After dying early, I traveled to ancient times and became a boy

Ye Xunqing is a person who likes to sleep in, but in order to make money, he can get up early.

Xie Hui lent him a lot of money, otherwise he would have no money to buy ingredients and do publicity.

He originally wanted to return the money to Xie Hui, but Xie Hui refused. Money meant nothing to him, and delicious food was what he loved.

At his point, there wasn't much left for him to pursue; the next highest position he could take was to become emperor.

The chefs in the palace also wake up very early. The master needs to eat, and the servants also need to eat. Although the food is different, they still have to eat.

Ye Xunqing washed his hands and prepared to make breakfast today.

The cook had long regarded him as half the owner of the house, and when he saw him coming, he immediately stopped him.

"Mr. Ye, just leave these things to us. The kitchen is very dirty, so we'll avoid getting your clothes dirty."

Ye Xunqing had specially changed into coarse clothes today and came over. "Don't worry about it. I promised to make breakfast, so I will definitely make it. Just do whatever you want, don't worry about me."

A braver cook came over and said, "Mr. Ye, I tried one of those fried mushrooms you had sitting there a few days ago. It was delicious. I also gave a few to my children. They loved it too. Can I ask how you make it, Mr. Ye?"

"Of course you can." Ye Xunqing was willing to teach. "But I'm afraid I don't have time today. I'll teach you another day."

The cook thanked him repeatedly.

Ye Xunqing had a lot to do this morning. Xiaobai wanted to eat fried sugar cakes, and although Ah Heng didn't ask for anything, he definitely liked steamed buns. The people in the Xie family were not picky, but Ye Xunqing had to show off his special skills to them.

After mixing the glutinous rice flour, knead it into a palm-sized cake, add honey filling, and then fry it in a pan. When the outside is crispy and the honey inside has just melted, you can take it out.

The fried sugar cakes cannot be kept for too long and must be eaten while hot, otherwise they will lose their crispness when they cool down.

Ye Xunqing also likes to eat flower rolls. Today he added a lot of meat filling to the flower rolls. The fragrance of the flower rolls came out before they were steamed.

"What is this?" a pastry cook came over and asked, "It looks like a steamed bun, but why is there stuffing inside? Won't the stuffing come out when I steam it like this?"

"No, after it's steamed, the filling will automatically stick to the dough." Ye Xunqing tied a knot with his hands, and a beautiful steamed bun came out.

"Actually, this is similar to making steamed buns, except that the fillings and buns are put together, which makes them more flavorful." Ye Xunqing made a few more red bean paste buns. "You can add whatever fillings you want. They taste better than plain steamed buns."

For breakfast, Ye Xunqing prepared two kinds of porridge. He wanted century egg and lean meat porridge, while Zhao Huaixin wanted seafood porridge.

There were a lot of seafood stored in the palace. Ye Xunqing took out some frozen shrimps and used some of them with soaked scallops to make seafood porridge, and the other part was used to make crystal shrimp dumplings.

Crystal shrimp dumplings are a delicious and beautiful food. When placed in the steamer, they look as beautiful as gems.

Ye Xunqing prefers to eat braised prawns and fried prawns. Making crystal shrimp dumplings is not his favorite, but he can make it.

The key to making good crystal shrimp dumplings lies in the shrimp dumpling skin. It is not made of wheat flour, but wheat starch, which means that ordinary people cannot eat this kind of shrimp dumplings.

Ye Xunqing searched for a long time before he found the wheat flour. After mixing it with cornstarch, he kneaded the dough with warm water. Only by using warm water can he make perfect shrimp dumpling skins.

The shrimp dumplings filled with stuffing were stuffed into the steamer, and when they came out, they had become almost transparent crystal shrimp dumplings.

After being busy for a long time, it was finally time for breakfast. Ye Xunqing asked someone to bring all the breakfast to where the prince and his friends were eating, preparing a buffet.

In the royal family, meals are served, and you are told when to wash your hands and rinse your mouth. If you don’t want to eat, others can pick up the food and feed it to your mouth.

But Xie Hui didn't like this feeling, like a baby who never grew up, so after he became a prince, all the rules were changed.

You have to wash your hands and eat by yourself. Even children have to learn to use chopsticks at the age of two.

