When we got back to our house, it was almost time for dinner, and Brother Gou had already gone back to his house with Lu Balang and several brothers and sisters.
The evening meal was for everyone to eat in their respective rooms. Of course, Shen Nanxun and Lu Fenghe ate it in the courtyard of Mr. Lu Sanye and Mrs. Zhao, together with Lu Silang's family and Lu Jiulang's family.
"Your grandmother wanted you to come over, but I refused. They will eat with your uncle's family, and there are many of them. You should get up early tomorrow and go and have the morning meal with your grandparents." Mrs. Zhao told Lu Feng at the dinner table.
millet.
Lu Fenghe agreed, "It just so happened that the cook I brought back has a very good white eucalyptus. I will ask her to steam two drawers of silver rolls tomorrow."
Mrs. Zhao agreed, "Then just steam it more, and we can benefit from the old lady's glory."
"Look at what mother said, if they can do whatever they want to eat, just say so."
The evening meal in Sanfang usually consists of two tables, one for adults and one for children. Now that Lu Fenghe's family has been added to the table, it is not too crowded. Instead, the whole family is sitting together and having a lot of fun.
After the evening meal, Brother Go wanted to take his parents to see the good things he bought in the afternoon. Shen Nanxun suppressed a smile and was dragged by Brother Go towards Yunhua Building. Brother Go held Lu Feng with his other hand.
He Ze looked helpless.
Brother Chu said happily that he bought gifts for his grandparents, brother Feng and Brother Zhi, and asked Shen Nanxun to take them back for him first.
Shen Nanxun looked at the innocent and kind-hearted Brother Ba and felt that those people in the family were really disgusting, and they could actually do something to such a child.
Before Brother Bao finished speaking, Sister Qing and Brother Chi came to call him to go out to play again. He told Shen Nanxun not to leave. He and his brothers and sisters would come back a little later. After saying that, he ran away in a gust of wind, leaving them looking at each other.
Shen Nanxun and Lu Fenghe.
Lu Fenghe glanced at Shen Nanxun and stood up to leave.
Shen Nanxun cleared his throat uncomfortably, "Can I borrow the next few local chronicles for a look?"
Lu Fenghe looked at Shen Nanxun in surprise. In addition to the Art of War and Di'an newspaper, this man actually also read local chronicles. He was the most impatient of reading things, and he struggled to read the account books every month.
Shen Nanxun rubbed the tip of his nose with his index finger, "It's true that I didn't read too much before. Fourth brother said that you have more local records here than the library in the house."
Regardless of whether Shen Nanxun really wanted to borrow a book or just wanted to find an excuse, Lu Fenghe could only nod, "Then go to the study room opposite."
They are currently in the west wing of Brother Lao's temporary residence. Lu Fenghe's study is in the east wing, which is indeed opposite.
When he arrived at the study, Lu Fenghe found the bookshelf where the local chronicles were kept, "They are all here, you can choose them yourself."
Shen Nanxun did not read in a hurry, but asked Lu Fenghe, "My father-in-law said that you have some connection with the Menglu tribe. If I need it, I can ask you for a token."
Lu Fenghe turned back abruptly, "You want to go to Mengla?"
Shen Nanxun shook his head, "I'm not going, I might send someone there."
"What's the matter?"
Shen Nanxun himself couldn't tell whether the direction he had vaguely thought of was feasible. "There are some things that may require the help of the Menglu Ministry and the Dali Kingdom, but I haven't thought about it clearly yet."
"Go to Bailu Garden and pick up the handkerchiefs or paintings that I haven't taken away, or whatever you want. Then fix a book and put your seal on it. Then go to Menglu to find Princess Dao Hong. She recognizes my things.
" Lu Fenghe said.
"The matchmaker you are talking about is Dao Hong, the princess?"
Lu Fenghe nodded, "Yes, it must be Mrs. Wang now. She said in her letter that she resigned twice, but I'm afraid she can't resign now."
"Menglai and Dayong are still separated from each other by the Dali Kingdom, how can we find her?"
Shen Nanxun really didn't know, "I don't know much about Mengli, my father-in-law just mentioned it."
"So, you are looking for the local chronicles of Mengli?" Lu Fenghe asked.
Shen Nanxun nodded, "It would be better if there were."
Lu Fenghe raised his hand and took out a book of Fanbangzhi to Shen Nanxun, "Only this book mentioned a little bit. The writing of Mengli is different from ours. They have many monks and Buddhists, and most of the records are in the Baye Sutra. Matchmaker has been
I haven’t fully learned Mengli’s writing yet.”
