The Story of Dafujin Parenting in Qing Dynasty

Chapter 274 Birth 4
But after the fifth elder brother was born and raised by her side, he couldn't stay in the mansion. Every year He Zhuo would choose a princess to stay in the mansion, because everyone didn't want to.

So He Zhuo said that when he stayed in the mansion, he would take double monthly silver and ice.

You must know that Gege does not have ice, but it is not good to have ice. When the weather gets hot, the ice left is not enough.

As an encouragement, when returning to the mansion every year, 30 catties of charcoal will be distributed to Gege who stayed behind. You must know the example of Gege's charcoal: 5 catties in summer and 10 catties in winter.

This is equivalent to 3 months of charcoal consumption in winter.

But this left-behind is not only voluntary, but also comes in rotation every year.

In the 37th year of Kangxi, after the fifth elder brother was born, Ci Fujin asked for a small kitchen, and Yinti and Zhuo agreed. In the future, the copies of Fang Fujin will be directly sent to the small kitchen in "Osmanthus Garden".

Hezhuo's main courtyard naturally has a small kitchen, and the daily recipes are also delivered directly.

The dining room in the front yard is separate from the back yard, so the big kitchen in the back yard is responsible for the meals of Gege's concubines and servants.

Because "Zhi Lan Yuan" also has a small kitchen, which is responsible for the meals of Princesses.

"Fujin, this Zhuangzi also sent some red dates, dried longan, and some fresh white fungus, and also sent a slaughtered pig, which was sent directly to the big kitchen."

While fanning his little Ba Baozi, He Zhuo asked, "Do you have a lot of white fungus? If there are too many, let Shao Shao go to stew. Each master sent a bowl of white fungus and lotus seed soup. Didn't everyone pick some more yesterday?" Lotus seeds?"

"Yes." Bai Xia calculated, almost one bowl for each master, and there was still a little leftover.

Among them, the master He Zhuo talked about did not include Gege's concubine in the backyard, but only Yinti, He Zhuo, Cai Fujin, and all the children born to Yinti.

He Zhuo took a look, the red dates were of good quality, and the dried longan was thick and sweet.

"How much are the dried red dates and dried longan?"

He Zhuo looked up and asked Bai Xia.

"A total of 80 catties of red dates, and a total of 20 catties of dried longan."

"This longan meat nourishes qi and blood, soothes the nerves and calms the mind. This red date has always had the effect of nourishing yin and yang, and nourishing blood. Both of these are good things, and the quality delivered this time is still very good. How about it, everyone Brother sent a catty of red dates and half a catty of dried longan, and the Ge Ge of Zhilan Yuan also followed this order."

"Liu Gege is still young, um~" He Zhuo lowered his head and thought for a while, "Forget it, let's send it together, Liu Gege's share will be sent to Xi Fujin, after all, she is raising Liu Gege now."

"Bai Xia, help me figure it out, how many red dates and longan are left?"

"Report to Fujin, there are a total of 8 elder brothers and 6 gege in our family. After calculating, we took 14 catties of red dates and 7 catties of dried longan, and the remaining 66 catties of red dates and 13 catties of dried longan." Bai Xia blessed his body.

"Yeah, I got it. In addition, send half a catty of red dates and two taels of dried longan to each Gege in the backyard. Both Chao and Qian have children, so let's send half a catty of red dates to each of them.

On the other hand, Fujin sent it according to the weight of the little elder brother and Xiao Gege. The master left a catty of dried longan and a catty of dried red dates. How much is left? "

Bai Xianao turned around and said, "There are still 61 catties of red dates, and [-] catties of dried longan."

"There are still so many, um, so, take three catties of red dates and two catties of longan to the big kitchen for cooking. The small kitchen in the main courtyard is also arranged in the same way, and the small kitchen in the Zhilan courtyard is also arranged in the same way. Put two catties of red dates in the main courtyard and the remaining dried longan here."

"In addition, pack a catty of red dates for the big mother in the front yard, and say that I reward her, and each of the four big maids in the front yard packs 2 taels."

"In our yard, Mother Shao, Mother Shi, Bai Xia, Sumei, Su Lan, and Spring Equinox each pack half a catty of red dates. The rest of the red dates can be put in storage."

“这样我算算还有57斤7两红枣，另外这7两就给院子里的二等丫鬟分了吧，剩下的57斤咱们正院库房留17斤入库，其余的40斤拿到前院大嬷嬷那里去入库吧。”

"Bai Xia, ask the two little eunuchs to weigh these and put them in the warehouse. After weighing, Sumei will send it to the Gege concubines in the backyard, Zhou Fugui will send it to the elder brothers, and Sulan will send it to the Geges in the Zhilan Courtyard. There."

"Zhou Fugui, little Qiangzi, go get busy. I'm leaving, don't be greedy. I'll let Mother Shao cook a big pot of mung bean and lily soup, and put some ice in it. Everyone has a share."

"By the way, Li Gege in the mansion, don't forget, pick some fruits and send them together with the red dates. Sixth elder brother in the palace, I will send them later. By the way, pack a 5 catty red dates for Concubine Hui, Send them together."

He Zhuo waved his fan, made arrangements and left.

Hezhuo, as the heir of the king of Zhijun, Fujin, although the mansion will not treat people in the backyard badly in all seasons, but there are no high-end supplements, such as bird's nest and donkey-hide gelatin.

He Zhuosheng had many children, and they basically ate them all. There were very few leftovers, and even if there were leftovers, it was impossible to give them to the princesses in the backyard.

The supplements in Yinti's order will also be sent to He Zhuo. Usually, He Zhuo will also let Yin Ti eat a few cups of bird's nest every month. Bird's nest is suitable for both men and women.

The portion of bird's nests for the Fujin Nalan family is just enough for her own consumption. Although Concubine Hui occasionally gives some bird's nests to her niece, they are all white bird's nests, and because Nalan's family has not had children all year round, Concubine Hui always has some bird's nests. unsatisfied.

(End of this chapter)