Chapter 108: The Bride(1/2)
She went to the kitchen.
The kitchen was still very busy late at night. After all, there was a big banquet for guests tomorrow. I was shocked to see her, the new bride, coming.
Wen Zhen said that he couldn't sleep and wanted to cook and relieve the pressure. Everyone laughed, thinking that it was inevitable that the new bride would be nervous, let alone such a big scene, she wanted to become the future wife of the Tang family's head. I heard that this person is good at cooking and doing what he is good at can indeed relieve stress. Someone immediately informed Tang Xianzhi, and some also diligently gave up her position.
Wen Zhen said no, this evening, the smoke and fire will make tomorrow not look good, so he made some simple and light. He immediately took the salted egg yolk, marinated cucumber strips, roasted seaweed slices, fried egg spread slices, and took out the plump snow-white crab willow from the big claws of the sea crab, full and crystal-sized crab roe with tempting color, and then grilled with mellow eel fillets, crispy celery, fresh willow leaves fish, white and tender shrimp meat, golden and fine sea urchin, bright red salmon roe and snow-like cod fish white and bright and bright eyes, of course, the most important cold rice is as bright as pearls, and her special soy sauce is hard to find on the market now... The color of sushi is so diverse and vivid that it can achieve a special aesthetic.
"I'll add a big dish to tomorrow's banquet." She said. Let the people who are good at handcraft in the kitchen weave a smaller version of the ship like this one with bamboo strips.
Everyone did as they told.
Wen Zhen began to make sushi, box sushi, rolled sushi, rolled sushi in the rolled sushi, rolled warship rolls in hand rolls, holding sushi... all kinds of shapes and ingredients were on the sea, and all kinds of fresh seafood were available, giving Wen Zhen a great room for play. She moved quickly, and sushi quickly piled up the desk. When the huge ship model was ready, Wen Zhen personally put the sushi layer by layer, with pointed salmon on the bow of the boat, and small pieces of cucumber, eggs, shrimp and meat sushi arranged in the middle of the boat, and black eel box sushi with sauce was piled with black eel fillets. In the middle of the eel fillets with brown and black oil were tempting bright red fish roe, and some areas were blank. Wen Zhen said that it was called white space. Even the boat was covered with green shells on the left and right, and a row of sushi was fixed with green shell shells.
The entire sushi boat was filled with hundreds of sushi, and the food in the big pot that could be taken in the kitchen was used up. A few people helped Wen Zhen, who worked hard all night, was completed only when dawn was almost dawn.
When the work was completed, everyone couldn't help but admire it. They couldn't bear to leave around the cabbage. Tang Xianzhi, who came later, didn't bother him. He just looked at it with a smile. It was not until Wen Zhen finished cooking that he came forward and took out a veil to wipe her sweat.
Wen Zhen did not refuse, and raised his face and let him wipe it carefully. His handkerchief was made of delicate material, and his gestures were even more gentle and exquisite. His stroking posture seemed to wipe the most precious porcelain, exuding a careful care.
The atmosphere was a bit strange. Everyone from all sides smiled and disappeared one by one. Wen Zhen felt a little embarrassed. It was a little ambiguous like wiping sweat, which was originally not ambiguous, but could even turn pink. She apologized again, and couldn't help but make a conversation to break the silence of the moment, "This is called Dragon Boat Sushi. Is it good to look?"
She looked into Tang Xianzhi's eyes, open and honest.
Tang Xianzhi only looked at her, not the dragon boat, and smiled and said, "What you make is naturally the best. It is not only good-looking, but also delicious."
He turned to the dragon boat, as if he wanted to taste it first. Wen Zhen looked at him with a smile, holding his arm without stopping it, and said, "Do you want to test the poison?"
Tang Xianzhi stopped his hand and turned back and smiled helplessly, "What are you saying?"
Wen Zhen laughed, "Just."
Tang Xianzhi laughed and ordered people to save the Dragon Boat Sushi with ice, and take it out for guests to enjoy. He said, "I thought you could make cakes."
Wen Zhen was stunned and suddenly realized that she should make cakes when getting married, but she had no idea at all.
