happy event

Chapter 122
Mr. Yang coughed twice, and said lightly, "Forget it, the trouble was so fierce back then, it's understandable that you didn't tell the truth. If there is something you can't tell in the future, even if you report it in private, you must not hide it like this .”

Dong Rong seemed to be taken aback for a moment, and finally replied angrily, "Oh, I'm only worried that my younger brother is vain, and I just want to hide it in a moment of impatience, but if I forget it, I can report it to my husband in private. I hope the gentlemen will forgive me, and the little girl will definitely do it next time." Not so stupid anymore."

Her reckless appearance once again pleased several old gentlemen, and they all stroked their beards and laughed.

Mr. Sun has the most easy-going temperament. He first picked up the top apple with the character "Xi" on the fruit plate and said with a smile, "I regret that I didn't have the opportunity to see what the auspicious fruit looks like. I don't want to not only see it today, but also taste it." Taste it. Is this flower viewing trip really worth it?"

He was about to bring the apple to him while he was talking, but Mr. Yang snatched it and said with a stare, "It's just such an auspicious fruit, how can you eat it all by yourself? Or let the girl from the Dong family cut everything and share it with everyone." good."

Mr. Sun argued, "I'm just curious about the strength of the font, and want to take a closer look..."

It's a pity that everyone didn't believe it, and urged Dong Rong to cut the fruit.Dong Rong heard the gentlemen laughing, but she liked their easy-going and unscrupulous temper, so she smiled and divided the fruit with the knife.

An apple is divided into six points, and each person can only eat two or three mouthfuls. Mr. Sun ate his share in two or three mouthfuls, and sighed, "This fruit is too small, Miss Dong, do you still have any in stock at home?"

Another gentleman scolded with a smile, "Think of auspicious fruit as something that you can buy a basket for a tael of silver in the fruit shop. If you can eat a few mouthfuls, you are already lucky. Don't be greedy."

Mr. Yang thought of something else when he heard the words, so he asked, "At the beginning of last winter, it was reported that hundreds of refugees outside the city were hired to do odd jobs by an orchard. Is that orchard your Four Seasons Garden?"

Dong Rong nodded and replied with a smile, "Exactly, because the family got the auspicious fruit, we don't have to worry about brother Ping's Shuxiu in the future. But my brother Ping is an ordinary farmer's child. I think I have no talent or virtue. I often feel terrified of such blessings from God. It happened that the refugees outside the city had no food and clothing, and they were very miserable, so they recruited all the refugees back in the name of hiring people. Fortunately, the villagers in the village are kind-hearted, and the orchard supplies three times a day. For dinner, each family in the village gave up a few houses, and with concerted efforts, we finally survived this severe winter."

After finishing speaking, she pointed to the straw woven fruit plates and straw woven tea coasters next to the gentlemen, as well as the straw woven covers on the tables and chairs, and said with a smile, "These small objects are made by the refugees. I took them from them. Take it back and put it in the orchard and slowly sell it to your favorite customers, and the refugees also earn enough copper coins to live on for several months. My family’s steward contacted the caravan going south early, and the refugees have all returned to their hometown with their companions. The spring plowing has already begun."

The gentlemen's expressions became weirder the more they heard it, and finally they even sighed together.Dong Rong felt uneasy, she didn't know which sentence she didn't say well, but she didn't want to ask too much, so she lowered her head and pretended not to see it.

Fortunately, the gentlemen did not stay silent for a long time to explain her doubts. Mr. Sun was the first to be annoyed, "Occasionally we quarreled with others, and I was not convinced at the time when I heard people scolding us sour scholars for being stupid in reading. I only know now that this The statement has already given us face, and our heads are simply rotten wood."

The other gentleman also sighed, and replied, "Brother Sun is right, if we had known it would be so easy to solve, why did we have to quarrel with those fat-bodied moths in the government office and tear the roof off?"

Mr. Yang slapped the table hard, and said angrily, "Such waste materials whose consciences have been blackened by the stench of copper, one day I will let them go home and farm!"

Dong Rong and his younger brother looked at each other, and they both vaguely guessed something.Maybe several gentlemen went to the government office to fight for the rescue of the refugees, but needless to say, those officials who only know about corruption and pleasure must have resorted to Tai Chi hands. They made a lot of excuses and refused to help refugees.That was why the gentlemen were so annoyed, and they were all the more frustrated when they heard that the orchard had done it with so little money.

Sure enough, the gentlemen put down the paper and ink and shouted, "Come on wine, come on wine! It's such a beautiful scene, how can we talk about such dirty things again, let's get drunk!"

Dong Ping called Xizi to serve dishes at the foot of the mountain, then took a pickaxe from under the pavilion, and dug out three jars of fruit wine with his own hands under a few peach trees not far away.

The gentlemen were delighted to see it, and rushed to remove the mud seal on the mouth of the altar.In fact, this fruit wine has only been buried for a few days, and the brewing method is very ordinary, so the taste is naturally not very good.But at this time, everyone is surrounded by mountains and flowers, even drinking cold water will feel delicious, let alone this authentic peach wine.

After a few gentlemen drank a bowl of wine, they all praised it.After waiting, Xizi trotted over to bring a large tray of appetizers. The cold tripe shreds and garlic wild vegetables were extremely spicy and refreshing, and the braised chicken wings and chicken feet and air-dried sausages were delicious and chewy. favorite.

Dong Rong gave her younger brother a wink, signaling him to take care of the gentlemen, and then went to the highest pavilion with the hem of her skirt.

