Chapter 71 From now on he will be your senior brother
Baoya, Jingzhen and Yun Chenglu gathered around the stone table, and Nanxuan served each of them a large bowl.
Then he reminded: "Although I know the soup I made is delicious, but the old turtle soup is very nutritious, don't drink too much, just one bowl per person."
He knew that the little girl's appetite was not comparable to that of ordinary people, so he didn't want Baoya to have an unstoppable nosebleed later.
The three children nodded obediently, their eyes sparkling, and Nan Xuan was very satisfied.
The old turtle soup was particularly delicious and tasty, with tender meat. Poria cocos and red dates were added to the soup. Baoya ate it very quickly, and a large bowl of soup was gone in the blink of an eye.
She stuck out her pink little tongue to lick her lips, her eyes staring at the pot expectantly.
Jingzhen ate more politely, eating the turtle meat slowly and savoring the soup carefully.
Seeing Baoya staring at the pot eagerly, he got up and went to the small kitchen to bring out a plate of pastries and placed it in front of Baoya.
"Drinking too much old turtle soup will give you a nosebleed. Eat this instead."
Baoya looked down and saw a plate of golden chestnut cake, which immediately diverted her attention.
She picked up a piece of chestnut cake and looked at it. The cake was divided into five layers, with yellow chestnut paste as the skin, and golden cake and clear sand in the middle. There were also beautiful prints on the surface of the chestnut cake, and it was made very delicately.
She swallowed and took a bite. The sweet and sticky taste immediately filled her mouth, with the aroma of chestnuts and a hint of sweet osmanthus. It was delicious and not greasy.
As a qualified foodie, I will be very happy as long as there is delicious food.
So Xiao Baoya quickly started eating the chestnut cake seriously, forgetting the old turtle soup that had tempted her.
When Nan Xuan saw this, he secretly gave Jingzhen a thumbs up.
Jingzhen raised the corner of his mouth at him with a little pride. He knew this silly girl very well.
Baoya finished a whole plate of chestnut cake by herself, and licked her lips at the end, still feeling a little unsatisfied.
Nan Xuan asked her, "How is it? Is it delicious?"
Baoya nodded repeatedly: "It's delicious, and it tastes even better with osmanthus!"
"Have you ever eaten one without osmanthus?"
"Well," Baoya said, "the chestnut cake sold at Hongdouxuan doesn't have osmanthus flowers in it, so it tastes the same."
It only has the sweetness of chestnuts, without the sweetness of osmanthus, and it feels a bit thin.
Nan Xuan frowned slightly, but soon smiled again, "Are you full? Last time we picked chestnuts together, I made chestnut cakes and sugar-roasted chestnuts. Let's eat them together later."
Baoya nodded vigorously: "Okay! Let's eat together!"
Soon, Jingzhen and Yun Chenglu also finished drinking the old turtle soup.
The Chinese yam and old turtle soup made by Nan Xuan was just the right amount. Four people each had a bowl, and in the end there was only a pot bottom left, which he poured into his own bowl on the pretext that he was an adult.
Nan Xuan took the purple clay pot away and replaced it with two plates of chestnut cakes and a bowl of sugar-roasted chestnuts.
The four of them continued to eat around the small stone table, and Nan Xuan took out the fresh turtle shell he had peeled off.
"Here, little treasure, I've found the tortoise shell for you."
Baoya looked at the large, clearly patterned tortoise shell on the small stone table. The pieces were large and fresh, exactly as Grandpa Sun had requested.
She stretched out her little finger and poked the hard turtle shell in surprise. The turtle was so big, it was as big as the big basin she used to wash her face every day!
But suddenly she thought of something.
"Brother Xiaojing, Brother Nan, is the old turtle soup we just drank from it?"
Jingzhen and Nanxuan nodded.
Jingzhen said with a stern face, "It's his, what's wrong?"
Baoya remembered that when she, her mother, and her aunt were on the way to the field, she heard what the village head and others said.
"Hmm..." She tilted her head and looked at Jingzhen, thinking, "I heard the village head and others say today that the emperor's tortoise was lost."
Jingzhen and Nanxuan, who were sitting opposite Baoya, looked at each other: ...
But then Baoya said, "Tell me, who would steal the emperor's tortoise? What would they do with it?"
"Will you stew it and make soup like we do?"
Jingzhen: ...
Nan Xuan:......
"That shouldn't be the case," Yun Chenglu interjected, "The emperor's turtles must be very valuable. The thief who stole them must have sold them."
Baoya felt that what Yun Chenglu said made sense: "Yes, Second Brother is right. If it is a turtle raised by the emperor, it should be able to sell for a lot of silver!"
Nan Xuan, the turtle thief sitting across from her, narrowed his eyes and smiled: "So, Baoya, what do you think of the Chinese yam and old turtle soup?"
Xiao Baoya had no idea that the emperor's big turtle was missing and there was any necessary connection between it and the old turtle soup they drank today.
She recalled the delicious taste of the old turtle soup, and suddenly smiled with her eyes curved, nodded and said, "It tastes good!"
"That's all right," Nan Xuan was very satisfied with her answer. "Now that I've found the tiger bones and the tortoise shell for you, isn't it time for Xiao Baoya to become my disciple?"
Baoya was a child of her word, so she agreed obediently: "Okay, then I can't call you Brother Nan anymore, I have to call you Master Nan, right?"
Nan Xuan smiled and nodded: "Yes."
"However, just call me Master directly. It's a mess to call me male or female master."
"Oh." Xiao Baoya responded, not understanding what was so confusing.
Yun Chenglu, who was sitting next to him, suddenly discovered the problem.
He patted Baoya on the shoulder and said, "Sister Baoya, if you also accept him as your master, Jingzhen will be your senior brother in the future!"
"Senior Brother?" Baoya blinked and looked at Jingzhen who was sitting opposite her. "Little Brother Jing has become a senior brother?"
Jingzhen also looked back at her and nodded in agreement with what she said.
Jingzhen saw her staring at him without saying anything, and didn't know what was wrong.
After thinking for a while, he asked, "You... don't want to?"
Unexpectedly, Xiao Baoya shook her head like a rattle: "No, I was thinking, Senior Brother is also a brother, I will still call you Brother Xiao Jing from now on, okay?"
She felt that calling him Brother Xiaojing was easy to pronounce and sounded nice.
"Okay, you can call me whatever you want." Jing Zhen agreed immediately, his sword-like eyebrows raised slightly, hinting at his emotions.
In fact, he was looking forward to this. He had lived here with Nan Xuan for many years and had no playmates. It was not until Bao Ya and the others came that the courtyard became a little more lively.
If Baoya also became Nanxuan's apprentice, then she and Yun Chenglu would probably come here often, and the deserted courtyard would become lively.
He thought a lot, but Yun Chenglu next to Baoya couldn't sit still.
He came with Baoya, a soft and cute little girl, and she was accepted as a disciple by Nanxuan. What about him?
Seeing Nan Xuan peeling chestnuts alone, Yun Chenglu said anxiously, "Or else, take me in too!"
Nan Xuan paused while peeling chestnuts and looked up at him.
This kid actually has average talent. Apart from being born in a farming family and often doing farm work, which makes him a bit stronger than the spoiled young masters in the city, there's nothing special about him.
He glanced at Baoya, who was talking to Jingzhen, and curled his lips at Yun Chenglu: "Boy, do you want me to buy one and get one free?"
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