Meng Xiaoran didn't expect such a harvest, although the sous chef did not have the scenery of a chef, but it was much better than what she used to do, and she no longer had to wash vegetables all day, just help by the chef's side.

Shen Qian once told her to start from the Prime Minister's wife, and I think it is also true, in this Prime Minister's Mansion, I am afraid that the only one who dares to go against Liu Ruxue is this Prime Minister's wife, if she can get her appreciation, she can be regarded as having a backer, and she is one step closer to the final goal.

She remembered that the booklet said that today's Mrs. Chen Yingyue is a native of Xiangbei, and she especially loves spicy food, and she is best at Sichuan cuisine, because the dean's mother is from Sichuan, she has followed her since she was a child to watch her cook, and she has learned a lot over time.

That night, Meng Xiaoran returned to the house in the north courtyard, and saw Aunt Hu standing in the house supported by Xiaocui, she was a little surprised, "Aunt Hu, you are injured, how can you go to the ground?" ”

Aunt Hu's face was still a little pale, and she waved her hand with a smile, "I have rough skin and thick meat, and the twenty boards are nothing, and those people have some friendship with me, and they used ingenuity when they fought, and the sound was very loud, but it didn't hurt very much." ”

After speaking, he pulled Xiaocui together, and suddenly knelt down for Meng Xiaoran, Meng Xiaoran was shocked, and immediately reached out to help Aunt Hu, "Aunt Hu, what are you doing?" ”

"Ruhua Girl's life-saving grace, I will remember my aunt!" Saying that she was about to kowtow, she was stopped by Meng Xiaoran, she glanced at Xiao Cui, and said disapprovingly: "Xiao Cui, don't get up quickly, help your mother up with me, although the fight is not serious, but it is also injured, how can you toss like this?" ”

Xiaocui hurriedly stood up, and the two of them worked together to help Aunt Hu up, and sent Aunt Hu back to lie down together, and then went back to the house together.

Xiao Cui looked at Meng Xiaoran with tears in her eyes, "Sister Ruhua, if it weren't for your help, my mother would definitely not be able to escape this time, Xiao Cui will always remember your goodness, from now on, my sister will be Xiao Cui's second relative, Xiao Cui's own sister!" ”

Meng Xiaoran was both moved and embarrassed by these words, on the one hand, she saved Aunt Hu to repay Xiaocui, in fact, she still had some selfish intentions, and wanted to be noticed by her wife, but she didn't expect to get such a sincere thank you from Xiaocui, she has never been so envious of a simple and kind girl like Xiaocui at this moment, if one day she can live so truly without calculation?

In order to please the Chen family, Meng Xiaoran has been looking for an opportunity to cook in the past few days, and finally let her find an opportunity, the chef can't cook because of the cold, so she can only be put on top this day.

Mother Li was worried, "Ruhua, do you know how to cook?" Madame is spicy, you have to remember that. ”

Meng Xiaoran smiled, "Don't worry, Mother Li, I've been learning from behind me for the past few days, and I've learned a lot of dishes, so I'll be fine today." ”

On this day, she deliberately picked the spicy boiled fish that she was best at making, but unfortunately there were too few seasonings that could be used in ancient times, it was this spicy seed, which was also sent by Chen's maiden family every year, not to mention others, but fortunately, the fish was fresh, and when Meng Xiaoran made this pot of fish, Xiaocui sniffed sharply on the side.

"Wow, it smells so good! Ruhua, what are you doing? ”

Meng Xiaoran smiled at her, "Spicy boiled fish, this is Madame's dish, but I made some more, and we will secretly taste some later." Xiao Cui nodded immediately, now the relationship between the two is getting better and better, Xiao Cui tells her every day about the big and small gossip in the house, and Meng Xiaoran has been a deputy chef since she secretly left some delicious food for Xiao Cui from time to time.

On that day, it is said that after the lady finished lunch, she ordered to go down to reward today's cook, and Meng Xiaoran received another reward, but this was not her main purpose, and being able to attract the attention of the lady was the first step to success.

At this time, in Linyue Zhai, the prime minister's wife Chen Yingyue was sitting on the couch, and the maid on the side was pinching her shoulders, she closed her eyes and enjoyed it quietly, and suddenly said: "Luyi, you were with me in Ruxue Pavilion that day, but you saw the girl named Ruhua?" ”

The maid named Green did not stop moving, and said softly: "It looks so dazzling, it is difficult for the slave and maid not to see it." ”

Chen opened his eyes and smiled, "Yes, she looks really beautiful, not worse than our first beauty in the capital, but I don't know what will happen to our Miss Ruxue if she finds out?" ”

A trace of doubt crossed Lu Yi's eyes, and then said: "Madam, the slave maid heard that some time ago, this Ruhua went to Ruxue Pavilion to deliver snacks, and was also called in by the eldest lady. ”

"No response? Well, I'll add another fire to make this backyard even hotter. Chen picked up the handkerchief and gently wiped the non-existent "fragrant sweat" on his face, but there was an unclear smile in his eyes.

In addition to Chen's love for spicy, he also loves desserts, such two very different hobbies make Meng Xiaoran a little incomprehensible, she doesn't know, because Chen's mother is a southerner and loves desserts, so she has raised two flavors since she was a child, one is the unique spicy taste of Xiangbei people, and the other is the dessert that southerners love.

