Chapter Twenty-Nine: A play that is neither deep nor shallow, right or wrong
Lianyi went back to the prince's bedroom, and the warm fragrance was still on her face. She walked up to Xiangding and took a look, and said to herself with a smile, "Actually, His Highness's preferences are similar to mine." β
Intense, wide open, big fanfare.
Lianyi even flipped through the prince's bookshelf nearby and opened a wardrobe again.
She smiled, "Mmmm, I can watch and make all of these." β
Then, Lianyi sat on the painting bed, still holding the big yellow cloth bag in her hand, and calculated.
Jin Bei stood silently and did not speak.
"Guard Jin, did the prince have any news that he won't go home at night?"
"Back to Your Highness, no."
She calculated the time, and if nothing else, Chen Yu would come back in more than two hours. There's so much time!
Lianyi got up, walked out of the bedroom, and walked around according to memory. Jin Bei found out that she was going to the pantry.
"Well, this is it." Lianyi stood in the middle of the room and looked around, "But I don't know where the firewood and carbon are?" Where are the tea leaves, dried fruits, minced salt, and milk sticks? Also, where is the cooking? β
Jin Bei understood, "Are you going to personally prepare dinner and snacks for the crown prince?" β
"Yes, he found out last night, and I won't even change his clothes for him. This step, after all, there is still a difference between men and women, so it's embarrassing. He will be happy to make him something to eat and drink for him, right? β
Jin Bei smiled very heartily, "You, didn't you suddenly figure it out?" β
He was happy, but also a little strangely melancholy.
In order to suppress this melancholy, Jin Bei lifted his spirits and was more positive than Lianyi, "In this courtyard, the minister is almost thorough, you say again what you need, and the minister ordered someone to get it." But we have to think about which one to get first, and then which one to get, otherwise we will get busy and make a mess. β
"The golden guard has a point! Let me think about it and decide what to do first! β
"Your Highness is right!"
The two people praised each other, and there was harmony. Jin Bei conscientiously accompanied Lianyi back to the study of Hewei, first put the cloth bag for her, and then, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone were found for her, and she heard her recipe: "How about making a hawthorn sauce to roast pig's tail?" β
Jin Bei guessed from Lianyi's tone and expression that this dish was actually her favorite. He smiled slightly and agreed, "Then we need a pig's tail, hawthorn, you write it down first." β
Lianyi picked up the pen and wrote, this was the first time Jin Bei saw her another look - different from the slightly crazy and weird when she played the piano last night, at this moment, she suddenly closed her greedy expression, plain and indifferent, but out of years of training, she sat down indifferently, wrote down the name of the dish, the name of the ingredients, and took the small characters to annotate the weight, the font is not particularly good-looking, but it is also beautiful and neat.
She glanced at Jin Bei, and thought of something to add, "This dish has to be put on a plain white deep plate to look good, and it must be found out." Next, how about Tonghua soft beef intestines? β
Tonghua soft beef intestine is a popular dish in Datong in recent years, which is made by putting the bone marrow of lamb into the beef intestine.
Jin Bei's face was embarrassed: "This first dish, the minister didn't dare to say it, the second dish is too difficult, it's all the handiwork of famous chefs, you-"
Lianyi was unmoved, wrote down the name of the dish, and listed the ingredients. Then, Jin Bei only listened to her mouth spit lotus flowers and stopped: "Angelica mutton? Stewed duck in rice wine? Prawns or boiled in white water are delicious, fried tofu with crab roe? Do you want to make another hoof soup? Are wild boar trotters easy to buy? In fact, cold dishes should be served with some preserved venison, and it is too late to marinate temporarily, so finally add a spring flower. β
"Hundred flowers in spring" is the material, but in fact, it is a variety of vegetables and fruits, making a hundred flowers bloom.
Jin Beiman held back a sentence in his heart, "It's good that you can stew an egg custard." But he took the piece of paper full of words from Lianyi, dried it slightly, and called a soldier to come and hand it to him, "Either borrow it, or buy it, come back as soon as possible, and find Wei Qi to get the silver first." β
Jin Bei reminded Lianyi, "You also need firewood, spices, charcoal, spring water, and besides, you also need to make tea, right?" β
Lianyi squinted her eyes, looked at Jin Bei, and didn't speak.
"What's wrong?" Jin Bei couldn't help but ask.
"You must think I can't cook, do you?"
"Would you? Especially the kind of dish that is soft beef intestines? β
"Jin Guard, I'll make you an extra bowl to eat today, and you'll serve me!"
