The house arranged by Yuan Tianye is really not far away. The two of them had eaten, and then walked slowly past, but it was only a pillar of incense, and they arrived at the house. The house is not big, but there are three entrances, there is a small lake inside, there are many flowers planted by the lake, the scenery is pleasant, it is very quiet. Lin Xiaozhu looked around and felt very satisfied.

"Yun Shan, tell them to bring things in." Lin Xiaozhu commanded.

When she returned to Beiyan this time, she knew that she would not go to Dongyue in a short time, so she brought all her maids. After all, being despised wherever you go, and feeling that you don't even have a subordinate is an extremely uncomfortable thing. Although she knew that Yuan Tianye would also prepare someone for her, she was not a person she was used to, and it was always bad. And many of the subordinates she bought were those she was going to train to be chief stewards, so she kept their original names. But the maids you carry with you are called by some local names, and when you interact with those ladies, it is easy to be laughed at and say that you are uneducated. So in addition to Yun Shan's name is good and does not need to be changed, there are three others, who are named after medicinal materials, called Bai Wei, Huang Ling, and Perilla.

Yun Shan answered, then called the other three people and moved the luggage in. The house has already been cleaned, clean and furnished. Just put your luggage in place, and you're good to go.

"In addition to this courtyard, other places have arranged people, cooks, maids, mothers-in-law, all of them are selected by me, everything is based on you, there will be no more things like before, you can use it with confidence." Yuan Tianye said.

Lin Xiaozhu sat down on the stone bench in the courtyard, looked up and said, "Amano, I want to buy a yard for myself." You can ask someone to help me find it. ”

Yuan Tianye glanced at her, nodded and said, "Okay." You don't have to look for another place, just this one. Together with the subordinates, they will sell it to you at the market price. If you don't have money, you won't get it. It's okay to owe it first. ”

Lin Xiaozhu didn't expect Yuan Tianye to agree so happily, looking up at him, slightly stunned.

Yuan Tianye sat down beside her, held her hand and said, "I know that you are a person with a very high heart, compare your heart to your heart, I understand your thoughts." If I am crippled and have nothing left, as I told you that day, I don't want you to give me everything and have mercy on me. Sympathize with me. That's worse for me than killing. ”

Lin Xiaozhu held his hand instead. He didn't speak, but he had a happy smile on his face. She was suddenly glad that Yuan Tianye had such an experience. If he hadn't been knocked into the mud from the sky, looking up like an ant from the ground, looking at the world from a different angle, he wouldn't have understood her thoughts. Know how she's feeling. Between them, there will not be such a fit today.

"Then you can ask Steward Zhang to come to me tomorrow. If the money is not enough, I will make an IOU. She pulled Yuan Tianye's hand again, "Okay, it's not early, you can go back." ”

All the way, she wanted to take a shower as soon as she got out of the car. It's just that I'm in Yiwang's Mansion just now, and it's inconvenient. Now it's on its own turf. She wants to take a good bath and sleep soundly.

"Well, then you have a good rest. I'll come back to see you tomorrow. Yuan Tianye stood up. With that temptation, he respected Lin Xiaozhu from the bottom of his heart, and was unwilling to let her reputation be criticized in the slightest. So along the way, although there will be impulses in the ear and sideburns fighting. He has always restrained himself and never allowed himself to be rude to Lin Xiaozhu. He wants to solemnly let Lin Xiaozhu become his woman when he gets married. Instead of doing something frivolous. Of course, he understood that even if he wanted to do it, Lin Xiaozhu would never agree.

Sending Yuan Tianye out of the door, Lin Xiaozhu returned to the house, took a comfortable bath, and then found all the subordinates, learned about their situation, and asked them if they were willing to sell themselves to her. These subordinates have all been trained by Yuan Tianye, and each has its own ability, before coming here, Yuan Lin made the situation clear to them, saying that he was coming to serve the future Princess Yi. So as soon as they saw Lin Xiaozhu, they knew her identity, and naturally there was nothing unwilling.

After dealing with this matter, Lin Xiaozhu fell asleep with peace of mind.

