"It hurts, Brother Nian..."
When he came back to his senses, Yu Jinnian couldn't help pinching his knee for a while, and then let go, thinking of the whispers among the maids and servants since Ting Yueju came to this courtyard, thinking of how many people from all walks of life had been talking to each other these days. nasty things you hear. He suddenly mentioned: "Yu Xu, have you heard of Nancheng Fuguizhai?"
Yu Xu covered the hollows of his knees, shook his head seriously, his eyes were bright: "Where is that place?"
"It's nothing, it's just a shop that makes fur clothes. A while ago, their little master was injured by a thief, so he came to me to change his medicine, and I listened to a few words." Yu Jinnian observed his expression, and said casually, "You come here Have you never been to Nancheng before?"
Yu Xu shook his head, pouted his mouth, and said aggrievedly: "I heard that Nancheng is full of rich and noble families. I am a small beggar who wants to beat me when I see him. How dare I go?"
"Really." Yu Jinnian smiled, poured some medicinal powder into his hands, and then wiped the sweat from his palms on Yu Xu's face suddenly.
The medicine powder was brown, and it was painted into a black mass between Yu Xu's cheeks and the corners of his eyebrows. Yu Jinnian took a rough look, and it was really similar to the portrait that Yan Rong showed him that day.
Yu Xu's eyes were burnt by the medicine juice, and while raising the back of his hand to wipe it, he cried out in pain: "Brother Nian, what are you doing... My eyes hurt so much, Brother Nian!"
Yu Jinnian looked at him expressionlessly, and Ren Yuxu wiped his face indiscriminately, seeing that not only did he not clean it off, but the medicine powder melted into his false tears and flowed into the corners of his eyes, instantly killing Yu Jinnian. Xu's eyes were bloodshot and red with pain. And Yu Jinnian seemed to be numb, he looked at it coldly for a while, then brought a pot of cold tea from the table, lifted the lid of the pot, and suddenly splashed it on his face.
"Ah!" Subconsciously, Yu Xu thought it was hot water, and yelled again, only to realize it was cold tea later, and hurriedly grabbed the bedcloth under his body and roughly wiped his face a few times.
While twisting, a thin red silk rope was exposed from under the mattress.
Yu Jinnian was very familiar with the red thread, because he watched Qing Huan weave it little by little, put it on the pearl pendant, and put it on Sui Sui himself. Yu Jinnian jerked and grabbed the red rope in his hands, but the knot had already been cut off, and the pearl pendant on it was even missing.
Yu Jinnian's eyes darkened slightly, and he tightened his grip on the red rope.
Yu Xu wiped his face with great difficulty, and felt the atmosphere around him turn cold. He opened a scarlet eye and saw a piece of red thread between Yu Jinnian's fingers. , but didn't dare to blink for a moment, sat up from the couch immediately, and shouted loudly: "Brother Nian, this, this is what I picked up in the garden, I was about to tell you..."
Yu Jinnian had lost his patience, so he interrupted him coldly: "Then will you have time to tell me about the good things you did in Nancheng?"
"Brother Nian, what's the matter with you, I've never been to Nancheng." Yu Xu frowned slightly.
Yu Jinnian snorted: "Okay, you haven't been to Nancheng, have you seen a mother-in-law who sells vegetables on the East Street?"
Yu Xu swallowed, picked the embroidery on the quilt with his fingers, and cried without blushing, "What about a vegetable seller? As soon as I came to the capital, I was looking around for your whereabouts, brother Nian. You can't eat enough every day. Warm, I almost froze my toes in winter... Brother Nian, what are you talking about! Is there something wrong with me?"
Yu Jinnian couldn't help clapping his hands, and sighed twice: "Okay, great. Your ability to tell lies without drafting drafts is really unique. It's really impressive."
When he said this, Yu Xu's heart immediately trembled, thinking that Yu Jinnian knew something, he almost rolled off the couch, but he had a little luck in his heart, and Yu Xu refused to let go of his ridicule. But since the matter of Doujinlou was exposed, he only admitted this, but his mouth was still a little uneasy, and he continued to whisper: "I will never go to Doujinlou again, Brother Nian, I will work hard , can you..."
"Yes." Yu Jinnian sneered, waved for a servant, and told him to get the inkstone and paper.
The servant rushed to the table and brought him the whole inkstone.
Yu Jinnian shook out the paper with a slap, spread it on the small table beside him, and threw the things heavily into Yu Xu's arms with a few strokes: "Yu Xu, I'm not your parents, nor the Avalokitesvara who helps the world, I have no obligation to save you. You. You have read the contents of this paper clearly. If you are willing, you can sign and pledge, and I can think of a solution for you for the gambling debt; if you don’t, you can settle it by yourself in seven days. "
Yu Xu didn't show it on the face, but in fact he was already guilty. He picked up the paper tremblingly and looked at it, and was immediately shocked: "The contract of sale?"
