Ninth Prince's Mansion, back building, west corner.
All three cars have been suspended.
Today is the fourth day of March, the seventh day after the birth of the triplets, the day of "getting in the car".
Shu Shu is already able to get out of bed, but her head and neck are still tightly wrapped, and her clothes are still a quilted vest, unlike others who have changed into spring clothes.
The earth dragon has been extinguished in the palace, and the same is true for people in Beijing. The earth dragon and the furnace have been extinguished since the end of February.
The surrounding areas of the Prince's Mansion were also extinguished, and only the back building was still burning.
Today, in addition to Mrs. Bo and Jueluo Shi, Shifujin, Jiugege and Guizhen are also here.
Needless to say, Guizhen moved to the small courtyard at the back and came over right away.
Shifujin and Jiugege came specially from Changchun Garden.
On the second day of the third lunar month, the Holy Emperor accompanied the Queen Mother to Changchun Garden, and many people also went there.
So Shifujin and Jiugege got together and came together.
Shi Fujin had met the children three times and had already distinguished them clearly. This time he introduced them to Jiu Gege: "The fairest one and the tallest one is the eldest brother. The one who is a little smaller is the second brother. He will soon be there."
The eldest of the two elder brothers is Da Gege..."
After saying that, she looked at her second elder brother several times.
Earlier he looked like a little old man, red and wrinkled and unsightly. Now he is still small, but the wrinkles on his face have opened and his facial features can be clearly seen.
"Like the eldest brother, also like the ninth sister-in-law..."
Shifujin gave the conclusion.
Jiu Gege read it again, and finally looked at Da Gege with great joy.
Da Ge Ge’s eyebrows and eyes resemble those of Brother Jiu. He looks very cheerful and his little hands and feet are kicking around.
Jiu Gege touched her little hand, and she held her fingers tightly.
There were several strings of colorful silk hanging on her carriage. On the right was a string of golden Ruyi as big as a thumb, which was a gift from Guizhen to ward off evil spirits. On the left was a gold lock, sent by Jiu Gege.
It wasn't until the nanny tied up Da Gege that she calmed down and was put on the carriage.
The small pillows on the car are not the millet pillows commonly used by children today, but soft, ring-shaped pillows sewn together.
When all three children got in the car, not all of them were sleeping on their backs, some were sleeping on their sides.
Within half a year, if you sleep in this way and change the direction, you can keep your little round head.
Jueluo Shi said to Shu Shu: "According to your fallacy, Da Gege will have a back spoon later. When I blame you, you have to bear it yourself."
Shu Shu thought about it for a moment and said: "My daughter was wondering, did the earliest flat-headed baby become a big flat-headed child because the adults were not diligent in taking care of it and would not put it down when they were brought to the carriage?"
Then everyone discovered that after flattening the head, the front became a Chinese character face, and it became a custom to look at the sky and the sky.
Mr. Jueluo ignored her and left the juniors to talk.
Seeing Shu Shu sitting, Jiu Gege felt uneasy and said: "Sister-in-law Jiu, please lie back, don't be tired..."
Shu Shu smiled and said: "It's okay, I can't lie down all the time."
At this moment, Walnut came in and said, "Fu Jin, are you ready for the meal?"
Shu Shu nodded and said, "It's just a matter of time."
This morning she fed her three children once and then drank the medicine to restore milk supply.
It’s not that they don’t want to insist, but that both Mrs. Bo and Mr. Jueluo don’t allow it.
Before, Shu Shu thought she could hold on for a few more days, preferably ten days and a half, since it was only daytime anyway.
As a result, even if she doesn't feed her at night, she can't rest well.
Anyway, it’s just all kinds of inconveniences.
If you don't sleep well, you will be in big trouble, and you will feel drowsy all day long.
Even if I eat well and eat a lot, my face doesn't change much.
Shu Shu was also worried about her health, and the second elder brother seemed to have calmed down, so he obeyed me obediently.
