Yu Jinnian curled up in the quilt, only showing his head and feet, there were rustling footsteps outside the door, and the sound of knocking on the door, he didn't bother to open his eyes, he just turned around and buried his head together Went into the quilt, leaving only a handful of black hair spread on the pillow.
Qing Huan didn't answer the knock for a long time, remembering what Ji Shizi ordered before he left in the morning, he pushed the door and went in, put the brass basin on the shelf behind the door, cleaned up the towels, and then went to the back of the room, called He said "Brother Nian" twice, and then opened the curtain.
The mattress was twisted into a mess by him, and the person and the quilt were wrapped into a ball, and it was impossible to tell which was the head and which was the foot. Qing Huan pulled a little bit of the corner of the quilt, and pulled out a white rice dumpling from the cloudy brocade quilt, but she didn't dare to make a loud noise, because she heard from the older generation that screaming violently when she was asleep would hurt people. Hun'er was scared away, so she gently woke him up with a few voices.
After saying good things and bad things, Qing Huan could only carry out that person, and said: "Ji Shizi said, when he comes back from court later, if you haven't gotten up yet, he will punish you for copying scriptures."
He murmured under the quilt: "...what scripture?"
Qing Huan folded her waist: "The Lotus Sutra."
After a moment of silence, a reluctant young man emerged from the quilt like a seedling sprouting. Yu Jinnian crawled out of the soft blanket, put on his shoes, and was about to get out of the bed because his feet were put on backwards in a daze. Qing Huan hurriedly pushed him back on the bed, took off his boots for him, reversed them, and put them on again. He lowered his head, and his reaction was a bit slow, until Qing Huan came over with a towel to wipe his face. He took the wet towel and wiped his face, then asked in bewilderment, "...how did I come back?"
Qing Huan took back the handkerchief and said, "You slept soundly last night, you were brought back by Mr. Ji."
After wiping his face, Yu Jinnian regained consciousness, said "uh" to show that he understood, blinked and looked around, Qing Huan already knew what he was going to ask, and immediately said it again: "Mr. Ji said to click upwards, I’ll be back in a while, I’ll tell you to have breakfast when you wake up, he’ll check when he comes back. I just prepared soy milk and steamed buns.”
"He checked? What kind of test is he taking?" As soon as he finished asking, Yu Jinnian closed his mouth as if he had sensed it, put on his little shirt, and ran to the front to eat.
Jinyouting is built according to the scenery, and there are scenery everywhere in the garden. At this time, the curly lotus in the lotus pond in front has come out of the water, and the flowers have not yet bloomed. The whole pond is green and lush, and a koi will pop out from time to time. The garden specially hired children to take care of these red flower koi, and by the way, take care of the cat that was wandering around and trying to catch fish in the water.
When Yu Jinnian passed by, he saw Tinker Bell staring down at the pool again, and even stretched out a furry foot to paddle the water surface. A group of koi thought they were being pulled for food, and immediately rushed up in a swarm, their big tails crackling Shaking it on the ground, it made a pool of clear water gurgling like boiling. Ding Dong was so frightened that he groaned and rolled backwards when the fish kissed his face.
He hurriedly ran down, smiled and took away Ding Dong who was about to fight with the koi, and carried them to the front flower hall to have breakfast together. There was a red ribbon hanging in the middle, before he understood what kind of custom it was, Qing Huan caught up behind him and put a red robe in his hand on him, Yu Jinnian was confused for a moment: "What are you doing, and you don't want to get married. "
"It's Lixia. I couldn't catch up with yesterday. You still have to wear red clothes. It's auspicious to wear red." Qing Huan doesn't have much knowledge, and she always remembers the details of her parents. After she reminded her, Yu Jinnian reluctantly Remember this.
Great Xia is the virtue of fire and still red, but this kind of saying has actually weakened day by day with the prosperity of the Great Xia Dynasty, and only one or two pieces of scarlet clothes show this ancient custom during the festivals. Lixia is exactly the people of Xia. The day when I am most keen on wearing Zhu Daihong. Lixia welcomes the Red Emperor of the South and pays homage to the ancestors of gods and kings. The common people can't afford red clothes for a while, so they go to the street to buy a few red ties to wear, which is considered a lively meaning.
