Chapter 124: Passing the Danger Test
When Sheng Weiqiao heard Xuan Yu Feng say that she should not cook for her husband to celebrate his birthday, she was very puzzled: "Why? Auntie, didn't you still dislike me before, and said that I should learn more things? It's rare that I plan to be virtuous, why don't you support it, and oppose it?"
Xuan Yu Feng said "um" and said, "Have you ever cooked?"
"Of course I did!" Sheng Weiqiao said with confidence, "I'm still very talented! Let me tell you, when I went to sea for the first time before, on the ship, Ah Xi and the others were lukewarm to me, and since they drank the soup I boiled with their own hands, they were very enthusiastic about me! In those days, every time I saw it from afar, I smiled brightly!"
Xuan Yu Feng didn't answer when he heard this, and Ni Yanying next to him said curiously: "My cousin is actually good at cooking? With all due respect, I have always felt that my cousin has such a background, and eighty percent of them have never cooked at all!"
Sheng Weiqiao listened to her words, and suddenly remembered that at this time, outsiders didn't know that Rong Sleeping Crane was born on Tortoiseshell Island, and they all thought that Rong Sleeping Crane had a close relationship with Hawksbill Island, mainly because of the Sheng family, and was suddenly awe-inspiring, so he didn't dare to say the details, and only said vaguely: "It's not good at it, I don't cook much, it's just a whim in the first two years." I haven't made anything myself since then, and I've eaten ready-made. ”
Ni Yanying covered her mouth and smiled: "This is my cousin Bing Xue smart, how many people have cooked for a lifetime, and the craftsmanship is still miserable." My cousin does it occasionally, but she can make people linger, isn't it talented?"
"My cousin praised it. Although Sheng Weiqiao is still wary of this cousin, he still enjoys this kind of obedient words, and said with great interest, "It's better to be like this, let's practice arching and horse hard enough in the past two days, I'll go to the kitchen to show my hand later, how about making soup for you?"
Ni Yanying was about to agree, but Xuan Yu Feng's face changed instantly, and he shouted, "No!!"
Hearing the strong opposition in his aunt's tone, Sheng Weiqiao was stunned: "Why?"
"You are no longer the little daughter of the Sheng family when you were the pearl of the palm!" Xuan Yu Feng said in his heart, why? Because your aunt and I don't have the same tolerance for you as Mizhen, if you dare to bring me the kind of thing that was given to Mizhen for me to eat, I just want to kill my relatives in righteousness, okay?
However, because Ni Yanying was there, Xuan Yu Feng usually hurt his niece unceremoniously, in front of outsiders, he didn't want to sweep Sheng Weiqiao's face, and at this moment, his mind changed, he was in a hurry, straightened his expression, and reprimanded him with righteousness and awe, "You are now the princess of the county! You are the wife of the sect, and you are the wife of this Yizhou assassin!
Sheng Weiqiao said blankly: "No, I have listened to the advice of Mizhen and Mr. Leyang, and I will not hold Mizhen's birthday anymore." ”
Isn't this a sign of general knowledge?
"It's just not a big deal, at most it's not successful, don't you have the idea of being more motivated?" Xuan Yu Feng sighed and said bitterly, "For example, although the victims of the disaster on Xu Lianshan's side have been resettled at this time, their lives are not very good, right?"
Sheng Weiqiao said thoughtfully: "What does aunt mean ......?"
"Wouldn't you give away the expenses you originally planned to give to Mi Zhen to celebrate her birthday, and make some good reputation?" Xuan Yu Feng said, "Anyway, you don't plan to worry about this, and you don't lack this money, do you?"
“…… But even if I do this, what's wrong with me personally cooking a few side dishes for Mi Zhen?" Sheng Weiqiao looked at her inexplicably, "As long as we don't hold a wine banquet, we can't say that we won't eat our own food for the sake of the victims, right?"
She sensed that something was wrong, and said suspiciously, "Auntie, should you ...... Don't trust my craft?"
