Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 145 New Year's Eve 4.0

The New Year's Eve dinner is the most sumptuous meal throughout the year. The master chefs in the dining room and the new help cooks all showed their housekeeping skills. There are a lot of chicken, duck and fish, and there are many more tricks than usual.

"Tsk tsk tsk, look, look!" Song Qiyun knocked on the table in front of him, and whispered to Chen Jiu who was sitting next to him, "Our dining room can also cook some delicious food, as long as you put your heart into it, There is nothing that cannot be done.”

"It's New Year's Eve dinner, it's not easy to fool around!" Shen Jiu put the steamed fish on his small table on Shen Cha's table, "Sister, this is for you to eat."

"Okay, this is for you to eat!" Shen Cha put a roast chicken on his younger brother's table, and then began to tear apart the fish bones.Both Shen Jiu and Shen Haolin are the same, it's not that they don't like eating fish, it's just that they don't like picking fish bones.Just because he knew their problem, Shen Cha specially told Uncle Yan that the fish at the family banquet must buy the kind that has no fishbone but only one fishbone, so as not to accidentally get stuck in the throat by a fishbone.After removing the fish bones, Shen Cha carefully checked that there were no fish bones on the plate of fish, picked up chopsticks and put two pieces of fish meat into Shen Jiu's bowl, and then put two pieces into Shen Haolin's bowl. "There are no thorns, so eat with confidence!"

"Thank you tea!" Shen Haolin picked up the spoon and fed Shen Cha a spoonful of tofu soup, "Isn't it very southern?"

"Well, this taste is a bit familiar, I seem to have eaten it somewhere." Shen Cha blinked and waved at Jin Jing, "Brother Xiao Jing, try that tofu soup, shall we eat it in Wuma Town?" past this?"

"Let me try it!" Jin Jing put down the wine glass in her hand, picked up a spoon and took a sip, "Well, it seems, but...it feels a little less hot than the one in Wuma Town. The tofu we ate The soup is more tender, and the taste is smoother." Jin Jing took another bite, feeling the taste, "From the technique, it should be the same."

"Xiao Wu!" Shen Cha shouted at Ying Wu, "Go to the dining room, ask which chef made this tofu soup, and invite him to meet in Nuan Pavilion."

"Yes!" Ying Wu replied, put down the chopsticks in his hand, wiped the oil on his mouth with a handkerchief, and rushed out of the room quickly.

"What's wrong with the tofu soup?" Hearing Shen Cha's words, Yan Bo looked at her curiously, "The man who made the tofu soup was a young man in his twenties. He injured his right leg in the last battle before the truce. Okay, but walking is not very smooth, and it is impossible to go to the battlefield again. I was supposed to return to my hometown after the beginning of spring, but because of my craftsmanship, I was transferred to the dining room."

"Yan Bo, is his surname Qu?"

"It seems to be!" Yan Bo nodded, "What's the matter?"

"The master of the post house in Wuma Town is also surnamed Qu, a southerner. On the morning we came back, he made tofu soup for us for breakfast. The taste of Master Qu's tofu soup was very similar to this bowl. I was wondering if they were It's not related." Shen Cha looked at the young man who was brought in by Ying Wu with some inconvenient legs, and after he saluted, he asked, "What's your name? What's your relationship with Qu Dating?"

"General Hui, my name is Qu He, and Qu Dating is my cousin, and I joined the army because of him." Qu He looked at Shen Cha, "My cousin is not married, and he has no heirs. The one who has the closest relationship with him The person is me. Because he is injured and cannot stay in the army, so I came. But I did not see him in the army. I have been looking for him for a long time. General, where did you meet he?"

"Wuma Town." Shen Cha looked at this man named Qu He. She had a little impression of this man. He was still very hardworking on the battlefield, and he felt like he was dying. The injury this time was also because he rushed too far. He was caught in an ambush by the enemy army, if the brothers with him were not astute, blood would really be spilled on the battlefield.

"Wuma Town!" Qu He breathed a sigh of relief, "I always thought he was dead, but I didn't expect him to be alive, so I can rest assured, thank you General."

Shen Cha took a small purse from the side and put it in Qu He's hand, and said, "To celebrate the New Year today, be happy and don't be sad, otherwise the new year will not go well, why don't you feel unhappy? Put everything aside for the time being, there is nothing that cannot be resolved. If you want to see your cousin, you can apply to go to Wuma Town after the Chinese New Year, and this general will approve it."

"Since he's still alive, I don't have anything to worry about. Thank you General, thank you Lord." Qu He knelt on the ground, kowtowed again, and followed Ying Wu away with the small purse given by Shen Cha.