"The cake is specially used to celebrate birthdays," she smiled.
"Go and sleep for a while, otherwise you will be afraid that the powder will not cover up the darkness you are now."
Wen Zhen knew that he must look ugly now without looking in the mirror. The ugly bride in history is probably about to be born, and she smiled and went to bed.
After she left, everyone wrapped the dragon boat with ice. Tang Xianzhi kept watching silently. Perhaps because he had been watching for too long, the guard behind him couldn't help but step forward and whispered: "Young Master, otherwise I'd better test it..."
Tang Xianzhi raised his hand, and the guard stopped.
Tang Xianzhi seemed to be stunned and sighed slowly for a while.
"It's not poisonous..." he said.
His sigh was long and light, and a faint mist condensed in the slightly cold air of early winter, which melted in an instant.
The guard felt a little sad for no reason about the atmosphere around him. He stepped back inexplicably and carefully.
After a long time, he heard the young master's order, "The dishes cooked by the lady himself should naturally be the finale. Let's deliver them to the end of the banquet."
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Wen Zhen, who returned to the cabin, did not sleep for long, was pulled up and washed and dressed up.
The big ship is very luxurious, with four layers on the deck and layered bottom cabins. In this era, it was a unique giant ship, with nine masts, twelve sides of giant sails, and about one meter of water. The ship is equipped with a complete staff, even the wedding girl and the dressing nanny.
Just last night, another group of people boarded the boat, all of whom were children of the Tang family in northern Sichuan. Some were managing industries nearby, some were studying nearby, and some came directly from northern Sichuan.
These people are both men and women. The men go directly to Tang Xianzhi to report for help, while the women come to Wenzhen.
Wen Zhen heard that Tang Muzhi had already boarded the boat. No matter what, she was always unreasonable for her brother’s Jiali, but she probably didn’t want to face her future sister-in-law, so Tang Muzhi did not appear.
Wen Zhen had just sat in front of the dressing table when he heard someone laughing outside the door, and said first: "Go and meet our new fifth sister-in-law."
Wen Zhen's lips curled up.
It's so boring to think.
Is it necessary to get married like this?
Restoring a new fifth sister-in-law. What does it mean? Have you ever had an old fifth sister-in-law before?
It's amazing, and a word makes people think a lot. Fortunately, she is a marriage of interest. If she really likes Tang Xianzhi, wouldn't this word have a big show in her heart?
The ladies from wealthy families all have the same smell.
No one asked for instructions to enter. As soon as the curtain was lifted, a few people came in, but not many, just four women, after all, this was not in northern Sichuan.
One of the young women was the wife of a child from a branch of the Tang family. His husband was responsible for the management of the village in Jianzhou.
Another one is a daughter of the third wife of the Tang family, who is a peer to Tang Xianzhi, who married far away to Jianzhou and married Jianzhou Zhizhong. She brought her 16-year-old daughter.
The last one was still a girl, a lady from the seventh house in the Tang family, who was about to go to Jianzhou to play under the name of choosing pearls, and happened to be sent to be a congratulatory representative.
The wife in charge has the lowest status and is also the most versatile. After coming up to give me a warm congratulations, she went to help. Apart from being a little too enthusiastic, it was not annoying.
The wife of Zhizhong is a bit noble. She has been a state of justice for a long time and can't put down her airs. Wen Zhen is simply amazed by her daughter. The best girl, Qingshui Furong, has to wear heavy makeup. She probably regards today's banquet as a high-end blind date party, but what's wrong with her temperament? Wen Zhen chatted with her a few words and asked about her age. She twistedly said that she was much younger than her aunt. After a while, she said that she was actually not much younger.
When she asked her what she liked, she said she couldn't actually have any hobbies. When she asked again, Chiang Shing Shuoshou said that female embroidery workers were the ones who should learn. When she asked her what was fun in Jianzhou, she opened her eyes and said she didn't know. Her expression was full of "How can a lady from a family be too proficient in eating, drinking and having fun without going out of the door?"
...What a fucking trick!
