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Tong Shaoxuan left, Zitan poked his head out from behind the wall, and said unhappily:

"This young lady is really courageous! You two are married by the emperor, and she is so blunt that she has another relationship in her heart, and she is not afraid of embarrassing the emperor, dragging her out and beheading her!"

Tang Jianwei smiled indifferently: "Anyone who is given a stranger to marry for no reason will feel a little unhappy. This marriage was bestowed by the emperor, and there is no reason to make trouble. No matter what kind of good marriage there is, it can only be married alive. What's more, she was so afraid of me that she had to digest it by herself for a while. Hey, don't talk about it, the smell of roast chicken made me dizzy. I didn't expect this place in Suxian I can't understand people's words, but the chicken is really delicious. Did you take the other one I finished roasting to the house?"

As soon as the roast chicken was mentioned, Zitan lost all grievances and rubbed his hands excitedly: "Of course I took it, the lady is waiting for you to go over and eat together."

"Walking around, working for half a day has starved me to death, I just eat a chicken to make up for it."

The two quickly went back to the house to eat chicken, and Tong Shaoxuan also held the roast chicken and wanted to eat it with his family. Song Qiao said that she couldn't eat anymore after eating:

"You make up for it yourself."

Tong Shaoxuan originally wanted to put the chicken in the kitchen and eat it tomorrow, but the smell whetted his appetite and wanted to taste it immediately.

Sitting on the small chair in the kitchen and preparing to eat, Ji Xue came in with firewood in her arms, smelling the aroma of roasted chicken, Ji Xue exclaimed:

"Si Niang, you actually bought the roast chicken from Fool Liu's house! When I went there, there were a lot of people, from one end of the river to the other, a sea of ​​people! Fool Liu's wife is also helping, I see his wife I’m so busy. It’s said that today’s roast chicken has been sold out long ago. The people in the queue are not buying chicken, but they are all three days after the reservation. Fool Liu hasn’t come out for a while. When he comes out, the grand occasion is scary! Si Niang You actually bought it? How did you buy it?"

Tong Shaoxuan said truthfully: "I didn't buy it, it was Tang Sanniang who bought it."

"Tang Sanniang?" Ji Xue said "huh", "She's an outsider, what can she do to buy fool Liu's roast chicken?"

Ji Xue found it rare, but Tong Shaoxuan was not surprised at all.

Tang Jianwei is a well-known figure in Boling, and the small Su County might not be enough for her to play with.

Tong Shaoxuan picked up a chicken leg, and said calmly as if telling a horror story:

"She is not an ordinary migrant. This woman is very capable, and she can get along in a place like Boling where there is a lot of fish and dragons. Don't offend her, or you will be in bad luck."

Ji Xue had also heard about the divorce of the Tang family. She and the parents of the Tong family shared the same hatred and did not want to see Tang Jianwei.

Now that Tong Shaoxuan's words are a little boastful of Tang, Ji Xue is a little unhappy:

"Is there any skill beyond the sky that she has not married into our Tongfu? She came here by herself before we went to welcome her, and she even brought her sister to marry. You won't be afraid to laugh if you tell me about it!"

Tong Shaoxuan pointed to his own head: "Her sister seems to have a problem here, and she can't do without someone to take care of her. It's very pitiful."

Ji Xue didn't expect to say something like this: "Ah? Could it be that you are a lunatic?"

Tong Shaoxuan nodded.

Originally, Ji Xue still had a stomach for talking, but when she heard about Tang Guanqiu, her voice softened along with her heart:

"...It's not obvious at all. People look clean. No wonder, with the personality of the mistress, they let them live in like this. It turns out that there is such a thing."

When Tang Jianwei and his party first entered the mansion, Ji Xue followed several other maids in Tong's mansion and hid outside the front hall to peep. Everyone wanted to see what this noble lady from the capital city who was sent by the emperor looked like.

Ji Xue was lying at the base of the wall, and there were three maids lying on top of her head. They all stretched their necks and struggled to look inside, wishing they could throw their heads in to see clearly.

