Chapter 14: American Service
He Shaoguang took a piece of brisket, which was rare to encounter someone else's cow and took it out to sell. He Shaoguang asked for a large piece from the big kitchen, along with a few pieces of beef bones with no meat, and originally planned to have a supper with Lu Xiaowen, so he simply brought it over.
That's the staple food of today.
There are eggplants and potatoes, He Shaoguang took another bundle of beans over, planning to make a famous Northeast dish three fresh.
Now that there is Northeast cuisine, thinking that Shi Nianjiao has never eaten it, I will have another sweet and sour pot wrapped meat to appetize.
The vegetarian vegetables grabbed a handful of tender green vegetables out of the water and stir-fried.
After drawing up today's food list, He Shaoguang immediately prepared it.
The beef bones need to be stewed to taste, He Shaoguang first cleaned up the blood on the head, and then put them in a casserole and stew them with spices. The brisket is also cut into small pieces, add half of the potatoes and make a potato brisket pot.
At first, Shi Nianjiao looked down on the few pieces of meat on the beef bones, and when the smell spread, she covered her empty abdomen and swallowed saliva:
"Almost all right?"
At that time, He Shaoguang was wielding a spatula, stir-frying eggplant beans and potatoes up and down, and when they merged together and became slimy, the dish could be out of the pot.
"It's early." The cruel and ruthless words shattered Shi Nianjiao's thoughts, and she could only continue to fan the fire silently.
So it's not too early to start doing this point, He Shaoguang finally took out the flavored beef bones and poured the bone broth on the rice noodles, and directly stunned Shi Nianjiao.
"If you eat spicy, add some dogwood oil yourself." He Shaoguang walked out with a plate in one hand.
When everything was placed on the table, Shi Nianjiao retracted the hand holding the chopsticks again, with a hesitant expression.
"What's wrong?" He Shaoguang frowned, "Aren't you still in a hurry to urge me to hurry up?" ”
"I don't eat at night." Shi Nianjiao shook her head, and asked the maid to bring tea.
"Don't eat? You're all skinny to the bone, and you still don't eat it? Like an old mother, He Shaoguang forcefully stuffed the chopsticks to Shi Nianjiao, "For the sake of what I've worked so hard, let's eat a little." ”
Shi Nianjiao had been seduced by gluttonous insects for an afternoon, and she hadn't eaten for a long time, so she naturally stretched out into the bowl without any resistance.
I can't stop eating it.
"It's so fragrant, this beef bone doesn't look like there's any meat, but the soup in the gap is simply delicious." finally gnawed the beef bone, Shi Nianjiao looked satisfied. I sandwiched a piece of beef brisket that was stewed softly, and the potatoes melted as soon as I took a sip.
"I've only eaten the Qingtuan you made, but I didn't expect the cooking skills to be so good." This compliment, Shi Nianjiao is sincere, "What pot wrapped meat?" I've never heard of it before. ”
"You taste it, it's sweet and sour, the skin is crispy, it's a local delicacy in Huining Province."
"Ahh It's delicious. It's been a long time since I've eaten so full" Shi Nianjiao ate the meal to the fullest, and finally drank a bowl of lotus root soup. Just thought of something again, and stroked the flat lower abdomen: "It's just that after this meal, I don't know how long I have to go on a diet..."
Before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by He Shaoguang, who was very puzzled: "Are you already so thin?" What's there to go on a diet? ”
“... That day was clear, and it was clear that Lu Fengju disliked me for being fat, otherwise why did he bring back a daughter of Le Fang? No, even if it's not for him, I'm going to keep my figure! ”
Shi Nianjiao said hatefully, "I'm the number one beauty in the capital, and those goblins outside don't want to compare to me!" ”
He Shaoguang sighed, "He himself is about to become a ball, you let him look in the mirror, what do you dislike you?" ”
"I can understand that you were sad for him in the past, the Lu family is somewhat skinny, and it is pleasing to the eye."
"But now? Look at his new clothes today! It's all about to burst! How do you not get tired of watching it? ”
"Poof" Shi Nianjiao was amused by her, "How can it be so exaggerated, but the sleeves are shorter, maybe they have grown taller?" ”
"You're all adults, and you're still tall?" He Shaoguang just wanted to wake her up, "Besides, why do you take care of yourself so carefully every day and control your body?" So that he can no longer see other women in his eyes? ”
"Do you find it useful? You're already beautiful, throwing that wonderful eight streets back and forth with a turn! But he still didn't return at night, and carried people to the gate of the Lu Mansion. Why don't you know? ”
Shi Nianjiao's heart was poked, and her face was gloomy: "He likes to be pure?" So what do I do with a different style? Learn from that music girl? ”
"Sister! Domestic flowers do not have the fragrance of wild flowers, and wives are not as good as concubines, and concubines are not as good as stealing. These truths are understood by ordinary people, why can't you understand them? ”
He Shaoguang wailed, hiding his face and crying bitterly.
"Huh? I haven't cried yet, why are you crying? Shi Nianjiao was puzzled.
"I cry for you, I cry for your beauty without knowing it, I am sad for you to bind myself, I am sad for you to serve the United States every day, and I cry for you to practice yourself like this, my husband is actually a pig's head!"
“... What is U.S. service? ”
"Men guard the frontier and serve in the military. You trapped yourself in this small courtyard, carefully taking care of your appearance every day, aren't you serving beautiful service? ”
"It's a great statement, but I'm not here, where can I go?" Shi Nianjiao was distressed, feeling that He Shaoguang was reasonable, but she couldn't figure it out,
"That's how I used to see my mother at home, if I wasn't in the backyard and didn't guard my husband, what could I do?"
"Do what you love." He Shaoguang said earnestly, "I love cooking, and when everyone eats my cooking, I am happy." ”
"What about you, what do you like?"
The atmosphere of this dynasty is much more enlightened than that of the previous dynasty, and there are female merchants everywhere on the streets, or there are also officials, but the number of female officials in the palace is far less than that of men, and the positions are also relatively minor errands.
Change comes step by step.
After He Shaoguang went back, Shi Nianjiao thought about it for a long time, and He Shaoguang also thought about it for a long time.
She is not satisfied with the life of nesting in the backyard now, now that she has the platform of the Guogong Mansion, can she also go out and do something she likes.
For example, open a store.
What kind of store to open? Where's the opening? What is a signboard? He Shaoguang thought about it all, and was so excited that he didn't sleep all night, and seeing that Lu Xiaowen didn't sleep either, he happily pulled him to show his ambitions.
"Yes," Lu Xiaowen thought about it seriously, "Many clan wives invest in opening stores, if you can make a profit, you don't have to go to the public for every expense, and you will be looked down upon." ”
This refers to the fact that He Shaoguang's small kitchen costs a lot, and Shi Nianjiao is often dissatisfied and does not give her a batch of silver.
"It's just that there must be a charter on how to act, and I'll go back to Hefu in the near future and ask my mother for advice." The Hai family started in business and is naturally very experienced.
Here the husband and wife gossip, the atmosphere is harmonious, and on the other side, there are people in the third room who sit alone until dawn.
On the second day, when Lu Fengju and Shen Miaomiao appeared in front of everyone again, and shouted that they wanted to take a concubine, Shi Nianjiao was out of breath for a while and fainted.