"Speaking of which, the young master hasn't slept well for the old lady for a while, it's great that you can remember our old lady." The scrivener was very happy, and said in his heart that the young master could sleep well now.

Suddenly, a heavy cough startled the two of them.

looked at the past, it was Cheng Jinke who came over at some point.

"Scrivener, are you idle?" He said, turning his eyes to the girl, and found that she was much more delicate now.

Nothing to do, be courteous, either treacherous or thief.

This sentence flashed in his heart, and Cheng Jinke had no intention of staying, and said to the scrivener: "After speaking, I will leave, I still have something to do." ”

Having said that, even Cheng Jinke himself didn't realize that he was still angry with Xia Meizhen so far, so he didn't even want to say a word.

Xia Meizhen had been in contact with this second-generation young master a few times before, and she knew a little about him, and she knew that he was in temper, so she didn't say anything.

The scrivener didn't dare to linger, so he took the basket and hurriedly said goodbye and left.

This group of people quickly entered Cheng's mansion, Xia Meizhen looked at it for a while, and finally couldn't help but whisper: If it weren't for Cheng Lao's taste, I would still be lazy to serve!

Then he didn't stay any longer and went out into the street.

The Dai family has been operating tea in Xuanzhou Mansion for decades, what kind of good tea has never been seen, Dai Qi asked her to come out to find tea, and it is clear that she is looking for fault! Xia Meizhen knew very well in her heart, if this was the tea that the Dai family didn't have, it would be even more difficult to find outside, and Dai Qi might also test himself because of that pot of plum blossom tea.

Therefore, Xia Meizhen simply didn't look for any good tea, walked around the street for a long time, bought some gadgets, and then went back to Dai's house leisurely.

When she returned to Dai's house, it was just in time to cook dinner, so Xia Meizhen didn't plan to go to the study to look at the black-bellied man Dai Qi, and went to the small kitchen to help make dinner.

Mrs. Zhou was busy making the sour and hot potato shreds that Aunt Chu loved to eat, Xia Meizhen turned around, and saw that there were two catties of pork chops in the vegetable basket that had not been cleaned up, so she asked the dishes around her, "Is this pork chops sent from the big kitchen?" How is Zhou's mother going to burn? ”

The dishes have long been bought without the food made by Xia Meizhen, so she naturally hopes that she will make this dish, so she said: "Mother Zhou seems to say that she wants to be braised in the braised dish, is my sister going to cook today?" Then make this pork ribs. ”

When Xia Meizhen heard this, she naturally understood that it was the little girl who was gluttonous, and Mother Zhou, who was shredding the potatoes, also heard the conversation here, so she said: "Cai'er, you don't pester Meizhen, you turned around and smoked a smoke, and the young master should say it again." ”

In their Chaohui Courtyard, Aunt Chu is Mrs., Dai Qi is the young master, if you go out of this courtyard, you will be called Aunt Chu, Young Master Qi.

Because people who have been in the kitchen for a long time will always have a smell of oil smoke on their bodies, Mrs. Zhou rarely asks Xia Meizhen to cook, but she can't stop Xia Meizhen herself likes to cook.

"It's okay, I won't smell of oil smoke when I cook this time." Xia Meizhen smiled, and took out the ribs to clean up. Today she happened to buy oranges on the street, which came in handy at this time.

Beat the oranges into orange juice for later use, blanch the pork ribs, then boil the orange juice and add the pork ribs to simmer, and finally add seasonings and orange peel for garnish, and the juice is completed.

Although the method is simple, the dishes are also dumbfounded, "Sister, can this orange still burn pork ribs?" ”

"Absolutely." This kind of meal is often seen in modern times, but it is indeed rare in ancient times, Xia Meizhen did not explain, smiled, and put the orange pork ribs in the pot, "When Madame finishes eating, you can taste this taste." ”

Generally, Aunt Chu eats the leftover dishes, all of which are for the big girl, Xia Meizhen said this, that is, she will leave a little orange fragrant pork ribs left after a while, and the vegetables are a little impatient to know what the pork ribs taste like just by smelling the fragrance.

