Liu Cheng, who was lying on the bed with Cai Yan in his arms, couldn't help but froze as he listened to Cai Yan's words that sounded like orchid breath in his ear.
My daughter-in-law is becoming more and more powerful.
While feeling emotional, I couldn't help but feel a little weak in my heart.
At that moment, he hurriedly said: "What did Madam say?
Your husband is the most serious person.
The one who likes other people's wives is Cao Cao, Cao Cao has been killed by me, and the grass on the grave has grown several times..."
Cai Yan chuckled lightly and continued to breathe into Liu Cheng's ear: "My husband is the most serious?"
I don’t know which one it was, but when I first stayed at the house, a house with a secret passage was specially arranged for me.
Then he came over in the middle of the night.
That was only the second time I met someone.
I don’t know who it is, but while my grandpa is drunk, I’m going to deliver sobering soup..."
Liu Cheng's old reputation was suddenly turned upside down.
At the same time that the old story was revealed, Liu Cheng also followed Cai Yan's words and remembered the good things that had happened, and his heart couldn't help but feel hot.
He put his arms around Cai Yan and said with a smile: "Madam, let's not discuss Yan's affairs for now. She is the wife of the deceased ghost Lu Bu. Let's discuss our own affairs more..."
Liu Cheng's words were like blowing a battle horn, and the moving ballad was soon played in the room.
Weeping and complaining, melodious and melodious, it can arouse some emotions in people's hearts to the greatest extent...
In any case, both mother and daughter Yan settled here in Yushan.
The place where I live is not too far from where Diao Chan lives.
Originally, according to Liu Cheng's intention, Yan was allowed to live in their house for a few days, and then they would find another house and let her take Lu Lingqi to live outside.
In this case, although nothing really happened as Cheng Lian and Gao Shun thought, it could still take care of their face and feelings to the greatest extent.
However, Cai Yan did not agree to this matter.
Yan's mother and daughter were still allowed to live in the inner courtyard.
She is the right lady, Dong Bai's left lady is slightly lower than her, and due to their personalities and abilities, in Liu Cheng's backyard, the one who talks and gets in the way is Cai Yan.
It can be said that the affairs in the backyard are under her control.
She spoke very forcefully and made a decision on this matter, and Liu Cheng couldn't say anything.
After all, he needed to help consolidate Cai Yan's authority in the backyard.
This will be conducive to the stability and unity of the backyard.
Of course, after excluding all these and clearing away all the fog, we have to admit that our Uncle Liu Huang still has some expectations for his wife Cai Yan's arrangements in this matter.
After realizing this little expectation in his heart, Liu Cheng couldn't help but raise his head and sigh, "It's easy to kill Cao's thieves, but it's even harder to kill the Cao thieves in your heart!"
Liu Cheng can be sure that Cao Thief was directly destroyed by him, but Cao Thief's spirit will definitely be passed down for a long time...
Time passed by leisurely like this, and the snowflakes fell all over the world, and then stopped and fell again.
Just like this, the new year is coming.
The atmosphere of the New Year envelopes the vast land of the Han Dynasty.
Although at this time, the Han Dynasty was in war all over the country, and the great rivers and mountains also seemed to be in pieces.
However, after the arrival of this festival, it still looks different from before.
Jizhou, Yuzhou, Bingzhou and other places that suffered a lot of wars in the past had a hard life. Compared with those here in Guanzhong, their lives are no different.
Really counting all the common people, on the whole, even the prosperous places like Yangzhou, Jingzhou, and Nanyang are not living a prosperous life.
Although places like Yangzhou, Jingzhou and Nanyang are rich, most of their wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few.
The majority of people live in poverty.
So many people just cook a pot of porridge that is slightly thicker than usual on New Year's Eve, and they already think it is a supreme delicacy.
The situation here in Guanzhong is very different. With the three policies of Guanzhong implemented by Liu Cheng before, the people have land in their hands, the millet harvested in the autumn, they pay less taxes, and they have surplus grain in their hands.