Yu Jinnian raised his eyebrows: "Don't you really like selling your body to bury your father? Selling it to someone is not selling it, why not sell it to me. Only after you sign it, I believe that you really want to work hard to pay off your gambling money."
The room fell silent, Yu Xu's face gradually turned pale, he used to rely on this level of blood relationship to fool around, if he sold himself to Jin Youting, looking at the expression of his good cousin, it was obvious that he hated him, and he would be reduced to a lower class Human slaves, I am afraid that they will not have enough to eat and wear warm again. He was terrified of such a hard life, and he didn't want to endure it for another day. Now that he managed to climb a branch, Yu Jinnian asked him to sell himself as a slave again
Yu Xu shook his shoulders, both afraid and unwilling: "Brother Nian, I am you..."
So Yu Jinnian should pay back the money for him! Could it be possible to watch him die!
Seeing the boy on the bed who looked a little like himself tightly pursed his lips, the bedcloth under him was also twisted into a ball by his fingers. Yu Jinnian raised his hand to stop, and said with a smile: "You are my 'brother', I know. But I have no sympathy, and I am a miser. Every plant, tree, flower, and water in this garden are mine. If you live in peace and contentment, it doesn't matter if I raise you one more, but I'm not very happy if you jump up and down like this. How can I allow you to take a share of everything I have worked so hard to get?"
When he said this, it was like enlightenment to Yu Xu. Isn't that right, Yu Jinnian is the "master" of this garden now, but that's not because Yu Jinnian is favored, after all, this garden belongs to the son of Duke Li. Yu Jinnian, a shabby man with no father and no mother, used to work as a handyman for their family, so why should he step on him once he jumped the dragon gate!
Thinking of this, Yu Xu didn't feel distressed anymore, instead he had some expectation. He grabbed the pen and inkstone scattered on the couch, there was no water in the inkstone, and the two of them talked again, and the ink had already dried up. Yu Xu put his thumb in his mouth and licked it wet, stained the inkstone with a layer of ink, then pressed his handprint under the contract of sale, and signed his name indiscriminately.
The boy took away the deed of sale, Yu Jinnian took a look at it, folded it in the lapel of his clothes, and said with a flick of his sleeves: "Since you signed it, you are a servant of the family. You can't live in this yard either. Pack up your things today. There will be a servant to lead you to the servant's residence."
Yu Xu nodded sullenly, and as soon as Yu Jinnian went out, he immediately jumped off. He grinned his teeth in pain for a while, then ran to the door, glared hard at the backs of Yu Jinnian and the others, and muttered: "I will be arrogant with me, and I will return to you." It's not something to serve people!"
Yu Jinnian turned out of Yu Xu's yard, his head was depressed all the way, and he caught a glimpse of snow from the corner of his eyes, so he involuntarily stopped and turned his head to look. I saw Ji Hong leaning against the moon gate with his arms folded, looking at him with a half-smile, Yu Jinnian walked over and burrowed into his arms, Ji Hong opened his arms and took him in, stroking his back.
"The handling is too light," Ji Hong commented, "If it follows Ji's family law..."
After going through Ji's family law, if Yu Xu can still survive, it will be God's favor.
"... I thought, if he can live in peace, restrain himself and be independent, I may not be able to give him a chance to save him. Like Su Ting, isn't he also diligent and studious now?" But he also knew it in his heart, Yu Xu It's not the same as Su Ting. Su Ting's theft was for Bai Haitang, regardless of whether he was right or not, this kind of intention is still understandable, but Yu Xu is 100% selfish and full of lies, Yu Jinnian frowned: "If he is still stubborn , and go to that evil way again, you can’t blame me.”
Although Yu Jinnian should have been happy not to make false claims with that little bastard, but he lowered his eyes, looking a little sluggish. The reason why he is not happy is not because of the blood relationship with Yu Xu, but because he is simply bored with such things. He wants to live a simple life, wants a group of people regardless of master and servant, as close as a family, harmonious and beautiful, and wants to do things. Food, shop, see a doctor, and then slowly covered with snow, until the end.
It's just that the world of mortals is so chaotic, it may not be possible for everything to go as he wishes.
Ji Hong looked down, sighed, and said softly: "You don't have to please others in everything. You wish others well, but others may not accept your favor. In the end, they will blame you for meddling. , others, you don’t have to worry about what you want to do, and I don’t need you to please me, I only hope you can be more selfish.”
Yu Jinnian just raised his head, and smiled with his eyes bent: "Okay, listen to your teachings. Then I just want to please you, okay? If you don't want it, you have to accept it. Let's go, I will make you a poached chicken."
Ji Hong smiled and shook his head.
