Tibetan Sea Pearl

It was the first time for Zhou Yao to go to a restaurant outside and eat with the sisters he had made friends with. Zhou Yao felt that it was very fresh and fun, so he ordered the maid who accompanied him to tell Butler Wu. Sun Yinglian thought of Butler Wu who was waiting in the lobby on the first floor. You Qian sent two salty and fragrant chickens over.

Seeing this, Zhou Yao thanked the people.

"It's just two chickens. Sister Zhou doesn't need to be so polite." Sun Yinglian declined.

Soon, three freshly baked salty chickens were served on the table.

"It's so big? How can you finish it?" Zhou Yao was surprised by the three big chickens on the white porcelain plate.

Su Yue tore a chicken leg and put it on the plate in front of Zhou Yao, "When I ate chicken before, I was the same as you. I thought it was too big to finish, so I finished it as soon as I ate it." After speaking, she tore it up again. He took another chicken leg and put it on Sun Yinglian's plate.

Seeing that Sun Yinglian started to eat chicken, Zhou Yao also tasted a piece, and felt that Deyuelou really deserved its reputation. This salty chicken is different from the roast chicken in the capital. It is baked with salt and has enough saltiness, making the chicken particularly delicious.

"Is it delicious? Is it better than the roast chicken in Beijing?" Sun Yinglian asked Zhou Yao.

"Ah."

The three of them chatted while eating chicken.

"Mrs. Li from the Liji Bakery is very good at coming. I don't know who is at the banquet. I heard that the wife of the formation envoy likes to eat the red bean cakes from the Liji Bakery. This morning I sent someone to bring two big boxes. I It's not right if your mother picks it up, or if you don't pick it up." Zhou Yao said.

Mrs. Li is obviously showing her courtesy for nothing. Could it be that the Li family wants to marry Zhou Yao for the second son?Su Yue remembered Zhou Yao's hairpin that fell off when she climbed the Zhenhai Tower, and reminded without pointing it out, "The wife of the Li family is used to coming, but the adopted son doesn't follow her, especially the second son of the Li family."

"What happened to the second son of the Li family?" Zhou Yao was puzzled.

Sun Yinglian smiled and said, "Sister Zhou, you have been raised in a deep boudoir for too long, and you don't even know the second son of the Li family who is famous for being a fool in the city."

Su Yong didn't want to talk too much about the second son of the Li family, as the water will leave traces, and talking too much will only deepen the impression of the second son of the Li family in Zhou Yao's heart, so she smiled awkwardly, "The second son of the Li family is not a good person, we will stay away from him in the future a little."

Zhou Yao nodded, and shared with her sisters the major events in the court that she had finally heard about.

"What? Mr. Zheng is going to sail to the West again?" Sun Yinglian stopped eating chicken and raised her head.

Now there is no news of Mr. Zheng going to the West, and it is easier to hear the secrets of the court when he makes friends with the officials. Su Yong is also surprised when he hears, "Why did the court send Mr. Zheng to the West again? This is such a waste of time and money. what."

She had seen with her own eyes that in order to support Mr. Zheng's voyage to the West, the imperial court imposed excessive taxes on industrial and commercial farmers. The last time Mr. Zheng went to the West, the merchants on Dongchang Street paid more or less money.

"The imperial court doesn't think so. Now the world is peaceful and the country is prosperous. In order to promote the country's prestige, I sent Mr. Zheng to go out to sea to travel around the barbarian lands in the west, so that the western countries can know the majesty of my big country in the east." Zhou Yao ate chicken. While talking, unknowingly, most of the roast chicken on the plate was eaten.

"The imperial court knows how to show off." Sun Yinglian tore the chicken leg, gnashing her teeth.

Su Yue also sighed, "Master Zheng, how much money does it cost to go out!"

"You don't know that Fujian has already started building ships. The treasure ships used for the last voyage to the West can still be used. The imperial court decided to repair and repair the treasure ships, but the newly added ships only need to be rebuilt. Look at the shipbuilding posture in Fujian. You know, the scale this time is bigger than last time." Zhou Yao sighed.

Su Yue and Sun Yinglian exclaimed, it was hard to imagine what a spectacular scene it was.

