Xue Panzhi's gossip red mansion
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Madame, but my own mother, the relationship with her sister seems to be not bad.
But Xue's father shook his head flatly. Their family and Jia's family could not go together. "Your mother hasn't asked about things there for a long time. When you were sick, your Aunt Wang talked all about Jia Zhu's study." stimulate her.
Xue Pan had already heard about the affairs of the Jia family, and Xue Pan just wanted to shake his head if he could be compared with the unreliable second prince.Once the emperor and the courtiers, so unrestrained, it's hard to say what will happen in the future.Of course, the Jia family couldn't think of Father Xue and Xue Pan's thoughts at all, and they didn't feel that the emperor didn't care about the four kings and eight men at all.
On the other side of the capital, Mrs. Wang was in a good mood. Of course it wasn't because Xue Pan recovered from his illness. She didn't have the time to care about it. On the good day of the first day of the new year, she gave birth to a daughter named Yuanchun.Mrs. Wang has both children now. She looked at her infant daughter with her fair face, and the more she looked at it, the more she thought of a beauty, and she would definitely live a prosperous life in the future.Compared with Jia Min, who was far away in the south of the Yangtze River, she was much happier. Didn't she see that the Lin family didn't have a child so far, and even a daughter from the aunt's aunt suffered from the cold the year before and went there.
Back then, why did she think that Jia Min married well? Now it seems that even though Lin Hai's official position is high, he is not in front of the emperor, maybe not better than the second master.
This is complete nonsense. Can the prefect of Suzhou be compared with a small official from the Ministry of Rites who donated to you?
However, it was true that Jia Min and Mrs. Wang were at odds. Looking at the letter from Jia's family, which again told her to find a way to have a baby, Jia Min was extremely annoyed.Doesn't she want to? She has been married for seven or eight years, and she has done everything she can. Lin Hai and her have a good relationship, but there is still no result.Thinking of the Lin family's single-pass generation, they know that their heirs are not easy, and even the concubine has no response. Jia Min has gone from looking forward to no longer hoping for anything, but what kind of pot does the Jia family want? Madame is disgusting enough.
Over there, Lin Hai received a letter from Xue's father, saying that he hoped that he could help introduce a gentleman, and that they would come to pay a visit in the spring.Don't look at Father Xue as a businessman, his letters are straightforward and clear, and won't make people disgusted. Looking at some exquisite gadgets sent by Xue's family, it's a lot of fun.
Father Xue took Lin Hai's reply letter, and planned to talk to Mother Xue about this matter. As soon as he entered the door, he saw that Mother Xue's expression was not very good. "What's the matter, there are still people who are pissing you off, don't let Pan'er know, maybe you can play tricks on people."
"Anyone else, just heard something about the Jia family, and it's annoying." Xue's mother closed her eyes, she couldn't understand why Xu Momo, a member of the Wang family, liked the Jia family so much.
☆, 9, first-class yam·on
Madam Xu hadn't had a good time this year. It cost her boss money to redeem her nephew from the gambling shop on the first day of the new year, and she also paid for her own jewelry.Since that idiot got better, my luck has been getting worse and worse, could it be that idiot sucked all his good luck, Mammy Xu thought about walking forward with her head down, without looking at the road, "Oh! ' she screamed and almost fell to the shit.She patted her chest in horror, and looked back, there was a small hole on the road that she didn't know when, she kicked the small hole with her foot angrily, "Hiss—" It hurt even more, the person's foot hit the stone Can it be painless to head-to-head?
Madam Xu could only stomp her feet angrily, and then walked forward. Speaking of which, it was only a month or two since my nephew came here, and it was when the idiot was about to fail, so my nephew must have suffered from that bad luck. She will always be so unlucky, otherwise how could she lose so much in one bet, thinking of her money and jewelry, Mammy Xu felt a pain in her heart.
That kid has always been stingy, I heard that the nanny in Jia's mansion earns more than her, the little master can taste delicious food together, unlike here, my own food is not bad. It's not as good as those four young men who can only count on the young lady, no, it's Mrs. Xue, a reward of one or two points is useless, and Xue's mansion is so big, I haven't seen her intervene.
"Ma'am, Mammy is here to announce the good news to you." Nanny Xu entered Madam Xue's yard with all kinds of thoughts, with a genuinely excited expression on her face, before Madam Xue asked specifically, she couldn't wait to say out. "But it's a great thing. Everyone in the capital is very happy. The second young lady gave birth to a baby girl on the first month of the first lunar month. She said she looked like a fairy. Both Jia's and Wang's houses were overjoyed. This can be regarded as a perfect marriage."
When Mother Xue saw that Madam Xu rushed in with such a big deal, she couldn't help but spit out the news that her sister had given birth to a girl as some serious news, and frowned. How could she not know about this? Someone from Jia's mansion had announced the good news long ago, and Madam Xu's speed was comparable to theirs.
"I already know that it's not easy for a younger sister." This sentence is sincere, children are indebted, every child is brought up by their parents with painstaking efforts, just like she looked around for Xue Pan when he was ill. If you ask for medicine, you are afraid that it will not be cured. When you are cured now, you are thinking about whether you will be successful in the future, but the most important thing is that the child is happy.And her younger sister's elder son hadn't bothered about his studies yet, so she had a daughter. According to her temperament, she wanted her daughter to live a life of a master, and Yuan Chun's life might not be easy to say.
Madam Xu didn't wink to see that Mother Xue was not close to Mrs. Wang, and she didn't notice that there was not much joy on Mother Xue's face, "Isn't it, it's good now, born on January [-], but It’s very auspicious, there must be good luck in the future, madam, should we also add some congratulatory gifts? I heard that when the third washing was held, several princes also came, and several princes also went to celebrate. That scene It's so lively, but it's a pity that we're not in the capital, otherwise we could have some fun."
The more Mother Xue heard, the more awkward she felt. Cooperating with Xu Mama, she felt that Mrs. Wang in Jia's Mansion was the serious master, and she might never go back to Jinling alone. Why are you so in love with Jia's Mansion? Feeling happy, why did the Xue family treat her badly.Don't say it, I don't think so, Madam Xu is much cleaner than usual. What kind of moth is out of this New Year's Eve? Dressed like this, I usually don't give her less rewards. Could it be that it was all subsidized for that nephew, or because of Pan'er's illness? It came at the most unstable time, Mother Xue even disliked such a winkless person, maybe it was that kid who brought the bad luck, otherwise Pan'er had maintained it for several years, why would it suddenly explode at that time sick. "I heard that your nephew is coming from the north. What's the situation?"
It's not that Xue's mother has a good temper and doesn't get angry with a servant. Firstly, it's because Madam Xu was brought by her family. Besides, she has some affection for Xue Pan's nanny, and she can be regarded as one of his son's subordinates. Xue Pan's idea was right, and he didn't look like an ordinary child. It would be a bit bad to get past him.This is a mistake for both parties, but the mother and son did not discuss anything about a single nanny. Xue Pan was concerned that Madam Xu came from the Wang family and was also one of Xue's mother's subordinates, so he did not move for a long time. It gave Mother Xu a chance to catch her breath.
When Mammy Xu heard about her nephew, she just wanted to express that she was very happy to have someone to rely on to join her, but then she remembered the money she had lost, and hesitated for a while, "It's okay, I'll look for it in the spring Do you think there is anything in the mansion that can use him?"
