Chapter XXVII
After obtaining the consent of Nian's father and mother, Nian Yinian lived in the palace for the reason of cooking for King Anyi, although it was only nominal, but he had to cook one or two dishes a day, and the cook of the palace saw that she was a young girl, and there were many dissatisfactions, and the first day of Nian Yinian entered the kitchen of the prince's mansion was made difficult.
There are regulations on how many dishes the prince has a meal, a few meat dishes, a few vegetarian dishes, and a few dim sum, so the kitchen is also divided, and the white and red cases are clearly distinguished.
Fu Zhou Tiezhu, the master of the white case, said: "We need strength to knead the dough in the white case, and this little girl has thin arms and legs, so she is not suitable for us." ”
"Then we need strength on our side, too." The master of the red case opened his mouth and said, "Zhou Tiezhu, you can knead the dough for that little girl." ”
The housekeeper Wang Fu watched them shirk and shirk, and when she was about to open her mouth to reprimand, Nian Yi was moved, she walked directly to the white case, picked up a ball of noodles and began to knead the dough, the action was skillful enough, and then directly pulled out the dragon whisker noodles in front of everyone, the noodles were as thin as hair and continuous.
Then, she walked to the red case with a blank face, and there happened to be a duck with no feathers on it, picked up a kitchen knife and pulled it on the duck, ensuring the integrity of the duck while pulling out the bones one by one, and using the bones to spell out the duck.
Nian Yinian played the knife twice, inserted the knife directly into the cutting board, and the cutting board made of ginkgo trees went directly into the wood, and sneered: "It's not that I want to come to this prince's mansion, but your prince is crying and shouting for me to cook for him, you can go to him if you have any opinions." ”
Her eyes circled around everyone, and the corners of her mouth hooked up a sneer, "It doesn't matter if you don't dare, I can talk to Li Weiyang about this matter myself, saying that their kitchen thinks I'm a weak little girl, and I'm afraid that I will rob them of their jobs, and they won't want me in the white and red cases." ”
"The girl misunderstood." Wang Fu hurriedly smiled and said, if she really went to the prince like this and said that it was impossible for her as a big housekeeper to go unpunished, "They are just afraid that the girl will suffer, the kitchen is full of smoke, and sometimes she has to do some hard work." ”
"Really?" Nian Yinian smiled, "That's my misunderstanding, in fact, I don't stay here for long, the longest month, every day, at noon, I come to cook one or two dishes for the prince, and I have other things to do at other times." ”
Wang Fu smiled and nodded, "What is that girl going to do for the prince at noon today?" ”
Nian Yinian's gaze stayed on the duck and the dragon whisker he had just pulled for a while, "I'll give him three sets of duck soup, and you can just make your own." ”
Wang Dachu looked at her and muttered in his heart: He has heard of three sets of ducks, and the master of three or four years may not be able to make this delicious, can she make this dish as a young girl.
Three sets of ducks are difficult to bone, Nian Yinian, who knows the structure of animals very easily, gave the bones of chickens and pigeons, hummed a song and smashed the bones taken out and put them in the pot to boil, and then stir-fried peppercorns and broken promises to develop chickens, ducks and pigeons.
It takes time to pickle, and during this time, Nian Yinian walked to the side of the case, thought about it for a while, and prepared to make two glutinous rice cakes, and asked the kitchen helper to prepare the materials for him and prepare to start making.
She first mixes sticky rice flour, glutinous rice, sugar, and lard together in a certain proportion, mixes them into granules, and then sieves them for later use, pours half of the glutinous rice into the mold brushed with lard, then puts bean paste, and finally pours the powder, puts dried osmanthus and steam it in the pot.
It's good to steam and cook for fifteen minutes on high heat, and the soft and sweet osmanthus glutinous rice cake is just like that, Nian Yinian picked it up and ate a piece directly, and let the kitchen helper put the rest away for herself, she was going to find the gleaning in the afternoon to drink afternoon tea.
Li Weiyang, who was outside the door, felt very angry when she heard it, even if it was in name, she was now her own cook, why should she use the materials she bought to cook food for others in her own kitchen!
After she made the osmanthus glutinous rice cake, she began to make three sets of ducks, the pigeon was stuffed into the belly of the chicken, the chicken was stuffed into the belly of the duck, and the duck was shaken a few times and then put it in the soup pot, adding the clear soup that she had just boiled with bones, and then put in the scallops, mushrooms and winter bamboo shoots, and steamed in the pot.
"You have to wait for the steamed crisp to be served, you know?" Nian Yinian instructed the assistant chef who watched the fire while wiping his hands, "Otherwise, the essence can't be cooked, and you can't absorb the nutrients after eating, so I'll leave the rest to you, and I'll go." ”
"Girl, walk slowly."
Li Weiyang looked at Nian Yinian who came out humming a tune, stepped forward and patted her directly on the shoulder, wanting to scare her, but as the sky swirled, he was thrown to the ground.
