The General's Wife
Because Chu Xiuming spoke a little late, the kitchen had not prepared the rabbit in advance, so Shen Jin had roasted chicken in the evening. The meat was delicious and had a hint of sweetness. Shen Jin squinted her eyes while eating, but her eating manners were very delicate. Even if she just chewed the whole chicken leg, her face would not be covered with oil. The most important thing was that she ate very quickly.
Chu Xiuming saw Shen Jin gnawing on the chicken leg in small bites, his cheeks puffed up, and then he swallowed and repeated the action. After eating a chicken leg and two chicken wings, he looked at the other chicken leg hesitantly, thought for a while, then took the handkerchief prepared by Anping and wiped his mouth, and drank a small bowl of porridge with pickled vegetables.
"Are you full?" There was also a roasted chicken in front of Chu Xiuming and Chu Xiuyuan, but it was much bigger than Shen Jin's, like the difference between a father chicken and his son.
Shen Jin nodded with satisfaction, "I can't eat anymore."
Chu Xiuming also noticed it, otherwise, according to Shen Jin's behavior, he would definitely eat the whole chicken, so he directly took the plate in front of Shen Jin, gave the chicken legs to Chu Xiuyuan, and ate the chicken breast and other parts that Shen Jin disliked.
Shen Jin blushed, looking at Chu Xiuming's appearance, and suddenly said, "Actually, I think I can still eat a piece of chicken skin."
The chicken skin is the most delicious part of the whole roast chicken. Shen Jin looked at Chu Xiuming expectantly. Ever since Chu Xiuming eavesdropped on her conversation with An Ping today and did not punish her, Shen Jin has become much bolder, like a tamed cat. She is no longer cautious and instead stretches out her claws to scratch the owner. Seeing that the owner is not angry, she scratches again. If the owner is still not angry, she continues to scratch until the owner pats her head lovingly... The days of being domineering have come!
Didn't Chu Xiuming realize it? He had already seen through Shen Jin's cunningness. After all, she was like this when she first arrived in Border Town. However, it was unknown whether Chu Xiuming deliberately condoned or created opportunities for Shen Jin.
It took Shen Jin several months to achieve her goal since she got married, but now it only took a dozen days...
Chu Xiuming raised his eyebrows and glanced at Shen Jin. His eyes were beautiful and had a cold taste. When he looked at someone quietly, it was as if you were the only one in the world who could catch his eyes. His eyes swept over Shen Jin's belly. Shen Jin involuntarily straightened his waist and sucked in his stomach, then held his breath and looked at Chu Xiuming.
"Hahaha!" A laugh came from Chu Xiuyuan, "Sister-in-law..."
Even the maid in the room couldn't help but smile. Shen Jin looked at Chu Xiuyuan in confusion, but missed the rare smile on Chu Xiuming's lips. It was shallow and short, but like the first ray of sunshine shining on the ice.
Shen Jin looked at Chu Xiuyuan who was laughing non-stop, and then looked at Chu Xiuming, who had a noble temperament and seemed to be out of touch with the world, but had actually eaten two and a half roasted chickens. Her red and tender lips moved, and she looked at Zhao Ma with a wronged look, but Zhao Ma was still surprised by Chu Xiuming's smile and didn't notice Shen Jin at all. Shen Jin felt even more aggrieved now, and could only look at Anping.
An Ping was about to remind him when he saw Shen Jin couldn't hold her breath anymore, and then she exhaled in one breath. Her stomach couldn't hold it tight either, and because she had been holding her breath for a long time, her cheeks were flushed, and even her eyes became moist.
Madam Zhao finally reacted. Seeing Shen Jin's pitiful appearance after being bullied, she said with a guilty conscience, "Madam, didn't you specifically ask the kitchen to make soup for the two young masters? Why don't I ask them to serve it now?"
"Okay." Shen Jin quickly agreed, and then said, "I asked the kitchen, and they happened to have..." At first, he was trying to change the subject, but after a while, he was immersed in it. After Zhao Ma brought the soup, Shen Jin personally served it to the two of them, "My mother told me that these things are very nutritious, and stewing them in soup is the best way to nourish people."
