There is a home in the depths of the white clouds

They were all collected and stolen by the butler's youngest son, and now the butler has returned them to him.

In fact, he had thought of this for a long time, but he didn't say anything, and it was up to the housekeeper to do it.

At first, he had already thought about it, but when the monthly money was paid, the housekeeper didn't realize it, and he was going to make a fuss.

The monthly money was issued at the end of the month, and it was almost here, he thought, he would go to pay his respects on the fifteenth day of the lunar new year, and talk about it well.

I didn't expect the housekeeper to be active. There were still three days before the monthly money was paid, and he came to the door in person.

"How much is there in total?" Wu Youwei didn't pick it up, so he asked the housekeeper to keep the posture of "I'll give you the money" to reply.

"1000 taels of silver bills, ten ten taels of silver ingots, ten five taels of silver ingots, ten one taels of silver ingots, 100 taels of scattered silver taels, and four hundred copper plates." The butler dripped sweat on his forehead. The reported number.

Unexpectedly, the young master was so shrewd that he didn't take the money box, but asked him how much it was.

He knew that it was not enough, but this was all the money his family could give. If the old woman didn't feel sorry for her youngest son and granddaughter, she would never have given this money.

This is one-third of the family's possessions.

Wu Youwei calculated silently in his heart, one thousand three hundred taels is not enough!

According to Wu Youwei's estimate, at least 3000 taels, but the original owner's memory is not very clear about the money, and he can't provide substantial evidence, so he can only estimate.

"That's all?" Wu Youwei was a little angry.

"My little master!" The butler knelt down at that moment: "The family really can't afford any more money."

In fact, there are still some at home, but he and the old woman have to take care of themselves, so we can't take them all out, right?

"Take another 1000 taels of bank notes." Wu Youwei stretched out a finger: "I'll just sit here and wait. If I don't see the bank notes, I'll sell your youngest son to the Heitai Yen."

The butler was stunned!

"I only give you one hour, start counting now." Wu Youwei was playing with the paperweight on the table, it was a black catalpa wood embossed plum blossom paperweight.

The original owner has a set of plum, orchid, chrysanthemum, and bamboo, which are called the Four Gentlemen by literati.

It is winter now, and we use plum blossom paperweights, orchids in spring, bamboo in summer, and chrysanthemums in autumn.

Xiao Xiao happened to bring in two plates of snacks, one plate of milk cakes, and the other plate did not fall into place.

The housekeeper got up quickly, startled Xiao Xiao, and saw the housekeeper running out like crazy.

Wu Youwei took advantage of a little distraction, and slowly put the things brought by the butler into the space as soon as he changed hands.

"What's wrong with the butler?" Xiaoxiao put the snacks on the coffee table next to him, and complained: "This is too rude."

"He's in a hurry to go back and get money for your little master." Wu Youwei took a bag and asked, "What is this?"

"Ai Wowo." Xiaoxiao introduced: "I heard that it is called 'Buluojia' in the palace. It is a way of returning to the people. It is delicious."

Wu Youwei took a look, isn't this the Ai Wowo of later generations?

It's just that there is still a gap in the way of doing it compared with later generations, at least in this head.

It turned out that it was called Buluojia in the court of Ming Dynasty.

Xiaoxiao specially told him about Ai Wowo's origin, it is said that it has something to do with the imperial palace!

The "Chuxiu Palace" in the Forbidden City (the "Forbidden City", commonly known as the "Imperial Palace") of later generations is also closely related.

According to the biography of the cook in the kitchen, a former eunuch in the "Imperial Palace" Forbidden City said that the queens and concubines who lived in the "Chuxiu Palace" in the imperial palace felt a little tired of eating delicacies from mountains and seas every day.

One day, a Hui chef who was cooking in the "Chuxiu Palace" brought some frequently eaten halal food "Aiwowo" from his home. When he was eating in the kitchen, he was seen by a court lady.

