Liu Ye'er was not worried that Ji Cheng would go out so late, and when she saw Ji Cheng coming back, she hurriedly greeted Ji Cheng, but when she saw Ji Cheng's bangs wet with sweat and stuck to her forehead, she asked anxiously: "Girl, what happened?" ”

Ji Cheng was still stunned at the moment, and only shook his head, "Don't ask." ”

Until he was lying on the bed again, Ji Cheng still couldn't believe that he had met the second son of the Shen family in the kind of place on the top of the Deyue Pavilion, where it was impossible to meet people.

Ji Cheng turned over and sighed, knowing that she didn't tell the truth to Brother Hong at that time, she only said how good it would be to pity him and miss his mother, and she was talking to a child about flattering or not. This is good, it must have given Shen Che a feeling of being too talkative, but I am afraid that I will have to leave a scheming impression.

Ji Cheng only hoped that Shen Che was not the kind of person who had a lot of tongues, and he also made up his mind that in the future, whenever he saw the shadow of the second son, he would hide as far as he wanted, and don't let him think of such a person as himself.

Seeing that the day of April 24 is getting closer and closer, whether it is a garden or a curtain, or a chic flower pot has been prepared, and there are many varieties of flowers, but there are too few flowers that can really surprise people.

Not to mention the short-tempered Shen Cui, even Shen Qian was so anxious that there was a pimple on the corner of her mouth, and all the girls were waiting for Shen Yun's news in the water pavilion.

As soon as he saw Shen Wei coming out of the flower dock, Shen Qian asked Shen Jing, who was still panting, and said, "Fourth sister, is there any news from the second brother?" ”

Shen Wei stomped his feet and said: "When I saw him last time, I told him, he only promised to do his best, but I haven't seen his shadow since then, I asked the little guy next to him Tongyue to know that he didn't know which fox spirit he was obsessed with outside recently, and he didn't even go home, but he coaxed my mother into a fog." ”

Shen Qian and Shen Cui were disappointed for a while, leaned back heavily, and Shen Qian said a little depressedly: "Forget it, this is okay, this time I have to thank Sister Cheng for finding a few pots of rare camellia, and our camellia here is out of season, and it is not ashamed to have these pots to support the façade." ”

After Shen Qian finished speaking, Shen Jing, Su Yun, and Shen Cui all looked at Ji Cheng, and Ji Cheng smiled embarrassedly, "This is nothing, but you also know that my family is in business, and I have dealings with dealers and pawns. ”

Ji Cheng's attitude of not taking credit made Shen Qian and Shen Wei have a lot of good feelings towards her, "There is also the credit of the fifth sister here, if I go and ask those people to give up the heirloom flowers, I am afraid that they will not be willing, and they still have to rely on the face of the Shen Mansion." ”

In this way, even Shen Cui's face was taken care of.

"Sister Cheng is so good, but it's me, I didn't help anything." Su Yun was a little sad.

Shen Wei hurriedly comforted: "You just came from the south, and you are not familiar with the place in Jingshi, so naturally you can't find flowers in other people's homes, but Sister Yun has a special mood in arranging gardening. ”

Su Yun smiled at this time, "Really? I'm so happy to be able to help. ”

In the afternoon, Ji Cheng followed Shen Qian to Chef Liu to learn cooking skills, and the two walked side by side, Ji Cheng said: "Sister Qian, yesterday the shopkeeper in my store said that there was a family in Yuntan Mountain on the outskirts of Beijing, and there were a few pots of colorful chrysanthemums at home, which were blooming these days. ”

"How is this possible, aren't chrysanthemums blooming in September?" Shen Qian said in surprise.

