Game of Thrones: Kings in the North

Chapter 128 Tofu, Wolf Dream and the Skinchanger

Grinding tofu requires constant turning of the millstone by hand, which then becomes physical work.

Domilik, the heir of the Dreadfort, said: "Coach Rodrik always talks to me, and you need to exercise your arm strength frequently. The grinding mill is a good opportunity to exercise. Lord Ed, leave it to me!"

Domeric started turning the millstone, while Theon, Robb, and Jon booed.

After a while, Domeric was tired, and Ed's adopted son, illegitimate son and his own son took turns to go up to the mill.

The direwolf is sunny and nocturnal, playing on the sidelines.

As Catelyn and the children watched, the beans were all ground into soy milk, Arya fetched the bucket, and Robb and Domeric filled the bucket with the soy milk.

Ed ordered the servants to take it to the kitchen, pour it into a pot and boil it with water. After boiling, Ed waited for the soy milk to cool slightly, and then brought a cloth bag for filtering tofu. Press the cloth bag to squeeze out the soymilk, and what remains in the bag is all bean dregs.

Next, Ed directed the children to put the soy milk into the cauldron. Arya and Sansa turned on the fire and boiled it again. Robb and Jon kept stirring the pot with wooden spoons. A layer of bean skin, ordered Osha to fish out the bean skin.

At this time, Ed took out the brine, poured the brine several times, put the bean curd in the pot, and Ed personally put the bean curd into the mold with a colander, and the mold was covered with a layer of wet tofu cloth.Ed carefully covered the cloth with the lid, and ordered the servant to press some wood on it.

In the evening, in the hall, Ed's children, Caitlin and Mrs. Ballet, drank soy milk and ate tofu together. Everyone praised the deliciousness of soy milk and tofu, even Mrs. Ballet, who was always strict.

"Master Ed, where did you learn this? After decades of eating beans, I didn't expect that there are so many ways to eat beans. How much delicious food do you have?"

Ed smiled and said, "Mrs. Ballet, as long as you live in Winterfell, you can eat delicious food every day."

Bran, Arya, and Sansa love soy milk, Theon and Domeric prefer tofu, and Jon feeds Arya tofu.Everyone talked and laughed.

Mrs. Ballerina took a sip of soy milk, "It must be a woman who taught you how to grind tofu, can't it be Jon Snow's mother?"

The laughter stopped instantly, time seemed to freeze, the smile on Caitlin's face froze, and Jon bowed his head in silence.Fei Lan, who was sitting next to Mrs. Ballet, hurriedly said to Mrs. Ballet: "Don't talk nonsense!"

Mrs. Ballet laughed and said, "I may be drunk, so I talk nonsense. Ferran, let's go for a walk!"

Phelan left with Mrs. Ballerina, and Caitlin seemed to be full of anger.

That night, Caitlin and Ed returned to the bedroom, and as soon as the door was closed, Caitlin said, "Ed, is it really Jon Snow's mother who taught you how to grind tofu? It must be Miss Ashara Dayne, Is it her?"

Ed took Caitlin's hand, "Don't think about it."

Caitlin looked annoyed, "Bean sprouts, tofu, soy milk, are they all Dorne's delicacies? Anyway, I haven't eaten them in Riverrun or Winterfell, so you must have been taught by Ashara Dayne."

Ed comforted: "How could this be Dorne cuisine? Dorne cuisine is mainly spicy, and dragon pepper and snake venom are the characteristics of Dorne cuisine. Bean cuisine has nothing to do with Dorne, and it has nothing to do with Miss Ashara. Nothing. Ashara died years ago, and she had nothing to do with Jon."

"Then who is Jon Snow's mother?" Caitlin became even more angry, "Ed, it's common for nobles to have illegitimate children outside. I can understand, but you shouldn't leave your illegitimate child in the halls of Winterfell."

"Jon Snow practiced swordsmanship with Robb, and was taught by Ser Rodrik; this bastard is also my son, and my daughter is studying with Maester Luwin. Whose bastard has this treatment? You must Your illegitimate son, inheriting Winterfell?"

This is Caitlin's heart disease. She targets Jon everywhere because she is worried that her child's inheritance rights will be taken away by Jon.

If Catelyn knew that Jon was the son of Lyanna and Prince Rhaegar, she would not have such worries.Ed can't tell Caitlin the truth, but he can help Caitlin and untie the knot.

"Catelyn, Jon is my illegitimate son. In the name of the old and new gods, I assure you that illegitimate children have no inheritance rights. The future of Winterfell belongs to Robb, whether it is Robb, Bran, little Rickon, San Sha and Arya, both ahead of him."

Caitlin's frown slowly relaxed, and a smile crept up the corner of her mouth, "Really?"

"Of course it's true." Ed put his arms around Caitlin's waist and said gently, "Jon and Robb are half brothers, Jon is not a Stark, but he is a child of Winterfell , he will try his best to assist Robb in the future, you should be happy."

Caitlin proudly said, "I knew that bastard was no threat to Robb."

"I don't expect you to be nice to Jon, but please don't be against him." Ed stroked Caitlin's red hair, "Promise me."

In the warm bedroom, Ed quickly fell asleep.

Ed found himself in a dream, transformed into a direwolf, walking the courtyards of Winterfell.

Turning into a direwolf, its sense of smell is extremely sensitive. He smelled the smell from the kitchen window, which belonged to lemon cake, cheese, beef and blueberry wine. It smelled the horse dung from the stable. , the smell of sweat from the stable boy Hodor, the smell of sulfur, saltpetre and cinnabar stone wafting from the alchemist's laboratory.

Without the beautiful she-wolf by her side, the direwolf started running wildly, rushing towards the godswood.

The godswood smelled of earth, rotting leaves, algae, and humus, and it saw the weirwood heart carved with ghastly faces, and the men and women meeting under it.

A lady was hugging a red-haired man for kisses, and the direwolf saw that the red-haired man's face was covered with freckles, and his leather armor had the emblem of an archer.

The lady wore a pale red dress and a woolen cloak with the crossed battle axes and rusted crown of the Dustin family.

The red-haired man kissed the lady, their faces and necks flushed.

"Come back to the barren village with me!"

The red-haired man looked terrified, "Go back to Huangzhongtun? What will the Dustin family think of me?"

"Of course they will curse you." The lady smiled, "Deron Dustin, Paul Dustin, thought I would never get married in this life, they have been planning the inheritance of Huangzhongtun for many years Now, if you appear in Huangzhongtun, they will curse and even plot to kill you!"

"If you're afraid, you won't get me."

The red-haired man saw the direwolf, "Why did Ye Xing come here?"

"Forget about the direwolf, come and love me!"

The direwolf was licking the sap and spinning around. Ed woke up in the bedroom with the salty taste of the sap in his mouth.

The wolf dream was so vivid, Ed smiled.

At this moment, he began to take the first step to become a skinchanger.

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