The Daily Life of the Daughter of a Minor Official

Chapter 202 Chicken thighs to escape the heat

Today is not the time for bathing. At noon, Su Yanli, Su Dalang and Sanlang were not at home, so Cheng Yingzhen did not come to the table. She apparently asked Xiao Silang to accompany the guests, but in fact it was Su Ruojin and Su Xiaomei who accompanied the two noble gentlemen to dinner.

Zhao Lan always kept his mouth shut and ate his favorite lotus leaf glutinous rice elegantly, paired with a bite of steamed pork ribs. The rice was fragrant and glutinous, and the pork ribs were tender and juicy. Ah Jin’s cooking skills were still as good as ever, and it was so delicious.

There were no adults at the table, so Fan Yanjia didn’t follow the rule of not saying anything when eating. While tearing up the lotus leaf chicken, he talked to Su Ruojin, “Ajin, besides lotus leaf delicacies, what other delicacies are suitable for eating now?”

The adults were not around. Su Ruojin was eating while taking care of the two younger ones. She didn't follow any table manners. The younger brother and younger sister were also gnawing on chicken wings. Why not gnaw on the big chicken legs? Because a chicken only has two legs. It's for guests Zhao and Fan.

The brother and sister could only eat chicken wings, but the chicken wings were just as delicious as the chicken thighs. The brother and sister had a great time eating them.

Shuang Rui was stunned for a moment. If he were placed elsewhere, his little master who could pick out bones from eggs would definitely not be able to tolerate the bones and gnaw meat. But as long as he was in the Su family, what would he do? Don't mind it either.

It turns out that the coldness and harshness of the young master vary from person to person. Shuangrui shook his head secretly. There was a round table, either for elegant dining or for gnawing bones. Only Su Erniang took care of the younger brother on the left from time to time and smoothed his sleeves. Just wipe the oil stains on the cheek of the sister on the right. She is a gentle and bright head sister.

While Shuang Rui was feeling sorry for the Su family, he looked at the little master, always paying attention to what he had eaten and whether he needed to serve more dishes. He glanced at the small plate and found that the chicken drumsticks Su Er Niang had put for him were still in the small plate. Could it be that dislike?

Shuangrui wanted to step forward to remind him, but when he saw the young master eating steamed pork ribs piece after piece, he stopped thinking and remained quietly invisible.

Su Xiaomei is six years old this year. She is about the age of a glutinous rice dumpling. She has a plump oval face, just like Su Ruojin in the past. She is white and pink, and very cute.

Hunting the chicken wings with his meaty little hands, he glanced at the chicken thighs in Zhao Lan's hand from time to time. When his eyes met Zhao Lan, he grinned in a cute way. The meaning was self-evident.

 But the elder brother, who is three times older and one year older, seems to be unable to understand the little lady's wishes.

Su Xiaomei didn't give up. She finished eating the chicken wings and asked with a smile: "Brother Zhao, don't you like chicken thighs?" Her big eyes blinked, as if to say, if you don't like it, just give it to me.

Zhao Lan glanced at the cute little girl, reached out and took a piece of steamed pork ribs and placed it in front of her.

Su Xiaomei’s eyes still moved to the chicken leg.

 Zhao Lan smiled and said gently: "This is delicious too."

 (*@ο@*)Wow~

Brother Zhao is good-looking, has an even better smile, and talks nicely. Six-year-old Su Xiaomei was also fascinated by the handsome boy. She reached out to take the steamed pork ribs with vermicelli. She took a bite and said, "Brother Zhao's sandwich is so delicious." ”

Su Ruojin:…

 Prince Zhao's face was even eaten by children, and its lethality was really impressive. Su Xiaomei was shaking her head after eating it, and she was so happy.

Su Ruojin looked at the chicken leg and reminded with a smile: "Little Prince, the meat will turn into wood when it gets cold. Eat it while it's still hot to make it tender."

