Zhenguo General's Mansion has not been so lively for a long time!
Since the death of Ji Jinchu, whenever this reunion day comes, the General's Mansion has always been deserted, with no festive atmosphere at all!
Now, Bai Yanqing has grown up. Not only does she look 70% like Ji Jinchu, but her temperament is also 70% like Ji Jinchu! She misses the Ji family and her blood relatives. Therefore, she sent her to
The things belonging to the Ji family, no matter how important or important, are all her thoughts. No matter if others don't know how precious they are, the three ancestors and grandsons of the Ji family must regard them as treasures!
"Father, the chrysanthemums seem to be in bloom this year, especially beautiful!"
General Ji stood in front of the flower garden, looking at the colorful chrysanthemums all over the garden, his eyes gradually filled with tears. Seeing this, Ji Jinxiu on the side quickly stepped forward, took out a handkerchief from his sleeve, and handed it over silently.
"Yes, your sister used to... love nothing more than to stay in this garden full of chrysanthemums in autumn. At that time, she would often stay there all day long, and she didn't know what she was doing in there.
If you can't find her when it's time to eat, come and look for her in this garden, and you'll be sure to find her!"
General Ji slowly took the handkerchief, wiped the corners of his eyes, and stared at the chrysanthemums in the garden, lost in thought!
Ji Jinchu and Ji Jinchu had been close friends since childhood. They even had similar preferences, especially chrysanthemums in autumn! In the early years, this chrysanthemum garden was taken care of by Ji Jinchu himself! After her death,
, General Ji couldn’t bear to destroy it, so he specially hired a gardener to take care of this garden! Every autumn, when the chrysanthemums were in full bloom, General Ji often stayed alone in this garden, thinking about his lost daughter.
, fell into mourning, unable to extricate himself!
"Yan Qing is like her, but not like her."
General Ji stared at the chrysanthemums in the garden and suddenly said this.
"Yes, I heard that the third prince sent Phoenix Zhenyu to the Prime Minister's Mansion!"
Ji Jinxiu supported his old father and spoke leisurely.
Phoenix Zhenyu?
General Ji was stunned. That flower...hasn't appeared in the Chen Kingdom for many years, right?
"In the early years, we were given a pot of flowers in our house one after another! But the flowers were very delicate and difficult to take care of. They died within a few days. Your sister has been distressed for a long time!"
Recalling these past events about Ji Jinchu, General Ji could always blurt out that he had never forgotten everything about his daughter!
"Father, how many days do you think Fenghuang Zhenyu of the Bai Mansion can live?"
Ji Jinxiu asked with a smile.
"this……"
General Ji was stunned. Ask him to guess? He intuitively felt that with the temperament of his precious granddaughter, he would definitely not have the patience to raise such things.
"Father, the crabs are steamed! Smell it, it smells like it's coming from Juyuan!"
Ji Jinxiu squinted his eyes, raised his head and sniffed the air again and again. His greedy look made Old General Ji amused!
"Okay, we, father and son, will stay drunk today!"
General Ji changed his previous gloominess and looked full of high morale! He had never seen him so happy during the Mid-Autumn Festival in many years!
It seems that Bai Yanqing is really the happy fruit of the entire Ji family!
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Baifu.
Huzhou's crabs are best eaten fresh, but because there were too many crabs delivered this time, they couldn't finish them all at once, so Li Qinru thought of making some crab roe cakes for Bai Yanqing and the others! No, even
Caixing has been called over to help!
Because the first step in making this crab roe cake is also the most troublesome, which is to peel the crabs! First, you need to steam the crabs, and then remove the crab roe and crab meat while it is still hot. The crabs in autumn are the most plump and the meat is thick.
The picked out crab meat is tender and abundant. Then, you need to adjust the meat paste. Chop the fat and lean pork belly into meat paste, then pour the soaked onion, ginger and garlic water into the meat paste in batches and stir.
It needs to be stirred vigorously! Add salt, sugar, a small amount of ground chili pepper and other seasonings, and stir again to combine!
Next, there is a very important step, which is "frying"! Pour the removed crab roe and crab meat into a 50% hot oil pan, stir-fry the water, stir out the crab oil, scoop it out, and let it warm.
