By the time the card table was closed, she had won 77, 88 or 80% of the other people's silver beans.
Shi Fujin smiled brightly, holding the money box, grabbing a few handfuls of silver beans and giving them to the girls next to him.
Walnut stood behind Shu Shu and also got a lot.
When the table was put, the food was different from usual.
Si Fujin said: "I didn't ask anyone to make eight dishes and eight bowls. I just wanted to eat more refreshingly."
There was duck, so I made it directly into diced pickled radish and old duck.
There was chicken, so I made diced chicken and stir-fried salted cucumbers.
The pork is a platter with smoked sauce, as well as vegetables such as leeks, eggs, mung bean sprouts, and blanched vegetables such as diced cucumbers and celery.
The staple food is boiled noodles, add duck soup to make soup noodles, add diced chicken to make braised noodles, add sesame sauce to make cold noodles, add vegetables and meat sauce to make fried noodles.
San Fujin has also been a mistress for several years. After a brief look, there was a duck, a chicken, and several kilograms of pork on the table.
Looking at everyone, they are quite satisfied with this way of eating.
San Fujin glanced at Si Fujin's belly and said, "I heard Lao Jiu talk about it, and he started thinking about saving money for the children's family division?"
Si Fujin shook his head and said: "That's too early. I just thought that we have already come out of the palace and we don't have to follow the palace's rules. A table of meat and vegetables like before can't be moved twice. It's not necessary."
Today’s preparation is simple because it’s hot and everyone doesn’t like to eat big fish or meat.
Also, there is a banquet in the evening, so there is no need to prepare something grand and overwhelm the guests.
San Fujin thought for a while and said, "You are right. According to the rules in the palace, a master eats ten kilograms of meat a day. How big is his belly? How much can he eat? Our master also said that we should be frugal. This is also the rule in the palace.
The frugality is only good if it does not exceed the standard, but it is not frugal to the right place..."
Qi Fu Jin was sitting at the head of Si Fu Jin. Hearing this, he said: "Ordinary banner people can live a good life with only two taels of silver for the whole family. Not to mention eating meat every day, one meal every ten and a half months is considered good."
Shu Shu ate noodles with soybean paste and did not answer the call.
Then there are the ordinary bannermen, who are also hardcore farmers, earning two taels of silver per month.
The real villagers depend on the weather for their livelihood, and they don’t even have two taels of silver a year.
Shi Fujin is not short of money, and said: "Even if we have to save the money for the younger generation's family division, we can't lose it ourselves! Otherwise, the elders should feel sorry for us, we are also children!"
San Fujin smiled and said: "What a childish thing. You are sixteen now, how can you still be sixteen every year? What about twenty-six or thirty-six?"
Shi Fujin smiled and said, "That's a child too. As I said before, I have to take care of myself first, which is the most filial piety."
Si Fujin looked at Ten Fujin, his eyes softened, and said: "The princess is right, if you live a happy life, you are filial."
If she had a daughter who wanted to marry far away, she would teach her this way.
Shi Gege's appetite was small, so he made a bowl-sized bowl of sesame cold noodles, with a lot of cucumber shreds and celery segments on top.
Jiu Gege asked in a strange way: "Does my sister like to eat mutton?"
Shi Gege shook his head and said, "I don't really like the taste."
Jiu Gege felt a little worried after hearing this.
It would have been better if Celen had stayed in the capital. There was nothing inappropriate about this diet. If he returned to Khalkha, Shi Gege might not be used to eating Mongolian food.
Shu Shu still listened quietly. The Mongolian restaurant in Xiaotangshan will be opened by the end of the year.
Wait until this winter, I can go to Shigege a few more times and give it a try.
After a simple lunch, the princess's car arrived. Everyone greeted her, chatted and laughed for a quarter of an hour, and made an appointment to come back in the evening, then they parted ways.
No one went back to Nansan Institute again.
The summer is long, and Sifujin has a big belly, so it is not convenient to keep him company all the time.
After sitting comfortably all morning, she felt a little tired. She came back to see the children and rested at Madam Uncle's place.
I took a nap for a whole hour.
It was Mrs. Bo who pushed her because she was afraid that she would be sleepy after walking at night due to too much sleep.
Shu Shu stretched his body and said: "I heard that Grandma Huang's place has card games every day. I have to find a comfortable chair, otherwise I will be too tired."
The uncle said: "It's just killing time, day by day, and the days are passing slowly."
Shu Shu said: "Are you slow? Why do I feel so fast? Just like today, most of the day has passed without doing anything."
Mrs. Bo touched her back and said, "You are the mistress of the house and you have to be busy. The Queen Mother only has free time."
Shu Shu said: "This year is the birthday of the Imperial Grandmother. I am thinking about what to prepare as a birthday gift. I can think about it, a comfortable chair or a chair cushion."
Mrs. Bo thought for a while and said: "The utensils in Ningshou Palace are all regulated. The chairs will be awkward, so good chair cushions can be prepared."
Shu Shu nodded and said: "You are right. Most of the furniture is made of sets. If you prepare chairs, not only do they need similar materials, but also the craftsmanship of the craftsmen is similar to make them look good."
It is inconvenient to send chairs to Ningshou Palace, but you can think about the chairs in your own study.
The back of the chair has a curvature, and the chair surface is also covered with some cowhide, making it more comfortable to sit on.
Mrs. Bo remembered something and said, "Did you send something to the garden dining room again?"
Shu Shu nodded and said: "A 16-pound fat-headed fish was brought from the restaurant, so I asked someone to deliver it to the dining room."
