Chapter 886 Chapter 886, gifts

The time when the people from Xiao Mansion came to Ganzhouwei was not very coincidental. They arrived near the end of the year. After that, Xiao Yeyang was busy patrolling and Daohua was busy cleaning up, and the New Year came in a blink of an eye.

  After the New Year, I have to raise food to deal with the refugees' affairs. After the refugees' affairs are settled, I have to be busy with spring plowing again. As soon as it is down, the Dragon Boat Festival is here.

  It was also at this time that Inahua had some free time and had the energy to think about foreign affairs.

  Obviously, the Dragon Boat Festival is a good time.

The specially-customized delicate bamboo basket with the words Xiao Mansion was neatly placed on the table. Daohua took the list of officials from the sanitation station and compared it to make sure it was correct. He opened a bamboo basket and checked the contents. .

  Several bunches of dumplings with various fillings, salted duck eggs in a bamboo box, a pot of tea, a pot of rice wine, two packets of dim sum, and several sachets.

  The size of the basket varies depending on the official position, and the contents of the basket also increase or decrease, but the number of items is the same.

  After Daohua was inspected, he asked Gu Yu to send someone to give gifts to the officials of the various health stations: "Remember, don't give it wrong."

  Gu Yu nodded, and attracted several maids, brought the bamboo basket to the concierge, and sent them to the official list one by one.

Daohua pointed to the bamboo basket on the other table and looked towards Deshou: "These are for the generals of the frontier army barracks. In addition, I bought a few carts of zongzi from outside. I can eat rice dumplings."

  Deshou smiled and responded: "The minion will do it right away."

Daohua called Lixia and asked her to personally deliver the Dragon Boat Festival gift to Dong's family after the gifts from the officials of the Weisuo and the Border Army were given out.

  After finishing these, Daohua went to the kitchen.

  Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival. Xiao Yeyang will definitely be back from the barracks tonight. She is going to use the soft-shelled turtle and cordyceps to make soup for him and master.

   Summer House.

  Xia Jianren warmly greeted the staff and ate the dumplings and dim sum that the commander gave him, showing a particularly obvious meaning: "This official heard that Master Wei did not give festival gifts to the people in the Xiao Mansion."

  The staff hurriedly complimented: “Obviously, in the heart of Master Wei, you are more important than Master Xiao.”

   Although Xia Jianren was proud, he was still a little sensible, and shook his head: "Master Wei is not not giving it to him, but is waiting for Xiao Yeyang to give it to him first, and then he can give him a gift in return."

  The staff was stunned for a moment, seemingly puzzled.

Xia Jianren laughed: "Although Xiao Yeyang is the prince's son, anyway, Wei Da is the highest official in Xiliang. He wants to give Xiao Yeyang a gift first. Didn't he tell everyone that he lowered Xiao Yeyang? "

  The aides appeared in a daze: "What the lord said is exactly."

   Xia Jianren then said quietly: "You said Xiao Yeyang is not staying in the capital, why do you have to stay in Ganzhouwei?"

  He could see now that Xiao Yeyang would not leave for a while.

  The staff did not answer this.

  In fact, in his heart, he hoped that Xiao Yeyang would continue to stay in Ganzhouwei.

  Ganzhouwei is too poor and miserable here. Only a person like Xiao Yeyang with status, status and assets can change the situation of Ganzhouwei.

  Don’t talk about others, just talk about high-yield grains. If this can be promoted, so many people will definitely not starve to death every winter.

  Ms. Xiao’s Poshan renovation he has been paying attention to, seeing the greenery growing little by little in the transformed terraces, his heart is excited and excited.

  Be aware that it was difficult to grow things on barren mountains in the past.

   Obviously, the high-yield grains brought by the Xiao Mansion are drought-tolerant and do not require high land.

There are too many people in Ganzhouwei who can’t get enough to eat. After he became Xia's staff, his life improved slightly. Thinking of the bitterness of eating grass roots and bark when he was a child, he hoped that Mrs. Xiao would be more willing to stay. It's strong.

