"No. Princess." Prince Qian lay on the desk and leaned towards Xia Jing. He had a bit of a scoundrel potential and refused to leave if she was asked.
He said in a consultative tone: "Princess, let's discuss this matter again. You see, ice may not be precious in the northern aristocratic circle, but it is definitely a rarity in Lingnan. You only have limitations in doing business in Fucheng.
If you cooperate with me, you can expand your business to all parts of the country, and then you can count money at home every month without having to worry about it. What a cost-effective business!"
Xia Jing looked at him, not to mention that he admired this old dude's cheek, how could he be so thick-skinned.
"Originally, I could do exclusive business, but now you want to share half of my money, and you even shamelessly say it's a good deal. I think the most cost-effective deal is you. You want to cheat me out of it with just a few words in front of me.
Money-making ideas!”
King Qian didn't expect Xia Jing to react like this, which made him somewhat surprised, and even more aggrieved. "How can you call this cheating? You come up with ideas and I will help, and the two parties will cooperate to achieve a win-win situation. Using the word cheating is a bit
It’s inappropriate.”
Xia Jing didn't accept his tactics at all. It could be said that she was indifferent. After listening to his words, she shook her head without thinking: "Don't use the same tactics you use in front of other women on me. I will not be bewitched by you.
"
With my mother's vulgar words on his lips again, King Qian had veins pulsing faintly on his forehead. He glared and emphasized: "My princess, this is a win-win situation, a win-win situation!"
Xia Jing doesn't care if they work together to win or not, as long as King Qian unites with his sons to take advantage of her, it's wrong. "You even want to rob me, a housewife, of my money-making method. It's simply despicable and shameless, and there is no lower limit!"
King Qian was so angry that he wanted to roll his eyes. When he saw Xia Jing's behavior some time ago, he thought that she had changed and became a reasonable person. Unexpectedly, after a slight provocation, she returned to her original state. She was still the unreasonable and tricky girl she was before!
He pointed at her with a trembling finger, "You are a woman with long hair and short knowledge. You are leaving money without making any money. Do you want to make me angry to death? You are simply stupid and hopeless!"
Who dares to act arrogant in front of her, Xia Jing can be more arrogant than him. She leaned back on the chair, raised her neck slightly, and said extremely arrogantly, "It's none of your business, it's my own idea, what do you think?"
You make money whenever you want. I think you have people. There are more than a thousand people in my personal guard camp, and they also have their families. It can be said that as long as I want to open an ice cream shop, I can arrange it in one sentence.
Countless people want to serve me."
Finally, she was so angry that she snorted coldly at King Qian: "Tell me, why do I have to use your people instead of using them, and give you half of the money?"
Just because you and the original person slept together? It's a pity that Xia Jing doesn't buy it.
King Qian stood up angrily and pointed at her, "You, you, you are simply unreasonable!"
After that, he threw up his sleeves and left!
Hongmei watched the angry King Qian leave the courtyard. She turned around and entered the main room, where she saw Xia Jing lazily leaning on the soft couch.
She walked over helplessly and helped change a glass of juice, "Why did you deliberately make the prince angry?"
Xia Jing said coldly: "I am warning him not to get carried away and become my master. It is not his turn to decide my master."
If she emphasizes this point seriously, it will definitely hurt the face of both of them.
Now that they are still married in name, their interests are tied together. In order to cooperate better in the future, she can only destroy her image and act recklessly.
In this way, it will not hurt each other's face, but it can also prevent King Qian from having any ideas about her, and prevent him from always being her master no matter what happens in the future.
After this incident, he will definitely weigh everything before making a decision on anything involving her in the future.
Hongmei frowned slightly, "You pissed off the prince. Didn't you get a few other houses cheaper?"
Although the prince has several concubines, the only advantage is that they are all quite old. Compared to the princess, the princess is younger.
The original advantage was taken advantage of by the princess, and the prince's heart returned to his concubines.
Hongmei remembered that since the princess came back from the coffin, the prince almost never stayed overnight with the princess.
Whenever she thought of this, she became anxious and worried about the princess.
Having a master who doesn't compete for favor is so worrying.
Xia Jing rolled her eyes at her and pointed at Bai Mei who was sitting in the cubicle, "You should learn from her. I, the real boss, am not in a hurry, so why are you in a hurry? If you have some free time, you might as well go and see what I asked you to do.
Have the soybeans been soaked?"
After hearing this, Hongmei said a little embarrassedly: "What the princess taught me is that I will leave now."
After a while, the red plum came back again.
"Princess, the soybeans have been soaked and the stone mill has been cleaned. Is it time to grind them next?"
