Chapter 21 Milk, Egg and Fermented Rice Wine
Su Zhaoxin rubbed his butt, muttering to himself along the way: "I must write this down in my little notebook when I get back."
There was nothing else he wanted to do, he wanted to curse his third uncle a few more times in front of his elder sister. In short, Su Zhaoxin, who had been beaten, had a lot of grievances in his heart that he wanted to tell Su Changan.
But when I arrived at the gate of Su Changan's Meiyuan, I smelled the fragrance coming from the yard.
Su Zhaoxin rushed into the kitchen and saw Su Changan, who was wearing a shirt and cooking. His eyes were fixed on the shiny white food in the pot. He didn't seem to feel a single word of grievance at all, and his eyes were only on the big pot of white soup.
Su Changan glanced at Su Zhaoxin, who was lying on the side swallowing saliva, and said, "Didn't you get beaten? How come you're still alive and kicking?"
Su Changan was not surprised that Su Zhaoxin came here.
After all, Su Zifeng had just sent someone to tell him about the invitation sent by Xun Kuang.
And the invitation will be delivered by Su Zhaoxin.
Su Zhaoxin was originally a little taller than the stove, but in order to see the food in the pot clearly, he needed to jump a few times.
So after watching it for a few times, Su Zhaoxin asked greedily: "Big sister, what did you make? Why does it smell so good?"
Su Changan glanced at the greedy look of the little thing and said, "Milk, egg and fermented glutinous rice."
When Su Changan learned that Su Wan'er had been punished with a ruler, he was thinking about doing something to comfort the girl with pigtails.
But after thinking for a long time, I came up with milk and egg fermented glutinous rice wine.
Su Changan was not worried at all about whether Laozao existed. After all, this thing had existed in the Han Dynasty in his previous life, but it did not fully flourish until the Tang Dynasty.
Although the era I traveled to has nothing to do with that historical era, many things are similar.
So I just asked the cook in the yard if she had fermented glutinous rice.
The cook immediately said yes.
So Su Changan started doing it.
However, it is worth mentioning that Laozao is not rice wine, after all, the materials and processes used to make it are different. But if you want to say they are the same, Laozao can also be considered a sweet rice wine.
But in the final analysis, the two taste different, rice wine is sweet and fragrant, while fermented glutinous rice is sour and sweet.
Su Zhaoxin listened to the name of the food he had never heard of before, and jumped a few more times. He looked at the white soup in the pot, which was decorated with egg drops, and his mouth was almost drooling. "It smells so good! It has a sweet taste!"
Su Changan glanced at the little thing and said, "It's for Wan'er, don't think about it."
Su Zhaoxin got a little anxious when he heard this: "I sent you the invitation! I sent it to you after I got beaten. You can't be so partial!! I'm your brother too!"
Su Changan nodded and said, "Well, I know you were beaten. I also know that you are my brother, so what."
Su Zhaoxin became even more anxious. He looked at the cat over there, then at Yan Ruyu, and finally at the elder sister who sprinkled a handful of sesame seeds into the pot and then began to pour the food into the large bowl.
The delicious dish originally painted in white and yellow is now decorated with some small black embellishments.
Just looking at it makes me hungry!
The fragrance is even more fragrant!
Especially when Su Zhaoxin smelled the milky aroma that he had never smelled before, mixed with a slightly sour taste.
Su Zhaoxin looked at the soup and swallowed his saliva, becoming even more anxious. He even scratched his head and said, "My..."
He stammered and couldn't utter a word, and tears began to flow.
I was crying because of my greed.
That's what the little thing looks like now.
When Su Changan and the other two saw the look of this little creature, they didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
He immediately took out the bowl that had been prepared long ago, filled a bowl for the little fat boy and said, "Here, it's yours! You're still invincible. How can you be called invincible if you cry when you can't get food?"
Su Zhaoxin looked at the milk, egg and glutinous rice wine that was brought to him. Without saying a word, he reached out to take it and tried to drink it. However, as soon as it came out of the pot and touched his little mouth, he was immediately burned.
Seeing this, Su Changan said, "Slow down, no one is competing with you for it."
