Daiyu of the Red Chamber raised a cat

Daiyu couldn't help but find Xueyan's cowardice amused, she twisted her handkerchief and looked at her with a smile, raising her eyebrows and eyes.

"I see that you are usually very courageous, why are you like this now? Could it be that the prince is a tiger?!"

Empress Xueyan patted her chest in fear: "Miss, you don't know, although His Royal Highness is not a tiger, he is more terrifying than a tiger! I just forgot to tell you that I also broke an agate bowl, and I was so anxious that I didn't know what to do. As soon as I turned around, I saw His Highness the Crown Prince looking at me, and asked me why I was so careless! At that time, His Highness's eyes were like... just like the Shura mentioned in the book, and the slaves are afraid even thinking about it..."

"Nonsense!" Daiyu glanced at her, raised her eyebrows and said, "He's not that kind of person."

Everyone looked at Daiyu with smiles on their lips, and Hui'er said, "Young lady, tell me, what kind of person is the wise and mighty Crown Prince?"

Daiyufang was annoyed that she made a slip of the tongue and made fun of these girls.

Then he gave Huier a serious look on purpose, and said, "Speak up!"

Hui'er hurriedly said: "Miss, forgive me, this servant is reckless."

It was at this time that Xueyan realized that she might have said something wrong just now, she thought that the prince was a hungry tiger and a beast, so she shouldn't have said that in front of the girl.Who is His Highness the Crown Prince? That is the girl's future husband-in-law, their future son-in-law.Moreover, His Royal Highness is so caring towards the girl. If there is any delicious and fun food on weekdays, he must give the girl a copy. He cares about the girl even more than the master.Not to mention unmarried couples who are not yet married, even married couples rarely care about this.

The girl must be upset that she said that.

What's more, His Highness the Crown Prince did not do anything to her. Except for the first glance that made people feel a little scared, he has always spoken kindly afterwards, knowing that she broke the precious agate bowl and did not blame her.In the end, she really rewarded herself with both watermelons. Although this behavior made her feel even more disturbed, she was fine after all!

Thinking of this, she wished she could beat herself up, you ungrateful thing!

Looking up, she looked at Daiyu with a sad face, and was about to plead guilty, but Daiyu said: "It's cold outside, don't stand here, go into the house." Then she led a group of girls into the house.

Xueyan also followed in with a watermelon basket.

Daiyu only cared about talking to Hui'er, then grabbed a handful of melon seeds, squeezed one and knocked it slowly with her teeth.After eating three or five in a row, seeing Xueyan standing in the corner, frowning and staring at the watermelon in his hand, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Xueyan, don't you feel tired carrying that watermelon basket all the time?"

Xueyan suddenly raised her head: "Uh, tired... Tired."

"Tired and still carry it all the time instead of putting it on the ground?"

"—Yes." Xueyan raised her eyes, a little astonished, as if it was only at this time that she suddenly realized that she didn't need to carry it all the time, and could put it on the ground.

Everyone covered their mouths and laughed when they saw her foolish appearance.

Daiyu was eating a melon seed but was startled, the slender melon seed was stuck between her neat white teeth for a long time, but she didn't eat it, she seemed to be in a trance.After a while, she withdrew her hand and looked at Xue Yan, unable to bear her being so embarrassing again, she said: "Xue Yan, let me ask you, are you willing to share this reward with other people?"

"Uh..." Xueyan was stunned for a moment, and then she came to her senses, suddenly overjoyed, and nodded her head, "I am willing, willing...of course I am willing, even if the girl doesn't tell me, I don't dare to enjoy it alone. Where did such great luck come from?!"

As she spoke, she scratched her head, lifted the basket, and pushed it forward with both hands, "These two watermelons, please let the girl dispose of them."

Daiyu then ordered someone to wash it, put it in a smoking cage, and said: "Watermelon is originally cool, and it is best to eat it in summer to relieve the heat. It’s no worse than ice cubes, but it’s harmful to the human body to warm it with the internal organs? Think about it, it’s not good to have a cup of cold tea on weekdays, let alone such a cold watermelon. The room is warm and smoky. This is especially true next to the cage, these two watermelons will be warmed up after being put here for an hour or two. Wouldn’t it be nice if we cut them up after lunch and let everyone have a taste?”

Everyone said:

"very good!"

"It's the girl who is thoughtful, and the servants feel ashamed."

For lunch, I ate roasted pheasant with chestnuts, drunken duck liver, stir-fried green vegetables, fried eggplant with mushrooms, steamed sea bass, and two soups, one with barley and red dates soup, the other with wild mushrooms and wild pigeons, and a few other dishes.

Daiyu asked Mama Wu who brought food from the kitchen: "Is it the same with the prince and the master?"

Wu Ma said: "His Royal Highness and the master are together, there are four meat dishes and four vegetarian dishes, and two or six fish, sweet and sour large yellow croaker, braised flat fish, steamed sea bass, fried fish with garlic, spicy fish, fish in sour soup, Steamed Peacock Kaiping fish, soups and desserts are also available. Originally, the kitchen did not prepare so many fish, but Eunuch Quan went to the kitchen to give orders, saying that His Royal Highness likes fish most, and the appetite is not small, let the servants Prepare more fish."

