I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 95: Friendship among Farmers

It is different from other families, where they have full-month or hundred-day celebrations for their baby. When the baby is just born, they just come over to give gifts and then leave, and then wait until the baby is one month or a hundred days old to come back for a drink.

But this rule obviously did not apply to Prince Ding's Mansion, which specially invited court officials and dignitaries who came to congratulate to have a big meal, and when everyone was leaving, it notified those who came today to attend the full moon banquet and the hundred-day banquet.

Of course, Prince Ding's Mansion definitely did not want to take the opportunity to receive two more gifts, they were just simply happy and wanted to hold two more banquets. As for whether others would come or not, and whether they would give gifts or not, Li Chengzong really didn't care.

After seeing off the officials and dignitaries who came to congratulate, the farmers under the name of the palace came the next day.

The farmers who usually have loud voices now speak in a soft voice. If someone speaks loudly, they will immediately attract disgusted looks from others.

The young prince and the young princess are sleeping. If you disturb them and make them cry non-stop, wouldn’t you be unintentionally doing bad things?

The palace is very big. No matter how loud one's voice is, as long as one does not use true energy, the sound will not make much noise after it travels five hundred meters. Therefore, Li Chengzong would rather regard this behavior as a kind of respect for the palace than as a kind of fear.

The oldest man in Zhuangzi was sitting on a chair in the living room of the palace, with a basket of eggs at his feet. The eggs were dyed very evenly with red paint, and one could tell at a glance that they were dyed with great care.

There were already some egg shells in front of Qin Yu and Si Lili, and it seemed that they had already eaten several.

"The eggs from our farm are very juicy. When you bite them open, the yolks are like gold. The ones from Kyoto are not tasty. The yolks are white. The prince bought some a few days ago, but he couldn't eat them."

Si Lili is good at winning people's hearts. She smiled and talked about everyday things with several elderly people in the village. Farmers like to hear that their products are better than others. When they heard what Si Lili said, they smiled with their mouths open.

"Princess, you are too kind. The chickens on our farm are all raised on meat such as insects. They are not comparable to the chickens in Kyoto City who are fed one day and starved the next. Your Highness has added a child to our mansion this time, which is a great joy. Farmers don't have much good stuff, so we gave you a basket of eggs to nourish your body so that you can raise the little prince and princess strong. We in our farm hope that the palace will last forever, and we farmers can also enjoy a few days of good life."

Except for Li Moyu, all the people who came to congratulate today were ordinary people. In addition to the several farms under the name of the palace, there were also farms next to the palace. They were also indebted to the palace. Anyway, they paid less taxes than in previous years and were never troubled. Therefore, a lot of people came today, six or seven hundred people early in the morning. Most of them had been arranged to go to the restaurant, and only some elderly people stayed in the palace as representatives.

Li Chengzong had practiced martial arts. He walked into the living room and greeted these elderly people. Since they were sitting in the living room, they were elders and guests of congratulations, and they could not be treated with disrespect. Although the gifts were not expensive, the feelings were profound.

"Old Song, the dishes delivered yesterday were good. Everyone who ate them said they were delicious. The eggs delivered today were also quite large. They all looked the same size, which is rare. You didn't pick them one by one, did you?"

Li Chengzong took one out of the basket, cracked it on the table, peeled off the eggshell, took a bite, and nodded. He had to say that the eggs produced on their farm were indeed delicious, with a much stronger egg flavor.

Old Song smiled even happier: "Your Highness, the vegetables delivered yesterday were grown by Old Jintou from the farm next door. He is a good hand at growing vegetables, but not so good at raising livestock. If you like the vegetables he grows, I will ask him to supply them exclusively to our palace when I go back, and don't send them to the Vegetable Inspection Bureau anymore."

"The old golden head you are talking about is Li Moyu's father-in-law?"

"Yes, that's him. But Your Majesty, you eat delicacies from land and sea every day, do you also like to eat the vegetables we grow ourselves?" "Look at what you said. Eating a lot of fish and meat all day long can easily damage the spleen and stomach. I just look forward to the porridge and small dishes on our farm. It's so comfortable to eat them. Recently, there have been banquets every day. Now I feel sick when I see wine and meat."

Li Chengzong was obviously bragging, but the villagers in Zhuangzi liked such nonsense. In their opinion, the prince was born to live a life of debauchery, eating delicacies from land and sea every day, and having a group of wives and concubines to serve him.

After chatting with Old Man Song for a while, many farmers came to the palace to congratulate. Fortunately, he met a few merchants who wanted to sneak in. They were chased out with stern faces without the people in the palace even saying anything. The little prince and princess were born, so why did the merchants come to join in the fun?

As soon as these words came out, several merchants' faces were full of black lines. They seemed to be famous merchants in Kyoto Prefecture, but even so, they did not dare to fight with these farmers. What kind of place is Dingwang Mansion? To put it bluntly, even a dog in the palace has a higher status than them, not to mention that these people are farmers in the manor under the palace, and the farmers in the manor of the palace are almost all orphans of the Blood Clothes Army. If they dare to scold them today, they will probably be retaliated by Dingwang Mansion without waiting until tomorrow.

The gifts brought by the farmers were flowery steamed buns, eggs, bacon, live chickens and the like. The wealthier families could look down on others by bringing a sheep.

Although the gifts were not expensive, the smiles were sincere. Li Chengzong never had too many such gifts. When he saw something delicious, he would eat some immediately and praise the gifts, which made the farmers laugh.

It was almost noon and almost everyone who could come had arrived, but Li Chengzong still left some people behind to receive the guests. Then he carried his daughter who had just woken up and led the whole family to the restaurant to entertain the farmers.

Zhao Huai'en was a considerate butler. Knowing that the farmers would come to congratulate him today, he prepared return gifts early. He brought baskets filled with various snacks and candied fruits for the farmers, and told them to take them back home and let their children taste them.

Li Chengzong estimated that by the time the children in the farm could eat the snacks, the snacks and candied fruits would be about to go bad, otherwise they would not be able to eat them.

He came with full hands, and left with full bags. As long as there were farmers, there would be food. He repeatedly told the villagers to come and drink when the little prince and princess turned 100 days old, and the whole family must come, not one person should be left out.

Looking at the sincere smiles on the farmers' faces, the happiness in his heart also spread throughout his body. Although he has now become a member of the big family of feudal society, at least the people he exploited are still living a happy life, aren't they?

There were too many people coming and the main restaurant could not accommodate them all, so Li Chengzong went back and forth between several restaurants. After seeing off the farmers, it was already evening when he returned to the palace.

At this time, Si Lili was holding her baby and feeding him, while Qin Yu was holding her grandson and coaxing him to sleep beside her. When she saw Li Chengzong coming in, she simply took her grandson away.

Si Lili has become much more bold after giving birth. Before, if you wanted to see her breasts in broad daylight, you had to put in a lot of effort, but now she can breastfeed in front of him without any shyness.

Other women would have milk two or three days after giving birth, but Si Lili was different. She had milk right after giving birth, and it was plenty. As long as Li Chengzong didn't cheat on her, there would be no problem for her to breastfeed two children. So she stubbornly refused the suggestion of hiring a wet nurse.

Qin Yu did not force it. After all, she had fed Li Chengzong alone back then, and she didn't like finding an unrelated person to feed her grandchildren.

The room was filled with the sweet smell of milk. After Si Lili finished feeding her little daughter, Li Chengzong immediately held her in his arms, with only his little daughter in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)