Chapter 323： Get along with colleagues

Chapter 323 Getting along with colleagues

Actually, Shi Huang was also a novice when it came to tea tasting.

In addition, the first emperor had no elegant pursuits. For him, tea was just a thirst quencher.

If it wasn't for the aura of this tea, he probably wouldn't be in the mood to play with this elegance when he was not thirsty. Seeing that these people liked it, the First Emperor said generously: "The tea of ​​the mountains and wilds is originally a daughter's filial piety. , If there are still surpluses in the family, divide some among you, and it is not considered to bury them."

The three colleagues are all Taoist.

Seeing how exquisite the desserts Shi Huang had in his hand, he couldn’t help but take a few more glances.

The First Emperor also smiled and let the three of them taste it.

Daxia's catering industry is not very developed, and such exquisite desserts, not to mention ordinary people, even the colleague from a wealthy family who said that he has tasted many famous teas in the world, has never seen it.

After tasting it, and seeing that it tasted really good, I couldn't help but ask, "Isn't there any dim sum shop in Chaoge City that has served such good dim sum? Is this the craftsmanship of the servants in Mr. Yan's family?"

The first emperor was actually not a good person to deal with. He had only been working in the Hanlin Academy for a few months. Even the three people in the same room had not chatted a few times. The three arrogant colleagues have become so talkative and amazed.

asked, shook his head and smiled: "This dessert is my daughter's craft."

Tea can be given away. After all, it can be fried once and only if you have stock at home. However, it is very troublesome to make dim sum every time. The first emperor didn’t intend to trouble his daughters, so it’s just a matter of sharing some for others to taste.

The colleague from a wealthy family, surnamed Mei, could not help sighing when he heard the words: "Master Yan has really given birth to a good daughter. With such a good cooking skill, the key is to know filial piety."

He also has a daughter, which is not bad, but he can't make such delicious desserts.

The first emperor was in a good mood when he heard people praise his daughter. In this life, he had more of a mortal parent's mentality. Whenever he heard people compliment their children, no matter what aspect of the compliment, the mood would get better inexplicably.

He was not modest, he laughed: "I have three daughters, the eldest daughter and two sons are triplets, the same age, the two younger daughters are twins, this year is nine years old, very sensible, especially the fourth daughter, The best at making dim sum.”

Although the youngest daughter is softer, she is usually favored by him, but to say that His Majesty is most satisfied and proud of, it is actually the four daughters.

Mr. Mei praised: "You are only nine years old to be able to do this? Mr. Yan is really lucky. I saw Linglang just now. He is also a dragon and a phoenix in the world. I think the other children are also very good. That's all. They are about the same age as the children of Mr. Yan's family, so I asked a few children to interact with each other more, so that the two incompetent ones in my family could be nurtured."

Huahuaqiaozi is carried by everyone, and the first emperor is very beautiful because of his sons and daughters. Ling Lang Ling's love is the nurture."

One of the older Master Li, whose children had already married and had nothing to show off, smiled and said, "Master Yan and Master Mei are all excellent in academics, how can the children raised by them be bad? Don't be humble. People love desserts the most, but unfortunately the old wife at home is strict and doesn’t tell you to eat more, if Mr. Yan has desserts every day, I won’t be polite to Mr. Yan, I must try it.”

"Lord Li likes it, take it yourself."

The son and daughter prepared four kinds of snacks, obviously not for him alone, presumably also for him to share with his colleagues, and there is no shortage of such things in the family. As a person who has been the first emperor through the ages, how can he care about it? dessert?

Mr. Li said happily: "Then I won't be polite to Mr. Yan."

After speaking, he sighed: "Lord Yan is usually taciturn, I was waiting for Lord Yan to be cold and not easy to approach, and I didn't want to gossip today, only to find out that Lord Yan is not the kind of person who is not easy to approach, but it was me who treated Yan before. The adults have a prejudice first. It can be seen that seeing is not necessarily believing."

Another colleague surnamed Qi also smiled and said, "That's true. I used to think that Mr. Yan was a talented and proud person. Now that I think about it, I just haven't found a suitable topic before."

Among the four, Master Qi and Shi Huang were both from a poor family, Master Mei came from a prestigious family, and the oldest Master Li was also from a family of officials.

The literati are all a little arrogant, who can enter the Hanlin Academy, which one has no talent to learn? In fact, they are very proud in their bones, plus their backgrounds are different, don't look at the same duty room, in fact, usually they don't really care about each other. I don't want to start the topic of adding children because of good tea and snacks. It was a pleasant surprise that they even talked happily.