Yuan Tianye came over early the next morning, he came to have breakfast. Although he felt sorry for Lin Xiaozhu and said that he would not let Lin Xiaozhu cook himself, he couldn't stand Lin Xiaozhu's liking and was willing to cook for him. He is a hundred people who are willing to eat Lin Xiaozhu's cooking, so now he refuses to pull down a meal when he prepares a meal, and even has to come over for breakfast.

"Amano." After Lin Xiaozhu finished eating, he put down his chopsticks, took the handkerchief handed over by Zisu and wiped his mouth, looked at Yuan Tianye and said softly, "Look, do I want to meet your father and mother?" ”

Although Yuan Zhibai and his wife had broken Yuan Tianye's heart, Yuan Tianye was cold, but he always cared about this family affection in his heart. From the fact that Yuan Zhibai was seriously ill, he rushed back from the South China Sea Country day and night. So she thought that since she had returned to Beiyan and was going to marry Yuan Tianye soon, it stands to reason that she should go to meet his parents, so that it would not be rude.

Yuan Tianye put down the chopsticks, wiped his mouth, and said, "No." Seeing Lin Xiaozhu looking at him in surprise, he explained, "This is what the old man confessed, and he said that everything will be said after you finish the competition." ”

Lin Xiaozhu raised his eyebrows puzzled.

"Probably he wants you to concentrate on the game and not let other things affect you." Yuan Tianye said, and looked at Lin Xiaozhu again, "You don't have to worry, my father and mother can't restrain us." If they don't agree, they have to agree. I will not let anyone ruin our relationship. ”

The morning sun shines through the window lattice and hits his face, making his facial features more three-dimensional, his body more majestic, and his eyes full of confidence and perseverance shine brightly.

This man is more mature, stronger, and more dazzling.

Lin Xiaozhu looked at Yuan Tianye like this, and his heart swayed.

"I'll take care of some things, you can go wherever you want, and I'll look for you when I get back." Yuan Tianye stood up.

After sending Yuan Tianye away, Steward Zhang came, took the title deed of the house and the deed of the subordinates, and said that the price was 1,000 taels of silver. Lin Xiaozhu has rented countless shops in Dongyue for a while, and has also bought houses, knowing that the prices in Beiyan are cheaper than those in Dongyue. This house is even a subordinate, although a thousand taels of silver is a bit cheap, but it is also within a reasonable range, so Yun Shan followed Steward Zhang and went to the official mansion to put the house under his name.

Then she brought Bai Wei and Shiso again. I took a carriage to Yu Yu Zhai and a hot pot restaurant. On the way back to Beiyan, she heard Yuan Tianye say that the business in these two places has been going on, and the business is not bad. Although her restaurants are now open all over the Xuanyuan Dynasty, she still has great feelings for these two places that made money in the first place.

"Miss Lin." Yu Zhai is still being taken care of by the shopkeeper of Zhou, and he is very excited to see Lin Xiaozhu coming. After talking about the situation and introducing the business of the store, he took out a few account books and said, "Girl." Our business has been doing well, you can take a look at the account. After saying that, he took a few more silver tickets. That's two thousand five hundred and sixty taels, your dividends for this period of time. ”

Lin Xiaozhu took those account books and silver tickets, and felt a little emotional. During this time, she experienced many joys, sorrows, and sorrows, as long as a century; And the shopkeeper Zhou is here for a quiet time. Time freezes, and the only difference is probably a different calendar. She went round and round, life and death. It was as if he had seen her yesterday.

I hope that in the future, she will be like Shopkeeper Zhou, happily counting the days of the years and living peacefully.

When Lin Xiaozhu turned around and returned to her newly bought house, she already had more than 4,000 taels of silver tickets in her arms, which was even richer than when she didn't buy a house.

When Yuan Tianye came back in the evening. Brought back Ning Yuan.

"Little bamboo, you're more beautiful than before." This guy is still so shapeless, and he smiles when he meets.

Yuan Tianye's face turned pale: "What's the mess called?" That's your cousin. ”

"Isn't this not married yet?" Ning Yuan muttered.

"You're fatter than before." Lin Xiaozhu felt very happy when he remembered the experience of fighting with Ning Yuan when he was in the villa.

"Isn't it? I feel like I've lost a lot of weight! There is no delicious food made by Xiaozhu's sister-in-law. I can't eat or sleep, and now I'm all skinny. ”

Lin Xiaozhu laughed with a "flutter".

