Chapter 166
After the four assistants finished tasting, they didn't know what they said to Xiang Fei, so they finished eating quietly, quietly retreated, and then looked at the plate in Xiang Fei's hand was half empty.
Xiangru raised her eyebrows slightly, and the smile on her face became more relaxed.
Xiang Fei propped one elbow on the edge of the table, picked up a small piece of cake with the other hand and stuffed it into his mouth, and 'licked' and 'licked' his fingers at the end, his body language told Xiangru that he was also relaxed at the moment.
Xiangru looked at Xiang Fei and waited for him to speak, but at this time, a subordinate came in from outside the 'door' and whispered a few words to Uncle Quan, and Uncle Quan immediately came to whisper to Xiang Fei with a troubled face.
The host and guest seats are not far apart, and the straight-line distance is only a few feet, although Xiang Fei and Uncle Quan are talking in a low voice, Xiangru still faintly hears a few words, which seem to be syllables such as "cook" and "injury".
So the relaxed smile on Xiangru's face just now slid down quickly, waiting for Xiang Fei to make a move.
Xiang Fei frowned and sent Uncle Quan away, turned his head and rubbed his hands and smiled at Xiangru, "That, Miss He, things are really not a coincidence." What, I was supposed to invite you to dinner, but my cook was just injured in the kitchen, and no one else knows how to cook, so why don't we make it simple at noon and cook a bowl of noodles or something? Originally, the dishes you bought were cooked together to entertain you, and the noodles should taste okay. ”
Xiangru suddenly realized that she was waiting for her here.
"Third son, there are no other cooks in the house?" Xiangru gets straight to the point.
Xiang Fei rubbed his hands together and laughed awkwardly, "My house staff is 'fine' and simple, there is only one cook lady who is okay cooking, and now she is injured again, and there is no one else to replace her, this is purely an accident." Our group of old men have never been in the kitchen, so it's amazing that they can cook noodles. Why don't we eat noodles at noon? ”
Xiangru was too lazy to waste time with him, so she stood up and slowly rolled up her sleeves, "Third Prince, if you didn't want to inspect my cooking skills, why did you invite me to your 'private' house as a guest?" ”
Xiang Fei is really embarrassed now, although this layout is not worth mentioning, but if it is broken by someone in the bureau, the taste in my heart is different.
was first stepped on at the entrance of the 'door', and then he was slapped again, Xiang Fei grinded his teeth depressedly, he has many partners, there is really no one like this.
"Xiang Fei Xiang Third Young Master." Xiangru suddenly called solemnly.
"What?" Xiang Fei was wary.
"It's not difficult for me to cook, but your cook is injured, and no one will help me, so let's do it, I, the guest, are all cooking, if you, the host, sit and wait for the meal, this will make me feel very unhappy, you go to the kitchen with me to help."
"Huh?" Xiang Feiyi's reaction was refusal, "I've never been in the kitchen." ”
"I know, it's okay, once born, second ripe." Xiangru pretended to be indifferent and lowered her head to study her hands, "Whether I want to take a kitchen knife to lead you, or you obediently follow me, the third young master can choose whatever he wants." ”
"Uh......" Xiang Fei rolled his eyes and gave his men a 'color'.
Uncle Quan once again acted as a firefighter and stepped forward to save the scene.
"Miss He, my young master has really never been in the kitchen, you see, why don't I find a few helpers to help you?"
"Uncle Quan......" Xiangru patted her cheek, "Your family has a treat, the guests are here, but you have to go into the kitchen to 'make' your own food, but the host is sitting outside waiting to eat, do you feel light on your face?" ”
Uncle Quan was speechless, retreated in defeat, and slammed his eyes at his young master.
Master, you can go on your own.
"I know it, this is the sincerity of inviting guests to the third young master, I'll tell others to go tomorrow, so that everyone knows and knows, don't be 'deceived' by the third young master of the Xiang family." Hmph, I'm not going to eat this meal. After speaking, Xiangru flattened her sleeves and looked like she was leaving.
"Hey, hey, hey, give some face, okay, you really want to leave? Did I say I wouldn't? I'm just saying I haven't been in the kitchen, and it wouldn't look good if I messed it up. "Seeing that Xiangru is really leaving, Xiang Fei can't take care of the young master's face, business is more important, everything else can be put aside, if such a business partner is let go and let her cooperate with others, she will lose a lot.
Xiangru turned around with a smile, "That's right, third son, the treat has always been sincere to the end, do you want me to cook and say it earlier." Come on, take me to the kitchen and see what good dishes you bought today. ”
Xiang Fei reluctantly got up, and under the leadership of Uncle Quan, he and Xiangru went to the kitchen to 'get' lunch.
