Jinyi Music

Chapter 50 Head back to visit Lu'er Lane

Jia Silian secretly made up her mind to go and see the young man of the Wang family, she stretched out her hand from under the quilt and patted Sanlian's shoulder,
"Third sister is still early, let's sleep for a while!"

Jia Sanlian hummed, shrank into the bed and fell asleep again, Sanlian fell asleep, but Silian couldn't fall asleep, put on her clothes lightly, and walked out of the room in the dark. By dawn, she had already prepared breakfast , brought it to the main hall, and asked Dad and Jia Youchuan to get up and eat.

The weather is not good today, although the sky is bright, it is still gloomy, Jia Youchuan got out of bed and glanced outside the window, then retreated back to bed and fell asleep.

"I still need to sleep, don't eat!"

Jia Youchuan yelled outside, and Jia Jincheng, who was dressed neatly, walked out of the back room, and told Jia Silian to say,

"Warm the food on the stove, and wait for Lao Qi to get up before eating..."

Jia Silian nodded, had breakfast with Jia Jincheng, then went back to the house and changed into the new clothes, went out with Jia Jincheng, and at the entrance of the alley, Xiangshi saw the father and daughter walking away, and called Liulian road,

"Go back... called that damn girl Sanlian to come out..."

Liulian refused,

"Mother... the third sister is still sick!"

In a rage, Xiang stretched out his hand and twisted Liulian,
"Why... all of them are going to be turned upside down, and you don't listen to my words?"

Liulian still shook her head,

"Mother... Let Third Sister rest for another day!"

Xiangshi angrily slapped Liulian again,

"are you going?"

Liu Lian turned around and ran away,
"Mom, I'm going right now..."

Lu'er Hutong is half a city away from here. Jia Jincheng personally ordered a carriage for his daughter, gave her a piece of broken silver, and ordered,

"You must remember what I told you yesterday!"

Silian nodded,

"Dad, I know!"

Jia Jincheng watched the carriage leave before turning around and going to the Yamen.

When Jia Silian arrived in Lu'er Lane in the carriage, it was already two quarters. She paid the fare, watched the carriage leave, and looked up at the mansion of the Commander of Jinyiwei.

Although Jia Silian is a person of two generations, she has not seen much of the world. She used to live in a small mountain village, but now she has lived in the slums of the outer city for more than ten years. This is the first time she has seen this residence of the dignitaries in the inner city.

Jia Silian didn't know how to describe this mansion, she just felt that it was huge, even the gate was very spacious and tall, the black lacquered gate had a big tin ring on it, the high threshold was higher than her knees, The stone lions on both sides of the gate looked tall and very fierce. She stood in front of the mansion gate and looked up, but she couldn't see the animal heads on the eaves. This kind of house makes people feel fear when they look outside. There was also the guard who guarded the gate with a knife and sword, with his chest crossed and his legs crossed, his face was swollen, and his cold eyes swept over him, so frightened that she didn't even dare to look at it, she took two steps back and lowered her head.

Jia Silian bowed her head and walked along the wall to the side. This house is really big. She walked along the wall for a long time before she saw a corner door. After looking aside for a long while, he probed inside and saw someone guarding the door, so he stepped forward to inquire.

"Uncle, I... I came to find Miss Tian'er..."

The middle-aged man guarding the gate looked kindly, looked down at Jia Silian,

"Which house are you a girl from, what does Miss Xun Tian'er do?"

The concierge thought it was a girl from other mansions who came to talk to Tian'er. There are several mansions of court officials in Lu'er Alley, and the servants of each mansion also visit each other. Jia Silian replied,
"I... made an appointment with Miss Tian'er... she asked me to come..."

The porter nodded and beckoned her,

"You come in and sit here and wait, I'll call someone to inform you..."

There was a boy running errands at the porter, and the porter beckoned a clever boy,

"Go to Missy's yard and ask if Miss Tian'er has a date?"

The kid responded and ran away, Jia Silian was waiting here, the concierge poured her a cup of tea, Jia Silian looked at the smooth glazed teacup, carefully held it in her hand, and took a sip , the tea was so bitter that her little face wrinkled, but it was much better than the tea foam that Jia Jincheng occasionally bought at home!
Jia Silian waited here for about a stick of incense before the errand boy came back to report.
"Miss Tian'er let her in..."

The concierge nodded, let the errand boy lead Jia Silian in, and told her,
"Our house has strict rules, don't walk around and look around, you have to follow closely..."

"Yes!"

Jia Silian nodded, and followed the young man in. She felt that the house was full of doors and corridors. Turning left and right made her dizzy, but with half a stick of incense, she couldn't tell the difference between east, west, and north.

"arrive……"

Finally the boy in front stood down and stood in front of a courtyard. The word "Wen Yu" was written on the black-painted gate. The boy went up to knock on the door, and the old woman who was watching the door opened it and looked in. Looking at the two, the boy said,
"This girl is here to find Sister Tian'er..."

