Chapter 12 The twelfth chapter of the old clan's admiration for the door wall, and the real writer's ingenious creation of "no material soup"

In the Qing Dynasty, there was a saying of "three feet in the front, three feet in the back, and five feet in the middle". Two rows, loose and loose enough to accommodate four people. Dun Min's sedan chair was newly made by the old bar house in Fengtai last year. The outside of the paulownia carriage was wrapped with felt, covered with oilcloth, and tightly tied together with oil thread to keep out the cold. It is also protected from rain and snow, and there is a portable copper stove inside.Fangqing woke up early in the morning, carrying her son's basket and staggering for more than 30 miles. When she came back, she sat in this sedan chair, feeling very comfortable. Seeing that there were felt cushions on it, she coaxed her son to sleep, and looked at him through the curtain from time to time. Looking at the scenery outside, I slowly came up lazily, and even leaned on the box boards to blur the past.Let the packer guide the sedan chair and just go to Huaishutun.Dun Min and the other two were in the snow sometimes beating horses and whips, and sometimes standing and singing oh, they were so happy that they wanted to sing.It was not until outside Huaishutun that the two people rushed to the sedan chair.Dun Cheng raised the cotton curtain with his hands and called softly, "Mrs. Sister-in-law, Mrs. Sister-in-law!"

"Huh?" Fang Qing woke up as soon as she opened her eyes, and she understood it at a glance.She rubbed her eyes, smiled a little coyly, and said, "I've been lost for a while... I've arrived, right in front of the old tree with a crooked neck." As she said that, she was about to get off the sedan chair, and Dun Min said, "I'm still here." There's a long way to go, don't be busy!" The two of them led the horse and the palanquin to a dilapidated firewood gate, and helped Fang Qing get off the palanquin.Fangqing opened the door by herself and went in, and for a moment she heard a hearty laughter from a man inside, saying, "Yuan An's ruined house is a dream, and chaimen knocks to hear the carriages and horses—it's hard for the two brothers to come to visit in this weather! "One end said, Cao Xueqin had already come out to meet him.He bowed to the two and said with a smile: "Please sit in the room inside, it's very shabby, don't be restrained."

"Mister's name, I have admired him for a long time." Dun Min saluted with a fan in his hand, and said with a quiet smile: "My brother has read the eleven chapters of Mr. from other people's manuscripts, and also read many of your poems. I just look forward to getting to know you, but it’s just that I can’t get what I want, and I’m so lucky to have my wish come true today!” Dun Cheng was not as reserved as his elder brother, he poked his head around and looked around, and said with a smile: “Sir, this place is really not bad. Bridge, Baiyang Ancient Road leads directly to the West Mountain. This snowy day is not possible. After the spring is warm, you must go to the peach forest over there. Facing the sunset glow of the West Mountain, the scenery will make you drunk without wine!" Cao Xueqin said: "Sir Dun said Yes, it would be even more wonderful if there were no subordinate officials to press the branch and the hotel to collect debts."

The three looked at each other and laughed, the formality of their first meeting was swept away.Dun Min was a careful person. He came in and looked at the room. The main room and the west room were connected. On the west side, there was a big kang covered with new mats, and pillows and quilts with a height of half a person were stacked against the wall.On the north side of the kang was a piece of felt, wrapped in a swaddling baby, who was sleeping soundly. On the low table in the middle of the kang, there were cut rice papers all over the place. The Sanguan Bodhisattva Stove King God and others, by the window lined with a line of cloth, hang a row of diapers, but they have been washed clean, and some of them do not smell.There are two connected rooms, which seem to have been pasted recently, clean and bright, very pleasant, but when there is a gust of wind outside, the ceiling will flutter up and down, making the house look very dilapidated.

"Please sit on the kang." Seeing his brother in a daze, Xueqin tidied up the paintings, pens and papers on the kang, gave up his seat with his hands, and said with a smile, "I made you laugh. Some of these paintings are begged by others, and some are sold. Neighbors will inevitably ask for a statue of Avalokitesvara, and if you change the Stove Lord during the Chinese New Year, you can also exchange a few wine money." Dun Cheng took the tea from Fangqing, took a sip from the cup, and then looked at Xueqin carefully. He was tall and tall, with a square face, crouching silkworm eyebrows, dark complexion, and a head of black hair in a thick and long braid drooping behind the gray slate cotton robe.Thinking about it, Dun Cheng couldn't help smiling, and said, "Mr. Xueqin, what you think is different from mine." Dun Min asked, "What do you think about Mr. Cao?"