At lunch today, she could eat a normal salty meal, so she was looking forward to it.
Over the past seven days, her biggest feeling is that salt is the king of flavors.
No matter how good the food is, if it lacks salt and flavor, it will not taste good.
She has just taken medicine and needs to eat lightly for another week or two.
Today's dishes include chicken, duck, and fish because there are foreign guests.
However, the recipes here in the Prince's Mansion are either exquisite or strange, and they are not the common way to eat them in the palace.
Today's chicken is chestnut stewed chicken, the duck is duck with five-spice sauce, the fish is non-spicy boiled fish fillet, and the meat is cherry meat.
As for the side dishes in the greenhouse, I also made a platter of cabbage, cucumber, pepper, coriander, and shredded green onion, with tofu skin and soybean paste on the side.
There is also a hot dish, an improved version of "Di San Xian", except that there are no potatoes, replaced by beans, which are beans, eggplant, and pepper.
The only thing left is the river freshness and tree freshness in March.
The river delicacies are dry-fried loach and soft-fried river shrimps, and the tree delicacies are toon tofu and sesame paste cubes.
Guizhen has seen these things before, and Shifujin and Jiugege have seen them for the first time.
Shi Fujin only glanced at the two plain ones and then looked at the two fried ones.
Shu Shu couldn't eat these two dishes, they were prepared for others.
"The fish and shrimps from the Kaihe River don't have any earthy smell at all. They are at the right time when they are plump and tender..."
Shu Shu introduced, and then said to Shi Fujin: "Your ninth brother made a lot of it and kept it in the dining room. When you go back in the afternoon, bring two buckets over, just in time for the emperor's grandmother to have a taste."
Shifujin nodded in agreement.
Shu Shu said to Guizhen again: "My cousin also brought some back to taste, there is plenty left."
Guizhen smiled and said: "Then I won't be polite to you. The year before last, I asked people to plant more than a dozen white mulberry trees in Changping Village. Last year, there were some fruits sporadically. This year, there should be quite a lot. They will be there at the end of March. Look back.
I’ll send you some too.”
Shu Shu had eaten white mulberries, which were sweeter than black mulberries and had a milky aroma. She said, "Are these seedlings easy to live? If they are easy to maintain, I will also ask people to transplant some..."
Guizhen said: "It's a good job. The seedlings bloomed in the first year, but they bloom and bear fruit in the second year. They are sparse, but they should be better in the third year."
As long as it's food, there's nothing Shifujin doesn't love.
Now listening to Shu Shu's praise, Shi Fujin also became interested and said: "Sister-in-law Jiu, when the time comes, we will divide the seedlings between two and plant them directly in the garden."
The area on the Tenth Brother's side is larger than that of the Ninth Prince's Mansion. Except for the houses on the middle road which are full according to regulations, the east and west branches are still empty. The area of the garden is twice that of the Ninth Prince's Mansion.
Shu Shu shook her head and said: "If you don't plant mulberries in the front and willows in the back, it's not easy to plant them in the house. It's better to plant them in the village. Later, ask people to move a few pomegranate trees and give you a crabapple tree. The one that won't be in the way."
Shifujin also knew that there were many rules in the capital, so he nodded and said, "Then we won't do it at home."
When it came to planting trees, Young Master Guizhen thanked her and said, "What's the price of Guanyin Bamboo in the capital? There's no place to buy it for hundreds of taels of silver, but this time we took advantage."
Shu Shu waved her hands and said: "Why are you so polite? I'm not someone else. I was thinking about giving something as a housewarming gift before, so I just gave this to get some luck..."
The so-called "Guanyin Bamboo" refers to the bamboo from Hongluo Temple.
Because Hongluo Temple renovated the Guanyin Temple next to it and established the "Guanyin Way" to pray for children, the bamboo in Hongluo Temple is now also called Guanyin Bamboo.
I heard that Hongluo Temple has stepped up the recruitment of patrol guards, and the remaining bamboo forests have also been numbered.
