Reborn I want to be a giant

Chapter 9 Candied Lotus Root
Inner City - Prince Rui's Mansion

"All the people brought by the Seventh Prince on the hunting day disappeared." Shen Jingduo came back before he could change out of his wet night clothes.

Zhao Yanran supported the handle of the wheelchair with one hand, and casually squeezed the teacup with the other, but her eyes were gloomy like frost, "There is no clue?"

Shen Jingduo felt uneasy, even though he had put in a lot of effort on this clue, he didn't dare to take credit for it at all, "Still investigating..."

"Understood, let's go down and rest." Zhao Yanran wanted to get angry, but she still had a sliver of reason.

Not long after Shen Jingduo left, the door of the study was pushed open again, and a young woman in white came in with a bowl of medicinal soup Tingting. out.

The slight movement of the door closing still brought Zhao Yanran back to her senses, she raised her hand and put it on the hair of the person in the painting, as if caressing a treasure carefully, and then slowly moved her eyes to the soup.It's just something that calms the mind and dispels anger. After drinking it for so long, it still hasn't calmed him down. He despises: They're all a bunch of quack doctors.

Without restraint, Gu Changyan fell into a deep sleep, and she wouldn't have woken up if her stomach hadn't been drumming.No way, this weather is too good to sleep.On the contrary, Gu Yanqing still gets up to read before dawn, which is really a good habit that cannot be shaken.

The food on Zhuangzi is not as refined as in Fuchu, but the taste is simple and authentic. Gu Changyan is very satisfied after eating a piece of ordinary bread.Weng Qimin was absent-minded, she was still thinking about hot pot.Seeing what the little greedy cat was thinking, Gu Changyan coaxed her to cook hot pot at night, and to cook some hot spring food during the day.The people on Zhuangzi never thought of using hot springs for cooking, and most of them used well water.Gu Changyan tried the tea made from the well water, and it was not bad.But since there are hot springs, it would be a waste of time not to try.

Weng Fan took the initiative to ask Ying to dig out ten eggs from the chicken coop, and the steward of the village ordered someone to bring a basket of lotus root from the cellar.

Gu Changyan made the tea egg soup by himself, and asked the kitchen staff to peel and cut the lotus root into pieces. Put them together with the red dates that had been washed and removed the pits, and put them into a clay pot, sprinkle with thick sucrose, stir well and seal it The lid is placed in the hot spring.In order not to let the other people be idle, she ordered Gu Yanqing to fetch a bucket of hot spring water, which should be clear and free of silt and fallen leaves.

"It's been raining for the past few days, so the water isn't clean." The water in the garden is accompanied by sand, so it's naturally unusable. Gu Yanqing made a special trip outside, but he still came back with an empty bucket, with a perplexed expression on his face, "Just I can go to the spring."

"Brother Gu San, I'll go too." Weng Qimin said with a sense of responsibility.

There are no such things as cinnamon in Zhuangzi for the time being, and Gu Changyan is not entangled. Anyway, it is mainly tea and eggs.After waiting like this for a long time, the two men with the barrels came back. Weng Qimin shook his head in disappointment, "The spring is also full of mud."

"It's okay, it's the same with well water." Gu Changyan smiled at them.

Several people squatted under the eaves outside the kitchen door, watching Gu Changyan will put the lit charcoal into the small stove, then set up the clay pot, poured in water and ten eggs that had been washed.The charcoal fire was very hot, and it didn't take long for the water to boil. Gu Changyan first took out the eggs and put them in cold water, then poured out the old water in the pottery pot. stock.

After the eggs had cooled down a bit, she poured out the water in the basin, asked Weng Fan and Weng Qimin to knock out the cracks in the shells of the eggs, and Gu Yanqing put them into the clay pot one by one.

"Turn off the fire after two minutes, don't open the lid, keep stuffy for an hour." She told the cook.

"Go back, you can eat when you take a nap."

"What about the lotus root?" Weng Fan didn't forget it.

Gu Changyan tried the water temperature of the hot spring, "I guess it will be tomorrow morning." The temperature at the spring should be high, but unfortunately the spring is far away from the house, so it has cooled down a lot here, and the sugar has to penetrate the lotus root and red dates. Certainly not for half a moment.

"So long." The little face wrinkled into a ball.

Weng Qimin patted him on the head, "Eat tea eggs in the afternoon and hot pot in the evening, can you still eat candied lotus root?"

Being beaten in the head was very uncomfortable, and Weng Fan ran away in anger.

After taking a nap, while Gu Changyan was still getting dressed, Weng Qimin and Weng Fan came to knock on her door.Gu Yanqing next door also came out at this time.The three of them just waited outside her door.Late breakfast, now lunch.She never knew that her little brother was also interested in food.

