Today is October 13th, Shu Shu’s eighteenth birthday. Brother Ninth Brother was about to make a big deal, but was stopped by Shu Shu. He was out and there was no need to bother.
It’s not a whole birthday, there’s no need. That's why I asked people to kill a few sheep, so we could live together.
"Gold Awarding Festival". Here, Shu Shu finished most of the meal and served another dish of longevity noodles. Shu Shu ate several mutton chops and drank two bowls of mutton soup. She was almost done.
This noodle dish comes in a big bowl. Although it has a wide soup and plenty of noodles, there are still some that are too much to eat. Thinking that Brother Ninth Brother had not eaten a few mouthfuls of rice, she ordered an empty bowl and gave half of it to Brother Ninth Brother.
Brother Jiu hesitated and said: "This is longevity noodles, are you still interested?" He felt that he was a bit like an old man, and he believed in those signs that were not signs.
Believe the good signs and avoid the bad signs. Shu Shu said: "Why are you unhappy?" Brother Jiu took the noodle bowl, still hesitant.
Shu Shu looked at him and said: "My long life alone is different from the long life I have with you. I am looking forward to the future..." Brother Jiu nodded and said without shame: " Of course, when your parents grow old and your children have their own families, the one who stays with you the most and longest is your father." This was what Shu Shu said to his ninth brother after their wedding. of.
It came and went, and it entered the heart of Brother Jiu and was regarded as the truth by him. The couple had longevity noodles.
Xiaotang led people to clear the table, and brought walnuts instead of barley tea. She saw Shu Shu eating too much. Shu Shu rode a horse for a long time in the afternoon and didn't want to take a walk anymore, so she drank two cups of barley tea to eat.
Brother Jiu took out a one-foot-square brocade box and said with pride, "This is the birthday gift prepared by me. Guess what it is?" Shu Shu looked at the brocade box and saw the size. It was for decoration. Collar?
Or a longevity lock? Anyway, it should be jewelry and the like, and I wouldn't use this one-and-a-half-inch-high flat box for anything else.
"Can't guess, what is this?" Shu Shu asked cooperatively. Brother Jiu opened it and placed it in front of Shu Shu like a treasure.
It is a set of jewelry, including a gold-inlaid pink coral necklace, three pairs of pink coral gourd earrings, and a string of pink coral sea beads on the placket.
The powder of this coral is very fresh and well-proportioned, and also has luster. What woman doesn’t love jewelry? Especially one so pretty and lively.
"It's so beautiful. How big of a coral is this? Can such a big coral bead be produced?" Shu Shu said in surprise while holding the eighteen pieces.
This bead is about the size of a thumb, with a diameter of more than three points. Brother Jiu heard this and compared it: "In addition to this set of jewelry, there is also an eight-inch-high coral bonsai among the five-foot-tall corals. The rest are two boxes of rice beads for you to play with." , They are all in the house, I didn’t bring them out." When Shu Shu heard that five-foot-tall coral was used as raw material, she really wanted to say something disappointing.
That means you can’t waste your fortune like this! But she endured it. This is Brother Jiu's intention. Such carefulness is better than the coral trees piled in the warehouse.
Among corals, true red is rare. White and light pink are common in the market, but pinks with such a well-proportioned color are also rare.
She also looked at the metal work of the gourd earrings. They used filigree technology, which was made in-house.
"The coral tree that I asked the Ji family to buy? When did it come to Beijing?" Shu Shu asked. Brother Jiu nodded and said: "It arrived before the Mid-Autumn Festival. It took forty days of work and was completed at the end of September." Shu Shu immediately asked Walnut to get the makeup mirror and try on the earrings and necklace.
The color of these earrings is pretty, but the style is an orthodox gourd. It can be worn on weekdays or with auspicious clothes.
"It looks good, thank you, I like it very much!" Shu Shu turned around, looked at Brother Jiu and said with a smile. Brother Ninth said: "This year it's coral, next year I'll find someone else, it'll be the same every year." Shu Shu nodded and said: "Then I'll wait, and I'll wear the jewelry I prepared for you from now on." The atmosphere was just right.
Although the two of them didn't realize their idea of soaking in the hot springs in the tent, they took an early rest with their eyes hooked and asked for water twice... a lingering night.