"You and Lady Sword..." Shen Nanxun hesitated, fearing that this was something that couldn't be said. After all, Lu Fenghe had never said it before.
Lu Fenghe didn't care much, "There's nothing that can't be said. The Menglu area is divided into thirteen men, which is roughly what we call the thirteen prefectures. First of all, these men are the brothers and right-hand men of King Menglu.
It has been passed down from generation to generation that if someone had a different heart, they would take the matchmaker out of the palace."
"There are many monks and Buddhas in Mengla. Although they are barbarians, they will not attack children, so they found someone to bring the matchmaker to Dali. However, the person who brought the matchmaker disappeared halfway, and the matchmaker was taken to Dayong. She
She looked different from Dayong, but she was very beautiful, so she was sold to a brothel in Yangzhou."
"Yangzhou?"
Lu Fenghe nodded, "Yes, the matchmaker is also a pitiful person. She was raised like a skinny horse. The madam wanted to sell her at a good price, but the other girls in the building rejected her. After all, just because she was from a foreign country, she could attract countless men to spend huge sums of money.
"
"I went to my aunt's house and went out to swim in the lake with my brother. I saw her being pushed into the lake by other girls and choking on the water..."
"You just saved her?" Shen Nanxun asked.
"Of course we have to save her. She was only a twelve- or thirteen-year-old child at that time. Don't say she did nothing wrong. Even if she broke the law, she should be handed over to the government instead of being tortured privately by a few big girls."
"My uncle's family is somewhat powerful, so I made a fuss that I had never seen a foreign girl and wanted to buy her back to take care of her. The madam refused to sell her and finally gave me a lot of money. She said that she would keep me company and that she could teach me everything about music, chess, calligraphy and painting.
It’s easier to make money if you become a rich lady and a madam.”
"Perhaps it was the noble lady from aristocratic family who impressed the madam with her good manners and earning money, so she agreed, and even suggested that if she wanted to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, she would be willing to give it to her, similar to what I gave her, but one month before the matchmaker got her hairpin
, she will come to pick you up."
"Later, when the matchmaker came to Lu Mansion, she studied all kinds of things desperately. What she wanted was not to go back to make money for the madam after she had learned it, but to... establish her own business. However, the madam was short-lived and could not wait until the matchmaker was old enough to get married.
I ate too much and fell into the moat and drowned."
Shen Nanxun did not expect such an encounter.
"What happened next?"
Lu Fenghe sat in the rose armchair, "Later, before the matchmaker had hairpins, about fifteen years old, the new madam came to pick her up and wanted to take the matchmaker back to make money. The matchmaker didn't dare to run away. If she ran away, the Lu family would be punished.
She was implicated. I wanted to help her redeem her life but she didn't want to and went back with me. However, the matchmaker ran away halfway and went to the largest brothel in Piling and sold herself voluntarily. The two sides started to quarrel and the quarrel lasted for a long time. "
"Later, the matchmaker stayed in Piling. Not long after, the Menglu tribe came to find her. The matchmaker told me what happened next in her letter."
"She did business with the Dali Kingdom and sold the Menglu tribe's things on Guangnan Road. I heard that she was taken out of the sea and made a lot of money. The Menglu King was very happy and built a golden pagoda for her and gave her
Jin Guan, she also took care of the Meng master’s family who sent her out of Menglu, and now half of the Thirteen Meng are relying on her.”
It was hard for Shen Nanxun to imagine that Dao Hong would have such an opportunity when he returned. It was absolutely impossible in Dayong. It would be great if a woman who had been living in a brothel could be taken back to her family. There were few who pampered her, and even half the time.
All the property was handed over to her, and she was even offered to be his heir.
"Menglu is different from Dayong. Whoever has the ability can be the king of Menglu. It doesn't matter whether he is a man or a woman. The same goes for the lord of Meng and the people. As long as he can lead them to live a good life, it doesn't matter whoever is sitting in the golden palace."
"What does Lady Dao mainly sell in Mengli?" Shen Nanxun asked.
Lu Fenghe counted on his fingers,
"The medicinal materials are sold on Guangnan Road. Maritime medicinal materials are easy to get damp when floating on the sea. It is said that the tribes on the other side of the sea are not likely to use our medicinal materials. Doctor Yang said that the medicines from Menglu have stronger medicinal properties than the medicinal materials from Dayong.
Some."
