After the salted fish is married

106. Rice cake and June yellow

After the mission came to Beijing, everyone in the streets and alleys of the city became politicians.No matter who you meet, you can hear a word or two about the peace negotiation from their mouths.

This is the first peace negotiation between Liaoxia and Liaoxia in a hundred years. The people of Chu and Liao are full of pride. Thanks to Chiling Army for subduing Liaoxia, how could they bow their heads obediently?I heard that Liaoxia will spit out the three cities that it occupied decades ago, and will also offer cattle, sheep and horses. Although these things have nothing to do with ordinary people, it sounds relieved.

The people in Beijing talked about it happily, the literati and inkmen rejoiced, and the whole capital was immersed in joy.

However, all of this had nothing to do with Prince Rong's mansion. Yan Ke and the others were in a bad mood when they thought that the Liaoxia people who caused Ji Song's leg to be treated preferentially in the royal family.

They are in a bad mood, and naturally someone will suffer.In the past two days, when Yan Ke and the others came to Wenzhang Garden, Yan Xining could always smell the faint smell of blood from them. It seemed that Mo Le's life during this time was not easy.

It is the crown prince who presides over the peace negotiation, and the other princes may pay attention to what benefits the peace negotiation can bring them.But Ji Song didn't have this idea, he went to the Ministry of Industry to report on time every day, and never discussed topics related to the peace talks when he went to court.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the reason for this peace negotiation is that Liaoxia plotted against Ji Song, which led to the crazy revenge of the Chiling army.Without Ji Song, there would be no peace negotiation.Therefore, very few people dared to bring up the peace negotiation in front of Ji Song, for fear of running into bad luck.

Looking at the dejected guards, Yan Xining didn't know how to comfort them.Fortunately, Ji Song's legs had the hope of standing up. As long as Ye Linfeng found enough herbs, they could start treating Ji Song's legs.

Ye Linfeng finally came back from Ji Zhuang's mansion today. After returning from the Yingke Building that day, Ji Liang couldn't wait to invite him to the mansion.After Ye Linfeng left, Ji Liu's mansion was turned upside down.I heard that Ji Liang killed two beauties and sold dozens of servants. Even the two imperial doctors of the Imperial Hospital were implicated.

In just a few days, Ji Liu's mansion has undergone a major cleansing, and now even a fly can't even think about flying in.Ye Linfeng was also forced to live in Ji Zhuang's mansion for a few days, and he didn't let Ye Linfeng leave until Ji Liang felt that the mansion was clean.

When Ye Linfeng came back, he also brought two big boxes of silver. Ji Liu's generosity made everyone in Prince Rong's mansion amazed.

However, what he saw and heard in Ji Liu's mansion made Ye Linfeng very uncomfortable. After returning, he collapsed on the recliner and sighed.He warned Ji Song: "Don't be too greedy as a human being, don't eat from the bowl and stare at the pot, and don't see one and love the other. If you don't believe me, just look at your second brother, there are a bunch of beauties, everyone wants it, In the end, he was murdered silently."

Ji Song wanted to say something, but was blocked by Ye Linfeng: "Don't tell me that it's normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, but if you meet a femme fatale, it doesn't take three or four, one can make you survive cannot."

Taking advantage of Ye Linfeng's time to breathe, Ji Song expressed his attitude: "Doctor Ye, I'm not emotionally enlightened, and I don't have that much time and energy to deal with too many people. For me, this life It’s enough to get one person.”

Only then did Ye Linfeng smile: "That's true."

Ji Song stared at Yan Xining who was inspecting the vegetable fields with his back turned to him, his eyes were full of tenderness.After a pause, he asked, "Master Ye, what kind of medicine are you waiting for? When will you start treating my leg?"

Ye Linfeng looked at the sky meaningfully: "Don't worry, just wait until the rain stops."

Ji Song looked at the sky, only to see that the sky was clear and there was no sign of rain.Forget it, he'd better wait slowly, he believed that Ye Linfeng must have his own plan.

The melons, fruits and beans planted some time ago have grown long vines, and Yan Xining set up a shelf for them a few days ago.Now they are flourishing, the cucumbers have bloomed small flowers, and the beans have climbed the bamboo poles and sprouted long inflorescences.The small vegetable garden is thriving, and after a while there will be cucumbers and beans to eat.

After inspecting the vegetable field, Yan Xining came back with a handful of pumpkin vines.Pinmeiyuan has fertile land, and the vegetables grown in the vegetable field over there are extraordinarily fat.Each of the pumpkin vines in Yan Xining's hands was as thick as his thumb, and the green stalks were covered with fine fluff, which had to be torn off when eating.

