Be Modest My Master Of Imperial Guards - Vol 5 Chapter 25

Xiyi, border.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it has been a month since Leng Qingtang and his wife moved from Pingshan to their rental house in the commercial street.

After Lu Qiange sent the two of them over that day, he left a carriage and did not go back for a long time after leaving.

After the turmoil of autumn hunting and meeting wizards, the relationship between everyone has become more subtle.

Some things are tacit.

They began to understand that it is extremely necessary to keep a proper distance and give each other space to live independently.

As the New Year’s Eve is approaching, the commercial streets are full of lights and festoons, beaming with joy.

In the past month, Leng Qingtang and Gu Yunxi and his wife have both traveled throughout the border area. Two people’s footprints have been left in the alleys of the main street and the vendors’ markets everywhere.

They are in pairs and inseparable, enjoying the sweet and warm life after marriage.

In addition to making ten-spice soup, Yunxi also specially makes several delicious desserts.

For example, peel the steamed taro and mash it with glutinous rice flour, knead it into a small bowl with five fingers, boil it in boiling water, and then add brown sugar and brown sugar to the syrup. Cook oil in an iron pan, add beef froth, shredded mushrooms, bamboo shoot froth, and egg liquid. The thinly sliced ​​pancakes are cooked together with the chopped green onions, and they are stuffed into a small bowl of taro soaked in syrup. Don’t throw away”.

Pour chopped peanuts and finely chopped green and red plum when eating. Even if this dim sum is cold, it can be steamed and eaten repeatedly.

Also, the “sweet fruit” made by mixing sweet orange petals, sour dried apricots, and red dates with almond flour, topped with honey.

Wash the dried lotus seeds and soak them until soft, add hot water and boil for a while, dip in cold water, drain the water, sprinkle with corn flour and stir evenly, then fry in warm fry until golden brown, dip in sugar liquid, remove, and finally coat with white powdered sugar , Is the bitter sweet “sugar lotus seed”.

There is also a “yam ointment”: yam sticks are steamed and peeled, rolled into a puree, added honey and glutinous rice flour to knead into dough, and divided into small egg round portions. Fill each piece with bean paste, close the mouth and round, put in a wishful two-color, lucky cake template, and emboss it into shape.

When the contract expired on this day, the couple drove out early in the morning and went to Dongzhou Restaurant to deliver the ten-spice soup for the second half of the month.

Gu Yunxi brought some homemade desserts as a thank you to the shopkeeper for his New Year’s benefits.

Although many Central Plains people gather in this border area, their lifestyle, diet and daily life are mostly influenced by the education of the barbarians.

Even if they have ready-made ingredients, few people can make decent Zhongyuan dim sum.

Arriving at the restaurant at the agreed time, the couple entered the courtyard through the small door of the back kitchen.

The steward cook greeted him, and after unloading the goods, Yibi sent a buddy to count, and Yibi personally went to ask Jiao the shopkeeper.

“Ouch, the official and the lady, the two are really honest, and the delivery is on time and on time!”

Not long after, the shopkeeper Jiao brought people out to greet him.

He is wearing a dark green one-hundred bat dark-patterned brocade robe, a dark brown slanted front sleeveless cotton jacket, thick black fox hair rolled around the collar and shoulders, luxurious style, and excellent warmth, even at the front The rows of lotus bud buttons are also fine and delicate.

“The shopkeeper, is it always good?”

Leng Qingtang smiled and bowed his hand in return.

“Everything is good, hehe, please go to the elegant room, two distinguished persons.”

The shopkeeper Jiao held his hand and led the couple from the back hall into the dining room of the restaurant.

When the final payment was delivered, the shopkeeper Jiao deliberately took out an extra five thousand taels of cash and handed it to Leng Qingtang, with a smile on his face:

“Officials, it will be the New Year soon. At this time, our restaurant business is the busiest. I think, next time the official and the lady come back, can you directly deliver 1,500 servings of soup? It is enough to deal with the business of those days before and after Yuanri.”

“This……”

Leng Qingtang hesitated.

He doesn’t love money, but he doesn’t want to exhaust his lady by rushing to make such a huge amount of soup.

Seeing her husband’s slow motion, Yun Xi smiled, stepped forward slightly, and took a thick stack of banknotes from the treasurer Jiao.

She raised her eyebrows and smiled casually, then patted her chest immediately and said:

“It’s all trivial, but 1,500 packs of soup. After seven days, our husband and wife will meet as many as possible.”

“Okay, happy.”

