Jia Hui didn't know anything about what happened in Huamanlou, but he wouldn't take it to heart if he knew.
In front of his battle-hardened army, they are all just like chickens and dogs.
But what makes Jia Hui most flustered now is that he is about to see his biological aunt.
Jia Min can be regarded as his childhood shadow.
As Jia Min's first junior, he has been teased far more than Jia Zhu and Jia Lian combined.
However, when Jia Hui grew up, he slowly began to fight back. They fought against each other for several years. It was not until Jia Min married Lin Ruhai, who was suffering from the disease, that the secret war between the two ended.
But precisely because of this, the relationship between Jia Hui and Jia Min is also very deep.
Jia Min is more like an eldest sister than an aunt.
"Ahem!" Jia Hui cleared his throat.
"General!"
The soldiers outside understood and quickly came over.
"How far is it?"
The soldiers naturally knew what Jia Hui was asking.
"Come back to the general, hurry up, we'll be there in two blocks."
"Okay, got it."
As he gets closer and closer to his aunt, even Jia Hui, who has experienced many battles and has a stable mentality like an old dog, gradually becomes restless.
He took out a polished silver mirror from the partition and began to sort out his clothes.
This was one of Jia Hui's seizures, and he was reluctant to part with it.
Unlike future mercury mirrors, this mirror was polished from a single piece of silver, which was perfect for use in a dimly lit carriage.
It is very easy to oxidize and turn black, so it needs to be polished frequently.
Fortunately, it was seized, otherwise Jia Hui would not dare to use it, it would be such a waste of money!
When you meet your sister...how can you not show off in front of your aunt?
On the head of the head is a large black gauze wide-brimmed hat with a gold-inlaid sapphire crown and suet-fat jade hat beads hanging from the top.
Black official uniform with gold woven round collar and narrow sleeves embroidered with red birds, with a jade belt tied around the waist and a saber hanging on it.
Wearing mesh boots on her feet.
If it weren't for the hot weather, I would have to wear a pair of oiled black leather soap boots to get up and down!
"General, just turn the corner and we'll be there!"
Snapped!
Jia Hui opened the folding fan and fanned himself.
The carriage stopped.
Before the soldiers could open the curtain and put down the ladder, Jia Hui jumped out of the car and walked into the Yamen as soon as he lifted the curtain.
Outside the Yimen, a pretty woman with slender shoulders and waist was standing at the door, looking at her nephews walking over with her eyes filled with tears.
Six people, headed by Jia Hui, stood behind him.
Jia Hui looked at the woman in front of him with a sore nose.
In his childhood, Jia Min was called aunt, but she actually played the role of the eldest sister. Now that the "siblings" are reunited, how can this make Jia Hui unmoved?
"Nephew...meet my aunt!" Jia Hui took the lead and bowed deeply.
"My nephew meets my aunt!"
"My nephew meets Aunt Min!"
"The grandnephew pays homage to Aunt Min!"
The young people behind him also saluted.
"Hey, hey, get up, get up!" Jia Min wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, helped her juniors up one by one, and finally looked at Jia Hui.
"Brother Hui, you are getting stronger and darker..."
Touching his nephew's rough cheeks, Jia Min's eyes welled up with tears.
"It's okay, aunt, I'm just a little rough on the face, it's not a problem!"
Jia Hui lowered his head and found the young lady who had been standing here for a long time, staring at him for a long time.
This man is so hateful that he never looked at himself once he entered the door, huh!
"Aunt, is this Daiyu's cousin?" Jia Hui put her hand on little Daiyu's head, causing Daiyu to move away, but the big hand above her head kept pressing on her head, unable to break away.
Seeing that her daughter was about to explode, Jia Min quickly opened Jia Hui's hand. Only then did Daiyu escape from Jia Hui's clutches, glared at Jia Hui, and hid behind Jia Min.
"Daiyu, come here, these are your cousins. By the way, this is your nephew Rong, call someone quickly!"
After another salute, Lin Ruhai saw that it was almost done, and quickly led the brothers to the main hall to meet Mother Lin.
The old lady of the Lin family was sitting in the main hall, smiling kindly. Jia Hui and others also quickly saluted, and Lin Ruhai also returned the salute for his mother.
Take a seat.