Zhao Lan lowered his eyes at the chicken thighs and reached out to pick them up.

Su Ruojin saw that he finally moved his chopsticks and ignored him. Just as he was about to wipe Lala's hands with a towel, a chicken thigh was brought to her, "Ajin, help me eat it."

Su Ruojin:…

Fan Yanjia, who was chewing chicken thighs:…

 Su Silang, who has not finished eating the chicken wings:…

Su Xiaomei’s little mouth rested on the bone, her eyes widened, why did Brother Zhao give the chicken thigh to Sister? She turned to look at her sister again, what's going on?

Zhao Lan glanced at his glutinous rice.

Su Ruojin, who was almost stunned and unable to recover, asked doubtfully: "What do you mean, the little prince has eaten too much glutinous rice and can't eat the chicken thighs?"

It’s okay for the young lady to understand this way. Zhao Lan smiled and nodded.

Su Ruojin blinked, reached out to take it, and handed it to her little sister.

Zhao Lan blocked her, "She is young, so be careful about her food accumulation."

Everyone looked at the slightly chubby Su Xiaomei, and then at the table where she was eating. Except for one chicken wing bone, it was the ribs that the little prince gave her just now.

 Children seem to be having a lot of fun eating, but in fact they can’t eat much.

Will eating another chicken leg make you accumulate food? Fan Yanjia and Su Silang looked at each other. Both families lived a well-to-do or above life, and there was no shortage of food. It seemed that they would accumulate food.

Hearing Zhao Lan's words, Su Ruojin stared at him with a surprised smile and thought, will Prince Zhao take care of the child? Do you know how to accumulate food?

 Only Su Xiaomei was the most aggrieved, "Brother Zhao, I can still eat, I won't accumulate food."

“What should I do if I don’t look good if I eat too much?” Zhao Lan stared at the glutinous rice dumpling Su Xiaomei, looking like she was fat and looked bad.

Su Xiaomei looked at herself, then subconsciously touched her face and looked at her little hands, which immediately drooped: "Dad told mom that I am a little fat. Brother Zhao, don't you look good?"

Zhao Lan smiled and said, "It will look better if you eat two more pieces of pork ribs."

 The love for beauty is probably present in even babies.

Su Xiaomei immediately shouted, "Brother Zhao, I want to eat ribs." She wanted to look as good-looking as Brother Zhao.

"Okay." Zhao Lan put the chicken legs into Su Ruojin's bowl and gave Su Xiaomei a piece of ribs.

 What logic? Su Ruojin was confused by Zhao Lan. She looked at the big one and the small one, then looked at the chicken legs in her bowl. What was going on?

Su Xiaomei ate the ribs without looking at Zhao Lan, as if she wanted to get his approval. If she eats the ribs, she will look better.

Zhao Lan looked at Su Ruojin who was in a daze, smiled slightly, and reminded: "Eat it while it's hot!"

Well? Is this what she just reminded you?

The little lady looked at the drumstick with a puzzled look? Zhao Lan smiled and looked at the small pile of ribs and bones in the small plate at hand.

Su Ruojin was hesitating whether to eat chicken legs or not. Following Zhao Lan's gaze, Su Ruojin didn't want to eat chicken legs, but Zhao Lan had eaten most of the plate of steamed pork ribs with lotus leaf powder.

 It turns out this guy likes Xiaopai! The pork ribs are wrapped in spice powder and steamed. The bones and flesh are connected, one bite at a time, and the mouth is full of juice. Who doesn't love this kind of pork ribs!

She grinned and said, "Thank you, little prince!"

Su Silang had already been coveting the big chicken drumsticks for a long time. He bared his teeth and smiled, "My sister didn't even call me Brother Zhao, but she still had chicken legs to eat. I even called Brother Zhao several times but he didn't eat it. Brother Zhao, you are partial."

Zhao Lan: ...What is the little kid doing here?

