Lu Xuren had short calves and was raised in a pampered manner, so he couldn't walk when he reached the palace gate.
Fortunately, Gu Ye's carriage was parked at the gate of the palace, and he lay down when he got into the carriage.
Lying all the way to the door of Shiweitian, Lu Xu came to him slowly, and instead of being hugged by the guards, he followed behind Gu Ye and Feng Yu, and stepped on the pedals and came down.
Gu Ye asked the guards to hide themselves as usual and stay outside, and then took Feng Yu and Lu Xu into the restaurant.
It was the afternoon market, and although the restaurant's business was not as good as before, it was still full of people and crowds.
Shopkeeper Zhou was greeting the guests, and when he saw Gu Ye and the others coming, he asked the maid of honor to go to the Yashe on the third floor to invite Gu Yin down.
"I ran home at noon, did I get greedy again?" Gu Yin went downstairs with a smile, and when she saw Feng Yu, she raised her eyebrows and smiled again: "It was Ah Yu who came, but I Misunderstood."
Gu Ye pretended to be angry and muttered: "I was greedy when I came back. When I saw Ayu coming, my mother was so happy. What's going on? I only see the new people laughing, but don't hear the old people cry?"
Gu Yin raised her hand and gestured to hit him, "Where did you learn this nonsense from?"
Gu Ye exaggeratedly hugged his head and avoided it.
At the back, Gu Yin was about to have someone call Ge Zhuer down, and Gu Ye rushed before her and said, "Mother is not busy, not only the two of us, but also a little tail."
He pursed his lips towards his back, and Gu Yin looked behind him with a strange expression, then looked at him again.
Gu Ye turned around again and found that there was no one behind him.
He ran out of the store again to find Lu Xu, the little tail.
Lu Xu didn't eat with him at all, and was attracted by the small stall selling all kinds of food and gadgets at the door.
Because it is not far from Shiweitian, it is still under the protection of the guards, and because Shiweitian is a place where Gu Ye often comes and goes, the people nearby have already been carefully checked, and there is no need to worry that the vendors will be detrimental to them, so there is no need to worry about it. People came out to stop him.
Lu Xugang asked the stall owner of the sugar man stand to draw him a big carp.
The stall owner's craftsmanship is really good. He is famous in the neighborhood. The round carp is very pleasing, and every scale is very detailed.
Lu Xu saw that Gu Ye was looking for people everywhere, and he was about to go after picking up the carp. The stall owner immediately stopped him and said carefully, "Little Master, you haven't paid the money yet!"
"What silver coins?" Lu Xu tilted his head in confusion, and then saw that other people next to him would give copper coins in exchange for buying things at the stall. He had never seen that thing before, so he took the jade pendant tied around his waist. , asked the stall owner, "Can I give you this?"
Lu Xu was still wearing the clothes of the palace, and the pattern of palace satin and gold thread was very intimidating. The stall owner had seen many dignitaries in the capital, and he had already judged his noble status by his clothes. So when he took the candy man and was about to leave without paying any money, the stall owner had to be careful when he stopped people.
And now the jade pendant that Lu Xu has unwrapped is even more incredible. It was carved from a single piece of suet jade, and the whole body is milky white, without a trace of mottled color.
Such a jade pendant, let alone a sugar man, can buy a whole street of small stalls.
The stall owner waved his hands again and again and said he didn't dare, and then said, "It's fine if you don't bring any money. I don't dare to accept such a good jade pendant. It's even if I invite the young master to eat."
Lu Xu licked the candy man, he really didn't understand why this person didn't want his jade pendant, his jade pendant looked much more beautiful than that kind of copper coins!
However, the other party said that he would be invited to eat, and Lu Xu didn't ask any more questions, and ran to Gu Ye's side.
"Look! My big carp!" Lu Xu proudly licked several mouthfuls in front of Gu Ye.
But after a few bites, Lu Xu didn't want to eat it. He felt that this candy man was a little bitter, and it wasn't as tasty as the candy in the palace.
The things he usually don't want are stuffed to the nanny and the palace maid. Now that there is no one around, Lu Xu has a sore hand and throws it on the ground.
Gu Ye immediately stopped him, with a little anger on his face, "What did we just learn in the morning, you were patronizing to sleep, didn't you listen at all?"
In the morning, Master Wen had just taught them the first and second parts of "Being Mercy".