As soon as she tasted it was delicious, she brought some for the queen. The queen tasted it and found it very delicious, so she immediately asked the Hui chef to make "Aiwowo" for the queen and concubines living in "Chuxiu Palace".

In particular, the Queen likes to eat Aiwowo very much. She not only eats it often in daily life, but also highly appreciates it, saying that the "Aiwowo" made by the chef is not only "white in color" and beautiful, but also tastes "sweet and fragrant".

Since then, Aiwowo has been passed down from the "Imperial Palace" Forbidden City, and it has become a hundred times more valuable and famous in the capital. It has become a famous Halal snack in the capital, and is known as "Royal Aiwowo".

But because ordinary people can't call it "Buluojia", so they used the Hui people's name, Aiwowo.

Wu Youwei remembered that when he traveled to Beijing, he also ate Aiwowo. The tour guide at the time said that this thing is "a kind of Muslim snack in Beijing. It is white in color, spherical in shape, sticky and soft in texture, sweet in taste, and it was eaten by emperors and empresses in Ming Dynasty. It likes to eat, so it was named 'Yuai Wowo', and later it was introduced to the folks, and it evolved into 'Ai Wowo'."

"How could the court lady bring food for the queen?" Wu Youwei couldn't help but laugh when he heard that, even though he had never been in the ancient palace, he knew the dignity of the queen. How could a mere court lady bring food for the queen?Did the queen dare to eat without going through layers of inspection?

"Anyway, it's delicious." Xiao Xiaoduan said to Wu Youwei: "Master, is it delicious?"

He hadn't eaten it yet, but Wu Youwei took one and was already eating it. Seeing him asking this question, he tasted it carefully: "It's delicious."

Xiaoxiao smiled instantly, and then started to eat with the snack plate.

Wu Youwei also brought him milk pancakes: "Eat more of these, and go out to bask in the sun when the sun is shining at noon."

This winter, the windows are covered with window paper, and we can’t see the sun, so we can only eat some dairy products, get more sun exposure, and replenish our body’s calcium energy.

Especially his body, he really needs to take good care of it, and it's good to be a vegetarian, at least this body is not suitable for big fish and meat right now.

In the past two days, he walked back and forth with Xiaoxiao several times in the yard.

"Yeah!" Xiaoxiao nodded, Aiwowo was really delicious.

Seeing that Xiaoxiao likes to eat, and can speak well, Wu Youwei asked him: "Who told you this?"

"Sister Hemerocallis said it." Xiao Xiao immediately told Wu Youwei.

Hemerocallis?

Wu Youwei nodded.

Is she giving him the chance to choose a gift?

Because a few classmates came to see him every now and then, and they either gave things or snacks, and he gave nothing in return except his own handwriting.

Such a long time is not good.

Come and don't go indecent.

At this time, the butler went back and forth, and gave Wu Youwei two bank notes again with a face of cold sweat, both for 500 taels, and a bag of copper coins: "This is for the little master's pocket money, and it will be issued in a few days." It's the monthly money, you spend this first."

"En." Wu Youwei didn't take it, Xiaoxiao took the bank note and money bag with trembling hands.

He knows numbers, a silver ticket of 500 taels!

Still two!

"If the young master has no other orders, I will leave now." The housekeeper no longer wants to stay here.

More than 2000 taels!

The old woman at home is almost crying blind, but so what?

At the beginning, the youngest son took back from the little master, more than 2000 taels!

There was a pair of jade pendants, which he gave to the eldest son and the second son, as gifts for the two brothers traveling far away; there was a pair of gold bracelets, which the old woman gave to the eldest son of the eldest son and the eldest son of the second son, one for each.

The so-called "gold has a price and jade is priceless", so the jade pendant is worth a lot, okay?

His two sons have been estimated by someone, and each of them is at least 300 taels!

A pair is 600 taels!

No wonder those two boys brought home 100 taels of filial piety silver and some dried vegetables for the first time after receiving the jade pendant.

It turned out that the jade pendant was too valuable, so it was regarded as a family heirloom.