The items are not expensive, but the quantity is small.
It's rare for someone so big to still be alive and kicking.
It's not wrong to eat your own food, but there are so many people here, as if they are eating alone.
I have delivered fish to Beiyuan before, but this time I did not split it into two, but sent it directly to the imperial dining room.
Madam Bo hesitated for a moment and said, "There are other princes and prince Fujin here, so we always pay our respects like this, okay?"
Shu Shu said: "Let's be optimistic about it."
Madam Bo, this is also true when she thinks about it.
No one can be careful about everything, so just be optimistic about the good.
*
Qingxi Bookstore.
Kangxi felt a little relieved when he knew that Beifu Institute had sent someone to send the fat-headed fish.
Finally, there is still some filial piety.
He had heard someone say that yesterday the princes and elder brothers went out to the restaurant again, and they only had one fish and four meals.
The ninth elder brother brought it all, and the seventh elder brother and the tenth elder brother also started to get greedy.
When he found out about this last night, he was full of curses.
Looking at it now, I still remember him as Khan Amma, which is good.
The person in the kitchen said it was a big fish, so he asked someone to bring it over.
It was placed in a three-foot-long wooden basin, and inside was a two-and-a-half-foot-long large fish.
The fish's head is more than a foot long.
Liang Jiugong was speechless and said: "No wonder you can eat a lot of fish. There is no such a long fish plate..."
The current fish dishes range from one foot and a half to one foot eight.
If you want to put this piece on a plate, you need to use a two-foot-eight piece.
Kangxi looked at the kitchen steward and asked, "Has it been weighed?"
The steward said: "Weighed, sixteen catties and twenty taels..."
Kangxi nodded, thought for a while, and said: "Cut the fish head in two, braise the fish head with soy sauce, except for the emperor, send one to the North Garden, braise the fish tail to reward the prince..."
This body, head and tail removed, weighs six or seven pounds in the middle.
Kangxi said: "Steam them, except for those in front of the emperor, and divide them into two parts, one for Hui Chun Villa, and one for Nan Wu."
The kitchen steward carefully noted it down and led someone to carry the fish basin down.
Liang Jiugong and Wei Zhu felt strange when they were nearby.
The emperor is becoming more and more down-to-earth and knows how to order dishes.
This is really rare.
Could it be that Brother Jiu's fault with being picky has also spread to the Emperor?
*
Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Brother Jiu sneezed several times one after another.
The twelfth elder brother happened to come back from the inspection in the East Sixth Palace. Seeing this, he was worried and said: "Brother Ninth, are you okay? How about removing the ice basin?"
Brother Jiu waved his hand and said: "It's such a hot day, how can we do without an ice basin? Someone is talking about me, and they are definitely saying bad things about me..."
As he said this, he became suspicious of Ba Age, who had appeared in the morning.
Don’t you think the land in Xiaotangshan is expensive?
But it was sold to others at the same price, so he had no reason to lower the price.
Anyway, I was kindly reminding him. After all, everyone pays attention to conformity. If the eighth prince does not follow the herd, it will not be him who is embarrassed.
The twelfth elder brother took the brochure and said: "I have checked everything and there are no mistakes. All that is left is to lay out the details."
This layout refers to two parts, one is the furniture, and the other is the curtains, draperies, cushions, etc., which are all obtained from the Guangshu Treasury according to the grade of the palace concubine who lives there.
Brother Jiu nodded and said: "For the fabrics at Jingren Palace, we may have to arrange for Jiangning Weaving to prepare them for Chengqian Palace. There should be an order coming down in a few days."
If you know which concubine moves the palace, you will know how to deal with it.
If you only move the palace but don't advance, you don't need to prepare new ones, just move the ones you used before.
After all, there is only one for everyone.
If you advance, you will need to replace them all with new ones.
When they arrived at Shenchu, the eunuchs from the fifth palace came, bringing not only the clothes of the twelfth prince but also three brocade boxes.
"Why are there so many copies prepared for Fourth Sister?"
Brother Jiu said: "That's too polite. You are still the little brother. She is not moving in a serious way, it's just a temporary stay."
The twelfth elder brother pointed to two of the brocade boxes and said, "Only one belongs to the fourth sister, and the others belong to the eighteenth brother, the ninth brother, and the ninth sister-in-law."
Brother Jiu smiled and said: "I learned very quickly. I know how to give gifts. Let's see what they are..."
The eighteenth elder brother's first-year gift was a string of beads made of beeswax. They looked patinated and were old.
The one given to me is a red copper incense burner, which looks very simple, like an old item from the previous dynasty.
The ninth elder brother looked at the twelfth elder brother and said, "Mommy gave it to you? Hold on tightly, don't let it go randomly!"
The twelfth elder brother said: "There is more."
Brother Jiu picked up Princess Kejing’s share again, which was also a red copper incense burner.
Brother Jiu compared the two incense burners, saw clearly the patterns engraved on them, and divided them into left and right.
This is a pair of incense burners!
The ninth elder brother looked at the twelfth elder brother and said: "Prodigal son, this is not how you give things! These pairs of utensils cannot be dismantled. Two of them put together are worth five hundred taels of silver. After being dismantled, they will not be broken down."
To say that one is two hundred and fifty taels is not worth even one hundred taels..."
As he said that, he put the two incense burners and the two brocade boxes together and said, "Give them both to the fourth sister. The fourth sister is not short of money and can also make up for the valuable return gifts...I'm here with your sister-in-law."
Forget it, it’s not an inn. I have to give you something after staying here..."