The two went back to Tingyueju's small kitchen. The fresh hen had been killed, but it was a pity that when cleaning the internal organs, they found that there were still eggs in the belly of the hen. Folks say that eggs in the stomach are a happy event and make up for it. People say that, so the cook left the egg in it on purpose.
The purse chicken can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, promote spleen yang, and it is suitable for this season. When handling the chicken, Yu Jinnian ordered to pick a lotus leaf with good shape and suitable thickness. A little cook showed him the washed lotus leaf and asked him if this one was okay. Yu Jinnian reached out to take it, looked up at the little cook, and said with a smile, "Tongtong, right? Thank you!"
The little cook named Tongtong blushed instantly. One was that the little master did not expect her name to be remembered, and the other was that this name was not her real name, but her baby name, which was how the little sisters called each other when they talked. For some reason, Yu Jinnian listened to it. The other sisters in the kitchen secretly laughed at her and also called her "Tong Tong", she was so ashamed that she covered half of her face with her sleeve, ran into the depths of the kitchen, hit the others, and complained in a low voice: "You must be talking nonsense! "
The atmosphere suddenly became lively, Yu Jinnian looked at them with a smile, and his mood suddenly improved. When he turned his gaze, he suddenly saw another little cook, limping and holding a rice bowl, he called the cook to stop : "Yuan Yuan, what happened to your foot?"
This time it really wasn't Yu Jinnian's intention to embarrass others, the cook's name was Yuan Yuan. Yuan Yuan hid her feet and whispered, "No, nothing."
The matter in the front yard has been widely spread, and it is said that Yu Xu, who is arrogant and domineering and pretends to be a tiger, was deflated in Ting Yueju, and Tong Tong took the opportunity to say: "Young master! Yuan tripped over a rope while taking a bath! He fell to the ground and sprained his foot."
Yu Jinnian asked strangely, "Why is there a rope in the shower?"
Yuan Yuan was ashamed and annoyed: "Tongtong, stop talking."
Tongtong naturally refused to shut up, and said injustice: "It's 'that' young master Yu who came to peek at us taking a bath at night, and even pulled the string at the door. Yuan Yuan found him and wanted to go out and argue with him , I tripped over the rope in front of the door and fell to the ground. My leg was broken and my ankle was sprained.”
As soon as she opened her mouth like this, the other maids and servants followed suit one after another, saying one thing and another, to the point of peeking at the girl taking a bath and uttering wild words and hands and feet, or kicking and hitting the servants at the slightest dissatisfaction. Smashing dishes with bowls is as small as killing a potted flower or pinching a bird to death, and other things such as lazy, double-faced, double-faced, and evil-doing, are countless.
"..." Yu Jinnian was stunned, then his face darkened, and he asked in a deep voice, "Why has no one ever told me about it?"
The others didn't speak, they pushed back and forth, and finally pushed out Tongtong who spoke first, Tongtong struggled for a moment, twisted her veil and whispered: "We, we are afraid that you will be unhappy, young master... That one, after all, is yours..."
As she spoke, she took a sneak peek, seeing that Yu Jinnian's complexion had indeed turned dark, she immediately shut her mouth.
Ji Hong waved his hands and told them to go to work, and everyone dispersed like birds and beasts with a swoosh. Yu Jinnian frowned, remained silent for a moment, stuffed the last handful of seasonings into the belly of the chicken, and smeared soy sauce on the surface of the pullet. Just when everyone thought that the matter was over and they were already busy, they heard him suddenly say: :"sorry."
Yu Jinnian said: "I was just busy outside and forgot about family matters, and told him to bully you. Hurry up and ask him to apologize to you in person."
Tongtong waved her hands in fright, not to mention apologizing, as long as Yu Jinnian could casually say something about Yu Xu, they would be very happy. What is bullying, they have the same status as the master, that is called being bullied, and they are just a group of slaves and servants who have signed a contract, no matter how bad the master is, it should be taken for granted, even if the rewards and punishments are endless, they can only be bullied. Blaming them for their own bad luck, how can a master apologize to the next person.
Complaining to Yu Jinnian about Yu Xu's evil deeds is considered their pride.
"This time it's my fault." Yu Jinnian sighed, "It's been hard for you these days."
It turns out that the source of the gloomy atmosphere in the garden these days comes from this.
Everyone was flattered, Tong Tong hurriedly said: "No, there is nothing... Thank you, young master."
Seeing that a group of servants were at a loss, Ji Hong came out and said, "Okay, let's go get busy." Then he went over and rubbed the boy's head, and helped him wrap the chicken in lotus leaves and tie it firmly with straw stalks. Put it in a pot to steam.
In order to make the chicken more tasty, there is no waste under the steamer, and seafood pimple soup is cooked. The clams, sea oysters and small crabs that were freshly transported to the Sanyu Building by waterway, Yu Jinnian took some good ones back to Jin Youting, carefully cleaned them with a small brush, boiled them in hot water for a while, and waited for the shellfish to open. Then fish out the shell and leave the meat. The crab also patiently picks out the shredded meat before pouring it into the pot to cook porridge.
