was chewing a piece of candy. Dian'er came back and gave nine cents to his father and said, "The tobacco leaves at the entrance of the village are sold out."
"Give me a good beating..."
"Also, when he was a child, he went to the fields with a few friends to pull out edamame to eat. To hide from others, he hid in the crop fields, and then fell asleep... ..."
She is indeed her biological mother. The things that happened when she was a child are as precious as those in her family. Fortunately, Zhu Ping'an was not at the scene, otherwise she would have felt so embarrassed after hearing this that she would have had the urge to hit the wall.
Behind the door of the new house opposite, the little maid Baozi and Li Shu were crouching behind the door and listening. They couldn't help but cover their mouths and their eyes were bent with laughter.
Zhu Pingan had dinner at his new home, because Zhu Pingan was about to leave for the capital. In order to give the young couple more time alone, mother Chen asked Zhu Pingan to stay at home for dinner. Rushed back to the new house.
The reason why he had to leave for the capital so soon was because of the impeachment memorial sent by Zhu Pingan when he left the capital. In the afternoon, the magistrate of Huaining sent someone a few packages of tribute noodles and an urgent letter. Huaining tribute noodles have been the tribute noodles hand-picked by the imperial palace since the Song Dynasty. The magistrate of Huaining uses tribute noodles as gifts every year as a favor. The urgent letter was sent from the capital on a hurry. The letter from the Ministry of Punishment, Zhu Ping'an was asked to leave as soon as possible to the Ministry of Punishments to present his case.
Almost the Ministry of Punishment has sent out two such urgent letters.
Although there is still some time left for the holidays, under this situation, Zhu Ping'an can only leave for the capital as soon as possible.
Killing good people and taking credit for Zhao Daying!
Haha, I hope you won’t regret urging me to return to Beijing in such a hurry!
"My uncle is back." When the girls saw Zhu Pingan, they bowed and saluted, and Zhu Pingan nodded in response.
In the room, there were two girls waiting for Li Shu to wash her hands. One girl was holding a small basin in her hands, and the other girl was holding a towel in her hands and stood respectfully in front of Li Shu to wait on her.
Baozi's little maid first put her little hand into the small basin, tested the temperature, and then puffed up her face and said, "I'm getting more and more careless. I just emphasized to you to add more heat." Water, have you forgotten it again?”
"Good sister, we just mixed the hot water with it, maybe it's cold. Sister Que, please pour some hot water with me." The little girl holding the water apologized, and then begged the person next to her. The girl who made tea added more hot water to the basin.
After mixing the hot water, Li Shu started washing her hands. When Zhu Pingan came in, Li Shu had just finished washing her hands. When she saw Zhu Pingan came in, Li Shu put the towel she had wiped down again. In the hands of the little girl, he ordered the girl to bring Zhu Ping'an hand washing water.
"No need to bother."
Zhu Pingan shook his hand, then walked over and started washing himself with the water that Li Shu had washed. The water was very clean and there was no need to get another basin.
The little girl next to her covered her mouth and smiled.
Seeing this, Li Shu's pretty face couldn't help but have a touch of red clouds fly up, and the red candle illuminated it even more shyly. Her watery eyes gave Zhu Ping'an a white look and said, "You really don't know what is good and what is good~~ ".
While Zhu Pingan was washing his hands, the girls filed in and brought in the meals prepared by the kitchen and neatly placed them on the dining table. The dishes are rich and full of color and flavor, including anchovy fins, red plum blossoms, kung pao hare, roasted pork loin with melon, sesame rolls and several vegetarian dishes, filling the table.
Finally, there are no more jellyfish, leeks, mutton, pork kidneys, etc.
There is also a soup simmered in a clay pot in the center. It should be chicken soup. It exudes a rich aroma and makes you very appetizing just looking at it.
“You can cook less next time, we can’t finish all this much.”
Zhu Pingan looked at the food on the table, thought for a while and said, there are almost ten dishes. , I always feel that eating it for two people is a bit wasteful. In fact, four dishes and one soup are already very filling. When I was at the old house, a meal only consisted of one or two dishes.
"If you can't eat, give it to the girls and old ladies. They have been waiting for a long time and they haven't eaten yet." Li Shu glanced at Zhu Ping'an and raised the corner of her mouth with an elegant arc. She was used to setting a table of food. .
"Thank you, Miss." The girls serving in the room all smiled happily.
Okay, I am a bit of a country bumpkin. Zhu Ping'an thought of the plot in Dream of Red Mansions. It seems that this is a common practice among big families. For a large family, each meal consists of dozens of dishes or more, and there are only a few people eating there, so there is always a lot of leftover food at each meal. The rest of the food will be distributed among the master’s family and the maids and old ladies.
A big family has many rules, and there are rules for eating. If the master has not eaten dinner, the servants cannot serve it. Therefore, the remaining meals of the masters will not be wasted. Give it to the girl and old woman, and the person who receives the reward will look proud. Moreover, not everyone can receive this kind of reward. Only girls and old ladies with status can receive this kind of treatment. This is a symbol of status.
The little maid serving Baozi served Li Shu, dishing out dishes and serving soup. There was also a little girl who wanted to come over and serve Zhu Pingan for dinner. Zhu Pingan waved her hand and declined. She had her own hands and feet, so she didn’t need anyone else. Serve. (End of this chapter)