After the salted fish is married

43. Sophora jasmine rice

When the spring breeze blows, the bare pagoda trees gradually grow green.Inadvertently, the dots of greenery are connected into pieces and grow into a green crown.

The locust tree leans towards the lake, and the dense shade covers the pier and the small stone bridge below.Sunlight poured down from the treetops and fell on the stone bridge, forming mottled shadows.

Ji Song was under the shadow of a tree, holding a bowl of wild wheat in his hand.Fu Yanzhi was a little puzzled: "Today's bait is different from the past."

The koi in the lake are precious, and the bait they eat is carefully formulated by craftsmen in the house.Fu Yanzhi often travels to Prince Rong's mansion, and knows a thing or two about koi bait, he has never seen such perfunctory bait.

The fish are wayward, especially the koi carp that are raised by the servants. Sometimes they don’t see them swimming when they sprinkle bait, let alone such rough wild wheat.

Fu Yanzhi was overjoyed: "Rong Chuan, the bait you prepared is not good."

Ji Song explained: "These are not for fish." They are for ducks and geese. In the past, Yan Xining just stood on the bridge and said "quack quack" to the lake, and there would be a group of geese and ducks with koi. The mighty army appeared.

Ji Song turned to the lake and called twice, but he didn't see even a goose feather on the lake except for the ripples caused by the wind.

Ji Song: ...

Fu Yanzhi laughed loudly: "Rong Chuan still doesn't understand koi. If koi can be summoned, how is it different from cats and dogs? This is the fun of watching fish. Watching fish swim in the lake, the share The ease and etherealness are really enviable.”

Ji Song said in a deep voice: "Since you are already in the pool, how can you talk about being at ease?"

Ji Song's words were quite profound, reminding Fu Yanzhi of the recent court.For a while, the old matriarch was also quite touched: "Yes, a bird in a fish cage in a pond, how can one decide for oneself."

Fu Yanzhi observed Ji Song's expression: "Rong Chuan, after a while, I'm afraid you won't be free."

Ji Song was puzzled: "Master, what does this mean?"

Fu Yanzhi sighed: "Recently, the situation in the DPRK and China is complicated. The henchmen and the second prince's henchmen are biting each other, and many officials in the six ministries are involved. The Holy Lord Longyan is furious, and he is no longer as close to the two highnesses as before. A few days ago The Holy Majesty suddenly mentioned you during the day's chat, and based on the veteran's understanding of the Holy Majesty, it is estimated that when you return to the court, he will arrange errands for you."

Ji Song said calmly: "As a subject, it is my duty to share the worries of the sage; as a son of man, it is only natural and right to relieve my father's worries."

Fu Yanzhi nodded slightly, with relief and regret in his eyes.If Ji Song hadn't encountered such a bad thing, how beneficial this situation is to him now, what a pity...

At this time, footsteps came from the side, and Yan Xining walked over quickly with a plate in his hand: "Rong Chuan, Taifu, try the Youth League."

There were five round, dark green green balls placed on the rough porcelain plate, fearing that the green balls would stick to the plate, Yan Xining put a piece of reed leaves on the bottom of the balls.At this time, the Youth League was still hot, Yan Xining put the plate on the armrest of the wheelchair: "Be careful, it's just out of the pan."

Just as Yan Xining put down the Youth League and was about to leave, Ji Song gently tugged at his sleeve.Yan Xining looked over in surprise, Ji Song's face was calm, but the tips of his ears were slightly red: "Can you call your ducklings?"

Yan Xining's eyes turned around on the wild wheat, and then thinking about Fu Yanzhi's love for fish, he suddenly understood Ji Song's intention.So he picked up the wild wheat bowl with a smile, and saw that he called out to the lake three times in a row, and immediately there was an enthusiastic response from the lake: "Quack quack——"

The sound of splashing water splashed from far to near, Fu Yanzhi followed the sound, and saw a large flock of geese and ducks flapping their wings and flying over from the southeast corner of Pinmei Garden. He was afraid that if he was too late, he would not be able to eat the wild wheat that Yan Xining personally sowed. .