I can't say that I'm very wealthy, but at least I can have a meal of millet rice without any problem.
In Yizhou, Liu Cheng killed the vampires headed by Liu Yan, the former shepherd of Yizhou, and he had the foundation to stay, and people headed by Xun You and Gu Yong were in charge of the overall situation there. Compared with the past, the lives of ordinary people were worse.
It's much better.
Many people in Yizhou, Guanzhong, were holding rice bowls and praising the rice in their mouths, while sighing at the kindness of Uncle Liu Huang.
It is said that life has become better now that Uncle Liu Huang has come over.
The days we live now are the days we live.
In the past days, I really couldn’t open my eyes...
Even ordinary people are like this. Uncle Liu Huang, who is talked about by ordinary people, will naturally not have a bad life during this New Year.
In fact, Liu Cheng's place has been busy for several days after mentioning it.
At this time, the dining room of Liu Cheng's residence became different. Let's go together.
The people headed by Liu Cheng are all here at this time.
Not eating, but cooking.
The meal I cook is to make dumplings.
The New Year's Eve dinner here in Liu Cheng is very simple. There is only one thing, which is dumplings.
This is a living habit he brought from later generations.
In his hometown in later generations, only dumplings were eaten for New Year's Eve dinner, and the more substantial meal was at noon.
Now that we have come to this era, Liu Cheng does not want to change this habit.
It's just when making dumpling fillings that it becomes more uncomfortable.
In addition to the two common vegetables, radish and cabbage, chop them into pieces and grind them with salt to kill the moisture. Then wrap them in a relatively sparse cloth and squeeze out the water. After removing as much moisture as possible, add the meat and mince it to make dumpling fillings.
, the rest can only be made with some dried vegetables mixed with meat to make dumpling fillings.
Of course, there are also pork and green onion fillings.
Liu Cheng's favorite pork and celery stuffing, and leek and egg stuffing, couldn't be made at all.
It’s not that I can’t eat pork and eggs, it’s that I can’t eat leeks and celery.
It seems that I will not take the greenhouse out in the future.
Otherwise, you won’t be able to eat some vegetables if you want to...
Liu Cheng is here holding a small rolling pin to roll out dumpling wrappers.
A small rolling pin is different from a large rolling pin.
Large rolling pins are generally as thick as a baby's arm and more than one meter long.
A small rolling pin is generally only about 30 centimeters, with a thickness as thick as a small egg in the middle, and becomes thinner towards the ends.
This small rolling pin is most comfortable for rolling out dumpling wrappers.
Liu Cheng stretched out his hands like palms and pressed them on both ends of the small rolling pin.
The hands move back and forth quickly. When rolling, the force of one hand is forward and the force of the other hand is slightly backward.
There is a clever trick used here.
If you are skilled, you can do what Liu Cheng is doing now, and the rolled dumpling wrappers will quickly rotate in circles with the movement of the rolling pin.
There is no need to turn the dumpling wrapper on the chopping board with your hands. In the blink of an eye, a round dumpling wrapper with even thickness will be rolled out.
Save time, effort and high efficiency.
Next to her, Lu Lingqi was also holding a small rolling pin, rolling out dumpling wrappers.
She wanted to be as skilled as Liu Cheng, but she simply couldn't do it.
The dumpling skin could not even turn half a circle under her rolling pin.
Even though Liu Cheng had explained the technical essentials to her several times and asked her to see how he exerted his strength, it still didn't work.
All I can do is keep practicing.
After rolling a few times to make one area of the dough thin, stop and manually turn the dough, and then continue to roll out the areas that have not been rolled out.
Often when she rolls out one, Liu Cheng can roll out four or five.
Moreover, when Lu Lingqi rolls out the dough, it is often thick in some places, thin in other places, and not yet round.
This gap is somewhat large.
Lu Lingqi got some flour on her face, arms and other places and was extremely irritated.