Seeing that Yan Xining was picking vegetables again, Ye Linfeng had an opinion: "Xining, you are going too far, you actually fooled this old man. The old man came back from the Second Prince's mansion with great difficulty, and you greeted this old man with vegetables for feeding cows and horses? It's unreasonable."

Yan Xining was a little aggrieved: "Ah, this is the first pumpkin vine this year. I specially waited for you to come back before picking it."

This obviously can't convince Ye Linfeng, Doctor Ye has nothing to love: "I can't pass the time, I'm so busy with you two, you let me eat grass..."

Yan Xining had a headache: "Stop arguing, I'm going to kill the chicken." During this period of time, he couldn't get up to do anything, and the beggar chicken that he promised Ye Linfeng kept procrastinating.It seems that if he doesn't kill a chicken to sacrifice to Ye Linfeng today, his ears will not be clean.

Hearing that Yan Xining wanted to kill the chicken, Ye Linfeng weakly expressed his opinion: "Can you...not eat the chicken?"

Yan Xining:? ? ?

Ye Linfeng said: "When he was in the second prince's mansion, he asked the cook of the Yingke Building to bring chicken to the old man every day. The old man is tired of eating, can you eat some rare things?"

This baffled Yan Xining: "Ah, Doctor Ye, what rare food do you want to eat?" Ji Liu was all to blame for exaggerating Ye Linfeng's taste, where could he find rare food?Do you really think that Prince Rong's Mansion is rich?

Ye Linfeng thought for a while and said, "I want to eat rice cakes."

As soon as the words fell, Yan Xining and Ji Song looked at each other in dismay:...

Rice cakes are not a rarity. The people of Chu and Liao will make rice cakes when the Spring Festival comes.Ye Linfeng ate a rice cake soup in Ji Liu's mansion, which contained thinly sliced ​​rice cakes, sliced ​​meat and vegetables, and he drank a bowl of it warmly.

After eating so many delicacies in Yingkelou, he never gets tired of eating this rice cake soup.

Yan Xining smiled and said, "Okay, then let's make rice cakes." Making rice cakes is not complicated, the complicated thing is that the process of making rice cakes is very tiring.Normally, Yan Xining wouldn't make rice cakes on a hot day, but there are a group of guards in the mansion who have nowhere to spend their energy, Yan Xining thinks that they should vent their anger.

People in Chu and Liao usually soak glutinous rice in advance to make rice cakes. However, time is limited, so Yan Xining directly replaced glutinous rice with rice flour.I saw that he poured glutinous rice flour and sticky rice flour into the wooden basin. After mixing the two kinds of rice flour evenly, he sprinkled a large spoonful of salt in the rice flour.

Ji Song controlled the wheelchair to his side: "Is there anything I can do to help?"

Cooking is a very tiring task. In summer, as long as the kitchen is lit, the temperature will rise.Yan Xining was also afraid of heat, so he just poured some rice noodles, and tiny beads of sweat oozed from the tip of his nose.

Yan Xining smiled and said, "Yes, please call Steward Leng and ask him to help find a stone mortar. We'll make rice cakes later." Ji Song learns things very quickly, no matter what he does, he can keep it inseparable as long as he reads it once. ten.

But Yan Xining felt that Ji Song's hands should be holding a vermilion pen to review official documents, and should be holding a longbow to shoot carvings, instead of kneading rice noodles and holding a kitchen knife in the kitchen.

Ji Song replied: "Okay." With that said, he steered the wheelchair to the yard.

Ye Linfeng did not know when he got behind Yan Xining, he sat on a low stool and sighed heavily: "Xining, you can't do it."

Yan Xining, who was adding warm water to the tub, was at a loss: "Huh? What's wrong? Did I do something wrong?" It should be right, isn't that what rice cakes are made of?

Ye Linfeng shook his head and hated iron and steel: "You are too indulgent to Ji Song, you have to know that he is your man, you have to let him do what he can do, and you have to create conditions for him to do what he can't do." Come on. You see, he can do such trivial things as kneading dough, but you let him go to the side to cool off. Hey~ this can’t be done~”

Ye Linfeng enthusiastically imparted his experience: "You have to learn to act like a baby, do you know how to act like a baby? The more time, energy and money he spends on you, the deeper his feelings for you will be. Don't be stupid, look at other How did the princess of the mansion act like a baby to her husband?"

Yan Xining: ...

He found out that Miracle Doctor Ye looked like a fairy on the surface, but he was actually yellow from the inside out.

