4 Chapter 4
In the Western Han Dynasty, it was two meals a day, and it was not until the Eastern Han Dynasty that it gradually became three meals a day, and now in the Qing Dynasty, it has become two meals a day, so Cao Yue still continued the previous habit, two meals a day.
In addition to the two main meals, Cao Yue will also add a snack after breakfast and before dinner, as for after dinner, in order to maintain her figure, she has always not eaten.
Because I don't want to call the craftsmanship rusty, this meal is often made by Cao Yue herself.
There is a small kitchen in the main courtyard, which is specially packed up for Cao Yue to make snacks.
Cao Yue wore an apron in front of her, a pair of soft white and delicate slender, starting from kneading the dough and dough without pretending to others, An Ning was beside her from time to time: "Girl, we met that son today, if we don't go back to the house tomorrow, I'm afraid today's efforts will be in vain." ”
Tomorrow is the day when the saint will come to Cao's mansion, and if he doesn't return to the mansion, he won't be able to reveal his identity.
The dough in his hand gradually turned into a smooth dough, and Cao Yue stopped his movements and rested for a while: "I want to go back, but not now." ”
The Holy Driver is willing to come to the Cao family, since it is the supreme glory of the Cao family, the masters of the Cao family naturally need to be on time to welcome the driver, in order to reflect the importance of the Cao family.
But if she is lucky, or if Kangxi has a heart, she will see him again before dinner.
Cao Yue didn't say anything very clearly, but An Ning figured it out after thinking about it carefully, and immediately said sourly: "It seems that the slave maid has no luck eating the pastries made by the girl today." ”
"Don't worry, you're indispensable." Cao Yue teased her: "Besides, don't you eat less on weekdays?" ”
An Ning wrinkled her nose and smiled: "The girl is the best." ”
After taking the peach honey made in the summer, Cao Yue kneaded some into the dough, then used a rolling pin to roll out the dough, then folded it and continued to roll it, repeating about a dozen times, adding peach pulp to the rolled dough like wrapping buns, and finally printing it into the steaming drawer with a peach blossom mold.
"After appreciating the peach blossoms, it is natural to have more charm with peach blossom cakes."
Called in a maid who burned the fire to watch the fire, Cao Yue stretched out her arms and asked An Ning to take off her apron, and went to the hot spring to bathe and freshen up.
She likes to make snacks, but she doesn't like the smell of oil smoke on her body.
In the house where Wang's was placed, Wang looked at the four vegetarian dishes and a tofu soup on the round table, her face was a little bad at that time, she looked at the maid who served the food, and said unhappily: "Why are they all vegetarian, not even a little meat?" ”
The maid was not afraid of Wang's displeasure, and said unhurriedly: "Cousin, forgive me, there is no meat in the kitchen on the Zhuangzi. ”
Wang wanted to say that he wouldn't think about getting it if he wasn't prepared, but when the words came to his mouth, he suddenly remembered his current situation, so he had to wave his hand and ask someone to retreat.
Only Taoyu was left waiting in the room, and Wang had no scruples when he spoke: "It's obviously everyone's young lady, but it's the life of the young lady's body, and I can only eat these dishes that can't be on the table in this life." ”
She was raised in the Cao family for two years, and in the past two years, she has seen the wealth of the Cao family, the delicacies of the mountains and seas, and the bird's nest and ejiao have not eaten less.
Taoyu pursed her lips tightly, and after hesitating for a while, she stepped forward and gave Wang a bowl of tofu soup: "Girl, now that the situation is out of control, let's bear with it first." ”
Those who were given up by the Cao family, where do they still have the right to pick and choose.
Wang snorted heavily, and in the end, the hunger in his stomach overcame the disgust, and he took a sip of soup from the bowl, and then his movements accelerated, and after a while, a bowl of soup was at the bottom.
Outside the door, the maid who had just retreated did not leave immediately, but waited outside the door for a while, and after the words of the master and servant of the Wang family were listened to by her word for word, she turned around and went to the main courtyard.
