After arriving home, Lin Wanwan naturally had no time to make an appointment with Lu Shou for a romance. She sternly listed many matters such as taking a bath, taking online classes, writing novels, etc., and refused him to visit her.
Lu Shouyue had expected that Lin Wanwan would not kiss him tonight, but he was still a little disappointed when he was rejected mercilessly.
We had just left Anxi, but Lu Shouyue had already begun to miss those two wonderful nights.
What Lin Wanwan said to Lu Shouyue was indeed what she wanted to do, but the main reason was because she wanted to avoid people and travel through time and space to return to the Tang Dynasty.
But before that, Lin Wanwan wanted to see her new baby first!
In exchange for sugar, a pound of musk, half a pound of ambergris, a pound of borneol, and four rhinoceros horns were taken back to Datang Manor for storage. The rhino horns here, in particular, are a surprise in modern times.
These are excellent Chinese medicinal materials and must be well preserved for emergencies.
As for the exquisite riding whip inlaid with dozens of large and small rubies, sapphires, and turquoises, and the piece of suet-fat jade the size of a baby's fist, they can be placed in modern times.
After looking at the treasures carefully, Lin Wanwan divided them into two piles, and then started taking an online class on weaving.
After an online class, Lin Wanwan went to take a shower, put on ancient clothes, picked up ambergris and other items and traveled back to the Tang Dynasty through time and space.
Pushing the door out of the room, Xiao Qingyu was already studying the afternoon flower arrangement and etiquette classes, while Xiao Yixun was hiding in the alchemy store specially opened for her by Lin Wanwan, playing with her poisonous flowers and plants.
Lin Wanwan herself has a lot to do, and she has to prepare for leaving Chang'an.
The training at Buqu's side needs to be seen, the medicinal materials purchased by someone sent to the Chang'an City Pharmacy need to be reviewed, the posts sent by others need to be processed, and whether to decline or participate must be given a formal reply - of course Lin Wanwan, who wants to leave Chang'an,
I'm not in the mood to socialize.
However, when she was reading the posts, she found one that she couldn't refuse. It was from Xiao Chong's aunt - Princess Xiangcheng.
Lin Wanwan frowned. The engagement to Xiao Chong was given by Li Shimin. She could delay the completion of the six rites and not officially get married, but she could never cancel the engagement.
Lin Wanwan cannot afford the price of breaking off the engagement for the time being.
Therefore, there is no way to refuse the invitation from this post.
The time for the Summer Melon and Grape Banquet is stuck on the day before Lin Wanwan enters the palace, which is tomorrow. Princess Xiangcheng must have inquired about it before posting.
This post was sent yesterday, but Lin Wanwan went to the mountains to collect herbs yesterday as an excuse and was not at home, so naturally she couldn't see it. She didn't see it until now.
Since I can't refuse, I have no choice but to go.
Fortunately, Lin Wanwan had attended the aristocratic banquets in Chang'an City several times and did not suffer from stage fright.
She just felt it was a waste of time and was reluctant to participate.
Pick out this post alone, then start writing polite rejection letters to other posts, and then order people to hurry up and send it to the city.
It took Lin Wanwan nearly an hour to deal with this - not because there were too many posts, but because writing in classical Chinese is difficult! You have to write well when you decline someone, otherwise it is not a decline, but an offense.
After finishing these matters, Lin Wanwan ordered Yun Shang and Ji Yue to prepare the gifts for the banquet tomorrow.
Ji Yue, who had been trained in both Nanliang Palace and Datang Palace, was very knowledgeable about this kind of thing. Yun Shang was Lin Wanwan's confidant, and she also had a key to the family's warehouse.
With these maids, Lin Wanwan can save herself a lot of trouble.
In addition to attending the banquet tomorrow, Lin Wanwan also has to race against time with Mr. Sun to study. There will be no such good opportunity after leaving Chang'an.
Later in the afternoon, the accounting clerks at the tavern and Zaolefang showed Lin Wanwan their daily ledgers for review.
Lin Wanwan spent another half an hour on business matters.
Both the tavern and Zao Le Fang can be regarded as luxury stores in Chang'an City, and Lin Wanwan is naturally quite concerned about these two industries.
Pigs were being killed in the village. There was not much farm work in midsummer. The village was as lively as the Chinese New Year because of the killing of pigs for meat. Lin Wanwan could hear the dying howls of pigs while sitting in her study.
With the chirping of birds and the bleating of pigs, the countryside is also very lively in summer.
Lin Wanwan memorized the Dongpo Pork recipe for Huanong, but I wonder if she can cook it.
Lin Wanwan sent someone to Chang'an City to invite Taoist Sun to eat pig-killing rice, but she didn't know if Taoist Sun would come.
As the sun set, Taoist Sun and the servants sent out by the manor to invite him rode into the village road.
After Lin Wanwan finished her daily work, she has been sitting in the study reading medical books.
After Xiao Qingyu finished her afternoon class, she took her followers and wandered around the village to share snacks without disturbing her.
When Daochang Sun entered the manor, dinner was about to start, so the time was just right.
After Lin Wanwan received the notification, she immediately put down her medical books and went to greet Daozhang Sun.
The white-skinned pigs that are greenly farmed are also gelded. The taste is far from the local cannibals of the Tang Dynasty, and it is not comparable to the gelded black pigs.
Huanong's Dongpo Pork is also very successful. This Silla maid still has some talent in cooking.
Everyone in the village ate pig-killing rice, and Taoist Master Sun was full of praise for the quality of the white-skinned pork "from the Western Regions."
In order to speed up the flow of time in Datang, Lin Wanwan did not travel through time and space back to the present that night, but rested directly in Datang Manor.
The next day, she took her maids and servants to a banquet at the Xiao Mansion in Kaihuafang, Chang'an City, while Taoist Master Sun took Taoist boys to free clinics in nearby villages.
Princess Xiangcheng's summer banquet was not particularly commendable to Lin Wanwan.
The tributes of cold melons and grapes from the Western Regions that Li Shimin presented to Princess Xiangcheng at the banquet were really not worth mentioning to Lin Wanwan, who was used to eating the improved varieties of later generations.
She only ate one grape and a small piece of cold melon, and then she was no longer interested.
This calm gesture made others look at him with admiration.
Participating in this summer fruit banquet was a waste of brain cells for Lin Wanwan. After all, there were so many ladies to socialize with.
There are seven aunts and eight aunts of the Xiao family to recognize and interact with, which is really tiring.
But fortunately, she only had a nominal engagement with Xiao Chong, not a real marriage. Otherwise, she would still have to serve her mother-in-law in such an occasion.
Princess Xiangcheng's summer fruit banquet was naturally attended by the three mistresses of the Xiao family and the Dugu family.
The female members of the Xiao family actually respected and cared for Lin Wanwan at this banquet, but there were too many people and the relationships were too complicated, so Lin Wanwan still felt tired.
She is not a person willing to socialize with these things.
After finishing tea in the afternoon, Lin Wanwan said goodbye to the master of the Xiao Mansion and led the maid and servant out of the city back to the manor.
Coincidentally, when she got home, Daochang Sun had also returned from a free clinic, and Lin Wanwan followed him to prepare the medicinal ingredients and learn some theoretical knowledge along the way.
As for the preparations for entering the palace tomorrow, Lin Wanwan didn't bother and left it all to the maids.