Now go to Hongluo Temple. Unless you get the emperor's handwriting, you must not dig any more bamboo.
For this reason, the value of those bamboos that were released before has increased again.
There are a lot of bamboos here in Shushu. In addition to moving two pots for Brother Ten, the rest were planted with more seedlings.
When the three families in the backyard moved in, Shu Shu asked people to prepare a housewarming ceremony, and they all prepared a pot of Guanyin bamboo.
The three couples are all husband and wife, two are young couples, and one is an old husband and a young wife. The request for a son is also suitable for the occasion...
*
Changchun Garden, Qingxi Bookstore.
Kangxi stood in front of the window, looking at a clump of bamboo outside.
Others can no longer dig bamboo from Hongluo Temple, but those in front of the emperor are not affected.
A few days ago, I transplanted two bushes here.
Guanyin Bamboo, Qiuzizhu.
Kangxi first laughed, and then looked into the distance, which was where the accompanying concubines lived.
In the early years, there were concubines getting married every year in the harem. The most popular year was the year when five princes and princesses were born in the palace, which was the year when Lao Jiu and Lao Ten were born.
But since the 32nd year of Kangxi's reign, there have been less and less good news from the harem, only once a year.
Since Concubine Yi became pregnant the year before last, there has been no news of the concubine being pregnant.
In the past year, Kangxi could not say that he was the only one who favored his concubines. Half of the time, he turned over the concubine's name, hoping that the young concubine would give him a son.
But there is no movement every month.
Kangxi decided to read more about Zhang Bin and Wang Guiren in the future. Both of them were good-looking.
Just as he was thinking, he saw Ma Qi following Liang Jiugong from the corridor.
Kangxi turned around, returned to the kang and sat down.
Ma Qi followed Liang Jiugong in, bowed and said: "Your Majesty..."
Kangxi pointed to the seat, asked him to sit down, and asked: "Construction will start in several places along the Yongding River this spring. Workers will gather here. There will be more people in need of rice, and the price of grain will inevitably rise. Can we send people from the Department of Household Affairs to Shandong and Henan?"
20,000 shi of rice were left along the river, and together with the local officials, the current price was slightly reduced compared to the previous sale..."
Ma Qi responded and said: "First of all, I also asked the local officials to buy rice and stones from local villages to sell them."
Nowadays, the biggest expenses of the Ministry of Household Affairs are these two items, river construction of Yongding River, and relief for people in flood-stricken areas in Huaiyang.
Kangxi sighed: "It's the spring flood of the Yellow River again. I just hope it will be stable this year..."
Ma Qi is a bachelor and the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. He is in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Household Affairs. He also has a headache thinking about the income and expenses of the Ministry of Household Affairs each year.
Kangxi picked up the tea cup, took a few sips, and said, "I heard that the land price in Xiaotangshan has risen to thirteen, forty taels of silver per acre. What does Aiqing think?"
Ma Qi did not answer immediately.
The situation in the court is not right now, and the ninth elder brother is not suitable to join the court.
Otherwise, with Jiu Age's temperament, he would have offended many people.
And those of them who are related to Ninth Brother, their relationship will be awkward at that time.
Ma Qi thought about it in his mind and said: "I'm afraid it's too high. I'm afraid it won't last long. After one or two years, the price should fall back..."
Kangxi glanced at Ma Qi, but he didn't expect Ma Qi to think of this.
Seeing the worried look on his face, Kangxi snorted and said, "Don't worry about your disciples. You're a thief. Most of them have been sold long ago. I won't throw those pieces of land into my hands..."
Ma Qi breathed a sigh of relief and said: "That's good. Brother Ninth is young and thinks less. This time it's too risky..."
*
On the tenth day, I kept asking for a guaranteed monthly ticket. I couldn't sleep well for a whole day and burst into tears.
Say I'm sorry and mark it as 10 a.m., so I didn't set the alarm that early. This is a terrible memory.