"Everything in the mansion has its own regulations. Every time you enter and leave, you have to report to the master to record. You are an old man and you don't know. Last time I arranged for that cook Cao to come in. I heard that he doesn't do much now. Do you want to come in again?! There is no job for him to do." Mother Xue was stalked by Madam Xu last time, and she heard that old man Cao cooks well, and her son likes to eat it, so she will keep him , See if I can add a dish to Xue Pan, who knows that the cook will know two dishes over and over again, but the other dishes are nine out of ten, and he doesn't know anything, and he is thinking about sending him out. It is impossible to give him another one.
Madam Xu was stunned, so she could only smile sarcastically, "Isn't it because the uncle hasn't used Cook Cao after he recovered from his illness, so that he is allowed to relax, as long as the uncle asks, Cook Cao will be able to do it for sure?" Bring out delicious food." Madam Xu said she was also swearing, and she was not afraid of mistakes, she thought that she would never drive people out no matter what.
"Really!" Mother Xue gave Xu Momo a meaningful look. You don't think it's annoying that some people don't dangle in front of your eyes. As long as you talk to her, you will be unhappy, but it's not as good as Qu Momo, then She didn't come from the Wang family, and she was more sophisticated than Madam Xu in her work and life. Unfortunately, something happened to her child, and she also resigned and left. "I'm tired too. You can talk about it yourself. After all, you recommended me to come in. If something goes wrong, I will ask you to take responsibility. This is also the rule of the mansion. You won't forget it, right?"
Mammy Xu thought of the rules of the Xue family, things that usually don’t cause trouble, and felt that this place was much faster than Wang Jiasong, but when she thought of the punishment of sitting down, Mammy Xu’s scalp was numb. Master Xue had decided on who to recommend. If someone comes in, if something happens, ask the wrong rules together.It's better for the nephew not to come in, let his father cook a good meal and coax Xue Pan to talk.
After all, Madam Xu didn't know that Xue Pan was not the other children she had ever met, and her thoughts were still on the thinking that a sick child can't do great things, and Xue Pan, the other schoolmate, had long planned to make him look bad. Ban Ban, the nanny who didn't like her, immediately rolled out of the mansion.
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"Danggui, I remember that Cook Cao and Cook Liu are on duty today." Xue Pan stretched his muscles, stood up from the desk, and went outside for some activities.After Xue's father sent a letter to the Lin family, Uncle Lin Hai also specially brought a letter to Xue Pan, which was also a bit of an investigation, asking him about the books he had read and so on.And Xue Pan replied back to the letter, and also expressed some of his own opinions, which combined some of his thoughts in his two lifetimes. For Lin Hai, he saw that this nephew was a talent to create.Lin Hai has been married for seven or eight years and has not left a child. It is also the first time he has come into contact with a child of this age, and he is also a relative of his own. Thinking about Xue Pan's tortuous growth, and then reading the letter, seeing the words is like seeing a person. Pan's elegant and not Fang Zheng's handwriting, I saw a good idea.After so many correspondences, the two of them were unexpectedly familiar. Lin Hai thought that it would be great to have such a child, so he got closer to Xue Pan and waited for the meeting in March.
Xue Pan also slowly found some clues in the correspondence. It seems that this Uncle Lin is very trusted by the emperor, not quite like Wang Ziteng. This one is more like a pure dust than a powerful minister.The trip to Suzhou is imperative.But before that, there was a problem to be solved, of course it wasn't just Madam Xu.
"You go in person and ask him to make a first-grade yam for afternoon tea." Xue Pan would not let Angelica run into the kitchen on weekdays. This is what he wants to do. One of the things he dislikes the most is that someone fishes in troubled waters in the kitchen , this is foodie's homage to food.
Although Danggui couldn't see anything from his master's expression, he knew that old man Cao was going to be bad. Why did he make first-class yam?I don't understand, but it is not necessary to understand everything about the master, this is a smart person. "Little one, go now."
"Cook Cao, my uncle ordered you to make a first-grade yam for afternoon tea. You should be careful." When Dang Gui came to the kitchen, he saw old man Cao dozing off with nothing to do. At this time, he was waiting for several other people. But during the rest time, anyone who doesn't pay attention can see it.
Cook Cao woke up suddenly, and making a first-class yam, isn't it just a yam cake with a syrup, it's simple.Thinking about what Madam Xu said to behave well, he cheered up. The life in Xue's family was not as rich as he imagined, and he could live by it. He didn't want to go back to the previous house. Not willing to burn a fire. "Brother Danggui, please do well, I will do it right away, and I won't keep the uncle waiting for a long time."
Dang Gui smiled amicably, avoiding old man Cao's flattering expression, "Don't worry, don't rush, work slowly and carefully, the food you eat is fine, you can be careful."
Cook Cao decided to show off this time and use the best Huai yam medicine, not to mention that the things from the Huaihe River and the Huaihe River are the best. Even the festivals are different from the capital, and you can see new things from the West. into the kitchen.
Xue Pan was looking at the buds on the branches in the courtyard. It was already March, and the early spring had already started. When the last chill dissipated, it would be the time for the fireworks to go down to Yangzhou.He was in a good mood waiting for the refreshment, when he saw Angelica carrying a few round golden pancakes stacked on the light yellow glazed plate, with a layer of brown sugar juice dripping on top, which looked pretty good.
Xue Pan picked up one of them, took a bite, chewed a few times in his mouth, spat it on the side, put down his chopsticks, and asked Cook Cao to come in.He said to Cook Cao with a half-smile, "This is the first-grade yam you made. You know my requirements for the kitchen. It is related to the entrance. You can't spit it out after eating, so you are never allowed to be unclear about the ingredients. Chu, once verified, it will never be used again."
Cook Cao's heart skipped a beat. He didn't have the right to purchase, how could he cut corners and materials, and shook his head firmly, "The little one uses the best yam, Huai yam, which is the best material for first-grade yam."
"This is your yam medicine? Angelica, let someone bring in the yam he used." Xue Pan took a cup of tea and rinsed his mouth. The syrup was not boiled well, it was too sweet.
☆, 10, Yipin Yam · Next
Cook Cao was worried and didn't know what was wrong, so he watched a young man come in with the yam he hadn't used up just now and presented it to Xue Pan.
Xue Pan randomly took out a raw yam from the small bamboo basket. It was not too big, and its color looked a little yellowish. When he touched it carefully, a layer of powder came off. Xue Pan rubbed it with his fingers and felt that A little rough. "Cook Cao, Madam Xu said that you are her relative and have been working as the head chef in a big restaurant in the capital, right?"
The old man Cao didn't dare to look directly into Xue Pan's eyes, instead he squinted his eyes slightly downwards, with sweat breaking out in his hands, and stammered, "Yes, yes, I have been doing it for more than ten years." It's just that On the outskirts of the capital, the big restaurant is just like a resting place for manual workers, so it is named the big restaurant because it occupies a large area.
Xue Pan didn't bother with this point either, and instead focused on his professional knowledge, "Then you must know where the yam is the best in my country of Daqing?"
Cook Cao didn’t know what to say, so it’s the yam medicine that is used now. “It’s the yam medicine from the Huaihe River Basin. Jinling is so outstanding that even the unearthed ingredients are not ordinary.”
Seeing that he seemed to be secretly supporting himself who grew up in Jinling, Xue Pan sighed in his heart that sometimes knowing a little is better than knowing nothing. "Let me tell you a little story. It is said that in the previous dynasty, there was a young master of a rich family who had been ill for a long time. The doctor saw that it was due to Qi deficiency, so he prescribed a prescription. The important medicinal material in it was The yam known as yam and ginseng can nourish qi and nourish the liver after using this medicine, and it will be cured within a month. It is necessary to use the best Huai yam. However, half a year has passed, and the young master’s illness still persists. It didn't get better, so another doctor was invited in the mansion, and the prescription was still the same, the master felt strange, why it was this prescription again, it didn't get better after taking it for so long, but after waiting for a while, the doctor wrote it down After writing down the prescription, the master understood. Do you know what he understood?"
