time and space

Chapter 20 It's Time to Leave

The news of Jia Zhu abandoning his pen to join the army spread all over the capital. When Bai Tang heard the news, he was surprised to pay attention to this cheap apprentice, and he also saw Jia Zhu's rehearsal in front of the Minister of War.To be honest, Jia Zhu's marksmanship is very skilled, but not very lethal.Baitang was worried about the safety of the cheap apprentice, and managed to escape a death. Could it be that he wanted to die young and let Li Wan be a prostitute?Just when the system released another mission, Baitang went directly to Jia Zhu.

"I have a set of sword techniques here, let me teach you!" Baitang took out a skill book from his bag and handed it to Jia Zhu.I bought this book at the mall, and it cost Baitang 1000 taels of gold. My heart aches for her.

"Thank you, thank you master!" Jia Zhu held the skill book and was so moved that tears welled up in her eyes.Every time he encounters a crisis, the master will show up to help him, the master is his noble person!
Baitang smiled, stood up and was about to leave.

Jia Zhu quickly persuaded her to stay: "Master, my wife has prepared a banquet. Master, please stay and have a few drinks. This disciple has not toasted to the master yet."

Baitang tilted his head: "Okay!"

Baitang has long been greedy for the food and drink in "Dream of Red Mansions". One must know that Cao Dada spent nearly one-third of the page describing the food culture, so Baitang's eyes were starved when he read the book.

Li Wan prepared a large table of dishes: ham and fresh bamboo shoot soup, ham stewed elbow, white fungus and pigeon eggs, chicken marrow bamboo shoots, marinated goosefoot and duck lettuce, fried wolfberry sprouts with oil and salt, crispy quail, eggplant... all raw. appeared in the book.

What Baitang wants to eat most is the eggplant. This eggplant is "the eggplant that has just been picked and the skin is removed, only the meat is cleaned, cut into small cubes, fried in chicken oil, and then the chicken breast meat is fragrant. Mushrooms, new bamboo shoots, mushrooms, five-spice rot, dried fruits of various colors, all cut into cubes, simmered in chicken broth to dry, collected sesame oil, mixed with bad oil, put them in porcelain jars and sealed tightly, and took them out when ready to eat. Just mix it with fried chicken and melon, it doesn't taste like eggplant at all.In the book, after eating eggplants, Grandma Liu once said: "Don't coax me, the eggplants have come out of this smell, we don't need to grow food anymore, we only grow eggplants."

Another dish I want most is chicken marrow bamboo shoots, which is a treasure in the Red House recipes, and the preparation is quite troublesome.Thin bamboo shoots should be selected, rinsed in cold water, cut in half vertically to remove the heart of the bamboo shoots, cooked in a boiling water pot, seasoned and allowed to cool.Peel the chicken breast, remove the tendons, beat it into minced chicken with the back of a knife, add egg white and scallion oil, season and stir in one direction.Remove the chicken leg meat, break the leg bones apart, take out the bone marrow with a toothpick, put it in a pot, add rice wine, ginger juice, and sugar, and bring to a boil to remove the fishy smell, then change to clear soup and simmer thoroughly.Spread minced chicken in the heart of the bamboo shoots, put the chicken bone marrow on top, garnish with coriander and the like, put it on a greased plate, add water and steam for 3-70 minutes.After steaming, pour the original soup into the pot, adjust the seasoning, thicken the sauce, and pour chicken oil on it, and the dish is ready.Elegant, clear, nutritious chicken marrow bamboo shoots are from "Dream of Red Mansions" No.[-] five chapters "opening a night banquet with strange omens and making a sad sound, appreciating the new words of the Mid-Autumn Festival will be a good prophecy": Mandarin Duck also refers to those dishes: "Look at these two I can't find anything, it was sent by the old man. This bowl is chicken marrow bamboo shoots, it was sent by the old man outside."

"Master, this dish of pheasant melon seeds is not bad, you can try it." Jia Zhu pointed to a dish and greeted Baitang.

Baitang looked at the pheasant melon seeds that looked like fried chicken diced, and searched for the source in the original work in his mind: the pheasant melon seeds came from No. 40 Nine Chapters "The World of Glazed Snow and Red Plums, the Fenxiangba cuts the fishy smell and eats the mutton".After the snowfall, Li Wan, Baoyu and others invited the newly arrived Xing Xiuyan, Xue Baoqin, Li Wen, Li Qi and others to gather at Luxueting the next day to compose poems.The next morning, because of his impatience, Baoshan only made a bowl of rice with tea, and hurriedly ate it with pheasant melon seeds.Jia's mother said: "I know you have feelings again today, and you don't even want to eat rice."

"This dish is steamed lamb with milk, right?" Baitang pointed at a dish with his chopsticks, "This dish is quite hot and not suitable for young people. You'd better not eat it."

Jia Zhu blushed slightly: "The kitchen heard that I entertained the master, so I thought you were an elderly person!"

Bai Tang smiled and expressed that he didn't mind, thinking in his heart that he would sneak into the kitchen later and pack the steamed lamb with milk to make up for Bai's father and mother.

"Master, I respect you a glass, thank you for giving me the elixir and saving my life." Jia Zhu filled a glass of wine, and respectfully offered it to Baitang.

Baitang's capacity for alcohol is very poor, he would get drunk after drinking a glass of beer.At this moment, looking at the clear liquid in the white jade wine glass and smelling the rich aroma, the corners of his mouth twitched.Can she not drink?

