"Then let's compete in lobster fishing! For the lobsters we catch, we will eat them as baked lobsters with garlic! I also like to eat a lot of seafood, especially sea crabs. The sea crabs are the most plump at this time, but unfortunately there is a small , can’t eat too much.”
Yu Xiaocao touched her belly, and secretly said to the little bean sprouts inside: Baby, mom made such a big sacrifice for you, in the future, you must be filial to mom!
After learning that she was pregnant, her man instantly turned into an old lady. You can't eat it, you can't touch it, it's strictly controlled. Crabs are cold in nature. In the autumn when there is a lot of fat and yellow, with a pregnant grass, I can only watch others eat crabs. I can't even eat more crab roe soup dumplings, and I feel so pitiful.
It is said to be sea fishing, but in fact it is just to pass the time. How stupid a fish would be to take the bait on a fast-moving ship? Therefore, when it was time for lunch, several people still returned without success. When Xiaocao faced the lackluster lunch, although he was very hungry but had no appetite, Xiaobutianshi sighed, changed his water and jumped off the warship regardless of the people on board.
"Uh... Sister Xiaocao, the younger brother you recognize, how is the water quality, will there be no accidents? Also, do you want to stop the boat and wait for him?" Zhao Han asked worriedly.
Ever since Xiaobutianshi appeared in the form of a boy, Xiaocao declared to the outside world that he was his godbrother. She also said that he was her savior, and if he hadn't appeared in time to stop the rebellious actions of the previous dynasty, she might not have been able to wait for King Xu's rescue and died. Therefore, the people around her are full of gratitude and respect for this young man named "Yuan Zi". Especially Wutong, who almost offered him three sticks of incense every day.
Aiwujiwu, Zhao Han's concern for Xiaobutianshi is also because he is Xiaocao's savior.
Yu Xiaocao leaned on the side of the boat, looking at the sea water intently, but her expression was not worried, but an unspeakable excitement. Oh also, Xiaobutianshi will not return empty-handed. She has a lot of food, big lobster, sea crab, sea fish... wash it up, and wait to be served on this girl's dining table!
Ever since she was pregnant with the baby, Yu Xiaocao felt that she had become hypocritical. In the past, even if I encountered a dish that I didn't like, I could barely eat a few bites. Now, without touching it at all, if anyone persuades her to take a bite on the grounds that it is good for the child and her health, she will lose her temper. Similarly, if she didn't get what she wanted to eat, she would immediately lose her appetite. Even if her stomach rebelled and she was so hungry, she wouldn't move her chopsticks.
She still refused to admit that she was squeamish and hypocritical. Instead, she complained to her man, and blamed the baby in her stomach for being picky, saying that it was the little bean sprouts who were hypocritical. Poor little guy, he took the blame for his mother before he was born.
Who is Xiaobutianshi? She didn't make her wait long at all, and came back with a basket full of seafood. In addition to a foot-long lobster, there are also top-quality sea cucumbers and abalones, as well as some delicious seafood that pregnant women can eat.
Although Zhao Han and Su Ran were amazed that he brought in so much spicy seafood in such a short time, the quality was still the best. However, I just thought that he had excellent water properties, and the nearby aquatic products were relatively rich. Even if some people have doubts in their hearts, because of his status as the younger brother of the princess, he didn't make much entanglement.
Although she missed the noon meal, Yu Xiaocao was very satisfied with a table of seafood: baked lobster with garlic, steamed turbot, sea cucumber and keel soup, abalone in oyster sauce, baked crab meat and salted egg Rice, grilled cod steak…
Zhu Junyang has inquired that, apart from crabs, eating other seafood is good for pregnant women. So I let her eat a full belly.
However, Yu Xiaocao's taste is not static. After several days of eating seafood dinners, I suddenly wanted to eat vegetables again. It's already the cold winter season, and the temperature gets lower as the ship goes north. Not all state capitals can buy greenhouse vegetables. Therefore, Xiaocao's preference for vegetables made everyone fall on their backs. Fresh vegetables in winter are harder to get than seafood, okay
Fortunately, the child in Xiaocao's belly is not picky about the types of vegetables (she insists that the baby is picky, so everyone recognizes it by pinching their noses). Seasonal spinach, leeks, radishes, cabbage, potatoes, etc., as long as they are cooked properly, they can be eaten with relish.
With the speed of Jinwei Navy's most sophisticated warship, it can reach Tanggu Port in seven or eight days, but this journey has been forced for nearly half a month. There is no way, in order to cope with Yu Xiaocao's tricky appetite, every time he arrives at a port, he has to stop at the port for repairs, and purchase a large number of various foods, so as not to catch this aunt when she suddenly wants to eat a certain food.
Just when several men were exhausted by her, Tanggu Port was in sight. Zhu Junyang, Su Ran and Zhao Han breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.
Perhaps afraid of the toughness of the Jinwei navy and the excellent warships, except for someone who is a little more troublesome, the journey is smooth. As soon as the warship docked, the six sons received the news, and with a few capable men, they went up to meet Xiaocao and the others, and personally helped Xiaocao and the others carry their luggage.
