The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Shuzi

Chapter 73
Shenjing City.

As the end of the year approaches, another heavy snow falls.

On the roof, on the treetops, there is snow falling like fluff everywhere, cold and clear, white and flawless...

In just one night, the entire Shenjing became a snow country on earth.

"Auspicious snow heralds a good year! But it snows too much, so it's not Ruixue..."

In Marquis Zhaowu's mansion, Jia Jing stood in front of the study window, looking at the snowflakes that were still falling outside, with a serious expression on his face.

"Master, an urgent letter from Liaodong!"

In the heavy snow, on Shuanzhu's arm, there was a white sea jellyfish with brown spots on its wings and back.

Haidongqing is two feet tall and has a huge body. On the goose-yellow strong claws, a small two-inch long bamboo tube is tied.

Jia Jing reached out, took out a small roll of paper from the bamboo tube, and spread it out on the table.

A few small characters written in black ink immediately caught Jia Jing's eyes:

"Duoyan's three guards have defected! It seems that the remnants of the deposed prince secretly instigated rebellion!"

After making Shuan Zhu retreat, Jia Jing threw the finished letter into the brazier in the room.

Looking at the note that gradually turned into ashes, Jia Jing sighed, "It's really troublesome!"

……

"What a beautiful bird!"

In the courtyard, as soon as Tanchun and Xichun entered the door, they were caught by Haidongqing on Shuanzhu's arm.

As the best of all eagles, Costin's handsomeness is unquestionable. In addition, Shuan Zhu's Costin is all white, which naturally attracts people's attention even more.

Xichun is already lively, but when she saw Hai Dongqing's handsome face, she felt that she couldn't love her!
Seeing that Xichun still wanted to step forward to take a closer look, Shuan Zhu hurriedly took two steps back, "Miss Si, this Haidongqing is very fierce, you can't get too close!"

Hearing what Shuan Zhu said, Xichun had no choice but to put away her thoughts of stepping forward to take a closer look.

"Oh, I almost forgot the business!"

Xichun suddenly remembered the purpose of her and Tanchun's coming here, "Third brother, everyone came here in the snow at your invitation, you are lucky to hide in the study and not come out!"

At this time, Jia Jing also suddenly remembered that she invited everyone to the Hou Mansion to enjoy the snow yesterday.

Dang even slapped his head, and rushed out from the study, "Oh, I almost forgot!"

Xichun gave Jia Jing a blank look, "Brother Jing, you don't care about being the host yourself, and you want us to find you..."

"Isn't this something that needs to be dealt with temporarily! It's just that I forgot the time for a while."

Seeing this, Tanchun said with concern: "Third Brother, you should pay more attention to the balance between work and rest!"

Hearing this, Xichun was also a little embarrassed, and said in a low voice, "Then if we come here, won't we delay the third brother's affairs?"

"What's in the way?" Jia Jing laughed, and said with a smile, "Okay, things are almost over here, hurry up! Brother San will bring you something fresh and interesting today!"

Immediately, Jia Jing ordered someone to move out Curry's oven and copper hot pot.

"What's new?"

With doubts, Xichun and Tanchun followed Jia Jing to the courtyard at the east end of the Hou Mansion.

In the east courtyard, Baochai, Yingchun, Tanchun and Baoyu are waiting for Jia Jing.

……

"Goooooooooooo..."

With the fiery red charcoal burning, the soup base in the copper pot boiled, and the rich aroma also rose.

On the grill next to it, the meat skewers that have just been sprinkled with spices such as cumin and chili are dripping fat on top of the charcoal.

The smell of hot pot and barbecue filled the small courtyard, making everyone swallow their mouths involuntarily.

"Don't even look at it, if you want to eat something, do it yourself!"

Jia Jing greeted the people standing aside, and at the same time distributed some of the prepared dipping sauce to each of them.

Seeing that Xichun next to him was already holding a few slices of mutton to put into the pot, he hurriedly pointed out: "Put the slices of meat in the pot and scald it, and it will be ready to eat immediately, be careful not to scald it too old!"