Because the seafood is cold in nature, some shredded ginger is added to neutralize it, and it can also remove the fishy smell and enhance the freshness.
The seafood below is slowly cooking, the water vapor passes through the steamer, and the fishy smell is absorbed by the lotus leaves in the drawer, only the fresh fragrance seeps into the little hen wrapped inside, and the chicken fragrance also melts into the seafood soup, which is Thinking about it, it already makes people drool.
The small kitchen is already so fragrant that people want to chew their tongues. Yu Jinnian made another "playing dragon and playing with pearls". It was two freshly slaughtered small crucian carps. Deep-fry once, then add rice wine and sweet well water to blanch the whole fish. At this time, the fresh shrimps are shelled, and together with eggs, a little fat and ginger, they are finely beaten into minced shrimp, seasoned with salt and soy sauce.
This dish is a fresh word, and it has the effect of invigorating the spleen and nourishing qi. The fish and shrimp are not processed too much. They are all cooked in a rice wine pot, and the taste is adjusted with simple salt grains. Immediately pretended to be, carved two radish hibiscus flowers and placed them on the plate. When the time comes to the table, each person will have a dish of balsamic vinegar and minced ginger for dipping.
Ji Hong went in and out to help with some chores. Although the servants were a little awkward, they were used to it. It was just a love affair between the two masters. Everyone knew in their hearts that unless Yu Jinnian ordered them, they would try not to go near them. make up.
Everyone has been busy for a long time, and the front comes to say that the second son of Min is here.
Yu Jinnian happened to think of this in his heart, hurriedly finished the work at hand, gave instructions and other matters, and went to the front yard with Ji Hong to watch the excitement. Turning around the courtyard corridor, the person who was hotly discussed in Beijing had just sat in the flower hall. He had been related to Min for two days, and he was a little sluggish physically, but he was still in good spirits. An extremely exquisite and compact Dragon Boat Festival sachet.
The sachet looks very delicate from a distance, only the material, the sash made of real silk, and the plum blossom-shaped jade hanging from the sachet are all extraordinary. It's just that when you get closer and look at the embroiderer above, it's ridiculous—the embroiderers are hibiscus and peonies, that's all. thing.
As soon as Yu Jinnian entered the flower hall, he smelled the fragrance of mugwort from Min Xuefei's body, and knew that it came from the Dragon Boat Festival bag. It's not that there's anything wrong with moxa, it's just that pure moxa is a bit too smoky. If Yu Jinnian made this medicine sachet, he should grab some cloves, amomum, and dried roses to make the smell fragrant and refreshing.
Min Xuefei was snatching the remaining cherry wine from Min Mao's hand to make water for drinking. Yu Jinnian entered the flower hall, looked him up, and asked with a smile, "Oh, isn't this Mr. Min who is willing to degenerate and join forces with power officials?" ?"
Ji Hong also called out "Xue Fei", seeing that he was fine, he felt relieved.
Min Xuefei pursed her lips in embarrassment, pushed the empty jug into Yu Jinnian's arms, and said angrily, "You know again!"
Yu Jinnian took the jug and said happily, "I didn't know, but you reacted like this, so you know?" Then he swept his waist, "Your sachet is very beautiful. I was thinking about it." , it’s almost the Dragon Boat Festival, when the time comes, make some medicine bags and give each of you one, now it seems that there is no need to worry about Master Min.”
Min Mao jumped beside him and said, "I want it, I want it! Brother Nian, someone hurts my brother, he doesn't want it, I want it!"
Min Xuefei flicked him on the forehead, and said angrily: "I am suffering at home, but you are eating and drinking in other people's houses. I see that your surname is not Min anymore, you should be surnamed Ji!"
Min Mao was not satisfied, and poured out all the good things about his brother like pouring beans: "Didn't I secretly deliver food to you! I even sent you a letter, this sachet is not exactly what I gave you! People still want to tell you, 'Thinking of you as usual', sour your teeth!"
Yu Jinnian asked him, "Which family is it?"
Speaking of this, Min Mao became angry: "I don't know! I was stopped by a doll on the street, insisting that I take this thing to my second brother. How dare I bring dirty things to my house casually." , I opened it and took a look, and there was only a piece of paper hidden in it, "Thinking of you as usual". I followed all the way, and I didn't even see the master, how did I know?"
Yu Jinnian laughed at him and said, "It seems that your second sister-in-law is still a mystery. Ask your brother to bring her over during the Dragon Boat Festival to have a look."
