Crimson Pearl Tears in a Dream of Red Mansions

After about an hour, Yinzhen and Yinxuan sent the fish they caught to Daiyu in the kitchen. They happened to meet Yinxiang and sent some ingredients, and Daiyu asked Yinxiang to put the ingredients aside. , I just looked at the fish that Yinzhen and Yinzhen sent, because I was a little surprised: "You caught so many?" Yinzhen said to Daiyu: "I caught fourteen, and I caught a golden carp among them." Yes, but the twelfth brother caught twelve." Daiyu was taken aback when she heard this, then smiled, and ordered someone to catch the fish.

Yinzhen did not fish as much as Yinzhen, so he was not angry, but asked Daiyu, "Sister Yu'er, do you need me to stay and help?" Tell me, Brother Four, Brother Twelve, and Brother Thirteen are going to wash up and change their clothes, and Daiyu will cook the food in a while." Yinzhen, Yinxuan and Yinxiang all nodded when they heard this. I went back to my room to change clothes.After Yinzhen waited for the three to leave, Daiyu looked at the ingredients delivered, and at the ingredients in the kitchen, smiled, and started cooking by herself.

Kangxi heard that she had to wash and change clothes after eating, so she complained a little: "This girl Dai, has the same temperament as her father, even eating is so troublesome, and she still needs to wash and change clothes." Yin Zhen felt funny when he heard this , Yin said: "Huang Ama, don't complain. Since you know the teacher's temper, you should know that if you don't wash and change clothes, he won't let you sit!" Thinking that I am in Yangzhou, I just Lin Ruhai kicked him out of Wenxiangzhai once because he was in a hurry and forgot to wash and change clothes.Thinking about it now, Yinzhen still remembers it fresh.After Kangxi heard this, he had no choice but to say: "So, I'm going to change my clothes." After saying that, he went to his room and changed into a bright yellow satin, embroidered with many "Fu" characters. The patterned robe comes out.

After Kangxi and the others washed and changed their clothes, they only waited for about half an hour, when they saw Daiyu leading some servant girls over with food trays, Daiyu smiled and said, "Because there are not many people here, so I will be lazy and do less cooking." If you don’t cook well, don’t blame me, and don’t stop eating.” Kangxi laughed and said: “I think your mother, girl Dai, was a good cook, and you also have to follow the royal chef. Zhang Dongguan has learned both hands, so if you think about it, it's unpalatable and it's not going anywhere! Don't worry, I will definitely eat clean." After speaking, he looked at his three sons meaningfully.Yinzhen and the other three hurriedly nodded in agreement.

Daiyu smiled slightly, and ordered the servant girl to put the dishes on the table one by one.Then he lifted the cover on the food plate, introduced the names of the dishes one by one, and said: "This first dish is Yuyuelongmen. It is made with the golden carp caught by the fourth brother. It is said that the carp can jump over the Longmen. Turning into a dragon, the golden carp is the predecessor of the golden dragon, so Daiyu used the golden carp caught by the fourth brother to make this fish jumping over the dragon's gate. Uncle Emperor, fourth brother, twelfth brother, thirteenth brother, you and Try it."

When Daiyu just lifted the cover, she saw the dishes were steaming hot and fragrant, which made people's index fingers move, and she almost started to chop up and eat them without any image. I saw that the body of the fish was arched, its tail was swaying, its head opened and closed, as if it was still alive, so I finally couldn't bear to pinch it with chopsticks.Kangxi took a sip and asked: "Girl Dai, your fish seems to be cooked differently from what I usually eat. Did you put anything special in it?"

Daiyu smiled and said: "Actually, I didn't put anything special, but when I cooked the fish, I put it and lotus seeds together, so it inevitably brought some fragrance of lotus seeds, and when I cooked it It's not easy to overcook the fish." Kangxi couldn't help laughing after hearing this, "It's rare for you, girl Dai, to be so ingenious."

Daiyu just smiled when she heard this, and then ordered someone to serve the second dish Phoenix Crystal, the third dish of Yangzhou famous dish lion head, the fourth dish of tangerine peel rabbit meat, and the fifth dish of shredded pork with green pepper.Daiyu laughed and said, "This phoenix crystal is made by removing the head of the bean sprouts, hollowing out the middle, stuffing shredded meat into it, and finally making it into the shape of a phoenix. I didn't add sugar to the lion's head when I made it, but It is replaced by the Sophora japonica honey that Daiyu brought from Yangzhou, so it brings some fragrance of Sophora japonica, and it is more appetizing. Daiyu puts a little osmanthus in the orange peel rabbit meat to increase its taste and fragrance. As for the green pepper shredded pork, Daiyu uses They put some overripe persimmons in the meat and stir-fried them." Then he looked at the expressions of "I see" on the faces of Kangxi and the other four, smiled and said: "Of course, these are just some small tricks. , is insignificant."

