There is a home in the depths of the white clouds

Chapter 163

Wu Youwei sent them off: "Sister-in-law, do you really not need me to send you off?"

"No need^, there are so many servants here, and the butler is here, what are you afraid of?" Across the carriage, Wu Mengshi said: "It's time to visit relatives and friends during the Chinese New Year, and you have a lot of things to do here. Busy, sister-in-law will not bother you.

"Okay." Wu Youwei looked at the servants who went with Wu Mengshi: "Everyone cheer up and take care of your wife, or come back and take care of your skin!"

He has never dealt with the servants of the second room, but he has frightened them. Don't think that Wu Mengshi is easy to bully if he is orphaned and widowed with children. If her mother's family does not support her, she still has his little uncle.

"Yes, my little master!" These people all knew Wu Youwei, they knew Mr. Jin Yiwei Qianhu, and they were ruthless.

Wu Youwei did not come here empty-handed, he prepared a cart full of gifts and handed them to Wu Meng's housekeeper: "This is an annual gift from my Wu family to my in-laws.

Yes, my lord. "The butler hastened to put it away.

Wu Mengshi did not refuse this time, she knew that the more Wu Youwei respected her, the more her family would not dare to look down on her, let alone neglect her two children.

In fact, that's what Wu Youwei meant.

When Wu Mengshi's father, Meng Shanchang, read the gift list, all the resentment towards the Wu family disappeared, and he was even more precious to his daughter and grandson and granddaughter.

Because Wu Youwei divided some of the gifts that Wantong gave him, and they were basically built-in and practical things.

These things must be rewarded, and there must be a way to use them.

Although the Wu family has collapsed, isn't this a separation?

As long as the young master of the Wu family can get up, his daughter's life will be easier.

Wu Youwei fell asleep after seeing off Wu Mengshi in the second day of junior high school, and the next day was the third day of junior high school, he made some arrangements and went to the capital with several carts of gifts to pay New Year greetings to the teacher and Master Ji Kong up.

The others are friends of the same generation, but these three are the only ones who are as filial as their elders.

I went there in the morning and arrived at noon. I stayed at Chen Jian’s house in the third day of junior high school. I went to Liu Xuan’s mansion on the fourth day of junior high school.

During festivals, temples are also the most popular time, but Master Jikong is a special case, and his place is still very quiet. Wu Youwei handed over the short story "White Horse Roaring West Wind" that he had finished transcribing by Jin Dashen.

I had a vegetarian meal here, because of the Chinese New Year, the vegetarian food in the monastery has also been upgraded to a higher level. Although there is no meat, various vegetables can also be made into flowers.

Wu Youwei ate quite satisfactorily. During the Chinese New Year period, his stomach was full of all kinds of oil and salt, and it was not bad to have a vegetarian meal suddenly to clear his stomach.

Master Ji Kong's watermelons were welcomed in the temple, and he generously distributed them to the abbot and the elders. During the Chinese New Year, all the monks in the temple got a piece of watermelon.

Not much, but fresh enough.

On the sixth day of the lunar new year, Wu Youwei went back to Mo Ling Villa.

Some people in the villa also sent some gifts, including gifts from classmates in return, and annual gifts from the two instructors.

From years to years, there has been no shortage of gift givers.

From the beginning of the seventh day, people from Wujia Village came to pay New Year's greetings to Wu Youwei.

They also prepared gifts for Wu Youwei, all of which were their own specialties, a basket of dried mushrooms from your family, and two old hens from his family.

Because they know that the master has no shortage of better things.

What he lacks is everyone's love for him, so the things everyone sent have their own characteristics, such as Cui Er, what he gave was a new set of dining table, which was inlaid with copper wires and porcelain paintings, mahogany The table looks like a high-end one.

And the gift Wu Da gave Wu Youwei was the old duck that he had raised for three years: "Make soup for the master, this old duck has been raised for three years.

Wu Youwei looked at the five or six old ducks in the cage, afraid that he would not be able to chew their meat.

But when people come to pay him New Year's greetings, Wu Youwei can't refuse a gift?Accept it, Chef Fang is very happy, this kind of old duck is the best soup.

