good meal

Chapter 43
It is said that the auspicious snow heralds a good year, but this year's snow disaster made the person in the palace very distressed. The previous drought caused the treasury to be criticized by the officials because it was not full. It is really not easy to pay more money now.

Some people propose to increase taxes, but if it is exorbitant taxation to raise funds, what is the difference from the previous dynasty?
In the end, it was the empress who took the lead in saving the expenses of the various palaces. The few big families who were said to be poor before saw the empress expressed their views, so they donated money unwillingly and received a few false names.

The turbulent and treacherous affairs in the government, spread to Chu Liangrao's room was nothing more than a few words of after-dinner conversation.

It was cold outside, and the maids stayed inside, talking and sewing around the stove.From time to time, the charcoal fire in the stove jumped up with a snapping sound, bounced on the copper net covering the stove, and went out with a "sizzling" sound without even emitting smoke.

At this time, a servant girl came in, patted the ice slag on her body, and lowered the heavy curtain to block the cold wind outside the house. She laughed and said, "You guys are still warm."

"Sister Qin'er, why are you here in such a cold day?" Zhen'er stood up and pulled her, "Come here to bake."

Qin'er didn't refuse, and breathed out on her hands, and then leaned on the stove to warm up, feeling the numb fingertips regain consciousness little by little, she asked: "What is the princess doing?"

Ding Xiang replied: "I'm learning etiquette from Grandma Sun, but what does the old lady want to tell the Princess?"

"It's not an important matter. It's not that it's been so cold these days, the old lady wanted to eat shabu-shabu to warm her body, and that's why she sent the servant to ask the princess if she's free today?" Qin'er said confidently , "The old lady also said that if the princess is going, the dishes will be added according to the princess's taste."

This is clearly turning a corner and wanting Chu Liangrao's suggestion, Ding Xiang smiled and said: "It's most suitable to eat shabu-shabu on such a day, Sister Qin'er, wait a minute, the servant girl will go in and inform the princess."

"Then I'll trouble Sister Dingxiang." Qin'er said and moved to Ding Lan's side to watch her sewing.

After hearing Ding Xiang's words, Chu Liangrao said to Nanny Sun: "Mommy, let's come here today."

Grandma Sun didn't say much, she stepped back, Ding Xiang was ordered by Chu Liangrao to call Qin'er, and Qin'er repeated her words in front of Chu Liangrao.

"I've been craving this for the past few days, but I'm thinking of going with my grandmother." Chu Liangrao thought about how to eat some mountain delicacies, thinking that fish can produce phlegm and meat can make fire, so he said, "Just make a mountain delicacies shabu-shabu, Use boiled bone broth as the base."

In fact, there are quite a few things to pay attention to when eating shabu-shabu. The soup base alone needs to be seasoned with onion, ginger, garlic, star anise, and peppercorns. The ginger is not smashed, so it is added at the end. Add salt to taste, and add a little sugar to enhance the taste.

Apart from the soup base and ingredients, the other key is the dipping sauce. According to Chu Liangrao's understanding of her grandmother, her taste is mostly bland.If it is just a light dipping sauce, there is no need to ask Chu Liangrao. Chu Liangrao decided to add a little tomato sauce to add some fresh taste. This tomato sauce was made by her privately with tomatoes from the space garden. Naturally, it tastes much better than ordinary tomato sauce.

It's cold and freezing right now, so the ketchup will naturally not expire, but Chu Liangrao still tasted it beforehand to confirm that it hasn't gone bad before using it.

As Chu Liangrao expected, the old lady really liked the new taste of sweet and sour but not greasy at dinner, but Chu Liangrao didn't tell the whole story as straightforwardly as before, but smiled mysteriously and said: " Grandma, you have to let me keep something in the bottom of the box."

"This child is hiding something from me." The old lady laughed.

The grandparents and grandchildren surrounded the hot soup pot with smiles on their faces. At this time, someone spread the word that Chu Chaoyang had come, and the old lady hurriedly put down the chopsticks to ask for warmth. When she found out that he hadn't eaten yet, she asked her servants to add some food. After leaving the bowls and chopsticks, let him eat shabu-shabu together.

Chu Chaoyang naturally wouldn't refuse, and scratched Chu Liangrao's nose with a smile: "I just said why don't you stay in your own yard, maybe you went to grandma to have a dental sacrifice."

It's as if she's so greedy.Chu Liangrao wanted to refute, but felt guilty all the time. She had to say that she really liked to run to the old lady for a meal.

Seeing Chu Liangrao stuck out her little tongue, the old lady smiled and shook her head and said, "Don't say it's Ah Rao's fault, I asked her to come here."

Chu Chaoyang only thought that the old lady was protecting Chu Liangrao, and said yes with a smile.

The three of them were eating in full swing, but Gu's room was deserted. Lin's mother stood behind Gu and said, "Princess, you can eat a little, people are like iron rice and steel..." Look at Gu's indifference She sighed secretly, and asked, "How about we go to the old lady's place too?"

"What am I going to do, it disturbs the cleanliness of the family." Gu Shi said, biting her lips, feeling unspeakably sour in her heart.

"Princess, what you are saying is out of anger. After all, you are the concubine that the prince is marrying. How can there be a family who talks about two different things." Mother Lin comforted, "The first thing the prince came back was to ask the princess if she had dinner. Did you go to the old madam's yard now, which shows that the prince has you in his heart. Anyway, filial piety comes first, and it is not an exaggeration for the prince to obey filial piety."

Gu's heart became more and more sad, and said: "Since I know that I haven't used it yet, why didn't you come with me and go to that... that person's room." Taking a deep breath, she said, " In the past, he used to use it outside, but it’s rare to come back today, and he embarrasses me, it’s really embarrassing.”

Seeing that Mrs. Gu got into the horns and couldn't get out, Mama Lin had no choice but to leave the room lightly and tell the kitchen staff to reheat the food, so that Mrs. Gu would not be too hungry to re-do it.

Seeing that it was almost time for supper, Chu Chaoyang came back to the courtyard, and when he found out that Mrs. Gu hadn't eaten yet, his face darkened and he said, "How do you serve?"

"You don't have to blame them, it's because the concubine has no appetite." Gu's face turned away as she spoke, her voice was a little choked up, "It's hard for the prince to remember the concubine's body in his heart, and the concubine's body has made him bother."

Chu Chaoyang's eyebrows twitched, he just went to his mother's room to have a meal, so what?Seeing that Gu's lips were trembling slightly, but with a stubborn expression on his face, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment, this expression was very much like Ah Rao's mother-in-law, Yu Shi, and his heart softened a little.It took a long time to persuade Gu Shi with good words, and finally the cloudy weather turned sunny.

The anger in her heart dissipated, and Gu Shi felt hungry. The servants quickly served hot meals. Chu Chaoyang accompanied Gu Shi to eat some, and took a rest after eating and bathing.

When Gu Shi finished removing the makeup on his face, Chu Chaoyang had already fallen asleep, so he couldn't care less about Gu Shi who was specially dressed in various styles.

　Thanks to the busy cow's redness~
　　happy new year ^_^
　　
　
(End of this chapter)