Ancient Foodie Survival Guide Chapter 47
Tled by Serena Love
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Chapter 47: Barbecue
Xie Xun was angry.
To be precise, Jiang Shuyao thought that Xie Xun was angry.
Although Xie Xun usually has a cold face, Jiang Shuyao could still see his emotions hidden under his facial paralysis after getting along for a long time.
Xin Xun, a person who usually depends on her for eating and drinking, deliberately avoided her. Jiang Shuyao can feel it no matter how ignorant her heart is.
She threw the iron spoon into the iron pan and turned to look at her side, which is empty.
In the past, Xie Xun always stood silently and watched her cooking. This habit became natural to her. Now that he is not watching, she can't even cook well.
"Meow~" A little orange cat probed at the kitchen threshold, rubbing back and forth, looking at Jiang Shuyao eagerly for food.
Jiang Shuyao was shocked. Terrible! How could she see Xie Xun's shadow on such a cute and innocent cat face?!
Thinking about Xie Xun avoiding her, Jiang Shuyao was very upset. As for why she was upset, she was not entirely sure.
She called the maids and told them to take out all the ingredients they prepared and put them on the table in the yard.
The table is covered with a thick layer of wooden planks. A charcoal stove for roasting was placed on the table, and a shallow pan was set. The barbeque setup is ready.
Jiang Shuyao looked up at the sky, guessing that Xie Xun should be back soon.
Some time ago, Xie Xun could come back early every day and would never miss dinner. Sometimes, he also got into the small kitchen to watch Jiang Shuyao cooking and reap simple happiness. But in these few days, he came back later and later and didn't even come over for dinner.
It's not that Jiang Shuyao lacks a meal-cleaning partner, but she felt like something was missing, which felt weird.
As the sunset gradually fell, Jiang Shuyao ordered the maid to put charcoal in the barbeque.
The iron pan slowly heated up. She picked up a slice of marinated pork belly and put it on the iron plate.
"Shaaa -" pork sauce stained the iron pan on contact, fumes emerging in an instant. After a few seconds, the meat scent overflowed the surrounding.
The step of marinating grilled meat is very important. Chili sauce, soybean paste, sweet and sour wine, etc., are essential. If you like the smell of garlic, add more mashed garlic; if you like sweet and spicy flavor, you can add more sugar and sweet bean sauce; if you like sauce, add a few spoonfuls of soy sauce.
White porcelain plates are neatly placed on the table, with crimson, red-brown, sauce, and other pork belly colors on the table. It is accompanied by a large bowl with sliced eggplant next to it. Obviously, there are only two ingredients, meat and eggplant, but it gives the illusion of abundance.
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Barbecue dipping ingredients are divided into sauces and powders. The sauce tastes fresh, salty, and slightly sweet, while the powder pays more attention to the word "fragrant," mainly sesame powder and ground peanuts. When pork belly is wrapped in it, it is nourishing with fat and oil. Pork belly covered with dry powder is very satisfying.
Jiang Shuyao used chopsticks quickly to fill the iron plate with pork belly slices.
The pork belly trembles under the high-temperature grilling, the fat turns into oil, and the meat smells all over the courtyard.
"Meow~" The little orange cat showed up from wherever it came from, begging for food.
Jiang Shuyao's gaze fell on it. After a short pause, she subconsciously looked at the moon gate.
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Fragrant, it's too fragrant.
Xie Xun smelled it. He was going to enter the study directly, but he changed his route and turned a corner. He walked towards the Moon Cave Gate uncontrollably.
Why is it smells so good? The last time Jiang-shi cooked lou-mei, the smell was only outside the small kitchen, and this time the strong fragrance has filled more than half of the yard.
Xie Xun suddenly felt hungry and uncomfortable. He couldn't help but start spinning around.
In the past few days, he had not clarified his thoughts and did not know how to face Jiang Shuyao, so he deliberately avoided her.