"They also have a particularly beautiful and strong coarse cloth. She gave it to me. My uncle said that the coarse cloth is very strong and rare in Dayong. However, the coarse cloth is not valuable. They don't have much to sell locally. She just gave it to me.
I was just playing."
"There is also black tea. She said it is called Pu'er tea. It is not a new tea at that time. The tea she gave me was old tea from five, six or even ten years ago. It is said that this tea becomes more valuable as it gets older. I don't quite understand it.
, isn’t the most valuable tea that was new in that year?”
Shen Nanxun heard another key word, tea.
Could it be that the thing that Mr. Lu wants him to make a fuss about is really tea?
"Has my uncle ever drank the kind of tea you mentioned?"
Lu Fenghe nodded, "Fourth brother is very used to it. He has a bad gastrointestinal condition and always feels uncomfortable after eating greasy food. He said that black tea is very good for relieving greasiness and does not hurt the spleen and stomach. Although green tea can also relieve greasiness, it is a bit cold. Fifth brother does not
I like it, but said the tea tastes a bit bland and not as refreshing as green tea. By the way, grandma also likes it."
"Is it still advanced?" Shen Nanxun asked.
"You want to have a taste?"
Shen Nanxun nodded, "Yes, but the ones at home are all from four or five years ago. Calculating, it should be there in ten years. Do you really want to drink it? What if Chen Cha gets wet and hurts the spleen and stomach. Bailuyuan
I poured some new tea, you can go back and look for it."
"I'll have a taste first."
Lu Fenghe didn't care, she had told her anyway, if the ten-year-old tea really got upset, it would have nothing to do with her.
"Lv Fu, go upstairs to get the tea cakes sent by the matchmaker, and get a few more cakes."
Lu Fenghe hadn't had tea for a long time and was a little greedy, so he ordered Cuizhi to start boiling water.
"The matchmaker also said that the way to eat this tea is different. You don't need to mix tea paste. You just need to take a piece from the tea cake and brew it with boiling water. Skim off the first water. The taste and color of the second and third cups are different.
, If you don’t mind that the tea tastes bland, it doesn’t matter if you brew a few more times.”
Shen Nanxun was really interested now, "It sounds very simple."
"Well, the tea soup is very beautiful. The reddish-brown tea soup in the white glaze tea cup looks like some kind of fruit honey."
Shen Nanxun thought about this matter. As a person like him who is afraid of trouble and has no skills in ordering tea, it is much more convenient to drink tea like this. There are not many people like him, at least he has never seen anyone in the military camp.
People who have time to sit down, order tea and eat slowly.
At most, I just mix some tea paste and boil it with water. I often complain that the tea has no taste and no foam at all.
I heard that the sales volume of loose tea is better nowadays. Does that mean that many of the people who drink tea nowadays are ordinary people who don’t have much money on hand?
If this is the case, I'm afraid they don't have the skills to order tea, let alone the skills to order tea.
Shen Nanxun fell into deep thought. Can things be accomplished by changing the way he drinks tea? What is the connection between the way he drinks tea and high status?
Lu Fu quickly took out five cakes for tea. Each cake looked very substantial.
Shen Nanxun murmured and asked, "Is it so big?"
Lu Fenghe asked Lu Fu to put down the tea tray, and picked up a cake of tea. He carefully opened the oil paper wrapped outside, revealing a black tea cake. Dragging such a cake of black tea made Lu Fenghe's hands look white and small.
.
"Yes, it is indeed a bit big. When I first saw it, I thought she deliberately asked people to make such big tea cakes for me. She later told me that they all have such big tea cakes. It is difficult to store them when they are small. They are so big.
Stack up the tea cakes and place them in a cool and ventilated place. They will become more fragrant as they age for decades.”
"This cake is probably as heavy as three or four Tuan Cha."
Lu Fenghe shook his head, "One piece of Tuancha is only twenty taels, and this cake is about ten taels, not just two or three pieces of Tuancha."
Lu Fenghe took a flat but pointed knife-like thing and inserted it flatly into the tea cake from the edge, about half a finger long. He raised the flat tea knife sideways with slight force and made a few crisp sounds.
, a piece of tea was peeled off along with some broken tea.
Lu Fenghe placed the tea pieces directly on a silver colander covered with fine gauze, and placed a wide-mouthed tea bowl underneath. He immediately forgot to rinse the tea pieces with water. The boiling water rushed through the tea pieces and leaked into the tea bowl. Soon, the tea
The pieces are loose and the tea soup in the bowl is already a dull reddish brown color.
