Chapter 22: Old Friends
The result of eating fish was that Murong Yan swept the court high, and he was very considerate and even capable. This made Yan Yue suddenly find the feeling of falling in love, and Yan Yue decided to make persistent efforts to cultivate a generation of emperors into a model husband, not only successful in his career, but also a man who loves his wife and has a strong sense of family responsibility.
The success of eating fish made Yan Yue completely remember an ancient saying: "If you want to capture a man's heart, first grab a man's stomach." Yan Yue's whole mind shifted from medicine to food for the first time. Thinking about the palace, all kinds of big dishes and snacks are available, and what Yan Yue has to do is to bring over the 21st century food that Murong Yan has never eaten. It's a pity that Yan Yue has always been proficient in medical skills, and has never worked food, even if she wants to do it at this time, there is nothing she can do.
It would be great if you learned to cook like a classmate doctor! It would be nice to have a professional on the side to guide you carefully! Thinking like this, Yan Yue finally thought of a person-cloves, you must know that cloves are geniuses in eating. I think that at the beginning, I was able to figure out the practice of moon cakes just according to Yan Yue's dictation. With her guidance, Yan Yue believes that there should be absolutely no problem in bringing 21st century cuisine here.
To say that Yan Yue is really blessed to the soul now, before taking a nap, Yan Yue thought of eating, and thought of cloves during a nap, but Yan Yue, who woke up after taking a nap, really heard the name of Lilac in the mouth of Mama Zhuang: "The lilac girl in the medicinal dining room has been waiting for Niangniang to wake up in the outer hall, will Niangniang see or not?" ”
See, of course I want to see, if I had known that Lilac was coming, Yan Yue would have gotten up a long time ago. Not to mention that he was thinking about asking her for advice in his heart, Ding Xiang was the closest person to Yan Yue when he came to this ancient period except for his mother Li Yunniang, of course, Murong Yan was not ranked here. Without waiting for Mama Zhuang to go to announce that the clove entered the hall, Yan Yue had already gone directly to the outside of the hall.
"Slave Yan Yue asks Shuyuan Niangniang to say goodbye." Lilac hurriedly knelt on the ground, this kneeling made Yan Yue kneel uncomfortably, feeling that Lilac seemed to have become a lot more angry because of the change of her identity, and she didn't even know what she wanted to say. But Mama Zhuang took over smartly: "Lilac girl, get up quickly, these days Niangniang has been talking about Lilac girl, saying that the daily orange hawthorn porridge makes Lilac girl bother." ”
Lilac stood up, but still didn't dare to sit down, still looking cramped and uneasy. Yan Yue finally knew what the problem was, this palace, this identity, this clothes...... I believe that everything in this Birong Palace can't make Lilac throw away the sense of dignity and inferiority engraved in her bones, and now Yan Yue's identity as the master is greater than a friend in her Lilac's mind, and she will never be as affectionate as before, and call herself 'sister' without any guilt.
"Have you lost weight?" Yan Yue, who looked at the clove again, suddenly found that this clove had not been seen for a few days, and she seemed to have lost a lot of weight. At the beginning, Yan Yue recommended her to drink lotus leaves to lose weight, but she didn't see her lose too much weight. Now that these days have passed, the flesh on her fleshy face is obviously much looser, and her double chin is smaller, but her eyes are a little bigger. Of course, it's a pity that the weight is not enough, and the figure is still thick up and down, and I can't find where the waist is.
"It may be that these days I drink the lotus leaf tea recommended by Niangniang every day, it really has an effect, and Lilac has not thanked Niangniang!" Lilac replied respectfully. The atmosphere of asking questions and talking back like this really made Yan Yue very depressed, was her once good friend, Lilac, who was a relative, going to lose her identity because of this Shuyuan? Yan Yue would never want such a thing to happen.
