Chapter Seventy-Six: Cooking
The queen had a headache for Concubine Zhao Shufei's entanglement and humiliation, and now she has her as a shield.
And in the face of Yao's intrigues, Qin Ji stood in front of her.
Yu Mingzhi took a sip of tea and ate another piece of mung bean cake.
It's really boring to sit in the hall, especially if I don't know what Qin Ji is doing in the stove. She made a silent gesture to Pearl, then lifted the hem of her skirt slightly, and tiptoed towards the stove.
Zhu'er wanted to remind her that Childe could detect it, but thinking that the two could have some contact again, she lowered her head and followed with a smile.
Before Yu Mingzhi got close to the stove, he smelled a burst of meat. She hid under the window curiously, and peeked inside.
Although it was filled with smoke, Qin Ji's figure could still be distinguished.
It's a pity that he turned his back to the window, and could only see his rhythmically shaking shoulders, which should be chopping vegetables. She was bold enough to straighten up, and saw that the fire in the stove was blazing, and smoke was billowing from the stove, and through the gap in the smoke she could see the stewed and square-cut meat inside.
She frowned a little embarrassed, and turned to look at the large wooden table, where there were cleaned and processed fish, and some food in a clay pot for unknown purposes, two baskets of picked vegetables, a few eggs, and two pieces of tofu.
Qin Ji suddenly turned sideways, and Yu Mingzhi hurriedly lowered his head, startling Zhu'er.
Yu Mingzhi tugged on her sleeve tightly, for fear that Qin Ji would notice it.
Qin Ji glanced out of the empty window, a smile on the corner of his mouth, sorted out the dishes in the basket, and walked towards the stove.
Yu Mingzhi waited for a while, and saw that the sound of chopping vegetables was remembered again, so he continued to look up.
"Zhizhi, can you taste a piece of meat?" a plate suddenly reached out to her.
Yu Mingzhi stared at the braised pork that was particularly conspicuous in the white plate, and then looked forward along the hand holding the plate, along the arms, shoulders and face.
Qin Ji's smiling face was so close.
It turned out that he had already discovered it.
The ministers who washed their hands and cooked, after a busy time, were still graceful and clear as jade.
She pursed her lips quickly, and her upper body was slightly raised back, "Look so fat......"
"You can't feel it when you eat it. Qin Ji's tone was like a child, and he handed over the chopsticks, "Let's take a small bite, okay, Zhizhi?"
Yu Mingzhi looked at him expectantly, and said, "Let me watch you cook, and I'll eat." ”
Qin Ji turned to the side slightly and asked her to take a good look at the stove, "You see that this place is safe and sound, you should always believe in my cooking skills, right?"
Yu Mingzhi sighed: "It's not that I don't believe it, but I ...... curious" After saying this, she suddenly realized that something was wrong, and raised her head and glared at the person in front of her.
A deep smile had already spread across Qin Ji's face.
"......" Yu Mingzhi was helpless, so he picked up a piece of braised pork with chopsticks and took a small bite.
The fat and lean meat entered at the same time, she closed her eyes and chewed twice, and unexpectedly found that the braised pork was crispy and fragrant, and it was not greasy at all, which was not much different from those famous restaurant chefs.
She swallowed the whole piece of braised pork and looked at Qin Ji in surprise.
"How does it taste?" he asked.
"There's room for improvement," she said. ”
Qin Ji kept smiling, he knew that she was comparing herself to a serious chef.
Yu Mingzhi asked, "What else do you want to cook?"
"Have you ever eaten fish jelly?"
Yu Mingzhi said: "I've heard of it, but I've never seen it, and I think it's ...... Some are difficult to enter. ”
Qin Ji said, "Do you want to give it a try?"
Yu Mingzhi glanced at the pork belly left on the plate and nodded, "Then it depends on your craftsmanship." ”
Qin Ji took back the plate and spread his arms, "Please come in, Miss Yu." ”
Yu Mingzhi felt that he hadn't heard someone shout about him for a long time, so he was in a trance for a moment, and then walked into the stove from the door, and was able to see more comprehensively what was waiting to be disposed of on the big wooden table.
Sure enough, behind a pile of fish dishes and crockpots, there were also a few fresh carp.
Qin Ji picked up a polished knife, smiled at Yu Mingzhi, and then used a neat slice of fish.
Yu San's carp was quickly cut and neatly placed on the plate, Yu Mingzhi couldn't help but open his eyes wide, the fish fillets were thin and even, and the color of the plate could almost be seen through the pink flesh.
Qin Ji brought a small bowl again, "This is my special dipping sauce, which is filled with garlic and ginger, salt, plums, and shrimp paste, and the fish is dipped in this, which is even more delicious." ”
The fish is processed so that it doesn't look like it's hard to eat raw. Yu Mingzhi was already curious, took a new pair of chopsticks and sandwiched the fish, put it in a bowl to dip the whole fish in the sauce, and then carefully put it into his mouth.
The fish is tender and has no fishy smell.
"It's really delicious, no wonder someone dies of greedy ...... this" said so, but Yu Mingzhi still couldn't help but continue to move his chopsticks, "It's really too late to try such a delicacy now." ”
Qin Ji looked at her satisfied food, and no matter how much hard work she had done today, it turned into smoke.
"Don't you eat it?" Yu Mingzhi ate a few slices and looked at Qin Ji, who was smirking at himself.
"I don't have chopsticks in my hands. Qin Ji shook his two hands, one serving the plate and the other serving the bowl.
But next to it was a big wooden table, enough for ten plates and bowls, so he wanted to hold it. Yu Mingzhi didn't understand his thoughts, and glared at him angrily, "It's not serious." ”
"In front of your unmarried money, do you still need to put on a show?" Qin Ji said as a matter of course.
"For your hard work. Yu Mingzhi picked up a piece of fish, dipped it in the sauce, and stuffed it into Qin Ji's mouth.
Zhu'er couldn't help but laugh when she looked at their sweet appearance.
Miss Yu is really getting closer and closer to her son.
After eating the fish, Qin Ji continued to work, Yu Mingzhi watched him put the pickled chicken into the stove and bake it, and then watched him fry the tofu in shrimp oil, then stew two vegetables, and put the sea bass in the steamer, and they could wait for the rice to start.
"How about it, it's still useful for me to read the recipes, right?" Qin Ji asked with a smile: "Can you really open a restaurant in the future, you will be the proprietress and I will be the cook?"
Yu Mingzhi put down his chopsticks, turned around and ignored him, "Think beautiful." ”
Qin Ji pressed her shoulders and made her turn around to face herself with a little force, "Of course I think it's beautiful, because I only give you one to cook." ”
"Are you already thinking about unloading your armor and returning to the countryside?" Yu Mingzhi stared at him intently and asked softly.
Qin Ji's smile was unfathomable, "If Zhizhi likes it." ”
Yu Mingzhi looked away again, his words seemed to be destined for their relationship to last for a long time.
Seeing that she was reluctant to speak, Qin Ji glanced at the stove and changed the subject, "Okay, it's finally time to eat." ”