Chapter 37 Roast Lamb with Warm Wine
The Huo family is very large, and this yard is naturally not small.
Bypassing the corridor of a row of hibiscus hedges, it is a painting of near the water and the mountains.
In front of you is the living water lotus pond, the rockery in the pond is stacked, a waterfall pours into the pond from the rockery, the koi fish in the pond swim happily, there is a stone platform on the south bank of the pond that extends out from the rockery, it is like erecting a natural stone bridge in the air, directly connects the rockery with the Changlan Pavilion, the pavilion is connected with the grape trellis, there are several clusters of iris tails on the side of the pavilion, the water flows around the Changlan Pavilion to the southeast, forming the water tail, so the pavilion is particularly ethereal and lively. Such an elegant scene is very suitable for playing a guqin or inviting the moon to wine.
But now what came from the pavilion was the smell of roast mutton that made Bai Zeqing swallow his saliva.
The delicate Second Master Huo, sitting leisurely in the Changlan Pavilion, the maid he had seen in the Tingquan Temple that day was adding tea to him, and there was also a maid cutting the roast mutton into small pieces, holding it in front of the second master Huo with both hands while it was hot.
Outside the pavilion, by the lotus pond, several small houses are setting up grills, and the whole roast sheep is rotated regularly. This picture is very detrimental to the beautiful scenery in front of you.
"It's really, Zhumen's wine and meat stink......" Bai Zeqing glanced at the two ragged children beside him, swallowed his saliva again, and couldn't help muttering.
Huo Sanniang's expression was a little happy, she quickened her pace slightly, walked to the pavilion, and saluted: "Second brother." ”
When the housekeepers, mothers-in-law and maids saw that Huo Sanniang was all curtsied, they did their own things, but no one made a sound.
Huo Erye put the mutton dipped in dry ingredients into his mouth, Fang glanced at his sister, and asked the people around him: "Is the wine warm?" Pour it on her. Glancing at the few people behind him, he paused slightly on Bai Zeqing, and the remaining two just swept over, and then frowned and looked at his sister again.
"What kind of mess do you bring home?" After that, he coughed a few times with a handkerchief, took the hot tea handed by the maidservant and took two sips.
Huo Sanniang knew that her brother was a little clean, so she was blind and exquisite, and said to the steward: "Take these two guests to tidy up." ”
Zhou Qian nodded at Bai Zeqing, and very sensibly pulled the little girl whose saliva had already flowed to her chin and went with the steward.
Huo Sanniang pulled Bai Zeqing to walk slowly up the steps, smiled and said to Huo Erye: "Second brother, this is the third sister of our sister-in-law's family." Covering his mouth, he smiled and added, "It's the one who climbed trees and broke honeycombs in the locust tree garden." ”
Bai Zeqing rolled his eyes, sometimes it is not necessarily a good thing to have a good memory.
"The Bai family?" Huo Erye raised his eyebrows, smiled playfully, coughed lightly, and said lightly: "You come here." ”
The moment she stepped on the pavilion, Bai Zeqing knew that she still underestimated her perception of the pavilion - this, where is the pavilion? That's bigger than my uncle's living room. Two large stone tables, four small cases, and more than a dozen maids make tea, boil wine, and cut mutton, without the slightest crowding and mess.
She walked to Huo Erye's table and looked at the decorations on it, gold bowls, silver plates, glazed porcelain, all of which were extremely extravagant. Suddenly, I felt that the eldest sister and eldest brother-in-law sent dozens of boxes of gifts home every New Year's Day, which was really not luxurious.
Huo Erye looked at Bai Zeqing with an emotional expression, squinted his eyes, and asked, "You threw the rags?" ”
Bai Zeqing was stunned, can this matter be said here? Still nodded honestly: "Yes." ”
The maids had already helped Huo Sanniang to sit at the table, and the maidservants held warm water and wet handkerchiefs in both hands to clean her hands, and handed over the freshly warmed wine and freshly cut mutton.
