As soon as Lian Yuyan's sharp gaze fell on her daughter, she found that her expression became a little nervous, and she affirmed the thoughts in her heart.

"Why did the kitchen suddenly remember to make wonton noodles?" She asked herself, and then took another sip of the soup, which was fragrant and even better than that of her hometown.

Ash was afraid that the maid would say that he would leak his mouth, so he quickly replied: "Of course, it's because my mother's hometown is in Guangdong, and in addition to dim sum, the morning tea there is also a specialty." ”

The daughter's hurried explanation completely exposed her appearance.

"Oh?" Lian Yuyan raised her eyebrows, and asked lightly, "But the taste of this side is different from before." ”

The words of praise were about to come out, and Ash led down and asked, "Huh?" What's the difference, isn't it fresher? ”

"Yes, yes, this soup is really good today!"

Hearing this compliment, Ash's eyes lit up, but he heard the other party continue:

"In the past, it was milky white chicken soup, but today it looks like boiled water, but it's not greasy and it tastes better. And the noodles, the timing is so good, the taste is so good, I have to praise today's chef. ”

The male voice, the standard middle-aged male voice, is her father Ai Shiheng praising her, not her mother.

After my father finished praising him, my younger brother Ike also said, "Well, this noodle is the best I've ever tasted today, can I make this kind of noodle in the future?" ”

It's not my mother's boasting.

Ash felt a little disappointed, but his father and brother praised him so much, and his mother might echo him. So, she turned her head sideways to look at her mother, only to find that the other party was also looking at her seriously.

"Ash, you did this." Lian Yuyan was full of certainty.

didn't wait for praise, but waited for doubts, Ash felt a sigh in his heart.

Mom's tone was too calm, and she shook her head weakly, "Why, I went out to exercise in the morning." ”

Lian Yuyan smiled and said, "Oh? Then there may be something special about your workout, and you also have flour on your hair. ”

Ash, who was exposed, felt a little embarrassed, and smiled dryly, "Mom...... I'm not thinking that you haven't eaten wonton noodles for a long time, but I just recently saw a new method and tried to make it, what do you think of the taste? ”

Since I can't get a compliment, I have to ask directly.

"Not good!"

After Lian Yuyan replied in an unkind tone, she quickly finished eating the noodles, then put down the chopsticks, got up and walked upstairs, "Ash, come to the study after eating." ”

Ash knew that this negotiation was inevitable, so he hurriedly finished his noodles and obediently went upstairs.

*

In the study, Lian Yuyan and Ash sat opposite each other.

"Ash, what have you been thinking lately, why do you suddenly not want to go abroad, and you still go to the kitchen to please me?" Lian Yuyan's tone was not very good, and it could be seen that she was very dissatisfied with her daughter's performance last night and this morning.

Ash felt that she was wronged, she didn't make breakfast to stay in the country at all, but she couldn't say that she would die if she wasn't praised! In that case, not only will she not be praised, but she may be immediately sent to a psychiatric hospital.

She thought about it, so she had to answer her mother's question: "Mom, I didn't deliberately please you for the sake of going abroad, but I really wanted to cook noodles for you to eat, can't I?" As for going abroad, I thought about it, I was planning to go out to learn French food, but now I feel that French food is not as good as my Chinese cuisine, so there is no need to go abroad. ”

"Hee-hee?" Lian Yuyan frowned, a little incredulous, "Don't you don't like cooking, you also quarreled with your grandfather for this, and your father and I also understand you." I hope you understand that you don't need to touch the pickled things in the kitchen at all, we have created the conditions for you, and you can have a good time! ”

Mother's words were too excessive, and Ai Xiden was also a little dissatisfied, and retorted: "Mom, it is the pickled things in your mouth that make the Ai family rich." I had a misconception about Chinese food and cooking, I love cooking, but that doesn't mean I'll become a chef in the future. Mom, I'm an adult and have the right to choose my life. ”

"Huh." Lian Yuyan sneered, "Are you going to talk to me about the right to choose your life just after the coming-of-age ceremony?" You have just graduated from high school, what kind of life to talk about, you have the right to choose life, so do you have the ability to go to a good university with your own ability at this juncture? ”

These words are so familiar, in her previous life, when she was facing bankruptcy and had to go abroad, her mother was the same. Strong, you can't refuse, you have chosen a good path, you have to go.

Ash paused and said categorically, "I have." So Mom, if I go to a good university in China on my own, will you agree to let me stay? ”

Lian Yuyan twisted her eyebrows slightly, thought for a moment, and then agreed to Ash with a smile, "Okay, but if you can't do it, just obediently give me a trip abroad to study management." ”

Now it is less than half a month before the start of school, and Ash graduated from a foreign university that he applied directly to, and the domestic and foreign mechanisms are different, and the recommendation letter does not work, and he has to pass the college entrance examination. She thought it was impossible to do it with her daughter's ability alone.

