Gourmet Red Chamber: A Chronicle of Baochai's Rebirth

When he was on the road again the next day, Xue Baobao stopped riding in Baozhuang's red-manufactured car and rode horses with Yu Xin.

Yu Xin, under the banner of exploring the road, took Xue Baobao and left everyone behind at a distance. The two brothers and sisters were enjoying themselves horse racing or gossiping.

At nightfall the next day, the group arrived at Taizhou Mansion and packed up and rested that night.

Early in the morning on the third day, Xue Baobao got up and dragged Yu Xin with him to visit the local seafood market.

When you see seafood, of course you have to buy it and then hide it!

Because she was afraid that Baozhuang and others would become suspicious, her space had not received any new products for a long time!

Xue Baobao bought a large bucket of fresh seafood, pretending that he had no idea where to start, and asked two local chefs to prepare and teach them. Together they made a large pot of seafood porridge, which was extremely satisfying.

Baozhuang and others had never seen the sea. After breakfast, they went out to see the sea. Xue Baobao stayed in the temporary house to cook the big bucket of seafood.

She continued to pretend to learn from the local chefs, showing that she had zero basic knowledge but was making rapid progress.

Yu Xin is a hard-working migrant worker. Although he really wants to stay in the house and watch Xue Baobao cook, he still works hard to protect Baozhu and watch the sea.

The safety of Baozhuang is the only and most important task of his trip.

Baozhuang is a standard foodie, he eats everything, and he is very receptive to seafood that he has never eaten before.

Xue Baobao cooked what Yu Xin liked to eat. As expected, both Yu Xin and Baozhuang were very satisfied with their food that day.

After nightfall, Xue Baobao followed Yu Xin quietly out of the house like a thief and quickly reached the beach.

At this time, the seaside was naturally not as brightly lit at night as in later generations. Fortunately, it was half moon, and the moonlight was very good. Yu Xin lit the torch again, and the light was very good.

Xue Baobao saw that there was no one on the beach from a distance, so he cheered and took off his shoes and socks from a distance, and ran to the beach, shouting at Yu Xin to hurry up.

As soon as he touched the sea water, Xue Baobao lifted up his skirt and stuffed it into his waistband, rolled up his trouser legs, and shouted happily, "Brother, help me watch over people. I want to play in the sea, not be drowned in the sea."

Yu Xin smiled and nodded. The little girl has liked playing with water since she was a child. Now that she has grown up, she still likes it.

The moonlight was gentle and the temperature was just right. Baby Xue stepped on the sea water and ran back and forth on the beach, feeling the waves hitting his legs.

Occasionally, the waves were so big that they splashed on her cheeks and heart, and she laughed.

Occasionally seeing scallops, jellyfish, starfish and other small things washed up by the waves, she was so happy that she repeatedly shouted to Yu Xin to bring a bucket.

As Yu Xin looked at her, his cold and stern eyebrows softened. Just because of her smile at this moment, it was worth the long detour.

In the distance, Baozhuang unconsciously took a step forward as if to see the smile on Xue Baobao's face clearly.

Xiliu whispered, "Master, if you come any closer, Commander Yu will definitely notice."

If the waves hadn't been too loud and Commander Yu seemed to be focusing all his attention on Miss Xue, they wouldn't have been able to get so close.

Baozhuang paused, then took another step back, and said leisurely, "The sea under the moonlight really has a unique charm."

Xiliu felt that there was no need to answer such a sentence, so he remained silent.

Under the moonlight in the distance, Yu Xin bent over and held up a torch to illuminate the sea water in front of Xue Baobao. Xue Baobao lowered his head and stretched his arms downward.

Because of the distance, Baozhuang couldn't see clearly, but he guessed there should be a starfish there, or maybe a crab.

Xue Baobao wanted to catch him, so Yu Xin held up a torch so that she could see more clearly, completely ignoring that the hem of his clothes was soaked by the waves.

The brother and sister rested their heads against each other, their perfect profile faces shining white under the moonlight, as beautiful as a painting.

Baozhuang raised the corners of his lips, looked at it with a smile for a while, and then said, "Let's go."

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Xue Baobao played until late at night, caught a bucket of starfish and crabs, and returned home happily.

The next day she got up very early and went to watch the sunrise with Yu Xin.

Unexpectedly, although they got up early, the fishermen who went to sea were earlier than them, and there were already many fishing boats setting sail on the sea.

Yu Xin found a huge stone on the beach and watched the rising sun break through the sea level with Xue Baobao.

I hired another fishing boat, paddled the oar myself, and took Xue Baobao for a long walk near the seaside. I asked about the approximate time of low tide today before returning to the beach.

Unexpectedly, one of his subordinates found him, so the emperor announced that he would return to the capital immediately and leave the escort of Baozhu back to the capital to his deputy.

Xue Baobao smiled brightly and said, "Brother has indeed obtained the Sacred Heart, but he won't be able to do it after a few days."

Yu Xin frowned, the boss was not happy, he had no choice but to leave in a hurry.