Among them, there is Yu Heizi who is barely Xiaocao's cousin. Ever since Mrs. Zhang went to Fucheng with her youngest son, Mrs. Li was greedy and lazy in the family of the "abandoned" eldest son.
At the port, because of Xiaocao's relationship, Sixth Brother took good care of him. In addition, he is able to endure hardships, and his mind is fairly dexterous, gradually becoming Sixth Brother's right-hand man, and his monthly income is not bad. He bought a house near the port, and was introduced to marry a daughter-in-law who was ordinary in appearance but hardworking and capable.
From his parents, they are young and in good health, and he gives him five taels of silver for living expenses every month. Mrs. Li still wants to move in with her son and daughter-in-law, and wants to keep all of her son's monthly money in her hands. Yu Heizi is not a foolish and filial person, he knows what kind of person his old mother is, so he gave his mother two choices, either she will continue to make trouble, and the relationship between mother and child will be lost, and he will let him go. Either go back to Dongshan Village honestly and give them five taels of silver a month to honor them.
Li Shi has only such a son, and he is still a little afraid that his son will turn his back and ignore them. Besides, in Dongshan Village, many people have worked so hard for a month that they may not be able to earn five taels of silver, so they agreed.
There is a good housewife at home to take care of everything properly, and Yu Heizi's job at the port is getting smoother and smoother, and his little life is going well. Early this morning, Yu Heizi, who was in charge of the port, heard that the ship to pick up the imperial envoy was about to dock, so he immediately ran to look for Sixth Brother.
After Yu Heizi became enlightened, he became closer to his second uncle's family, and would bring gifts to visit every year and festival. He naturally knew that the youngest daughter of the second uncle's family was an official in the court, and her official position was higher than that of the second uncle. She married Xu Wang and became a princess, and went to Jinling as an imperial envoy. The emperor also personally sent a sailor to pick her up, which shows how much he attaches importance to her.
When Sixth Brother got the news, he naturally didn't dare to neglect. Not to mention that the entire Tang Dynasty was the fiefdom of King Xu, but only Princess Xu, although she was born in an ordinary family, she is capable. Besides, the reason why his six sons were able to mix in the port to the point where they now monopolize all loading and unloading is due to the guidance and inspiration of Princess Xu back then. She returned with glory, so the sixth brother naturally did not dare to neglect her. Besides, going to the imperial envoy to show his presence in front of the imperial concubine Xu Wang is only good for him and not bad for him.
"Huh? Brother Six? Brother Heizi? Foreman Sun? Why are you?" When Xiaocao walked off the boat like Lafayette, being mixed with his man and Wutong one by one, he saw a few familiar faces and immediately felt cordial .
As soon as the sixth brother heard what the princess called him, cold sweat broke out immediately, and he immediately said in panic: "My lord... my lady, the little six sons, pay your respects to the prince and the princess!"
"Little Yu Heizi, please greet the prince, concubine and empress..."
"Little Sun Youwei..."
Zhu Junyang saw his daughter-in-law pursed her mouth unhappily, and hurriedly said to the crowd kneeling on the floor, "Okay, get up!"
Then he said to the little daughter-in-law in a negotiating tone: "Are you hungry? How about we go to Zhenxiu Restaurant for lunch first, and then go back to another courtyard for dinner?"
Tanggu port has developed more prosperous than Tanggu in recent years, and there are four or five large restaurants alone. However, when it comes to taste and environment, Zhenxiulou is the best.
"Okay! Go to Zhenxiu Restaurant for lunch!" Although there is a branch of Zhenxiu Restaurant in Jinling, after all, the original taste of roast chicken and roast duck has changed a bit to adapt to the taste of southerners. Therefore, when I was in Jinling, Xiaocao ate sauce duck and sweet-scented osmanthus duck more often. After I tasted roast chicken and roast duck once, I seldom touched it again. After going there for more than half a year, I still miss the taste of the northern roast chicken and roast duck!
Yu Xiaocao took a few steps forward, turned her head and said to Liu Zi and Yu Heizi standing beside him, "You guys also come here, I want to hear about the affairs of the port."
After getting off the boat, they walked the way to Zhenxiu Restaurant. Seeing the changed port, Xiaocao was deeply touched when she thought of the simplicity and simplicity of the old pier where she had just passed through, and then looked at the port as bustling as a city.
At the beginning, in order to survive, she used the recipe of stewed meat from her previous life to make cheap ingredients such as pig's head and pig's offal, and sold stewed vegetables for a penny on the pier. These men who live on the pier have become her main customers. Back then, she called her brother, uncle, but now even if she wanted to keep her original title, the other party would be terrified. There is respect, but intimacy is not enough. After she changed her identity, she was destined to lose a lot of things, including the warm feeling she had at the beginning.
Yu Xiaocao listened with gusto to the port changes and anecdotes that Liu Zi and Yu Heizi told about. Before you know it, Zhenxiu Restaurant has arrived.
The shopkeeper of Zhenxiu Restaurant, who had received the news in advance, stood respectfully in front of the restaurant, and greeted King Xu, Princess Xu and Manager Su under the envious eyes of other restaurant shopkeepers who had heard the news.