The guards of crossing, please serve

Learn to do it.When I go to a small restaurant to collect protection fees, I often give them a [-]% discount, and learn a few tricks from the chef at the same time.With such patchwork, he has also practiced a good cooking skill, and occasionally he can innovate a little by himself.

He also seriously considered that when his younger sister was able to make money, he would stop working in the underworld and collect protection fees all day long, which would not be a comfortable use of the money.In the future, I can open a small restaurant by myself, and I don't want to make a lot of money, as long as I can be self-reliant.

"Brother, when I make money, I will send you to France to study cooking. When you come back in two years, you will be at the level of a master. At that time, five-star restaurants will line up in front of our house, rushing to ask you to go over." Rong dug Shen Qing's homemade pudding with a small spoon, while imagining the wonderful future.

Shen Qing looked at him helplessly: "You think well, when you save enough money, I'll already be at retirement age."

"Brother, you have to trust me!" Shen Rong puffed up her cheeks with a rare serious expression: "I swore a long time ago that you sacrificed so much for me, and when I have money, I will let you Go and learn what you want to learn. Just wait and see, I'm sure to make a lot of money and let us all live a good life."

Shen Qing laughed, and patted her on the head gently: "Okay, I believe you, after eating the snacks, do your homework. If you want to make money, you must first get into a good university."

"Well," Shen Rong nodded, squinted her eyes and said with a smirk, "Brother, when you go to France, I only have one wish."

"What wish?" Shen Qing felt something was wrong.

"When you go back to China, no matter if it's a handsome blond boy with creamy skin or a super cool handsome guy with slender and muscular body, you must always bring one back to be my sister-in-law... Oh, don't hit me on the head, it hurts!"

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57. Old dishes welcome new people...

Shen Qing opened his eyes, and was taken aback when he saw a shiny black head.

Oh, I forgot, I am now in ancient times.

I had a very good dream just now, allowing myself and my sister to meet again. The things in the dream all happened in the past. Now after thinking about it, I really feel a little bit emotional, and my heart is slightly astringent.

That little girl, if she knew that her brother really found a beautiful man to be her sister-in-law, she would be so happy from ear to ear.

Ran Mingyuan moved his body, raised his head, and met Shen Qing's eyes.

"Morning." Ran Mingyuan muttered, rubbing his head against Shen Qing's neck, closing his eyes again and going back to sleep.

Shen Qing hugged the person in his arms tightly, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly, even if someone invited him back now, if he couldn't take Ran Mingyuan with him, he would not agree.If he didn't get used to being hugged by such a person when he woke up in the morning... No, if he couldn't sleep with this body in his arms, he wouldn't be able to fall asleep.

After all, it has been a year since he came to this world. It was not a short or a long year, but it was also the most meaningful year in his life. After all, he, Shen Qing, had found his lifelong belonging. Ran Mingyuan was already a A habit in his life that will never change.

Thinking about it this way, even if I live here for a lifetime, although it is not perfect, it is already very happy.

An hour later, Ran Mingyuan and Shen Qing had breakfast while listening to the reports from Ran Degao and Ran Wangzhong.

Ran Degao's voice was a little hoarse, and after saying a few words, he cast a look at Ran Wangzhong, who understood and quickly picked up.

While Ran Degao was talking, Ran Mingyuan suddenly interjected: "Wangwang, you are not gentle at all. From now on, you should be more restrained at night. Look, you have made Degao's voice hoarse."

There was a sudden silence in the room, Shen Qing shook his hand holding the chopsticks, and turned his head away helplessly.It seems that after the two housekeepers talked for so long just now, Ran Mingyuan didn't remember any important things, and his mind was completely used to thinking about these things.

"You've just been made dumb! I'm wind-cold, wind-cold!" Ran Degao shouted and wanted to pounce on Ran Mingyuan, but was hugged by Ran Wangzhong: "Degao, calm down, don't be as knowledgeable as him, your body is important. Come, read to me, calm down, calm down, calm down..."

"Body, Degao, do you have it? Is there a younger brother?" Ran Mingyuan excitedly tugged on Shen Qing's sleeve: "Qing, look, they've only recovered for a few days, and they're so much ahead of us. "

Little prince, can you please stop teasing Ran Degao? Didn't you see the veins on his forehead burst out?Shen Qing supported his forehead, and resorted to his trump card: "If the prince is really envious, we might as well practice a few more times at night, maybe we can catch up with them."

Ran Mingyuan immediately covered his butt and shut his mouth obediently.

Shen Qing was even more helpless, he was very gentle, and Ran Mingyuan felt comfortable every time, there was no need to act so scared... Others thought he was so rough!

After a lot of fuss, everyone finally started to talk about the most important thing—it was time to choose the guards of the palace again.

