dream of red mansion

Chapter 405 Soup

After what happened just now, all the sisters lost their minds about watching the play, and they all lowered their heads and started talking, but they were worried about Jia Mu, Aunt Xue and others, so they spoke in a low voice.

As they talked, everyone inevitably talked about Jia Qing's loss of office.

Yingchun, Xichun, Daiyu, Xiangyun, etc. were nothing more than that, they either didn't know about these things, or they didn't care about them. Only the two daughters, Tanchun and Baochai, couldn't help asking Emperor Jia Qing why he dismissed him from office.

Jia Qing had no choice but to explain vaguely.For a moment Baochai asked again: "I heard from my second uncle that you did a great thing when you went to the south of the Yangtze River this time. You leveled up the White Lotus Sect. Is it true?"

The sisters listened carefully.Even Daiyu, although she had heard about this incident, was not very clear about it, so she listened with pointed ears.

What about bandits?
It's exciting every time I listen to it!

Naturally, Jia Qing couldn't forget to express himself at this time, so he actually added fuel and vinegar, half-truth and half-false, hiding all the unbearable plots, and telling a story that is full of songs, tears and soul-stirring purely from the perspective of chivalry
After hearing Jia Qing's bragging, Xue Baochai smiled, just at this time another play was being sung, Xue Baochai turned her head to Ying'er and said, "It's almost time, pass on the soup."

Yinger obeyed and left.

Jia Qing's sharp eyes happened to see it, and she immediately said with a smile: "Sister Bao, what's so good that you have to wait until now?"

Indeed, the dishes on the table are not particularly full because we are going to watch a play, but everything is very delicate and the materials are very good.

Xue Baochai said with a smile: "It's nothing special, it's just a soup. It wasn't cooked before, so it wasn't served."

Not long after, two servant girls came in with two casserole pots on trays, and put one on Jia Mu's table and the other on Jia Qing's table.

Shi Xiangyun is the most delicious. Before the maid put it away, he stood up and wanted to take off the lid of the casserole.

"Be careful it's hot!" Xue Baochai quickly reminded, then took a small square handkerchief from the maidservant's hand, covered it on the handle of the casserole, and uncovered it.

"Wow, it smells so good!"

As expected, Shi Xiangyun was more keen on the pursuit of food than others. Not only was he the first to praise, but he picked up his own bowl and said to Baochai, "Sister Bao, give me a bowl to taste!"

Xue Baochai smiled and served her a bowl.

Jia Qing also saw clearly that it turned out to be a bamboo shoot soup with various condiments and meat, but Jia Qing couldn't tell what kind of meat it was.It's just that the soup is yellow, orange, and oily, and it's alluring, and it's constantly emitting a fragrance outside.

Xiangyun took it, and couldn't wait to scoop it up with a spoon. At any rate, he blew it a few times before putting it to his mouth to taste.After just one sip, everyone saw that Xiangyun raised his eyebrows vividly, and then immediately poured the scalding from the spoon into his mouth.

"It's so fresh and delicious!"

After receiving such good feedback from Xiangyun, everyone, regardless of whether they wanted to drink soup or not, was ready to try it for themselves, and handed over the bowls one after another.Baochai smiled, and didn't let the servant girl move, and served half and half cups of soup for everyone.
At this moment, Mother Jia at the top had already tasted it, nodded and praised, then turned her head to Jia Qing and the others below and said, "This soup is good, you all have a taste."

Then I saw Jia Qing and the others were starting to fight, couldn't help laughing, and asked with a smile: "What kind of soup is this?"

After Xue Baochai filled half of the bowls of Jia Qing and the others, she turned her head and said to Jia's mother, "Go back to the old lady, this soup is called Fresh Bamboo Shoots and Pigeon Soup."

Jiamu said clearly: "It turns out that these two things are so fresh. The bamboo shoots in this season are already fresh and tender, and when paired with pigeon meat, they taste really good."

"Second brother, save some for me!"

The casserole was not big at first, and it was enough for each person to fill a bowl. Originally, Xiangyun had already added it once, but after seeing Jia Qing finished drinking, he directly hugged the pot in front of him and poured it into his own bowl. Shi Xiangyun immediately Stop the road.

Seeing Shi Xiangyun leaving his seat to pull Jia Qing, Jia's mother at the top couldn't help laughing and said, "Don't fight, you two, your aunt won't leave anyway, you want to drink, so come here often, why bother to be so childish?" Yes, let your aunt and sister Bao laugh."

At least Jia Qing saved some for Xiangyun, and handed over the pot to her. He took a sip of the boiling water in the bowl, picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks, and said to Jia Mu: "Old ancestor, my aunt's house cooks This soup is really delicious”

I didn't finish talking, because I was busy eating meat.

When Aunt Xue saw Jia Qing like this, the smile on her face was absolutely 90.00% [-] "innocent", without a little bit of reluctance.

But after Jia Qing chewed it, he said: "Old ancestor, I want my aunt to lend me the master chef who cooks the soup for a few days, but I am afraid that my aunt will not be happy, or can you always help me?"

Aunt Xue's smile suddenly seemed to be stuck.

Naturally, Mother Jia would not think that Aunt Xue was reluctant to be a cook.Looking at Xue Baochai's sluggish smile below, he had a clear understanding in his heart, but he didn't tell the truth. Instead, he said: "I won't help you with this favor. If you are greedy, you can ask your aunt for help."

Jia Qing naturally didn't think too much, so he said: "Auntie, don't be reluctant, I'll just borrow it from you for a few days, and after a few days, I promise to send you back intact. ?”

Aunt Xue smiled awkwardly, then automatically ignored Jia Qing's words, and said "very naturally": "My son, as long as you like to drink, this is specially prepared by your sister Bao for you."

All the sisters were silent for a while, and then all of a sudden they started laughing.Shi Xiangyun looked at Xue Baochai's rare uncomfortable expression, and said with a smile: "Sister Bao, Second Brother wants you to come to his house to make soup for him."

Fortunately, it was Shi Xiangyun who came here to play with Baochai. Baochai also knew her temperament and was a childish person, so he didn't think about it, but smiled: "I think you are the one who drank the most. , still can't keep your mouth shut?"

Then he glanced at Jia Qing, turned around and sat down.

Jia Qing was also caught off guard by this situation, knowing that he had slipped his words, he could only bow his head and continue eating meat
Among the sisters, Jia Baoyu also smiled happily.It's just that he has a better character than Jia Qing, and he usually doesn't do anything that makes people suffer. After seeing Jia Qing bowed his head in "ashamedness", at least he didn't run on Jia Qing anymore, but just grabbed Xiangyun beside him and whispered stand up.

If Jia Qing knew that Jia Baoyu had unknowingly let him go, I don't know how he would feel.He has always been the master of Jia Baoyu who has always thought of ways to find out the mistakes, ridicule and attack him when he made no mistakes. The contrast of personalities is particularly obvious under this situation.
(End of this chapter)