bookrebus Chapter 230 Sweet Burden
Chapter 230 Sweet Burden
Just when Shen Zhaonian was obsessed with the fantasy that "his daughter secretly gave him a snack", Shen Ke Ting also opened the food box sent from the mansion.
Jiang Cheng also took chopsticks and sat next to Shen Ke Ting with an expectant look on his face.
These days, everyone in the Hanlin Academy has been so busy that they have no time to eat properly.
Let alone tasting delicious food when they are busy with official duties, even when it is time to eat, they basically just stuff something to fill their stomachs and then continue to work.
I finally have some free time today, so of course I have to have a good lunch.
Jiang Cheng took out two bowls of ginseng soup from the food box sent from the Jiang Mansion, one for him and one for Shen Ke Ting.
They have all been too tired recently, so Jiang Cheng specially asked his family to stew some excellent ginseng soup and send it to them today so that they all need to have some nourishment.
"Jinyu, this is for you."
Jiang Cheng moved Shen Ke Ting's ginseng soup in front of him, and then stared at the food box that had just been opened with sparkling eyes.
Come to think of it, it seems like I haven’t eaten the food sent by the Shen Mansion for a while.
I don’t know what the Shen family gave Jin Yu today. I’m so looking forward to it.
I can have a free meal again, hehehe~~
Under Jiang Cheng's eager gaze, Shen Ke Ting silently took out the large porcelain bowl from the food box.
The moment the porcelain bowl was taken out, a rich and fresh fragrance filled the faces of Shen Ke Ting and Jiang Cheng, catching them off guard.
Jiang Cheng was stunned for a moment. This smelled too good.
Is it because he hasn't had the food Jinyu brought for a long time? ?
Why do I feel that the food this time is much more delicious than the ones delivered before? ?
Shen Ke Ting looked at the food in the bowl. When the servant from the Shen residence brought the food, he had already told him that it was a clay pot rice with cured meat and seafood.
He also said that today's food is very rich.
Although Shen Keting had prepared himself mentally, he still did not expect it to be so sumptuous.
In addition to the inevitable cured meats and vegetables, there are also a variety of seafood.
These ingredients were spread out very generously, covering the rice underneath completely.
If it weren't for the unforgettable rice aroma, I would have thought that this bowl was full of various ingredients but no rice.
Shen Ke Ting took out the serving chopsticks and gave half of the clay pot rice to Jiang Cheng.
"Eat it."
After Jiang Cheng thanked him, he started eating.
The rice is soft and glutinous, the bacon and sausage are fat and lean, and the sweetness is accompanied by a hint of wine aroma.
The fat part is shiny and transparent, fat but not greasy.
The lean meat is fragrant and tasty, with rich texture and tenderness.
As you take a bite, the rich gravy with heat explodes between your lips and teeth.
In addition to the gravy, there is also the aroma of fat, the sweetness of lean meat, the mellow aroma of rice wine, the aroma of fermented bean curd, and the fresh aroma of various seafood that seeps into the rice and other ingredients when being baked.
As Jiang Cheng ate, he even felt like crying.
It seemed like he hadn't eaten such delicious rice for a long time. It was soft but not mushy, and had a refreshing aroma.
The fragrance of rice slowly arrives, bringing warmth and a sense of fulfillment.
It's like bathing in the warm winter sun. Even the fatigue in your body disappears, and a feeling of happiness unconsciously surges into your heart.
Jiang Cheng swallowed the rice in his mouth, picked up a piece of golden rice crust, and started eating it with a "crunching" sound.
The rice crust is so delicious that he can eat as many pieces as he wants.
No wonder people say that delicious food is the best way to relax and heal.
It turns out that the hearts of mortals need to be comforted by the daily life of the world.
Shen Ke Ting also ate mouthful after mouthful, enjoying it very much.
As soon as he took a bite, he discovered the specialness of this cured meat and seafood clay pot rice.
Not only is the food very filling, but even the seafood here is not just ordinary seafood.
The texture of the grouper is smooth and tender, melting in your mouth.
The sliced abalone is crispy, chewy and firm.
The crab meat is firm and has a sweet taste.