Shopkeeper Jiao looked bright and gave her a thumbs up.

When going out and getting into the carriage, Yun Xi turned around and told the treasurer Jiao:

“The shopkeeper, I just brought four kinds of homemade desserts. Those are New Year’s gifts for you. No money is charged. You and the guys just taste it.”

“Oh, that said, I thanked the lady so much.”

Watching the carriage slowly drove away, the treasurer Jiao’s black eyes rolled for two weeks, and his robe ran back to the back hall, making a noise:

“Come on, bring the snacks that Lady Hua brought.”

Two guys trot over, one carrying two food boxes.

When the table was served, the lid was opened, and the sweet tastes of various colors rushed to the noses of the three people.

The four kinds of pastries, each type contains four blue and white plates, white, yellow, red, and green. The colors are brightly matched and the colors are all attractive.

Shopkeeper Jiao immediately rounded his eyes, and the pair of brown and black pupils instantly turned into two coins.

Picking up a candy without shaking it, swallowing it in two or three times, he wiped his lips unconsciously, and asked slowly:

“Does the flower lady have the name of these snacks just now?”

A guy licked his lips, smacked his tongue, stretched out his fingers and gestured:

“The bite you just ate was called’sweet not shake’, the white cake was’yam cake’, this was’sugar lotus seed’, and that one,’sweet fruit’.”

“Well, that little lady is a little bit capable, has good craftsmanship, talks about business, and can do things for others…”

Shopkeeper Jiao smiled and nodded in admiration. He glanced across the table and waved:

“You two, go and bring these plates of snacks to the front hall for retail sale. They say they are court royal food cakes. These two are sold for twenty taels of silver per plate. Don’t you want sugar and sugar lotus seeds, you will receive twelve taels of silver for each plate. Right.”

“Huh?” The guys exclaimed, their necks stretched:

“No, Lady Flower said, I asked you to share it with us…”

The treasurer Jiao immediately slumped down:

“If you call, go quickly, otherwise your monthly bill will be deducted!”

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Gu Yunxi clicked and hit the bank notes together, leaning forward and back in the car park with joy.

Leng Qingtang sat on the shaft and shook his head helplessly, sighing:

“Hey, my lady is becoming more greedy for money now. Didn’t you just count the banknotes several times? They count!”

“Humph,” Yun Xi raised his eyebrows, raised his hand triumphantly, and shook the banknotes with a “swoosh”:

“A gentleman loves money and gets it in a good way. Although I am greedy for money, I am not scornful.”

After hearing this, Leng Qingtang couldn’t help but laugh, “haha” laughed:

“It’s still lustful, do you dare? If you dare to look at other men other than me, I will punish you if I don’t die!”

Saying it was death, he would not really tell her to die, but another expression that only his husband and wife understood.

Yunxi’s cheeks flushed immediately, and after receiving the cash receipt, he cautiously stepped onto the car shaft, lunged at him from behind Leng Qingtang, kissed his earlobe, and whispered sweetly:

“Husband…”

Leng Qingtang turned around and saw a flushed little face, delicate and pretty like a ripe fruit, and he couldn’t help but bite it up, which was regarded as a reward for acting like a coquettish.

If you want to compare to the Central Plains, the folk customs of the Yi people are generally civilized. Walking on the street like the two of them publicly tells you about yourself, and you don’t attract strange eyes.

But at this moment, Leng Qingtang’s face suddenly turned pale, and only felt something was wrong.

“Lady…”

He gently pushed Yunxi away, alertly watching the movement around him.

“Husband, what’s the matter?”

Yun Xi was taken aback by Leng Qingtang’s frowning and gloomy appearance, and suddenly smiled, and asked nervously.

With sharp eyes patrolling the surroundings, the people who flashed from the sides of the carriage, sprinting, wandering, carrying burdens, and yelling from the street, their behavior was not unusual.

The clinging expression gradually relaxed, Leng Qingtang smiled gently, patted the back of Yunxi’s hand, and said with a smile:

“It’s okay, it’s cold, the lady should go back to the car and sit down. Let’s go home early.”

“okay……”

Yunxi pouted her lips and went back into the car angrily.

Leng Qingtang waved the whip, and the horse trot with hoofs.

With bumps along the way, Leng Qingtang was silent, his face muttered secretly:

It’s strange that the coldness that was just like a glow on the back just now hasn’t been realized for a long time.

It’s like being tracked by someone, the feeling of imprisonment like a shadow, what is going on——:,,