Su Ruojin: ...How can you feel guilty about eating a chicken drumstick?

 Fan Yanjia: ...What is going on? Why did Zhao Lan give up the chicken legs to thirteen-year-old Ah Jin? Why didn't he have the tradition of respecting the elderly and caring for the young? Was it because he didn't take the scientific examination? Fortunately, I participated, so when I got the chicken leg, I gave it to the younger ones. Fan Yanjia almost flashed her tongue when she saw the chicken leg bones in front of her and who gnawed them.

There are tables of all sizes, except for the little master, all of them are unwise. Shuangrui raised his head and looked at the beams of the roof. Madam Su Er, Madam Su, you only think about taking care of your younger siblings and don’t eat yourself. My master feels sorry for you, so I gave it to you specially. Save the chicken thighs, can you feel it?

Mao Ya came in to bring lotus leaf tea, which interrupted the commotion about chicken thighs on the table. After drinking the lotus leaf tea to relieve tiredness, everyone started to drink again until they were full.

 To digest food after eating.

Now the Su family has two entrances and two exits, with the inner and outer courtyards clearly defined.

Zhao Lan can no longer sit in the corridor and see Su Ruojin playing or busy. Even if she is enjoying the breeze in the lounge chair in the corridor and looking at the scenery in the courtyard, it is no longer the same as it was a few years ago.

 After taking a nap, Su Ruojin came out of the inner courtyard and prepared to go to the kitchen to make dinner.

Zhao Lan stopped: "I'm going to treat you tonight at Fuxi Restaurant." It belongs to Zhao Lan's property. So, in the evening, the Su family all went to Zhao Lan's restaurant to save Su Ruojin from cooking the stove in person.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, but there is very little rain. The water level of the moat has dropped sharply, and the water supply in Bianjing City has become tense for a while.

After discussion, the Su family decided to go to Dongshan outside the city except Su Dalang who was studying and Su Yanli who was on duty.

 On the one hand, you can escape the heat, and on the other hand, the water source outside the city is better than in the city with a large population, so there will be no water shortage.

Su Yanzu somehow heard that the Su family went to Dongshan to escape the summer heat, so he went to find Su Ruojin and asked her to take care of Shangguan Island.

“Brother-in-law, are you mistaken? He is older than me, and you still ask me to take care of him?”

“I’m sorry, Ah Jin, the weather has been bad recently, and his health is getting worse and worse. I asked him to go into the city, but the environment in the city is not suitable for him to recuperate, and the princess’s affairs are complicated, so...”

 Complicated affairs?

Su Ruojin looked at him thoughtfully. Could it be that the period of love has passed and things have finally returned to normal?

Su Yanzu felt his scalp numb at the sight of his little niece, and sighed, "The imperial medicine Ayu takes is not so easy to get."

"Oh~" Su Ruojin responded in a strange tone, "Okay, I understand."

 “Thank you, Ajin.”

Su Ruojin waved his hand and said, "My father and eldest brother are in the city. You can also help take care of them."

Su Yanzu smiled bitterly: "I've really thought about it."

 Forget it, just pretend she didn’t say this.

Yang Siniang came to see Su Ruojin. Knowing that she was going to escape the summer heat, she wanted to go with her.

"This requires your mother's consent. If she doesn't agree, I won't dare to take you there."

Yang Siniang quickly ran back to find her mother.

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“Dad, if the office is not busy, you can take a few days off and go to Dongshan.”

Su Yanli nodded, "I know, you should be careful and pay attention to safety outside the city."

“Dad, don’t worry, Uncle Huaping is in Dongshan.”

Su Yanli felt relieved when the people from the small county prince were there. He sent his wife and children to Dongshan Xiaoyuan. He returned to the capital, and Shu Tong stayed in the capital with him to take care of Su Ji's business.

Yang Siniang and her mother Waimao went out of the city to escape the summer heat with the Su family.