Duncheng laughed and said: "I'm a red fan, and my favorites are Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu. I just think of Mr. Cao according to Eryu's image. He must be fresher than Lin Daiyu, as delicate as Baoyu without being feminine, he must be a A handsome man with a bookish look, never thought he would be as tall as a general and a black tower!" When he said this, Dun Min and Cao Xueqin couldn't help laughing.Fang Qing, who was busy washing rice in the kitchen, couldn't help laughing.Xueqin said: "This kind of misunderstanding also existed in the ancients. Sima Qian once thought that since Zhang Liang is such a great hero and man, he must have a dashing demeanor and a handsome appearance. Only after seeing Zhang Liang's picture did he realize that he looks like a beautiful woman and is as gentle as a virgin. The niece and daughter of Zhang Jiangling Xiangguo in the Ming Dynasty were fascinated by watching the opera, thinking that the champions were all so good-looking, not only as talented as Zijian, but also as beautiful as Pan An, and she wanted to marry one. In the end, she really married one. The number one scholar has a thick waist, a pig-like face with upside-down beard and hair, and when he takes off his clothes, his chest and back are covered with black hair..." Before he finished speaking, Dun Min and Dun Cheng had already collapsed from laughter. There is an atmosphere of joy and joy.Seeing Fangqing waving in the east room, Xueqin went in and asked, "Don't you have any money?"

"Keep your voice down, no one thinks you're dumb!" Fang Qing smiled and said, "The Fu family gave you five taels in return! Is it just you going to buy wine or me? I can't walk..." "I'll go, remember there is some bacon at home!" "It was pickled last year, the oil was gone, and there was a smell of hala, you can still make do with it, how can you treat guests?" Fang Qing hesitated in a low voice: "Otherwise I will go, you can't do this Something happened." Just as she was talking, the child lying on the kang burst into tears with a "wow". Eat..." Cao Xueqin didn't care to speak any more, and ran to the top of the kang.Calling "Xiaoqing, be good," carefully lifted the felt sheet, unwrapped the swaddling clothes, and when she lowered her head to check, Xiaoqing was not polite, and Biqing's piss spurted out, pouring Xueqin all over her head and face, The three couldn't help laughing.Fangqing hurried over to clean up, handed Daqing to Xueqin, and carried Xiaoqing to the kitchen to nurse.

Cao Xueqin hugged Daqing for a few times, put it on the ground and said: "Daqing is sensible, he ran and played on the ground at home, huh? Dad will buy you some fruit, don't make trouble with uncle, do you hear me?" Daqing seemed to understand Nodding her head, seeing Cao Xueqin walking out, Xiao Zui Er grinned and cried again. "Sir, don't talk too much." Knowing that Xueqin was going out to buy food and drinks, Dun Min said with a smile: "My brothers have been famous for a long time, but I don't know that Mr. is poor. Today we are still the host, and the mule driver has already been ordered to do it. Let's sit down and talk." Xueqin said with a smile: "I have been back to Beijing for more than two months, and I rushed back before my wife gave birth. It is not so poor that I can't even entertain guests. When I rushed back from Nanjing, Yin Cheng Yi was given 50 taels of taels by the platform, but he only spent a dozen taels of taels on the way, and there are still more! How can you be ashamed to accept it when you first step on the threshold?" Dun Cheng said: "We are here to pay homage to Mr. Ever since I read it, my brother has longed to meet this strange man from ancient times and modern times. He is willing to bow to the entrance wall and perform the gift of disciples. Didn’t Confucius accept celery and dried meat as disciples? Why can’t we do it? Could it be possible? Are we not worthy of being Mr.'s lackeys?"

Cao Xueqin was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said: "Master Cheng speaks quickly, but Zhan (Xueqin's real name) is speechless. But I dare not be a 'running dog' as a disciple. I wish to be a good friend and a confidant!" Dun Min , Duncheng became more and more joyful, and said: "So, Brother Cao, you don't have to be polite! ——I'm just surprised that Mr. Jishan is famous for his virtuous corporals who don't care about wealth, and he himself is also a talented scholar. From Nanjing to Beijing, For such a long journey, I only gave fifty taels of silver!" Dun Min said with a smile: "Jishan is still a good man, isn't Uncle Fu Guo richer? Only five taels of silver were sent!" Xueqin said: "How much is it? Xinxin, please don’t say that. Jishan’s daily meal is tofu. He is from a scholarly family and doesn’t have a lot of money. There are dozens of customers under his family. He also donates a lot to poor local scholars. It’s not easy for him Yes. Even the Sixth Master Fu treated me well—it’s not good for these words to spread.” Just as he was speaking, he heard some people joking outside the courtyard, and one person called out loudly: “Mr. Xueqin—have you woken up yet?”