  The staff looked at Xia Jianren. Master Xia had a good understanding of him, and he was willing to help him all the time, but Master Xia had never suffered from the people at the bottom, and the weighing in his heart was his own interests, and he would not consider the people's food and clothing.

Hey.

  He knew that both Master Xia and Master Wei in Liangdu didn't want Master Xiao to stay in Xiliang. They were afraid Master Xiao’s presence would attract the attention of the court, which would not be conducive to their dominance in Xiliang.

   Just when the staff's thoughts were drifting away, Xia Jianren was thinking about the ranch he sold.

  Today's Qingyang Pasture is very lively, and every day, herders will ask about pasture seeds.

   Seeing that the pasture has gradually become greener from the original barrenness, and there are more and more cattle and sheep in it, he regrets that his intestines are all green.

  The surrounding pastures were also on sale, but after knowing that Siji Grain Shop would sell pasture seeds, all pasture owners stopped selling pastures.

  He just wants to buy a ranch and come back, there is no way.

  The pasture was a cumbersome, but now it’s becoming sweet and delicious.

  Xia Jianren frowned and said, "Xiao Yeyang should leave our Ganzhouwei as soon as possible. Once he comes, I will be happy within a few days."

  The aides looked at Xia Jianren, but did not speak.

   Just then, Xiao Si walked in: "My lord, the servants of Xiao Mansion will send you the Dragon Boat Festival."

  Xia Jianren was obviously a little surprised. Xiao Yeyang had been to Ganzhouwei for several months. It was a bite of rice and wine, and he had never asked the officials of the health station to eat. Fan Tong did not talk about it in private.

   "Bring it over and let me see!"

  Xia Jianren curiously looked at the bamboo basket brought by Xiao Si: "This bamboo basket is quite unique." As he said, he opened the lid.

Although the things in    are ordinary, everything is very delicate.

  Plum blossom porcelain pot for wine, small and elegant;

  The tea can is also carved with exquisite patterns with good meaning;

  The embroidery on the sachet is vivid and exquisite;

   is a bamboo box containing salted duck eggs, which is also carefully designed.

  Xia Jianren glanced at the uncharacteristic zongzi and dim sum sent by the Wei family on the table. Compared with the Xiao family, he immediately saw each other, and he felt a little embarrassed for the Wei family.

  The staff sighed, “Sure enough, the Xiao family came from the palace. They have seen so many good things, and this ordinary festival ceremony is so elegant and beautiful.”

  Xia Jianren gave a ‘um’, picked up a zongzi and handed it to his staff. He also opened one himself. After taking a bite, he regretted giving the zongzi to his staff.

  Lived for decades, this Xiao Mansion’s zongzi is the best zongzi he has ever eaten.

  Fragrant lips and teeth, with a long aftertaste.

  Xia Jianren swallowed the soft and sweet rice dumplings, and seeing his staff staring at the things in the bamboo basket, he directly issued an order to dismiss the guest: "The officer suddenly remembered that there is still something to do, you go down first."

  The staff did not leave immediately, and kept their eyes on the bamboo basket. The rice dumplings made at Master Xiao's mansion were so delicious. He wanted to take two back to his mother and son to taste.

  Xia Jianren understood his eyes. If he used to, he would give some more, but today he is unwilling. There are not many rice dumplings from Xiao Mansion. Naturally, good things are left for himself and his family.

  But it was not good not to give it at all. Xia Jianren took two dumplings sent by the commander to his staff.

  The staff looked stiff. To tell the truth, the taste of the dumplings sent by the commander was not much different from the taste of the dumplings bought outside. At most, the bag was slightly larger, and the taste was simply incomparable to the Xiaofu dumplings.

Knowing that Master Xia would not give himself rice dumplings from Xiao Mansion, the staff could only regretfully leave with two zongzi, and the zongzi from Xiao Mansion who had been bitten by him was revived by him, ready to take home to the mother to taste. .

  Fan House.

After Fan Tong received the gift from the Xiao Mansion, he eagerly opened the lid of the hip flask, and the fragrant wine scented into the tip of his nose. This good wine man slurped a few mouthfuls and poured a pot of yellow wine into his stomach. .

