Xiao Yuer walked back three times, walking faster and faster, probably because he was afraid that Chen Chang behind him would suddenly change his mind and catch up.
Fortunately, he didn't!
You don’t have to tell the lady about the “facial mask” thing, but my uncle is so nagging, shouldn’t he report it to the lady, in case he...
Xiaoyuer left with a heavy heart.
Chen Chang was left standing alone at the door of the study.
My dignified uncle is not financially independent and is even embarrassed to leave the front door.
If we don't make some quick money, the calligraphy and painting training class won't be able to be opened as scheduled.
Soon, noon arrived and it was time to eat, but the little fish didn't come back yet.
In the past, it was Xiao Yu'er who brought him food. Are you really angry with yourself?
I was thinking about going hungry.
A maid whom she had seen several times carefully held a cauldron filled with steaming meat.
Huh... I made the mistake of blaming Xiao Yu'er. She must have known that she wouldn't be able to come back for a while, so she specially arranged for the little sister to take over the shift.
What a good kid.
However, Chen Chang was not happy for a while, and his eyes looked wrong.
The corners of his mouth even twitched a few times.
The meat was badly cooked, so the little cauldron holding the meat looked a little like the spittoon he used before...
Uh... my appetite suddenly increased by a factor of three.
Sigh... In fact, the container doesn't matter. I just close my eyes and don't look at it, or just return one, but what's really going on with the white meat piled inside?
Cook the meat in boiling water, add some salt, and it becomes a dish?
On weekdays, Chen Chang is a vegetarian at home, but he didn't feel that he would feel like seeing such a pile of white meat out of the blue...
Chen Chang was stunned for a long time, and finally stood up and sighed.
I'm going to start a business soon. Is it necessary to have a sense of ritual? This meat will definitely not do it.
"Take me to the kitchen!"
The maid was stunned.
What are you doing in the kitchen?
It's very smoky there.
"Take me and this meat to the kitchen!" Chen Chang had to repeat.
Now the maid finally understood, and quickly led the way with the small tripod in her hands. She felt uneasy along the way.
It was extremely hot in the kitchen. The cook was rolling up her sleeves, exposing her fat arms, and her plump butt was facing the door. She didn’t know what she was working on, and she was still humming a little tune. She didn’t notice Chen Changhe.
The maid comes in.
Chen Chang ignored her and walked straight to the stove.
The fat cook suddenly felt the figure in front of her flicker, and shouted without raising her head: "Get out, get out, who asked you to come in? How many times have I told you, get out quickly..."
I dare to think of Chen Chang as a maid.
It wasn't until she was lightly patted on the back by the maid that she suddenly raised her head. When she saw it was Chen Chang, she hurriedly stood up and bowed to her uncle.
When a gentleman is far away from the cook, there is no place in the kitchen where my uncle can come.
"Uncle, what are you..."
Chen Chang stared at the big cauldron on the stove, poured the meat into the small cauldron, and asked without looking at her, "Where are the seasonings?"
The fat cook agreed and brought out a wooden tray, on which were placed garlic, dogwood, etc., as well as some spices that Chen Chang couldn't even name.
Chen Chang looked at it and found that he didn't recognize most of the seasonings. Forget it, no matter what, it would still taste better than boiled meat slices!
He picked up a few based on his feeling and threw them into the cauldron. Every time he threw one, the fat cook's eyelids twitched.
Oops, what a nice pot of meat. With such a way of adding seasonings, can it still be eaten?
He opened his mouth, but didn't dare to say it.
Chen Chang ignored her, closed the lid of the cauldron, added firewood to the stove, and kept cooking.
It must be fragrant if it is cooked with firewood.
The fat cook and the maid were both dumbfounded. They had never seen the master cook in the kitchen before. They looked at each other in confusion and looked at Chen Chang who was tinkering there. They were very embarrassed if they didn't say it or not.
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After a while, the meat in the cauldron was boiling, so Chen Chang turned off the fire and switched to simmering it over slow fire.
Soon, the aroma of the condiments gradually came out, and the kitchen was filled with the mouth-watering aroma of meat.
The fat cook wanted to remind Chen Chang several times that if he continued to stew like this, he was afraid it would become burnt, but he always hesitated.
It was a rare opportunity to work for the Lou family. She was afraid that she would offend her uncle and be kicked out. She nuzzled at the maid, who also smiled bitterly. She was not familiar with her uncle, and she did not dare to speak easily.
Chen Chang did not turn off the heat and continued to stew the meat.
He looked at the meat in the cauldron from time to time until the broth in the cauldron stewed into a thick juice.
Hey, finally got the juice.
Chen Chang raised his chopsticks and picked it up. The mutton inside had already been stewed to a pulp.
You're done.
I took out a piece and tasted it. It was fat but not greasy. This was stewed meat.
The fat cook and the maid couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
Chen Chang greeted the two of them: "Come here and have a try!"
The two of them shook their heads repeatedly, who dared to eat?
"Come here and try it!" Chen Chang had to say it again.
The two of them remained motionless.
