Chapter 552 Egg Yolk, Lotus Paste and Rose Sauce
The dinner was sumptuous.
Pork, beef, mutton, and fish are all available, and the old man even made a big pot of rice with abalone sauce for everyone. But with Zhuyu in front, this sumptuous dinner seemed a bit tasteless.
At least Jiang Feng felt that he would at least recall the taste of the small bowl of chickpea pudding for three days.
It only takes a moment to develop a bad taste, but it takes a long time to recognize the reality.
Because it was the Lantern Festival, everyone ate half a bowl of glutinous rice balls to express their respect for the Lantern Festival, whether they were very full or a little full after the meal.
After eating glutinous rice balls, everyone sat at the dining table and chatted about things and boasted some trivial things. Then they said goodbye to Professor Li and Chen Suhua and went back to their respective homes.
Wang Hao will not stay at Jiang Feng's house at night because he has to go to work tomorrow. The person who will take his place is Jiang Xiaoran. Jiang Xiaoran has booked a flight back to Shanghai at noon tomorrow.
After going back, Jiang Xiaoran took out Jiang Weiming's physical examination report from the only big bag he had and handed it to Jiang Feng. Jiang Feng looked at it for a few times and found that it was not something he could understand, so he went downstairs and handed the physical examination report to Neng Feng. Jiang Jiandang understands - Jiang Shoucheng will go back to the hospital to work at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning, and tonight he will stay in a dormitory closer to the hospital.
Jiang Feng returned home after delivering the report and found Jiang Xiaoran sitting alone on the sofa playing with his mobile phone. Jiang Xiaoran was still wearing a sweater because he was obviously not used to the heating in the north, but he would soon get used to it. Jiang Feng expected that he would be hot enough to take off his sweater within 5 minutes.
"Brother Xiaoran, what time will your flight be at noon tomorrow?" Jiang Feng asked, pouring Jiang Xiaoran a glass of cold water.
"It's past one o'clock at noon. I checked the map and it should be fine to leave at 11 o'clock." Jiang Xiaoran said.
Jiang Feng nodded: "It's almost time to leave at 11 o'clock. I'll see you off. Don't worry, you won't be late."
Jiang Xiaoran quickly refused: "No need to send it, no need to send it. I just heard from my third uncle that you seem to be opening normally tomorrow night. Tomorrow will be very busy, so don't waste time sending it."
Jiang Feng showed a smile: "It's just a way. I will pick up my girlfriend when her plane arrives at 12 noon tomorrow."
Jiang Xiaoran:?
Tian was so successful that Jiang Feng chatted to death.
Realizing that he seemed to have touched Jiang Xiaoran's minefield, Jiang Feng coughed lightly and forcibly changed the subject: "Brother Xiaoran, your New Year's Eve dinner this year should be cooked by the third grandpa."
"Yes." Jiang Xiaoran was successfully changed the subject and showed a slight smile, "This year's New Year's Eve dinner was cooked by grandpa. My mother wanted to do it but grandpa refused. She didn't make too much, there were three hot dishes and three cold dishes. Six dishes are not enough for our family anyway.”
"What I say may sound a bit unfilial to you. I actually don't have much affection for my grandfather." Jiang Xiaoran didn't know why he suddenly wanted to talk to Jiang Feng about this. Anyway, he just wanted to talk, and he had wanted to talk since he was eating chickpeas in the afternoon. .
"You may not know, but my father and my grandfather have not had a good relationship since I was a child." Jiang Xiaoran suddenly recalled the past, "Except for the Chinese New Year, my father would never take me back to my grandfather's house, and he would never give me anything. Grandpa calls, but sometimes he talks to grandma. He doesn’t interact with my uncle’s family. I don’t even remember what my uncle and my cousin look like.”
"My grandpa stayed at our house during the Chinese New Year this year. I heard my grandpa and my mother tell me that when I was a child, I didn't remember anything I did when I went to my grandpa's house during the Chinese New Year. The only thing I remember is the time I was beaten and cried by my dad. I still remember that time. Because after that time, my dad never took me back to my grandfather’s house during the Chinese New Year. It was my mom who took me back.”
