Jia Qiang's Ordinary Life

The last time I went to the Grand View Garden. After a while, I heard that the apricot blossoms were all blooming on the Zhuangzi outside the city. Yuan Zixuan posted a post asking the girls from Rongning Second Mansion to go to the Zhuangzi to enjoy the flowers. Shi Xiangyun happened to be still in the Rongguo Mansion. Come here, Jia Baoyu thought about it, but they invited a few aunts and aunts, so what is he doing here?

Although it was Xiu Mu, Jia Qiang didn't intend to participate in the party between these children. After all, it was difficult for them to have a common language, so she accepted Li Cheng's invitation and planned to go to the Lihua village on his mountain to drink.

When Yuan Zixuan didn't come to the capital, she used to organize the gatherings of the sisters in her boudoir, and now she is very familiar with it. She ordered the servants to clean up the village and prepare all kinds of snacks, fruit wine and new tea, cups, dishes, and tables. The chairs and other things were all ready, so I went to Zhuangzi to see if there were any omissions, and sent someone to drive to pick up the girls the next morning.

The idea Jia Qiang has been adhering to is low-key luxury. The carriage in his family looks very simple on the outside, but in fact, it has all kinds of things inside. It can support a small table, and there is also a hidden compartment on the wall of the carriage, in which there are incense burners, teapots and some cups and saucers. Pad, the carriage is still stable, and there are few bumps, which is amazing.

Several carriages went out of the city smoothly and went up the official road to Zhuangzi. In less than half an hour, they had already stopped at the gate of Zhuangzi. Yuan Zixuan was already waiting at the gate with her maid.

"Aunts and aunts are here, please come inside!" Yuan Zixuan greeted her with a smile.

Several people greeted each other, and then went to the apricot orchard.

"It's so beautiful!" Xichun looked at the garden full of apricot blossoms and exclaimed.

"Fourth Aunt is really flattering. It can't compare to the Grand View Garden in Rongguo Mansion. It's just a wild place!" Yuan Zixuan said with a smile, "Listen, my lord, he bought the garden two years ago. It's a good idea to renovate it. How about planting a garden? The apricot tree, if it wasn’t for a genius doctor, it could be called Xinglin in the open, and now it can only be called Xingyuan! This year is the first year it’s blooming, just let it catch up!”

There was the sound of water in the ear, and Yuan Zixuan led the people to walk over. It was a small stream with running water brought in from the outside. The stream was clear and clean, and one could clearly see the stones and white sand at the bottom of the stream, as well as small fish and shrimps in it. Swimming is not a koi carp, but some common fish and shrimp in the water. The red apricot flower petals fall with the wind, fall into the water, and flow down the water, which is a unique scenery.There is a big stone standing beside the stream, and three big characters are engraved on the stone - "Wuling Stream".

Yuan Zixuan pursed her lips and smiled: "My master still chose the name. There is a peach blossom garden in Wuling. It would be nice to have an apricot blossom garden beside the Wuling stream!"

Several people laughed, and Shi Xiangyun even laughed and said: "Then we will also live in Xinghuayuan, and we will not care about world affairs in the future. It's very good to come to an unknown Han, regardless of Wei and Jin!"

"Aunt Yun's is!" Yuan Zixuan also smiled slightly.

A few people laughed and laughed, and followed Yuan Zixuan to the depths of the forest. It was so nice to see a bamboo pavilion built across a stream. It is composed of long and short copper pipes, with delicate small copper bells hanging below, jingling in the wind, and you can have a panoramic view of the surrounding scenery by walking up the bamboo steps to the pavilion.

Shi Xiangyun leaned on the railing and looked at the flowing water below, and sighed: "The current is too fast, otherwise, fishing is also good!"

Lin Daiyu said with a smile: "A small fish and shrimp, are you willing to use the hook?"

At that time, some maidservants came to offer tea to each other. Daiyu tasted it, her eyes lit up, and Xue Baochai beside her said, "Water is so frivolous, could it be the rainwater?"

Yuan Zixuan hates pretending to understand, but said: "Aunt Xue is indeed very knowledgeable, the water is indeed rootless water, but it is not rain, but from the apricot blossoms collected by the people in Zhuangzi after the apricot blossoms bloom. Coincidentally, I begged a good Yunwu tea from a friend, and it would be best to quote it with dew!"

