Allure of a Country Maiden

"That girl can just let her be a laundry maid or a cleaning maid. I don't know who she is. She must not be allowed to go to the kitchen." The kitchen is in contact with the family's food, so if she is allowed to go there, Shen Chengyao will not even eat. not worried.

"Put it in my yard and work as a sweeping maid!" Xiaoer felt that it was not safe to put the time bomb anywhere, so it would be best to put it under her nose.

Grandma Rong and Yang Mei sit in their own yard all day long! Is there anything that can escape the piercing eyes of Grandma Rong, who has matured with age?

"This is a good idea, so that my father and two brothers won't be afraid of being seduced by vixens!" Xi'er said in a calm voice.

Xiaoer lowered her head and snickered. Youxier said "vixen" to the left and "vixen" to the right. I think the three men in the family would run away quickly when they saw Rou'er approaching her. After all, who wants to be seduced by a vixen!

Jingrui:......

Jing Hao:......

Shen Chengyao:......

Is Xier too idle? So I always read my storybook at home and find something for her to do! The three of them thought.

Shen Chengyao decided to go to the study room after work tomorrow to see if there were any books suitable for the little girl to learn. Otherwise, if he kept reading the storybook, Shen Chengyao would be worried that one day she would say something again that would scare his heart.

Shen Chengyao and his brothers and sisters made mooncakes together and discussed how to deal with Rou'er. After making mooncakes, he went back to his yard to see his little son, whom he hadn't seen for a day.

Newborns grow very fast, and they really look different every day. Shen Chengyao feels that his youngest son seems to have grown a little more every day when he comes back from the office.

After the mooncakes were ready, Xiaoer asked the maid to take them to the kitchen and bake them in an earthen oven. After the mooncakes were baked, the maid brought them up, and a sweet smell instantly filled the room.

"Sister, can I have some?" Xi'er asked eagerly as she looked at the various flower mooncakes.

"Once the mooncakes are ready, it's best to leave them overnight for the oil to recover before eating them. But you can eat them if you want."

After hearing this, Xi'er immediately stretched out a hand to grab the mooncakes and wait all night? She will lose sleep.

It's just that the mooncakes just out of the oven were very hot. As soon as Xi'er's hand touched it, she retracted it.

"Go get a knife and cut it into small pieces, then eat it with a bamboo skewer." Xiao'er said to Xi'er.

Xi'er's maid hurriedly went to get the bamboo stick and knife.

Jingrui and the others couldn't help but eat it while it was hot. They had been working on the food themselves for a long time. Who wouldn't want to eat it?

Xiaoer asked the maid to pack a plate and send it to Shen Chengyao and Mrs. Liu, and told Mrs. Liu not to eat too much.

Aunt Rong also asked the maid to send a plate over.

Then she sat at a nearby table, took a food basket and started decorating it with ribbons.

When giving mooncakes to others, the packaging must be pleasing to the eye, right?

Xiaoer decorated several food boxes, put one mooncake of each flavor and appearance into it, and then said to Yangmei: "After the mooncakes are completely cooled, cover the food boxes and give them to several people early tomorrow morning." Send it to the Prince's Mansion, Zhongyong Hou Mansion, Li Mansion and Fourth Uncle's home."

Yang Mei nodded in agreement.

At dinner time, Xiaoer's family received three baptismal gifts, full moon gifts and Mid-Autumn Festival gifts from the Liu family in Shengping County.

The news that Mrs. Liu had given birth must not have spread back so quickly. They must have estimated the time and sent these three gifts together.

Along with the gift came a letter, containing some words of greeting and some anecdotes about family affairs.

The letter mentioned something that made Xiaoer a little confused: Xiaoer's aunt, Tan, said that her natal sister-in-law's natal family had sent people from the imperial court to recruit soldiers, and her sister-in-law's nephew went to serve as a soldier. I heard that he was under the command of General Di. Tan knew that Xiaoer's family had a relatively good relationship with the Zhongyong Hou Mansion, so he asked Xiaoer in a letter to ask General Di to take care of him. It's not that I want to give him an official position or anything, I just hope that he won't lose his life. After all, swords and swords have no eyes on the battlefield, so it is best to be a soldier in the cooking class or something.

Xiaoer smiled when she saw this. She only hoped that her son would come back safely, not that he would make great achievements. However, Xiaoer understood this. As a parent, of course, he didn't want anything to happen to his son.

Just, conscription? Xiao'er has not heard of any news about conscription there. Conscription is not a national secret. The imperial court makes it public wherever conscription occurs.

My aunt's sister-in-law was married from the mountains in Lianyun County next door. It was relatively remote and she didn't know the name of the village.

The imperial court is indeed recruiting troops recently. Xiaoer has seen the bulletin board, and there seems to be no news about Lianyun County recruiting troops.

If the conscription there is not conscription by the imperial court, but private soldiers conscripted by some people in the name of the imperial court, then the situation will be serious.

Jingrui also frowned when he saw the contents of the letter, "Xiaoer, it seems that the imperial court is not recruiting troops in Lianyun County, right?"

Xiaoer nodded: "It is true that it was not posted on the bulletin board. As for whether the local government will expand the scope of recruitment because there are not enough soldiers, I don't know."

"The imperial court had already recruited troops in Lianyun County a few years ago. This time, it is natural to avoid Lianyun County and recruit troops from other counties. Even if the recruitment scope is expanded, the recruitment should not be from Lianyun County." Jing Hao told what he knew.

In order to show fairness, places that have already drafted soldiers will indeed avoid the next draft. I'm afraid it's unusual.

The three brothers and sisters looked at each other. Xiaoer thought for a while and said, "This matter needs to be verified. We can't act rashly."

Xiaoer called Yang Liu and asked her to tell Zhao Yong to see when the sixth prince was free today, and come over if he was free.

Yang Liu took the order and turned around and walked out.

From the corner of her eye, Xiaoer saw a piece of clothing quickly disappearing.

She couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth. She couldn't hold it back so quickly? This person is no different.

Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Shangguan Xuanyi must stay in the palace to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with the emperor and the queen. What's more, the emperor is still bedridden, and he can't live without people. Even Xiaoer won't let anyone invite him. Shangguan Xuanyi today I will make time to come over in the evening.

The moonlight on August 14th was already very round and bright. The silver-white moonlight illuminated the entire courtyard path a little brighter than usual.

Shangguan Xuanyi walked into Xiaoer's yard and saw that she had set up a round table in the yard. The table was filled with various snacks, pancakes... preserved fruits and other foods.

When Xiaoer saw Shangguan Xuanyi coming over, she poured wine and greeted him: "Brother Shangguan, come here quickly and repay me for the new wine I brewed this year."

Shangguan Xuanyi walked to Xiaoer, lifted up his robe and sat down. He picked up the red wine in a crystal clear and shiny glass goblet, put it to his nose and smelled: "It smells better than in previous years. "

After saying this, he took a sip and said, "Not bad."