Mrs. Fan next to    looked speechless.

   Seeing that the wine is gone, Fan Tong couldn’t help but muttered: “This Master Xiao is too stingy, and I don’t want to give more wine. Such a small pot is not enough to stuff his teeth.”

"Just for your drink, sending one jar is not enough for you to drink." Mrs. Fan walked over and grabbed the jug in his hand. Seeing that the jug was made small and exquisite, she smiled: "Your girl is also a love. Alcohol, use this for her in the future."

  Fan Tong smacked his lips: "This Xiao Mansion’s wine is even better than the Liang’s Tavern."

Mrs. Fan smiled and said: "Liang’s Tavern is only a bit famous in Ganzhou City, but Mrs. Xiao and Madam Xiao came from the Prince’s Mansion in Beijing. What good things have not been seen or eaten? What they have in hand, let alone Liang It’s a pub, even the Wei family in Liangdu, it may not be comparable."

   "I warn you, this Xiao family is buying pastures and remodeling barren mountains. It is clear that they want to stay here often. You are in the sanctuary. You are not allowed to fight against Master Xiao."

  Fan Tong curled his lips: "How dare I, don't look at Xiao Yeyang's young age, but he has a lot of abilities."

"A few days ago, he was correcting the training moves of a small soldier. I want to take the opportunity to touch his bottom. Guess what? Good fellow, before I got close to him, he took a picture of me with a palm. My arms still hurt badly."

  Her husband’s left shoulder can’t help her strength these days, and Mrs. Fan also knows, knowing that he asked for it herself, and suddenly gets angry: "You really deserve it!"

  After speaking, he carried the bamboo basket to go.

  Fan Tong met, and quickly grabbed a zongzi and salted duck egg.

  After Fan Tong tasted the taste of zongzi and duck eggs, he quickly chased Mrs. Fan. Then, before the Dragon Boat Festival, Fan Tong and his family ate all the things sent by Xiao Mansion.

  Dong’s house.

   Liu Xiaoman smiled and ate the red bean and red date dumplings: "Mother, my younger siblings are really nice. Knowing that I like to eat their cakes, I'm embarrassed to send so many cakes this time."

  Compared with other families, the gifts of the Dong family are much heavier, and Daohua also knows that the Dong family’s life is a bit difficult now, so she deliberately gave more food.

When Mrs. Dong heard her daughter-in-law's words, she sorted out the festival gift from Daohua and smiled: "Yiyi gave a gift to our family, and we have to return the gift. The melon that your father sent you yesterday is pretty good. "

   "That is a specialty from Okayama Hundred Houses. Yiyi shouldn't have eaten it. Give her a basket. What do you think?"

   Liu Xiaoman nodded: "Yes, we can’t just eat the younger brothers and sisters. Mother, just watch and deliver them. If the younger brothers and sisters like to eat, I will let my father send them."

  Ms. Dong smiled and nodded: “The Xiao Mansion sent us all good things. It happens that there are a lot of festivals. I will give it out later and send it to your parents so that they can taste it.”

   Liu Xiaoman suddenly smiled and said, "Thank you mother."

  Border Army Barracks.

  When several carriages full of rice dumplings drove into the barracks, the soldiers from the barracks swarmed over to watch.

In the military tent, Xiao Yeyang is discussing with Cao Dan, Su Hongxin, and other generals about the defense of Ganxuan Junzhen.

  After nearly three months of construction, the first military town of Ganzhouwei has been initially completed.

  Ganxuan Town is fully militarized, and Xiao Yeyang is now implementing various rules and regulations with the generals.

  Hearing the noise coming from outside, Xiao Yeyang glanced at his blessing.

  Defu walked out of the tent quickly, and after a while, he came in with Deshou.

   "The minion greets the master, I have seen all the generals."

  Xiao Yeyang let him live, and asked, "Why are you here?"

   Deshou smiled and said, "Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival. Madam asked me to send the Dragon Boat Festival gifts to the generals and soldiers."

   Hearing that, the leader in the military tent was surprised, and then his face was full of joy.