The cook opened the lid of the earthenware pot, took out ten eggs and placed them on a plate, as well as her specialty vegetable kiln chicken, seasonal vegetables, baked noodles, and a small pot of fragrant haggis soup.The trouble caused a few children to be greedy.

Weng Fan's nanny was afraid that Weng Fan would choke on the eggs too quickly, so she wouldn't let him do it by himself. She peeled off the egg shells, cut the eggs into small pieces with a knife, and fed him with a spoon.The other older kids don't need to be like this.

"This is the most delicious egg I have ever eaten." Weng Qimin looked happy.

Gu Yanqing was thinking about whether to build a small kitchen in the Hibiscus Courtyard after returning home, so that his sister would not be restricted when she wanted to cook and eat, and she could also have a good time.

"Miss, there is someone outside the door asking for a place to stay." Haitang came in to report.

Weng Qimin's mouth was full of eggs, and he asked vaguely, "Who is it?"

"It's Xu Ye, the sixth son of the Xu family." Haitang handed over the other party's token, an old seal the size of a thumb.

"He's alone?"

Haitang nodded, "It's just him, he didn't bring any luggage, and he's covered in mud." The little girl didn't hide the disgust on her face.

Weng Qimin glanced at the seal and put it back in Haitang's hand, "Clean up a room."

For tea eggs, Gu Changyan is not too keen on them. They are easy to fill your stomach, and they are not a great delicacy.On the contrary, the earthy kiln chicken and haggis soup are very suitable for her taste.If this continues, he should gain a few pounds after returning to Beijing.

When they were almost done eating, Haitang came in to report, "The house is tidied up, and the hot water has been brought in. Even for changing clothes, the servants didn't find a suitable one, so it's not easy for Mr. Sixth Xu to be a servant, but the first two Young Master Chronology left a box here, and the servants picked up two bodies and sent them over on their own initiative."

"Well, send over the leftover tea eggs, scones and haggis soup." Weng Qimin didn't think there was anything wrong with letting the guests eat the leftover food.

As guests, Gu Changyan and Gu Yanqing didn't know Mr. Sixth Xu, so naturally they wouldn't make a sound.

After lunch, Weng Fan couldn't sit still anymore and wanted to play in the field.So everyone can only stay with him.

It took Xu Ye a lot of effort to wash off the mud on his body, and changed into the old clothes of Young Master Weng's Biao.After coming out of the bathroom, I smelled the smell of food, and remembered that I hadn't eaten for a day.He took a sip of the hot haggis soup first, then picked up the cake and took a bite, then set his eyes on the two ugly eggs, and finally did not move.

The rough envoy knocked on the door and came in to take away the bath water and dirty clothes. Xu Ye took out a piece of paper from the money bag thrown on the bed, pondered it carefully, and before he knew it, it was evening.I'm a little hungry, but there are only those two ugly eggs left on the tea table, do you want to deal with them first?Or ask Weng Qimin to bring some other food over?

"Dong dong dong, Young Master Xu, my lady invites you to the front hall for dinner." Haitang's voice came from outside at the right time.

Xu Ye put the important paper back into the purse and put it in his pocket.

The hot pot tonight is more attentive than last night. In addition to the fixed configuration of beef, mutton and chicken, there are fish meat balls, wild meat balls, river prawns, pig brains, duck blood, etc. Vegetarian dishes include tofu, bean sprouts and cabbage.During the day, the steward found several kinds of dried seafood from the cellar, and Gu Changyan chose a small part to cook the soup base.The accompanying drink is still fruit tea, and the dessert is pumpkin soup.

When Xu Ye arrived, he found four children on a round table staring at the smoking stove in the middle, and his appearance successfully diverted their attention.During the meeting, he recognized three of them, all of whom had met once.Gu Changyan and Weng Qimin were the two little girls who woke him up by the canal in Prince Rui's residence that day, and Gu Yanqing was also at Prince Rui's table that day.But these people obviously didn't have much impression of him, and their faces were full of strangeness.

"It's finally here, sit down quickly." Weng Qimin was anxious.If they hadn't waited for him, they would have had dinner long ago.

Weng Fan's nanny had finished dinner early tonight, and now she is holding Weng Fan to help him boil the meat, feeding him bite by bite.Gu Changyan thought to himself, this person is indeed very different from other people.Think of her and Gu Yanqing, when they can hold a spoon, they start to learn to eat by themselves, and when they can walk, they start to learn to dress, put on shoes and tie their hair by themselves.

Xu Ye looked at the pot of pig brains on the table at the moment and was a little confused. Can this thing be eaten?Is this delicious?This thing looks a little gross.During this short period of thinking, Gu Changyan dug a large spoonful into a small soup bag with a wide mouth, tightened the mouth of the bag and threw it into the boiling pot.Then Weng Qimin followed suit in a decent manner.

