Today is October 13th, Shu Shu’s eighteenth birthday.
Brother Ninth Brother was about to make a big deal, but Shu Shu stopped him. He was out and there was no need to worry.
It's not a whole birthday, there's no need.
That's why we asked people to kill a few sheep and celebrate the "Gold Awarding Festival" together.
Here, Shu Shu ate most of the meal and served another longevity noodles.
Shu Shu ate several mutton chops and drank two bowls of mutton soup. She was almost done eating.
This noodle dish comes in a big bowl. Although it has a wide soup and plenty of noodles, there are still some that are too much to eat.
Thinking that Brother Ninth Brother had not eaten a few mouthfuls of rice, she ordered an empty bowl and gave half of it to Brother Ninth Brother.
Brother Jiu hesitated and said: "This is longevity noodles, is it still interesting?"
He felt a bit like an old man, who believed in signs and omens.
Believe the good signs and avoid the bad signs.
Shu Shu said: "Why are you unhappy?"
Brother Jiu took the noodle bowl, still a little hesitant.
Shu Shu looked at him and said: "My long life alone is different from my long life together with you. I am looking forward to the future..."
Brother Jiu nodded and said confidently: "Of course, when parents grow old and children have separate families, the one who stays with you the most and for the longest time is me."
This was what Shu Shu and Brother Jiu had said after their wedding.
After going back and forth, it entered the heart of Brother Jiu and was regarded as the truth by him.
The couple had longevity noodles.
Xiaotang and others cleared the table and brought walnuts instead of barley tea.
She saw Shu Shu eating too much.
Shu Shu rode a horse for a long time in the afternoon and didn't want to take a walk anymore, so she drank two cups of barley tea to relieve her appetite.
Brother Jiu took out a one-foot-square brocade box and said proudly, "The birthday gift I prepared, guess what it is?"
Shu Shu looked at the brocade box and looked at the size. Is this a necklace?
Or a longevity lock?
Anyway, it should be jewelry and the like, and I wouldn't use this one-and-a-half-inch-high flat box for anything else.
"I can't guess, what is this?"
Shu Shu asked cooperatively.
Brother Jiu opened it and placed it in front of Shu Shu like a treasure.
It is a set of jewelry, including a gold necklace with pink coral, three pairs of pink coral gourd earrings, and a placket with a string of pink coral sea beads.
The powder of this coral is very fresh and well-proportioned, and also has luster.
What woman doesn’t love jewelry?
Especially one so pretty and lively.
"It's so beautiful. How big of a coral is this? Can such a big coral bead be produced?"
Shu Shu took the eighteen pieces and said in surprise.
This bead is almost as big as the cap of your thumb, with a diameter of more than three thirds.
Brother Jiu heard this and compared it: "The five-foot-tall coral, in addition to this set of jewelry, there is also an eight-inch-tall coral bonsai, and the rest are two boxes of rice beads for you to play with."
, they are all in the house, they were not brought out."
When Shu Shu heard that five-foot-tall corals were used as raw materials, she really wanted to say something disappointing.
That means you can’t waste your fortune like this!
But she endured it.
This is Brother Jiu's intention. It is better to be so careful than the coral trees piled in the warehouse.
Among corals, true red is rare. White and light pink are common in the market, but pinks with such a well-proportioned color are also rare.
She also looked at the metalwork of the gourd earrings. They used filigree craftsmanship, which was made in-house.
"The coral tree that I asked the Ji family to buy? When did it come to Beijing?"
Shu Shu asked.
Brother Jiu nodded and said, "It arrived before the Mid-Autumn Festival. It took forty days of work and was completed at the end of September."
Shu Shu immediately asked Walnut to take out the makeup mirror and try on earrings and necklaces.
The color of these earrings is pretty, but the style is an orthodox gourd. It can be worn on weekdays or with auspicious clothes.
"It looks good, thank you, I like it very much!"
Shu Shu turned around, looked at Brother Jiu and said with a smile.
Brother Jiu said: "This year it is coral. Next year I will find another one. It will be the same every year."
Shu Shu nodded and said, "Then I'll wait and wear the jewelry I prepared for you."
The atmosphere is just right.
Although the two of them did not realize their idea of soaking in the hot spring in the tent, they took a rest early and asked for water twice...
