Chapter 35 (1/2)
A Yao worships the moon gate before and after Bai Lu. In the twinkling of an eye, the Mid Autumn Festival is coming.
People nearby began to prepare sacrifices for the Mid Autumn Festival. Looking at the moon, they closed their doors and lived their own days. There was no festive atmosphere at all.
”Yao Zhu ~ how's the tofu cut today?” Wangyue asked, ”if we can't cut it again, we'll eat Braised Tofu.”
When a Yao in the kitchen heard the words of looking at the moon, her hand shook and tilted again.
too bad!
She glanced up at the moon under the sweet scented osmanthus tree in the courtyard.
She lies comfortably in the rocking chair and squints. The sun passes through the leaves and sprinkles on her. The breeze blows, the branches and leaves shake, and the golden osmanthus flowers fall in clusters and fall on her skirt, which is also stained with the fragrance of osmanthus flowers.
Good. Wangyue didn't notice. A Yao quickly poured the cut tofu into a bowl, covered it with a wet cloth, and continued to cut tofu as if nothing had happened.
The tofu is fresh, tender and beautiful. There is a slight movement on the record, just like a frightened little white rabbit. It trembles and shakes for a long time.
It's not easy to cut thick and thin evenly. An experienced chef can rely on years of hand feeling and rich experience. For novices, a Yao can't avoid hesitating for a long time every time he cuts, finding the right angle and going on again, for fear of being destroyed——
She has eaten tofu for more than half a month. She really doesn't want to eat any more!
Finally, after cutting a plate, she took the fruit out to Wangyue. Wangyue's eyes skipped over the coir raincoat, cucumber and shredded radish, but stayed in the tofu for a long time. She could not help feeling guilty. She secretly prayed that Wangyue didn't see through her trick. Should one or two pieces of tofu be missing?
Looking at the moon, he said, ”Alas, the little bird's nest ~ the yaozhu has cut the tofu again, but tonight we don't eat Braised Tofu. We eat tofu mixed with scallions.”
Broken, found“ Mr. moon watching, how did you see it? ”
”Oh.” The bird's nest sister of pengwatermelon by the ancient well looks up. A Yao sees the indifferent face of the later great devil Zhang Yining from her face. She enters the kitchen and brings some watermelons.
The moon looked curious: ”after all, I've heard a little experience from the sound of cutting vegetables. You can't hide this little move from me. Little bird's nest, one watermelon is enough for us to eat. We can't eat enough. ”
The bird's nest said, ”I'll have more for dinner tonight. I refuse all forms of tofu dishes. And don't call me little bird's nest. ”
For more than half a month, no one can stand three tofu dishes a day.
Piansheng Wangyue asked her to practice knife work with tofu. When she finished eating other dishes, she ate tofu dishes when she failed. She couldn't stand her physiological disgust by changing into flowers.
”The little bird's nest sounds much better than your original name.” The moon doesn't think so. ”When you grow up and start your own house, you can't use your maiden name. As soon as you listen to the bird's nest, wealth and moisture are good.”
The original name of the bird's nest is shangguanyan. It is said that the ancestors were famous for a while. Later, they committed a crime and the family gradually declined. As for how to get to Wangyue, the bird's nest didn't say and Wangyue didn't mention, and ah Yao didn't ask.
I still remember that when she heard the ”stage name” given by Wangyue, she objected loudly, and the bird's nest inserted a knife: ”since you said you wanted to worship the teacher that day, the girl thought hard every day, until one day someone sent a box of Jiang yaozhu...”
By analogy, shangguanyan's ”stage name” could not have been inspired by someone who gave a box of bird's nest or looked up at the moon to see the bird's nest.
”If you eat so many watermelons, be careful that your stomach hurts.”
The three men seemed to deliberately ignore the dish of tofu.