Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Berry Cake (Part II)
Mengzhou City did not live in the princely generals, so the current highest status is the old Duchess of the country, the old lady of the Du family is surnamed Li, today is exactly sixty-six, the hair is gray, the complexion is quite ruddy, but the eyes are a little cloudy, and you have to look at people a little closer.
The old man likes to be lively, and the ladies who came from a distance all surrounded Mrs. Hu to be courteous, she couldn't help but come over, she is the protagonist today!
Supporting Mrs. Li, the young man on the left is her grandson Du Shaonan, and the one on the right is Lin Yuxiao, which makes Liu Yiyi's heartbeat uncontrollable at a glance.
Fortunately, when the ladies saw two more rich young men, the older ones quickly looked at them with the eyes of choosing a son-in-law, and the young unmarried shyly lowered their heads and couldn't bear to look at them secretly, and no one had time to stare at Liu Yiyi.
"Which children are these?" Old Madam Li smiled kindly.
"It's all for you to celebrate your birthday, the daughter of the local squire," Mrs. Hu introduced and specially pulled a young lady to her mother-in-law, "Look, this is Miss Zhao who embroiders Fuxiang silk in the south of the Yangtze River, a girl with a lot of water!" ”
Miss Zhao didn't expect to be the first to be introduced to Mrs. Li, but fortunately, she was an engaged person, and she didn't have any superfluous illusions in her heart, but she stepped forward and saluted generously.
"That's good," Old Madam Li squinted with a smile, and asked again, "The Zhao family has an eldest lady, so is there a second miss?" Miss Three? ”
Mrs. Hu smiled and said nothing, Miss Zhao was reluctant this time and had to answer: "The little girl has a younger sister...... but this sister is a concubine, what good can she do to her own mother if she really wants to gain power?
"The little girl Wan'er has seen the old lady." The second lady from the Zhao family walked forward quickly and saluted, but she didn't see her mother's warning sight, what a rare opportunity, and she had to fight for herself when she went back to be punished.
"Well, it's a pair of sisters." Mrs. Li just praised this, and then asked her daughter-in-law while scanning the audience, "Is Miss Liu here?" ”
The rich lady surnamed Liu, there was only one person present, and in an instant, the eyes of countless people focused on Liu Yiyi, making her hands and feet a little stiff and stepped forward: "Liu Yiyi has seen the old lady, I wish the old lady a long and blessed life, this is a hundred fruit cake made by Yiyi herself, to celebrate the old lady's birthday." ”
Liu Yiyi dreamed of envying those starry "other people's children" in her last life, and this generation finally had her turn to "show off" but her voice couldn't help shaking, it seems that her parents are right, she just has no interest, fortunately she made cakes, she only has some confidence in cooking.
took the food box from Ying'er's hand, and held it as if it had been injected with energy, Liu Yiyi opened the lid of the box with her own hands, and her hands did not tremble.
Du Shaonan and Lin Yuxiao looked in curiously at the same time, there were five pieces of Baiguo pulp cake in the food box, each printed with the auspicious pattern of Fulu Shou Caixi, the style of the cake was okay, and it smelled very fragrant.
"Ancestor, since Miss Liu is so sincere and has cooked herself, you can taste it......" Du Shaonan said first, his eyes never leaving the pastry.
Old Madam Li is old and her appetite is not particularly good, besides, what kind of identity is she, what good snacks have she never tasted when she has lived in the capital for a long time and often goes in and out of the palace? It's very face-saving to be able to take a look at a businessman's daughter's pastry, but the grandson spoke, and the Du family Ding is pitiful for her as such a grandson, can she be obedient?
"Miss Liu is attentive, then Shaonan, you will taste it for your grandmother?" Mrs. Li said with a smile, but it was just a piece of cake, and her grandson would find a reason for her to eat it.
"Yes, yes." Du Shaonan took the order very seriously, took a piece of Baiguo Pulp Cake with the word "Xi", sniffed it first, and then took a careful bite......
"If it's not delicious, spit it out, your grandmother won't blame you......" Mrs. Hu said when she saw her son so busy, the old lady is really, the Du family is such a baby, how can he let him eat casually!
"It's delicious." It is a habit to be careful with the first bite, it is indeed delicious and harmless Du Shaonan is willing to spit it out, to see what his mother is going to say, he took a piece of Baiguo cake with the word Fu printed on it and gave it to Lin Yuxiao, "Yuxiao, you can also taste it, it's really good." ”
This is to use him as a poison test, so there is no need to thank him, Lin Yuxiao took it and ate it more generously and gentlely than Du Shaonan: "It's good." ”
"Okay, Miss Liu's cooking skills are really good, and it's even more rare that you have this heart." Old Mrs. Li saw that the two juniors were satisfied, and her attitude towards Liu Yiyi was even kinder.
Liu Yiyi smiled and blessed again to show her modesty, she was not a person who was too sharp-tongued, not to mention that she had to deliberately bite the text and chew the words and pay attention to the crepe without bringing out modern terms, she didn't expect Lin Yuxiao to eat the 100 fruit cake she made in advance, and she was so happy that she couldn't say a word.
Mrs. Li didn't talk to Liu Yiyi all the time, in the old lady's opinion, the baby grandson tasted the cakes sent by the Liu family in public, it was enough to lift people, and there was really no need to pay more attention to the girl of the Liu family to make people misunderstand, in fact, the reason why she cared more about Liu Yiyi was because the grandson said that Yue Linfeng had fallen in love with the young lady of the Liu family.