  These people are stationed in Ganzhouwei. The least, they have been for five or six years. In previous years, during the Dragon Boat Festival, the military camp would have a meal and fishy, ​​and no official has ever sent a festival gift to the military camp.

  A smile appeared in Xiao Yeyang's eyes: "Bring the present in."

  Soon, a few young men came in carrying bamboo baskets one by one.

   Deshou smiled and said: "These are for the generals. They are all made by the mansion. The carts of rice dumplings outside the tent are for other soldiers."

   Tens of thousands of soldiers in the barracks, relying on the subordinates of the Xiao Mansion, can not pack so many zongzi, they can only buy from outside.

  Rice is rarely eaten here in Xiliang, and glutinous rice is even less. Therefore, the price of zongzi here is not low, and it is also a rare food for soldiers in the military camp.

  Deshou went on to say: "Madam said, tomorrow the Dragon Boat Festival will also let the soldiers eat rice dumplings."

   Cao Dan felt a little moved, and stood up and bowed to Xiao Yeyang: "Thank you, my sir and madam, for thinking about us soldiers."

  The other generals saw it, and got up to thank them.

  Xiao Yeyang stood up and helped Cao Dan: "What are you doing? Without you guarding the frontiers, there would be no stability in Daxia. You are Daxia's heroes. Your wife should send some food to express gratitude."

  Seeing that the atmosphere was a little heavy, Su Hongxin hurriedly stood up and finished the game. He smiled and took a bamboo basket: "Look, everyone, what good food did Mrs. Xiao give us?"

  Different from the guards, there was a piece of braised mutton in the bamboo basket of the generals of the border army. Daohua knew that the soldiers had a lot of food, and the rice dumplings were also extra large.

  Defu and Deshou received Xiao Yeyang's signal and hurriedly distributed the bamboo basket to each general.

  The people in the army don't have so many rules. After everyone got the bamboo basket, they all opened the lid one after another, laughing and talking.

   Cao Dan saw that his subordinates were in a mess, and looked at Xiao Yeyang with a wry smile.

  Xiao Yeyang shook his head, saying that it was all right, and took the lead in picking up a zongzi and ate it: "Everyone, try it."

   Immediately, there was a sound of controversy in the military account.

   "This wine is really good!"

  "What's so good about wine, this braised pork is refreshing."

   "I think zongzi is the best."

   "I prefer to eat salted duck eggs."

   "It’s gone for a while. I think the sachet is the best. Next time I go home to send my daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law, they will definitely save face when they wear it out."

   "Oh, stop fighting, I like them all."

  Xiao Ye returned to Xiao Mansion from the barracks only after dark.

  Knowing that he is coming back tonight, Daohua and Gu Jian are waiting for him to have dinner together.

  In the dining room, Daohua was setting up a meal, and when she saw Xiao Yeyang walk in, she greeted him with a smile. As soon as he approached, he was hugged by Xiao Yeyang, and then kissed fiercely.

   "What are you doing?!"

Daohua quickly opened Xiao Yeyang. Seeing that the maids had turned their heads away, they were a little uncomfortable, so he glared at Xiao Yeyang and said in a low voice, "Master is coming over soon, let him see you. So not solemn, take care of your skin."

   Xiao Yeyang saw Daohua blush, his smile deepened.

   Daohua squinted at him and looked at the maid at the door: "Go and invite the old lady to come over for dinner."

   Soon, Gu Jian arrived.

Gu Jian glanced at Xiao Yeyang: "Are you very happy today?"

Xiao Yeyang smiled and said, "Master Uncle is really glaring." After that, he looked at Daohua, "There are a few thorns in the army. I am worried about how to conquer them. I never thought you would send a few carts of rice dumplings today. Let them go home."

  Hearing this, Daohua suddenly smiled and bends her eyes: "Is that right? The generals of the army are really simple. It seems that I will have to prepare gifts for them during the holidays in the future."

Gu Jian also had a smile on his face: "It is not easy for soldiers to stay at the border. Whoever treats them well will naturally support them."

  (End of this chapter)