Tled by Serena Love

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Chapter 19: Scallion Pancake

Xie Xun was a little uncomfortable after worrying about the matter just now, and he was absent-mindedly eating dinner.

Jiang Shuyao ignored him, eating happily by herself.

After eating, she put down her chopsticks and raised her head to look at Xie Xun.

Her gaze on Xie Xun's face made him feel itchy and numb, and he couldn't eat even more.

He sighed silently in his heart. It seems that Jiang-shi still intends to talk to him about the matter earlier.

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He didn't understand why he was a little nervous. Maybe it was Jiang-shi's peaceful attitude after they got married, and she was comfortable and generous with him... In short, it was completely different from what he imagined how the two would hatefully look at each other and being a resentful spouse. In this situation, he didn't know what to do.

He heard Jiang Shuyao's voice say, "On your rest day tomorrow, can you take me out of the house?"

Xie Xun was still thinking about things, and he subconsciously responded, "Just now--huh?"

Seeing his brows furrowed, Jiang Shuyao narrowed her eyes: "You don't want to?"

Xie Xun looked at her, and stopped talking. "This is what you wanted to say?"

"Otherwise?" Jiang Shuyao said, "Do you agree or not?"

"I mean... Forget it, if you want to leave the house, I will naturally accompany you." Xie Xun wanted to explain, but found that there was too much explanation.

Jiang Shuyao actually just wanted him to go out with her, so she could show it to the old madam. She didn't want him to accompany her. It would be boring for women to go shopping with men.

But since he has already agreed, she is too lazy to discuss. So what if he wants to accompany her, just accompany her.

After Xie Xun left, Bai Zhi came over immediately. She smiled and said to Jiang Shuyao, "Miss, it seems that young master is still very good at talking."

Jiang Shuyao thought about hers and Bai Zhi's plan, which is that she should trouble Xie Xun every day. He didn't seem to be disgusted or annoyed. So if she said the plan was to please him, it really didn't count, as she just helped him with some food on the way.

Jiang Shuyao shrugged, "Of course, he ate several meals with me, if he refused to agree to this request, isn't it embarrassing?"

Bai Zhi asked suspiciously, "But young lady didn't cook any special meals for young master..." Jiang Shuyao made good food, and several of the maids have a share, so what the young master had was really not special.

"That's also eaten. It is having short hands and a soft mouth. A few meals for a small request, just right."

[T/N: "Having short hands and a soft mouth" means when you eat other people's food, even if the person made a mistake, you can't speak straightforwardly or get angry. Short hands: do not follow principles, soft mouth: can't speak with confidence.]

"Yeah, Miss is right." Bai Zhi didn't care. Anyway, Jiang Shuyao said nothing wrong.

Behind the corridor not far away, Xie Xun stood at the corner and dropped his eyes when he heard the words.

When he turned back, he originally intended to talk to Jiang Shuyao about Xie Pei today, but he listened to the words of the master and servant.

He looked down and his expression is very alienated and cold. His black jade brocade round-necked robe made him stand out with extraordinary tolerance, sharp heroic spirit, and a tall and tall figure like a quenched cold sword.

The maid who was cutting flowers under the porch was so frightened that she didn't dare to move. She doesn't know if she should continue to work or slip away quietly.

Xie Xun only paused for a few breaths before turning around and striding away without turning his head.

Seeing that his back disappeared, the little maid said in a low voice, "Third young master looks very angry."

The older maid next to her knocked her head: "You dare to say nonsense?" But she couldn't hold back, "Third young master has always been cold. I don't think he is angry, but like... like... oh, anyway, it's not angry."

Xie Xun stepped out of the east courtyard and wanted to go back to the study, but he felt unwilling to read.

He really wanted to ask Jiang Shuyao if she has bothered to please himself these few days, just to let him accompany her out of the house?

No, she was not flattering him at all. It's not like he never seen what currying favor is like. There are Yingying and Yanyan around the prince; the princess, the side concubine, and the concubines, their behavior is what called currying favor.

Xie Xun couldn't tell what was wrong, and couldn't figure it out.

No, why should he care about her thoughts? Anyway, he didn't want to be a married couple who respected each other like a guest, let alone be lovers like the prince and the people in his palace. Regardless of Jiang-shi's plan, he just keeps her as alienated as before.

As if God wanted to prove his guess, early the next morning, Jiang Shuyao got up early to cook, excitedly preparing to go out to the house, while Xie Xun waited in the study. He is definitely not waiting until she asked him to eat.

Across a moon gate, there is a lot of excitement, cheers and laughter, and over here is deserted, and only clear porridge and side dishes.

Xie Xun quietly took a few mouthfuls of porridge and then put the bowl down.

He reads a lot of books and likes poetry, but he has never really read the poems about love between men and women. He knows very little about the love between men and women, but he intuitively believes that Jiang Shuyao does not seem to be as infatuated as he guessed, and felt quite lost for a while.

Jiang Shuyao and the maids happily ate hand-cooked pancakes. If it weren't for the trip out of the mansion today, no one would remember that Xie Xun will not be going to the palace today.

As a dowry maid, Bai Zhi has her orders. Whether it was from her own mother or Mrs. Xiangyang, they all told her to help Jiang Shuyao to match the relationship between husband and wife, and she was optimistic about her uneasy young lady.

She naturally recognized Mrs. Xiangyang's idea very much. When a woman is married, the honor, disgrace and joy of the rest of her life are all tied to her husband.

So she suggested, "Young master is in the mansion today, won't the young lady give him breakfast?"

Jiang Shuyao froze for a moment, "No need, he grew up in Duke Xie's mansion since he was a child and used to any fine food. If I give him a piece of pancake, he might not appreciate it."