The people in the hall are all relatives and relatives, and they are seated according to their age and seniority.
Jia Hui sits first on the left.
"Is this my new born little cousin?"
Putting the big hat on his head on the table, Jia Hui looked at the little Zaizai lying in the car with interest. The little Zaizai was lying on the armrest, staring at the person in front of him with his eyes wide open. The big man forgot to eat.
Jia Hui stretched out his index finger and played with the little Zaizai's tender face a few times, making him smile with his mouth open.
"Yes, your cousin's name is Chengyu." Jia Min looked at little Chengyu tenderly.
"Chengyu...but clear Cheng?" Jia Hui asked.
"Exactly, exactly!" Lin Ruhai replied, stroking his beard.
"Well..." Jia Hui nodded, fumbled for the heaviest sachet from his waist, opened it, and a longevity lock carved from mutton fat and field jade appeared in front of everyone.
"Come on, Brother Cheng, this is a gift from your eldest cousin..."
Cheng Yu seemed to like it immediately, grabbing the jade and stuffing it into his mouth.
"Brother Hui, this is too valuable!" Lin Ruhai's expression changed when she saw the jade Jia Hui took out.
Mutton-fat jade is not valuable to the Lin family. What is valuable is that this piece of jade is as wide as his thumb, the size of his palm, and has the color of mutton-fat. It is affordable to buy, but this piece of jade is often shipped to Guanzhong by the north. The caravans robbed them all.
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, it's just a piece of jade. I traveled all over the Western Regions to find such a top-quality piece of mutton fat. I wanted to carve it into a life lock and give it to my little cousin, right, Chengyu?"
Jia Hui took Chengyu out, put his forehead against Xiao Chengyu's head and started to push the cow.
"Master, take it. This is Brother Hui's wish!" Jia Min also sees a lot of good things, and this thing is pretty good in her eyes.
In fact, the Lin family has a lot of good things, but Lin Ruhai rarely visits the warehouse.
Daiyu also looked at her cousin expectantly, unlike Li'er who came to Rongguo Mansion alone, her mother died young and she was far away from her father, so she could only force a smile.
Now that she has two parents, she is just a somewhat arrogant onmyoji apprentice, but there are too many strangers now, and she dare not speak until she is familiar with them.
Jia Hui saw Daiyu looking at him, and quickly took a long box from Jia Lian's hand. When he opened it, he saw that it was a hairpin.
Silver gilt inlaid with jade inlaid with precious butterflies chasing flowers on the top hairpin.
The hairpins were inlaid with flowers and butterflies made of various colored gemstones. A butterfly waving its wings is chasing bright flowers, lifelike, bright and moving.
Not to mention Daiyu, even Jia Min's eyes lit up when she saw this hairpin.
"Brother Hui, Daiyu is still young. Why don't you give it to your aunt first? Let her hold it for your cousin first, and then give it to her when she is old enough to get the hairpin."
"Mom!" Seven-year-old Daiyu already knew about beauty. When she heard that her mother was going to take away such a beautiful hairpin, she quickly grabbed Jia Min's arm.
When he looked up, he saw his mother looking at him teasingly.
Daiyu then realized that she had been teased by her mother, lowered her head and sobbed.
"My mother teased me like this. After all, I was outdone by my younger brother..."
"Haha!" Jia Hui took Chengyu's little hand and patted it.
That’s it!
Daiyu, whose emotions were interrupted, froze on the spot, looking at Jia Hui with red eyes and an innocent face.
The cute little face made the whole room laugh.
"You! Humph!" Daiyu snorted coldly, threw herself into the arms of the old lady of the Lin family, and said nothing.
"Brother, have you hugged enough? Please hand it over!" Jia Zhu saw that Daiyu was blushing so much that she was almost smoking. She quickly changed the topic and focused her attention on Xiao Chengyu again.
"You? Can you hold a child?" Jia Hui looked distrustful.
"What did eldest brother say? I have hugged Tan Jieer and Huan Geer!" Jia Zhu looked hurt and turned to look at Jia Min.
"aunt?"
"Brother Hui, just give Brother Zhu a hug!"
Since Chengyu and his own mother had spoken, Jia Hui had no choice but to hand Xiao Chengyu to Jia Zhu.
