I just sat down. Eating the crystal shrimp balls and red braised phoenix feet that the fourth and fourteenth masters sandwiched to me. The Ninth Master suddenly said, "Yu Bing. You're a good cook. We've never eaten a lot of food."

I smiled and said, "The chef is just good at cooking. I thought of a lot of the dishes and asked him to try to make them."

"Oh. That looks. I shouldn't have thought of poaching your cook into my restaurant. I should have invited you."

"Brother Jiu looks at which dish is good. I'll just tell you how to do it. You can't let the cook do it. Why is it so troublesome."

"This golden tofu is good. And that fish is also good. It's all about how to do it." He's not welcome. Just ask.

"This tofu is simple. It's just green onions, ginger, garlic and dried chili peppers stir-fried. Lean lamb shredded and sautéed. Add salt, sugar, spirits and stock to a boil. Sliced tofu. Enoki mushrooms are torn. After the soup boils, put the tofu and enoki mushrooms in and simmer for half an hour to taste. Take another whole piece of tofu. Cut out an opening. Hollow out the middle. Blanch it with hot oil to make such a golden tofu box. Wait until there are some small holes in the stewed tofu. Put the soup in a casserole. Put the tofu box in. Then put the stewed tofu and enoki mushrooms in the tofu box. As for the fish. It's just a homely practice. Just be sure to clean it up. There are no scales left on the fish. Disembowel clean. Wash all the blood away with water. Chop the fennel and green onion, ginger and garlic into the belly of the fish. Brush the fish with a layer of egg whites. After the oil is over, just stew it in the home-style way."

These two dishes. That's what I used to do. My mother's favorite is golden silk tofu. Daddy's favorite fish stew for me. Actually, there is nothing special. But I made it myself. That's why they like it.

"So to speak. Also. Nothing special is really. But the taste is extraordinary. It makes you want to take another bite." The eighth master said lightly.

The tenth master took over the conversation and said, "I don't know so much. I just think these meals prepared by Yu Bing are exceptionally delicious. Ay. YU Bing. You don't know how to cook."

I smiled and watched him eat happily. said, "The concubine phoenix wings you are eating now are made by me."

"Ahh This one is delicious. How."

"That. But it's just to take the wings of the three yellow chickens. It consists of three parts: the tip of the wing, the middle of the wing and the root of the wing. Wash and scratch with a flower knife. Blanch with water. Strain out the blood foam with fine gauze. Heat oil in a pan. After stir-frying with green onions, ginger, garlic and dried chilies, add the drained chicken wings, add salt and sugar and stir-fry until golden brown. Add wine to the pot and turn to low heat and simmer. Put slightly more sugar than salt. It's almost stewed, and the soup is overheated." Killed a dozen chickens. It's good I didn't watch them kill with my own eyes. Otherwise I can't stand it. I can flip it when I fry it. It's all me watching. Let the cook do it.

That's when the . Behind me, I remembered the voice of the thirteenth brother: "I'm late. Please forgive the prince and all his brothers."

I stood up with a smile and looked back at him and said, "Brother Thirteen is so late. You should be punished for drinking."

Brother Thirteen laughed loudly: "It's okay to punish wine. But Yubing, you have to sing a song to listen."

"Ahh Punish you for drinking. Why do I sing?" Why have you been making me sing lately.

"Of course. This time I went to the outside of the plug. I heard you sang three good songs. I haven't heard a song either. Tenth brother. Fourteenth brother. You don't want to hear it." He blinked at me after he finished speaking. A smug look.

I'll take a look at him. Then I looked at the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth elder brothers, and the three of them looked at me with a smile. Sighing helplessly, he said, "Okay. I sing." What to sing. I remembered a song I wrote. He opened his mouth and sang, "If it weren't for the heart like stopping water. How do you know that lovesickness becomes a meaningless tear. But the clouds are like smoke. The past is in ashes, and it is difficult to catch up. The most is a moth to a fire. Only then did I understand that it was difficult to retreat from the depths. It was a promise of life and death. to experience this beauty. Turn around and leave. Plum petals fall all over the ground. A little bit in mind. Like drops of blood from the weeping of my heart. Looking back. Snowflakes are flying all over the sky. Pieces fall under the eye. Tears poured into the beauty of the coming year."

I'm done singing. They were all quiet. After a while. The thirteenth brother picked up the wine jar and drank it and said, "Yu Bing. It's a good song. Where did you learn that?"

