leaf shadow by the pool

Chapter 5

From the first month to March is Yangchun, and it is the season of peach blossoms, so it is named Taohuachun.The peach blossoms from April to June are when the peach trees bear fruit, so they are called peach blossom fans.From July to September is the time of golden autumn, and it is the time of gold, so it is called Taohuadao.October to December is winter, the time of terma, and the season of enjoyment.It is inevitable to drink and have fun, so it is called peach blossom wine.

He Linyuan was standing in the courtyard of his home right now, looking up at the servants who were busy on the tree.

Since the year Ye Ying said he wanted peach blossoms, He Linyuan ordered people to pick the peach blossoms from the peach trees when they were in full bloom, and immediately sent them to Ye Ying's mansion after picking them.

At the end of the year, Ye Ying sent He Linyuan a few altars of peach blossom wine.The same is true this year.

He Linyuan got up early in the morning, because it was a holiday, a rare free day.

After breakfast, He Linyuan asked people to set up a ladder and climbed up the tree with some servants to pick peach blossoms, and didn't come down until lunch.After eating, He Linyuan sent his servants to deliver the flowers to Ye Ying.

He Linyuan had been busy all morning, and after giving his orders, he went back to his room to rest.

On this side, Ye Ying hastily ran to the backyard to prepare wine after receiving the flowers from the He Mansion, and happened to be seen by Ye Xi.Ye Xi also came over to help Ye Ying.

Ye Ying dug a piece of land in the backyard specially for burying wine, and this batch of burying is just fine as it was done before.However, there are also more than a dozen altars that have been buried underground for several years.

"Xiao Xi, come and help me." Ye Ying called Ye Xi from the wine cellar.

"Come on, Second Brother." Ye Xi walked by and squatted down.

Ye Ying handed Ye Xi a small jar of wine, and climbed up by herself.

"What kind of wine is this, I don't think I've seen you make it before." Ye Xi leaned over the mouth of the altar and sniffed it.

"This is Lihuaqing. I have done it once a few years ago, and I have never done it again. I thought it was gone, but I accidentally saw it when I put it on the jar today. Don't underestimate this jar of Lihuaqing. It is comparable to Peach blossom wine is much more difficult to make, that time I had a whim, and it took me three days to make more than a dozen jars." Ye Ying took Li Huaqing over and answered Ye Xi's question.

"Unfortunately, I never drink alcohol, second brother, no matter how well you praise this Lihuaqing, it is still wine." Ye Xi straightened her skirt.

"It's okay, why don't you try this Lihuaqing today?" Ye Ying looked at Ye Xi with a smile.

"Forget it, drink this wine by yourself. I'm tired after a day, I should go back to rest. I'll be calling for dinner later. I'm leaving." Ye Xi bowed his hands and walked towards the room.

"It's really... Forget it, I'll drink this wine myself." Ye Ying shook her head and walked towards the room.

Ye Ying returned to the room and asked Ye Chen to take out the wine utensils and set them up. Just as Ye Ying was about to take them apart, he found that the sealing line of the wine was not Ye Ying's usual method.

Ye Ying was stunned for a moment.Seeing Ye Ying sitting blankly, Ye Chen couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?"

Ye Ying came back to her senses, "It's nothing, I won't drink today." After finishing speaking, he put down the wine.

After a while, Ye Ying picked up the altar of Li Huaqing and went to the wine cellar in the backyard, and buried Li Huaqing back.

Ye Chen was very puzzled, but he didn't ask aloud.

It's not that Ye Ying doesn't want to drink that altar of Lihuaqing, but Ye Ying remembered that when she made Lihuaqing a few years ago, there was another person who helped her to do it.

At that time, He Linyuan came to Ye Mansion to visit Ye Hongxin, but Ye Hongxin was not at the mansion because of something.Then a servant took him around Ye Mansion.

When He Linyuan turned to the backyard, he happened to see Ye Ying playing with pear petals. He Linyuan came to watch out of curiosity.

Ye Ying was fiddling with, completely unaware that there was another person standing behind her.

He Linyuan didn't make a sound to disturb him, but just looked at Ye Ying quietly.

Ye Ying straightened up, just happened to bump into He Linyuan, and nearly fell when she swayed, but fortunately He Linyuan helped him in time, so Ye Ying didn't fall down.

"Master He." Ye Ying greeted He Linyuan.At that time, it was only half a month since Ye Ying and He Linyuan met for the first time.Ye Ying could naturally recognize He Linyuan.

"Master Ye, what are you doing?" He Linyuan turned his head and looked behind.

"I didn't do anything. Someone sent pear blossoms here just now. I made pear blossom cakes and left some. I will use the leftover pear blossoms to make some jars of pear blossoms." Ye Ying replied.

"Oh, I haven't seen one that can make wine from pear blossoms, can you allow me to watch?" He Linyuan looked at Ye Ying and asked.

"Of course, you can not only watch, Mr. He, but you can also do it yourself." Ye Ying gave He Linyuan a small wine jar.

He Linyuan took the wine jar and sniffed it closer, "Well, it smells good. Then what should I do?"

Ye Ying didn't expect to do any work for He Linyuan for a long time, and the wine was almost brewed.Ye Ying has almost done what he should do.

In the end, Ye Ying asked He Linyuan to help seal it up, and Ye Ying put the prepared pear blossoms into a small wine jar.

After another afternoon of busy work, the two of them sealed up more than a dozen altars of pear blossoms and hid them in the wine cellar.

After finishing it, Ye Hongxin also came back.He Linyuan and Ye Ying met Ye Hongxin together.