Xue Baochai held the exquisite Xing kiln white porcelain cup, and didn't feel embarrassed, so she continued to drink.

But Shi Xiangyun said: "It's so troublesome, but there's nothing good or bad to drink. Could it be that drinking tea made with dew can lead to immortality?"

Tanchun smiled and said: "It can be seen that you don't know much about tea, and you are wasting the good tea waiting for it. Yi, even if you drink it with water from the leaves, I'm afraid it won't be good or bad!"

Shi Xiangyun said disapprovingly: "I think that tea is originally used to quench thirst, and the world insists on classifying them, just to give oneself a status!"

Xichun also said: "Sister Yun's words have a lot of Zen meaning. The so-called all-actions are like dreams and bubbles, like dew and electricity, and should be viewed as such. It's a truth!"

Yingchun pursed her lips and smiled: "It's just a cup of tea. How can there be so many reasons for it? Let's talk about Buddhism and Taoism, and let's taste our hearts while watching. Just look at it for fun."

A few people were laughing and joking. There were all kinds of snacks and snacks on the table, a plate of minced meat pancakes, a plate of pea yellow, a plate of two-color bean cakes, a plate of golden cake rolls, and other things like cashew nuts and almonds. Yuan Zixuan smiled Said: "It's just some snacks, just eat and play casually!"

Xue Baochai was showing off her knowledge again. The pea-yellow two-color bean cake was the court's favorite. The recipe was so rare and so on. Yuan Zixuan was a little tired of hearing it, so she said, "I don't have as much knowledge as Aunt Xue, but I just invited some cooks from Taibailou over here. Do me a favor, do some work, and set up a small table. To be honest, my nephew and daughter-in-law have always been people who don't stick to the spring water. Good things just know how to eat them. Is it possible? I still need to think about the recipes. Can I cook by myself? "

Several people laughed, most of them learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, butler Hong, most of them cook and direct the cook to make some side dishes, how could they really do it themselves!

During the conversation, it was noon, Yuan Zixuan ordered people to remove all the heart dishes, and then ordered people to serve.

There was nothing meaty, but it was bird's nest simmered in chicken soup with ham, deep-fried quail on plates, saltwater river prawns, cold cucumbers, fried asparagus, stewed pheasant with mushrooms, tamales... There were nearly ten plates in total, and two more. Jug of fruit wine, no one poured a glass, drinking slowly.

Quail and pheasant were not eaten by anyone, and the cucumber and asparagus were almost eaten up. Shi Xiangyun sighed: "How can there be so many vegetables in spring, it really makes people reluctant to stop their chopsticks!"

Yuan Zixuan said with a smile: "Vegetables are rare, but they are not without them! My family has a hot village outside the city. If there is nothing else, vegetables can be eaten all year round, but the production is not much! I will ask someone to choose some Alright, just send someone to the house!"

Li Wan was the biggest in it, so naturally he agreed, there was never a shortage of chicken, duck and fish in Jia's mansion, but vegetables were not readily available.

Daiyu drank two glasses of wine, her face was already flushed, her eyes were a little blurred, she waved her hands: "No, I'm a little drunk!"

Yuan Zixuan hurriedly got the servant girl to help her to sit down beside the pavilion, and then asked someone to bring a bowl of sober tea to drink, Yinling brought hot water, Zijuan quickly squeezed a hot towel to help Daiyu wipe her face, and brought a crane A cloak was put on to keep out the wind.

Daiyu drank sober tea and was already feeling better. Seeing Zijuan's nervousness, she smiled and said, "It's not so delicate, it will fall down when the wind blows!"

Before Zijuan could say anything, Yuan Zixuan said: "Aunt Lin is not in good health, so naturally she has to take good care of her! If she catches cold in her niece and daughter-in-law, wouldn't it make her feel uneasy, Aunt Lin should treat her as pain!"

Lin Daiyu smiled: "Open your mouth, you won't lose to Lian's second sister-in-law!"

The other people also ate well, the maids naturally removed the dishes, and the maids brought by several people also got up to eat, Yuan Zixuan ordered in a low voice: "There are too many people today, let the kitchen add two more dishes!"

A few people around were joking again, shared some anecdotes, and played a game of chess together. The sun had already set in the west, and each of them had a good time.