The guards of the palace are just like serving in the military. If they reach a certain age, if they are not promoted to a higher position, it will be time to retire.The palace treats the retired guards very kindly. If they want to leave, they will prepare a big gift for them, which is enough for them to start a small business after returning.If they are willing to stay, the palace will also arrange other jobs for them, with food and lodging as usual. For those who are not married yet, Ran Degao and Ran Wangzhong will also worry about their marriage.

These guards are used to staying in the palace, and they also have feelings, and they really don't want to go out of the palace, and they all ask to stay.If things go on like this, the palace supports more and more people, and the vacancies are getting fewer and fewer.So every year at this time, Ran Wangzhong would complain: "There are so many people in the palace, and there is no shortage of guards now, who else should I choose! A waste of money! And every year newcomers come, and they have to re-teach them, it is better to use the old ones." convenient."

"Having said that, it still cannot be cancelled. Now the competition for the selection of guards in our palace has developed into a local event, and it is also a good opportunity to show that the royal family is close to the people and has fun with the people. If it is canceled suddenly this year, it may cause civil war. And those youngsters who practice kung fu hard to enter the palace will also feel disappointed in the palace." Ran Degao's analysis was so logical that Ran Wangzhong had to sigh.

Ran Mingyuan, on the other hand, is a typical fan of watching the show with both hands spread out: "Great, there are fights to watch again, hurry up and ask Qing to make more snacks, and then we can eat while watching."

Sitting in the best seat on the sidelines, Shen Qing looked at the high-spirited candidates in the arena with mixed feelings.

A year ago, he was also here, and using his three-legged cat kung fu, he was successfully selected as the guard of the palace.Of course, I would also like to thank Ran Mingyuan for his help from the internal force that was sometimes absent at that time.Otherwise, he really doubted that he would live on the street and become a handsome beggar like Brother Sharp.

Today, Ran Ming was far from copying the directory and handing out notes, but sitting next to Shen Qing, waving and smiling at the people below from time to time, posing in a graceful manner.It's just that under the wide sleeves, Shen Qing's hands are tightly intertwined, even if his hands are sweating, he doesn't let go.

This was the first time for him to let Shen Qing appear in front of the people as his partner.Although Ran Mingyuan didn't say anything, he was a little nervous in his heart, for fear of hearing a lot of strange noises.

However, what comforted him was that the common people understood very well. After he announced Shen Qing's identity, some people shouted out "I wish the prince and Mr. Shen a happy marriage for a hundred years", which made him feel a lot more relaxed. Ask Ran Wangzhong to find that person and thank him with 100 taels of silver.

Today's competition was uneventful, and when the sun was setting, eight new guards were successfully selected.Shen Qing also saw a familiar face in it, it was the opponent he met in the last round of the competition last year, the one that Ran Mingyuan used a small green plum to slander.

"My lord, do you still remember that man?" Shen Qing asked Ran Mingyuan.

"I don't remember, who is that person?" Ran Mingyuan continued to eat honey-soaked kumquats with a blank expression on his face.

Shen Qing stopped talking, since Ran Mingyuan forgot, forget it, let him remember that he entered the palace because of his help, and he didn't know how much trouble he would have in the next few days.

It was naturally a routine welcome dinner to return to the palace with drums and gongs.

The dinner is still a barbecue, but this time the big kitchen is easy. All the materials for tonight are prepared by Shen Qing.

Different from the previous method of roasting meat skewers directly on the fire, the stove Shen Qing used this time was a rectangular iron trough with lit red charcoal in the trough, and an iron plate like a fence was laid on it.Putting strings of beef, mutton, pork, chicken wings and other ingredients on the iron plate, Shen Qing kept fanning back and forth on the ingredients with a fan in his other hand.It didn't take long for the meat skewers to gradually change color with the heat coming up from the ground. Shen Qing also spread oil, honey and his special seasoning powder at this time. After a while, the roasted meat skewers were finished until they were browned and crispy. .

Following Shen Qing's example, the people dispersed, gathered around several stoves, and began to roast meat by themselves.Ran Mingyuan had a string of mutton in his left hand and a string of chicken wings in his right hand. He ate until the corners of his mouth were dripping with oil. He would pull up the corner of Shen Qing's clothes to wipe it, in order to maintain a noble and clean image in front of the new guards.

Because of the honey, the surface of the meat skewers is extra crispy, the color is also beautiful, and the meat juice inside is firmly locked.Shen Qing added rare spices such as cumin to the seasoning powder. To the people in the palace, the taste was fresh and special. It didn't take long for them to eat up the whole barrel of meat.

"It's okay, everyone just eat, I have prepared a lot." Shen Qing brought out another bucket of meat skewers and distributed them to each stove.Seeing everyone eating so happily, although he didn't eat much, he still felt