The hot spring in the main courtyard was built indoors, and the entrance to the hot spring was separated by Cao Yue with six screens, and the maid stood outside the screen with a slight hunched body, repeating the words she heard one by one.
Cao Yue stretched out his hand and went into the water, and it was not the first time that he knew about Wang's shallow eyelids, so after rewarding the maid, he asked someone to retreat.
An Ning was upset for Cao Yue for this: "A pheasant is a pheasant, and he still wants to fly on the branch and become a phoenix." Vegetables and fruits in winter are more precious than meat, but she doesn't understand it, and she has to say bad things about you behind her back. ”
When she said this, An Ning had already scolded the Wang family countless times in her heart, and the girl would vomit when she saw the meat, and it was already uncomfortable enough not to taste the meat, so the Wang family also said this to pierce the girl's heart.
An Ning gritted her teeth viciously, if the Wang family stood in front of her at this moment, she would be able to pounce on her and take a bite.
Cao Yue was not very comfortable in her heart, although she didn't care about the Wang family, it didn't mean that the Wang family could eat the Cao family's food while slandering her behind her back.
Squinting his eyes and looking at the steaming heat in front of him, Cao Yue said word by word: "I don't know where I came from after too many good days." ”
From the hot spring, Cao Yue casually pulled the towel on the hanger to wrap her body, and secretly poked in her heart to make a note of Cao Yin and his wife and the Wang family.
If it weren't for the stupid thing that Cao Yin and his wife did, why would she be so angry.
"Before today's time, let people be optimistic about the Wang family, she is not allowed to step out of the door, and she is not allowed to make noise, if she can't look at people, you can use any method."
The method in her mouth is naturally an inner house method such as drugs.
When the long hair on her knees was dripping with droplets, An Ning hurriedly took another piece of towel and wrapped it around Cao Yue's hair: "The slave understands." ”
After a shower and a change of clothes, it was almost time for dinner.
Cao Yue was dressed in homely clothes, simply combed her hair and sideburns, did not apply fat powder, and looked like a clear water hibiscus, which was a little more real than the appearance of dressing up with some effort in the morning.
She sat under a peach blossom tree in the courtyard, playing against herself with a black hand and a white in the other.
"It's almost time, the slave and maid to ask someone to set the meal?"
Cao Yue shook his head slightly: "Wait." ”
The people who should have come haven't come yet, and it's a little early to set up the meal.
An Ning looked up at the sky: "The sun is beginning to set in the west." ”
A white seed blocked the way of the sunspot, and Cao Yue ate a large piece of sunspot: "What's the hurry, I'm not afraid of being late for a good meal, I can afford to wait." ”
Once upon a time, she couldn't bear it, but now, even if the sky is falling at this moment, she can clean herself up without hurry and choose the best way to die for herself.
The winner of a game of chess has been divided, and Cao Yue leisurely picked up the chess pieces and put them into the chess box.
When the kitchen man appeared near the peach tree for the third time to give An Ning a look, there was finally movement outside the courtyard gate.
The little guy who guarded the door came in with his hands folded, and his ears were red from the cold: "Girl, there are a few sons outside the door, saying that they want to have dinner at our Zhuangzi." ”
Before the words fell, An Ning subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, it's good to come.
Cao Yue slightly hooked the corners of her lips, and her voice was soft: "The person who comes is a guest, just for dinner, invite people in." But after all, there is a difference between men and women, and I will not go to see them. ”
The location of the peach tree is on the west side of the courtyard gate, and people stand at the courtyard gate, as long as their eyes sweep slightly obliquely, they can see people.
Therefore, Kangxi heard Cao Yue's words, and saw that Cao Yue had already gotten up and was about to avoid it, so he didn't wait for the little girl to come and invite, and stepped into the courtyard by himself: "What a coincidence, I said how familiar it is when I listen to the voice, it turned out to be a girl." ”
There were people who were extra cooperative, and Cao Yue naturally took over the topic thrown by Kangxi, and turned around pretending to be surprised: "Childe, is it you?" ”
When the little girl saw this situation, she just wanted to scold Kangxi for being uninvited, but she swallowed it back, and quietly returned to the door to continue guarding.