He couldn't laugh or cry, but the movements in his hands didn't stop.After pouring warm water into the rice noodles and stirring slowly, the rice noodles condense into loose, wet granules.Yan Xining explained: "You don't know about the genius doctor. The prince and I are just a couple on the surface. I think you should have heard why I came to the palace. I only came to the palace for one purpose, and that is to make the prince happy."

Yan Xining proficiently spread wet gauze on the steamer: "Please don't say such misleading words in front of me in the future. After the prince stands up, he will marry a wife and have children. At that time, my task will be completed." Already~"

Ye Linfeng's eyes widened: "He just said that he only seeks one-hearted people in his life."

Yan Xining smiled and said: "That's right, it's just that I'm not the one who is single-minded." Mood is his business.

What he wants is peace, as long as Ji Song doesn't fall, and as long as Prince Rong's mansion is still there, he can lie down in Wenzhang Garden with peace of mind.He doesn't care how many wives Ji Song marries, nor how many children he will have in the future, he only cares about whether he can lie down happily in the future with less worries.

Having been with Ji Song for several months, he believes that Ji Song is a person who keeps his word, loves him and is righteous.A loving and righteous person would not mind having an extra salted fish in his harem.

Ye Linfeng took a breath, and looked at Yan Xining's back in surprise, "No, no, no..."

Ye Linfeng always felt that Yan Xining loved Ji Song so much that he couldn't help himself.Doesn't that seem to be the case now?Good guy, these two people's thoughts are not on the same line, but they can still live happily together...

Ye Linfeng touched his chin and fell into deep doubt: Is it because he is too old to understand the young man now?

107. Rice cake and June yellow

Steward Leng quickly delivered the stone mortar and the matching wooden mallet that Yan Xining wanted, and at the same time, he also brought a large crab.These crabs are not big, and when stretched out, they are only the size of an adult's palm.The crab shells are slightly transparent, and the crab legs are a little soft when pinched. No matter how you look at them, these crabs haven't grown up.

Yan Xining was stunned for a moment: "This is..."

Leng Guanjia said: "This is the first batch of June yellow in Zhuangzi. Manager Qi sent it this morning. He said it was for the master and the princess to try it out."

The Zhuangzi sent by Yan Boyong is near a lake outside the city. This Zhuangzi makes a living by farming aquatic products, and there will be fresh lake fresh produce every month throughout the year.Usually, these fresh products would be sent to Shangshu's Mansion, but now that Zhuang Zi has returned to Yan Xining, the freshest delicacies must be sent to Rong Wang's Mansion.

Yan Xining was happy: "It's really good."

Every sixth and seventh month of the lunar calendar, hairy crabs have to undergo the last molt to become mature crabs, and June Huang is a hairy crab that has not completely molted.June yellow, thin shell and tender yellow meat, is a rare delicacy in this season.

It stands to reason that there is still some time before June Yellow will go on the market, but I didn't expect to be able to try it now.Yan Xining sighed once again, it's nice to be rich.Before there was lychee and after that there was June Yellow. Rich people even enjoy delicious food earlier than ordinary people.

Seeing the bubbly June Yellow in the basket, Yan Xining thought of a delicacy: "Songsong, have you ever eaten crab with noodles?"

Ji Song wasn't sure: "Maybe I've eaten it, but I might not be right." Before meeting Yan Xining, Ji Song didn't spend time and energy on eating, as long as he was full, he didn't care what he ate.

Yan Xining smiled and said, "I'll let you try the noodle crab in a while." This basket of crabs arrived at the right time, and it will be fried with rice cakes later, the taste will definitely not be bad.

The June Yellow in the bamboo basket looked very clean, but when it was poured into the wooden basin, the group of little crabs fled in a hurry.Looking down from a high position, one can see blue crabs in the basin with their claws retracted, and the fluff on their pincers has not yet grown.

These crabs still need to be brushed carefully before they can be processed in the next step, which is a big project.However, I heard that there are many people in Zhangyuan, as long as I call, there will be guards coming to help.

Here Han Jin and Wang Chunfa are squatting next to the wooden basin holding a small brush to brush crabs, while Yan Ke and other guards have placed the stone mortar in a suitable position. up.

After the rice noodles were steamed in the pot for more than half an hour, Yan Xining lifted the lid and picked out a piece to taste.At this time, the rice noodles have been steamed thoroughly, and they are soft and glutinous in the mouth without hardening.Yan Xining raised her voice and said, "The rice noodles are ready~"

Yan Ke flicked his sleeves: "Princess, leave it alone, and leave it to the subordinates."

