Xue Jinyi ignored her after speaking, she washed the duck again, then dried it with a cloth, chopped it into pieces, added salt, rice wine and some wine, rubbed it repeatedly for a while, and put it there to marinate and taste.

After washing some vegetables, she took a book and sat down in the shade to read.

Mama Yao sat next to her, cleaning up the mung beans, planning to cook a pot of mung bean porridge tomorrow morning to cool off.

The courtyard was very peaceful, as if the years were quiet and there were no worries.

But at this moment, the door of the broken courtyard was kicked open.

Mama Yao was taken aback, and thought that Mrs. Xue or Miss Fang had sent someone to look for trouble again, but who knew that it was Xue Huai, holding a wooden sword, "Woo woo ah" to kill her, with great momentum.

When Xue Huai saw Xue Jinyi looking at the book with a calm and indifferent face, his arrogance suddenly extinguished, and he asked with a broken face, "You're not afraid that I will beat you?" ”

Xue Jinyi didn't even raise her eyes, and said, "There are two of us here who are afraid that they won't be able to beat you?" ”

Xue Huai choked, and Mama Yao closed the door of the broken courtyard over there, and came over and asked kindly, "Second Young Master, why are you here?" ”

Xue Huai snorted coldly, "Xue Jinyi, where did you fool around today?" Don't think I don't know you snuck out. ”

"I went to a restaurant under the name of the Xue family to see and understand." Xue Jinyi replied, naturally she would not mention the matter of Baiyun Temple, "It is really eye-opening." ”

Xue Huai put down the wooden sword, sat on the stool opposite Xue Jinyi, and looked at her with fierce eyes, "What an eye-opener?" ”

"I saw how the Sun family fought against people."

"Dog fights people?" Xue Huai was amused by this statement, and then gave Xue Jinyi a thumbs up, "That's right." ”

Xue Jinyi asked: "So a magnificent restaurant is in charge of the Sun family, and no one in the family has any opinions?" ”

Xue Huai pouted, "It's just a group of cowardly and incompetent villains, it's too late to flatter Mrs. Bajie, how dare you have a little objection to her decision?" ”

Xue Jinyi sighed, her face was a little serious, "The Sun family relied on that restaurant to make friends with the eunuchs, and their power and financial resources are getting bigger and bigger day by day. Other shops, Zhuangzi, I'll check it out later. They are so reckless, sooner or later they will harm the Xue family. ”

"Do you have a solution?" Xue Huai asked.

"Nope."

"......" Xue Huai almost jumped.

Xue Jinyi held her chin in her hand and looked at the green vegetable patch, "Xue Fangyi and the prince are married, will my father return to Beijing because of this?" ”

"I don't know." Xue Huai shrugged his shoulders, "Madam won't tell us the news in advance." ”

There are really too many restrictions, but fortunately, there is still free access to it, Xue Jinyi scratched her chin, "I'll investigate the situation first." She saw that it was almost time, and said to Xue Huai: "You should go back, we have dinner here." ”

"What do you eat at night?" Xue Huai followed her to the stove and saw the duck in the big bowl, "Mama, what are you doing with the duck?" Wrong...... Where did you get the money to buy ducks? ”

Xue Jinyi said: "I took all my previous clothes as a whole. ”

Mama Yao pursed her lips and smiled, and said proudly: "Where did I make this duck, it was made by Miss herself!" ”

"I'm going to stay here for dinner!" Xue Huai shouted loudly, waking Caiyun up, and looked at the stove again.

"You're not afraid I'll poison you?" Xue Jinyi smiled, like a witch who was about to give a poisoned apple to Snow White.

Xue hugged his arms and his nostrils turned to the sky, "You don't have the guts!" ”

Xue Jinyi smiled and shook her head, put the pickled duck in the same yard, put the cleaned vegetables around the duck, put it in the steamer, sprinkled with green onion and ginger, and steamed it over high heat.

"How long is it going to cook?" Xue Huai asked.

Xue Jinyi stretched out a finger, "An hour." ”

Xue Huai pursed his lips, pondered for a while, and ran back to the shade, "I'll just wait here!" ”

He picked up the wooden sword and finished bouncing around the courtyard.

Xue Jinyi looked at his clumsy appearance and thought of the chic figure she saw in the bamboo forest.

How nice would it be if it wasn't for the King of Chu?

Xue Huai soon found that Xue Jinyi was staring at him, and couldn't help but stop moving, "What are you looking at?" ”

"Did a master teach you kung fu?" Xue Jinyi asked, returning to the bamboo chair and picking up the book that she hadn't finished reading yet.

Xue Huai fiddled with the wooden sword, "No, I'm playing by myself." ”

Wei Guogong is a military general, guarding the border passes of the Great Zhou Dynasty and protecting the safety of the people, his son doesn't know martial arts, it's too disagreeable, right? Eighty percent is that Mrs. Xue found some strange reason to stop Xue Huai from learning martial arts.

Sure enough, Xue Huai continued: "Madame said that it is too dangerous to dance with a knife and a gun, and I am too young to learn. Besides, with my eldest brother here, I don't need to accompany my father to the frontier. ”

Xue Jinyi got up, went to the west wing for a while, took out a few books on boxing and marksmanship, and handed them to Xue Huai, "This is what I found in the west wing, you can take it and take a look." ”

Xue Huai's face was overjoyed, and he grabbed the book and opened it to read, which showed that the young man was very interested in it.

The noisy boy finally quieted down, and nestled on the stool to read seriously.

Mama Yao whispered: "It's still a good young lady!" ”

Xue Jinyi smiled and continued to read.

An hour later, a smell of meat wafted from the broken courtyard, and Mama Yao put the steamed duck on the table, and then filled several bowls of rice, one of which was given to Caiyun, and then beckoned the young master to come and eat.

Xue Huai stared at the duck, swallowed his saliva with difficulty, and looked at Xue Jinyi in disbelief, "You really did it?" ”

"Didn't you see me put the duck in the steamer?" Xue Jinyi picked up the rice bowl, picked up a piece of duck meat, and ate it.

Xue Huai hurriedly picked up the chopsticks and picked up the duck meat, sniffed it, and put it in his mouth.

The duck itself has a fishy smell, but after being marinated in the seasoning, it is extremely tender, and the taste is a little different from what he usually eats, "Why does this duck have a little sweet and sour taste?" ”

"Because I put the sake brewed." Xue Jinyi replied.

"Wine?" Xue Huai felt novel, "No wonder the taste is different." ”

I have to say that it is better than what he has eaten before, he has a good appetite, and he sandwiched some vegetables, which have been soaked and steamed in duck fat, which not only maintains the original green and fragrance, but also has a little more umami of duck meat, which makes him want to eat it all in one go.

"Eh......" Xue Huai blinked his eyes and looked at the big bowl with only the soup left, "No?" ”

"Yes, no, next time you want to eat, please bring your own ingredients to me." Xue Jinyi calmly nibbled on the last piece of duck meat, she would not spend her money on superfluous things.

"Do you want me to buy ingredients?!" Xue Huaishu got up and looked at Xue Jinyi condescendingly.

Xue Jinyi nodded, "It's not bad to confiscate your money this time." ”

"You...... Stinky stingy stingy! Xue Huai gritted his teeth, grabbed his wooden sword and ran, as if he was afraid that Xue Jinyi would ask him for money.

Mama Yao squinted her eyes and smiled, and sighed, "Miss, I feel that the second young master's attitude towards you is different from before." ”

"If he doesn't change his attitude," Xue Jinyi put down the dishes and chopsticks and gently wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, "I will definitely beat him until he is convinced." ”