Chapter 13: The Crab Feast
When everyone saw that Mrs. Yuwen had come, they turned around and greeted Mrs. Yuwen. Although the eldest grandson Changqing is really impatient with this kind of occasion, he thinks privately that there will be no shortage of such occasions in the future, and he needs to gradually adapt to it.
"I'm really ashamed to make the ladies and ladies wait for a long time. My husband has recently gotten some novel chrysanthemums, and I want to invite you to take a look at the freshness, who knows that the dog is messing around, and it has been delayed for so long, and I hope that you will be Mrs. and Miss Haihan. Mrs. Yuwen looked apologetic, and beckoned everyone to go to the chrysanthemum garden as she spoke.
When everyone walked to the chrysanthemum garden, they were all shocked by the chrysanthemums in the garden.
This garden is full of chrysanthemums, red, purple, yellow, and green...... All kinds of them, very beautiful! Among the chrysanthemums, there is a pot of green chrysanthemums, which looks very strange. The green chrysanthemum flower is shaped like a dragon flying, and the tip of the petal is green and hugs the inner core of the flower, which is very beautiful. Among the many brightly colored chrysanthemums, it looks very beautiful. The eldest grandson Changqing was overjoyed, and his footsteps involuntarily walked towards the green chrysanthemum. Closer, take a closer look, the emerald green petals are as thin as silk, all curled up, petals hugging the inner core of the flower, chrysanthemum leaves and chrysanthemum poles are no different from ordinary chrysanthemums.
"The name of this chrysanthemum is green velvet, because its petals are as thin as silk and the flowers are like pompoms." Mrs. Yuwen saw that the eldest grandson Changqing was happy with the green chrysanthemum, so she opened her mouth to explain.
"It is rumored that this chrysanthemum comes from the Xibian Kingdom, which is a tribute from the Xibian Kingdom to the Beichen Kingdom before the Mid-Autumn Festival this year, which is very precious, and I never thought that the emperor would give this flower to General Yuwen, it seems that the emperor values General Yuwen very much!" A lady on the side said with a smile.
Mrs. Yuwen didn't answer the lady's words, but only looked at the eldest grandson Changqing with a smile and said, "Miss eldest grandson likes this pot of green chrysanthemums?" If you like it, I'll give it to you. ”
"This can't be helped, this is a gift from the Holy Lord, not to mention how Changqing can do it, and if this imperial gift is given to Changqing, if the Holy Lord asks about it at that time, it will be difficult for General Yuwen." The eldest grandson Changqing said with a little trepidation.
"Well, if Changqing likes this flower, he will often come to the house to sit in the future when he is free." Mrs. Yuwen is not reluctant, she really likes the eldest grandson Changqing in her heart, and she is looking for a reason, so that she can come to the General's Mansion from time to time.
"Then Changqing is better to obey his fate than to be respectful, I am afraid that he will often disturb Mrs. Yuwen in the future." The eldest grandson Changqing is not hypocritical, and responds happily.
The rest of the people, all with different expressions, were secretly thinking: What is the ability of this eldest lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion to make the Yuwen family, who has always been above the top, look at it?
The ladies here continued to walk around the chrysanthemum garden and enjoy the flowers, and Mrs. Yuwen over there had arranged for the next person to place crabs in the pavilion of the chrysanthemum garden and warm the wine. After a short time, the next person returned to the crab feast, and Mrs. Yuwen smiled and called everyone to the pavilion to drink the feast.
I saw a few round tables in the pavilion, and in the middle of the table were several layers of cage drawers, steaming hot. There are several small tables next to the pavilion, and a few little girls who look like slaves are using a small stove to heat wine. After everyone sat down, the servants began to put crab eating objects in front of everyone.
