The cook also put on a special show, and said with a smile, "more than that, these are the top official swallows. They were given to our grandmother by the princess of Rongjun. It costs more than seven hundred taels of silver a catty, and a small one costs four or five taels of silver. There is still a price but no market. Most people can't buy it if they want to. Only a few people in the palace can get it. Our grandmother and the princess of Rongjun are always close, and the empress will give it to our grandmother. "

After a few "tut tut", Bai turned his head and saw a big blue and white porcelain bowl beside him, which was soaked in water with some yellowish brown translucent things, which he had never seen before. "What's this?" he asked curiously

The cook took a look and said with a smile, "this is peach gum, also called peach blossom tears. It's something growing on the peach tree. It's said that after eating it, you can nourish your face with blood, and it's also a nourishing saint. "

Bai asked, "is this for your grandmother, too?"

The cook nodded, "isn't that right? Our grandmother everyday is a bowl of bird's nest every day, every two days and then some peach gum, donkey hide gelatin, snow lotus and other things. This is for grandma and big girl to eat in the evening. It's hard. It takes six or seven hours to soak. I came here early in the morning and I'll do it in the evening. "

Bai strolled around again, in addition to red dates, medlar, snow lotus and many other tonics, what sea cucumber, abalone and so on are not a few. It turns out that people eat these things when they are not hospitable? She was even more tongue smacking in her heart. You can't help asking, "are all these good things your grandmother eats everyday? Tut Tut, how much will it cost this day? " The cook took a look at her and said, "our uncle said that as long as grandma likes, she can eat whatever she wants? I don't care how much money it costs. That's right, but our grandmother is not the loser's daughter-in-law. Most of the things here are from relatives and friends, which are much better than those sold outside. There are very few people who really spend money on it. "

The cook who likes to show off her wealth shows off a lot. Bai goes back to his yard and sighs on the stone bench. When can he be like his nephew's daughter-in-law? This superior official swallow usually serves as a meal?

Leisurely has no time to pay attention to these careful thoughts of Bai Shi. She is really busy now. It's not easy to have some rules at the other end of the house. This end is going to spring Wei soon. Leisurely, as the hostess of the family, sees that there are three candidates in the family who want to take the exam. Naturally, it's not good to ask nothing. All the things that should be arranged should be taken care of one by one.

Fortunately, several people have accumulated experience all the way through the imperial examination, and their stomachs are also full of real materials, so they are not too nervous.

On the day of the examination, before dawn, three candidates started to line up outside the Gongyuan. Leisurely arranged the carriage and servants early in the morning, for fear that it would be too heavy. On the contrary, it made the three people nervous. Therefore, she and Shen Ze just sent them to the second gate and said a few lucky words, but Ann and Xiuyun sent them directly outside the gate.

An Shi pours just, even if in the mind is worried, on the big surface also can hold, pour is a pair of Xiu cloud worry unceasingly appearance. Leisurely, seeing her like this, he wanted to comfort her and said with a smile, "your brother-in-law and your cousin both say that he is very solid in learning. There are still great opportunities in this subject. What's more, if you don't win, my brother-in-law is still so young. In the future, there will always be times when you win the exam. I'll give you a rush. "

Xiuyun was embarrassed to smile, sat down and said, "originally, Xianggong was going to try it out, and I didn't expect him to win the exam once. Originally did not feel what, this meeting son in the mind suddenly felt nervous. It's said that the conditions in the Gongyuan are very hard. They don't keep out the wind or rain. I don't know if Xianggong can survive? "

Leisurely clapped her hand, "don't worry, now the Gongyuan is overhauled every year. Compared with the previous dynasty, the number room is more spacious and strict, even if it rains. My brother-in-law's body looks very healthy. Besides, his family has been through hard times. He has been active since he was a child, and he has a strong body foundation. Surely he will be OK. "

Seeing that her cousin was still worried, leisurely felt that it was better to divert her attention. So she said with a smile, "I asked the craftsmen to build the flower pool of the new house a few days ago. Today, I'm going to watch them plant flowers. Would you like to go and have a look?" Xiuyun's eyes brightened as soon as he heard this: "this feeling is good. I've heard that my cousin's family has bought a new house with five entrances. Now it's good to have a chance to visit. But what about children? "

Leisurely way "with the children together, with a few servants, there is nothing wrong.". It's not good for children to stay at home all day. It's also an opportunity to take them out and relax. "

Then she sent someone to call Yulian's mother and daughter. It happened that Ann was talking to Yulian there. She also wanted to go and have a look at it. Leisurely, she didn't want to, so she took Bai's mother and daughter with her.

Bai also knew that leisurely didn't think much of himself. Now such a good thing is willing to take him, which is also a surprise. For fear that he might say something wrong and make others unhappy, he was unusually quiet all the way, which surprised an Shi and yinlian.

The carriage entered the house through the side door and stopped at the Chuihua gate. A servant woman had come to clean the inner house, and all the craftsmen gave way for the time being.

They got out of the carriage and looked up at the Chuihua gate. The vertical flower gate of the new house is a common suspended mountain top. The gate is painted red, with golden plum blossom nails, carved beams and painted buildings, cornices and brackets. It is very imposing, so it is unnecessary to repeat them one by one.

Leisurely greeting everyone, walking slowly into the chuihuamen, walking back to the courtyard from the plagiarism corridor on both sides. It's the season of warm spring and blooming flowers. Xiuyun looks at the flowers and trees in the courtyard and asks, "how can the flowers and trees in this house grow so well?"

Wen Yan said with a smile, "the trees in the garden are still there, but I look at the empty yard. This time, I just want to plant some flowers and plants in front of and behind each courtyard. It doesn't need to be too expensive. I just want to plant some peonies, peonies, roses, osmanthus and so on to make each courtyard more lively. "

As they walked along, they almost praised the house, saying that there was something in heaven and nothing on earth. Leisurely busy smile modest a few words, in fact, this house she did not move much, the original master design pattern is very good. In the orthodox northern big houses, the houses are square and facing south. Leisurely also just let craftsmen replace some old doors and windows with new ones and paint them again. He also tidied up the garden and planted some flowers and trees he liked. base

Originally, the changes in the house and garden were minor, not drastic. After all, leisurely still deeply influenced by previous life, like to use soft to highlight their own decoration style.

Of course, she is not without big money. For example, we directly demolished a row of back cover houses in the back garden, and built a flower house twice as big as the Shen family's glass flower house here. Then the windows of the whole house were replaced with bright glass windows.

Even though glass is not a rarity nowadays, it is really a big expense to replace the windows of the whole house with glass windows. In particular, at the beginning, Bai felt that the house was not very good, but it was a little bigger, especially if there was no furniture. It seemed a little empty, and he didn't think much of it. When I saw that even the back room had glass windows, I didn't say a word.

Bai really wanted to ask how much silver these glass windows used, but he felt embarrassed. Fortunately, Xiuyun helped her to ask, "cousin, is it not a small expense for you to use glass in your house?"