Daiyu bit her lip, suppressed the corners of her raised mouth and said, "Understood, you can go down."

Wu Ma backed away.

Only then did Daiyu let go of her clenched hand, pursed her lips and smiled, thinking to herself that although he has become a human, he still can't change his cat's habits, it's really not happy!

Thinking about it, he remembered that there were a few cats in his yard, so he ordered someone to pick them up, spread them on a soft mat, and put them under his feet. While eating, he picked out the perch on his table for them to eat.It was a very big perch, and with Daiyu's appetite, if she didn't eat anything else, she only ate that one, at most she could eat half of it.What's more, this is an impossible assumption, because there are still Daiyu's favorite green vegetables on the dinner table.

But this time, Daiyu ate by herself, and while feeding the kitten, she wiped out the whole fish.

Looking at the pile of fish bones left on the plate, Daiyu rubbed her stomach, she was full.

Except for sea bass, there are still many other dishes left, and there are also many dishes.The maids came to clean up the leftovers, and Daiyu sat on the armchair beside her, stroked the hair of the snow-white kitten in her arms, and said, "No need to take it away, I don't have so many taboos, you guys just ate it here Forget it, save yourself trouble for a while!"

So Hui'er, Xueyan and a few second-class girls thanked them and sat down to eat.

After the meal, everyone chatted and ate melon seeds for a while, then Daiyu ordered Xueyan and Huier to bring the watermelon next to the smoker cage, and sent the little girl to the kitchen to get a knife to cut the watermelon and eat it.The little girl went to the kitchen and hadn't come back yet, the watermelon had already been placed on the table, Hui'er was still patting the watermelon with her hands and listening to the sound.She said that this way can distinguish the quality of watermelons. Her family used to plant several acres of watermelons every year, and this is how to judge whether they are ripe or not.

Daiyu was surprised to see it, so she asked, "What kind of watermelon is good, and what kind is bad?"

Huier took Daiyu to let her try to pat herself, and told her: "I can only hear what other people say, but I can't feel it. You have to try it yourself to know whether it is good or bad. Girl, please pat and see. There is a bang sound, and you can clearly feel something trembling and shaking inside the moment you leave your hand. When you cut it, it must be sandy and sweet; It may be broken inside; if there is a popping sound, it is often too raw, and it is likely to be white."

It turns out there is this saying...

Driven by curiosity, Daiyu patted both of them. One of the smaller ones was the kind of thumping and trembling that Huier described, and the other was puffing.Cut it open, and sure enough, the small thin-skinned melon is good, the flesh is sandy and red, and the black melon seeds are embedded in it.The big ones have white flesh, which is obviously not cooked enough to be eaten at all.

The maids present showed a very disappointed and regretful expression.

Such a rare thing was given to the prince by the emperor, and the prince rewarded it again, with gratitude.Although it was given to Xueyan, Xueyan was willing to share it, and the girl decided that everyone would eat it.They can be considered to have received the emperor's favor, who would have thought that two watermelons would be cut well, and one would be raw, and it would be a big one.

How can people not be embarrassed...

In this way, how much each person can eat is estimated to be tasted.

Daiyu didn't know, the maids decided one after another that they would eat the raw one too.

Daiyu just had a full meal, but she doesn't really want to eat watermelon, and if she wants to eat, there are plenty of them in the space.But she didn't eat it, and the girls didn't dare to eat it either, so they had to eat a small piece symbolically.The rest were snatched away by the maids in a hurry, and everyone ate with tears in their eyes. In the end, even the raw melon with white flesh was snatched away, but Daiyu forcibly stopped it, and everyone looked very regretful.

It was night, Zhou Hang visited in the middle of the night, and after entering the space, Daiyu told Zhou Hang about the girls eating watermelon.

What Zhou Hang grasped was that his emperor Lao Tzu sent him two watermelons, and one of them was raw!Unexpectedly, the watermelon presented by the minister to the emperor was still alive!I don't know if the Emperor Lao Tzu knows about this?He also wasted so much manpower and material resources to plant some out-of-season watermelons next to the hot springs. Doesn't he know that his son's space is full of them!

Daiyu frowned and said: "It is an annual rule to plant watermelons in hot springs and donate them to the palace. If the Holy Majesty suddenly does not ask people to plant them, it would be too abrupt. Besides, there is the Supreme Emperor. Don't eat it?! Besides..."

Speaking of this, Daiyu paused and frowned.

"Not to mention what?" Zhou Hang asked.

Daiyu pursed her lips and said, "Besides, your son is too unfilial. When did you ever think of offering watermelon to the Holy One? Could it be that the Holy One wants to eat it and has to ask you every time?!"

Zhou Hang: "..."

He really ignored this.

"You men, you are just not careful enough!" Daiyu pouted, "When you talk about military and state affairs, you are very straightforward, such as how many soldiers were stationed there, how much food was donated there, where it was drought and where it was waterlogged, and even the court. The organization’s new appointment of a few small officials can still remember the door clearly, but the memory is not good when it comes to this matter. After all, it’s not because of memory, but because of lack of care.”

Zhou Hang chuckled and didn't refute.

Daiyu said a few more words, and he said hilariously, "What you teach is what you teach."

Daiyu raised her eyebrows: "So?"