Chapter 82: The Whole Chicken Feast
“…… According to what you say, Miss Lanxin doesn't want to be good, what is this hydrangea throwing show for? ”
After a few moments, someone at the next table finally broke the silence.
"I've heard that they're ready to recruit benefactors! You know, don't you? The big black mole snorted triumphantly as if she knew more than others, "I heard that Miss Lan Xin has never received guests since she won the championship, and she only occasionally plays a tune and drinks with others through the curtains, and everyone knows that she is still a real Qingqiao!" ”
The big black mole said, stretched out his hand and nodded on the table, with an excited face, "Think about it, Miss Lanxin's first night!" What man doesn't want it? I'm afraid that now those nobles in the city are ready to wait for a lot of silver to enter her boudoir and become the first person! ”
The first benefactor of the first Oiran in the capital, if such a face-saving thing is said, it must not make others envy to death?
The people at the table began to sigh again, and after laughing, they started other topics, and He Xiaoqiao didn't listen to it anymore.
When he turned his head, he found that Hong Fangzheng, who was sitting opposite him, was frowning, looking preoccupied, and he didn't even eat anything, just staring at the wine in the bowl in a daze.
"Hey, Baishou, Baishou, come here." He Xiaoqiao bumped the white head next to him with his hand, hooked his hand at him, and signaled him to lean over.
Bai Shou thought for a long time, and finally leaned his body slightly in desperation, so that He Xiaoqiao could say 'whispering'.
He Xiaoqiao didn't care whether he was struggling with the fact that 'men and women are not close, and the eldest woman can't be close', he directly reached out and pulled his arm over, pointed at Hong Fang, and asked him in a low voice, "Look at Hong Fang's current appearance, except for a few grains of rice, he doesn't even eat rice!" Could it be that I remembered something sad again? Was he dumped before...... Ever rejected by a woman? ”
Bai Shou thought for a while and replied very seriously, "There shouldn't be." ”
But when a normal woman sees Hong Fang in the past, she will basically run as fast as if she had learned light skills, and it is too late for this romantic thing to happen if she is rejected in person.
"And what do you think he's doing now?" He Xiaoqiao stirred the wine-stuffed meatballs in his bowl with a spoon, and asked casually, "Do you remember the good old days when you were still a little white-faced?" ”
"He looked like this when I met him ten years ago." Bai Shou sat up straight, and the cool response without frowning his eyebrows told He Xiaoqiao very bluntly that Hong Fang did not have the so-called little white face period at all, he was a downright tall and strong black.
"Okay." He Xiaoqiao shrugged his shoulders and announced that the whispering session was over, and now it was time for the truth to seek, "Hong Fang." ”
The person on the other side continued to wander too much, not noticing that the hostess was calling out to him.
He Xiaoqiao glanced at Bai Shou, then turned his head to look at Hong Fang, and couldn't help but raise his voice, "Hong Fang!! ”
Seeing that he still didn't react, the expression on Bai Shou's face did not change, and he directly picked up the hilt of the sword and smashed it on Hong Fang's head. Although the latter was shining, he avoided it by instinctively, and the obedient soul immediately returned to its place.
"What do you ......"
He Xiaoqiao knocked his finger bones on the table, reminding him where to look his eyes, "Comrade Hong Fang, look here!" ”
Hong Fang turned his head to look at him in confusion, "Wang...... Cousin, what's the matter? ”
"Why do you look so worried?" He Xiaoqiao didn't bother to do the foreshadowing, so he went straight to the point, and teased with a smile, "Is there anything unhappy?" Let's be happy when we say it. ”
Bai Shou almost didn't choke to death on a piece of sweet rice intestines, Hong Fangleng took a long time to react, and his brain was quickly covered by a large bowl of black rice noodles. "If you have any difficulties, just say it, it's a big deal, we'll help you find a way." Bai Shou glanced at him and hammered his choked chest with his hand.
He didn't want to scare He Xiaoqiao's cold jokes again.
Hong Fang laughed twice with some embarrassment when he heard this, and then said shyly, "Actually, I was thinking just now, should I find someone to borrow three hundred taels ......?"
"What are you borrowing three hundred taels for? Could it be that ......" He Xiaoqiao's eyes rolled, and he immediately figured out the cause and effect, "You want to go and see the hydrangea toss?" ”
Hong Fang grabbed his hair with his hand and nodded a little embarrassedly.
Bai Shou, who was soaking sweet rice intestines in honey, glanced at him and pointed out sharply, "Are you sure you can borrow it?" ”
Three hundred taels is not a small amount, who can take it out at once without blinking?
Hong Fang immediately cast his expectant eyes on him, and the corners of Bai Shou's mouth twitched, "...... I have twenty taels on me. ”
The former's fiery eyes full of anticipation immediately dimmed.
"Hong Fang," He Xiaoqiao felt the need to ask how this matter started, "Honestly, are you interested in that No. 1 Oiran?" Have you seen this before? ”
"Nope." Hong Fang subconsciously shook his head, sighed and said his true purpose, "I just want to go in and have a look." ”
Is this just trying to join in the fun?
"That's okay," He Xiaoqiao thought for a while, and then clapped his hands, "We'll go together then." ”
"Wouldn't it be a little ...... to go together" Hong Fang hung his head and twisted for a while, and suddenly opened his eyes wide, "Wang ...... Cousin, what did you just say? ”
She said she was going to see it together, right? He shouldn't have a problem hearing his ears wrong.
