Chapter 14 : 蹭吃
[ Freeload for Food ]
In the days that followed, Tang Xiaobao had been vaguely hearing about Ji Tao, but had not seen him in person. Sometimes Ji Ling still had to accompany him, but when he came back, he would always accompany Tang Xiaobao to eat something more.
He thought that since Ji Ling didn’t want him to see Ji Tao, he naturally had his own concerns, so he didn’t think about it, and continued to cook his own meals every day, occasionally studying a little dessert. He is also a person who can tolerate loneliness, and he feels good.
Another courtyard.
Ji Tao sat in his room, thinking about what he had seen in the past few days, and always felt that something was not right. Then, he looked towards his beloved subordinate, his tone was very diffident, “What have you found out recently?”
“Reporting back to the second young master, people here say that the eldest son can get well, is to get the travelling doctor’s medicine, after eating it, he gradually gets well. However, this medicine was hidden very tightly by the eldest young master and no one but his trusted aide has seen it.” After the servant finished speaking, he paused for a moment, and then continued in Ji Tao’s thoughtful eyes, “As for the newly married husband, this is not spoiled little Ger of the Tang family here, and I heard that he still has an elder sister and mother.”
After listening to his subordinate’s narrative, Ji Tao’s hand was resting on his chin thinking, after a while before saying: “Although my big brother does not say, but I can see, he really likes his newly married husband. The fact that I’ve been here for so long yet I still can’t meet him is the best evidence, he must be afraid that I’ll say something unpleasant in front of his husband, that’s why he won’t let me see him.”
“Then Young Master, what should we do next?” His trusted subordinate asked a question tentatively, he thought that his young master must have had a plan in his heart after he said those words just now.
Sure enough, Ji Tao pondered for a few seconds, revealing a big smile, “Naturally, I will go to meet this sister-in-law, to see what kind of talent can make my big brother protect him like this, but I’m afraid it’s not easy to meet him even once, in the end, what should we do?”
Completely unaware that he had unwittingly aroused the interest of others, now Tang Xiaobao is doing the last generation of his own most skilful food, kimchi. Although there are so many small dishes, there is no other thing that can be eaten like kimchi (pickled cabbage), sweet and sour, you can take it out to eat. It can be used to eat with congee during the week, and as a snack when you want to eat in your spare time. So this time Tang Xiaobao, ready to process the cabbage, carrots, and sauerkraut, first he asked the people to help get it clean, and dry his own hands, into their own special base, looking at the full three tables of kimchi, Tang Xiaobao feel very satisfied.
Waiting for it to get finished, and in the noon, looking that no subordinate came to report, Tang Xiaobao thought that today’s noon Ji Ling will not come back to eat together. After thinking for a while, he made him a stew on the stove, and waited for him to come back to eat. When he finished Ji Ling’s stew, he looked at the red chillies and suddenly missed the mala chicken he used to eat, and since Ji Ling wasn’t here, it was perfect for him to eat by himself. Since there is spicy diced chicken, of course, it must be accompanied by a refreshing and tasty dish, so let’s make a hot and sour fish.
Just when Tang Xiaobao was preparing the delicious food and happily brought it to the pavilion outside to enjoy it while looking at the scenery, he heard a very discordant voice coming from far away. “Big brother, could that be my sister-in-law sitting there?”
After eating a few mouthfuls of food, Tang Xiaobao, who was lamenting the fact that his craftsmanship had not deteriorated, heard a voice that he originally did not want to pay attention to, but on second thought, it seemed that not everyone could make a lot of noise in this place. Turning his head, he saw that it was Ji Ling, who seemed to give himself a rather disgusted look, then turned his head to look at his own plate, and then looked at himself again with a gaze that seemed to imply condemnation or criticism. In an instant, Tang Xiaobao, whose mouth had blistered from the fire two days before, felt a bit weak and shrank back.
The young man beside Ji Ling, who looked very arrogant, looked at the young man with a pair of chopsticks in his hand, his mouth was red from eating, and his face was very cute, but he had a silly youth look on his face, and his heart was full of contempt. It turns out that his big brother likes this kind of. This is really eye-opening.
Seeing the two of them walking towards him Tang Xiaobao suddenly felt that it is not good to eat, but not eating is also not good, so he quickly put down his chopsticks and asked a very classic phrase: “Have you guys eaten?”
Ji Ling has not yet opened his mouth, Ji Tao on the side chimed in, “Sister-in-law, I’m my big brother’s second brother. My big brother hid you so deep ah! It’s already so long, by being shameless, only then I can meet you once. Originally I thought that you are sick, so it’s inconvenient for me to disturb you but I didn’t expect, could it be that he does not welcome this little brother, so it’s better not meet?”
Listening to his words, Ji Ling’s eyebrows did not even move a bit. When Tang Xiaobao heard his words, he didn’t know how to answer, and stammered, “No, I was a bit sick a few days ago, and only got better yesterday.” The more he spoke, the quieter his voice became, as Ji Tao stared at the dishes in front of him, he was not at all convincing, the sick man could still eat so recklessly.