However, this girl has a stubborn temper and did not give up because of this. Instead, she knocked on the dumpling skin and kept rolling it there...
Cai Yan, Dong Bai, Diao Chan and Yan were all sitting nearby making dumplings.
While making dumplings, we chatted and talked, which was very lively.
Cai Yan, Dong Bai and Diao Chan had made dumplings with Liu Cheng before, and they were relatively skilled in making dumplings at this time.
Yan's family is a bit incompetent.
This was the first time she heard about and saw dumplings, and it was also the first time she made dumplings.
Everything is easy for those who know how to do it, and difficult for those who don’t know how to do it.
Making dumplings seems to be a very simple thing, but when you actually do it, you will find that it is not that simple.
More stuffing, less stuffing, and the strength when pinching the dumplings are all things that need to be paid attention to.
After Yan made more than a dozen dumplings in a row, he finally found the trick...
Everyone present, except Liu Cheng, was not very familiar with cooking. Now they all started cooking under Liu Cheng's guidance and found it very fresh and interesting.
Of course, the most important thing is that the atmosphere is good and lively.
As the saying goes, New Year's Eve dinner is a feast that everyone does and is made by everyone.
The one who specializes in making bread and dumplings here is of course Liu Cheng. After all, he is a professional in cooking.
He put down the rolling pin and started making dumplings, and easily crushed the women.
Not only was it packed quickly, but it was also packed well.
Moreover, you can also wrap the dumplings with flowers.
In addition to regular ear-shaped dumplings, you can also easily make small goldfish-shaped, peach-shaped and so on.
This amazed the girls.
Among them, Yan was the most shocked.
Before that, she had never thought that Uncle Liu Huang, who was excellent in many aspects and had a very high status, would be so knowledgeable and proficient in food.
She couldn't help but want to ask out loud, what else could Uncle Liu Huang not know?
Looking at Uncle Liu Huang holding dumplings in front of him, Yan couldn't help but think of her late husband Lu Bu, and inevitably made some comparisons.
Before she met Liu Huangshu and got to know him more deeply, Yan admired her husband Lu Bu very much and felt that her husband was a hero and a character.
He was able to achieve such a high status and possess such powerful force by virtue of his background.
But now, with Uncle Liu Huang next to her for comparison, Yan went to see her late husband and felt that her late husband was really not good enough.
Compared with Uncle Liu Huang, they are in the same heaven and on the earth.
If she were to sit here and talk about Uncle Liu Huang's advantages, she would be able to say a lot in a short time.
It belongs to her deceased husband Lu Bu, but she can't say anything...
In fact, the most fundamental reason for the current situation is that when Lu Bu acted before, in order not to alarm Dong Zhuo, which led to his failure, he did not properly arrange for Yan's mother and daughter, which hurt Yan's heart.
Of course, our Uncle Liu Huang is really excellent and it is true.
Time passed quietly amid everyone's work.
Soon it was evening.
This time, Liu Cheng did not let the cooks at home cook for them.
Instead, he took the two ladies and a concubine down to the kitchen to make dumplings.
Yan and Lu Lingqi, who were making dumplings together, also entered the kitchen.
Their relationship is quite special. Nothing substantial happened between Liu Cheng and Yan.
Naturally, I won't give her a title or anything.
At this time, in the house, one can be regarded as existing as a guest.
After arriving in the kitchen, Yan rushed to light the fire and was very conscious.
Several girls couldn't compete with her, so they had to let her do the job.
Liu Cheng added water to the pot and waited for the water to boil to put dumplings in it.
Seeing Uncle Liu Huang personally cooking the spoon, Yan felt that it was so comfortable to sit in front of the stove and light the fire...
"Uncle, we have made so many dumplings, do we have to cook them all? We can't finish them all."
Lu Lingqi kept looking at the numerous dumplings in the kitchen, watching Liu Cheng ask this question.
Liu Cheng smiled and said: "It's okay, I can finish eating."
Later, Lu Lingqi understood why the emperor's uncle said this.
