Chapter 116: Secret Recipe
Although the county lord of Minyi and the girl Wu Ruyue of the Pingxi Hou Mansion came suddenly, fortunately, there was everything in Yunhezhuang, and Xie Fuya was preparing to barbecue again, which was called early rather than coincidental.
Since Zhao Qinghui and Wu Ruyue came to visit the patient, they naturally brought a lot of gifts.
Xie Fuya thanked the two of them and asked Rushi to take the gift with her.
"If you eat meat and wine at my barbecue today, I'm afraid you won't be able to return to the capital, if you don't dislike it, why don't you live in the village tonight?" Xie Fuya asked Zhao and Wu Ernu.
Wu Ruyue came with Zhao Qinghui, so she naturally looked at Zhao Qinghui's meaning.
Zhao Qinghui was closely watched by Princess Liang, and rarely came out and walked around by herself. Today, it was because of Wu Ruyue's company that Princess Liang agreed that she would go out of Beijing to visit Xie Fuya in the village, so she also sent more than a dozen guards and servants to follow. As soon as she heard that she could live in the village, her cheeks flushed with excitement.
"Of course!" Zhao Qinghui stroked his palm and smiled, "Then we can guard the bonfire and eat meat and drink wine to the moon!"
Xie Fuya showed a slightly surprised expression, thinking to herself who told her all these scenes that Zhao Qinghui had never experienced?
Xie Fuya's gaze turned to Wu Ruyue, who was talking and laughing with Zhao Qinghui. She still remembered that next to the lotus pond in King Liang's mansion, Wu Ruyue angrily blocked Cheng Song's confession and questioned him about what he said he wanted to marry her but didn't believe it. This is a girl who dares to love and hate.
In order to pursue an atmosphere, Xie Fuya asked the servants of the village to set up a fire in the open space of the pasture on the village, and some of the barbecue utensils were ready-made, and some were borrowed from the Zhuangzi next door!
Xie Fuya saw that Cheng Song had a lot of utensils when he barbecued last time, anyway, he was not in the village now, so he borrowed it for use and exchanged ideas.
Da Yang once played a barbecue in the village next door, so he is quite proficient in preparing things. Xie Fuya handed over the preparations to him to lead people to do, and when he was done, he was rewarded with a leg of mutton with the Zhuang Ding of those temporary patrol teams!
Hearing that the county lord said that he would reward the leg of mutton, the villagers of the patrol team were overjoyed and prepared very hard.
Xie Fuya thoughtfully reminded Zhao Qinghui that it was best to send someone back to Beijing to inform Princess Liang that she would not go back tonight, so as not to worry the prince and princess. There is also the Xiao family in the Hou Mansion of Fenyang, where Wu Ruyue lives temporarily, and she also learned that it would be appropriate to make a sound.
Zhao Qinghui suddenly felt very reasonable. asked an attendant to go back to Beijing to report to King Liang, and then go to the Fenyang Marquis Mansion to inform him.
After arranging these things, the three young women settled down and prepared to roast a leg of lamb for the afternoon.
Xie Fuya asked Luo's mother to arrange for Zhao Qinghui and Wu Ruyue to live in a courtyard, and the bedding was taken out to dry before being laid.
After a simple lunch, Zhao Qinghui couldn't help but urge to go to the barbecue. Xie Fuya sent someone to ask Da Yang, and replied that he was almost ready.
Xie Fuya went to the pasture with Zhao Qinghui and Wu Ruyue to set up a fire.
Naturally, this kind of thing can't be used by the girls, just let them watch the excitement on the side.
Xie Fuya and Zhao Qinghui sat in the shed to avoid the sun, but Wu Ruyue ran to the fire to look at the two legs of mutton, and gave Da Yang some guidance from time to time.
"I didn't expect you to be friends with Miss Wu. Xie Fuya took a sip of the sour plum juice that had been poured in the well, and said with a smile, "This Wu girl seems to have a very straightforward personality and a lively personality, which complements you." ”
Zhao Qinghui pursed her lips and smiled: "Indeed, Sister Wu is a cheerful and lively person, and there are endless new things to hear every day with her. ”
"Oh, what's new?" asked Xie Fuya with interest.
Zhao Qinghui blushed slightly, and said in a low voice: "There are the customs of Xiguan, and there are ...... There are also some things about Cheng Shizi over there. ”
Xie Fuya was stunned for a moment, and the smile on her face gradually faded.
Zhao Qinghui still has hope for Cheng Song...... However, in this life, because of himself, Cheng Song failed to go to Beiguan and avoided death. If King Liang becomes a legitimate prince, it is not impossible to marry Lu Guogong.
In this way, Zhao Qinghui will not be as depressed and unhappy as in the previous life.
But Cheng Song, that person...... Besides, doesn't Wu Ruyue also like Cheng Song? She still wants to marry him! Why would she tell Zhao Qinghui about Cheng Song's past?