The tea bowl was filled with half a bowl of tea, and it almost touched the bottom of the silver drain. Lu Fenghe changed the silver drain to a smaller tea bowl, and flushed the water again. This time, the water covered the loose tea leaves before she put down the kettle.
He fetched two small white-glazed cups, then took out the silver drain and put it into another large wide-mouthed tea bowl. He divided the rich golden soup in the small tea bowl into two small white-glazed cups and poured a cup.
To Shen Nanxun.
"Drink it while it's hot."
Shen Nanxun looked at the cup of tea in front of him which was not enough for one sip and felt a little uncomfortable.
Lu Fenghe, with his delicate hands, picked up the teacup and drank all the golden soup in the teacup in three small sips.
Putting down the tea cup, Lu Fenghe saw that Shen Nanxun refused to drink, so he urged, "Drink, we are very lucky, this tea cake is not damp."
Piling is humid, so Lu Fenghe spent a lot of effort to keep these teas away from moisture.
Although she didn't like the black tea very much, the matchmaker's affection was something that could be preserved, so of course she had to preserve it well.
She specially ordered a half-person high purple clay vat from Yixing, laid a thick layer of bamboo charcoal in the vat, and then spread the tea cakes layer by layer with a bamboo lid.
Purple sand jars are more breathable than ceramic jars, bamboo charcoal absorbs water vapor, and bamboo strips are less likely to rot or become moldy when exposed to moisture.
Shen Nanxun followed Lu Fenghe's example and swallowed the tea soup in three sips. The tea soup was boiling hot, and you could feel it by holding the tea cup in your hand. However, if you swallowed it in three small sips, it would not burn your mouth. On the contrary, you would feel warm in your belly.
Seeing Shen Nanxun drink it, Lu Fenghe asked enthusiastically: "How is it? Is it different from the tea made from tea paste?"
Shen Nanxun touched it and said, "It's indeed different. The tea tastes more refreshing."
Nowadays, when ordering tea, green tea is mostly used, and a large amount of tea paste will easily become astringent and difficult to swallow. Therefore, many people add various spices to the tea paste when ordering tea. Although it covers up some of the astringency of the tea paste, it also makes the tea soup taste thicker.
complex.
Lu Fenghe was a little disappointed, "Why are you like Fourth Brother?"
"There's still a little bit of joy left."
"Do you really think it tastes better than some tea?"
Shen Nanxun shook his head, "It's different. The tea you ordered is thick and rich, while this tea soup is more monotonous and refreshing."
Lu Fenghe moved the silver drain to the small tea bowl again, and poured in the boiling water again. This time, the tea soup came out faster, almost flowing through the tea. The water that came down was reddish brown, and it was richer than the previous tea.
Although it is rich, it is still translucent and not turbid.
Lu Fenghe said while rinsing the water: "This is the way the matchmaker taught me to make tea. I don't know if it's right or not. I followed her instructions every step of the way. She even gave me a set of silver drains and tea bowls."
, I found someone to make some in the same size."
"Menglu also has porcelain?" Shen Nanxun asked.
Lu Fenghe shook his head, "No, there are porcelain kilns in Dali, but they are very expensive. They mostly use pottery, but I felt that the color of the tea soup could not be seen in the pottery, so I made this Ru kiln white glaze cup. This set was all made from scratch.
How can I buy such a small tea cup and such a big tea bowl?"
"Lady Dao is very good at business?" Shen Nanxun thought of something again.
Lu Fenghe still shook his head, "She can't do it. She's not as fast as me at reading the ledger, so she's just a little better than you. She left and couldn't bear to look at the ledger. My mother said she doesn't have any talent in doing business."
"Then she..."
"My mother gave her the idea that when she returns to Mengli, there is no need to rush for revenge, and there is no need to flatter her. She must find a way to make money. With the money in hand, many things will be solved."
There is actually something about his mother-in-law? Shen Nanxun only knows that her mother-in-law is the only daughter of the Zhao family in Suzhou. She doesn't have much contact with her. When she does, she talks about common things. He also knows that her mother-in-law is very good at managing the house. He Niang is the mother-in-law's hand in hand.
I was taught this, but I never knew that my mother-in-law was also knowledgeable in business.
Shen Nanxun once again felt that he had neglected his duty. He had never really gotten to know his father-in-law's family. He only knew some things that everyone knew and never thought about the uniqueness of each of them.
Shen Nanxun chuckled, "What about you? Are you more talented in business than Lady Dao?"