Most of the guards are from ordinary families, and they are no strangers to making rice cakes.After Yan Ke came out with the big steamer, some of the guards rolled up their sleeves and held the mallet, and some of them washed and oiled their hands.

The mortar and mallet have been cleaned several times, and the inside of the mortar and the head of the mallet are smeared with vegetable oil.As Yan Ke poured the first basket of rice cakes into it, the guards raised their gavels high, and the gavels fell heavily, hitting the rice noodles.

There was a solid beating sound, and the guards couldn't help shouting along with the rhythm: "Hey~" "Hit~"

The guards worked hard, and the mallet was left behind by them.The loose rice noodles became soft and sticky after repeated beating, and most of them were squeezed to the top of the stone wall.At this time, a person with vision and courage is needed to come forward and collect the rice noodles and pile them at the bottom of the stone mortar. If the hands and feet are slow and uncoordinated, this person is easy to be hit by a mallet.

Yan Ke took off his shirt and took over the heavy burden: "Your eyes are bright, whoever hits me will go to stand on the roof today."

The guards let out a friendly laugh, and amidst the laughter, they slowed down.Yan Ke is their boss, if Yan Ke is really smashed, even if Yan Ke doesn't punish them, they will suffer for a long time.

After slowing down, Yan Ke smoothly kneaded the rice noodles from the side of the stone mortar to the bottom of the stone mortar.At this point, you can already see a layer of luster on the surface of the flour, which is much brighter than it was at the beginning.

After hundreds of times of tempering, the rice flour in the stone mortar becomes more and more fine and sticky.If you don't pay attention to the beating until the end, the whole ball of rice noodles will be glued away by one of them.At this time, we must pay special attention. If you are not careful, the rice noodles will fall to the ground and the white rice cake will be dirty.

Fortunately, the guards are quite experienced, they will stop to apply oil on the mallet every few hammers, and Yan Ke will also knead the rice flour in the stone mortar into a ball.

When Yan Ke confirmed that the rice noodles were hammered almost, he summoned Yan Xining: "Princess, the rice noodles are ready, can you take a look?"

Yan Xining wet his hands, he picked up a ball of steaming rice noodles, kneaded them into balls and stuffed them into his mouth.After chewing carefully, the rice noodles are soft, waxy, smooth and chewy, which is the taste of rice cakes in memory.

The newly made rice cake is still warm, and the satisfaction brought by eating a bite is extremely strong.He hurriedly gave a thumbs up: "It's delicious! Let's try it together."

The rice cakes that have just been beaten are delicious and soft when eaten empty, and the taste is even more delicious when dipped in sugar or soy sauce.The guards knew this truth very well, and they were not polite, I saw that they generously grabbed a piece of rice cake from the unorganized rice cake and gave it to their mouths.

Some guards didn't wet their hands, and the rice cakes stuck to their fingers and lips, looking embarrassed and funny.

There was laughter in Wenzhang Garden, and everyone tasted it with rice cakes in their hands.Ji Song was no exception. Yan Xining made him a round rice cake dumpling. The white and delicate dumpling was like a handicraft, which made him reluctant to taste it.

Seeing Ji Song staring at the rice cake and smiling gently, Ye Linfeng squatted beside him with the rice cake dipped in sugar in one hand: "Hey, I want to ask you something."

Ji Song smiled and looked sideways: "Huh?"

Ye Linfeng thought about it: "Are you still planning to marry a wife and have children?"

Ji Song was a little surprised, but he still said seriously: "I already have a wife, unless Ah Ning can give birth, otherwise I should not have any children."

Ye Linfeng paused for a moment, and slowed down his eating of rice cakes: "Do you like Aning very much?"

Ji Song said frankly: "At first I couldn't say I liked him, but I just hoped that he wouldn't cause trouble and just calm down a little bit. After getting along with him, I think he is more and more nice."

Ye Linfeng was thoughtful: "I mean, if your legs are healed, you can move. Will you give up Xining and marry a princess and have some beauties to have children?"

Ji Song was stunned for a moment, then he shook his head firmly: "No, Ah Ning alone is enough." Although it is a pity to have no children, one should not be too greedy.

Ye Linfeng's eyes were complicated, and he reminded: "Then you have to eat some snacks, and you should be more diligent at ordinary times, don't search so much, take him out for a walk when you have time. Do you know how to chase people? No I will teach you."

Ye Linfeng felt a little sorry for Ji Song, Bai grew up to be so big, but his mind was one-sided.He is enjoying the future here, but Yan Xining has not yet fallen in love with him.

