Chapter 31: Winning with Taste
"The official asked you, what did you put in this girl, and answered truthfully!"
Master Sima looked at Gu Qi below with an expressionless face and asked.
The corners of Gu Qi's mouth pulled slightly, took out a bag made of tulle from his waist, pointed to the pink and white things inside, and said, "Lord Hui, this is exactly what it is." ”
The attendant on the stage walked down and handed the bag in Gu Qi's hand to Lord Sima, who took it in his hand and looked at it carefully, then put it under his nose and sniffed it, frowned in disbelief and said, "This is a peach blossom?" ”
"Exactly."
Gu Qi nodded slightly, turned around and explained to the few people present: "Peach blossoms, powder, gorgeous, sweet in nature, flat and non-toxic, can eliminate food and smooth qi, phlegm drinking, stagnation, etc., as the most suitable soup for dissipating accumulation before meals." ”
Master Sima praised with satisfaction: "Yes, there is a sweet smell of peach blossoms, little girl, you have successfully aroused the appetite of the next, why don't you hurry up and present other dishes." ”
"Yes. Wait a moment, and the food will be served. Gu Qi bowed his knees to Lord Sima again, then turned around and left Wangchun Pavilion and walked towards the back kitchen.
As soon as he entered the back kitchen, he was stopped by Mrs. Su, who was anxiously waiting there: "How is it, have you tried it?" ”
Gu Qi pursed her lips and smiled: "Madame, seeing me coming back like this, I don't lack arms or legs, can't I guess the result?" ”
Yes, this girl is still in the mood to laugh here, it seems that Master Sima is unaware of her test, and has accepted her food.
That's right, Gu Qi added a large dose of seasoning to Lord Sima's soup in the condensation dew just now, if it was a normal person eating it, I am afraid that he would not be able to swallow that taste for a long time, and only people like Lord Sima who have a bad sense of taste will feel that this taste is just right.
Mrs. Su took a light breath, fortunately, there was nothing wrong with this first step: "Miss Gu, it seems that Master Sima has lost taste as you said, and he is not satisfied with the previous dishes, so I think we were negligent." ”
"Madame's words are wrong, even if adults know about this kind of thing, it's not easy to talk about it, I'll explain it to you later, and now I'll go to serve the food." Gu Qi was worried that she would miss the time to serve the dishes if she talked too much with Mrs. Su, so she hurriedly sent her away, so she hurriedly presented those "special" dishes.
She had arranged this dish in advance, because Lord Sima was sitting in the main seat, so she had to be the first to serve it to him, so she added a large dose of seasoning to the dish served by the first person, so that Lord Sima could eat the taste.
Sure enough, when her dishes were presented to Wangchun Pavilion one by one, they attracted everyone's unanimous amazement.
"Master Su, dare to ask what this dish is?" An adult who accompanied him curiously pointed to the loud bowl in front of him, and did not dare to start.
Su Baiyan smiled, pointed to the bowl and said: "Don't be afraid, Lord Jiang, this is a drunken shrimp, it is cooked with fresh live shrimp and fifty-year-old rice wine, it is estimated that those small shrimp are not drunk at this time, if you can't hear the movement for a while, you can open it and eat it, the umami of this shrimp ensures that you will have an endless aftertaste." ”
Hearing the eldest prince of the Su family say this, Lord Jiang also put his heart at ease and stared at the bowl in front of him with some expectation.
"May I ask Mr. Su, what is this green plate?" Another adult pointed to the neatly stacked green object on the plate, with an embarrassment on his face that he wanted to eat but didn't dare to eat.
"Well, this is the forest mushroom noodles with the characteristics of Liuxiangju, which is filled with several kinds of vegetable juices that are beneficial to the body, and the taste is particularly delicious." Su Baiyan recalled what Gu Qi had explained before, and explained it to everyone one by one.
"Bai Yan, what is the name of this fish in front of the old man, why does the old man smell bad, but it tastes indescribably fresh." In front of the first Master Sima was the stinky mandarin fish made by Gu Qi, which definitely smelled stinky and tasted fragrant, specially prepared for this adult with a dysfunctional sense of taste.
"My lord, this dish in front of you was made for you by the shopkeeper Gu who met just now, according to her, this dish can only be eaten by those who really know how to taste it, what do you think, sir?"
"Not bad, indeed." Master Sima nodded, praised a few words vaguely, and then began to raise his chopsticks again, and soon the fish in front of him was swept away, and there were few other dishes left.
Several adults ate happily, and the blush of satisfaction gradually appeared on their faces, and the old man Su who looked straight at him blossomed, but he didn't expect Shuxian and Bai Yan to find the chef so well, and they actually smiled at Lord Sima, who has always been picky.
It seems that there should be no problem with this inspection.
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The Wangjiang Pavilion of the Su family is a lively scene where the guests and hosts are happy, but the courtyard of Yilan is dark.
Aunt Xu stared at the pothos who was kneeling on the ground and didn't dare to say a word, and when she came up, she kicked the pothos hard and kicked the pothos to the ground: "Okay, you are a dead girl, it is really more than enough to succeed!" I told you to drugged their food, but why hasn't there been any movement over there until now? ”
"The slave doesn't know, the slave doesn't know." The green pothos got up from the ground, and there was already blood on her forehead, but she didn't dare to wipe it: "The slave spilled the poison/medicine from the monk on the dish according to your instructions, but I didn't expect that there was nothing on the Wangjiang Pavilion, I don't know if it will be ...... Will it be ......"
"Could it be anything, you say!" Aunt Xu gritted her teeth and twisted the pothos body fiercely, rolling on the ground in pain.
"Auntie, auntie, listen to me." Lu Luo cried, struggling and kowtowing: "Since that Gu Qiqi came, not only has Mrs. Su's anorexia been cured, but also the eldest young master's autism, I guess this Nizi will know witchcraft, otherwise why didn't our medicine have any reaction at all." ”
Green Pothos carefully guarded her thoughts, and saw that Aunt Xu, who was still angry just now, gradually calmed down, and her slender fingers tapped on the table for a while: "You're right, that girl is indeed a little weird." Forget about the medicine, it's a pity that I didn't trip up Zhuang Shuxian and Su Baiyan, the two sluts, this time, but it doesn't matter, we will have a chance in the future. ”
"Auntie, what are we going to do next?" The green pothos kneeling on the ground asked Aunt Xu.
"What for?" Aunt Xu helped the golden step of the somewhat crooked red jade beads on her head, and grinned a little hideously: "Next, we will go to Lord Sima to put on a good show, I don't believe that Zhuang Shuxian and they can still hold on!" ”
Aunt Xu was still secretly fantasizing about the pleasure of torturing Mrs. Su and Master Su, but a roar sounded outside the door of Yilan Courtyard over there:
"Xu Ruyan, get out of here, see if I don't peel your skin today-"
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