Xue Baobao watched his back go away, and the smile on his face immediately fell.

If in later generations, she had like-minded best friends, an assistant who was afraid that she wouldn't have a good time, and a socialist tolerant and democratic social environment, it wouldn't matter whether Yu Xin was there or not.

Sometimes, she even thinks he is in the way.

But now, as soon as Yu Xin left, she didn't even dare to take off her shoes and socks and go for a walk on the beach!

Xue Baobao was mourning when Xiliu came to find him and asked sternly, "Girl, the master chartered a boat to go to sea. He just came back from the sea and caught a very big clam.

Experienced fishermen said there must be pearls inside, and the master asked the girl if she wanted to see the clams open."

Xue Baobao, "..."

What else do you ask? You must see it!
The "big" clam in Xiliu's mouth is indeed very big, more than one meter long. If placed on the beach, it is definitely a giant among clams. I don't know how it was salvaged in this ancient time with backward technology.

Baozhuang was obviously also very surprised. When he saw her coming, he happily pointed it out to her, "They said it was too big and they were afraid of damaging the beads inside. They had to find someone experienced to open it. It would take a while."

Donor Xue, look, for such a big clam, will the clam meat be older or more delicious than ordinary clam meat? "

Xue Baobao, "..."

Sure, your foodie nature has been revealed in less than three sentences.

Such a giant clam was very difficult to handle even for experienced fishermen with professional knives. It took a long time to finally open the closed clam shell.

After all, Baodang still has a young heart and doesn't care about the dirty things. He happily pounces over and pulls the clam meat to look for pearls.

Xue Baobao is greedy and wants to pick up the pearls, but it's a pity that he still has to maintain the dignity of a lady!
If only my brother were still here!
"Donor Xue, come too!"

Xue Baobao perked up, "Master, I didn't expect you to be such a considerate master!"

But she still wanted to maintain the dignity of a lady, so she declined a little reservedly, "I won't go."

"You should do the poor monk a favor."Xue Baobao smiled brightly and said, "Okay."

Since you are so wise, Master, I will make an exception today to make you a spicy clam meat. It is not abnormally spicy or abnormally spicy, even if I can’t help you being so considerate!

Xue Baobao gestured at the size of the clam, squatted down, moved it carefully with his hands on the ground, and pulled at the same time.

After a while, she felt her fingertips touch something hard, and she felt happy. Just as she was about to pull at it again, she heard Baozhuang shout in surprise, "Found it!"

Xue Baobao looked up and saw Baozhuang holding a longan-sized bead in his hand, looking at her in surprise.

With a strong force, Xue Baobao pulled off the bead on his fingertips along with a large piece of clam meat, raised it toward the treasure building, and said with a bright smile, "I found it too."

Baozhuang burst out laughing. Although he grew up in the mountains and forests, he still had not lost the education that a royal family should have. Every word and deed showed his excellent education.

He likes to laugh very much, and the corners of his lips are always slightly raised, which is very similar to the smile of Buddha holding flowers, and the smile of Guanyin's compassion for all things.

His smile was compassionate, gentle, but also restrained.

Xue Baobao had never seen him laugh before. She never knew that just a sincere laugh could make his solemn face come alive in an instant.

It was as if the flowers he held at his fingertips instantly turned into a sea of ​​flowers, with flowers blooming everywhere and filling the world with fragrance.

At this time, he no longer looked like a Buddha with a solemn appearance, but now looked like a young man with a youthful spirit, but he was just a little too beautiful.

Xue Baobao looked a little dumbfounded. The white-bone spirit had grown an exquisite appearance, and after cultivating as a spirit, he went down the mountain. How could the girls and wives at the foot of the mountain stop him?

Baozhuang threw the beads to Xue Baobao, "Donor Xue, keep them. Let's make porridge tomorrow. I heard that girls can become beautiful if they eat them!"

Xue Baobao secretly wiped his saliva, picked up the beads that fell in front of him, and nodded brightly, "Okay, let's make porridge!"

Three longan-sized pearls emerged from the huge clam, each of which was comparable to the bag of pearls given to her by the ancestor of the Xue family. A dozen smaller pearls also emerged.

Xue Baobao was reluctant to part with it at first, but the owner of Baozhuang said that she would make porridge, so she naturally didn't have to save it for him.

After taking care of the beads, Baozhuang invited her to go fishing with her on the boat. He said enthusiastically, "They said you can catch very big fish, shrimps, and crabs."

Xue Baobao was embarrassed, "I have to go back and prepare lunch for you."

Baozhuang waved his hand, "It's okay. Let's make do at noon. In the evening we will return home with a full load and eat the seafood we caught by ourselves. Wouldn't it be more delicious?"

Xue Baobao was moved by what he said. He picked up the skirt and left, "Then let's hurry up and see if we can catch a wave dragon for dinner!"

Xue Baobao didn't catch the wave dragon, but he was lucky enough to catch two king crabs and happily cooked king crab soup.

