Chapter 121: Black Chicken Soup
Shen Yuan took it, but he didn't have much appetite. It's not the soup that matters, the black chicken soup is clear and has a strong flavor, and there is no uncomfortable greasy taste. She just doesn't like the taste of herbal medicine in the soup very much, and she really wronged her tongue when she drank medicine a few years ago, and she will be relieved in the next half a year.
"Madame, can you send it over there?" Shen Yuan pinched the small spoon, casually stirred a jujube at the bottom of the bowl, and turned his head to ask Scarlet Cloud.
"I sent it, and the mother-in-law who delivered the meal replied that she met Sister Shuizhi beside her on the way, so she asked her to take it back with her." Scarlet replied with a smile.
Shen Yuan nodded, stirred for a while, and carefully scooped a spoonful, and when it came to his lips, he was still a little hesitant, and after thinking about it, he simply put down the spoon and picked up the soup bowl to take a bite. As soon as I entered it, it was unexpectedly sweet, not as medicinal as when I smelled it. While satisfied, Shen Yuan still restrained himself from being greedy, so he only asked Scarlet Yun to add another bowl, and picked a few pieces of boneless meat that was stewed softly, and ate it slowly in small bites.
There are still some soup bases left in the soup cup, which can evenly produce two portions, Shen Yuan instructed the two maids, wait for the next end to go back to the house, and drink the soup separately, and remember to tell the kitchen when the food box went back, now burn the medicine residue and send it up, don't wait until the evening - after the decoction of the warm and tonic materials, the remaining medicine residue is added with green onion and ginger, add enough water, boil over the fire, drain out the medicine and pour it into the bucket, and use it to bathe the feet The best complements each other. She was so tired today that she didn't want to wait until the evening.
In less than two months before the New Year, and then the Lantern Festival. She hadn't gone out to look at the lights for many years, and she didn't know if Mochuan was as bustling as yesterday, and if there were girls and teenagers from any family who raised their eyes and met by chance.
There have been a lot of changes this year, she is worried and frightened, and she is tired and sad, she doesn't expect to be able to go out, thinking that she will only hang some lanterns in the back garden, add some festivity, and take a walk around to see it as if it is lively.
After lunch, as usual, Crimson Cloud went to deliver the food box, she was fast, even if she wanted to fry water, it usually didn't take much time, but this time she didn't return. Shen Yuan and Scarlet Yue waited for a long time, only to see Scarlet Cloud leading the little maid, carrying a wooden bucket and towel and the like, the expression on his face was still smiling, and he couldn't help rolling his eyes, as if he had seen something funny, and he felt that "it was a big deal", so he didn't dare to laugh at it.
Scarlet Yun commanded the little maid to put down her things, and without waiting for Shen Yuan to interrogate her, she took the initiative to recruit, squatted down and served Shen Yuan to take off her shoes and socks: "Don't worry, girl, the slave knows that she is late, but she came back with something new." Apricot blossoms, peach blossoms, you two go to the side, I will wait in the Scarlet Moon House for a while, and take the fruit to eat. ”
The two little maids were bowing their heads to thank them, and Shen Yuan asked Scarlet Cloud again: "Did you get back lunch?" Scarlet Cloud replied that it had been placed next door, so Shen Yuan instructed the two younger ones to bring her two big maids over for lunch, and said to the last two: "You two eat in this house, just talk." ”
Scarlet Moon and Scarlet Cloud nodded their heads with a smile and thanked them, and joked that the young lady took the lead and had no rules, and was given a popping chestnut by Shen Yuan alone. When the two little maids came with the food box and the small jar of purple sand, and set up the meal on the couch table, the two of Scarlet Yue withdrew with them, went back to the house to clean their hands, and took the fruit for the two little ones to eat, and then ran and jumped three steps and came back in two steps, took the door, and sat on the edge of the soft couch with Shen Yuan.
Scarlet Cloud moved a stool and sat in front of the couch, diligently adding soup and rice to the two of them, and beckoned Scarlet Moon to come; Scarlet Moon first went to dial the charcoal ash in the stove, came back with a small bamboo basket and sprinkled dried flower petals into the hot water, and then went around to the other side of the couch table, holding the bowl with great interest to listen to the excitement together.
Scarlet Cloud squatted down, cleared his throat and opened his mouth: "Actually...... It's still the demon made by the warbler girl. She carefully glanced at Shen Yuan's expression, and saw that he did not show disgust, so she continued, "Didn't the girl order the kitchen not to deliberately treat her badly in terms of diet?" When the slave maid went to the kitchen, she saw that they had not yet stopped the stove, and several mothers-in-law were gathered around and worried, one said, 'She won't eat if she does it, and she will waste things for nothing', and the other said, 'It's a life, and the top has also commanded it, so we can't be lazy'. Slave and maid, listen, isn't this just talking about watching the warbler? I asked more, and the result was true. ”
Scarlet Moon couldn't help but interject: "What happened to her?" Could it be that she still thinks she is the top lady, disgusted with bad food, and shows the kitchen face? ”
Scarlet Cloud poured some vegetable soup into the rice while talking, and when she heard Scarlet Moon ask, she just took a break: "Sister, don't worry, listen to me slowly." After taking two bites of food, he continued.
The kitchen said that because of the young lady's instructions, they also did it according to the example of the maid in the building, and gave her a single order, and they did not detract from it. But the girl who watched the warbler ate some at first, but then she refused to even touch it or look at it, and the whole person was slumped. It's not bad, sometimes she goes crazy for no reason, and she has to drop the bowl, and all the food is spilled on the floor. ”
Shen Yuan's eyebrows began to faintly feel angry. She was already easily irritable when she was a sunflower, and at this time, listening to the warbler doing this, she suddenly felt that she was wasting her efforts.
"If she doesn't eat it, then she doesn't have to send it, she will naturally eat it when she is hungry. What happened next? Shen Yuan's face was calm, and he gave a comment on the first half of the story, as if he didn't think he was angry enough, and asked about the follow-up.
Scarlet Cloud poked at the rice grains in the bowl, pursed her lips and looked awkwardly at Scarlet Moon, who gave her a sympathetic look with a smile and lowered her head to concentrate on the soup. Scarlet Yun also knew that Shen Yuan's anger was not directed at him, so he also put down his chopsticks, took the soup bowl, pursed his lips and said in a low voice: "The girl is right, those mothers-in-law are discussing this matter, because they think she is ruining things, and seeing that her body is not so bad, they changed it to the example of a rough girl." Although the girl didn't eat it, she didn't want to get up, she didn't say that she was deliberately trampling her, and she lost her temper and said that she shouldn't give it away. ”
Scarlet Cloud crackled and spoke for a while, quickly took a sip of soup, and nervously raised his head from behind the soup bowl: "Girl, you can't be angry with this kind of person......"
"I'm not angry," Shen Yuan pursed his lips and threw half of his eyes at the white-flowered peony jacquard silk handkerchief in his hand, "Does Madame know about this?" ”
"I don't know, right?" Scarlet Cloud was stunned for a moment, and tried to recall, "When the slave and maid went, the mother-in-law only said that the young lady told how to do it...... If Madame knew, she would have spoken a long time ago, right? ”
After listening to this for a long time, Scarlet Moon thought of a seemingly nonsensical, but actually very critical question: "That...... Did the kitchen finally bring her food? What to send? ”