Now the golden chrysanthemum is still far away, and the summer lotus has not yet bloomed, but it is a good time for wheat to bloom. Before that, Yu Jinnian had been busy with all sorts of miscellaneous errands, and he hadn't settled down for the summer. Today, he was free for a short time, and he was finally able to stretch long, take a breath of fresh air, and get ready to tidy up. Don't ask anything, just live your own life first.
"Lixia...have you boiled eggs?" Yu Jinnian asked.
Qing Huan laughed: "It's cooked, it's cooked, and the colorful silk ties are ready."
The two walked towards the flower hall together, and only then did they cross the threshold. Two people were already sitting in the water flower hall, one of them was holding a fan in his hand, looking at a lotus pond from a distance, with a pair of heavy black and blue flowers hanging under his eyes. , His body has not been fully nourished, and he has to rest for a long time after walking a few more steps, and the flesh on his face has lost a lot of weight.
Yu Jinnian paused, walked in with his head tilted, and asked strangely, "Second Master Min? Why are you here so early in the morning!"
Min Mao was holding a handful of fish food by the window to feed, when he heard Yu Jinnian's voice, he jumped down immediately, pursed his mouth and complained first: "I'm bored at home, and I said I came to play with you, but my second brother would also like to Come along." He leaned against Yu Jinnian's ear and whispered, "Last night, I heard that I didn't sleep all night. What's the matter, isn't he always annoying you?"
After speaking, he pretended to be horrified and said: "I'm used to hearing that the girls in the speech books are rescued, and they will finally agree with their bodies. Second brother... you saved his life, so he fell in love with you." !"
"Fuck off! Is your second brother some kind of cute girl too!" Yu Jinnian slapped him a few times, beat him until he ran away, and then turned to look at Min Xuefei. Not to mention, looking at his lonely, self-pitying and sorrowful appearance, he is really "delicate".
The servants quickly soaked the hard-boiled eggs in cold water, put them in a wooden basin, and brought them up. Yu Jinnian sat at the table and picked out the eggs from the water that were whole and without any broken shells. The boiled egg is stuffed into the colored silk net that Qing Huan has laid, and then the top is lifted to tie up the opening, and the whole egg is tied in the net, with long colorful tassels hanging from the bottom—this is the Lixia egg. .
Children will fight eggs with each other, that is, knock each other with the head and tail of the egg. The one that is not broken is the winner. The egg that is not broken is called a big win, and the egg that is not broken is a small win. Winning big is the most powerful, and will be envied by other children.
People at that time always had some beautiful visions for these customary little things. For example, eating Lixia eggs would bring peace and security, and hanging Lixia eggs would be blessed by the summer god, and there would be no bitter summer. There are also sayings such as eating Lixia rice and drinking Lixia tea. In short, they are everyone’s yearning for a better life. Although some sayings are very groundless, they are a kind of sustenance for people today, so there is no need to entangle Are you superstitious
Yu Jinnian stuffed the eggs and asked if Sui Sui hadn't woken up yet, so he took a few and handed them to Qing Huan, asking her to hang one on Sui Sui's tent, one on Sui Sui's neck, and the rest for her Take it as a gift. There are some children in the garden. Although they are older than Sui Sui, they are all children in Yu Jinnian's eyes. Since Li Xia is going to be celebrated, it is natural not to disappoint those children.
After giving away the children in the garden, there were still several left, so Yu Jinnian gave one to Min Mao and his two guards, and after thinking about it, he picked up one and hung it on Min Xuefei's chest.
Min Ji regained his composure: "What is it?"
"Lixia egg, haven't you played it?" Yu Jinnian looked at him with a smile, turning a white egg in his hand, "Come on, knock it, if you break my egg, everything you want will come true, everything will come true wishful!"
Min Ji raised his hand to pick it up: "Why should I play such an inferior game with you?" He took the egg off his neck and froze in his hands for a while, wondering what he was thinking, but he didn't put the egg back on the table afterwards On, just hold it like that and let it go.