I made onion and ginger king crab, spicy fried king crab, stir-fried king crab, fresh fried king crab, steamed king crab, and peeled off a few crab legs and grilled them. Even the rice was served with crab-flavored fried rice.

Baozhuang turned a blind eye to the vegetarian dishes she served, stared at the king crab and ate it hard. After eating, he held his belly and said to Xue Baobao with satisfaction, "Tomorrow we will go fishing in the sea!
I asked the fishermen and they said that you can use a special net to catch octopus. The octopus is delicious when you hear it! "

Xue Baobao nodded repeatedly, octopus, that must be delicious!Go catch it tomorrow!
Baozhuang held his stomach and tried to take two steps, then blinked and looked at Xue Baobao, "It's so good. Why don't we go for a walk on the beach? The sunset on the beach should be beautiful."

Xue Baobao continued to nod, stuffed his stomach with king crab, and then went for a walk on the beach to enjoy the sea breeze and watch the sunset. What do you want in this life?

The days that followed seemed like they were back on Shennong Mountain, except that they changed the series of activities going up the mountain to going down to the sea.

Then there is eating, drinking, and drinking. Because this place is not as remote and uninhabited as Shennong Mountain, we also add shopping.

Baozhuang has great curiosity about all the unknown and unheard of things. Every day he takes Baobao Xue to see this and do that. He also likes to take her to the market and fishermen’s houses to search for all kinds of strange things. thing.

When Baozhuang reminded him that he was leaving, Xue Baobao once again felt reluctant to leave. He looked at the rising red sun in the east and sighed.

Originally, she thought that she would be bored here after Yu Xin left, but she didn't expect that she would be so happy that she didn't want to leave!

Baozhuang asked with a smile, "Don't Donor Xue always long to go home and reunite with his family? Why are you sighing?"

Xue Baobao sighed again, "But as soon as I go back, I will be a good lady to everyone, and maybe we will get married soon.

At that time, let alone catching fish at the beach to watch the sunrise, I will be punished even if I touch any fish in the kitchen."

"If the donor really doesn't want to go back -"

Xue Baobao interrupted him with a smile, "I want to go back. No matter how restricted I am, it is still my home. No matter how beautiful the scenery along the way is, I still have to go home."

The treasure banners are joined together, "Amitabha, the donor is enlightened."

Xue Baobao bent down, picked up a jellyfish that washed up on the beach and threw it back into the sea, "Let's go."

After setting off from Taizhou Prefecture, Baozhuang would still stop at places with beautiful scenery along the way, but he did not deliberately delay or take detours. He arrived outside Beijing in about half a month.

Yu Xin came out of the city to greet him, but this time, he was not wearing Feiyu clothes and was carrying an embroidered spring knife.

He came to pick up Xue Baobao as an elder brother, not as a Jinyiwei to welcome Baozhuang to the capital.

Xue Baobao handed a small box to Baozhu, clasped his hands and said, "Master, I opened the clam beads at the beach. I made some porridge for Master along the way, so I made pearl paste on my own initiative.

Applying it to the hands and face can make the skin moist and white, so it is appropriate for the master to give it to the Queen Mother."

Although Baozhuang said those beads were for her to make beauty porridge, she still put them into his bowl.

Whether she is beautiful or not, that's all. His health is more important.

Only from now on, she won't have the chance to make porridge for him.

When he was in Taizhou Prefecture, Baozhuang chartered several large boats to go fishing in the deep sea, and the pearls alone were worth a lot.

After eating all the way, there was still a lot left. Xue Baobao saw that Baozhuang didn't bring anything, so he went to Beijing empty-handed, so he had to worry about it and made him a box of pearl ointment.

Baozhuang looked at the box in his hand and raised his palm in return.

Xue Baobao earnestly warned, "Master has been serving my Buddha in Shennong Mountain since he was a child. Today he has recovered from illness and returned to Beijing to reunite with his family. When he returns home, he must not forget to reshape the golden body of my Buddha and promote Buddhism in order to gain karma."

Well, we still have to keep what we promised to the Buddha, even though she promised it for him.

The treasure banner folded its hands and shouted the Buddha's name, "Amitabha, Donor Xue, don't worry."

Xue Baobao took out another brocade bag and handed it to Butler She, "Uncle She, I heard from Master that Uncle She was seriously injured when he was young. He would suffer pain in his waist and legs on rainy days. This is something that Master and I worked out together. Pills made by Fangzi.

I just made it a few days ago, Uncle She can give it a try, if it doesn't work, just throw it away."

Afterwards, Xue Baobao took out a few more boxes and handed them to Xiliu, saying, "This is the medicine for bruises and bruises that I made myself. The effect is pretty good. I give it to you."

These two boxes are for Nanxing and Beiqi, and I would like your help to pass them on."

Xiliu stepped forward and took the box, bowed and thanked him.

When the palms of the two people met, Xue Baobao felt as if something was stuffed in his palm. His heart skipped a beat. He bowed his head in return and retracted his hand into his sleeve.