Mr. Zheng's voyage to the west is not without other benefits besides wasting money and people.Master Zheng came back from the West and brought back a lot of vegetable seeds and spices from Western countries, and the blue and white pigments for firing blue and white flowers were also from the West.

Su Yue wanted to find out more about Mr. Zheng, "Speaking of which, I really want to get to know this Mr. Zheng who rides the wind and waves at sea. How can a person without certain skills conquer the vast sea?"

"He is a famous person around the emperor, and most people can't see him." Zhou Yao was a little depressed, "I have never met Mr. Zheng. I was in the capital, and it was Chinese New Year. My mother went to the palace with her grandmother to pay homage. There is an imperial order. Only wives of the highest rank can see Mr. Zheng."

Mr. Zheng entered Yan Wang's mansion when he was young. He started as a servant at Yan Wang's side. He has real skills to be able to achieve the current position of the chief servant. If he doesn't say anything else, he will talk about going to the West. This is really unprecedented. There is no one who comes after, going out of the country, crossing the vast sea, and exchanging with Western countries. Su Yong admires Mr. Zheng's mind and courage.

The three of them were talking while eating the chicken, and soon the salty chicken on the plate bottomed out.

Zhou Yao felt very embarrassed for eating so much.

At this time, You Qian brought up three plates of chicken feet.

Su Yue asked Zhou Yao to eat chicken feet, and Zhou Yao quickly waved her hand, indicating that she couldn't eat any more. It's okay for her to eat chicken feet secretly in the boudoir, but she really didn't dare to eat this thing in front of people, because she felt hurt Daya.

Su Yong knew that Zhou Yao was a shy girl, so she stopped forcing her.

"You just can't let go of the burden of being a lady." Sun Yinglian laughed at Zhou Yao, "How about we share this plate of chicken feet with several maids?"

Zhou Yao blushed slightly, nodded and said yes.

The three servant girls standing next to her were overjoyed and went to see their own girl one after another. Seeing her nodding, they happily thanked Sun Yinglian.Bi Tao went up to the plate and distributed it to the other two maids, and gnawed on the chicken feet on the small table next to her.

The scene was a bit spectacular, except for Zhou Yao, everyone held a chicken paw in their hands.

"The chicken feet in Deyuelou are delicious."

"good to eat."

"It's just a little spicy."

Su Yue carefully gnawed a chicken paw. The chicken paw was soaked in acid water with cornus officinalis. Because people in Lingnan don't eat spicy food, Deyuelou only put a little cornel on it, which tasted a little spicy.

"It's so spicy." Su Yong stuck out her tongue so hotly that she poured herself two glasses of water.

Sun Yinglian also can't eat spicy food, her face is red when it's spicy, "My father only put a little pickled pepper, I didn't expect it to be so spicy, I should have told my father not to eat spicy food, the stewed chicken feet from last time are still delicious."

Zhou Yao looked at Su Yong curiously, then turned to look at Sun Yinglian, saw that both of them were flushed with spicy food, and said with a smile, "If you want to say that you can eat spicy food, you can count Sichuan and Hunan. Spicy, but Shonan doesn't like to eat pepper. We happen to have a cook from Shonan in our house, my mother asked my grandmother to invite him from Shonan, and I will post a post another day, inviting you to eat Hunan cuisine at the house."

The envoy's wife's natal family is from southern Hunan, and she is not used to the light food in Lingnan, so she found a cook from her natal family who is good at cooking Hunan cuisine.

Sun Yinglian quickly refused, "It's better to eat Hunan cuisine. The climate in Lingnan is hot and humid, and eating too much spicy food can easily get angry."

Su Yue also waved her hands again and again, "Sister Zhou, why don't you invite us to eat Hunan cuisine, why not invite us to play."

Zhou Yao thought for a while and said, "It's the season of lotus blooming right now, and the lotus in the pond in our house is also blooming, why don't we hold a lotus feast?"

As long as you don't eat spicy food, it's fine, Su Yue and Sun Yinglian nodded in unison, "Okay."

Zhou Yao sat for a while, fearing that Butler Wu would be waiting in the lobby for a long time, so he got up and left with the maid.