Ji Song was puzzled: "What does the miracle doctor mean?"

Ye Linfeng was about to say something, but there was laughter from the courtyard: "It's dropped!" It turned out that the second basket of rice cakes accidentally fell to the ground when they were pounding, and the guards pounding rice cakes were chased and beaten by everyone.

After thinking for a moment, Ye Linfeng patted Ji Song's shoulder: "It's nothing." After a pause, he stared at the rice cake dumpling in front of Ji Song: "Do you still eat this dumpling? Do you want to give it to me?"

Ji Song squeezed the dumplings and stuffed them into his mouth: "There are more over there, the genius doctor can get them by himself." The rice cake dumplings that Ah Ning made for him are so cute, how could Ye Linfeng snatch them away?

The rice cakes coming out of the stone mortar had to be kneaded into the desired shape while it was still hot, and Yan Xining oiled her hands.In fact, the rice cakes he ate in modern times were square and square, but at this time he had no molds, so he could only round the rice cakes.

In Yan Xining's hands, the warm rice cakes turned into long cylindrical strips half a foot thick and long. They were white in color and smooth, looking like suet jade.The rice cake strips are neatly arranged on the oiled Shau Kei, which is pleasing to the eye.

In addition to rice cake strips, Yan Xining also made rice cakes into cake shapes.The shape of the palm-sized rice cake is oblate and cute, and it tastes best when it is baked.

After Yan Xining made a demonstration, a dexterous guard took over his work: "Princess, leave the job of making rice cakes to your subordinates." Yan Xining is also going to make noodles and drag crabs.

The June Yellow had already been brushed, Yan Xining took a June Yellow, he skillfully tore off the triangular navel at the bottom of the crab, and then chopped off the crab from the middle with a knife.The golden crab roe on the section was pasted on the transparent meat like paste. He picked out the stomach and heart of the crab, and then put the processed crab in a wooden basin.

At this moment, Bai Tao finally came back, and the moment he saw Yan Xining, grinning his teeth, he immediately put away his painful expression, and he showed a big smile: "Master, I'm back!"

Yan Xining said cheerfully, "It's just in time for us to come back, we are going to fry June yellow to eat."

Bai Tao cheered, "I'm going to set up the stove."

Wang Chunfa and the others laughed and said, "Little Baitao forgets the pain when he sees what he eats. He has a good temper and remembers eating but not beating."

Bai Tao laughed a few times, he ran to the kitchen in a hurry, and after a while, he and Han Jin lifted the movable stove out and put it under the eaves.Seeing the busy Bai Tao, Ji Song boasted, "Bai Tao has made great progress."

I still remember that when he first arrived at Wenzhang Garden, Bai Tao often cried when he was shocked. After being practiced for a period of time, Bai Tao calmed down a lot and his personality became more cheerful.

Yan Xining smiled and said, "Yes."

There are tens of thousands of servants in the world, but only one Bai Tao foolishly stays by the original owner's side.For the sake of the original owner, he will also treat Bai Tao kindly.So when the guards in the mansion proposed to practice Baitao, although Yan Xining was reluctant, she still let him go.

He has selfish intentions, and he hopes that Bai Tao can walk out of Wenzhang Garden in the future.The world is so big, he hopes that Bai Tao can find his own purpose in life and do what he wants to do.

While the guards were cleaning the crabs, Yan Xining mixed half a pot of batter.There was seasoning in the batter and it smelled like pepper.

When everything was ready, Yan Xining rolled the June Yellow that had been split in half into the batter and threw it into the pot.The oil in the pot was tumbling, and thick blue smoke came out of the pot.Crabs quickly turn yellow when they encounter hot oil, and the batter that wraps the crabs gradually turns the same color as the crab shells under the oil temperature. At a glance, it is hard to tell which is the crab and which is the flour.

In fact, the real noodle crab should be pasted with flour, and then fried in an oil pan.After the crabs are fried, they are fried with batter and seasonings, instead of being wrapped in a thick layer of batter like him and fried directly in the pan.

The main reason is that June yellow is precious. If the crab is fried, the crab shell is not crispy enough, and a part of it must be spit out.And fried crabs can be eaten together with the crab shells. In his opinion, this is the real non-waste.

As the flour-coated crabs enter the oil pan, the aroma of fried crabs slowly wafts out of the pan.Ye Linfeng sniffled: "It smells so good~"

Ji Song also felt the same way: "Ah Ning has a pair of skillful hands." No matter what kind of food is in his hands, it will always surprise people.