The first emperor felt that he cultivated the Tao and cultivated the mind. Now he is not the first emperor of Qin Dynasty, but an official of Daxia. .

The four of them didn't concentrate on their work until the yamen sent today's documents.

As a result, it didn't take long for him to concentrate on his work, and he came over to pass a message, saying that it was His Majesty's summons. The first emperor knew that his sons and daughters had made contributions to the Jinling rebellion and the epidemic. Emperor Daxia learned the truth and now summoned, probably It's also a verbal compliment.

He is still in the role of walking in front of the imperial palace, and he is considered a popular man in front of the Great Xia Emperor. It is not surprising that he is summoned by His Majesty from time to time, and the adults on duty have long been used to it.

After Fu Su returned home, he sent Li Chu back to the mansion of the Duke of Qi. Li Chu grew up in Linjiang, but he went back to the mansion of the Duke of Qi once, but he was too young to have an impression.

Although the Duke of Qi's mansion was his home, it was completely unfamiliar to him, and his parents were not there.

Fusu sent the people to him. After seeing the old lady of Qi's government, she got up and said goodbye. Mrs. Li kept her back again and again, but Fusu insisted that she would come over to be a guest when she was free in the future, and then Mrs. Li would let him go.

When Li Chu sent Fusu out, he said pitifully: "Brother Fusu, you must come and pick me up in two days."

Fusu rubbed the little guy's head and said with a smile, "This is your home, stay with your grandmother, I'll pick you up in two days, but you didn't mean to go to Zhongde Hou's mansion to find you. Did your sister play?"

Li Chu thought to himself, what if Aunt Lu's busyness and forget him? Of course, go to Yan's house first, and then he can pester his brother and sister to send him to Zhongde Hou's mansion to play.

Li Chu snorted: "Anyway, brother Fusu, don't forget to come pick me up. Besides, I still have to practice. If I encounter doubts, and you are not around, I will not ask anyone? If I practice randomly, I will go crazy. What to do?"

Fusu couldn't help laughing and crying: "You're the only one who's gone crazy? It's alright, I'll come back and pick you up."

Chapter 324 Li Chu Slaps the Face

Reluctantly sent Fusu away, Li Chu went back to talk to his grandmother.

The old lady naturally wanted to ask him how he had been on the road. She was so fond of her son and daughter-in-law that she handed over a child to a few little ladies, and she didn't even have one to serve, so she came all the way to the capital. The old lady also complained.

If something happened to the child on the way, wouldn't he worry about it?

But seeing that Li Chu was obviously well taken care of, Mrs. Li was still very grateful to the Yan family.

Seeing that Li Chu was thinking about the Yan family, Mrs. Li still had some taste: "Your brothers and sisters in Yan's family will be common in the future, but the days you spend with your grandmother are less than a day, so it's hard to go home, this time I have to spend time with my grandmother."

Although Li Chu was young, he was very sensible. Seeing that the old lady really liked him, she smiled and said, "When I came, my father and mother told me that I must do my filial piety in front of my grandmother on their behalf. I will accompany my grandmother well. You and grandfather. It's just that I still have to study with my brothers and sisters in the Yan family. My studies can't be interrupted. When I return to Linjiang, my father will check it. I will not leave my grandmother for a few days in the new year. "

When the grandparents and grandchildren were talking, Li Chu's aunts and aunts heard that he was coming home, and they all brought their children to visit.

When I heard that Li Chu came to Beijing with Yan's family, Li Chu's eldest aunt, Mrs. Qi, the prince's wife, said: "It's a good time to thank others, I will draw up a gift list in the evening, find a rest day, let the four The younger brother took Chu'er to the Yan family in person, how is your mother? It happens that the fourth younger brother is good at writing, so he will be able to talk to Yan Zhuangyuan."

Although the fourth son of the Duke of Qi was born, he was raised under the name of the old lady, and he was known as a talented person in Chaoge City. Instead of letting the steward come forward, it is also the respect of the prince's wife to the Yan family.

This is not only because Yan Zhuangyuan is now a popular man under His Majesty, but because Li Chu followed Yan's family to practice and study, and Mrs. Shizi knew the inside story and should take it seriously. This is also the attitude of the Duke of Qi.

The old lady nodded in satisfaction.

On the other hand, another concubine's daughter-in-law covered her mouth and smiled and said, "Sister-in-law is cautious, we know that, but even if the Yan family has a champion, but a champion in the third year of the summer, who should be the elder sister-in-law so seriously? Just a few countrymen. , why give this face?"

