"My subordinates went to the house of Miss Ye's wet nurse, Su, who had left home and returned to the countryside. Miss Ye was indeed having a difficult time at home." Song Qi added.
Xia Chunyu put down the teacup, walked to the window with his hands behind his back, frowned and looked into the distance. Looking out from here, he could see a forest of white sails on the canal, which showed the prosperity of the city. It was... a river of spring water flowing eastward, thousands of people Light the white sail and chase the waves.
The prosperous scene in front of me cannot hide the sadness and desolation in my heart.
All the information came together, the fog cleared, and the truth emerged. Ye Jinxuan went to Heifenggang, and the second Miss Ye, Li Daijiang, became the eldest mistress of the Wei family.
Yaoyao didn't lie to him.
I dare not think about how Yaoyao felt when she left. She said that if you marry a dog, follow the dog, if you marry a chicken, follow the chicken. Even if he treats her as a plaything, she is still his wife. She said... Chunyu, I will treat you well. . So she helped him with cooking and washing every day without any complaints, like a happy and busy little woman.
She said... Chunyu, you can't leave me alone. After getting his promise, she still looked aggrieved, but there was a cunning smile in her eyes after she had succeeded.
It's a pity that he didn't understand at that time. She regarded him as the salvation of her troubled and helpless life, but he failed her again and again just because he had doubts about her and because of his noble status. In the end, her beauty disappeared, leaving only regret and guilt, like two mountains weighing him down, unable to breathe, like a needle stuck in his heart, unable to be pulled out, and every time he thought about it, there was a sharp sting.
Song Qi looked at the lonely back of the prince with sympathy. His sister-in-law is a good woman. I believe that everyone who has been with her will find it difficult to forget her. Even now, he still misses the pork belly and chicken that his sister-in-law promised him, but it will be in the future. No chance to eat.
"You didn't tell Su Yaoyao's true situation, did you?" Xia Chunyu asked.
Song Qidao: "My subordinates did not dare to tell the truth. They only said that Miss Ye was living a good life in Jinan and missed her very much. She asked her subordinates to go and see her. Mrs. Su was very happy and said that Miss Ye's hardships were finally over."
Xia Chunyu's brows furrowed even more tightly and he said, "Go there again and give Su a hundred taels of silver. Don't forget to buy another pair of tiger skin knee pads."
He didn't know what other wishes she had, but this was the only one he had heard her talk about.
Yangzhou, a picturesque ancient city, has the beautiful Slender West Lake, the majestic Grand Canal, and the exquisite private courtyards of salt merchants of the past dynasties. These courtyards are famous tourist attractions in modern times. You can visit them if you buy a ticket, but , but they all have their own owners at the moment, so they can’t go in for sightseeing.
However, Helian Jing and Ye Jiayao were of the same mind. They could enjoy the scenery slowly and feed the gluttons in their stomachs first.
Next to the canal is a bustling food street. In ancient times, unlike modern times, there were cars, trains, and airplanes. Shipping was the most important transportation in Yangzhou in ancient times. People coming from the south to the north would stop here to taste the authentic food or enjoy the scenery. Beautiful scenery, so the catering industry along the canal is the most developed.
The two of them entered an ordinary teahouse. Helian Jing ordered Sanding Bao, Jade Shaomai and Thousand Layer Oil Cake with familiarity. He introduced: "These are called the three specialties of dim sum. They are a must-have for drinking tea. However, I just don't know." The dim sum here is delicious. The dim sum at Fu Man Lou is absolutely delicious, but it’s a pity that it’s too expensive. We can’t afford it now. I’ll take you to eat it in the future.”
Ye Jiayao smiled and said calmly: "Okay!"
Fumanlou’s dim sum is indeed the most authentic and expensive in Yangzhou City. Jinrong likes to eat it very much. From time to time, people will buy it and show it off in front of her. When she was ten years old, her grandfather sent her back to Yangzhou to bring him back. She went to eat once.
Pastry is what she is least good at, because her modern father is not good at it either. Therefore, Ye Jiayao really wants to learn how to make pastry, but it is more difficult to become an apprentice. Chefs are also craftsmen, and craftsmen rely on their craftsmanship to make a living. If there are too many people in a craftsmanship, his job will not be secure. Therefore, those chefs usually do not let people see when they are cooking and making pasta. They are hidden and mysterious. As for the inheritance, they are also very mysterious. It's rigid and difficult for outsiders to get a glimpse of. It's not like modern schools and training courses that specialize in training chefs.
The snacks were served quickly. He Lianjing rubbed his hands excitedly, picked up a three-pack with chopsticks and tasted it carefully, with an extremely satisfied look on his face.
Ye Jiayao also tasted one. The dough was quite soft and chewy, and the filling was indeed diced chicken and bamboo shoots. However, the chicken was not fragrant enough. It seemed to be made from chicken that had been stewed in broth and the flavor was drained out. The diced bamboo shoots are too fat, so you don’t choose the tenderest pork belly. The diced bamboo shoots are too old, and you can eat them with residue.
Ye Jiayao gave it a two and a half star rating in her heart.
Try the Thousand-Floor Oil Cake again. The authentic Thousand-Flower Oil Cake has about twenty layers. One layer of cake is sandwiched with a layer of sugar and oil. The layers are overlapping and separated from each other. It is soft, unusually sweet and glutinous, but the Thousand-Floor Oil Cake here is The cakes were all sticky and too sweet.
I can only give a two-star rating.