Baitang took the wine glass and drank it down.

Jia Zhu served the second glass of wine: "Master, thank you for the second glass for teaching me martial arts and letting me keep fit!"

Baitang took a deep breath, then took the wine glass and drank it up.

"The third glass of wine toast master, thank you for caring about me!"

After three glasses of wine, Baitang put down the wine glass and put a face on his face: "Before going to the battlefield, you must practice your sword skills! Well, I have other things to deal with, so let's go first, don't send them off!"

After finishing speaking, the next second, Baitang disappeared into the living room in full view (all the servants of the Jia family).

"Master, you really can't see the end!" Jia Zhu sighed.

"Master!" Jia Zhu's entourage Yun Yan asked tremblingly as his teeth were fighting, "Is this Mr. Bai a god or a monster?"

"I don't know, the master is neither a god nor a monster, he just used lightness kung fu!" Jia Zhu raised his hand and patted Yun Yan's head.

"Yes, I don't know much. But sir, what is light work? Why did Mr. Bai suddenly disappear?" Yun Yan asked, covering his forehead.Not only he was curious, but other servants serving in the hall were also curious, and they all listened to Jia Zhu's explanation.What a good gossip subject!Once you understand how the guest left, you can brag to the other servants that you saw a master.

"Qinggong is a kind of martial art. People who know how to use it can jump to the roof in one jump, and the speed is as fast as the wind!" Jia Zhu actually doesn't know what the power of Qinggong is, so he can only follow his own understanding Tell the servants.

"Oh!" The servants said they understood.So, half a day later, various rumors began to circulate in the capital that the speed of Qinggong was comparable to that of a thousand-mile BMW.

Baitang didn't know this, she was sound asleep!Holding his breath and running back from Jia's house, Baitang fell on the bed and slept for three days before waking up.Drinking the hangover soup made by Aunt Ma, Baitang rubbed his temples.Who said that ancient wines didn't have much alcohol?This ancient good wine is long, mellow and full of stamina, even better than the current Moutai.Maybe take a few jars home to give away.Dad Bai rarely drinks alcohol, but he has medicinal wine, and occasionally he will drink a glass or two—you can bring some medicinal materials back to make wine for Dad. The ancient medicinal materials are definitely more effective than modern ones, and there are no fake medicines; Uncle My third uncle and fourth uncle all like to drink alcohol, so give them a pot for each of them; my aunt, second aunt, sister-in-law and uncle are not fond of drinking, so you can give each family a small bottle to taste...

"My lord, the embroidery you want is already done!" Anping came in and reported.

"So fast?" Baitang was surprised, how long has it been?
Anping said: "The main reason is that the young master pays a lot of wages. In order to get the money sooner, the embroiderer and the carpenter all speeded up."

"Can the quality be guaranteed?"

Anping hurriedly said: "The old slave has checked and accepted, and everything is qualified, and there is no cutting corners."

"That's good! Bring two of them in and show me!"

"Yes!" An Ping backed out, and walked in holding a two-foot-high embroidered screen after a while, followed by An Dongming and Ma Shi, who were carrying a large floor-to-ceiling screen.

Both are double-sided embroidery, the embroidered screen is made of rosewood, and the round embroidered screen is embroidered with "Happy Eyebrow Tips" (magpies and plum blossoms) on one side, and "Wealth and Auspiciousness" (peony flower pattern) on the other side.The floor-to-ceiling screen is made of yellow rosewood brackets, two meters high and three meters wide. One side of the embroidered screen is embroidered with ink landscapes, and the other side is embroidered with pines and cranes to prolong the year.

Baitang's eyes were almost glued to the two embroidery screens, and he looked carefully at the top, bottom, left, right, and right sides of the two embroidery works, but he didn't find a single place to be picky about.Baitang is satisfied, the ancients are really real.

"Yes, I am very satisfied. You give them an extra layer of wages, which is their reward, but it will save them from rushing like now. I need these embroidery products for a long time, and I don't want them to tire themselves out."

"My lord is kind!" Anping thanked Baitang on behalf of the workers.He was glad that he followed a good master, who not only treated them well, but also delegated authority to him.Whose master would delegate power to a slave like this?

"Move all the embroidery to the carriage, I'm going on a long journey. I'll leave the house and shop to you during this time. By the way, is the money I gave you enough?" Baitang asked.She has already determined that it will take half a month to recharge the energy consumed by the gate of time and space going back and forth, which means that it will take a year for her to return to the world of Red Mansions.

"Enough, enough." Anping said hastily.Baitang gave him 5000 taels back then, and opened a shop to purchase goods and find embroiderers and carpenters to send labor... After a lot of expenses, it took more than 3000 taels, and there were more than 1000 taels left, which was enough for the shop and the family.The annual consumption of ordinary people is only 100 taels of silver.

Baitang still took out 3000 taels of silver to Anping, asking him to be an emergency.

"I go there for a year, and I don't know what will happen during the period. You can take more money to deal with emergencies."

Anping burst into tears with gratitude for Bai Tang's trust, clutched the banknote tightly, and vowed to live up to his master's respect.

"If something really happens, you can go to Jia Zhu, the elder master of Jia's house, or you can go to Xue's family. Both Xue Pan and Jia Zhu, the young masters of the Xue family, are my disciples."

Anping was surprised. He guessed that his master was extraordinary, but he didn't expect such a powerful background.

"Old slave, I know!" Anping felt relieved, and he felt that the shop could run freely.

(End of this chapter)