Jia Zhen took a piece of moon cake and saw the words "moon-viewing cake" on the moon cake, so she smiled and said:
"This mooncake mold is quite fresh."
Jia Mu also smiled and said:
"It's all Lian Er's idea, he's full of new tricks.
We made this new moon cake in the first two days. We didn't dare to taste it first, so we picked the best ones and sent them to the palace first.
The emperor also saw the words on the cake and felt it was fresh, so he broke it open and tasted it. Unexpectedly, he liked it very much, and even sent the eunuch from the empress's palace to our house to ask Lian Er for the recipe for the moon cake.
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Jia Zhen felt a little bit disgusted in her heart, but she still smiled and said:
"The emperor has said it is good, so I must try it."
When I opened the mooncake, I saw an orange-yellow ball embedded in the sweet-scented osmanthus and date paste filling, just like the full moon in the sky.
When I tasted it, I found that it was the yolk of a salted duck egg, with orange-red oil inside. It was paired with a jujube paste filling that smelled of osmanthus. It was sweet yet salty, yet salty yet fragrant. It was indeed delicious.
Youshi on the side praised first:
"The emperor said yes, so of course it is good. It has a good name, good taste, and everything is good."
Jia Zhen couldn’t help but praise:
"I have eaten these mooncakes, and this is the first time I eat them. It is really extraordinary."
Everyone also gave up other mooncakes and chose the one with the words "Moon Viewing Cake" on it to try, and everyone praised the mooncake for its deliciousness.
According to the way Daiyu looked earlier, she would have put it down after just one taste.
But now Daiyu's mood was very different. She took a "Moon Viewing Cake", broke it in half, and actually ate it all. When she wanted to eat the other half, she suddenly saw Jia Lian waving his hand slightly towards her. p>
Daiyu understood, so she stopped eating and handed the remaining half to Zicuckoo who was waiting behind her to eat.
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When everyone dispersed, Daiyu felt a sense of loss when she saw that Jia Lian was taken away by Baoyu and could not talk to her.
Just as he was walking back without emotion, he saw Xue Yan coming over with a smile and carrying a food box:
"Girl, this is what Qingwen gave me just now.
It is said that Mr. Lian asked her to make a basket of Soviet-style mooncakes early this morning, including sweet mooncakes and salty mooncakes.
The sweet mooncakes are stuffed with sweet-scented osmanthus, roses, melon seeds, walnuts, sesame seeds, and pine nuts. The salty mooncakes are stuffed with shrimps, ham, lard, green onions, and pork shank.
Qingwen is also from Suzhou, and her brother is a dim sum cook, so the Suzhou-style mooncakes she makes are very authentic, and I know it as soon as I smell it."
Only then did Daiyu realize that Jia Lian had just waved his hand to her, telling her to keep her stomach open and come to eat this Soviet-style moon cake.
Daiyu felt hot in her heart and burst into tears.
Xue Yan hurriedly said:
"Why is the girl crying? Are you homesick?"
Zijuan advised:
"It's not good for a girl to miss her hometown when she sees things. It makes her sad."
Daiyu hurriedly wiped her tears and said:
"What are you talking about? I was just blinded by the wind, and you started making a fuss."
Then he said to Xueyan:
"The meat mooncakes must be hot. When my mother was here, the mooncakes at home were all freshly made."
Xueyan hurriedly raised the food box:
"Isn't that right? Miss Qingwen also said the same thing. The meat mooncakes have to be eaten while they are hot, so she calculated the right time before sending them in. They are still hot now."
Daiyu smiled and said:
"Then let's go back to the house and eat our mooncakes."
Zijuan said:
"Second Master Bao is acting weird today. He left the girl alone and took Second Master Lian away instead?"
Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled:
"Second brother Lian is now a 'hot potato', and everyone wants to stick to him."
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Baoyu took Jia Lian to his room. In fact, it was because Baoyu didn't want to go to school, and he wanted to force Jia Lian to say some nice things, not to send him to "Heshan Academy" to study, and just let him live in the back house.
Unexpectedly, I entered the Jiangyunxuan courtyard and heard Nanny Li scolding the attacker in the room:
“Forget Ben’s little whore!
I was the one who lifted you up at first, but now that I'm here, you're lying on the kang in a grand manner, not moving, paying no attention to you.
You are just a little girl bought with a few taels of stinky money. Now that you have lost face, all you want to do is pretend to be charming and coax Baoyu. You will be a waste in this house!