But Xia Meizhen hit her a little, "Cai'er, I can give you a reminder, because Aunt Chu is pregnant, and she eats sour appetizers, but it may be a little sour for you, so ah, don't be happy too early, beware of sour teeth when the time comes!" ”

The dish said was shy and laughing, "My sister will make fun of it!" ”

It's no wonder, who told my sister that every time she makes something so special, she wants to eat it just by looking at it.

Soon the dish was brought to the dining room, and the sweet and sour aroma of oranges spread, making Aunt Chu's taste buds open, "What's on these ribs?" ”

Ever since she became pregnant, she has a particularly sensitive sense of smell.

"It's oranges, ma'am. Miss Xia cooked this dish for you with oranges, you can taste it or not. Mrs. Zhou said, and sandwiched a piece of ribs for her.

Dai Qi, who was sitting on the side, had a dark face and muttered in a low voice: "I didn't see anyone all afternoon, let her find tea, but I made a whole dish, it's really good!" ”

Xia Meizhen, who was standing outside the door, was a cold spirit, she didn't know that she had offended Dai Qi again inexplicably, and thought it was because it was cold, so she quickly shrunk her shoulders and returned to the residence to add a coat to rest assured.

"It's sweet and sour, and there's an orange fragrance, it's hard for her to come up with such a dish." Aunt Chu took a bite and commented, it can be seen that she still likes this dish very much, and Mrs. Zhou immediately sandwiched two more ribs for her.

Dai Qi also tried to clip a piece, because he was afraid of sourness, he just tasted a little, but he felt that it melted in his mouth, the orange fragrance was overflowing, and the slight sour was sweet, without the sourness of the original orange, but the aftertaste was endless.

He knew that the little girl's cooking skills were good, but he didn't want to be so good. He ate the ribs in one bite, and his heart was inexplicably satisfied, which was really unprecedented.

After they had eaten, they had been guarding the dishes in the kitchen, and when they saw the dishes that had been removed, they found that there were only two orange pork ribs left, and then they thought that Furong and Xia Meizhen hadn't eaten yet, and when it was their turn, they would definitely be gone, and they suddenly felt sorry for themselves.

At the same time, she made up her mind that when Xia Meizhen was no longer busy, she must invite her to her home to make this dish.

In the dining room on the side of the big room, Mrs. Dai and Dai Chengrui were also eating.

Mrs. Qian laid out the dishes, Mrs. Dai didn't eat anymore after taking a bite, put down the chopsticks and said: "This is about to be the New Year, and I have prepared the New Year's gifts and return gifts, but in previous years, the caravan gave New Year's gifts in the past few days, and today is the twentieth day of the lunar month, why haven't they been sent yet?" ”

Dai Chengrui can do a good job in the tea industry, all rely on a team called the integrity of the horse gang, they do things old and honest, the two have cooperated for many years in the spirit of mutual benefit, especially in the past ten years, the Dai family has made a fortune, and the New Year's gift given by the integrity horse gang is also getting heavier and heavier year by year. Mrs. Dai was also busy preparing things for return gifts, plus preparing the New Year's gifts of various relatives in the family.

Dai Chengrui was eating, and said, "It is estimated that it will only be one or two days, what are you anxious about, wasn't it like that in previous years, people will only give more, not less." ”

These words hit Mrs. Dai's lungs, and she said with a dissatisfied face: "You say that I coveted that little thing?" Don't you know me after all these years? ”

She said angrily: "It's the twentieth day of the lunar month, and the New Year will be celebrated in a few days?" You don't want to think about how long it will take to find something similar if they take it and we take it lightly? If I don't care about the severity of the gift, I don't care! ”

In a word, Dai Chengrui is not speaking.