Chapter 359 You can eat the delicacies of the mountains and the sea, and you can also eat a porridge and a dish
These are the achievements of others. He Yunxi did not dare to take credit and said: "I also read it in a book and just followed it."
"If you can apply the knowledge you have learned to real life, you will be much better than those acid scholars." The concubine gave her a rare compliment.
"Thank you grandma for the compliment, I'll go find some porridge to drink."
"Go ahead."
He Yunxi went to the kitchen. Luo Fu knew that she had a bitter summer and liked to drink cold porridge. She didn't eat tonight, so he would definitely save the porridge for her.
She went to the kitchen and walked around, carrying a bowl of mung bean porridge and a plate of cucumbers to the yard, where she and the concubine watched the moon together.
The concubine saw that He Yunxi's dinner was so simple, and said with disdain: "Can't you treat yourself better in life? It's just this little food, and it won't make you miserable to death."
He Yunxi took a sip of porridge and said, "This is good! You can eat delicacies from mountains and seas, and you can eat porridge and vegetables. I don't need a meal to define whether my life is good or not!"
The concubine glanced at her and said nothing. She leaned back in the lounge chair and looked at the moon in the sky in a daze. She didn't know what she was thinking.
Seeing the concubine's behavior, He Yunxi knew that she was not angry with him, so he slurped down the bowl of porridge in a few mouthfuls. Feeling that it was not enough, he went to get another bowl, and finally drank up the porridge, and also finished the plate of cucumbers.
When the concubine came back to her senses, she saw He Yunxi's empty bowl and plate and said, "You eat more than those noble ladies in the capital eat in a day."
"So I'm not one of those noble ladies! Eating is the most important thing in life. It doesn't matter what you eat, but you must eat enough." He Yunxi said, "If I were alive, I would only eat a few mouthfuls of food for those unnecessary things.
I will feel that my life has no meaning."
"Sophistry." said the concubine, "if you say so, the qualifications of those noble ladies will have no meaning in their existence."
"This is not sophistry, it can only be said that each of them has different pursuits. They pursue a good figure and are willing to make sacrifices in food for this. That is their decision. I must eat enough for every meal. This is mine.
Thoughts." He Yunxi said, "I don't deny that they will be very happy to see their figures after making such sacrifices, and they can't say that my happiness after eating is not happiness. They have their thoughts, and I do.
My joys are not inconsistent with each other. As long as those noble ladies who don't eat don't come in front of me and point fingers."
"You still have such great principles," said the concubine.
"Didn't our saints all say, don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you? I do this to outsiders, and I also ask outsiders to do the same to me." He Yunxi said.
She can get along well with others as long as they don't interfere with her life. Her temperament means that she is casual and has her own persistence.
The concubine has read countless people in her life, and it is rare to see such a transparent woman, especially at such a young age.
He Yunxi went to put the dishes in the kitchen. The concubine closed her eyes again and leaned back on the rocking chair.
He Yunxi washed the bowls and dishes, and then went to count the mooncakes, preparing for Mo Xin to deliver them to the county government, but found that one was missing. Just as he was asking Luo Fu, Lu Yan came back.
"Before dinner, the Yu family sent a gift. I saw that you had one for the Yu family, so I gave it to them." Lu Yan said.
He Yunxi was a little surprised: "Is the Yu family coming here to send a holiday gift?"
"It can be regarded as a thank you. Shao Yu and his cousin were both relatively unlucky. They took the last two toilet seats and survived the entire exam with the soothing incense and mosquito coils you gave them. My aunt and the others must have known about it and asked them to give it to them.
Come here with the gift." Lu Yan guessed.
"No wonder. Anyway, that one was prepared for the Yu family." He Yunxi put a bunch of mooncakes into two baskets and shouted outside: "Mo Xin, give this to Butler Huang and the others."
Mo Xin came in, carried two baskets and left.
The Yu family and Zhou Xia were a little surprised when they saw the return gift Xiao Suanzao brought back.
It seems that this daughter-in-law of the Lu family knows etiquette very well. No matter whether the gift is light or heavy, as long as she is prepared, the etiquette will be good.
"Show me the things." Zhou Xia said.
Xiao Suanzao took the basket and put it on the tea table aside. Zhou Xia opened the paper she was holding and saw the exquisite mooncakes lying inside.
The appearance of this mooncake is not inferior to the mooncakes from the most expensive pastry shop here.
Zhou Xia turned over the wrapping paper and looked at it. There was no sign of any store.
"Master Lu said that Mrs. Lu made it herself." Xiao Suanzao said.
Zhou Xia nodded. She had no intention of eating them originally, but looking at the exquisite mooncakes, she suddenly wanted to try them and asked the maid to bring them a plate, a knife and a silver fork.
The mooncakes look more exquisite when placed on a blue and white porcelain plate.
The maid came to cut the mooncakes for her, but she stopped her with her hand: "I will do it myself."
She took a knife and cut it in half first, and saw the petals inside.
"This smells like roses?"
"It seems so. But can these flowers be used to make mooncakes?" the maid asked doubtfully.
"It should be okay. Didn't Shao Yu say that she cooks very well and always comes up with new ideas? Then this should be fine too." Zhou Xia cut a small piece, put it in her mouth with a fork, and then looked at her eyes.
It lit up instantly.
She didn't pay attention to the second and third pieces and ate the entire mooncake.
"Madam, it's quite late now. If you eat any more, you won't be able to sleep tonight," the maid reminded.
Zhou Xia thought about it and put down the fork: "Put it away and send it to mother early tomorrow morning."
In the county lord's mansion, a group of senior men didn't want to eat it so delicately. They took it and were about to bite it, but Huang An stopped him: "Mo Xin said, these taste different, one for each person, you can only eat
A taste. Are you sure?"
The old man hesitated for a moment, then returned the mooncakes in a neat and orderly manner.
Huang An divided the mooncakes into four parts, then called everyone over and divided the two baskets of mooncakes.
After everyone finished eating, someone said, "Butler, these mooncakes are so delicious. It's only fourteen today and the Mid-Autumn Festival is tomorrow. Will there be any mooncakes then?"
"It's a beautiful idea. These mooncakes were made by the county boss himself. He sympathized with our hard work in helping the refugees outside the city and gave them to us. It is a gift from the county boss that we can give such two large baskets."
Huang An's words stunned everyone.
"Is this made by the county lord himself?"
"Oh my god, I actually ate something cooked by the county boss. Woohoo, my whole life has been worth it."
"I think we are the happiest servants."
"The mooncakes made by the county boss are so delicious, I will never be able to eat them again."
"Although the county magistrate is usually absent, he still treats us as human beings. It is our duty to do those things, and the county magistrate even made mooncakes for us to eat. I was really touched."
Not to mention those maids and women, a group of rough old men were so moved that they burst into tears. The picture shouldn't be too beautiful.