Take a large pot of dumplings out after cooking and rinse them with cold water to prevent them from sticking together and breaking the dumpling wrappers.
Then Liu Cheng cooked two more large pots and cooked them in the same way.
Three large pots of dumplings filled two large buckets.
"Mrs. Sister-in-law and Chan'er continue to cook dumplings here. I and the two ladies will go to deliver some dumplings to the soldiers."
After the three large pots of dumplings were cooked, more than half of the dumplings Liu Cheng and the others made today had disappeared.
Liu Cheng smiled and explained to Diao Chan and Yan.
Then he found a pole made of moso bamboo, picked up two large buckets of cooked dumplings, and took the two ladies out.
According to Liu Cheng's physical strength, he could easily carry a bucket with one hand.
However, carrying it with a load is more ceremonial.
After hearing this, Yanshi Lu Lingqi understood why Liu Cheng had made so many dumplings before.
Lu Lingqi stood here and looked at Yan, who was lighting the fire, and then at Liu Cheng and the others. After a moment of hesitation, she followed Liu Cheng and others out the door...
Liu Cheng walked through the snow all the way to the station of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.
The station of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is not far from Liu Cheng's house, just over a mile away.
Seeing Liu Cheng coming in person with the cooked dumplings and two ladies, the place immediately became excited.
"My wife and I made these dumplings today. It's Chinese New Year and I'm sending you some to try."
Liu Cheng looked at the many joyful guards and said.
There were three hundred personal guards. The two large buckets of dumplings Liu Cheng brought seemed to be quite heavy. It was impossible to feed these people. Not even one bowl could be shared by each person. However, it was a proper expression of friendship.
Out.
After all, the emperor's uncle and his wife had packed it with their own hands, and they had walked through the snow to deliver it in person. Many of the guards were extremely moved.
Don't worry about whether they have enough to eat, because the tiger and leopard riding here have also made dumplings and are preparing to cook them.
Compared with the dumplings that Liu Cheng and the others had given away, the dumplings made here are much bolder.
One can match the four of Liu Cheng and the others, which is in line with everyone's temperament.
"Try them all quickly. I'm afraid they will stick to each other, so I rinsed them with cold water when I took them out of the pot. If I don't eat them, they will be completely cold..."
Liu Cheng called on everyone to eat quickly.
The crowd started to move.
“Delicious, so delicious!”
"The Emperor's uncle and his wife's craftsmanship are truly incredible!"
There was a sudden burst of praise here.
Zhao Yun, the commander of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, while eating dumplings, did not forget to give a thumbs up to Liu Cheng and others with his right hand.
Cai Yan, Dong Bai and others were surprised that Zhao Yun used his left hand to use chopsticks. Liu Cheng was already used to it.
In this warm atmosphere, the two large buckets of dumplings were eaten clean in a short time.
The cook in the tiger and leopard riding team wanted to order some dumplings for the emperor's uncle and his wife to eat, but after recalling the taste of the dumplings that the emperor's uncle sent him, and recalling the exquisite appearance of the dumplings that the emperor's uncle and his wife sent him, he
Looking at the dumplings made by myself and others, I suppressed this thought again.
If the emperor's uncle was the only one here, it would be easy to explain. During the march before, I and others often had meals with the emperor's uncle.
But isn't the emperor's uncle here now with his two newlywed ladies?
There was also a girl wearing unusual clothes with her...
"The water is boiling. Hurry up and put down the dumplings. I'm still waiting to eat a bowl of dumplings before going back.
I sent you two big buckets of dumplings. Isn’t it too much to take your wife here to eat a few bowls of dumplings?"
Liu Cheng looked at the boss, Mr. Zheng, who looked embarrassed, and laughed and cursed.
"Okay! Uncle Emperor, please wait a moment!"
Zheng Laofi responded and shouted with a smile on his face.
Then he immediately put dumplings into the big pot, and the other guards were also happy.
In a short while, the dumplings came out of the pot.
