The Red Mansions

Chapter 39 Ice Cream

"Hehehe... I laughed so hard, Miss Lin is such a delicate little person, you can really calm down,

Not only let her eat pig large intestine, but also let her eat it with garlic... 呵呵呵... It's so funny! "Mei Ren covered her stomach and laughed.

"Oh, good sister, don't make fun of me. I was thinking that Miss Lin had a bad appetite in the past, and she didn't eat this or that. She made this beauty so fragile,
Now that she loves to eat the food cooked by Brother Yun, she went to the doctor in a hurry, without caring too much about face, and gave her everything in a daze. Fortunately, there was no joke, otherwise it was my sin But it's big! "

Although Xiren also tried to explain, but the smile in her eyes could not be hidden. Presumably she herself thought it was a bit funny that Lin Daiyu, who had a great temperament, was eating pig intestines.

The only thing is that I didn't give her garlic to eat last time, after all, it was a bit regretful.

Hearing this, the charming girl threw herself into Xiren's arms, trembling with laughter, she said: "Ah, stop talking, I'm about to die of being laughed at by you, and you still said that you didn't make a joke, it's not considered a joke." joke?"

"Good sister, listen to my sister's persuasion, don't talk nonsense about this matter in the future, if outsiders know that Miss Lin loves to eat pig intestines, and if she still loves to eat it with garlic...haha...you have good fruit to eat... …Ha ha……"

The two were laughing happily, but they didn't know that Ping'er and Yuanyang had come outside the room at this moment.

After hearing the laughter inside, Ping'er rolled his eyes, made a silent gesture to Yuanyang, and pulled her against the wall to eavesdrop.

At this time, Xiren said in a bad mood: "Who can blame this? Speaking of which, half of your brother Yun is also responsible for this matter."

"It's he who said that stewed stew can be eaten with garlic, which has many benefits such as appetizing and invigorating the spleen, expelling evil spirits and warming up, lowering qi and eliminating valleys, eliminating wind and cold, and many other benefits. When I heard that there are so many benefits, well, I believed him." The evil, once an accomplice!"

The charming came out of Xiren's arms, straightened a strand of hair that was biting in her mouth, rolled her eyes and said:
"Also an accomplice. I think you two are husband and wife. I guess it's Brother Yun who heard you said that the braised stew you bought was for Master Bao and Miss Lin, so I wanted to play tricks on you."

"I never thought that you are obedient, you respond to what he says, but in the end, Second Master Bao and Miss Lin made a secret joke."

Xiren blushed when he heard the words, and slapped the charming person lightly, saying: "What are you talking about, you speak out, you should hit!"

Ping'er and Yuanyang outside the door were shocked and dumbfounded when they heard what Meiren said.

The two women looked at each other, seeing surprise, fear and disbelief in each other's eyes.

Although they only heard a few words, they also knew that Xi Ren, Jia Baoyu's personal servant girl, was getting close to Jia Yun.

Maybe, for the Jia family's sake, it would be easy for the attackers to be directly executed with a cane.

Both of them were clever, and the first thing they thought of at this moment was to pretend to be deaf and dumb, pretending that they had never heard of this matter.

It's just that at this moment, it's a bit awkward, the two of them can't enter or retreat, for fear of disturbing the aggressive and charming people who speak inside.

Fortunately, after being reminded by Xiren, Meiren stopped talking about sensitive topics, but took Xiren to the inner room to meet Mrs. Pu, and Ping'er and Yuanyang breathed a sigh of relief.

The two came out of the house lightly.

Just as she was entering the yard, she saw Jia Yun coming from the kitchen with five bowls of cold, fruity-flavored sorbet on a plate.

"Are you going to leave so soon?" Jia Yun stepped forward and asked, before the two could reply, he smiled and said, "Don't rush to leave, I just made a few bowls of ice cream here, but you should stay to taste it. "

Although there are no cattle in his dimension, there are sheep.