Bai Mei walked out of the cubicle, rolled up her sleeves and said, "Princess, let the servants do the grinding."
"There are many rough ladies working in the kitchen, so there is no need for your thin arms and legs to do the work." Xia Jing stood up, "Let's go and take a look."
The three masters and servants left the main house and saw the wooden barrel placed on the porch. The soybeans soaked in the barrel had completely expanded.
Xia Jing asked her mother-in-law to pick up the bucket, and the master and servants went to the large kitchen in the backyard together.
Because there is a stone mill in the big kitchen.
Xia Jing has been in this era for so long and has never seen the dish of tofu on the dining table. After asking, she found out that tofu has not been made in this era.
It's right to think about it. In this era, the food is crudely made, and the cook's request is just to cook it. How can anyone think about delicious food?
Before her, no one used yeast. It was because she found a large box of yeast from the space and used it to make dough, steamed buns, steamed buns, etc. before they were launched on the market.
Nowadays, the cooks in the house know that every time they make steamed buns, they will leave a small lump of dough for the next time.
When we got to the big kitchen, we gave the soaked soybeans to the rough lady to grind them into pulp.
Xia Jing directed several maids to clean the custom-made wooden frame. This wooden frame is also called a tofu box and is specially used to press tofu.
Then wash the cut cotton gauze and soak it in water for later use.
It was just after dinner time, and everyone in the big kitchen was free. When they heard that Xia Jing had come to teach everyone how to make a food they had never tasted before, everyone gathered around.
Xia Jing happened to need help here, so she hired a strong daughter-in-law to help grind the plaster.
Xia Jing, in Lingnan, couldn't find brine, so she ordered tofu without it, so she had to look for other substitutes. Fortunately, she found gypsum from a drug store.
The so-called gypsum here is not the mixed gypsum of later generations of gypsum lines.
The gypsum in the drug store is a natural mineral containing hydrated calcium sulfate. It is in the form of white or translucent crystals. It is heavy in weight and can be used for self-defense like bricks.
Grinding gypsum is a water grinding method. Put a small amount of water in a large earthen jar. After washing the gypsum, rub it vigorously in the earthen jar. Slowly, the water in the earthen jar will turn into white gypsum water.
There is a certain amount of gypsum in how many pounds of beans. If you add too much, the tofu will be too old, and if you add too little, the tofu will be too tender.
Xia Jing never really made tofu in the last days, she only tried to figure it out.
Grind the soy milk and boil it, then filter it and put it into several wooden barrels. The amount of gypsum water poured into each barrel is different. Make a record and wait for the results.
After two quarters of an hour, use a spoon to test the solidification of the soy milk in the bucket. The ones that are too tender can be eaten as tofu. The other two older buckets are poured into the wooden frame and pressed into tofu.
"Hongmei, take a few maids to deliver some of this bucket of tofu to several rooms, and share the rest with the people in the kitchen, so everyone can have a taste."
Xia Jing also told everyone that tofu can be salty or sweet. Which flavor you want to eat depends on your personal preference.
After the tofu was pressed into the wooden frame, Xia Jing took Bai Mei back to her yard.
King Qian had been depressed since he returned to the study from Xia Jing's yard, and he didn't look good to anyone.
Mr. Zhang was jealous of gossip and wanted to ask Anu what happened, but Anu was the shadow of King Qian. How could he care about his master behind his back?
Unable to find out the inside story, Mr. Zhang was so anxious that he scratched his head.
Until Hongmei came in, Prince Qian's face became even more disgusting. At this moment, Mr. Zhang wanted to know even more how the princess resisted the prince.
When King Qian saw Hongmei coming in, he snorted coldly: "Did your master ask you to come here? If she just wants you to apologize, go and tell her, I will not forgive her!"
After hearing what he said, Hongmei didn't explain, but smiled and moved forward, handing the tray to Anu next to her.
"The princess personally cooked this food and asked the slave to bring it to the prince to try. If the prince likes it, the princess will make it next time."
Finally, Hongmei thought for a while and added: "Princess knows that you love sweets, so she specially added brown sugar. It tastes good."
King Qian stirred the tofu in the bowl and asked, "What is this?"
"Tofu brain is made from soybeans. Oh, soybeans are what we call bean sprouts."
"Shu?" King Qian was surprised and lowered his head to smell it. "It doesn't have an unpleasant fishy smell."
Moreover, although brown sugar is added to this tofu brain thing, it can still be seen as snow-white lumps, which is not at all like food made from Shu.
