Chapter 76

A group of more than ten people left Rongguo Mansion and went straight to Lixiangyuan along the street.

After a while, Xue Pan led the crowd into a courtyard through a corner gate.

The yard is spacious and bright, with an elegant layout, fresh and quiet, and it is a good place for retirement.

As soon as he arrived in the courtyard, five or six servant girls ran out from a wing room, including Xiang Ling.

Xiangling can be scrambled for, her appearance and figure are naturally very top-notch, even if she stands at the back of a group of maids, with her head slightly lowered, she is still very conspicuous.

Her facial features are small and exquisite, with a pea-sized rouge mole between her eyebrows, she is very timid, with a dumbfounded look, her figure is graceful and slender, she stands there gentle and quiet, making one feel pity.

Xue Pan raised his head and chest, waved to the maids and shouted: "Come here, go and take the bad goose palm duck letter, rouge goose breast, fragrant roast venison, ham stewed elbow, and wine steamed duck that I have prepared in the kitchen this morning." , Lingbai aromatherapy Siamese pork and other appetizers will be delivered.”

Turning around, he said to Jia Qin, Jia Chang, and Jia Ling, "My brothers, go over there and help get some wine. There is nothing going on here today. Let's have a good drink."

As he spoke, he pointed to a room in the corner.

Jia Qin and the others were overjoyed. For them, being able to eat here was quite a joy. Not only did they not feel ashamed to help out with something, but they felt proud of themselves.

After the maids and Jia Qin dispersed, Jia Rong stepped forward and asked, "Brother Pan, isn't your mother at home right now?"

As for Xue Baochai, he knew it. Not long ago when he went to see Jia Mu, he saw Xue Baochai at Jia Mu's place.

"My mother went to my aunt's place early in the morning, otherwise I would not have asked you to come here?" Xue Pan shook his head and said.

As he said that, he waved his hand and said enthusiastically: "Okay, let's go into the room and sit down to talk. The food and drink have been prepared a long time ago, and they will be delivered soon!"

Xue Pan led the crowd to a larger room with two large tables, just big enough for more than a dozen of them to sit down, and there were still vacancies.

After sitting down, Jia Baoyu's eyes sparkled and he said: "I heard from Aunt Xue that your family's bad goose feet duck is a rare delicacy. You must try it today."

Xue Pan's face was full of joy, he pretended to be modest and said: "Where is it, it is far worse than the dishes cooked by Brother Yun's home."

Although he said so on his mouth, there was a look of pride on his face.

He looked at Jia Yun curiously and said, "Brother Yun, this crappy goose-footed duck letter is very famous, do you know how to do it?"

Jia Yun smiled, nodded and said: "To put it simply, the goose feet and duck tongues are boiled, deboned, boiled in chicken broth with salt, and then marinated with fragrant gravy or oil, sealed in a container. It can last for a long time."

The bad system is to boil the food and put it in a jar, add bad oil, salt, and raw brine to seal it, and marinate it for a certain period of time before eating.

Such as bad feet claws, bad chicken, bad hoof, etc., are cold dishes often eaten in Jiangnan and Shanghai areas.

The bad cold dishes in the Jiangnan area are generally called bad goods, regardless of meat or vegetables.

In fact, although the specific methods of making bad food are different, there are similar methods all over the country.

Because the origin of grain wine making in the south of the Yangtze River is the earliest, and the variety of distilled food is the most abundant, it is very famous.

Goose feet are a relatively expensive dish in ancient times. After all, geese only have two feet. If you want to make up a dish, you have to have ten geese and twenty goose feet.

The monk Qian Guang of the Five Dynasties said: "Wish for four palms", wishing that the goose would have four feet, which is enough to show his love for goose palms.

Duck letter is duck tongue, and bad duck tongue is also a common cold dish in the south of the Yangtze River. It is a famous dish in Yangzhou.

When it snows in winter, drinking hot rice wine, hot wine with cold goose feet and duck tongue, is a perfect combination of hot and cold, and it is both healthy and refreshing.

After hearing Jia Yun's explanation, everyone clapped their hands and applauded, and looked forward to Xue's bad goose palm duck letter even more.

While talking, the maids and women filed in and put the dishes on the table. Soon Jia Qin and the others also came in with the wine jar in their arms, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively.

After Xue Pan took the wine jar from Jia Qin, he stood up and said loudly, "This wine has been warmed up all morning. It's the right time to drink it in this winter. No one is in charge at home today. Everyone is in charge of Gao Le."

"Don't be afraid of getting drunk. There is hangover soup brewed in the kitchen. When the meal is about to be served in Xifu, someone will wake us up. After that time, we can continue after drinking some hangover soup!"

Jia Qiang laughed loudly and got up and said: "Today we have good wine and good food to serve, brother Pan, you want us to be tighter, but we won't do it, I'm afraid your family doesn't have enough food and wine!"

Xue Pan looked contemptuous, squinted his mouth and said: "Joke, even if you eat our family's food and wine, Brother Qiang, you can't finish it even if you eat it for 300 years. Today, everyone just opens their stomachs to drink and eat meat. I will let you eat and drink." Enough."

Jia Yun nodded and said: "Okay, since Brother Pan said so, let's blame the wine and not the food today, we must drink well and feel comfortable, otherwise we will miss Brother Pan's kindness."

"Brother Yun is right. No one can hide today, otherwise it would be too boring." Jia Rong said excitedly.

When the atmosphere got up, Xue Pan yelled to ask the servant girl to change the wine glass into a big bowl. When everyone saw that he was holding rice wine, they didn't stop him.

After the bowl was filled with wine, Xue Pan raised the bowl and said, "It's rare that there are so many people here today, so don't say anything, let's drink a bowl first!"

"Okay, drink!" Jia Rong echoed loudly.

Not to be outdone, everyone raised their bowls one after another, shouted loudly, and drank heavily.

After drinking a bowl of hot wine, the air-conditioning that was blowing on the street disappeared immediately. It was as if a fire was burning in the stomach, but it was not too hot. It made people feel warm and comfortable.

After putting down the bowl, Xue Pan smacked his lips and said, "Eat the vegetables, don't wait for the vegetables to be cold before eating, it won't taste like that."

Next, everyone came and went, pushing cups and changing cups, toasting and staggering, making a lot of noise.

After eating for a while, everyone was in high spirits, suddenly Xiangling trotted in and said to Xue Pan, "Master, the girl is back."

Xue Pan was stunned for a moment, and after recovering, he frowned and said, "Didn't my sister go to Mrs. Jia's place? What are you doing here now?"

"It's at the ancestor's side. When I took Keqing to pay respects to the ancestor, I saw Miss Xue and Miss Lin sitting together." Jia Rong said with a flushed face after drinking.

Xue Pan nodded, looked at Xiang Ling and asked, "Do you know what's going on with my sister?"

Xiangling whispered: "Young lady brought Miss Lin, Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun, and the attacking girl and charming girl from Uncle Yun's family. What's going on, but the servant doesn't know. .”

Xue Pan was astonished, his eyes widened and he said, "What's wrong today, why did my sister bring so many people here?"

Everyone else at the table was puzzled, logically speaking, Lin Daiyu and the others were going to accompany Jia Mu today, so why did they all come to Lixiangyuan?
Even Jia Baoyu was confused at the moment.

Today, because he was receiving guests with Jia Lian, he didn't pester Jia's mother as usual, so naturally he didn't know what happened.

Xue Pan pondered for a moment, got up and said to the crowd: "Everyone keep drinking, I'll go out and have a look first."

Jia Baoyu got up and said, "I'll go out with Brother Xue to have a look too!"

(End of this chapter)

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