Early in the morning, Meng Xiaoran got up and hurried to the kitchen, she thought about it for a long time last night, and finally decided to make a very famous beet: glutinous rice lotus.

Because she is a sous chef, she doesn't have to go over early every morning, and when she came so early today, Li's mother was still a little surprised, "Ruhua, why did you come here so early?" ”

Meng Xiaoran smiled and asked, "Mom, did you buy lotus root today?" ”

Mother Li nodded and said, "Bought it, what?" What does this do, you ask? ”

Meng Xiaoran smiled and said: "I want to make an ancestral dessert, I heard that Mrs. loves desserts, so I will try this, I hope she can like it." ”

Mother Li suddenly realized, now she no longer dares to underestimate this Ruhua, she cured the eldest lady's abdominal pain before, and was rewarded by Mrs. two days ago, now she is no longer the little maid when she just entered the house, as soon as she heard Meng Xiaoran say that she wanted to use lotus root to make snacks, she immediately ordered someone to bring lotus root.

Meng Xiaoran went to prepare some glutinous rice, and went to get some honey and dried osmanthus, the masters in the house love to eat osmanthus cake, this dried osmanthus is prepared all year round, the materials are really complete, and it is pure natural, Meng Xiaoran nodded, and secretly thought, this will definitely be better than what you can eat in modern times.

She picked out a few pieces of lotus root that looked very beautiful in a good size, washed them, put them aside, washed and drained the glutinous rice and put it on the table.

Cut one side of the lotus root, rinse the hole with water, then stuff the glutinous rice into the hole little by little until it is full, cover the lid that has just been cut, and use a thin bamboo skewer to tightly fix the segments.

After Meng Xiaoran prepared two lotus roots, he put them into the pot, added water, there was a fire on the stove, and it soon boiled, Meng Xiaoran added some honey and dried osmanthus into it, covered the pot and burned it.

After touching for about half an hour, Meng Xiaoran opened the lid of the pot, and the people around were attracted by the fragrance, Mother Li and they all ran over, looking at the lotus root in the pot that had been slightly red, knowing that it was ripe, and the fragrance of osmanthus mixed with the sweetness of honey came, and it smelled very delicious.

Mother Li smiled and said, "It smells fragrant, it must be delicious." ”

Meng Xiaoran used chopsticks to clip out the glutinous rice lotus root, put it on the board, and when it cooled a little, she took out a cleaned knife and cut it into thin and uniform slices, and put it in a white porcelain plate, which was very beautiful.

Take out a little honey and sprinkle it evenly, sprinkle some dried osmanthus flowers, and you're done.

Mother Li looked at the delicately and beautifully placed glutinous rice lotus, and they all sighed with emotion and said, "It's really good." ”

Meng Xiaoran also cut another lotus root, and the people in the kitchen divided it together, one person divided a piece, after Xiaocui ate it, she immediately opened her eyes wide, nodded vigorously and said: "It's really delicious, Sister Ruhua, you are so amazing!" ”

The prime minister's wife Chen is now only in her early thirties, she was only seventeen years old when she married the prime minister, and at that time the prime minister was almost twenty and five, she was much older, there were two concubines, and the original partner in front of her only left a daughter, when she first married, the child was only two years old, and it was okay at first, but then I thought that she was provoked by the next person, and gradually disliked her.

Although Prime Minister Liu Yingyuan is much older than Chen, she also loves her very much, she herself is also angry, married for three years, gave birth to two sons, and added a little daughter later, so her life is very moist, and the maintenance is very good, she looks like she is only in her twenties, don't say that she is unsatisfactory, that is the eldest daughter Liu Ruxue in this house, it is really like a fish in the throat, which makes her very uncomfortable.

On this morning, breakfast was delivered from the kitchen as usual, and the two maids, Green Love and Green Will, waited on the side, and when all the dishes were on the table, Chan saw the plate of delicately arranged glutinous rice lotus root at first sight.

On the pure white porcelain plate, there are several pieces of lotus root of the same size neatly placed, the color is faintly red, and a layer of golden osmanthus is sprinkled on it, the appearance is very good, exuding a faint aroma, the green look at the lady looked at this plate of lotus root, and very eye-catching with the chopsticks to marry a piece of lotus root into Chen's bowl.

Chen nodded, picked up the jade chopsticks and took a bite, the entrance was sweet and soft, with a faint fragrance of osmanthus flowers, very delicious, Chen took a closer look, and found that the hole in the lotus root slice was glutinous rice, no wonder it was so soft and glutinous, she ate two pieces in a row before stopping.

Lu Qing on the side served another bowl of fragrant rice porridge for her, Chen drank a bowl of porridge, ate a piece of glutinous rice lotus, put down the chopsticks, and said to Lu Qing: "Withdraw, you will divide the rest." ”

Green Qing nodded, went out and called the little maid in, and quickly removed the breakfast on the table.

In fact, when Chen Shi ate this plate of glutinous rice lotus, he guessed in his heart that it must be made by the same flower, and no one except her would come up with these novel dishes, and she was really a talent.