Chapter 21: Meet the Old Lady

The porridge was ready, Li Yi tasted it, it was very fragrant, but the sweetness of the rice was a little less. Ancient rice varieties are different from modern rice, and the taste is not as delicate and sweet as modern rice.

She frowned, and the sweetness of the milk was a little less. Do you want to add some sugar?

A little was served to each of the four people in the room and asked them to express their opinions. She thought that it was dozens of times better than the mutton porridge she drank in between, but she was not sure about the taste of the ancients.

Xiaohong took a bite and hurriedly said, "It's delicious!" Miss is amazing. ”

"It's very fragrant, and it doesn't taste the same as the porridge you usually eat, but it's delicious." After Xiao Cui's fine tasting, she also boasted.

The cook also smelled the fragrance, she didn't understand how such a simple two things were boiled together, and they were praised by those two people. If you want to be a lady's personal maid, you have to be able to tout!

She took a casual sip, and the porridge sliced across her mouth and into her stomach. The fragrance remains between the lips and teeth. I hurriedly scooped the second sip into my mouth, and tasted it carefully. The combination of the aroma of milk and rice is so harmonious. You can't help but taste it one bite after another.

The cook couldn't help but glance at Chen Xiaoyun, she didn't seem to be satisfied with making such a delicious porridge, and frowned.

Her complicated emotions flashed in a flash, and she completely stopped thinking about giving Chen Xiaoyun a horse. I can only echo and say that it is really delicious.

Mrs. Wang saw that the cook had given up, and she didn't want to be strong.

The dissatisfaction of the little people comes and goes quickly.

Li Yi didn't even notice this. Their emotions are not worth the effort. The identity gap is in front of them, and they can create a small obstacle at most, but it will not affect their status.

The feedback from several people reassured her a lot.

Found a jar in the kitchen where the spices were placed. One of the jars contained a yellow, viscous semi-solid, which the cook said was caramel sugar. When this kind of stuff is added to the porridge, it will ruin the milky white color of the porridge now. It seems that the idea of adding sugar has to be abandoned.

The moment she closed the jar, she thought of an object that was also yellow, sticky to the touch, as sweet as sugar - honey. I was about to ask the cook if there was such a thing. I listened to the voice of them greeting Chen's mother.

Although Chen's mother explained to the people in the kitchen last night, she still didn't worry about her daughter. At this time, when I saw that the milk porridge was ready, I wanted to taste it.

Li Yi reminded Chen's mother that this was her first time cooking and asked her to be mentally prepared.

Chen's mother smiled: "Will my mother still dislike what you make unpalatable?" After all, it's for the old lady, and I'll help you check it. She tasted a bite of the porridge brought by Li Yi and was very satisfied: "My son is really talented, and he made it so delicious the first time he cooked." ”

Li Yi was still struggling with the fact that the sweetness was slightly insufficient, and asked Chen's mother if she wanted to add some honey. Chen's mother reminded her that the old lady didn't like sweets, and this taste was in line with her taste.

Seeing that the time was not early, Chen's mother did not delay any longer, and ordered someone to fill a bowl, handed it to Xiaocui to carry, and accompanied Chen Xiaoyun to greet the old lady.

The mother and daughter walked together towards the old lady's "Qisong Courtyard".

The old lady's Qisong Courtyard is located on the east side of the Chen Mansion, and the ancients respected the east, and it seems that Chen's father really respects the old lady.

There are three courtyards located on the east side of Chen's mansion, the southernmost is the "Qi Nan Courtyard" where Chen's father himself lives, and the northeast corner is the "Qi An Courtyard" where the eldest brother lived after marriage. As far as the three of them live, it can be seen that their status in the Chen Mansion can be seen.

Chen Xiaoyun and Chen's mother both live on the west side of Chen's mansion. As an unconventional woman, she lived in a place that didn't even count as a proper courtyard β€” Chen's father didn't give her a name after it.

The two walked for about twenty minutes before arriving at Qisong Temple. The courtyard was very quiet, so quiet that Li Yi suspected that she had come early, and the old lady hadn't gotten up yet.

The maid at the door of the main house saw Chen's mother and Chen Xiaoyun, saluted, and entered the house to report. Li Yi couldn't help but look sideways at Chen's mother, who felt her gaze and returned a reassuring smile.

In a moment, the maid came out and informed the two of them to enter.

At this moment, it is the end of the hour, the sky is bright, and the old lady's house is still dim - the curtain has not yet been raised, the light outside the house can only penetrate sporadically, and there is an aftertaste of agarwood in the room, which should be ordered to calm the nerves and help sleep.

After the two entered the house, the maid lifted the curtain one after another. It was not until the old lady saluted that all the curtains in the house were lifted.

"Get up, how can there be so many courtesies." The old lady's voice was full of love, but it was also obvious that she was lacking in qi.

"Why did you bring Yun'er with you, she happened to be yesterday. You, a mother, don't know how to feel sorry for your daughter. This was said to Chen's mother.

"Grandma, don't blame your mother, I'm already fine. I'm afraid that you will continue to worry, so I came here to let you take a look. It was rude for her to call the old lady "grandma", but the old lady was very happy to eat her.

beckoned Li Yi to approach, took her hand and sat down beside her, and then said to Chen's mother: "Don't stand, sit down." ”

Li Yi didn't quite understand why the old lady liked herself and her two brothers so much, but she was always lukewarm to Chen's mother. Is the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law so difficult to maintain?

The old lady looked at her granddaughter in front of her carefully, she hadn't seen her for a few days, and Chen Xiaoyun seemed to have changed a little. In the past, she was obedient, but she was not as smart as she is now.

In the past, Chen Xiaoyun was like grass in the garden, which made her pity; Now it's more like a wildflower on the side of the road, which she likes in her heart.

The old lady sighed secretly, she was getting older, and she became cranky. The girl in front of her is still good-looking, and she can't tell that she has been seriously ill.

Young people's health is good, and they can be cultivated in just one day. couldn't help but tell her to take good care of herself in the future, and don't be careless when she is young. Li Yi responded one by one.

"Grandma, you also have to take good care of your body. Yun'er is also worried about you. Li Yi is still a little weak in pretending to be cute in front of Chen's mother, but she is very calm in pretending to be naΓ―ve in front of the old lady.

"I heard that you don't sleep well and that your medication doesn't work. Yun'er found a dietary therapy method from the doctor, which has the effect of improving sleep. Grandma, can you try it? Li Yi asked tentatively.

"Okay, well, Yun'er has a heart."

"Grandma is perfunctory, you didn't ask what the method was." Li Yi sighed silently in her heart, why is she so coquettish to the same sex, but in modern times, she is serious in the face of the opposite sex she likes? Fortunately, she still has a save-now she has become a little girl again, and when she meets the opposite sex she likes, she must break the barriers in her heart and spoil him.

"Grandma, after Yun'er knew that dietary therapy method, she specially cooked one, can you try it?"

"You did it yourself? Then I'm going to have to try it. "The old lady still gives Chen Xiaoyun a lot of face. She didn't have much appetite originally, but seeing that Chen Xiaoyun bothered to make it, she decided to try it.

Xiaocui delivered the porridge to Li Yi, Li Yi felt the temperature of the bowl, it was not hot or cold, and the entrance was just right! Scoop a spoonful and feed it to the old lady.

"Yes, mellow and fragrant, melts in the mouth." The old lady praised again and again. "I thought it had a medicinal taste, but I never thought it would be a bowl of delicious porridge."

"Grandma, it turns out that you don't like to take medicine like Yun'er."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the room burst out laughing.