Settled in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 406 Happy Birthday Xue Lang!

In the final result of the shooting salute, only Xue Lang and Xiao Yu missed all four shots!
Others are heroes and cherish heroes, and the two of them are idiots and pity idiots.They walked together to the place where the sage kept the cornel wine, looked at each other, and held each other's hands, kind of thanking each other.It's better to be ashamed of two people together than the loneliness of being alone!

The palace man poured wine for the two of them, and Xiao Yu greeted Xue Lang with a smile: "In the past, it was only me. When I drank, I was quite embarrassed and sad. This year, I have Xue Shilang as my companion. I am very grateful, please!"

What the hell!

Xue Lang felt a group of alpaca-like objects galloping past his heart, and couldn't help but said: "Although I missed all four shots, the distance I shot was farther than you, Xiao Neishi!"

Xiao Yu looked at Xue Lang, Xue Lang read from his eyes the same mental activity as he had just now, the two men stared at each other.The palace servant next to him weakly reminded: "Duke Xue, Xiao Neishi, the wine has been poured, please!"

Because of the punishment for poor performance in the archery ceremony, the drinking utensil is a flat ceramic bowl, and the liquid in it can be as large as a normal jug by visual inspection.And Xue Lang and Xiao Yu needed to drink three bowls.

Xue Lang was very calm, and Xiao Yu's face showed a solemn expression.The two of them each took a bowl, Xue Lang drank it in one gulp, Xiao Yu finished it three times, after drinking one bowl, the palace man poured another bowl, Xue Lang looked at the wine bowl, then at Xiao Yu's seriousness I couldn't help laughing, and sighed after laughing: "They are all degenerate people in the world, so men should not embarrass men!"

Xiao Yu was stunned, and asked: "They are all fallen people from Tianya... This sentence is quite subtle, where does it come from?"

Xue Lang screamed in his heart that it was terrible, but he said it habitually, and hurriedly made amends: "It's a saying that I'm used to, but I can't remember the source!"

Xiao Yu nodded and said with a smile: "I think it's a common saying. It's a rare fate that the two of us failed in all four branches. In previous years, I was alone, which was very embarrassing. This year, I have Xue Shilang as my companion. Big white!"

Xue Lang also laughed, picked up the wine bowl, and touched Xiao Yu.The people were sitting beside them, and they couldn't hear what the two of them said, but seeing that the two of them were not in a good mood before, and then they were talking and laughing, the sage couldn't help asking curiously: "You Yang, are you two talking to each other?" Are you relieved?"

Xue Lang covered his face silently in his heart, and chose to be honest: "Xiao Neishi thanked me for being with me today. I told him that although I missed the shot, the distance I shot was farther than his. We are different. Xiao Neishi The internal history disagreed, so I disagreed with the two of us and argued for a few words. Later, both of us agreed that we were both men who failed in the four branches, so we should not hurt each other, shake hands and make peace, and cherish each other! If you don't hit, it's just me two!"

"Pfft hahahaha!"

The sage was full of wine and laughter, and there were no fewer people present who responded like the sage.Especially when Xue Lang said it with a straight face, his face was serious, adding to the fruit of laughter.

Seeing the civil and military officials of the whole court hahahaha, Xue Lang felt very helpless, he was clearly telling the truth, not humor!She looked at Xiao Yu very speechlessly, and Xiao Yu gave him a look of understanding and comfort, and the two toasted to each other again!
Seeing this, the officials burst into haha ​​again, showing no sympathy at all.Princess Pingyang on the side also narrowed her eyes with a smile, and Princess Xiangyang laughed so hard that she almost fell on top of her: "Sanniang, this son-in-law is really interesting!"

Princess Pingyang said indifferently: "Youyang is just an upright person."

"Okay, is it fun to be candid?"

The two sisters looked at each other and smiled.

The painful shooting ceremony ended, Xue Lang and Xiao Yu at the end of the crane were fined with three bowls of wine, Xiao Yu was already drunk.Apart from wrinkling his expression to express his disgust for the taste, Xue Lang's eyes were clear and unaffected.

