The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Chapter 63 Wild Intentional Hot Pot
The wind stopped, the snow stopped.

The entire courtyard, front and back, and the eaves were covered with a thick layer of white snow.

The women who know that they are coming to work have already taken a dustpan and a broom, and are ready to sweep out the internal and external roads.

But I was told that according to the order of the second master, there is no need to sweep the snow in the courtyard.

The mothers-in-law are also happy, as a result, half of the work is lost.

But he didn't know what Second Master was going to do with the whole yard of snow.

Take a closer look, after a while, under the leadership of Miss Ping'er, a few maids were holding the stove, the pot, the shelf, and the dishes, and started playing in the middle of the yard.

The mothers-in-law all laughed: "Second Master is so elegant, why does he want to eat hot pot in the snow?"

Under Ping'er's skillful arrangement, two pots were soon set up in the snow, and the high-quality silver frost charcoal was also ignited.

With Xiangling's support, Jia Lian walked slowly to the middle, and Qingwen swiftly installed a stool for him to sit down.

Ping'er boiled a slice of mutton that the cooks had sliced ​​very thinly, dipped it in the sauce, and then served it to Jia Lian's mouth while it was still hot with the sauce bowl.

Jia Lian stuttered and nodded involuntarily, the taste was much better than he expected.

The hot pot of this era is naturally not as colorful and colorful as the ones of later generations, and Ping'er's dish is not the spicy dish he likes, but it is better than the original flavor, and the basic seasoning is complete.

Even his favorite coriander (cilantro) has it!
Therefore, we must not underestimate the pursuit of enjoying delicious food by the ancients who did not have mobile phones to play or read electronic novels.Eating hot pot in winter is already very common in this era.

Ping'er worried that Jia Lian's hand was injured, so he served Jia Lian to eat with his own hands.Qingwen saw that the silver "Mandarin Duck Pot" on Jia Lian's side was ready, so she ran to the copper pot on the other side, urging the maids to start playing with their own.

Although there are many people under Sister Feng's command, many of them are not from this courtyard.

There are only a dozen maids, mothers-in-law and young servants (under the main corner, used to watch the courtyard gate and pass messages) who are waiting for orders under their husband and wife, and most of them don't live in this courtyard.

So at this moment, in this white snow field, apart from Ping, Xiang, and Qing, there are actually only two or three servant girls such as Feng Er who are listening and waiting to order them around. The dishes and various dishes, the scene is still full of laughter and laughter, lively and fragrant.

Seeing that the basic things have been prepared and she is no longer needed here, Ping'er handed the bowls and chopsticks to Xiangling and asked Xiangling to serve her, while she said, "I'll go see if grandma is done with her work."

"Tell someone else to go. You've been busy for half a day, so you're not afraid to wait for you to come back. They've finished eating all the good things?" Jia Lian laughed.

He also thought of it by accident, and then asked Ping'er to arrange it.

This kind of internal affairs can only be arranged with ease by Ping'er, the "internal manager" next to Wang Xifeng. Qingwen can't do this, and Xiangling can't even do it.

Ping'er obeyed Jia Lian's order and called another little girl to go.

Jia Lian took the opportunity and quietly turned his head to tell Xiang Ling: "Go, put more of that chili powder..."

Xiangling was still hesitating, but Qingwen had already seen it, and hurriedly said: "Don't listen to him, the doctor said, he should avoid spicy things, so that the wound can heal quickly!"

While speaking, Qingwen had already run over, grabbed the bowl in Xiangling's hand, and volunteered: "I'll serve him."

Seeing that Qingwen didn't take his words seriously at all, Jia Lian stretched out her hand to grab her ear, so scared that Qingwen exclaimed: "Don't, don't, don't spill the bowl~!"

While they were making noise, they suddenly heard a soft voice from the gate of the courtyard: "Hey, it's so lively here."

When everyone looked up, it was Lin Daiyu who walked in.

She was wearing a cloak with dark patterns of big red orchids, and a cloak cap with a light yellow plush edge covering her head. She was clearly a small and thin body, but she seemed to be walking in style.

Behind her, wearing a tight padded jacket and trousers, Xueyan, who looked smaller than Daiyu, followed step by step.

"Miss Lin is here~"

The maids greeted each other one after another.

Jia Lian also got up and smiled, "It's such a cold day, how come sister Lin has time to come to my place?"

"Let's have nothing to do, just walk around."

Daiyu said casually and walked up to her, and took all the scene away at a glance, so she smiled at Jia Lian again: "Second brother Lian is very elegant."

"I didn't dare to call it elegant, but you can be called elegant when you come here. Please take a seat."

Jia Lian's compliment made Daiyu smile.

She had come here specially to see Jia Lian, to see how his injury was recovering.Seeing that he actually has the intention to do this in the courtyard now, it must be good.

Seeing that there were many dishes on the shelf, he laughed even more, shook his head and said: "I dare not enter into your gluttonous feast."

