Chapter 21: Born in troubled times
Hua Heng always believed in Jiang Nuan and Gu Luo, but his stomach was still greasy at this time, so he couldn't arouse much interest.
However, when Gu Luo talked about it, he couldn't help but be curious, "Could it be that you have learned to cook from the imperial chef in the palace?" β
Hua's eyes lit up, and she forgot that she had just raised her eyebrows at Hua Heng, and immediately answered, "There is indeed a generation of the Gu family who was born as a royal chef and a noble family, and several aunts and grandmothers have entered the palace, so they must be very familiar with the dishes in the palace, and it is rare for us ordinary people to see it." β
Gu Luo giggled and explained, "What my aunt said is that my aunt married the distant nephew of the former queen mother, and every year on June 15 in the palace, she has to eat a dish called 'ginger candy' to commemorate the hard work of the ancestors.
The aunt was not willing to eat, and secretly brought it to her mother's family, the king of the county liked my aunt very much, and when he saw that the aunt was like this, he begged the queen mother and specially rewarded a ginger candy to the Gu family.
According to my father, it was delicious, and later, the previous dynasty was defeated, and my father was fortunate to meet the master who made dim sum for the Queen Mother, he was a master of making palace ginger candy, and it happened that there was nowhere to stay, and my father came to our house to live and cook for us.
When I was young, I was naughty and always pestered my master, but fortunately I learned a few tricks, this palace ginger candy, but I am good at it! β
Gu Luo raised his head proudly, deliberately attracting Hua Heng's attention.
Sure enough, Hua Heng's face flashed a bright color, and he muttered, "The Empress Dowager of the previous dynasty personally drafted it?" How delicious does that have to be? β
I swallowed my saliva unconsciously.
Hua Shi also discovered Gu Luo's intentions, and when he saw Hua Heng's greedy appearance, he really couldn't cry or laugh, and deliberately said enthusiastically, "That's right, such a precious thing, we should have bothered Luo'er to relieve our hunger, but Hua Heng didn't want to eat it." β
Hua Shi shook his head regretfully, and then rejoiced, "Luo'er, if you don't do it, we'll eat it ourselves, and I'll let the cook cook it for Hua Heng alone..."
"Hey, who said I didn't want to eat!!"
Hua Heng was in a hurry, and when he saw that his mother was deliberately going to leave him, he grabbed Jiang Nuan's hand in a panic and didn't let go, "Gu Luo, I'll eat, I'll eat!" Don't leave me alone, I'm going to eat the ginger candy you made too!! β
Hua Shi and Gu Luo looked at each other, relieved, but their faces were still tense, "You don't eat nothing??" Forget it, you still take care of it, and Niang Ming'er will change a doctor to you to take a look. ? β
"I don't, I don't!! I want Gu Luo's ginger candy!! β
Gu Luo was dizzy from Hua Heng's shaking, and hurriedly took Hua Heng's hand and responded with a smile and walked out of the room.
It's still early, you need ready-made fresh ingredients to make ginger candy, Hua wants to follow Jiang Nuan to buy vegetables together, bluffing Jiang Nuan shook his head, "Where can I let you go, A-Niang has accompanied me out several times, I still won't get lost when I go to the vegetable market, you can rest assured that you can wait at home." β
Hua's heart became more and more comfortable, and he said happily, "Success!" That's Xiaoxiao to accompany you, help you carry the vegetable basket or something, that girl is very lively, bargaining is a hand, you take her to make sure you don't suffer! β
Hua squeezed her eyes at her, turned around and called Xiaoxiao up, and when Jiang Nuan changed her clothes, the two went out.
Hua's Mansion was originally in the urban area, and there was a vegetable market to the east and west, Xiaoxiao took Jiang Nuan to the vegetable market a little further to the east, according to her, the vegetables there were relatively fresh and varied.
The two of them bought pigeon meat, pork, chicken, and all kinds of bits and pieces, and went to the pharmacy to buy licorice, tangerine peel and black plum, and finally bought all the ingredients needed to make ginger candy.
Looking at the watch, it was only half past three in the afternoon, and it was still early, Jiang Nuan silently calculated the time to go home to cook vegetables and soup, almost waiting for Shen Yan to say that he was going to Suzhou today, and when he entered the door, he was just able to start eating.
Just thinking about it, Xiao Xiao suddenly screamed and patted his head, "Oh, look at my memory, the old lady has a cheongsam to change its appearance, and it has been put away for two days, I forgot to take it!" β
Xiaoxiao grinned awkwardly. It's a shame that Miss has been uncomfortable for the past two days, that is the old lady's favorite cheongsam!!
Jiang Nuan pursed her lips funny, looked around, there was a lotus fragrance building not far away, it seemed to be a place to drink tea, so she took the cloth bag in Xiaoxiao's hand with one hand and said, "You go and come back quickly, then, I will drink tea in Yuanfutang and wait for you, I have been walking for a long time, and I am also tired,"
As he spoke, he twisted his neck as he pretended to be tired.
Xiaoxiao's face was overjoyed, and she responded crisply, "I'll send Miss over!" β
While taking the big bag in Jiang Nuan's hand neatly, he turned around and went to Lianxianglou, like the Hua's fiery temperament.
Jiang Nuan looked at her back and raised the corners of her lips fondly, and followed Xiaoxiao into Yuanfu Hall.