Osmanthus 'Hua' Xiaojie and the people in the house wanted to follow together, but were stopped by Xiangru, "Such a sincere lunch, I won't have to work for others." You say yes, right? Third Young Master? ”
What can Xiang Fei say, this idea is what he thinks, the bureau is set up by him, since it has been broken, it can only be borne by him.
Uncle Quan took the two to the kitchen, and to Xiangru's surprise, there were still two 'girl' servants in the kitchen at the moment, not empty as she guessed. The two 'maids' came up to listen to Xiangru's orders, but Xiangru only asked the two to prepare the other people's lunch, while she and Xiang Fei did their own lunch.
The two 'maids' were surprised and found that the situation was far from what was planned, but at the suggestion of Uncle Quan, the two of them could only point out the things that should be used to Xiangru and Xiang Fei, and then temporarily retreat and make way for the place.
Xiangru turned around in front of the long table, and found that the ingredients had actually completed the garnish process, a plate was neatly placed on the table, and there was a bowl of ingredients next to the stove.
"Third Young Master, you have to raise your cook's salary, you can still do such a good job even if you are injured."
"That's that, that's what it should be." Xiang Fei's team began to be inexplicably nervous as soon as he entered the kitchen.
"Third Young Master, if it's okay, please make a fire, I'll go outside to wash my hands and come back to 'get' vegetables." As she spoke, Xiangru rolled up her sleeves again and went outside to fetch water from the well to wash her hands.
In the kitchen, Uncle Quan replaced Xiang Fei and squatted in front of the stove to make a fire. When Xiangru came back after washing her hands three times slowly, the fire in the stove was also lit.
Xiangru looked at the fire in the stove and teased Xiang Fei, "I can't see that the third young master is 'very' good at making a fire." ”
"Uh, you're welcome." Xiang Fei laughed twice.
"The third young master is standing on the side and give me a hand, the young master knows that oil, salt, vinegar, sugar, soy sauce can thicken the sauce, right? Then hand me the ingredients. This is not the Xie family's kitchen that I am used to, and it is not very convenient, so I will trouble the third young master to help. ”
"Okay, it's easy to say." Xiang Fei's mouth responded, his eyes glanced back and forth on the pile of cooking bowls without much confidence, he still recognized the salt and sugar granules, but what is the sauce to mix?
"The third young master must get it right, otherwise he will take it wrongly, and the dishes will become tasteless, and the 'waste' fee is not a good boy." Xiangru has a bad taste, and she wants to toss people to play.
"I know, I know, you can cook."
Xiang Fei's words were like an order, as soon as his voice fell, Xiangru picked up the pot and stove, and moved his hands neatly, Xiang Fei hurriedly 'messily' on the side to get her oil, salt, sauce and vinegar sauce and hand over a plate of rags, fortunately, it was a good time, and finally finished the meal smoothly.
Xiangru finished the dish easily, without a trace of tiredness, and even her hair was not 'messy', while Xiang Fei Xiang Sanshao was a little embarrassed, obviously just helping to hand over the ingredients, but he was sweating profusely, as if he was the one who was busy.
"Alright, the rest is yours." Xiangru put down the pot and spoon, smoothed her sleeves, and left the kitchen alone and went straight back to Sirong Hall.
At this time, there were only a few people left in the room, and the four assistants were no longer there, so Xiangru sat down, and Gui 'Hua' Xiaojie came up to ask a few words, but before they could speak, there were people outside to bring new tea, and warm water to wash their hands. After Xiangru washed her hands and drank tea, Xiang Fei, who had also gone back to the room to change his clothes, walked in and asked Xiangru to follow him to the east 'flower' hall at the back for dinner.
Out of the Sirong Hall through the corner of the 'door' to the back three in, the whole courtyard is a big 'flower' garden, there is a beautiful small pavilion in the middle. The east 'flower' hall for dinner is close to the main room, and the freshly cooked dishes have been placed on the table, and there is also a pot of fine wine.
The host and guest sat down opposite each other, and there was a servant next to each of them, Xiang Fei was next to Bai An, and Xiangru was a strange manservant. Gui 'Hua' and Xiaojie didn't follow, and were taken away by Uncle Quan to eat. The 'door' of the room is wide open, and outside the 'door' is the beautiful 'flower' and garden landscape, and a few steps behind them stand the servants who are waiting for the dining, who are ready to replenish the wine and replace the dishes and other trivial matters.
Only in the house of the male master, although the number of 'female' servants is relatively small, it will not be like this, and there is not even a girl to serve and eat. However, Xiangru was not curious at all, she didn't inquire at all, she wasn't interested in Xiang Fei's personal life habits, she was only interested in the business to be talked about after dinner.
