Xian Chen laughed dryly twice, and thought: "Hou Ye's comfort reveals a momentum of seeing death as home. ”

After that, Mama Kong led Meng Zhiyue and Xianchen to the small kitchen of An Ruodian, also known as the small kitchen, and there were many people who went in, so I was afraid that the two young ladies would not be able to show it, so she said that only let the two of them and Mama Kong go in, and the maids were waiting outside. And Princess Anping Xu said that she had not played chess with Ning Zhe for a long time, so she set up a chessboard to play the next game, and Ning Luotong accompanied her without mentioning it.

The small kitchen of An Ruodian is indeed not big, but it is clean and tidy, and in the past, Princess Anping's meals were mainly served by the large kitchen, and only made some snacks or individual exquisite dishes here.

Mama Kong introduced a tool in the kitchen to the two of them, and said: "Coincidentally, yesterday Mrs. was thinking about making some snacks from the small kitchen for the two young ladies to taste. If you can't find any utensils or cooking utensils you need, just ask the slave maid, and the old slave is waiting here. ”

"Mama Xie Kong instructed." The two of them replied in unison.

Meng Zhiyue walked to the front of the desk, only to see her skillfully take out a silk belt, flatten it with her slender white fingers, put one end of the ribbon over her shoulders on her back, pass it through her armpits, and pull the ribbon to her shoulders, and the other end was also pulled to her shoulders after crossing her back, and made a delicate bow at the intersection of the two ends to fix it. Her two wide sleeves were immediately tied high, revealing a jade arm, which looked a little more capable.

She did not take the ready-made noodles, but found a yam from the basket, peeled and washed it, and put it in a pot to boil; I took some red dates, washed them, and steamed them in the basket drawer; Then I took out some glutinous rice flour in a blue-and-white porcelain jar and poured it into a large pot and stir-fried. After the yam is cooked and the red dates are steamed, they are taken out and mashed into a puree with a colored glaze mortar. Then add some sugar to make dumplings with glutinous rice flour and yam puree that have just been fried, then wrap them with red date paste, and finally use a wooden mold to press out the pattern of "mandarin ducks playing in the water". It can really be described as free and smooth, and her movements are as elegant and beautiful as a dance, and Mama Kong on the side can't help but nod her head in praise.

Since Xianchen was named as a foil, she couldn't do nothing, so she had to bite the bullet, she took off a blue hairband from her wrist, and wanted to tie up her sleeves like Meng Zhiyue, but the straps were shorter, so she had to awkwardly tie the long ink-splashed hair on her shoulders behind her with a hairband, and rolled up her sleeves indiscriminately.

She couldn't be as ingenious as Meng Zhiyue, so she had to reach for the fermented noodles, thinking that she would at least make something. But when she held the soft dough, she was a little at a loss, it was not as easy to form as she imagined, it was not easy to form in her hands, she was still involved in her hands, her left hand and right hand were sticky, she couldn't put it down, she couldn't shake it off. Seeing this, Meng Zhiyue on the side took some flour for her and taught her to sprinkle it until it slowly became smooth, and the dough left her hand. She thought about it again, Ning Zhen promised to finish eating, and it couldn't be completely tasteless, making him feel that the taste was the same as chewing wax, so she sprinkled a large handful of "sugar" into it, and Meng Zhiyue on the side saw that she was so rude and wanted to say something again, and finally swallowed the words back.

Xianchen thought that she didn't have any unconventional ideas in terms of taste, so she might as well work on the shape. She remembered that she had snuck into the market and had seen a noodle seller who had seen a noodle seller, and now she had something similar in her hand, so she pinched it with great interest, sometimes pinching it flat, sometimes rounding, falling, ping-pong, and finally putting it in the cage drawer. At this moment, Meng Zhiyue also made two other dim sum.