"Lilac, you're sick!! Hurry, come here, this palace will personally diagnose your pulse! Yan Yue said in horror. This startled performance really made Na Lilac a little unresponsive, and she was so frightened that she immediately handed her arm to Yan Yue.
Yan Yue pretended to diagnose the pulse for a while, staring at Lilac's frightened face, but she was thinking about how to eliminate the deep-rooted concept of respect and inferiority in Lilac's heart, and get along with herself as before.
"Mother, slave, what disease does the slave have?" Lilac asked timidly.
"You have a lot of diseases, including blindness, forgetfulness, acussia, and hypochondria. And everything is serious! Yan Yue said slowly and painfully, in the trembling of Lilac, under the frightened gaze of Mama Zhuang, she slowly said to the ground: "You only see the difference in identity between the mother and the doctor, the difference in clothing, you can't see that although you are wearing different clothes, you are actually still a person living in different places; You have forgotten the four words that love is priceless, you have forgotten the sisterhood between you and me, and even the title of sister; You used to talk to me without shying away from it, but now you don't dare to say anything, you don't have the sincerity to treat me as a sister in the past. But I treat you as my sister, and I'm still thinking about when I'm going to find you today, and I beg you to teach me how to cook. ”
Yan Yue said it seriously and sincerely, and Lilac slowly woke up from the initial fear and shock. Only then did she know what Yan Yue meant by being so sick, and tears rolled in her eyes for a while. Yan Yue saw that Lilac understood her words, and she didn't want to make her cry, so she immediately changed her tone and said: "Don't shed tears, just hold them in your eyes, so that our Lilac sister's eyes will look watery and beautiful." ”
Lilac wanted to cry, but when she heard this, she couldn't help but burst out laughing. This smile made Yan Yue find her feeling again, it was still that chubby face, and it was still that simple smile. Next, Lilac's words made Yan Yue feel that the essence of Lilac had not changed at all, and all her feelings were still on eating there.
It turned out that the plot of Yan Yue accompanying the emperor to fish and eat fish this morning spread to all corners of the palace in just one noon. In particular, the minions who were lucky enough to taste the taste of grilled fish and sashimi were even more publicized in the palace, so today's dinner was almost unanimously requested by the hostesses of all palaces to add this dish to the imperial dining room. And the purpose of cloves is very simple, to ask Yan Yue for advice on how to make these two delicacies.
Of course, Yan Yue taught her everything. And that clove once again let Yan Yue know what it means to be a genius to eat, she can teach it, and she will draw inferences from one another. Just from the function of the tin foil wrapped in fish barbecue, I thought of others, and soon inspired Yan Yue to think of iron plate dishes and think of called flower chicken. And these are all things that Yan Yue couldn't have imagined when she was alone.
As soon as they exchanged food, Lilac forgot the difference in identity, and Yan Yue's heart-to-heart words just now also made Lilac eat a reassuring pill completely. When dinner time came, the two decided not to eat this meal, and instead tried to make a chicken called Hua Chicken to eat. The imperial dining room doesn't know what's wrong with the master of Bi Rong Xuan, he changed to raw chicken when he eats, and there are two of them. Of course, no one dared to ask about the master, so he could only prepare and send the things that the master asked for one by one.
Yan Yue moved the battlefield to the dining room, and this more than ten square meters became a stage for Yan Yue and Lilac to show their skills. This time, Yan Yue was only responsible for moving her mouth, and Lilac was responsible for moving her hands. Watching Lilac cook made Yan Yue almost forget about herself, her eyes were full of confidence, her movements were delicate and bold, her whole body and mind were devoted to cooking, even if she was just a simple bystander, Yan Yue could also feel her happiness.
She moved like a flowing cloud to match the seasonings one by one, evenly coating the whole body of the chicken inside and out like a woman smearing powder, adding ginger, onion and garlic, onion and coriander, light soy sauce, and honey together, first wrapping the chicken with a lotus leaf, and then wrapping the processed chicken in two layers with tin foil, inserting a long iron skewer, and finally Lilac and Na Yanyue took one by one, and sat on both sides of the table on the charcoal fire and roasted it.