Cao Xueqin lifted the curtain and came out to welcome them. Seeing two people getting off their horses, it was Le Min and Agui who came, she couldn't help laughing and said, "What's the matter? The lanterns didn't go off last night, and the magpies didn't make trouble this morning. They came here all of a sudden." What a distinguished guest?" Le Min only smiled, and walked in steadily through the snow. Ah Gui unloaded a sack from behind the horse, smiled as he walked, and said, "I'm leading soldiers outside now, like a swordsman who murdered and set fire. The woodcutters who came to cook at night must have exploded, and the old black man who got up this morning must go around the house three times, otherwise I will not come." Cao Xueqin was about to introduce, but the four of them burst into laughter, and Dun Min said: "Just now Xueqin said something stupid The number one scholar married a wife, and here comes a beautiful and extraordinary number one scholar!" Agui greeted Dun Min brothers and joked with a smile, "The two grandpas don't care about anything, and the old man kicked him out again? "Dun Cheng said: "Our old man doesn't care about these now-he always tells us to learn from Le Min, and we all go to the champion. Who will carry the sedan chair? Now he has got the tax difference between mountains and seas, let alone care about it. Besides, his old man is also now I love to read, and I ordered us to 'copy it and send it' in the last letter, knowing that we have met Xueqin, I don't know how happy it is!" Dun Cheng said, pulling away the sack and squinting, but just as he untied the rope, A carp flew out with a "chuss", hit the face with a "slap", bounced on the kang a few times and fell to the ground, puffing out its red cheeks and dying.Ah Gui hurriedly asked for a towel to wipe her face, and said with a smile, "I've been hit by a fish this time, one less shot on the battlefield!"

Everyone couldn't help laughing, Le Min saw that Fang Qing was struggling to pull the sack, so he hurried over to help, and said, "Don't worry, there are still a few fish in it, more than ten catties of lard, bacon, lean meat, ribs, and two sets of pigs." Liver, a pack of beef louvers, a pack of beef, ten frozen chickens...they weigh a hundred catties!" Fang Qing got to know them very well, and said with a smile, "Master Le Gui, we don't open a butcher shop, we don't have a butcher shop. How can you bear all these things?" "It's okay, it's cold now, and it will be even colder in the future, so it won't be bad." Hearing the word "butcher shop", Le Min suddenly thought of the Zhang family's father and daughter, and felt a sudden pain in his heart, so he hurriedly put away God smiled and said: "Ah Gui and I will leave Beijing for errands when Xuexue is younger. In one and a half months, Xiaoqing's 100-day catch-up week will definitely be late, so let's take a step ahead to congratulate. Things are thin and heart-warming, Just don't take offense." Dun Min suddenly thought, at this moment, the Fu's family is so lively that the world is turned upside down, and Fang Qing herself is not long after her full moon, and she is going to give someone a Zhou's gift in a snowy day!Comparing people with each other, how do you say this?My heart moved, but I just fell silent.Le Min looked at the house, and said: "Xueqin may have a lot of money recently, this house is so well cleaned up, I dare not recognize it!" For a while, the mule driver had already bought the food, and a shop clerk strolled in with a food box, and Ah Gui was busy helping Fang Qing to put vegetables on the kang table.Xueqin saw that there were eight dishes of side dishes, one was roasted beef with mushrooms, one was stir-fried diced chicken with green garlic and spicy peppers, one was fried lamb with green onions, and one was braised pork, all of which were still slightly foggy, so she removed the lamb and said: " After the heat is over, you can’t eat it if it’s a little cooler——Fang Qing, according to what I taught you last time, clean up two fish! Today they’re giving Xiaoqing a ‘hundred days’ in advance, so roll it carefully Noodles, I will eat and drink later." Le Min smiled and said: "This dish is already quite a lot, and my sister-in-law has two children, don't make her busy!" Dun Cheng smiled: "You know, why? Bring raw meat?" Le Min laughed and said, "Ah Gui volunteered, he cooks well!" Fang Qing came over to take away the mutton, rewarded the picky eater with a bunch of coins, and quickly brought out a jar from the corner of the back door The wine was sifted and stewed on the fire, and said with a smile: "When it comes to cooking, no one needs to talk about it, we are women!" Xueqin said, "You get fish and cook for the master (referring to the mule driver). Let the master come for the wine too!" Fang Qing moved a piece of bamboo to ask the mule driver to sit on the floor and sift the wine, and put the two children into the "two-end seat" cart and pushed them to the east room to work on their own. "Good wine!" As soon as the wine was hot, Ah Guihou was in