"But has the young master had the same pancake?" Bai Zhi said, "I haven't seen this kind of fresh method, besides, young master doesn't look like a picky person. When he usually put the bowl down, the food inside is clean."

Uh... Xie Xun will definitely blush if he heard this.

However, as a cook, Jiang Shuyao still very like to see if the other person likes her craft. She was amused by Bai Zhi's words, and said, "Then you go and tell him. He will come if he wants to come over, if he doesn't then forget it."

Bai Zhi is happy to go, and ran to Xie Xun to pass the message.

When Xie Xun's close servant saw her coming to pass the message, she was still holding a pancake in her hand, and he almost didn't call his master. Even the maids in the outer courtyard are not so unruly, but this maid is a little arrogant.

He laughed inwardly, waiting for the third master to scold her, but he heard the third master, who has always attached importance to the rules, said flatly "OK".

Bai Zhi saluted and withdrew, leaving the young man dumbfounded.

Even though Bai Zhi covered her hand with her cuff, Xie Xun still saw the oil-paper exposed from the cuff.

His heart was panicked, as if a mess of ink was accidentally scattered on a piece of paper, which made people feel unreasonably dry and uneasy.

Before Jiang Shuyao married over, Duke Xie's mansion has inquired about her personality. People said that she was mean and domineering and liked to vent her anger. Even if it was someone else's maid, she would beat and scold as soon as she was angry, and she act ostentatiously.

But now he saw that she is so good to her maidservants, and she has already rewarded the maid before he got his turn...

It seems that the rumors are not credible. Although she was criticized and stigmatized when dealing with men, the way she treated her servants, it is indeed very generous.

Xie Xun didn't realize that he was looking for a reason to comfort himself. After thinking about it this way, he was a little relieved. Maybe the previous rumors about her molesting talents and peeping on beautiful men were also false.

He stood up refreshed and walked briskly to the east wing.

After stepping into the small courtyard, he found that Jiang Shuyao was not in the east wing, so Xie Xun went to the small kitchen. He has become accustomed to Jiang Shuyao's habit of going to the kitchen when she has nothing to do.

The little maidservants were still chatting and laughing, and when they see Xie Xun coming in, they quickly closed their mouth and bowed.

Seeing Xie Xun, Jiang Shuyao didn't react much, and just naturally asked, "You haven't eaten breakfast yet?" 

Thinking of the few bites of the porridge and side dishes, Xie Xun didn't want to lie, and bluntly said, "What are you making?"

"Scallion pancake." Jiang Shuyao was taken away, "Do you want it?"

Xie Xun coughed uncomfortably and nodded obediently.

Jiang Shuyao picked one pancake out of the stack of pastry crusts that had been brushed with oil, and put it in an iron pan, and let the heat slow down.

Xie Xun rarely saw people cook, and asked curiously, "Is it troublesome to do this?"

"Fortunately, I made it last night, brushed with oil and it's all ready, so today it will be done easily." The ancient people had too little entertainment and there were several hours between dinner and before going to bed. She was not interested in reading at all, so she went to the kitchen to cook and grind time.

Xie Xun stood by and looked at her pancakes, and suddenly thought of the crepe she stuffed him that morning. It would be nice if he can still eat it when he is on duty.

Thinking of Lin Cheng who buys sesame cakes at the corner of the back alley every day, that guy would be envious if he saw him holding hot cakes made at home every day.

As he was thinking about it, the crust was ready on the iron pan. Jiang Shuyao brushed a layer of sauce on the pancake, put lettuce and some cut meat, took a roll of oiled paper, and the pancake was ready.

It's fast and easy to make, but it's full of accomplishment. This is the fun of making breakfast.

Xie Xun took it, and didn't think of how improper it was to eat pancakes in the kitchen. His appetite was inexplicably aroused when the heat was passed to his fingertips through oil paper.

When he got closer, the fragrant pastry scent of the pancake became stronger.

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He took a bite, and the outer layer of the pancake was crispy, and the inner layer was soft, layered on top of each other, it is fluffy and tough.

The oily aroma of the outer layer and the gluten aroma of the inner layer are well combined. The sauce is slightly salty and appetizing.

In this bite, he only bit into the crust, not eating the meat and lettuce wrapped in it, so he just swallowed and took another big bite.

The meat is well marinated, the bite tastes crispy on the outside and the meat inside is delicious and juicy; the lettuce is fresh, making the meat and oily aroma more prominent, and there is a refreshing sweetness under the delicious taste.

He ate happily, it was only when he heard his own chewing, he realized that he had just taken a big bite in a gaffe.

Without chewing it, he swallowed the food in his mouth hastily as a cover. But when he is looking up, Jiang Shuyao was also like him. She took a big bite, her cheeks are bulging, and she seemed to be exhausted.

Jiang Shuyao casually chewed and swallowed the mouthful, but suddenly she choked and drank some soy milk.

The soy milk with sugar is mellow and fragrant, and full of bean flavor. It is very satisfying to drink.

"Ah~" She sighed comfortably, breakfast still need to be comfortable.

Seeing Xie Xun staring at her, Jiang Shuyao also served him a bowl.

Xie Xun took it, and ate the pancake in his hand with soy milk. Seeing that there were two pancakes left on the wooden board, Jiang Shuyao cook them all for him, and asked him to drink up the soy milk by the way.

Xie Xun stood in the kitchen and was full from breakfast for the first time.

Jiang Shuyao was happily fed. The extra pancakes and soy milk were completely wiped out by Xie Xun, nothing was wasted. Regardless of Xie Xun's support, this breakfast was considered to be a very complete meal.

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