Chapter 172 Zhou Tangtang
Xie Yanyan felt something was wrong and asked Xie Lingyu: "Little brother, please tell me clearly, who is here?"
"It's the princess. Zhou Tu calls her the princess. She came in a big carriage and brought us a lot of delicious food and water."
Xie An stopped and said, "You said she sent a lot of things?"
"Yes, she came with five carriages, carrying rice, flour, vegetables, water, chickens, ducks, geese, cloth... lots and lots of things." Xie Lingyu said happily, "My sister-in-law is talking to her now!"
What's going on?
The sun rises from the west, right? Will Princess Xiyue send something home? Will Song Lingling talk to her?
The group hurried home and met Zhao Yining on the way. He said happily, "Have I pointed out the field for you?"
Xie Anfeng clasped his fists and said, "Okay, thank you, General."
"You are in such a hurry, what's the matter?"
"My son said Princess Xiyue is here."
Zhao Yining was a little annoyed when he heard this. What did the Nanzhong Palace want to do? Why did they want to reach out so far?
He did not go to the military camp either. He followed Xie Anfeng to Xie's house to see what kind of person the Princess of King Nanzhong was. She was so rampant and reached out to his camp again and again.
The family entered the yard and saw several carriages parked inside and outside the yard, as expected, and two fast horses. Several coachmen stood beside the carriages, waiting quietly.
The things had been unloaded and were placed all over the yard.
The yard was filled with the smell of wormwood, which repels mosquitoes.
Song Lingling was talking to a young girl. The girl had thick eyebrows, big eyes, a high nose and red lips. She smiled very friendly and her fair skin was in sharp contrast to the Lingnan people in front of her.
Not McDull?!
Xie Anfeng, Xie Ning and Xie Yanyan were all shocked. The anger in their hearts that had been wanting to attack McDull was suddenly replaced by surprise.
Who is this?
The woman heard the sound of the wooden door and turned to look over.
Among the Xie family’s group of people, Xie Yanyan was spotted immediately.
He still looks childish, thin and tall, with willow-shaped eyebrows, phoenix eyes, a high nose, a cherry mouth, a serious face, and a cold and unruly look.
She stood up and smiled brightly, but she couldn't hide the heroic spirit between her brows.
When Zhou Tu saw them coming back, he immediately said to Xie Anfeng, "General Xie, this is Princess Changping of the Nanhai Palace, the eldest sister of Prince Zhou."
He also introduced Xie Anfeng, especially Xie Yanyan, to Princess Changping.
"Princess, this is Miss Xie, the one who defeated Princess Xiyue and helped us get the first salt well."
Zhou Tangtang walked a few steps to Xie Yanyan, held her hands with both hands, and said with a smile: "Xie Yanyan, my name is Zhou Tangtang, you don't have to call me princess, you can call me sister Zhou or sister Tangtang, it's better to just call me sister, so as to avoid alienation."
Xie Yanyan accepted the advice: "Hello, Sister Zhou."
Zhou Tangtang laughed loudly, gave Zhou Tu a thumbs up and said, "You win."
Xie Yanyan didn't know what was going on and just looked at her.
Zhou Tangtang did not hide it and said, "Before we came here, I made a bet with Zhou Tu. I thought you would call me sister, but Zhou Tu said you definitely wouldn't, and at most you would call me Sister Zhou. Sure enough, he won."
While they were talking, Zhao Yining did not leave. He blinked and looked at Zhou Tangtang, and said in surprise: "Are you the Princess Changping?"
Zhou Tangtang looked at him and asked Xie Yanyan: "Who is he?"
"The commander-in-chief of Dongguan County, Commander Zhao."
"Oh, General Zhao, I am the Princess of Changping. What can I do for you?"
"No, no, no, I've heard of your great name for a long time." Zhao Yining came over happily and asked, "Why did the princess come to Boluo County? This road is not easy to travel."
"I'm here to ask Miss Xie for help. She has helped my palace so much, and she will also represent the palace in the fight for the Yuheng Salt Well. My brother is not here, so I have to come and ask for her help in person."
