Gourmet Red Chamber: A Chronicle of Baochai's Rebirth

Chapter 58 Brother and Sister
Besides, when the Xue family returned home, Lin Daiyu took Xue Baobao into the car and asked, "What are you and Sister Feng doing?"

She knew that Xue Baobao would never make such a big fuss just because Wang Xiluan rolled his eyes. She also saw Wang Xifeng whispering to Xue Baobao for a long time, so she got in touch.

Xue Baobao didn't hide anything from her. He told her the cause and effect, and said with a lazy smile, "That Wang Xiluan doesn't know a single big character, but his nose is turned up to the sky. He still wants to marry the eldest brother, what a dream!"

Lin Daiyu glanced at her with a complicated expression, then lowered her head hurriedly, for fear that she would see something wrong, and then talked about her going to Xue's house to pay New Year's greetings tomorrow.

Xue Baobao just thought that she was not interested in such things, so he just kept talking about what she said and didn't mention anything about tomorrow.

After returning to Xue's house, Xue Baobao told Yu Xin what happened today by giving him snacks.

Yu Xin glared at her, "What are you doing with your little moral skills? Who am I, Xue Zhijian, who can rob a woman whenever I want?"

Next time you encounter something like this, don't interfere randomly, I will solve it naturally, and I promise not to find a messy sister-in-law to make you angry! "

Xue Baobao knew that this would be the result. He curled his lips and took out a plate of peaches from the space to wash.

Yu Xin grabbed it and said, "It's so cold, why are you washing peaches? Your ladylike hands are going to get frostbite?"

"There is an earth dragon".

"It won't work even if there is an earth dragon. It's not like the hot water can be released here like before. I'll go wash it."

Yu Xin went to wash the peaches, and he and Xue Baobao ate the peaches one by one, and said angrily, "Those two women from the Wang family are from a merchant family, who are you scolding!"

Give me your account book later, and I'll ask a brother to ask for the account in person to see if she dares not to pay it back! "

Xue Baobao shook his head, "Forget it, we are all relatives, don't make it too embarrassing, my wife will definitely be unhappy."

Yu Xin didn't say anything, just eating the peach. After finishing the peach, he suddenly said, "Baby, we are leaving tomorrow. If you can really get the penicillin out, I will ask the emperor to give you the title of princess, and no one will do it." I dare to bully you."

Xue Baobao, "...Strictly speaking, today Wang Xiluan just curled her lips to show disdain. Later, I pressed her and rubbed her. Later, you also fucked her. Two of them bullied her."

Yu Xin laughed at what she said, and stretched out his hand to push her forehead, "After all these years, I still feel unaccustomed and uncomfortable here. I think you are adapting well."

Xue Baobao nodded proudly, "That's necessary. As long as a foodie has something to eat, it will take root and sprout and bloom wherever it is thrown."

“Originally, I was planning to set off again when the flowers bloom in spring, so that you would be more comfortable, but spring started early this year, and now the weather has warmed up.

If you hit the road early, you can walk slower on the road, which is actually better.

Anyway, I don’t like the messy relationship and red tape here, so I might as well leave.”

Xue Baobao hurriedly shook his head, "No, no, no."

Yu Xin narrowed his eyes, "You dare to say no? Xue Erpang, you have become brave!"

Xue Baobao, "..."

If you dare to attack me personally again, she will fall out!

Yu Xin, "How dare you glare at me and ask me to get the Xiuchun Dao?"

Xue Baobao suddenly lost his arrogance and smiled apologetically, "No, no, I just said that we should wait until at least the day after tomorrow before setting off. I have made an appointment with Sister Lin tomorrow, so I can't break my promise!"

Yu Xin threatened and touched the place where the embroidered spring knife hung on his waist, "How about I take the embroidered spring knife to deal with your sister Lin? This will save you from forgetting about your brother when you have a sister!"

Xue Baobao, "..."

Xue Zhijian, you’ve had enough!
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Yu Xin finally gave in and allowed Xue Baobao to meet Lin Daiyu in the third year of junior high school.

Early in the morning on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the Xue Mansion was brightly lit and bustling with people. Everyone in the Mansion was busy sending Yu Xin and Xue Baobao back to Jinling to worship their ancestors.

One carriage after another came out and headed outside the city gate.

However, Yu Xin took Xue Baobao out of the back door on horseback. About two hours later, the two of them arrived in front of a very inconspicuous small village on the outskirts of Beijing.

Yu Xin dismounted first, turned around to help Xue Baobao, and said with a smile, "The people living here are all the people I have trained over the years. Let me introduce you to them first."

Yu Xin said he was showing her off, but he really was asking her to sit behind a screen and watch him talk to those people one by one, making sure that she could recognize everyone without shouting. One can see her.

By the time Yu Xin had finished handling the affairs, Xue Baobao had almost recognized the person. It was almost noon, and Xue Baobao insisted on making lunch for Yu Xin himself.

