Ancient Foodie Survival Guide Chapter 88
Tled by Serena Love
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Chapter 88: Rice Porridge with Meat
After lunch, everyone continued on their way.
At night, they arrived at the inn and everyone stopped for a rest.
Xie Xun loves cleanliness. As soon as he arrived at the station, he asked someone to bring some hot water to take a bath. He just stepped into the tub and was ready to wash, but suddenly he noticed something was wrong. How come he vaguely felt that someone was sneaking outside his room?
This place was not like in the Xie mansion, where a young servant usually guarded the door when he was washing. Now they are outside, and there is no one to guard his door. Anyone can come in.
Although this kind of thinking is very strange, Xie Xun still feels that he should be more careful and not let a woman, other than Jiang Shuyao, to look at his body.
He settled down and listened carefully to the movement outside the door.
"Knock.." The people outside just knocked on the door lightly and paused. They should have heard a slight splash of water inside the room.
With this action, he could guess who was outside the door.
Xie Xun stood up and stretched out his hand to grab his clothes. But at this moment, there was movement outside the room.
"Ah!" A loud woman scream cut through the sky.
Outside the room, the young lady turned around and almost ran into Lin Cheng, who was silently standing behind her.
The candlelight at the station was already dim, and half of Lin Cheng's face was hidden in the shaking shadow, which looked terrifying.
The young lady held her heart and was so scared that her face turned pale, "This lord, what's the matter with you?"
Lin Cheng has a good temper, but it is not an unconditional good temper.
He frowned and looked at the young lady standing near Xie Xun's room. His expression is not very good, "What are you doing standing here?"
He looked at Xie Xun's door and then at her. He seemed to have guessed her intentions and has a look of disgust on his face, "Miss, please respect yourself."
The young lady accidentally heard her elders in Jingli talk about Jiang Shuyao and Xie Xun's marriage, and she knew the background story. In her opinion, Xie Xun is a jade-faced man with a good temperament and a good family background. He has a promising future and is the best noble son in the capital. As long as she showed herself, who knows, maybe she can win a good marriage.
Her face was sullen, and she said with a stern face, "This lord, please be careful. It's not gentlemanly to slander people for no reason."
After she finished speaking confidently, she felt that she would not be able to do anything with Xie Xun tonight, so she turned around to go back to her room. Who knows, when she turned around, there was a large group of people standing behind her.
They were equally standing in a dark corner and looked at her together.
"Ah!" She screamed again. She could barely recognize these people as the officials she saw during the day.
But why are their eyes so terrifying? They were like evil wolves that came out late at night in folklore, with a faint green light in their eyes.
She was so frightened that she took a few steps backward and almost ran into Lin Cheng.
She calmed down. She didn't have any confidence anymore. She didn't dare to walk in front of this group of people, so she planned to detour from Lin Cheng and return to her room.
"Ah!" As soon as she turned her head, a few more people were in the corridor where Lin Cheng was standing before. A group of people surrounded her in the blink of an eye.
Usually, they are handsome and polite noble sons. But now, as if something had happened, the look in their eyes has changed.
She swallowed and whispered, "Excuse me...can you make way for me?"
Guan Ying glanced at her. Everyone here are noble sons who grew up instilled with a gentleman's style.
But at this time, he spoke.
Anyway, this is in the dead of night. There are only them here, so who cares about being a gentleman and not a gentleman. What's more, during the day, they have awakened. No matter what, they have to be worthy of Miss Jiang and protected her interest.
"Master Xie already has a wife. Why did you come here late at night?"
"We let you join us to Beijing to do good deed, but we can leave you behind at any time."
"Understand? Master Xie is not someone you can think of. If you want to pester him, you must pass us first."
The young lady was flushed because of their words, and she couldn't believe her ears, "You, you?" What happened to them? Are they Xie Xun's mother-in-law?
Lin Cheng gave way impatiently, "Go away."
The young lady was shy and angry. She wanted to refute but was afraid of these people. After all, they are all used to be polite and talk in a gentleman's style. Now that they have torn their faces, she has no support.