Ji Xue's neck was almost broken and she didn't look at Tang Jianwei, but she saw Tang Guanqiu who was traveling with Tang Jianwei.

Tang Guanqiu noticed the movement on the wall, and looked back, just in time to see the group of house slaves joining in the fun.

The relationship between master and servant of the Tong family is harmonious, and the slaves are not used to being old or young on weekdays, and no one thinks it matters.But in the eyes of outsiders, it would be embarrassing for eight generations of ancestors if the house slaves lay on the wall.

Ji Xue was stared straight at her, her face was hot and ashamed, but Tang Guanqiu smiled at her, neither disgust nor embarrassment.

At that time, Ji Xue didn't know who this person was, she only knew that this person was gentle and bright, and she had never seen such a beauty in Su County.

Ji Xue guessed that she was someone from Tang Jianwei, she didn't look like a servant in her clothes, but she didn't expect to be her own sister, let alone that such a beautiful woman was crazy...

It's such a pity for such a good skin.

Ji Xue was still sighing, but Tong Shaoxuan's thoughts had already been transferred to the roast chicken.

She pulled the chicken leg of the roast chicken and pulled it lightly, and the whole chicken leg was torn off, and the lotus leaf was full of rich hot chicken juice.

"Huh!"

Tong Shaoxuan immediately asked Ji Xue to bring a plate, and poured the chicken juice into the plate without leaking.

This is the essence of roast chicken, don't let it go to waste!

Under the golden and springy chicken skin, the white and tender chicken is delicious alone, but if it is eaten with chicken juice, it is the best in the world!

Tong Shaoxuan is not a person with a strong appetite. Roasted chicken is delicious, but according to her usual food intake, eating at most one chicken leg will make her feel sick.

But this chicken drumstick is also miraculous, the more you eat it, the more delicious it is, the whole piece is eaten clean without getting greasy, on the contrary, it becomes more and more greedy.

"Ji Xue, hurry up! Have a bowl of rice!"

Ji Xue thought she had heard wrong.

Ever since she was sold to Tong's house to follow Tong Shaoxuan, all she saw was a scene of a big family chasing after the little master and trying their best to make her eat an extra bite of food.

Tong Shaoxuan's health is poor, and she is even more picky about the food she eats. If she makes a fuss, she will suffer from vomiting and diarrhea. It is precisely because of her unlucky physique that at the age of 15, she still looks like an immature chicken.

I am thankful to be able to eat some vegetable noodle cakes every day. When did I see her want to eat again after a meal, and even ask for more rice?

Ji Xue responded quickly, and immediately came back with a bowl of hot rice.

Tong Shaoxuan ate a whole bowl of rice with the chicken, and Ji Xue watched her gnaw off half of the roast chicken by herself, and finally gave up when her stomach was about to burst, and lay down on the bed in the bedroom clutching her belly and screaming Rest.

"Why do I feel that fool Liu's roasted chicken is more delicious than before when he leaves the customs?"

Tong Shaoxuan licked his mouth, his stomach was so full that it was going to explode, but he couldn't help but think about it.

"This idiot Liu's craftsmanship is superb. His wife can eat such delicious roast chicken every day, which is really enviable..."

It was not Tang Jianwei who lined up to buy the roast chicken that made Tong Shao suspenseful.

It was Tang Jianwei who picked out the chicken and lotus leaves by himself, set up a fire in the west courtyard, and cooked it with his own hands according to the taste of the chicken that Tong Shaoxuan dropped on the ground.

Tang Jianwei not only restored the taste of Liu fool's roasted chicken, but also added some spices brought from Boling to the chicken belly, making the chicken meat more tender and more flavorful.

She roasted two chickens, one for Tong Shaoxuan and one for herself in the west courtyard.

The three of them shared a whole chicken and ate so much that Zitan almost bit off his own fingers, still unsatisfied.

After eating, the three of them were so tired that they didn't have to travel anymore and went to bed early.

Early the next morning, Tang Jianwei was still awake when Song Qiao sent someone to deliver the court food.

Going to the door in a daze, he saw two servants filling the table with small dishes on the tray, and then brought three bowls of clear porridge, then nodded and left.