Farmers are the foundation of society, and as a prince, it is naturally difficult to be sympathetic to the people.
In fact, this does not need to be taught by anyone. Gu Ye, who grew up outside, naturally understands it deeply.
On the other hand, Lu Xu, when he was born, Zhengyuan Emperor, who was the righteous king at the time, already had the chance to win.
So this lesson was actually prepared for him by Mr. Wen and the others.
"I didn't just sleep, I listened!" Lu Xu argued, and recited both poems.
Unexpectedly, this kid really listened to the class, Gu Ye's anger subsided a little, and he said: "Then you will memorize it yourself, 'Who knows that food on a plate is hard work'. Even if this candy man is not to your taste, you can't just let it go. Throw it away."
Lu Xu was even more confused, "This isn't some kind of 'Chinese meal', and it's not a grain."
Gu Yeren was not too old, so he asked him to teach Lu Xu, but he didn't understand.
Just as Gu Yin came out, she laughed when she heard this: "The sugar used by this sugar man is called maltose, which is made from rice and malt after saccharification. You should know that rice and malt are food."
Lu Xu still didn't understand, but after explaining so much, he would seem stupid if he continued to ask, as if he didn't understand, he said, "Anyway, it means that this is also food, and it's something that Mr. said should be cherished, right? "
In the end, it is the child of Emperor Zhengyuan. This cleverness is really much stronger than that of ordinary children.
Gu Yin nodded again and again and praised sincerely, "Your Highness is so smart, that's the reason."
Before going to Wenhua Hall for class, Emperor Zhengyuan had told Lu Xu to listen to the words of Master Wen and others.
Even Feng Guifei had privately told him not to disobey Mr.
So Lu Xu grabbed the candy man again, and didn't say anything about throwing it away.
Later, Gu Ye asked him again: "Where did you come from, the sugar man, did you bring the money? Or did the guard give it for you?"
Lu Xu shook his head, "That person asked me to eat."
He pointed to the stall owner selling sugar men not far away.
Gu Ye went over to thank him, and handed over a dozen pennies.
"Young master, you're welcome, five cents is enough." The stall owner set up the stall outside Shiweitian for a long time. Naturally, he knew Gu Ye. He only counted five cents and returned the rest to Gu Ye. .
Lu Xu followed him like a little tail, took a copper coin and looked at it repeatedly, "This is silver, better than my jade pendant?"
Seeing his innocent and ignorant appearance, the stall owner explained graciously: "The little boy's jade pendant is worth a lot of money like this, enough to buy hundreds of candy men, so I don't dare to ask for it. It's not that the little boy's Yupei is not good."
Lu Xu was even more puzzled, "You give me a candy man, and I can give you jade pendants worth hundreds of candy mans, how much is it?"
"This, this..." The stall owner was stopped by him. He couldn't directly say that I think you are rich and noble, and you must have a prominent background. I'm afraid that you will bring disaster for your jade pendant
It was Gu Yin who came over, and then whispered to him: "There is a saying, 'A gentleman loves money, and he gets it right'. In layman's terms, as much work and as much effort as you can, you can eat as much food as you want. So It's as much as it should be."
Hearing this, the stall owner laughed even more kindly, "I don't dare to call me a 'gentleman', Madam Gu is really annoying me."
Later, Lu Xu went to the stall next to the clay figurines. Seeing his strangeness, Gu Yin didn't stop him. She just went over to greet the nearby stall owner and put Lu Xu's account under her own restaurant. Find shopkeeper Zhou to settle the money.
While waiting for Lu Xu to visit the stall, Gu Ye frowned and said to his mother, "He is very annoying. Are all children so annoying?"
Gu Yin couldn't help laughing out loud, "You only have your birthday next month, you're not even seven years old, and you still call other people's children one by one?"
Gu Ye scratched his head and smiled, then said, "Then I wasn't so annoying when I was a kid, right? I cry again and keep asking."
Gu Yin recalled for a moment, then smiled and said, "You don't cry a lot, and you don't ask. But..."
But is it a letdown!
So now that Gu Yin recalled the time when Gu Ye was just adopted, all he could think of was going out to find him or waiting for him to come back for dinner at home.
While the mother and son were talking, Lu Xu still held the sugar figurine in one hand, the clay figurine in the other hand, and a few oil paper bags in his arms, returning home full of rewards.
Gu Ye looked at it and said: "You buy so many things, how will you eat in a while?"