"I wrote it myself." When did you write this song? I don't remember. Now that I think about it. It seems like it's all a past life.

"Yu Bing. Who the hell does Grandmother want to point you to?" The Tenth Master asked suddenly. He asked. Everybody's staring at me. I raise my glass and drink. Tilting his head, he said, "Grandmother Huang just wants to promise me someone I am willing to marry."

"Hey. So what kind of person are you willing to marry?" The curiosity of the tenth master was aroused by me. I said lightly: "I just want someone who loves me. One loves me. And also only those who love me." Oh, yes. I just want someone who can love me. And only those who love me.

"Ahh You want someone who only marries you." For them. It seems strange to marry only one.

"Brother Ten. I ask you. There are blessings in your house, and there are blessings on the side. There are so many concubines, gege, and big maids. These pillows are among the people. Your favorite is not only one."

The Tenth Master lowered his head and thought about it and said, "It's true. There's only one I like the most. But everybody has to marry several."

"I know. So I asked for it. It's just that this person loves me alone." Now. I no longer expect him to marry me alone. Over here. It's impossible. I want. It's just that the person loves me. And they just love me.

The atmosphere became a little heavy. The thirteenth brother laughed and said, "Don't talk about this. Come on today. I brought a gift for my brothers."

"Oh. What did the thirteenth brother bring?" The prince asked.

The thirteenth brother shouted outside, "Bring it in." There is a team of people. Came in with seven or eight boxes. The Thirteenth Master motioned for them to open. Then he said to the prince, "This is the "Hundred Officials' Statement" that was confiscated from the merchant named Ren Bo'an today. I know. Brothers, you're worried about this. Coincidentally, I was on an errand today. I found out. Take it now. Today, in front of all my brothers. Let's set it on fire. From now on, everyone can rest assured." He finished. He commanded his men, "Burn."

Just for a moment. These more than 3,000 catties of "Hundred Officials' Description" together with those boxes. It burned into a pile of ashes in the fire. A table of people watched. Everybody's eyes are shining with this fire. The fire is blazing. As if to indicate that the struggle will be more in full swing after that.

"Good burn." The prince said. Raise your glass and stand up and look around. He said, "Brother Thirteen, this fire is well lit. Ben Prince proposed. For this fire. Let's have a toast."

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Everyone drank from their cups with their hearts. The prince took the lead and sat down and said, "Today is a good day. Our brothers are so together. If you don't get drunk today, you won't go home." That's it. Another round of wine fighting began. I watched them get drunk. Quietly get up and leave. Take a seat on the side of the promenade. Footsteps are heard behind you. I didn't look back. only said: "Lan Yue. You go ahead and look at the dots. Call me again for something. I'll sit by myself for a while."

But the man did not go. I looked back: "Fourth brother." The fourth master stood beside me. He smiled in the moonlight. Just like the look on his face I saw from afar when we were drinking on the prairie forty-seven years ago. Such a faint but gentle smile. I involuntarily reached out and touched his face. Smiled and said, "Same as then." He took my hand and sat down. He looked me in the eye and said, "It's going to be the same." I smiled. He asked me, "Why did you run away?"

"I'm afraid that the tenth and fourteenth brothers will pour me wine." I don't want to drink anymore. If I drink it again, I'm afraid I'll die of it.

The fourth master smiled and asked, "I'm afraid. You're still scared. Why did you drink so much just now?"

I stuck out my tongue: "Of course I'm afraid. I'm scared a lot. The ones I drank when I was drinking with Brother Ten just now. I'd have vomited it all a long time ago. Otherwise, I wouldn't know where I fell asleep."

The fourth master flicked my head. Ask me: "Yu Bing. What are you afraid of?"

I tilted my head and leaned on his shoulder and said, "Me. I'm afraid of Kangxi. I'm afraid that one will accidentally be killed by those bad guys. I'm afraid that you and Brother Thirteen will be hurt. I'm afraid of losing what I care about. I'm afraid I won't get what I want. I'm afraid I'll wake up. It was all a dream. I'm afraid I never existed."

"Yu Bing. I hope you don't have to be afraid of anything anymore. I hope you don't have any more fears." He said to me gently. As if promising something. Even if this promises. It can't come true. But it still makes people feel warm.

After that day. All my life. We've never had a meal like that again. Drink alcohol once. A strife between their brothers. After this. After all, it has reached the point where water and fire are incompatible.