“…… Li Weiyang, are you stupid? Nian Yinian looked at a certain prince who was thrown out by his shoulder, and stretched out his hand to pull him up, "Pat me on the shoulder from behind, don't you know what will happen." ”
King An Yi pinched his eyebrows, he knew, but he hadn't been dropped for a long time, and he had forgotten it, "I forgot it for a while, are you ready?" What did you make delicious? ”
"Three sets of ducks, and I made a pastry for the gleaning." Nian Yinian stretched out in the sun, like a leisurely cat, "Why did you come to the kitchen, don't you have anything to do?" ”
Li Weiyang took her hand, "If I'm busy, it proves that the group of subordinates in my hands are useless." ”
"Yes." Nian Yi thought, "What happened to the tax reform you talked about before?" ”
"Hmm...... The opposition is still quite loud, and this matter has to be done slowly, not in a hurry. Li Weiyang said with a smile: "I'll take you to your room." ”
Her room was next door to Li Weiyang, a courtyard, Nian Yinian couldn't help but twitch the corners of his eyes, "The palace is so big, will I die if I arrange a separate courtyard?" ”
"It's really going to die." Li Weiyang said seriously.
Nian Yi Nian: ......
Speechless! Her eyes fell on a painting, and when she opened the painting, she saw a big hole connecting Li Weiyang and her room, and couldn't help but hold her forehead, "You're really enough." ”
"It's not enough to like you." Li Weiyang bent down and said with a grin in her ear, "Will you come over at night or will I come over?" ”
Nian Yi Nian: There is a feeling of sheep entering the tiger's mouth.
At night, Nian Yinian soaked in a wooden barrel to relieve the fatigue of the day, and went to bed obediently, Li Weiyang made a heavy promise, saying that he would not do anything to himself, he would not do anything to himself, so he slept honestly, but when he woke up the next day, he found that there was a large dog squatting on the edge of his bed like a peacock, how could he feel a little frightened, and subconsciously punched him, hitting one of Li Weiyang's eyes.
When Li Weiyang went to court, he was laughed at fiercely by his brother.
Tax reform is like Li Weiyang said slowly, he just submitted a plan at the beginning, and then 'discussed' with the ministers after the emperor put forward this matter, and pushed down those who were not supported because of personal interests and the emperor also tacitly acquiesced in his dismissal.
In the blink of an eye, the time turned to May, the weather was a little hot, and the small shop of the Nian family was still a breath away, and it happened that the matter on Li Weiyang's side had not been resolved, and Nian Yinian asked Nian's father to delay it a little longer.
Nian Yinian sat under the eaves and looked at the sky that was about to rain, grabbed a maid and asked, "What time is it?" ”
"Back girl, it's almost time."
At the end of the day, it's almost seven o'clock, and Li Weiyang hasn't come back yet? Nian Yinian frowned slightly, it was about to rain again this day, and he couldn't help but sneak over to Wang Fu's side, "Fu Bo." ”
"Girl, what's wrong?" Wang Fu still has a good impression of this future hostess who can make good food and has a cold face and a warm heart.
"Do you know where Li Weiyang went today?"
"The prince said that he was going to the suburbs today." Wang Fudao: "Is there something wrong with the girl?" ”
Nian Yinian's brows furrowed a little, "It's nothing, it's just a little uneasy, suburbs?" The outskirts over there? Are there any specific places? ”
"Baili Pavilion on the outskirts of the western part of the city."
Nian Yinian nodded and said that he was going to walk over there after he knew, Wang Fu saw that she was going, and hurriedly shouted: "Girl, it's going to be dark this day, the city gate is about to close, it looks like it's going to rain, maybe the prince will come back soon, you wait?" ”
"I'd better go and have a look, I'm always a little uneasy."
Wang Fu still wanted to say something, and someone came to report it, saying that the prince was back, and said with a smile: "Look at what I said, the prince will definitely come back soon." ”
Nian Yinian smiled and followed him to greet Li Weiyang, but when she saw Li Weiyang coming down, the smile on her face was a little unbearable, she stepped forward to stare at his arm that was constantly dripping blood, gritted her teeth and asked, "Who did it?" ”
"Don't be so angry." Li Weiyang smiled and rubbed Nian Yinian's head, "It's just that I suffered a little skin injury, let's not talk about this first, go in first." He said to Wang Fu: "Don't make a noise about this matter, bring medicine." ”
"Yes."
Nian Yinian saw that his face was fine, and his body was only a little embarrassed, and there were no other external injuries, so he suppressed the anger first, resisted the person into the room, took the medicine brought by Wang Fu, tore off his sleeve and personally gave him the medicine, "What the hell is going on?" ”
"Some people in the DPRK and China are always against me, this time I got some evidence of their corruption, and I was going to go to the western suburbs of the city to get it, but I encountered an ambush on the way, and I was afraid that the evidence would be destroyed by them......
"So you're going to get the evidence while you're being hunted down?" Nian Yinian sneered, and his bandaged hand became stronger, "Didn't those little birds of yours tell you that there would be an ambush over there!" ”
"I didn't expect that." He sighed and said, putting his head in Nian Yinian's arms, "I already knew that I would learn some boxing and kicking from you." ”
Nian Yi Nian: ......
"Forget it, just your little arms and legs."
King Anyi felt that his dignity had been challenged.