a hurry, took a sip of the hot wine, and praised: "It's Kouzi wine, Sanhe Laoxing? Or else it's Huaian Laoqu! It's mellow in the middle, fragrant but not strong. Strong but not violent, with a pure aftertaste... I haven't tasted such a good wine in two years. The wine in the army is only better than horse urine!" Everyone tasted it, and they all tasted it. Said "It's really good!" Cao Xueqin repeatedly persuaded him to drink: "Come on, come on, fill it up! It's cold, warm your stomach first--Master, you should eat and drink, please help yourself--this is a gift from Fupeng last year. Here are three buckets of Huaian millet, I brewed it myself, and there are several jars buried in the backyard! Just drink it at ease!" "Xueqin," Le Min drank two cups in a row, his face glowing red, and said with admiration, "I never imagined that you are still so poor! Fu Peng is General Dingbian, and he is your aunt and cousin. He is not here. Beijing, but home is here, why don't you want to take good care of your cousin? Fu Nai is even more popular now, he is your father's uncle, right? Now he is the Minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he is also the governor of the Zhenglan Banner of Manchuria. .They are all powerful and rich, and you will never be able to use them if you pull them out, so why don't you take care of them? I suspect that you are arrogant and disdain to climb, and your good relatives are also alienated." Cao Xueqin said indifferently. With a smile, he said: "I'm already very content. If I want to make a living, I met Lord Qianlong when I was a child in Jiangnan's house, and I couldn't be more familiar with Fu Peng. With his support, I can probably get along with Lord Qianlong. The year before last, Fupeng was in charge of the White Banner Manchuria. That was the immediate boss of my Cao family, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who paid off our Cao family's 302 taels of debt. Isn't this "responsibility"? His housekeeper came to see I just ran into Chief Jia’s urging to pay the land tax, and I was free of a single word, so how much noise was lost in my ears? Now that the son of the emperor is lenient in his administration, my family of sinful children can live and work in peace and contentment. Compared with the hands, it is really in the sky now. Let's not talk about this, let's talk about these drunkenness! Come, pour it!" He poured a full glass and handed it to Le Min.Agui laughed and said: "Mr. Zhiyanzhai is not here today, he will cover his ears and run away after hearing Brother Cao's words!" As soon as he finished speaking, an old man with gray hair about fifty years old came in through the curtain, The interface said: "It's snowing outside, where can I escape? I can smell the smell of wine, and I have to come back!" Everyone burst into laughter, when Cao Xueqin watched, it was He Shizhi and Liu Xiaolin who came in one after the other, He Shizhi was holding a large piece of beef, and Liu Xiaolin was carrying a pig's head, and sent it into the kitchen very familiarly, smiling and wiping his hands Come out to see you.Cao Xueqin hurriedly introduced to Dunmin and Duncheng brothers, and said: "Look at Xiaolin Luotuo, he has also been selected by Tanhua! Zhiyanzhai is Mr. Yeshi - you see, I either have no customers here, or come here A large group! You should be more balanced!" He Shizhi said with a smile: "Qingpu, don't call us 'Mr.'. We are your lackeys!" Hearing this, the brothers of the Dun family couldn't help looking at each other and laughing. Dun Cheng casually said: "In this way, we are considered 'Silhou's lackeys'!" So he returned to his seat to have a drink and talk again. Ah Gui sighed: "I didn't talk about Xueqin's talent and learning, but she is 'arrogant'. I can't compliment this one. If you bend your body like you, you won't be able to enter any door." Where should I go? I am easy to break, bright and easy to be dirty, which is forbidden by nature. Even if the officialdom is dark, the turbid will be turbid, and the clear will be clear. "The water of the Canglang is clear and can wash my head. You can wash my feet!" "If only the word 'clear' is used, the officialdom will not be intimidating." Xueqin put Fang Qing's freshly fried pork liver with red pepper in the middle, and said softly: "Think about the officialdom, you guys, first of all you have to take away your 'routineness', you have to look at your boss's face when you feel happy, angry, sad, and happy, and then go to 'beauty'. Boss is happy, you are just irritated at the moment Sha, you have to suppress it and pretend to be happy; the boss is angry at the moment, even if you are married tonight, you have to pretend to be a dead old lady to serve him! On the contrary, look at your boss, it’s the same Ruler: When you are happy, he stands by shaking his head and raising his eyebrows, you can’t help but think: ‘Why are you so rude?’ In fact, maybe what he’s mourning is just Gao Tang’s illness, or the disappointment in love, and it has nothing to do with you! You are sad, Maybe he couldn't help laughing, which is also 'disrespect'. In fact, he just didn't notice your sorrow, or he was distracted at the moment, thinking of something funny, and he didn't mean to be disrespectful to you. Think about it, it's good Once a person enters the officialdom, even the seven emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, love, evil, and desire, these natures endowed by heaven and given by parents, must be stripped away. What is the meaning of the word "person"? I dare not say anything, but Zhuang Yougong, the former champion, we are also friends, what a gentle and dignified person, after looking at the list, he won the first prize, he is crazy! Why? He is' The first person', this arrogance blocked my heart and lost my nature. This is a disease that has no cure in the officialdom; I bowed my knees to my boss, handed me a notebook, made a smile on my face, and even acted on the face of Mrs. Xian. It’s a bad thing, when I go back to the yamen, I have to find compensation from my subordinates for all this, seeing others flatter me in front of me, handing me notebooks, making me smile..." Xueqin laughed as she said.Le Min laughed at himself, and said: "It's the so-called breaking my eyebrows and bowing my waist to do things for the powerful, which makes me unhappy!" Agui said: "I don't think it can be generalized. Xueqin's view is still a little bit biased. Since ancient times, loyal ministers and filial sons have been loyal Wife, there are still some loyal people who are loyal to the king of the country at the top, and indulge in the sufferings of the people at the bottom. It cannot be wiped out in one stroke. A man who becomes a general and becomes a prime minister, serving the monarchy is also a career in his life!" He spoke eloquently in a cadence. "Ah Gui is talking about the prosperity of the three generations and below. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, there have been fewer and fewer people who have met the situation between the monarch and his ministers, who helped the country and helped the people. He groaned, as if feeling overwhelmed. "King Wei of Qi condescends to pursue scholars, and scholars can be proud of the king, but there is no such thing now. Duke Wen of Jin was humiliated by Xian Zhen, and rewarded his loyalty and bravery regardless of his small faults. Now there is no such thing. Prime Minister, in the thirty-fourth year of Bingguo, once he was slandered as a prisoner, he couldn't even hand in the memorial, and he wanted to go the way of the jailer. Guo Fenyang survived the Anshi Rebellion, how much achievement was that? But every time he received the imperial edict, he was terrified. ——It’s too far away. As far as this dynasty is concerned, names such as Suo’etu, Mingzhu, Xiong Cilu, and Gao Shiqi, and famous generals such as Aobai, Tuhai, Zhou Peigong, Nian Gengyao, etc., were all built under Mingjun’s command. They made great achievements, but they all fell down. Some died, some were exiled, and the family was ruined. The stars and clouds withered. It’s not that the emperor is not wise, nor is it that they are incapable and disloyal. I think this is Qi number. People live in this "Qi number", no matter how shrewd, clever, and loyal they are, they cannot escape the mercy of this "Qi number". The words that say, "Because of the Qing Dynasty, the aspirations are self-important, and the luck of being born in the future will fade away" are really words that penetrate human feelings and penetrate world affairs!" He paused, and then said: "This is the truth that ordinary people will never understand. Just now I mentioned that Xueqin is high and poor, and when it comes to caring, it is actually the word "inflammation and coolness". People may not all be inflame and cool, but everyone is doing somersaults, and it's a bit of a day-to-day; There are some people who don't care about "having fun with others"; Cao's family was so rich, prominent and noble back then, a deficit was ransacked, and those who died, escaped, imprisoned, banned, exiled, escaped into Buddhism, and People who are slaves are not all due to fate! Let’s talk about the two brothers of the Dun family, the ancestor Prince Ying, what a hero! If you lose, you will lose—don’t be sad, your luck is like this, those in the court, all of you here Yes, let's look back, this kind of puppet show still has to go on. This is not something that can be explained clearly by the word "snobbery". Zhai is a frustrated scholar, and there are two golden branches and jade leaves, how could they all gather in this wind and snow broken house?" As soon as he finished speaking, Cao Xueqin sang: The shabby room was empty, and the wat was full of beds; the decayed grass and poplars were once a singing and dancing venue.The spider silks are all over the carved beams, and the green gauze is now pasted on the tent windows.What are you talking about when the fat is thick and the powder is fragrant, how can the temples turn into frost?Yesterday the loess sent bones to Longtou, and the mandarin ducks lying under the red silk tent in