When eating, the maids and servants just stood at the back and were responsible for serving dishes and passing things around, and did not participate in anything else.

But the buffet was still too advanced for them. If the prince had to do everything himself, wouldn’t that break the rules?

When Ye Xunqing suggested having a buffet, no one responded to him except Xie Hui.

Xie Hui was a little bit expectant. "Brother, how many delicious dishes have you prepared?"

Ye Xunqing replied, "The table is full of them, you can take whatever you want."

"Do you want to get the plate yourself to pick up the food?" Xie Lingyin felt a little uncomfortable when she saw Xie Hui took the plate.

Although he and Jiang Ruisheng had left the palace for many years, they still couldn't forget the rules ingrained in their bones. They had to behave like the people in the place where they were. He was now the master of the palace, so he should be served by maids and servants.

It's really awkward to pick up food from the bowl by yourself.

Ye Xunqing took the initiative to pick up a plate and handed it to him, "Uncle Xie, you can try it, it might be interesting."

Xie Lingyin took the plate anyway. "How do you eat it? Pick up one and eat it at a time?"

Ye Xunqing said: "The main feature of a buffet is freedom. You can add whatever you want, but remember to use the chopsticks in the bowl and then put what you want to eat on your plate. You can only take as much as you want and don't waste it."

The good thing about eating at a buffet is that it doesn’t cause a lot of waste.

Jiang Ruisheng said, "Let's try it too. We've lived for so many years and have never eaten like this before."

Xie Lingyin smiled helplessly, "Well, it's time for me to try something new."

He walked to the steamer and saw the crystal shrimp dumplings in the steamer, and his eyes were immediately attracted by it.

"What is this? It looks like a dumpling, but why is it red inside?" Xie Lingyin wanted to try one.

"This is crystal shrimp dumpling." Zhao Huaixin picked up one and put it in his bowl. "I ate it when I was a child, but I haven't eaten it since I left my hometown. Huaicheng, do you still remember it?"

Zhao Huaicheng was deeply impressed by the crystal shrimp dumplings. "Well, when I was a kid, the cook at home could make them, but there were so many people in the family at that time that my brother and I could only get one each, and they weren't available every day."

There are too many children in the family, and when it comes to them, there is basically nothing left. Besides, they are not legitimate sons, so how can they have so many good things?

"Eat more." Zhao Huaixin picked up a lot of shrimp dumplings for his brother, "And fish balls. You didn't go yesterday, so you didn't have them."

Zhao Huaicheng didn't have such a strong appetite. "It doesn't matter if I didn't get to eat it. I didn't really want to eat it."

"No, you need to eat more." Zhao Huaixin taught him, "Eating more will give you strength and help you grow taller."

Zhao Huaicheng looked at his silly brother and said helplessly, "Brother, I can't grow any taller now."

"Really?" Zhao Huaixin looked at his much shorter brother and asked in surprise, "We were the same height before."

"Brother, it's been twenty years."

More than 20 years have passed, but many of Zhao Huaixin's memories of his younger brother still remain from 20 years ago. They are twins, look very similar, and are about the same height.

But twenty years have passed, things have changed, and they are no longer the same as they were back then.

Ye Xunqing listened to their conversation and suddenly felt a little emotional: "Ah Heng, what do you think we will become in twenty years?"

"We will grow old." Feng Jingheng answered without hesitation: "But the premise is that we all have to live."

The average life expectancy of ordinary people in ancient times was very short. Living to the age of thirty or forty was considered good, and more people died young.

"You!" Ye Xunqing was amused by his honest words. "I was just feeling sad about the passing of time, but your words shattered all my brewing emotions."

"What emotion?" Feng Jingheng still couldn't understand.

"No more talking." Ye Xunqing picked up a meaty steamed bun and gave it to him. "Eat. After we're full, we still have to go back to work."

They ate first. There was a lot of food, so the leftovers were left for the servants in the palace.

The food had not been touched, and the ingredients used were of the finest quality. The taste was incomparable to ordinary meals.

The servants in the mansion were scrambling to eat the breakfast made by Ye Xunqing. They had smelled the fragrance a long time ago and were looking forward to having a few bites left for them.

In ancient times, it was normal to eat leftovers. Even in the capital, the emperor would reward his ministers with food that had been eaten a few bites or left untouched. For the ministers, it was a great honor.