In the past two years, Shen Yi has become very familiar with the Lu family, and both father and daughter are very familiar with each other.
But when it comes to eating, this is really his first time eating at the Lu family.
At this moment, Miss Lu and Lian'er had prepared six dishes of side dishes. After Shen Yi sat down, he glanced at the dishes on the table and said with a smile: "Is this made by Lian'er or by junior sister? It looks like it His appearance is no worse than the chef at Baiyulou in the city."
Miss Lu sat next to her and said with a smile: "There are two dishes that Lian'er and I prepared. Senior brother came in such a hurry that the other dishes were too late. We asked a restaurant in front of the academy to deliver them."
Ganquan Academy is the most famous academy in Jiangdu Prefecture. There are hundreds of students and teachers in the academy, and they are all people with spending power. Therefore, although the academy is outside the city, there are people on the roadside at the entrance of the academy every morning. Some people set up stalls, and some people built a few teahouses, restaurants, small shops selling four treasures of the study, and bookstores on the roadside, and the business was pretty good.
Lian'er, who was standing behind Miss Lu, also wanted to say something, or to say something to Shen Yi according to her previous habit, but the little girl glanced at Shen Yi, rolled her eyes, and held back without speaking.
She also knew that Shen Yi was now a Jinshi master and was no longer the young boy in the academy.
Shen Yi followed the words and praised Miss Lu a few words, and then said with a smile: "Before I went to Jiankang at the beginning of the year, I told my junior sister that I would take her to Jiankang when I came back. Junior sister will go with me in a few days. no?"
Miss Lu turned her face away in embarrassment and said softly: "If father goes to Jiankang, I will naturally go with him."
Shen Yi knew that in the current era, with no name and no status, it was impossible for Junior Sister Lu to go to Jiankang with Shen Yi by herself. The key was Master Lu.
Therefore, he did not say anything more, but changed the subject and said with a smile: "Before returning to Jiangdu, I specifically asked in Jiankang that there was a lady in Xuanrenfang, North City of Jiankang, and her rouge shop was under construction. Kang Du is very famous, so he specially brought several boxes of Madam Xu’s rouge to Junior Sister.”
This lady from Xuanrenfang is considered to be the star of the rouge industry in Jiankang. She has been making rouge in Jiankang for nearly 20 years. Every time a new batch comes out, the princesses, princesses and ladies in Jiankang City will rush to buy it. , and even donate some to the palace.
It is said that the Queen Mother in Kunde Palace used gouache from Xu Niangzizhai.
Up to now, Mrs. Xu's rouge is no longer something that can be bought with money. In Shen Yi's time, several boxes of rouge were bought through Zhao Jizhou's connections.
The name of Xu Niangzizhai is also very famous in Jiangdu. After hearing Shen Yi's words, even Miss Lu couldn't help but feel a little joy in her eyes.
"Thank you, senior brother..."
Senior Brother shouted, and he was a little different from Senior Brother.
After Shen Yi finished speaking, he reached into his sleeves, ready to take out the rouge and send it out, but when he touched it, he found nothing.
The back of Shen Yi's head felt numb and he secretly said something bad.
broken!
His face looked a little ugly.
It was probably where I left it when I was in Mr. Lu’s study just now...
Shen Yi smiled awkwardly.
"Junior sister, I probably forgot to bring it at home. After dinner, I will go home and pick it up for you."
Seeing that Shen Yi didn't look very good, Miss Lu smiled and shook her head: "It's okay, don't worry, it's only a day or two. When senior brother is free, just bring it to me."
She stood up from the chair and said softly: "It's getting late. I'm going to ask my father to come back for dinner, so that the food won't get cold after a while."
As soon as she stood up and prepared to go out, there was movement in the yard outside. Miss Lu and Shen Yi both stood up and walked to the yard to greet Mr. Lu who came home for dinner.
Lu Shanchang nodded to the two people. When he walked to his daughter, he took out two small wooden boxes about the size of a palm and half an inch thick from his sleeves. Both boxes were sealed with a red note. There were four beautiful black characters written on the red paper.
"Mistress-made."
This is the anti-counterfeiting mark of this era. Every note is handwritten by Mrs. Xu herself to prevent anyone from outside from making fakes and ruining the reputation of Ms. Xu’s restaurant.
