Chronicle of Farming in Muxianfu

Chapter 293 Watermelon Arrives
Enduring the reluctance in her heart, Mu Ai rushed to the pool halfway up the mountain in one breath, only to feel that her chest was not so oppressed, and turned around to see Ouyang looking at her with a gentle face, with worry and pity in her eyes, she suddenly With red eyes, she threw herself into his generous and warm arms, and choked up, "Ouyang, the children will not be in danger, right?"

"Don't worry." Ouyang found a tree root lying beside his feet, sat down with his arms around her, and stroked the sweaty hair on her forehead with his hand, "It's safe there."

Mu Ai rubbed her head against his neck and said in a muffled voice, "I don't know why, but I've been feeling flustered all the time. I always feel that there will be some big changes when I come to pick them up again."

"No." Ouyang was not good at words, he didn't know how to comfort his beloved woman, so he just patted her on the back lightly.

Mu Aiji enjoyed such a quiet and warm moment, but after a while, she burst out laughing suddenly, looked up at Ouyang's slightly flushed cheeks and smiled, "I heard your stomach growling."

Ouyang nodded, "I'm hungry."

Mu Ai quickly pecked his lips funnyly, then jumped to the ground, and began to take blankets and eat fruits from the space.Ouyang gently pursed his lips that still had a lingering fragrance, walked over to sit down, and began to eat.

After the meal, the two cuddled together and rested for a while, and then continued on their way. When they returned to the mansion, it was already past ten minutes.

Not mentioning that the two of them washed, ate, and changed their clothes, but only talked about the side of Huadu, where Sun Hao personally drove the escort cart. As soon as he entered Huadu, he was led by Xiao Fu to turn left and right to a very spacious and clean back alley. After opening the door, an old shopkeeper with a gray beard came up to greet him. Xiao Fu and Sun Hao went up to greet him, and then someone opened the west wing room. The bodyguards were divided into ten people to guard behind the car, and the remaining dozens of people carried it away. The big wicker basket entered the west wing room, and the large green-skinned watermelons and cantaloupe were carefully taken out one by one, and put into the big wooden barrel that had already been half filled with water.Finally, I opened the two wooden barrels that the bees carried down from the car, scooped up a scoop of water, poured them in, and closed the lids to complete the process.

Xiao Fu and Sun Hao saw the closed wing door, wiped the sweat from their brows, and smiled at each other.One of them often went to various places to buy goods for their master, and the other traveled north and south, both of them were people with broad vision.It was lonely driving along the way, so we often chatted together, but we became acquainted.

Xiao Fu cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Mr. Sun, it's going to be dark today. If you're not busy, you can take your brothers to dinner here and return to the Escort Bureau."

Sun Hao waved his hand, "You don't have to be polite, Manager Xiao, the Escort Bureau has already got the letter, and I'm afraid it's ready. I'll take my brother to rush over there, and the convoy still needs to be arranged."

Shopkeeper Mo said with a smile, "In this way we won't have to keep Mr. Sun, but the dishes are old-fashioned and let the young man deliver them. It just so happens that Mr. Sun and his brothers haven't seen each other for a long time, so let's have a few drinks."

Sun Hao knew that the refusal was not enough, so he didn't pretend to be hypocritical, and thanked him, "Then let shopkeeper Mo spend the money."

Shopkeeper Mo laughed, "Mr. Sun, you are welcome. You are doing things for our aunt. We send some food to reward brothers. How can we say that it costs money."

Xiao Fu also said, "After a few days, there will be results here, and I will send a letter to the young master."

Sun Hao nodded, thanked him again, and then led the convoy out of the alley, heading straight to Huaihua Lane in the south of the city, to his own bodyguard compound.

Xiao Fu had a simple meal with shopkeeper Mo, and then two guards in Tsing Yi from the waiting mansion came to the door. Xiao Fu quickly picked up five watermelons and twenty cantaloupe, wiped off the water beads, and put them in a wooden box for delivery. The two guards carried them to the car, and then took the letter to the Hou's mansion.

Marquis An Guo read Xiao Heng's letter, and then took his things into the palace. On the afternoon of the second day, His Majesty the Lord was in great spirits, and invited a group of important officials and relatives of the emperor to hold a flower viewing banquet in the imperial garden.At the banquet, last year's Jinshi of the new department and the current editors of the Imperial Academy wrote a few good poems. When the king was happy, he ordered Duan Gonggong, "Go and bring the two delicious foods that I got yesterday. I want to share with all the gentlemen family to share."

Eunuch Duan bowed in response, and took two young eunuchs down, and within a moment, he brought two extremely delicate large trays.Everyone looked curiously, and there was a big oval-shaped green-skinned guy on a square plate, shining brightly in the sunlight.On the other square plate were placed six small bluish-white things the size of a strong man's fist.

The king seemed very pleased with everyone's curiosity, and said with a smile, "Your family must have never seen these two things, haha, to be honest, this is also the first time I have seen them."

Sitting at the table not far from the king's side, the queen mother narrowed her eyes and looked at her eyes, and said with a smile, "Where did the emperor get this good thing? If the emperor didn't say it was food first, the Ai family would think it was food." What about a piece of jade?"

The lord of the country smiled slightly, "What the queen mother said is what I guessed at the beginning. It was presented by the Marquis of An Guo, so let the old master explain it to the queen mother in detail." After speaking, he turned his head and looked down at the ministers below. .