Xiaoxiao—" His voice suddenly rose, becoming excited and high-spirited: The box is full of gold, the box is full of silver, in a blink of an eye beggars are slandered by everyone; just lamenting that other people's lives are not long, how do you know that you will return to mourn? !If you are well-trained, you may be a strong beam in the future.Whoever chooses Jiaoliang wants to live in Firework Lane!Because the gauze hat is too small, the shackles are heavy; yesterday I felt sorry for the torn coat, but now I think the purple python is long... Big teardrops burst out of his eyes, he closed his eyes, weeping sobbingly, unheard of: It's absurd to make you sing and I will come on stage, and you think that other land is your hometown...it's absurd. In the end, you are making wedding clothes for others! At this point, the chopsticks stopped singing, and the four seats were in a state of mourning. I don't know how long it took before He Shizhi came to his senses and asked, "Is this your "Good Song Notes"? If you write it well, you will sing it too. Everyone should understand this song!" So six Everyone toasted together and watched Xueqin drink it down.He Shizhi said: "A few days ago, Qinpu also said that this "Good Song Note" is not easy to write, it cannot be elegant, vulgar, light, heavy, soft, or rigid. I don't want to write it today. "Well-trained, you may not be a strong beam in the future", but Liu Xianglian? "Because the hat is too small, so the shackles are barred" must be a member of Yucun Gong. Then "I am sighing that his life is not long, but I will come back to mourn 'Who is it? I can't break it!" Xueqin came back from the song at this time, and said with a smile: "How can this be fixed? Whoever's fate will be his. You can also see I'm so amazed, it's not that today a few virtuous brothers are here to discuss the ways of princes and generals, and this song is still unavailable for a while, it's just a decadent tone, which spoils the interest of a few official friends, and talks about it as a warning to the world Isn't it okay?" "Because the gauze hat is too small, the shackles are thrown—hmm!" Agui smiled and glanced at Le Min, and said, "Change it, change it! Change it to 'Because the gauze cap is too small, the pimp is too busy, you End, I'll play, if you don't, I'll kill Yang Liulang with a single shot, and I'll give you the palm!" He stared and continued, laughing at everyone, Le Min pointed at Agui and said with a smile: "He is a bold thief. The Yang Liulang he was talking about is actually Zhang Guangsi, and he has the intention to replace him. Xueqin persuaded him to let go at this moment, isn't he seeking skin from a tiger?" Everyone laughed after hearing this.Taking advantage of the wine, Dunmin saw that everyone was happy, so he asked Xueqin for the manuscript. In the midst of the excitement, Fang Qing put his hands on a rag, and brought out a huge tile hot pot. The charcoal fire inside was crackling, and the Zhou Zha soup nest was boiling. Belly slices, white meat slices, kelp shreds, Sixi meatballs... Once served, the aroma overflows and makes people salivate.Liu Xiaolin smiled and said: "This is Xueqin's specialty dish, assorted fish pot! Why don't you see mushrooms?" Fang Qing put the pot away, and said with a smile: "Why did I forget? It was stuffed in the belly of the fish..." Ah Guihou In a hurry, he picked up a piece of fatty mutton with tendons first, quickly stuffed it into his mouth, and inhaled hotly: "Hot-hee-hee-hee-hee...hot!" He finally stretched his neck and swallowed it, tears It had flowed out, and he asked for cold water to rinse his mouth, and said with a smile: "The mutton tastes like this. I won't be a general, so I can sell mutton!" Cao Xueqin just smiled, waiting for Fangqing's tray to come, orange peel water, five Spices, ginger, shredded garlic... and a pinch of white sugar, mixed with vinegar and mixed into the pot, and poured a small half bottle of wine into the pot bit by bit.Immediately, the aroma of meat, wine, and vegetables contains an indescribable fragrance that rises for a long time.Dun Min was speechless: "Usually a pot of food, but it tastes like this?" "This is called 'no material soup'." Xueqin said lightly, "fish and sheep are kings, pigs, chickens, geese, and ducks are ministers, supplemented by wine and vinegar. It's a pity that there is no goose, duck, and beef is added instead. For belly slices, just use the word 'fresh'." Dun Cheng asked, "Why did you name it that way?" Liu Xiaolin said, "I named it that way. I'm in Tanhua, and I've had Qiongcun Banquet, and there's no such thing as royal meals. It’s as good as this soup. Such a good dish, but it can’t be served on the royal table, I remembered a poem written by Xueqin on stones, and named it impromptu.” Then he chanted softly: There is no material to mend the sky, and a few years in the world of mortals in vain; This is a matter of life and death, who remembers to make a legend? He also said: "The last two sentences are not very appropriate to the dish, just take it without blessing and