After Mr. Lu took out these two boxes of "cosmetics", he first looked at Shen Yi and then at his daughter.
"What I saw in the study was the green bird falling?"
Miss Lu quickly glanced at Shen Yi, then turned slightly red, took the two boxes of rouge from her father, lowered her head and said: "Dad, I asked my senior brother to buy this on his behalf in Jiankang. Maybe he left it behind Where are you..."
This rhetoric can be regarded as giving Dad an explanation.
Master Lu didn't know whether he believed it or not, so he nodded and said, "Well, then you should put it away so as not to lose it."
Miss Lu responded, handed Rouge to Lian'er who was standing aside, and asked Lian'er to put it back in her room. Then she led her father and Shen Yi into the dining room, and said with a smile: "Dad, the food is almost cold. Eat quickly."
She turned to look at Shen Yi again, her tone gentle.
"Senior brother, please hurry up and eat."
After Master Lu sat on the main seat, Shen Yi sat down carefully.
The atmosphere at this "family banquet" was a bit awkward.
Because Mr. Lu didn't speak, he didn't say a word.
He didn't speak, so Shen Yi and Qingque naturally couldn't talk, so they could only bury their heads in eating.
After a while, Master Lu put down his chopsticks, took out a square towel from his sleeve to wipe his mouth, and looked at Shen Yi: "After Ziheng has finished eating, come to my study. The teacher has something else to ask you."
Shen Yi quickly responded.
Master Lu glanced at his daughter and apprentice, smoothed his beard, stood up and left.
After Mr. Lu left the scene, Miss Lu glanced at Shen Yi and lowered her head slightly: "You...did you leave it at my father's place on purpose?"
Her face turned a little red: "You even lied to me and said that I left it at home..."
Shen Yi shook his head quickly and said with a bitter smile: "Junior sister, I am really unjust. I came out in a hurry this morning. I took Rouge and went to Mo Inkstone Studio to buy inkstone brushes. Maybe I was in a hurry, so I put them together..."
Miss Lu stood up and turned away.
"Ignore you, dad has something to ask you about, just go to him..."
After saying that, she stood up, turned around and left without even clearing away the dishes.
Shen Yi looked at the dishes and chopsticks on the table, shook his head slightly, put away the dishes and chopsticks himself, and sent them to the kitchen. Seeing that there was no one in the kitchen, he washed the dishes again.
Halfway through washing the dishes, a girl's voice came from behind.
"ah!"
The maid Lian'er came to Shen Yi in a panic, snatched the bowl from Shen Yi's hand, and cried: "Mr. Shen, what are you doing? If the master and the lady find out, will I still live?"
Shen Yi shook his head and smiled dumbly: "It doesn't matter, I used to live with my brother and I, and I washed a lot of dishes at home."
"How can it be the same?"
Lian'er lowered her head, wiped her tears from her sleeves, and then started washing the dishes with both hands, her tears falling down.
"You are now a Jinshi master. Naturally, you can no longer do such rough work. The master is the most disciplined person. If he finds out, he will lose his temper..."
After saying that, she wiped her hands on the apron she stretched out, and pushed Shen Yi out of the kitchen with both hands.
"Okay, Mr. Shen, I'm calling you. Go to the study quickly!"
Shen Yi nodded helplessly, turned around and left the kitchen, and came to the door of Master Lu's study. After reaching out and knocking on the door, a "come in" came from inside.
Shen Yi pushed the door open and walked in. He cupped his hands to Mr. Lu and said, "Mr."
"Um."
Lu Anshi was writing something without looking up: "Sit down and wait for me for a while."
Shen Yi waited obediently.
After waiting for about a stick of incense, Mr. Lu finally finished writing what he was holding. Then he looked up at Shen Yi and asked: "Your uncle Zhao wrote a letter a few days ago, saying that you took the palace route and were going to the palace." Reporting to the department for errands?"
After hearing this, Shen Yi couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
The Minister Zhao of Jiankang and his teacher were so nice that they talked about everything.
He could only lower his head and said: "Yes, teacher, in a month or two, the student will probably go to the residence to report to the director of the department."