The old man Cao murmured in his heart that he was not a doctor, how could he know without medical knowledge, so he heard Xue Pan say, "Because the medicinal materials used for the young master were faulty, and the medicinal properties were not enough, so the loss of the medicine is not good enough. What are you talking about?" Is the medicine not enough?"
Old man Cao heard the sarcasm in Xue Pan's mouth. It must be yam. He felt Xue Pan's eyes piercing his body, and quickly knelt down. He was an idiot, but he was not completely stupid. The problem. "Master, master, I..." He wanted to say something, but beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, but he didn't know what was wrong.
Xue Pan's voice was still calm, and he didn't care about old man Cao's predicament at all, "Because the first doctor mistakenly used 'Huai' as 'Huai'. The 'Huai Shen' mentioned in the medical books did not refer to the two Huai Rivers at all. It is Huaichuan in Henan, which is taken from the local terrain Yimapingchuan and is under the jurisdiction of Huaiqing Prefecture, so it is called "Huaichuan". The yam unearthed there has the best medicinal effect. It has three characteristics, large and white in color. , Powdery enough, not only used in medicine, but also a must-choice for medicinal diets such as Yipin yam, do you think the dish you made can be called Yipin yam? Is it called Yipin? You will not forget that this dish is originally intended for frail children, old people, and pregnant women. A cook who doesn’t even know how to eat, let alone make medicine, is actually a chef from the capital , or take the spoon, do you believe it yourself? Yes!"
Xue Pan's tone became more and more calm, but the last one was 'Hmm! 'It was like a thunderbolt that exploded in Cook Cao's ears, and the good times were over.
Chef Cao knew that this time he was directly looking for a shortcoming, and wanted to justify a few words, as if I was not good at cooking this dish, and other dishes were okay, but he was afraid that the uncle would make trouble, so he However, I vaguely heard that there was a cook who wanted to fool the uncle before, and he was speechless when asked in public. This is a crooked master who is really proficient in eating.
But it is obvious that this matter is not over yet, "Cook Cao, or you are not worthy of a cook at all, at most you are a person who can throw spoons, how did you leave the capital, you will not forget it!"
There is only a blank in the old man's mind. Now that the old man knows everything, he can be regarded as escaped from the capital. He is the back cook who used to help. responsibility, but the reputation of the shop is completely ruined, what's more terrible is that several of their cooks have no way out, and no one in the capital dares to use them.The old man Cao quarreled with his relatives for a long time before he found Grandma Xu. It happened that Grandma Xu, who had no children, fell in love with his son and wanted to let his son take care of him. The Jinling matter.
Old man Cao's knees were already trembling, "Grandpa, please spare me this time, the case in the capital really has nothing to do with me, I was implicated, I finally came to Jinling after I had nowhere to go. I will definitely change it in the future, and learn everything I can learn.” Then I was about to kowtow, but Jingjie quickly blocked it, the uncle is bothered by this thing, can kowtow solve the problem.
Xue Pan doesn't think that a person who indulges his son in gambling, spends his time in the kitchen, and ignores the rules he made will really change. If he can change for the better, he should start over from the time he came to Jinling.Taking a step back, Xue Pan couldn't leave such a dirty person in the kitchen even because of the relationship between old man Cao and Nanny Xu.
He took a large booklet in Angelica's hand, opened it and read, "I won't pursue the previous matters. In the four months since the reform of the kitchen rules, the days when you go to work on time It’s only 10 days. According to regulations, the cook must clean the kitchen utensils every day. You only have 5 days to meet the standard. If this is not enough, the scrapped ingredients in your place have reached 50 taels of silver. This is not counting afternoon refreshments, but these You know exactly where the ingredients went. The set of Ru Kiln red porcelain plates in the back kitchen was broken at your place, and Steward Fang didn’t even see a crumb, and you couldn’t find the two pairs of black gold and silver chopsticks at your place. Old man Cao, do you want me to continue reading?"
"This is outrageous!" Just as Xue Pan read out old man Cao's crimes one by one like giving the name of a dish, Xue's father walked into the other courtyard. This old man Cao will be cleaned up. "Let's not say that your culinary skills are inferior, and that you don't conform to Xue's rules at all. You dare to steal the property of the master's house. Who gave you the courage? Could it be that someone is in cahoots with you!"
The old man Cao quickly waved his hands and shook his head. He was very busy. Being charged with theft is much more serious than being kicked out of the mansion for breaking the rules. He will go to jail, "I don't have it, I really don't. I didn’t collude with anyone, I’m really wronged!” This is absolutely unacceptable.
"Old man Cao, you don't admit it. The black and white text on it is the record of your own fingerprints, and you can't be wronged! Don't deny it, but Linglong Building admits it. You are the son who put that set on you The kiln red porcelain plate and black gold chopsticks were mortgaged, and he said that other people’s houses were mortgaged jewelry, but when he arrived, they were full of tableware, which impressed them very much. Don’t you think that Xue’s family can’t even find out this bit of information? You The deed of prostitution is still in the Xue family, so you dare to do such a thing, you are really courageous.” Father Xue looked at old man Cao fiercely, he is very good, even the magistrate in Jinling would give three points to the Xue family Face, old man Cao is really not afraid at all, as expected of a person from the capital, he is courageous.
"Master, please let the little one go this time, I will definitely change it, and those things will come back even if I work hard." The old man Cao crawled on the ground, fell in front of Father Xue, kowtowed continuously .
Father Xue looked at him with a lot of tears and snot, and felt even more disgusted, and wanted to change it, bah, just found a pair of suet jade chopsticks pillows hidden in his luggage, really very courageous , This is digging the money of the Xue family under his nose. Taking advantage of Pan'er's illness and being busy during the New Year's Eve, he has no time to deal with him, and wants to see how far he can go too far. This bait is thrown Yes, but a greedy fat fish.
Father Xue and Xue Pan didn't bother to talk to old man Cao, "Pingzi took him out and sent him to the yamen with his son, we can do whatever we want." Closing his mouth, he could only hear an unwilling whine, and then he was dragged out.
This matter has come to an end. After Xue Pan and Father Xue were seated, Dang Gui was replaced with new tea, and Huang Qi served two plates of golden pancakes on a blue-glazed plate with a thin layer of translucent dark red sugar. If you look carefully, there are different patterns such as plum blossom seals and peony prints on each small cake, which are really attractive and attractive.
"Dad, try this is a first-class yam made of authentic Huai yam. After the raw yam is peeled and steamed, it is kneaded into dough with flour, flattened in different molds, and sweet assorted fruits are placed on it. , or slightly sour raisins, and the indispensable walnut kernels. After steaming for a while, immediately topped with honey, sugar, lard, and soybean flour, it becomes a golden red It's a first-class yam."
Father Xue picked up one that was the size of a bite, and it was still slightly hot. He blew it and bit it. The sugar juice was sweet but not greasy. With the delicate fragrance of the yam cake and the sweet and sour nuts, it had a special taste. , "A little more milk is also good, but it's also okay to drink with tea."
Xue Pan ate a few, and nodded. If it is eaten with milk, it will have a richer feeling, and if it is eaten with tea, it will be more refreshing and not greasy. "I also bought some from my mother. This stuff strengthens the stomach and nourishes the spleen. It not only strengthens the body, but also delays aging. It can also be cooked in different ways. The silk-drawn yam is also good."
After eating, Father Xue asked about today's events, "Pan'er expected it well, he was blown out with a single dish, I asked someone to ask, old man Cao was involved in the case in the capital, so he just escaped here."
