Chapter 169: Something Starts with the Stomach
On the first day, she moved out of Su Mansion and escaped from the land of right and wrong, and the maids were all excited, and Suninger finished composing the tune of Du Hongniang's new words, and it was already night.
Shuang'er and Qingchun spent a few hours tidying up the kitchen house, and made a table of sumptuous dishes with Qi's family, waiting for Suning'er to go to Qi's courtyard to enjoy them.
Suning'er took the score and led Qin'er over, Qi was already sitting at the dinner table, full of energy, and was explaining something to Qingchun.
Seeing Suning'er coming, she ordered a few girls to go to the side hall next to her to eat.
As the saying goes, people are in good spirits when they are happy, and she is very interested today, not only instructing Qingchun that a few girls do not have to serve their mother and daughter, but also rewarding a few dishes to the girls.
Suning'er handed over the score to Yin Xiu and told her to send the score to the Taiwei Mansion as soon as possible tomorrow, so she could hand it over early.
Qi waited patiently for her to finish explaining the matter, came over with a smile and hugged her waist, walked quickly to the dining table and sat down, handed her a bowl of chicken soup, and said softly: "Taste it, this is stewed by A-Niang herself, and it has been stewed for several hours." ”
Suning'er held the delicate blue and white porcelain bowl, and she could smell a particularly mellow fragrance coming to her nose, and she couldn't help but swallow her saliva. Aside from the golden chicken soup oil beads that belong to the local chicken, the snow-white soup suddenly appears in front of you.
She smiled and raised her eyes to look at Qi's, brought the small bowl to her mouth, tasted it shallowly, and felt trembling all over, and there was an indescribable fragrance rippling between her lips and teeth, which could not be dispersed for a long time.
After swallowing, the aftertaste is long, and there is a faint medicinal fragrance of Codonopsis astragalus, mixed with the unique taste of chicken, and the whole body is full of energy.
After racking his brains for a long time, he was already a little tired at this time, but after drinking a sip of chicken soup, his appetite suddenly opened, and he was full of praise: "It's delicious, it's delicious, I didn't expect A-Niang's cooking skills to be so exquisite, Ning'er is blessed." ”
In her impression, she rarely saw Qi cooking herself.
Qi stared at her with a kind face, his white fingers pinched the handkerchief and slowly stretched it to her mouth and wiped it gently, and said gently: "When you are in Tanghua Courtyard, the food cooked by the kitchen lady and the chef in the house is also to your liking, and the kitchen house in our courtyard is deserted, and it is rare to count that you haven't cooked for Ning'er in person for a few days, which is also rare, so you can eat more." ”
As she spoke, she took another flax cake and handed it to Sun Ning'er, with a soft light in her eyebrows, and said kindly:
"A-Niang remembers that when she first entered Beijing, Yuan Bai went to the Fuxing Fang to buy flax cakes and sent them to the house for you, Ning'er, you only ate half of them, and then were robbed by A-Xiang's girl, you sisters fought for a few cakes, A-Niang favored A-Xiang at that time, causing Ning'er to sulk for several days, A-Niang later went to Fuxingfang to ask the master of the baking cake a few times, and it has not been done for several years, and it has become a lot of rusty, Ning'er, you see, can you still eat it?"
Suninger took the sesame-stained cake and handed it to her mouth and took a bite of it, the noodles were crispy and oily, smooth and smooth, which was really memorable.
Waiting for the flax cake in her mouth to be chewed finely, she fed another spoonful of tender chicken broth into her mouth, and mixed it together, the taste was indescribable.
She was immediately as happy as a three- or two-year-old child, and said happily: "It's delicious, it's delicious, the food cooked by A-Niang is much more delicious than the chef and cook in the house." ”
Qi Shi looked at the sweetness of her food, and before she moved her chopsticks, she was already satisfied as if she was full.
Suning'er ate it just like that, but saw that she had sandwiched some pork mixed with winter bamboo shoots into the bowl. Pork is not common in her world, so not everyone can afford it, but it is rare.
To say that the Qi family loves her, it is usually like this, but today she is extra attentive, which makes her a little surprised.
Since she came to Sufu, she and Qi rarely eat together, even if they eat together, her mother is mostly vegetarian, today Qi made a table of dishes, all meaty, leaving only a fried cabbage in front of him.
According to convention, after such an enthusiastic sugar-coated cannonball, there will be bad things waiting for you.
Suning'er stared at her for a moment, and said with some doubts: "A-Niang withdrew A-Qin and A-Shuang today, but what do you have to say to Ning'er?" ”
Qi Shi smiled and shook his head: "It's nothing, just thinking that you didn't have a hot meal last night, and you were busy tidying up the house today, so let everyone relax and relax." ”
Su Ning'er pinched the chopsticks and hung them in the air, and nodded hesitantly: "These girls are indeed hungry." ”
Qi Shi pondered for a moment, suddenly stared at her carefully, and said softly: "If you want to talk about things, A-Niang does have something to say to Ning'er. ”
Su Ning'er smiled secretly, she still knew about Qi's character, in fact, she didn't say it, she could probably guess that it was about the second room.
Qi casually put down the chopsticks in his hand and sighed shallowly: "Now that your second uncle is also back, it is not always a way for him to stalemate with your aunt like this, A-Niang wants to go back to the house tomorrow, persuade your second uncle and second aunt, and see if you can find a compromise to make peace for them." ”
After a pause, she looked at Suning'er and continued: "Ning'er, your family affair with King Qing has been delayed for so long, and this family affair is also your aunt's master, so you can't delay it all the time, lest you have too many dreams at night, it is better to solve the affairs of the house quickly, and discuss the levy before the New Year's Festival, and wait until the New Year to decide on the marriage." ”
Suning'er's pair of bright eyes swirled around her, looking at her nervous expression, and a sour taste suddenly appeared in her heart.
I don't know when this woman behaved very humbly in front of her as soon as she mentioned key things, and she did not dare to make judgments.
She also put down the chopsticks in her hand, put her hand on the back of Qi's hand, and said lightly: "Ning'er knows that A-Niang is worried about my family affairs, but the Qingwang Mansion has already reached this step, everything is still natural, and the second uncle and aunt have their own ideas now, and A-Niang will embarrass herself if she persuades again." ”
Qi sighed, his eyes flashed lightly, and an indescribable sadness appeared: "Ah Niang didn't want to meddle in their affairs anymore, but now Ning'er, your family affairs must have someone Zhang Luo, and Ah Xiang's girl is really pitiful, where can Ah Niang bear to watch them make trouble like this, Ah Niang also thinks a lot, your second uncle just wants to give Yun Niang a name, then let your uncle and aunt take a step back, take Yun Niang to the house, and let your second uncle return to the house earlier." ”
"Take Aunt Yun to the house?" , Suning'er's forehead wrinkled slightly, and her beautiful eyes gradually became dim, fading the sharp luster of ice and snow: "I'm afraid that the second uncle doesn't want Aunt Yun to enter the mansion, right?" ”