Xuan Yu Feng said in his heart, isn't this nonsense? If I trusted your craftsmanship, I would have let you try it a long time ago! After all, my aunt, who has been for you for more than ten years, has never even eaten a sip of the tea you made herself, if it weren't for Le Yangwen relaying the terrible degree of your craftsmanship, I would definitely count down the fact that you are not filial when you have a husband, and you have made soup for Mizhen for several days, but until now I have never made any food for my aunt, even a bowl of boiled water!
However, in front of Ni Yanying, Xuan Yu Feng said in a deep voice: "There is no such thing! Although you are a little squeamish, you have always been smart, others don't know this, don't I know what I am an aunt about?"
was racking his brains to think of countermeasures, at this time Ni Yanying asked intimately: "Mother-in-law, do you think that if you want to win people's hearts, it is too simple to just give away the silver that your cousin gave to your cousin-in-law to celebrate his birthday? Now again, even under the guise of letting my cousin-in-law not hold a birthday banquet, it is my cousin and my cousin-in-law who contribute alone, but because the whole world knows that my cousin is rich, it is inevitable that some people who have long Wangshu will think that for my cousin, the wealth and goods are not worth mentioning and cannot reflect their intentions?"
Xuan Yu Feng glanced at her with satisfaction, and clapped his hands and said: "What Yan Ying said is right! That's what Li'er! Although our family is not short of silver, we can't do it in vain! It's not good to contribute money and effort, you want to do such a stupid thing?"
Sheng Weiqiao groaned: "Well, that aunt still has a cousin...... What do you mean?"
"I don't have any new ideas. Ni Yanying hurriedly said, "But I've heard before that some people do longevity, of course, that is the old man's longevity, and there will be female relatives in the family who will personally cook and make pastries, and distribute them to the poor families in the city." ”
He asked Xuan Yu Feng, "Mother-in-law, what do you think of letting your cousin make some pastries for the victims herself?"
Xuan Yu Feng secretly said: "I just thought you were intimate, why are you pitted again?"
If the food made by Sheng Weiqiao is just not delicious, it will be okay, after all, it would be good if the victims of the disaster in this world could survive, and if you want delicious food, you will think too much.
The problem is that the food made by Sheng Weiqiao is simply life-threatening, and the situation of the victims is not good, in case the weak are rushed, and they really eat a life, isn't it thankless! Maybe even the effort of this time is in vain!
Thinking so, Xuan Yu Feng said: "There are thousands of victims, where did Qiao Er do it alone? Besides, we are all learning to bow and horse at this time, and we can't spare that time at all." I don't think it's better like this: you sisters go to the kitchen together and stare at the cook to make the last batch, and when you look back, you will say that you made it together, and you can send it over!"
Ni Yanying hurriedly said: "This is all my cousin's hard work, my stepmother's idea, what am I?
"Since my cousin helped to see it, shouldn't I mention you?" Sheng Weiqiao felt that something was wrong in her heart, and she always felt that her aunt prevented her from cooking for Rong Sleeping Crane, which seemed to have other reasons, but she always thought that she was very talented in cooking, and she had tasted the soup she made herself, so she couldn't think of the truth, and at this time, in front of Ni Yanying, it was not easy to ask Xuanyu Feng, so she temporarily suppressed this doubt in her heart, and said with a smile, "Otherwise, you can't work in vain, right?"
Their cousins pushed back for a while, because Ni Yanying insisted on refusing to accept this reputation, and Sheng Weiqiao and Yu Feng had no intention of making the Ni family famous, so after the politeness, they also decided to let Sheng Weiqiao personally supervise a batch of pastries and send them to the victims under the banner of "cooking in person".
After this conversation ended, Jin Li came up to ask for a few trivial matters, so Xuan Yu Feng took Ni Yanying to leave.
That night, Sheng Weiqiao told Rong Sleeper: "I don't know if I'm thinking too much, and I always feel that my aunt is trying her best to prevent me from cooking for you?"