Jin Bei admitted that he was very frightened by this sentence for a while. Lianyi's momentum did not decrease at all, he took another piece of paper, wrote it without consulting with Jin Bei, and then stuffed it into his hand, "Go and get these first." β
Jin Bei glanced at the paper and found that it was some dried fruits and tea. He handed the sheet to a soldier, and saw Lianyi get up and look at the lotus-flavored books on the shelf.
It wasn't until Lianyi picked out a few copies of "Qing Offering" and "Fairy Food" and sat down at the desk in his hand that he came back to his senses, "Are you cramming Buddha temporarily, and now you are learning to cook with recipes?" β
"Oh, you know what, you just trust me."
Jin Bei didn't believe it. But it's all in vain, so I have to make trouble with Lianyi. The soldier who went out to look for ingredients couldn't come back for a while, he found that Lianyi was quite a general, not in a hurry at all, just in the afternoon sun, read the book with great interest, and immediately immersed himself in it, without raising his head.
He was sleepy, and he hadn't been a soldier for many years - leaning against the wall, falling asleep in a daze.
Lianyi "fed" a few times to wake Jin Bei up.
She looked at him, looking extremely tired, with the demeanor of a little baby, and slowly opened her eyes.
"You're snoring!" Lianyi teased him! β
Jin Bei understood, and hurriedly excused himself, "The minister is rude!" β
The color of the sun is warmer, when is this, Jin Bei scolded "Damn." β
Lianyi seemed to know what he was thinking, "It's okay, it's only half an hour." Let's go, everything is coming! β
The ingredients, firewood, charcoal, and spring water are all piled up in the big kitchen that has not been on fire for a long time, compared to Lianyi's complacent and confident, Jin Bei is worried. When he was marching and fighting, he roasted fish, shrimp, pheasants, and even snakes and rats, but he seriously cooked the dishes that the prince wanted to eat...... Difficult!
Lianyi commanded, "Who will make a fire?" β
"The minister is here!" A soldier raised his hand.
Jin Bei looked at him and knew that this person had been the leader of the gang for half a year. In the past few days after entering the palace, they have eaten and drunk from the general kitchen of the forbidden army guarding the palace, and it is this soldier who brought people to hand them over.
"Come on, come on, try!" Lianyi ordered.
To tell the truth, staring at the errand of Lianyi, although it is easier than the errand in the city defense army camp, but after a few days, it is really idle. The soldiers around them all felt that they finally had something new to play with, and not only the soldier who had been the leader of the gang came over, but also the other two rolled up their sleeves and volunteered to help.
Lianyi had no intention of assigning all the work to others, although Jin Bei kept pulling her, and when the flames came out from under the stove, she still stubbornly walked over and squatted down to check.
Jin Bei was worried and increased his efforts to pull her, "Your Highness, this fire is unstable, don't squat so close, smoke carefully." β
As soon as he finished speaking, a stream of soot rushed out, directly turning the faces of Jin Bei and Lianyi black.
And shouting, "Take my money bag to buy things!" There's fun, but don't call me that! Wei Qi, who ran in, happened to see this scene and took the lead in laughing.
Since Wei Qi laughed, the other soldiers were not polite and laughed.
Jin Bei asked for water, and first wet the hand towel to wipe Lianyi's face, and he became the only joke.
Lianyi smiled and covered her stomach, but after all, she was still embarrassed, and she personally took a handkerchief and wet it to touch Jin Bei's face.
"Not you."
Jin Bei dodged and walked out with a basin of water.
Lianyi's hand with a handkerchief was hanging empty, a little embarrassed, but fortunately, the soldiers at the other end called her: "Little Concubine Xu, the fire is stable, stable." β
Lianyi ran over to check, and after being relieved, he gave an order, "Go into the water, and when you just boil away, cook the pig's tail immediately." Another stove was also opened, boiling the beef intestines to remove the fish. β
She was still proud in her heart.
Jin Bei thinks she can't be a cook.
She really couldn't.
But it depends on what you say. ββMy grandfather's family is an imperial businessman, and his family education is different from other families, and he pays attention to the fact that children must understand all kinds of chores when they are children, and they grow up to start a family and make plans, and they are not controlled by others.
To put it bluntly, you don't even know how much an egg costs or how a bowl of porridge is made, and the housekeeper lies to you, and you count the money for her.