The ladies and ladies looked at the eight crabs in front of them, all looking at each other, all of them looking at a loss. The eldest grandson Changqing also woke up, these ladies and young ladies eat crabs in their own mansions on weekdays, and they must be the people in the mansion who start to dismantle the crabs, where will it be their turn to do it themselves. Xu saw the embarrassment of everyone, and Mrs. Yuwen also understood, waved her hand slightly, and ordered someone to help.
The eldest grandson, Changqing, was not hypocritical and did it himself. I saw her elegantly pinch the crab with two fingers and put it on the picking stool, first cut off the crab legs and crab claws with small scissors, and then gently beat the crab shell around the crab shell with a small round hammer to shovel open the back shell of the crab, and then gently lift the back shell and navel of the crab with a long-handled axe, and then remove the crab gills with tweezers, as well as the crab stomach covered with bones. After that, take a silver skewer, remove the crab belly of the crab meat, gently top it, and then slowly hook out the snow-white and tender crab leg meat. A piece of crab eating objects in the hands of the eldest grandson Changqing is used in turn, and finally the crab is placed on the stool with a small spoon to scoop into the dipping sauce, gently scrape off the crab paste and crab roe with a long-handled spoon, and slowly send it to the mouth, the fresh crab roe, soft and glutinous crab paste, faint in the mouth, the eldest grandson Changqing pursed his lips with satisfaction and smiled, it is really delicious in the world!
Mrs. Yuwen on the side looked at the eldest grandson Changqing approvingly, nodded slightly, and liked the eldest grandson Changqing's unpretentiousness a lot.
"This crab was ordered by my general to be transported back from Jiangnan for a whole day and a night, and when it was transported to the house, it was still alive, but it still had to be eaten by the ladies and ladies?" Mrs. Yuwen said with a smile.
"It's delicious!" The ladies and ladies on the side also smiled with satisfaction.
"Although the crab is delicious, it is cold, you can't eat more than one meal, if you ladies and ladies are happy to eat, I will ask you to wrap some and take it back, it's better than the mouth, isn't it?" Mrs. Yuwen greeted everyone with a smile, and ordered someone to bring the warm wine. "Have a drink and go to the cold."
The eldest grandson Changqing saw that everyone was holding up their wine glasses, and he was a little hesitant in his heart, he was not strong enough to drink, and the Prime Minister's Mansion did not allow his daughter's family to drink alcohol on weekdays. Xu saw the hesitation of the eldest grandson Changqing, and Mrs. Yuwen said with a smile: "This wine is a fruit wine made in the autumn of last year, today I warmed it, added some tender ginger slices, and drank some after eating crabs to remove the cold, not intoxicating." Mrs. Yuwen explained like this, and the eldest grandson Changqing was not easy to refuse, so she picked up the wine glass and took a sip, which was sweet and slightly spicy.
Although it is slightly spicy, it is covered by the sweet fragrance of the fruit. Unconsciously, the eldest grandson Changqing also drank a few more glasses, and his cheeks were already slightly red.
After the crab feast, many ladies and ladies were slightly drunk, and Mrs. Yuwen hurriedly asked her subordinates to prepare an afternoon meal, and after finishing the meal, everyone said goodbye and went home.
On the way back, the bumpy carriage has made the eldest grandson Changqing drowsy, in a trance, the eldest grandson Changqing felt as if he was lying in a warm and soft futon, and there was some faint sandalwood fragrance, the eldest grandson Changqing moved his body slightly, hugged the soft "mattress", and could no longer resist the sleepiness, and fell asleep deeply.
When he woke up, it was already evening, and the eldest grandson Changqing caught a glimpse of himself waking up in bed, very confused, obviously he was in the carriage back to his home, how could he wake up and be in Moxiangyuan?
"Miss, you can be regarded as awake, the slave has been worried for a long time, you know that you can't drink, why don't you know how to avoid it? If it weren't for Gongzi Chu looking for you, would you have to be drunk and die on the road? Thanks to Young Master Chu feeding you some sobering medicine, otherwise I don't know when you will wake up! Next time there is such and such a banquet, I see that you will not go, it makes everyone worry for so long...... "Seeing the eldest grandson Changqing wake up, he waited for a long time for half a summer, while busy fetching water for the eldest grandson Changqing to wipe his face, while busy counting down.