When Mama Sun saw that the things in her hands were done, she smiled and said, "The two young ladies have worked hard, please go back to the hall to rest and eat tea first, the old slave is here to watch the fire, and I will send it over when I am ready." ”

Meng Zhiyue looked tired, and Xianchen seemed to be very interested, the two of them went out of the small kitchen together, Meng Zhiyue was still the handsome and graceful lady; And Xianchen was covered with flour, not like he had entered the kitchen, but like he had entered a fat powder shop. Rose and Xiao Yu'er immediately came up and wiped them with a handkerchief, but to no avail, causing Qing'er Yu'er beside Meng Zhiyue to snicker for a while, and was scolded by their master.

Sure enough, as soon as Xianchen entered the side hall, it attracted everyone's surprised eyes: Ning Luozhi looked disdainful; Ning Zhen was stunned for a moment, and then laughed heartily, feeling really cute in his heart; And Princess Anping lovingly told her to change her clothes quickly. When Xianchen came back from changing clothes, he sat down for a while, and before he had eaten the tea, he saw Mama Kong leading the four little maids to bring up the snacks they made.

The first dish is Meng Zhiyue's jujube paste yam cake, which is divided into five small plates, one for each person. Princess Anping used it first, covered her mouth with a handkerchief, fed a small piece from under the handkerchief, chewed a few mouthfuls and praised: "The entrance is sweet, and the aftertaste is even worse." ”

Ning Luotong was also as elegant as Princess Anping, took a sip, looked at Ning Zhe and said: "Excellent, compared to Qi Fangzhai." ”

Ning Zhen also picked up a piece, took a bite and said, "Miss Meng is a good craft." ”

Immediately, Xianchen also ate a piece, and it was really delicious, and people who didn't like sweets very much couldn't help but eat a whole piece, and praised: "It's delicious, Miss Meng is really good at the kitchen and up." ”

Meng Zhiyue blushed, glanced at Ning Zhe, immediately retracted her eyes, and said shyly: "It's ugly, you like it, it's the blessing of this plate of dim sum." ”

Then Meng Zhiyue's second mille-feuille cake and the third sugar steamed crispy mash were praised by everyone.

The last one is delicate, and it took a big tray to put it down, and it was not divided into small plates, but the maid took the whole tray and showed it in front of everyone, Ning Zhen patted his thigh and praised when he saw this: "It's really exquisite!" Eyes! ”

The maids and women present couldn't help but follow their eyes, only to see the colorful and dazzling villains in the tray, old and young, men and women; There are also all kinds of small animals: kittens, puppies, rabbits; as well as flowers, plants, houses, and buildings. Although the craftsmanship is not exquisite, it is very cute, and you can feel a lively and prosperous atmosphere when you look at it.

Ning Zhe was excited like a child, and asked ecstatically, "What is the name of this dim sum?" ”

"I made it casually, I haven't named it yet, Master Hou can help me think of one."

"If it's called 'Splendid Red Dust', isn't this picture just a rolling red dust with flowers?" Ning Zhi stared at the fine dust, wondering if she liked the name.

"Thank you for the name."

"It's a great color, too, what did you dye it with?"

"It's easy, but it's just to put the vegetable juice of all kinds in a pot to boil out the excess water, make it richer, and then coat it."

Princess Anping was a little displeased when she saw that the two of them were chatting happily and ignored Meng Zhiyue, and Ning Zhi rarely took into account the feelings of others, so she interrupted: "Miss Yan is really talented, but since it is a dim sum, you have to taste it." ”

"What my mother said was that I would like to ask my mother to taste it first." After saying that, the maid took the plate up, and Ning folded a chopstick of bright flowers in the plate, and held it with Princess Anping with both hands. Seeing the entrance of the dim sum, Princess Anping's whole face turned green, and Tingmei on the side hurriedly brought a spittoon to let Princess Anping spit out the snack, and Huazhu took a cup of tea to serve Shuankou.

Ning Zhi looked at the embarrassing scratching of his ears and cheeks, so he also put a chopstick in his mouth, did not speak for a long time, and finally closed his eyes and swallowed his heart.