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A night of love.
Early the next morning, Shu Shu decided to sleep in and worked hard until midnight last night.
My back was a little sore from riding a horse, but it became even more sore after the hard work, and I didn't want to move.
Brother Ninth Brother, I still remember the business trip. I got up and went out and had a small meeting with everyone.
Starting today, Erhe and Fu Qing were divided into two shifts, taking turns accompanying Zhang Tingzhan and Cao Yueying to the Rehe Gorge to survey the terrain, draw simple maps, and prepare for the location of the palace.
Cao Shun took people to check out the nearby temples and lit lamps and prayed for him and Fujin in the temples.
Gao Bin took people to check the meadows and rivers around the palace to see if there were any places where hunting and fishing could be done.
The fifty prince guards who came out this time, plus a hundred house guards, couldn't be idle.
The others responded and listened to the instructions. When they arrived at Gao Bin's place, he said, "Master Jiu, shouldn't the most suitable place to kill wild beasts be Rehe? The land there is vast and sparsely populated, and it is far away from the official roads, so it is not very popular.
People are disturbing us. There are mountains all around. There must be some big guys. If we don’t kill them all, we will send people to build houses next year and we won’t be able to survive.”
Brother Jiu always listens to advice.
Seeing that what Gao Bin said made sense, he nodded and said: "Okay, then you can bring more people, including bows, arrows and swords. Let's go to Rehe as well."
He had asked Gao Bin to walk near the palace before because he was too lazy to walk far away.
But if the hunting place is far away, he can choose not to go.
The errands were handed over one after another, and everyone went to prepare individually.
Except for Cao Shun's errand, everyone else is on "official business".
Brother Ninth's trip is also a business trip.
After Brother Jiu finished making arrangements, he went back to catch up on his sleep.
This winter is a good time to sleep.
By the time the couple woke up, it was already early afternoon.
Shu Shu finally came to life.
After listening to Brother Jiu's talk about the errands of the next person, Shu Shu thought of several officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and said: "They want to inspect the palace, whether it is large or small, and if there are not enough palaces to expand, then should they continue to go north?"
?”
This official road is from the capital to Mulan Paddock.
There are some palaces built in the early years in the middle, but they are very simple and have many shortcomings.
Brother Jiu patted his forehead and said, "I forgot about those people. I didn't even think of calling them this morning. Let them rest for a day and let them go to Mulan Paddock tomorrow."
While the couple was talking, Walnut came in and said, "Jiu Ye, Fujin, and the Chun guards are back and are asking for a meeting outside."
Brother Jiu was a little surprised and said to Shu Shu: "I told him not to come back in a hurry. What's the matter?"
Shu Shu thought for a while and said, "It must be because there is nothing wrong in the capital that we didn't delay!"
Let's not talk about other things, let's just say that if these people in the mansion go hunting, they will feel uneasy if there is no spring forest.
Among the current guards, Chun Lin is the youngest, but he has become the main force due to his ability.
Brother Jiu told Walnut: "Call in."
Walnut responded.
Shu Shu said: "Where is He Yuzhu?"
On weekdays, when people inside and outside asked to see him, it was He Yuzhu who came to deliver the message.
Brother Jiu said, "I sent Sun Jin and Cao Shun to the temple to light the lamps."
He didn't plan to move today, so he didn't leave He Yuzhu and Sun Jin around.
Shu Shu remembered what Brother Jiu had said to the Mongolian leader yesterday, and said: "It is a trivial matter to arrange for their local people to serve as errands, but if the descendants are missing, then the emperor's grace is still needed. Shouldn't I write a letter to the emperor?"
Already?"
Brother Jiu curled his lips and said, "If I don't write, Khan Ama won't even reply. I wrote too densely."
Shu Shu thought about Zhang Tingzhan and Cao Yueying going to survey and draw sketches, and felt unsure.
In this cold weather, two Confucian scholars were working outdoors, which sounded very hard.
The canyons are connected and have a radius of dozens of miles.
She felt that if Zhang Tingzhan and Cao Yueying were left to conduct the survey, it would probably not last long, so she suggested: "Please tell Erhe and Fu Qing to study hard with the two adults and run up and down."
There is no chance that the work will still fall on them..."
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The next update will be around 12 noon on June 22.