On the other hand, Min Mao on the side was foolishly fighting with the poetic and picturesque, and finally won a big victory, and showed it off in front of Yu Jinnian.
After sitting for a while, the wind blew up on the pool, Yu Jinnian asked people to lower the bamboo curtains around the flower hall, and brought up a small red clay stove to make tea for everyone. Since he came to cook, it is impossible to make ordinary tea, and as far as the tea ceremony is concerned, he did not dare to show off in front of Min Ji, so he talked about some herbs and asked the servant to run errands to get them. When the water on the stove was boiling, he lowered the heat a little, and then put a dozen schisandra, a few slices of Codonopsis pilosula, and six or seven grains of Ophiopogon japonicus into the teapot, boiled it for a while, then scooped a spoonful of freshly made jasmine slices with a teaspoon, rolled One boils.
Throw a few flowers of fresh jasmine freshly picked this season into the small white porcelain teacups. When the golden tea soup is poured in, the small white jasmines slowly unfold in the hot water, sink and float a little, and slowly float on the tea surface. The aroma is overflowing, the soup is clear, and it has the effect of nourishing vitality, nourishing yin and strengthening the body. People who are recovering from a serious illness like Min Ji can drink it, and other healthy people have no taboos.
Just as he was pouring tea, Ji Hong came back and heard that all the people gathered in the Zhaoshuihua Hall, even Min Ji, who was "ordered to recuperate from his illness", was there. When the fragrance of the tea soup wafts in the breeze, one knows that it must be the little genius doctor at home who is doing his best. The boy waiting outside the hall was about to make a noise, but he raised his hand to stop it, took the handed wet towel to wipe his hands, and walked quietly into the flower hall.
Looking down, he saw that the young man was wearing a red shirt with his shoulders slanted, and the corners of his clothes were lying on the ground, being pressed by the fat cat as a sleeping mat. , talking about how his second brother is a loyal and patriotic image in the storyteller's mouth, and then talking about how Yu Jinnian's medical skills are superb-this story has been spread all over the city long before they came back from the palace, but the world doesn't know it I really want to, and fabricated a lot, so that even Min Mao, who lives in the mansion, heard about it.
At the Regu Palace that day, there were many children from various families. It is not known who the news leaked from, but the assassination of the emperor is not something worth publicizing after all, so everyone only dared to say something. Speaking of Min Xuefei's bravery, I dare not arrange anything else. But if there is no clue in a strange incident, it is the incompetence of the storyteller, so after telling it, the story is drawn to the only one who is quite mysterious "Qianhu doctor".
Yu Jinnian heard that the group of unscrupulous gentlemen were about to say that he was a god who turned everything into gold, and he didn't know who was the hero, who actually pulled out all his work in Xin'an County to treat diseases and save lives, no matter how good he was After a lot of embellishment, the story was so strange that even Yu Jinnian himself couldn't listen to it.
Ji Hong went over to caress the young man's shoulder, Yu Jinnian raised his head abruptly, he didn't expect him to come back suddenly, he was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly told Min Mao not to talk, it was embarrassing. Just about to stand up, the hem of his clothes was still being pressed by the fat cat. He staggered and fell into Ji Hong's arms, but Ji Hong pinched his chin, covered it with the wide sleeve of court clothes, and kissed him lightly.
The people in the flower hall are all of their own, and they all know about this little "deal" between the two of them, even Min Mao is used to it, so it's not surprising.
On the contrary, Min Xuefei, who was usually the calmest, stared blankly and pursed her lips unnaturally.
Ji Hong turned his head to see him, saw that his face was still pale, and mentioned: "It was a coincidence when I was leaving the palace, I met Lian Shaojian on business, and he even asked how you were, talking about last night—"
Before he finished speaking, Min Xuefei raised his head in surprise, and then looked away in a panic: "What last night! Nothing happened last night, I went back and took a rest!"
"..." Ji Hong paused for a moment, then continued, "He said he was in a hurry last night and forgot to remind the servants to watch you take the medicine. What do you think?"
Yu Jinnian also looked back at him wonderingly.
