She first went to the kitchen to check and recheck the dishes for today's banquet to see if all the ingredients were ready. If not, she would arrange for someone to prepare it.
Then we went to the garden and watched the guards and girls hanging lanterns. We also wanted to hang a few lanterns in the main courtyard for a festive occasion.
When everyone was almost done with their work, he asked everyone to come over to receive today's Mid-Autumn Festival ceremony. Everyone in the family received a new set of clothes, two cakes and a grapefruit, and an extra month's monthly money. The whole family was invited to the banquet in the evening People can go to Shuixie to eat.
Finally, we went to the outer courtyard again.
There were also many people bringing Mid-Autumn Festival gifts today. She had to see what needed to be eaten while it was fresh. She would put out what could be put out in a while, and divide what couldn't be put out, so as not to keep it and spoil it.
She was too busy in the morning and felt so hungry at noon that she felt uncomfortable. She drank two bowls of shredded chicken porridge, ate two moon cakes, and ate some fruits before she finally recovered.
In the afternoon, the kitchen started to get busy, and the free women also went there to help. Su Wan directed the waterside pavilion to start placing tables and chairs.
When Li Lin and others came back, it was already Shenshichu (three o'clock in the afternoon). When he left, he took Yuanyou and a few guards with him. When he was leaving, he was seen by the villagers, and he also took seven or eight men with him. .
There was a lot of harvest, including a dozen pheasants, seven or eight hares, a messy pile, and two sheep.
He asked people to take things to the river to pack, and he went back to the main courtyard to take a shower. The weather was quite hot at the moment. He went for a run in the mountains. Although he didn't sweat much, he was still covered in sweat. Dirty, he didn't care about this before, but now he is really worried about being disliked.
When Su Wan opened the door and entered the dormitory with her skirt in hand, he had just changed into clothes and came out of the bathroom.
He was already very familiar with her footsteps. Without even raising his head, he turned around and took the belt from the shelf to tie it.
"You're back? Everything went well, right?"
He hummed, tied his belt and walked over. Su Wan reached for a clean towel, asked him to sit down on the chair, and then wiped his hair.
"It went very well. Because I was pressed for time and I didn't go too far into the mountains, I came across a group of sheep. I shot six of them. I took two and the rest were divided among the villagers."
"Let's roast the lamb tonight."
Su Wan calculated the food intake of the people in the house and sighed: "I'm afraid two won't be enough."
"It doesn't matter. I also caught some pheasants, hares, and the like, as well as a roe deer, which is enough for them to eat. If that doesn't work, ask your second uncle's family to send some fish over."
"There is no need to send fish. My second aunt sent seven or eight fish here today." Mrs. Song got a lot of benefits from Su Wan, and she was extremely generous to her. If there was anything she wanted, Su Wan would have it delivered to her door. , I will never forget to send it here whenever I catch fish.
Anyway, Su Wan would never let her suffer.
"That's enough." Li Lin raised his eyebrows and said, "I can't feed you enough anyway, so just eat whatever you want."
This is complaining that the stomachs of his subordinates are bottomless pits.
Su Wan almost wanted to laugh, but these people did have a large appetite. Even when they were not on duty, they never relaxed in their daily training, and they consumed a lot of food.
In the past, Mr. Li had a home all over the world. There were not many people behind him, and he took care of the food himself. Now that the place has settled down, in addition to the original secret guards, the number of nominal guards has increased a lot.
These guards are also carefully selected. They are very capable, but they are also very good at eating.
In the past, besides Yuanyou, there were nine secret guards around Li Lin. Now Hui Feng and Ju Song were arranged to work in the front. Two people were missing, and five people were selected from the back. Two people filled the vacancies, and the remaining three were assigned to Su. Wan.
In addition, there are twelve guards on the surface, so there are thirty guards alone. If these thirty people eat with open belly, they can eat up a mountain.
However, the guards were quite happy. They used to live in the open air and it was very pitiful. Now that they have a mistress, they can eat and drink well every day, as if the poor child is taken care of.
Su Wan dried his hair and let him dry it for a while to avoid getting a headache in the future if it was not dry enough. He washed his hands and had tea brought over. The couple left the dormitory and saw the Arhat in the Ming Hall. Sat down on the chair.
Li Lin sat there with his hair down, drinking a cup of tea leisurely and calmly, and then said: "My cousin is back. I just happened to meet him and said that my father-in-law has something for you and asked him to hand it over."
Su Wan was slightly surprised: "What does father want to give me? Yesterday, the Mid-Autumn Festival gift from Jinning Palace was delivered."
Li Lin said: "Perhaps my father-in-law wants to give it to you privately. You will know about it soon."
This cousin is talking about Shi Huixin. Since Shi Huixin followed the couple to the Imperial City at the beginning of this year, he has never been back. Before Spring, he and several classmates and friends had been living in the Guest Garden of Jingpingyuan.
Later, there was a scandal about cheating in the imperial examination, and the autumn examination (provincial examination) was retaken. The spring examination was moved back one year, so he discussed with everyone to move out. If it was okay for a month or two, the owner was not here, so he would live there for a year. It's really inappropriate.
If Shi Shi replied alone, he would live simply. After all, it was his cousin's house, so there was nothing he couldn't live in.
But it's different when there are more people, and there are more things to do, which need to be taken care of by the family, and there is also a student among them who has a relationship with the daughter of an official in the imperial city.
Shi Huixin was afraid of causing trouble, so he didn't dare to live there anymore. After discussing with everyone, they moved out of Jingpingyuan together and rented a yard outside.
In these days, most of the students returned to Yancheng early due to lack of money, and one or two climbed on the high branches and left.
In the end, only Shi was left to reply. He originally planned to save some money and return to Jingpingyuan, but he often went to Jinning Palace to attend lectures with Su Jian on articles. When Su Jian learned about this, he invited He asked him to live in Jinning Duke's Mansion.
At that time, there were several people living in the Duke Ning's Mansion, including brothers from the Wang family and children from the old department of the Duke Ning's Mansion who were preparing to take up civil service positions. Shi replied to the letter after thinking about it and went there shamelessly.
The Duke of Jinning invited a Mr. Jinshi to answer their questions and give lectures. This temptation was too great for him, and there were also many very powerful students who were in contact with Su Jian. They followed Su Jian. , he benefited greatly.
"My cousin came back for Hui Hua's marriage."
The good day for Shi Hui's painting was set on October 12th. Many good days for getting married in the countryside were set at this time. The harvest of the year had just ended, and he had extra money, food and leisure in his hands. What should he do? It started to be done.
When the weather gets cold, the couple hides in the house to have children. When spring comes next year, many brides will give birth to them.