.Put the fried crab roe, crab meat, crab oil and meat paste together, and stir evenly with chopsticks. If it is too dry, add a small amount of onion, ginger, and garlic water to dilute it, stir well, and let it stand in ice water!
Finally, wrap the rolled dough with pastry, roll it into a round shape, flatten it, add fillings, seal and pinch tightly, finally make a round shape, brush with a thin layer of egg wash, and bake slowly over low heat
Bake until cooked and the skin shows signs of cracking slightly, then it’s ready!
When the crab roe cake with the fragrant crab aroma comes out of the oven, the whole Baifu is filled with the delicious aroma!
"Good aunt, let me try it quickly!"
Bai Yanqing has been waiting for a long time, just for this bite of crab roe cake. What kind of delicacy has she not tasted? But this crab roe cake is really the first time Bai Yanqing has seen it in her life!
"You! Blanch it carefully and wait until it is warmer before eating. It will taste the best then and it will be crispy and crumbly!"
Seeing Bai Yanqing's impatient look, Li Qinru was afraid that she would burn him, so he interrupted her by talking to her and asked Cai Xing to find a fan and fan it aside so that the crab roe cake could be warmed down as quickly as possible!
After waiting for about half a stick of incense, the crab roe cake finally warmed down. Bai Yanqing eagerly stepped forward, stretched out her two slender fingers, pinched a piece and put it into her mouth.
The crispy outer skin is so crispy that it falls off when you take a bite. The juicy filling bursts out in your mouth. It is sweet, salty and not greasy at all! The fat of the pork is mixed with the fresh aroma of the crab.
Spreading on the tip of the tongue and eating a piece of crab roe, Bai Yanqing really felt that it was not satisfying at all!
"Okay, miss, eat less! Otherwise, you won't be able to eat lunch again later!"
Seeing Bai Yanqing reaching out to get the second one, Cai Xing quickly raised his hand to stop her. Not to mention, Bai Yanqing's spleen and stomach are weak and it is not suitable to eat more crabs. Just because she is so gluttonous right now, she will eat more crabs later.
I have no appetite for lunch.
Bai Yanqing looked at the crab roe cakes on the table with eager eyes, and had to swallow her saliva reluctantly. She knew that the star collection was for her own good, but this crab roe cakes were too tempting!
"Miss, just listen to Cai Xing!"
Aunt An walked in from outside and saw Bai Yanqing's appearance, so she couldn't help laughing and said: She still looks like a child after all!
Seeing Aunt An back, Bai Yanqing knew that her work was done! Thinking that her grandfather and uncle could eat such fresh and delicious crabs, Bai Yanqing couldn't help but be happy. They were really better than herself.
You will be happy when you eat it!
Today's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet is held in the evening. For lunch, Bai Yanqing originally planned to make do with some food for a few people in the house, and then celebrate it in the evening. But who would have expected that fate is not as good as fate!
"I'm afraid I'm going to have to add some extra dishes for lunch today!"
Just when Bai Yanqing and Li Qinru were discussing what to prepare for lunch, Bai Junzhi ran over and stunned everyone with just one sentence!
Adding vegetables? Why?
Several people looked at each other, looking at the half-grown man in front of them, very puzzled!
"Uncle brought back two distinguished guests! As soon as he returned home, he rushed into uncle's study!"
Bai Junzhi, this guy, the gossip comes faster than Cai Xing!
Two distinguished guests?
Everyone was stunned again.
"One of them...is the third prince who sent chrysanthemums a few days ago!"
Bai Junzhi continued.
"You brat, can't you talk without gasping for breath? If you finish speaking at once, you're wasting a lot of saliva, right?"
Bai Yanqing was angry. She slapped Bai Junzhi on the head and said she was angry! Why did the third prince always run to her Bai Mansion when he had nothing to do? How much did he like the Bai family?
However, besides the third prince, who is the other one?
Not only Bai Yanqing was curious, but everyone present was also a little curious.
"Just add more, we Bai family still need to have good hospitality! Then I'll trouble my little aunt to arrange some more good dishes!"