Su Zhaoxin said, raised her eyes and grinned: "It smells so good, you are worthy of being my big sister!"
Su Changan was helpless.
But the next moment, Su Zhaoxin put the bowl on the stove next to him and took out the invitation to the early winter poetry gathering from his arms: "Here, my brother Xun Kuang sent it. You and my second sister both have it. I personally sent yours. My second sister doesn't even have this honor. Look how good I am to you! I was even beaten up by my third uncle for this."
Su Changan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
I'm too lazy to complain about that word "brother Xun Kuang".
I took the invitation and looked at it. The workmanship was delicate and elegant, and the content on it was nothing more than official language like "Inviting Miss Su Changan" and so on.
So he just glanced at it and handed it to Yan Ruyu.
Yan Ruyu immediately put it away carefully.
The Early Winter Poetry Festival is an official poetry festival held by the Imperial College every year, and only twelve people are invited each time.
One can imagine how much importance the invited person holds in the Imperial College.
One can also imagine how many scholars in the capital were eagerly hoping to receive such an invitation.
But Su Changan was so casual that Yan Ruyu felt helpless, but she didn't say much.
Su Changan was too lazy to say more about the Early Winter Poetry Festival. After all, he really didn't want to go to that crappy poetry festival unless he had no choice!
Moreover, in his opinion, the poetry meeting was not as important as the milk, egg and glutinous rice wine in the pot!
After serving a bowl to Mao Mao and Yan Ruyu, he put two more bowls of milk, egg and fermented glutinous rice into the casserole.
Su Changan then put the two casseroles into the food boxes respectively.
Although it is complicated, it is safer and not easy to spill.
Su Zhaoxin looked at Su Changan's actions and asked, "Why are there two?"
Su Changan glanced at Su Zhaoxin who looked very happy and said, "I have prepared some for your second sister and will have someone send it over later."
Su Zhaoxin gave Su Changan a thumbs up again: "You are worthy of being my big sister. You treat us all equally!!"
But just as he was about to continue drinking happily, he looked at the bowl in his hand, then at the huge food box, and immediately looked at Su Changan with a bitter face and shouted: "That's not right, why is mine so little! You are biased again, aren't you!"
Su Changan was too lazy to pay attention to this little thing.
It’s good enough for you to eat!
This thing is meant to be drunk while hot.
So after everyone drank one bowl, even though Maomao and Su Zhaoxin wanted to drink a second bowl, they had to give up and follow Su Changan towards the yard where Su Wan'er was.
As for Su Linhan's bowl, Yan Ruyu delivered it personally.
Su Changan originally wanted to go there in person, but after thinking about it, he decided to give up and wait until after some time.
Let Su Linhan take it easy these days.
After all, we only met twice, and he made such a fuss.
…
Su Wan'er and Su Zhaoxin lived in the same courtyard with Su Zimu and Su Liushi.
After all, the child was still young, and Su Liushi was worried about letting him live alone in the courtyard of the fourth son of the Su family, so she simply took him in.
The yard is not far from Yimeiyuan.
Along the way, Su Zhaoxin talked about his "great achievements" today!
He said that his uncle was jealous of his ability to write such good poems, so he chased him around the yard and beat him.
But he was still very powerful. He dodged and only got hit a few times, while it was the uncle who was really exhausted.
When he said this, Su Zhaoxin jumped in front of Su Changan in an even more arrogant manner, with his hands on his hips and chest puffed out.
After Su Changan said, "You are worthy of being like this, you are really awesome," the little guy continued his story.
He also called Xun Kuang his brother, and Xun Kuang praised his poems.
In short, this cow
The blowing became louder and louder, and Su Changan couldn't bear it any longer.
Finally, they arrived at the gate of the courtyard and Su Changan breathed a sigh of relief.
When they arrived at the gate of the courtyard, a servant probably saw what was happening from afar, so he went in and reported it.
So when Su Changan and the others entered the yard.
Then I saw Su Liu waiting in front of the house.
but
Su Liu looked at Su Changan who was walking towards her, and Su Zhaoxin who was still chattering beside her.
Inexplicable.