The ice cream made with goat's milk, although there is no chocolate, has added many ingredients such as fenugreek, licorice, rock sugar, fruit juice, plum juice, mint, etc. It is sweet and sour, rich in milk flavor, smooth in texture and sweet in taste!

The craft of making ice cream with goat milk was actually quite mature in the Tang Dynasty.

For example, the Tang Dynasty document "Youyang Miscellaneous Zu" records the practice of "Bingju" (cow's milk with fruit juice and ice), Sushan (cream frozen into a hill shape), and cheese drink (cow's milk frozen).

This is very similar to modern ice cream.

However, iced cheese is rarely seen on the market nowadays, and even Jia's mansion only uses ice cubes to cool down in the scorching heat, and at most makes some cool food such as iced watermelon, iced fruit, and iced sour plum soup.

With Jia Yun's current status, he couldn't figure out why ice cream was so rare, so he only did it at home, and didn't dare to make a fortune with it, lest it would attract people's attention.

Ping'er and Yuanyang, who were about to say goodbye, were extremely surprised when Jia Yun said that the bowl contained ice cream, and stopped in their tracks.

They had heard from Jia Baoyu that ancient books recorded a delicious frozen summer dessert made from milk or goat's milk.

At the beginning, Mother Jia also let Jia Baoyu mess around, and ordered the kitchen to cooperate, wasting countless ice cubes, milk and goat milk, spices and fruits, tossing and tossing for a long time, but failed to make a decent ice cream, and then gave up directly .

Later, Yuanyang heard about it after Jia Mu once returned from a banquet in the palace. It seemed that there was ice cream in the palace, and the taste was indeed delicious.

It's just that Mrs. Jia was old and didn't want to make a fuss, so she didn't let the kitchen in the house continue to research and produce, so the matter was left alone.

So at this moment, Yuanyang was the most surprised. In her perception, it was extraordinary to be able to eat the delicious food in the palace, so she was very curious about what the ice cream tasted like.

"At present, our sisters are not polite, but they are bothering Brother Yun." Yuanyang smiled.

While speaking, she looked at Jia Yun carefully without any trace.

I saw that Jia Yun has handsome features, sharp edges and corners, tall and well-proportioned figure, and elegant temperament.

In Rongguo Mansion, she was about the same age as Xiren, Zijuan, and Meiren. They all entered Jia's Mansion when they were young, and they grew up together.

Therefore, even if Xiren did not follow Jia Yun, Meiren would not be able to escape.

Thinking about it this way, Yuanyang's smile became even stronger.

The three of them came to the stone table and sat down. Jia Yun put a bowl of ice cream in front of Ping'er and Yuanyang respectively, handed over wooden spoons, and said:

"Miss Ping'er and Miss Yuanyang, please use it slowly. I have to take the remaining few bowls to the house and give them to Mei Ren, or they will melt after a long time."

"Brother Yun just take care of it, don't worry about us." Ping'er smiled.

Jia Yun nodded, took the plate and left, and went into the house.

When Jia Yun left, Ping'er and Yuanyang breathed a sigh of relief.

The two of them didn't know what was going on, and after just a short while, when they saw Jia Yun again, they felt unnaturally nervous, which was a feeling for no reason.

The two looked at each other and both smiled dumbly.

Ping'er patted his chest, and said in a low voice: "I was so nervous just now in the room, if I really broke what Meiren and Xiren said, it would be embarrassing."

"Yeah, it's fine if it's just a joke by Mei Ren's sister, if it's true..." Yuanyang didn't dare to continue, picked up a wooden spoon to taste the ice cream, and suddenly let out a "huh".

Rich and smooth ice cream exudes a light milky aroma, soft and delicate as if you are tasting your own tongue, the rich fruity sweetness explodes in your mouth, and the ice is cold, making your mouth water and you can't stop.

Sweets make people happy.

The high-sweet moment of eating ice cream is not only irresistible to children, but also adults can’t stop, not to mention the mandarin duck who tasted ice cream for the first time, was instantly conquered by the delicate, smooth, sweet and sour taste of ice cream .

(End of this chapter)