Huo Sanniang ordered a wine cup, first whispered to the maidservant to change the bowl to load, and then stretched out her slender jade hand and directly took a piece of mutton and put it in her mouth, and then whispered: "Don't slice it, come to the big one." ”
Hearing the conversation between the two, she said softly, "Huh", "Dare to love you two have met?" ”
"Not really." Seeing that Second Master Huo covered his mouth and coughed lightly, the personal maid smiled and responded: "This little lady is smashing our second master with a stone in Tingquan Temple." ”
Bai Zeqing's face was black, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he didn't defend.
"Wow, you have the guts." Huo Sanniang's eyes were shining.
Second Master Huo glanced at his sister, coughed slightly, and pointed to the chair opposite him.
Huo Sanniang chuckled softly: "Why are you stunned, sit, eat." He asked the maidservant to pass her plate of cut mutton, and asked her, "Wine or tea?" ”
"Wine." Bai Zeqing replied immediately. What tea to drink when eating lamb? She's not a sick seedling. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but glance at Second Master Huo again, who was coughing pale with a hint of flushing.
Huo Erye stopped coughing, took a few more sips of tea, and asked, "Is Gu Louzi roasted?" ”
The little guy hurriedly answered, and came up.
Huo Sanniang said with crooked eyebrows: "Ouch, I know that the second brother loves me the most." actually roasted the ancient building. ”
"Just try the dishes." Huo Erye shook his head, looked at Bai Zeqing again, and said, "I thought you were coming that day, and it doesn't seem to be a big deal to delay for so long." He stopped eating mutton, picked up the stove, and leaned back in his chair. ”
Bai Zeqing was stunned holding the wine bowl, are businessmen so direct? looked at the dozens of people around him, and didn't know whether to answer or not.
"What, I can't listen?" Huo Sanniang took a large piece of mutton with her bare hands, dipped it in a dry dish, and said with a smile: "Oh~ I know, is the case of the prefect's suicide?" The day the second brother went to Tingquan Temple, wasn't that what happened? ”
Bai Zeqing is helpless, you know everything, what else can't you listen to?
Fortunately, at this time, the little maid walked up with a two-foot square ancient building and put it on the table.
The cake is crispy and crispy, and the aroma is appetizing.
Bai Zeqing put down the wine bowl and couldn't wait to break a piece and taste it, the fragrance of mutton was mixed in the crispiness of the pie crust, and the deliciousness in the entrance made people want to ascend to immortality, not as delicious as the world.
Seeing Bai Zeqing's satisfied face, Huo Sanniang also broke a piece and took a bite, raised her eyebrows, and said, "Yes." ”
Huo Erye said: "Chef Yu of the Drunken Immortal Building made it, and it is said that it is a craft learned in Western Xinjiang. If it is good, please go to Panyue Tower. ”
Huo Sanniang broke another piece, and while eating, she nodded and said, "Well, let's talk about it, this craft, a little bit of operation, there will be a lot of guests who come here." ”
Bai Zeqing gnawed on the ancient building, listened to them, was a little surprised, and felt that it was taken for granted, and sighed in his heart: He is worthy of being the biggest businessman in Yuanzhou.
While he was talking, the steward led the cleaned Zhou Qian and the little girl over. Zhou Qian was already beautiful and white, and at this time, he changed into a little girl's green clothes, which also made him wear a scholarly outfit.
The little girl who was being led by the maid was wearing a slightly larger pink jacket at this time, wrapped in a white velvet cloak, and looked like a pink carving, which was almost like two people who looked dirty before. She hid behind the maid in a panic, and it was not until she saw Zhou Qian that she breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly ran over to hold him, and called him: "Brother." ”
Huo Sanniang was stunned when she saw the little girl's appearance, and muttered: "Yo, I didn't see it, this is a very good seedling." ”