0p0 Chapter 241 Theory of Eating
Chapter 241 Theory of Eating
The younger brother took his mother away, and Wang Jinyi lowered her head and thought about her worries: My brother lived alone in the Ruidong Courtyard in the front yard. There were only three servants in the yard, a nanny, a servant, and Sun Wei, who was half a guard and half a constant companion.
When my parents first went to Qiannan, I was worried about my brother's safety, so I signed a contract with Wu Da to be my brother's permanent companion for five years. After Wu Da's contract expired, there were only these three people arranged by Wang Jia Gongzhong in my brother's yard.
Every time I went to see my brother in the front yard, his yard was empty. I always felt that he was a poor little thing that no one wanted! For this reason, I wanted to hire a few servants for Wang Wendong, but my brother firmly refused.
I have to tell my mother today that I have made some money now, and I need to hire some strong martial arts followers for my brother.
The mother held her younger brother and stood by the bridge, looking back, waiting for her to catch up. Wang Jinyi followed. When her younger brother saw that she was getting closer and closer to him, he shook off his mother's hand and ran towards the yard of the second house.
As they walked, Wang Jinyi told her mother about hiring a bodyguard for her brother, and her mother agreed.
No matter how afraid Wang Wenxin was of her sister, when she returned to the second room and there were no outsiders around, the family still gathered together to have breakfast.
Ever since he started making money, Wang Jinyi doesn't want to make do in life.
The second room set up its own small kitchen and hired a famous chef and a noodle chef, in addition to a skillful dim sum chef.
Every three days, Wang Jinyi wrote down the menus for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and attached the preparation methods. All that was left was to let the three people try them. The next step was to prepare the rewards. If the dishes were too different from those in the previous life, he would rewrite the preparation methods and ask the kitchen to make improvements. After a few years, the general meals were basically restored to the same level.
Over the years, the three chefs have gotten to know the young lady's taste. Breakfast basically consists of carbohydrates, and they focus on variety.
The main feature of lunch is the word often used by young ladies, which means it is mostly meat and eggs.
For dinner, light food is the main focus, and simplicity is the key in both taste and color.
The elder brother followed his father and stood in front of the restaurant that was converted from the west wing. The younger brother also ran over and waved to his mother and shouted:
"Mother, come."
The restaurant was specially renovated when my brother moved out when he was ten years old. My brother stayed alone in his yard and was still alone at mealtime.
From then on, at Wang Jinyi's strong request, the brother went back to the second room to eat with his sister every day. When he didn't come back, Wang Jinyi sent someone to bring hot soup and hot rice to his brother. Eating a bite of hot food would warm his stomach and heart when his parents were not around!
Last night, the whole family had a delicious dinner together, so today's breakfast became something to look forward to.
Wang Wenxin's face was filled with anxiety, but her brother was already used to it. He approached and asked:
"Jin'er, do you have any special plans today?"
I have seen that my brother has grown a lot taller in the past few years. At the age of twelve, he is almost half a head shorter than my father. Standing next to my father, he and my father look like two copies of a gentle and elegant handsome man.
Wang Jinyi was thinking inappropriately in her heart that her father and brother were both wearing flowery headscarves and small flowery jackets, hugging their bodies tightly like nesting dolls. She couldn't help but laugh and a look of joy appeared on her face.
Without replying to his brother, he casually said to Chunfen, "Let's eat."
Chunfen and Xiayu opened the door curtain and called out softly to the outside.
After a while, a maid came in with a tray and a food box and started to serve the meal. There was porridge, which is indispensable for every breakfast. Today it was a small half bowl of thin porridge, and the rest was much richer.
There is a portion of xiaolongbao for each person, a portion of fried dough sticks for each person, and a portion of wonton for each person...
The mother felt a little distressed when she saw the meals for each person, and couldn't help but remind her: "Jin'er, this is such a waste!"
"Mom, Dad and my brother are preparing for the exam now, so they need to eat well so they can have the energy to review their lessons.
My younger brother and I are both growing up, so we need to eat better!"
This time the younger brother was not afraid of his sister. Stars twinkled in his eyes and he nodded in agreement.
Wang Jinyi saw that her brother's foodie nature was exposed, and she knew what was going on, so she continued to lobby her mother:
"Mother, you have to eat better too. The Second House is different now than before. There are more things to do and more involved than before. It is related to both the Wang family and the provision of samples to the clan. You can't be careless. Only by eating well can you have the energy to work!"
The parents knew that their child cared about the family. Seeing their son eager to try, the mother swallowed her words and smiled. The whole family started eating.
After breakfast, the whole family went to rest on the couch in the master bedroom of the main house. Wang Jinyi mentioned the idea of giving his brother a permanent attendant again, but Wang Wendong was firm in his attitude. "No!" He returned to the study in the front yard with his father without looking back.
Wang Jinyi looked at her mother in confusion, trying to find an answer. Her mother smiled knowingly and asked, "It's because I'm in this mountain."
Even such a smart daughter has her own troubles! Her brother was obviously competing with her secretly, but she insisted on arranging some kind of guard for Wang Wendong. Isn't this counterproductive?
The mother consoled him, "Jin'er, assigning guards to the two brothers is your mother's job. If you do it, it will be beyond your status. Do you understand now?!"
Wang Jinyi woke up as if from a dream. It turned out that it was inappropriate for him to do this, but it was reasonable and legal for his mother to do it. From the son's perspective, it was fair for his mother to assign guards to both sons at the same time, so his brother would not think too much about it.
The mother looked at her daughter's face full of enlightenment, smiled and asked:
"Jin'er has nothing important to do during this period, so mother will take the assessment."
Seeing his daughter looking at him calmly, he said:
"Girls from families like ours usually start with enlightenment and then learn the Daughter's Classic, and then learn music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Most girls from literati and clan families learn these, and they also learn these when they go out to socialize. We will start with these today."
“Jin’er didn’t learn the piano, but my daughter has heard the song you sang.
As for chess, you learned it well when you were three years old. You can play chess with me every day after dinner to get a feel for your current level. Then you can decide whether to continue learning it.
Calligraphy, mother has seen it in your study. If you keep practicing calligraphy like you are doing now, you will surely achieve some success in the future.
Now let's test your painting skills, Jin'er. You can paint a picture with autumn as the theme and finish it in two quarters of an hour. Do you think it's feasible?"
After hearing the test question from her mother, the first thing that came to Wang Jinyi's mind was a poem called "Empty Mountain After the Rain". In order to compose the picture, she first wrote down the poem on the rice paper next to her:
After the fresh rain in the empty mountain, the weather is late in autumn.
The bright moon shines among the pines, and the clear spring flows over the rocks.
The bamboos rustle with the sound of returning washerwomen, The lotus leaves sway with the sound of fishing boats.
Let the spring flowers fade as they please, and you can stay when you have time.
After a little thought, he began to write quickly, with light strokes of ink and lifelike brushstrokes, and a painting with profound artistic conception came to life on the paper.