After a period of growth, Yan Xining's goslings and ducklings are in an embarrassing moulting period. They are shedding their down and growing mature flat feathers.Although they looked funny, when they spread their wings and flew towards Yan Xining, the scene was warm and interesting.

Ducklings and geese galloped across the water, followed by groups of koi.After a while, the bridge was full of fish, and the ducks and geese were so crowded by the fish that they couldn't touch the water, so they could only waddle on the fish's head and grab the wild wheat to eat.

Fu Yanzhi: ...

He had never seen this scene before!It's spectacular!Who said fish can't be summoned?

Yan Xining handed the wild wheat bowl to Ji Song: "Okay. How does it taste?"

Ji Song was holding a green ball in his hand, and he had already taken a bite.The green dumpling skin is soft and chewy, and it has a faint fragrance when eaten.As soon as the outer skin was bitten, the delicious gravy inside dripped onto the reed leaves.

Ji Song leaned over his open mouth, sucking the meat juice carefully.After a busy morning, he happened to be hungry at this point, and his stomach has been ironed a lot after eating the porcelain green balls.

Ji Song swallowed the green dough in his mouth unhurriedly, and praised: "It's delicious, what's it made of?"

Yan Xining smiled: "It's made with the young leaves of wormwood, knead the wormwood juice and rice flour, then wrap it with stuffing, and steam it in a pan."

How much rice noodles should be served with a serving of wormwood juice, how much filling can be wrapped in a ball of rice noodles, how long should a green ball be steamed in the pot...these are all particular.Don't look at what he said is so easy, but one step of the process can't be wrong.

Hearing Yan Xining talk about wormwood, Fu Yanzhi picked up a green ball in amazement: "Is this made of wormwood juice?"

He knows about wormwood. People in the palace often fume wormwood when they are unwell, and the smell is not good.Wormwood itself is a traditional Chinese medicine with a bitter taste comparable to Coptis chinensis. Can things made with wormwood be delicious?

However, after he took a sip, the old lady Fu raised her eyebrows high: "It's delicious, smooth, and sticky. It's really good!" He often eats steamed meat dumplings, but he has never eaten such a beautiful and delicious green dumpling.

Yan Xining said with a smile: "You can wrap a variety of fillings in the green dough. If you like it sweet, you can wrap it with bean paste, sesame seeds and peanuts; if you like it salty, you can wrap it with salted egg yolk and meat floss. I was short on time, so I only had time to make bamboo shoot stuffing." Yes. If Taifu likes it, I will pick up some for you and take them back."

After Yan Xining finished speaking, he was about to go back to the kitchen, when suddenly he remembered an important thing: "Rong Chuan, is the master having lunch here?"

Ji Song's expression relaxed, and the corners of his mouth turned up: "It's rare for a mentor to come to Rong Wang's mansion, let's have a light meal together?"

Fu Yanzhi was indulging in the delicacy of the Youth League, and after hearing this, he bowed to Yan Xining: "In this way, there will be Princess Lao."

Yan Xining smiled and said, "No trouble."

Fu Yanzhi tried his best to eat two green balls, but when he was about to eat the third one, Yan Xining walked over with a harpoon.Fu Yanzhi suddenly thought of his beloved Yubai, and his complexion turned pale: "Princess, this is..."

Yan Xining said with a hearty smile: "Rong Chuan said that Tai Tuo likes fish, and there are not many other things in our small courtyard, but fish are the most. I will poke a fish and let Tai Tu taste braised fish at noon."

In order to prevent the beloved fish from becoming a Chinese meal, the old master found an excuse and left Wenzhang Garden without looking back.Of course, he also took the Youth League with him when he left, so he didn't return in vain.

