The siblings haven't seen each other for a long time. Since they are coming over, they must leave some food.
Shu Shu thought of Xiaoliu.
In the afternoon, the young brothers practice riding and shooting at the racecourse, and get out of class usually ends before Youchu.
She then told Zhou Song: "Go to the school grounds to see Brother Fifteen and tell him to ask Xiao Liu to come here after class and send him back in the evening."
Zhou Song agreed and went to the school grounds.
Xiao San also hasn’t seen Xiao Liu for a while. We only saw him during the Dragon Boat Festival.
"Sister, is this convenient?" the mistress asked.
Shu Shu said: "I've never taken it. It's okay once in a while."
Xiaoliu is not given special privileges in the companion reading center, but siblings are siblings and they will not really be incommunicado.
She can take care of her brother-in-law, but instead ignores her younger brother. What's the point?
The mistress nodded and said, "That's good."
After the sister and brother said the important words, they went to the backyard to see Mrs. Uncle.
Mrs. Bo looked at Xiaosan carefully and said, "This is my uncle and nephew. No wonder he looks familiar to Fengsheng. He looks more like Xiaosan when he was a child."
The last time the mistress saw three baby bumps, it was when the children were just born.
Now the three children woke up and were carried to the north room.
The mistress' eyes are not enough.
He looked at Fengsheng, pulled his nephew's little hand, and said: "I see that the nose looks more like the second brother, and the corners of the eyes look like the eldest sister."
The uncle said: "They are all the same. Your first few children are more like you, Eni, Xiaowu and Xiaoliu are more like your Amma..."
When the mistress saw that Akdan was smaller than her brother and sister, she couldn't help but feel distressed and said: "Ah Mou, can't we have a nanny? Will eating more make up for it?"
This is also the second son.
What is the second son?
Not the heir.
But there is still a need to exist.
Because, just in case, if the eldest son cannot stand, the second son will be pushed up.
When nothing happens, you have to be on guard.
The uncle said: "You have to tailor your meal to suit your needs. Akdan's appetite is bigger than before. Compared with himself, he cannot compare with his brother and sister."
The mistress couldn't help but touch Ni Guzhu's chubby arm. Why would the niece feel pain in the future?
Like my brother-in-law, I want to laugh a little.
He laughed, touched Ni Guzhu's little foot, and was kicked.
He didn't feel any pain, but he was worried that Ni Guzhu was stretching, so he took a quick look at Ni Guzhu's calf.
Mrs. Bo smiled and said, "I'm playing with you. I just like to kick my legs and can't stretch them."
Ni Guzhu grinned and kicked him twice more.
The mistress saw her and saw that everything was fine, so she felt relieved.
He thought of what his parents had said at home, worrying that the two elder brothers above him were weak.
He couldn't help but glance at Shu Shu and asked curiously: "Sister, will you have three nephews in the future?"
Shu Shu patted him and said: "You are so young, why do you worry about this?"
The mistress smiled and said, "It's said outside that the Prince's Mansion has many pots of Guanyin Bamboo."
Soothe your forehead.
These are the bamboos in the greenhouse last year that were all alive, and later they grew bamboo shoots and were divided into pots.
When Erhe, Zhang Tingzhan and the Fuqing family moved to Houtoubiyuan, Shu Shu and Jiu Age gave them bamboo as a housewarming gift.
When word spread, it turned out that there was a room of Guanyin Bamboo in the Prince's Mansion.
As a result, more people sympathized with Prince Zhuang's Mansion and Prince Xinjun's Mansion, feeling that they were overbearing and inconsiderate of their relatives.
Shu Shu looked at the mistress and said, "Do you believe this?"
The mistress hesitated for a moment, shook her head and said, "If this was serious, there would have been some movement in Prince Zhuang's Mansion."
Shu Shu nodded and said: "It's good to know this truth. Young couples don't borrow the power of gods and Buddhas to have children. After they have faith, they relax and no longer seek medical advice. They just let the fate come.
"
Mrs. Bo was listening and couldn't help but laugh and said: "Okay, it's too early to tell the mistress about this now. You can tell the mistress's wife later."
Shu Shu stopped talking and asked Xiaosan: "How is Xiaosi's homework going? What will happen next year?"
The twins are currently studying at the Zhenghongqi Banner School, but with the title of junior high school, they can directly fill the post of flag officer without having to prepare for the Eight Banners imperial examination.
Xiao Si also has to prepare for the Eight Banners Imperial Examination, or the Six-Part Bi Tie-style test when the time comes.
Xiao San thought for a while and said: "It's the same as before. I'm learning steadily and not being impetuous. I'm afraid that Xiao Wu will surpass me and I won't be able to improve my appearance."
Among the Dong E brothers, only Xiaosi and Xiaowu took the imperial examination route.
Xiao Si is smart, and Xiao Wu is not bad either.
Shu Shu listened and breathed a sigh of relief.
The more you have this kind of spirit, the better.
With Fu Song here, those who have taken the exam can touch the edge of the Eight Banners Imperial Examination, and the fourth and fifth graders do not need to be blind to touch the elephant.
While the siblings were talking, there was movement outside.
It's Xiaoliu here.
"Amu, eldest sister, third brother..."
Xiaoliu came in panting and gave the three of them a Qian'er blow.
He still has a dark face, a smile with white teeth, and is half a head taller than when he was a reading companion last year. He also has some bruises on his body, and the bun face he had before has also elongated.
He still loves to talk and laugh, and always smiles when he sees people.
Seeing that his head was covered with sweat, Mrs. Bo quickly asked someone to bring him a towel to wipe his face and said, "Why are you so anxious? It's such a bright sun..."
Xiao Liu smiled and said: "I miss Ah Mou, and I also miss my eldest sister and third brother..."
