Entering early summer, the sunrise is getting earlier and earlier.
Cheng Wanwan originally wanted to take a nap, but the whole family had been up for at least half an hour, and she couldn't sleep anymore, so she yawned and got up from the bed.
Wei Hongying finished washing her clothes early and hung them to dry in a ventilated place on the side of the yard, then quickly brought out breakfast.
Breakfast was rice dumpling noodles, served with shredded pork and fried eggs, as well as small fish and river shrimp just picked up from the river. It was delicious in your mouth.
Just as I was eating, I saw Yu Jiao, the little girl of the Yu family, walking in from the courtyard door with a lot of things in her arms.
"Jiaojiao, why are you here?" Cheng Wanwan greeted enthusiastically, "Have you had breakfast? Do you want another bite?"
Yu Jiao shook her head: "Good morning, aunt. I'm here to see brother Jing Si. Where are the others?"
Just as she was talking, Zhao Sidan walked out of the room. When he saw the thing in her hand, the corner of his mouth twitched: "Well, I was just joking, I didn't really want to learn to draw..."
"It was just a joke when I was a kid. My dad forced me to learn painting every day. Since you said it, you have to do it." Yu Jiao snorted, walked in, and put the things in her hands in the yard. On the stone table, he said, "A true man, once a word is spoken, it is difficult to follow it. Brother Jingsi, come here quickly and I will teach you how to get started."
Zhao Sidan had a headache. He had heard that Master Yu's paintings were sold at high prices, so he casually said that he wanted to learn to paint.
Unexpectedly, the little girl heard it and shouted to teach him. He didn't have enough time to study martial arts every day, so how could he find the time to learn this?
"Sidan, I think you can indeed learn to paint." Cheng Wanwan said, "Painting can cultivate your sentiments and calm your impetuous heart. It's time for you to calm down."
This kid had passed the county examination after studying for less than a year. He was praised by Master Yu every day and envied by other children of the same age in the village. His heart had wandered to nowhere.
The road to the imperial examination is very long, and there is still a long way to go in the future. A person with vain steps will not go far.
Yu Jiao raised her chin: "Auntie said so. Brother Jing Si, just learn from me. I'm more than capable of teaching you."
Zhao Sidan scratched the back of his head. Recently, he seemed to have drifted a bit, because he studied better than his peers in the village and could not lose to anyone in a fight. He always felt that he was already very good, but he only competed with the big boys. The children in Hecun are comparing themselves to Yu Jiao, a Huzhou native, a six-year-old girl who can draw, and how many better children there are in Huzhou.
He immediately said: "Okay, I will learn from you."
Yu Jiao spread out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone and said seriously: "Let's learn to draw grapes first. Look, the grapes have grown..."
Only then did Zhao Sidan notice that there were many small green grapes on the grape trellis in the yard, hanging on the vines one by one, which was very pleasant.
"Ah, brother Jing Si, you don't know that grapes are growing in your house, right? That's not good. My father said that people who paint should have a pair of eyes that are good at observation." Yu Jiao took the brush and said, "You Let’s take a cup of tea to observe the grapes first, and then we’ll start…”
Cheng Wanwan was a little surprised. She sat in the yard every day drinking tea and admiring the flowers, and she just noticed that the grapes were growing.
Judging from the growth of the grapes, I am afraid it will take at least a month to mature.
The two children were carefully observing and painting in the yard, and Cheng Wanwan did not interrupt them.
She wrote the menu for the Lotus Banquet yesterday and had to go and explain it to Wen.
Lotus banquet, as the name suggests, is a dish made with lotus flowers. For example, lotus flowers are directly used as the main ingredient, wrapped in egg liquid and flour, fried in a pan, and then taken out. However, most of them still use lotus flowers as auxiliary ingredients to borrow the fragrance of lotus flowers. Together with the beauty of the lotus, it is paired with twelve exquisite dishes.
Wen looked at the menu and couldn't help but said: "Sister-in-law, how did you come up with these dishes? My mouth is watering just by looking at the names of the dishes."
"I have nothing to do, so I just think about it every day." Cheng Wanwan said with a smile, "The lotus flowers will bloom soon. His second aunt will try more dishes, so that practice makes perfect. From now on." There are other flowers, such as peach blossoms, jasmine flowers, peony flowers... In fact, you can learn from each other, and you can know everything."
Wen Shi nodded: "My elm head should really be used. It's rusty if I don't use it. I'll think about more dishes when I have nothing to do in the future."
The two were sitting at the door talking, when they saw Sun Xiaolei walking in with a lost look on his face. He accidentally knocked over a shelf and dropped wild vegetables on the floor.
He quickly squatted down and picked up the vegetables on the ground.
Cheng Wanwan was about to ask what was going on when Wenshi pulled her sleeve.
After Sun Xiaolei went in to do some work, Wen finally said: "It was even before dawn, Sister-in-law Sun came to propose marriage, and the date was set... But my mother refused the marriage, and Sister-in-law Sun was very angry at that time. She just came I'm probably calling Xiao Lei out because of this... To be honest, Xiao Lei is a really nice person, hardworking and honest, I don't know why my mother didn't agree to the marriage."
Cheng Wanwan coughed. In fact, it wasn't that the old lady didn't agree, but that Chunhua didn't want to marry. She also felt that it was not good for close relatives to marry, so she blew the wind in the old lady's ear. She didn't expect the old lady to be so awesome.
"It seems that Xiaolei will be sad for a while." Wen sighed, "But Xiaolei is a good person, and he will definitely be able to find a decent wife in the future."
Cheng Wanwan nodded, this child is indeed good, and he will definitely have a good marriage in the future.
"Sister-in-law Zhao, why are you here?" Shopkeeper Yan ran over panting, "The gifts are ready and the carriage is hitched. When will Sister-in-law Zhao set off?"
Cheng Wanwan was a little confused: "Let's set off, where are we going?"
"My predecessor, the Cao family, sent someone to tell me that we would have three wedding banquets today. Didn't Sister-in-law Zhao forget about it?" Storekeeper Yan wiped the sweat from his head, "If sister-in-law doesn't have time, I'll tell Ergou and the others not to wait." ”
Cheng Wanwan slapped her forehead, wondering how she had forgotten this matter.
Aunt Meng gave birth to a big fat boy a few days ago. Cao Defu was very happy. Although he was just a concubine, he was the only incense in the Cao family. This wedding ceremony was naturally a big deal. As a mother-in-law, of course she had to go through it. Support.
She quickly got up and went home, changed her clothes and hairstyle, and then got into the carriage.
The carriage drove smoothly and soon arrived at Hekou County. The gate of Cao's Mansion was so busy that the carriage could not stop. They had to get off the car first and then walk there.
Cao Yingying was helpless: "Why doesn't my father listen to his advice? Shouldn't this matter be kept low-key?"
When Cao Hong, the nominal legitimate son, was born, there was no such big pomp and circumstance. Now, when a concubine gives birth to a son with such a big fuss, how can outsiders comment?