"Yes, I also think it's strange, but the shopkeeper said it well, I asked him to buy it no matter how much money it was, but he said that the family was not an ordinary person, it was Du Yushi of Zhishi five years ago. Du Yushi resolutely refused to cut his love, and the shopkeeper had no way. Sister Qian, I thought that if I found someone who had an old relationship with Du Yushi, I am afraid that there would be room for negotiation. Ji Cheng lowered his eyes slightly and said, "I'm sorry, Sister Qian, I can't help much." ”

"Nonsense, you've done me a great favor. Du Yushi, my father just happened to have some old colleagues with him, I'll do it, you tell Aunt Liu, just say that I have something to do in the afternoon. Shen Qian hurriedly turned around and left, this is April 21, and if you don't step up, it will be too late.

Ji Cheng didn't expect Shen Qian to be so anxious, so he had to shake his head with a smile and go to Chef Liu's kitchen alone.

Chef Liu's kitchen is very spacious, except for the wall with the stove, there are neat cabinets standing in front of the other walls, which are filled with a dazzling array of bottles and cans, which are all kinds of seasonings and sun-dried ingredients that Chef Liu has collected over the years, as well as her homemade seasonings.

Chef Liu's kitchen is the same as her people, it is extremely clean and tidy, Ji Cheng thought to herself that if she is the master of the house in the future, the kitchen at home will have to be like this, but the chef may not find Chef Liu like this. Because in Ji Cheng's opinion, Chef Liu actually wanted to leave the Shen Mansion for a long time, but the Shen Mansion was powerful, and if Shen Qian didn't get married for a day, Chef Liu couldn't leave for a day.

If the Ji family was changed, Chef Liu would not dump her at all, and would just leave. People with skills always have a bigger temper.

"Aunt Liu." Ji Cheng called respectfully. Then take out your own apron from the cabinet next to the door. This kind of apron is also required by Chef Liu, it is an inverted gown style, even the neck and arms are all covered, and the cuffs are tightly tied, so there will be no embarrassment of dragging the sleeves into the bowl. Then there is the hat, and all the hair is packed into it, because it is afraid that the hair will fall into the meal.

"Didn't the three girls come?" Chef Liu asked.

"The third sister is suddenly a little anxious." Ji Cheng said.

Chef Liu snorted, what was the urgency, but Shen Qian didn't take learning cooking to heart at all. At the beginning, Zhongyi Bofu invited her to enter the mansion three times, and Chef Liu wanted to borrow Bofu to make her name louder, and secondly, she thought that Shen Qian was sincere in her studies.

How do you know that after Chef Liu entered the house, she found out that the three girls learned cooking just to cope with the future in-laws, and they didn't have the heart to learn cooking at all. And the original cooks of the Shen Mansion united to make her stumble, so that Chef Liu was not favored in front of the master, and she was not the kind of flattering person who groveled, so the more she mixed up, the more she felt aggrieved.

And Ji Cheng's appearance undoubtedly injected a warm current into Chef Liu's heart.

Yes, this afternoon, Chef Liu did not arrange the usual content, but piled a bunch of ingredients in front of Ji Cheng and asked her to cook casually, while she herself watched the little girls tidy up the utensils.

Ji Cheng thought to himself, this Aunt Liu is inevitably too irresponsible, right? Anyway, every time she comes back to learn cooking, she takes it very seriously, and she has always respected people who have the ability.

However, Ji Cheng has an advantage, no matter what Aunt Liu treats her, she will not feel sorry for herself. Anyway, being idle is idle, she took a few deep breaths, emptied her mind, and settled down to look at the ingredients in front of her, all of which were ordinary vegetables and meat, but she preferred beef, and after confirming that it was beef brisket, she started the idea of braising it.

Braised beef is just an ordinary dish, but Ji Cheng couldn't help it, she moved Aunt Liu's spice jar down and sniffed the smell inside, in fact, not long ago, she found that Aunt Liu's jar had a strange dry spice, which she didn't use to cook on weekdays, but she smelled the taste, and somehow felt that it complemented the beef. I haven't had a chance to try, so isn't it a good time to do it?