Yan Xining felt a little regretful: "Teacher runs so fast, he doesn't think I can cook koi for braised fish, does he?"

Ji Song's smile deepened: "People who love fish don't want to see fish get hurt."

Yan Xining snorted twice: "I love fish too, I love braised fish, boiled fish, sauerkraut fish, sweet and sour fish... I love all fish that are prepared and put on a plate."

Ji Song pondered for a moment and then looked at the direction Fu Yanzhi left: "Yes, you are all fish lovers." It's just that the way of loving fish is different.

Ji Song used to respect Fu Yanzhi very much. Before he was injured, he and Fu Yanzhi got very close. He once thought that Fu Yanzhi knew him well.But later he discovered that his mentor was also a human being, and as long as he was a human being, he had selfish intentions.

He used to care about what the teacher thought, but now he doesn't care anymore.With this time and energy, it is better to eat one more green group.

In the afternoon, Steward Leng and the others brought the servants of the mansion to Wenzhang Garden, and they brought the palace's special deworming medicine.The medicine fumigation effect in the palace is much better than that of wormwood, and of course the taste is much stronger.

But as long as you open the window for half an hour, all the smell will dissipate.This is better than wormwood. In a house fumigated with wormwood, the bitter and choking smell will last for several days.

While the servants were fumigated the house, Yan Xining pushed Ji Song to the small stone bridge.As soon as he got on the small bridge, Yan Xining raised his head and looked at the canopy of the locust tree. He was so engrossed in watching it that even the fight between Cangfeng and Xiaosong failed to attract his attention.

Ji Song asked, "What are you looking at?"

Yan Xining sighed: "Time flies so fast, Sophora japonica is about to bloom."

Ji Song also noticed it today: "Yes."

Many miscellaneous trees in Wenzhang Garden were cut down, but Yan Xining left only the locust tree.I often hear people say that seeing things and thinking about others, Yan Xining's sighing and nostalgic tone, does Sophora japonica have special meaning to him?

Ji Song was thinking wildly, when he saw Yan Xining's eyes sparkling: "I buried so much fertilizer under the tree for nothing, it's really touching to see the number of flower buds. Songsong, we can eat Sophora japonica rice in two days .”

Ji Song was stunned: "Sophora japonica rice?"

Yan Xining introduced: "Before the Sophora japonica flowers are in bloom, the buds are removed and washed, mixed with flour and steamed in a pot, the steamed food is Sophora japonica rice. You can eat sweet or salty, it's very good. "

Ji Song: ...

He was wrong, he shouldn't be discussing the topic of seeing things and thinking about people with a person whose mind is full of food.

Ji Song looked in the direction of Pinmei Garden, with deep nostalgia in his eyes.He looked down at his legs, his tall figure was inexplicably lonely.

Yan Xining kept Ji Song's emotions in his eyes, Ji Song often looked in the direction of Plum Garden during the period, he must really want to go to Plum Garden for a while.It's a pity that the bluestone path in Pinmei Garden is too narrow for wheelchairs to go up.

It seems that Yan Xining has to talk to Steward Leng and the others to see if there is a way to widen the path.

Under the spring breeze, the flowers of the locust tree are getting bigger and bigger, and the blue-gray buds are gradually turning white.Standing under the locust tree for the past few days, as soon as he looked up he could see the heavy tidbits swaying among the leaves. Yan Xining waited patiently. Soon, his locust flower rice was on the way.

A few days later, in the early morning, Yan Xining smelled a familiar fragrance of flowers as soon as she went out.When I looked up, I saw that the Sophora japonica at the highest point had already bloomed.The pure white Sophora japonica flowers stretched in the wind, exuding fragrance, like a string of white bells.

Ji Song was reviewing the military newspaper behind the desk, when he heard Yan Xining's surprised voice: "Song Song, the flowers are blooming!"

