"Everyone has worked hard today. On behalf of Doctor Xiang and Zhao Zhengqing, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Mr. Shang and Miss Shang for being our guests! I would like to invite you to take up the milk and drink this cup together!" After saying this toast to the young lady, he held the cup close to his chest, covered his sleeves with his head lowered, slowly raised his head to finish drinking, released his sleeves and circled around to show that the cup was empty, and then gently put down the cup.
When the children saw this way of drinking, they all started to imitate it. Although what they were drinking was milk, it seemed to have the connotation of wine. Every one of them had been envious of the adults’ unrestrained drinking style for how long. Today, they finally If you have the opportunity, you can "dry your breasts" and experience the feeling of "being an adult".
"Okay, please help yourself, let's use it!" Xiang Madam gave the order, first held it up, clamped a piece of meat, paused to signal, and then covered the entrance to the sleeves. Seeing this, all the children were really You can start eating with confidence and boldness.
In the face of delicious food, children who are more reserved generally cannot persist for long before their childish side comes out.
"Little Tail"'s favorite thing to eat is barbecue. In front of each table, there are several skewers clustered together with three skewers and one fork, along with different types of unknown ingredients on several small plates next to them. The rich sauce has a somewhat jam-like appearance, which is salty and sweet. When you dip it in, the greasy taste just now immediately turns into another taste with the opposite nature, which just resolves the over-greasy feeling. I saw her eating three forks of barbecue in a row, and the corners of her mouth were immediately moist and shiny, pink and cute.
Cong'er noticed the eating posture of "Little Tail", and he was a very contagious "eating and broadcasting host" demonstration. Unfortunately, his little body is only three years old, and his small stomach can't hold much at all. He just picked the food in front of him and tasted only a little of each item before he was already full.
"Really! It's so disappointing to have delicious food and a body that can't eat it! What a pity! Envy, jealousy, and hatred!" Cong'er felt aggrieved secretly, and only then did he truly understand what it means to be "powerless, and the tiger eats the sky." Nothing to say."
"Forget it, let's drink the broth! Large pieces of meat are difficult to digest, so you can always drink more of this soup."
Cong'er likes to drink this broth the most, because there is a strange way to drink it. The servant serving on the side brings a plate of fried corn and millet kernels, all of which are swollen and bulging, without peeling. As soon as the broth was served and it was still very hot, I poured all the rice grains into the broth. Then the bowl of broth turned into a mixed soup mixed with rice grains and shredded pork. I scooped it in with a wooden spoon. When you put it in your mouth, you have to be quick. It tastes best when those fat rice grains are half wet and have not been completely shrunk by the broth.
Several other children also enjoyed their meal very happily. The young lady frequently greeted the servants and rushed to serve new dishes. These children who are growing in body can eat meat at a very slow speed. The barbecue is served a little slowly. , you will often see children with nothing to eat in front of them, and the previous food has been quickly swept away.
A sumptuous feast finally came to an end when the children were so full that they could no longer stuff in new food.
When Mrs. Xiang saw that the children were eating well, she was quite satisfied and signaled the servants to bring some fruits and exquisite pastries as the end of the meal.
"Mr. Shang, Miss Shang, I was in a hurry today and couldn't take care of you two. Please forgive me!" Mrs. Xiang said her farewell speech to the two hosts and guests.
"How dare! How dare! Today, my sister, my sister, has the honor to meet, gather, and share a feast with all of you here. I am extremely grateful! Oh, please allow us to leave first! When we go back and tell my father what happened today, I I will make plans to meet you brothers again at my house as soon as possible!" Shang You knew very well that this was the best time to take the initiative to say goodbye, so he immediately stood up and saluted.
"Okay, since it's not too early for the sky to get dark, we won't keep Mr. Shang and Miss Shang any longer!" Mrs. Xiang turned to Ji Yu and said, "I'll do your best to see them off again. You can't." Neglect!"
"I'm going to see you off! Can we go together, okay?" Sure enough, "little tail" can't be left out at any time, so she also stood up and asked to go with her.
He smiled at the young lady, nodded and said, "Okay, so you have to promise me to take good care of your brother and come back together safely, okay?"
"Little Tail" suddenly felt like she was being taken seriously, ah, let her protect her brother! How much do you think highly of her! So, I patted my chest proudly and replied loudly: "Yes!"
When they were sent to the courtyard, the servants had already taken out Mr. Shang’s fighting cock and put it in his arms. They were one big and one small, two people and one chicken, two pairs of little brothers and sisters, chatting and laughing. We walked up the mountain road between the bamboo forests and walked towards the river.
Here, Doctor Xiang Xu and Zhao Zhengqing have stopped talking about "Qu Ye" and turned to the children in the hall today.
"Based on what we see today, how do the children of the Yan family compare with the children of merchants?" Zhao Wu picked a topic.
"What I saw in the hall today is that the children of both families are familiar with poetry, calligraphy and etiquette, and they are quite decent. However, due to the slight difference in age, the merchant's children are older, so they are slightly better than the Yan family brothers and sisters." Xiang Xu commented. It is quite pertinent, and it is not biased because the children of the Yan family are taught by his little wife.
"Really?" Suddenly, a voice interrupted from outside the door. It turned out to be Mrs. Xiang and Cong'er.
"Mrs. Xiang, have they dispersed?" Zhao Wu asked quickly.
The door curtain was raised, and the young lady and Cong'er walked in one after the other, followed by two servants from the study.
"No! However, it seems that you have sent a young master to listen to what you are talking about. I think that you two adults should be asked to tell you which of the three young masters today is better." One of the servants behind nodded. In the tray in his hand were three rolls of bamboo slips tied with red, yellow, and blue ribbons.
"Please ask the doctor and Zhao Zhengqing to write down three poems, which were written by the three young masters in the study. They were copied by my own hands and have not been signed. Please allow me to try the two of you and see if you can estimate them. Is this poem written by you? If you and I can estimate it accurately, I promise to give you a taste of my newly brewed bamboo sake!" Xiang pointed to the tray in the hands of another servant. The pottery pot-bellied wine bottle held inside is stuffed with a cork wrapped in red silk cloth. It is the home-brewed "Bamboo Green Wine" that has just been poured out.
The two adults, who usually drink wine as much as they want, now that the wine appeared, knew that it was the wine that the young lady would normally not bring out unless there was a special moment, so they both responded to the suggestion with their hands in agreement. .
"good!"
The servant respectfully presented the letter. The two adults first took one volume each. Zhao Wu read it faster and asked the servant to replace the third volume on the tray. Finally, he exchanged the unread volume with Xiang Xu. The third volume; Xiang Xu was reading and thinking at the same time, and was not in a hurry to read the three volumes in one go.
After reading all three volumes, he signaled to the young lady that the servants should give the two adults pens and ink and blank bamboo slips respectively, and said: "Yiga, please two adults write down your answers."
Xiang Xu smiled, raised his pen confidently, and wrote:
