After going to court, he still studied with many ministers in the study about relocating people out of the country. It was almost noon when he came out again. Jin Ming was waiting outside the palace gate. When he saw him coming out, he came up to him and said, "Sir, are you going back home? Or should you go to a restaurant for a meal and then go home? You don't have time to go out to restaurants anymore."
Jin Fengju smiled and asked, "What's so delicious about the food in the restaurant?" After saying that, Jin Ming laughed and said, "I heard that several restaurants under the name of Uncle Jinglifeng have successively launched the kind of hot pot made by Ning's Second Grandma. It’s been very well received, why don’t we go over and give it a try today?”
Jin Feng raised his eyebrows and said, "Really? Has it been launched yet? Well, let's try it." So he and Jin Ming strolled to Zuiyun Tower. By chance, Jin Pengzhan was inviting a few classmates to eat hot pot here. When he saw him, He hurriedly called over. Those classmates are all officials of the seventh and fifth grades. How can they not fawn over the most popular person in front of the Holy Emperor? The meal lasted for an hour. If Jin Fengju hadn't been a bit majestic, he would have been drunk.
Coming out of Zuiyun Tower, Jin Ming only saw him muttering something as he walked: "No, you can't just pretend to be a ghost the first time. It's no fun to be frightened. It's better to start with something else..." He was curious and confused in his heart. : "Master, you... what are you muttering about? What are you pretending to be?"
Jin Fengju stopped talking to himself, and chuckled: "When did you become so curious? Will you die if you don't ask? Go, don't ask too much, and see where you can get some five-flowered snakes. If they are not poisonous, It’s the kind of grass snake that can lay eggs. I don’t want Wanfengxuan to turn into a snake nest in the future.”
"What? Wanfengxuan?" Jin Ming's eyes widened and he hurriedly looked around. Seeing that no one was paying attention, he approached Jin Fengju and said, "Sir, you mean to put this snake in... Entering Wanfengxuan? Why? If I frighten Grandma Ning, you won’t be the one who feels bad?"
Jin Fengju sighed and said: "Then what can be done? In order not to move out of Wanfengxuan, Qiu Ning did everything she could. Now that she has said it in front of her ancestor and wife, I don't dare to force her anymore. It's too tight, so I can only do some small tricks secretly. Well, I thought about it carefully. You see, the last time I took the gecko, Yujie Yuniang and Qiu Ning were not afraid, which shows that they are very courageous. A few five-flowered snakes are not afraid As for being able to scare them to death." At this point, she couldn't help but sneer again: "Wanying is smart but she is fooled by her cleverness, and the maids around her are also the same. You said that Qiuxia screamed when she saw the gecko, I At the time, I was just confused and didn’t think much about it. Now that I think about it, she clearly made that frightened state on purpose to show you. In fact, that gecko was made by Wanying to make palace guard sand. With her situation like that, she could certainly hide it from you for a while. , but I don’t want to think about how many geckos I saw in the summer when we were enjoying the cool air and chatting in the courtyard. I didn’t see her scared at that time, so why is she so timid now? It can be seen that she has gone too far. "
Jin Ming nodded quickly and echoed a few words, and he was about to reach Jinyang Street. This was originally a broad street named after Jin Xianghou and Xiangyang Hou, respectively. Now the Xiangyang Hou Mansion has moved. However, the name of this street has remained.
"Master, then I'm going to buy snakes. You go back home first. I thought, in five or six days, there will be good news." Jin Ming said with a smile, then turned a corner and went in the opposite direction. , here Jin Fengju was thinking about his plan to "force the snake out of the hole" and couldn't help but smile proudly.
Because of what happened this time, Jin Fengju really didn't look good in front of Mrs. Jiang, let alone Jiang Wanying. He didn't go there at all. Mrs. Jiang swallowed her anger and begged for her niece, but only got one sentence from her son: "When will Qiu Ning be willing to move out?" Wanfengxuan, when will I enter Qingwan Pavilion again?"
Mrs. Jiang was angry, but she had settled the matter first, and did not dare to bring it up in front of her husband. In fact, Jin Yu didn’t know the whole thing until now, which already made her recite Amitabha, so she had to first It was so vague that I thought I would wait until Jinfengji had calmed down for a few days before talking about it.
Let's talk about Wanfengxuan, Fu Qiuning has been really refreshed these days, and his life has been extremely comfortable. Seeing that the vegetation is getting more and more prosperous, the flowers on the apricot and peach trees have almost fallen. Every day, people sweep the fallen flowers together and pile them under the roots of the trees. She then told Yu Niang and Yu Jie: "The weather is getting warmer. Let the servants clear away the weeds. After a while, snakes, insects, rats and ants will all come out of their holes."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Jie heard a scream in the yard. Fu Qiuning and Yu Niang ran out of the house quickly, shouting: "What's wrong? What's wrong?" After saying that, Yu Jie ran over and pointed at the tree in the yard excitedly. Xia Weed said from the middle: "Grandma, I saw a five-flowered snake, fat and big, coiled right there."
