Fifty-two layers of green and red lotus flowers
Like those young ladies of the family, Shen Linzhou's mother is also a very gentle and kind woman, what she learned most in boudoir is piano, chess, calligraphy and painting and how to manage family affairs with her husband and children, her father's biggest arrangement for her is to find a good family for her, it can not be a good family, but that man must be good to her.
She met Shen's father in the year of the fifteenth year.
"A wedding scale lifted the red hijab, and I looked up timidly, only to know that it was my husband." When she said this, she had an extremely gentle smile on her face, as if it was a good memory, but Shen Linzhou always felt that it was just the beginning of the mirror.
In the end, the dream was shattered, only to realize that everything was just full of thorns, the man who promised to be with her for the rest of her life took a concubine and had a child, but she was still immersed in that beautiful dream, perhaps because she didn't want to wake up.
"Your father is a good man, and the most wrong thing he did in his life was not to marry that Aunt An, but to marry me. After all, if it weren't for the sudden accident in my family, he would not have been affected by my family, and he would have taken another hard-working woman and lost the real power in his hands. ”
"So Linzhou, you have to promise your mother, even if one day I am gone, you father and son must work together. At the very least, don't let your dad go too hard. ”
This was her last sentence, and other than that, she didn't have any explanation, as if the only person she cared about in this world was that person, and she was just an incidental to herself.
And Shen's father didn't have time to see him and her last time, at that time he was talking about business with people, and the people who passed the word in the courtyard went one after another, and they didn't persuade people to come back, and when he finally came back, she also became a cold corpse, and there would never be warmth again.
Shen Linzhou hated this father, hated him for agreeing to the family's arrangement and married his mother, and hated him for making an impossible promise on the night of marriage, and in the end he ruined his mother for the rest of his life, and he didn't give him an explanation.
Lived on top of thousands of people, and now fall into the mud.
But no matter how much you hate, her mother once said that if they let their father and son be of the same heart, Shen Linzhou would not be able to break off this family relationship.
In the final analysis, Qin Wuran just made the same choice as herself, but because she didn't empathize, she didn't understand.
"That's right, it's true that I misunderstood what you meant." Thinking clearly, you will understand, Shen Linzhou's face softened slightly.
And over there, Qin Wuran also breathed a sigh of relief, and moved the tray in her hand forward again, "The pear blossom cake that was just made, if you don't eat it, you will lose that taste." ”
Shen Linzhou picked up one and took a closer look.
Lotus crisp is indeed the appearance of a lotus flower, one green and one red, light and faint color, just like a lotus flower out of the mud without staining, even if it has been hot oil, there is no place where there is too much burnt yellow color.
Judging from the appearance, it is indeed a good-looking finished product, and one is about half the size of a palm, that is, two or three mouthfuls.
Shen Linzhou took the first bite of the puff pastry, and the most direct feeling was that it was crispy and crispy, and it fell into the mouth and broke into slag with a slight oil fragrance and sweetness, not light or greasy, but it was just right.
And this second bite is filled with the filling, and the dense bean paste is twisted in the mouth, and the fine pieces are sweet and fragrant.
Shen Linzhou is not a very sweet person, but anything that passes through Qin Wu's hands seems to make people feel unstoppable. So he picked up another egg yolk filling, which was still dense and delicate, but more sweet than before, belonged to the oily aroma of salted egg yolk, and it was more in line with his taste.
Cooking is all about color, flavor, and flavor, although Qin Wuran is still young, she is already proficient in a lot of things, and it can be said that she has obtained the true inheritance of Mrs. Li. Shen Linzhou suddenly thought, if such a person is allowed to stay in such a small town, I am afraid that she will only be able to achieve the point of Li Ji Restaurant for the rest of her life, and if she wants to quit or study more things, I am afraid that not many people will accept it.
However, just as he was thinking so in his heart, Qin Wuran suddenly opened his mouth.
"I heard Ah Jin say before, if it weren't for my business, you should have stayed in the city?" Qin Wuran asked.
Shen Linzhou didn't expect her to mention this, but thinking that there was nothing to hide, he nodded.
