Tang Jingling got the news from Tang Yuan and held an emergency group meeting.
"Nishimura Xiaohezi has approached Yu's restaurant, and the boss has agreed to compete with her. Xiao Li, please send a press release as soon as possible. The wording should be more subtle. Don't mention names, but make it clear at a glance." She assigned. Task, "Xiao Zhang, prepare your video and camera. Go to the warehouse and ask for something that can be carried with you. We won't allow public interviews then, so we will hide the video. And Xiao Wang, over at Lanhai Street, go ahead and reveal the news. , spread the gossip, remember, there must be no trace."
"Okay, Sister Tang, promise to complete the task!" After receiving the order, several people went to work separately. Tang Jingling sat on the boss's chair, turned around, and kept tapping the pen on the table. She had long wanted to I have issued a press release condemning restaurants for ripping off customers and deceiving people. This opportunity is definitely a rare opportunity.
In addition, what Nishimura Kowako did at Le Cordon Bleu made Tang Jinling even more disdainful.
She dialed Tang Yuan's phone. It rang several times before she was picked up. Tang Yuan said in a hoarse voice, "What's the matter?"
Last night, I followed Li Hanzhi and others to a party at the villa. I was hungover until dawn. I finally fell asleep for a while under the hypnosis of alcohol. I was woken up again. I was so depressed that I couldn't even express my temper.
Tang Jingling turned on her phone and took a few steps away. Then she raised her voice to Tang Yuan: "I have arranged everything, just wait and see the show!" Without waiting for Tang Yuan to reply, she said decisively Press the hang up button.
She was afraid that if she was a second too late, the person on the other end would curse again. She could even guess what Tang Yuan said——
"It's just such a small thing, why do you deliberately disturb people's dreams?" Tang Yuan rubbed his suddenly swollen temples, wishing to beat Tang Jingling. Why does this person always like to disturb others when they are sleeping?
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Yu Jian rarely went to a restaurant.
I was entangled in my thoughts last night, and I gradually fell asleep when the sky turned white. I never imagined that my dream would be chaotic again.
Thinking about Tang Yuan's words over and over, she saw that there were many so-called interests first, and the dirty things of the court nobles were far more complicated. But food should not be used to harm others.
The Nishimura Kowako incident reminded her of some bad experiences. Every family member in the harem was attracted to each other for power and personal gain, and even Guangrokuji Temple was no exception.
I also planned to change my destiny when I could be superior to others.
As Tang Yuan said, only by standing at the highest point can you escape the quagmire.
"Meimei, you play at my house for a while. My sister will be back soon." The voice of child Yu Yuan came from outside the door.
Immediately afterwards, another timid little girl spoke: "Would it be too much trouble?"
Yu Yuan patted his small chest and said like a man: "No trouble, no trouble, my sister is amazing. She can definitely make the lotus seeds you mentioned."
"Yes!" the little girl responded, with a hint of sadness in her tone, "My father said that my great-grandmother may not live long, and I want to let her eat the candied lotus seeds in her memory again before she leaves."
Yu Jian listened to a few scattered words and couldn't help but smile. This guy Yu Yuan was bragging outside again, and he even brought people home.
She tidied up, opened the door, and called softly: "Xiao Yuanzi."
Yu Yuan's whole body was excited, and he suddenly smiled happily. He turned his head and rushed towards her, hugging her thighs, like a little pug, barely sticking out his tongue.
"Sister! You are at home!"
Yu Jian scratched his nose: "I can't be at home?"
"No, no, I'm very surprised!" He let go of Yu Jian's thigh, ran to the little girl's side, took her hand and introduced, "Sister, this is my classmate Meimei in kindergarten."
The little girl was very reserved and timidly called people: "Hello, sister!"
Zhang Meimei and Yu Yuan grew up together. Before they went to kindergarten, they played in the alley. When they reached school age, they were packed up and sent to kindergarten. When they arrived at class, they were in the same class.