Mrs. Su Liu thought of her child who had died young. If that child were still alive, he would be the same age as Su Changan, and would be walking like this with Su Zhaoxin.
but
Immediately, Su Liu threw this thought aside. It was ok for her to be reminded of people occasionally when seeing things in the past, but this kind of thought started when she saw people since Su Changan came. This thought was not good. Although she couldn't control it, she couldn't do it at all. It would not be good for Su Changan.
"Aunt!"
While Su Zhaoxin was chattering, he finally saw Su Liushi walking towards them. He immediately shouted and rushed over.
Then
Su Liu simply ignored the bastard and walked towards Su Changan.
"I just heard the servants say that you were here." Su Liu looked at Su Changan with joy.
Su Changan wanted to salute, but was stopped by Su Liushi: "Don't be so polite."
Su Changan smiled and said, "I made some food and sent it to you and Wan'er. I heard that the child was punished with a ruler this morning, so I came to take a look."
Mrs. Su Liu was even more delighted when she heard this. How could this child be so lovable? How could he have such a good personality?
But thinking of Su Wan'er, Su Liu frowned and said, "That child is just stubborn! Just like her mother! Even with her hands in that state, she still wants to copy books. No matter how much we persuade her, she won't listen!"
Su Zhaoxin, on the other side, saw that his aunt ignored him and was not very close to his elder sister, and he felt a little jealous.
I just muttered silently in my heart that my aunt ignored me today and was very affectionate with my elder sister. I made a note of it, but my elder sister gave me delicious food, so I didn't blame her. So I endured it.
However, this tiger boy thought so when he heard Su Liu and the others mention his sister.
He immediately ran towards Su Wan'er's study and shouted, "Sister! Come out quickly, big sister is here to see you, and she brought some delicious food. I forgot what it's called, but it's delicious. I brought you such a big bowl. If you can't finish it, give some to me."
Su Liu and Su Changan heard this
Mrs. Su Liu shook her head and said, "Why can't this child change his bad habit of asking for a beating? He's exactly like his father."
Su Changan just smiled and looked at Su Zhaoxin who kicked open the study door. Well, he really deserved a beating.
Su Zhaoxin was kicked out of the study by Su Wan'er.
However, when she saw Su Changan, Su Wan'er also trotted over.
Su Changan glanced at the hands of the girl with the ponytail. They were red, and if you looked closely, you could see that some of them were slightly blue.
This sir is really cruel.
After all, I brought food with me.
So Su Wan'er stopped copying the books and sat at the table with Su Chang'an and the others.
Su Zhaoxin was beaten by Su Wan'er, but he still didn't change his bad habits and kept introducing milk and egg fermented glutinous rice wine to Su Wan'er.
Su Liu drank a small bowl of tea and realized that she was disturbing the children, so she found an excuse and left.
As soon as Su Liu left.
Su Zhaoxin became even bolder!
Su Zhaoxin said directly: "Sister, listen to me, don't pay attention to our uncle, I won't copy the book! Look at your hands shaking when you hold the spoon! Our uncle is a heartless person. He knew you were like this, but he still agreed to let you copy the book. "
Without waiting for Su Zhaoxin to finish speaking, he began to bend over and wailing.
Because Su Wan'er kicked Su Zhaoxin hard under the table.
Su Changan smiled and said, "Actually, there is no need to copy books like this."
Su Wan'er looked at Su Chang'an, confused.
Su Changan smiled and took the spoon from Su Wan'er, then fed it to her and said, "How much have you copied today?"
Su Wan'er opened her mouth slightly with embarrassment, and after eating the egg, she said, "I copied the Encouragement to Study, but my hands hurt, so I copied slowly."
Su Changan asked with a smile: "Did you not write down a single word? You were just thinking about how to stop your hand from hurting."
Su Wan'er lowered her head and nodded slightly, not daring to look at Su Chang'an.
Su Changan smiled slightly: "Then what did you copy? Books are meant to be read. What is reading? To read, to remember, and to think. When you read, if you come across some meaningful poems left by the ancient sages, or sentences that you think are good, write them down and then think about them yourself. You copied so much, but you only care about your hands hurting. How can you remember and think about them? Isn't it a waste of copying? When you finish copying everything, it is in vain. You just completed the task of punishing yourself."
