"It smells so good! How can it be so fragrant? ”

The tasting girl went to the side curiously, and looked at the black whole chicken with surprise written on her face.

On the table, the heat from the belly of the chicken gradually faded, but the fragrance lingered. Especially after smelling that burnt smell before, it is even more mouth-watering to smell such a rich mellow aroma.

Xia Shang showed a satisfied smile, the current situation was not much different from his expectations, so he took out a spoon and took out the medicines from the chicken's belly, angelica, white peony, wolfberry, longan meat, hawthorn and so on.

And the belly of the chicken is not only medicine, but also the color of the golden, moist and clear soup, with boiling hot air, the rich aroma is emitted by it.

"It turns out that the soup is all hidden in the belly of the chicken!" The girl next to her opened her mouth in surprise.

Xia Shang prepared the chicken soup and pushed it in front of the girl: "Sister, taste my 'golden and jade table, and lose it'"

"The gold and jade are on the surface, and the defeat is in it? Is this the name of the dish? ”

"Exactly."

"But this ...... That doesn't seem to make sense, does it? ”

"The appearance of gold and jade, which is just a kind of metaphor, the intention is to say that some people only look at the appearance and do not know the inside, and my dish is just the opposite, the appearance is not gold and jade, the inside is not defeated, just like the hermit master in the world, the appearance is ordinary but the heart has its own good. I'm an orphan, but who's to say I can't cook? ”

Looking at the soup on the table, which was full of color and aroma, and the faces of several people at the same table were very bad, Xia Shang made his words very clear, clearly saying that the other people were blind, and the dishes they made were the real "golden and jade, and they were ruined".

A few people were not convinced, and stepped forward and said: "Sister, you also said that his food is not good just now, didn't this kid also say that you are short-sighted?" ”

The girl who tasted the food was not a fool, so she naturally brought herself with her when she heard the meaning of the words, and she looked a little displeased.

"You can't say that!" Xia Shang hurriedly defended, "There is also a saying that it is good to say that those who do not know are not guilty. My sister is a maid of the Sai family, and she is busy with housework all day long, where does she have the heart to study the dishes? Besides, my sister is not a cook, so it's normal to not know that there is something else in this chicken's belly. At least my sister asked me to serve the soup without jumping to conclusions. Unlike some people, as a cook, they have no eyes, and they are afraid that they only look at the appearance and not the inside, so it is not appropriate for such a villain with different appearances to stay in the Saijia compound, right? ”

"Don't deceive people too much, you kid."

"That's it! This kid is clearly here to make trouble! Sister, we unanimously demand that this person be blasted out! ”

"Shut up!" The girl snorted and looked at Xia Shang's chicken soup, "No matter what you say, you will only know after tasting it." ”

With that, the girl took a sip of the teacup, and then carefully scooped it with a spoon.

The soup was in her stomach, and the girl couldn't help but squint her eyes.

"How!"

"How does it taste?"

Everyone looked nervously, but saw that the girl's brows furrowed suddenly, and gradually stretched out again, squinting her eyes and pausing for a long time.

After opening her eyes, the girl said quietly: "The bitterness is sweet." This girl thinks this name is more worthy of this soup. ”

"Bitter and sweet?" The rest of the cooks looked at each other, "Is this good or bad?" ”

The girl did not explain, and handed the soup bowl to the little maid on the side: "Let the lady taste it." ”

The little maid hesitated a little, thought for a while before taking it, and was about to go to the inner courtyard when she was stopped by Xia Shang: "Little girl, you wait." ”

"I'm not called Little Girl, my name is Xiaolian, you have to call me Sister Xiaolian."

"Uh, okay. Sister Xiaolian. ”

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

"Sister Xiaolian, don't send the soup over."

"Huh?" A crowd of people let out a small exclamation.

What is this called? If you want to enter the Saijia, you can only have a chance after letting the eldest lady taste it. The previous person was helpless because of this, and now everyone says that they want to let the eldest lady taste it, why don't you send it over? Sick in the brain, isn't it?

Xia Shang said calmly: "I'm afraid the eldest lady won't taste it if you take it, so it's better not to send it over." ”

Xiaolian was a little curious: "How do you know that the eldest lady won't taste it?" ”

Xia Shang pretended to be mysterious, and brought a cup of tea from the table to Xiaolian: "Sister Xiaolian handed this cup of tea to the old lady, presumably the eldest lady wants to take a sip of tea now." ”

"Tea?"

"That's right, let the eldest lady take a sip of tea first, and say that it was the dish I prepared for the eldest lady."

Someone on one side interjected: "What are you kidding, using tea as a dish, you are deliberately fooling the eldest lady, right?" ”

"Whether it's foolish or not, you can only know after giving it to the eldest lady and tasting it, as for how the eldest lady reacts, everything has nothing to do with you. Sister Xiaolian, I'm tired of you sending the tea over. ”

Xiaolian glanced at Xia Shang cutely, muttered something, and left with the tea.

……

In the inner courtyard of the Saijia, surrounded by grass and trees, an ancient four-cornered mansion supported by large mahogany pillars of blue bricks and gray tiles stands in the middle.

In the hundred-year-old pine-shaded mansion, on the bed made of pear wood carved plum technology, a layer of Shu brocade bed curtain blocks the scenery inside, and a figure can be faintly seen holding the bed, hiding under the futon and hiding tightly.

"Da Da Da ......"

There was a small knock on the door outside.

"Come in."

"Madam, Xiaolian is here."

The woman's voice on the bed was weak and full of nobility: "Didn't I want to taste the dishes in the back that I had told before?" ”

Xiaolian has been following the eldest lady since she was a child, and she immediately heard that the eldest lady was displeased. I answered and prepared to leave.

"Wait."

"What do you command, Madame?"

"Pour me a cup of tea."

"Oh." Xiaolian replied instinctively, only to realize that something was wrong after that!

"Madame wants tea?!"

As soon as he thought of this, his eyes fell on the teacup in his hand.

"How did that man know that the eldest lady was going to drink tea?"

Xiaolian couldn't figure it out for a while, and was afraid that the eldest lady would be in a hurry, so she hurriedly sent the tea over.

"Ma'am, here comes tea."

The eldest lady on the bed was slightly stunned, lifted the bed curtain and stretched out a hand.

Don't listen to the title of "big lady", that little hand is white and tender as if it can squeeze out water, and if you don't listen to the voice, it is estimated that she is no more than twenty years old.

"Xiaolian, your hands and feet have become numb."

"Madame doesn't know, this tea was not prepared by Xiaolian. Instead, a strange cook outside asked Xiaolian to send it to the old lady, and said that the old lady wanted to take a sip of tea now. At that time, Xiaolian still didn't believe it, but she didn't expect Xiaolian to say it, but the old lady took the initiative to ask for tea. ”

"Oh? And such wonders? ”

"Isn't it? Madame, do you think it's weird? How could the man know what Madame was thinking? It's still so far away, it can't be a demon, right? ”

"Nonsense! Dare to speak foul language in front of Madame? ”

"Ma'am, that guy is really weird. The dishes he made were strange, and the words he said were also strange, Xiaolian originally sent the chicken soup he made, but he didn't let him, saying that the old lady wouldn't taste it. ”

"Oh? Is there really such a weirdo? Tell me more. ”