Chapter 1869 Tasting
When Manbao finished packing and went to the kitchen, Xiao Qian had already prepared breakfast for them.
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang probably smelled the food, so they didn't eat at Aunt Rong's place and ran straight here.
Xiao Qian got up early today and there was a stone mill in the house, so she made soy milk and tofu.
She directly boiled soy milk for them to drink. Seeing Bai Shan and the others coming over, she smiled, served each of them a large bowl, and asked them to add sugar themselves.
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang greeted Old Zhoutou, Qian Shi and others politely, then sat down next to Zhou Man and reached out to take the meat pie placed in the middle of the table.
Manbao took a bite of meat pie and a sip of soy milk and said to the two of them, "Let's bring a meat pie for Changyu. Mingda will probably like it, so bring one for her too."
Bai Shan glanced at the meat patties on the plate and nodded. There were quite a lot of them, so they had no objection.
Xiao Qian had already blanched the wild vegetables, chopped them up, mixed them together, and then put them on a very beautiful plate for them.
This plate was a reward from Man Baode. He had kept it in the warehouse and was reluctant to use it. Old Zhou thought that if it could be used as a reward by people in the palace, how could it be an ordinary plate?
However, in order to prepare food for the princess, he always felt that the coarse pottery at home might not be up to standard, so he rummaged through the warehouse and found this set of porcelain. He didn't know that porcelain should be used in a whole set, and people who were particular about it would throw away the entire set if one piece was broken.
Old Zhou took out this plate alone.
At this time, Xiao Qianshi put the wild vegetables on the plate, but she was a little hesitant because the wild vegetables did not look very good.
But she still put the wild vegetables on it and put the plate in the food box.
Because Manbao wanted to bring pancakes, she took out another stoneware plate to put the meat pie. When Old Zhou saw this, he quickly stopped her and said, "Such a beautiful food box, plus such a beautiful plate, with a stoneware plate in the middle, it looks so ugly."
He said, "Don't we have a small bamboo basket at home, specially used to store steamed buns and cakes? Use that."
Although bamboo is cheap, he saw that his relatives next door often used it to carry things. Occasionally, when the two families sat together to eat, they used small bamboo baskets and small baskets to carry steamed buns and naan. Sometimes, bamboo items were also placed on the shelves where many treasures were placed, which looked particularly beautiful.
Manbao nodded repeatedly in agreement.
Old Zhou's house didn't have much, but there were plenty of bamboo woven items. Little Qian quickly found a flat basket with a woven flower pattern and put several meat patties in it.
Manbao quickly stopped her when he saw this, "That's enough, sister-in-law. If you bring too much, they won't be able to eat it all."
Xiao Qian smiled and said, "If I meet Master Yin at the palace gate, I can give him a taste."
Xiao Qian also liked Yin Huo, who was fair, well-behaved and polite.
Manbao shook his head and said, "He never enters through the palace gate, so we won't be able to meet him. But there's a chance we might meet Liu Huan. Forget it, let's bring one to him."
Xiao Qian counted and found that she had picked up six. The nobleman didn't have a big appetite, so she thought it was enough and put the basket into the food box.
She saw Manbao and the other two holding bowls and drinking fragrant soy milk. After thinking for a while, she took two bamboo tubes, filled them with the prepared soy milk, and hung them on their lunch boxes.
After Manbao and the others had eaten and drunk their fill, they carried their lunch boxes and got into the car together.
As usual, the Zhou and Bai families escorted the people to the door. After watching them get into the car, they gave the same instructions as usual, "Be good and obedient when you enter the palace. Don't act naughty. If you have any problems, tell Mr. Zhuang and your family. Got it?"
These words had to be repeated every time they entered the palace. Bai Shan and the other two were tired of hearing them, but they still nodded in agreement.
As usual, Daji waited until they finished talking before riding away. Old Zhou and the others watched the guards escort the carriage away before turning around to talk to Old Madam Liu.
The two families chatted for a while, and then went back to their respective courtyards. Bai Dalang also took his wife's hand and went back to the courtyard. Every ten-day holiday, he would take his wife back to Zhou's house to stay for two or three days, and sometimes he would just stay here.
Although Changqing Lane is more comfortable, they also like the hustle and bustle, right?
The carriage arrived at the imperial city at a leisurely pace, following the speed limit. It only slowed down when it reached the palace gate.
Chang Yu, who had been waiting at the palace gate for a long time, was immediately delighted when she saw the Bai family's carriage. When the curtain was lifted, she immediately waved excitedly and called out, "Manbao, Manbao——"
Manbao also waved to her happily. As soon as the carriage stopped, he jumped off and ran forward to greet her through the four guards. "I brought you some delicious food, including some meat pies my sister-in-law brought."
Chang Yu said, "I didn't have breakfast, so I got up early to wait for you."
After saying that, he pulled Mingda and said, "Mingda too."
Because it was spring, Mingda had a veil covering her mouth and nose. She smiled helplessly when Changyu held her.
Bai Shan took the food box down, but the guards sandwiched between the two sides stopped him with expressionless hands and wanted to check the food.
Bai Shan hesitated for a moment, but still opened the food box for them to see, wanting to see if he could see it.
When the guards saw the wild vegetables in the food box, veins on their foreheads twitched. He asked, "What is this?"
Manbao said innocently, "Wild vegetables."
The guards said ruthlessly: "Things that cannot be seen in their original condition cannot be sent into the palace."
Manbao knew that the wild vegetables had been chopped like this, so who could recognize them?
She waved to Changyu from a distance and called her, "Come out quickly and eat before you come back in."
The guards stared, how could this be possible?
Changyu picked up her skirt and tried to run out. The guards didn't know whether to stop her or not.
Mingda said to them, "We are right at the door. Don't worry, we won't run away."
Because it was Princess Mingda who spoke up, and Zhou Man himself was a famous doctor, they turned a blind eye and let it go.
Changyu dragged Mingda out and stood by the palace gate. In front of the guards, he sniffed the wild vegetable, wrinkled his nose and said, "It seems a little sour."
Manbao took the chopsticks from the food box and handed them to her, saying, "It's sour and a little sweet, very appetizing. Try it."
Chang Yu looked at the rather unattractive wild vegetable and carefully picked up a small piece with chopsticks and put it into his mouth. He felt a slight sour taste in his mouth, and a light chew made a crisp sound. The sour taste was mixed with a slight sweetness, and the fragrance of the wild vegetable spread over his tongue. Chang Yu's eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly, "It's very appetizing."
After that, he took a big chopstick and ate it, then said to Mingda: "Try it quickly, it's very wild and delicious."
Mingda knew it was delicious from her expression, so she took a pair of chopsticks from Manbao and tasted it together. She savored it carefully and nodded, "It's good. It's strange. I don't think I've ever eaten a dish like this."
Manbao said: "Of course, this is a wild vegetable."
(End of this chapter)
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