Lu Fenghe is also not modest, "My mother said I have talent, but I am too lazy and worry about trouble in everything. If you want to do business, my temperament will not work. In business, even if you don't do everything yourself, you still need to be aware of everything."
.”
"Are you lazy? What my mother-in-law said is not quite right."
Lu Fenghe said seriously: "You're lazy and don't have much patience. If you hit me, just blame me."
For a time, the atmosphere in the room was very harmonious, even more harmonious than when they first got married.
Until Brother Lao ran in and said, "Dad, you are really still here. I was afraid you would leave again."
Shen Nanxun touched the top of Brother Bao's hair, "Of course it's still there, Brother Bao has an explanation."
Brother Lao covered his mouth and laughed, then became very melancholy. He frowned and asked, "Can we not live in my grandfather's house?"
Before Shen Nanxun could say anything, Lu Fenghe asked, "What's wrong? But what did someone say?"
Brother Lao shook his head, "I want to live with my father, but my grandfather's father cannot live in Yunhua Building."
Lu Fenghe breathed a sigh of relief. She was afraid that someone in the house would say something unpleasant and Brother Chu would hear it.
"Isn't it good at my grandma's house? I can still play with my brothers and sisters, read and write, and have someone to hang out with."
Brother Lao is very confused,
"Grandma's house is fun, but it's not very good either. Grandma's house looks so big, but there are actually very few places where you can go. You can't go to Zuzu's yard because it will disturb them, and you can't go to Zuzu's house either.
It’s a bit far, so I can only play in the yard of my fourth uncle, fifth uncle, and eighth uncle, hey.”
"Mom, can we move out? An inn near my grandfather's house is also available."
Lu Fenghe did not expect that Brother Ba would rather stay in an inn than here.
"Why?"
Brother Bao organized a long conversation, "I still think Aunt Du's cooking is better. My sister is also upstairs all day long. If I want to see my sister, I have to go upstairs."
As he said this, Brother Bao went to grab the snacks on the table to eat.
"Aunt Cuizhi doesn't live in the yard either. When I came back in the afternoon, my clothes were dirty. I couldn't find my coat, nor could I find Aunt Cuizhi."
Brother Bao went on to grab the second snack.
Lu Fenghe poured a glass of warm water for Brother Bao, "Have some. Is this snack delicious?"
Brother Lao didn't nod, but just said: "It's not as delicious as Aunt Du's."
Lu Fenghe laughed and said, "Then you eat so much."
Brother Bao is a child who doesn't eat much snacks on weekdays. At noon, Lu Fenghe would specially ask the kitchen to give him soup or porridge and a bowl of noodles instead of just eating snacks. He would be full after each meal.
He rarely looks for snacks to eat, and he is not very keen on snacks.
"I feel a little hungry."
Lu Fenghe looked at the sky. It wasn't completely dark yet. He had been out playing for an hour at most. Now he was hungry?
"But you haven't had enough at the evening meal?"
Brother Lao nodded aggrievedly, "My brother and sister ate too quickly. When I looked up from the bowl of fish soup, they had all finished eating, and there was nothing left on the table."
Brother Bao touched Brother Bao's forehead distressedly, "What do you want to eat now, mother..."
Speaking of this, Lu Fenghe couldn't go on. There is no kitchenette in Yunhua Building. In the entire three-bedroom apartment, only Zhao's courtyard has a kitchenette. It is not used much at ordinary times. I have to go to the kitchenette to cook for Brother Bao at night.
Eating is really inconvenient.
It's not that the children's table has less food, but that the other children are older and are used to eating together, so the meals are a bit lumpy. The children don't know how to feel full, so they only follow the usual requirements of their elders.
The food on the dining table must be finished and cannot be wasted.
Originally, we didn't add a lot of extra dishes even after adding a child. The older children each added two bites and finished the extra dishes.
Children are not like adults. They know that Brother Bao is a guest and need to be taken care of, and they will not add food or soup to him.
Brother Bao also didn't want anyone to wait on him, so he was a young and slow eater and after finishing a bowl of fish soup, there was nothing left to eat on the table.
Brother Bao was used to having vegetables at home, whether he was eating noodles or meals, but without the vegetables, he couldn't even eat half a bowl of stem rice.
I didn't feel very hungry at that time, but now after running around, I just feel unbearably hungry.
Shen Nanxun glanced at Lu Fenghe and picked up Brother Lao, "Why don't you take you to the night market? The night market here is not the same as in Kyoto."
Lu Fenghe has always been reluctant to let Brother Bae eat food from outside, and now he has no better way.
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