Yu Niang said in surprise: "Really? They came out of the cave at this time? In previous years, it would be later." After saying that, she heard Yu Jie say: "You will know it when you go and take a look. Maybe you know that I am greedy." Snake soup, specially brought here for me to satisfy my appetite." After saying this, he turned to Fu Qiuning and said excitedly: "Grandma, do you still follow the old method, pick it up with a stick and then stone it to death?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a woman behind him said: "Amitabha, what you said is really a sin. That snake is the most psychic. There are legends of snake immortals everywhere. Now you want to eat it. Aren't you afraid of retribution?" ?" Before he could finish speaking, Yu Jie turned around, put his hands on his hips and smiled: "That's an interesting thing to say. All living beings are equal. How come there is retribution for eating snakes? But not for eating pigs, chickens and ducks? If you think about it, most people in the world If they all eat meat, will they all suffer retribution?”
Fu Qiuning smiled and said: "It's just Yujie, no need to say more."
It turns out that the few of them lived in Wanfengxuan in previous years, and their hard work was indescribable to outsiders. At that time, I could barely make ends meet. Except for the Chinese New Year, there was no meat to eat on weekdays. Chickens, ducks and geese had to be used to lay eggs. Fortunately, there are many grasses in Wanfengxuan, so you can occasionally encounter a snake or two. Fu Qiuning's previous life, Fang Chuyu, was from the south. Her favorite food in the restaurant was snake soup, but in fact, she did not dare to catch snakes at that time. As a result, in order to replenish the health of the two children in Wanfengxuan, he had no choice but to boldly pick up the snake with a stick, and ordered Yuniang and Yujie to smash it down with big rocks, and then make snake soup. The snake meat tasted so fragrant and delicious that Yu Jie and Yu Niang found it disgusting at first. However, because of their young age, the two children wanted nothing more than delicious food. Slowly, even Yujie Yuniang got used to it. It can be seen that people can change under the pressure of life.
Back to the main story, the three masters and servants plus the two children in Fengxuan tonight are already addicted to eating snakes, so Yu Jie was so excited when he saw the five-flowered snake lying in the grass. At that moment, he picked up the big flower snake with a stick and was about to take it to the porch and smash it to death when he saw an old man turning around from the back porch. When he saw the snake in Yu Jie's hand, he shouted: "Girl, don't move." Wan Fei ran over, reached out and grabbed seven inches of the snake, and threw it against the wall twice. The fat five-flowered snake became motionless.
"Wow, Uncle Lin is so awesome." Yu Jie smiled and clapped his hands: "This saves us from smashing its head, making the corridor very dirty every time, and having to clean it with water several times."
Then Uncle Lin laughed and said: "I thought the girl was afraid, but it turned out that she was not afraid. Also, if you were afraid, how could you dare to pick up this snake with a stick?" After saying this, he couldn't help but sigh: "I came from Lingnan. , everyone here likes to eat snakes. In fact, although this thing looks scary, it tastes good. My great-grandfather and father are both good at making snake soup, and they specialize in making snake soup for those big restaurants. Later, I came here because I wanted to avoid disaster. After arriving in the capital, I didn’t expect that people here wouldn’t dare to eat snakes. They respect them as if they were gods, so I gave up on my skills. Alas! It’s actually really delicious, but it’s a pity that everyone doesn’t dare to eat them.”
He sighed here, and the eyes of Yu Jie next to him shone brightly, and he laughed and said: "Uncle Lin is actually a good hand at making snake soup? That's great, we don't have such a particularity in Wanfengxuan. Grandma and we still have Young masters and young ladies all like to eat snakes. You can take them to the kitchen, wash and skin them, and then make a snake soup and let us have a taste. What grandma makes is delicious on weekdays. She also said that what she makes is The worst thing is, I don’t believe it. If you say so, Uncle Lin’s craftsmanship is passed down from his ancestors, how can he still make dragon meat taste?”
Fu Qiuning smiled and said: "Even if it tastes like dragon meat, how can you still taste it? Let alone eating dragon meat in this world, no one has even seen a dragon." As he spoke, he heard someone next to him. Uncle Lin said excitedly: "Grandma and Miss Yujie actually like to eat snakes? Oh my God, this... this is really great. Grandma, wait, now that the snakes have come out, I'm afraid there are still more in front of and behind our house. I think Let’s see if we can catch a few more. Don’t worry, I’ll keep them in my room so they don’t come out and scare people. I’ll kill one to make snake soup just when grandma wants to eat it.”
Yujie smiled and said, "Uncle Lin, couldn't you help but eat up all the snake soup for grandma before you could make it for grandma?" After saying this, the lean old man laughed and carried the big snake soup. The five-flowered snake ran away.
Fu Qiuning smiled and said: "I originally thought he didn't look like a northerner. Sure enough, he moved here from Lingnan, so I can't blame him for being good at making snakes. When I was at Zhuangzi, I was a cook from Lingnan secretly making snakes. After the snake died, he made snake soup and gave it to me and grandma. Otherwise, we would never have had this delicious food in the past few years." The three masters and servants were talking about the snake soup in the evening, and they were all very happy.