Wu Youwei didn't ask for things in vain, and he gave out red envelopes and lucky money to the children he brought. Adults can't say no to this money.

And children are very fun, two three-year-old dolls are even more amusing, sitting on Wu Youwei's body is not happy, Wu Youwei hugged them for a long time, they fell asleep sleepy Only after leaving Wu Youwei's arms.

It was lively until after the tenth day of the lunar new year, when everyone calmed down a bit, preparing for the fifteenth day.

What he didn't know was that after watching "White Horse Roaring in the West Wind", Master Jikong was silent for a long while, and wrote a letter to Emperor Xianzong in the palace, and had someone send it in.

Lantern Festival, also known as Shangyuan Festival, Xiaozhengyue, Yuanxi or Lantern Festival, is the first important festival after the Spring Festival. The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the night of the full moon, is called the Lantern Festival.In ancient customs, Shangyuan Festival (Tianguan Festival, Lantern Festival), Zhongyuan Festival (Diguan Festival, Yulan Basin Festival), and Xiayuan Festival (Shuiguan Festival) are collectively called Sanyuan.It is said that the Lantern Festival began in the Qin Dynasty more than 2000 years ago.Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty ordered that the fifteenth day of the first lunar month be designated as the Lantern Festival.

During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the "Taiyi God" sacrificial activity was set on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month (Taiyi: the god who dominates everything in the universe).

It is said that when Sima Qian created the "Taichu Calendar", he had already identified the Lantern Festival as a major festival.

Traditional customs include going out to admire the moon, lighting lanterns and setting off flames, guessing lantern riddles, eating Lantern Festival together, and pulling rabbit lanterns, etc.

In addition, many local Lantern Festivals have also added traditional folk performances such as playing dragon lanterns, playing lions, walking on stilts, rowing dry boats, twisting Yangko, and playing Taiping drums.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, especially in the north, the rules were not so strict and extreme, and the Shangyuan Festival was the only day that could be irregular, and the streets were full of wild mandarin ducks and no one cared about them.

The Lantern Festival in the Ming Dynasty was officially held and lasted for ten days. Since the twelfth day, there were lanterns hanging on the street, and there were especially many noble ladies who went out to shop.

Of course, it's not really going out to show your face, you just need to wear a weft hat.

Because it's winter, I don't feel bored, and because the handicraft industry was extremely developed in the Ming Dynasty, the gauze made is very tough... Looking from the inside to the outside, it can be seen clearly; from the outside to the inside , can't see anything!

Wu Youwei pulled all the female family members of the family in a cart. These female family members stayed in the backyard all year round, and they rarely went out. They were not as good as the women in Wujia Village!

So I planned to take them all, leaving a group of old men to watch the house, take the lead, and the housekeeper asked to stay, as well as the mountains and the sea, Wu Youwei asked Wu Er to bring his son to help look after the house, Wu Da took the lead With his sons watching Wujia Village at home, Cui Er and the others escorted the female relatives to follow him into the capital.

After entering the city, I wanted to find an inn to stay in, but found that the inns were full!

You can't go to Zhang Sheng's house, can you?The place is not big enough to accommodate so many people.

He was trying to find a way on the street, and it was Wantong who came here on a galloping ride!

"I looked like you from a distance, but I didn't expect it to be you." I was too busy during the Chinese New Year, and Wantong hadn't been to Moring Villa for two months. When I saw Wu Youwei suddenly, he smiled from the corners of his eyes in surprise.

"There is no room in the inn. I want to find someone who can live there. All the women in my family are here." Wu Youwei pointed to the carriage behind him: "Find me a place?"

"How troublesome is the inn? Go to my place." Wantong knew that Wu Youwei's so-called "female relatives" were his housewives.

But he still felt unhappy, so the unhappy thousands of households brought everyone to his home.

Qianhu Mansion is not big, but it is enough to accommodate these people. In addition, Wantong moved some of his own people to his brother's house, so that the place is even bigger. He arranged Wu Youwei in the guest room nearby.

The guest rooms in Qianhu Mansion are rarely occupied by people. Before Wu Youwei moved in, Wan Dafu cleaned up the rooms and replaced everything.