Because of their childhood sweetheart relationship, Yu Yuan was very protective of her. If anyone dared to bully Zhang Meimei, he would definitely be punished with a punch.
Yu Yuan pulled Yu Jian's sleeve, asked her to lower her head, and said in her ear: "Meimei wants you to cook a dish for her great-grandmother. Don't refuse."
Yu Jian asked him in the same low voice: "Why do I have to agree?"
"Oh...sister, my good sister, I have already agreed with Meimei, you can't let me lose face!" Yu Yuan hugged her arm and begged.
Yu Jian glanced at the little girl's anxious expression, then met Yu Yuanman's expectant eyes. She pursed her lips, curled her eyes, and took the opportunity to scratch the little guy's nose, and then said: "Okay,
I reluctantly agreed."
What Zhang Meimei's great-grandmother wanted to eat were sugared lotus seeds. It happened that in order to meet the challenge of Xiaohezi Nishimura, she prepared a lot of lotus flowers and lotus pods at home. The lotus pods were sent by Tang Yuan, who said they were picked from Lao Wu.
Still dripping wet lake water.
Yu Jian arranged for two little ones to peel lotus seeds together. Little Yu Yuan managed to peel two, and then complained sadly that his hands hurt. But little kid Zhang Meimei, whose fingertips were all red, gritted her teeth and continued to take one.
, silently took out the lotus seeds and put them on the plate.
After all the lotus seeds were peeled off, Yu Jian peeled them one by one and removed the clothes. The lotus heart tastes bitter and the core needs to be removed. Wash the cleaned lotus seeds and put them in a cool place to drain and dry.
To stir-fry lotus seeds with sugar in a casserole, first put a thick layer of granulated sugar, add a bowl of cold boiled water, stir and cook over medium heat, wait until the boiled sugar water bubbles from large to small, then turn to large bubbles, then turn off the heat.
Stir quickly until milky white. At this time, add the lotus seeds and stir so that each lotus seed is evenly coated with a layer of syrup.
"Meimei, do you need sister to make you a pot of tea?" Shatang lotus seeds are originally a tea snack. Only by brewing a pot of slightly bitter green tea can you taste the pink, glutinous and sweet lotus seeds.
Zhang Meimei raised her face in surprise: "Is it okay?"
The yard of Zhang's house is only five or six meters away from Yu Jian's house. Yu Jian wrapped the fried lotus seeds in fresh lotus leaves and went home with her carrying an old-fashioned teapot.
When the concierge opened, Zhang Meimei couldn't wait to run into a room in the corner, muttering: "Grandma, I brought you sugared lotus seeds!"
The old man's cloudy pupils turned and moved unfocused towards the place where she was speaking, and he struggled to sit up from the bed. Zhang Meimei skillfully took the pillow for her, helped her slowly lean up, and then ran back
In the yard, he smiled apologetically at Yu Jian: "My great-grandmother is not in good health..." I'm afraid she won't survive this winter.
The lotus leaf bag was slowly opened, and the old woman's nose twitched slightly, and a deep sweet fragrance invaded the tip of her nose. She stretched out her hand tremblingly, and under the guidance of Zhang Meimei, touched the edge of the lotus leaf, and slowly used her fingertips to
Touching the green and delicate leaves.
"Lotus leaf...?" she asked softly, as if a glimmer of light flashed in her eyes. She touched the lotus seeds inside, pinched one, and put it into her mouth while shaking her hands.
The waxy aroma of fresh lotus seeds, accompanied by the sweetness of sugar, suddenly entered the mouth. The old man used his saliva to sip the taste of the lotus seeds bit by bit.
After a long while, he finally swallowed slowly. Zhang Meimei immediately brought a cup of warm tea, and the old man took another sip.
The bitterness of tea, the fragrance of lotus seeds, and the sweetness of sugar, this seems to be her life. She was originally a young lady from a wealthy family, but she lost her lover in the war and raised several children alone. In a difficult life,
She had smoothed all the edges and corners long ago, but when she was dying, she wanted to be the charming young lady in the boudoir again.