Chapter 172: Strange Tableware

Hearing the prefect praise himself, He Jingjing just pursed his lips and smiled.

Sure enough, people have to go through high pressure to really grow, and in these days in the imperial dining room, He Jingjing used up all her life's learning in order to come up with suitable dishes to participate in the competition.

When I re-studied and refined the Manchu and Han banquets, my understanding of cooking skills was indeed much deeper.

Therefore, the prefect is not wrong in what he said, but after admitting it, he will appear to be very unstable, after all, humility is a virtue.

So He Jingjing chose not to answer, and then continued to eat.

"I also think that Jingjing's cooking skills have improved a lot, I can't tell where it is good, and the feeling in my mouth is different. Ye Haixuan also echoed on the side.

These familiar dishes are in Ye Haixuan's mouth, and they have not escaped the fate of being compared, after all, Ye Haixuan is really an expert in eating, and some subtle differences can be detected.

Ye Haixuan always felt that there was something different about these dishes, but he couldn't say what the difference was, but he had doubts in his heart, so he still had to say it.

"Oh, you see the two of you singing and harmonizing, I'm sorry to talk about Jingjing in a while. The prefect's wife noticed He Jingjing's embarrassment, and hurriedly came out to play a round and said.

The prefect and Ye Haixuan realized that this was an ordinary meal, not a comment at the cooking competition, and they all laughed randomly, just praising He Jingjing's skills.

After eating, He Jingjing and Ye Haixuan left the prefect's yamen and went back, after all, since the affairs of the academy had been finalized, other work would follow.

"Jingjing, do you have any requirements for the decoration of the academy?" Ye Haixuan asked while holding He Jingjing's hand on the way back.

He Jingjing shook her head, she didn't care much about the decoration, and she wasn't good at it, as long as there were places where they should be, He Jingjing was not the kind of person who was particularly demanding about the environment.

"I'm not in a hurry about the decoration, after all, the house hasn't been built yet, but I still have some ideas about the facilities. He Jingjing said truthfully to Ye Haixuan.

"Tell me about it. Ye Haixuan hurriedly asked curiously, after all, there are always some strange ideas in He Jingjing's head, and Ye Haixuan is still full of expectations for He Jingjing's opinion.

He Jingjing looked at the crowd of people around her, and then glanced at Ye Haixuan with disgust.

Ye Haixuan felt very strange at first, why did He Jingjing look at him like this, and then Ye Haixuan reacted suddenly, this is on the street.

Although the two of them are not talking about a confidential matter, it is always a serious matter, and they must sit down and talk carefully, and there is always a feeling of unseriousness when they say it like a casual chat on the street.

Ye Haixuan hurriedly apologized to He Jingjing and smiled, and then bought He Jingjing a bowl of red bean paste, and the two returned to their residence.

As soon as he arrived home, Ye Haixuan first accompanied He Jingjing to drink red bean paste to cool off the heat.

"Why do you want to buy red bean paste, I think that mung bean paste is more heat-relieving. He Jingjing looked at the red red bean paste, and remembered the scene just now when she wanted to buy mung bean paste but was ruthlessly blocked by Ye Haixuan.

"Mung beans are cold, I can eat them, but you can't eat them. Ye Haixuan said to He Jingjing seriously, and He Jingjing frowned.

It's true that mung beans are cold, but it doesn't matter if girls eat them, I still like to eat a bowl of mung bean smoothie in summer in my previous life, and I haven't had anything wrong with eating it for so many years.

Why is it that in this era, I still have to be controlled by my husband, and I am not allowed to eat mung bean smoothies, what is the reason?

However, looking at Ye Haixuan's serious face, He Jingjing was ready to put this incomprehensible logic behind her, and then began to eat the red bean paste in front of her.

After eating, He Jingjing smashed her mouth with satisfaction, the taste of this red bean paste is still quite good.

He Jingjing saw Ye Haixuan's eyes shining at him, and he understood that he wanted to hear his little thoughts about the academy, and then He Jingjing turned around and entered the room and took out a drawing.

"What is this?" Ye Haixuan looked at He Jingjing and took out a rolled piece of paper, and asked strangely.

He Jingjing didn't answer, but came to Ye Haixuan's front and slowly unfolded the rolled paper.

"What do you think?" He Jingjing asked as she looked at Ye Haixuan with a proud face.

He Jingjing drew some tableware on the paper, which were all knives, forks and spoons designed by He Jingjing herself, and there were some patterns that He Jingjing came up with.

Even He Jingjing, the mark of the academy, was roughly drawn, but the final draft had to be consulted by Ye Haixuan, after all, he didn't know much about the market of this era.

Ye Haixuan has been running Haixuan Pavilion for so long, and his taste for these things is indeed much higher than his own, so He Jingjing is still willing to listen to Ye Haixuan's opinion.

So as soon as the painting was finished, He Jingjing took it out and showed it to Ye Haixuan.

"How is it?" Seeing that Ye Haixuan was silent for a long time, He Jingjing couldn't figure out what Ye Haixuan meant, and hurriedly asked.

Shouldn't it be that he was shocked by his own ingenuity! Boiling, Ye Haixuan! He Jingjing still thought so beautifully in her heart.

"Madam, what is this?" After a while, Ye Haixuan, who was urged by He Jingjing, said this sentence slowly.

Hearing Ye Haixuan's words, He Jingjing almost squirted out a mouthful of tea.

"Don't you know what this is?" He Jingjing continued: "This is the cutlery, knives, forks and spoons, and I have thought of the patterns on them and painted them here." ”

He Jingjing pointed to the corresponding thing and said to Ye Haixuan as she spoke, Ye Haixuan didn't understand it very much.

"These things can be used to make cutlery? Knives and forks are used in battle, how can they be used as cutlery? Are chopsticks bad? Inappropriate, inappropriate. After Ye Haixuan's series of questions, he shook his head again and again and said that it was inappropriate.

Looking at Ye Haixuan in front of him, He Jingjing wanted to roll her eyes.

I thought that Ye Haixuan was well-informed, and even those ingredients from Tubo and overseas were available in Haixuan Pavilion, so there was no reason why I hadn't seen others eat with knives and forks?

But seeing Ye Haixuan's appearance, it doesn't seem to be fake, it seems that Ye Haixuan really hasn't seen and can't accept the fact that knives and forks are used as tableware.

The purpose of establishing his own academy is to "gather the world's famous dishes and cultivate elite chefs." "If you don't use a knife and fork, then the steak lacks a soul.

So these cutlery should be put into use anyway, and they should be promoted.

After all, "all-encompassing" is the mind that a great country should have.

"Tell me what's wrong. ”