Ji Song looked up, and saw Yan Xining standing outside the steps, the bright sunlight fell on him, covering him with a dazzling halo.Yan Xining smiled, and he warmly invited Ji Song: "Let's go, let's pick flowers together!"

44. Sophora jasmine rice

Knowing that Yan Xining was going to pick Sophora japonica flowers, the guards were eager to try, but Yan Ke ruthlessly held them back when they first appeared: "Where are you going? Didn't you see that the master was happy? You were just making trouble in the past."

Wang Chunfa had an opinion: "Where did we make trouble? Look at the princess's clumsy appearance. When will the three of them finish picking the Sophora japonica flowers?"

Yan Ke squatted in the hiding place and said deeply: "What do you know? This is sentiment."

Under the locust tree, Ji Song was holding a harpoon in his hand. When he saw a locust flower, he would raise the harpoon and grab the branch behind the locust flower.As long as you twist it slightly, the branches of the locust tree will make a crisp sound, and a branch with flowers and leaves will fall from the treetop.

Yan Xining climbed up the locust tree, holding the trunk with one hand, and holding a long forked stick with the other hand to pick the locust flowers from higher places.He was careful, for fear of stepping on the air and falling.

Whenever he saw a flower, he held up the bamboo pole and looked for a suitable angle to lean towards it.After twisting off the flower branch, he will let the bamboo pole hang down, and the flower branch caught on the tip of the bamboo pole will be shaken off by him.Therefore, his efficiency is not as high as that of Ji Song, but the flower branches he picked are full and the flower spikes are also extraordinarily large.

With the crisp sound of flower branches breaking, clusters of fragrant flower bouquets fell to the ground.This made Bai Tao and Xiao Song very busy, Bai Tao held his head to dodge the falling flower branches, he quickly picked the flower spikes from the flower branches and put them into the bamboo basket.There are sharp thorns on the locust tree, so be careful when picking flowers, otherwise you will be caught by the thorns.

Xiaosong is not afraid of falling flower branches, it runs happily under the locust tree, whenever a flower branch falls, it will shout excitedly, and sometimes drag the flower branch towards Baitao.

This feeling is very novel, this is the first time for Ji Song to pick Sophora japonica flowers, watching the white spikes fall, the sense of accomplishment is no less than that of hitting the prey with an arrow.

The speed of the three working together was astonishing, and it didn't take long for the big bamboo basket beside Bai Tao to be filled with a basket full of Sophora japonica flowers.Yan Xining slid down the tree trunk with her arms in her arms: "Pick so many today~"

The Sophora japonica flowers in the basket have just bloomed and are as white as clouds, with many whitish flower buds mixed in.Yan Xining nodded in satisfaction: "This kind of Sophora japonica is the best in Sophora japonica rice."

As he spoke, he picked up the top bunch of Sophora japonica flowers and took a deep breath: "Ah, it smells so good~" Sophora japonica flowers are actually a very magical thing, and the strong fragrance can be smelled from a distance, but the fragrance is very weak when you get close .

Just as he was about to appreciate it carefully, he felt a strong gaze falling on him.Turning his head to look, he saw Ji Song leaning on the wheelchair relaxedly, his brows stretched open: "I didn't realize it before, but now I take a closer look, it turns out that Sophora japonica also has a different style."

Yan Xining felt that Ji Song in the wheelchair was very charming.After this period of nurturing, Ji Song is no longer as sallow and thin as when they first met.Ji Song, who had recovered his appearance, had a face like a crown and jade temples cut like a knife, and a pair of phoenix eyes were slightly raised.

Seeing him like this, only the idiom "beautiful and delicious" flashed in Yan Xining's mind.Although this idiom is a bit strange to use on a man, it is indeed his most genuine thought at the moment.

Ji Song smiled and said, "What's wrong?"

Yan Xining took a step forward and pinned the Sophora japonica flower in his hand to Ji Song's hair crown, then he tilted his head and looked at Ji Song.