"How could it be?" Rong Sleepy Crane was frightened when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Aunt has always been most in favor of you learning things, isn't it?"
"That's the truth, but now an aunt says this and that, and I listen, and she just won't let me cook. Sheng Weiqiao pondered and meditated, "I don't know what the reason is?"
Rong Sleepy Crane said: "Well, it may be like this: Aunt has always treated you as a pain in your liver, you haven't cooked at home, and you have to cook for me now, can she not look distressed? Besides, you have married so many cooks, you can't let them be idle for three days, right?"
"I'm not planning to wash your hands and make soup for you all day long!" Sheng Weiqiao pushed him and said with a smile, "What do you think is beautiful? I don't think it's okay to do it once in a while." Besides, if my aunt is jealous, it's not like I can't think of a few dishes she loves to eat to honor her!
Rong Sleeping Crane was in a cold sweat when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "But we haven't had time to be idle now! I think maybe my aunt is afraid that you are too relaxed?"
There is some truth in this statement, Sheng Weiqiao muttered: "Relax? Indeed, we haven't reached the time to relax yet." ”
"Isn't that it?" Rong Sleeping Crane said bitterly, "We are worried about external and internal troubles at this time, how many things do we have to worry about in the front hall and backyard, and my aunt must hope that we will all try to focus on serious things as much as possible, instead of thinking about some trivial matters all day long?"
He also said, "Aren't you worried that Ruru will detour to the western frontier? I wrote a letter to Nanfeng County and Chang'an before, mentioning this matter, counting the days, and it is almost time?"
is so easy to say, it finally makes Sheng Weiqiao no longer delve into it.
In this way, on Rong Sleeping Crane's birthday two days later, Sheng Weiqiao followed Xuanyu Feng's proposal, and really only watched the people below in the kitchen make a bunch of pastries, and then packed them up and sent them to the place where the victims were settled...... It was Xuan Yu Feng's who personally cooked a bowl of longevity noodles, and asked Sheng Weiqiao to send it to Rong Mianhe, which was regarded as congratulating him on his birthday: "Our Nanfeng County has the custom of cooking noodles for the mother who was born on the day of his birthday, although I am only your aunt, neither my mother-in-law nor my mother-in-law, but those two are not here now, this birthday day will always be different from usual, so I will go down!"
This move was originally her sympathy for Rong Sleeping Crane, but it was Sheng Weiqiao who sent the noodles, and Rong Sleeping Crane, who was scared at that time, wanted to ask someone to bring a stack of bowls and divide all the noodles!
In the end, Sheng Weiqiao himself said: "This is the noodles that my aunt cooked for you, and I haven't tasted my aunt's craftsmanship!"
Rong Sleeping Crane breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, but after tasting it, he felt that he should actually ask someone to take a few bowls to divide it, this noodle is not cooked at all, okay?!
And it is two extremes with Sheng Weiqiao's cooking skills: Sheng Weiqiao is about putting salt in catties, and this aunt doesn't put salt at all, right?
What are the habits of their aunts and nephews?
Don't you want to take a bite of your own food after you've cooked it?
The female dependents who grew up in the brocade clothes and food and lack strict family rules are really ...... It's horrible!
Rong Sleeping Crane roared in his heart, and after eating the noodles with great difficulty, he still had to pretend to be touched and delicious...... This made him regret it very much, why did he say that the tenth day of October was his birthday?
He should say that he will live this birthday before he comes to Xijiang!
But thinking about it, I don't mean that I will leave this western frontier soon, and I can't say that I will continue to be here after the year, and I really can't hide from it when I come on my birthday.
Only then did he sigh secretly, looked at the copper leak in the corner of the house, and said in his heart that no matter what, this day has finally passed!
When Rong Sleeping Crane looked at the empty noodle bowl, trying to express his gratitude to Xuanyu Feng and his admiration for the noodles he had just eaten, he was thousands of miles away in Chang'an.
Guangling Palace, in the backyard, the Zhao sisters were facing a bowl of bird's nest porridge and were speechless.