Originally, Xue Pan didn't know what the old man Cao had committed in the capital, but such a cook didn't even know Huai yam and Huai yam. It can be seen that his skills are mixed enough, which is related to his son's gambling habit. It was also when Xue's family was the busiest that they entered the mansion, so it can be seen that there is something behind them.
But this matter is not over yet, there is still one place left.But Father Xue remembered one thing, "The thing about you being indistinguishable reminds me of a person, Nanny Qu. Speaking of which, you were only one year old at the time. I don't know that she was actually sent away. It’s because Xue Ping heard that she has an unclear relationship with the Jia family in the capital. Thinking about it now, it’s a bit weird.”
Xue Pan understood after careful consideration, Xue Ping is the old housekeeper Pingzi, maybe he heard the wrong person, "Father, you said that the pronunciation of Qu and Xu are similar, and you made a mistake at the beginning?" Didn't they all talk about the capital city? There is also the voice of Jinling area, the pronunciation of Qu Xu in it is a bit uncertain.
However, Father Xue thought about it for a moment, then shook his head, "It can't be said that I made a mistake, but I have to check it out. Maybe it was a mistake."
☆, 11, sugar steamed butter cream
Xue Pan walked on the road leading to the main courtyard, Nepeta and Astragalus followed behind, while Dang Gui and Licorice went out to buy some things that Xue Pan ordered. Three days later, he, Father Xue and Mother Xue would walk along the Grand Canal Going down to Suzhou, he went to visit Uncle Lin Hai and Aunt Jia Min in the Lin Mansion. Speaking of which, this was also the first Jia family he came into contact with.
Speaking of the Jia family, I thought of the matter about Nanny Qu that Father Xue said a few days ago. It turned out that the old housekeeper Xue Ping overheard someone sending a letter to the nanny in Xue's mansion, saying that it was for that Nanny Qu. Message, the capital is still concerned about Jinling's affairs, let her not forget where she is from.The words were ambiguous, Xue Ping could neither see the messenger nor the listener, but from the clothes he was wearing, he was sure that it was Xue Pan's nanny.Speaking of Xue Pan, there are three nuns in total. Because of his own relationship, he is not used to drinking human milk like that, so it can be said that he was weaned early, and he was squeezed into a bowl before drinking. The relationship between the nuns is not close. Of course, as a reincarnated person, he would not get close to others easily, especially when he found that the nuns were not sincere.
One is the mother of the Xue family. It was originally agreed that Xue Pan would be released back to his hometown when he was one year old. The other two came with Xue's mother. One was the mother Xu who came from the Wang family, and the other was married later. Nanny Qu, assigned by the former royal family.
Xue Pan thought that when it comes to doing things, Nanny Qu can be said to be impeccable, and compared with Nanny Xu, who is always at odds with him, she can be said to be tens of millions of times better, and this person is afraid of comparison.
But Xue's father said that perfection means falsehood. Under Xue's father's questioning, Nanny Qu admitted that she was originally related to the Jia family and was a person next to Mrs. Wang and Xue's mother and sister. It's hard for Xue's father to say what the Xue family's intentions are.As I said earlier, only Xue's mother married the merchant's Xue's father. This seems to be a somewhat discordant marriage. The Wang family can also find a son who is an official in the court for Xue's mother to marry.If it was not for the benefit of the Xue family's money, Father Xue himself would not believe it.If it wasn't for him to be a sensible person, and Xue's mother listened to him, plus her son's fighting spirit, what would happen to the Xue family and whether the Wang family could benefit from him in the event of his absence?
Therefore, Father Xue believed what Nanny Qu said back then, and Mrs. Wang really did such a thing.In other words, the whole royal family is not a good one, otherwise Wang Ziteng could easily keep a place in the emperor's heart.Nanny Qu was sold out, but now it seems that there is something hidden behind it.Let's not say whether it is Mrs. Wang's person who is Mrs. Xu or Mrs. Qu, but also think about whether the person behind it is really Mrs. Wang, or is there someone else?Mrs. Wang is just an excuse.
"Father, Tiao'er is here today." When Xue Pan entered the main courtyard, he saw Father Xue was telling a story to Xue Biao. The two-year-old Xue Biao liked listening to stories, and he was not a fussy character.
"Brother, Uncle told me the story of Niu Niu. He said that milk is delicious. Is it true?" While talking, he looked at Xue Pan with twinkling eyes, clearly saying that he seemed to eat it.
Xue Pan picked up the dumpling Xue Biao. It seemed that the scene of one baby holding another was very interesting. It was thanks to Xue Pan's kung fu practice, otherwise he would not have the strength to hold a fat baby up. "Then let's eat crispy cheese. Didn't uncle and aunt come here today?"
"They went to Dongcheng to watch the flower show, and let us take care of Xue Pan for a long time, and pick them up before dinner. This scorpion, I obviously told him about the old scalper's plowing, and I didn't know that he could be abducted into the cow's milk. Who did you follow?" He joked and looked at Xue Pan, this hobby of eating might have been brought up by him as an older brother.
"Then let the kitchen serve a sugar-steamed buttercream, which is also suitable for children." Xue Pan suggested, and asked the back chef to serve some milk products.
After a while, a few kinds of food were served.One of them is packed in a light pink lotus bowl, which is like creamy yogurt. The milky white semi-flowing paste is dotted with a little nuts, raisins, etc. It is a commonly used eight-treasure material. Red, white, and purple can be said to complement each other. .
"Come and try it yourself, take a small sip and taste it, be careful not to burn it." Father Xue took a smaller spoon and handed it to Xue Biao to let him do it himself.Xue scorpion dug out a piece of crispy cheese with a spoon steadily, and it felt like it melted in the mouth, and then bit the raisins on it, it really had a strong fragrance with a hint of sweet and sour. "Uncle, brother, it's delicious, you should eat it too."
Xue Pan picked up a milk roll on the side plate. A thin layer of puff pastry wrapped it into a short section, sandwiched some chopped nuts, and there was still liquid cheese inside. When he bit it, the milk inside could still flow. come out.
"This milk tea is also good. The snow-white soup made from milk and sugar is really slightly sweet but not greasy." Father Xue picked up a cup of milk tea. He said, "I remember that there was a lot of milk this time. After sending some to his uncle's house and his wife's house, Xue Ping will also use some in your house, and give Pan'er's four servants a taste too."
Xue Ping laughed quickly after hearing this, "Thank you, master, I will distribute it later."
Two flowers bloomed, each representing a branch, saying that it was Mother Xue, why didn't she go to have afternoon snacks with Father Xue and the others?It's not that she was robbed by Madam Xu, and she can't be said to be robbed, but she happened to come to talk to Xue's mother about something. This has nothing to do with old man Cao. , Mother Xu was also kept in the dark, the other side heard that Xue Pan was going to Suzhou in three days, so she hurried over.
While complaining, it was good that Xue Pan kept it a secret, none of Xue Pan's nurses knew about it, and she didn't even think about it, the master didn't need to report his whereabouts to her servants.
"I said Madam, why don't you try to persuade her." The words that she spoke made Xue's mother stunned for a moment, asking her to persuade her something. "I heard that Master and Uncle are going to Suzhou to pay a visit to the Lin Mansion. Isn't this a mess?"
What does this have to do with you? Are you the master or I am the master? Is it possible for you to decide where to go? But my sister, this old slave should not say this clearly, but Mrs. Wang, your sister and her sister-in-law are not very close, and you are not unaware of this. This uncle went to Suzhou, which will embarrass you, and you will Isn't it even more embarrassing for the capital to see the eldest lady?"