Ji Song:? ? ?

Yan Xining shook her head and said, "Famous flowers are all over the country~"

Ji Song's eyes were puzzled: "Huh?" I've never heard of this poem, but it's not difficult to guess, the famous flower refers to Sophora japonica, does Qingguo refer to him?Yan Xining praised him for his good looks?

Ji Song has grown so big, no one has ever praised him so bluntly.For a while, he stared at Yan Xining in bewilderment: "And then?"

Yan Xining was startled, why did he say this poem unconsciously?If Ji Song knew the second half of the poem, he would probably be hung from a locust tree by Ji Song and whipped.

So he made nonsense: "Songsong, you are so pretty~"

Ji Song: ...

Was it because he was afraid that he wouldn't understand, so he praised himself more bluntly?Ji Song turned his head to look at the water, his ears were burning and his heart beat faster.

Wang Chunfa, who was hiding in the dark, gave their boss a thumbs up: "Boss, you are really amazing. The subordinates can now see that they are indeed flirting."

The freshly picked Sophora japonica flowers had to be pulled off the stems. Yan Xining and Ji Song were sitting at a small table under the eaves of the verandah.Accompanied by the elegant fragrance, a whole bunch of pure white Sophora japonica flowers appeared in Shau Kei.

Yan Xining was going to steam a tray of Sophora japonica rice for Ji Song to taste, so he picked up the shauji and said, "Songsong, I'll wash the flowers first."

Ji Song didn't respond, he just manipulated the wheelchair and followed Yan Xining into the kitchen, and then stopped at a place that would not interfere with Yan Xining's work and where he could see what he was doing clearly.As soon as he stopped, Xiao Song and Cang Feng approached him one after the other.

As soon as Yan Xining turned his head, he saw three pairs of bright eyes staring at him. At this moment, he only felt lucky that Bai Tao didn't join, otherwise he would be under more pressure.

Cleaning the Sophora japonica flower requires patience. Fortunately, he has already picked up the branches and leaves from the flower just now. Now he only needs to soak the Sophora japonica flower in salt water for a while and then wash it once or twice.

After the cleaned Sophora japonica is drained slightly, it can be mixed with noodles.Yan Xining prepared two kinds of noodles, one is the usual white noodles, and the other is corn noodles.

There is corn in Chuliao, but it is small in size and thick in taste, and there are obvious particles in the ground cornmeal.Yan Xining quickly sifted the cornmeal, the color of the sifted cornmeal was very nice.

Yan Xining mixed white flour with a small amount of cornmeal, and then poured small amounts into the Sophora japonica flower several times.The wet Sophora japonica was quickly covered with a layer of powder, they were slightly yellow and distinct, and when Yan Xining spread them on the steamer, she could still smell the strong fragrance of Sophora japonica.

As the pot boiled, Yan Xining put the steamer in the pot: "Just wait a while." It doesn't take too long to steam the Sophora japonica flower, half a cup of tea is enough.

Looking at Yan Xining's leisurely figure, Ji Song suddenly said, "I'm going to the palace this afternoon."

Yan Xining was stunned for a moment: "Hey? Is there another banquet in the palace? Do you need me to go with you?"

Ji Song shook his head: "No, I can go alone."

Yan Xining secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he really didn't want to deal with people in the palace, it would be great if he didn't go.

Ji Song explained: "I've been away from the court for too long, and I have to go back. During these days, the crown prince and the second prince have suffered losses to varying degrees, and now is the best time to go back.

Ji Song didn't know why he said this to Yan Xining, he didn't need to explain.But he still wanted to tell him about his plans.

Yan Xining smiled and said, "Do you want to save food for you?" After the family banquet in the paddock, Yan Xining knew that the food in the palace may not be delicious.He didn't care what Ji Song and the emperor would say, he only cared about adding an extra bowl of rice when cooking at night.

Ji Song was stunned for a moment and then smiled: "Yes."