Chapter Eighty-Three: The Fish Feast
The person who came was none other than Li Mingqian. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info He walked straight into the room and stood still in front of Li Minglan and the others.
"Have you returned the things?" His voice was flat, and he couldn't hear any joy or anger.
"Big brother, we..." Li Minglan seemed to be very afraid of this big brother, bit her lip and didn't dare to say anything, and nodded almost invisibly.
Li Mingxiu was also extremely surprised by his appearance, but he was not as scared as Li Minglan. She settled down and smiled reluctantly at Li Mingqian: "Actually, Lan'er and I were just joking with Xue'er on a whim, and I didn't expect that the thing belonged to this girl." We have returned to their rightful owners and apologized. She looked aggrieved, and there were tears in her eyes: "It's just that this girl doesn't know why she wants to mislead us into thinking that she is the young lady of Wang Tongzhi's family, do you think that our apology is not enough, and we have to be humiliated?" ”
Li Mingqian glanced at her, and a faint smile appeared on his face: "I was outside the door just now. So don't disgrace yourself. ”
Li Mingxiu choked when she heard this, and her face gradually turned red, both ashamed and hidden.
Wang Jian raised his eyebrows, and if he played tricks with this treacherous big bad wolf, he would definitely be exposed.
"Something is intact?" Li Mingqian turned around and walked in front of her and said gently.
"It should be fine." Feeling the gaze above his head, Wang Jin subconsciously took a step back.
"It's better to check it out." The corners of Li Mingqian's mouth curved.
"It's fine." Wang Jian thought for a moment, walked to the teahouse, and opened the box. For a while, everyone's eyes were attracted by the clear and exquisite, colorful glass, and only Li Minglan had a panicked look on her face.
The glass bottle and the glass bowl were intact, and when Wang Jian picked up the glass tripod, he couldn't help but exclaim.
"What's wrong?" Li Mingqian walked up to Wang Jin's side.
It turned out that a piece of Xiaoding's left ear had fallen off, and there were several obvious cracks on the side.
"What's going on?!" He looked at Li Mingxiu and the others, and his tone was very stern, and he was really angry.
Li Minglan was so frightened that tears flowed down instantly, and she was about to speak, but Li Mingxiu preemptively said: "This wooden box was dropped once by Xue'er's maid ring before. ”
Zhuang Xue's face changed, she looked at Zhixiang outside the house, and just wanted to call her in to confront her, she heard Wang Jin's voice: "I don't know if it has been broken before, but I think if this thing was broken before, I think the two young ladies would not have brought it back to watch." ”
Yes, if something is broken, I'm afraid that they won't be able to avoid it, how can they deliberately take it back? Zhuang Xue's eyes lit up, calmed down, and looked at Li Mingxiu with a smile.
Li Mingxiu's face became more and more ugly, his lips were purse, but he couldn't say anything.
"Minglan , come on!" Li Mingqian's face was cold.
"Big... Big brother, it's... When Sister Minglan and I took it out to see, we accidentally rolled off the couch and fell... Broken. Li Minglan choked up and whispered more and more, but everyone in the room heard it clearly.
Li Mingqian's always indifferent eyes finally turned angry, but there was a smile on his face: "Since you are not careful, it is understandable." Starting tomorrow, you will go to the ancestral hall and copy the female commandments 200 times, and then deduct half a year's monthly precept as compensation. As he spoke, he looked down at Wang Jin, and his voice was low and soft: "Don't worry, I'll find a craftsman to repair it." ”
Wang Jin bowed his head slightly, gently rubbing the fracture, and all the anger and regret finally turned into a wordless sigh in his heart.
His punishment was actually very heavy, the two little girls immediately changed their faces, and Li Mingxiu couldn't help but have red eyes and wanted to cry.
Wang Jin didn't want to stay longer, looked up at Li Mingqian and said, "We caught fish in the morning, this should be baked." Cher and I went over first. She paused, and her tone was a little hesitant: "Do you want to come along?" ”
Li Mingqian raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, and said with a smile: "The girl invited, but it was disrespectful. ”
When everyone returned to the stream, sure enough, the two fish had been grilled and served on the table. Ruan Minyu and Zhuang Xue were very excited all the way, talking and laughing behind Wang Jin and Li Mingqian, they would see that the fish they caught could be eaten, and they didn't care about the image, they directly stuffed a piece of it into their mouths with their hands, and called it delicious.
Seeing Wang Hibiscus smearing seasoning on the fish, Li Mingqian thought of something, walked to the hillside not far away, picked some grass and washed it, and handed it to her.
"Mint?" Wang Jin was surprised.
"Yesterday, I heard the girl's introduction, and I thought this thing was very good, so I let people transplant a piece here." Li Mingqian said casually, sat down on the stool beside her, and watched her green slender fingers pick up some seasoning powder, and smeared it on the slippery fish, inexplicably feeling a little hot and dry.
So fast? I only told him about it yesterday. Sure enough, it's easy to do things with money. Wang Jian couldn't help but sigh.
Over there, Ruan Minyu and Zhuang Xue had enough of the taste, so they actively responded to the labor and wanted to go into battle to grill the fish in person.
The oil smoke on the iron plate is small, and it is not smoky. Wang Jin gave up his position and gave directions.
The two of them turned over from time to time and smeared some oil. When the wine is sprinkled, the fish burns with fire, and it is not alarmed, but it is more fun and enjoyable. The girl on the side was shocked into a sweat.
Wang Hibiscus stewed fish soup on the stove, put some mint in it, and left it alone.