Later, although Qin Wuran was a little apologetic, she was still relieved in the end.
"I'm just afraid that I won't be able to stay here in Yuanxi Town, after all, I'm in one day, and my two uncles won't be able to live in peace. Instead of letting them come over twice a day to make trouble, and let everyone see the jokes of Li Kee Restaurant, it is better for me to avoid them. You are also preparing to go back to the city, I will follow you for half a year, and I may be able to make a living in the city. ”
After all, your old lady's things belong to the Li family, and Qin Wu didn't want it at the beginning, and now she won't suddenly think about it.
And Shen Linzhou thought about it carefully, but he also felt that this method was not impossible.
"I'll stay in Yuanxi Town for a while longer, and I'll have to think about how to arrange the two of us in the next half. You are busy with you, Li Ji Restaurant, but don't worry about things, with my people, I am not afraid of your two uncles making trouble. ”
Qin Wuran breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, and saw that he had finished eating the peach blossom cake, so she took the tray and prepared to go out. It's just that she hasn't gone far yet, but Shen Linzhou suddenly stopped her.
"You have thought about it, after all, Yuanxi Town is the place where you have lived for many years, even if you leave here completely, even if you have a chance to come back, you won't be able to live for long."
Qin Wuran naturally understood this truth.
When she decided to go back to the Qin family, she had already thought that she might rarely come back from now on, but Yuanxi Town without Old Lady Li was no longer her home, so after hearing Shen Linzhou's words, she did not hesitate, and immediately nodded.
"I know," she said, smiling at her, "but I should have my own life, and I'll come back to see my grandfather from time to time, and I should say goodbye to this place." ”
The smile on her face was very gentle, and it didn't seem to be very similar to the usual babbling person, but it was precisely because of this smile that people felt a little distressed. Shen Linzhou sighed and comforted her: "Don't worry, half a year is enough for you to be familiar with life in the capital, and if you are not used to it after half a year, then we will sign for another half a year. ”
Qin Wuran also felt a little warm in her heart when she heard this, and while thanking her in her heart, she also waved her hand in disgust, "I will make a lot of money in the future, what kind of skill is it to be a cook here with you?" Don't lie to me. ”
At this point, most of the two of them talked about it, Shen Linzhou shook his head a little funny, Qin Wuran's mood also brightened, and she hummed a little song when she went out with the tray.
Who knew that just a few steps out of the corner bumped into a person from the corner, looking a little familiar, but I really didn't know where it was familiar.
"I'm here to find our young master." The boy scratched his head, looking a little embarrassed.
Qin Wuran didn't know why he dodged his gaze, but after all, she was the person who was serving by Shen Linzhou's side, and she didn't care much, so she could only point to the room behind her, "Your young master is in the house, you go find him." ”
The man responded happily, and then hurriedly ran in, as if he was very afraid of Qin Wuran's appearance of asking more.
I couldn't think clearly, Qin Wuran didn't care why he seemed to be hiding from him, and when he returned to the kitchen with a tray, he saw his younger brothers and sisters standing next to the small stove, looking inside, but he didn't dare to approach.
"What are you looking at?" Qin Wuran grew up next to the stove, and naturally she didn't know what they were doing at this time, so she just pushed the two of them back, "Go to the side and do it, don't let the fire hurt." ”
Qin Cinian nodded, took his sister's hand and took a few steps back, and sat on a small bench not far away, looking very well-behaved.
Qin Wuran made a snack in the afternoon, but because she couldn't taste anything too big, she didn't eat any of them, four of them were sent to Qin Cinian and Qin Yingnian, and the fourth brother was sent to Shen Linzhou, which can be regarded as two people.
Two for one person?
Qin Wuran slapped her thigh when she thought of this, and forgot that two of the four were reserved for Ah Jin, just because she didn't know what Shen Linzhou was gambling on at that time, so she didn't dare to say it at all.
That's good, he probably won't eat it at night.
This thought just passed through her mind, and Qin Yanran really didn't care much about it, but her younger brother and sister's behavior today was a little abnormal, she cleaned up the desk, and then turned her head to look at the two.