The Second Young Master Min seems to be different today, I don't know what he is nervous about.
"It's nothing." Min Xuefei sat facing the lotus pond in a gloomy manner. After hearing that Ji Hong had nothing to say, he went to flirt with the young man, and couldn't help turning his head to test, "Is there anything else?"
"Huh?" A small white teacup was wrapped in the hands of the two of them ambiguously. Ji Hong was bending his nose to smell the fragrance of the tea carefully. Hearing Min Xuefei's question, he couldn't help being puzzled, "Well, he just said These, what else should there be?"
Min Xuefei turned around, stared at the pond in front of him for a long time, his brows gradually tightened, and he actually sulked himself. Looking back, he saw that Ji Hong was very intimate with that person, talking and laughing while drinking tea from the same cup, he felt his mouth hurt, especially the corner of his mouth that was pecked that night, it hurt even more, and it was even more so. The newly healed chest wound throbbed.
Yu Jinnian hugged the cat, stroked its fur patiently, leaned lazily against Ji Hong, and watched the second son Min who was struggling with himself with half-closed eyes. He found him very interesting, and even wanted to dissect his seven Is Qiao Linglong's utilitarian mind really like the rumors in Beijing that she only loves power and not beauties, and "serves the country and the people, and is selfless".
The tea was almost exhausted, Min Mao and the others went to the garden together, Qing Huan went to take care of Sui Sui, and even Ji Hong went back to the room to change clothes.
He and Min Xuefei were the only two people in the flower hall, one plucked fat cats and the other tasted koi.
After a long time, when Yu Jinnian was about to fall asleep, Min Xuefei moved his stiff body, his consistent demeanor showed a little crack, and his mouth full of civil and military eloquence, sophistry, hesitated rarely. : "You, you are like this, don't you..."
Yu Jinnian opened his eyes and asked back, "Huh? What do you mean we are like this, and what kind of us are we?"
"..."
Yu Jinnian laughed hurriedly: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Second Young Master, you talk, you continue."
Min Xuefei stared at him for a while, then closed his mouth again: "Forget it."
Yu Jinnian: "..."
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In the next few days, only Min Sanmao, a playboy who had nothing to do, would go to Jinyouting to have fun from time to time, or go to the reopened Sanyu Building to grab a meal, while his second brother remained silent for several days. According to Min Mao, the Second Young Master Min's injury was not healed, but he developed some kind of heart disease. He was bored in the room every day thinking about his past, and his temperament even changed drastically in the past two days.
Ask how it has changed.
Min Maodao transferred out all the servants in the yard, and ordered a bunch of curvaceous maids to serve him on a daily basis.
Yu Jinnian thought, then this is really a big change, everyone in the capital does not know that the second son of Min is a typical representative of "the career is uncertain, why should the family be", many poor scholars in the capital use him as an example, to comfort themselves that they don't have to be too busy Marrying a wife, and now even Min Ji is obsessed with maidservants, that's really a downturn in the world, tsk tsk.
Min Mao kowtowed at the melon seeds, regretting: "But those girls are just serving me normally, there is no one who can be my second sister-in-law."
Yu Jinnian asked him: "Do you have a second sister-in-law?"
Min Maodao: "During the Lantern Festival, I saw the daughter of Zhou Yushi's family once. She was born beautiful and talented, but unfortunately she was a little short. The little girl of Mr. Wang's family is also good, she is my own mother. It's a raised wife, not worthy of our family... Alas, it's so hard! The second brother has been refusing to get married, so I can't get married, isn't this a good thing for me!"
Yu Jinnian smiled and said, "Hey, you have all good things?"
Min Mao laughed happily for a while: "That's right, when my brother is sure to come down, I will come to propose marriage!"
The two hid in the private room on the second floor of the Sanyu Building, eating melon seeds and boneless chicken feet, while "discussing people behind their backs". When they were talking about the exciting part, there was a commotion downstairs. The porcelain bowl was overturned, and some people shouted: "—Hurry up, bring it in, this is the Sanyu Building!"
Yu Jinnian got up immediately and asked the boy at the door: "What's the matter, is it for eating or for making trouble!"