Min Mao was so stupid that he believed everything Yu Jinnian said, so he immediately ran over to beg his brother to bring out his second sister-in-law to have a look, if it was inconvenient for the second sister-in-law to meet outsiders, he would ask his group of cronies to call his own sisters , Gather a small feast of flower tasting. As soon as Min Xuefei heard the plan, he knew that this little guy Yu Jinnian must have come up with it, so he turned his head and glanced at him.
I don't know about Yu Jin's New Year's dress, but hang it high. Min Xuefei misplaced her teeth, cleared her throat, and said to his stupid brother: "Cough, your second sister-in-law, he...he is shy and afraid to see people."
Yu Jinnian let out a chuckle, clutched his stomach and turned his back, laughing until his shoulders shook.
Ji Hong was also very helpless, but fortunately, the food came out in a short time, and it was a relief for Min Xuefei, so everyone cleaned up the flower hall and sat down to eat.
At this moment in Jin Youting's back garden, Yu Xu threw the small bundle on the bed, pinched his nose and looked at the wooden bed where the next person was sleeping, then pinched the quilt with two fingers, shook it, and spat in disgust With a sound, he began to pack things.
Although it is the residence of the servants, it is not a Datong shop. Because Jinyouting occupies a large area and has a small population, the servants were fortunate enough to be divided into two remote large courtyards, each sleeping four or five people, which is considered spacious. .
Moreover, Yu Jinnian also provided everyone with small wardrobe shelves, a small table, and simple utensils. In a big, square room, the beds are separated by curtains or screens, which is based on the "dormitory" in Yu Jinnian's mind. "The appearance of the home. Everyone doesn't need to fight for little things, and they can also have a small space for personal space, and there is no restriction on how they can tidy up their small space.
Some little maids are lively and innocent by nature, just like ordinary girls, they dress up their little curtains neatly and beautifully, or embroider flowers on the curtains, or sew a small cloth with leftovers from garment making The tiger is placed on the table, and wild flowers are inserted in the broken and unused vials. Some servants also like to dress up, and they will take the initiative to do some work for the maidservants in exchange for some small things. Sometimes they rest early and the yard is spacious enough, so the maidservants and servants gather together and eat some sweet wine until late at night.
Yu Jinnian was still different from the people of the time in his bones, and did not regard himself as the master, so the servants in the garden were also very at ease, and there was no need to intrigue, and the two gardens were even more lively when they were resting.
Yu Xu is actually poor and empty, and owes a whole body of gambling debts, there is nothing to take care of, it is the time when the previous masters need to serve meals, so everyone is busy, only Yu Xu is wandering around in the yard . He had nothing to do, so he lifted the curtains one by one to see what other people's homes looked like.
A young man who came back to pick up things from time to time opened his own curtain, and suddenly saw Yu Xu sitting at his desk, fiddling with the things in his box, immediately exploded, and asked him loudly, "What are you doing"!
"What's the name, isn't it just to have a look? There's nothing to make a fuss about." Yu Xu calmly put down the things in his hand, "A bunch of junk, isn't it just a porcelain whistle bird, and it's worthless—oh! Hearing a jingling sound, the young man heard the sound and went to see that he had thrown his porcelain bird to the ground, and the porcelain bird's tail broke in two.
The boy was angry and annoyed: "What did you do to throw something at me!"
Yu Xu wondered: "What do you mean I fell, it obviously fell by itself." He stood up, looked at the boy's bed, and said with satisfaction, "I think your seat is good, facing the sun, change it Give it to me!"
"... Get lost, you still think you are the master?" The boy pushed him out, but Yu Xu refused, and the two struggled, which quickly alarmed the others. Yu Xu howled indiscriminately, saying that they were gangsters.
The servants wrestled with him, but they didn't want to bother the master with such trivial matters, and they didn't want to make things worse, so they finally gave him the bed. Two or three people helped the boy move his things and comforted him. Yu Xu snorted, sat at the table smoothing his hair, winked at the mirror, and said, "Who cares about living in such a crappy place like yours?"
One of them sneered: "Hey, you are not interested, so where do you want to live?"
Yu Xu thought for a while, then said, "I see that Tingyueju is pretty good."
Everyone roared with laughter, and one of the servants plucked his ears exaggeratedly, and asked the others in feigned surprise: "Hey, did I hear wrong? Where did he say he was going to live just now? Tingyue Residence? Take a look." Outside, isn't it dark, some people are dreaming!"
Yu Xu heard that they were laughing at him, so he slapped the comb in his hand on the table, stood up with a bang, pointed at them and said angrily, "Just wait! I remember you, and I will call you all to go Sleep in the woodshed!"
Everyone laughed again.
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The next day is the Dragon Boat Festival, the street is already very lively, and there is no lack of festive atmosphere in Jinyou Ting. The Dragon Boat Festival is a day when the yang energy is flourishing, so the wormwood must be inserted before the yang energy rises to the top at noon, otherwise it is unlucky, so the maids got up early, planted the wormwood in front of the gates of each courtyard, and hung cattail swords , Sweeping the cobblestone paths in the garden, very hardworking.
