Chapter 44: Cooking
After breakfast, Zhou Yu said goodbye to his wife and children and went out to the court.
In the court, there was another bloody storm, and everyone carried out a large-scale condemnation of Zhou Yu's passive sabotage, Zhou Yu accepted all the orders, sincerely admitted his mistakes, and by the way, he also gave several sets of plans to deal with today's chaos, and everyone kept silent. After all, they went to court diligently all day long, and they couldn't come up with such a good idea.
Sun Quan immediately granted Zhou Yu the position of protector in the army, and was in charge of the matter together with Zhang Zhao, the chief historian.
Next, Sun Quan announced the results of the investigation into his brother's death, stating that it was assassinated by Xu Gongmen and had nothing to do with the harem.
Although everyone was puzzled, after all, this was the official result that the Sun family had investigated for so long and announced, and it must be more credible than the previous rumors. They suddenly understood why Zhou Yu was willing to come out of the mountain again now, it turned out that he was waiting for his fiancΓ©e to avenge Zhaoxue, but unfortunately the person was long gone. They couldn't help but feel a little more pity for the gaze they cast at Zhou Yu.
At the end of such a long court meeting, it was already noon, and Zhou Yu was about to go back when he was stopped by Sun Quan: "Gongjin, I have something to discuss with you." β
Sun Quan took him to his study, put a meal on the table, and said with a smile: "It's a long story, let's finish the meal first." β
Zhou Yu looked at this posture, knowing that he was afraid that he would have to fold here this afternoon, sighed secretly, explained a few words to Zhou Ping on the side, and asked him to go back to pass the word to his wife, he would not go back to eat at noon, and he would not be able to take her to ride a horse in the afternoon.
When Qiao Wan received the news, a smile instantly froze on his face, and all his expectations were disappointed, looking at the pile of delicacies on the case, it instantly tasted like chewing wax. She replied in disappointment: "Got it, let him take care of himself." β
She lost her appetite, withdrew from the crowd, put away her riding costume in despair, and lay on the bed and whispered, "Why are you so busy......
After being uncomfortable for a while, the food was cold, and she was too lazy to let people reheat it, so she ate a few bites at random to deal with things.
On a whim, she thought it would be better to learn how to cook, so that she could cook it for him every day. Although she has been in the army for two years, she does all the hand-working work of washing and chopping vegetables, and does not know how to cook.
She was instantly in high spirits and staggered to the kitchen to ask her aunt in the kitchen to teach her how to cook.
Now is not the time to prepare meals, the aunts are busy pickling kimchi in the small courtyard, and when they hear this thought of the lady, their hearts are broken.
On the surface, he smiled politely and said, "Okay, I don't know what kind of cuisine do you want to start with, madam?" β
Qiao Wan thought for a moment, and then had a flash of inspiration, "I want to learn how to steam crucian carp!" β
The aunts instantly understood that this was Zhou Yu's favorite dish. But Zhou Yu has always been picky, so he has to be very strict with the selection and control of ingredients, heat, seasonings, etc., if this dish wants to make him satisfied, it is a hellish level of difficulty for a little white like Madame.
Aunt Li hesitated and said, "Madam, this dish is too difficult, why don't you start with a simple cold dish." β
Qiao Wan was puzzled, "Isn't it just steamed fish?" What's so hard about it? "She's made sweet and sour fish at home before, and it seems to be much more difficult than this.
Aunt Li explained to her in detail Zhou Yu's deep obsession with crucian carp since she was a child, as well as how picky she was about this dish. That's unconscionable, oh no, outrageous.
Qiao Wan swallowed his saliva, gritted his teeth with determination, and said, "I'm going to learn this." β
The aunts couldn't cry or laugh, and then they thought that this was the taste of the young couple themselves, and maybe the lady would be happy to eat whatever the lady did. So he agreed with a smile in his heart, but it was not them who suffered anyway.
"It just so happens that there are a few fresh crucian carp in the kitchen, so come with me, madam."
Qiao Wan was very happy, and kindly took Aunt Li's hand and walked happily to the kitchen.
Aunt Li thought about it, it's not easy to make this dish well, and it's also difficult to make a bad one, so it's better to make a few more, choose a good one, and eat the rest by themselves.
So he took out all the fish and killed them.
After dissecting the internal organs, Qiao Wan sweated just by learning to row the fish, the fish was too slippery, and he had to turn over and over again, and each knife was equal in length and even, it was too difficult, too difficult......
