Chapter 196: A Bowl of Sugar Water
"As long as it's Gege's mind, anything is fine!" Qingmiao helped come up with an idea, "It's cold this day, it's okay to make a pair of boots for the master." ”
Mao Tongtong shook his head and said, "I'm not good at making shoes." Everything else has been sent. ”
It's a pity that there is no small kitchen in the yard now, otherwise you can still show your hand. The cooking skills that have been practiced in modern times have not been displayed since the Qing Dynasty! If she could go to Brother's dining room to make food, it would be too eye-catching.
"I'm not afraid to send it. Gege is in the palace, and that's all he can give. The master also knows. It's just a thought. "Qingzhu Road.
"Let me think again." Mao Tongtong said.
Qingzhu and Qingmiao didn't bother her to think, and continued to be busy. Although everything in this yard has been arranged, there are still some details that need to be sorted out.
Outside the hospital, Wu Youcai and Quan Dali were cleaning with a few little eunuchs. In the past two days, the yard has become a little dirty again. Gege can be regarded as a housewarming today, but it needs to be cleaned spotlessly.
The dining room of the elder brother is also a well-informed place. The movements of the backyards of several princes, they have mastered no slower than elsewhere.
No, Mao Tongtong moved today, and Father-in-law Xu in the dining room had already received the news yesterday.
"Go, boil a pot of rock sugar Sydney water chestnut syrup." Gonggong Xu said to the little eunuch on the side.
"Father-in-law, it seems that no master said that he wanted this today." The little eunuch replied.
Sugar water is generally popular among southerners. Although there are still a few southerners in the prince's backyard. But most of them are not high-status Gege, and few come to the dining room to order this.
Father-in-law Xu didn't explain, and another little eunuch next to him said: "Father-in-law told you to go, go quickly, what so much nonsense!" ”
The reprimanded little eunuch was a little aggrieved, but he didn't dare to say anything, so he honestly went to peel pears and horses' hooves.
"The horse's hooves are not skinned!" The little eunuch who had just reprimanded him said again.
"Oh." The little eunuch nodded hurriedly. On weekdays, the horseshoe is peeled when it comes to dishes.
"Wash it up." The little eunuch said again.
"Got it." The little eunuch replied in a muffled voice.
It will be after lunch, and it will be early before dinner, and it will be the most relaxing time in the dining room. Gonggong Xu saw that the little eunuch was quite serious and quick, so he gave a rare kind pointer and said, "In this palace, watch more, listen more, do more, and talk less." It is not good to expect others to tell you everything clearly. ”
The little eunuch looked at Gonggong Xu in a daze, and only nodded gratefully after a while, and said, "Father-in-law, I understand." ”
He just wanted to ask Gonggong Xu why he suddenly wanted to boil sugar water. Because he couldn't figure out why. Gonggong Xu didn't deliberately not tell him, but let him analyze what he saw and heard.
"You, you still have to learn!" Another little eunuch laughed on the side. He obviously understood Grandpa Xu's intentions.
Sugar water is not complicated to boil. When the ingredients are ready, pot under cold water, control the amount of rock sugar, don't be too sweet and greasy, and don't be too bland.
The little eunuch looked at the gurgling blisters in the pot, and thought about the news he had heard in the past few days.
There doesn't seem to be any master in the backyard of the third elder brother who is from the south. Of the four Baylor courtyards, the south came the most. There are two that seem to be in Jiangnan. It's just that now Sibeile is the only one who favors Fujin, and the taste is all with Fujin. There is a grid in the backyard of the five Baylors, but he is not favored. There is no backyard for the seventh elder brother. To the backyard of the eighth elder brother, the favored Mao Gege is from Yangzhou.
The little eunuch's eyes lit up, I just heard yesterday that Mao Gege had just been rewarded by the eighth elder brother in the courtyard alone, and I think this sugar water is to honor her, right?
Thinking of this, the little eunuch couldn't help but glance at Gonggong Xu who was lying on the Taishi chair in the courtyard and basking in the sun. can be the head of the dining room of the elder brother, this brain is faster than others!
Although a small Gege is favored, it doesn't do them much good now. But people always have to make good karma. Maybe someday it will come in handy?
When a pot of sugar water was ready, it was just two hours after lunch.
"I'll give it to you today. Grab two cups and carry them while they're hot. Gonggong Xu commanded.
"Yes, I'll go." The little eunuch was overjoyed, this was a chance for him!
I found two white porcelain soup cups, put the sugar water that had been considered for impurities into the soup cups, and then selected the crystal clear pear pieces that had been boiled, and put a few small pieces in each. Then I took out the cooked horseshoe that had been peeled and peeled, and picked a few good ones and put them in. This bowl of sugar water is ready.
Carefully put the two cups of sugar water into the food box, and the little eunuch carried them out.
"Want to figure out where to send it?" Gonggong Xu stopped him.
"Mao Gege in the backyard of the eighth elder brother." The little eunuch was a little apprehensive.
"Yes, my brain is pretty bright! Go ahead! Father-in-law Xu smiled and patted the back of his head.
"Hey!" The little eunuch laughed and walked out of the courtyard of the dining room.
Mao Tongtong had just woken up from a nap and was basking in the sun in the yard.
The sun is warm in the winter afternoon, and it is very pleasant to enjoy the flowers and tease the fish.
It's just that the dry weather in the capital makes Mao Tongtong a little uncomfortable. Fortunately, these skin care things in the palace are good. Qingzhu and the others carefully cared for her every day, and they felt better.
"Ahem." Mao Tongtong cleared his throat, which was a little itchy. As soon as the sun came out, it became drier and drier, as if it could not be separated from the water for a moment.
"Gege, let's have some tea." Qingzhu hurriedly handed over the hot tea.
The little eunuch guarding the courtyard gate came in at this time and said, "Gege, the father-in-law of the dining room is here." ”
"Huh?" Mao Tongtong's eyes lit up and said, "Quick, let him in." ”
Soon, the little eunuch in the dining room came in with sugar water.
"The slave has seen the Mao master." The little eunuch put the food box on the ground and neatly punched a thousand.
"Did Grandpa Xu ask you to come?" Mao Tongtong said: "What good things are you sending again?" ”
"The freshly cooked rock sugar pear chestnut syrup is hot and dry. Gonggong Xu said that Gege is a southerner, and he is afraid that he will not adapt to the dry weather in our north, so he specially asked the slave to send two cups of sugar water. The little eunuch said attentively.
Mao Tongtong smiled. This father-in-law Xu is really good at being a man, and the little eunuch sent is also clever, and his words are really beautiful. I'm afraid it's just to congratulate her on moving today.
"Father-in-law Xu has a heart. What a timely delivery! Mao Tongtong said: "It's hard for you to make this trip." ”
"It's all a slave's business." The little eunuch was a little excited.
Qingzhu took two purses and stuffed them into the hands of the little eunuch, and said with a smile: "Go back and tell your father-in-law Xu that we have received his heart." ”
"Yes, yes, the minion must bring the words." The little eunuch hurriedly replied with a smile.