Sooner or later I will drag you out to marry a boy, and see if you still coax Baoyu like a fairy!"
The attacker had just said that he was "sick, so he was sweating and covered his head. I didn't see you, old man." At this time, he heard the words "be worthy of a boy" and he immediately started crying.
Although her appearance is not outstanding, her desire for glory and boasting is extraordinary. Ever since Jia Mu asked her to serve Baoyu, she has been determined to become Baoyu's concubine.
But Xiren also understands that what Jia Mu likes is a girl like Wang Xifeng who is good-looking, fluent in conversation, and smart.
As for Xiren himself, she is the same as Mrs. Wang: average in appearance, docile in temperament, not talkative, but very thoughtful.
Jia Mu would not fall in love with Xi Ren and let Xi Ren become Baoyu's concubine.
But an attacker is an attacker, and she can "recommend herself as a pillow".
As long as she tells Baoyu, "Jia's mother has given herself to Baoyu, so it is not overly polite to do so now", Baoyu will believe her and treat her as the "bed partner" she deserves.
Moreover, Xiren is six years older than Baoyu.
She understands everything Baoyu understands;
She also understands what Baoyu doesn't understand.
Therefore, after Baoyu had his first "good dream", Xiren helped Baoyu clean the battlefield and change his clothes, and then deliberately found a deserted night to quietly ask Baoyu what he had dreamed about.
A slightly shy but proactive older sister is too tempting for an adolescent boy.
In addition to Yun Yu, Xi Ren can also be gentle, act coquettishly, pretend to be asleep, pretend to go home, and use a combination of punches to crush Jia Baoyu, the living phoenix of the Jia family.
However, Xiren knows that Mrs. Wang will never allow anyone to seduce Baoyu, so she must be the most appropriate, gentle, and least likely to make trouble.
But at this moment, Grandma Li's scolding was like tearing off the "painted skin" of the attacker.
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When Baoyu saw Xiren crying pitifully, he was so angry that he was shaking all over, but he didn't dare to do anything to Nanny Li, so he had to go up and tell Xiren that "she is sick".
Grandma Li was so angry that she stamped her feet and said:
"You only protect that fox, how can you recognize me!
What did this attacker do? Ask yourself? Who is not the attacker who took down the horse?
The charming girl was tricked earlier and kicked out, and today she is kicked out of Qianxue!
I have spent more than ten years of hard work in vain. I have worked hard day and night to make you bigger. Now I can no longer feed you. You have left me aside and only cared about this foxy girl!"
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Baoyu only cared about Xiren, closing her eyes and ignoring Grandma Li.
Jia Lian heard from Li Gui that Granny Li was old and trivial, but she was not a bad person, so she stepped forward and asked:
"Li Gui is now also the general manager of the comprador house in front of me. Aunt Li is like this, have you ever thought about how Li Gui can live with her face?"
When Grandma Li saw Jia Lian, she immediately restrained herself a lot, but she still couldn't help but said:
"Second Master Lian, I am now the one who has sued to resolve the matter. I don't care about Second Master Bao's affairs anymore.
I came here today for Qianxue.
Just for the first time, I came to this room. At that time, there was only Qian Xue in the room. When I saw there was tea on the table, I drank it, not knowing that it was Mr. Bao’s maple dew tea.
When Mr. Bao came back and asked, he didn't know what the fox was doing, so he kicked Qian Xue away again.
Now the Musk Moon, Qiu Wen, and Bihen in this room are all her subordinates. Meiren, who used to be side by side with Xiren, was also secretly tricked away by Xiren, a foxy girl.
That child Qianxue is honest and well-behaved, so I just feel sorry for her!"
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Jia Lian glanced at Xi Ren, who looked pitiful, and already had an idea in his mind.
If you pretend that you want to kill people without showing any blood, then I will kill people quietly and kill your heart.
So he said to Aunt Li:
"Now that Qian Xue has been kicked out, there is no point in her staying here.
How about this, I make the decision and give Qianxue to Li Gui as his wife.
The official rewarded Li Gui with forty taels of silver to get married, and Mistress Lian and I gave Qianxue an additional forty taels of silver to get married, and gave her some jewelry, so that every marriage would be honorable.
From now on, let her come into the inner house and be a housekeeper's wife, taking over Wu Xindeng's job."
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Grandma Li was so happy that she knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.
Xi Ren was so angry that his hands were shaking, but he could only pretend to be aggrieved and continue to cover his face with a handkerchief and cry.