Kangxi looked at the woman in front of him who was not carved at all, but her face was not inferior to those well-dressed concubines in the harem, nodded and smiled: "I met the girl in the peach forest in the morning, and I met the girl again in the afternoon, which shows that I have a fate with the girl." ”
Liang Jiugong followed Kangxi three steps away, looking at his nose and nose, the emperor obviously read the information from Fei Yanggu, and did it deliberately, but it became fate in the emperor's mouth.
Kangxi's words sound normal, but if it is for a woman who has never been in contact with a man in a deep boudoir, it can be called an offense.
However, Cao Yue did not react to such tricks, and in order to pretend to be his spring heart, he made a slightly shy look, and changed the topic in a panic and forcefully: "Isn't Childe here for dinner, I'll order someone to arrange it, Childe come with me first." ”
said, he personally led the way and took Kangxi to the noon hall to take a seat.
Kangxi looked at Cao Yue, who was a little nervous, and was amused, and said with concern on his face: "Now is the time for dinner, I don't know if the girl can use dinner?" ”
This time, Cao Yue didn't speak, and let An Ning answer angrily: "Our girl was about to go to dinner, but who knew that the son would come." ”
didn't hear Cao Yue speak in person, but was secretly accused by a slave, Kangxi was a little displeased, but he didn't show it, with some apology in his voice: "So, it's not mine, I don't know if it's possible to dine with the girl?" ”
Cao Yue hurriedly refused: "It's not proper for a lonely man and a widow to live in the same room." Childe don't worry, this place is my family's Zhuangzi, is it possible that I can still be hungry as a master? ”
After saying the last joke, Cao Yue politely gave a salute and left the main house.
Again, everything is too much.
Besides, calculating the time, the eldest brother should also pinch the time.
Kangxi was slightly sorry for not being able to dine with the beauty, but it was fleeting, the person he fancied would have the opportunity to dine together in the future, so there was no need to rush it.
The meal prepared for Kangxi was also a table of vegetarian dishes, but there were more dishes, a total of eight dishes and one soup, and a peach blossom cake made by Cao Yue himself.
Unlike Wang, Kangxi did not have any dissatisfaction with this, but happily took a bite of a piece of peach blossom cake.
As soon as I took a bite, I took a bite into the sweet peach flesh filling, which tasted sweet and delicious, and at first glance it was a favorite pastry for my daughter's family.
A piece of pastry was eaten, and before he had time to taste other dishes, he saw Liang Jiugong take out a silver needle out of nowhere, and after trying the dishes one by one, he tasted them one by one with Kangxi's faintly dark face.
Jokes are related to the emperor's safety, even if the emperor dislikes him, he has to test the poison.
But then again, this peach blossom cake is weirdly delicious.
Liang Jiugong stuffed the remaining half of the peach blossom cake in his hand into his mouth, chewed it, chewed it, swallowed it, and unconsciously glanced at the remaining peach blossom cake on the plate.
Thinking that he was lucky to eat a piece of this peach blossom cake, and it was not good to eat a second piece, he looked away ruthlessly and picked up the chopsticks for Kangxi.
Fei Yanggu followed Kangxi around the peach blossom forest for most of the day, and ran around to explore the Cao family, he was already hungry, looking at the table of delicious dishes in front of him, even if it was a vegetarian dish, his mouth unconsciously secreted saliva.
Hungry, he could only scold Liang Jiugong while diverting his mind, Liang Jiugong could still eat a few bites to pad his stomach under the pretext of testing poison for the emperor, he was good, and he couldn't catch a bite to eat.
After Kangxi was seventy percent full, he put down his chopsticks.
As soon as he rinsed his mouth and was about to get up to look for Cao Yue, there was another noise at the door of Zhuangzi, and then Kangxi heard a very familiar voice: "What is Yue'er doing?" ”