Xue's mother took a deep breath, cooperating with you, Mrs. Wang is better than my son
But Xue's father shook his head flatly. Their family and Jia's family could not go together. "Your mother hasn't asked about things there for a long time. When you were sick, your Aunt Wang talked all about Jia Zhu's study." stimulate her.
Xue Pan had already heard about the affairs of the Jia family, and Xue Pan just wanted to shake his head if he could be compared with the unreliable second prince.Once the emperor and the courtiers, so unrestrained, it's hard to say what will happen in the future.Of course, the Jia family couldn't think of Father Xue and Xue Pan's thoughts at all, and they didn't feel that the emperor didn't care about the four kings and eight men at all.
On the other side of the capital, Mrs. Wang was in a good mood. Of course it wasn't because Xue Pan recovered from his illness. She didn't have the time to care about it. On the good day of the first day of the new year, she gave birth to a daughter named Yuanchun.Mrs. Wang has both children now. She looked at her infant daughter with her fair face, and the more she looked at it, the more she thought of a beauty, and she would definitely live a prosperous life in the future.Compared with Jia Min, who was far away in the south of the Yangtze River, she was much happier. Didn't she see that the Lin family didn't have a child so far, and even a daughter from the aunt's aunt suffered from the cold the year before and went there.
Back then, why did she think that Jia Min married well? Now it seems that even though Lin Hai's official position is high, he is not in front of the emperor, maybe not better than the second master.
This is complete nonsense. Can the prefect of Suzhou be compared with a small official from the Ministry of Rites who donated to you?
However, it was true that Jia Min and Mrs. Wang were at odds. Looking at the letter from Jia's family, which again told her to find a way to have a baby, Jia Min was extremely annoyed.Doesn't she want to? She has been married for seven or eight years, and she has done everything she can. Lin Hai and her have a good relationship, but there is still no result.Thinking of the Lin family's single-pass generation, they know that their heirs are not easy, and even the concubine has no response. Jia Min has gone from looking forward to no longer hoping for anything, but what kind of pot does the Jia family want? Madame is disgusting enough.
Over there, Lin Hai received a letter from Xue's father, saying that he hoped that he could help introduce a gentleman, and that they would come to pay a visit in the spring.Don't look at Father Xue as a businessman, his letters are straightforward and clear, and won't make people disgusted. Looking at some exquisite gadgets sent by Xue's family, it's a lot of fun.
Father Xue took Lin Hai's reply letter, and planned to talk to Mother Xue about this matter. As soon as he entered the door, he saw that Mother Xue's expression was not very good. "What's the matter, there are still people who are pissing you off, don't let Pan'er know, maybe you can play tricks on people."
"Anyone else, just heard something about the Jia family, and it's annoying." Xue's mother closed her eyes, she couldn't understand why Xu Momo, a member of the Wang family, liked the Jia family so much.
☆, 9, first-class yam·on
Madam Xu hadn't had a good time this year. It cost her boss money to redeem her nephew from the gambling shop on the first day of the new year, and she also paid for her own jewelry.Since that idiot got better, my luck has been getting worse and worse, could it be that idiot sucked all his good luck, Mammy Xu thought about walking forward with her head down, without looking at the road, "Oh! ' she screamed and almost fell to the shit.She patted her chest in horror, and looked back, there was a small hole on the road that she didn't know when, she kicked the small hole with her foot angrily, "Hiss—" It hurt even more, the person's foot hit the stone Can it be painless to head-to-head?
Madam Xu could only stomp her feet angrily, and then walked forward. Speaking of which, it was only a month or two since my nephew came here, and it was when the idiot was about to fail, so my nephew must have suffered from that bad luck. She will always be so unlucky, otherwise how could she lose so much in one bet, thinking of her money and jewelry, Mammy Xu felt a pain in her heart.
That kid has always been stingy, I heard that the nanny in Jia's mansion earns more than her, the little master can taste delicious food together, unlike here, my own food is not bad. It's not as good as those four young men who can only count on the young lady, no, it's Mrs. Xue, a reward of one or two points is useless, and Xue's mansion is so big, I haven't seen her intervene.
"Ma'am, Mammy is here to announce the good news to you." Nanny Xu entered Madam Xue's yard with all kinds of thoughts, with a genuinely excited expression on her face, before Madam Xue asked specifically, she couldn't wait to say out. "But it's a great thing. Everyone in the capital is very happy. The second young lady gave birth to a baby girl on the first month of the first lunar month. She said she looked like a fairy. Both Jia's and Wang's houses were overjoyed. This can be regarded as a perfect marriage."
When Mother Xue saw that Madam Xu rushed in with such a big deal, she couldn't help but spit out the news that her sister had given birth to a girl as some serious news, and frowned. How could she not know about this? Someone from Jia's mansion had announced the good news long ago, and Madam Xu's speed was comparable to theirs.
"I already know that it's not easy for a younger sister." This sentence is sincere, children are indebted, every child is brought up by their parents with painstaking efforts, just like she looked around for Xue Pan when he was ill. If you ask for medicine, you are afraid that it will not be cured. When you are cured now, you are thinking about whether you will be successful in the future, but the most important thing is that the child is happy.And her younger sister's elder son hadn't bothered about his studies yet, so she had a daughter. According to her temperament, she wanted her daughter to live a life of a master, and Yuan Chun's life might not be easy to say.
Madam Xu didn't wink to see that Mother Xue was not close to Mrs. Wang, and she didn't notice that there was not much joy on Mother Xue's face, "Isn't it, it's good now, born on January [-], but It’s very auspicious, there must be good luck in the future, madam, should we also add some congratulatory gifts? I heard that when the third washing was held, several princes also came, and several princes also went to celebrate. That scene It's so lively, but it's a pity that we're not in the capital, otherwise we could have some fun."
The more Mother Xue heard, the more awkward she felt. Cooperating with Xu Mama, she felt that Mrs. Wang in Jia's Mansion was the serious master, and she might never go back to Jinling alone. Why are you so in love with Jia's Mansion? Feeling happy, why did the Xue family treat her badly.Don't say it, I don't think so, Madam Xu is much cleaner than usual. What kind of moth is out of this New Year's Eve? Dressed like this, I usually don't give her less rewards. Could it be that it was all subsidized for that nephew, or because of Pan'er's illness? It came at the most unstable time, Mother Xue even disliked such a winkless person, maybe it was that kid who brought the bad luck, otherwise Pan'er had maintained it for several years, why would it suddenly explode at that time sick. "I heard that your nephew is coming from the north. What's the situation?"
It's not that Xue's mother has a good temper and doesn't get angry with a servant. Firstly, it's because Madam Xu was brought by her family. Besides, she has some affection for Xue Pan's nanny, and she can be regarded as one of his son's subordinates. Xue Pan's idea was right, and he didn't look like an ordinary child. It would be a bit bad to get past him.This is a mistake for both parties, but the mother and son did not discuss anything about a single nanny. Xue Pan was concerned that Madam Xu came from the Wang family and was also one of Xue's mother's subordinates, so he did not move for a long time. It gave Mother Xu a chance to catch her breath.
When Mammy Xu heard about her nephew, she just wanted to express that she was very happy to have someone to rely on to join her, but then she remembered the money she had lost, and hesitated for a while, "It's okay, I'll look for it in the spring Do you think there is anything in the mansion that can use him?"
"Everything in the mansion has its own regulations. Every time you enter and leave, you have to report to the master to record. You are an old man and you don't know. Last time I arranged for that cook Cao to come in. I heard that he doesn't do much now. Do you want to come in again?! There is no job for him to do." Mother Xue was stalked by Madam Xu last time, and she heard that old man Cao cooks well, and her son likes to eat it, so she will keep him , See if I can add a dish to Xue Pan, who knows that the cook will know two dishes over and over again, but the other dishes are nine out of ten, and he doesn't know anything, and he is thinking about sending him out. It is impossible to give him another one.
