"I'm looking for Ah Zhao and Ah Yao." Xie Xun replied.
Ah Yao and Ah Zhao were called personally, but they only looked back at him, called "Third-uncle", and then looked back at the milk pudding.
"Third aunts, can we eat it?" Xie Zhao held up a spoon and was eager to try.
Jiang Shuyao stopped him, "This is made for Ah Yao, you can only taste it."
Xie Zhao puckered his mouth but did not refute.
Xie Yao gently touched the double skin milk pudding with the side of the spoon. The soft milk skin swayed from side to side. The magical texture made him slightly widen his eyes. "Huh?"
He pressed hard, the outer skin broke, and he scooped out a spoonful of tender white pudding. Then he put the pudding in his mouth.
It melted in the mouth with a rich milky taste. It shattered after a light touch from his teeth, and he swallowed it smoothly down his throat and into his stomach.
"How does it taste?" Xie Zhao asked curiously.
There is still a faint flavor of milk in Xie Yao's mouth. He pursed his mouth and nodded with his big eyes.
So cute.
Jiang Shuyao looked at him with her face in her hand, and finally realized the mood of the older generation of feeding children, "This is not the best time to eat now. In summer, you can pour mango sauce or mulberry sauce on the iced double skin milk pudding to cool off the heat..."
"What do you mean by mango sauce?"
"Uh...it's not important."
One asked and one answered, it was harmonious, and completely ignoring Xie Xun who was standing at the door.
He thinks this courtyard does not agree with him. Every time he came, he will step into this scene.
Xie Xun actually did not mind it too much and walked over to rub Xie Zhao's head, "Did you tell your mother when you came here?"
Xie Zhao felt a little stunned when he heard him, and said, "Mother won't let us come..."
Xie Yao suddenly took over the conversation and whispered, "Third uncle, why my mother didn't let us come to the third aunt?"
Xie Yao had always been reserved. Because of his weak body, his voice was also weak when speaking. With round eyes like black grapes, he looked innocent and pitiful.
Xie Xun stopped talking immediately. Why are they mixing between adult discord and children's relationship?
He changed his way of talking, "Your mother is just worried about you. The third aunt can't take care of children after all and you are weak. You must be careful about what you eat."
Jiang Shuyao was the only person present who listened to Xie Xun's words. After thinking about it, she was puzzled and said, "It shouldn't be a big problem to eat this, it's quite healthy."
Xie Xun looked at milk pudding and asked, "What is this?"
"This is double-skin milk pudding, made from milk and cooked. It has been steamed..." Jiang Shuyao said, looking at him sideways, "You don't want to eat it, do you?"
Xie Xun's always expressionless face suddenly came alive, and his eyes widened in astonishment.
"...Are you going to grab food from a child?"
Xie Xun was so angry by her words that he gritted his teeth and said, "I won't!"
"The last time we ate bridge rice noodles, you joined us on the table." He is a man with a criminal record.
Xie Xun was able to speak eloquently since he was a child, but at this moment he was so angry that he couldn't say a word. Seeing two little guys holding spoons looking at him, his face flushed with shame.
"I didn't! I'm not that kind of person!" How could he receive such accusations!
"Okay, okay." Jiang Shuyao saw his reaction so violent, and stopped joking. "If you say it's not, it is not."
"I wasn't...what's your tone!" Xie Xun's face flew with a rosy blush, which set off a somewhat magnificent color on the handsome face, which was more beautiful and vivid than the usual high immortal from the mountain look.
Jiang Shuyao stared at him, her eyes rolled, and she secretly sighed for his beauty.
Look at his face a few more times, she almost feel full. His beauty could replace dinner.
If Xie Xun knew what she thought, he would vomit blood with anger.
He feels that he was at odds with Jiang Shuyao, so he flicked his sleeves and left in a big stride.
When he walked out of the courtyard, he saw Xie Ye who was waiting outside, and he suddenly realized that he had forgotten the reason he went to Jiang Shuyao in the first place.
"Third Uncle..." Xie Ye wanted to ask carefully, but when he saw that his uncle's expression was ugly, he didn't want to touch the mold, and immediately stopped his mouth.