The shrimp meat is delicate and smooth, and the juice is rich.
The squid is thick, tender and delicious.
Various flavors blend together, with rich taste layers, bringing ultimate enjoyment to the taste buds.
Each type of seafood has its own unique aroma, and because it is mixed with the fat from the cured meat, it tastes even more moist and fragrant.
Even the rice becomes more delicious and sweet because it is scented with various different flavors from the mountains and seas.
Shen Ke Ting chewed the food in his mouth carefully, feeling the freshness from the mountains and the sea, and the wonderful taste that collided on the tip of his tongue.
As he ate, he picked up the tender green heart of the vegetable and put it into his mouth.
Like rice, choy sum also acquires the fat of cured meat and the aroma of seafood during the baking process.
The complex fresh aroma not only did not cover up the original crisp and sweet taste of the choy sum, but instead brought it out to the fullest, perfectly neutralizing the greasy feeling after eating too much meat.
Shen Ke Ting swallowed the cabbage in his mouth, then scooped up a spoonful of ginseng soup with a spoon and drank it slowly.
Zheng'er must have known that he was too tired recently, so she prepared such a thoughtful meal this time, probably because she wanted him to have a good rest.
Shen Ke Ting tasted another piece of fish, and the corners of his lips rose unconsciously.
Come to think of it, he had been perfunctory about eating recently because of work, which was really wrong.
Even if it was just to avoid making Zheng'er worry, he had to eat well and take good care of himself.
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Shen Zhaonian was not as generous as Shen Keting and gave away half of his meal at once.
He just symbolically picked up a few pieces of cured meat and some seafood for a few colleagues around him, then picked up the chopsticks and started eating.
Eating cured meat with rice is really a very enjoyable thing, not to mention it is also served with seafood.
The colleagues around me ate the cured meat and seafood in their bowls with great cherishment, eating them with their own rice and enjoying them with gusto.
I thought the clay pot rice with preserved meat was delicious enough, but adding seafood would make it twice as delicious.
One of the lucky ones even got his favorite oysters. When he took a bite, he could taste the crispness and plumpness of the oysters with the sweet aroma of cured meat.
The taste was amazing. It was the first time he had eaten oysters with this taste.
Although Shen Zhaonian's colleagues slowed down and tried to take small bites of the cured meat and seafood in their bowls, they still finished their meals quickly.
Naturally, they were too embarrassed to ask Shen Zhaonian for more, so they could only enjoy their meal with the rich aroma.
Under the envious gazes of the people around him, Shen Zhaonian ate the clay pot rice happily.
Zheng'er is really something, the added ingredients are too obvious.
When I saw it just now, I just thought that there was a lot of seafood in the clay pot rice, but when I actually ate it, I realized that there was not just a lot of seafood in it, but a lot! !
Knowing that Zheng'er loves her father, she wants to add some seafood to the clay pot rice, but is the amount a little too much?
If Jin Yu and the others knew about this, there would be another fuss.
Alas, these are all sweet burdens.
He must savor every mouthful of his lunch today, not leaving a single grain of rice.
Otherwise, I would really let my daughter down.
Hahaha! ! !
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Inside the Imperial College, Shen Kesi and Shen Keheng were eating in the cafeteria with everyone else as usual.
“It’s delicious. There’s really enough ingredients in it. Even the duck soup is very fragrant.”
"I didn't like cilantro at all before, but when I added it to the duck blood vermicelli, it suddenly tasted good to me."
"Everything here is delicious. The duck blood is tender, the duck gizzards are chewy, and the duck intestines are crispy. Even the bean curd is full of soup and delicious."
"I added some chili oil to it, and the duck blood vermicelli soup plus the slightly spicy taste was absolutely delicious."
"Really? Then I'll add some to taste."
The lunch provided in the cafeteria today was duck blood and vermicelli soup, and everyone enjoyed it very much.
Shen Kesi and Shen Keheng also sat in their seats and ate happily.
They had no idea that Mianzhou County had sent a large amount of seafood to the Shen Mansion, and they had no idea that their old father and eldest brother were carrying the sweet burden of their own imaginations and feasting on the cured meat and seafood clay pot rice sent from home.