Chapter 187 New Year's Eve

Liu Xia stayed in Chen Yuanyuan's small yard until dusk, and then led everyone back to the Duke of Zheng in a hurry. Everyone in the house knew that Liu Xia was still raising a woman outside now, but they didn't know who it was.

"My husband is going to hide Jiao in the golden house!" Kou Baimen said with an angry face.

Bian Yujing smiled. Although Liu Xia took another concubine, it had no impact on Bian Yujing, the big woman. Bian Yujing thought in his heart that as long as she could stay with Liu Xia and give Liu Xia a son and adopted daughter, as for how many women Liu Xia used, it was not what she could manage, so There is no need for her to take care of it.

Liu Ru put down the ancient scroll in his hand and frowned, "As the saying goes, a wife is not as good as a concubine, and a concubine is not as good as stealing." Men are all like this."

"It's just that today is New Year's Eve. It should have been a reunion of thousands of families, but now my husband hasn't gone home. Seeing that it's getting dark, maybe he can't eat New Year's Eve dinner." Kou Baimen looked out of the window and saw that the sky was a little dark, and because of the snow today, it was dark earlier than usual.

Bian Yujing has been in his body for three months at this time, and he also has some performance slightly. Bian Yujing is half lying on the bed. He holds a bamboo stick in his hand. There is an apple inserted in the bamboo stick and is eating it one bite at a time: "Sisters, don't worry. I believe my husband will come back."

"Sister Bian, you see, it's already dark today. Now the sound of firecrackers is also ringing, and the food in the kitchen is ready, just waiting for his husband to come back, but now he just doesn't know where he has gone." Kou Baimen pouted with a small cherry mouth and said dissatisfiedly.

Just as the other people were about to speak, there was a laughter from the outside, and he only heard, "Hahaha, who's talking about me!"

"My husband is back!"

"My brother-in-law is back!"

Bian Yujing, Kou Baimen and Bian Min said happily at the same time. And Liu Ru continued to look at the ancient scroll, as if Liu Xia came back and gave her no relationship with half a dime. Because Bian Yujing was pregnant, he did not get up, but Bian Min and Kou Baimen hurried up to welcome the arrival of Liu Xia.

As soon as Liu Xia entered the room, she knotted the mink robe she was wearing. Kou Baimen immediately picked it up. The heavy snow outside was still fluttering. The mink robe was covered with snowflakes. Kou Baimen shook vigorously, and the ground suddenly turned white.

"Quickly into the house. It's quite cold outside." When Bian Min looked at Liu Xia, her face suddenly turned crimson. On that night, although a long time had passed, Bian Min could still think of it every day, and many times Bian Min dreamed of herself and Liu Xia, which made Bian Min too ashamed to go out every time.

When Liu Xia walked into the room, she suddenly felt the heating coming. She smiled and said, "It's really a warm pavilion. It's so warm!"

This is only to hear Bian Yujing in the room laughing and saying, "My husband is back, and all the sisters are waiting for my husband!" It's getting late now. Listening to the sound of firecrackers outside, the sisters also wanted to reunite the whole family, so they gathered together with my concubine to wait for my husband to come back.

"Haha" Liu Xia opened her mouth and laughed and said, "Okay! Today, all my beloved wives don't want to leave. Today, we will spend New Year's Eve here. Let's eat together. Come on! Where's the housekeeper!" When Liu Xia's voice fell, the housekeeper Xiaolan came in from the outside and said to Liu Xia, "I don't know what the master has to say." Liu Xia said, "Today, all the meals will be sent to the Nuanxiang Pavilion. Today, all of them will be eaten in the Nuanxiang Pavilion. At the same time, the order will be sent to the account room. Today, everyone spends ten taels of silver as a year-end bonus and have a good New Year's Eve." When Xiaolan heard this, her face suddenly showed joy and quickly said, "Thank you for your reward. I thanked you on behalf of everyone." Liu Xia smiled and said, "Okay, you go down and get ready."

After saying "Yes", Xiaolan happily took a small step and left the Nuanxiang Pavilion.

"Aier, what book are you reading?" Liu Xia walked to Liu Rushi and whispered. Liu Ru did not come forward to meet Kou Baimen Bian Min as happily because of Liu Xia's return, but still sat there looking at the scroll in her hand. Since Liu Xia came in, she hasn't seen a look, and her heart is on the book.