Lu Xu ate Roujiamo and Braised Rou Biscuits in the morning. When he was shopping for other things, he ate the tail of the "carp" and was no longer hungry.
He shook his head and said, "I don't want to eat, I want to play!"
Gu Ye took him out of the palace, which was equivalent to taking this hot potato into his hands.
If this were someone else's child and said that he wanted to play with him, Gu Ye would be able to think of dozens of ways to enhance his relationship with him.
Even though Lu Xu was his younger brother, he was born to Concubine Feng Gui, and he was still a little crying bag.
Gu Yin said, "I'm just going to the suburbs of Beijing, do you want to go with me?"
Gu Ye gave his mother a strange look, meaning why did you really take him out to play
Gu Yin raised her head towards the third floor of Shiweitian and raised her chin.
Gu Ye immediately understood, and put Lu Xu away so that Feng Yu could meet with his mother in peace, right!
He then replied: "That's right, I haven't been outside for a long time. The weather is really good today, and it's suitable for horseback riding and paper kites."
Lu Xu's eyes lit up immediately, and without waiting for them to continue, he walked to the side of the carriage and urged him to set off.
Gu Yin called someone out to pick up what was on Lu Xu's body, and after explaining a few words to the shopkeeper Zhou, she took the two children and left in a carriage. The guards who were hidden in the dark naturally followed.
Taibai Street is about half an hour away from the suburbs of Beijing.
At the beginning, Lu Xu asked his cousin why he didn't go? Let Gu Ye say that Feng Yu rarely takes a vacation, and he just wanted to rest and was fooled.
Afterwards, Lu Xu looked at the lively scene along the street while looking at the lathe. Everything he saw was very fresh, so he couldn't even think about Feng Yu.
The early spring sun shone warmly on Lu Xu, and after a while, he felt sleepy again, and lay down and fell asleep.
Gu Ye didn't have lunch, he was eating a snack brought by Gu Yin, and when he saw him falling asleep, he lowered his voice and asked, "He fell asleep, did we let the carriage go around a few times, and then said that we had already been there. , he missed it when he fell asleep, didn't he?"
Gu Yin explained in a low voice, "I really have something to do when I go out of the city. Besides, although he is young, he doesn't look as stupid as you when you were young. If you fool him like this, what should he do if he cry?"
Gu Ye said yes, so he didn't make any further suggestions.
Gu Yin did not leave the main city too far, she went to Shuiyun Village. That is where Wei Sanniang and the big and small Suns lived.
The former Wang family bought some fields in Shuiyun Village.
Gu Yin went to this time to sign the contract with the tenant on behalf of the Wang family, and also to see if there was anything new to collect.
Outside Shuiyun Village, just as the carriage stopped, the village chief, Wei Sanniang and men from the big and small Sun families were already waiting to greet him.
Seeing them after getting off the carriage, Gu Yin turned around and asked Lu Xu to stay in the carriage for a while, for fear that he would be frightened by the disabled person.
But Lu Xu didn't listen to her at all, and jumped down on the pedals before Gu Ye.
Seeing all these people, Lu Xu didn't have any stage fright. Instead, he jumped up in front of the man from Wei San's family, and curiously touched his wooden wheelchair.
The man lost his legs, and he could only crawl on the ground when entering and leaving the house.
Gu Yin thought that the wooden wheelchair was inconvenient for him, and asked someone to order it.
Although the wood is not the best, this thing is really practical, and the principle is very simple, so even if the wheelchair is worn out for a long time, Wei Sanniang can directly find someone to do it again.
"Why do you sit on a chair like this? Why does this chair carry two...things like that on the carriage."
Lu Xu didn't know it was called a car wheel, so he asked Wei San's mother's family in a milky voice.
It's not surprising that Wei San's mother's family first said that his leg was broken, and then he turned the wheel of the wheelchair to demonstrate to him, saying that he could move it.
Lu Xu went on to ask, "Then why do you have no legs?"
"It was a war." Gu Ye came over to answer, frowning again, and apologized instead of Lu Xu and the other party.
Even the words of Wei San's mother's family are not in the way.
Later, Gu Ye was afraid that Lu Xu would say something offensive, so he took him aside to play.
In the early spring, the ridges are no longer barren. Many farmers are busy in the fields. After the seedlings are planted, little frogs and little voles also come out.
