Traveling to the ancient harem

Chapter 127 The food basket is a bit big

Hibiscus Garden.

The girls in Furong Garden have been very happy these days. The young lady has been experimenting with the instant noodles she mentioned every day. Although she has failed quite a lot, it tastes delicious. The failed products are all good for these girls, especially the seasoning that the young lady has tinkered with. The taste is something they have never smelled before. It is so delicious that their tongues are about to fall off.

Moreover, when working in Furong Garden, except for Aunt Zhang and Sister Hongdou, the young lady looks the same to everyone else. The young lady is kind, so everyone has the opportunity to test her for him. As long as anyone has tasted her, they can brag about it to others all day long after leaving the garden.

Even Hong Ge'er, the first thing he did after school was to run to Furong Garden, run to the small kitchen to see if there was any braised meat or to try out leftover instant noodles, which made Hongdou guard against him like a thief.

In fact, it is not accurate to say that I am testing instant noodles every day. In fact, instant noodles are not that difficult to make. Just dehydrate the vegetables and let mung beans blanch the green vegetables and dry them. It took only two attempts to succeed.

With only a few days left before the imperial examination, she had been busy these days cooking a meat sauce that she could carry with her. The key was to be able to bring it into the examination room and eat it for several days. In order to enhance the taste, on the eve of the imperial examination, she finally succeeded in experimenting with the spicy flavor she wanted. The seasoning packet with dehydrated vegetables also perfectly restored the taste of instant noodles from her previous life.

The day of the imperial examination finally arrived. Everyone in the Huang family got up very early and carefully checked the pens, ink, paper, and inkstone that Xuan'er would need to enter the examination room. Most importantly, Huang Ye and Hongdou worked together to carry in a large food basket that he had prepared for his eldest brother.

The food basket is very large and is divided into three layers. The first layer is at the bottom and is also the largest layer. It is filled with instant noodles that Huang Ye has carefully prepared. Each portion is wrapped in oil paper and contains a packet of prepared ingredients and a packet of meat sauce. The instant noodles take up a bit of space, so in order to hold more, the instant noodles are made into square shapes. The portion is also large enough, so twenty portions can be put in. To be on the safe side, she also packed a large bag of instant noodle seasoning and put it in it. This seasoning can be just rinsed with boiling water and is also good for soaking in pancakes.

On the second layer was a not-so-small clay pot filled with her spicy meat sauce. There was also the cooked beef she had been stewing these days, as well as stewed eggs, stewed chicken legs, stewed lotus roots, and a total of thirty stewed eggs. These could be stored for a long time in the winter, and she wanted to ensure that her eldest brother had eggs for every meal. In short, the second layer was almost all stewed food.

The braised beef has been sliced ​​and wrapped. All you need to do is bake the white flour pancakes she specially made, break them apart, and eat them with the braised meat. It will be very delicious. Similarly, you can also eat it with the meat sauce.

The third layer was all wheaten food, with piles of white flour cakes and white flour steamed buns. These would last for nine days, so in order to have vegetables to eat, Huang Ye specially put a large bag of dehydrated vegetables in it, which contained large pieces of carrots and cabbage, which could be brewed with seasonings.

Huang Ye actually prepared two such food baskets, but Wansheng implied that his mother had already prepared one for him. As a filial son, he could not let his mother down. Huang Ye did not say anything, but only said that he would not have the blessing.

When everything was ready, except for the old grandfather and the old lady, all the other family members went to send Xuan Ge'er to the examination room. Originally, no one agreed to let Huang Ye go, because the Huang family did not make it public, and no one outside knew that Miss Huang had returned home. However, Huang Ye wanted to see the ancient version of the college entrance examination scene. Everyone could not persuade her, so they just asked her to wear a hat and sit in the car and not come out. She agreed. It was her own request that she return without making it public, and her family did not want to cause trouble.

The roads in the capital were exceptionally crowded today. Almost all the carriages were carrying candidates for the imperial examination. By the time they arrived at the entrance of the Imperial Examination Hall, there were even more people and carriages. Fortunately, there were soldiers clearing the roads, and the carriages were arranged in order of first come, first served. Huang Dad and Chen got off the carriages. Huang Dad patted his son on the shoulder without saying anything. Chen just said, "Take care of yourself."

Xuan nodded and went to line up to enter the examination room. Hong helped his brother carry the food basket which was much bigger than others, and the two walked together.

Huang Ye secretly lifted the carriage curtain and looked out. There were crowds of people taking the exam and seeing others off. There was a large open space in front of the Imperial Examination Hall, but it was already crowded with people of all kinds, rich and poor. This is what life is like in the world. Huang Ye thought: I don't know if I'm here yet. Aunt Zhang has been kneeling and praying in the small Buddhist temple in the mansion early in the morning.

Hongger accompanied his eldest brother to line up. Every candidate had to undergo routine inspection. The bag carried by Xuanger was opened, and inside were the four treasures of the study and some changes of clothes. The inspection of the food basket took a little time, and the key point was that the food he brought was something they had never seen before. Fortunately, he passed the inspection smoothly. After Hongger returned, the family rushed back. It was already afternoon when they got home, but there were snacks prepared in the car, so they didn't feel very hungry.

"Let's go to my sister's garden. I'm hungry." Brother Hong, who had just got off the car, shouted righteously. He had made a great contribution today. His elder brother, a weak scholar, didn't know when he could lift his sister's big food basket to the queue. Only he could not only lift it easily, but also lead the way in front. Only then could his elder brother enter the examination room so quickly.

"If you want to have dinner with your sister, just say so. Don't make up all these unreliable excuses. I'm sorry to have tired you out by helping your elder brother carry things..." Chen scolded with a smile.

"Second brother, you really helped a lot today. It must be very tiring for him to squeeze through so many people with a food basket. I will cook a few dishes for you myself as a reward for you." Huang Ye smiled. Her second brother deserved this reward.