The two young ladies ate and slept together. Yang Siniang was very excited, "Ah Jin, we are already thirteen. We will get married in the next two years. Once we get married, we will get married. We will never have such an opportunity to play together again." ”

Su Ruojin disagreed, "If you want to go out, make an appointment. Just like now, we eat and sleep together. Now we are best friends, but from now on we will just have half a day's leisure. You have to give yourself a holiday in life."

 If Ah Jin can think of it, he can do it.

"As long as you can call me out, I will come out with you." Yang Siniang was happy but a little sad.

"What's the matter?"

The two young ladies were lying on the couch by the window, looking out through the screen window. The moon was passing through the clouds, and the breeze blew through the screen window, blowing onto the young lady's face so tender that it could pinch water.

Yang Siniang sighed, "My marriage is almost done."

"Whose family?" Su Ruojin sat up suddenly, "Is it your maternal cousin?"

Yang Siniang nodded, "If nothing else, my aunt feels a little dissatisfied that my father has been a supervisor for many years and has offended many people. It is not helpful to my cousin's future, so I don't agree with it."

Su Ruojin actually disagrees with her cousin marrying her cousin, but the one with the best conditions for Yang Siniang currently is her cousin from Zheng Guogong's mansion, and if she marries into Zheng Guogong's mansion, she belongs to her maternal grandfather's family, so she doesn't need to enter a strange environment to adjust.

For an ancient young lady, getting married is like being reincarnated. Once she marries the wrong person, her whole life is almost over, so she can't say that her cousin is likely to have deformed children if she marries her cousin.

 She reached out and held her best friend in her hand and asked, "Then do you like your cousin?"

Yang Siniang pouted, "I don't know either."

Su Ruojin heard this and was dissatisfied with her attitude towards marriage. "If you like it, you just like it. If you don't like it, you don't like it. You don't know what it means?"

Yang Siniang lost her previous liveliness and became dull, "My cousin didn't like me very much when he was a child."

 But what Su Ruojin heard from her every time she returned to Zheng Guofu was that her cousin was older than her cousin. In other words, Yang Siniang liked his cousin.

When watching the lanterns during the Lantern Festival in the past two years, she saw the second son of Zheng Guofu. His appearance and temperament were definitely better than ordinary people, but he couldn't compare with Fan Yanjia and Zhao Lan. He was considered average among the children of aristocratic families.

 But Yang Siniang and she are also ordinary young ladies, and what they want is an ordinary life. Therefore, if they are in love, it is not outrageous for a woman to marry a little higher.

Su Ruojin sighed, "Does your mother know that your cousin doesn't like you very much?"

Yang Siniang nodded, "My mother said this is the best husband's family I have found so far. Even if I don't like it a little bit, they are still cousins, so they won't be any worse."

She didn't know what to say, so she squeezed her hand and looked outside, "Look, the colorful clouds are chasing the moon."

Yang Siniang seemed to have no intention of letting go of this topic, "Ajin, what about you? I heard that your family doesn't agree. The Wen family has found a daughter of a sixth-rank official. The official rank is higher than yours."

Su Ruojin reached out and patted her, "I don't even know where you found out."

Yang Siniang smiled and said, "Now I often go to the milk tea shop to help out, as I heard from the ladies of the government who drink milk tea."

“I have no intention, of course they will have to look for me again. Isn’t this normal?”

“Alas!” Yang Siniang sighed, “If my father didn’t offend so many people, maybe there would be many people coming to my house to propose marriage!”

 Because Mr. Yang offended too many bureaucrats, the marriages of the Yang brothers and sisters seemed to be unsatisfactory. Mrs. Yang must have loved her daughter when she married Yang Siniang back to her natal family!

Unconsciously, they have all grown up!

Looking at the moonlight outside the window, she was only thirteen years old and was about to start talking about marriage. Su Ruojin smiled helplessly.

 The two young ladies chatted for who knows how long before they fell asleep.