An Guohou, who was sitting at the third table below, quickly stood up and responded, "Yes, Your Majesty. These two kinds of food, the big one is called watermelon, and the small one is called cantaloupe. In fact, they were all donated by the old minister who lives in Kao City. This kid is stupid by nature, he can't study and practice martial arts, but he likes gold and silver things. He has opened many shops under his name, and he brought these two kinds of food from Kao City. The letter to the old minister said that this It was planted by a widowed woman who lived at the foot of Shenshan Mountain, and it was very sweet and delicious. The old minister offered it to His Majesty and Queen Mother to taste it."

The queen mother squinted her eyes and thought for a while, then asked, "A few days ago, those boys from Prince Ning's family came to pay their respects, and they also mentioned that there was a restaurant in the city with very novel dishes, many of which were never seen before. Aijia Listening to the novelty, I asked a few more questions, saw these two things again today, so I guessed, could it be that the restaurant was opened by Prince Anguohou?"

An Guohou quickly bowed and said, "The empress dowager is wise, it was the unfilial son of the old minister who opened it. Those vegetables have been spread in Kao City for a long time, and they are also planted in the two surrounding cities. The dishes are very delicious and there are more people. Income, life is much easier."

The lord nodded and smiled, "Wei Guang has already written a booklet for me. After the imperial hospital has identified it, it will be added to the daily purchases of the palace. Maybe the Marquis of An Guo will recommend another good cook. The Imperial Dining Room I'm afraid no one here will cook these new vegetables."

"Yes, Your Majesty." After An Guohou answered, he sat down.

Eunuch Duan went up to ask for instructions again, and after obtaining His Majesty's permission, he handed the sharp knife to a slightly fat imperial chef behind him.Then Wei Wei stood sideways in front of His Majesty, in case the imperial cook was an assassin who would make a sudden attack, he would also be able to cover His Majesty for a while.Of course, the people in the palace had to check eight generations before they could enter the palace, not to mention the people who cook for His Majesty every day, all of them are extremely reliable, but he still did this, not afraid of [-], just in case , it is always right to be cautious.Sure enough, the Queen Mother noticed his movements and nodded in satisfaction.

The imperial chef knelt down to receive the sharp knife, then took a deep breath, tried to steady his hands, and used his usual superb knife skills to quickly cut the watermelon into two or four pieces until it became a size that could be eaten in one bite. stopped.A little eunuch had already stepped forward, put every four bright red melon pieces into a small disk, and then presented it to the empress dowager first, and the ministers after the empresses and princes of the palaces.

Immediately afterwards, the imperial chef took another melon, and with the tip of the knife dancing in his hand, he quickly peeled off the outer skin, hollowed out the inner melon, and finally cut it into thin strips.The little eunuch stepped forward to pick up the dishes again, and divided them as usual.

The lord sniffed the rich sweet fragrance in the air, smiled and said to the Queen Mother, "Queen Mother, how about a taste first?"

The Empress Dowager smiled and signaled to the maid in green beside her to pierce a piece of cantaloupe with a silver toothpick, took a bite, and immediately smiled, "This taste is really sweet, and the emperor should taste it."

His Majesty also tasted a piece of watermelon, and felt the cool and sweet juice splashing in his mouth. It really is a delicious food to relieve the heat, and he immediately praised, "It's really cool and delicious, all my loves, please try it too."

After the crowd hurriedly got up to thank them, most of them tasted the bright red watermelon before tasting the cantaloupe. Of course, after eating, they all nodded in admiration.

The Queen Mother smiled and wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, and said, "It is said that this man is old and tastes nothing to eat. Ai's family has no appetite in the past few days. However, after eating these two foods today, they feel very sweet."

The queen who was sitting in the queen mother's hands smiled gently and said, "Why does the mother say that she is old? The day before yesterday, you played guessing chess pieces to relieve boredom. You also won the emperor's daughter-in-law more than a dozen taels of silver. If the mother is old, then the emperor's daughter-in-law will not older?"

Elderly people like to listen to good things, and the queen has always been virtuous and virtuous, and has a very good reputation in the harem, and she is very fond of her, so she couldn't help laughing.

Concubine Lan raised her hand to take tea to rinse her mouth, lowered her eyelids, covered the anger in her eyes, and felt resentful in her heart. How did Zhao Qi do something wrong? Didn't he report that everything was done? Why should it be her emperor's son? Lu, why did he offer it to His Majesty again? Now that he has passed Ming Lu, how will he do it in the future?

Concubine Shu, who was sitting across from her, also looked down at Prime Minister Wei below without any sign, and her expression was also a little bad.But seeing the stern light in her father's eyes, she quickly covered her thoughts, came out with a smile on her face, and talked about some interesting things with the queen mother.

Several little princes made a table. Although the eldest prince was over thirteen years old and tall and strong, he was irritable and domineering. After eating the watermelon and cantaloupe on his plate, he was still unsatisfied, so he took the four beside him. The prince began to eat the plate.The fourth prince is only eight years old, and he is usually bullied by his elder brother. He is restrained by his mother and the third brother who is a compatriot of the same mother. Being robbed by the elder brother again, the resentment in my heart came to the fore, and I reached out to grab it back.

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