Chapter 835 Life and Death without Regrets (Ticket 13)
Three slaps slapped Liu Zhiqiu on the head at the same time, making him grin his teeth.
The empress dowager took a look at him, and it was indeed what Liu Yusheng said, that he was saving money.
But not annoying.
Very frank.
When the group came back, it was already evening, which happened to be the time for every household in the village to prepare for dinner.
When it was moved to the dining table, the empress dowager saw what it meant to have a family meal.
The big round table was packed to the brim, besides the Liu family, there was also an old man named Jiu Lao, and even Feng Qingbai's two hidden guards were there.
Although she has never met these two people, but the surname Wei is named after the color, she knows their identities.
In the past, I mostly ate by myself. I used expensive jade-inlaid dining tables, sat on pear wood square chairs, held jade chopsticks, ate exquisite dishes and snacks made by the imperial dining room, and drank tribute tea.
For the first time, when I was eating, I sat on a wooden chopsticks. The rice in the porcelain tea bowl was piled up, and the dishes in front of me were half the size of a washbasin.
As soon as the old man of the Liu family opened the meal, the chopsticks fluttered in front of him, creating phantoms, as if refugees were grabbing food, eating in an extremely arrogant manner.
The empress dowager stayed for a long time without eating her chopsticks.
A large piece of fat appeared in the cold bowl, white and greasy, "Queen Mother, don't be cautious, pick what you want to eat yourself. Eat more meat, there are plenty of dishes."
Mrs. Liu is very enthusiastic.
But this kind of enthusiasm is not what everyone wants, at least the empress dowager doesn't want it at all.
Staring at the piece of fat in front of him, the corners of his eyes twitched uncontrollably. She worships Buddha and is a vegetarian.
Even if she is not a vegetarian, she never eats fat.
Is the reckless woman next to her really enthusiastic or fake enthusiastic? Always against her!
The empress dowager's fingers holding the chopsticks turned white, but her upbringing in etiquette prevented her from throwing away the fat.
The old lady who came to wait on her was unwilling to sit at the same table with Liu's family because of the Empress Dowager's presence, so Mrs. Liu gave her an additional small stove and asked her to eat in the main room.
The old mammy was not there, and there was no one to rescue her.
"This is my grandma's specialty dish, the crystal pork knuckle. It looks fat, but it tastes fat but not greasy in your mouth. It tastes good. Please have a taste, Queen Mother. If you really don't like it, give it to me." Liu Yusheng sat beside her , seeing her subtle expression in his eyes, bent his eyes and smiled.
"This is my favorite dish. I can only eat it in the Liu Family Courtyard and the Qian Family Restaurant, not even in the Palace. It's delicious!" Qian Wanjin quickly picked up another two yuan for himself, "If you don't like it There is no such thing as eating any food later, and this group of people is the most impolite when eating. There is no way of hospitality here, please hurry up, Queen Mother, lest you will not be full later."
His eyes fell on the dining table, the plate of crystal pork knuckles was indeed the fastest grabbing, and it was already more than half gone when it started.
The empress dowager took a deep breath, picked up the piece of fat and put it to her mouth, tentatively biting a little.
The slightly crunchy taste surprised her a little. The taste of pork knuckle spread quickly on the tip of the tongue, without the nausea of eating fatty meat, with a slightly sour sauce fragrance, and without lean meat, it was very delicious.
He took a sip of the white rice, it was fragrant and glutinous, slightly sweet and refreshing, better than the polished rice in the palace.
"How is it? Is it delicious?" Mrs. Liu smiled, and gave her another chopsticks of green vegetables, "Try this again, the mustard greens grown at home, the taste is a bit bitter, but this food is good for the body when eaten cold. I will make it The winter melon soup is also good, everyone in the family likes to drink it, I will serve you a bowl!"
Glancing at her, the empress dowager lowered her eyes to eat.
People in Liu's courtyard like to take food from each other when they eat. Her bowl of rice has already been poked by two different pairs of chopsticks. She will definitely not eat it in the past.
But this is the countryside, she didn't throw the bowl, she did as the Romans did when entering the country.
During the banquet, while taking care of the empress dowager, other people did not stop scrambling for food. From time to time, there were a few quarrels, which made the small farmyard extremely lively in the evening.
Also warm.
After a meal, the empress dowager showed no abnormal behavior.
Wei Hong and Wei Lan who were sitting at the same table secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
When they first saw the empress dowager, both of them were taken aback. This master who they knew was more difficult to deal with than Concubine Liu and deeper in the city, actually came to Xinghua Village?
If someone in the Liu family compound speaks improperly, the empress dowager can order rectification at any time.
It's just that the people in the courtyard are rough-hearted, and they didn't realize that it was so powerful. The two of them ate this meal with fear.
...In the end, nothing happened.
A distinguished guest came to the house, and she was still the empress dowager. In the end, the Liu family arranged her residence in the inner courtyard, next door to their daughter-in-law.
There are only three wing rooms in the inner courtyard, so let Shi Xianrou and Liu Yusheng make do for two nights temporarily. When Zhiqiu Muqiu gets married, that room will be vacant.
Standing in the small courtyard of the farmhouse, looking around at the room in front of her that was only one-fifth the size of the inner room of her dormitory, the Empress Dowager had no expression on her face, she just walked slowly to the window and pushed open the wooden window.
"Queen Mother, do you feel uncomfortable?" the old mother asked worriedly.
The empress dowager shook her head, "Shang Ke." After a pause, "Go down and rest first, the Ai family doesn't need to serve here anymore."
After dismissing the old mother, the empress dowager looked up at the cold moon in the sky, the moonlight was cold, and this situation easily aroused sadness.
"Queen, aren't you still asleep?" A head popped out of the window suddenly, causing the Empress Dowager to take two steps back, and almost lost her composure and screamed out.
Seeing the woman leaning on the window sill with crooked eyebrows, the empress dowager grimaced, "You are pregnant now, how can you behave so recklessly!"
"I'm worried that you are new here and you are not used to living here, so come and have a look."
"Why aren't you used to it? Aijia used to live in this kind of room when he was in the boudoir."
Liu Yusheng couldn't lean against the window sill because of her stomach, so she simply leaned sideways, curious, "The queen mother must be from a famous family, why is the boudoir so small?"
The empress dowager frowned, "Did the Ai family mean the size? The Ai family said that the Ai family's boudoir is like this...!"
"What is this?" The woman tilted her head, her eyes flashed with curiosity.
The empress dowager stopped talking, and leaned on the window sill like her, looking at the moon above her head.
Her former boudoir was also like this, full of girlish atmosphere, simple and elegant yet warm.
At that time, she was innocent and happy.
Liu Yusheng knew that the old woman must have remembered the past, there was a touch of nostalgia in her eyes, and extremely complicated emotions intertwined.
"The empress dowager must have been a very beautiful person before, and many people liked it." Liu Yusheng bent her lips and looked up at the night sky. "The empress dowager must have been very happy at that time. Why did you enter the palace?"
General Qin Xiao has been stationed at the border all year round and has a great reputation, but he has never married in his life.
She thought, there must have been touching stories between them, otherwise, General Qin would not still be willing to live and die for the Queen Mother without regret.
Goblins, two chapters of debt repayment, I'll go to eat first, and prepare for tomorrow's update later. I decided to work hard and pamper you all! come squeeze me heh heh heh~