Five institutes.

The twelfth elder brother put down his bowl and chopsticks and looked at the jar in front of him thoughtfully.

This is the first time I've tasted such a strong and mellow taste.

This is a collection of the essence of delicacies from mountains and seas. What if we follow this method and try to make a vegetarian dish?

Even if the taste is incomparable to this, it is still tastier than ordinary vegetarian dishes.

The twelfth brother called the nanny over to the table and ordered: "Have you ever heard of making such a jar of dishes before?"

That grandma also had a stove in her family, so she worked as a steward here. When she saw her, she said, "I've heard of earthen pot beef. It's very similar to this one. It's all stewed..."

The twelfth elder brother said: "If I want to make it into a plain dish, do you have any good ideas?"

Brother Twelve keeps a low profile, and no one outside will notice Wusuo.

Therefore, no one knows that Wusuo has to deliver food to Ningshou Palace every ten days.

The gift was from Aunt Su Ma, so it didn’t count as “feeding in”.

It is the filial piety of the twelfth elder brother towards his adoptive mother.

It's just that Aunt Su Ma has been eating a long fast since the death of the Empress Dowager and she didn't touch any meat.

Therefore, if the twelfth prince wanted to coax the old lady to take a few bites, he could only think of ways to make vegetarian dishes.

The nun on the stove said: "I have just learned a vegetarian lion's head dish recently. You can use this method, season the tofu and fry it first and then cook it. The kelp, fungus, mushrooms, and tofu skin that Jiufujin sent as gifts

You can put it inside and add boiled yam and white radish, the taste should not be bad."

The twelfth elder brother nodded and said, "Mom, I'll try to do it in the next two days..."

The grandmother on the stove responded and went down.

The twelfth elder brother showed embarrassment on his face.

The chief eunuch knew that his young master did not like to owe others anything. This was because he had received Jiu Fujin's gifts several times and did not know how to return the favor, which was why he was in trouble.

The eunuch advised: "Reciprocity of courtesy does not last for a while. She is my elder brother's biological brother and sister-in-law. If you have to settle the account clearly, you are a heretic."

The twelfth elder brother pursed his lips and said nothing else.

This relationship is a little annoying, but not annoying, and a little weird.

*

Head place.

Brother Thirteen is copying books in the study, which are not homework left by his teacher.

He was copying the "Book of Filial Piety" from scratch, hoping to calm down his resentment.

He knew he shouldn't.

But I still can't help but miss the days when he was the youngest son of Chenghuan Khan's mother during the Northern Expedition.

To be honest, among the fifteen princes of Khan Amma, he was less favored than the ones above and more than favored by the ones below.

Khan Amma asked about Kungfu and pointed it out to the teacher himself.

If nothing else, just say that the ninth brother, the tenth brother and the twelfth brother do not receive this kind of treatment.

"Filial piety to a husband begins with serving relatives, ends with serving the king, and finally establishes one's integrity."

Seeing this sentence, the Thirteenth Brother spit in his heart.

During the northern tour, Khan Amma often asked him to accompany him. It was not that he loved him the most among the princes, but that he was the youngest.

Khan Ama pities the young.

Now for the fourteenth elder brother, the same reason applies.

If the fourteenth elder brother were more stable, like a big child, and could make people feel at ease, it wouldn't be like this. But he is still a child with a temper, not at all stable, and it is not practical to move to Dongsuo alone.

Brother Thirteen's heart calmed down.

"Dengdengdengdeng", the fourteenth brother ran in directly.

Seeing the thirteenth brother copying books, he disapproved and said: "Do you need your eyes when copying books at night?"

Brother Thirteen is here to meditate.

Since he was successful, he put down his pen and said, "Aren't you eating in the yard? Why did you come back?"

Now the thirteenth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother live together.

The fourteenth elder brother lived in eleven rooms in the front yard.

The thirteenth brother lives in the eleventh room in the middle.

Neither of them had any female dependents, so they used half of the nine rooms at the back as warehouses.

The fourteenth elder brother was a little bored, so he sat on the south kang and said dullly: "I heard the noise of the tenth brother coming out. Ninth brother, the ninth sister-in-law called the tenth brother over for dinner, but didn't call us..."