And the laziest thing in the garden is Yu Jinnian. When he woke up, he opened the tent, and the round sun had already broken through the clouds, and penetrated through the cracks in the window, casting golden light. As the sun rises, the fragrance of the mugwort in the garden becomes more intense, as if the whole city is bathed in a fresh fragrance. He blinked in a daze, and felt the cold beside him, only to realize that Ji Hong had already woken up.
Qing Huan didn't know where he went, and no one came to take care of him to freshen up, so he followed his instinct to find Ji Hong, until he reached the flower hall, where he saw Ji Hong sitting with three or two figures having morning tea.
Ji Hong looked back and saw that he was bleary-eyed, and touched his loose clothes. He couldn't help feeling a headache, got up and took him in, hugged him and sat in front of him, straightened his clothes, and ordered the boy to fetch a basin of warm water for him. He wipes his face. There is also the custom of bathing in orchids during the Dragon Boat Festival, which means that on this day, you should bathe with Peilan vanilla. The servants are careful, even the water for washing hands and faces is soaked in orchids, so there is a faint herbal fragrance when rubbed on the face.
Yu Jinnian was held between his legs, and in a daze, Ren Jihong wiped his face with a soft towel, and asked him to rinse his mouth with light salt water. He half-closed his eyes and was slapped by Ji Hong. Because it was so comfortable, he almost swallowed the salt water in his mouth.
After finishing tidying up with great difficulty, he opened his eyes and found that another Ji Hong was sitting opposite him. He woke up completely in horror, and found that it was Min Xuefei who was wearing Ji Hong's clothes. Then he remembered in a daze that this Second Young Master Min was afraid to go home Continuing to be punished, he lied that he was drunk in Jin Youting, and drove Min Mao back to talk, while he himself just stayed here.
Ji Hong was similar in figure to him, so Min Xuefei could only wear Ji Hong's clothes.
Yu Jinnian was secretly jealous.
Min Xuefei bit the special deep-fried dough sticks made by Sanyulou, looked at them with resentment, and wanted to try hugging Lianzhi like this. Although Lianzhi was a little taller than Yu Jinnian, his body was very soft, and since the two exposed the On the window paper, Lian Zhi has changed from usual and is very shy in front of him, so he should be very huggable... But now he and Lian Zhi are in the palace and outside the palace, so close to each other, this idea can only be thought about.
Yu Jinnian was lying on the table, and he didn't feel any embarrassment in sitting in Ji Hong's arms. Instead, he asked shyly, "Dragon Boat Festival, do you want to marry an adult? Oh, Feng Shui turns!"
Min Xuefei choked on a mouthful of fritters stuck in her throat.
Ji Hong took him back into his arms, squeezed his waist like punishment, and sighed in his ear: "Okay, don't be ashamed of Bai Xuefei anymore."
Min Xuefei suddenly felt that it was an obvious mistake for him to stay in Jin Youting.
Ji Hongdao: "What are you going to do about Lianzhi? He is the young supervisor of Sigongtai after all. We can understand you, but the government and the public are as frightened as a bird. I'm afraid that you and I will switch to the eunuch camp. Although I say this Appropriate, but I have to say, you... "
Yu Jinnian thought that Ji Hong's speech was beating around the bush, dawdling, and took the words to the point: "You guys better engage in an underground affair. You can love each other as you like behind your back, but on the surface you still have to hate each other, it's best to act like you're dead. It's the same with each other. I think, Master Elian has already mentioned this matter to you a long time ago."
Min Xuefei: "...you really know everything."
Since the "Thinking of You as usual" sachet, he and Lian Zhi have sent two letters. Lian Zhi has considered this matter, but Min Xuefei feels sorry. How could he be a good man outside the Chaoqian palace, but let Lian Zhi bear all the infamy
Ji Hongdao: "It's just an expedient measure. Perhaps it will be easier for him to walk in the palace. If he really stands with us, it will make it difficult for him to walk on the Sigong platform."
Si Gongtai was already filled with Feng Jian's minions, and there was no room for Qing Lian in the mud, that's the reason.
After talking about the conversation, Yu Jinnian went to Sanyu Building for a trip. Due to the holidays, there have been more vendors coming and going, and there are quite a few people who come out to buy. Sanyu Building is at the entrance of the street. Therefore, the business has become more prosperous than usual, and many repeat customers come to the building to order Dragon Boat Rice Dumplings.