Therefore, Lianyi's mother was very young, and she was carried around the kitchen by the nurse. Therefore, the lotus intention is very small and very small, and it is the same. The Xu family also pays attention to filial piety, every time the grandmother makes a birthday, the juniors will personally prepare a dish to congratulate, of course, it is the easiest, and most of the work is done by the next person, but Lianyi passes through the hand and knows how to stew a hoof with sauce and stew it fragrant.
All kinds of dishes, in fact, are the same.
Plus, she's still a "book bandit". Whenever there is something written in the book, others will see it lively, but in fact, they are confused in their hearts, but Lianyi is more real, which paragraph is true and which paragraph is false, she can see through it all, and she can restore it all.
As long as there are books, she can do anything.
Soon, Jin Bei came back, first approached Lianyi, and brought her the lard ointment.
"It's not the minister's, it's from the ear room, yours."
Because Lianyi had just washed his face, he was really careful.
Because he was afraid of Lianyi's small nature, Jin Bei also deliberately smelled it, "There is a smell of meat." β
"Oops! Cooked! While wiping her face, Lianyi hurriedly let everyone listen, scooped up the meat, and washed it herself with spring waterβthis time no one objected.
Wei Qi saw the door and said: "This amount is large enough, you have done it so that we can all eat a bite!" β
In the cheers of all the soldiers, Lianyi smiled and was very generous, "The money, count it as mine, and I will pay it back to you later." β
"Xie Xiaoxu, Concubine Xu enjoys eating!" The soldiers shouted in unison.
Lianyi really opened Jinbei's eyes once, although the action was a little clumsy, she picked a few soldiers who claimed to be able to cut meat, and tried to cut the cut with them, and assigned it down, pickled and poured with spices, and half an hour of sweating passed, and the pig's tail really entered the pot with the hawthorn sauce, and the lamb pith was really steamed in the cow's intestines.
Moreover, the large kitchen is full of aromas.
"I'm underestimating you." Jin Bei said.
"Not really," said Lianyi, rubbing her hands, "it's always good to be cautious." Even if it looks like this now, it can't be compared with real celebrity chefs and imperial chefs. However, I think the prince must love to eat. β
"Why?"
"Because I love to eat."
"Huh?"
Lianyi ordered to lift the pot and leave the kitchen after half an hour, Jin Bei and Wei Qi followed, and heard her say, "I think that since the prince and I can read similar books and like similar colors, we will also eat the same." As long as the meat is fragrant, it doesn't necessarily mean how good the craftsmanship is. β
"That's just right, it's more harmonious." Jin Bei commented.
Lianyi smelled of meat, went to the pantry without resting, and began to assign Jin Bei and Wei Qi, "See?" The almonds are so crushed, the longan is so picky, the sweet dates are so made, the rose sauce is so doughy, the tangerine peel is so cut, and the milk strips and salt are handed over to me. β
Wei Qi immediately buried his head in hard work, and Jin Bei was still hesitating, "What are you?" β
"The universe is invincible, a thousand spices, a hundred flavors, milk, fragrant salt tea." Lianyi said.
"Huh?"
Lianyi ignored him and went to work on herself. All smiles on their faces.
Because this is the ultimate dream taste that she has been drinking tea since she was a child, she has always been looking forward to making the Xu family's kitchen. But my mother didn't allow it, and even in the kitchen of my grandmother's house, only one-third of it was realized.
How to put it, if you want to make something that others like, you must first like it. Isn't it?
Everything that needs to be done is done. Hot and cold, all put on plates and bowls, and leave them in the bamboo cage to keep warm.
The courtyard was quiet and painted in the colors of the setting sun.
Lianyi went back to the ear room and took a bath, put on the lotus-flavored sachet she found, put on a set of ginger skirts with lotus-flavor, put on a white hosta, but wore a pair of her own alum-red embroidered high-soled shoes on her feet, relying on her memory, putting on Xu Hewei's expression.
The face is also light makeup, mixed with lead powder and lard and thinly smeared, there is a kind of warm white, painted distant mountain eyebrows, and light red lips.
After hearing Yu Ming come back and report that "the prince is coming back", he waited silently and convinced himself that "you are Hewei".
In the quiet twilight time, she really couldn't tell who she was, and she actually got into the play.
I don't know if Hewei has done those things she did.
She's just a like, dislike, plausible lotus.
This is not only a play that is neither deep nor shallow, right or wrong.
The prince's favorite play.
The prince is back.
Lianyi silently went to the small palace gate to greet her, first smiled at the eunuch on the side of the crown princess who was stunned when she saw her, and then, firmly, blessed.