As for Jade Siomai, there was an unexpected surprise. The dough was as thin as paper, revealing the emerald green color of the leek inside. From the appearance, it was indeed worthy of the word "Jade", and the shrimp inside was also fresh enough. Ye Jiayao gave it a four-star rating.
"It's delicious, it's so delicious. I miss the taste of Yangzhou food so much." He Lianjing ate with great satisfaction.
Ye Jiayao looked at him sympathetically. Poor little Jingjing, after a few days of hard life, his demand for delicious food has plummeted. Before leaving this thing alone, he would have thrown it away and fed it to the dog.
Forget it, I won’t attack him. I remember when Empress Dowager Cixi was on the run, someone gave her a steamed bun. She thought it was so delicious that she still remembered it when she returned to the palace. When a person is hungry, everything naturally tastes delicious.
"Eat more if you like." Ye Jiayao pushed the snacks in front of He Lianjing.
He Lianjing was deeply moved. Dayao Yao was a sharp-tongued man with a soft mouth and a soft heart. He would always think of him first if he had any delicious food.
"You eat too! I can't eat so much by myself." He Lianjing reluctantly gave up his love. Dayao Yao was so kind to him, so he couldn't be too selfish.
Ye Jiayao laughed: "There are three sambal buns, four thousand-layer oil cakes, and six jade siomai. Normally, they are not enough for you to stuff your teeth in. Don't be polite to me. I'm not hungry and don't want to eat."
In order not to affect Xiao Jingjing's appetite, the key was to adhere to the principle of not wasting food, so Ye Jiayao did not say that she didn't want to eat it because it tasted bad.
He Lianjing then swept away the rest.
After eating snacks, the two of them continued to look for delicious food. When they saw a candy pourer on the roadside, Ye Jia took out three copper coins and transferred them to a phoenix. He Lianjing also came to join in the fun, but he transferred to a phoenix. The dog, which he hated deeply, refused to have it, and finally got a rabbit instead.
The master of the candy pourer poured the flying phoenix and a small rabbit on the chopping board as skillfully as a painter.
Ye Jiayao proudly compared her big phoenix with Helianjing's little rabbit and laughed.
He Lianjing was extremely depressed. It was the same three copper coins, but she transferred such a big one, and he only got a small one, which was a big loss. But when I thought about it, I was relieved that it was not him who paid for it anyway.
The two of them continued shopping while eating candy. He Lianjing became interested in the ring game on the street and was eager to try it. Ye Jiayao touched a handful of copper coins and gave it to him: "Let's play!"
"Aren't you going?" He Lianjing asked.
Ye Jiayao raised her chin in the other direction: "I'm going to make a face."
He Lianjing was not interested in the noodle maker. Maybe Dayao Yao would ask the noodle maker to knead the dough in his own way, and then said, "Then you can come to me later."
Ye Jiayao came to the noodle stall and asked, "Master, how much does it cost to make a noodle maker?"
The noodle maker said: "Two copper coins and one noodle, you can make it like my little brother."
Ye Jiayao said happily: "Then make one like me."
Then he made a very vulgar scissor hand gesture and said, "Can it be pinched like this?"
The noodle maker's eyes twitched as he looked at Ye Jiayao's scissoring hands and asked, "Is that a gesture too?"
Ye Jiayao nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes!"
The dough maker's eyes and mouth twitched as he looked at her again and again, picked out a piece of dough and started kneading it.
Over there, He Lianjing squeezed to the front and couldn't help but snort when he saw that the people before him had thrown five hoops without catching anything.
"One copper coin and one hoop. You can trap whatever you like, and the trap will be yours. Come on, trap the trap..." shouted the uncle setting up the stall.
"Give me five rings." He Lianjing happily touched five copper coins and got five bamboo rings, aiming at a chubby porcelain doll. Dayao Yao had a blackened broken clay pot to hold the copper coins. , that one was really ugly and not so cute even with the copper coins. He gave her a beautiful one to hold the copper coins in.
"Whoosh..." The bamboo hoop caught the porcelain doll securely, and the onlookers cheered loudly. He Lianjing was also proud of himself. The young master had been practicing hitting birds with stones, and his accuracy had been greatly improved.
Then He Lianjing set up a few more small things, and they were absolutely perfect. The uncle who set up the stall turned dark, and reluctantly gave the things to He Lianjing, and said sadly: "Brother, I am so accurate. I am also running a small business, little brother." Just accept it as you see fit!"
He Lianjing got what he wanted, and he wasn't interested in the rest. Dayao Yao always taught him that he should leave some room for others when doing things, so he stopped holding the loot and went to find Ye Jiayao happily.
"Yao Yao, Yao Yao..." He Lianjing squeezed out of the crowd and shouted at the top of his lungs.
Ye Jiayao heard this, turned around, and saw He Lianjing holding a bunch of things and shouting at her. It seemed that he had gained a lot. When he was about to respond, he saw a man walking straight towards He Lianjing. Ye Jiayao turned around subconsciously.
Damn it, why did the donkey appear here? She must not be dazzled!
He Lianjing was about to walk towards Ye Jiayao when a tall figure blocked him like a wall.
He Lianjing took a closer look and suddenly became stunned, stammering: "Chun... Brother Chunyu?"
Xia Chunyu was upset and went for a walk by the canal. Suddenly he heard someone called Yaoyao. He was particularly sensitive to this name. At that moment, his heart skipped a beat. Following the sound, he unexpectedly discovered Helian Jing. .
(End of chapter)