He was angry that he had treated her negligently as a newlywed before, and he was also mad that he couldn't even think of a way to make up for it. In the past, no matter what, he was always calm and intelligent. But now, he was in pain because he was blind about love.
Xie Xun wished to go through all the romance books in the capital, and he went to the bookstore every day in his spare time. Lin Cheng was so scared that he thought he was possessed by a ghost and put a little ash from his grandfather, who cultivated immortality, in his teacup. Xie Xun chased him out and made him ran around the East Palace three times.
Xie Xun had a strong idea in his heart to warn himself: Don't go to her to make trouble when you haven't figure out how to face her!
It's a pity that this strong thought can't overpower his appetite. Xie Xun quietly probed at the moon gate to secretly observed.
Jiang Shuyao had been staring at the moon gate a long time ago and caught him in one glance.
With eyes facing each other, there was silence in the air, and Xie Xun stiffened.
"Meow!" After eating, the little orange cat passed by the moon cave gate. His ears pressed against his head disdainfully. Hehe, it was this strange two-legged beast again.
Jiang Shuyao looked at Xie Xun with a smile. Xie Xun clenched his hands behind him and walked towards her pretending to be calm.
"You come?" Jiang Shuyao asked.
"Yeah." Xie Xun nodded, trying to restrain his eyes from looking at the barbecue.
"Have you had dinner?" Jiang Shuyao said, "Are you busy? You haven't caught up with dinner lately."
He didn't catch up with dinner? It was obviously Xie Xun deliberately avoided her and didn't come to eat.
"No."
"Then go clean your hands and eat."
Xie Xun gave up to struggle. He sat down opposite her after washing his hands and said, "I guess it won't be so busy in the future."
"It just so happens that eating dinner alone is a bit boring." She turned the barbecue over.
The barbecue that she just put on has been grilled. The thinly sliced edges are slightly charred, and the thickly sliced ones have a lot of oil.
Jiang Shuyao pushed the meat to Xie Xun, "Do you like these flavors?"
Xie Xun's adam's apple rolled. He picked up a piece of barbecue, dipping it in dry dips and putting it in his mouth.
The grilled meat was lightly marinated, mainly to remove fishiness and increase freshness. The oily juice oozes from the meat slices, and the scorching fragrance is overwhelming.
The fatty meat part is crispy on the surface and melts in the mouth. The lean meat part is oily on the outside and tender inside. With the sesame powder on the surface of the roasted meat, it is full of flavor.
He took another piece of dipping sauce. The sauce is slightly salty, which conceals the oiliness and smell of the pork belly. It is salty, sweet, and spicy. When chewing the pork belly, the gravy and oil are also stained with sauce, which instantly awakens the taste buds.
Without the dipping sauce, it is also very delicious. The original meaty flavor has a slight burnt on edge, and the oil is splashing in the mouth when chewing. The freshness of lean meat and the oily fragrance of fatty meat will last for a long time.
Jiang Shuyao placed a layer of eggplant slices in the barbeque at the right time. The eggplant slices absorb oil, and after three to five seconds, the oil made the eggplant soft and waxy, and the inside is like water. It melts when you bite it. It has the fragrance of eggplant and pork belly.
After eating a few mouthfuls of barbecue, he drank another serving of the cold and sour plum soup, which is sweet and slightly sour and relieves greasiness and heat.
Xie Xun ate happily. Since he married Jiang Shuyao, he has fully understood the charm of pork.
It's a pity that Jiang Shuyao didn't prepare much pork belly. Xie Xun's mouth had just gotten addicted, but his plate was empty before his stomach was full.
Jiang Shuyao explained, "It's not good to eat too much oily food."
Xie Xun wanted to refute, but he could only give an obedient "um" in the end.
Jiang Shuyao called her servants to clean up, holding a teacup containing sour plum soup, and leaving. She was full of oily smell, so she was ready to go back to the house to change clothes and take a bath.