Three people standing there seemed to be silent. Tang Xiaobao looked at them and did not say anything. The atmosphere was very awkward, and if they don’t eat the food then it will be cold. So the mouth moved, not knowing how he thought about it, directly said, “If you guys have not eaten, then sit down and eat it, anyway, I have just started to eat.”
Ji Tao who originally wanted to say no, hadn’t even opened his mouth when he smelled the aroma drifting in front of him, and the words that came out of his mouth became, “I’m disturbing you, sister-in-law.”
“It’s okay.” Tang Xiaobao was now glad that he had fried a little more just now, or else it wouldn’t even be enough for the three of them to eat. So he hurriedly instructed his subordinates to add a bowl of rice to each of them, and casually brought down the stew that was sitting on the fire.
When the stew was served, Ji Ling glanced at Tang Xiaobao, then at Ji Tao, and remained silent for a while.
Originally, he wanted to eat the leftovers, which made Ji Tao very disgusted, and even vaguely blamed himself for quickly agreeing to it, until he took a sip of the soup that the subordinate had just presented, and then suddenly changed his mind. Waiting for the reaction to come over, only to find the supposedly eating together dishes,Ji Ling already ate all the dishes, and even a bit of eating to burst’s tendency. Struggling to control himself not to burp, he slowed down for a while before opening his mouth and saying, “The food here is really delicious, no wonder big brother looks distracted when he usually goes out to eat with me.”
“Thank you.” Tang Xiaobao saw that Ji Ling, who had not replied since before the meal, could only take over this topic on his own.
Seeing that Ji Ling didn’t say anything, and then looking at Tang Xiaobao, who could be seen through at a glance, Ji Tao made an excuse and left. He walked to the door, only gently hiccuped, but the mood was very good. “I didn’t expect that my sister-in-law would actually be such a person, you say, why did my big brother hide it, or are there some secrets?”
The person beside him shook his head, didn’t answer, and Ji Tao didn’t seem to be ready to continue to ask the question, knowing a little bit of information is better than knowing nothing, then ordered a voice, “Go and find out who the chef here is?”
“Yes.”
After Ji Tao left, Tang Xiaobao looked at Ji Ling and asked, “Why did you come back together today?”
Ji Ling looked at the cleaned up table in front of him and said carelessly, “I went out with him, and when I came back halfway, he insisted on following me.” Then, as if he was not thinking, he said, “I seem to be a little hungry.”
“Huh?” He didn’t think why the topic would be shifted to here all of a sudden, after reacting to it, he immediately said, “Then I’ll go and get you some more food?” He thought just because there is one more person, the food is not much, and that the second brother ate seems to be a little bit more, plus Ji Ling recently body recovery needs a lot of nutrition, and did not eat enough is also understandable. So he stood up, ready to go and get some food for Ji Ling.
“Just get some porridge, you don’t need a lot.”
Seeing the person who hurriedly walked away, Ji Ling looked at the lotus flowers not far away and pondered whether this second brother of his was too much of a hindrance here. If it wasn’t for him threatening himself with this family, he would never have brought him here, in that case it would be better to get him back.
Not letting Ji Ling wait too long, not a moment later Tang Xiaobao brought back a bowl of exquisite porridge, beside a stack of small dishes, smelled very appetising.
Putting the things down, Tang Xiaobao happily introduced: “I soaked a lot of kimchi today, so that there will be a meal for you when you eat in the future. This is what I specially prepared for you, it doesn’t need to be soaked for so long, and it doesn’t carry cold air, it’s very suitable for you to eat.”
Seeing Tang Xiaobao’s silly smiling face, Ji Ling haughtily picked up his chopsticks and gave it a try, originally the sweet and sour things were not his favourite, but now they were unexpectedly delicious.
“Are you saying that all those dishes were made by my sister-in-law, that little Ger?” Ji Tao looked at his trusted aide, sitting up from the recliner and sitting upright, his eyes looking at him suspiciously.
The visitor bowed his head, his voice very serious, “Ever since the eldest young master married the eldest young madam into his house, the food for both of them was prepared by the eldest young madam, and it was strictly forbidden for the subordinates of the house to get a little bit of light.”
“Oh, interesting, then you say that if I hadn’t insisted on following along today, probably, I wouldn’t even have had the chance to eat it. Do you think that this good elder brother of mine is doing it because he wants to protect his newly married husband, or is there some secret in there?” At this point, Ji Tao pondered deeply, his big brother’s sudden improvement in health, as well as not letting others eat the food, intuitively telling him that there is some secret here. Thinking of this, the corner of Ji Tao’s mouth revealed a very playful smile, “Send a letter to my mother, just tell her that I’m going to play here for a little while longer, and keep my big brother company.”
“Yes.”
After the subordinate respectfully retired, Ji Tao licked the corner of his mouth, thinking that even if he couldn’t find out anything, he would have to go to his big brother’s place from time to time to bother him.
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