Xie Xun restrained his expression and said, "Go back and tell my sister-in-law that they have a good time."
Fortunately, the maid from the first branch came and made it clear to Jiang Shuyao, and took Xie Zhao and Xie Yao out, which eased his embarrassment.
Xie Ye led his two unconscionable younger brothers and ran away, leaving Xie Xun who stand alone and looked away for a while, persuading himself to not care about Jiang Shuyao.
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Xie Xun returned to the study to read a book after his anger dissipated. However, Bai Zhi ran back to the courtyard in a hurry.
"Miss! Not good!" She ran to Jiang Shuyao, her face twisted in anxiety.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Shuyao was thinking about what to eat tonight, and was shocked by her remark.
"Just now this slaves sent the two little masters out, and saw the young master who came to pick them up. He, he, he... I didn't expect that he was there when we visited the lake in spring that year!"
"What are you talking about?" Jiang Shuyao was confused.
Bai Zhi sighed and said in detail, "That year, miss and the county princess visited the lake, and saw the boat of the poetry society passed by. You both leaned on the boat to get a glimpse of the talented men. Later, you were discovered peeking. The boat also ran into the lake, causing several young masters to fall into the water. Don't you remember this?"
Jiang Shuyao took a deep breath. This idiot was so ferocious...
"This slaves were also there at the time. Some of the young masters jumped down to save people from the water, among them was the eldest young master."
Xie family were all born handsome, and Bai Zhi remembered Xie Ye's look after a few more glances. After Jiang Shuyao got married, Bai Zhi had been with her. But on the first day of her wedding, she was waiting outside the main hall when the bride offered tea, so she hadn't seen the other sons of the Xie Mansion. Today was the first time she saw the person again.
It was too embarrassing, Jiang Shuyao felt uncomfortable just listening to her description, "It doesn't matter. It was just a look."
"Miss, why have you forgotten? You followed the princess in singing poem."
Jiang Shuyao felt that the sky was rolling. So this skinless and faceless idiot who married Xie Xun by scheming, had also "molested" his nephew?
This... Xie Xun's life is too hard.
Thinking of her talking nonsense to Xie Xun just now, she couldn't help but feeling a little guilty.
She scratched her head, looked around in the kitchen, and touched her chin, "Then I will apologize to him tonight."
Jiang Shuyao's groceries in the small kitchen were all purchased by her own account, and the grandmother in the kitchen was also brought from the Xiangyang Mansion. Yes, when you are rich and powerful, all the ingredients were available.
Seeing the abundant ingredients, she had an idea, "Just make spicy fragrant pot." At lunch, she saw Xie Xun have been eating Mapo tofu and boiled fish fillet. He must have liked salty and spicy food.
No matter how picky eaters people are, they can't resist the charm of spicy hot pot. All kinds of ingredients were simply treated with water and oil to maintain their original flavor. Meat and vegetables ware made into a big pot, there would be neither the blandness of eating only vegetarian dishes nor the greasiness of eating only meat dishes. Stir-fry the wok with the spicy chili oil, let the spicy chili oil fully covered each ingredient, sprinkle a layer of white sesame seeds on the surface before serving, fill out a large bowl, and serve it with white rice. It was satisfying enough.
It was getting late, and Xie Xun was still reading in the study. A close servant came to ask if he wanted to set up a meal and he nodded.
Since marrying Jiang Shuyao, he had been sleeping in the study and eating in the main room. Jiang Shuyao was very witty, and he had never bothered to eat in the east wing.
Duke Xie Mansion's dinner followed the taste of the old madam. It was always simple and light, today's simple dinner was chicken broth that had been simmered for a day.
The maid neatly placed the porridge and a few side dishes. Xie Xun was about to eat, and suddenly heard a familiar noise. When he looked up, he saw Jiang Shuyao coming over with a large bowl from a distance.
The young manservant wanted to stop her, and just raised his hand, but Jiang Shuyao ran past him like a wind and entered the hall with a big grin. She put down the bowl loudly, and shouted, "It's so hot, so hot!"
Xie Xun held his chopsticks and froze.