Su Wan'er's face twisted.
Su Changan smiled and continued, "I'm not saying that you're wrong to copy books. There's nothing wrong with it, but you shouldn't copy books now. It's a taboo to study blindly. Your hands hurt so much now that you're copying books. It's better to read more books and keep what you read for now. When your hands are better, you can copy them down and think about the principles in them."
"As for your reluctance to write poetry, I understand that it is nothing more than that you cannot write what you want to write. I can't teach you anything about this matter. You can only rely on yourself to read more. Reading thousands of books will make you write like a god. If you read more books, what you write will naturally reach a high level."
Su Wan'er lowered her eyebrows, thought carefully, then looked at Su Chang'an again and nodded vigorously: "Okay!"
Su Zhaoxin blinked and gave Su Changan two thumbs up in astonishment: "Great, you are worthy of being my elder sister. You are even better at explaining the truth than the gentleman! And you persuaded my sister!"
Su Wan'er frowned, "Hand!"
Su Zhaoxin immediately retracted his hand, and moved away in fear, afraid that Su Wan'er would kick him, and then he said, "You are more nosy than sir, uncle!"
Su Wan'er glared at Su Zhaoxin.
Su Zhaoxin's momentum, which had just emerged, then retreated again.
Su Changan smiled and continued to feed Su Wan'er.
I don’t know if it was because of Su Changan’s words, but the girl ate more happily than before.
During this period, Su Zhaoxin didn't say much, his eyes were always fixed on the casserole.
Until Su Wan'er said she didn't want to eat anymore.
Su Zhaoxin took over immediately.
Originally, Su Changan just came to see Su Wan'er and didn't want to disturb her.
So since we had almost finished eating, we decided to leave.
Su Wan'er was reluctant to leave, but she waved goodbye and said that she would study hard and would not be so stubborn in the future.
When Su Liu came out to see them off, she also heard all this and was extremely happy.
I thought to myself that finally there was someone who could teach Wan'er a lesson about her stubborn temper.
Su Changan didn't let Su Liu come out to see him off.
But Su Zhaoxin insisted on sending it.
Su Liu stood at the gate of the courtyard, watching the brother and sister leave.
Just as Su Changan had seen when he came here before, the friendship between these two siblings seemed to have lasted for several years, not just one or two days.
Just like what is said in the poem.
When the golden wind and jade dew meet, it is better than countless things in the world.
It would be great if Chang'an was really our own child.
Su Liu had no idea how many times she had expressed this sentiment.
…
"It smells so good. Big sister, how come you are such a good cook? The rabbit meat I had last time was so delicious, just a little spicy, but it was tasty! We are so lucky to have me in our courtyard, otherwise my uncle, aunt, and my sister wouldn't be able to finish it."
"Big sister, let's discuss something. Next time you make something delicious, can you tell me first? I'll be waiting for you. I'm the best at tasting the saltiness of food."
"Big sister, you understand so many things. Why don't you help me persuade my uncle to stop beating me. Although I'm used to being beaten, I have to save face. It's embarrassing to have so many people looking at me."
"Big sister, take me and my sister with you to the early winter poetry festival tomorrow. We've wanted to go for a long time, but Second Sister didn't take us the first two times. She's too petty! But you're different. You're so generous. You'll definitely take us to see the fun, right? Okay! If you don't say anything, I'll just assume you agree!"
"Big sister, I'll send you here. I'll go back and get my sister a book to turn the pages. My hands will probably hurt if she turns the pages, so I have to help her. It's agreed that you'll take me and my sister with you tomorrow."
…
Looking back at the road which was less than 20 meters long, Su Zhaoxin was chattering all the way.
Su Changan almost got beaten up.
But thanks to the little thing for saying the last sentence, otherwise Su Changan would have really taken action.
but
Su Zhaoxin left right away.
Maomao looked at Su Changan and said, "I may not be able to go to the poetry gathering tomorrow. I need to go back home. I've already told Commander Yan, and she said it's okay."
(End of this chapter)
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