And after the Dragon Boat Festival, the summer heat is hypnotic, and every household in Beijing has begun to prepare for the summer vacation. Even the teacher stopped class, and she went to the mountains to practice. A few girls don't have to go to school in the morning, and classes such as female red and piano art are also in a semi-stagnant state.

But Ji Cheng went to Chef Liu's place more and more diligently. Because of a small talk, Ji Cheng heard Chef Liu mention that she has mainly specialized in medicinal diets in cooking in recent years.

Once people are old, they will be extra sorry for their lives, the old lady's daily meals are served by special people, there is a small kitchen in her yard, and the stove is Mrs. Lu. This lady Lu has a medicinal recipe in her family, and she fell into the eyes of the old lady because of this family recipe, and the old lady only eats the dishes she makes.

Therefore, a chef like Chef Liu was also excluded by people when she arrived in the Shen Mansion, just because her food was not right for the old lady's stomach, and Chef Liu was a strong character, and she went to the Shen family to develop dishes in the past few years, just to be able to beat Mrs. Lu.

Ji Cheng doesn't need to think about the medicinal diet recipe handed down by Mrs. Lu's family, but it is still feasible to learn from Chef Liu. Ji Cheng sincerely worshiped Chef Liu as a teacher, in line with the mentality that he could learn a good medicinal diet and serve his mother-in-law in the future.

Chef Liu was probably annoyed by Shen Qian's attitude, and accepted Ji Cheng as a disciple without saying a word, and taught her without concealment, as if to let the Shen family know that if the girl's family learned cooking seriously, there would always be a place for it in the future, so don't underestimate the cooking industry.

Ji Cheng first followed Chef Liu to identify ingredients and medicinal materials, and at night he had to recite the recipe of food reciprocity and mutual restraint, and all that was rolling in his mind all day long was ginseng and radishes, eating with the same food and stagnating qi, crabs and persimmons, and poisoning with the same food, etc.

That's it, Chef Liu still wants Ji Cheng to know the root of these dietary taboos. For example, if pork and beef are not allowed to be eaten together, where does the root come from? There is a record in the "Materia Medica": pork and beef eat raw insects. There is also a note in "Drinking and Eating": Pork should not be eaten with beef. The two are warm and cold, one is to strengthen the spleen, and the other is greasy and hinder digestion, and their taste and efficacy are counteracted, so they should not be eaten together.

In this way, Ji Cheng has to memorize many books, in addition to "Materia Medica", such as "Jin Kui Yaolu" and "Zhujia Materia Medica", etc., they have to be memorized, and their hard work is comparable to her brother's ten-year cold window.

Shen Cui watched Ji Cheng drill into the kitchen with a cold eye, and only felt that she was a child, how could a girl like them use a close kitchen after getting married, and she was not married to a person who fried oil cakes at the bottom of the alley.

Ji Cheng heard Yu Qian'er say what Shen Cui said about her in private on weekdays, and she was not angry, to be honest, she learned a lot from Chef Liu.

Recalling her mother at home, Yun Niang always felt that she was old and decrepit, so Ji Qing was cold to her, and she was particularly keen on hair care and skin care, Ji Cheng copied a few medicinal recipes from Chef Liu and sent them back with the family letter, but she was actually more worried about Yun Niang's body, she couldn't sleep at night in the past few years, and she could barely sleep in the morning, so the first three of the recipes this time were for insomnia, and Ji Cheng earnestly told her mother in the letter to eat often. It's just that she is far away in Beijing, and she has no way to supervise, so I don't know if her mother is willing to listen.

Ji Cheng also sent a recipe to her father, jujube millet and cocoon porridge, which strengthens the spleen and nourishes the heart, calms the nerves and intellectuals, and is beneficial to heart and spleen deficiency, insomnia and forgetfulness. Her father has been worried about all these years, and he has obviously lost energy in recent years, otherwise he would not let Ji Cheng, a girl's family, secretly carry the Ji family's business.