Wu Youwei also discovered that there are only two maids in Wantong's house!

The ones used as facades were told by the housekeeper when she came out to talk to him: "There are eight servants, three for sewing, two for the kitchen, and three for washing."

The housekeeper's wife found it unbelievable that their master had more than a dozen maids serving them, and the dignified Jinyiwei Qianhu actually had two maids serving them in front of him.

really...clean

"Zhongming is diligent and thrifty in managing the family." Wu Youwei blushed a bit: "When you go back, find a husband's house for Mudan and Rose. They are all eighteen or nineteen, right?"

In this day and age, it's an old girl.

"Let's talk about it in two years. When the first four can do the job, it won't be too late for them to get married." The housekeeper lady can't be as kind as the master, she needs to ensure that there are enough people in the family to do things, the master is good at everything, just wants One out is one out.After settling down, it was getting late. Wantong seemed to be fine. He stayed with Wu Youwei at home, kept the servants busy, and went to the kitchen himself, almost scaring the two cooks to death! "Cook some different dishes." Wantong looked at the kitchen: "Don't use too much oil and salt." Yes, my lord! "The two cooks were so frightened that they knelt there and didn't dare to lift their heads.

Wantong felt refreshed when he went out after finishing his orders. He wanted to let Wu Youwei know that he also had some special dishes here, because he felt that his chef's cooking was not as good as Chef Fang's in Moring Mountain Villa, so he specially changed the dishes. There are two cooks.If these two don't give him up, he will change two more!

Wu Youwei saw that everyone had settled down, so he asked the housekeeper to tell them: "Let's go out to play when it's dark, but we can't go separately, we have to stay together. If we want to separate, we need at least five or six people to hug each other. When you arrive, you will report the name of Qianhu Mansion, thinking that some people would not dare to make trouble with Jin Yiwei.

This is pulling the tiger's skin to pull the banner.

"Slaves understand." A servant from Juren's family is different from a servant from Jinyiwei Qianhu's family. Juren can offend, and any official's son can suppress the master, but a Jinyiwei Qianhu's family is different.

Daming has an unwritten rule, that is, ordinary people seldom have conflicts with Jin Yiwei, it is really unbearable!

After returning home, the housekeeper lady told the female relatives that she brought with her that this is the Jinyiwei Qianhu Mansion, so everyone should be more disciplined. After dinner, they should clean up, go to the toilet and so on, and then wear a veil to cover it up. If you want to buy something, remember to bring money, and you have to go shopping when you go out.

Wantong was chatting with Wu Youwei in the study, after a while, Wan Dafu came, and it was time to invite your lord and Master Juren to the table for dinner.

What came up was four dishes and one soup, which was really light.

Stir-fried fungus with garlic sprouts, soft fried tenderloin, steamed fish and mushrooms and rapeseed, and the soup is winter melon and shrimp soup.

The staple food is jade dumplings. In fact, they are dumpling wrappers made from spinach juice and noodles. I don’t know how to make them. The dumpling wrappers are emerald green, especially like emeralds.

The stuffing inside is pig's head cabbage stuffing, with a little bit of cabbage's unique sweetness.

Wu Youwei looked at the refreshing dishes in front of him, and looked at Wantong strangely: "So Zhongming, you like such light dishes?"

Then when he went to Wantong in the past, it was not appropriate to feed him either big fish or big meat?

Wantong had a stern face, suffocating fire in his heart: "It's just that the kitchen feels that the food these days is too greasy, so it's light."

It seems that the two in the kitchen have to continue to be replaced.

oh! "Wu Youwei suddenly realized: "I also thought so a few days ago. When I went to Fahai Temple to see Master Jikong, I ate a vegetarian meal to cleanse my stomach, but you are not all vegetarian. Ah, lighter ones are good too. " "Do you think this is good?" "Wantong looked at the green vegetables on the table in front of him.

"It's not bad!" Wu Youwei moved his chopsticks and picked up a piece of steamed fish for him: "Your steamed fish is not bad, it's very tender!"

Wantong decided that there was no need to change the two cooks in the back kitchen for the time being.