Chapter 85: Winter Solstice
Jiang Jianghao asked Purple Eggplant to put all the things she brought back in the Kunzi room, and then took her into the Qianzi room next door. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
As soon as he sat down, Purple Eggplant couldn't wait to blurt out: "Master, big... Big... The king asked me to thank you for saving my life, and he said he took it to heart. ā
Seeing the purple eggplant smiling like a fool, Jiang Jianghao coldly poured him a basin of cold water: "He seems to have taken care of you!" ā
"Uh...... Master ......" Purple Eggplant drooped his head, his face turned red and white, white and red, and his originally high interest was instantly wilted by Jiang Jianghao's words.
"In the future, remember not to keep shouting from the king, here you have to call him an uncle, and he is not in the palace, so what are you doing seriously?"
This purple eggplant is really, if Yingzheng's identity is exposed in this Haitian feast, then every time Yingzheng comes over in the future, won't he have to kneel and salute?! He doesn't want it!! In addition to kneeling to death in his life, he only knelt to his parents!
Purple Eggplant scratched her head honestly and sat next to her to wait for Master's next inquiry.
"Something sent?"
Purple eggplant nodded: "It's sent." ā
"What did your uncle say?"
When it came to Yingzheng, the spirit of Purple Eggplant immediately revived, and he told Jiang Jianghao with great interest.
"I have arrived in the palace today, the king...... No...... Uncle him. Under Jiang Jianghao's glare, Purple Eggplant changed his words with difficulty and continued.
"Uncle he was surprised that I would be in the palace, and even more strange why I went to bring him food. Later, I told him that you had ordered it, Master, and then he just nodded and didn't speak again. ā
Jiang Jianghao asked with some disappointment, "Did he eat the rock sugar gourd?" ā
"Eat!" Purple Eggplant nodded affirmatively.
"Didn't he say what it tasted like?" Jiang Jianghao couldn't help but be surprised, although the superior often cherishes words like gold, but you can at least give me a response, right?
Purple eggplant tried hard to recall and said slowly: "At that time, I put the rock sugar gourd on my uncle's desk, but my uncle didn't eat it yet, but Gongziyue ate a bunch first, and then ate another bunch one after that. I was worried that he would spoil his body, so I told him about the taboo of sour food that Master had taught me before. ā
Jiang Jianghao raised his eyebrows and asked, "Did he listen?" ā
"Nope!"
"I'll just say it! That Ziyue eats more than you, it's strange that he can listen to it! ā
Jiang Jianghao slammed the table, startling the purple eggplant.
"And then?"
"And then?" The purple eggplant was slightly stunned.
"That's right! And then! Did he finish the rock sugar gourd? Jiang Jianghao stared at the purple eggplant, waiting for his answer.
Purple eggplant suddenly realized: "No! My uncle even ate a bunch of them! ā
Jiang Jianghao nodded with satisfaction: "Then he didn't say anything more?" ā
"That's it! Didn't I just tell Master. My uncle said let me thank you for saving my life. ā
"That's fine, you go get busy first!" Jiang Jianghao waved his hand and sent the purple eggplant out.
After a while, Ah Qi's cheers sounded in the courtyard, and it was estimated that this kid had robbed something good from the purple eggplant.
Jiang Jianghao sat alone in the private room and recalled Fang Cai's conversation. He knew that Ying Zheng would not leave him some clues, and it seemed that he had unconsciously reached some tacit understanding with Ying Zheng in dealing with purple eggplant.
It seems that Ying Zheng is also paying attention to the movements of Purple Eggplant at any time, but because of the Nine Princes behind Mrs. Tian, he can't blatantly protect him under his wings.
It seems that it is not easy to be a king, how can he be at ease now?
It's the fifteenth of another month.
The weather is late autumn, and the night is dark early. Therefore, all the craftsmen gathered in the courtyard of the Haitian feast at noon.
In addition to the regular noodles and skewers, this time's optional dishes are also put on a hardcover version of rock sugar gourds, each three hawthorns are skewers, worn on a small wooden chisel.
The craftsmen have already seen the strength of the noodles and the deliciousness of the skewers, and they are not too surprised to see this red and bright rock sugar gourd, but they are also breathtaking. There is such a beautiful food.
Everyone worked together to entertain the craftsmen, and even Jiang Jianghao himself was engaged in enthusiastic work.
The craftsmen were grateful to Dade at the end of the meal, but when they left, they didn't forget to take the rest of the rock sugar gourd, saying that they would take it back for their women and children to taste.
Jiang Jianghao also generously packed them with some pickled radish strips a while ago.
Recently, Jiang Jianghao has not seen Uncle Qi on the construction site or in the city, but he learned from the mouths of the craftsmen that there is nothing wrong with Uncle Qi's health, so he gradually relaxed.
It's just that I didn't see Uncle Qi coming over at this dinner, and Jiang Jianghao's heart was filled with doubts.
The days go by day by day, and in the dull days, it seems that time will go slower.
Finally, it's time for the winter solstice.
Early in the morning, Jiang Jianghao set up a big pot on the stove, and Xiaobai and Ah Hua no longer had to eat milk, so Jiang Jianghao asked Zhou Butcher to slaughter the ewe who despised him forever.
The mutton was cut into pieces, the internal organs were cleaned, the mutton bones were cut into sections, and all of them were thrown into a large pot at one time, and they were simmered firmly for three hours.
During this period, Jiang Jianghao fished out all the boiled sheep's heads and internal organs, leaving only the lamb bones to continue to stew, and a large pot of white flower mutton soup was taken away from the fire with layers of mutton fat.
Eating mutton in winter is the most nourishing, and some cities in the south also spread the custom of "drinking mutton soup on the winter solstice", so the dishes in today's Haitian feast, whether it is noodles or skewers, have been replaced with mutton soup base. Even the bottom of the pot was changed by Jiang Jianghao into an original nourishing white soup.
In the afternoon, Jiang Jianghao took out some leftover fresh mutton and let Zhou Butcher chop it into meat filling, then added green onion and ginger, and used salt, soy sauce and peppercorn powder to adjust the taste, and finally took out the dough that was specially left by the fifth aunt.
He kneaded the dough into round, slender strips, then used his own kitchen knife to evenly cut the dough into knuckle-length dough, and then took out a rolling pin to roll out the dough into a round crust less than the size of a palm.
Everyone gathered around, watching Jiang Jianghao take out some meat filling and put it in the middle of the crust, then fold the crust in half, and then pinch the opening tightly, and a semicircular dumpling appeared in front of everyone.
Jiang Jianghao only gave a demonstration, and then handed over the rest of the work to the people who were guarding the side, and everyone drew scoops according to the gourd, and after a while, they made a lot of dumplings.
It's just that......
Looking at these dumplings, Jiang Jianghao suddenly felt that one head and two were big.