Gu Ye caught a little frog for him to play with.
Gu Yin saw that the guards were by their side, so she ignored them and went on to do her own thing.
Later, she signed the deed, collected some mountain goods, and then returned to the entrance of the village to see Lu Xu pulling Gu Ye and asking questions.
Gu Yeren was almost dumbfounded by his question. From what the crops in front of him were, what the farmers were doing, and when would these crops become the usual meals, he explained what a frog was and what a field mouse was.
Seeing Gu Yin coming over, Gu Ye felt like being granted amnesty and said with a headache, "Mother's affairs are all done, right? Let's go quickly."
Gu Yin looked funny, took out the handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead. When Lu Xu saw it, he followed Gu Ye familiarly, sticking out his little head.
Gu Yin wiped away the sweat for him, and the man from Wei San's family brought the paper kite that he just went back to tie.
This paper kite is just made of bamboo pulp paper and bamboo strips. The simplest boxy diamond shape has no pattern at all, and it cannot be compared with the ones sold in the shops in Beijing.
But this is the only time he heard Lu Xu's mention, and asked Gu Ye to say that he would put the paper kite away, why not let it go? Gu Ye explained to him that there was no paper kite selling here, so he made it immediately.
So no matter the style and pattern, the thought alone makes people very moving.
Lu Xu's eyes lit up as soon as he saw Zhi Yuan, then he pulled Gu Ye's sleeve and said, "Silver, silver!"
He still hasn't forgotten what he learned today, he has to give money to people and things!
Then without waiting for Gu Ye's answer, he trotted to pick up Zhiyuan, and said to the man from Wei San's family, "This is on my brother's account!"
Everyone laughed in unison, and Wei San's family smiled and said: "I made this casually, the young master can play with it, no money!"
Now that Lu Xu got Zhi Yuan, he was naturally more reluctant to leave, so he ordered a guard and put it away with him.
The village chief invited Gu Yin and Gu Ye to sit down in the pergola by the field.
Although the pergola is small, it also has a low table with benches, which is much better than standing.
Gu Yin chatted with them and asked them how their living conditions are now.
The village chief replied: "Draging your majesty's blessing, dividing the land for the wounded soldiers is equivalent to giving us a job. Now there is a good man like the lady, and after buying the land, the rent is less than others, as long as you are not lazy at home. Lazy people will not miss a bite to eat!"
Gu Yin hurriedly said that the village chief was polite, "It's just a 20% reduction in rent, it's just a small effort."
The British government really does not rely on this little land to rent children for food. The purchase of these properties is purely because Wang thinks that the money is kept at home, and it is used to make the best use of it.
"A trivial matter that is not worth mentioning to Mrs. may save the lives of farmers like us!" The village chief stood up and saluted.
Gu Yinzhen is a little unaccustomed to thanking her like this, and although she has reduced the rent, when she receives things, the other party appreciates her generosity. Said that next time there is a good thing, I will keep it for her. In fact, it is a matter of mutual benefit, not her unilateral benevolence.
She looked away, and happened to see some oblong and low wild vegetables growing on the edge of the field.
Gu Yin recognized that it was Tad dish, also called chrysanthemum dish, and the flavor was very unique. Best for cooking rice.
The village chief noticed her gaze, and immediately said, "Madam thinks this wild vegetable is fresh? This old man will have someone put some back on for Madam."
The village chief was also a wounded soldier who retired, and seeing that he was older than the martial arts, and the others were also disabled, Gu Yin was so embarrassed to let them work on their own whims, so she hurriedly said no.
Gu Ye got up and said, "I'm going to help my mother dig!"
Then he picked up the hoe and basket from the pergola and went over.
Gu Yin and the past wanted to help together, and Gu Ye said: "Mother and I said how to dig it, don't touch it again."
Gu Yin just mentioned two sentences.
Lu Xu, who was next to him, left Zhi Yuan for a while and felt bored. Seeing Gu Ye went to the ground, he shoved Zhi Yuan into the guard's hand and followed.
And in the past, Lu Xu was very careful, for fear that he would step on the crops—he had seen with his own eyes how the farmers worked hard, so he was afraid that he would ruin the fruits of other people's labor.
And he really listened to Mr. To cherish food!
Gu Yin and Gu Ye both noticed his careful little steps and laughed together.
After Lu Xu came over, he said he was going to dig along, but Gu Ye didn't chase him any more, and told him what Gu Yingang had taught him again.
