Red House Shoufu

Chapter 31 Marriage
Compared with the solemnity of the study in the front yard, the atmosphere in the inner house is much more relaxed.

Wang Xifeng was sitting on the cotton couch embroidering the baby's clothes, while Daiyu and Wang Yuan were playing Go next to her.

From time to time, the two chattered and argued once or twice, and the room with the stove was warm, not like winter at all.

Daiyu was about to lose again, and skillfully wiped the chessboard: "No more, no more..."

"No more, no more, it hurts my eyes..."

Wang Yuan imitated Daiyu's tone and said the second half of the sentence for her, causing Daiyu to lean over and the two of them got into a mess.

Wang Xifeng looked at the two amusedly, since she came to Suzhou, she often saw Daiyu and Wang Yuan making such a fuss.

Sometimes she compares with the younger sisters in the family, it's really a pity for them.The girl from the government's family is not as good as the lady from the fifth-rank official family.

Although this Wang Yuan does not have the appearance of a city, she is like a flame in winter, able to make people around her feel warm and comfortable.

Elegant and elegant, with a bookish air, no wonder Daiyu is so friendly with her.

After more than a month of observation, Wang Xifeng has noticed that Wang Yuan absolutely likes her cousin Lin Shu, and Daiyu also creates opportunities for the two of them from time to time.

As for Lin Shu's thoughts, she is not easy to ask as a cousin, but it is a pity that the younger sisters in the family are not destined to have such a good marriage.

Lin Shu is young and promising, and his future is limitless, what a pity!
"oops……"

Because she was thinking about something, Wang Xifeng involuntarily took the wrong needle and pricked her own finger.

Daiyu and Wang Yuan, who were in a mess, hurriedly surrounded them, only to see Wang Xifeng sucking with her index finger in her mouth, signaling with her eyes that she was okay.

Wang Yuan picked up the child's bellyband that she had just embroidered, her eyes were full of amazement: "Sister Feng is really good at embroidery, this little tiger is so alive..."

"Huh? When did Sister Feng become so good at embroidery? I remember that I couldn't even embroider a purse before?"

Daiyu also went around to look at the bellyband, only to see a little tiger with a tiger's head and a tiger's head, which seemed to be alive.

At this time, Ping'er came over with two plates of snacks, and explained to Wang Xifeng: "Grandma was very good at embroidery when she was not married, but it's a pity that she didn't use needles very much because of trivial matters at home, so she became rusty. Picked it up."

When Jia Lian returned to Beijing this time, he brought Ping'er who stayed at home.Wang Xifeng is pregnant, so Ping'er, a virtuous housekeeper, of course has to accompany her to serve her.

"Grandma, these are the plums sent by the second master, try it, do you like it?"

Wang Xifeng picked one up and put it in his mouth. It was sweet and sour, just right for pregnant women.

She handed Daiyu and Wang Yuan a few: "These plums are delicious, you should try them too..."

"This is what Lian's second brother gave his son to eat. I'm lucky to have my little nephew!"

Daiyu tasted one jokingly, her eyes lit up.

Several people talked about snacks in Suzhou through Meizi, and Daiyu talked endlessly about her experience of visiting all the markets and shops in Suzhou with Lin Shu.

Wang Xifeng lamented that Daiyu really has a good brother. When she was not married, except for the Rongguo Mansion, she rarely even went out to worship Buddha.

"There are a lot of fruits from the Western Regions on the edge of Yangcheng Lake, but most of them are dried fruits. Raisins are very good. You can put them in porridge or eat them as snacks..."

"There is a market at Yunji Temple in the south of the city on the first and fifteenth day of every month. There is an old woman there who makes sweet-scented osmanthus cakes and sweet jujube cakes that are also delicious..."

"There is a market near Tianlan Academy, where there are many imported products from Taixi. My brother bought a lot of seeds from a businessman, and I don't know what delicious ones will be grown."

As Daiyu talked, she felt hungry.She pressed her stomach and said, "Oh, I'm hungry, I don't know what to eat for lunch today."

……

During lunch, Lin Shu and Jia Lian Wang Huan had dinner in the front hall. During the lunch time, the three of them made up their minds and planned to report the Zhen family's property transfer to the emperor as quickly as possible.

If this matter is verified, not only Jia Lian will be reused, but Wang Huan will also enter the eyes of the emperor.

Of course, not to mention Lin Shu, he has presented secret performances to the emperor many times in a row in the past two years.

Leaving aside the sun-salt law, there are also the vaccinia law to prevent and control smallpox, the law to prevent and control the plague, and so on.These are obtained by consulting ancient books and experimenting by myself.

Just last year, a village under Suzhou ruled had smallpox. Lin Shu arranged for his cronies and Xiu Yiwei to find a sick cow infected with vaccinia, and used the method of vaccinia in that village to conduct experiments.

Although it was impossible to treat those who were already sick, it was effective in preventing the spread of smallpox.After this incident, the prevention and control of smallpox with vaccinia and the epidemic prevention method that has learned from the experience of later generations have forged Lin Shu's status as a hard-working minister in the emperor's heart.

……

In the back hall, Daiyu, Wang Xifeng and Wang Yuan gathered around a copper pot, in which soup was boiling.

Like a gossip copper pot, half of red soup and half of clear soup, the three of them ate warmly under the service of Ping'er Xueyan and others.

"I can't, I'm holding on. The chili planted by cousin Lin really suits my appetite!"

Wang Xifeng supported her stomach and leaned on the cotton couch, her delicate and charming lips were slightly red and swollen.

Wang Yuan and Daiyu like clear soup, seeing Wang Xifeng's red lips, they both laughed at the same time.

Ping'er brought tea: "Sour, spicy girl, grandma likes plums so much, and also likes spicy food, it seems that this baby may be a dragon and a phoenix!"

"My brother is the same as Sister Feng, but I like the taste of this pepper. I only tasted the first batch of peppers grown last year, and I dare not eat it again. I really don't know what's so good about it..."

Daiyu still remembers how she felt after eating chili.She shuddered: "According to my brother, Tessie also has a devil pepper, which is ten times hotter than this!"

Seeing Daiyu's small face wrinkled into a ball, everyone in the room was amused.It is really rare to see pepper that can be so rejected by the "snack foodie" Daiyu.

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In the afternoon, Wang Huan and his sister were sent to the carriage by Lin Shu. Under Wang Yuan's reluctant eyes, they left Lin's mansion with snowflakes falling from the sky.

Jia Lian stomped his feet, shook off the snowflakes stained on his boots, and teased, "Miss Wang's eyes are almost growing on her cousin. When are you going to propose marriage?"

Although it's a pity that Yingchun doesn't have this fate, and he can't make the decision, Jia Lian still hopes that Lin Shu will make a decision on lifelong affairs early.

If he went to the capital, Lin Shu might not be able to help himself.How could those big shots in the court let such an outstanding young man go.

The Wang family and the Lin family are on good terms. According to his wife Wang Xifeng, this Wang Yuan is a good candidate for her appearance and character.Jia Lian really thought of Lin Shu, marrying a wife is not good, and the disaster will last three generations.

It is better to go to the capital if Wang Yuan is appointed, but it is much better to be off the list and arrest her son-in-law somehow.

(End of this chapter)