Ingredients that were not available in the Wen Mansion’s kitchen before are now available.
So for several days, Wen Ye locked himself in the west courtyard to study food.
The day before yesterday she had crispy roast duck, the day before that she had hot pot, yesterday she had homemade spicy and sour rice noodles, and today she plans to use good tea leaves to make a few cups of milk tea to satisfy her craving.
When I was at the Wen family, the tea delivered to Hengwuyuan was ordinary tea leaves, and the milk tea brewed from them always tasted wrong.
Today, after Wen Ye tasted a small bowl of Hong Xing's first trial bowl, he waved his hand and asked her to cook two new pots so that everyone could have a bowl.
Now, the servants in the West Courtyard all knew that their Second Lady had a lot of creative ideas about ingredients and could often create dishes with unusual flavors.
When they heard that they could also try the milk tea, they all waited eagerly in the yard.
There were also Xu Jingrong and Xu Jinglin who came quietly to the west courtyard again.
However, this time Xu Jingrong was smarter and brought Xu Yuxuan along as well.
This made it difficult for Lu to say anything.
The two brothers came for two consecutive days, so except for the crispy roast duck, they tried the hot and sour rice noodles and hot pot.
Although each person only had half a bowl, Xu Jingrong was satisfied.
Even the ordinary stir-fried dishes and stews cooked in Second Aunt’s West Courtyard are more tasty than those cooked in their East Courtyard.
At this moment, the two brothers were sitting in a row in the yard, warming themselves by the fire, looking towards the small kitchen from time to time, looking forward to the milk tea that would be prepared.
Xu Jingrong wished he could live in the west courtyard forever; the food at Second Auntie's place was so delicious.
He was somewhat envious of his younger brother Xuan, who would be able to move back to the West Courtyard next spring.
Although the second aunt gave him two boxes of obscure books, Xu Jingrong felt that how could an aunt who could come up with such delicious food and was willing to share it with him and Jinglin not be a good second aunt?
Second Auntie was also very nice to Xuan Di. Whenever she cooked something delicious, she would share a bite with Xuan Di. She would also be aware that Xuan Di had a small appetite and could not eat too much at one time, so she would only feed him one or two bites each time.
No matter how Xuandi begged coquettishly, the second aunt remained unmoved.
However, Xu Jingrong felt that the second aunt must be reluctant in her heart. In order not to show her soft heart, she could only keep her head down and eat her own food.
Second Auntie had sacrificed too much. She was not only a good second auntie to him and Jinglin, but also to Xuandi.
The word "mother" was about to come out from the bottom of Xu Jingrong's heart, and Wen Ye threw a snowball at Xu Yuxuan who was three or five steps away from him.
With a puff, Xu Yuxuan fell backwards into the snow hole, his short limbs swinging in the air.
Wen Ye stood beside him, with his hands on his hips, laughing without any hesitation.
Xu Jingrong saw this scene, swallowed his throat, and the certainty in his heart turned into "maybe", "possibly", "probably"...
The closer it gets to the end of the year, the busier Lu becomes.
As for Wen Ye, Liu Ya and Liu Xin had done all the accounting, and she didn't have to take care of the children, so she was free and had a lot of free time.
Every day he either drank or ate a lot, so every winter, Wen Ye would always gain three or two pounds.
In a blink of an eye, it was the first day of the month again. Wen Ye followed Xu Yuejia to the main courtyard for breakfast.
Mrs. Lu has been busy these days and has lost a lot of weight. Today she can finally take a break for half a day. However, when she saw Wen Ye's face, which had become slightly rounder, her heart still sank.
Wen Ye naturally noticed that the way Lu looked at her was different from before, but she couldn't pretend all her life, and sooner or later she would be exposed in front of Lu.
Mrs. Lu was only the eldest sister-in-law, at most half an elder. Wen Ye anticipated that the worst case scenario after her true nature was exposed would be house arrest and not allowing her to see Xu Yuxuan. Unfortunately, these two things were exactly what she wanted, so they had little impact on her.
However, her original plan was to tear off the outer shell layer by layer without making any noise, but she didn't expect to tear off half of it at a time.
But this also has its advantages now. It saves her a lot of effort, doesn't it?
For breakfast, Wen Ye ate white porridge, which was unusual for him, and didn't even take his favorite salty and crispy melon.
I ate barbecue and drank hot pot milk tea a few days ago, which made me feel a little hot and had a few blisters in my mouth. I have to eat light food for a few days.