Early the next morning, Shu Shu decided to sleep in and worked hard until midnight last night. My back was a little sore from riding the horse, but it became even more sore after the hard work, and I didn’t want to move.
Brother Ninth Brother still remembers the business trip. He got up and went out and had a small meeting with everyone.
Starting today, Erhe and Fu Qing worked in two shifts, taking turns accompanying Zhang Tingzhan and Cao Yueying to the Rehe Gorge to survey the terrain, draw sketches, and prepare for the location of the palace.
Cao Shun took people to check out the nearby temples and lit lamps and prayed for him and Fujin in the temples. Gao Bin led people to check the meadows and rivers around the palace to see if there were any places where hunting and fishing could be done.
The fifty prince guards who came out this time, plus a hundred house guards, couldn't be idle.
The others responded and listened to the instructions. When they arrived at Gao Bin's place, he said, "Master Jiu, shouldn't the place where the best place to kill wild beasts be is Rehe? It's a vast area with sparsely populated areas, and it's far away from official roads, so it's not very popular." People are disturbing us. There are mountains all around. There must be some big guys. If we don’t kill them all, we will send people to build houses next year and we won’t be able to survive.” Brother Jiu always listens to people’s advice.
Seeing that what Gao Bin said made sense, he nodded and said: "Okay, then you can bring more people with you. You have all the bows, arrows and swords. Let's go to Rehe." He had asked Gao Bin to walk near the palace before. , because I am too lazy to walk far away.
But if the hunting place is far away, he can choose not to go. The errands were handed over one after another, and everyone went to prepare individually.
Except for Cao Shun's errand, everyone else is
"Official business". Brother Ninth's trip is also a business trip. After Brother Jiu finished making arrangements, he went back to catch up on his sleep. This winter is a good time to sleep.
By the time the couple woke up, it was already early afternoon. Shu Shu finally came to life. After listening to Brother Jiu's talk about the errands of the next person, Shu Shu thought of several officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and said: "They want to inspect the palace, its size, and if there are insufficient palaces to expand, should they continue to go north? ?" This official road leads from the capital to Mulan Paddock.
There are some palaces and palaces built in the early years in the middle, but they are all simple and have many shortcomings. Brother Jiu patted his forehead and said, "I forgot about those people. I didn't even think of calling them this morning. Let them rest for a day and let them go to Mulan Paddock tomorrow." The couple talked, Walnut He came in and reported: "Jiuye, Fujin, and Chunwei are back and are asking for a meeting outside." Brother Jiu was a little surprised and said to Shu Shu: "I told him not to come back in a hurry. What's the matter?" Shu Shu thought. After thinking for a while, he said: "It must be because there is nothing in the capital that we didn't delay!" If nothing else, I just said that the people in the mansion were going hunting, and it was uneasy even if there was no spring forest.
Among the current guards, Chun Lin is the youngest, but he has become the main force due to his ability. Brother Jiu told Walnut: "Call in." Walnut responded.
Shu Shu said: "Where is He Yuzhu?" On weekdays, when people inside and outside ask to see him, He Yuzhu comes to pass the message. Brother Jiu said: "Even Sun Jin and Sun Jin were sent by me to go to the temple with Cao Shun to light the lamps." He didn't plan to move today, so he didn't leave He Yuzhu and Sun Jin around.
Shu Shu remembered what Brother Jiu said to the Mongolian leader yesterday, and said: "It is a trivial matter to arrange for their local people to serve as errands, but if the descendants of the descendants are missing, then the emperor's grace will be needed. Shouldn't I write a letter to the emperor?" Did you?" Ninth Prince curled his lips and said, "If you don't write, Khan Ama didn't even reply to the letter. I wrote too densely." Shu Shu thought about Zhang Tingzhan and Cao Yueying going to survey and draw sketches, and felt No bottom.
In this cold weather, two Confucian scholars were working outdoors, which sounded very hard. The canyons are connected and have a radius of dozens of miles.
She felt that if Zhang Tingzhan and Cao Yueying continued to survey, it would not last long, so she suggested: "Please tell Erhe and Fu Qing to study hard with the two adults, and run up and down." The work may still fall on them..." The next update will be at around 12 noon on June 22.
