Chapter 665 Fried Fish
"Grandma, you don't even help me." He covered his butt and pouted.
As if he had suffered a great injustice.
"Oh, grandma didn't hear me. Otherwise, Pingmei, please hit me again and I'll go out to save Tongtu." Zhang Jinlan's words made Jiang Tongtu almost cry.
"grandmother!"
He stamped his feet on the spot.
"Okay, stop messing around. Come, grandma will reimburse you and give you an extra two taels."
Why get angry when you have money?
Jiang Tongtu was instantly happy.
"Fifth brother is so easy to coax. Look at how worthless he is." Jiang Ruyi curled her lips speechlessly.
"Hush, don't let fifth brother hear it, or he'll cry in front of you." Jiang Fubao quickly covered his second sister's mouth.
The fifth brother only grows in age but not in brains.
His temper is still the same as before.
He loves to eat and play. He gets angry easily, but is also easy to coax.
Jiang Tongtu, who got the silver, had no memory of being betrayed by his father and beaten up by his mother.
He ran to find the young man from the Liu family and returned the silver before coming back.
It was completely dark and the lanterns in the yard were lit one after another.
There is red light everywhere.
Jiang Fubao returned to her room and took a fragrant bath. She leaned on the bed with two pillows behind her waist.
Then I held the book and read it.
On the left is a nanmu side table, on which are placed a plate of peeled peanuts, a plate of peeled grapefruits, and a cup of hot milk.
Xue Huan was sitting on the edge of the bed, cross-legged, reading with her.
I would sneak a few peanuts from time to time.
Jiang Fubao chuckled.
This little fool, the sound of peanuts crunching, does he really think there is no sound?
"Eat it if you want. I'll give you the grapefruit too."
"Hehe, thank you, miss." Xue Huan then started to eat openly.
The young lady got a batch of storybooks from somewhere. They were written in very beautiful words and she was fascinated at the first sight. But just reading the storybooks made her feel empty in the mouth and she always wanted to eat something.
"Come and lean against me. It's bad for your eyes to look down at the book like this."
Seeing her curled up on the edge of the bed, Jiang Fubao moved in a little and let Xue Huan lie side by side with her.
Don't forget to cover her with the quilt.
The master and servant have been together since childhood and are almost like real sisters.
After reading the book, the two even slept in the same bed.
The cold wind was blowing outside, rolling the small snowflakes together and blowing them everywhere until they fell down.
The lantern was on all night.
When I woke up at dawn, it was already white outside.
Jiang Fubao put on a pink silk cotton tunic. This kind of fabric is warm to the touch and is very suitable for wearing in winter. It is sewn with thick cotton quilting inside, which is very warm.
The cuffs and collar are inlaid with a circle of white rabbit fur, making people look cute and lovely when wearing it.
Jiang Fubao wore a moon-white vest over his cotton padded tunic, on which were embroidered many Chinese characters for "Fu" (blessing) with gold thread. It shone brightly in the daylight, and it was obvious at a glance that it was of great value. It was made of cloth that Yun Lan had asked Butler Fang to send over. Jiang Ruyi also had one.
As for her lower body, Jiang Fubao didn't wear too thick clothes. She stayed in the main room most of the time today. When she went to set off fireworks, she put on a thick satin cloak. The cloak was lined with fox fur, so she wouldn't feel cold even if she stood in the snow for a whole day.
"Miss, do you want to wear these shoes or these little deerskin boots?"
After putting on the clothes, Xue Huan brought two pairs of shoes. One pair was made of satin, and there was a piece of mutton-fat jade on the upper of each shoe, which was very gorgeous.
The other pair is for warmth.
There is rabbit fur inside and deerskin outside. The two layers of leather are sewn together. Not only is it waterproof, it can also keep your feet warm. It just doesn't look that good.
"It's snowing outside, so just wear small boots." Jiang Fubao said, pointing at the deerskin boots.
"Okay, miss." Xue Huan squatted down and helped her put on her shoes.
Jiang Fubao sat next to the dressing table again. In front of her was a bronze mirror, which made her look like a person in a painting, somewhat unreal.
"Let me comb a new bun for the young lady?" Xue Huan said again.
"Okay, I'll do whatever you say." Jiang Fubao always dotes on her.
By the time she came downstairs, it was already a quarter of an hour later.
Jiang Fubao didn't wear any jewelry today. She only had a hairpin and a few golden flowers in her hair.
The Buyao is in the style of a palace lantern and is very delicately made.
There was also a long string of tassels on it, and when one walked, the tassels made of gold made a slight tinkling sound.
Jiang Fubao deliberately did not walk along the corridor. She walked on the snow to the entrance of the courtyard. Her deerskin boots did not make her feet feel cold at all.
Yesterday, she specifically told the servants not to clean the snow in the yard today.
Only with snow can there be artistic conception.
There was a Chinese New Year atmosphere. After eating the New Year's Eve dinner, she would build snowmen and have snowball fights in the yard with her brothers, sisters and nephew.
Isn't it happy?
"Grandma, what do you want to eat in the morning?" The door to the main room was only half closed.
There are several charcoal stoves inside, which makes it very warm.
The contrast between cold and hot makes the temperature just right.
"Eating dumplings in the morning is the best way to be together. There are boiled, fried, and steamed dumplings, and they come in sweet and salty varieties. Fubao can make whatever he wants."
Zhang Jinlan has already started eating.
Jiang Fubao walked closer and saw that it was exactly as grandma said.
There are all kinds of dumplings.
Some are made of noodles, and some are made of glutinous rice and cabbage.
She tried one of each.
Finally I found that cooked glutinous rice dumplings are the most delicious, especially those with sesame filling.
After breakfast, the Jiang family members went about their own business.
Some were putting up spring couplets, some were moving tables and chairs, and still others were preparing bamboo plaques and pots, thinking of having fun after the New Year’s Eve dinner.
Do it yourself, it will have a more festive feel.
The servants were resting in the backyard.
Jiang Fubao went to the kitchen with his second sister, grandmother, and aunt to help prepare the New Year's Eve dinner.
"The fish that Madam Yun sent me seems to have been fried. It's called fried fish. We have never eaten it before. How do we eat it?"
Qian Xile felt a headache as he looked at the fish fried into a brown sauce in the pot.
Not to mention her, even the cooks don’t know how to do it.
But Jiang Ruyi just happens to be able to do it.
"I saw it on the street when Fubao took me to Jiangnan before. The old man selling fried fish told me that this was a unique way of eating in their county. The county was surrounded by lakes on three sides, and every household ate and sold fish all year round, and they lived a very prosperous life.
In winter, when they get tired of eating salted fish, they will cut a certain type of fish with large bones and few bones into pieces, salt it, and fry it. This way it can be preserved for a long time. Then every time you eat it, you can simply roast it or steam it, and you don’t need to add salt. ”
Jiang Ruyi likes cooking and loves to pay attention to these things, even Jiang Fubao doesn't know.
She actually knows so much.
"In that case, let Ruyi fry the fish. I'll go make the chicken soup." Qian Xile nodded as if he understood, and pushed the basin in his hand towards Jiang Ruyi.
The women in the family are all capable, but Jiang Fubao has nothing to do.
She helps here and there.
The main character does nothing, but gives people the feeling that she is very busy.