"Oh, third brother, it's not that I've never eaten antique soup, do I still need to teach me?"

Xichun gave Jia Jing a blank look, and pressed the sliced ​​meat on the chopsticks into the hot pot soup.

Afterwards, seeing that the meat on the chopsticks should be almost cooked, Xichun hurriedly lifted it out of the pot, blew it carefully a couple of times, lightly dipped it in the dipping sauce, and stuffed the sliced ​​meat directly into his mouth.

"Hey! It's really good!"

Xichun's eyes couldn't help but brighten up, "Everyone, come and taste it. The third brother's antique soup is indeed different from the ones I've eaten before! It's much more delicious than the ones I've eaten before!"

Hearing Xichun's words, Jia Baoyu didn't believe it, and said, "The taste is indeed attractive, but is this boiled meat and vegetables really that delicious? Could it be that you are bragging?!"

"Forget it if you don't believe me!" Xichun ignored him, and went to the side to pick up other meat with chopsticks.

Xue Baochai next to him also sat down, and after taking two bites, nodded, "The taste is indeed far better than the antique soup I have eaten in the past!"

Tasted it carefully again, "Brother Jing, what other spices did you add to this pot?"

Jia Jing kept flipping the meat skewers on the charcoal fire, and when she heard Xue Baochai's words, she said with a smile: "You and Brother Xue really deserve to be brothers and sisters, and your nose and mouth are all very smart!"

Tanchun also knew that when Aunt Xue's family came to Beijing, they met Jia Jing on the side of the road, so he laughed beside him and said, "Are their brothers and sisters willing to work hard on food?"

Hearing this, Xue Baochai smiled and pushed Tanchun, "Where is it so unbearable as you said, I just think the smell is very familiar!"

"It's a bit like the taste of the new dishes at the Cuiyun Tower when Brother Xue invited me and Qin Zhong to drink!"

Jia Baoyu added something beside him, and then stuffed another chopsticks of meat into his mouth...

Well, it’s so sweet!

"That's right, that's the taste!" Xue Baochai immediately remembered it as soon as Jia Baoyu reminded her.

Thinking about what Jia Jing said at the time, he got the spice by accident, so he asked curiously: "Could it be that this seasoning was passed on from Third Brother Jing?"

"In the past two years, I accidentally found some overseas seasoning seeds. They tasted very good, so I cultivated them and asked the tenants who are good at farming to try to plant some in the manor. I didn't expect that the income from selling them was not bad. !"

Jia Jing held a porcelain plate and put it on the table. There were more than ten skewers of grilled meat skewers on the plate, and said, "Try all of them. How does this skewer taste?"

Reaching out to take a skewer, Jia Jing also sat down, "I have enough food and clothing by myself, who wants to eat it, go and grill it by yourself, it's very interesting!"

He also told the maids who were waiting next to him: "The copper pot on the table next to you is reserved for you, and you don't need to take care of it here, so let's eat here together!"

"Thank you, Lord!"

All the maids saluted and thanked Jia Jing.

After a while, another "gurgling" copper pot appeared in the yard...

……

Over there, Baoyu, Baochai and others became interested for a while after hearing Jia Jing's words, and even Yingchun, who had always been quiet, was eager to try grilling two skewers.

As pampered as Jia Baoyu, he also rolled up his sleeves while talking about the gentleman far away from the kitchen, and then excitedly took a bunch of meat skewers and put them on the charcoal fire...

"..."

Although I lamented Jia Baoyu's understanding of "a gentleman far away from the kitchen", Jia Jing couldn't help but sigh with emotion when seeing the scene in front of him where all the staff were in motion. No matter in later generations or now, hot pot and barbecue are the best for group building dinners choose!

The entire yard was extremely lively for a while!

Everyone was eating happily, when suddenly Yuanyang, a servant girl next to Jiamu, came with a girl about the same age as Xichun.

Several people were all pleasantly surprised: "Sister Xiangyun is here!"

(End of this chapter)