Chapter 167: Lunch is underway, and rivals in love appear
The two of them packed up and went out easily, Jin Ran and Princess Ming'an didn't have any intention of buying anything when they came out today, they just planned to go out for a walk. Because she was busy getting married, she hadn't been to the shops under her for a long time, and now these shops were managed by a few stewards appointed by Jinran before. These stewards are all born to the Sheng family, although Jin Ran has released slaves for them all and made them civilians one by one, but the deed of the family members of these stewards is still in Jin Ran's hands, so she is not afraid of what will happen to these stewards. At most, it's just a few pieces of silver, and if the water is clear, there will be no fish, and Jin Ran still understands this truth.
She checked the accounts as usual, but this time with Princess Ming'an by her side, the speed of checking the accounts was much faster, and after a while, Jinran got everything done, and she said to Princess Ming'an: "It's hard for the two of us to come out once, it's better to go to this Jinan Restaurant to try it." It is said that the dishes of this Jinan restaurant are all from Jinan, and the taste is very delicious. β
Princess Ming'an is also a delicious person, so she naturally agreed. Jinan Restaurant is next to the jewelry shop in Jinran's hand, so the two of them didn't take the carriage anymore, just talked and laughed while walking towards Jinan Restaurant.
The dishes of Jinan Restaurant accommodate hundreds of rivers, and it can be said that dishes can be found in Jinan Restaurant no matter where they are. For example, crab stuffed orange can be said to be a rare dish, but here it can be called a signature dish, and almost everyone who goes to Jinan Restaurant will order a dish of this crab stuffed orange. A sufficient amount of hairy crabs from the Huaishui in the south of the Yangtze River arrived in Kyoto after a bumpy journey, and these crabs were transported by a very special mode of transportation along the way, so when they arrived in Kyoto, these crabs were still dancing with their teeth and claws.
Crabs are thrown into the cold water while they are still alive, the stove is hot, and the time of steaming is full of incense, and then take out the crab roe, crab paste and crab meat, add sugar, ginger, Huadiao and other seasonings to remove the smell and improve the freshness, and finally put it into the iron pot and stir-fry on high heat, stir-fry until the fragrance flows out, and finally put the essence of these crabs into the orange with a round belly that is hollowed out of the pulp, steam it for a while, and finally take out the orange with the crab and put it into the white porcelain bowl, when you eat, only eat the crab roe in the orange peel, this crab powder has no fishy smell of crabs, It is not as unpalatable as those crab spleen and lung shell nails, but with the indescribable fragrance and sweetness of orange peel, tempting people to eat it incessantly.
Jin Ran and Princess Ming'an originally only needed a guest of crab stuffed oranges, both of them were cold, and they shouldn't have eaten cold foods like crabs, but they didn't expect that after waiting for the crab stuffed orange to come up, just a small bite made the two of them fall in love with it, and they ate a crab stuffed orange in a few spoonfuls, so they could only quickly ask for one.
But eating too many crabs is not good after all, Jin Ran still has a little restraint, she and Princess Ming'an quickly put down the chopsticks after eating the second serving, and asked for a few snacks instead. What honey sweet snow, a small lump like thousands of silk threads lingering, the moist aroma of honey forms a snow-white ball of this dim sum, and it melts in your mouth when you eat it. And Bing Xue Leng Yuanzi was not far behind, and the Jinran and Princess Ming'an who ate smiled widely.
Jin Ran swallowed the last bite of dim sum with satisfaction, she is a person who likes to eat very much, but although Su Rili likes it, she is not indulgent, but today's Jinan Restaurant made her break her vows, and she unconsciously ate so many things. She held a cup of Longjing in her hand, leaned on the back of the chair with satisfaction, the whole person relaxed, the slight bitterness of Longjing diluted the sweetness of the mouth, Jinran just ate a lot of snacks that tasted like honey, and at this moment a cup of tea was just to relieve the fatigue caused by sweets.
"These snacks are very good." Princess Ming'an's movements are the same as Jinran's, and the two of them have exactly the same comfort and leisure on their faces, especially Princess Ming'an, who almost lay on the table, but she still has the posture of a princess a little bit, knowing that she is outside, she is embarrassed to make too indecent moves. It's just that there is inevitably some crookedness between the backs. Jin Ran understood her, after all, the two of them had just had a delicious meal, and if the two of them had to maintain the dignified and gentle rules in front of outsiders at this time, it would be too difficult for the strong.
"Yes. I had only eaten this sweet snow in Jinling before, when I was still young, and I actually ate two plates by myself in one go, but my mother was terrified. Jin Ran smiled and told Jin Ran about his childhood: "It's a pity that when I'm older, I don't have the opportunity to eat again, I went back to Jinling before and went to the restaurant to find sweet snow, but unfortunately no matter which restaurant does not have this dim sum, I thought I would never be able to eat this dim sum in my life, but I didn't expect to be able to eat this sweet snow again in Jinan Restaurant today." As he spoke, Jin Ran picked up the last small snow-white snack in his hand from his plate and filled it into his mouth.
Princess Ming'an smiled: "It can be seen that you like this snack very much, and you have eaten most of the plate alone." As she spoke, Princess Ming'an pointed to the white porcelain plate with only a little crumb left, which was already empty at this time.