Bai Yanqing was a little helpless. Now that everyone is here, what else can she do? Of course, add food!
But having said that, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Don’t these princes and princesses need to accompany the old emperor to have dinner? Why are they running out of the palace so blatantly? Is it because the food in the palace is not delicious? Or is there not enough beauties in the palace?
Bai Yanqing is puzzled!
It wasn't until the meal that the two "distinguished guests" Bai Junzhi mentioned appeared! One of them was indeed the third prince Yun Ji, but the other one... was tall and thin, with a straight figure and a relatively tall figure.
As far as Yun Ji is concerned, he is taller! His appearance is naturally slightly better than that of Yun Ji!
"What? The eldest lady of the Bai family can't move her eyes away when she sees my brother? This prince is still here!"
Seeing Bai Yanqing staring at the person in front of him, Yun Ji said dissatisfied.
Brother?
Bai Yanqing was stunned. The third prince's brother, isn't that... the eldest prince Yunqi?!
"My little girl is rude, I hope the eldest prince won't take offense to her!"
A trace of embarrassment flashed across Bai Yanqing's face, and she quickly bent her knees and saluted uprightly.
"Hehe, it's okay, it's okay..."
When the eldest prince opened his mouth, he seemed a bit naive, which made Bai Yanqing feel at a loss for a moment. This...
"Two princes, please take your seats quickly!"
Seeing that his daughter was at a loss, Bai Jingxuan hurried forward and asked the Yunqi brothers to sit down.
Bai Yanqing was a little puzzled. Even if the three princes like to go to the Bai Mansion when they have nothing to do, why is the eldest prince here today? Not to mention, the fact that the two princes go to the Prime Minister's Mansion so frequently seems to outsiders
, I’m afraid it’s not a good thing!
"What are you still doing, Miss Bai? Hurry, sit down and have dinner with me!"
Yun Ji saw Bai Yanqing stunned, so he waved to her and asked her to sit closer to him.
"Is the palace so poor that it can't take the blame? Why does the third prince come to our house to get a meal after seeing Tian'er?"
Bai Yanqing did not dare to refuse due to the presence of everyone, so she reluctantly moved to sit next to the third prince. Then, she said to Yun Ji in a voice that only a few people around them could hear!
"I……"
"Pfft..."
The third prince was about to speak, but was cut off by the laughter of the eldest prince Yun Qi on the side!
"Brother Royal!"
Yun Ji was a little annoyed. His imperial brother was good at everything, but his brain was a little bad!
"The eldest lady of the Bai family talks so interestingly!"
Yun Qi looked at Bai Yanqing and smiled innocently. Looking like that, it seems that he is not very bright! It stands to reason that Yun Ji is annoyed. He should shut up or help, so why is he still praising Bai Yanqing?
What? Does he really don’t understand, or is he pretending not to understand?
"The Third Prince's visit to our White Mansion today is a business matter or a private matter?"
Bai Yanqing asked casually while picking up a piece of crab roe cake with her chopsticks. In fact, she knew very well that the third prince was not doing his job properly, how could it be for official business?
"This prince is just here to take a look at Phoenix Zhenyu and see if you have raised them to death!"
Yun Ji turned his head and looked at Bai Yanqing who was concentrating on eating crab cakes. He felt that she was the cutest when she was eating!
"Cough cough cough..."
Now, it's Bai Yanqing's turn to be rude!
Phoenix Zhenyu? What is it?
When Bai Yanqing came to her senses, she suddenly remembered the two pots of chrysanthemums that Yun Ji had sent a few days ago! Oh no, she had been busy with the Mid-Autumn Festival these days and had completely forgotten about the two pots of chrysanthemums.
Clean!
Is this... considered a crime of disrespect?
"The eldest lady of the Bai family is so old, but she still chokes when eating! How interesting!"
The eldest prince on the side couldn't stop talking without surprising anyone. After he finished speaking, he kindly handed over a handkerchief to wipe Bai Yanqing's mouth.
Bai Yanqing took the handkerchief and looked sideways at the legendary eldest prince who was not very bright. For a moment, she didn't know whether he was really stupid or just pretending to be stupid!