Chen Chang put down his chopsticks and frowned slightly, "I asked you to taste it, so hurry up and sing it, and it will take a long time!"
The fat cook came over tremblingly, raising her chubby little hands, but then putting them down again, feeling very embarrassed.
Chen Chang waved to the maid again, asking her to come over too.
Under Chen Chang's urging and gaze, the two of them walked to the stove in panic, carefully picked up a piece of meat from the cauldron, pursed their lips, but did not dare to put it in.
It's all so unreal.
The kitchen was so smoky every day that no one from the owner's family came over, and even the eldest lady's maids were unwilling to come over. The smell of oily smoke was so strong that it got all over the clothes and body.
It smells disgusting and I have to use powder to cover it up.
Chen Chang coughed lightly: "Eat it, I'll watch you eat it!"
The fat cook and the maid looked at each other, knowing that they couldn't escape.
It’s not that I don’t want to eat it, the smell of the meat arouses the greed in people’s stomachs and makes them salivate.
But they didn't dare to eat it, even if their uncle told them to eat it in person.
The meat in this cauldron is all prepared for the master's family to eat. How can servants like them have such a blessing?
Even though she deals with food every day, the fat cook who is near the water and on a first-come-first-served basis does not care about the food. It is not easy for her to get this job. Miss Lou is kind to people and has always been kind to servants like them.
He was so angry that the servants also respected Miss Lou very much.
The more this happens, the more cautious and conscientious they become.
But what the uncle in front of me did was truly unpredictable.
"Eat!" Chen Chang's tone became colder, "Eat whatever you want, pack up and get out immediately!"
Well……
The fat cook and the maid were both shocked. What else could they do?
You two look at me and I look at you, the expressions on their faces are complicated——
wry smile.
perturbed.
Under Chen Chang's intimidation, the meat pieces held in the hands of the fat cook and the maid gradually came closer to their lips.
But before the two of them could open their mouths to eat, a cold voice came from outside the door: "Eat as I tell you!"
Standing outside the door were Lou Qingyi and two personal maids, Zi Ling and Xiao Yu'er.
The hands of the fat cook and the maid trembled, and the pieces of meat almost fell to the ground.
"Little... miss..."
Does this mean that you should eat it or not eat it?
The two women couldn't tell each other apart for a while, so they could only maintain their original postures. The scene was very embarrassing.
Chen Chang looked at the three women outside the door, Huh?
Did you come here smelling the smell of meat? Your nose is quite sharp!
Since coming to the Lou family, the relationship with Lou Qingyi has always been awkward. This is partly because the two of them have no relationship foundation, and also because of Shui Ling'er's existence...
Although Chen Chang thought of ways to repair the relationship between the two, Lou Qingyi always ignored him and even deliberately alienated him. This feeling was especially obvious after returning from Ziling County.
However, Chen Chang learned from Xiao Yuer's mouth that Miss Lou was usually very gentle, which he himself understood very well. Lou Qingyi's movements were very elegant, and a person's temperament was developed over many years.
Poems and books, tutoring, self-cultivation, immersive environment, etc.
Among the young women he has seen so far, Lou Qingyi is undoubtedly the most temperamental one. Almost all the advantages of women such as elegance, intelligence, gentleness, etc. can be found in her.
But what made Chen Chang very depressed was that such a beautiful, gentle and virtuous woman actually looked at him coldly.
Alas, speaking of it, I have to blame my father, whom I have never met, for how could he settle down the marriage so easily?
Also, the second and third wives must be blamed for insisting on forcing her to get married, and also involved the marriage with the old lady's illness. Isn't this a coercion?
Lou Qingyi in front of her looked at Chen Chang with a frosty face. Another maid told her about Chen Chang in the kitchen.
At that time, she was stunned. What was this guy doing in the kitchen?
Since returning to Jiangling, she has been doing nothing all day long. She has asked Xiao Yu'er several times, but Xiao Yu'er can't tell what her uncle is thinking or doing.
Lou Qingyi also knew that she couldn't blame Xiao Yu'er. In fact, even she herself couldn't understand Chen Chang.
Just now, Xiao Yu'er told her that Chen Chang asked about her haggard face. Lou Qingyi felt a little uncomfortable. What does it have to do with you whether my face is haggard or not?
"Cough cough cough..." Chen Chang covered his mouth slightly and coughed softly to resolve the embarrassment, "I felt that the taste of this meat was not fragrant enough, so I added some seasonings and improved the cooking method. How about you all try it?
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It is better to eat alone than to eat together.
Chen Chang believed that even if everyone disagrees, the mutton stewed by him will taste like nothing they have ever tasted.
"Gulu..." Xiao Yu'er swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
Chen Chang has a smile on his face, and our Xiaoyuer is the most honest, not hiding anything he does.
But Xiao Yu'er, the person involved, didn't think so. The sound of swallowing saliva was actually not loud, but apart from the crackling of the fire, there was no other sound in the kitchen.
This "gurgling" sound was heard by everyone present, including a daughter's family.
Embarrassed, for a moment, Xiao Yu'er's face felt as if it had been burned with a soldering iron.
I just want to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.
This chapter has been completed!