Not long after Fang Jicheng's family letter was sent, a family letter came over from Jindi. Ji Cheng took a look at the letter, and Ji Qing said that Ji Lan wrote a letter to him, telling in detail about the predicament of the Ji family and her difficulties, and only said that only when Ji Cheng entered the palace and was favored, the Ji family could have great creation.

Ji Cheng couldn't wait to look down, wanting to see his father's idea, but he finally didn't disappoint her. Her father could see how easy it was to ascend to the throne, and that it was very dangerous. Ji Cheng also thought that if she really entered the palace to raise children, if her children wanted to be emperors, unless she destroyed all the other princes, it would be almost the same, this was simply a fool's dream, even if it came true, I was afraid that I would not be able to see people on the Huangquan Road in the future.

Ji Qing was afraid that Ji Cheng was young and would be lured by prosperity and nothingness, so he earnestly told her in the letter not to be ambitious. Ji Cheng picked up the pen and replied to a letter, explaining his recent situation, and secretly pointed out Ji Lan's ambitions, telling her father to stay clear, and she would also be willing to persuade her. As for the fact that she secretly played tricks on Ji Lan, she naturally ignored it.

It's June, and the sun is shining every day, and at noon, eggs can be boiled on the floor tiles. Dongshan Academy was also closed, and the old lady led her daughter-in-law, grandson, and granddaughter to Leyouyuan in northern Beijing.

As the name suggests, Leyou is tireless and forgetful. This Leyou was originally a highland in the north of Beijing, the car traveled to a high place, the steep plain, the climate was cool, the terrain was flat, and it was the favorite summer resort of the Beijing people in summer.

The Shen family is quiet in the courtyard of Leyouyuan, there is no flowers everywhere, it is very quiet and shady, and it erases all the impetuousness in people's hearts.

This courtyard is naturally not as big as the Shen Mansion, and several girls from the Shen family live in the same courtyard with the old lady, which is also lively.

Because of this, the daily greetings are indispensable, but in the hot summer, it is cool to get up in the morning, and it is not sleepy.

Chef Liu did not accompany her, Ji Cheng also drilled into the kitchen during the day, and Mrs. Lu in the small kitchen regarded the kitchen as a treasury in the inner palace and guarded it very closely, for fear that someone would steal it, Ji Cheng had to go to the big kitchen to wander around, fortunately, she was beautiful and sweet, and her hands were loose, and the people in the kitchen were willing to sell her face, and she was also happy.

The yard is smaller, and the news is getting more and more well-informed, so on this day, Mrs. An looked at Ji Cheng and said, "I heard that you have been running to the kitchen these days, and Chef Liu is not here, what are you doing in the kitchen?" ”

Ji Cheng said with a smile: "This cooking thing, I don't practice for three days, although Aunt Liu is not here, I can also make some progress by practicing every day." ”

The old lady smiled and nodded, took Ji Cheng's hand, but turned her head towards Ji Lan and said, "Your niece is an honest child." ”

Although Mrs. Shen didn't pay too much attention to Ji Cheng, after two or three months, she only said a few words in her ears, and she also had a general impression of her.

Born in a rich family, and born with such a beautiful appearance, he should have a frivolous and restless temperament, but Ji Cheng is quiet and elegant, and the corners of his mouth are naturally smiling, which makes it difficult for people to dislike it.

In addition, Ji Cheng was biased towards cooking among the various masters invited by the Shen family, which also made the old lady feel that she was a solid person. Over the years, all girls who have a little talent have called themselves talented women, chanting poems and painting to attract attention, and the words and songs are more and more proud. And the female celebrity and cooking skills that girls should learn are in decline.

Not to mention anything else, even the girls of the Shen family disdain these.

And the old lady's generation, although famous, but since childhood did not study poetry, but with the mother to learn the female red, cooking skills, to run the family, the current daughter of the family is to marry the past Qin Se and Ming, the husband sings the woman and the red sleeves add fragrance, out of a good story.

