Chapter 38 Eating Beef
When Sun Qijing heard his mother's agreement, he immediately stepped out of Zhao Lingmeng's arms and turned to Qiuyue and said, "Aunt Qiuyue, please keep it for me and don't let anyone break it."
Seeing the young master speak so seriously, Qiuyue was happy for her young lady. The young master had finally been tamed by her. She said with a smile, "Okay, I'll put it away for you. Don't let anyone else touch it."
Sun Qijing carefully watched Qiuyue put it away before turning around and throwing himself into Zhao Lingmeng's arms. Sun Qijing rubbed himself comfortably in Zhao Lingmeng's arms, thinking that mother's embrace actually felt this sweet! Second brother is so lucky.
Zhao Lingmeng held them both for a moment longer before slowly leading them to the next room. Along the way, the two little ones chattered, creating a joyful atmosphere. Zhao Lingmeng watched them chatting away, thinking that this was how children should behave. For the past month, they hadn't acted like children at all.
Zhao Lingmeng played with the two of them all morning. Sun Qiming, needless to say, had grown up with Zhao Lingmeng. But it was Sun Qijing who truly felt close to Zhao Lingmeng during that morning. It felt like he was truly living by their mother's side. He even felt a little jealous of Sun Qiming, realizing his younger brother was living such a happy life by their mother's side.
"Mom, what are we having for lunch?" Sun Qiming didn't know that his brother had been jealous of him this morning, so he just happily asked his mother about lunch.
Zhao Lingmeng was also very happy when talking about the food, "How about we have beef soup pot for lunch today?"
"Wow, I really haven't eaten before. Brother, have you eaten before?" Little Sun Qiming had recently been dining with Zhao Lingmeng and was slowly becoming a foodie. He'd also gotten used to discussing these things with his older brother, Sun Qijing. But he still fought with his brother for his mother.
"Beef! I haven't eaten it either." Sun Qijing was also very happy. Everything in his mother's yard was delicious. He was looking forward to this kind of food since he had never eaten it before.
"Then let's hurry up and eat beef soon," Zhao Lingmeng encouraged the two little ones. She herself was quite looking forward to it. She loved eating beef before she traveled here, so she wanted to eat it after she traveled here too. But in Jingguo in this book, it was illegal to slaughter cattle at will.
So, after all this time, this was the first time she had beef. It was actually bought and sent to her from the Wu'an Marquis's Mansion. The last time her mother came to visit, she'd said she wanted to eat it. So, the Wu'an Marquis's Mansion had bought it and sent it to her. As expected, power is a good thing, no matter where you are.
Otherwise, given Zhao Lingmeng's current situation and status, she definitely wouldn't be able to buy beef. Any available beef was usually divvied up by the rich and powerful. A seventh-rank official's family wouldn't even have a chance.
"Okay, Mom and brother, let's go quickly." Sun Qiming took Zhao Lingmeng's hand and walked inside impatiently.
"Yes, I'm here." Sun Qijing's mind was full of delicious food at the moment, and he no longer remembered the mess that happened when Zhou left.
The distance between them was originally quite close, and the three of them, mother and son, were all craving for delicious food, so they soon arrived at the place to eat.
As the mother and her two children entered, Zhao Lingmeng saw that the mushroom and chicken broth bases were already prepared, with a red-hot charcoal fire burning beneath the pot. The beef was also thinly sliced and placed on plates. In their bowls, Zhao Lingmeng had someone prepare the sesame paste.
Zhao Lingmeng originally liked spicy sauce, but unfortunately this one didn't have chili in it, so she had someone make sesame sauce. But the advantages of sesame sauce were obvious, at least the two little ones next to her could eat it.
The brothers Sun Qiming and Sun Qijing were drooling as they looked at the table full of things they had never seen before and smelled the aroma coming from the pot.
Zhao Lingmeng personally carried them both to their chairs and then sat down between them.
Then, without letting Qiuyue and the others do it, Zhao Lingmeng put the beef slices into the pot herself. After cooking for more than ten seconds, she took them out and placed them in the sesame sauce bowls of Sun Qijing and Sun Qiming respectively.
"You two, eat slowly, it's a little hot," Zhao Lingmeng reminded softly.
When Zhao Lingmeng first traveled through time, Sun Qijing and Sun Qiming were both fed by servants for every meal, and they even drank breast milk from their wet nurses.
When Zhao Lingmeng found out about this, she was completely stunned. In the world she would later live in, children were usually breastfed until they were a little over a year old, so it was unheard of for them to still be breastfeeding at three.
So she was recuperating while planning things in the mansion, and she also stopped breastfeeding the two brothers. She even gave the two wet nurses a large sum of money and let them go home.
She also personally taught them how to use complementary foods on their own. Now they both love eating, which is also thanks to Zhao Lingmeng's weird ideas and all kinds of food that children like to eat.
But Zhao Lingmeng still had her servants buy a lamb from a goat, and every day she would prepare different recipes from the goat's milk for the two brothers. So, after Sun Qijing and his brother stopped breastfeeding, they not only didn't lose weight, but actually grew stronger.
Moreover, under the temptation of delicious food, they have been able to eat well on their own in more than a month. They don't make a mess like they did in the beginning.
Sun Qijing and Sun Qiming first looked at the meat in the bowl, then looked at Zhao Lingmeng. They imitated their mother's example, carefully coating it with sesame paste, blowing on it, and then taking a test bite. Then, Sun Qijing and Sun Qiming's eyes lit up, and they looked at each other and started to eat the meat frantically.
Zhao Lingmeng saw the two little guys beside him eating without even raising their heads, so he boiled a few more chopsticks for each of them, almost a bowl, and then cooked more for himself.
Zhao Lingmeng was so happy that she ate the beef she had been longing for. For a moment, the only sounds in the room were the three of them, mother and son, eating.
After eating this meal of beef, Zhao Lingmeng and the others felt a little full. They all leaned back in their chairs, feeling drowsy and not wanting to move.
It was Qiuyue who asked someone to bring three bowls of digestive medicine for Zhao Lingmeng and the other two to drink, and only then did they feel a little better.
"Mom, when can we eat this again? It's so delicious." Sun Qijing felt that he had never eaten such delicious food since he was with his grandmother and father.
"Jing'er likes it?" Zhao Lingmeng reached out and touched Sun Qijing's head.
"Yeah, I like it." Maybe because they played together in the morning, Sun Qijing was not restrained in front of Zhao Lingmeng and readily admitted it.
Sun Qiming was afraid that his mother would forget him, so he immediately said, "Mom, I like it too."
"Mom likes it too. We'll ask Grandma or Grandpa to buy it for us next time." Zhao Lingmeng had now adapted to her original role. She didn't think it was bad to rely on her parents. She only cared about her mother and father, but she definitely wouldn't let her kid rely on her in the future. Zhao Lingmeng was just that hypocritical.
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