But when I get tired of meat, I occasionally switch to some light porridge, which is quite good and has an indescribable sweetness.
Seeing Wen Ye enjoying even the porridge, Lu felt a little dissatisfied in her heart, so she said, "It's less than a month before the New Year, and the government is busy with many things. It's hard for me to handle it alone.
Why don't you stay with me from now on? You can see, hear and remember more. The Duke's Mansion has many legitimate and illegitimate relatives, and you and my second brother are newlyweds. Take this opportunity to get to know each other so that you won't lose your manners when you go out to visit others in the future."
Wen Ye: “…”
People really shouldn't show off too much. The two pounds of weight she gained are still too ostentatious.
Although the Duke's Mansion only has two direct descendants, Xu Yuejia and him, in the generation of Duke Xu, the old Duke's generation had seven or eight illegitimate children in addition to three direct brothers and sisters. Many of these direct and illegitimate branches married into the family, and they have many descendants, which continue to this day.
There are hundreds, if not a thousand, of faces to remember.
Wen Ye's mood suddenly became not so good anymore. She put down the porridge spoon and suddenly lost her appetite.
When Lu saw it, he felt satisfied and his appetite improved.
Xu Yuejia also noticed Wen Ye's action. He glanced at her rounder profile and suddenly thought of the servant standing guard outside his study.
It seems... I've gained a lot of weight.
To be precise, except for him, everyone in the west courtyard was round from top to bottom.
At night, Wen Ye lay on the bed, holding a book in her hands, her brows furrowed.
When Xu Yuejia finished washing up and walked out of the bathroom, she saw this scene.
He walked closer, lifted a corner of the bed, sat on the outside, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Wen Ye's eyes stayed on the pages of the book, and she replied slowly, "Your family has too many relatives."
In fact, before dinner, Lu informed her that the wife of Marquis Changnan, Sun Manyue, would be the host in five days. The invitation had been delivered to the Duke's Mansion this morning, in two copies, so Wen Ye had to go then.
But it is also true that the Xu family has too many relatives.
Hearing this, Xu Yuejia paused and said, "It's your family too."
Wen Ye didn't want to argue with him about this. She finally took her eyes off the book, turned her head and looked at him and said, "Since this is so boring, why don't we do something else?"
Xu Yuejia glanced at the book in her hand, looking puzzled for a moment, and then asked, "Have you read enough novels?"
"This is not a storybook." Wen Ye put the book in front of him and said seriously, "It's the Meditation Sutra. I've been studying it recently."
It's rare that I haven't read the storybook for once, so I must let him read it clearly.
When Xu Yuejia was not busy, she would still stay in the west courtyard to prevent the servants from talking about their discord.
However, most of the time, Wen Ye and he each had their own quilt and slept peacefully like the Chu River and Han River.
As long as Wen Ye doesn't take the initiative, Xu Yuejia will not overstep the mark.
Every time I can fall asleep calmly and on time at the hour of Hai.
Wen Ye is very satisfied with this.
Nowadays, Wen Ye rarely hides anything in front of Xu Yuejia. Even if they are a couple with no feelings for each other, as long as they meet, they can notice each other's changes and differences faster and easier than outsiders.
Therefore, Xu Yuejia had often seen Wen Ye reading a book with a crude cover intently on the bed.
As for the Meditation Sutra...it's not the first time I've seen it...
Therefore, Xu Yuejia's hand moved and slowly covered her waist.
When he was about to move forward, Wen Ye dodged to the side in a panic. Today was not her safe period. "My dear, have you also been getting angry recently?"
So you need her to cool down?
Xu Yuejia froze, his eyes dropped to the Tranquility Sutra in Wen Ye's hand, and after a long while he withdrew his hand silently and said, "Didn't you hint at me?"
Last time, she asked someone to go to the study to pass on those "secret codes". When he returned to his room that night, she placed this book of meditation on the bedside.
"When did I hint--" Wen Ye said halfway, lowered his head to follow his line of sight, and immediately explained, "I have eaten too much roasted food recently, and I studied the Jingxin Sutra to clear my internal heat and calm my mind."
"Why is that the only thing on your mind?" Wen Ye said, "I think you need to study more scriptures."
After saying that, he threw the boring scripture to him, took out a deck of cards from somewhere and said, "When I said 'do something else', I meant this."
"My dear, let's have some fun." Wen Ye said seriously, "I'll teach you how to play 'Little Cat Fishing'. Playing this can also help you clear your heat."
Xu Yuejia: "......"
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