Yue Linfeng also grew up under the watchful eyes of Mrs. Li, she has always been serious and old-fashioned, the palace is as beautiful as a cloud, and he has never looked at anyone, but when he came to Mengzhou, he let a woman hook his soul, can Mrs. Li not be curious to see what kind of stunning color it is? Will it surpass the beauties in the palace? If there really be such a beauty in the world, she has to worry about her granddaughter.
I was relieved to see it today, the woman surnamed Liu did look a little more beautiful among the daughters present today, but people couldn't get on the stage when they looked timid, and they didn't look like they would hook men.
It was time to open the banquet while speaking, Du Shaonan and Lin Yuxiao didn't go to the front hall, Mrs. Li pulled one by one and asked them to sit next to her, Mrs. Hu sat next to her son, and as the highest status among the female guests, Mrs. Prefect also sat at the same table with the host's family and sat next to Lin Yuxiao.
The prefect's wife is middle-aged, and there is no embarrassment in sharing the table with a young man, and besides, she heard from the prefect that this Lord Qinchalin is the adopted son of the queen mother's brother, and he grew up with the emperor in the palace since he was a child.
Liu Yiyi was sitting with five other female guests, about one meter and a half distance from the main table, fortunately she was sitting in the direction facing Lin Yuxiao, she could clearly see his gentle smile, and the action of lifting chopsticks to pick up vegetables was also full of nobility.
It's good to be here! Liu Yiyi was satisfied, even if three of the five people who sat with her were obviously hostile to her, she just didn't see it.
These female guests are all the wives and daughters of Mengzhou squires and celebrities, Liu Yiyi guessed that their hostility should be directed at the original owner, the novel clearly wrote that "Liu Yiyi" had beaten many gentlemen in Mengzhou City, a few days ago Du Xiaobawang didn't say that one of his friends named Qian Bao was also beaten, and now the people who are sitting with her may be the mothers and sisters of those gentlemen.
"Liu Yiyi" beat other people's sons and brothers, and it is normal for people to be stared at, but now Liu Yiyi will not apologize for the original owner of this body, it is clearly written in the novel, "Liu Yiyi" is impulsive and has a bad temper, but the people she taught are all bad people who bully men and women, and she witnessed them doing evil before she did it.
Fighting bad guys and saving innocent people is a good deed, Liu Yiyi is only a pity that she didn't inherit the martial arts of the original owner and didn't have the ability to uphold justice, as for those who are hostile to her, shouldn't they discipline their children well? Doing too much evil will of course invite retribution.
Liu Yiyi ate and drank calmly, the cooking skills of the Du family chef are really good, and it is also good to travel to ancient times, take this food as an example, from raw materials to seasonings and condiments, it is all natural, and the taste is ...... It's just impressive!
Liu Yiyi focused on eating, but also paid attention to her eating appearance, and even took a look at Lin Yuxiao not far away in a rare way to raise her head, she was very busy, how could she have time to care about strangers.
In the eyes of others, this Miss Liu's attitude is arrogant, she doesn't apologize for doing something wrong, she eats and drinks with peace of mind, what is she relying on? Rumor has it that Chincha-sama has taken a fancy to her? Could it be true?
"Really, how can there be a beggar at this banquet, as if he hasn't eaten in eight lifetimes......" Seeing Liu Yiyi, one of the three hostile people, a young woman in light blue clothes said a woman who was a little younger than her, and looked at Liu Yiyi specifically when she spoke, for fear that others would not know who she was referring to.
Liu Yiyi just didn't hear it, she didn't go to college to learn cooking in her last life, and it was much more ugly than this at the family party during the New Year's holidays, if she really wanted to do this, she would have no appetite, she would have starved to death.
Seeing that these words did not make the "enemy" angry, the younger woman in colorful clothes also spoke: "Not everyone has it in this world, and it is not uncommon for a tigress to be a tigress yesterday and a fox spirit today." ”
"......" Liu Yiyi tried her best to grab the saucer with her hand, she had to restrain herself, she almost subconsciously smashed the saucer at the person opposite just now! It's really going to be smashed!
Liu Yiyi was frightened in her heart, this impulsive character that wanted to do it did not belong to Zhang Yi, Zhang Yi was scolded back by others, and it was not her who made the other party's head bleed when she didn't say a word, but it was indeed her body's reaction that was almost out of her control, could it be the consciousness of the original owner? Original owner...... Still ......
"Smack!" At the table at the host's house, Du Shaonan put down the wine glass with an unhappy face, "Who is so uneducated, he can't stop eating!" "He hates people who speak yin and yang weirdly, if you have hatred, you point at people's noses and scold, the young master definitely praises you for being upright!
"Good grandson is not angry...... Let's not be angry with uneducated people......" Old Madam Li was busy coaxing, there is only such a lone seedling in the Du family's thousands of hectares, and it can't make him unhappy.
was told twice in public that she was not educated, and the woman who wore colorful clothes and said that she was a "tigress" and a "fox spirit" suddenly turned red, and her eyes were also red, and the young woman next to her who was wearing light blue clothes and saying "beggar" had a bad face, but she still whispered comfort with another middle-aged lady.
It's okay not to persuade her, but the woman in this persuasion is even more aggrieved, and she cried with a whimper.