Madam Xu was stunned, so she could only smile sarcastically, "Isn't it because the uncle hasn't used Cook Cao after he recovered from his illness, so that he is allowed to relax, as long as the uncle asks, Cook Cao will be able to do it for sure?" Bring out delicious food." Madam Xu said she was also swearing, and she was not afraid of mistakes, she thought that she would never drive people out no matter what.
"Really!" Mother Xue gave Xu Momo a meaningful look. You don't think it's annoying that some people don't dangle in front of your eyes. As long as you talk to her, you will be unhappy, but it's not as good as Qu Momo, then She didn't come from the Wang family, and she was more sophisticated than Madam Xu in her work and life. Unfortunately, something happened to her child, and she also resigned and left. "I'm tired too. You can talk about it yourself. After all, you recommended me to come in. If something goes wrong, I will ask you to take responsibility. This is also the rule of the mansion. You won't forget it, right?"
Mammy Xu thought of the rules of the Xue family, things that usually don’t cause trouble, and felt that this place was much faster than Wang Jiasong, but when she thought of the punishment of sitting down, Mammy Xu’s scalp was numb. Master Xue had decided on who to recommend. If someone comes in, if something happens, ask the wrong rules together.It's better for the nephew not to come in, let his father cook a good meal and coax Xue Pan to talk.
After all, Madam Xu didn't know that Xue Pan was not the other children she had ever met, and her thoughts were still on the thinking that a sick child can't do great things, and Xue Pan, the other schoolmate, had long planned to make him look bad. Ban Ban, the nanny who didn't like her, immediately rolled out of the mansion.
*****
"Danggui, I remember that Cook Cao and Cook Liu are on duty today." Xue Pan stretched his muscles, stood up from the desk, and went outside for some activities.After Xue's father sent a letter to the Lin family, Uncle Lin Hai also specially brought a letter to Xue Pan, which was also a bit of an investigation, asking him about the books he had read and so on.And Xue Pan replied back to the letter, and also expressed some of his own opinions, which combined some of his thoughts in his two lifetimes. For Lin Hai, he saw that this nephew was a talent to create.Lin Hai has been married for seven or eight years and has not left a child. It is also the first time he has come into contact with a child of this age, and he is also a relative of his own. Thinking about Xue Pan's tortuous growth, and then reading the letter, seeing the words is like seeing a person. Pan's elegant and not Fang Zheng's handwriting, I saw a good idea.After so many correspondences, the two of them were unexpectedly familiar. Lin Hai thought that it would be great to have such a child, so he got closer to Xue Pan and waited for the meeting in March.
Xue Pan also slowly found some clues in the correspondence. It seems that this Uncle Lin is very trusted by the emperor, not quite like Wang Ziteng. This one is more like a pure dust than a powerful minister.The trip to Suzhou is imperative.But before that, there was a problem to be solved, of course it wasn't just Madam Xu.
"You go in person and ask him to make a first-grade yam for afternoon tea." Xue Pan would not let Angelica run into the kitchen on weekdays. This is what he wants to do. One of the things he dislikes the most is that someone fishes in troubled waters in the kitchen , this is foodie's homage to food.
Although Danggui couldn't see anything from his master's expression, he knew that old man Cao was going to be bad. Why did he make first-class yam?I don't understand, but it is not necessary to understand everything about the master, this is a smart person. "Little one, go now."
"Cook Cao, my uncle ordered you to make a first-grade yam for afternoon tea. You should be careful." When Dang Gui came to the kitchen, he saw old man Cao dozing off with nothing to do. At this time, he was waiting for several other people. But during the rest time, anyone who doesn't pay attention can see it.
Cook Cao woke up suddenly, and making a first-class yam, isn't it just a yam cake with a syrup, it's simple.Thinking about what Madam Xu said to behave well, he cheered up. The life in Xue's family was not as rich as he imagined, and he could live by it. He didn't want to go back to the previous house. Not willing to burn a fire. "Brother Danggui, please do well, I will do it right away, and I won't keep the uncle waiting for a long time."
Dang Gui smiled amicably, avoiding old man Cao's flattering expression, "Don't worry, don't rush, work slowly and carefully, the food you eat is fine, you can be careful."
Cook Cao decided to show off this time and use the best Huai yam medicine, not to mention that the things from the Huaihe River and the Huaihe River are the best. Even the festivals are different from the capital, and you can see new things from the West. into the kitchen.
Xue Pan was looking at the buds on the branches in the courtyard. It was already March, and the early spring had already started. When the last chill dissipated, it would be the time for the fireworks to go down to Yangzhou.He was in a good mood waiting for the refreshment, when he saw Angelica carrying a few round golden pancakes stacked on the light yellow glazed plate, with a layer of brown sugar juice dripping on top, which looked pretty good.
Xue Pan picked up one of them, took a bite, chewed a few times in his mouth, spat it on the side, put down his chopsticks, and asked Cook Cao to come in.He said to Cook Cao with a half-smile, "This is the first-grade yam you made. You know my requirements for the kitchen. It is related to the entrance. You can't spit it out after eating, so you are never allowed to be unclear about the ingredients. Chu, once verified, it will never be used again."
Cook Cao's heart skipped a beat. He didn't have the right to purchase, how could he cut corners and materials, and shook his head firmly, "The little one uses the best yam, Huai yam, which is the best material for first-grade yam."
"This is your yam medicine? Angelica, let someone bring in the yam he used." Xue Pan took a cup of tea and rinsed his mouth. The syrup was not boiled well, it was too sweet.
☆, 10, Yipin Yam · Next
Cook Cao was worried and didn't know what was wrong, so he watched a young man come in with the yam he hadn't used up just now and presented it to Xue Pan.
Xue Pan randomly took out a raw yam from the small bamboo basket. It was not too big, and its color looked a little yellowish. When he touched it carefully, a layer of powder came off. Xue Pan rubbed it with his fingers and felt that A little rough. "Cook Cao, Madam Xu said that you are her relative and have been working as the head chef in a big restaurant in the capital, right?"
The old man Cao didn't dare to look directly into Xue Pan's eyes, instead he squinted his eyes slightly downwards, with sweat breaking out in his hands, and stammered, "Yes, yes, I have been doing it for more than ten years." It's just that On the outskirts of the capital, the big restaurant is just like a resting place for manual workers, so it is named the big restaurant because it occupies a large area.
Xue Pan didn't bother with this point either, and instead focused on his professional knowledge, "Then you must know where the yam is the best in my country of Daqing?"
Cook Cao didn’t know what to say, so it’s the yam medicine that is used now. “It’s the yam medicine from the Huaihe River Basin. Jinling is so outstanding that even the unearthed ingredients are not ordinary.”
Seeing that he seemed to be secretly supporting himself who grew up in Jinling, Xue Pan sighed in his heart that sometimes knowing a little is better than knowing nothing. "Let me tell you a little story. It is said that in the previous dynasty, there was a young master of a rich family who had been ill for a long time. The doctor saw that it was due to Qi deficiency, so he prescribed a prescription. The important medicinal material in it was The yam known as yam and ginseng can nourish qi and nourish the liver after using this medicine, and it will be cured within a month. It is necessary to use the best Huai yam. However, half a year has passed, and the young master’s illness still persists. It didn't get better, so another doctor was invited in the mansion, and the prescription was still the same, the master felt strange, why it was this prescription again, it didn't get better after taking it for so long, but after waiting for a while, the doctor wrote it down After writing down the prescription, the master understood. Do you know what he understood?"