"I don't even remember much about what grandpa used to be, but I seemed to remember a little bit when I was eating chickpeas this afternoon." Jiang Xiaoran looked at Jiang Feng, as if he was making a decision.
"I feel like grandpa has become younger."
"Huh?" Jiang Feng was shocked by this abrupt turn, "Young?"
"The only impression I had of my grandpa before was that he was very old. Anyway...he was much older than my grandpa." Jiang Xiaoran didn't know how to describe it. "I didn't remember it originally, but this afternoon grandpa told me When the chickpea flowers came out and asked us to eat them with a smile, I suddenly remembered it.”
"When I was a child during the Chinese New Year, my grandfather would smile and ask me to eat vegetables, but that smile was different from the smile now. That smile was not a truly happy smile."
Jiang Feng took a sip of water and listened quietly. He felt that this was not what Jiang Xiaoran really wanted to tell him.
Jiang Xiaoran again used his poor language and somewhat incoherently to describe the Jiang Weiming in his childhood memory that he remembered this afternoon. The Jiang Weiming who had a smile on his face and was never really happy.
"Cousin Jiang Feng, do you think Peiping is a good place?" Jiang Xiaoran asked suddenly.
"Of course it's a good place." Jiang Feng said.
"How about comparing with the Demon City?"
Jiang Feng was a little confused: "I don't know about this. I haven't lived in Shanghai either. It should be pretty good, but there is heating in Peiping."
"Brother Xiaoran, why do you ask this suddenly?" Jiang Feng asked.
"My dad told me last night that he planned to move to Peking and asked me if I would like it." Jiang Xiaoran said, "Originally, he wanted to leave grandpa in the magic city, but we can all see that grandpa would rather live in Beijing." Peking.”
Jiang Feng almost choked to death on his own saliva. Unexpectedly, Jiang Yong, who usually seems to be very stable in his affairs and is the editor-in-chief of "Zhiwei" magazine, would actually act so recklessly.
A big event like moving is actually treated like a business trip.
"Are you willing?" Jiang Feng asked curiously.
"I definitely don't want to. I have lived in Shanghai since I was a child, and even went to college in Shanghai." Jiang Xiaoran said, "And this is not a simple matter of moving. Me, my mother and my father, The three of us work in the Magic City, and this is not something that can be solved just by talking.”
"However, when cousin Zaide and cousin Shoucheng were chatting with me this afternoon, I suddenly realized that I am an unfilial grandson."
Jiang Feng:...
Our requirements for filial piety to our grandchildren are very high, so you don’t have to embarrass yourself with such high standards.
"I am almost 30 years old. I have a stable job and fixed savings, but I have never taken care of my grandfather."
"I clearly knew that my grandpa lived alone in the country, but I never thought about visiting him, looking for him, calling him, let alone taking him over to live."
"I completely forgot about him. I forgot that I had a grandpa."
Jiang Feng was stunned.
"But you are different. You have never seen my grandfather, and you don't even know he exists. Just because you saw a photo and made a guess, you traveled thousands of miles to find him."
"Obviously he is my grandfather, but it is you who are fulfilling your filial piety."
"I..." Jiang Xiaoran was speechless.
"Thank you."
Jiang Feng looked at him silently.
He was not qualified to judge this matter, even though he knew the cause and effect of the whole matter better than Jiang Xiaoran. Everyone is at fault in this matter, even Jiang Weiming himself is no exception. Jiang Xiaoran is the most innocent person among them.
But now, the most innocent people are feeling guilty, but the people who should be guilty the most are indifferent.
The two of them remained silent.
There was a sudden knock on the door, and it sounded just right. This gave Jiang Feng a chance to get up and run to the door.
It was Ji Yue, holding two jars in her hands, but she didn't know when she came back.
"When did you come back?" Jiang Feng asked.