Ji Cheng was simmering beef in a crockpot, his hands were free, and he couldn't help but fiddle with a piece of bone-in beef, thinking about how to cook it. She tinkered with the grilled meat, and the meat was relatively creamy.

But there are still a few small pieces of the same beef, Ji Cheng tried a variety of methods, and finally used a very strange iron pot with a flat bottom, and fried the bone-in beef on both sides with oil, but because the judgment was inaccurate, there was still blood in the pot, but the beef was unexpectedly tender, but it lacked the corresponding seasoning.

Ji Cheng tried all the pepper from dogwood, tried all the seasonings of Chef Liu, and finally found a kind of black pepper imported from overseas, which tasted very special.

In one afternoon, Ji Cheng fried several sauces, mushroom-flavored, spicy-flavored, black pepper-flavored, and even cumin-flavored.

But these are not the most powerful, the most powerful thing is that Ji Cheng finished this qiē, his body was still very clean, and there was a slight sweat on his forehead, so he wiped it lightly with a handkerchief.

"You can't get along with beef?" Chef Liu walked in and saw that the ten catties of beef prepared had been used cleanly.

"Auntie come and try." Ji Cheng was a little excited and handed the chopsticks to Chef Liu.

Chef Liu picked up the bone-in beef cube and tried it, "It's not bad, it's soft and tender, and the original flavor of the beef is prominent enough, it would be nice if you added some wine to get rid of the fish." ”

"Yes." Ji Cheng responded with a smile.

"What's in the pot?" Chef Liu asked again.

"It's also beef stew, but it's not stewed yet." Ji Cheng said.

Chef Liu untied the lid of the crockpot and looked at it, a piece of Hongyangyang was actually stewed with tomatoes that had just been introduced to the Central Plains, a very strange match, Chef Liu frowned and tasted the soup, the taste was not bad.

Chef Liu felt a little pity in her heart, the girl Ji in front of her was indeed a talent, in fact, in addition to requiring extraordinary eyesight and keen taste, being a chef requires extraordinary eyesight and keen sense of taste, but it is a more rare ability to make new ideas.

But even if Chef Liu cherishes her talents, she knows that Ji Cheng will never inherit her mantle, which is a pity for her talent.

"I tasted this piece of beef, and it didn't taste bad, but the parts of the meat were not well chosen, and it wasn't the most tender meat on the cow." Chef Liu said.

Ji Cheng nodded, naturally knowing his weaknesses.

"But you've made this sauce well, dare to think and dare to do it." Chef Liu did not hesitate to praise.

Ji Cheng's eyebrows and eyes were bent with a smile, Chef Liu was very strict, and it was good to get a word of praise from her.

"If the girl is interested, you can come to me half an hour in advance in the future, and I will teach you to recognize the ingredients first." Chef Liu said.

In fact, cooking skills are also dispensable for Ji Cheng, but she is not overwhelmed by her skills, she is idle on weekdays anyway, and it is not bad to come to learn.

The next day, Ji Cheng originally thought that he could hear the good news from Shen Qian, but he saw her frowning, "Sister Qian, what's wrong, Du Yushi refuses to cut his love?" ”

"Du Yushi loves flowers like his life, it is to raise flowers that Zhishi hid in the mountains, and the 'Five Dragons Regiment' was raised by him for ten years, no matter how he said it, he refused to borrow it, saying that he couldn't live without Yuntan Mountain." Shen Qian said with some complaints, "Even if my father has such a friendship with him, he won't let go at all." ”

"Then did the person you sent ever ask, is there any reason why the Five Dragons Regiment can't leave Yuntan Mountain?" Ji Cheng asked, "I think one may be that the fog of Yuntan Mountain is beneficial to it, and secondly, Yuntan Mountain is high, the climate is colder than ours, chrysanthemums are autumn things, they like cold and hate heat, and they may not be able to live if they move down our mountain." Why don't you send someone to ask again, let's borrow it for a day and send him back overnight? Ji Cheng said.

"I can only give it a try." Shen Qian was also helpless.