"Today is the whole fish feast?" Li Mingqian looked at the braised bream that had just been sent from the kitchen, the grilled fish on the table, and the fish soup in the stove.
"Childe doesn't like fish?" Wang Jin was surprised and thought, then you are still here?
"It's... Won't eat. Li Mingqian said slightly embarrassed.
Wang Jian resisted the urge to laugh out loud, and comforted softly: "It's okay, that bream doesn't have any spines, and the belly of the fish is for you to eat." Well, you can also drink fish soup. ”
Li Mingqian wanted to say something, but Ruan Minyu and Zhuang Xue had already rushed over with the grilled fish, asking the two of them to taste their masterpieces.
"Well, it's not burnt!" Wang Jin praised his appearance first, but he sweated in his heart, and he didn't know if he was ripe.
She took the chopsticks and carefully pinched a piece of meat from the fish's belly, but the withdrawn hand turned in the air.
"Today, thanks to Gongzi for helping us out of the siege, you should eat first." Wang Jin looked at Li Mingqian with a smile, and added, "Don't worry, it's not thorny." ”
Her hand held the chopsticks to his mouth, and the sleeve slipped slightly, revealing a small piece of snow-like skin.
Li Mingqian squinted his eyes slightly, clearly catching a hint of teasing from the sweet smile of the little girl in front of him. However, as if he didn't notice it, his smile was extremely soft, and his movements were extremely graceful as he ate the fish on the chopsticks.
"Cousin Li, is it delicious?" Ruan Minyu, the owner of the grilled fish, hurriedly asked.
"Hmm... It is very charred and tender. Li Mingqian praised, "Miss Wang also tasted it?" ”
"Sister Jin'er tried mine!" Zhuang Xue said eagerly and expectantly.
Since Li Mingqian said that it was delicious, it must be cooked. Wang Jian put his mind at ease, grabbed a chopstick and put it in his mouth, which was really good.
"Yes, it seems that you two are very talented in grilled fish!" Wang Jinran smiled and said, "Bring the fish to the table, the dishes are all ready, let's sit down and eat." The rest will be roasted and played by Hanlian Zhixiang! ”
So they happily sat down around the table.
Mother Li, who had been paying attention to them on the side, was already stunned. Because she was instructed before she came, she always paid attention to Wang Jin.
Seeing Wang Hibiscus feeding the young master fish before, she couldn't help frowning, feeling that this move was inappropriate and too undignified and reserved.
But the young master, who was slightly clean, didn't frown, and ate happily, she was shocked, and she had some thoughts in her heart.
Seeing that Wang Jian actually used the same pair of chopsticks, and the young master looked at her with doting pleasure in his eyes, Mother Li couldn't wait to rush to Mrs. immediately, tell her about this scene, and then go to burn the pillar high incense, thank God for hanging the curtain, the young master finally opened his mind!
However she could not go. She still needs to take another look, and make sure again, what if she was dazzled just now? After all, this is a young master who has always been cold to girls!
So she summoned the maid who was waiting at the table, and went into battle herself, serving the soup and changing the plate.
After a meal, she was puzzled again.
Why did Miss Wang only care about adding soup and vegetables to the two young ladies when she was eating, and she didn't even look at her young master?
And the young master just started to look at Miss Wang, and then buried himself in eating?
Could it be that I was really wrong before?
Li's mother couldn't help but be a little disappointed.
After they finished eating, they withdrew from the banquet and served tea, Zhuang Xue touched her stomach and looked satisfied, and proposed: "Let's walk around, I haven't visited this garden, how about eating by the way?" ”
Ruan Minyu naturally had no opinion, but Wang Jin still had one thing in mind.
"I still have something to do, and I'm going to leave later." Wang Jian said apologetically.
"What's the matter, does it have to be today?" Zhuang Xue said eagerly, "It's rare for my sister to come to play, the next time I'm free, Xue'er may have left, my sister will accompany Xue'er today!" ”
Wang Jin was also in a dilemma, promising that the tenant's matter would not be delayed, but she couldn't bear to refuse Zhuang Xue's pitiful appearance.
Ruan Minyu also took her hand and sprinkled it, and Mother Li was even more anxious when she stood aside, she hadn't figured out what the relationship between this Wang girl and the young master was!
"Is it related to glass?" Li Mingqian, who had been silent, said suddenly.
Wang Jin looked at him in surprise: "How do you know?" ”
"This set of glazed ornaments is made of clear material and exquisite craftsmanship, which is rare on the market and is also valuable. The girl carried such valuables with her, thinking that she had other plans. Li Mingqian frowned and said, "It's just that now I was accidentally broken by my sister, I don't know if it has an impact?" ”
Wang Jian smiled lightly: "Actually, I want to take it to the pawnshop, and it doesn't matter if I want to have one less." ”
"Sister is having trouble with money?" Zhuang Xue breathed a sigh of relief, "How much do you need, I'll lend it to my sister!" ”
"I have it too, I have it too!" Ruan Minyu immediately echoed.
"I appreciate your kindness." Wang Jin smiled softly at them, "It's just that the amount I want is not small, but the monthly expenses of the two of you are not necessarily much, and the expenses on weekdays are also large, so I really have no way to take your silver." ”
"But Sister Jin'er..."Zhuang Xue looked sad, thinking that she insisted on leaving.
"Don't be sad, Sister Jin'er will definitely stay with you today." Wang Jin touched her face and comforted her softly. Then he turned his head to look at Li Mingqian, "Li Gongzi, can you take a step to speak." ”
Li Mingqian readily agreed, and walked slowly along the stream with Wang Jin.