Yuan Tianye kicked Ning Yuan's ass. angry and funny: "You are still skinny like this, how can those thin people live?" Let me tell you, in the future, if you want to eat, you can ask the cook to make it, and you are not allowed to come to your cousin's place and ask her to cook for you. Tired her out, see how I clean you up. ”

"I said, can you stop being so sensual and heavy-hearted?" Ning Yuan rubbed his arms.

"Huang Ling, take out that snowsuit." Lin Xiaozhu smiled and raised his voice. She went to Yu Yu Zhai today to take a look at it, and decided to add some new varieties. When I came back, I made this snowsuit. Because it was a sweet, he knew that Yuan Tianye didn't like it, so he didn't serve it, and now Ning Yuan is here, just to satisfy his hunger.

Ning Yuan has helped Yuan Tuo deal with the government in the past two years, and he is no longer the fat boy who didn't worry about anything when he was in the villa, and the whole person is much more mature and stable. I played treasure just now, but I was happy to see Lin Xiaozhu. Now that he saw Xueyi, he quickly sat down, and the three of them ate together.

After eating, Ning Yuan sat on a chair with a cup of tea, looked at Lin Xiaozhu with fixed eyes, and said, "Xiaozhu, I'm about to get married." ”

"Really? That's hello. Lin Xiaozhu said with a smile.

Ning Yuan saw the bright smile on Lin Xiaozhu's face, and his eyes darkened. But in a moment, he regained his composure, and a heartless smile appeared on his face: "Marry a daughter-in-law, have a few more children, and this life will be complete." ”

"Which lady is it?" Lin Xiaozhu asked.

"The daughter of Liu Hanlin's family." Ning Yuandao.

"Really?" Lin Xiaozhu thought about it, but he couldn't remember who this girl was. However, she didn't have much contact with these ladies, and it was normal that she didn't have an impression, so she didn't think about it anymore, and said with a smile: "It's good if you like it." ”

Do you like it? Ning Yuan smiled bitterly. The reason why he agreed to this family affair was because the girl looked a little like Lin Xiaozhu.

He sighed softly, put down the teaglass, and stood up: "I still have something to do, so I'll go first." Turning his head and raising his chin at Yuan Tianye, "Cousin, I'm leaving." "Take the little guy and go away.

Lin Xiaozhu stood there, looked at his back, turned his eyes to Yuan Tianye and said, "Why do I feel that Ning Yuan is a little weird today?" ”

Ning Yuan's thoughts about Lin Xiaozhu, Yuan Tianye always knew. But seeing that he had always stepped aside and never said anything to Lin Xiaozhu, Yuan Tianye pretended not to know. He knew that this cousin chose to bury this feeling deep in his heart for his own sake. In addition to being grateful and guilty about him, he was more glad. Fortunately, Lin Xiaozhu fell in love with him, and he was glad that he made the decision in the mountains.

He didn't answer Lin Xiaozhu's question, but silently hugged her into his arms, reluctant to let go for a long time.

The next few days. Yuan Tianye is still as busy as before. It's just that he would come over for breakfast and dinner every day, and after dinner, he would accompany Lin Xiaozhu for a walk in the garden, and sometimes he would talk about what he had done that day - he ran around the nearby towns and towns, and went to the streets and alleys to ask the people what they thought of officials and their children; casually went to the field and saw the growth of sweet potatoes, corn and other crops that Lin Xiaozhu asked him to promote; He also met with a few merchants, encouraged them to take the money out to pave the bridge and build the road, told them that the court would give them a plaque, and carved a monument on the side of the bridge to record their deeds......

"These things have been sent to do them. But there is time, see for yourself. Listening to it with your own ears, that kind of feeling, it's really different. He sighed with emotion, and kissed Lin Xiaozhu's forehead after speaking, "These are your suggestions." What has brought earth-shaking changes to the common people is this. You don't know, when they praise these things for being done well. How happy I am. After speaking, he pulled Lin Xiaozhu to sit down and took out a few letters from his arms, "These are all letters from Xiao Wenzhuo and Shen Ziyi." They have also implemented these measures in their own countries, and they have worked very well. In particular, Shen Ziyi popularized education in the South China Sea, so that more children could go to school, and also reformed the country's method of selecting talents. Although it has not yet achieved results, he feels that his whole person is different, and he said that although his life is busy now, he feels that it is more meaningful than before when he only knew about the wind and snow. ”

Lin Xiaozhu looked at Xiao Wenzhuo and Shen Ziyi's letters one by one, and he couldn't suppress the excitement and excitement in his heart. I can do something for the people of this different plane. It is not in vain that she travels through with a thousand years of cultural accumulation.

