Chapter Seventy-Eight: Killing a Chicken Is Better Than Killing a Person
Look, how reasonable are the words "I won't"? Xue Jinyi sneered: "I see that the last time you pointed your sword at me, the posture of wanting to kill someone was quite similar. Why, it can't deal with a small chicken, and the legs are weak with fright? β
"Killing chickens is also particular, the blood must be cleaned, if there is residue that will affect the taste, the chicken feathers must be plucked clean, otherwise there is a piece of chicken feathers floating in a good pot of soup, and no one has an appetite."
Seeing that what the King of Chu said was the Tao, Xue Jinyi smiled and nodded, "His Royal Highness the King of Chu knows so much, but he can only talk on paper?" β
King Chu nodded without any embarrassment.
Xue Jinyi had learned his brazenness many times, so she didn't continue to argue, and rolled up her sleeves again, "Do you want me to teach you how to kill chickens?" β
"Am I owed you a favor after the church?" The King of Chu asked rhetorically, his eyes followed Xue Jinyi, who was generously carrying the black chicken.
"Okay." Xue Jinyi said: "Anyway, I'm just doing it with my hands, and you owe me a favor, but it's appropriate to have a headache how to repay it." β
The King of Chu looked at Xue Jinyi and asked faintly, "So you will kill chickens too?" Wouldn't that have been learned from books? β
Xue Jinyi's action of going to get the knife stopped for a moment, and said calmly: "Mama Yao, who took care of me, killed chickens, I watched and learned, and I thought about the technique of wiping my neck...... What if you encounter danger one day, maybe it will come in handy? β
She clenched the hilt of her knife, looked up at King Chu, and smiled.
"Comes in handy?" The King of Chu seemed to be pondering the meaning of her words.
"I suddenly think," Xue Jinyi said word by word, her fingers dexterously turning the knife, "It's better to kill a chicken than to kill someone." β
"Oh?"
Xue Jinyi didn't expect to intimidate the King of Chu into anything, but the moment she picked up the knife just now, she remembered arguing with the King of Chu in the palace about who would die and who would live, and she had a grudge in her heart.
It's a little naΓ―ve, but it's important to be happy.
"Kill whom?"
The "solid eye" of the king of Chu asked down.
Xue Jinyi saw it, and the King of Chu asked her why she would do this and that, which meant that he was suspicious, jealous and defensive about her.
I was glad that the King of Chu had such an idea, which meant that the King of Chu could not be too "freewheeling" in the future, she smiled sadly: "It depends on who is sorry for me." β
She no longer went to see the king of Chu, and carried the black chicken to the water tank.
Suddenly, she felt as if a wind was blowing behind her, and before she could look up, the chicken and knife in her hand were snatched away.
She fixed her eyes and saw that these two things were firmly in the hands of the King of Chu.
King Chu said: "Such a bloody trouble, don't bother Miss Xue, go sit outside." β
Xue Jinyi raised her eyebrows, "You're not ......"
She paused.
There is no need to ask, King Chu was just a temptation, so it is no longer a question whether he will kill chickens.
"Okay." Xue Jinyi waved her hand and came out of the kitchen, and before she had taken a few steps, she heard two screams from the black chicken before it was dying.
She glanced back, when Pu Yangzhen left, he took everyone away, creating a two-person world for her and King Chu, and now there is only King Chu alone in the kitchen.
Xue Jinyi shrugged, anyway, all he knew was useless things.
When she came out of the courtyard where the kitchen was located, she saw Pu Yangzhen in the shadow of a clump of bamboo, laughing with a few maids.
Pu Yangzhen saw that Xue Jinyi had nowhere to hide, "Sister-in-law, are the dim sum and medicinal food ready so quickly?" β
Xue Jinyi smiled dryly: "There is a lot of oil smoke in the kitchen, the king of Chu told me to come out first and wait, and leave the rest to him." β
"I'll tell you." Pu Yangzhen took Xue Jinyi's hand and winked at her.
Xue Jinyi smiled, listened to Pu Yangzhen and the maids chatting a few words, and not long after, saw the King of Chu coming out of the courtyard gate with a food box.
"The dim sum has been prepared, the medicinal food is boiling on the stove, and I have already told the cook to watch it, and I will not eat it until the evening." The King of Chu said as he raised the food box in front of Xue Jinyi.
Puyang Zhen asked excitedly: "I don't know if I can tell which one I made, I must let my grandmother taste the dim sum I made for the first time!" β
Xue Jinyi asked the maid to hold the food box, opened the lid by herself, and a ball of hot air came out, and after it was dispersed, you could clearly see that there were a few white dumplings on the pale cyan plate, and in the heat swirling, these snacks were like white clouds, which would drift away with the wind at any time.
"This is what I did!" Pu Yang pointed to a few not-so-round snacks and said excitedly.
Xue Jinyi looked at it, she didn't seem to have told the King of Chu to use a cyan plate to serve pastries - this dim sum should be appetizing, and it is also necessary to pay attention to the preparation skills, celadon can highlight the white clouds, and the dim sum is more delicate and fresh, or the pink porcelain plate can make the dim sum look cute.
There are several stacks of white porcelain plates next to the steamer, which can be easily used, but I didn't expect the King of Chu to be a little careful.
"What are you looking at?" The King of Chu suddenly asked.
"Smell the dim sum made by Ah Zhen and me." Xue Jinyi replied perfunctorily.
King Chu said: "It's very fragrant." β
"Hungry?" Xue Jinyi turned around and turned her back to the King of Chu, "It depends on how well your medicinal diet is done, otherwise the dim sum will not be given to you." β
The King of Chu sighed helplessly.
Pu Yangzhen was flirting with them, although his mouth was hidden, he couldn't stop the smile in his eyes.
"Let's go!" She jumped up and down happily, "Let's go to the flower hall and let grandmother and everyone have a taste." β
Xue Jinyi followed behind her, and the King of Chu followed with an arrow step.
When everyone returned to the flower hall, the Tobe squire was talking to the eldest princess, and as they walked in, the eyes of the two of them and the others looked at each other.
What tastes, so sweet?
"Grandmother!" Puyang Zhen seemed to offer a treasure, pulling Xue Jinyi to put the food box on the table in front of the eldest princess, "This is the dim sum that my sister-in-law and I made, to relieve everyone's fatigue!" β
"Oh?" The eldest princess looked into the food box, pointed to the not very round dim sum, and asked with a smile, "This must have been made by Ah Zhen, right?" β
"Hmm!" Pu Yangzhen nodded, watched the eldest princess pick up a snack with anticipation, and after taking a small bite, she hurriedly asked, "How does it taste?" β
The eldest princess chewed carefully, smelling a very sweet snack, but it didn't taste too sweet and greasy, the taste was soft and chewy, and a little bean paste filling in the middle made the taste of the dim sum a little more layered.
"This snack ......," she thought, "doesn't seem to be the same as what I'm used to eating." β
She looked at Xue Jinyi, and somehow after eating this girl's dim sum, she was a little obsessed, feeling that she was ingenious and could always add something different to the seemingly ordinary dim sum.
Xue Jinyi said with a smile: "Jinyi added some mashed potatoes to the flour to make the taste sweeter, and it can reduce the amount of flour." β
"Oh?" The eldest princess felt that the focus of her words was on the last sentence, and motioned for her to continue.