If you say it nicely, Jiang Shuyao is warm and enthusiastic, but if you say it badly, she is thick-skinned. She sat across from Xie Xun and glanced at the dishes on the table, "It's so easy to eat at night."
When Xie Xun was about to speak, Jiang Shuyao's four maids came in, put down two bowls of rice and sweet drinks neatly, and retired from the room.
Jiang Shuyao was also a little nervous. After all, she hadn't figured out Xie Xun's temperament. She smiled and said, "I made a lot of dinner, so I brought it over to eat with you."
It was indeed a lot. Xie Xun didn't even know that there was such a big porcelain bowl in the house.
"This is a spicy fragrant hot pot. I see you love spicy food, so I made it specially for you. I use this to apologize for teasing you in front of the two little nephews today."
Xie Xun put down his chopsticks and rubbed his eyebrows, "I wasn't annoyed, you don't need to apologize...Forget it, let it be."
The rich, spicy flavor penetrated into his nose, and he swallowed subconsciously, suddenly feeling hungry in his stomach.
He has never seen a mess of ingredients mixed together to make a big bowl full of food, without any plate, it didn't look delicate enough.
But it was undeniable that when ingredients of various colors wrapped in bright red spicy oil mixed together, the colors were rich. It looked more intriguing than the complicated dishes he has ever seen in his past.
"Then let's eat." Jiang Shuyao was not polite to him. She ate with rice in one hand and the vegetables in the other.
Although the spices were less complete than modern ones, the taste was not bad at all, especially the taste of ancient original natural ingredients was much better than modern ones.
Xie Xun watched her immediately start eating, and after sweeping the surroundings, she didn't even prepare a public chopsticks.
Although Jiang Shuyao's eating posture was not in compliance with the rules. She was eating very enthusiastically, and her expression of contentment and bulging cheeks made his index fingers move.
He hesitated a little and took a piece of lotus root. The lotus root slices were wrapped in spicy oil and the color was red, the surface was covered with white sesame. He chewed carefully, it was crunchy, the taste was extremely fresh and spicy. After the spiciness was gone, the rest was slightly sweet.
He immediately picked up the white rice with chopsticks to suppress the spiciness. The rice grains were sweet and springy, it was steaming, and the spicy lotus root slices just now set off the deliciousness that he never tasted before.
He looked at the spicy fragrant hot pot, all kinds of ingredients were mixed together, he didn't know which one to choose.
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Pick up an emerald-green lettuce leaf randomly, chewing in the mouth. The roots were crisp and refreshing, with a light sweetness, but the leaves were completely opposite, it fully absorbed the savory flavor of the spicy oil and other meat dishes, and the salty taste was very heavy. He immediately ate a large mouthful of white rice, mixed it and chewed. The oil in the vegetable leaves penetrates into the rice and the salty taste was neutralized, leaving only the fragrant and spicy taste. The aftertaste was endless.
He was chewing, and suddenly feels Jiang Shuyao's piercing eyes. He raised his eyes to see her, and a strange silence was brewing between the two.
Xie Xun's manner of eating rice was really too proper, with his back straight, shoulders stretched, picking food and rice slowly, chewing slowly, with an indifferent and calm manner. It was like eating a meal with a fairy spirit.
Jiang Shuyao retracted her evaluation of "beauty will make you full". Although the beauty is beautiful, it was not appealing as an eating companion at all.
"Why are you staring at me?" Xie Xun was stared at and feeling uncomfortable. After swallowing, he sat motionless and stopped picking up vegetables. In the end, he couldn't bear to break the rule of "not to speak to her".
"Nothing, let's continue eating." Jiang Shuyao was really helpless. It was too inexplicable for a person to eat spicy fragrant hot pot to be able to sing poetry after putting down his chopsticks!
What to do... she really wanted to see what he looked like if he was eating inappropriately.
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[T/N: Spicy Fragrant Hot Pot (Mala Xiang Guo) is a Chinese dish prepared by stir frying. It often contains meat and vegetables, and has a salty and spicy taste. The preparation process involves placing the required ingredients in the pot, stir frying and adding the hot and spicy seasoning. Here in Australia they call this "Dry Hot Pot" in Malatang restaurants. Do you have this in your country?]
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