Tang Jianwei and Zitan came up to have a look - what are these things?

Each plate is not as big as a palm, and it is so small that it is confusing, and the plates are filled with pickles.

There are eight plates of pickles, only the red, green and black are different, there is no difference in essence.

The porridge was also a small bowl, Tang Jianwei could hold two with one hand, and the teacup she drank from was even bigger than this!

Even red sandalwood has never seen such a meager meal.

Tang Jianwei said: "You don't like me, do you want to show me off?"

The maids who just delivered the food have not gone far, and they can vaguely hear their whispers:

"Today's court food is so rich, there are eight kinds of dishes, this is a grand occasion only during the festival, the mistress is really generous..."

"Wait a minute, Zitan, did I hear wrong?" Tang Jianwei pointed to the cat food on the table in front of him, "Succulent?"

Zitan said: "... Can these be counted as eight dishes? Aren't they the same pickles? How poor is this Tongfu, that they can only eat a table of pickles during festivals?"

Tang Jianwei sighed: "It's no wonder that Tong Shaoxuan is like a piece of paper, he faints when he is scared, and falls down when he touches it. Dare to see that Tong's house is a decent family, and he really doesn't pay attention to the dining table. Tong Shaoxuan can live so long It’s not easy being big.”

Came to Tong's Mansion in a hurry yesterday, and roasted two chickens after putting them away. Tang Jianwei almost fell into a coma when he got on the bed.

I don't know how long this child's mansion has been built. It's one thing for the servants to clean it up diligently, but it's another thing for the roof beams to turn black and the walls to fall off.

The grout on the surface of the lattice has almost fallen off and has not been repaired. When you smell it closely, you can smell a slight sour smell.

Looking out the window, the west courtyard is neat and tidy, and there is a small bamboo forest unique to the south in the corner of the courtyard.Other than that, there is a dry gravel road, and there are no pots, let alone other landscaping that needs to be piled up with money.

In other words, when I entered from the main entrance yesterday, apart from the unpretentious screen wall, there was only a simple small stone path leading to the front hall, and there were no fruit trees or flower beds for decoration.

Unwilling to give up, Tang Jianwei went out of the house to look at the front hall, just in time to see Tong Shaoxuan going out to the academy.

Maybe it was because she got up late, she was in a hurry, a gust of wind lifted her clothes, and a bright patch fell into Tang Jianwei's eyes.

Tang Jianwei: "..."

The roof is covered with oil tiles that can transmit light and save fuel and money. She has only seen this kind of thing in story books.

The ridge of the roof is bare, and you can't see any carvings, let alone the pontoon bridge, digging the wild fun of the pond.

Combining the eight kinds of pickles and the sighs of the servants, as well as the few copper coins found from Tong Shaoxuan at the Boling Medical Center, Tang Jianwei confirmed one thing——

Although it doesn't look obvious on the surface, the Tong family is poor, and it is really poor.

When Tang Jianwei sat back, his forehead was oppressed by the poverty-stricken scene just now.

The eldest princess said that what was given to her was a peerless treasure... Where is the treasure?

She had indeed inquired about the situation of Tong's family before coming here, Tong Shaoxuan was indeed the granddaughter of Changsun Yin, and she came to Boling to prepare for becoming an official.

But what happened to Tong's old house that was in disrepair for a long time?

Could it be that Changsun Yin and Tong's family are not close?That's right, it's my grandfather after all...

But even if the eldest grandson Yin didn't pave the way for his grandson's official career, and didn't support Tong's family to become one of the richest households in Su County, he wouldn't be able to watch Tong's family run down like this, right?

What are the twists and turns in it?

On the way here, Tang Jianwei made up his mind to get along well with the Tong family.

No matter how many people are not happy about the marriage bestowed by the emperor, it is something that cannot be changed.

The decree is Wuzhishan, she can only be Tong Shaoxuan's wife in this life, she can't escape, and Tong Shaoxuan can't divorce her.

She is destined to have the deepest bond in her life with this stranger who has never met.