"You can eat like this on Zhuangzi." Weng Qi was sensitive.

They are a daughter of the Shangshu Mansion and a young lady of the Duke's Mansion. All behaviors of eating hot pot are inappropriate or even rude in front of etiquette, and should not appear on everyone's ladies.

"Sister Gu San, I've made up my mind, let my mother open a small kitchen for me, and you will come to my house to play in the future, and we will eat quietly."

Gu Changyan just laughed, she knew it would not be easy to achieve, and she didn't want to think about those long-term things, so being happy now is better than anything else, "The pig's brain is done, eat the brain to supplement the brain... who wants it?"

"Let me try." Xu Ye who had been silent for a long time suddenly said.

Gu Changyan took out the soup bag with his chopsticks and put it on the plate in front of Xu Ye.Gu Yanqing, who was half a beat behind, watched this scene helplessly.It was Weng Qimin who picked up the bag he put in earlier, opened the bag and poured it into a clean small dish, divided it into three small portions with a spoon, and gave them to Gu Yanqing, Weng Fan and herself respectively.

"This taste is weird and addictive." Gu Yanqing said.

And Weng Qimin still only has three words, "It smells so good."

When they commented, Xu Ye had already finished eating the bag of pig brains silently.

"Sister, don't forget that our candied lotus root is still in the water." Weng Fan thought to himself.

"I can't forget it." Weng Qimin ate the fish balls that Gu Changyan sent over, and then stared at the tofu that had just been put into the pot.

After Gu Changyan ate a little of everything, he was so full that he no longer forced himself, and asked Xi'er to fill a bowl of pumpkin soup to relieve his boredom.I accidentally caught a glimpse of the silent Xu Ye, who was eating very intently and didn't seem to stop.I sigh in my heart, this is also a foodie.But the beautiful boy eating is really pleasing to the eye.

Before returning to the house, Gu Changyan said that he would go to the spring to see if the jar of candied lotus root was leaking. Weng Fan had already fallen asleep in the nurse's arms. But he offered to accompany their brothers and sisters there.

A rough envoy walked in front with a lantern, and Gu Changyan, Gu Yanqing and Xu Ye were behind.The house is not big, but there are few people. The lanterns in many places are shaded by trees, and there is almost no light.When the group came to the edge of the spring, Gu Changyan squatted down at the place where the earthen jar was originally placed, fished out the jar from the muddy yellow hot spring, checked the seal repeatedly, and put it back after confirming that no water leaked in.

Xu Ye thought: What kind of weird food is this?

The next day, Weng Fan got up earlier than everyone else, and urged the nanny to carry him to the spring to look at the candied lotus root.The nanny had no choice but to ask someone to wake Gu Changyan up.

After the well water washed away the mud on the jar, the cook opened the seal, poured the still warm candied lotus root and candied dates into a basin, and brought it to the table.Gu Changyan was still very sleepy, and he ate too much for dinner yesterday, so he didn't have much appetite at this moment, so he barely drank a bowl of porridge.However, Gu Yanqing, Weng Qimin and Weng Fan were very addicted to candied lotus root, and hardly ate any staple food in the morning.

"As I mentioned to you earlier, I have two Zhuangzi who are also in the outer city, and I plan to visit them today."

"I'll go with you." Weng Qimin didn't even think about it.

Gu Changyan shook her head, "No need, I just want to see where it is and what it looks like, so I won't get out of the car." Seeing that Gu Yanqing was about to speak, she took the first step, "Brother doesn't need to go either." The weather is bad, so there is no need for so many people Toss together.

Xu Ye changed into his own clothes and prepared to bid farewell to Weng Qimin.The little maid brought breakfast and took away the two ugly eggs that I hadn't eaten yesterday.He regretted a little, if these two eggs were made by the third lady of the Gu family, they might be delicious.Thinking of this, he sat down at the tea table.

A plate of lotus root slices and red dates, a plate of toasted noodles, a large bowl of meat porridge, a plate of side dishes, and two ordinary boiled eggs.The portion is a bit much, but it is better than filling the stomach.But the difficulty was that he ate too much last night, and now he couldn't swallow anything he saw.In the end, he asked people to pack lotus root slices and scones, saying that they were dry food on the way back to the city.It's really a simple family.

"Mr. Xu is fine today, then you can accompany Gu Sanmei to see Zhuangzi." Weng Qimin was the first to start.

Xu Ye:? ? ?
Gu Changyan was embarrassed, and also had a headache for Weng Qimin's oversimplified thoughts.

"She was joking, Mr. Xu don't take it to heart."

"Yes." Xu Ye agreed.

"No." The smile on Gu Changyan's face disappeared, and he was even a little serious.

(End of this chapter)