Duan Tingxuan smiled and said, "What are you talking about, grandma? It's my duty as a grandson to be filial to you. Why should I thank you? I can't bear that." As he spoke, he saw that the table was already full of dishes, so he pointed to a few dishes that Grandma Fang didn't like and said, "Take these away and make some space for me."
The servants all knew that the prince wanted to show off his filial piety today, so two or three maids smiled and walked forward, removed a few dishes that Old Lady Fang didn't like, and cleared a space in front of them. Duan Tingxuan turned around and waved, and Siping Shuangxi and Honglian Xiangyun walked forward, put the big food box on the table and opened it.
It turned out that each food box only contained one thing. For four people, there were four dishes in total. The bone soup in the large bowl was what Duan Tingxuan had personally requested. The remaining three dishes were made by Su Nuannuan herself, and even he didn't know what was in them.
Even though it was just four dishes, the young marquis had put a lot of effort into it. He spent the whole night in Meiyue Tower, and finally persuaded Su Nuannuan to show her cooking skills. For this, not only did she extort more than a dozen dishes of food, but he also slept in the abandoned wing of Meiyue Tower for a night.
The poor young marquis had always lived a life of luxury, but there wasn't even a decent bedding in his room. Su Nuannuan naturally wouldn't be so kind as to provide him with bedding, since he had been refusing to leave in the first place. In the end, they had to make do with a tattered mattress on the hard stone kang with Siping for the night. When he woke up this morning, his body was almost stiff.
It was a punishment, but the result was satisfactory to the young marquis. Although Su Nuannuan repeatedly warned him not to open the food box in advance to see what was inside, he once suspected that she was trying to frame him. However, Honglian repeatedly assured him that the food in the food box was made by her grandmother who had spent a lot of time and effort on it before dawn. Duan Tingxuan was still willing to believe Honglian, a steady girl. Judging from her performance in the past few days, Xiangyun had completely become corrupted by the company she had, but Honglian was okay. After all, she was the eldest girl and had her own ideas. She had not been completely transformed by her master.
So at this time, not only the whole room was curious, but even Duan Tingxuan himself was very curious, wondering what Su Nuannuan had carefully prepared? Yin took a deep breath, and under everyone's gaze, he slowly opened the lid of a large bowl, and suddenly felt a burst of cool air blowing on his face. Looking carefully, he saw that the large bowl was filled with a pile of white things mixed with some light yellow and light red. It was indeed something he had never seen before. Yin leaned forward to observe carefully, but heard Honglian explaining on the side: "Our grandmother said that this thing is called ice smoothie. It is made by grinding ice cubes into powder, adding milk and cantaloupe juice, apricot juice, peach juice, and a few cucumbers that grandpa sent yesterday. Grandma liked it very much and used two to mix such a bowl. The weather is hot this year, and grandma said that this is the best way to relieve summer heat. But the old lady said that after all, she is old, so she can't use it too much. She can only eat a few bites to whet her appetite."
Hugua is Hami melon. When the two small countries in the Western Regions paid tribute, they brought dozens of baskets. The emperor gave out 20 baskets as rewards. As the most popular among the nobles, Anping Marquis's Mansion was also fortunate to be given two baskets. Duan Tingxuan likes sweets, so he likes to eat this very much. When he went to Meiyue Tower to ask for food for Old Lady Fang yesterday, he brought a few to Su Nuannuan, hoping that she would be short-handed. So far, the effect is gratifying. This bowl of ice smoothie is obviously thoughtful. Although rich people also have the habit of eating ice in summer, they just break the ice and put it in sweet wine or water. They have never eaten it this way.
Sure enough, when this thing was revealed, others were fine, but Old Lady Fang's eyes lit up. Several children also widened their eyes, licked their lips and looked here unconsciously. Children are always most interested in new things, especially when this kind of thing looks delicious and beautiful. Few people can resist this temptation.
At that moment, Qiu Ling, the personal maid of Old Lady Fang, scooped a small bowl with a spoon and handed it to Old Lady Fang. The old lady couldn't wait to scoop a spoonful into her mouth, smacking her lips and savoring it carefully, then nodded and praised: "Good, very delicious, with the fragrance of apricots, the sweetness of melon and cucumber, and the sweetness of milk. The smoothie is also made very delicately. After swallowing it, it seems that even the heat in my heart is gone. It is really delicious. Who made this? It's hard to believe that she spent such a delicate thought."
As he spoke, he looked at Honglian and said hesitantly, "If I remember correctly, you are Nuannuan's personal maid, right? Was this made by your grandmother?"
Without waiting for Honglian to speak, Duan Tingxuan said quickly: "Grandma is right, it is the new thing made by Nuannuan. If you like it, eat a few more bites. Now that you have an appetite, we can eat something else." After saying that, he winked at the old lady in the room, so the old lady knew that something must be wrong. The expression of her grandson clearly showed that he would report to her later, so she did not ask any more questions, but just nodded and smiled: "Okay, okay, then I'll eat two more bites."
Sure enough, after a small bowl of ice smoothie, the old lady's heat disappeared, and she felt refreshed and happy. She also felt refreshed when she saw the table full of food. Duan Tingxuan was even more excited to see his grandmother enjoying the meal. He quickly opened the second lid and saw that the white and green inside were matched. The colors were good, but the whole thing was really unrecognizable. He looked up at Honglian, but saw that she just smiled. Then Xiangyun stood up and said with a smile: "Grandma, our grandmother said that this thing is called Liangpi. It is made of rice flour into a thin skin, cut, and mixed with cucumber gluten, with sesame paste, garlic water, soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, sesame oil and other condiments. It is the most appetizing and spleen-strengthening food. Take a bite and try. This cucumber is rare. If it weren't for my grandfather who found it from somewhere, this thing would not be made."
"This is nothing. There is a large greenhouse behind the East Palace. The cucumbers were obtained from the Crown Prince." Duan Tingxuan explained, then looked at the cold noodles and said, "I've never eaten this before. Old Ancestor, please try it and see if you like it?"
What's the question? Mrs. Fang is an old lady. Her taste buds have degenerated and she has no taste for anything. The cold noodle has a strong taste, sour and fragrant, which is very appetizing. After eating several bites, she suddenly remembered something and smiled, "Oh, this is delicious. I accidentally ate a few more bites. Well, there is no limit, right?"
Xiangyun asked in confusion: "What restrictions?"
Old Lady Fang said sadly: "An old lady like me is old and weak. Isn't that what your grandmother said? Because of this, she doesn't allow me to eat more smoothies." It turns out that the old lady couldn't help being greedy and still had some resentment in her heart.
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