Brother Thirteen washed his brush and said disapprovingly, "Didn't you bring some food?"

The thirteenth brother ate two bowls of "Fu Shou Xi" from a jar, and the fourteenth brother ate the rest. It made his stomach bloated, so he took a walk in the yard.

"Who knows if there are any side dishes..."

The fourteenth elder brother was dissatisfied: "We are all younger brothers, can't we treat them the same?"

The thirteenth elder brother retorted: "The ones above are still brothers, and you treat them the same?"

Every time he sees the eighth brother, he kicks his ass, and every time he sees the fourth brother, he hides. The one behind him is his half-brother.

The fourteenth elder brother choked and panicked. He looked at the thirteenth elder brother, looked at him several times, and said, "Thirteenth elder brother, something is wrong with you. You seem to be dissatisfied with your younger brother?"

Brother Thirteen smiled lightly and said: "I've thought too much, but I don't think we need to compete with Brother Ten! Yongshou Palace and Yikun Palace are next to each other. When Brother Ten was naked, he was with Brother Ninth, and they studied together.

The friendship that has lasted for more than ten years is not even comparable to that of Fifth Brother, so it would make no sense for us to compete head-on."

The fourteenth elder brother nodded, looked at the thirteenth elder brother, and said: "That's right! Then are we also the best? We have been together in Zhaoxiang Institute and went to school together for many years since we were young?"

The Thirteenth Brother didn't really want to nod, but seeing the Fourteenth Brother's persistence, he still nodded and said: "Yeah."

The fourteenth elder brother then smiled and said: "When the time comes, we will lead the troops to fight together, and we will all be great generals and kings..."

*

According to the old custom in Beijing, it is the New Year after Laba Festival.

The festive atmosphere in the palace is becoming more and more obvious.

New Year’s gifts from outside are being sent in an endless stream.

After Shu Shu rearranged and combined them, they sent them out one after another.

As Si Fujin teaches, not only do you not lose, but you also gain.

I finally saw money on my books.

Not to mention anything else, the annual salary of an official in the Ministry of Internal Affairs is only ten thousand or several thousand taels.

To be honest, each one is not a lot, two hundred and four hundred taels are constants, but it cannot be tolerated because there are many yamen and high-ranking officials in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Brother Ninth feels that he can continue to grow old as the general manager.

The New Year's gifts for the Guo Luoluo family and the New Year's gifts for the Dutong Mansion have also arrived.

All have silver seals.

They are both relatives and kings and ministers.

The New Year's rituals outside have some meaning of "New Year's respect".

Shu Shu kept it fine, but Brother Jiu felt uncomfortable looking at the silver envelope in Dutong Mansion.

Four envelopes of silver, two thousand taels, was exactly the amount he had wanted to pay to his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

Qi Xi is a first-grade official with an annual salary of 180 taels of silver; there is also a third-grade official with an annual salary of 160 taels of silver.

This was just after being promoted to a level, and it was also due to the success of Zhengzhen.

Otherwise, Qi Xi would only have the fourth rank and an annual salary of one hundred and thirty-five taels.

"My father-in-law's title is too low..."

Brother Jiu followed Shu Shu and said: "It would be fine if I had been in charge of the post all the time. If I step down, my brother-in-law and the others will not be able to take over, and they will become a middle-class family..."

Shu Shu had worried about this before.

It's just because the younger brothers are all young, and the qualifications above them are also ordinary. Xiao Wu, who has the best qualifications, is still too young at six years old.

Now that the world is at peace, if you want to make contributions, there is no place to do so.

Even if you are not in the capital, it is easy to make money by garrisoning the Eight Banners, but it is difficult to talk about your military exploits.

"Don't worry, we'll look at it later..."

Shu Shu said: "As long as we behave well, we can give them plenty of time. When the brothers grow up, we can earn credit."

Brother Ninth hesitated for a moment and said: "My father-in-law has never thought about my ancestor's position as earl? He and my uncle are the same generation. If he transfers his family in the future, he can also take the position..."
To be continued...