She took Xie Yanyan's hand and sat down, looking at Governor Zhao and said, "I heard that you are in charge of all the people coming from Kyoto?"
Zhao Yining always felt that he was going to call for punishment, but he was also a smiling tiger, smiling so hard that his two tiger teeth were exposed, and said: "Originally, Magistrate Zhuang took over, but an accident happened in the county government, and both father and son were in trouble, so this group of people was taken over by me."
He went on to explain that because Xie Anfeng's family had special circumstances, he made special arrangements for them.
Zhou Tangtang came to pick up Xie Yanyan in person, and naturally she was concerned about her situation, so she said politely, "General Zhao is very thoughtful. If you need help with the Nanhai Palace, just let me know."
Governor Zhao's expression became more promising, and he said, "In that case, I will ask for your guidance in the future."
Dongguan County and Nanhai Palace are adjacent to each other from north to south. If they can support each other, it is possible for him, as a military commander, to take charge of the entire Dongguan County in the future.
"I'm here this time to pick up Miss Xie to help my palace participate in a big competition. Time is quite urgent. Can Governor Zhao allow her to go with me for a few days?"
"Of course, there is no fault. Princess, just go with Miss Xie, and leave the rest to me."
Xie Yanyan had originally promised Zhou Shaoyu to help the Nanhai Palace seize the Yuheng Salt Mine. Now that Zhou Tangtang came to pick her up in person, she didn't act pretentiously.
"Let's cook and eat the fish that the princess brought!" As soon as she said this, Xie Lingyu immediately shouted happily: "There's pickled fish to eat again!"
Xie Yanyan asked Zhou Tangtang: "Can the princess eat spicy food?"
"Yes!" Zhou Tangtang smiled, and looked very much like Zhou Shaoyu, generous and open-minded.
Xie Anfeng invited Zhao Yining to have a meal together. Zhao Yining did not refuse and told Cui Yu who was following him: "Go, fetch a few buckets of well water and a cart of firewood."
As requested by Xie Yanyan, Xie Ning rode a horse to the county town to buy vegetables.
The whole yard suddenly came alive.
Zhou Tangtang was very generous. The fish he brought them were all the best sea bass in the South China Sea. There were 5 sea bass, each weighing 6 or 7 kilograms.
Since the Jin Dynasty, sea bass has been the most sought-after fish among the nobles because of its tender meat and few bones.
Xie Anfeng helped to scrape the scales and fillet the fish. This time, Song Lingling did not ask Xie Ning to boil the pot. In the minds of the people in the Central Plains, men should not be close to the kitchen. It was inconvenient for her to do so during her pregnancy, but now that the baby is almost a month old, she can go out of bed and can no longer ask Xie Ning to boil the pot and cook.
Xie Yanyan did not hide anything. She marinated the fish, fried the soup base, made fish soup, and made sauerkraut fish.
The taste of pickled fish will be popular all over the country in the 22nd century, and foreign friends will enjoy it so much, let alone people today.
Xie Yanyan knew that this dish was popular, so when making it, she asked Xie Anfeng to fillet all the sea bass.
Seeing that Xie Anfeng had not had time to prepare a dining table at home, Zhao Yining brought a large dining table from the military camp and asked Cui Yu to bring chairs and stools.
Six large pots of pickled fish and side dishes were made at once.
Cui Yu was the busiest one, because Xie Anfeng had just settled down and the family was short of everything, so he had to run back and forth to the governor's office to move things.
Xie Anfeng's family, except Xiao Nannan, had seven people eating, including Miao Guang, Zhou Tangtang, five coachmen, four guards, Zhou Tu, Zhao Yining, Cui Yu... and they set up three tables.
Xie Yanyan watched the pickled fish being served on the table, and said to Xie Ning and Xie Anfeng, "Brother, father, take out the big wooden barrel under the table and share the chicken feet inside."
Zhao Yining looked at Zhou Tangtang and blinked. Did he hear it right?
Chicken feet?
That’s right, it’s nice for them to have some chicken feet to eat along the way.
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