"I just arrived. My Lao Zhang picked me up. These are two new... two... two sauces that my mom tried during the Chinese New Year. I'm afraid I'll forget about it when I pack my things, so I just I'll take it out for you first. Is your Qiqi back?" Ji Yue looked inside, "Boss Jiang, can you go in before me? It's really cold outside!"
Jiang Feng quickly turned sideways to let Ji Yue in, and introduced Jiang Xiaoran to Ji Yue: "This is my cousin, the grandson of the third grandfather."
"Hello, my name is Ji Yue. I am the foreman of Tai Feng Building. I live upstairs." Ji Yue said.
"Hello, my name is Jiang Xiaoran." Jiang Xiaoran nodded to Ji Yue.
Ji Yue looked inside the room again: "Your Qiqi hasn't come back yet?"
"She will arrive at noon tomorrow." Jiang Feng said.
Ji Yue had an envious look on her face: "Your kitchen is so good that I can report back tomorrow at noon, unlike our lobby, which will start cleaning and ordering tomorrow morning."
Saying that, Ji Yue sighed deeply, with "I don't want to go to work" written all over her face.
"I don't have anything else to do. I thought your Qiqi was here and I wanted to borrow her curling iron." Ji Yue gave Jiang Feng the two bottles of sauce in her hand, "This is the egg yolk lotus paste made by my mother. Rose sauce is delicious when mixed with noodles or dipped in bread! ”
Jiang Feng:?
Say it again, what sauce?
"Egg yolk lotus paste and rose jam? Isn't egg yolk lotus paste a mooncake?" Jiang Feng's world view was greatly impacted.
"Actually, to tell you the truth, it tastes vaguely like mooncakes. I don't know exactly what is added to it. Anyway, my mother told me that this is called egg yolk, lotus paste and rose sauce. She made the sauce. "It's her name. There's nothing I can do about it." Ji Yue shrugged, "Don't be scared by the name. This sauce is really delicious."
"I'm going back to clean first. Axue and Xia Xia didn't arrive until four or five in the morning. I really don't understand. I haven't lived here for more than half a month. Why is there so much dust in the house? The doors and windows were closed before leaving. Okay." Ji Yue muttered and left.
Jiang Feng looked at the bottle in his hand. It was a very ordinary, ordinary bottle that could be seen everywhere in the supermarket and should theoretically contain olives.
Who would have thought that this bottle contains egg yolk, lotus paste and rose sauce?
Jiang Feng raised the bottle and said to Jiang Xiaoran, "Would you like to try it with me?"
Jiang Xiaoran: "...Try a little bit."
A minute later, Jiang Feng and Jiang Xiaoran were sitting at the dining table, each dipping a small iron spoon for stirring coffee into the egg yolk, lotus paste and rose sauce in the bottle, and enjoying themselves.
Ji Yue was right. Such a magical sauce with unknown ingredients really tastes like eating egg yolk and lotus paste mooncakes.
It’s a wonderful feeling, whoever eats it knows it.
"So Brother Xiaoran, what are your plans now?" Jiang Feng asked, his tone was very casual, and the atmosphere was very pleasant.
Many problems that would be embarrassing to talk about under normal circumstances can come up when you can open your mouth while eating.
Maybe this is the charm of food.
Or maybe it’s the magic of egg yolk, lotus paste and rose sauce.
"I don't think it's realistic to move to Peking, but if I have the opportunity to go on a long-term business trip or transfer my job to work in Peking for a period of time, I think it's still acceptable." Jiang Xiaoran said, "Actually, my dad and his magazine are here in Peking. There is quite a lot of work in Yiyi. If he wanted to, he could probably come over for a few months.”
"I'll go back and apply to the leader. Maybe I can work here for a few months."
Jiang Feng heard the elegant meaning of Xiange and said: "We still have some well-decorated houses for rent in this community. If you are sure, I can help you contact an agency to rent a house."
"Don't tell my grandfather first. Tell him after you're sure, so as not to disappoint him." Jiang Xiaoran said with a smile.
"Okay." The postgraduate entrance examination is tomorrow. I wish all the students taking the postgraduate entrance examination all the best to get into the school of their choice~
(End of chapter)