The Young Master of the Chamberlain's Family

Chapter 31 Orange Cat

Since he was going back with Zheng Qingyan tomorrow, Xu Anheng sent a letter to his mother, telling her that he would stay overnight in Zheng's Mansion and return tomorrow.

The children of the two families have been close since childhood, and it is common for them to stay at each other's house. Mrs. Xu was not surprised when she got the message. She just sent someone to tell them not to make noise too late at night and to rest early.

Mrs. Xu’s confession was not groundless. During the previous sleepovers, for some reason, the two of them stayed up very late every time, and woke up a little listless the next day. So every time they stayed over, the other mistress always had to give a few more instructions.

But today, it was not as Mrs. Xu expected. Both children went to bed early. Zheng Qingyan even started to squint his eyes and take a nap during dinner, and almost fell into the rice in front of him. Mrs. Zheng's eyesight and quick hands were so quick I held my son's head and saw that he couldn't open his eyes due to sleepiness. I frowned and asked, only to find out that the two little ones didn't take a nap today.

Looking at the little brother in her arms who was coquettishly humming with his eyes closed, and then at Xu Xiaozi who lowered his head with a guilty conscience, Mrs. Zheng flicked her fingers on their heads one by one, and then coaxed her son to take a few more bites. , waited for Xu Anheng to finish eating, and then took the people back to the room.

Xu Anheng's yard was arranged next to Zheng Qingyan's. As soon as he put his little brother on his bed, he turned over in a comfortable position and fell asleep. Seeing that her son was sleeping soundly, Mrs. Zheng took Xu Anheng back to the house and watched as the maid helped him to sleep, tucked the quilt back, sat by the bed and waited for him to fall asleep before leaving peacefully.

The next day, when they woke up, General Zheng and his wife had already gone to the Yamen. After washing up, a hot breakfast was served on the table. After hurriedly finishing a bowl of hot porridge and a vegetarian bun, Zheng Qingyan pulled Xu Anheng into the carriage and drove to the Xu Mansion.

Zheng Qingyan brought the two pots of pig skin jelly made yesterday into Xu's kitchen together with the pots. During the lunch meal, Xu's cook followed the young master's instructions and cut the food into pieces that he had never seen before. Prepare the dipping sauce and serve it on the table.

The pig skin jelly has been left overnight and has now solidified. It is cut into three-finger-wide slices and placed neatly on the plate.

The skin jelly is placed on a porcelain white plate, which is even more crystal clear. Dip it in the saucepan and coat it with the sauce, and it will be full of freshness and smoothness.

Zheng Qingyan held a piece of pigskin jelly between his legs and hesitated to eat it. It wasn't until he saw Xu Anheng and Mrs. Xu stretching their chopsticks into the plate several times that he closed his eyes and mustered up the courage to put the pigskin jelly into his mouth, biting the bullet. After chewing it for a few times, I found that there was no greasy or fishy smell at all, and it tasted smooth and not greasy, making people want to eat it again.

After the meal, Mrs. Xu looked at the empty plate and praised: "This recipe is quite clever, and it tastes like an excellent dish to go with wine." After saying that, she asked the kitchen to prepare more skin jelly, just in time for the Chinese New Year. The master eats and drinks.

It was sunny after the snow, and the sound of falling snow could be heard outside the house. The snow on the dry branches was blown by the wind, and turned into tiny snow particles dancing in the air, as if it had snowed again.

Xu Anheng brushed the falling snow off his shoulders and pulled his little brother away from the tree to avoid being hit by the snow.

The two of them had just woken up from a nap and wanted to go out on the street to play, but Mrs. Xu was worried about the crowds of people on the street at the end of the year and was worried about the two children going out alone. I wanted to take them out for a walk by myself. After staying at home for so long some time ago, the two children were indeed exhausted. However, looking at the few books in front of Mrs. Xu’s desk, they didn’t want to cause any more trouble for her. Mrs. Xu looked at her for a while, then walked out.