Jiang Nuan sat down, ordered a pot of black tea, a plate of snacks, at this time it was the time for tea guests, and some people asked for wine and food, and the rise of drinking, business was not bad.
Jiang Nuan sat quietly by the window in the corner, watching the passers-by and drinking tea at the same time.
"Hey, have you heard, Shen Yan is going to cooperate with Shen Xijun's traitor!"
A sneaky voice suddenly came from behind him, Jiang Nuan was stunned, and his hand holding the cup stopped in mid-air.
"Shhhh
Behind him, the tall and thin man with his back to her gestured to the person who was talking to him just now, the man had a pockmarked face, he was thin, and he looked at the clothes, but he didn't look like a broken family.
The tall and thin man looked left and right before he cautiously asked, "How do you know?" I've also heard of it, but I didn't directly say that Shen Yan wanted to cooperate with the Japanese, just that he wanted to win over Shen Xijun! β
The pockmarked face pursed his lips disdainfully, "What do you know??" If you just want to fight against Shen Xijun, you still need to cooperate with the Japanese?? As for Shen Xijun's kind of straw bag, will it be Shen Yan's opponent? Look at it, Shen Yan will squeeze Shen Xijun sooner or later, and make your own decisions!! β
Seeing that he was despised, the thin and tall man seemed to be a little embarrassed, and said toughly, "My brother was a soldier under Shen Yan's adjutant, and I heard him say that Shen Yan has been in close contact with the Japanese in the past few days, and I heard that it was because of the support of the Japanese that Shen Yan dared to blatantly arrest Shen Yu." β
"Hmph, what is this!! You don't know, Shen Xijun gave his only daughter Shen Rou to Shen Yan!! Tell your daughter to serve Shen Yan?? β
Jiang Nuan's pupils shrank, his body stiffened and couldn't move, and the hand holding the cup involuntarily exerted force. The tall and thin man was startled, and lowered his voice more and more, "What's going on??" β
Seeing that the thin and tall man was bluffed by himself, Mazi couldn't help but smile proudly and approached him, "You know that my nephew, who works in Yuzhou Restaurant, drives for the deputy manager of the restaurant, a few days ago, one morning, he said that the driver suddenly asked him to go to Shen Yan's official residence to pick up Shen Rou, and said that he wanted to go quietly, not to be seen by others, it was seven o'clock in the morning, when he just got up, Shen Rou was not at his house, how did he run to Shen Yan's official residence?? Although my nephew was puzzled, he didn't dare to ask, so he went for a run, but he didn't expect Shen Yan to avoid people at all, and personally sent Shen Rou out, with an intimate attitude and ambiguous words, and it looked like he had just passed the night!! β
The thin and tall man's face sank, and he turned his head and spat at the mouth, "Phew!!" This woman is so shameless!! β
Jiang Nuan tried his best to endure the chill on his body, and used all his strength to put the cup back on the table.
"And later, my nephew couldn't help but be curious, so he went to inquire quietly, it turned out that Shen Yan invited Shen Xijun's family to dinner at the official residence the night before, and Shen Xijun only took his wife away, not Shen Rou at all! Later, I heard that Shen Yan lent the general wharf to Shen Xijun, and went to handle the procedures in person! β
"Military docks??" The thin and tall man was startled, "That's not the special dock for Shen Overseer, what, how..."
The thin and tall man was very surprised, but the chill in his heart was no less than that of Jiang Nuan.
Right now, the Japanese are making a lot of noise, I heard that the Northeast is about to be ceded to Japan, if Shen Yan joins forces with the Japanese again, then the Northwest... β
The tall and thin man said excitedly, "Shen Yan has strength and courage, and his Shen family's four armies are well-known outlaws!" It's only a matter of time before he replaces Shen Xijun, why should he take refuge in the Japanese? ? β
"That's a matter of time, but this time, it depends on whose hands it will hold! Shen Yan has been sitting in this Yuzhou for six years, and he doesn't even dare to let out a fart! You just say Shen Yu, who in the whole of Chongqing doesn't know that he has bad intentions towards Shen Yan's fiancΓ©e, I heard that he arrested Shen Yan's girlfriend a few days ago, what can Shen Yan do? ? It's just that it's over if he lets people go, does he dare to touch Shen Yu? Think about it, Shen Yu's embezzlement of military salaries, is it only today, why did Shen Xijun catch up with Shen Yan as soon as he got online, Shen Yan immediately arrested Shen Yu, what did he do before? ? In the final analysis, now that the pattern is unstable and the warlords are fighting, if you want to get a piece of the pie in this huge territory, there is no master behind you, okay? ? β
Even today's government, doesn't it rely on the support of other countries to govern Beijing!!
The tall and thin man seemed to be angry, and seemed to hate iron and steel, so he slammed his fist on the table, hatefully and said, "Shen Yan is really a wreck!" I thought Shen Yan was a bloody man..."
"Shhhhh
His punch was too loud, attracting many people to look here, and the anxious pockmarked face hurriedly pressed his hand and said sharply, "You guy don't have a head!" β
"I, I just hate!"
"Hate no tricks, in today's troubled times, how many people in power are clean?? Shen Yan is good, at least he has never fished the people, you look at Shen Xijun, his aunt has married fifteen, and he is not afraid of strokes!! Hey, born in troubled times, you and I should ask for more blessings! β