Mrs. Shizi glanced at her, knowing that this is a confused person, too lazy to answer, the old lady didn't lift her eyelids, but Li Chu was very angry.

In his heart, the older brothers and sisters of the Yan family are more kissable than the cousins ​​of the Duke of Qi's mansion, so how could they bear others to belittle the Yan family?

He said naively to the first lady and the old lady: "Grandmother, my father called me once. When my parents come back, you have to help me talk about them."

The old lady smiled and said, "Oh, why did your parents beat you? But you did something wrong?"

Li Chudao: "Once I went to the street with my servants to play, and I heard people say that the magistrate's character was not good. I went home and told my father. My father beat me and said that criticizing others behind my back was a villain's behavior. I'm only five years old, and it shouldn't be like this. I'm only five years old, and my father beat me, do you think it should be?"

The old lady smiled and said, "Yes. You shouldn't criticize others behind your back, no matter how young you are. Doing the wrong thing is doing the wrong thing, but it is still necessary to do it lightly. If you are old and don't know anything about it, then Better fight."

The daughter-in-law of the concubine who spoke just now blushed immediately.

Mrs. Shizi also smiled and nodded at Li Chu: "You are a little man."

Li Chu was displeased that Yan's brothers and sisters were despised by others, so he decided to go back to the place, smiled and pointed to his clothes, and said to the old lady and the prince's wife: "Grandmother, auntie, look at my clothes. Right? My second brother Yan's family made it for me from the material he specially found when he was traveling. It is not immersed in water or fire, and it is invulnerable to swords and guns. Don't look thin, but it can keep the body temperature unchanged. No matter how cold it is, I will wear this clothes alone, not wearing a cloak. , it's not cold at all. If you buy it, it will be worth at least a few thousand taels. The key is that there is nowhere to buy it. My clothes are enough to be family heirlooms. I have eight sets of such clothes, each for spring, summer, autumn and winter. Two sets."

With this said, even the old lady and the prince's wife who have seen good things like this can't help but pull him and look at him. In order to prove that he is not lying, Li Chu also took a teacup and poured a glass of water on his clothes. After pouring on, it slides off immediately without sticking at all.

This time, not only the children are envious, but even the adults can't help but be moved.

Li Chu said again: "Grandmother, why don't you have glass windows in your house? It looks a little dark. The Yan's house has a few glass windows in the courtyard, but it's bright. There is also a glass house in their hometown. , I can grow flowers, plants, fruits and vegetables in winter. I eat fresh fruits and green vegetables every day at Yan’s house. I will ask my brothers and sisters from Yan’s house to install glass in the grandmother’s house to make your winter more comfortable.”

Everyone was astonished. The Duke of Qi's mansion naturally knew about glass, and glass windows were installed in the study of the Duke of Qi. However, it was only installed in the study of the grandfather of the country. In other places, it was not that there was no money, but that it was impossible to buy glass.

The glass in the study was given by His Majesty.

Of course, the palace and the imperial family have already installed the glass, and now it is their turn to top dignitaries. The Duke of Qi has indeed ordered a batch, but the delivery date has not yet arrived.

However, even if the glass arrives, it is only enough for the old lady's side, as well as the yard of the prince and his wife.

As for building a glass house to grow vegetables or something, no matter how rich the Duke of Qi is, he can’t build it like this!

The old lady and the prince's wife didn't think Li Chu was lying, but the concubine-in-law didn't believe it just now. After hearing this, they finally found a point of rebuttal: "It's the royal family, but it's not like building a house with glass to grow vegetables. ? That glass is not a brick!"

Li Chu ignored him, and only said to the old man and Mrs. Ren Shizi: "Grandmother, auntie, my brother and sister of Yan's family love me very much. I am afraid that I will just come back and I will not be used to eating, so I specially prepared a box of fruits for me. A box of snacks."

After speaking, he ordered the two maids next to the old lady: "In the two camphor wood boxes in my luggage, you can take some out, wash them and bring them back, and take a portion of the dessert for my grandmother. I have a taste with my aunt and my sisters. I also prepared gifts for my elders and brothers and sisters. ."

The two maids had to go, and from time to time they brought a few plates of washed fruit and snacks.

When everyone sees it, they sell excellent strawberries, cherries, grapes, and cherry tomatoes. They have seen the first three, but the Holy Tomato fruit has never been seen before.

There are also several plates of exquisite dim sum. I don’t know the taste yet, but the appearance is comparable to the dim sum of the Guogongfu.

Li Chu thought, I think in the future, who would dare to look down on the Yan family in front of me!

(end of this chapter)