enter the palace." Everyone said "reasonable" after hearing this, and scooped up the soup with spoons. It was really delicious.Only then did Xueqin say: "It's only been a few months since I returned to Beijing, and Fangqing gave birth again, so I didn't write much text. The original one was copied by Prince Yi's residence, and it has been sent back to Yeshi. The second and third masters of Dun want to see it. , Borrow it from Shizhi, as long as you don’t lose it. What are the pictures in the book? It’s just for people to read!” Dun Min bowed his hands at the table to thank him, and said: “Mr. Why don't we feast our eyes on it?" "Your sister-in-law Fangqing is keeping the manuscripts, and you can copy them after the banquet. Most of those poems are desolate, and none of them spoil your drinking, but there is a compilation of "Five Beauties" that can be read. Recite it. Red makeup and wine are just talking on paper, isn't it a joy?" Then he chanted: A generation of alluring cities chased the waves, Wu Guankong recalled his son's family; Frown and smile like a girl in the East Village, she still wears yarn by the Toubai River. "This is Shih Tzu." Xueqin said.He chanted again: The heartbroken crow crows at night and the wind roars, Yu Xi hates Chong Tong; Tattooed Peng Gan received his age, drinking swords is like being in Chu's tent! —— Yu Ji. Absolutely beautiful and amazing, she came out of the Han Palace, and her beauty is as bad as ever; Even if the king is light-colored, how can he get a painter if he seizes power? — Concubine Ming. A case of rubble and pearls thrown away, why did Shi Wei Chongjiaorao? Both were created by the stubborn blessings of the previous life, and even more lonely when they return together. —— Fate bead.Liu Xiaolin said: "There is another one of the five beauties. It must be Concubine Yang?" Cao Xueqin laughed and said, "Yang Yuhuan is studying with Emperor Ming in Haixian Mountain, so she has no time to wait on Tanhua. It's Hong Fu Nu." Then she said softly Moan: Chang Jianxiong has a different attitude when talking, a beauty with huge eyes knows the way out; Yang Gongmu, who lives in the corpse, can restrain the husband of a concubine? His words trembled slightly, like the sound of gold and stone, everyone was fascinated by it.Liu Xiaolin raised the cup and said: "Good poems—good wine and beautiful people. You won't get drunk if you drink with this wine. Come on, do it!" Everyone laughed and drank it down. Listening to Cao Xueqin chanting "Five Beauties", Dun Cheng took the vegetables in the soup pot, took a glass to the left and a glass to the right, and said, "Listen, everyone is better than my brother! In his early years, Mr. Xueqin experienced all the golden powder of the Six Dynasties, the bells and lanterns, and the prosperity and reading. Now he writes a book on Huangye Village, which is the words of the world; Fenghou, it is Mr. Zhizhi who farmed and studied in the mountains and fields. He is a free mountain man without fame. My brother is said to be an idle clan, but he has been defeated for several generations. To make up for the sky', but also to be under the supervision of the family education and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, just fooling around for two hours a day, which is precisely "sewing with shame and shame"! "Dun Min asked, "What are you doing looking for a seam?" "Dun Cheng said: "Find a place to sew and drill! "Everyone laughed more and more when they heard it. They trembled all over. "Xueqin," Le Min, who had something on his mind, looked at the snow outside and said, "I know you are noble, and you don't bother to get fame for stereotypes. But anyway, since you are already on this 'Day of the Future' Somersaulting inside, you have to be in the same dust as the light. And joking is just a joke, it is true that the officialdom is dark and dirty, and not everyone is a crow, right?" Xueqin said with a smile: "If people are not willing to 'be in the same dust as the light', Who can survive? I was so cold and terrified that I dared not set foot in that bright future! In the sixth year of Yongzheng, Hurd led people to raid my house. There were 14 people, men and women, big and small. , the shackles of the shackles, those who are distributed as slaves, and those who are imprisoned for investigation, that is really called "the tree falls and the monkeys are scattered". In the eleventh year of Yongzheng, the house was ransacked again with Hurd, and he painted it again according to the gourd. Now it follows Hurd's The second son is still in Heilongjiang as a slave to a man in armor! Shoutai, who copied Hede, had a connection with Hong Xi's case the year before last, and was copied again. When I came to my garden, I named it 'Suiyuan'. My great-uncle and great-aunt are booming now, and they even talk about Mr. Fu Liu. If you get closer, you will roast people. My relationship with Mr. Liu is very close. , is a distant relative, and Fangqing is from Liu Ye's mansion. I want to squeeze the door, I'm afraid I won't squeeze in an official