"Master He, I'm really sorry. I just happen to be on business today, so I really can't leave. I hope Mr. He will forgive me." Ye Hongxin apologized with a smile.Seeing Ye Ying following him, he asked, "Zian, why are you here?"

"I..." Ye Ying was cut off by He Linyuan just as he was about to answer.

"It's okay, I saw Mr. Ling brewing wine today, so I went over to have a look out of curiosity. It was just over, so we came together."

"A dog has no talent, only the craft of brewing wine is worth mentioning." Ye Hongxin said modestly.

"Father, what are you talking about? I have a lot of talents, but you haven't seen it before. If you haven't seen your father, you can just say that about your son." unhappy.

"Aren't I right? Look at you, it's really..." Ye Hongxin almost suffocated in one breath. It's fine for Ye Ying to be so angry at him usually, because the relationship between father and son is usually good, but today He Linyuan is here, Ye Hongxin is also a little bit unavoidable. annoyed.

"Lord Ye, your son is indeed very talented." Seeing that the Ye family father and son were about to quarrel, He Linyuan quickly calmed down.

Only then did the Ye family father and son stop talking.Ye Hongxin called He Linyuan again. "Master He, why not just dine at the mansion."

So He Linyuan stayed and had dinner before going back.

Ye Ying blushed when she thought of this incident.Why didn't He Linyuan stay overnight? What a mistake.

The more Ye Ying thought about it, the more regretful she became, so Ye Ying hugged the quilt and rolled on the bed.

Ye Chen stood by the bed, watching Ye Ying return to the room with a disappointed expression on his face, and sat on the side of the bed blankly, after a while, he rolled around holding the quilt again.

Ye Chen stood and watched for a while, feeling really bored, so he quietly left the room, leaving Ye Ying rolling on the bed alone.

Ye Yi passed by Ye Ying's room and heard Ye Ying's soft growling and sighing. He thought something happened to Ye Ying, so he went in to have a look.

"Zian, are you okay?"

"Brother...Brother!" Ye Ying was so excited, Ye Yi didn't hold back his emotions when he came in, his mouth was still open, he looked a little stupid.

"Well, what are you doing in the room, howling ghosts and wolves." Ye Yi sat at the table and poured a cup of tea.

"Brother, I'm not doing anything, I just thought of something and felt a little happy, so I didn't stop my voice." Ye Ying straightened up holding the quilt.

"Take it easy, if dad sees it later, what can I say about you?" Ye Yi kindly reminded Ye Ying.

"Well, I won't make trouble now. Brother, what's the matter with you?"

"From what you said, there is nothing wrong with it. I really have something to tell you."

"Ok?"

"A few days ago, Shuyi told me that the Longevity Festival will be in a few months. Are you going to Jiangnan in two months?"

"Yes, big brother." Ye Ying planned to go to Jiangnan next two months to see Ye Ying's property in Jiangnan.

"Your sister-in-law asked you to find some good embroiderers in the south of the Yangtze River to embroider some patterns as a gift for the Queen Mother." Ye Yi explained the reason.

"No problem, I'll tell my sister-in-law in a few days." Ye Ying readily agreed after hearing this.

"Okay, then you rest, I'm leaving." Ye Yi also finished his tea and finished talking, so he got up and went back to his room.

After Ye Yi left, Ye Ying remembered that the Queen Mother's birthday would be four months later.The current queen mother is the mother of the emperor Duan Yuhao. The queen mother Xuanluo has only one son, Duan Yuhao, and two daughters. One is the eldest princess Lianrong, and the other is the youngest princess Yuewan.The Empress Dowager also has a concubine sister, Zhiru, who is pregnant with a son, Duan Zhiqi, Marquis of Zhengyuan.

On Longevity Day, the Empress Dowager will definitely invite the family members of the courtiers, and Mother Ye and Mo Shuyi are definitely on the invitation list.

A few days later, Ye Ying went to look for Mo Shuyi, and Ye Mu happened to be there too.

"Zian, we were talking about you, and you came." Mother Ye beckoned Ye Ying to come forward.

"Mother, what did you tell my sister-in-law about me?" Ye Ying sat beside Ye Mu.

"Did your elder brother tell you about the Longevity Festival?"

"Speaking of which, I am here today for this purpose. I will go to Jiangnan two months later and I will help my mother and sister-in-law find the best embroiderers, and embroider some good ones for you." Ye Ying smiled at Ye Ying. Mother and Mo Shuyi said.

"You can play tricks. Your sister-in-law and I have chosen a few tricks. You can choose and see which two are better." Ye Mu took out a dozen of tricks drawn by the artist for Ye Ying to choose.

"That's too much, mother, have you exhausted the painters?" Ye Ying said a lot, but still picked up the painting and looked at it carefully.

"Look quickly, don't waste time." Mother Ye slapped Ye Ying lightly.

Ye Ying faced the dozens of paintings, looked left and right to choose.Then discuss and compare with Ye Mu and Mo Shuyi, and finally pick out the more outstanding ones from the dozen or so paintings.

"Mother, the emperor didn't pick concubines like you did. Look, I'm almost blind." Ye Ying was still playing tricks.

"Well, it's time to make up for it. I'll let the kitchen stew a bowl of fish soup for you tonight." Mother Ye put away the pattern and handed it to Ye Ying.

"Mother loves me the most." Ye Ying was about to lean over when she heard Ye's mother continue to say, "I picked out the rain eyeballs for you to eat."

"Mom!!! You know that I hate eating fish eyes the most." Ye Ying hurried away when she heard that, leaving Ye Mu and Mo Shuyi smiling happily.