She cried out with a "waaaa--" and stumbled away.
After seeing her return to the room, the East Palace group almost fell to the ground.
You look at me, and I look at you, and they greet each other tacitly, "Can't sleep?"
"Yes, I come out and walk around."
"The moonlight is very good tonight."
"What a coincidence."
Everyone knows exactly why they are here.
They stood at Xie Xun's door for a while, and Xie Xun's door finally opened.
His temples were slightly wet, and it was clear that he had just finished bathing.
Everyone was immediately alert. Fortunately, fortunately they came out to search for food tonight. Otherwise, Xie Boyuan would lose his innocence. How would they explain to Jiang Shuyao?
Xie Xun knew why they came here as soon as he saw their dodging eyes, but today they did a meritorious service, so Xie Xun doesn't want to care about their greediness, and said, "Come in, I'll get some bacon. Let's heat it up."
Xie Xun and the group went into the kitchen. The kitchen happened to have rice. Xie Xun thought about the cooking method mentioned in Jiang Shuyao's letter and said, "For supper, lets eat something that nourishes the stomach. Can we make some meat porridge?"
How could the cooks let them do it themselves. They put on their clothes and came to the kitchen when they heard the movement. When they heard Xie Xun's words, they quickly grabbed the cooking chores.
Xie Xun did not refuse and told them Jiang Shuyao's cooking methods.
Although they felt that it seemed too simple, the cooks nodded and still did it according to Jiang Shuyao's way.
The rice is washed and boiled in the pot. After the sweet and pure rice aroma overflows, add the diced bacon and continue to boil. The salty taste of bacon gradually merged with the mellow rice scent. Fatty oil penetrated into the rice, and the surface of the porridge was lightly greased. The lean meat was boiled and hidden in the white and thick rice porridge.
The inn was not big, the rooms were reserved for the nobles, and the soldiers squeezed casually in the lobby. The wind was peaceful and gentle at night, and the fresh scent from the kitchen gradually drifted into the lobby. The soldiers who had just laid their mattresses smelled the scent, stopped their movements, and kept inhaling the scent. Their abdomen screamed like drums.
The room where Lian Liu lived was close to the young lady. As soon as she entered the room, she began to cry and howled his sleepiness away.
He got up and dressed, ready to go out and wander around to avoid the plague god. But as soon as he opened the door, a fresh and soft aroma instantly penetrated into his nose.
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"Grumble grumble." His stomach screamed. He sniffed and followed the aroma and found the kitchen.
Because the lobby is where soldiers slept, it was really unkind if they go to the lobby to eat supper, so everyone planned to eat in the kitchen. Anyway, they weren't delicate people.
After the cooks finished cooking the porridge, they returned to their room to rest. Xie Xun took the initiative to serve the porridge.
Although there is no simmering heat, the rice was boiled softly. Perhaps the gelatin of the fatty meat has been incorporated into the porridge, making the porridge looked tangy and sticky. The porridge is wrapped in dark pink diced meat and oil, glowing with a faint soft luster.
The emerald green onion adorns it, adding a fresh and bright color to the white and thick rice porridge. It looks like a bowl of simple plain porridge, but everyone knows how delicious it should be.
Lian Liu arrived at the kitchen, and when he saw so many people crowding in the kitchen, he remembered the meat fried by Xie Xun this afternoon. Suddenly he understood where the smell came from.
He was about to turn around and leave, but he saw the crown prince yawning from a distance.
The crown prince seemed to have not woken up yet, but instinctively walked and followed the smell. When he reached Lian Liu, he was about to salute, but he looked up and smelled around with his chin up. His shoulder rubbed Lian Liu's shoulder directly.
In the silence of the night, Lian Liu seemed to hear the rustling sound of the prince sniffing.
Not all East Palace members were present tonight, and those who was here tacitly did not go to call others. After all, the fewer the people present, the more share they will receive.
Xie Xun sorted the porridge and was about to scrape the thickest porridge at the bottom of the pot and put it in his bowl. However, the crown prince arrived.