"I understand your feelings," He Xiaoqiao moved the stool next to him and patted him on the shoulder with the appearance of a confidant sister, "Don't worry, if you really like that girl at that time, I will try my best to help you convince others." ”
There is no conflict between recruiting ennees and getting married, if Hong Fang can't grab the hydrangea at that time, then just snatch the person away and cultivate the relationship, and then find a good day to get married.
"This is a good idea," Hong Fang was a little excited, but he was a little hesitant at the thought of giving silver, "But the two of us, a total of six hundred taels......
"Who said we're going to give money?" He Xiaoqiaoqi said, "Money is so hard to make, I won't spend three hundred taels to watch people grab hydrangeas." ”
It's better to find a few people at home and play with them.
Hong Fang's eyes widened and he stammered a little and asked, "No...... If we don't give money, how are we going to get in? ”
Bai Shou also turned his head to look at He Xiaoqiao, he also wanted to hear what could be done.
"Slipped in through the back door, of course!" He Xiaoqiao looked taken for granted, "Think about it, people are open to do business, and the place to collect money must be at the main gate, and all the guys will be in front to greet guests at that time, so we just need to sneak in from the backyard of the house over the wall, can't we?" ”
The art of fare evasion is very promising if it is done well!
“…… Do you have to go over the wall? ”
Hong Fang and Bai Capital looked constipated - could this be a prelude to them becoming thieves?
"What's wrong with circumventing the wall? Let's just go inside and have a good time, not to steal! When the time comes, if there is an uneven distribution of spoils inside...... No, if we fight because of the hydrangea grab, we can still help maintain order and avoid casualties! That's a merit! He Xiaoqiao snorted, but he didn't write the four big words 'loyalty, righteousness and integrity' on his face.
Hong Fang and Bai Shou looked at each other, the two thought for a long time, and finally let curiosity defeat conscience by half a point, so they did not hesitate to pass He Xiaoqiao's proposal with three votes.
So I went over the wall to evade the ticket to see the first Oiran to choose a one-night stand, and the matter was settled.
In the evening, when the trio came back from searching for a lot of delicious and fun things outside, Liu Yidao smiled and handed He Xiaoqiao an envelope with the words 'Lady Opened by herself'.
"Feng Hao's kid's letter, I think you should be more anxious to see this than I am."
"Thank you, Uncle Liu!" He Xiaoqiao endured his excitement, threw the things to his subordinates to hold, and quickly opened the envelope in front of everyone without caring about meeting Fengzhu Yayuan first.
There were a total of four pieces of letter paper in the envelope, He Xiaoqiao looked carefully and found that Jiang Fenghao could complain more than her.
Except for a little mention of how they were about to reach their destination, most of the others complained about how unpalatable the things on the road were, and how much he missed her cooking, and finally even wrote a whole page of the name of the dish in small letters, specifically indicating that it was what he was going to eat when he returned.
Of course, there are other explanations, for example, the letter also mentioned that he 'mayn' not be able to come back to accompany her for the New Year, so that she can take good care of herself and raise herself fatter.
Putting down the letter, He Xiaoqiao sighed, his face full of disappointment.
The others knew what was going on at a glance, Liu Yidao stroked his beard with his hand, smiled and squinted his eyes and asked knowingly, "That kid said that he couldn't come back this year, right?" ”
"Hmm." He Xiaoqiao nodded listlessly, folded the letter and stuffed it back into the envelope, "They haven't arrived yet, they definitely won't be able to come back." ”
"It seems that the kid has no good mouth." Liu Yidao laughed, and looked at He Xiaoqiao again, "I heard Hong Fang say that there is a whole chicken banquet to eat tonight, my old man is very greedy." I don't know if I have the face to follow a meal? ”
"I welcome Uncle Liu whenever he comes to dinner."
He Xiaoqiao finally burst into tears when he heard this, thinking of the fresh pheasant he bought on the street just now, and the loss in his heart immediately reduced a lot.
After talking to Liu Yidao for a while, he got up and went to the kitchen to prepare a whole chicken feast.
Suo'er lit the fire, picked lotus and washed vegetables, and found a quick cook from the big kitchen to help kill chickens and remove feathers, and the four of them worked for almost two hours at dinner.
By the time the meal was served, it was already dark.
Hong Fang clumsily lit all the candles in the room with Bai Shou, and Cailian, He Xiaoqiao and the cook who was temporarily called to help worked together to serve eight dishes made of chicken as raw materials.
In addition to stewed chicken with shiitake mushrooms, white-cut chicken, diced spicy chicken, dry-roasted chicken nuggets, three-cup chicken, bangbang chicken, and finally tiger skin eggs and scrambled eggs with double peppers as special guests.
Rao is as knowledgeable as a willow knife, and he didn't know that there were so many dishes made with chicken in addition to stewed chicken and stewed chicken, especially all of them were full of color and flavor - it was really eye-opening!
After washing his hands and returning to the house, He Xiaoqiao suddenly remembered that there was no wine, so he asked Cailian to take out the only remaining jar of wine, and the big guy ate the delicious red wine with a mouthful of oil.
After a meal, everyone had the illusion that they were about to die.
Hong Fang burped violently with his hands on the table, and even the lock next door to him was infected, Cai Lian's face was flushed, and it was estimated that she was very drunk, as for He Xiaoqiao, if she hadn't taken care of her image, she would have been paralyzed on her stomach.
"Little Joe, come with me."
After resting for a while, Liu Yidao, the only one among all who still maintained a sitting posture, said suddenly, then put down the teacup and walked to the door with a cane, and glanced back at He Xiaoqiao.
"Oh, okay."
He Xiaoqiao answered, stood up with the armrest of the chair, although he was confused, he still consciously followed.