After Yin Xiang heard this, he couldn't help laughing and said, "These are still small tricks? Sister Yu'er, you are really too modest. Zhang Dongguan is no better than Zhang Dongguan who can cook like this. If anyone marries you, then He is so blessed!" Daiyu blushed when she heard this, and said to Yinxiang angrily: "Brother Thirteen, if you don't want to eat the next meal, then you can just make fun of me Got it!" Yinxiang heard this, and hurriedly begged for forgiveness: "Good sister Yu'er, it's Brother Thirteen's fault, Brother Thirteen apologizes to you, you can't let Brother Thirteen eat!" Everyone laughed when they heard this up.

Daiyu ignored Yinxiang, and said to Kangxi: "Uncle Emperor, there is a dish that you must have heard of but never eaten!" Kangxi felt a little curious and asked, "What dish? I don't believe I still have dishes I haven't eaten!" Daiyu ordered someone to take a food plate, and lifted the cover on it, but it was a golden and yellow chicken!When Kangxi saw it, he said with a smile: "I thought it was a delicious food, but it turned out to be a chicken!"

Daiyu laughed and said, "Uncle Emperor, this is the famous Beggar's Chicken, don't you want to try it?" Kangxi was a little curious, and asked, "Is this Beggar's Chicken? Then I have to try it." After saying that, he stretched out his hand, tore off a chicken leg, took a bite, chewed carefully, and then said with a smile: "This beggar chicken really lives up to its name, it is very delicious!" Yinzhen waited for three people After eating, it is also full of praise.

Then Yinxiang asked Daiyu again: "Sister Yu'er, what are you planning to eat for us today?" Daiyu said with a smile: "The pasta is Wuxi's famous steamed stuffed bun with soup and fish dumplings, but the rice is Ordinary white rice." Yinxiang heard this, and frowned unknowingly: "Sister Yu'er, anyway, your thirteenth brother is also a prince's elder brother, why do you eat white rice that people eat? At least it must be red rice or rice. It’s just green rice.”

Daiyu said: "Brother Shisan doesn't want to eat it, so forget it. It's rare that Daiyu worked so hard to make it. Even if you haven't eaten it, you should try it!" Mouth.Kangxi heard this, and said: "Exactly, I often think about what kind of taste this white rice is, and how it is different from the red rice and green rice. Now it is rare for Dai girl to make white rice. It's good to taste it once!" After hearing this, Daiyu ordered someone to bring up the soup filled steamed buns, fish dumplings and white rice, and when they handed them to Yinxiang, she didn't forget to glare at Yinxiang. glance.

Yinxiang ate the white rice, it was really different, because he smiled and said: "Sister Yu'er, this white rice is really delicious, it is more delicious than the red rice and green rice." Then he said strangely : "The only thing I don't understand is that this white rice is so delicious, how can it be so cheap?" Daiyu smiled and said: "Brother Thirteen, do you still need to ask? The so-called 'rare things are more expensive' , the seedlings of red japonica rice and green japonica rice are rare, and they are more difficult to grow than ordinary rice, so the price is naturally much higher." Yin Xiang laughed and said, "That's right."

Yinxuan asked Daiyu with a smile: "Sister Yu'er, why do I smell that this white rice has a fragrance of bamboo?" Daiyu said with a smile: "This is rice in a bamboo tube. Take a branch of fresh bamboo tube and put the rice into it. Pour water into it and steam it in a pot. The rice steamed in this way has a delicate fragrance that ordinary rice does not have, and it has been recorded in "Compendium of Materia Medica" that the juice of bamboo is also an excellent Chinese herbal medicine. , has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying."

Seeing that Yinxuan and Daiyu seem to have come to the Imperial Farm, Yinzhen has been talking and laughing very happily, feeling very unhappy in his heart, feeling like a thorn in his throat, so he deliberately asked Daiyu, "Yu'er, is this fish dumpling?" But it doesn't seem to have the usual fishy or earthy smell!" Daiyu laughed and said, "I added rapeseed flowers in it." After hearing this, Yinzhen smiled slightly, and said, "It's weird."