Yu Xin went out for a walk, but only brought back a few pieces of tofu and a small piece of meat. He said with a smile, "Suddenly I want to eat Mapo Tofu Don with rice."

Xue Baobao knew that he didn't want to cause more trouble, so he didn't say much, took the tofu and soaked it in boiling salt water.

Then I asked Yu Xin to watch from the side and ensure that the water temperature is around [-] degrees. This can ensure the tender and smooth texture of the tofu, effectively remove the gypsum smell and beany smell of the tofu, and make it angular during the firing process. Not fragile.

Yu Xin complained, "There is no thermometer or thermostat. How can I ensure that it is always at [-] degrees?"

Xue Baobao smiled while steaming rice, "On TV, martial arts masters can use their internal strength to roast sweet potatoes. Why can't you use your internal strength to maintain the temperature of the water?"

Yu Xin, "..."

It’s hard to get past the idea of ​​a martial arts master, right?
Xue Baobao steamed the rice and took out the beef knife to chop the meat.

To make Mapo Tofu delicious, one thing that is very important is that after mincing the meat finely, you must first pour it into the oil pan and stir-fry until it is crispy and fragrant, then add other seasonings and tofu and stir-fry.

Xue Baobao moves very quickly. When the rice is steamed, the mapo tofu comes out of the pot just in time, and is poured into the steamed rice with a thin layer of rice. It is so fragrant that saliva is secreted from the mouth.

Yu Xin couldn't wait to take it to the living room to eat. He couldn't wait to scoop a spoonful of rice drizzled with tofu into his mouth. The numb, spicy, hot, crispy and tender texture hit his taste buds. It was so delicious that he almost wanted to cry.

Yu Xin swallowed the rice in one gulp and said aggrievedly, "When I was eating the yamen box lunch at Zhenfusi, I thought about this taste every day.

Thinking about the insulated lunch box you prepared for me at that time, it was like living a fairy life! "

Xue Baobao rolled his eyes at him, took out a few sweet oranges from the space and squeezed orange juice for him, "If you didn't tell me earlier, wouldn't it be easy to eat that?

Even if we don't have as good thermal insulation equipment as later generations, it's not difficult to keep warm, without your stuttering? "

"It's too eye-catching. I'm not as delicious as you, so forget it."

Baby Xue just wanted to smash his dog's head with an orange!
Although Mapo Tofu Rice Bowl is simple, it is better than serving rice. After eating his own portion, Yu Xin felt that it was not enough, so he took another half bowl from Xue Baobao, drank it with orange juice, and was satisfied.

After the brother and sister had eaten and drank, Yu Xin stood up proudly and waved his hand, "Let's go, let me show you the country I have conquered!"

Yu Xin said as he touched the bottom of the pot. The stove slid silently, revealing a one meter square pit.

Xue Baobao, "..."

So my brother has been with her for a long time, and his thinking has begun to develop into a foodie, so he built the secret room under the stove?
Yu Xin took Xue Baobao down the pit—well, down the secret passage. After walking for nearly a mile, it suddenly became clear that a large basement appeared in front of him.Yu Xin rushed forward like a chicken, and opened the boxes scattered everywhere in the basement one by one. The faint light of the pearl and jade gradually lit up like a firefly, and was refracted and intensified by the boxes of gold and silver ingots. , dazzled Xue Baobao.

Xue Baobao couldn't help but ask from his soul, "Brother, how much money have you embezzled in the past few years?"

Yu Xin glared at her unhappily, "What is corruption? The person who gave me these things was crying and begging, for fear that I wouldn't accept them!"
The value I create for them is definitely more than these things!This is the foundation of happiness for me: helping others! "

Xue Baobao, "..."

You, a person who collects bribes so that the whole capital knows what you like, how on earth do you have the courage to say this?
“Furthermore, I am also somewhat privately owned. Money begets money, so naturally the more I accumulate, the more I accumulate.

Originally, most of the money hidden here was banknotes. Later, when I heard that you had room, I asked people to exchange most of them into gold and silver. The banks of this era are not as good as the bank insurance of later generations."

As he spoke, Yu Xin accurately found a small lacquered wooden box from a pile of boxes and cages and opened it. Inside was a pair of red gold nine-turn exquisite bracelets with beaded rings.

He took out the bracelets, put them on Xue Baobao with his own hands, and said to Xue Baobao, "I have stamped my personal seal on these bracelets. They can be used as tokens to mobilize Jin Yiwei's manpower and resources."

Then he pointed to the bead in the middle and said, "If you press this bead, a poisonous needle will shoot out. It can be used three times in a row. After three times, the poisonous needle must be repositioned."

Xue Baobao opened his eyes wide in surprise and shook the exquisite bracelet in his hand, "This is a good thing!"

Yu Xin snapped his fingers proudly, "That's not true. At that time, someone came to me with this pair of bracelets to ask me to do something. I immediately thought of our baby, and it took a lot of effort to help them get the thing done. !”

