059 The first mention of the imperial examination

Guan Luxin and Wang Hu looked at Chen Linxiao in surprise after hearing Chen Linxiao's words, since ancient times, the husband has been the wife, and the husband is the head of the family, and men are very taboo for others to say that they eat soft rice and rely on their wives to support themselves, even if this is the case, they can't help but cover up outside, but they didn't expect Chen Linxiao to say so directly and frankly that he can have today thanks to Chen Xiaoshu's words.

Wang Hu couldn't help but laugh in his heart when he heard this, sure enough, Brother Chen is still young, and his children are long, and now he values Chen Xiaoshu more than anything else, I'm afraid that in a few years, he won't think like this.

However, Guan Luxin felt that Chen Linxiao was not like an ordinary man, he dared to announce such words, frank and frank, Guan Luxin was born rich and noble, and he had seen many hypocritical people since he was a child, but Chen Linxiao's frankness won his favor.

When Chen Xiaoshu saw Wang Hu and Guan Luxin coming, he hurriedly cut a watermelon bought from the town, cut it into small pieces, and then inserted a thin skewer made of wood into it and put it in.

When Guan Luxin saw this, he praised Chen Xiaoshu in his heart for being careful, he had a strict family education since he was a child, and it would be really difficult for him to hold a watermelon and gnaw it.

"It's hot now, let's eat some fruit, this watermelon has just been taken out of the well, and it tastes the most relieving of the heat." Chen Xiaoshu said with a smile, "Since Brother Wang and Young Master Guan are here today, then don't be in a hurry to leave, let's have a light meal at my house." ”

Wang Hu grinned and said, "As long as I don't cause you trouble." ”

Guan Luxin arched his hand and said, "Then disturb." ”

"No trouble, no trouble." Chen Xiaoshu shook his head and said, "If you want to say anything, there are no delicacies from the mountains and seas, only some home-cooked food, don't dislike it." ”

"Mrs. Chen's cooking skills are outstanding, how can she dislike it, the cold skin made by Mrs. Chen before, and now my little sister still likes to eat it."

Guan Luxin shook his head and said.

Chen Xiaoshu said with a smile: "The cold skin is indeed refreshing and appetizing to eat, but now that the temperature is gradually dropping, the cold skin can't be eaten often, but if Miss Guan really wants to eat it, you can ask someone to heat up the water, so that it will not affect the taste." ”

Guan Luxin smiled when she heard this: "Thank you Chen Niangzi for your suggestion, Chen Niangzi is really clever." ”

Chen Xiaoshu smiled slightly when he heard this: "Young Master Guan praised it falsely, but it was just some careful thinking about eating. Lin Xiao, you accompany Brother Wang and Young Master Guan to talk, I'll go cook. ”

With that, Chen Xiaoshu nodded at them and went out.

"Can you get busy yourself? Why don't you ask your talented sister-in-law to help you? Chen Linxiao asked, in fact, he wanted to help Chen Xiaoshu by himself, but after all, there were guests at home, and it was not appropriate if the two of them went to the kitchen to work and no one came to entertain the guests.

"I know, you don't care, let's go inside."

Chen Xiaoshu still put a lot of thought into dinner, firstly, because Wang Hu has always taken care of them, and secondly, because since Chen Linxiao has decided to study for the imperial examination, maybe when he asks Guan Luxin in the future, he will naturally have a good relationship with others.

The talented sister-in-law was secretly frightened when she saw the ingredients prepared by Chen Xiaoshu, and said, "Xiaoshu, why do you want to make so many dishes, isn't it a waste if you can't finish eating?" ”

Chen Xiaoshu shook his head and said: "What is inside is that the distinguished guests naturally want to make a little more sumptuous, besides, we don't eat it ourselves, my sister-in-law will bring some back to Xiaohe to eat in a while." ”

Xiaohe is the son of the talented brother and the talented sister-in-law, who just turned three years old today, and looks like a tiger, which is very attractive.

"How can this work, you and Lin Xiao can just eat this dish if you can't finish it, I'll take it home What kind of truth is this."

Chen Xiaoshu said directly: "It's so decided, these days are thanks to your family, otherwise Lin Xiaoke and I won't be able to take care of it." ”

In the end, I made a salted duck, braised fish, stewed chicken with shiitake mushrooms, spinach with ginger sauce, shredded kelp salad, eggplant salad, and tofu with shallots.

Chen Xiaoshu really made a lot of money this time, and secretly put some chili oil in the cold salad, but he couldn't help but put some dogwood to cover it up.