After washing it with cold water, Liu Cheng, Cai Yan, Dong Bai, and Lu Lingqi each held a bowl and started eating.
The dumplings are very big and bold, and only a few dumplings can fill a bowl.
Seeing that the ladies did not dislike the dumplings made by others, they all ate them deliciously and praised them from time to time. In the end, everyone gave the dumplings in the bowl to the one who did not pull it and ate it clean.
, these soldiers couldn't be more happy.
They are simply happier than eating the dumplings in their own mouths...
"Okay, you eat here, and we go back to eat the dumplings we made. They were brought to you right after they were cooked, and we haven't tasted them yet."
After eating a bowl of dumplings here in the military camp, Liu Cheng smiled and said to Zhao Yun and others.
Then he took Cai Yan and the others and left amidst the respectful farewell of the soldiers.
Lu Lingqi, who was following behind, looked at Liu Cheng who was carrying an empty load, and then turned to look at the joyful soldiers, with a look of thought on her little face.
I feel that I have learned something vaguely...
Back home, Diao Chan and Yan had already cooked two more pots of dumplings.
All the dumplings have been put out and washed with cold water.
Wait here for Liu Cheng and others to come back.
Just when Lu Lingqi thought it was finally time for them to eat, she discovered that the emperor's uncle had once again made an extremely unexpected move.
The emperor's uncle took his wife, Diao Chan and these dumplings to the maids and slaves, telling them to eat first.
Regarding Liu Cheng's behavior, both Yan and Lu Lingqi were extremely shocked and puzzled.
However, when I remembered that when the emperor's uncle was deprived of military power and came to Yushan, not a single servant in the family left, and they all followed him to Yushan, I felt relieved.
This incident made many wealthy families in Chang'an feel confused at the time. They didn't know what those slaves were thinking, but not even one of them took the opportunity to leave.
At this time, Yan finally knew.
To be fair, if you think about it in another position, if you were one of these slaves and were treated like this by your master, you would not leave either!
Looking at these, Mrs. Yan's already firm heart became even firmer. Uncle Liu Huang would not leave here no matter what.
If you treat your servants like this, it's not the same as treating someone like yourself!
Once the decision is made, Uncle Liu Huang will really not owe himself anything!
After a lot of work, it was finally Liu Cheng's turn to eat the dumplings he made.
Several people seemed very happy.
Talking and laughing.
Maybe it was the dumplings made by oneself, which had different meanings, and everyone ate more of them.
Liu Cheng picked up a dumpling, dipped it in some vinegar and put it in his mouth, saying with emotion: "This is indeed not as delicious as the dumplings!"
Hearing Liu Cheng's emotion, Yan and Lu Lingqi, who were eating dumplings for the first time, nodded in agreement, expressing their agreement with the emperor's uncle's words.
These dumplings are indeed delicious and worthy of the emperor’s uncle’s evaluation...
After eating the dumplings, everyone drank a little less wine to symbolize the New Year.
After talking for a while, they dispersed.
They said they dispersed, but in fact Yan took Lu Lingqi back to her residence, while Dong Bai and Diao Chan followed Liu Cheng to Liu Cheng's room.
Then a few people started playing cards here.
Two decks of cards are mixed together and played, and the name of the gameplay is "playing to upgrade".
The four people were sitting on four sides of the table, and the two people sitting across from each other were in the same group...
The four of them played until late at night and just ended.
Under Uncle Liu's shameless request, this time the three girls did not leave, but stayed in his room to rest.
When our uncle Liu Huang saw that the three girls finally agreed, and his long-cherished wish was finally fulfilled, he immediately felt energized and no longer sleepy...
The bed here, our uncle Liu Huang, is big enough to sleep them. It can be seen that he has been prepared for this...
In the room where Yan is located, Yan is lying on the bed, her face is red, and she doesn't know what she is thinking in her heart. Can Lu Bu's coffin board still hold it down...
It was at this time that a horse galloped to Chang'an to deliver an urgent message to Dong Zhuo.