Xue Baobao immediately praised the venue for free and sweet-talked him, "Brother is the best! Thank you, brother!"

I even made mapo tofu rice bowl for my brother in the evening!No, make mapo tofu claypot rice! "

Yu Xin was even more proud. He stretched out his hand and pinched Xue Baobao's face that still had baby fat. "You can have mapo tofu clay pot rice, but you don't need to thank me. Isn't the money that my brother earns just for our baby?"

Xue Baobao blinked, "Then can I give one to Sister Lin? It would be a waste to wear two."

Yu Xin, "..."

I feel that my unique position in my sister's heart has been greatly threatened!
Xue Baobao put on the nine-turn exquisite bracelet with satisfaction, collected Yu Xin's private money one by one into the space, and continued on his way with Yu Xin.

In the evening, they arrived at a villa built at the foot of the mountain. As soon as they entered the gate of the villa, Xue Baobao smelled a faint medicinal smell in the air, which was very pleasant.

Without waiting for Yu Xin to put down the baggage, he pulled her and ran towards the back garden. The closer she ran, the more obvious the delicate fragrance of herbs became.

Sure enough, the entire back garden was planted not with flowers, plants and trees, but with a variety of medicinal herbs, all of which were very rare and of excellent quality!

Xue Baobao rushed forward in disbelief and looked at each plant one by one.

Well, this ginseng plant must be hundreds of years old, this Polygonum multiflorum plant should be over a hundred years old, and this Zizhi tree...

Xue Baobao looked at each plant. The more he looked, the more surprised he became. The more he looked, the more he couldn't believe it. "Brother——"

Yu Xin's handsome face, which he always wore on weekdays, had long been smiling so hard that when he saw Xue Baobao turning around, he coughed hurriedly, trying to maintain his cold-faced cool brother persona, "Well, you read that right, absolutely. They are not artificially cultivated, they are all natural and pollution-free.”

Xue Baobao was so happy that he rushed forward and hugged his neck, jumping around him, "Brother, brother! You are so awesome! Where did you find all these good things!"

Yu Xin coughed again and tried to press down the raised corners of his lips, "Of course your brother is great, but he mainly enjoys the benefits of the times.

If we were in modern times, we would definitely not find such purely natural and aged things. Even if there were, they would have been destroyed by man and it would not be our turn.

There are only live things here. There are also prepared medicinal materials in Zhuangzi. There are more. I will show you.

Originally, I was worried that it would be difficult to preserve after a long time, but now it is just right."

There’s more to come!

Xue Baobao was so excited that he put a monkey on Yu Xin's back and patted his shoulder hard, "Take me to see it! Take me to see it!"

"How old a girl is, what does she look like!"

Yu Xin complained dissatisfiedly, but the curvature of the corners of his mouth became brighter. He bent his arms backwards, supported Xue Baobao's legs, and lifted her up.

"Hey, what's touching me?"

"It's a knife-edge. Why are you, a martial arts master, so squeamish and afraid of chromium?"

Yu Xin, "..."

By the way, sister, as a girl, can't you change your habit of carrying a kitchen knife with you?
I have the nerve to call him squeamish!
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Because the medicinal materials that Yu Xin had searched for over the years were too large in quantity and too precious, Xue Baobao very carefully classified and stored them one by one, and carefully put them into the space.

In the patch of herbs in the back garden, except for those that are not suitable for the climate here and difficult to grow and survive, Xue Baobao took the space and kept the others here.

Time in space is static. She sent them in, depriving them of life in another form.

It took her two days to finally sort out everything, and then she and Yu Xin were on their way again.

Although he was in a hurry, Yu Xin was not in a hurry at all. He chose places with beautiful scenery and took detours to take Xue Baobao to enjoy the mountains and rivers.

When encountering the bustling and unique market towns, everyone is overwhelmed, and then the shopping mode begins.

Xue Baobao's space has almost become a super large department store, with everything in it, including hundreds of sets of her clothes.

Xue Baobao asked Yu Xin, "Aren't you going to be promoted to Commander of the Imperial Guards in the next year? Aren't you afraid that your subordinates will ignore you after you have been away for a long time?"

Yu Xin raised his eyebrows, "Do you look at me like you're afraid?"

Xue Baobao, "..."

Well, it doesn't look like it to you.

Although, she didn't know what he had to rely on, but she didn't understand these things, so she could only change the question.

"Aren't you on an errand under the Holy Order? Are you not delaying the errand?"

Yu Xin said plausibly, "I'm leaving early!"

Xue Baobao, "..."

Yu Xin stretched out his hand to pinch her cheek and said with a smile, "Okay, don't worry, I know what's going on, so you don't have to worry about it."

Well, the baby's face feels so good, you will definitely become addicted once you twist it!
Xue Baobao patted his hand hard, "Hey, just twist it, why don't you let it go?"

(End of this chapter)