Fourth Master's Little Cook

In the study, Fourth Master quietly looked at the books by himself, and did not forget to ask Ye Xue to pick one to read as well.It was the first time for Ye Xue to look for books in the study. She picked and chose, and felt that she didn't come to serve the fourth master, but rather came to visit the books in the study of the fourth master.To be honest, most of the books on Fourth Master's bookshelf are not suitable for women, let alone young women. Ye Xue searched for a long time, and finally picked out "Shan Hai Jing Guang Zhu" and flipped through it.

"Shan Hai Jing" existed in the pre-Qin period and has been handed down to later generations. It is a wonderful book that records a series of ancient Chinese cultures such as mythology, geography, plants, animals, and minerals, and involves many academic fields.Ye Xue had heard people talk about "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" before, but only knew that there were many fairy tales in it. After reading it, she realized that the mythical stories were not the main ones. This "Book of Mountains and Seas" was more like an encyclopedia of geography.

What Ye Xue was reading was actually the annotated version of "Shan Hai Jing", but even so, Ye Xue found that she still couldn't understand the content in it, after all, the annotations written by people in the Qing Dynasty were also ancient texts for her.Ye Xue can only look at the illustrations to roughly guess the meaning of the text, but fortunately, she can even get a general idea of ​​the part of the fairy tale she wants to see.

Ye Xue sat on a small stool, holding a book and pondering with relish. She found that some things were interesting even if she didn't fully understand them, and she could activate her brain cells.

Time passed by minute by minute, fourth master felt that it was almost time for Ye Xue to sleep, and wanted her to go back first, but when he looked up, he saw Ye Xue was reading very seriously with his head down.Fourth Master walked up to her to have a look, and was a little surprised to see that it was "Shan Hai Jing Guang Zhu".But thinking about the books here, I'm afraid there are not many books that Ye Xue would like, so it's not surprising that she picked this one.I heard Fushun say that Ye Xue likes to listen to stories very much, this is true, the page she read was about Kuafu Zhuri.

"Fourth master?"

Ye Xue noticed that there was a large shadow on the page of the book, and when she looked up, it turned out to be Fourth Master.She reluctantly closed the book, and was about to put it back, but she heard fourth master say: "If you like this book, I will take it back for you to read. If there is anything you don't understand, you can ask me."

Ye Xue's thoughts were almost written on her face, and the fourth master knew that she liked this book at a glance.Although he felt that Ye Xue's small brain might not be able to understand this book, but there are illustrations in it, so it's not bad for her to read it as a picture book, and he will ask someone to find some novels tomorrow, she should like it, Bai It won't be so boring to stay at home every day.

"Can I really take it back?" Ye Xue hugged the book to her chest, very surprised.She didn't expect that Fourth Master would also lend her the books in his study. Su Peisheng once said that the things in this study are very important, so don't move them easily. The master treated her so well and asked her to take the book back.

"Of course it's true. Master will lie to you a little girl? This is not an important book. You are much more important than these external things in my heart."

Fourth master stroked Ye Xue's hair, this action brought the distance between the two of them closer.Ye Xue pursed her lips, thinking about whether she should give Fourth Master a goodnight kiss, but she didn't know that her actions were very seductive to Fourth Master. Fourth Master moved his hand down and gently lifted Ye Xue's chin, In her surprised eyes, he kissed her red lips.

This simple kiss didn't have any aggressiveness, it could be said to be superficial, but it was enough to make Ye Xue's blush into a small apple.Fourth Master let go of her with a chuckle, but his thoughts drifted back to many years ago.When I met him for the first time in Hangzhou that year, he rode his horse and galloped down the street, but saw Ye Xue being pushed and fell to the ground. At that time, he stopped the horse in time, and Ye Xue was so frightened that she fainted when he got off the horse to check In his arms.

Fourth master was deeply impressed by the scene that happened that day. They all said that the hero is sad and the beauty passes. Which man can resist the temptation of the hero to save the beauty?Especially this beauty is the kind that can overwhelm a country or a city.

The fourth master quickly carried Ye Xue back to the farm. Ye Xue's beauty made him decide to take her back to the capital.Everyone said that they wanted to be pretty and filial. At that time, Ye Xue, who was dressed in white clothes and wearing small white flowers on her head, looked like a fairy in a painting. Which man would not be tempted?

Everything that happened afterwards became logical, Fourth Master brought Ye Xue back to the mansion and made her his wife.On the night when he really had her, Ye Xue's good taste made fourth master not even notice whether there was a blush on her face.But on the second day, Ye Xue's face, who couldn't get out of bed, looked rosy, causing him to mess around again early in the morning.

Looking back now, fourth master actually felt like he was dreaming, the same encounter, because of a difference in his thoughts, it caused a different present.Ye Xue in front of him sometimes made him feel very strange, but when he really hugged her and kissed her, he felt the same. Sometimes fourth master really felt that he was thinking too much, and the more he thought about it, the more confused he became.

"Fourth Master, then I'll go back first, good night, I hope you have sweet dreams too."

Ye Xue had no idea that Fourth Master was looking at her thinking of another person, so she mustered up the courage to tiptoe and kissed Fourth Master's chin, and then ran back to the Nuan Pavilion at a flying speed.Fourth master wiped his chin, and only touched the stubble with one hand. Ye Xue's first proactive kiss was really ingenious.