Yu Jinnian had already written all kinds of stuffing for the zongzi, and handed it over to the staff below to make them work hard to wrap all the zongzi. Each flavor of rice dumplings is bound with different colored silk threads. In order to cater for diners from all over the world, red dates, honey beans, and rose sand are all common flavors, as well as ham, fresh meat, and salted egg yolk, and nothing is added. The white rice dumplings with white sugar, or the sugar rice dumplings with only white sugar... In short, there are nearly ten kinds of fillings, which can be regarded as a feast for the mouth.
It's just that it's hot right now, and the ice cream is expensive, and the dumplings with many fillings can't be left overnight, otherwise it will affect the taste, and if you eat it, it will be more harm than good. Therefore, the guys in the building made the rice dumplings to be sold the next day overnight to keep them fresh.
Yu Jinnian was quick, and quickly made a pot of zongzi. He didn't expect that there would be not enough zongzi leaves. He hurriedly sent Su Ting to buy them. Otherwise, all the dan lang along the streets and alleys would go home for the festival later, and they wouldn't be able to buy good zongzi leaves. Hearing this, Su Ting hurriedly carried a basket on his back, took a boy with him, and trotted all the way to look for zong leaves in the street.
After ordering the affairs in the building, he casually ate two mouthfuls for lunch, then returned to Jin Youting without stopping, and brought a group of women to make medicine bags and make long-lived silk. The highlight of the Dragon Boat Festival is in the afternoon. After noon, dignitaries and aristocrats hold banquets to entertain guests and share delicious food and wine.
In the afternoon, Jin Youting had a banquet, they had wine in the flower hall, and the servants in the garden were also on vacation, so they could go to the kitchen to get two pairs of rice dumplings, which they could choose according to their taste.
A boy returned to his residence with rice dumplings in his mouth, and was about to invite his friends to play cards together, when he suddenly saw a young man in Tsing Yi walking towards him, he hurriedly lowered his head and retreated to the side of the road, calling "Little Master", and shouting After all, I felt wrong, my little master was eating wine in front, how could he suddenly appear here, looked up, and suddenly said annoyed: "—Yu Xu! Why are you imitating our little master's dress?!"
"Who imitated him?" Yu Xu straightened his hair, "Be careful, after tonight, I will be your master!"
The servant rolled his eyes at him: "Hey, daydreaming again."
No one paid attention to him, and naturally no one cared where he went. Everyone celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival happily, but they didn't know that Yu Xu was so courageous that he crept into Tingyue Residence while no one was looking. He hid behind a rockery, watching from afar the nobles in the flower hall welcoming wine and drinking tea, Qing Huan playing the piano, laughing and ringing.
Yu Jinnian was in it, surrounded by everyone, and protected by Duke Li's heir, he was really well dressed, so happy!
Yu Xu angrily picked off a rock from the rockery, discarded it on the ground, stomped on it a few times, then turned around and continued to explore the depths of the yard.
Ji Hong didn't drink much in the past, but today is the Dragon Boat Festival and he doesn't mention it, and there is a miserable and lonely person like Min Xuefei, in order to accompany him, he has to drink a few more glasses, and Yu Jinnian has a selfish desire to drink more. He didn't try to dissuade him... So after the food and drink, just as it was dark, and before he ate the zongzi wrapped by Yu Jinnian himself, he became drunk with joy and fell into a daze.
Ever since the first time we met in Xin'an County, Ji Hong was very restrained and never dared to drink too much, so Yu Jinnian rarely had the opportunity to appreciate Ji Hong's drunk appearance again, and Min Xuefei had never seen him drunk. Time is very strange. Several people teased Ji Hong for a while, a little fondly, until they got tired of playing with Ji Hong, they pursed their mouths, turned and sat beside them, turning their backs to them and ignoring anyone.
Yu Jinnian went to coax him, and he enjoyed it very much. He ate the candied rice dumpling that he fed next to the young man. People who didn't like sweets in the past actually ate all the sweet rice dumpling today. Finally, he licked his mouth and signaled to Yu Jinnian Also.
However, there was no candied fruit flavor on the table, so he asked someone to go to the kitchen to get it, but Ji Hong couldn't wait any longer, pulled Yu Jinnian off, licked it up along the crevice of his lips, pulled out his tongue, and put it in his own mouth Here, taste it carefully and repeatedly as if it is a piece of candied fruit.
After finally having had enough, Ji Hong was willing to let go of him, licked the corner of his mouth and said "sweet". Yu Jinnian didn't know whether to laugh or cry, because he hadn't eaten zongzi yet, and his mouth only tasted like the freshly brewed Dragon Boat medicinal wine, so he could only taste more and more drunk, not to mention that he was not ashamed in front of so many people, and Yu Jinnian felt so ashamed Panic.
Min Mao, who came to join in the fun after eating two casual bites in Min Mansion, entered the flower hall, and saw this hot-eyed scene, and immediately covered his face and shouted, "You guys pay attention to your words and deeds, I want to have a needle eye"!