After everyone ate and drank enough, everyone talked for a while, and then went back to their rooms to rest.Because of the boredom in his heart, Yinzhen went out of the room to relax, and before he knew it, he came to Daiyu's room, but saw that the windows of Daiyu's room were slightly open and the lights were still bright, so he walked over.But she never expected that Daiyu was talking with Yinxuan.Yinxuan said to Daiyu: "Sister Yu'er, the moonlight looks good tonight. If you are not tired, can you walk around with me?" Daiyu was taken aback when she heard this, and then refused: "Brother Twelfth's invitation shouldn't be rejected, but now that the night is getting dark, you and I are different, and it will be inconvenient for melon fields and plums to come down. In Daiyu's opinion, let's save it for the next time." After saying that, she closed the window and turned off the lights. , obviously rested.Seeing this, Yinxuan was disappointed, but he had no choice but to go back to his room to sleep alone.

But when Yinzhen returned to the room, he couldn't calm down and went to sleep, thinking that Daiyu was still ignorant of his feelings for him, but Yinzhen was one step ahead of him, and became so close to Daiyu To the point that, thinking of it, he was mad with jealousy. "Yu'er is mine, Yu'er is mine, Yu'er is mine..." Yinzhen yelled loudly in his heart thousands of times before falling asleep in a daze.

Early the next morning, Yinzhen went to look for Daiyu after eating breakfast, but she saw that Daiyu and Yinzhen went to the bamboo forest together.When Daiyu came to the bamboo forest, she saw that there were many chrysanthemums planted beside the bamboo forest. Every chrysanthemum was blooming, as if it wanted to bloom all the splendor of this season.So he laughed and said: "This chrysanthemum is so beautiful!" After hearing this, Yinzhen couldn't help saying, "Sister Yu'er is more beautiful than these chrysanthemums!" , So he asked: "What did you just say?"

Yinxuan was afraid that if he said it again, Daiyu would think that he was a disrespectful person of Meng Lang, so he hurriedly laughed and said, "It's nothing." Why don't you sing two more poems on these chrysanthemums?" Daiyu laughed and said, "That's fine."

Then he chanted in his mouth: ""Ode to Chrysanthemum": The rogue poem is fainted at dawn, and the sound is sunken around the fence. Who will tell Qiu Xin? After Tao Ling made peace, the ancient high winds have been talked about until now. "Ask the Chrysanthemum": If you want to hear about the autumn love, everyone knows it, and you murmur and knock on the east fence. The lonely sign is proud of the world and who hides together, the same flower blooms Why is it too late? How lonely is the garden, dew, and frost in the courtyard? How can we love each other when returning home? There is nothing to talk about in the world, so why not explain it in a few words. It is clear. Climbing to the immortals is not Muzhuang giving birth to butterflies. Reminiscing about the old days, I am still looking for Tao Lingmeng. When I go to sleep, I follow the geese and die, and when I am shocked, I am annoyed by the gnats. When I wake up, who do I complain about?

After hearing this, Yinxuan was amazed and admired even more deeply.But Yinzhen behind heard this, but his face was livid, he just wished he could pull Daiyu over, lock her tightly in his arms, and melt her into his flesh and blood, so that no one would look at her again.At this moment, Daiyu turned around, but saw Yinzhen standing there with a livid face, so she walked over and asked, "Fourth Brother, what's the matter with you, are you feeling unwell?"

After hearing this, Yinzhen just grabbed Daiyu and said, "Come with me! I have something to tell you!" After speaking, he pulled Daiyu away from Yinxuan and walked to the garden behind Yutianzhuang go. "Fourth brother, let me go, it hurts so much, my hand is about to be broken!" Daiyu screamed, trying to break her hand away from Yinzhen's grasp, but she didn't expect Yinzhen to grab it. It's getting tighter.

When he arrived in the garden, Yinzhen picked an empty place, stopped, and then asked Daiyu directly: "Yu'er, do you take fourth brother seriously in your heart? What kind of position does brother occupy?" "Fourth brother, what are you talking about? I don't understand, what's wrong with you?" Daiyu looked at Yinzhen's angry expression, and didn't understand what she had done. What made him lose his temper so much.

"You..." Yinzhen was so angry that he was going crazy, this girl actually asked him what's wrong?Could it be that she doesn't feel that she likes her at all, doesn't she feel Yinxuan's liking for her at all, doesn't she feel how much she hates her being so close to other men? "Yu'er, the fourth brother told you last time that the fourth brother likes you, and the fourth brother wants to marry you as Fujin, so the fourth brother doesn't like to see Yu'er get so close to other men, no one is allowed! Yu'er It can only belong to the fourth brother alone, understand?" Yinzhen said these words domineeringly, with an undeniable affirmation in his tone.

"But, fourth brother..." Daiyu hesitated, so what should fourth sister-in-law do?