The prince looked at everyone in confusion. He was stunned, came to the table, and took a deep breath. The steaming heat wrapped in the delicious smell and penetrated into his nose, and the crown prince finally woke up from his half-asleep state.
"Is this a midnight snack?"
Xie Xun had no choice but to say nothing to the prince. He took another bowl and poured some porridge for him, "Yes."
The crown prince held the bowl in both hands, and the warmth reached his palms. He spoke a lot slower than usual, "It's good. Bo Yuan, you are so good."
Xie Xun silently stayed away from the awake prince and drank porridge aside.
Everyone was drinking the porridge, and the crown prince suddenly remembered, "Hey, when I just came in, I think I saw someone standing at the door."
Everyone was stunned, and the person who was near the door went out and took a look, and everyone heard his voice sounding outside the door, "General Lian."
After a few polite words, Lian Liu came in behind him.
Seeing everyone's eyes, he lowered his face, a little embarrassed.
Lin Cheng was holding the bowl, and seeing him coming, he casually mentioned, "By the way, about that lady, let's not go with her tomorrow. We have been delayed on the road for too long these days. We need to hurry up in the next few days."
Lian Liu thought about the cry that he had just heard and seemed to understand something, "Master Lin, even if she offended you, she is a weak woman, so don't take it to your heart." Lian Liu is not a bad person, but he stayed in the barracks most of his life and has never seen a sinister heart.
Lin Cheng glanced at him, did not speak, and sipped his porridge slowly. He gently rubbed it with his tongue so that the plump rice melted in his mouth. The mellow and sweet rice fragrance lingered on the tip of his tongue and warming his stomach. He feels very comfortable.
"Ah." He sighed, "It's so fragrant."
Lian Liu's adam's apple rolled, and his face was pulled down.
No one here paid any attention to him. Lian Liu couldn't stand awkwardly and was about to leave. Xie Xun stopped him, "General Lian, there is more than half a bowl here. Do you want it?"
Lian Liu hesitated for a moment but reached out and took the porridge bowl.
The moment he took the bowl, he suddenly thought of Xie Xun. The young lady had been pestering him a few days ago. Thinking of what he said just now, he was a little red-faced. After thanking him, he held the bowl and walked into his room sullenly. He was ashamed to stay in the kitchen.
Master Xie is so gentle and polite. He must have been offended to the extreme so he could think about driving a lady away.
The scent of porridge continued to penetrate into his nasal cavity. He couldn't hold back, standing around the corner and took a sip of porridge.
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After eating dry buns for several days, he was shocked when he drank a mouthful of fragrant and dense rice porridge.
Jiang Shuyao's bacon cannot last very long. Compared to bacon, it is more like braised pork. If eaten by itself, it will not be too salty, let alone cooked with porridge. The rice absorbs oil, and the taste is soft and glutinous—the scent absorbed into each grain. The mellow rice scent removes the last bit of greasiness to the fat and thin meat. It tastes silky and fragrant. There is another sweet and refreshing mellowness, which is really delicious.
He sighed comfortably, carefully holding the bowl, and prepared to go back to his room to taste it slowly.
As he passed by the young lady's room, the young lady rushed out after hearing a sound, with tears still hanging on her face, and hit him with her head.
The half a bowl of rice porridge flew away from his hand, and fell to the ground with a "plop."
The young lady was shocked, clutching her chest and looking at him grievously, "General Lian..." Among the group of people, Lian Liu is the most decent person. Although he looked rough, he really has a soft heart. Not to mention that she often hears people say that the men who come out of the barracks are the most pitiful...
Thinking of this, she felt a little proud, and the expression on her face became more aggrieved. Teardrops were hanging on her eyelashes, making her looked pitiful.
She was about to start crying. Lian Liu kept the posture of holding the no-longer-existent bowl, stiffly watching the scattered porridge on the ground without moving.
He turned to look at the lady.
The young lady was happy. Hurry up, ask me why I am crying. Then she will file a complaint. This general is the only one who can't deal with the group of civil servants. He will be fair to her--
Then she heard Lian Liu's roar, "You dropped it! You dropped it!"
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