"You girl, why are you nagging more and more now, I don't know who you look like, I'm afraid I have to find you a mother-in-law to marry you earlier, so that my ears will be quieter." The eldest grandson, Changqing, held his forehead and said with a headache.
"Miss is used to making fun of me, but I want to accompany Miss for the rest of my life, who will I marry?" Banxia held her mouth, very aggrieved.
"You said Xiuyuan sent me back?" The eldest grandson Changqing asked.
"Isn't it? When I went to pick up Miss at the gate of the house, I saw Miss You were holding Chu Gongzi and refused to get out of the car, and finally Chu Gongzi came back with you. I'm afraid everyone in the whole house knows about it. Banxia pursed her lips and snickered.
"Huh? That's not a shame. The eldest grandson Changqing covered his head with a quilt, very ashamed.
"Now you know that you are ashamed? I don't know who grabbed me and refused to get out of the car! Chu Xiuyuan's chuckle came from the door.
The moment he saw Chu Xiuyuan, the eldest grandson Changqing was even more ashamed, "You go, you go, I don't want to see you." As he spoke, he hid under the covers.
"Okay, good, don't cover yourself up." Chu Xiu said from afar, while reaching out and pulling away the quilt of the eldest grandson Changqing.
Looking at the hairy head of the eldest grandson Changqing, Chu Xiuyuan couldn't help but reach out and rub it. It's so cute tight!
After a commotion, the sky was already dark, and the eldest grandson Changqing instructed Lianxin and Forsythia to prepare dinner, and then left Chu Xiuyuan to eat. Chu Xiuyuan waved his hand and sent them away.
"Xiuyuan, look, this is a crab brought back from Yuwen Mansion, I made the forsythia steamed, and it's still hot, you can eat it, but it's still fresh?" The eldest grandson, Changqing, pinched a big crab and handed it to Chu Xiuyuan like a treasure.
Seeing the eldest grandson Changqing's bright eyes staring at him, Chu Xiuyuan's heart tightened, sighed, and while peeling the crab, he said leisurely: "Changqing, I'm going to leave for a while." ”
Looking at Chu Xiuyuan, his slender and white fingers peeled the crab, and the eldest grandson Changqing was stunned before he reacted, Chu Xiuyuan came to resign again today.
"Why are you going to leave again? Every time it's mysterious, it's a few months to go, and it's the Spring Festival in a few months, how long are you going to go this time? The eldest grandson, Changqing, spoke dissatisfiedly.
"About Chinese New Year's Eve, I will come back to accompany you to celebrate the New Year." Chu Xiuyuan was very helpless, in fact, he didn't want to leave for a long time, but he ...... At home, there are really a lot of things, and in the more than half a month since I came back, in addition to the affairs in the capital, most of the time was spent with the eldest Sun Changqing.
"Hey, okay, you always have something to do for you, but you and I have known each other for a few months, but I don't know your net worth, and my heart is always unsteady, and I'm afraid that you will never return, and how should I deal with myself." The eldest grandson, Changqing, sighed deeply and asked all the worries that had been buried in his heart for a long time.
Chu Xiuyuan put down the crab in his hand, cleaned his hands, and gently hugged the restless villain into his arms: "Changqing, it is my life to meet you, and it is also the luck of my life, between you and me, there has long been a bond, but now for a moment and a half, I can't tell you everything, and in the future, you will know." You can rest assured, I will not leave you alone, in this life, you and I are already destined to be one. ”
"Okay, I believe in you, I'll wait for you." In just a few words, it shows the confidence of the eldest grandson Changqing at this moment. The two were reluctant to separate for a long time until the food was cold, but they knew that Chu Xiuyuan was about to leave, and the eldest grandson Changqing didn't have much to think about.