It's good for the young master not to pursue it now, but once he does, his whole family will be unable to eat and walk around.

"En." Wu Youwei looked at the butler seriously, and the butler left feeling uncomfortable, so he looked away.

"Master...." Xiaoxiao held the money bag and bank notes, his eyes glistened, "So much money...."

"Your little master, I deserve this. Put away the money bag and put it together with the money in our house as pocket money." Wu Youwei took the banknote: "I'll hide the banknote. "

"Hey!" Xiao Xiao walked into the back room, opened the money box, there was not much money left in it, and then "crashed" a bag of copper coins inside, looking at the half box of copper coins, Xiao Xiao Little joy.

But Wu Youwei took the opportunity to hide behind the bookshelf, entered the space, put the banknotes away, and took out only twelve taels of silver ingots, as well as the change.

This is all on the bright side, he can't move big money.

Then Xiaoxiao came out, and he handed it to Xiaoxiao again: "I saved this before, let's put it in the money box now, we will have a monthly payment in the yard in a few days, enough for expenses."

"Enough, enough!" Xiao Xiao laughed so hard that he couldn't see his teeth. "We don't have much to spend money here. If you tip, you can get twenty or thirty copper coins at most."

Too many rewards are also eye-catching. After a few days of study, Xiao Xiao can already understand the situation of his little master.

Outside, Wu Xu watched the butler leave, and returned to his room with a heavy heart. There was an inverted room in the yard for the servants to rest, and there was also a kang burning inside.

During this period of time, he has been doing nothing, just wanting to see what kind of person the young master is, but he doesn't come along, and the young master doesn't use him, and he orders things directly, faintly, he feels that he made a mistake A trick....

The next day, Wu Youwei called Hemerocallin in, and Hemerocallis was very excited.

The little master can finally use her!

So two days later, when someone came to see Wu Youwei again, Dayliflower asked her mother to make four dessert boxes of Ai Wowo, and gave them away as a gift in return.

However, after delivering Ai Wowo, Wu Youwei still didn't see the daylilies much, and the daylilies were still bored in the tea room, boiling water.

Bathing in winter in ancient times was inconvenient. The original owner used to take a bath every ten days. Wu Youwei couldn't stand this, so he changed it to a bath every five days. This was already his biggest concession.

Even Xiao Xiao had to do this. Later, Wu Xu saw that the little master loves to be clean, so he simply stipulated that the servants in the small yard should take a bath every five days.

Immediately, the small yard was much cleaner.

Who likes to live in a mess when they can live a clean life?

However, the cotton clothes in winter cannot be washed, because they are all cleaned after the beginning of spring, so Wu Youwei had to try his best to improve personal hygiene.

Fortunately, Furong made several padded clothes for him and Xiaoxiao, which can be worn interchangeably, and he and Xiaoxiao don't have to do any dirty work, so they can keep clean and tidy.

He just barely made it through.

Then on the first day of junior high school, I got up early in the morning, because today is the day to greet the old lady.

Wu Youwei was wearing a furry fox cloak with a hood to resist the wind and not blow his head.

As soon as the day came to light, Dayliflower brought refreshing fruit juice and a plate of shortbread that she specially set aside last night. Eat something to fill your stomach first, otherwise please Ann will be hungry and smoke when you come back.

This is all experience!

So, Wu Youwei washed up after eating.

After washing up, he went to Gong's room, cleaned it up, walked out the door, waited in the corridor for about a quarter of an hour, and saw Brother Di.

Wu Jun was wearing a black mink fur cloak, with a calm demeanor and restrained eyes, he looked like a successful... official.

"Youwei met brother Di." As a younger brother, Wu Youwei greeted first and saluted.

The end is gentle and elegant.

He treated his aunt with the attitude he used to treat the inspectors and leaders, and he will treat his aunt with the same attitude at that time.

"Well, let's go." Wu Jun nodded and walked forward.

Maid Wu followed closely behind.

They were accompanied by two regular attendants, because it was already light, so there was no need to light a lantern, but to guide them on their way.