"Hehe." Jia Lian smiled, and sure enough, when talking to Daiyu and other cultural people, she felt different from the maids.

After helping Daiyu to sit down, she turned to Ping'er and said, "Go get some good wine."

"Second Master, Second Grandma ordered that when Second Master is recuperating, you can't give him wine." Ping'er persuaded him kindly.

Jia Lian then said: "If I was alone, I wouldn't embarrass you. Now that there are distinguished guests coming to the door, is it a little injury for me? It's not even possible to warm a glass of wine for the guests in this winter?"

Ping'er had no choice but to look at Daiyu, hoping that Daiyu could speak out to help persuade her.But Daiyu didn't look at them, as if she didn't hear their conversation, let alone help them persuade Jia Lian.

Ping'er had no choice but to go in to get wine.

Here Jia Lian sat down, and Daiyu said, "If I don't come today, you will not be able to get wine. How can you thank me?"

Jia Lian cupped his hands: "Sister Lin, Gao Yi, I will definitely treat you to three big bowls later, we will not rest until we are drunk."

Daiyu glanced at Jia Lian.At this time, the gauze on Jia Lian's face had been removed, revealing a shallow scar, which somewhat ruined the original handsome and flawless face, and felt a little distressed, so he didn't reply to Jia Lian, just snorted and ignored him.

With Daiyu around, Jia Lian was no longer like a rich landlord who let the maids take turns serving him to eat.

When the maids warmed up the wine, they were allowed to start it, and everyone had a lively meal together.

Seeing that Xueyan was still standing beside Daiyu, but her innocent eyes were already aimed at Qingwen and the others, she said to her, "You also go over to eat. When people are needed here, I will call you."

Xueyan was embarrassed, Qingwen and others also started to greet her, and she walked over slowly.

The maids are here with a big copper pot, regardless of meat or vegetables, they only cook all kinds of dishes into one pot, five or six maids sit or stand, form a group in the snow, talking and laughing, you argue I grabbed it, but it was very lively and interesting.

Daiyu drank a glass of wine, although it was just rice wine that Jia's house often ate, Jia Lian didn't dare to give Daiyu the shochu he brought from the south, but after drinking a glass of wine, Daiyu's face still turned red.

She looked at the presumptuous looks of the girls over there, and thought to herself, in the past half a month, she often heard people talking about Lian Ergege being a person who indulges in pleasure. This may be true, but Lian Erge My brother has no morals, those words must be caused by them spreading rumors.

According to her long-term view, Lian's second elder brother is a first-class person with a true temperament in the world, and he is definitely not the one who used his temperament to make people angry.

If not, how would these girls dare to release their instincts in front of him.

Suddenly, his eyes flickered, and then he heard: "I told you to eat meat, what are you thinking?"

Daiyu lowered her head, and saw that there was already a piece of very fatty pork belly in her bowl, and Daiyu frowned.

"I don't eat~!"

"How can you just be a vegetarian? Seeing that you are so thin, you eat more meat. As the saying goes, without meat makes one thinner. How can sister Lin not know this truth?"

Although Daiyu had only studied for a few years, she also knew that this was exactly what Mr. Dongpo said, so she immediately replied: "There is a saying that no bamboo makes people vulgar. How to say?"

How else can I put it, he and Sister Feng are both ordinary people.

But seeing Daiyu's expression of wanting to win or lose, Jia Lian laughed again: "Although I don't have bamboo, I have this."

As he said, he took a piece of bamboo shoot from the bottom of the pot and put it into Daiyu's bowl.

Daiyu's brows tightened even more, what is this?Reply to her by treating the bamboo shoots you eat as bamboo?
But Jia Lian laughed and said: "There is an old poem: no bamboo makes people vulgar, no meat makes people thin, not vulgar but not thin, braised pork with bamboo shoots!"

"???"

Daiyu's eyes widened, and those watery eyes seemed to be full of light, full of shock, as if she was still a little bit at a loss.

"Hahaha……"

Jia Lian smiled smugly.

"What are they talking about, the second master is smiling so happily?" The maids beside them also kept an eye on their movement.

"I don't know, I seem to have heard Erye say 'braised pork with bamboo shoots', what else..."

"Haha, you didn't listen to the truth. Let me tell you that what the second master said is not vulgar and not thin. It is braised pork with bamboo shoots. Hahaha, I laughed so hard. Let's eat some bamboo shoots and pork, too. Not a bad person."

Qingwen's voice was the most sharp and powerful, making Daiyu blush when she heard it.She looked down at the bamboo shoots in the bowl, and the piece of fat, and spat: "Bah, it's all nonsense."

　I looked it up, and it was said that chili was introduced into China in the Ming Dynasty.But the world of Dream of Red Mansions is a magical world, whether it is before the Ming Dynasty or in the first half of the Qing Dynasty, it is normal for things to appear in the book.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)