Tang Jianwei 1 people do not want to leave Boling, but instead of complaining about himself, it is better to think about how to take the next step.

Before leaving, what the eldest princess said seems to imply that her Tong family or Su county is the most important thing she has to do to avenge Ye Niang.

The eldest princess didn't explain it clearly, and it was impossible to explain it clearly. This was a matter of the Tang family. Tang Jianwei understood that the eldest princess didn't want to drag herself into the mud.

If she could tell her the way, she was already very grateful for the great kindness of the eldest princess.

On the way to Su County, Tang Jianwei never stopped thinking. She had already figured out the direction for her future.

The most comfortable way is to start a little business with the care of the local snake of the Tong family, save money, open a restaurant or even a restaurant, it is a good business.

If she is lucky enough to become an imperial merchant, no matter whether Tong Shaoxuan likes her or not, and whether she is willing to take her with her when she goes to Boling for the imperial examination, she has the capital to return to Boling alone.

Tang Jianwei had already thought about the way forward, and Tang Jianwei had even planned the specific operation of making a fortune in his heart.

I thought it was a road to the sky, but I didn't expect to step out and fall into a slum.

What a local snake, think too much.

Today there are still eight dishes of pickles to welcome her, and tomorrow she may be starving.

Tang Jianwei regretted that yesterday, in a twitch of his brain, he actually bought two excellent three-yellow chickens, which cost her two hundred Wen.

Two hundred texts!How many jars of pickles can you buy!

Tang Jianwei drank porridge with pickles, was so salty, and beat his head to regret that he shouldn't have eaten the whole chicken.

If the remaining half is taken out to drink with porridge now, how beautiful it will be.

Tong Shaoxuan fulfilled Tang Jianwei's unfulfilled wish for the whole family.

She saved the leftover half of the chicken from yesterday and did not eat it again. She took it out at breakfast today and shared it with the whole family.

Her eldest sister accompanied his wife back to her natal home, and her second sister had not returned from the army, so there were only Yeniang, elder brother, third sister and her in the family.

After the pickles and rice porridge were set, Ji Xue brought up half a roasted chicken. When she saw the half roasted chicken and smelled the aroma, the whole family, who seldom ate any meat in a month, immediately served chopsticks. I ate a clean meal.

The eldest brother Tong Boyi also knew that chicken was delicious, but he only ate a small piece of chicken breast and didn't eat any more. He left the meat for Ye Niang and his sisters, and poured the whole bowl of porridge into his mouth.

Tong Sanniang and Tong Shaoqian still had half a piece of chicken in her mouth and couldn't swallow it, so she couldn't wait to ask:

"Is this Liu fool's roast chicken? I wanted to buy it yesterday, but I was shocked when I saw the people queuing up. How did you get it, Ah Nian?"

Song Qiao couldn't understand her appearance, so he frowned and taught, "Don't talk when you eat, don't talk when you sleep, talk after eating."

Tong Shaoqian: "Yes..."

Tong Shaoxuan had already eaten half of the chicken yesterday, and now he tore off a piece of chicken skin, leaving the rest for his family to enjoy.She put down her chopsticks and said:

"It was sent by Tang Sanniang."

Everyone at the table looked at each other when they heard the name.

"Tang Sanniang? Her?"

"Is she so kind?"

Tong Shaoqian said: "A roast chicken is really not cheap. After all, it is Boling's family, and they are so bold! Hey, wait a minute, you live in the east and the west, aren't you allowed to meet before you get married? How can you do that?" Sending you a chicken? Could it be that we have started a private tryst right now?"

Before Tong Shaoxuan could refute, Song Qiao slapped Tong Shaoqian on the back of the head, almost forcing her face into the rice bowl.

Song Qiao said angrily: "Speaking of these nondescript nonsense and nonsense, it is even more difficult for you to memorize and write a few words! If you can be half as good at reading nonsense, your mother and I will not." As for worrying about your gray hair!"

Tong Shaoqian didn't dare to say anything more, and lowered his head to pick up the rice.

Tong Shaoxuan gave her a look of no sympathy - yes!

After eating, Tong Shaoxuan took out the book from the study and sat in the back garden to read.