Mrs. Yang and other female relatives are also tired of shopping at the moment, and they are sitting in the pavilion and talking in a low voice while enjoying the panoramic view of the whole orchard.Seeing Dong Rong coming, Mrs. Yang smiled and said, "We still don't know where your master is, how can you let the guests walk around at will? You are not afraid that we will usurp the host and occupy your orchard?"

Dong Rong stepped forward to pour tea for several wives one by one, and said with a smile, "If the teachers and wives like something, just take it, why bother to occupy it? Besides, not everyone can be a bully, at least you have to be a bully." Fighting with strength, right? I'll let people serve the food and drink, and the teacher's wife and sisters are full, so it's not too late to try being a bully again."

As soon as she finished speaking, not to mention the ladies and ladies in the pavilion, even the maids and women who were accompanying them laughed uncontrollably.Mrs. Yang patted Dong Rong's back with a smile, and said angrily, "Why didn't you, girl, be born into my stomach? If I had you as my daughter, wouldn't I have to laugh every day?"

Dong Rong glanced at Ms. Yang out of the corner of her eyes, saw that she was still smiling, and there was no abnormal expression on her face, so she said, "Ms. Ma'am is wrong, if I really entrusted my birth to your home, I'm afraid you will be so angry every day." I was beaten for three meals. Junior sister Wanyin has a good temperament, she is quiet and generous, she looks filial and courteous."

All the mothers in the world like their children to be praised. Madam Yang smiled even wider, but she said modestly, "Don't praise her, this girl is just better behaved."

Everyone chatted and laughed, Dong Rong saw that the sun was about to rise to the right sky, so she called Si Lian and Wen Niang to serve wine and food.The food and wine for the women's relatives are cooked individually in the small kitchen, which is much more delicate.There are only four dishes of stewed vegetables with wine, and there are four hot dishes and one soup.The staple food is a large plate of siu mai stuffed with shepherd's purse, pork and shrimp, each of which is shaped into a flower shape, and is praised by all the female relatives almost as soon as it is served. After taking a bite, it is delicious, so everyone laughs open face.

Dong Rong held a jar of wine with her own hands and poured wine to the guests one by one.Originally cheap and fragile colored glass cups are not uncommonly used by wealthy families on weekdays, but now they are just changed to a thinner and taller shape, which actually looks much more elegant.After pouring in the purple wine and shaking it in their hands, everyone inexplicably felt an indescribable beauty in their hearts.

Dong Rong held a glass of wine with a smile, and the sweet grape fragrance was mixed with a touch of wine, which immediately captured the hearts of all the women.Everyone promoted cups and changed cups, tasted dishes and talked and laughed, and the pavilion became more and more lively.

A group of maids and women were also invited by Wen Niang to sit at the small table under the pavilion. There were seven or eight kinds of chicken, fish, meat and eggs. Of course, they didn't dare to give more wine, but each had a small glass to taste. Can.So in less than a moment, no matter the master or the servants in the pavilion, their faces were all flushed, which made the peach blossoms all over the mountain seem to lose their color.

As for the restaurant at the foot of the mountain, it was also extremely lively at the moment.A group of students had already removed the screens and gathered six or seven tables to sit in a circle.On weekdays, the elegant and unrestrained scholars in green shirts and white fans have long since lost their image. Some of them are pouring wine with their clothes open, some are loudly guessing fists, some are holding chicken legs and feet, and some are eating. Standing against the wind at the door, he wrote poems aloud.

Originally hiding under the kitchen, Sister-in-Law Liu and a few servants who planned to have a close contact with the reading master opened their mouths wide in shock, and couldn't close them for a while, and finally laughed until they yelled that their stomach hurts.From then on, they served those guests who came to the orchard to play, even if they were distinguished, they were more than respectful, but not in awe.After all, no matter how majestic or fairy-like in front of people, the queen also wants to eat and drink, right?
In this way, there was a full day of eating, drinking and laughing up and down the mountain. Seeing that the sun was about to fall to the top of the west mountain, several gentlemen took the lead to leave.Dong Pingsheng was afraid that the half-drunk old gentlemen would fall down the stone steps, so he quickly called a few servants to help him.As for the students, there is no need to count on them, they are all drunk and sleeping under the wine table.

After finally waiting for the gentlemen to get into the car, and the female relatives had settled down early, Dong Ping told his sister that he planned to stay with his classmates for one night.Dong Rong was busy instructing Wen Niang to pack the snacks that the wives liked, and upon hearing this, she asked her younger brother to find Mrs. Liu.

Sure enough, Sister-in-law Liu led the servants directly to take more than a dozen dense and thick straw curtains from the storeroom, and surrounded the small restaurant tightly in three or two strokes. Finally, the fire dragon was raised, and the floor became a hot place. kang.A group of drunken scholars were snoring everywhere, and soon they were so hot that they automatically tore off their clothes.Seeing this, Dong Ping was relieved and rushed to see off the guests with his sister.

Mrs. Yang and others were very happy to receive the dim sum box, thanked each other and invited Dong Rong to visit her home in her spare time.Dong Rong agreed one by one, and entrusted several teachers and wives to take care of her younger brother when she saw her coming.

Mrs. Yang saw the two siblings standing under the car, they looked alike and were equally courteous, she loved her even more.So she turned around and motioned her daughter to look out of the window, Wanyin went in without knowing, stretched her head to look in doubt, just in time to see Dong Ping raised her head with a smile.The orange-red sunset made the young man look like a god descending from the earth, causing the girl to blush instantly, she hurriedly lowered the curtains, and lowered her head stubbornly, refusing to lift it up...

(End of this chapter)