The upgrade of Concubine Xian in Qing Dynasty

Chapter 393 Share
Just after Yinshi, the sky was slightly bright, and there was a noise in the courtyard, and Hongli quickly pushed Zarafen to wake her up.

"Ah, isn't it too early?" Zarafin became confused, why so early?

"We're going to the field, didn't we ask you to bring a set of cotton clothes?" Hongli told Huang in advance.

Zarafin nodded. In her closet, there were several sets of batik dresses. These were the fabrics that Zarafin specially bought when she went to the south.

Zarafin got up quickly, Huang Ah and Gao Wuyong miraculously appeared in the hall, her eyes widened, didn't all the servants go back?
"Where did you live yesterday?" Zarafin asked curiously.

"In the courtyard at the back, the master and the two courtyards next to each other are connected together, it's just not visible from the surface." Huang Ah said in a low voice.

After washing up, Zarafin changed into a batik blouse and long skirt, and put a dovetail on his head. He only used a piece of batik cloth as a headdress, and replaced the earrings with two carved magnolia earrings.

She looked at her clothes through the bronze mirror. Even when she went to the field in Beiyuan Mountain Village, she didn't dress so down-to-earth.

"Jiaojiao, are you ready?" Hongli opened the door curtain and walked out. Zarafin turned his head and looked cheerful.

Hongli's attire of a farmer's man matched her batik dress even more.

"Ah, where did this dress come from?" Zarafen laughed happily. He was wearing a khaki-colored fan and a big straw hat on his head. The fourth elder brother.

"It has been there for a long time. The room we live in is the room I lived in before." Hongli explained.

Zarafen followed Hongli to the dining room. Furong put the breakfast on the table early. The family of four sat around and began to eat a simple breakfast. The meals of ordinary people began to be cooked.

After breakfast, Yongzheng and Hongli went to the ground carrying hoes, while the queen and Zarafin went to another place, going to dig wild vegetables on the hillside inside the ground, and then came back to prepare lunch.

"We have to live the lives of ordinary people for these two days. We have to prepare lunch and dinner ourselves, and let the servants prepare breakfast." The queen said in a low voice, "I'm worried that the villagers will find out."

After hearing this, Zarafin nodded quickly, "Yes!"

After finishing the words, Zarafin rushed to the field with the queen in a small bamboo basket with a small shovel and gloves inside.

At this time, there were already many women and children in the field, and they all squatted on the ground and began to dig wild vegetables. The spring came earlier here, and the winter vegetables would soon be uneatable, so the women could only prepare these in advance.

"Jiaojiao, hurry up and dig wild vegetables." Queen's fan said.

The two were carefully identifying the wild vegetables, and the women on the side didn't want to disturb them. They knew that these two must be newcomers to the family. Every year, a family would come. The movement when they entered the village was clearly rich and noble The family's children have been going on for several years.

The villagers are used to this matter, and they will stare at the old man's family until the end of spring plowing.

"Emiang, why do I feel that those women dare not come over?" Zarafin was digging wild vegetables, and muttered to the queen.

"It's for sure, we don't live here all the time, we just come here once a year, and many people are talking about our identities." The queen didn't care at all.

At first, she often worried that someone would discover Yongzheng's identity. As time went by, the common people would not think about it at all. They were more thinking about how to increase production and make their family's life better.

Back with a whole basket of wild vegetables, Zarafin sat on a small bench and began to share wild vegetables, while the queen sat down for lunch, steamed rice and prepared stir-fried vegetables.

"Auntie, I see pork belly, let's make a pork belly." Zarafin looked at the pork belly and it was good.

"Well, this is yesterday morning, when someone in the village butchered a pig, Bayan specially bought a piece." The Queen nodded.

In the garden, the imperial chefs made Mao's braised pork according to Zarafin's instructions, so that Yongzheng would eat some occasionally. In the past, he didn't like this kind of meat at all.

"Okay! Is there a crock pot here?" Zarafin looked back and forth, hoping to see traces of the crock pot here.

The queen deliberately took out an earthen jar from the side, and Zarafin nodded with a smile.

Near noon, Zarafin took two rags and took the finished pork belly off the stove. The smell of pork belly was wafting in Zarafin's kitchen. Zarafen made more and asked him to wait in the courtyard. The children can eat some.

"Jiaojiao, hurry up and grab your things, I'm going to eat in the ground." The queen said directly.

Zarafin quickly responded, "Hurry up and go home, you're going to have lunch."

During spring plowing and autumn harvest, everyone's meals were excellent. The two of them packed their meals in big food boxes, and Zarafin went to the fields together with an earthen jar of pork belly.

Zarafin was holding the earthen jar, so he could only lower his head and start walking forward, not paying any attention to others, for fear of dropping the jar of meat.

"Jiaojiao, give me the things." Hongli looked at Zarafin's rosy face, and reached out to take the crock pot. It felt really heavy, and Zarafin took it from the courtyard. It's hard enough.

"Ah Hun," Zarafin felt a little more relaxed, and quickly took out his handkerchief to wipe off his sweat, it was quite hot all the way staring at the scorching sun.

"Jiaojiao, don't do this next time, even if you come over and call me." Hongli said, looking at Zarafin.

"Aren't you busy? I thought it would be good to bring it. Er Niang also brought such a heavy food box." Zarafin pushed Hongli and said.

Hongli sighed helplessly: "Er Niang is Er Niang, you are carrying such a heavy thing, if you fall it again, no one will eat it."

snort!
Zarafin walked to the front with a full face of displeasure. Yongzheng and the queen watched their interaction and waited for them with smiles.

"Hurry up and have lunch." Yongzheng Langsheng said.

Hongli put the earthen jar in the middle, and lifted the lid. The pork belly was still steaming, and the aroma wafted out. People nearby looked at it one after another.

"Let's keep some, and distribute the rest to other people. Remember to give more to the old couple." Yongzheng didn't get up, and directed Hongli to deliver things.

Hongli took Zarafen to send out the pork belly together, and several nearby families happily accepted it.

Everyone hopes to eat some meat during the spring plowing. The life of each of their families is still good, but there is no way to eat meat every day. They can only have meat for lunch on the busiest days.

(End of this chapter)