Chen Yun smiled bitterly, then picked up the wine bottle on the table, poured himself a full glass of wine, drank it down, then put the empty glass back on the table and smiled at Lan Lian:
"Sister-in-law Lin, I'm not drunk! If you don't believe it, you might as well see it with your own eyes."
After Chen Yun finished speaking, he stood up and stretched out his right hand towards Lan Lian. His black and white eyes shone with strong affection.
Lan Lian looked at these eyes and was at a loss.
However, she soon calmed down and drank the wine in her glass. Then she stood up and said:
"Second Young Master Chen, if you continue to act drunk like this, I will leave immediately. Even if you are caught by the patrol and taken to the Yamen, I will have no regrets!"
Lan Lian turned around and started to walk out.
When Chen Yun saw this, he grabbed Lan Lian and said:
"Sister-in-law Lin, don't leave! I really mean it...I'm sorry, I'm drunk..."
After saying that, he fell down on the chair and closed his eyes as if he was overwhelmed.
"Second Young Master Chen, how are you?"
Lan Lian quickly leaned down to support Chen Yun, but found that the other person had already fallen asleep.
It's better to fall asleep, so that you won't talk nonsense anymore.
Lan Lian looked around, found a cloak, and covered Chen Yun.
Then he sat down closest to the door, leaning against the wall and closing his eyes to meditate.
After she fell asleep, Chen Yun slowly opened his eyes, his eyes filled with clarity.
He just stared at Lan Lian blankly until the sky turned bright...
Lin Xiao was worried all night. She wanted to go out to look for Lan Lian many times, but as soon as she opened the door, she saw patrols patrolling around the courtyard.
She couldn't go out, so she just sat in the yard and waited.
The sky was brightening slightly, and the knock on the door reached her ears. She immediately opened her eyes, quickly opened the door and rushed out.
I saw Chen Yun and Lan Lian standing at the door with tired faces.
"Lan Lian, where have you been?!"
Lin Xiao's face was very ugly.
Lan Lian looked at Lin Xiao who had obvious dark circles under her eyes, knowing that she must have been worried all night and felt guilty.
"I'm sorry, boss, I was too willful. I shouldn't have..."
Lin Xiao suddenly stepped forward and hugged Lan Lian, her eyes slightly red:
"Do you know, I thought you were captured by the patrol team, I was very worried, do you know?!"
If Lan Lian had some grudge against Lin Xiao just now, then at this moment, all the grudge in her heart disappeared and was replaced by gratitude and guilt.
She patted Lin Xiao on the shoulder and comforted:
"Master, I promise you will be obedient and will never do such stupid things in the future."
"good!"
Chen Yun stood there, looking at the two people hugging each other tightly, his eyes dark and obscure.
"I still have something to do in the store, so I'll leave first."
Chen Yun glanced at Lin Xiao lightly and then walked away.
Seeing this, Lan Lian quickly stopped Chen Yun:
"Master Chen, thank you for your help yesterday. If you have time, please come as a guest. I will cook some special dishes to entertain you!"
"Okay, it's a deal!"
With a smile on my face and MMP in my heart.
The corners of Chen Yun's mouth twitched a few times, and then he raised a bright smile. After saying goodbye to Lan Lian, he quickly walked towards Chen's Tavern.
As soon as Chen Yun left, Li Yuxuan arrived on the back.
Seeing Lin Xiao and Lan Lian hugging each other intimately, a gloomy cold light flashed in his eyes:
"Master Lin is so elegant. He cuddles at the gate early in the morning without fear of anyone seeing him!"
Although Li Yuxuan's words were sour, there was a hint of jealousy in his tone.
Hearing this, Lan Lian lowered her head in shame, her cheeks turning red.
Lin Xiao, on the other hand, looked back at Li Yuxuan with a magnanimous expression:
"My mother-in-law and I are very close to each other, what's bothering you?"
Li Yuxuan: "."
Lin Xiao's words "my mother-in-law" hurt his heart.
His eyes dimmed instantly, and he said in a cold tone:
"I'm here, please teach me how to make salt!"
This scene was all seen by the coachman who was hiding in the dark.
He frowned slightly and looked at Li Yuxuan with complicated eyes flashing.
"Okay, please come with me!"
Lin Xiao agreed and led Li Yuxuan to the backyard, where Lin Xiao filtered refined salt.
There is a large hanging wooden barrel placed in the huge yard. There is a bamboo tube at the bottom of the barrel. Clear liquid flows out continuously and then pours into a huge pottery jar buried underground next to it.
Li Yuxuan stared straight at the pottery jar without blinking.
Lin Xiao said lightly:
"This is the tool of saltmaking."
Li Yuxuan took a deep breath, suppressed the excitement in his heart, stepped forward, carefully opened the bamboo lid on the pottery jar, stretched out his fingers to dip into the liquid inside, and then put it into his mouth to taste.
"Well"
His throat rolled twice, his eyes were burning, and there was a strong desire in his eyes.
Lin Xiao: "This is concentrated salt water. Now we only need to perform the last step to make refined salt."
"Can this water be made into salt?"
Li Yuxuan stared at Lin Xiao in disbelief, his eyes full of expectation and desire.
Although he is a member of the royal family, like other members of the royal family, except for those specially designated personnel, no one else knows the art of making salt.
Therefore, to them, the art of making salt is like the art of cultivating immortals, a mysterious and rare existence.
Lin Xiao nodded, pointed to a propped up iron pot not far away, and said:
"Saute it and the salt will come out."
"Who are you bluffing? Just fry the salt and it will come out. This is too simple!"
Li Yuxuan looked at Lin Xiao suspiciously, obviously not believing what Lin Xiao said.
Lin Xiao didn't explain either, he just said:
"You'll know after you try it."
Lan Lian, who had been following Lin Xiao, was very discerning. She quickly took out a basin of concentrated salt water from the pottery jar, poured it into the iron pot, lit a fire, and started frying.
As the temperature in the iron pot increased, the concentrated salt water began to roll and slowly turned transparent.
Seeing this, Lan Lian speeded up the stir-frying.
Gradually, the liquid became more and more viscous until it turned into a layer of white particles as white as snow.
A faint scent of salt filled the air.
Li Yuxuan couldn't help but swallowed.
He stretched out his fingers to twist a few grains of fine salt and put it into his mouth. The salty taste instantly spread throughout his mouth, with a hint of umami, just like what he bought in the market.
"It's really salt!"
Li Yuxuan opened his eyes wide in shock, and an incredible light flashed in his eyes:
"How could it be so easy?!"
"It's that simple. Purify the existing coarse salt and you can get the salt you eat now."
Lin Xiaoyun replied calmly, as if he was talking about an ordinary thing.
When Li Yuxuan heard this, his expression became even more shocked.
I originally thought that the art of making salt was complicated, but I didn't expect it to be so simple.