Wen Zhen was so pretentious that she was about to vomit. Her official wife's mother looked proud, and she probably felt that her daughter was raised very dignified and elegantly.
As for the Miss Tang, who was the one who was just talking, she seemed to be moderate in advance and retreating and had a generous attitude, but she always brought some uncomfortable thorns from time to time in her words. Of course, for Wen Zhen, this method is really nothing.
After meeting these Tang family women, she thought that the Tang family must be very boyish than girls. Tang Xianzhi is such an outstanding person. None of the ladies have been decent since Tang Muzhi. Most of the daughters are in the Tang family, which is just an item for marriage and interest exchange. Even Tang Muzhi has a unique whistle skill, and isn’t she going to marry Sikong Fan, who is a few years younger than him and is underage?
The women chatted for a few words and sat down, and couldn't help but look at the decorations and items on Wen Zhen's side.
Wen Zhen sat in front of the dressing table full of beautiful fish. The table top was made of smoothly polished shells, with five-color and blurred pearlescent colors, and a circle of rice beads embedded on the edges.
The brass mirror is polished and decorated with tortoiseshell coral at the edges, which is luxurious, bright and unique.
The jewelry in front of her was filled with snow-white boxes. It is said that the box was made of shark bones, a set of twelve, each with extremely exquisite reliefs on it. It is said that the story of the ancestors of the Tang family from the time of the dragon to the time when they became the governor of a state.
This thing is more valuable than the tortoiseshell coral mirror, and Wen Zhen almost had the urge to buy a box and return a bead.
But as soon as the box was opened, she immediately gave up the impulse.
And those Tang family women, who had seen the world, couldn't help but exclaim.
A box is a complete set of top-quality fire phoenix red corals. The most precious one among the corals has a faint flowing pattern, like a phoenix, and its color is as bright as fire, so it is called the fire phoenix.
Wen Zhen remembers that the queen seemed to have only one fire phoenix and pearl coral shaking?
This set of head retains a lot of coral shapes, and is further imagined and processed, and is dotted with pure black peacock green pearls, which are luxurious and bright.
The other set is the head and face of the golden silk tridacna and aquamarine. The combination of these two precious seabed treasures is very rare. The main body of the golden silk tridacna is white with vaguely shining golden silk flowing. This thing may not be seen by ordinary people in their lifetime. Wen Zhen also learned that it was the famous tridacna after listening to her husband's introduction. Aquamarine is produced on the seabed, which is very rare in this era. What is even more rare is that the colors are pure seablue, with large particles and perfect crystals. The light flows. When worn, it feels like being surrounded by sea water, and a figure can be seen.
The shape is in the shape of a lotus. The lotus made of large grains of aquamarine is so exquisite that it can be auctioned directly at Sotheby's. Wen Zhen didn't want to put it down when he held it in his hand. He thought he would just make this piece of jewelry and would not lose his marriage...
By the way, I thought about what I would get if I got into the brain and married Yan Sui. With that man's unique virtue, he must have despised the jewelry too vulgar. I guess he would give her some skulls of undersea monsters, or dinosaur eggs, or something like that?
No, no, she doesn't want dinosaur eggs, she wants pigeon eggs, the kind that is more than ten carats is the best.
The set of pearls was also placed casually in a box. The colorful pearls, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, rainbow colors were complete. Each one was as big as a thumb, each one was crystal clear and round without flaws. Each one could buy a house in a third-tier city...
The shape is even more amazing. It is actually a pearl crown, with a Western style, with red sapphire and emerald gold and green cat eyes. Wen Zhen didn't know how Tang Xianzhi could have prepared this style. Did he specifically ask the foreigner in the palace? Or was it because of the story of "adopted by foreigner" that she made up?
Another box is also pearls, this time it is white sea beads, just the right size. It is a bit like the modern popular island nation beads. The crystal white beads shine with a slight pink color, and you can see neon light at every angle. The tourmaline with outstanding colors is like Paraiba and Paparaca, which are particularly expensive and popular today. One is the clear neon blue, which is indescribable, and the blue is so beautiful that it is the clearest mountain lake water in the world; the other is the fresh and delicate orange pink color, which is heart-wrenching at a glance, and the moon beads that are shining with natural rainbow light. The set of hairpins, hairpins, crowns, jeans, and combs are so beautiful that it is breathtaking.