Liu Ru's real name is Yang Ai, so Liu Xia calls Liu Ru for Ai'er. Although Liu Ru did not pay much attention to Liu Xia, Liu Xia is now her nominal man after all, so Liu Xia opened her mouth and asked her first. She couldn't help but say that she bowed her head and whispered, "I'm looking at Zhou Li. Yesterday, an ancient scroll was accidentally found in the house. It seemed that it had a history of decades, so my concubine took a look.

"En" Liu Xia nodded and left Liu Rushi's side. Then she walked to the edge of the bed, sat up, looked at Bian Yujing with a smile on her face, and then reached out and touched Bian Yujing's slightly arched abdomen.

Bian Yujing smiled and said, "General, I'm too anxious. It's only been more than three months now." Liu Xia smiled and said, "Don't worry." After saying that, Liu Xia hugged Bian Yujing, who also obediently lay his head in Liu Xia's arms, and then closed his eyes with satisfaction.

At this time, Kou Baimen and Bian Min also came in, and then several maids put together several tables into a large table. Bian Min said, "Brother-in-law, we will eat here in a moment. The maids have prepared the meal and are waiting to be sent here." Kou Baimen looked at Bian Yujing's lower abdomen with a little envy and thought to himself: When can I have it? Now Kou Baimen has already deeply integrated himself into Liu Xia's world. Now for Kou Baimen, having a child is what she is most looking forward to. In ancient times, if a woman wanted to have a status in the prime minister's family, she had to have a child first.

On New Year's Eve at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was no Spring Festival Gala, and there was no variety show, so everyone's New Year's Eve was also very monotonous, and soon the delicious food came.

"This is a peony swallow dish. The main ingredients are white radish, sea cucumber, squid and chicken. From the surface, it looks like a peony flower as white as jade and dazzling in color. It floats on the soup surface. The vegetables are fragrant and the flowers are fresh. Do you want to taste it first?" At this time, the housekeeper Xiaolan stood aside and opened a plate of dishes. Suddenly, the fragrance overflowed and smiled at General Liu Xia. Now Bian Yujing has come down from ** and sits next to Liu Xia. Liu Ru, Kou Baimen and Bian Min are sitting in turn.

Liu Xia smiled and said, "It's really beautiful. Then I'll try it first."

"This is the juice dragon scale shrimp, this is the jade fish shred, this is the most famous sweet and sour soft fish baked noodles in our area. General, try it. There is also this fried purple crispy meat. The dish is made of hard pork belly, which is soaked, flattened, and peeled. Marinated with green onion, ginger, fennel, perilla leaves and seasoning, steamed, and then fried for two or three minutes. When frying, apply the skin of the meat repeatedly with balsamic vinegar until it is golden red, and the skin is also crispy. Slice it and put it on a plate. It is served with green onion white, sweet noodle sauce, lotus leaf clip or pancakes. It is crispy and fragrant, fat but not greasy. It is like roast duck and better than roast duck.

"Bianjing roast duck, this dish was very famous in the Northern Song Dynasty. It has been cooking for thousands of years without waste. The skin is crispy and tender meat. It is served with lotus leaf cake, sweet noodle sauce, ** green onion, butterfly radish, and added flavor with skeleton soup and mung bean noodles."

Liu Xia tasted it one after another, ate it, and said with a smile, "It's really good. It's really delicious." At this time, Bian Yujing and others also picked up their chopsticks and went down to eat, and all cheered. The housekeeper Xiaolan's face also smiled. After all, she chose these dishes herself. Now that Liu Xia praises, of course she is happy.

"Sir, there is also a bowl of soup called 'Yu Tang' (Yu Tang is Hu Spicy Soup). It is said that during the Jiajing period, at that time, in order to please the emperor, Ge Lao Yan Song got a seasoning medicine from a senior monk to help longevity and give it to the emperor to boil soup. The soup is delicious and the dragon is overjoyed. It is named "Royal Soup". That's the soup." After listening to this, Liu Xia suddenly became interested and looked at it and said, "Well, isn't this spicy soup?"

"Hu spicy soup?" Xiao Lan said doubtfully. As soon as Liu Xia thought about it, she immediately understood that now this soup is still called Yutang. As for the future, it is called Hu Latang. After the death of the Ming Dynasty, Zhao Ji, the imperial chef, took this medicine to Xiaoyao, Henan (now Xiaoyao Town, Xihua County) and spread it to the place. The local people had a full range of spicy soup, so they changed their name to "Hu Spicy Soup".

So Liu Xia smiled dryly and said, "It's okay. It's okay. Bring it here and let me try this imperial soup."