Hongmei looked at him patiently, "The princess made this with a special technique. Please try it, my lord, it tastes really good."
Mr. Zhang squeezed over and saw that there was still a lot of tofu in the big bowl, so he asked: "Miss Hongmei, there is still a lot of tofu. Can I and Mr. Yan try it?"
Hongmei nodded happily, "Of course, the princess has prepared a lot of portions."
King Qian glared at Mr. Zhang who came to grab the food. At this moment, he didn't care about being reserved. He took the bowl and took a sip. "Well, it's so tender. It tastes good. It doesn't have any beany taste."
"Delicious? Then I need to drink two more bowls." Upon hearing King Qian's words, Mr. Zhang ignored the rules and picked up the bowl and took a sip.
Seeing this, King Qian drank all the tofu in the bowl in a few gulps, and quickly asked Anu to serve him another bowl.
"Drink the rest."
King Qian took the bowl handed over by Anu and pointed at the remaining tofu nao in the bowl. Even if the leftovers were left, it would not be cheap for Mr. Zhang.
Mr. Zhang, who had just tasted it, became anxious and said, "Hey, leave some more of such delicious food for me."
Anu wanted to say no, how could a slave steal his master's food, but looking at Mr. Zhang's reaction, he swallowed the words he was about to say. When Mr. Zhang didn't reach out, he picked up the big bowl and took a sip.
Mr. Zhang made a move, then turned to Hongmei unwillingly: "Girl, is there still a kitchen?"
Hongmei shook her head and said uncertainly: "There is a bucket left in the kitchen. When the slave came, there was still half a bucket left in the kitchen, but it should have been eaten by the people in the kitchen by now."
Mr. Zhang patted his thigh with regret, and what he said was a little inappropriate, "What a waste of natural resources, how could such a delicious thing be eaten by the servants!"
Hongmei's smile faded a little, "Sir, our princess said that the people in the kitchen are also working hard, so naturally we have to reward them. And the food is not precious, so they can eat it."
At this moment, Mr. Zhang realized that he had said the wrong thing, so he lightly slapped his mouth, "I said the wrong thing without hesitation. Girl, this tofu puff tastes good. When can I make it next time?"
"This slave doesn't know either."
After hearing Hongmei's words, several people in the study all had a flash of disappointment in their eyes.
But the look of disappointment has not dissipated, and Hongmei said again: "However, there will be tofu and other dishes for tonight's dinner. The princess said it tastes good. The prince and sir can try it then. If you like it, princess.
I’ll arrange time to cook it for everyone to eat next time.”
In the evening, Xia Jing told the kitchen some ways to make tofu, and then asked Hongmei to carry half a plate of tofu back to her Yiguiyuan.
Fried, pan-fried, roasted, boiled, and blanched, the small kitchen changed the tricks to create a tofu feast.
It was also the first time for the two maids to know that the same simple ingredients could be used in so many ways?
"Wow, Princess, what are the names of these dishes?"
The two maids looked at the delicious food on the table, and almost felt greedy in their stomachs.
Xia Jing squinted her eyes slightly, smelled the permeating fragrance, pointed to the dishes on the table and introduced them one by one: "This is home-made tofu, this is stuffed tofu, tofu and green vegetables in soup, braised tofu in oil, turn over
Skin tofu, five vegetables and one soup are enough for us to eat at night."
"Oh, it smells so good. What delicious food did the princess cook tonight? I can smell the fragrance in the yard."
As soon as he finished speaking, the door curtain that blocked out the high temperature outside was lifted, and King Qian's tall figure walked in.
Anu pulled out a chair for him, and King Qian sat down with a smile. He glanced at the dishes on the table and said, "Princess, you can start eating."
Xia Jing laughed angrily at him, "I remember that I didn't invite the prince to have dinner tonight."
"Ah, no?" King Qian glanced at Hongmei and calmed down, "Maybe I have misunderstood and made a mistake."
Xia Jing followed his gaze and landed on Hongmei. Hongmei waved her hands anxiously, greeting all the eight generations of King Qian's ancestors in her heart. You said you can come and have a meal if you want. Why are you saying this so ambiguously?
, misleading words?
Xia Jing sneered: "I didn't expect that the prince would still be sentimental."
King Qian didn't seem to understand, and didn't care at all. Hehe Zhile said, "Since I'm here already, you and I haven't had a meal together for a long time, so let's have a good meal tonight."
Xia Jing's mouth couldn't help but twitch after hearing these words, especially King Qian's greedy look. It was really hard to watch and it was so irritating to the eyes.
It’s the end of the month again, do you guys have your monthly passes?