Not long after, two children, one big and one small, dug out a whole frame of tassel.
Of course, it was mainly Gu Ye who dug it. Not long after Lu Xu dug, his attention was drawn to the earthworms in the mud, and he went to play with the earthworms.
Both of them were stained with mud and became little mud monkeys.
Gu Yin playfully helped them dust off the soil, wiped their faces, and asked them to go to the carriage to rest first.
The guards at the back helped to move the goods into the village. Gu Yin had to pay the money for the Tacai. The village chief refused to accept anything. They said that there are a lot of these things in the village. Usually, everyone digs and eats them casually, and Gu Yin does not. Reluctantly.
Before dusk, Gu Yin took Gu Ye and Lu Xu back to Shiweitian.
Feng Yu and Ge Zhu'er stayed for an afternoon, and when they saw the mud monkeys, they couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Gu Ye pretended to be annoyed and said, "I'm so embarrassed to laugh! If it wasn't for..."
If it weren't for Feng Yu, he would have thought of a way to get rid of this little crying bag!
Feng Yu understood and hurriedly smiled and thanked him.
It was not early, so it was reasonable to say that it was time to send the children home, but Lu Xu kept screaming that he was hungry, thinking that he did not eat dinner after leaving the palace, and just received a basket of tamales, Gu Yin said to them Cook and eat.
The three children followed Gu Yin into the kitchen.
After removing the roots and old leaves from the fresh tamales, wash them and chop them, then fry them in the oil pan until they become soft.
After that, Gu Yin cut the bacon into small pieces, and then put the pieces of meat, minced cabbage and rice into the pot and simmered.
When the rice is cooked and the pot is lifted, the refreshing aroma will blow on your face.
Even Feng Yu, who ate a lot of fresh food at Shiweitian this afternoon, couldn't help swallowing.
Not to mention Gu Ye and Lu Xu, their stomachs were rumbling.
Gu Yin gave them a bowl, and then put a spoonful of lard in their bowl, and let them eat it with a spoon.
Although the steps of this rice dish are simple, the tower dish is refreshing, the bacon is fragrant, the meat is good, and the salty, fresh, soft and glutinous. Then mix in the fragrant lard, it is so delicious that you want to swallow your tongue!
The three of them didn't even bother to go out, they directly found a small bench and a small table in the back kitchen, and sat in one place to eat.
Soon, Feng Yu and Gu Ye finished eating first. They didn't need anyone's help, so they went to the pot table to add rice.
Lu Xu also finished eating, and seeing them like this, he immediately went over to add some food.
Gu Yin stopped him, touched his hard stomach and said, "You can't eat any more, you're already full, right?"
If this was in the palace and Lu Xu was stopped when he wanted to eat, it would definitely cause trouble.
But later, he heard Gu Yin explain softly: "I'll have a stomachache if I go back after eating."
Lu Xu frowned and thought about it, as if he really had a stomachache.
Gu Yin took his small bowl, "This thing is actually very simple, and it can be made in the palace. I will bring you all the ingredients. If you want to eat it, let someone make it for you."
Only then did Lu Xu stop crying, and nodded with a smile.
Seeing that Gu Ye and Feng Yu were still serving their meals, and there was no one else beside them, Lu Xu pulled Gu Yin's sleeve and let her hear it, then asked her softly, "I think you are fine, why is my mother? Concubine said you are a bad person?"
Lu Xu and Gu Yin stayed all afternoon. Gu Yin was very kind to him, and even cooked for him, and everyone in Shuiyun Village said she was a good person. Lu Xu had been hiding this question all afternoon.
Gu Yin laughed, this little guy really couldn't hide his words!
Gu Yin didn't blindly fool the children's parents, but now she told Lu Xu the difficult words, and he didn't understand either.
So she thought about it and explained: "Like the two foods your brother brought today, Roujiamo and Braised Rou Biscuits, although they are similar, they are completely different. You can't just say one because of their differences. Well, the other is not good, right? Humans are the same, although they are all human, but they are also different…”
Lu Xu nodded in understanding.
When Gu Ye came over with his rice bowl, he heard Lu Xu and his mother say, "Then you are Roujiamo..."
"Your mother is Roujiamo!" Gu Ye said without thinking.
Lu Xu shook his head seriously, and said no, "My mother is sesame seeds."