Xiang Fei personally poured Xiangru full of wine, the two clinked glasses, Xiangru took a sip very face-savingly, and she didn't touch it again after putting down the wine glass.
This is the social habit she developed in the workplace in her previous life, in her previous life, she drank on her face, her face was more red than boiling crabs, and she pretended to be drunk when she got on her face, and she was rarely really drunk, she didn't like to eat out and drink a mess, and she would only let go of a few more drinks when she ate at home with close friends. Eating at the same table with Xiang Fei at the moment, Xiangru instinctively controlled the amount of alcohol she drank.
Xiang Fei has never drunk with 'women' either, after all, the objects of his business are all men, and men drink very differently from 'women', only when he is socializing with people in brothels, he has only seen 'women' drink, and those 'women' naturally can't be compared with He Xiangru. Xiang Fei knew it, so he didn't advise him to drink, he drank it himself, and He Xiangru was casual.
If you don't persuade you to drink at the wine table, the atmosphere is much worse, Xiangru and Xiang Fei have only officially met for the second time, and they are still strangers who don't know each other, there is no common topic at the wine table, and the atmosphere at the dinner table is even more deserted.
Xiangru didn't eat much, this is also the social habit she developed in her previous life, in the entertainment scene, her appetite is very low, but she looks at Xiang Fei as if she eats very fragrant, Xiangru will accompany her to eat some more, otherwise she put aside the chopsticks, as the master, Xiang Fei will definitely not eat, if he didn't eat enough, then wouldn't the intention of inspecting her cooking skills today not be achieved?
Xiang Fei is a frequent visitor to various entertainment scenes, Xiangru's every move at the dinner table is watched by him, it looks like He Xiangru is eating seriously, but looking at her subtle movements of picking vegetables and chewing, you can know that she is actually very reluctant to eat, just pretending to be very devoted.
Xiang Fei smiled self-deprecatingly in his heart, he didn't know that someone was like being tortured when he had a meal with him, but it was a pity that she made delicious dishes with her own hands.
Xiang Fei gently put down the chopsticks, took a sip of the wine glass, took another look at Xiangru, and saw that she had sandwiched another green vegetable like a rabbit eating, and bit it a little bit with her 'door' teeth to send it to her mouth, until Xiangru finished eating the green vegetable Xiang Fei finally laughed, "Miss He, don't force it if you can't eat it." ”
As soon as Xiang Fei said this, Xiangru immediately put down the chopsticks and stopped eating.
"Miss Ho, don't you have confidence in your cooking skills? It doesn't seem like you eat much, or do you really don't like to eat these dishes? I've found that the greens you eat the most are greens. ”
"No, it's just that there is no appetite for the entertainment scene, but I want to know what the third young master thinks of the taste of these dishes?" For Xiang Fei, Xiangru does not shy away from her habits, she believes that with the family style of the Xiang family, this much-loved youngest son Xiang Fei will not be a strange uncle who obscenates the great god on the wine table.
"The taste is very good, no wonder you want to open a restaurant, which gives me more confidence in the business I want to talk about next." Delicious is delicious, Xiang Fei generously admitted that this is the root of his fancy for Xiangru.
"But I don't have faith, I don't know what you're going to talk to me about. Is it to reduce the rent again? can be based on the third young master's reputation in the business field, being a landlord and collecting rent is not your biggest way to make money. Xiangru can only insist that Xiang Fei must try her cooking skills must be related to business, but no matter how specific she is, she is not a fairy, and it is impossible to know.
Xiang Fei raised half of his eyebrows, but he didn't have any surprised looks, "Do you have a wide range of sources, and you even heard about this?" ”
Xiangru sneered, "Do you still need to inquire about this?" Who doesn't know that Xiang Fei and Xiang Sanshao never do their jobs? I didn't think about it before, but now it seems that I am afraid that the connotation of the four words "not doing business" is profound. ”
Xiang Fei's expression flew out with a hint of pride, "Xiang family rules, not heirs, once the other sons get married, they will have to separate the family, if I don't make more money now, what will I use to support my wife and children in the future?" It's just that I didn't expect it to develop to this point today. ”
"Yes, work hard to make money just so that you don't have to worry about money, Xiang Sanshao, can you tell me what the business is going to talk about now?"
"What's the hurry, it's still early, we have to talk, we have to be patient in business." Xiang Fei took another sip of wine, picked up the chopsticks again and continued to eat. The servant who was waiting for Xiangru had already removed the dishes in front of her, brought her hand washing water and mouthwash tea, and then put down a cup of diet tea.
Xiangru had no choice but to continue to sit with the teacup in her hand, watching Fei eat happily
Entering the 'Door'