Chu Xiuyuan took a sip and his eyes twitched. This soup can’t be said to be unpalatable, but the taste is really strange and it is hard to describe.
Chu Xiuming drank it spoonful by spoonful in an elegant manner. When he finished, Shen Jin served another bowl and looked at Chu Xiuyuan enthusiastically. Chu Xiuyuan did not have Chu Xiuming's concentration after all, and drank slower and slower. Even if it was not unpalatable, he was unwilling to drink such a strange thing, so Shen Jin regretfully only gave Chu Xiuyuan half a bowl.
However, Shen Jin didn't let them drink any more. Shen Jin smiled very cutely and said, "Too much is as bad as too little. I'll make soup for you another day."
Chu Xiuming put down the spoon only after taking the last sip. He nodded without saying anything. Chu Xiuyuan wanted to refuse, but couldn't bear it when he saw Shen Jin's eyes. With the mentality that he wouldn't die from drinking and his brother would suffer with him, he said, "Then I'll trouble my sister-in-law." When he said this, his heart was bleeding.
Because Shen Jin ate a lot at night, Zhao Ma walked slowly with her on the way back and said, "Madam, some things are very nutritious, but putting them together..."
"Don't worry, Mammy." Only after they came out did Shen Jin remember that she was wearing a high-waisted skirt today, and her belly was not visible at all. "I specifically asked the imperial physician before giving my father the tonic soup. The imperial physician said that these things are warm in nature and will not make people weak and unable to be nourished, so it's okay to drink it."
Nanny Zhao also knew this, otherwise she wouldn't have asked Shen Jin to stew something for Chu Xiuming and Chu Xiuyuan to drink. But how could all those sour, astringent, bitter, salty and fishy things taste good when added together?
"Except that it tastes a bit unpalatable, there's no harm in it." Shen Jin said naturally.
Nanny Zhao looked at Shen Jin and wanted to say, "You also know that it tastes bad?"
Shen Jin said frankly without any intention of hiding anything, "After I came to my mother's side, every time Concubine Xu and her child made my mother angry, I would take advantage of the time when my father came to my mother's place for dinner and personally cook a nourishing soup for him."
"..." Nanny Zhao looked at Shen Jin. She understood that the mother Shen Jin was referring to was Princess Rui, and her mother was her biological mother, Concubine Chen.
Shen Jin smiled innocently and brightly, with a little bit of arrogance and pride, "Father and mother are very touched. Every time mother would persuade father to drink a few more bowls."
Nanny Zhao wanted to ask Princess Rui if she had tasted the soup, but suddenly she remembered that Shen Jin had said at the dinner table that Princess Rui taught her how to make the soup. "What about Concubine Xu?"
Shen Jin looked at Aunt Zhao with some confusion and asked, "I have a father, a mother, and a biological mother, why should I care about Concubine Xu? She is not good to me."
What's more, although Shen Jin didn't like Concubine Xu, she never hated her because she felt that the fault was all on Prince Rui. After all, it was Prince Rui who married her mother and gave birth to her with her, but he did not fulfill his responsibilities as a man and a father.
Nanny Zhao stopped asking questions. She thought it would be better to keep the matter deep in her heart. Apart from the taste, the soup was indeed nutritious. Besides, even if she told the general, whether he would appreciate it or not was another matter.
For some reason, Madam Zhao felt that she saw a rabbit sleeping next to a leopard. While the leopard was sleeping, the rabbit stretched out its claws and struggled to scratch the leopard a few times, then quickly closed its eyes and pretended to be asleep with an innocent look on its face. When the pretend sleep turned into real sleep, the leopard, who should have been asleep, opened its eyes and licked the rabbit's ears that were still proudly dangling in the dream helplessly but lovingly, then stretched out its claws to pull the rabbit into its arms and continued to close its eyes to rest. It took a lot of effort for the rabbit, but for a leopard, it was just like tickling.
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