Do you know that Zhao Qinghui secretly promised Cheng Songfang that he would tell Zhao Qinghui about Cheng Song's past?
"Oh, I heard that Cheng Shizi went to Xiguan when he was ten years old, and he and Lu Guogong stayed in Xiguan for seven years before returning. I don't know what interesting things happened to him in his childhood over there?" Xie Fuya said casually.
Zhao Qinghui's face was shy when she mentioned Cheng Song, but she was full of interest.
"I heard Sister Wu say that when Cheng Shizi first arrived in Xiguan, he was looked down upon by the children of those generals in Xiguan because he was white and thin, and he looked for opportunities to bully him every day. Zhao Qinghui held his cheeks, looked at the clouds in the sky, and said with a smile, "At the beginning, those big children were still afraid of Lu Guogong, afraid that Cheng Shizi would go back to sue if they bullied him too much, and their parents would beat them up when they found out!
Speaking of this, Zhao Qinghui's face showed a distressed look. Xie Fuya listened to it tightly, she couldn't imagine that Cheng Song would lose the fight.
"Being beaten like that, Cheng Shizi just went to the barracks to find a doctor to connect his wrists, and then applied medicine and went back to the house. Because there was no wife or lady in charge of the house in the house, and Grandpa Guo was busy with the military, no one except the attendants knew that something like that happened to Cheng Shizi outside. Zhao Qinghui sighed lightly, "Later, the eldest children of those generals accepted him, and now they have become brothers who have been friends for their lives." ”
The fan in Xie Fuya's hand stopped, and she also looked at the clouds in the sky for a moment.
"These ...... How did she know that?" Xie Fuya asked softly after coming back to her senses.
Zhao Qinghui also took a sip of sour plum juice and said with a smile: "Sister Wu said that although she is a girl from the Hou Mansion, she loves to run behind her brothers like a kid all day long, so she saw those things." ”
Xie Fuya and Zhao Qinghui, as the nobles of the high-ranking families in Beijing, really hard to imagine that a little girl is running around the street with a group of boys and watching the scene of their fight! Only the daughters of ordinary people would be so free, right? If it happened to them, they would only be said to have "no rules"!
But Wu Ruyue is also the daughter of the Hou Mansion, but she can live such an unrestrained life in Xiguan, no wonder Zhao Qinghui is envious. Even Xie Fuya felt envious when she heard it.
In the distance, Wu Ruyue took out the knife she was carrying and slashed a few times on the leg of mutton, and explained something to Da Yang. Da Yang brought two saucers from the table next to her to her, Wu Ruyue picked up some dry condiments from one of the saucers and put them in her mouth to taste them, then shook her head.
Then, Wu Ruyue dipped another plate of condiments, and when her fingers were in her mouth, she was stunned, and tasted it with wide eyes!
"Is this the condiment that your county lord concocted?" Wu Ruyue asked as she looked at Da Yang in disbelief.
"Yes...... Oh, yes. Da Yang replied stunned, "Our county master has been trying to transfer for a long time, what's wrong Miss Wu?"
Wu Ruyue raised her eyes and looked into the shed, where the pair of cousins were smiling and talking while drinking sour plum juice. Her eyes darkened, she snatched the dish of dry condiments from Da Yang's hand, and strode towards the awning.
Xie Fuya saw that Wu Ruyue was trying condiments, so she didn't pay too much attention to it. He also chatted with Zhao Qinghui about his cousin Zhao Youxin, the son of King Liang, about taking a concubine.
Zhao Qinghui is a gentle and considerate good girl, she deliberately avoided Xie Fuya and Li when chatting, and did not mention the matter of Cheng Yibofu. Hearing her cousin ask about her eldest brother, she couldn't help but sigh.
"That person was forced into the Yongjun Hou Mansion, and the eldest brother didn't want to accept it. Zhao Qinghui shook her head and said, "The mother concubine knew that she was not a safe master, so she arranged for a mother and a big girl to take care of her, who knew that she had to sneak out of the yard in time, and actually ran to the gate of the sister-in-law's courtyard to cry and block the eldest brother." ”
Xie Fuya couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this, "It's really an uneasy one." ”
"Who's to say it isn't. Zhao Qinghui said, "The mother concubine is glad to have rejected the matchmaker that the Yongjun Hou Mansion wants to marry the second brother, if it is also like this, our Liang Wangfu will not have a stop life." ”
Seeing Zhao Qinghui, an unengaged and unmarried girl, worried about the peace of the house, Xie Fuya couldn't help laughing.
"Look at the way you look, you speak like a mother in charge. Xie Fuya quipped, "The princess and your sisters-in-law are in charge of the affairs in the backyard of the palace, and they can't make trouble." ”
Zhao Qinghui couldn't help laughing, "Cousin is right, why am I worried about these things." ”
While talking and laughing, Wu Ruyue walked into the shed with the condiment plate.