It was still early in the day, and there was enough light outside the house, so there was no need to light a lamp.It's not too late to go back to the house after sunset.

Of the five volumes that Tong Shaoxuan borrowed from the academy yesterday, he has read only the last volume.

Unfolding the scroll, Tong Shaoxuan read quickly while muttering words.

While reading, I felt that I was too busy just reading, so I brought a small wooden box.

The wooden box is only half a palm thick when placed flat on the stone table. When unfolded, the box smoothly reveals more than ten layers of wooden platforms. Each layer is filled with wood, metal, and ingenious tools for unknown purposes.

Tong Shaoxuan didn't take his eyes off the scroll, and raised his hand to take a set of game chess from the wooden platform, similar to rearranging the nine palaces.

The traditional rearrangement of nine palaces is a slider toy that tests the brain and is full of changes.

There are three horizontal grids and three vertical grids. Each grid has a number from one to eight written on it, and the remaining one is a space. The game is to rearrange the eight numbers in order within as few steps as possible.

However, the chess set in Tong Shaoxuan's hand is a bit different, it's not a nine-square grid, but a more difficult four-row and four-column one, rearranged by fifteen.

The rearrangement of fifteen is an improved version designed by herself based on the gameplay of rearranging the nine palaces, which is more difficult.

She once used the rearrangement fifteen to let the third sister Tong Shaoqian play. Tong Shaoqian held the game chess and wrestled with it from the morning meal, and couldn't rearrange it until night.

The chess game, which was supposed to sharpen her brain and exercise her thoughts, made her feel impatient, and almost got angry, and ran to criticize her sister:

"Are you making fun of your sister again? Is this someone's play?!"

Tong Shaoxuan asked her: "You haven't figured it out yet?"

"no!"

"Okay, it's fine if you don't solve it. If you can solve it, it will be too simple. It seems that this chess is worth playing."

Tong Shaoqian: "..."

One end of the scroll was pressed against the paperweight, and Tong Shaoxuan held the scroll at the other end, slowly unfolding the scroll while reading.

And her other hand is sliding on the rearranged fifteen board.

His eyes criss-crossed on the scroll board, looking at the words on the test paper for a while, and looking at the sliders on the checkerboard for a while.

The time of two sticks of incense passed, the book was finished, and the fifteen numbers were also lined up.

The sun hadn't set yet.

When re-rolling the scroll, Tong Shaoxuan reviewed the allusions in the book in his mind, and at the same time thought of one thing clearly.

She wanted to live in peace with Tang Jianwei, so she had to live in peace with her.

Even though she still thinks of the fairy sister who saved her life in her heart, it is a pity that she may not have a destiny with the fairy sister in this life.

Now that Tang Jianwei has arrived at Tong's house, no matter whether he is afraid of her or annoying her, she is also his future wife.

Tang Jianwei asked her to like whoever she likes, and everyone cleaned up the snow, and she was willing to accept this proposal.

Well water does not interfere with river water, and does not interfere with each other.

But non-interference doesn't mean being cold-faced.

They will have to be under the same roof for the next few decades, and they will see each other without looking up. If they don't deal with her, I'm afraid that they will be the ones who will make them uncomfortable in the end.

Tong Shaoxuan even told Ji Xue not to provoke Tang Jianwei. She wanted to live a peaceful life, and also thought about how to get along with Tang Jianwei.

Fortunately, they won't get married until the first month of next year, and there is still half a year left for her to digest this fierce wife from heaven.

As Tang Jianwei expected, from the next day onwards, the porridge will still be porridge, and the eight dishes of side dishes will become two dishes. Occasionally, if there is an extra plate of sour bamboo shoots or cold tofu, the maid who brings it will mutter a few more words, "Mistress Generous" whispers.

Tang Jianwei's mouth was about to fade out, and Zitan's face was yellow and emaciated. Even Tang Guanqiu couldn't stand this fatal blandness, so he said to Tang Jianwei:

"Mother, I want to eat meat."

It was available at the meat market, but Tang Jianwei was thinking about saving money all the time, and he was determined not to spend it unless it was absolutely necessary.

