Beloved Concubine

At dinner, Su Xiaowan didn't bring food to Fang Yu's room.

The grandson said that he would not eat dinner, King De and Princess Wang ate very little, Yang Yan ate very little, only Princess Leping ate a little more, and all the food sent back to the kitchen left a lot.

Su Xiaowan looked at the leftovers that she had only eaten a few mouthfuls of, feeling a little disappointed and resentful towards Fang Yu.

But what she wants to think about now is not to hate Fang Yu, but how to get close to the grandson.

Although she cooks for the grandson every day, but the grandson is served by Luo Qing close by, and she doesn't even have a chance to serve tea.

Su Xiaowan usually leaves and returns home after dinner, but she didn't leave today.Her reason is: in case Taisun is hungry at night, she will wait a little longer.

As the sun set, Chen Xiao took out the melon seeds soaked in five-spice soup, spread them on a bamboo sieve to dry them, and then spread the marinated pork strips on a bamboo sieve to dry them one by one.

Concubine De had nothing to do, she watched Chen Xiao do these things, and asked her what to do after these things?
"After the melon seeds are dried, just fry them with salt. Dried pork is dried and then steamed in a pan, then air-dried or roasted. Then put it in a jar, and you can eat it whenever you want."

"Is this pork still raw?"

"Correct."

Princess De picked up a melon seed and tasted it.You can eat melon seeds raw, let alone boiled.

"Well, this melon seed is very tasty."

"It's more fragrant after frying."

Before, Chen Xiao introduced that it was cooked with "five spices". Princess De smiled and said:
"Can you disclose the recipe of your five spices?"

"It's very simple. Star anise, cinnamon, and cumin are the main ingredients in five spices. You can also add white cardamom, cloves, licorice, or pepper, and ginger. In short, you should not have too many spiced melon seeds, and it is best not to exceed five kinds. The types I mentioned above can be combined freely, as long as the main ingredients are star anise, cinnamon, and cumin."

"Oh, it seems that I have to learn about medicinal materials first." Princess De laughed.Because these condiments are medicinal materials.

The two chatted.Concubine De didn't have the airs of a princess, and Chen Xiao didn't grovel, and the two chatted normally.

Su Xiaowan stood not far away and watched. She wanted to join in and get closer to Princess De, but what could she and Princess De talk about?The best way to start is to ask Mrs. Chen some questions, and then chat with the princess, but she doesn't want to flatter Mrs. Chen.An ordinary woman doesn't deserve her to do this.

Chen Xiao spread the pork jerky, then stacked all the bamboo sieves together, and prepared to carry them to the empty room to dry.

"Can you lift it?" Princess De subconsciously reached out to help.

"It can be lifted." Chen Xiao easily carried a stack of bamboo sieves and walked towards an empty room in the small courtyard.

Concubine De laughed beside her and said, "I even forgot, you are a strong man."

At this time Fang Yu helped Taisun out of the room.After the sun went down, the courtyard was very cool, so Fang Yu helped his grandson out for a walk.

Seeing Mrs. Chen carrying such a big stack of bamboo sieves, Taisun said, "Aren't you going to help?"

Fang Yu said with a smile: "I am not as strong as her."

Luo Qing went over to help, but Chen Xiao said "no need", she kicked open the door and walked in with the bamboo sieve.

Fang Yu said: "Look, it's very easy for her."

Taisun smiled and shook his head: "You must know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade!"

Taisun is 22 years old, one year older than Fang Yu, but Fang Yu is very mature in all aspects, making people feel that he is older than Taisun.But no, they are the same age.

Fang Yu said: "It should be she who treats me with pity. You don't know, I am beaten by her every night so that I can't sleep well." Fang Yu said this in a low voice, and he only said it to his grandson.

Taisun laughed after hearing this.He understood that he couldn't sleep well, and thought it might have another meaning.

Fang Yu helped Taisun down the steps, and Chen Xiao also finished drying the bamboo sieve and walked out of the house.

Taisun said: "Let's go to Yang Yan's house to have a look."

So the two slowly walked into Yang Yan's room again.

Su Xiaowan looked at how close the grandson and Fang Yu were, and thought: Why do they get along so well?How can she get close to the grandson?

……

At night, Su Xiaowan left.Taisun didn't say he was hungry until he went to bed.

Chen Xiao and Fang Yu closed the door, turned off the lights and went to sleep.

Of course, he didn't really fall asleep, but went into the space to eat supper.

Fang Yu said: "Let's cook a bowl of noodles!"

Chen Xiao said "yes", and then took out a pack of dry dried noodles.

"Huh?" Fang Yu was referring to him kneading the dough to make noodles, but Chen Xiao took out the package?
"Hurry up and eat these, if you don't eat them again, you should throw them away." The vacuum-packed dry noodles that Chen Xiao bought before crossing have a shelf life of eighteen months. Although it has only been ten months (production date) now, she has bought a lot. So far, one percent has not been eaten.

"What is this?" Fang Yu picked it up and looked through it.

"Noodles! Isn't it written on it?"

The packaging is printed in simplified characters. Fang Yu read these characters, roughly like Chen Xiao read Japanese with Chinese characters, but it was better than reading Japanese, and he could guess more than half of the characters.

Chen Xiao said while turning on the fire to boil water.

Fang Yu said: "Can you teach me to know your characters?"

Before Chen Xiao took out the drug instructions, Fang Yu found out: They don't keep the formula secret, everything is clearly written.If you learn their characters, you can learn a lot from this little thing alone.

"You can't read?" Chen Xiao mocked.

"I don't know much about your writing." Fang Yu sincerely asked for advice.

"Well, I have graduated from elementary school for many years, and I don't know how to teach people how to read."

Although Chen Xiao sneered, he also thought about it seriously: How did he learn to read when he was a child?Start with Hanyu Pinyin?Or start from the radicals?
For an old student like Fang Yu who has a basic foundation, he should start directly by reading aloud and literacy, right?Just like her reading traditional Chinese characters, in fact, the more she listens and the more she reads, the better she will be.

Ask Chen Xiao to read it to Fang Yu, she doesn't have the patience.However, she thought of a way.

Before the water boiled, Chen Xiao went into the study and took out a tablet computer.After some operations, open this e-book, and click "Read aloud".

【Chapter 1, Astronomy.In ancient times, people regarded nature as mysterious, and believed that there was a supreme master in the whole universe, that is, Di or God. 】The tablet computer emits AI reading female voice.

Chen Xiao pointed to the tablet computer: "Did you see that, the color-changing text is the text that is being read aloud. You listen to it and compare it with each other. By listening to a few more books like this, you will basically be able to read."

Fang Yu took the tablet very curiously, and looked at the half-understood text on it.

Chen Xiao just pressed the pause button and said: "Press here to continue reading; press again to pause. Press this little fork to turn off the reading function. Click here, the word 'read aloud' to start reading aloud. "

Chen Xiao signaled once, and then clicked to let him continue listening.

[In ancient literature, Tian and Di are often synonymous.The ancients also believed that all kinds of natural phenomena have their hosts. People personified them and gave them certain names. It’s called Xihe, Yueyu is called Wangshu...]

Chen Xiao gave him a tablet computer just like dismissing a child, and then went to cook the noodles by himself.