"What were you two pondering?" Qin Wuran asked.
Qin Yingnian was obviously a little shy, probably because of the nature of a girl, and Qin Qinian patted his sister's hand like a little adult, and then raised his eyes to Qin Yingnian, and his small face made people see a little solemn.
Qin Wuran felt a little funny when she looked at him like this, and couldn't help pinching his face, "If you have anything to say, what else can't you say with your own sister?" ”
Qin Cinian was not annoyed by him rubbing his cheeks, just quietly, and waited until she finally let go of herself before she said what she was thinking about.
"My sister and I also want to learn the lotus cake that Sister Ah made before, can Sister teach us?"
For the requirements of his younger brothers and sisters, most of them were willing to meet them, so he nodded directly, "It's not impossible to learn, it's just that you are too young to even reach the desk when you stand up, not to mention that this thing is too dangerous to over-oil, so you can learn it when you grow up." ”
Qin Cinian lowered his eyes slightly when he heard this, and his sister Qin Yingnian was also ignorant, "Then who will we learn from when we grow up?" ”
Qin Wuran sounded funny, and didn't pay much attention to the meaning of her words, just said while wiping the desk with a cloth: "Then you must learn from me?" Your sister is amazing, ordinary people really can't do this kind of thing. ”
"Then when we grow up, will we be able to see Sister A?"
Children's words can always touch the weakest place in people's hearts, Qin Wu only reacted at this time, and with a slight pause in her hand, she put down the cloth and turned her head to face them.
"Why do you ask if you can see me when you grow up?"
Seeing that she was a little positive, the two children who were used to looking at people's faces were also a little scared, just because Qin Wuran had been very good to them in the past two days, and they were a little bolder at this time.
Qin Cinian, as an elder brother, is always the one who comes out first, and when Qin asks him, he replied one step ahead of his sister: "My mother took care of us for a while and left, and then Mama Wang, Mama Zhao, Mama Sun, and Mama Liu all left." Sister who takes care of us now, so I wonder if I can let Sister teach us before leaving. ”
He said that he scratched his head embarrassedly, and he didn't take it for granted that Qin Wuran would take care of them for a long time, but felt that it was a little troublesome for her.
"The lotus crisp is delicious, I like the bean paste filling, and my sister likes the egg yolk filling, so I thought that I learned from my sister that I can do it myself if I want to eat it in the future, otherwise it will be like the mung bean cake made by Mama Liu, and I can't eat it now if I want to."
Qin Cinian and Qin Yingnian must have been taking care of their biological mother Li Yang at first, after which Li Yang hanged himself and was handed over to the old grandmother, just four in the past two years, which shows that the Qin family doesn't care about these two children at all.
And since they have lived in such an environment since childhood, they should think that the people who take care of them will leave after a while.
"Sister doesn't want to teach you anymore." Qin Wuran only felt that her eyes were a little hot for some reason, but the words in her mouth were specially sold.
Sure enough, I saw my younger brothers and sisters slightly surprised, and then lowered their heads one by one.
Qin Wuran simply rubbed their heads, "Don't worry, Sister will cook whatever you want to eat in the future, and you don't have to learn it, wait until the next ten, twenty, or one hundred years, as long as you come to Sister Ah when you want to eat, Sister Ah will make it for you." ”
Qin Cinian and Qin Yingnian were like being hit by a huge pie, although they were happy in their hearts, they couldn't say how they felt, they just looked at her stunned.
Qin Wuran also held back the churning emotions in her heart and patted the shoulders of the two of them.
"Okay, I'll make mung bean cake for you to eat at night, but you can only eat a little at a time, but you are not allowed to eat too much."
The two of them nodded heavily, but then they seemed to be a little distressed.
"But in the future, Sister has done whatever she wants, so what can we do?" Qin Cinian asked.
Looking at it again, Qin Yingnian was also at a loss.
Qin Wuran no longer remembered what she looked like when she was five years old, but she only remembered that when she followed Mrs. Li just now, Mrs. Li asked her, "What do you want to do in the future?" ”