"I don't know the snow in the distance, because there is a dark fragrance..."

Fourth Master stood in front of the white lotus carved from the radish, gently moved the petals, and picked up the book again to read.

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Time never stops for anyone, and it will not be reversed for anyone. Before you know it, the new year is coming.The mansion became busy up and down, Fourth Master came back later and later, Fujin in the backyard became more and more busy, and there was no time to think about other things.

Ye Xue was not idle either, the dishes during this Chinese New Year period were naturally different from the past, she walked around the dining room and learned a lot of new things.

At noon on New Year's Eve, Fourth Master went to the backyard and had a reunion dinner with Fujin, Fujin and other Gege. The dining room in the front yard also made a lot of dishes and sent them over.Xiaobao had lunch with Ye Xue in the Nuan Pavilion under the order of the fourth master, played chess with her and talked for a while, and then went to the dining room.

The others in the dining room had already left, and fourth master gave them a vacation so that they could reunite with their families for the New Year or rest.Let Ye Xue prepare the dinner alone, while Gao Xiaobao is in charge of helping.

"Fourth master said, Sister Xue only needs to cook dishes for two people. She doesn't need cold dishes, and she doesn't need so many hot dishes. It's enough to eat enough." When he arrived at the dining room, Gao Xiaobao first said the fourth master's instructions, and then followed Ye Xue got busy together.

Ye Xue looked at the ingredients left in the dining room, and the little pumpkin gave her an idea, so she made a steamed pork rib with pumpkin powder first.The little pumpkin was carved into an auspicious pattern in Ye Xue's hands, and her knife cut it very shallowly so that it would not affect the cooking later in the pot.

After the pattern on the outside of the pumpkin was carved, Ye Xue cut a zigzag shape of lace on the top of the pumpkin. After cutting off a part of the cover, she dug out the inside of the melon, and steamed the short ribs until they were half-cooked. Put it in carefully.After that, the pumpkin and ribs are steamed together until the ribs are completely crispy. In this way, the sweetness of the pumpkin is completely integrated into the ribs.

Gao Xiaobao smelled a hint of pork ribs in the scent of pumpkin, and there was a feeling that the scent of ribs became more alluring.But this dish was not for him, he could only watch the lid being put back on by Ye Xue, waiting for fourth master to lift it.

Gao Xiaobao was a little frustrated, but saw Ye Xue take out a small pumpkin from the steamer. This small pumpkin was smaller than the one for steaming pork ribs, and it didn't have any patterns engraved on it. It's even more beautiful, it's tender steamed eggs!

This pumpkin steamed egg was made by Ye Xue in the gap between steamed pork ribs just now. After digging out the seeds in the middle of the pumpkin, steam the pumpkin until it is half-cooked, then sieve the stirred egg liquid into the pumpkin, cover it and steam it cooked.The pumpkin exudes a sweet smell, and the steamed egg is even more unbearable to eat. Gao Xiaobao was so moved that he almost cried while holding the little pumpkin.

"Eat it while it's hot, didn't you tell me two days ago that you wanted to eat steamed eggs?"

Ye Xue smiled and dug a spoonful of steamed eggs and handed it to Xiaobao's mouth, watching him take the spoon and eat it, then went to see how the old hen soup was cooking on another stove.This New Year's Eve dinner can't be sloppy, even if the fourth master said that there is no need for too many dishes, Ye Xue thinks that there should be some, at most it can be changed.

"Anyway, it's still early, why don't Sister Xue make me another snack?"

Gao Xiaobao is just at the age of growth, a small bowl of pumpkin steamed eggs can't satisfy him, but arouses his appetite instead.Anyway, there were only the two of them in the dining room, and Fourth Master said to let him delay time and not let Ye Xue cook too many dishes, so asking Ye Xue to make him a snack is the best excuse.

Ye Xue skimmed off the froth in the chicken soup, and asked with a smile, "You little greedy cat, what do you want to eat?"

Gao Xiaobao swallowed when he smelled the strong smell of chicken soup, and immediately said, "Can you get wontons in chicken soup?"

There were some finished wonton skins, so Ye Xue wrapped some shrimp wontons, cooked them and put them in a porcelain bowl, then added a spoonful of boiling old hen soup, and sprinkled a handful of green onion and coriander.Immediately, Ye Xue herself was craving shrimp wontons.

With the idea that eating two would be fine and would not affect the dinner, Ye Xue and Gao Xiaobao shared a bowl of shrimp wontons and ate them. After eating, both of them were very satisfied and devoted themselves to making the New Year's Eve dinner.

Gao Xiaobao will always remember that afternoon. Although he was sweating all over, his heart was always sweet. Even if he became the highest-ranking eunuch in the entire Forbidden City in the future, he still couldn't compare to what Ye Xue brought to him that day. Simple and happy.Because in Ye Xue's eyes, Fourth Master is the same as his little eunuch, she will remember that Fourth Master wanted to drink plum wine, and also remember that she wanted to eat steamed eggs.

No matter how cold the wind outside is, it can't blow the temperature of the dining room.