The mistress grabbed his arm, pressed it, and said, "How many arrows have been shot, and it's stiff to the touch?"
Xiaoliu grinned and said, "Not much. I used a second-power bow. It doesn't take much effort. It's just a practice of aiming accurately."
The mistress rubbed his shoulders, rubbed his stiff upper arms away, then put them down, and coldly snorted: "What did Ama tell you? You can talk to Ama later."
Xiao Liu immediately felt guilty and looked at Shu Shu as if asking for help, saying: "I remember that my eldest sister practiced like this back then..."
Shu Shu glanced at him and said: "When you remember, I was thirteen or fourteen. I had grown up in stature and laid a solid foundation. You are laying the foundation now, can it be the same?"
Xiao Liu immediately became honest and said, "Brother, practice less in the future."
Shu Shu nodded and said: "Listen to Master Wu and proceed step by step. There is no need to be diligent at this time. Diligence can make up for your weakness. This is not the point. If you use too much force at this time, it will only encourage the growth of the seedlings, which may not be a good thing."
Xiaoliu smiled bitterly and said: "Everyone is diligent and practices more in private, so my younger brother follows suit."
Shu Shu said: "Are they the older ones? They are here at different ages, so they are different after all."
The same group of reading companions was also divided into two waves, one was two or three years older than the prince's elder brother, and also did errands around the prince, and the other was about the same age as the prince, acting as playmates.
The prince's accompanying reading can be regarded as an errand in advance.
Being two or three years older makes a difference.
These two brothers are neither guests nor guests, so when preparing dinner, one must prepare something for both of them to talk to each other.
Shu Shu asked them what they wanted to eat.
The mistress is not picky about food and said: "Anything is fine."
Shu Shu remembered that he loved to eat sesame seed cakes, so he told Xiaotang: "Make sesame roasting, in addition to the braised pork in the middle, grill two strips of pork belly to eat..."
When he arrived at Xiaoliu's place, he was tired of eating the special dishes read by the prince all day long, so he said: "Sister, if you want to eat mutton, chicken, duck or fish are fine, but pork is fine!"
There happened to be three ducks here, so Shu Shu ordered Xiaotang: "Brush them with honey, bake them, roll them into pancakes and eat them. After roasting, separate the duck rack in the middle, fry them and make a cumin duck rack, and then make another duck rack."
Dry pot duck offal…”
It’s not easy to send things to the companion reading center on weekdays. Today Xiaoliu came over and it was just right to take some things back.
Shu Shu then ordered Xiaotang: "Bake some more pork breasts and salt-baked eggs, and bring them back to Xiao Liu."
After hearing this, Xiao Liu hurriedly said: "Sister, make an extra portion for Master Fifteen..."
Having said this, he hesitated for a moment and said, "Can I have two copies? Give one to Master Sixteen as well..."
As he said that, he shook his head again and said: "Forget it, I can't give it to you, there are other brothers, so I won't give it to you, just give it to Master Fifteen."
Shu Shu touched his little forehead and praised: "Yes, I know that we are far away from each other. You are the fifteenth brother's companion. You need to distinguish between far and near, so you don't have to be friends everywhere."
Xiao Liu nodded and said: "My younger brother knows that he is the fifteenth master's companion, and he will have to work for the fifteenth master in the future. If he gets close to others, it would be disloyal."
Shu Shu thought for a while, but did not deny this statement, and said: "It's still the same sentence, whoever serves the bowl is responsible for whoever serves it. You are now serving the job of the fifteenth brother, but now the fifteenth brother is still young, so this
The rice was given by the Emperor, so you should also express your gratitude to the Emperor for his kindness."
Xiao Liu nodded and said: "Don't worry, my brother is a sensible person. No one can go beyond the emperor."
With Xiaoliu there, the room became lively.
Ni Guzhu followed and joined in the fun, stretching out his arms to reach people.
Xiaoliu picked her up steadily, but her face turned red from holding back.
The mistress was worried and hurriedly picked the person up.
Ni Guzhu was not honest when she was in the mistress's arms, kicking her feet down as hard as she could.
The mistress couldn't help baring her teeth.
Ni Guzhu smiled even more cheerfully.
Shu Shu was holding a mouth towel and wiping it for her. Seeing her little appearance, he couldn't help but smile and asked his uncle, "Ah Mou, was I also 'crazy' when I was a child?"
The memories of infants and young children cannot be recalled.
All she could think of were memories from when she was three or four years old.
Mrs. Bo smiled and said: "I am following you, Eni. When I was a child, you were more happy than Ni Guzhu. Your Amma kept saying that you were the future female Baturu all day long, and you were so angry that Eni wanted to hit someone...
…”
Shu Shu couldn't stop laughing and said: "Follow me, I hope that Ni Guzhu is Batulu, so he won't be bullied in the future. If things don't go well, he can directly attack without being sulky..."
She is the daughter of a distinguished noble, and she is married to a royal family, so her temper cannot be arbitrary.
When I arrived at Niguzhu, it was Emperor Sungege.
When she was knighted, Kangxi was still on the throne. As the granddaughter of the emperor, she could be crowned the princess.
It's not a bad thing to be tougher and stronger when the time comes.
Brother Ninth came back early today, as soon as Shen Chu came back.
I heard Shu Shu talking about it yesterday and knew that my third brother-in-law was coming, so I came out of the Yamen in advance.
However, he also brought bad news.
"There is a mourning in Sunubeizi's house. The seventh prince's wife passed away at the birth gate. She disappeared in the first noon today..."
This seventh prince's wife is none other than Shu Shu's nominal concubine, Peng Chun's illegitimate daughter Dong E.
Shu Shu couldn't help but be stunned after hearing this.
This "concubine" was born in the 18th year of Kangxi's reign, four years older than her, and only twenty-two this year...