Maybe it’s because of yesterday’s rice grain pearls that I am smarter today for the rest of my life.
Holding her ankles without letting go, Yu Sheng pushed Aunt Qing's legs to the side, leaned over and took out star anise, cinnamon and other spices from under the table.
"What's wrong with taking these?" Yu Sheng asked innocently.
"No, it's nothing." Aunt Qing shook her head, feeling that she was thinking too much.
But when Yu Sheng turned around and saw the cunning look in the corner of his eyes, Aunt Qing immediately woke up and kicked him in the butt.
"Ouch", Yu Sheng covered his butt and looked back at her, "Why did you kick me?"
Aunt Qing's eyes widened and she looked at Yu Sheng with watery eyes, "What can I do by kicking you?"
"You're a bad learner." Yu Sheng turned around helplessly, took out the boiled eggs and poured the hot water.
"This is still a boiled egg. I'm afraid you'll have to shave your head later to go see him." Aunt Qing knew Yu Sheng well, and it would be impossible to go see him with his head shaved.
"Be patient, I can't eat your nephew's tofu in a hurry. I haven't finished cooking it yet." Yu Sheng said, washing the eggs with cold water.
Aunt Qing always felt that Yu Sheng's words had a special meaning, but she couldn't guess it, so she said: "Now people all over the city like to eat fish and tofu, and my nephew is also famous now."
Yu Sheng, who was making eggs, paused for a moment, then asked: "Aren't you jealous that so many people are eating your nephew's tofu?"
Now Aunt Qing understood what Yu Sheng meant by "tofu", "I'm not jealous, I drink soy sauce." She rolled her eyes and said.
Yu Sheng cooked a lot of eggs. After they were not too hot, he brought them to Aunt Qing and said, "Help, crack the eggshells."
The city lord put down the wine jar and stretched out his hand to help him, "Why did you grow so tall overnight?" Aunt Qing said, gesturing with her hands.
Because she was sitting on the table, she was still shorter when standing, but almost the same when standing on the ground.
"I don't know, is it because I did some good deeds yesterday?" Yu Sheng pretended to be confused, "It's also possible that I was frightened by half-faced ghosts when I grew up."
Aunt Qing curled her lips, if she grew up after being frightened, she would probably have grown into a towering giant before she could remember anything for the rest of her life.
After thinking about it, she felt that it was because of Yu Sheng's bloodline. He had been slowly awakening before. It was not surprising that he suddenly grew taller in one night.
While Aunt Qing was deep in thought, Yu Sheng took the opportunity to change the topic and said, "Auntie, look, I've already been punished. Isn't it unfair to let Zhou Jiufeng guard the city gate?"
The city lord glanced at Yu Sheng lightly and said, "Why did you remember to plead for her?"
"She was punished because of me, so of course I have to care about her." Yu Sheng banged the egg in his hand, "Besides, it's a natural disaster."
"Oh, what a disaster. Are you going to blame your little aunt for lying to you because of her?" Aunt Qing made a "pop" sound and crushed an egg with one hand.
Yu Sheng looked at it and saw that the eggshell was broken into dense fine lines but did not peel off. It would be absolutely delicious when cooked later.
"Don't dare, don't dare, little aunt, don't be jealous." Yu Sheng decided to go and see Zhou Jiufeng.
"You're the only one who's jealous, your whole family is jealous." After lightly kicking Yu Sheng, Aunt Qing asked, "You've received a lot of money from Zhou Jiufeng, right?"
"How can you...uh", Yu Sheng quickly calmed down, "how can you doubt your nephew's character? I am a person who gets paid to do things for others?"
"What do you think?" Aunt Qing stared at Yu Sheng, and the egg in her hand made another "pop" sound, and was broken into many pieces.
"Ha, um, I'd better take it a little bit, not much, just two strikes." Yu Sheng quickly confessed and was lenient.
"Two Guan?" This suited Yu Sheng's appetite, "Then you will be at a disadvantage. After her official reinstatement, her salary will be ten times what it is now."
"How much is ten times?" Yu Sheng asked. Although he was the commander of the Ghost Suppression Department, he didn't know much about the Jin Yiwei's salary.