position? It's boring, gentlemen, just like that revolving lantern turning round and round, you Just wait one more time, still Guan, Zhang, Zhao, Ma, and Huang." Le Min laughed and said: "Come on, come on! I can't say no to you, but you are not a cicada. You can live by sucking dew and drinking wind. Monk, practicing in peace and quiet, and having a son’s mother’s temple property—I don’t believe in Tao Yuanming when I’m dizzy with hunger, and I can ‘pick chrysanthemums under the eastern fence and see Nanshan leisurely’!” Dun Cheng recalled his family history, and brought wine , loudly said: "Xueqin's words are most to my mind! There are poems to prove it!" Then he also hit the bowl and sang: Shaoling used to be a gift to General Cao, who was once the descendant of Wei Wu. You Wu is the queen of the general, and now he is blocking Penghaotun. The old dream of Yangzhou has been awakened for a long time, looking at Linqiong Dubigao! Advise the king not to play the diner's clapper, and advise the king not to knock on the door of the rich. It is better to write a book on Huangye Village if you have a cold and virtuous cup! He had obviously lost his mind due to the alcohol, and laughed loudly after the song: "Sir, you are so talented, how can you get into an official career and compete with ordinary people!" He didn't guard his head, and Agui and Le Min blushed when he said .Dun Min hurriedly smoothed things over and said, "You two don't mind, my brother is like this, old man, even the officials of the House of Internal Affairs can't do anything about him. In fact, I think what Le Min said makes sense, Xueqin relies on selling paintings It is not a long-term solution to write and paste a kite to cross the day." Ah Gui laughed and said: "I don't care, I'm not a bald donkey, and I'm not afraid of being scolded by monks." After a pause, he said: "Don't think that I am very proud. I came to see Xueqin as a magistrate, and I once said' When you see the counties, you exhale, when you see the Daotai, you lower your eyebrows, and when you see the Governor, you chat for a while, and just explain a few "Yes Yes Yes"!' Do you find it very interesting?" Cao Xueqin teased: "You said a couplet Son, have you forgotten the second couplet that I’m right?” “Don’t dare,” Ah Gui said with a smile, “But I’m really not a corrupt official, should I scold myself when I say it?” Read the couplet again: There are messengers as minions, scribes as wings, and local gentry as flattery, and they laughed "hahaha" unconsciously! "Mr. Xueqin, I think you still want to write a book. It is better to write this book than to be an official." Dun Min smiled for a while, and said solemnly, "However, you must also worry about livelihood. I checked in Zongxue, It turns out that you just took a long vacation. It doesn’t take much, and you can go to work after the vacation. It’s too far away from the city, and it’s a bit beyond the reach of friends who want to take care of you.” Cao Xueqin looked gratefully at the two brothers who had met for the first time. He had resigned from his position in Zongxue, so these two must have changed their careers secretly.It's not a big deal, which shows that they are very affectionate and considerate for themselves... I just said, "I used to live in Baijiatuan, and it's close to the city, and Le Min knows about it. Prince Hongxi's bad things, people from the House of Internal Affairs He harassed me three times a day, asking me if I knew anything about Prince Yi, and the Niulu with the inlaid white flag was also changed, and he broke my threshold, saying that he wanted to 'make friends', but he put on airs. Here we come to Huaishutun..." Before he finished speaking, Dun Cheng said, "That dick, Niulu, is called Yanxin, right? He's my family's coated servant! I'll throw this fan at you, and you can show it to him Look, if he doesn't kowtow, I'll beat him to death with a whip!" Dun Min saw that his eyes were stinging, and he spoke three times before and after speaking, and said with a smile: "You still move to Baijiatuan. I have a small courtyard where you live. There, no one dares to disturb you. ——Even Mr. Yanzhai’s house is available. We brothers will ask for advice sooner or later; Begging for alms, we have no identity, but we still have face, so we won’t make you suffer so much. Don’t count on Agui and Le Min, they are going to go to Beijing for business. Qian Du and Zhuang Yougong can’t be counted on. I'm dead, I'll be your lackey, grind ink and wash inkstone, you just love to write, how about it?" Xueqin thought for a while, and said: "The two virtuous brothers are so loving, and out of sincerity, I'd rather obey my orders than respect. Let's spring—when spring comes, I will move my family to Baijiatuan!" At present, everyone was sitting around eating wine and telling riddles to the poems. Dun Min insisted on copying Cao Xueqin's poems again, and several people "did a while" and gathered a hundred and ten taels of silver. As it gradually darkened, Fang Du braved the evening snow to disperse, and it was no problem.