"I've told the old man all these things you've done. You don't know. At that time, his smug appearance almost made people want to scold him. Yuan Tianye said.

Thinking of the old man's triumphant expression, Lin Xiaozhu couldn't help laughing.

Yuan Tianye raised the smile on his face and looked at her: "The competition is going to be tomorrow, and there are two hundred and sixty-seven chefs participating in the competition area of Yanjing alone." You need to be prepared. Although with your cooking skills, you will have no problem making it to the finals, but you should be careful. ”

"Well, I will." Lin Xiaozhu nodded. If she can't even make it to the finals, the old man doesn't know how to clean her up.

"I quit the judges."

"Huh? Why? Lin Xiaozhu looked at him in surprise.

"After you compete, we'll get married. I don't want people to be criticized and say that you got into the finals and got the rankings because of my light. I won't allow the slightest thing that could hurt you. ”

Lin Xiaozhu looked at Yuan Tianye and was speechless for a long time. She knew that as Yuan Tianye's current successor, this competition should be organized by him, which could also allow the old man to see his organizational ability clearly. But now for her sake, he gave up, and he couldn't even be a judge who could taste the food.

She walked over and hugged Yuan Tianye: "Actually, I don't have to participate in this competition, just explain to the old man when the time comes." There are so many participants, isn't it better to have one less me, so that others have the opportunity to participate in the finals? ”

"I know that even if you don't have an agreement with the old man, you must want to participate in this competition. You like this feeling of competing with others, and you need to have someone in the Xuanyuan Dynasty know that the owner of Baiwei Lou is the winner of the Xuanyuan Dynasty Cooking Competition. It's important for your career. Yuan Tianye hugged her, "And I, I just lost a chance to taste food." As for the old man, he is clear enough about my abilities that I don't need to prove it again. ”

After speaking, he patted Lin Xiaozhu on the back: "Okay, let's rest early." It's going to be a game tomorrow, so keep your spirits up. ”

"Hmm." Lin Xiaozhu responded. She had a good psychological quality in her previous life, and she had never been so nervous that she couldn't sleep for an exam. Now for this cooking competition, I feel even more relaxed. However, Yuan Tianye had some kindness, and she had to take it. After sending him out, she obediently took a bath, practiced and went to sleep.

The next day, Lin Xiaozhu only took Yun Shan to the competition. Because Yuan Tianye is the Yi king of this country, the de facto emperor. He didn't want people to know about his relationship with Lin Xiaozhu, so that public opinion was unfavorable to Lin Xiaozhu, so he didn't send her to the competition.

The competition is on an empty lawn in Yanjing City, and each contestant first draws a number, and then finds his own stove. Use the ingredients on the stove to make two dishes. The task is very simple, that is, in the time of one pillar of incense, make a stir-fried pork slice or shredded meat, and a fried shredded potato.

The judge may say, isn't this a cooking competition? Even if it's the preliminary round, you have to have some dishes that take a lot of effort, so you can show the chef's superb skills, right? How can you make such a home-cooked meal that is not of a high standard?

The official didn't know that the simpler the dish, the more it showed the level of the chef. You have to know that the meat is the meat of that part of the pig or cow, and then decide how to cut the knife, and then see how good your knife skills are in the process of slicing or shredding. It should be as thick as the slices and as thick as the roots. This kind of meat can control the heat and frying time, otherwise the fine and thin ones will be old, and the coarse and thick ones will not be cooked, which will affect the quality of the dish the most. Secondly, the heat must be well controlled, so that the fried meat can be fresh and tender. Although it is a simple single dish, it is a knife skill, spoon skill, understanding of ingredients, and control of heat are all tested. As for fried shredded potatoes, the same is true.

(Thank you all for your pink tickets!) (To be continued)