As for the salary of the Ghost Suppression Division, Aunt Qing paid it to Fu Nan, and as for the rest of his life, it was confiscated directly by Aunt Qing.
"Not much, just fifty strings," Aunt Qing said casually.
"His uncle is missing." I regretted it for the rest of my life.
"Hey, that's not right," he realized. "The salary for guarding the city gate is so much?"
"For the commander who guards the city gate, his salary is more than five guans?"
"It's not much, but my salary is less than five guan. After all, I am also the nephew of the city lord and the dignified commander of the Ghost Suppression Division." Yu Sheng was indignant.
Aunt Qing reached out and touched Yu Sheng's head, "Okay, little aunt, a hundred years from now, not to mention the money from the city lord's palace, the entire Yangzhou city will be yours."
Yu Sheng looked at her expressionlessly. What a fool. You are a swordsman, so her inheritance of his money is enough.
"By the way, give me the bribe money from Zhou Jiufeng, and I will help you get this done." Aunt Qing stretched out her hand.
Yu Sheng knew that he couldn't hide, so he reached into his arms to take out the money, and after taking out two strings, he handed it to Aunt Qing.
"That's not right." Aunt Qing didn't stop. When she saw Yu Sheng groping in her arms, she immediately realized there was something fishy and said, "There is still money."
"Ha, let me make a trick for you." Yu Sheng grabbed two eggs and hurriedly walked out to find some soft, small and beautiful vegetable leaves.
When I came back, I didn't dare to look up to see Aunt Qing. I immersed myself in dipping the selected leaves in a little water, pasted them on the eggs, wrapped them in gauze and tied them tightly.
Then put the eggs that Aunt Qing has crushed into the pot, add water again and add the star anise, cinnamon, peppercorns, wrapped tea leaves and various seasonings.
Aunt Qing thought that would be the end of it. Unexpectedly, when Yu Sheng started the fire and continued to cook, she went out and asked for a piece of fat pork, and threw it in when she came back.
When cooking tea eggs, the lard from the fatty pork will make the tea eggs taste more smooth and delicious.
Aunt Qing couldn't help but say, "What kind of boiled egg is this?"
"This is called tea egg, and it is seasoned with more than ten flavors. Although it is inconspicuous, it is mellow, delicious and attractive. It is truly low-key luxury and has connotation." Yu Sheng said.
"That's it, you've collected a hundred swords in your life?" Aunt Qing said.
"You don't understand. A hundred tea eggs are not only delicious, but also a symbol of wealth. The poor cannot afford them." Yu Sheng said seriously.
"What nonsense." Aunt Qing rolled her eyes, this guy was almost lifting the tea eggs into the sky.
Later, Aunt Qing did not pursue the six dollars, and the two of them sat and chatted, and the time passed by without realizing it.
Even though Si Wu came to visit Jian Pingsheng, Aunt Qing did not go out.
About two hours later, near noon, the tea eggs were finally cooked.
Yu Sheng first took out the tea eggs with vegetable leaves, unwrapped the gauze, peeled off the leaves, and placed them in front of Aunt Qing, "How about it, let's make a pattern."
Aunt Qing saw the outline of white leaves printed on the brown eggshell, which looked very pleasing to the eye.
The other eggshell had a brown heart-shaped leaf outline printed on it. Yu Sheng handed it to Aunt Qing, "Here, this is my heart. I give it to you."
"Go, you slick tongue." Aunt Qing kicked Yu Sheng, but still took the egg.
She played with it in her hands, looked around and asked Yu Sheng: "Is this delicious?"
"I don't understand the style." Yu Sheng muttered.
He took out a tea egg whose shell had been crushed by Aunt Qing, and peeled it gently. The densely packed brown egg whites appeared in front of him, accompanied by the rich aroma of tea, which was very tempting.
Aunt Qing was looking forward to giving it to her for the rest of her life. Unexpectedly, he put it in her mouth after teasing her and took a bite.
"Is it okay for me to help you taste it?" Yu Sheng explained under the wide eyes of the city lord, and handed half of the tea eggs to Aunt Qing.