The old man Cao murmured in his heart that he was not a doctor, how could he know without medical knowledge, so he heard Xue Pan say, "Because the medicinal materials used for the young master were faulty, and the medicinal properties were not enough, so the loss of the medicine is not good enough. What are you talking about?" Is the medicine not enough?"
Old man Cao heard the sarcasm in Xue Pan's mouth. It must be yam. He felt Xue Pan's eyes piercing his body, and quickly knelt down. He was an idiot, but he was not completely stupid. The problem. "Master, master, I..." He wanted to say something, but beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, but he didn't know what was wrong.
Xue Pan's voice was still calm, and he didn't care about old man Cao's predicament at all, "Because the first doctor mistakenly used 'Huai' as 'Huai'. The 'Huai Shen' mentioned in the medical books did not refer to the two Huai Rivers at all. It is Huaichuan in Henan, which is taken from the local terrain Yimapingchuan and is under the jurisdiction of Huaiqing Prefecture, so it is called "Huaichuan". The yam unearthed there has the best medicinal effect. It has three characteristics, large and white in color. , Powdery enough, not only used in medicine, but also a must-choice for medicinal diets such as Yipin yam, do you think the dish you made can be called Yipin yam? Is it called Yipin? You will not forget that this dish is originally intended for frail children, old people, and pregnant women. A cook who doesn’t even know how to eat, let alone make medicine, is actually a chef from the capital , or take the spoon, do you believe it yourself? Yes!"
Xue Pan's tone became more and more calm, but the last one was 'Hmm! 'It was like a thunderbolt that exploded in Cook Cao's ears, and the good times were over.
Chef Cao knew that this time he was directly looking for a shortcoming, and wanted to justify a few words, as if I was not good at cooking this dish, and other dishes were okay, but he was afraid that the uncle would make trouble, so he However, I vaguely heard that there was a cook who wanted to fool the uncle before, and he was speechless when asked in public. This is a crooked master who is really proficient in eating.
But it is obvious that this matter is not over yet, "Cook Cao, or you are not worthy of a cook at all, at most you are a person who can throw spoons, how did you leave the capital, you will not forget it!"
There is only a blank in the old man's mind. Now that the old man knows everything, he can be regarded as escaped from the capital. He is the back cook who used to help. responsibility, but the reputation of the shop is completely ruined, what's more terrible is that several of their cooks have no way out, and no one in the capital dares to use them.The old man Cao quarreled with his relatives for a long time before he found Grandma Xu. It happened that Grandma Xu, who had no children, fell in love with his son and wanted to let his son take care of him. The Jinling matter.
Old man Cao's knees were already trembling, "Grandpa, please spare me this time, the case in the capital really has nothing to do with me, I was implicated, I finally came to Jinling after I had nowhere to go. I will definitely change it in the future, and learn everything I can learn.” Then I was about to kowtow, but Jingjie quickly blocked it, the uncle is bothered by this thing, can kowtow solve the problem.
Xue Pan doesn't think that a person who indulges his son in gambling, spends his time in the kitchen, and ignores the rules he made will really change. If he can change for the better, he should start over from the time he came to Jinling.Taking a step back, Xue Pan couldn't leave such a dirty person in the kitchen even because of the relationship between old man Cao and Nanny Xu.
He took a large booklet in Angelica's hand, opened it and read, "I won't pursue the previous matters. In the four months since the reform of the kitchen rules, the days when you go to work on time It’s only 10 days. According to regulations, the cook must clean the kitchen utensils every day. You only have 5 days to meet the standard. If this is not enough, the scrapped ingredients in your place have reached 50 taels of silver. This is not counting afternoon refreshments, but these You know exactly where the ingredients went. The set of Ru Kiln red porcelain plates in the back kitchen was broken at your place, and Steward Fang didn’t even see a crumb, and you couldn’t find the two pairs of black gold and silver chopsticks at your place. Old man Cao, do you want me to continue reading?"
"This is outrageous!" Just as Xue Pan read out old man Cao's crimes one by one like giving the name of a dish, Xue's father walked into the other courtyard. This old man Cao will be cleaned up. "Let's not say that your culinary skills are inferior, and that you don't conform to Xue's rules at all. You dare to steal the property of the master's house. Who gave you the courage? Could it be that someone is in cahoots with you!"
The old man Cao quickly waved his hands and shook his head. He was very busy. Being charged with theft is much more serious than being kicked out of the mansion for breaking the rules. He will go to jail, "I don't have it, I really don't. I didn’t collude with anyone, I’m really wronged!” This is absolutely unacceptable.
"Old man Cao, you don't admit it. The black and white text on it is the record of your own fingerprints, and you can't be wronged! Don't deny it, but Linglong Building admits it. You are the son who put that set on you The kiln red porcelain plate and black gold chopsticks were mortgaged, and he said that other people’s houses were mortgaged jewelry, but when he arrived, they were full of tableware, which impressed them very much. Don’t you think that Xue’s family can’t even find out this bit of information? You The deed of prostitution is still in the Xue family, so you dare to do such a thing, you are really courageous.” Father Xue looked at old man Cao fiercely, he is very good, even the magistrate in Jinling would give three points to the Xue family Face, old man Cao is really not afraid at all, as expected of a person from the capital, he is courageous.
"Master, please let the little one go this time, I will definitely change it, and those things will come back even if I work hard." The old man Cao crawled on the ground, fell in front of Father Xue, kowtowed continuously .
Father Xue looked at him with a lot of tears and snot, and felt even more disgusted, and wanted to change it, bah, just found a pair of suet jade chopsticks pillows hidden in his luggage, really very courageous , This is digging the money of the Xue family under his nose. Taking advantage of Pan'er's illness and being busy during the New Year's Eve, he has no time to deal with him, and wants to see how far he can go too far. This bait is thrown Yes, but a greedy fat fish.
Father Xue and Xue Pan didn't bother to talk to old man Cao, "Pingzi took him out and sent him to the yamen with his son, we can do whatever we want." Closing his mouth, he could only hear an unwilling whine, and then he was dragged out.
This matter has come to an end. After Xue Pan and Father Xue were seated, Dang Gui was replaced with new tea, and Huang Qi served two plates of golden pancakes on a blue-glazed plate with a thin layer of translucent dark red sugar. If you look carefully, there are different patterns such as plum blossom seals and peony prints on each small cake, which are really attractive and attractive.
"Dad, try this is a first-class yam made of authentic Huai yam. After the raw yam is peeled and steamed, it is kneaded into dough with flour, flattened in different molds, and sweet assorted fruits are placed on it. , or slightly sour raisins, and the indispensable walnut kernels. After steaming for a while, immediately topped with honey, sugar, lard, and soybean flour, it becomes a golden red It's a first-class yam."
Father Xue picked up one that was the size of a bite, and it was still slightly hot. He blew it and bit it. The sugar juice was sweet but not greasy. With the delicate fragrance of the yam cake and the sweet and sour nuts, it had a special taste. , "A little more milk is also good, but it's also okay to drink with tea."
Xue Pan ate a few, and nodded. If it is eaten with milk, it will have a richer feeling, and if it is eaten with tea, it will be more refreshing and not greasy. "I also bought some from my mother. This stuff strengthens the stomach and nourishes the spleen. It not only strengthens the body, but also delays aging. It can also be cooked in different ways. The silk-drawn yam is also good."
After eating, Father Xue asked about today's events, "Pan'er expected it well, he was blown out with a single dish, I asked someone to ask, old man Cao was involved in the case in the capital, so he just escaped here."
