The Young Master of the Chamberlain's Family

Chapter 23 Jelly

Xu Anheng and Zheng Qingyan were washing the squid in the small kitchen. The other servants were also busy. Following the young master's instructions, they cut the washed fruits open with a knife and dug out the yellow strips of seeds inside.

When the sage is picked, white juice will flow out. It needs to be washed separately in water to rinse away the mucus on the surface. After all the fruits are washed, the fingers of the two glutinous rice dumplings have become wrinkled.

"Brother," Zheng Qingyan spread out his fleshy little hands and raised them in front of Xu Anheng, "Look."

Xu Anheng also spread out his hand, raised it to face his, and said, "Brother's hand has become like this too."

Zheng Qingyan took a closer look and asked curiously: "Really, why did it become like this?"

Xu Anheng grabbed Zheng Qingyan's little hand that was soaked in white water and squeezed it: "Because if you soak it in too much water, your hands will become white and wrinkled, just like now."

Zheng Qingyan knew the reason and was no longer curious. He turned his attention to the fruit he had just washed.

The plum fruit is not yet fully ripe. It is green and the fruit is like a triangular ball. Zheng Qingyan has never seen this kind of fruit before. He took one and rubbed it in his hands. He turned around and asked: "Brother, this fruit can be eaten directly." ”

"You can eat it directly, but the fruit we picked is not yet ripe, so it will taste a bit sour." Xu Anheng grabbed the little brother's hand and asked him to squeeze the fruit. It felt hard under his hand, and it seemed to be a female fruit. .

"Not ripe yet?" Zheng Qingyan was a little confused, "Then why are we picking so many fruits?"

Xu Anheng rubbed Zheng Qingyan's head and led him towards the big dustpan. The servants in the kitchen are very quick, and most of the fruits have been cut into pieces, dug out seeds, and spread out on round dustpans to dry.

Xu Anheng grabbed the silk-like seeds spread on the dustpan, which still had a strong smell of water. He grabbed a handful and handed them to Zheng Qingyan: "These are the seeds of Xiuli. They are just ripe at this time. Let's dry them in the sun." You can use it to make cool and refreshing jelly later.”

Zheng Qingyan blinked, stretched out his hand and touched the sage seeds in Xu Anheng's hand. They were soft and moist, with a slight graininess. He took a shallow breath and asked: "Brother, how long does it take to dry it and make it into jelly?" ?”

Xu Anheng spread the sage seeds on his hand back into the dustpan, then stretched out his two fingers to pinch his little brother's face, and said with a smile: "I want to eat it, don't be in a hurry, it's hot today, I can dry it out tomorrow." ”

Zheng Qingyan's face turned red. Hearing that he would be able to eat jelly tomorrow, he immediately became happy again. He held Xu Anheng's hand and asked questions.

Xu Anheng was overwhelmed by Zheng Qingyan's questions one after another, so she could only look at him with a pair of bright eyes and told him that he would know everything after seeing it with his own mouth tomorrow. The little brother was obedient and didn't ask any more questions after hearing this. He just waited for the sage seeds to be dried tomorrow.

The next day, just after breakfast, Zheng Qingyan looked at Xu Anheng eagerly. Although he didn't say anything, looking at his expectant eyes, you knew that he was thinking about the dustpan and squid that had been dried in front of the small kitchen yesterday. seed.

Xu Anheng touched the tip of his nose and felt that the idea that children are forgetful is not reliable at all. Being stared at by such a pair of bright eyes, Xu Anheng couldn't sit down anymore. He said something to his parents and eldest brother who were sitting on the chairs relaxing and enjoying tea, and wanted to take the little brother out.