There were a lot of maids and maids in the house, and everyone was dizzy. Seeing Wen Zhen's eyes full of envy, I probably felt that this was not as beautiful as a girl who had such a blessing must have been cultivated for ten lifetimes.
The maid has a low status and is just envious, but the women in the Tang family can't sit still.
The pretentious lady kept slid her eyes on the set of white pink bead jewelry, and then she kept falling on Wen Zhen's face. She looked like she wanted to speak but stopped. She was embarrassed to say something, and her face said, "Come and ask me, come and ask me what I want to say!"
Wen Zhen doesn't ask.
Just kidding. After asking, you said that these things are so beautiful, so envious, then why is that thing so beautiful, can you show me, then I will look at it, then put it on my hand and refuse to take it off, then her mother asked her to take it off, and then she felt so excited that she would take it off, and she was so reluctant to take it off, and she interpreted the process so heartbroken that the person involved was so embarrassed that he could not bear it, saying that he would just give it to his sister. Then the sister burst into tears and said, "Sister, you are so nice, then I'm sorry, right?"
It’s not that she looked down on the style of the Tang family women, but that the salary of the Dongtang officials was not very high, and the salary of one person in the governance was not enough to be enough for the mother and daughter. I believe they have extended their hands a lot on weekdays. No matter how high the Tang family is, these women are just partial branches that have been separated.
The pretentious lady saw Wen Zhen smiling and admired this and tried on that. Even if she didn't take her eyes, she had to bow her head helplessly and admit defeat to Lord Wen, who was thick-skinned and unscrupulous.
The girl named Tang Qingqing said, "I didn't expect that the fifth brother is so kind, and the fifth sister-in-law is really lucky. I heard from my wife before that I had to get married by being in a hurry. Now it seems that I'm not being careless?"
The wife of Zhizun said, "I heard that the fifth brother and sister were originally the female official of the palace. I think there are not many such outstanding jewelry, right?"
"Not much, no more." Wen Zhen smiled, "Xianzhi has always been very nice to me."
"Sister Yue's words are nothing." Tang Qingqing said, "Although the fifth sister-in-law is just a female official in charge of the imperial family, she has always been favored by the royal family. I heard that she had lived in the Yi Palace before, and His Highness Yi was deeply favored by His Majesty. His mansion must be very luxurious. If you live there, what good things have you seen before?"
Oh, Wen Zhen thought, I was just mocking me for being a low-born person and having no knowledge, but now I have risen to attacking me.
"Yes, yes." She smiled, "Your fifth brother also lives in Prince Yi's Mansion. He has seen good things in the world, so he has such a vision." As he said that, his chin was a little bit about the colorful jewelry, "Sister Qingqing heard that good things are coming soon? Since he came to Jianzhou, he naturally also belongs to the pearl head. Look at this set of rainbow head heads and faces?"
Tang Qingqing was stunned. When she heard her words, she actually wanted to give the rainbow bead jewelry. She felt ecstatic - although she was also a member of the Tang family, the Tang family was divided into different levels. She was just a concubine in the unpopular room. Of course, it was impossible for such a precious rainbow bead to have.
"This is naturally a peerless treasure. It's better to match my sister-in-law." Tang Qingqing's smile immediately softened a lot, and even praise began to be thoughtful. "It's a pity that I can only wear one set when I was in the church, so it's no wonder my sister-in-law was confused."
"Yes, it's a pity." Wen Zhen closed the lid with a click, stroked the exquisite carving with a little regret, and pushed the box towards Tang Qingqing, "It's true that there is no need to get married."
Tang Qingqing reached out to pick it up in surprise.
Wen Zhen's hand pushing forward suddenly moved backwards, picked up the box quickly, handed it to the maid beside him, and smiled and said, "So put it away and put it in another place."
Tang Qingqing's hand stopped in the air.
To be continued...