Originally, Xue Pan didn't know what the old man Cao had committed in the capital, but such a cook didn't even know Huai yam and Huai yam. It can be seen that his skills are mixed enough, which is related to his son's gambling habit. It was also when Xue's family was the busiest that they entered the mansion, so it can be seen that there is something behind them.
But this matter is not over yet, there is still one place left.But Father Xue remembered one thing, "The thing about you being indistinguishable reminds me of a person, Nanny Qu. Speaking of which, you were only one year old at the time. I don't know that she was actually sent away. It’s because Xue Ping heard that she has an unclear relationship with the Jia family in the capital. Thinking about it now, it’s a bit weird.”
Xue Pan understood after careful consideration, Xue Ping is the old housekeeper Pingzi, maybe he heard the wrong person, "Father, you said that the pronunciation of Qu and Xu are similar, and you made a mistake at the beginning?" Didn't they all talk about the capital city? There is also the voice of Jinling area, the pronunciation of Qu Xu in it is a bit uncertain.
However, Father Xue thought about it for a moment, then shook his head, "It can't be said that I made a mistake, but I have to check it out. Maybe it was a mistake."
☆, 11, sugar steamed butter cream
Xue Pan walked on the road leading to the main courtyard, Nepeta and Astragalus followed behind, while Dang Gui and Licorice went out to buy some things that Xue Pan ordered. Three days later, he, Father Xue and Mother Xue would walk along the Grand Canal Going down to Suzhou, he went to visit Uncle Lin Hai and Aunt Jia Min in the Lin Mansion. Speaking of which, this was also the first Jia family he came into contact with.
Speaking of the Jia family, I thought of the matter about Nanny Qu that Father Xue said a few days ago. It turned out that the old housekeeper Xue Ping overheard someone sending a letter to the nanny in Xue's mansion, saying that it was for that Nanny Qu. Message, the capital is still concerned about Jinling's affairs, let her not forget where she is from.The words were ambiguous, Xue Ping could neither see the messenger nor the listener, but from the clothes he was wearing, he was sure that it was Xue Pan's nanny.Speaking of Xue Pan, there are three nuns in total. Because of his own relationship, he is not used to drinking human milk like that, so it can be said that he was weaned early, and he was squeezed into a bowl before drinking. The relationship between the nuns is not close. Of course, as a reincarnated person, he would not get close to others easily, especially when he found that the nuns were not sincere.
One is the mother of the Xue family. It was originally agreed that Xue Pan would be released back to his hometown when he was one year old. The other two came with Xue's mother. One was the mother Xu who came from the Wang family, and the other was married later. Nanny Qu, assigned by the former royal family.
Xue Pan thought that when it comes to doing things, Nanny Qu can be said to be impeccable, and compared with Nanny Xu, who is always at odds with him, she can be said to be tens of millions of times better, and this person is afraid of comparison.
But Xue's father said that perfection means falsehood. Under Xue's father's questioning, Nanny Qu admitted that she was originally related to the Jia family and was a person next to Mrs. Wang and Xue's mother and sister. It's hard for Xue's father to say what the Xue family's intentions are.As I said earlier, only Xue's mother married the merchant's Xue's father. This seems to be a somewhat discordant marriage. The Wang family can also find a son who is an official in the court for Xue's mother to marry.If it was not for the benefit of the Xue family's money, Father Xue himself would not believe it.If it wasn't for him to be a sensible person, and Xue's mother listened to him, plus her son's fighting spirit, what would happen to the Xue family and whether the Wang family could benefit from him in the event of his absence?
Therefore, Father Xue believed what Nanny Qu said back then, and Mrs. Wang really did such a thing.In other words, the whole royal family is not a good one, otherwise Wang Ziteng could easily keep a place in the emperor's heart.Nanny Qu was sold out, but now it seems that there is something hidden behind it.Let's not say whether it is Mrs. Wang's person who is Mrs. Xu or Mrs. Qu, but also think about whether the person behind it is really Mrs. Wang, or is there someone else?Mrs. Wang is just an excuse.
"Father, Tiao'er is here today." When Xue Pan entered the main courtyard, he saw Father Xue was telling a story to Xue Biao. The two-year-old Xue Biao liked listening to stories, and he was not a fussy character.
"Brother, Uncle told me the story of Niu Niu. He said that milk is delicious. Is it true?" While talking, he looked at Xue Pan with twinkling eyes, clearly saying that he seemed to eat it.
Xue Pan picked up the dumpling Xue Biao. It seemed that the scene of one baby holding another was very interesting. It was thanks to Xue Pan's kung fu practice, otherwise he would not have the strength to hold a fat baby up. "Then let's eat crispy cheese. Didn't uncle and aunt come here today?"
"They went to Dongcheng to watch the flower show, and let us take care of Xue Pan for a long time, and pick them up before dinner. This scorpion, I obviously told him about the old scalper's plowing, and I didn't know that he could be abducted into the cow's milk. Who did you follow?" He joked and looked at Xue Pan, this hobby of eating might have been brought up by him as an older brother.
"Then let the kitchen serve a sugar-steamed buttercream, which is also suitable for children." Xue Pan suggested, and asked the back chef to serve some milk products.
After a while, a few kinds of food were served.One of them is packed in a light pink lotus bowl, which is like creamy yogurt. The milky white semi-flowing paste is dotted with a little nuts, raisins, etc. It is a commonly used eight-treasure material. Red, white, and purple can be said to complement each other. .
"Come and try it yourself, take a small sip and taste it, be careful not to burn it." Father Xue took a smaller spoon and handed it to Xue Biao to let him do it himself.Xue scorpion dug out a piece of crispy cheese with a spoon steadily, and it felt like it melted in the mouth, and then bit the raisins on it, it really had a strong fragrance with a hint of sweet and sour. "Uncle, brother, it's delicious, you should eat it too."
Xue Pan picked up a milk roll on the side plate. A thin layer of puff pastry wrapped it into a short section, sandwiched some chopped nuts, and there was still liquid cheese inside. When he bit it, the milk inside could still flow. come out.
"This milk tea is also good. The snow-white soup made from milk and sugar is really slightly sweet but not greasy." Father Xue picked up a cup of milk tea. He said, "I remember that there was a lot of milk this time. After sending some to his uncle's house and his wife's house, Xue Ping will also use some in your house, and give Pan'er's four servants a taste too."
Xue Ping laughed quickly after hearing this, "Thank you, master, I will distribute it later."
Two flowers bloomed, each representing a branch, saying that it was Mother Xue, why didn't she go to have afternoon snacks with Father Xue and the others?It's not that she was robbed by Madam Xu, and she can't be said to be robbed, but she happened to come to talk to Xue's mother about something. This has nothing to do with old man Cao. , Mother Xu was also kept in the dark, the other side heard that Xue Pan was going to Suzhou in three days, so she hurried over.
While complaining, it was good that Xue Pan kept it a secret, none of Xue Pan's nurses knew about it, and she didn't even think about it, the master didn't need to report his whereabouts to her servants.
"I said Madam, why don't you try to persuade her." The words that she spoke made Xue's mother stunned for a moment, asking her to persuade her something. "I heard that Master and Uncle are going to Suzhou to pay a visit to the Lin Mansion. Isn't this a mess?"
What does this have to do with you? Are you the master or I am the master? Is it possible for you to decide where to go? But my sister, this old slave should not say this clearly, but Mrs. Wang, your sister and her sister-in-law are not very close, and you are not unaware of this. This uncle went to Suzhou, which will embarrass you, and you will Isn't it even more embarrassing for the capital to see the eldest lady?"
Xue's mother took a deep breath, cooperating with you, Mrs. Wang is better than my son
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