"County Lord, may I ask if you personally prepared this dish of dry dipping sauce?" Wu Ruyue asked as she put the dish on the table and stared at Xie Fuya's face with bright eyes.
Xie Fuya looked at the plate of condiments, and then at Wu Ruyue, "It's exactly what I have prepared to dip in roast mutton to eat recently, what's wrong?"
Wu Ruyue clenched her fists, pursed her lips and stared at Xie Fuya silently.
Zhao Qinghui felt that something was wrong with the situation, so she got up and walked to Wu Ruyue's side, took her hand and wanted her to sit down and talk, but Wu Ruyue threw her away!
"The taste of this condiment is very similar to the exclusive secret ingredient of a person, I don't know where the county lord got the secret ingredient recipe, or did he make it at will?" Wu Ruyue asked aggressively.
"Sister Wu, what are you ......" Zhao Qinghui looked at Wu Ruyue uneasily, and then at Xie Fuya, "Didn't my cousin say that this condiment was her own ......"
Xie Fuya's eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and she was a little unhappy with Wu Ruyue's attitude.
"This dry dipping sauce is indeed what I made according to a list of ingredients, but I don't know if it's a secret ingredient. Xie Fuya replied coldly.
"Where did that list come from!?" Wu Ruyue stepped forward and asked eagerly. "Is it still in the hands of the county lord? Can you let me copy a copy of the reputation?"
Xie Fuya frowned and asked inexplicably, "Why is Miss Wu so interested in this condiment?"
Wu Ruyueyu waved her hand, "You don't have to worry about this!"
Zhao Qinghui, "......"
Shefya, "......"
I used to have a good impression of this daughter of the Pingxi Hou Mansion, and felt that she was honest and innocent, but at this time, it was too informal, and it was already uncomfortable rudeness!
"I'm sorry. Xie Fuya said lightly with a cold face, "Miss Wu knows that the ingredient list of this dipping sauce is a secret recipe, so it is naturally not suitable to pass on and copy the reputation of others." ”
In fact, Xie Fuya had already moved the idea of giving the formula list to Wu Ruyue to copy the reputation, but her rude "you don't care" annoyed Xie Fuya, and she temporarily changed her mind!
Wu Ruyue was stunned for a moment when she heard Xie Fuya's refusal, and then she frowned and became a little unhappy.
"I didn't expect the county lord to be such a stingy and selfish person. Wu Ruyue snorted softly.
Saying in front of me that people are stingy and hiding their secrets, even a good-tempered person like Zhao Qinghui is not happy to hear it.
"Sister Wu, my cousin has already said that since it is a secret recipe, it is inconvenient to pass it on. If you like it, I'll ask my cousin to mix some more for you to bring back to Beijing. I think my cousin will also agree, right?" Zhao Qinghui looked at Xie Fuya apologetically, apologizing for Wu Ruyue's rudeness.
Xie Fuya saw Zhao Qinghui's eyes, shook her head helplessly and sighed, "Qinghui is right, if Miss Wu likes this flavor of dipping, I will make some more people to send it to you tomorrow." ”
Wu Ruyue sneered, turned to Zhao Qinghui and said, "County Lord, do you know whose exclusive secret ingredient I tasted this condiment?"
Zhao Qinghui looked dazed, "I don't know ......"
Wu Ruyue picked up the plate and brought it to Zhao Qinghui's eyes, and said in a very positive tone: "This is Cheng Song's own exclusive secret ingredient! It's just a little worse in taste, but it's very similar! If there is no Cheng Song's ingredient list, how can such a similar dipping ingredient be concocted?"
Zhao Qinghui's eyes widened when he heard the word "Cheng Song", and his eyes fell on the condiments in the saucer, "Cheng Shizi...... Cheng Shizi's exclusive secret material?"
After speaking, Zhao Qinghui stretched out his finger and dipped it in his mouth, and the taste of various spices hit his taste buds, and he had an indescribable feeling.
"So, the county lord of Jingyi should have gotten Cheng Song's secret recipe, right? Cheng Song was very close to his secret recipe when he was in Xiguan, my brother and others asked him many times, but he refused to take it out and share it with everyone, and said that he would open a spice shop in the future, ** with good barbecue condiments, he will definitely make a lot of money!" Wu Ruyue looked at Xie Fuya and said coldly, "It's just that I didn't expect to return to Beijing for only half a year, so he gave him the secret recipe in his hand...... Gave it to someone else!"
"Why don't you finish speaking?" Xie Fuya looked at Wu Ruyue coldly. She heard disdain and contempt from Wu Ruyue's tone and words?
What a joke! Why does Wu Ruyue look down on her? Cheng Song's secret recipe is really so precious? People don't want to give it to you, it must be because your character is not good, so they refuse to give it!
"Cousin, you...... How can you have Cheng Shizi's secret recipe?" Zhao Qinghui looked at Xie Fuya suspiciously, and his eyes flashed with disbelief, "Could it be Cheng Shizi...... Gave it to you yourself, right?"