Jin Ran was a little impressed, she opened her mouth and was about to refute Princess Ming'an, but suddenly there was a knock on the door. Immediately followed by the voice of Xiaohong, the little maid guarding the door of the Sheng family outside the door: "Miss, just now a young lady who claims to be the daughter of You Senjun asked to see her, and now she is waiting outside the door, do you want to see this Miss You?" β
Miss You, the daughter of You who joined the army? Jin Ran had a trace of vigilance in her heart, she almost forgot about this Miss You, Jin Ran remembered that the last time she heard this daughter of You joining the army was at the blessing banquet, she noticed this Miss You because this You joined the army daughter suddenly went to her silk shop to ask the embroidery girl to teach her to make clothes. Because the reason why this Miss You wants to ask someone to make clothes for herself is because she wants to make clothes for Fang Tianji. Later, when the embroidery girl invited by this Miss You came to teach Jin Ran, she said that she leaked her mouth, and Jin Ran heard for the first time that it turned out that Fang Tianji still cared a little about this Miss You family.
Jin Ran still remembered that she was a little uncomfortable at that time, she didn't know what this daughter of You joined the army had in mind about Fang Tianji, and she couldn't care about other people's hearts, so she could only persuade Fang Tianji to stay away from Miss You. A little away from this Miss You, but she still takes care of it, but it won't be like before anymore, and it's mostly Concubine Fang who appears when there is anything. Jin Ran also helped Fang Tianji show this Miss You a few family affairs that were not bad. The main reason is that Miss You lost her father when she was young, and there is only one widow mother by her side, and there are no close family members in the family, and many families are quite taboo about this, because of this reason, Jin Ran also made a lot of effort to find relatives for Miss You, but she definitely reported it to Fang Tianji after careful evaluation by the family.
Jin Ran raised one eyebrow and was a little surprised, after all, although she helped Miss You find a lot of relatives, she didn't let Fang Tianji tell Miss You that she was unwilling to do more about people she didn't know, it stands to reason that this Miss You shouldn't know Jin Ran, but this Miss You didn't say anything when she met her today, why did she come to find herself?
Jin Ran was a little puzzled in his heart, after all, the price of this Jinan Restaurant in Kyoto is not low, Jin Ran still knows the You family's background, this Miss You has absolutely no possibility of coming to Jinan Restaurant to eat, after all, the price of a dish in Jinan Restaurant is enough for the You family to chew for a year.
Princess Ming'an was a little puzzled on the side: "Who is this You daughter of the army?" Do you know your daughter who joined the army? Aren't there just a few young ladies in Kyoto who have heads and faces? When did a Miss You pop up? β
"This Miss You is not the daughter of a family." Jin Ran explained with a smile, she told Princess Ming'an's identity about this Miss You in detail: "I guess she just wants to come and see me." Jin Ranyun's light and breezy appearance did not let Princess Ming'an put her mind at ease, Princess Ming'an said with a vigilant face: "What you said is not right, I see that this Miss You is not a good stubble, and you will think so much, come on, quickly make up for your young lady, tell me about you, why did you wear such a plain skirt today." Princess Ming'an said as she took off a pair of ice flower hibiscus jade bracelets from her hands and put them on Jin Ran's hands: "I knew that I would have pressed you to put on your set of pleated twelve red silk shadow gauze skirts sprinkled with golden flowers, and today you are still wearing a little plain." β
Jin Ran cried and laughed: "Where is it used like this?" You're exaggerating a bit too much. Hurry up and put your bracelet on yourself. Don't give it to me, I have enough jewelry here. Princess Ming'an clearly didn't believe Jin Ran's appearance, she even pulled off the spring ribbon colored hosta on her head, and went to Jin Ran's head with a gesture, so frightened that Jin Ran hurriedly hid aside: "Ming'an, enough is enough, the hairpin on my head is enough, and it would be too much to wear such a one." β
Princess Ming'an looked at Jin Ran suspiciously for a long time before she stopped, she reinserted the hairpin on her head, and finally said uneasily: "You are a rival in love, you must not lose the fight, I see that you still call the little maid outside the door to fill the faΓ§ade quickly, there are many people here, and it is good to deter her." β
Jin Ran really smiled now: "Are you fighting in front of you?" also shocked her a little, now that you are by my side, where do I need this? Jin Ran said as he whispered to comfort Princess Ming'an, who was like a great enemy: "It's just to talk together." Can she still eat me? And even if it's a quarrel, what do you think of me that is inferior to her? β
Such words can be regarded as comforting Princess Ming'an, and she finally stopped being entangled: "You are right, you are the county lord of my father's own title, and the other noble girls in the world have your honor?" And the general and you are an unmarried couple who have been engaged for a long time, and even if she has a thousand means, she will move you at lunch. Princess Ming'an, who thought clearly about this layer, had long since lost the anxiety just now, she was sitting on the chair with a divine expression, and picked up the tea cup on the table in front of her lightly: "You call her in, I want to see what kind of fairy this daughter of You Senjun looks like." β
Jin Ran looked at the indifferent Princess Ming'an and felt a little funny in her heart, but she also knew that the reason why Princess Ming'an behaved like this was because she was very worried about herself, she was worried that she would suffer under this Miss You's hands, and she would be in chaos. There is a way to be a fan of the authorities, and Princess Ming'an's performance is it.
Thinking about this layer clearly, Jinran's heart was also warm, and she smiled and said loudly to the maid outside the door: "Xiaohong, please invite Miss You in." It's very hot outside the door, don't heat Miss You. β
It's almost summer. This Kyoto is located in the north, although it is not hot, but compared to the coolness of the previous days, there is still a bit of uncomfortable heat, especially now it is noon, the sun is very strong, Jinran and Princess Ming'an just walked from the silk shop to this Jinan restaurant A few steps before they were hot and sweating, or the private room of this Jinan restaurant is better, there are a few pots of ice in the corner, and the cool air is enough for them to eat lunch coolly.