The woman nodded, beckoned to Si Lian,
"come in!"

Jia Silian went in with the old woman, and the old woman led her through the yard, where there were lush flowers and plants, a rockery fish pond, and a path paved with cobblestones on the ground, the two walked along the path, and the round-faced girl named Tian'er was standing there. Down the corridor, she said to Jia Silian,

"You are here, our lady has asked twice!"

Jia Silian stepped forward and saluted,
"Sister Tian'er..."

She is also considered clever, and followed the boy to call her sister, Tian'er nodded,

"Let's go in!"

Lifting the thick curtain and letting Jia Silian follow in, Jia Silian kept Jia Jincheng's instructions in mind, did not dare to look around, lowered her head slightly, and stared at the thick, brightly colored, and intricately patterned Western Region carpet under her feet. Long-haired, my own pair of old cotton shoes sunk deeply.

"Miss, someone is here..."

Tian'er was talking, the lady above hummed,
"You look up..."

Jia Silian raised her head and finally saw the young lady who was willing to pay seventy taels of silver for her Lantern Festival making method. This elder sister of Mr. Mou looked like a middle-aged man. Mr. Mou's elder sister had a round face, but Her face is too round, her nose is too short, her mouth is too big, and her whole face is a little sideways. Fortunately, her eyes are very beautiful, with thick eyelashes and black eyes, which add color to her Not a lot.

Only...she can't laugh, and her mouth looks bigger when she smiles!

"Miss is polite!"

Jia Silian bowed to the eldest lady, Mou Xiumei smiled and nodded and asked her,
"What's so strange about your method? Why can't we make it taste like you when we make it at home?"

Jia Silian thought for a while and said,
"Because I don't know how Miss did it, and I don't know where I made a mistake..."

Mou Xiumei nodded,
"Then you can do it here with us, we will watch from the sidelines and learn from it..."

Jia Silian nodded yes, and Mou Xiumei called the girl,
"Tian'er, go find some old clothes for her to wear, we'll go to the small kitchen..."

Tian'er nodded, came back not long after going out, and found one of her old clothes for Jia Silian, Jia Silian couldn't help waving her hands when she saw the style and material,
"Sister Tian'er's clothes are too good, I dare not wear them!"

Na Tian'er said,

"Here...you can put it on..."

Having said that, he glanced at Jia Silian's clothes with disgust,
"Your clothes can't enter our kitchen..."

I don't know if I washed it clean?

Jia Silian was stunned for a moment, thinking to herself,
"My clothes are new. I only wore them once during the Chinese New Year. Why can't I even enter your kitchen?"

Feeling wronged in her heart, she only accepted seventy taels of silver from others, and she could only endure being rejected by others, so she was led by Tian'er to change her clothes, and then went to the kitchen with them.

This kitchen is another small kitchen set up in Mou Xiumei's yard. On weekdays, Mou Xiumei also cooks some small dishes here to practice cooking skills. Jia Silian went in and saw that there were all pots and pans. Small in size, high in height and short in height, copper, iron, pottery, mud, tile, and lacquer are all available. I can't help but exclaim,
"Miss, the kitchen is probably comparable to the imperial dining room in the palace!"

This is the favorite saying of the common people, but if something is as good as the sky, it must be compared with the palace!

The two covered their mouths and laughed.
"Girl who doesn't know much, our place is just a small kitchen, how can it be compared to the palace..."

Immediately, she urged her to make it, so Jia Silian taught them step by step from making glutinous rice flour by herself to cooking it in a pot. The two also asked many questions in a serious manner.

Jia Silian understood why the Lantern Festival they made was not as delicious as her own. The glutinous rice flour had to be kneaded repeatedly, and [-]% of the flour was added to make it chewy, and the peanut and sesame stuffing , You need to use a pestle, add a little bit of fine pounding with a pestle, it can't be too thick or too thin, if you eat too thick, you won't get the fragrance, if you eat too thin, it will melt, you can't taste the taste, eat too much easy to get tired of...

And these two, a young lady and a girl, are not the kind of patient and meticulous people. They do things frizzy and rough. Knead it twice with one finger, throw the Yuanxiao into the water, and the Yuanxiao will disperse immediately and turn into a pot of noodle soup. How can it be eaten?

"My method is correct, it is the people who are wrong!"

Jia Silian slandered the master and servant.

It took two hours to teach them such details, and it was already afternoon when they came out of the kitchen.

Mou Xiumei was very satisfied with Jia Silian's professor who didn't hide anything, so she rewarded her with a few more copper coins.

"You take it out and buy a bowl of noodles..."

Tian'er pointed to the clothes again and said to her,
"The clothes are my old clothes, they are not worth much, you can take them back and wear them..."

Jia Silian thanked the two of them, and was led out by a woman. As soon as she left the Wenyu Courtyard, someone jumped out from the bushes beside the path.

"oops……"

(End of this chapter)