The wait is long, but for those who are looking forward to the results, the process becomes so much fun. Watching the tin foil slowly become hotter, smelling the faint fragrance of lotus leaves, slowly even the house has a trace of meat fragrance, and gradually the fragrance is getting stronger and stronger, more and more intense, and even the whole house is full of fragrance. When people are in this fragrant room, they feel warm both in their bodies and in their hearts.
Yan Yue suddenly remembered a lot, remembered the warm home in the 21st century, thought of the kind and strict grandfather and kind and gentle parents, and seemed to feel like this every time the family reunited, warm, warm and happy. Looking at the pleasant smile on Lilac's round face opposite, Yan Yue couldn't help but smile: "Lilac, do you know? Some people say that dishes are like character, and cooking is like being a person. You cook with special care, and you also have special care to be a person. So from the time I met you, I believed in you so much that I felt that you would never be able to hurt me. ”
Lilac listened with a smile, and glanced at Yan Yue in some surprise when she heard it. Yan Yue felt that there was something wrong with her expression, so she turned the chicken in her hand around for half a circle, and then explained: "I used to have a good friend named Jiang Wenjing, and our relationship was very good, and I would always be the first to think of her when I had any good things, but I didn't expect that she would actually push me off the cliff." Speaking of this, Yan Yue exclaimed when she heard Lilac lose her voice. Busy continued: "People say that once they were bitten by a snake, they were afraid of the well for ten years. Later, I no longer trusted people easily, even if it was my own sister, I was always on guard in my heart. But somehow, I just like you, and I believe you won't be someone like Jiang Wenjing. ”
Only then did Lilac understand what Yan Yue meant, looking at Yan Yue's eyes with a deep sense of emotion, and after being silent for a long time, she said in a low voice: "Sister Yue, thank you." Yan Yue couldn't help but say funny: "Thank you, I'm still going to ask you to teach me how to cook." ”
Lilac thought seriously for a while before replying: "Sister Yue, in fact, although it is important to make the dishes delicious, seasonings and fire, I think the more important thing depends on whether the cooks are attentive or not. Just like today's flower chicken, relying only on recipes and methods, you will definitely not be able to make such a delicious taste. ”
Yan Yue couldn't help laughing, and suddenly had the feeling of being a confidant in wine, and immediately shouted: "Lilac, let's drink two glasses today." Come on, prepare the wine quickly. ”
Mama Zhuang, who had been waiting outside the door, came in quickly, and couldn't help but stare a few more times when she smelled the strong chicken fragrance. But his eyes stayed more on Lilac's body, and his voice was soft but very firm: "Niangniang, you can't drink tonight." ”
Lilac also saw the warning in Mama Zhuang's eyes, and immediately responded with a smile: "Don't worry, the slave knows the rules and won't let Shuyuan Niangniang drink too much." With this answer, Mama Zhuang relieved her heart.
Only Yan Yue once again scoffed at Lilac's words, Mama Zhuang retreated, and Yan Yue had already picked up the words: "Lilac, don't wronged yourself when you live, just a few decades have passed in a flash, what secular etiquette and what rules must not be the reason for your unhappy life." It is also scientifically said that you can't eat too much meat for dinner, and nutrition is even more so, saying that you should eat something light at night, and eating too much meat will cause osteoporosis and cancer. But we just like to eat, and we are happy to eat. In this way, from the perspective of health preservation, a good mood can relieve liver depression, which is beneficial to the body. So don't listen to what others say, just do what you are happy with. ”
Yan Yue only cared about narrating, not noticing that Lilac's face suddenly added a thick sense of loneliness, and she replied firmly while tearing the chicken: "Sister, rest assured, my sister will never let herself live too wronged in this life." ”