Chapter 171:
Qin Fang heard that Du Ke himself admitted that it was his teacher. He couldn't hold back the joy on his face. He pouted and said, "Yes. Knowing that the teacher was coming, Zhuojing cleaned up the yard ahead of time, for fear that the yard would not fit. She is worried about the teacher's mind."
Du Ke said with a smile: "As long as the guest is the host, as long as I have a bed, I can sleep at the foot of this beast mountain."
Shen Lixian and Du Ke are old acquaintances, and this is the first time he has met Du Ke who is so kind to others. Therefore, he looked at Qin Fang curiously: "Master Du, this is General Qin who has been praised by the emperor?"
Du Ke said quite proudly: "Yes, this is Qin Fang. Come to Lixian, I'll introduce it to you. Qin Fang, this is Shen Lixian, a member of the Ministry of Housing. Lixian, this is the general of Wude that the emperor highly values. Qin Fang."
Although the foreign member of the Ministry of Households is the seventh grade, Qin Fang knows the identity of Shen Lixian. Du Ke's letter has long been introduced. This person is the emperor's eldest brother-in-law, the late Empress Shen's elder brother, the Prince of Chengen Hou. Therefore, Qin Fang did not dare to treat him as an ordinary seventh-rank official. Qin Fang stabilized his excitement and said to Shen Lixian, "Sir Shen."
Shen Li's first impression of Qin Fang was that this young man was really tall. Tall is equal to generals, many people will think so. He likes to look directly at each other when he sees people, of course, because of his identity, in the capital, he can look directly at anyone. The emperor's eldest brother-in-law, can this status be high? Of course, whether the status is high or not depends on whether the emperor gives face or not, but the emperor gives the Shen family face very much.
Qin Fang's impression of Shen Lixian was that he was tall. Probably on the way here, Du Ke didn't tell Qin Fang that he was tall, so Shen Lixian was also quite surprised by you. He smiled and said, "I have seen General Qin, and I heard that General Qin found ore and got along with the method of making ice with saltpeter. It benefits the country and the people, and Shen admires it."
Qin Fang hurriedly said: "Sir Shen has won the award. As a commoner of Qiguo, it is an honor for Qin to do something for the court of Qiguo and the people." When Qin Fang wrote letters and memorials, he was a fool Long-winded person. But when chatting face-to-face, he is definitely not a rhetorical person, and even he can take the initiative to bring up very few topics.
Shen Lixian: "General Qin is humble."
Du Ke: "Okay, you don't have to be polite. I waited for two hours, and I'm not hungry. Let's solve the problem of people's livelihood first."
Qin Fang said, "Why don't you go back to the general's mansion first? Today, Zhuojing asked the kitchen to boil mung bean soup. The chilled mung bean soup is particularly delicious. Teacher and Lord Shen came at the right time."
Du Ke said: "Then what are you waiting for, let's go."
Yang Haiyan didn't know that Du Ke had arrived. Fortunately, when Qin Fang took Du Ke back to the General's Mansion, he had already asked the soldiers to go back to the General's Mansion to inform Yang Haiyan. And he took Duko in the carriage himself, so it would be slower.
According to modern time, it is already three o'clock in the afternoon. Yang Haiyan had woken up from a nap, and she was making Liangpi with Mother Lian. She made it with sweet potato flour. After it was done, put some peanuts, spicy cabbage, shredded potatoes, and shredded radish together, and then put it in ice cubes. Ice it, it tastes better.
The only fly in the ointment is that there is no coriander here.
When Liangpi was freezing, the guards came: "Xiangjun, there are a group of common people outside the general's mansion, they are the new commoners of Qiguo."
Yang Haiyan - stunned: "Why are they here? But what's the matter?"
The guard said: "They are carrying some things to give to the general and the Xiangjun to eat. There are game, vegetables, etc. in them."
Yang Haiyan - listen, hurriedly said: "Then welcome them in. Aunt Yu, you go to prepare - some tea, Sister Lian, let's go to the hall."
"Yes."
Yang Haiyan was in the hall waiting for the new people to come in. There were many people, all women and men, all of them seemed to be in good spirits. When they reached the entrance of the hall, instead of picking things in, they put down their baskets and baskets and came in one by one.
"Caomin sees his wife." They didn't know that Yang Haiyan was already a Xiangjun, and they saluted according to the name they used to know when they met.
Yang Haiyan said: "Get up quickly, everyone looks tired, but they are still in good spirits. It can be seen that after settling down, they are doing pretty well, right?"
The man who took the lead said: "It's much better than when I was at the border. Thank you, Mrs. for your concern."
Yang Haiyan smiled and said: "You have a good life, the general and I are relieved, I am afraid that you will not adapt to the environment of Qiguo. However, if you are wronged in the village, don't bear it, as long as you are right, I and I The generals will be on your side."
The man said: "With the general here, we were not wronged. The villagers and the village chief took good care of us and gave us land. Thank you for everything, General... We have discussed it with a few households. I know that the general and his wife are not short of anything, but this is our heart, and please ask the wife first."