Ash didn't expect her mother to agree in one bite, and she was a little surprised, although she didn't know how to apply to domestic universities at all, but it was a good thing that her mother's attitude was loose.

"Okay, that's it." She didn't want to continue arguing with her mother, so she agreed.

Lian Yuyan smiled at her daughter, and Shi Shiran walked out of the study first, while Ash also hurried back to the bedroom to check the food system.

Sure enough, the mission is not yet complete, and the countdown is still ongoing.

That is, before eight o'clock in the evening, she must deliver the food to her mouth and be praised without her mother noticing.

This initial task is also too ...... Let's trap people!

*

Ash was sad all morning, for the sake of going abroad and for the initial mission, she did not find a breakthrough in either of them.

The opportunity for lunch was wasted by her, because her mother was staring too closely, and she didn't want her to be in the kitchen from the bottom of her heart.

But at three o'clock in the afternoon, things took a turn for the better, and Gao Minzhen's mother, who was looking for her stubble last night, and two other women actually came to Ai's house to find Lian Yuyan.

It seems that the situation should be an afternoon tea invitation between several ladies, because several parents did not bring their daughters over, and they all went alone.

So Ash just said hello to them and was sent away.

After the Ai family made a fortune, Lian Yuyan entered the circle of wives of wealthy businessmen in Sichuan, so such afternoon tea parties often occur.

At first, Ash didn't pay much attention to it, it was just a few women discussing the recent stock market, cosmetics, luxury goods and so on.

However, because of the recent serious haze, Mrs. Gao casually mentioned the air purifier she bought at home.

Ash hadn't gone far before she heard their conversation, and her mind flashed, and she thought of a solution.

She walked briskly back to the living room and was relieved to make sure that Sydney was still on the table. Because Mrs. Gao mentioned the haze just now, Ash moved to make a lung-clearing snack, and the most convenient one was rock sugar Sydney.

She was sure that her mother and a few aunts were chatting hotly and couldn't take care of herself, so she quietly slipped into the small kitchen with four Sydneys.

Because steaming pears takes nearly an hour, Ash's time is tight, and if something happens to these aunts halfway through, then her plan won't work.

The ingredients of rock sugar pears are very simple, just pears, rock sugar and wolfberries, Ash thinks that the requirements of this dish are very low, the important estimate is the sweetness and the softness of the pear, and then there is whether the pear is delicately peeled.

Since it is to be taken out as an afternoon tea snack, it needs to be made more delicately, and the pear cannot be cut into pieces, but the core is peeled and the top is cut off as a lid.

"Whew, my clothes have been stripped off, shame ⁄ (⁄⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄⁄)⁄" Sydney said coquettishly as they were peeled.

Ash pursed her lips slightly, put rock sugar and goji berries inside the pear, added a little water, and closed the lid on top.

"Sydney, you have to help me keep an eye on the time, when is the best time for you to come out of the pot?"

The four Sydneys looked at each other, and one of them said softly, "Is this sister the one you can hear some friends say?" ”

"I think so!"

"So she's communicating with us~"

Ash put the four pears into a deep bowl of delicate vintage pears, and then placed them in the steamer, bending down to the pears and saying, "It's me, I'm trying to communicate with you and become familiar friends with each other." ”

"Wow," Sydney said with novelty, "It's the first time I've spoken to a human, sister, you put a little less rock candy, we just want to be sweet." ”

Ash uncovered it, and he only put two small ones. She doesn't like sweets very much, but her mother doesn't necessarily like them, and besides, sweets can make people feel happy, maybe a little sweeter is better.

So she added two small pieces of rock sugar to each pear's heart, then mixed water into the steamer and began to steam the pears through the water.

"Well, I like sauna the most, all the moisture factors are around, good Su Lake~" As soon as the temperature is high, Sydney's voice becomes very enjoyable.

"Then you take your time, is it appropriate for me to come back in forty minutes?" Ash pursed her lips and smiled, thinking that these pears were so cute.

"Yes!"

"Okay, we often steam for an hour."

"But it's not good for too long.,Too long all the water is steamed off.,The body will be dry_(:зゝ∠)_"

"Hmm, stop arguing, I'm sleepy."

Each of the four pears answered her, and Ash only hummed softly and walked out of the kitchen.

This dish is not in a hurry, it must be simmered slowly over low heat, and the pears are not soft when they are steamed. And all she has to do is to show her face in front of her mother more often, so as not to make her suspect for a moment that this dish was made by herself.

Of course, Ash's so-called appearance is not to hang out in front of them.

She took a famous novel and sat in a rocking chair not far from them to read it, but her mind was not on the novel, but on how to get into a university in China.

On her own, she would definitely not be able to do it, and she felt that she had to turn to others for help. Mom can't get through, maybe you can try Dad's there, but Dad is softer and will listen to Mom. Well, it seems that I can only turn to my grandfather for help!

