Chapter Twenty-Five: Dim Sum

The snow fell one after another, and the snowflakes danced in various postures with the wind, hovering, flying, or falling straight down to the ground. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info

"Girl." Qinghe walked in with a curtain on the cold air.

"Come back, quickly sweep the snow away, don't catch a cold. Green plum, pour a bowl of ginger water for the green lotus to drive away the cold. Lan Xin looked up and saw that Qinghe's body was covered with snowflakes, and commanded in a series of orders.

Ziyi took the things from Qinghe's hand, took her outside, and took a duster to dust the snow for her. After cleaning up, Qinghe walked in and curtsied. Lan Xin motioned for her to sit on the stool next to her, and the heat in the room made her shiver. I took the ginger soup brought by the green plum and drank it in small sips, the ginger soup was a little hot.

Lumei stood behind Ziyi, staring closely at Qinghe through Ziyi's shoulder, drinking the ginger soup one by one, she walked up to take the bowl, and walked out of the room step by step, and only let out a long breath when the thick curtain blocked the whole room behind her. Ignoring the thick layer of snow on the railing that made her hands red, she held the railing tightly so that she could stand on it.

"Have you seen Mother Wu? What did she say? Lan Xin saw that Qinghe's face softened a little, and asked.

"Well, I see. Mother Wu promised to bring the message to Mrs. Rong, and also said that she would send the little maid to deliver the letter. Qinghe replied.

"Hmm." Lan Xin nodded and said that she knew, and she didn't care if Mrs. Rong would agree. He asked, pointing to the thick package that Qinghe had brought back. "What's going on with these things?"

"This is the new dim sum of 'Shiwei Zhai', and I specially asked the slave to bring it back for the girl to taste." Qinghe said as she opened the thick package, revealing three oiled paper packets.

"Didn't I say don't take Liuya's things? Liuya has helped enough. Lan Xin said with a frown.

"Girl, you have wronged the slave. These snacks were not given by Liuya, but by the shopkeeper of their family for the slaves and maids. To Shang Lanxin's suspicious eyes, Qing explained, "The shopkeeper said that these are new dim sum that they have researched together with the dim sum master from Jiangzhou, and I want to ask the girl to help them taste it." He also said that last time the girl proposed to grind chestnuts into flour to make snacks, and the chestnut cake they tried to make sold very well. There are also patterns of molds drawn by the girl, which they have carved by craftsmen, and the sweets they make are more popular than before.

That's why I'd like to ask you to give them some advice on this new treat. There is also this bag of chestnut cake, which is made according to the girl's recipe, and I will give it to you to taste. The girl likes to eat their kidney bean rolls, and the shopkeeper also gave them a package. He also said very politely, 'A little heart, I hope the girl will not dislike it'. Qinghe explained while putting the snacks on the plate, shaking the package in his hand and sighing, "The shopkeeper was worried that the slave and maid would not be able to carry the food box in the snow, so he specially instructed Liuya to find such a thick package for the slave and maid. ”

"Ha, the shopkeeper of this 'Shiwei Zhai' is really considerate and thoughtful, no wonder their business there is so good." Ziyi sighed with a smile. twisted a wet handkerchief for Lan Xin, and easily received the embroidery shed into the sewing basket.

"The shopkeeper of this 'Shiwei Zhai' is quite kind. But I've heard that the most important thing in a shop like theirs is not the money, but the recipes for making dim sum. The girl gave them such a good recipe and made so much money, and it was also appropriate to get a few packs of snacks for the girl. Qinghe said confidently.

"I know you're not going to lose." Ziyi scolded with a smile.

"What's the matter, I'm not wrong!" Qinghe retorted with a stiff neck.

Lan Xin smiled and listened to the two of them bickering, and after wiping his hands, he picked up the chopsticks and put a piece of each snack in front of him and put it on the plate in front of him. Pointing to the rest of the snacks on the plate, he said, "You can take those and divide them." The snacks in the oil-paper bag were divided into three parts, one to the old lady's yard, one to the lady's yard, and the other to the second lady. Thinking of the second lady Wang's sharp words that pointed to the theme in the old lady's courtyard, Lan Xin couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth.

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The second lady, Wang, sat cross-legged on the couch and munched melon seeds, and glanced up at the boxy snacks wrapped in oiled paper on the table. After thinking for a while, he lowered his head depressedly and continued to eat melon seeds. After knocking a few melon seeds, he looked up and stared at the bag of dim sum.

After sweeping the snow on his body, the second master of the Zhou family walked in and sat at the other end of the collapse, took the maid's tea, drank a cup, and then took the second cup of tea and drank half a cup before reassuring the teacup. Looking at the red stamps on the oiled paper on the table that wrapped dim sum, he asked curiously, "How did you go to 'Shiwei Zhai' to buy dim sum?" ”

"No, Lan Xin sent someone to send it just now." Wang said sullenly while knocking on the melon seeds.

"Lan Xin? Why did she bring you a snack? The second master asked, seeing that Wang's mood was a little depressed, and then asked: "It seems that you are a little unhappy to see you like that, this is a snack from 'Shiwei Zhai'!" Is it too little or what's wrong? ”

"It's not." Wang put the melon seeds in his hand on the table, patted the dander on his hands and body, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea before he spoke: "Of course I'm happy that Lan Xin came to deliver snacks." I just kept thinking, why didn't we meet that kid in the first place? If I had brought her back, I would have ・・・・・・・."

"Okay, what nonsense are you talking about?" The second master interrupted Wang's words sharply, and subconsciously looked around, "You can also talk nonsense, if the boss hears it, the boss ・・・・・・ the second dog family・・・・・ we can eat with the boss now, if you ・・・・・"

"Oops, what are you yelling about?" Wang interrupted the second old man's incoherent words impatiently, "I know that the boss didn't just give the second dog's family a closing fee, the second dog's father's leg was discounted by the boss, just because the second dog lady shouted on the street that Lan Xin was brought back." ”

"Then you're still talking nonsense!"

"Doesn't I feel aggrieved? You don't know, the old family's heart is now boundless, and there is the third family, that's really shameless. I said how she came to me to accompany our mother to chat, but she actually went to Lan Xin・・・・・・・ "Wang said everything in the old lady's yard, and finally said melancholy: "So I said, if Lan Xin is in our house, it would be great." Now they'll have to look at our faces. ”

"Alright, don't think about what you have and don't."

"Hey, by the way, why did you come back so early today? Isn't it busy in the workshop? ”

"The affairs in the workshop were handed over to Wen Tao, and the boss asked me to accompany the shopkeeper Li to drink." The second master drank another half cup of tea and said.

"Why don't you go, Boss? So who is the shopkeeper of Li? Wang asked suspiciously.

"Shopkeeper Li is a maritime merchant from Jiangzhou, and the Rong family helped introduce him. The boss can't look down on it, and the boss wants to cooperate with the impostor in Jiangzhou. It's not good to refute the Rong family's face, so let me go. In this way, everyone knows what to expect, and it does not hurt the harmony. ”

"The boss is getting more and more ghostly now." Wang pursed his lips and commented.