She discovered that there was a mountain named Baitou Mountain in the southwest of Suxian County. It was already the midsummer and autumn was coming, and it was estimated that the birds and beasts were fat and strong, so they could hunt in autumn.

Tang Jianwei has liked autumn hunting since she was a child. Her Ye Niang is an expert in riding and archery. Since she was seven years old, she went to autumn hunting with Ye Niang every year and brought back a wild boar and deer. .

He borrowed hunting equipment such as bows, arrows, ropes, and a strong horse from Song Qiao, and asked Zitan to take care of his sister at home, and she came to Mount Baitou alone.

When I arrived at the foot of the mountain, I saw the lush vegetation of Baitou Mountain, so it was named "Baitou" for some reason.

Riding a horse into the mountain, I walked around and saw no animals except for all kinds of generous green leaves greeting their faces.

Then I remembered that Su County is located in the southeast, and the climate is still humid and warm even after autumn, which is completely different from Boling, which has four distinct seasons.

Tang Jianwei had an ominous premonition in his heart. He was afraid that the animals here would not need to store fat for the winter.If all of them were as skinny as people from Su County, what would she use to sacrifice to the Wu Zang Temple?

I turned and turned around Baitou Mountain, but found nothing. Finally, when I went down the mountain, I found a farmer who specialized in raising meat rabbits.

Asked about the price, eighty yuan a piece, which is considered cheap.

Tang Jianwei picked out a fat and thin rabbit, and the farmer picked up the whole rabbit and patted its plump belly:

"This is good, thick meat!"

Tang Jianwei paid the money with satisfaction, tied up the rabbit's limbs, and threw it into the saddle.

When Tang Jianwei returned to Tong's Mansion, the sun was setting in the west. When she came out of the stable with the rabbit in her arms, Tong Shaoxuan just came back from the academy, and the two met face to face.

Tong Shaoxuan was still thinking about how to call her, and it seemed that it was a bit inappropriate to call her, so Tang Jianwei spoke first.

"Ma'am is back." Tang Jianwei didn't hold back at all, and simply called out when he saw anyone, squinting his eyes and smiling happily.

Not yet married, this "Ma'am" is very affectionate...

Tong Shaoxuan had never been called that before, his face was a little hot, he was afraid that he would show timidity in front of Tang Jianwei again, and he would be ridiculed if he turned around, and thinking about getting along with Tang Jianwei, he knew that he had to answer something. good.

But she couldn't say the word "madam" no matter what.

But there is a lively and lovely rabbit in Tang Jianwei's arms. Tong Shaoxuan likes small animals the most. From fish to turtles, cats and dogs, she has raised many.

After seeing the rabbit, there was a topic, and Tong Shaoxuan happily stepped forward and said:

"this is yours?"

"Nature is mine."

This is a little bit of meat that I found after searching all afternoon!

"What a cute little rabbit, what's its name?" Tong Shaoxuan poked the little rabbit's ear with his innocent face.

Tang Jianwei answered her two words without changing his face: "Dinner."

Tong Shaoxuan: "...?"

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Today's menu:

【Fool Liu Roasted Chicken】

Foolish Liu Roasted Chicken, according to legend, was founded by Foolish Liu's father, Old Foolish Liu, who passed on the technique of roasting chicken to his son.Fool Liu has a bad brain, and he can only do one thing in his life, and that is to cook a roast chicken with crispy skin and tender meat.It is said that when his wife Zhao ate roast chicken for the first time, she was so excited that she would not marry unless he was the only one, which shows the charm of fool Liu's roast chicken.

However, the secret recipe for roast chicken was quickly cracked by a woman from Boling who came from afar.

This Boling woman imitated the taste of fool Liu's roast chicken, and presented one to her future wife.

The future wife, Tong Shi, did not realize that the roast chicken that haunted her like a fairy sister was not made by Liu Fool, nor did she realize that at that time, her stomach had already been conquered by the Boling woman...

(The above is from Ningyuan Bumble Encyclopedia)

【Eight kinds of pickles】(cross out)

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