This can't be wrong, but in the concept of the older generation, the old lady still prefers virtuous and quiet people. Coupled with the recent comparison of Su Yun's incident, the old lady felt more and more that a daughter like Ji Cheng was more lovely.

The old lady originally favored Su Yun, because she was born smart, had a sweet mouth, and even cared more to her than Shen Qian, Shen Cui, etc. But the last time I wanted to see the Huang family's child, it made the old lady a little displeased.

The old lady of the Huang Yushi family is very respectable, and there are a few families who wanted to say goodbye to the Su family, and Mrs. Huang is only between the two of Su Yun, or the old lady praised Su Yun a few words in front of Mrs. Huang, and Mrs. Huang was tempted.

Although the eldest son of the Huang family is a little fatter, he is not bad at dealing with people and things, and his knowledge is good, Mrs. Su agreed, but Su Yun didn't like it, and secretly said that she moved Mrs. Su, and Mrs. Su came to beg the old lady with an old face to think of a way not to hurt each other and rejected the Huang family.

The old lady is also a little lazy to care about Su Yun's family affairs now, and she noticed Ji Cheng at this time, the old lady thought that Ji Cheng had also reached the age of talking about her relatives, and she naturally had such thoughts when she returned to the Shen family, Ji Lan was a little out of tune, her niece looked pretty good, and she had to be careful that she made a mistake, and it would be the reputation of the Shen family that would be damaged. If you marry well, it can be regarded as a good fate, and you can talk about it when you get to the Bodhisattva.

Hearing this, Ji Lan nodded at the old lady and smiled: "Isn't it." Having said that, Ji Lan obviously didn't think so. In her opinion, if Ji Cheng really wants to marry into a high family, he should work poetry, song and dance, and when his reputation is spread, some people will naturally ask to marry. What if she learns to cook, who can really let her cook when she looks at each other?

The old lady felt that Ji Cheng was worthy of encouragement, and said: "What have you learned these days, I wonder if we have the best to taste Sister Cheng's craftsmanship?" ”

Ji Cheng was overjoyed, he had finally waited for this day. To be honest, she ran to the kitchen so diligently, and there was no element of drama. She lived in a courtyard, and the old lady could know her whereabouts even if she didn't pay attention.

Ji Cheng waited quietly for two or three months, and finally waited for the old lady to look sideways. She had actually carefully studied Mrs. Shen's maiden family tree.

Mrs. Shen's surname is Cheng, from the poetry and book family, and there have been two famous writers in the family, but the daughter of the Cheng family is not visible, and she has never heard of a talented and well-known person, but the daughters of the Cheng family are married well, and she wants to be virtuous, because the children and grandchildren of the Cheng family's daughters have also produced many talents.

Ji Cheng thinks that she is not as close to her as the girl of the Shen family, and she is not as smart as Su Yun and Lu Yuan, so she can only wait for the opportunity.

"If the ancestor doesn't mind, Ah Cheng should be ugly." Ji Cheng said modestly.

Naturally, Ji Cheng is not fully responsible for the meals of this hall, but it is just for her to make one or two dishes.

Mrs. Nalu pursed her lips when she heard the news in the kitchen, after all, Ji Cheng was Chef Liu's apprentice. When Chef Liu arrived at the Shen Mansion, Mrs. Lu was afraid that Chef Liu would get an eye in front of the old lady and hinder her future, although Chef Liu is not here, but if Ji Cheng's dishes get the old lady's blue eyes, it will inevitably remind people of Chef Liu.

Ji Cheng also knows the truth here, but in fact, she and Mrs. Lu don't have to be opposed. She is a girl's family, and cooking meals for the old lady is just to earn a reputation for being kind and virtuous, and she will not rob Aunt Lu of her errand. And Chef Liu has no intention of living in Shen Mansion for a long time.

But Mrs. Lu may not be able to figure it out, and even if she does, she probably won't believe that Chef Liu will not want to please the old lady.

(Corrected typo)