Xie Xun looked at her back, then at the messy dining table and frowned regretfully.
After eating, his courage also came up.
Xie Xun rushed back to the study, took the hairpin, and quickly ran to the east wing.
He was almost at the door of the east wing, and he stopped again.
Standing at the open carved window, he happened to see Jiang Shuyao walking around looking for something in the house.
Xie Xun's mind suddenly got hot. He stood outside the carved window and called out Jiang Shuyao.
Jiang Shuyao raised her head and looked at the door, and didn't find anyone. She was puzzled, but Xie Xun said again, "Here."
She looked towards where the sound came from and saw Xie Xun standing outside the carved window with a sullen face, unsure what he was thinking.
"Is there something?" Jiang Shuyao was confused and walked over. "If you have something to talk about, come in."
"No need." Xie Xun's voice was tense.
He didn't dare to look at Jiang Shuyao, but his eyes sight fell on her head, "After we won the Dragon Boat Festival, we were rewarded by the emperor, do you remember?"
Jiang Shuyao nodded.
"Concubine Lin also rewarded something."
Jiang Shuyao didn't know about this, but she asked, "So what?"
"Well." Xie Xun pursed his lips, "Well, she said that the emperor had rewarded us, so she will reward our family members." Xie Xun strives to tell the truth, not letting go of any detail.
Jiang Shuyao listened for a long time and couldn't understand the key point. Her willow-like eyebrows were lifted, "Then?"
"Then she rewarded me with a golden hairpin. No, she rewarded you with a golden hairpin. She rewarded you, as my wife. She is your aunt, so she is giving you jewelry to give me face. On, it has nothing to do with me to be precise, but because I am the winner—"
"Say, the, point!" Jiang Shuyao gritted her teeth and couldn't help but interrupt him.
What about these well-spoken flowery words? Who cares about the speech if there is no important point?
Xie Xun was interrupted by her, his face tightened even more, and his cold facial paralysis became even more alienating, as if he was angry.
There was a tall flower stand in front of the window with a delicate and beautiful vase. Xie Xun suddenly reached in and quickly put something on the flower stand.
Jiang Shuyao became even more confused. She looked at the flower stand, and she saw a delicate hairpin box.
Although she didn't understand what Xie Xun was talking about, she still knew that it was a golden hairpin gifted by Concubine Lin.
She picked it up slowly and opened the box of hairpins, only to see a gorgeous and complicated double lotus gold hairpin lying inside, exquisitely crafted and shining.
She raised her head to look at Xie Xun, but before she saw his face, Xie Xun suddenly closed the window with a "pop" sound.
Jiang Shuyao looked confused.
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The sunset rays are soft, and Xie Xun's figure is illuminated on the window paper, creating a warm shadow.
"That's it." Through the window, his voice was not as clear as before.
Jiang Shuyao picked up the golden hairpin and stared at the double lotus on the top of the hairpin for two seconds. Then she realized the meaning of double lotus.
Wait... So Xie Xun is shy?
She walked to the carved window and tried to open the window, but found that Xie Xun was desperately pressing the window to prevent her from opening it.
"You--" Jiang Shuyao pushed hard but couldn't match Xie Xun's power.
So baffling!
She was angry, confused, and felt funny, "Xie Boyuan! What are you doing!"
"It's nothing." Xie Xun's voice sounded annoyed, "I gave you the hairpin."
Finally, he added stiffly, "Concubine Lin gave it to you."
His voice went quiet, and the force pressing the carved window disappeared.
Jiang Shuyao pushed the window open suddenly, and the person outside the window had disappeared early.
She stood silently in front of the window, holding the hairpin box in her hand, and uttered a dumbfounded sentence, "What is it about."
She looked down at the golden hairpin. Double lotus means husband and wife love each other and be together for a hundred years. They will always be together, forever and ever.
Her heart felt itchy inexplicably. She suddenly regained consciousness, her cheeks were hot, and she closed the window with a "pop".
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