Aunt Li didn't expect to encounter a disadvantage before she left the school, looking at the fish she transformed, the knife lines were crooked, the density and strength were uneven, where did it meet Zhou Yu's aesthetic standards, after thinking about it, I still persuaded her to change it and re-transform it.
After a few fish melted, Qiao Wan felt that his ambition had disappeared one by one, and they were all ugly.
Aunt Li completely lost hope for her, and chose a few knives that were lightly damaged, and asked her to put seasonings in it.
Qiao Wan looked at the pile of sauce, vinegar, onion and ginger she brought over, Aunt Li took a waste fish over, taught it hand in turn, and finally smeared the soy sauce on the fish body, Qiao Wan was covered with sweat and breathtaking, it turned out that such a light dish process was so complicated, the same seasoning had to be added several times, and the right time to add it was even if it was added, how salt is a seasoning, sugar is a seasoning, and the sugar-salt mixture is a seasoning? Doesn't it mix it up by adding it? Isn't this torturous, this is!
Aunt Li saw that she was sweating and panting, and said with a wry smile: "Don't be surprised, madam, the Lord likes to eat and do this." β
Qiao Wan closed his eyes and waved his hand, "It's because I'm too confident, and I regret not listening to your old man." β
Aunt Li hurriedly relieved: "Madam, don't be discouraged, as long as you do it, the Lord will like it." β
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Fortunately, steaming fish is an ordinary steaming method, otherwise she would really pick a child and leave, just thinking like this, Aunt Li came over and turned off the fire and said: "Steaming until it is medium-cooked, stuffy for half an hour, let the heat slowly simmer the fish, this kind of fish meat is the most tender......
Qiao Guan took a long breath, took off his apron, and retreated dizzily. Only then did I find that the sun was setting, and it turned out that it was almost dinner time before I knew it.
As soon as Zhou Yu came back, he went to Qiao Wan to make amends, and as soon as he entered the door, he smelled the fragrance of the food, Qiao Wan was fiddling with the tableware, and when he saw him coming back, he looked up and said hello with a smile.
"Luckily, I'll be able to catch you up for dinner." Zhou Yu was overjoyed in his heart.
"Daddy, my mother has been waiting for you for a long time." Zhou Xun corrected.
Zhou Yu walked to Qiao Wan and sat down, seeing that Zhou Xun was there, it was not good to have too intimate actions, so he could only say to her apologetically: "Don't wait for me next time, I will be distressed if I am hungry." β
Qiao Wan smiled but didn't answer, added a bowl of rice to him, and said with a smile: "Let's eat first, try whether today's dishes are in line with the taste." β
Zhou Yu saw at a glance that there was his favorite steamed crucian carp today, and first sandwiched chopsticks for Qiao Guan, "This is delicious." β
Qiao Wan is also ready to try his own craftsmanship, the entrance is amazing, the meat is mellow, the taste is rich, it is worthy of Aunt Li's personal supervision, and the taste is the same as usual. I secretly rejoiced that I had a talent for cooking.
Zhou Yu took a bite with great interest, spit it out directly in the next second, hurriedly drank a cup of tea and rinsed his mouth, Fang frowned and said, "This must be a newcomer." β
Qiao Wan threw down the chopsticks coldly, "It's obviously the usual taste." β
Zhou Yu glanced at her in disbelief, and said in disgust: "This fish is made, the taste is so heavy, the meat is so old, and there is a fishy smell, it is simply blind to me such a good crucian carp, the aunts in the kitchen are getting more and more excessive, and anyone dares to let him make this dishββ"
"I did." Qiao Wan interrupted lightly, lowered his head and took a bite of food.
Zhou Yu's facial muscles twitched, he was stunned for a few seconds, and then pulled out a smile in a panic, and said softly: "Oh yes? I ate in too much of a hurry just now, I'll try it again-"
He picked up a piece of fish again, and swallowed it as if he were dead, "It's delicious!" β
Qiao Wan glared at him aggrievedly, "You didn't chew!" β
"No, that's how I eatβgood, good, Guan'er's craftsmanship must be savored."
He took a piece of fish in his mouth, his face was intoxicated, and he said seriously: "The meat is mellow, melts in the mouth, and has a faint smell of green onions, which is delicious." β
Qiao Wan nodded knowingly and said, "Thank you for your comfort." β
"As long as it is made by Madame, I will eat poison." He said earnestly.
Well, it seems that the dishes he made are poison-level in his heart, Qiao Wan smiled embarrassedly, "Okay, eat and eat......"
The strong desire to survive made Zhou Yu consciously eat the plate of fish clean.