Yan Xingxuan, who had no idea that his duck was being taken care of again, happily let Laishun return to the carriage with the brine jar in his arms.
Xiao Nianzhi was on the carriage behind him, so it was difficult to share this matter for the time being.
After they enter the city, they need to go back to the Yamen of Shanglinyuan to check in, and then they can find a place to prepare their lovely dinner.
Regarding the location, Mr. Yu was afraid of being too high-profile in Prince Wei's Mansion, so his suggestion was to go back to his own home, since his yard is not small anyway.
Xiao Nianzhi doesn’t care, he can go to anyone’s house.
Yan Xingxuan also listened to her, so Mr. Yu said that after they clocked in, they went directly to the other party's house.
Cong Xiangwu and Xu Nian were too embarrassed to accompany them. Even though Xiao Nianzhi kindly invited them, they still refused.
Mr. Yu lives in Lu'an Lane, which is mostly a gathering place for officials, but compared to Zhuque Street, the rank of officials is relatively lower.
Lu'an Lane is not too far from Changqing Street. It is separated by three streets, and it takes about a little more than one stick of incense to travel by horse-drawn carriage.
When he arrived at the door of Mr. Yu's residence and saw everyone getting out of the car, Mr. Yu smiled and explained: "There are few people in my house and it is quiet. Your Highness and the country prince don't need to worry."
After taking the assignment, Mr. Yu thought for a while and thought that it would be better to call Xiao Nianzhi another identity.
Xiao Nianzhi adapts well to this.
She actually doesn't know much about the situation in Mr. Yu's house, but she just worked all day and had dinner together, which built up a little friendship.
Now that the other party invited Yan Xingxuan, she didn't object. She probably knew it well, so she followed.
Without Yan Xingxuan accompanying him, Xiao Nianzhi would not easily agree to go to his colleague's house for dinner.
After all...
She is in a special situation, almost all of her colleagues are men!
Although most people are honest and have no other thoughts, Xiao Nianzhi still has to protect himself.
After Xiao Nianzhi entered the gate of Yu Mansion, she realized that Mr. Yu said that his house was quiet, and it was really...
At this time, the sky had darkened, and the house was quiet. Except for their footsteps and some small sounds prepared by the servants, nothing else could be heard.
Mr. Yu invited them to the banquet living room first, and then to the kitchen.
After all, the rabbit head hasn't been made yet, so of course, they can't just eat the rabbit head.
Although Mr. Yu thinks that the cooking skills of the cook in his house are average, but...
Now that they have come, and come to his house, Xiao Nianzhi and Yan Xingxuan can just forget about it. Tutou and the others have nothing to do, but they have to prepare the rest at their own house.
So, he talked to the cook.
His daily food is not luxurious.
As soon as the cook heard that a distinguished guest had arrived, she immediately got busy, and the housekeeper sent two maids and a boy to help.
If you don’t know how to cook, don’t you know how to handle ingredients?
Xiao Nianzhi still needs to braise the rabbit head, so he definitely needs to join in.
Before the rabbit head is officially brine, it needs to be blanched to remove the smell.
Only after layers of fishy removal can the rabbit head become more delicious.
Therefore, this step is also very important. Onions, ginger and other spices must be added to the water used to blanch the rabbit head.
Many spices take away the fishy smell remaining on the rabbit's head.
After blanching, rinse and then process the brine.
The marinating time needs to be longer to make it more flavorful.
Therefore, half an hour is the base time.
For rabbit heads, this time is enough to taste delicious.
If you want something heavier, you can braise it for a while longer.
While waiting, Xiao Nianzhi did not stay in the kitchen.
Although it is getting colder and colder today, once the kitchen gets busy, it will be very hot.
So, she didn't wait and came out to prepare some tea.
Mr. Yu just bought fresh oranges two days ago. After Xiao Nianzhi saw them, he carefully peeled them and mixed them with oolong tea.
Orange-flavored oolong has both tea and fruity aromas. It tastes refreshing and relieves tiredness. It is very suitable for them to eat tonight.
Xiao Nianzhi’s movements were so quick that the little cook over there was about to smoke the shovel!
After a lot of work, the rabbit head is almost done.
At this step, it is actually not finished. You still need to stir-fry the rabbit head with red oil to add more flavor. This is also to completely cover up the spicy and fragrant taste of the rabbit head, which may still have a little bit of residual fishy smell. Xiao Nianzhi moved very quickly, but...
The spicy aroma of red oil wafts out directly.
Mr. Yu was still talking to Yan Xingxuan. Although he had no intention of climbing up the ladder, he couldn't stay silent and let a prince just say nothing, right?
Therefore, you have to find some topics to talk about. It’s okay to be awkward, just don’t be silent!
As a result, a strong spicy aroma suddenly wafted over. Master Yu couldn't control it and took a big sip!
Uh!
This is too delicious!
The combination of spicy food and hot oil is originally a fierce collision of delicious food. The aroma that bursts out at the end is overbearing and unreasonable, and it floats directly into the distance along with the cool breeze.
Mr. Yu was afraid of being rude, so he had been sitting in the pavilion outside the kitchen waiting.
As soon as the fragrance wafted out, it hit my face directly.
When he took a sip, he didn't feel choked, but felt very comfortable.
This made Mr. Yu couldn't help but reflect: Is he really from Jiangnan?
No way...he has mutated, right?
Mr. Yu usually eats spicy food. When he goes to eat on the street in front, he will occasionally add some dogwood spicy oil to wontons or noodles.
But, I didn’t eat much. Mr. Yu always felt that he was not particularly good at spicy food.
However, the puff I took just now was so natural and comfortable.
Therefore, he has already doubted his ability to eat spicy food.
This fragrance, along with the cold wind, drifted to the backyard.
Yu Shujing, who was reading under the lamp, smelled the faint smell and asked the maid next to her in a low voice: "Has father not eaten yet?"
The fragrance is wafting in the wind, and by the time we reach the backyard, it is actually no longer strong.
However, I can still smell it, it should be a light smell of food.
Yu Shujing didn't feel greedy. After all, the impact was not obvious. She just asked out of curiosity.
When her father came back, he sent someone to tell her that there were male guests coming to the house, and it was up to her to decide whether she wanted to meet him or not.
Yu Shujing was not planning to go out. Her father didn't force her, which meant that she could see her or not.
She didn't want to treat today's guests like this. When a male guest arrived, she couldn't wait to go out and have a look, as if she hated getting married.
Maybe other people won't have such thoughts, but Yu Shujing doesn't want others to misunderstand.
I was thinking about the time for my father to return home. It must have been an hour, right?
It’s been so long since you’ve been back and you haven’t eaten yet?