Finally, add your own kimchi and you're ready to serve.

Dacai's sister-in-law and Chen Xiaoshu shirked for a long time before they brought two bowls of vegetables home.

At this time, there are many rules that women do not serve at the table, but this is not certain, and some women can also serve the table, mainly depending on what the man in charge thinks, and whether there are female relatives among the guests.

Although there are no female guests from the Chen family today, Chen Linxiao will not let Chen Xiaoshu hide in the kitchen to eat.

In his opinion, the reason why women in ancient times had a low status was because fathers and husbands did not respect them, and how could they expect others to respect her.

Wang Hu was a little surprised when he saw Chen Linxiao beckoning Chen Xiaoshu to the table for dinner, but Guan Luxin was not very surprised.

The atmosphere of the Great Xia Dynasty is relatively open, and it is not uncommon for some young ladies to go out to play from time to time.

Guan Luxin is not very interested in the meat on the table, but is very interested in cold dishes, mainly because it tastes fresh and refreshing.

I added a chopstick and put the kelp in my mouth, and the first feeling was cold and silky, followed by spicy.

This made him frown, and Chen Xiaoshu kept an eye on his reaction, not knowing if he would be able to adapt to the chili pepper.

But I didn't expect that after Guan Luxin swallowed the kelp silk, the chopsticks kept pinching the kelp silk.

Wang Hu also took a bite and said in surprise: "Mrs. Chen, what seasoning did you put in this cold salad kelp shred, it tastes spicy, is it dogwood?" ”

Chen Xiaoshu nodded, "It's Dogwood, this Dogwood was bought by Lin Xiao and I last time we went to the county seat, it was very spicy, Lin Xiao and I couldn't get used to it at first, but I didn't expect to like this taste while eating, I don't know what you think?" ”

As soon as Chen Linxiao heard it, he knew that Chen Xiaoshu had put the chili pepper, and he glanced at Chen Xiaoshu dotingly, and said: "I am really not used to this taste at first, but I can't leave it after I get used to it." ”

Wang Hu took two more chopsticks and said: "Yes, yes, this taste is indeed delicious, it tastes sweaty and refreshing, just like the spicy soup you sold before." ”

Guan Luxin put down his chopsticks and said: "Pepper is now mostly used in medicine, and it is effective for wind and cold, and now you put this spice into the soup, which also has this effect, last time I went to eat a bowl, and I really sweated profusely and felt comfortable." ”

Wang Hu ate the meat and said: "Mrs. Chen is young, I see, her accomplishments in cooking skills are no less than those chefs. ”

Chen Xiaoshu smiled and said: "Brother Wang has won the award, by the way, you can try this, this is my own pickled kimchi." ”

Chen Xiaoshu said and pointed to a small plate of kimchi on the table, this kimchi is Sichuan kimchi, which Chen Xiaoshu learned from her best friend in her previous life.

Now there are no chili peppers, you can't make hot and sour food, you can only make sour ones, and there is no lotus white, you can only soak some radishes and cowpeas.

Guan Luxin put a chopstick into his mouth, and it was an overwhelming sour taste.

However, this sour taste is not as unpleasant as old vinegar, but it is somewhat fragrant, and it is crispy when you bite into it.

He couldn't help but light up his eyes and said, "This is also made by Mrs. Chen herself, it's really delicious." ”

Wang Hu also took a bite and praised it: "It's the first time I've eaten this kind of pickles, we also want pickled pickles here, but most of them are salty, I think it's the first time I've eaten it like this, Mrs. Chen is really a good craft." ”

With Chen Xiaoshu's craftsmanship, Wang Hu and Guan Luxin can be described as pleasantly surprised.

Chen Linxiao saw that they had almost eaten, so he put down his chopsticks and asked, "Brother Guan, I want to ask you something about the imperial examination?" ”

Guan Luxin's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Brother Chen wants to study? ”

Chen Linxiao nodded a little arrogantly, after all, not long ago, he swore to Guan Luxin that he didn't study, and now he slapped his face again.

Sure enough, no one escaped Professor Jing Ze's true fragrance theorem: people are always constantly overturning their previous actions and words.

Guan Luxin naturally didn't know what Chen Linxiao was thinking now, he said happily: "What's wrong with this, I saw that Brother Chen was very smart, so I asked Brother Chen if he was willing to study, Brother Chen said no, I didn't hide it, I felt sorry for you at that time." Now it's okay, Brother Chen is willing to study, and with Brother Chen's qualifications, he will surely become a great weapon in the future. ”