Chapter Thirty-Seven: Eating and Talking
Zhong Liyue took a deep breath and said softly and slowly: "Young Master, you can't have an empty stomach when you think about things, once your body is hungry, you will order your brain to stop thinking in order to express your protest." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoSo, when the sky falls, there are tall people on top, so it's important to fill your stomach first. ”
Shen Zhaoyan's face became more and more heavy, and his eyes became colder and colder when he looked at Zhong Liyue.
Zhong Liyue suddenly felt that she was enveloped by a strong cold air, and she was about to freeze to death.
"Don't talk about it." After Zhong Liyue took the risk of saying the last sentence, she pursed her lips in recognition and said to Shen Zhaoyan with her actions that she really wouldn't be verbose anymore.
Shen Zhaoyan suddenly lifted the corners of his lips and smiled.
Zhong Liyue was so shocked that her jaw almost fell.
He smiled so softly, so sunny, that the whole room seemed to light up.
"Let's get straight to the point! So what's going on? Shen Zhaoyan got up and sat down at the round table, his slender fingers picked up the chopsticks and put a piece of chicken into his mouth, slowly tasted it, and then picked up the bowl with rice porridge, and said first: "I didn't want to accept your 'kindness', but my stomach was hungry and uncomfortable, and my mind was hit by you, so I couldn't think, so I had to be bought by your food." ”
With that, he ate slowly.
Zhong Liyue smiled embarrassedly, took out a bowl of scallion oil chicken rice from the food box and put it on the table, and said with a look of pleading in her eyes: "If the eldest young master wants to reward me, this should be the best prize." ”
It turned out that she had already prepared!
Shen Zhaoyan's eyes raised slightly, and he glanced at her, knowing it in his heart. There is a curfew rule in the house, and she wants to have a supper, but in order to comply with the rules of the house, she prepares a meal for him, and takes out the portion she prepared for herself by the way. In this way, if he doesn't agree, she hasn't eaten yet, so it's not a violation of the rules. If she ate it and was passed out, it wasn't her fault.
Although it was only a small thing, he was amazed by the flexibility she made to achieve her goal.
"Gollum ——!" Zhong Liyue patiently waited for Shen Zhaoyan to speak, but her stomach couldn't wait, and she cooed.
Seeing her waiting for herself expectantly, for the sake of her not cutting first and then playing, the corners of Shen Zhaoyan's mouth lifted slightly, and said, "Just as you wish!" ”
"Thank you, young master!" Zhong Liyue almost shed tears of gratitude, "If the eldest young master doesn't have any instructions, the slave and maid will go to the compartment to eat?" ”
"Now that you've brought it, why bother tossing back and forth? Have a seat! Shen Zhaoyan swept the empty stool next to him with his eyes.
"Then the slave is not welcome?!" With the grace of the eldest young master, Zhong Liyue no longer had any worries, she immediately picked up her rice bowl and sat down while feasting.
She's really hungry. In order to abide by those so-called broken rules, in order to eat her favorite dinner, she has endured until now, and has done so many things in a hurry, her stomach is almost hungry, and she is hungry again after being too hungry, and she has to go back and forth several times, and she has to pretend to be calm.
Shen Zhaoyan was stunned by her gobbling up her food, the two dishes that were originally very simple, looking at her eating appearance, it seemed as if there had never been such a delicious taste in the world.
However, tonight's meal is really to his liking, especially this scallion oil chicken, the meat is tender and refreshing.
"Where did you learn all these dishes?" Shen Zhaoyan asked suspiciously.
Zhong Liyue's heart tightened, and after swallowing the food in her mouth, she also thought about it, "Because the slave is greedy, I have been thinking about it for a long time, what kind of method can be used to make the best chicken the fastest and simplest." When I saw these ingredients today, I tried to make them once, this is the first time the slave maid has made them, is it delicious? ”
"First time?" Shen Zhaoyan raised his eyebrows questioningly.
"This method is very simple, boil water, then soak it in cold water for a while, lock the gravy at once, the taste will be tender, and finally put it on a plate, boil a hot oil and pour it on it, and then mix it with some soy sauce. If you use ice cubes, the meat will be more tender. ”
Shen Zhaoyan's eyes flashed imperceptibly, and he asked slowly, "How do you know?" ”
"Because ......" Zhong Liyue was stunned for a moment. Ice cubes were a luxury in ancient times, and only the very wealthy had ice cellars, and they were also used in restaurants, but only very high-end restaurants would use ice cubes for cooking. How could she, the daughter of a poor peasant family, know this? Zhong Liyue's brain was running quickly, "One reason, a hundred miles of melting!" Soak in cold water because it needs to be cold, so the slave guesses that if you use colder ice cubes, the meat will be more tender. What does the eldest young master think? ”
Will it be like this?
How did he feel that it wasn't that simple? After pondering for a moment, Shen Zhaoyan shook his head, yes or no, what does it have to do with him? "There is an ice cellar in the house, the next time you need to use it, ask the housekeeper to open it for you, and say that I approved it."
"Really?" Zhong Liyue was not surprised. Not only did he not suspect her, but he also mercifully let her use ice cubes? It just so happens that tomorrow's regular meeting will use ice cubes to cool down the house, and if there are Xiaoice pieces left after the temperature is lowered, why don't you make crushed ice and eat it? At the thought of the cold and delicious shaved ice, the gluttonous worms in her stomach crept up, and she immediately begged: "Young master, the slave has always wanted to try to make desserts with ice cubes. After tomorrow's regular meeting, if there is any remaining ice, can it all be given to the slaves? ”
"It doesn't matter, but you can't let anyone else see it." Shen Zhaoyan is the first.
"The slave will definitely prepare one for the eldest young master. When the time comes, it will be said that the eldest young master can't finish eating, and the reward will be given to the slave and maid, wouldn't it be good? ”
Shen Zhaoyan said lightly: "Everyone in the house knows that I haven't eaten those iced sour plum soups since I was a child. ”
"The eldest young master thinks the slave will do that? How can it be? Zhong Liyue waved her hand and asked with a smile: "If you can, can the eldest young master lend the pair of glass cups in the study to the slave maid?" The slave and maid dare to guarantee that the eldest young master will definitely see the extremely amazing desserts. ”
Shen Zhaoyan smiled lightly, not interested in food.
While eating and chatting, time passed quickly.
After eating, Zhong Liyue mentioned the food she cooked last time and apologized: "I'm sorry for what happened last time." ”
Shen Zhao was puzzled and looked at her suspiciously.
"You obviously don't like to eat sour and spicy dishes, but last time you ate them all."
"Where did you see that I don't like sour and spicy food?"
"The last time you ate it, you didn't say a word, your brows were slightly twisted, as if you were thinking very seriously, and after taking the first bite this time, a relieved expression appeared on your face."
If he didn't like to eat it, he finished eating, and he didn't accuse her of half a sentence, from this point of view, his quality is not bad.
Shen Zhaoyan nodded appreciatively: "Your observation is very subtle. He thought that she was so deliberately pleasing tonight, there must be some reluctant invitation, but he didn't expect that she just begged for a supper. He couldn't help but say: "I heard Mingde say that you have learned the rules well, if you perform well in this regular meeting, I will promote you to be a big girl!" ”
"Uh, really?" Zhong Liyue was stunned, she used to think about promotion all day long, but when she almost forgot about it, she suddenly got it again. What's so good tonight? The eldest young master is obviously in a bad mood?
"Don't want to?"
Zhong Liyue hurriedly waved her hand, a little incoherent with excitement: "How come?" I just, just me, so surprised, kindly, a little hard to believe. Young Master, you are such a good person! ”