Grandpa always hoped that he could pass on Ai's craftsmanship and should support him, so Ash decided to wait for the task to be completed, so he went to discuss it with his grandfather.

Forty minutes was a long time, and Ash put the book down and went back to the kitchen to check on Sydney.

As soon as the pot was opened, the pear fragrance came to the face, and it was wrapped in a hint of rock sugar. Even she herself was a little thirsty, and Ash immediately regretted not making one more for herself!

She used small tweezers to lift the lid of the pear, the waterline of the inner core had risen to the top, and the water had turned pear yellow due to the intrusion of pear juice.

Ash took a small spoon and tried it, but it was too sweet for her, and it was on an upper-middle level.

For the sake of Sydney's integrity, she didn't dare to taste the pear flesh, so she had to try to communicate with Sydney.

"Hey, Sydney, can you hear me?"

Sydney: "(. ・∀・)ノ゙Hi, Sister Nozomi~"

"I can hear you."

"How are you feeling now, body...... Uh, is the meat fluffy? When Ash asked, he felt that he was really mad......

But the pears didn't care at all, and replied one after another:

"Well, it's a little bit closer, and the meat in the middle is still a little crispy~"

"But I feel like my water is about to be squeezed dry by the high temperature~~~~(>_<)~~~~~ What, I'm the pear girl on the right in the second row."

"Sister Xixi, I'm the pear on the left side of the second row, I can steam it for another five minutes!"

"The nest on the right side of the first row can't hold up ......"

When Ash heard this, he quickly took out the two of them who were squeezed dry and couldn't hold on, and then hurriedly ran to collude with the chef in the kitchen, and paired it with a copper-colored cherry blossom spoon, before he personally went out with rock sugar pears.

"Mom, aunties, this is the rock sugar pear stewed in the kitchen just now, I secretly tasted one first, it was very delicious! Do you taste it? Ash smiled as he put the tray down.

As soon as Mrs. Gao's eyes fell on this pear, she praised it: "Your pear is well bought, and the color is light and ripe, it is worthy of the Ai family, and the stewed pear is so exquisite." ”

The wife of the Jiang family chimed in: "Yes, no wonder your family's party even the Fang family has to come." ”

The wife of the Zhou family also nodded again and again, "I heard that the Fang family still wants to cooperate with you because of your family's craftsmanship?" ”

Lian Yuyan can now see the purpose of these people's coming today, it turned out that in order to probe the wind, she pushed the porcelain bowls to them separately.

"The Ai family is also very happy to be able to cooperate with the Fang family, but it is inconvenient to disclose the specific matters, you all understand." She only acknowledged the cooperation, but avoided talking about the cooperation project.

A few aunts only pursed their lips and smiled, and began to eat pears.

"Hey, Yuyan, where did you invite this chef, this rock sugar pear is really good!" Mrs. Gao couldn't help but praise it after tasting it.

Mrs. Jiang swallowed the pear in her mouth and said: "Yes, this pear is steamed so well, soft and sweet, this bite is really sweet to the heart." ”

Mrs. Zhou didn't care much when she heard it, she just thought it was a polite remark, but after she tasted it, she couldn't stop. The pear juice is sweet, and the chef should not have punctured it when removing the core, and there is no sourness at all, which is refreshing.

Even Yuyan saw that they were boasting and eating, and she spoke so highly of this pear, so she dug it and put it in her mouth.

The pear is steamed just right, and when you sip it gently, the pear juice bursts out, and the sweetness enters the stomach, and even the whole person's mood is a lot better.

"Today's rock sugar pears are steaming well, the recent haze is scary, if you like it, you can come often, I asked the kitchen to buy pears in advance for preparation."

"Ding—"

As soon as Lian Yuyan's words fell, a voice sounded in Ash's ears, and then a mechanical female voice reminded: "The initial mission has been completed, please check the rewards and new tasks in time." ”

Her heart was relieved, her eyebrows were overjoyed, and the smile on her lips unconsciously floated up.

But several women were completely captured by this rock sugar pear, and no one noticed the change in her expression, just smiled and said to Lian Yuyan: "Okay, I will come to Yuyan to eat pears here in two days." ”

"Mom, aunties, you talk, I'll go up and practice the piano." Ash retreated, not wanting to continue listening to their mutual flattery, and immediately slipped into the house.

As soon as he entered the piano room, Ash locked the door and couldn't wait to open the food system.

Her prestige is a little more; The task completion level becomes: the initial task has been completed; At the same time, the ingredient column below has newly unlocked "Mushrooms".

In this way, this initial task was quite worthwhile, and she directly obtained the qualification to communicate with another type of ingredient.

Ash curled the corners of his mouth in satisfaction, then clicked on the new task button, and a line of white words jumped into view:

"Successfully staying in the country and being praised by two people."