Chapter Seventy-Three: The Daughter-in-law is Always Right
As if he knew what Yu Xizhou was going to do, He Chao walked in slowly, patted Yu Xizhou's shoulder with his hand, and pretended to be serious and said: "If you want to make a special snack in the south, you don't want to be a familiar person, and you can figure out what you can figure out here." ”
Hearing the voice behind her, Yu Xizhou got up from the ground and moved in front of He Chao, trying to cover her defeat, but she didn't know that He Chao had already seen it.
Seeing Yu Xizhou's small movements, He Chao didn't say anything, just covered his mouth and snickered, then rolled up his sleeves, picked up the spinach on the side and cut it into small pieces, then blanched it for a minute, put some white sugar to improve the freshness, and after stirring it evenly with the bean skin, it was completed.
Looking at He Chao's movements, Yu Xizhou's eyes widened, she didn't know that He Chao could not only cure diseases and save people, but also cook, and sighed a little in her heart that he was a rare warm man.
"Steamed jade eggs, in fact, are eggs pickled with leeks, and then use chili peppers to remove the fishy smell, you first chop the leeks, and then spread them on the eggs, just use small chili peppers to enhance the flavor, it's not so troublesome." He Chao ate the spinach he made and said to Yu Xizhou, who was stunned on the side.
Yu Xizhou came back to his senses and did it according to the method he said, and sure enough, although his idea just now was right, there were still many details that he hadn't noticed.
"He Chao can do it, I didn't expect you to not only see a doctor but also cook, it's rare in the world!" Yu Xizhou looked at the steamed jade egg that he had finally successfully made, and looked at He Chao's eyes full of admiration.
He Chao picked up the chopsticks and tried the dishes made by Yu Xizhou, except for a little spicy, the others can only be said to be transcendent, and I can't help but admire Xizhou even more, I just said that she could make it, and the heat time was very good.
didn't have time to praise Yu Xizhou, but when he heard her praise herself, He Chao's face showed a smile again, full of pride.
"Why don't we two compete? How about making a medicinal meal together? You are good at medicine, I am good at eating, and no one takes advantage of anyone. Yu Xizhou suddenly became interested, and directly said that he wanted to compete with He Chao.
He Chao did not refuse, the two directly decided to buy ingredients together tomorrow, and then make their own medicinal diet competition, and He Chao has always been very satisfied with his cooking skills.
The next day, Yu Xizhou got up early, saw He Chao who was waiting outside the door for a long time, felt suddenly sleepless, and followed him directly to the market.
"The princess!"
Just as he was about to go out, he heard Xiao You calling himself, Yu Xizhou turned around, saw his hurried appearance, and had some doubts in his heart, and asked, "Xiao You?" What's wrong? ”
Xiao You looked at He Chao on the side, glared at him angrily, and then pulled Yu Xizhou to the side, making sure that He Chao couldn't hear the conversation between the two, and looked at Yu Xizhou with some reproach in his eyes.
"Princess, you are a family man, don't be too close to him, it's not good for your reputation." Xiao You's face was a little angry, and his eyes were full of reproach when he looked at Yu Xizhou.
Yu Xizhou was a little confused, she didn't think they were very close, but listening to the reproach in Xiao You's words, and facing his angry gaze, Yu Xizhou looked innocent and said, "I'm just friends with him, and we just went to buy ingredients, and we didn't do anything?" ”
"I can buy the ingredients! What are you going to do? Don't you know if men and women give or receive kisses? Xiao You said it directly and loudly, and the voice was so loud that it directly attracted He Chao and Shen Nanfeng in the distance.
Feeling that his attitude was a little bad, Xiao You lowered his head, but his chest was still rising and falling, and the anger in his eyes did not dissipate.
"Koyuki? What's going on? What are you yelling at early in the morning? Shen Nanfeng slowly approached, looked at the three of them gathered together, and asked a little uncertainly.
Xiao You didn't speak, just lowered his head, his breathing became heavier and heavier, and his eyes gradually became scarlet.
His eyes turned to Yu Xizhou, just now Xiao You seemed to say something about whether men and women should kiss or not, did he see something that shouldn't be seen?
Thinking like this just now, Shen Nanfeng saw He Chao behind Yu Xizhou, and walked over with a worried look, and his heart slowly became angry.
Yu Xizhou was very strange about what was going on with the two of them, why they were always so unkind to see He Chao, looking at the angry Xiao You, and Shen Nanfeng, whose face was a little scary on the side, Yu Xizhou sighed and said: "I want to try making medicinal food with He Chao, so I want to buy ingredients together, Xiao You runs every day, and he will be tired, and he doesn't know what I want to buy, so I want him to rest more." ”
"I'm not afraid of hardship!" Xiao You, who had not spoken all this time, suddenly said such a sentence, and Yu Xizhou was a little stunned for a moment.
"But I feel sorry for you, you are also the person next to me, and I feel sorry for letting you run like this every day!"
Hearing Yu Xizhou's words, the anger in Xiao You's eyes dissipated, he slowly raised his head, met Yu Xizhou's somewhat aggrieved eyes, felt a little guilty in his heart, and wanted to say something but closed his mouth again.