At this time, a woman said: "Madam, do you remember me? My child was only six years old. At that time, he was sick and refused to take medicine. You used sugar to coax him to take medicine. Now he is very strong. Madam, these things are to thank you for your life-saving grace, so please don't refuse."
"Yes ma'am, this is our heart."
"Mrs…"
All the new people started talking, afraid that Yang Haiyan would refuse.
Yang Haiyan really didn't want to accept it at first, she knew what they wanted, and they just settled here, it's not easy to have some things. However, when her eyes saw the melon in the basket on the ground, she was stunned. This... isn't this a cucumber?
Yang Haiyan made up her mind, she thought for a while and said, "Since it's your heart, I will accept it, so that you can rest assured. But in a few days, the crops in my manor will be harvested. When the time comes, I'll give you some, and you can't refuse." This approach is also to prevent someone from wearing small shoes for Qin Fang in the future, saying that he fishes the common people.
Seeing Yang Haiyan say this, everyone smiled and was very happy.
Yang Haiyan walked to the door, pointed at the cucumbers in the basket and asked, "What are these green long ones? Fruits?"
"Madam Hui, this is a courgette." It was the woman who spoke first.
"Cucumber?" Yang Haiyan remembered reading an ancient novel. It was mentioned in the novel that the cucumber was brought into the Central Plains from the Western Regions by Zhang Qian during the Western Han Dynasty, and it was called a cucumber at that time.
And here, it is also called courgette.
Yang Haiyan wondered: "I have never seen this cucumber, but what's the origin?"
The woman hurriedly explained: "Madam, don't worry, this cucumber can be eaten, it is a special product of our Hu people."
Yang Haiyan was even more puzzled: "Hu clan?"
The woman said: "Madam may not know that we are not from a tribe, we have migrated for several generations, and then lived in the border gates, generation after generation, and our generation was born in the border gates. But in fact, our ancestors are of multiple tribes.
And our tribe is called the Hu people. This cucumber is unique to our Hu people. The Hu people used to migrate everywhere, and it is not easy to carry too many things, but they carry the seeds of the cucumber with them. Because the cucumber only takes about 60 days from sowing to harvest, the time is short and it is easy to plant, so we People of the Hu ethnic group carry it with them. However, the biggest feature of this courgette is that it is full of water, but has no taste. "The woman said, picked up a courgette and took a bite. The sound was so clear that Yang Haiyan wanted to eat it.
The woman said again, "Don't worry, Madam, we Hu people have eaten cucumber for generations, and this is edible food."
When Yang Haiyan heard it, she couldn't help but wonder if the Hu people here were from the Western Regions in the real world. However, she did not ask for proof, there is no need for this. "So, thank you eldest sister. I happen to have never eaten this kind of food. The weather has been hot recently, so it's good to eat something moisturizing."
The woman felt relieved when she saw that Yang Haiyan was no longer suspicious.
These people didn't stay long, Yang Haiyan took the things, they drank a cup of tea, and hurried away.
As soon as they left, Yang Haiyan said, "Mother Lian, take the other things to the big kitchen, and take this courgette to the small kitchen in my yard."
Madam Lian is someone who can see colors, and seeing Yang Haiyan like this, she knows that Yang Haiyan may like this courgette very much. She arranged for someone to send these vegetables to the large kitchen, and went to the small kitchen with the basket containing the courgettes.
- When she got to the small kitchen, Yang Haiyan washed two courgettes and cut them - half gave to Mother Lian: "Mammy, eat and see, how does it taste?" After speaking, she also took a bite - the remaining half .
Mother Lian followed and ate it: "It's very crisp and tasteless." Speaking of which, she was not used to this kind of tasteless food.
Yang Haiyan ate half a courgette in a few bites, and she said, "I have an idea."
Next, she shredded another washed courgette and mixed it into the cold skin.
Mother Lian looked at it: "Is it okay to eat like this?"
Yang Haiyan smiled and said, "Wait." After mixing, she brought two small bowls over, and placed a small bowl for herself and Nanny Lian, "Come, eat and see."
I have to say that the originally bland and tasteless cucumber tastes different when it is mixed with cold skin. Grandma Lian exclaimed: "This cucumber can still be eaten like this, it's delicious to eat."
Yang Haiyan said: "No, I thought that cucumber has no taste, and radish has no taste. It might be good to shred it as a condiment, but I didn't think it would be good." She pretended to be embarrassed.
"Xiangjun...Xiangjun..."
The master and servant only ate a few mouthfuls of Liangpi, and the voice of the guards came from outside the yard. Madam Lian hurried out: "What's the matter? Are there any rules for shouting so much?"
The guard apologized: "Please don't be angry, it was a soldier from the barracks outside, saying that the general sent him to inform Xiangjun-sheng, he and Lord Du Kedu arrived later, and Lord Du waited for the general at the foot of the beast mountain. For more than two hours, I haven't eaten anything."