When the banquet is over, it is still early, and the saint will not detain everyone in the palace for a day on a rare festival, so it ends early and leaves some time to spend with the family.

When Xue Lang returned home from the palace, Su Han climbed up and looked into the distance with his colleagues from the Imperial Medical Office.There are also many imperial physicians and doctors from other places in the imperial medical office, and they cannot go home during the short Double Ninth Festival holiday, so they meet colleagues and friends who are compatible with each other to travel together.

It was a rare holiday, and it was another birthday. Xue Lang went home and changed his clothes, then went straight to the kitchen, preparing to cook some delicacies to reward himself.Xue Lang likes cooking and reading in his spare time. Reading makes the spirit happy, and cooking makes the body and mind happy. Doing it yourself, whether it is for others to eat or for yourself, the sense of accomplishment is very pleasant.

For the convenience of cooking, Xue Lang deliberately built a kitchen in the backyard where he lived, as well as a stewing oven and an oven for making roast meat, which were made of bricks and muddy. Some of them were drawn by Xue Lang and made by Su Han.

Xue Lang traveled to many places, at home and abroad, domestically to make a living, while abroad, he took Xue Qing out to see the world and travel after the economy was affluent.

The oven was copied when I saw it when I was traveling abroad.This one is not difficult, and there is no technical content. The materials are complete. Xue Lang can build one by himself. Simple plasterer work, Xue Lang is not a problem.

"Lamei, go to the big kitchen and bring me something!"

He told Lamei what he needed and asked Lamei to fetch it. Seeing that Xue Lang was going to cook, He Xiang called a servant girl to come in and light the fire——

In Xue Lang's courtyard, the only maidservants serving him are He Xiang and La Mei, who were sent by Xue Lang to the knitting room in the mansion during the winter solstice.This girl looks simple, but her hands are very dexterous, she is willing to work hard to learn things, she is quite talented in weaving, she can spin cotton thread, weave cotton cloth, and pluck cotton.Seeing that she was talented in craftsmanship, Xue Lang transferred her to be in charge of cotton weaving, which was quite appropriate.

The winter solstice was transferred away, and there were only lotus and wintersweet left in the backyard. The internal steward wanted to transfer someone in, but Xue Lang refused. He was alone and didn't have much to do. He only agreed to add four cleaning men. Let the servant girl free Hexiang and wintersweet from the rough work and take care of his daily life, which can make ends meet.

Roasted three roast geese, made some char siu by the way, and then started making cakes.If there is no milk, I have someone prepare some goat milk; if there is no butter, I use soybean oil and try to make it.

The cake made with goat's milk tastes so ecstatic. Compared with cow's milk, the taste of goat's milk is too heavy, so give it up!Use only eggs and flour to make sponge cake——

The first oven was inexperienced, the heat was not well controlled, and it was slightly browned; the second oven was not heated enough, and it was not baked through; the third oven was considered to be a little tricky, and it was done!
The baked cake is soft and delicious, slightly sweet, but wait to spread a layer of homemade jam, and then cut a layer of fruit slices on it. The sour taste of the fruit and the sweetness of the cake are neutralized, and the taste should be just right. .Finally, use different colored jams to write a sentence on the cake——

Happy birthday to student Xue Lang... Well, I am used to writing traditional characters, and the ones written in jam are also traditional characters!
In the end, Xue Lang patted the flour on his hand, and said: "La Mei, find me a small candle!"

"Here!"

Then, Lamei found a candle as thick as a baby's wrist!Xue Lang took a deep breath: "I said small!"

Lamei is very innocent: "By Dalang, this is already the smallest."

Well, it seems that the two have different understandings of size!
Xue Lang waved his hand weakly, went back to the room with the freshly baked cake, went to the study to find a carving knife and prepared to process it by himself. When eating a birthday cake, one always blows out candles to suit the occasion, and then——

Xue Lang, happy birthday!
(End of this chapter)