"When he mentioned his uncle, there was a hint of hatred on his face. It seems that his uncle was injured. It is very unwilling for him to replace this position." Shen Haolin stuffed a piece of roast chicken into Shen Cha's mouth , "He was desperate when he fought, and he probably really didn't care about his own life."

"I remember that he seems to have been selected as a scholar. If it hadn't been for his cousin's injury, he would have taken the second year's autumn examination." Shen Cha yawned and ate another spoonful of tofu soup. "So, it is understandable for him to hate Tang Shu. Originally, he wanted to take the imperial examination path, but unexpectedly... he was forced to abandon the literary and martial arts, and since then he has given up the imperial examination path. However, I am a little I can't figure it out, his family is not a military household, why..."

"His cousin went to Wuma Town, so there must be someone in his family to take his place." Shen Haolin sighed, "It can be regarded as his bad luck, but isn't it good now? Originally accepted If he is injured, he will be repatriated to his hometown, and even if he goes back, he will miss the scientific examination. Now that he stays in the army like this, maybe he can take over the class of those master masters in the future!"

"In two days, I'll ask Master Mo to talk to him and see what he thinks." Shen Cha tore a duck leg, intending to give it to Shen Jiu, but when she turned around, she found that her brother was gone. The wine was gone, and even Song Qiyun and Xia Jiu were gone. "Where did these boys go?"

"I'm looking for Xiaotian and Jin Jing!" Shen Haolin raised his jaw, "Today is Chinese New Year, if they want to drink, they can just drink it, and pretend we didn't see it."

"Understood." Shen Cha ate one duck leg by himself, and gave the other duck leg to Shen Haolin, "I didn't want to stop them, especially the two county princes, although it's even more worrying to drink away their worries. , but it’s also good to drink a little once in a while to let off steam.”

"As long as you don't make your master angry." Shen Haolin put his arm around Shen Cha's shoulders and whispered in her ear, "You two are really masters and apprentices, and your words are exactly the same. Your master said, if you really drink When they grow up, they start messing around, so throw them outside in the snow to sober up."

"Where there is a teacher, there must be an apprentice." Shen Cha put down his chopsticks, leaned on Shen Haolin's shoulder, looked at the few people who were punching opposite him, and looked at Qin Zheng and Yan Bo, who were deposited in the world of two people, " Brother, I really hope that every year in the future can be like this, everyone is here."

"That's for sure. Every year, we will celebrate the New Year together." Shen Haolin stroked Shen Cha's hair, "Don't you want to eat?"

"Well, I'm full." Shen Cha nodded, "I'll eat dumplings later!" She looked at the table of the three children and chuckled, "A child is a child, no matter how many things they can eat Gotta go down."

"They are still growing, so they will naturally eat more."

Shen Haolin beckoned to Meilin, and asked her to take away the untouched dishes on the tea table for herself and Shen, and send them lightly to the three children, and let Shadow and the guards share the rest.

Mei Lin was already used to Shen Haolin and Shen Cha's food intake. They ate very little at night, so it's better to give it to them than to waste it.So, she happily ran back and forth twice, clearing almost all the small tables in front of Shen Haolin and Shen Cha.

"What are you fussing about?" Xue Ruitian walked over with a jar of wine and sat beside Shen Cha, "Those two girls are crazy."

"I think so too." Shen Haolin looked at Jin Miaomiao and Hongye, who were filling bowls of wine one after another, and nodded in agreement, "I guess you and Xiaojing will have to work hard tonight, so take them back home." He glanced at Xue Ruitian who was slowly tasting the wine, "You...you can't stand them anymore, so why did you come here to find Qingjing?"

"No, those little ones are so noisy, I really can't take it anymore." Xue Ruitian put down his wine glass and picked up a plate of melon seeds, "I was thinking just now, I have been so busy this year that I don't have a single spare time Son, it’s really hard work to be able to breathe a little bit of relief today. But after thinking about it, if we don’t work hard, the people will suffer. So, for them not to suffer, let’s work hard!”

"Brother Xiaotian, are you still my brother Xiaotian?" Shen Cha squinted his eyes and looked at Xue Ruitian suspiciously, "Didn't you get possessed by something? Why did you suddenly become sentimental? It's not your style!"

"Don't say that, I just suddenly had such an insight." Xue Ruitian snorted, picked up the wine cup and took another sip, "It's rare for me to be emotional, you still say that about me, it really hurts me heart!"

"Xiao Tian!" Shen Haolin stepped over Shen Cha and patted Xue Ruitian's shoulder lightly, "Don't worry, it won't hurt your heart."

"why?"

"Because your skin is too thick!"

(End of this chapter)