"Be careful, don't touch him, otherwise you will get some good results!"
"Me!" Jia Zhu hesitated.
If I couldn't beat you, I would have fought with you long ago!
Jia Zhu followed Jia Hui all the way, and she didn't know whether her experience had increased or not, but her blood pressure had risen a lot.
Is this guy really a famous general who destroyed two countries in a row?
For the four teenagers, although they all admired Jia Hui, in terms of affinity, Jia Zhu, an elegant scholar, was more popular. Jia Hui's physique made people feel pressured even if he stood motionless.
Seeing their little cousin (cousin) coming into Jia Zhu's arms, the four teenagers quickly surrounded him and started teasing the little Zaizai.
"It's great that Chengyu has so many outstanding brothers..." Lin Ruhai said with envy.
The Lin family has been passed down alone for five generations. By his generation, he had already been on the fifth server with the Lin family in Gusu, and had almost no contact with him on weekdays.
Therefore, he never had a brother who could support each other. He only had a few friends after he entered the academy.
When seeing his youngest son surrounded by so many older brothers, Lin Ruhai couldn't help but feel envious in his eyes.
Jia Min also looked at Chengyu who was held in Jia Zhu's arms with relief. It was great to have so many brothers protecting her.
People in the whole room were talking and laughing, and they didn't stop until the sun turned west and the maid came to announce that dinner was ready.
"Hey, this is my first time eating Huaiyang cuisine! But you have to have a good meal and enjoy it to the fullest!"
After hearing that Jia Min said that he had invited the master chef from the best restaurant in Yangzhou to cook the dishes himself, Jia Hui, who already loves food, had green eyes and sat at the dining table with a look of anticipation.
Wensi Tofu!
This dish depends on the knife skills. If the knife skills are good, it is called Wensi Tofu. If the knife skills are not good, it is called Tofu Stew.
The master chef invited from Huamanlou first saluted everyone present, then returned to the chopping board in the middle of the lobby, picked up a piece of tofu from the water, cut off the corners, and began to demonstrate his knife skills.
From the moment the chef held the knife, Jia Hui leaned forward on the surface as if he wanted to see more clearly, but his body was always in a state of readiness. His right index finger under the table kept pointing at the handle of the knife. Locking the cook.
After cutting a piece of tofu, he put the tofu in the soup and spread it, which made everyone exclaim.
Even Jia Hui couldn't help but sigh.
His knife skills are only at the level of cutting squid, but far from cutting shreds!
When the cook picked up the second piece of tofu with great satisfaction, he suddenly felt a chill. Someone was staring at him. He quickly looked over there. Only the general looked curiously at the tofu in his hand.
The general looked at him in confusion, as if asking why he hadn't started yet. The cook quickly put the tofu on the table and started cutting it.
Immediately afterwards, since it was served in portions, bowls of large boiled dried shredded noodles were brought to everyone.
When he opened the lid, a strong aroma of chicken soup and ham rushed into Jia Hui's nostrils.
This is also one of the representative dishes of Huaiyang cuisine.
The preparation method is also very delicate. First, the dried tofu is sliced into uniform thin slices, and then cut into thin strips. Then it is cooked with chicken shreds, bamboo shoots and other auxiliary ingredients, and chicken soup is added. Then supplemented by the alternate use of civil and military fire, it can be delicious.
When it's time to plate, put the cooked shrimps, pea shoots, shredded ham and seasonal ingredients in a bowl, pour the thick soup with the shredded dry shreds, it's delicious!
Next, three sets of Huaiyang dishes made from Gaoyou shelduck, salted goose, duck-wrapped shark's fin and lion's head were served one after another.
That is to say, crabs are out of season, otherwise, the crab-meat lion head would have been served long ago.
In general, it is worthy of the master chef of Huamanlou and worthy of Huaiyang cuisine.
For a while, the guests and hosts were having a good time. Except for the old lady of the Lin family, who couldn't eat much, they all leaned against the wall and went out.
It was getting late, and they had drunk a lot of wine, so Jia Hui and his party would just stay at Yushi Yamen for the night!
At the end of two updates, there are a total of 7,500 words.
Maybe it’s because I’m not an Onmyoji and am a loner, but dialogue is really difficult for me to write!
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