"Shen Nanfeng, there is no referee in our competition, is it okay for you to be the referee?" Yu Xizhou looked at Shen Nanfeng, who was still eating, and said in a somewhat coquettish tone.
Shen Nanfeng didn't look at her, just hummed, and then returned to the study, very angry in his heart, he actually went to buy ingredients with him behind his back, and said that they made special snacks in the south together yesterday.
After Shen Nanfeng left, Xiao You had no intention of leaving, and wanted to go out with them to buy ingredients, Yu Xizhou did not refuse, and directly took Xiao You to the market and bought what he needed.
Seeing that He Chao was also carefully selecting the ingredients, Yu Xizhou felt a trace of excitement in her heart, could she really meet her opponent? Hua Ze is an apprentice who has already become his own, and I hope He Chao will not let him down.
Seeing that Yu Xizhou's gaze was a little hot when he looked at He Chao, Xiao You coughed lightly, making her withdraw her gaze.
They all bought their own ingredients, and for the sake of fairness, Xiao You didn't help anyone, and waited for the medicinal meal of the two of them in the pavilion not far from the kitchen with Shen Nanfeng.
Yu Xizhou looked at He Chao, who had already started cutting vegetables, and was not to be outdone, he rolled up his sleeves and began to make his own dishes, looking at the ingredients he had arranged one by one on the table, Yu Xizhou showed a confident smile on his face.
Although Shen Nanfeng in the distance was looking at the book, his mind was all on Xizhou, watching Xiao You walk around in front of him, putting down the book in his hand, rubbing his temples, and saying with some annoyance: "Xiao You, can you sit down." ”
Xiao You sat down obediently when he heard this, but he was still very anxious to watch the movements of the two in the kitchen.
Cut the yam into pieces and put it aside, He Chao took out his carefully selected pig's trotters, he specially chose the front hooves, the muscles are strong, and the meat is not much, fat but not greasy, and the skin and meat are also very tight.
Skillfully wielding the kitchen knife, the man's strength is great, and after a while, a pig's trotter was chopped into small pieces by He Chao.
He Chao did not cook it directly, and first boiled it over low heat for about half an hour, then fished out the pig's trotters, poured the waste water and washed it again, and then added spices before covering the lid and simmering over medium heat.
Seeing that He Chao had done almost the same, there seemed to be no movement on Yu Xizhou's side.
He Chao stood up and saw that Yu Xizhou was using a small spoon to take out the spices from several small bowls, and then put them in one bowl, and then filled another bowl with some water, and slowly poured them into it, with a serious face.
"What are you doing here?" He Chao was a little puzzled by Xizhou's approach, didn't he just pour it directly?
Yu Xizhou didn't look at Yu He Chao, and poured water seriously, and then used chopsticks to stir the spices inside, and the powder of several colors was adjusted to purple red.
Putting the small bowl aside, Yu Xizhou took out another bowl and repeated the steps just now, while answering He Chao's question.
"It's very important to make seasoning, and the amount of seasoning is related to the taste of the dish!"
He Chao nodded, suddenly thought of something, put his cut yam in the pig's trotters and stewed it together, and then learned from Yu Xizhou's appearance to slowly make the seasoning, and all of a sudden there was only the sound of boiling water and the sound of the two of them breathing evenly.
Finally done, He Chao stretched his waist, and seeing that Yu Xizhou's side was also finished, he motioned for her to go out and let Shen Nanfeng taste it.
"Not bad!" Shen Nanfeng looked at the yam stewed pig's trotters made by He Chao on the table, took out a small bowl and brought out a bowl of soup, then took a sip, closed his mouth and swallowed, as if he was savoring.
If this dish was not made by He Chao, then Shen Nanfeng would definitely be greatly rewarded, although it was not as delicious as Yu Xizhou's cooking, but this level was already better than many people.
Looking at the other bowl of soup on the table, purple red like grapes, could it be grape juice?
Shen Nanfeng didn't drink, he stood up directly and announced that Yu Xizhou had won, and then was about to leave, but was stopped by the angry He Chao.
"If you don't drink it, you say that Madame won, I don't accept it!" He Chao looked at Shen Nanfeng, his face was a little annoyed, and there was some unwillingness and resentment in his expression.
Shen Nanfeng walked behind Yu Xizhou, hugged her into his arms, looked at the angry He Chao beside them with a flirtatious face, and said provocatively: "This king is the referee, this king has the final say, and in this king's heart, the princess will always be the first." ”
Hearing Shen Nanfeng's words, Yu Xizhou's face slowly flushed, and he pushed him away with a look of disgust, and then looked at He Chao, who was so angry that his face was blue and red for a while, and smiled helplessly in his heart, these two people are really a pair of living treasures.
"You're not jealous, are you?" He Chao looked at Shen Nanfeng's expression, a little suddenly realized, and then said with a mocking face.
Shen Nanfeng didn't answer, and turned his back directly without looking at him, looked at the soup made by Yu Xizhou on the table, swallowed his saliva, slowly walked over and drank it directly, and then put down the bowl and turned to look at He Chao.
He Chao was stunned by Shen Nanfeng's approach, and looked at him with some puzzlement, only to see his closed lips slowly open, and said word by word: "Yu Xizhou wins!" ”