Min Xuefei has been suffering for a long time, and she can't wait to applaud Min Mao. Who knew that Min Mao turned around and asked him, "Where is my second sister-in-law?" Min Xuefei was so cowardly that she immediately tasted the wine in silence, asking questions and not knowing what to do.
The banquet was not finished yet, but the host was drunk, Yu Jinnian put his arms around Ji Xiaohong who seemed to be ten years old in an instant, and ordered Duan Ming to help him back to rest, but Ji Hong would not leave no matter what, insisting on being with everyone. Yu Jinnian couldn't do it, so he took off the sachet from his waist, tied it on his finger, and coaxed patiently: "Be good, go back to sleep first, and I'll be back when the smell of the medicine in the bag dissipates."
Ji Hong tilted his head and thought for a while, held the medicine bag in his palm, nodded in a daze, and then followed Duan Ming back to the room.
Min Mao said curiously: "It turns out that Brother Ji is so obedient when he's drunk, I wonder if I can take this opportunity to ask him to give me a poem..." Before he finished speaking, Yu Jinnian took the lead, "I knew it would hurt him."
"Why do I call it a disaster!" Min Mao was aggrieved.
Min Xuefei was not too sober, patted the table and said: "Let your second sister-in-law carry it for you! He is very good at painting orchids!" Upon hearing this, Min Mao immediately agreed, and happily handed in a plain fan Looking forward to his second sister-in-law's calligraphy very much, Min Xuefei inserted the fan into the skirt of his clothes, raised his chin and said, "Just wait!"
Yu Jinnian thought to himself, if Min Mao finds out in the future, the "second sister-in-law" who held the fan for him is the "notorious" power official Lianzhi today, and he doesn't know how to beat his chest and blunt his feet.
Not to mention the hustle and bustle in this room, but Ji Hong was helped back to the room by Duan Ming, and he sent people away at the door, and pushed the door in by himself. He held the medicine sachet Yu Jinnian gave him firmly in the palm of his hand, took two steps and put it under his nose for a sniff, his stern brows were slightly frowned, as if dissatisfied with the strong smell of medicine.
If other people don't know, and look at the appearance, how can they see that this noble young man with a straight back, a handsome face, and a dignified posture has already turned into a mess inside.
He went back to the room, sat at the table outside for a while, unknowingly dozed off, and woke up again, only a layer of candle oil had fallen on the lampshade in front of him, the light was shining brightly at his feet, and the moon was like silver. Ji Hongying put his hand in, the waves were faint, as if he really took a handful of moonlight, he hooked his mouth lightly, and took the moonlight into his arms, wanting to show it to someone.
Thinking about it in his heart, he suddenly felt a sound in the room, he turned his head to look in a daze, called "Jin Nian", then stumbled inside with the lamp in his hand. At the side of the bed, a slender leg stretched out from the quilt, hanging on the side of the couch as if hesitating to speak, a green dress slipped to the ground, and a few traces of faint medicinal fragrance ooze out of the mess.
Ji Hong bent down and lifted the bed curtain to get close to his little Yaoxian.
Unexpectedly, a hand reached out, knocked out his lamp, and hooked up with his backhand, and called "Shizi" close to his ear, and said softly, "Take care of me carefully."
It was pitch black in front of his eyes, and Ji Hong could only smell the breath in front of him, which was different from the scent of medicine between his clothes just now, filled with the smell of low-quality powder, and a coquettish attitude that could be felt without opening his eyes. His little Yaoxian is smart and cute, sometimes shy, but most of the time he is bright and brisk, with an unspeakable gentleness, a young man who can match the bright moonlight.
Instead of this... inferior product in front of me at this moment.
Not to mention, his teenager would never turn off the lights without warning, because he knew he was afraid of the dark.
Ji Hong stretched out his hand abruptly, grabbed the other person's neck, and slammed him towards the head of the bed, his head collided with the wooden bed, and there was a loud "bang", knocking the person unconscious , Staring at the stars, I haven't recovered my energy for a long time.
The fragile neck bone was tightened little by little under Ji Hong's hands. With painful groans on the bed, Ji Hong became more and more awake, but he did not let go. Yu Xu kicked his legs and feet, and a huge sense of near-death rushed up his back, making his hands and feet cold for a moment. Even though his eyes were dim, he seemed to see a pair of cold eyes, a heartless hand, like a slippery and cold hand. The poisonous snake wanted to take advantage of this darkness and directly strangle him to death here.
He finally felt the fear, the fear of the prey falling into the trap of the hunter, and struggled hard for it.
"It's just because he wants to give you a chance, so no matter how much you toss, I can bear it." Ji Hong didn't move at all. Although he was more stable, he spoke more mercilessly than usual, more stern and vicious, every word seemed to be forced out like a knife cutting a sword.
"But if you try to touch his things, you deserve to die."