Chapter 165: Children

Thinking of Feng Yu's guards, Li Youran couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

If you let those guards who have cold faces and can squeeze out water go to the hot pot restaurant to help, I am afraid that within three days, the hot pot restaurant will be closed.

Li Youran looked at Feng Yu, only to see that he looked aggrieved, Li Youran was a little stunned for a while, she didn't expect Feng Yu to have such a side.

As a fiancé, it is normal to want your fiancée to stay away from other men.

Li Youran's eyes drooped slightly, and after some thought, he turned to look up at Feng Yu, and in Feng Yu's eyes full of expectation, he opened his mouth and said.

"I am an old friend of Liu Gongzi, and I am usually taken care of by him, I am afraid that others will misunderstand my relationship with Liu Gongzi."

When Feng Yu heard Li Youran's words, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, fortunately it wasn't what others thought, otherwise he really didn't know what to do.

"Leisurely, I believe you, I'm just a little worried that you're too hardworking......"

Feng Yu was afraid that Li Youran would know what he was thinking and think that he was a small-minded person, so he said to Li Youran duplicitously.

Feng Yu's thoughts Li Youran naturally knew, but she didn't expose it, just smiled lightly and didn't continue the topic.

After returning home, Li Youran lay on the bed and tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, and a hurried meeting with Feng Yu today made Li Youran think of many problems that he had ignored before.

Originally, she just wanted to use various methods to get rid of this marriage, but she never considered Feng Yu's feelings.

Maybe it was because they met Feng Yu too little, and the two didn't talk much, which made Li Youran ignore Feng Lei's feelings.

But when I saw it today, Li Youran knew that Feng Yu had feelings for her.

If she doesn't do a good job of dealing with the aftermath, even if she finds a way to get out of this marriage, she will be sorry in her heart.

Thinking of this, Li Youran had an even more headache, so he simply stopped thinking about these things, and directly covered the quilt and fell asleep.

Although the wedding of Li Youran and Feng Yu was not held as scheduled, the crown prince ceremony of His Royal Highness the Second Prince was still held.

Li Youran has been busy with the hot pot restaurant these days, and I don't know how many days I haven't seen His Royal Highness the Second Prince.

On the day of the crown prince's enthronement ceremony, the second princess will also follow to be crowned and become the crown princess.

Although Li Youran has never seen the prince's ceremony, he also knows that in ancient times, ceremonies have always taken a long time, especially this kind of grand ceremony, which naturally consumes more time.

She is now pregnant with the second princess, and she has to work so hard, Li Youran can't rest assured.

So early the next morning, he woke up with dark circles under his eyes and forcibly got up to look for the second princess.

"On weekdays, you can't get up until the sun hits your buttocks, and it's really embarrassing for you to get up so early today."

Li Youran hurried slowly, in the end she was still a step slower, and before she could go to find the second princess, the princess was ready and was about to leave, Li Youran panicked and returned to the gate.

"Sister, during the ceremony, if your body really can't hold on, take a rest and don't be so reckless."

Li Youran looked at the inconspicuous lower abdomen of the second princess, and said to the second princess with a worried face.

"Don't worry, your brother-in-law has already taken care of everything, I just need to follow the process."

When the second princess heard Li Youran's words, she couldn't help but be very moved in her heart, in the end, her sister was worried about herself.

"After the prince's ceremony is over, the prince and I will go to the East Palace together, and it will be inconvenient to be with you at that time. There is only one person left in the huge mansion, I really can't rest assured, I think about it, or leave the housekeeper and all the people in the mansion. ”

As she spoke, the second princess patted Li Youran's hand and continued with love on her face.

"Although the prince and I are not here, everything in the house is the same as before, you don't have to worry."

When Li Youran heard the words of the second princess, he couldn't bear his nose and tears, and his eyes shed tears, and at this moment, His Royal Highness the second prince hurriedly came.

"It's getting late, let's go quickly."

Li Youran looked at His Royal Highness the Second Prince, and saw that His Royal Highness the Second Prince had lost a lot of weight during this time.

Li Youran couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the higher the position, the more responsibilities and troubles he would bear, it seemed that one person was above ten thousand people, but there was too much to pay behind this.

"Leisurely, don't worry, I will definitely take care of your sister."

His Royal Highness the Second Prince smiled at Youran, and hurriedly helped the Second Prince and Concubine into the carriage.

Li Youran, who was still in a low mood, suddenly changed his mood after eating a handful of dog food.

It's rare to get up early in the morning, and she plans to take Xiaohong to the cake shop with her, after all, she hasn't visited her father and mother for a while.

Nowadays, the business of the cooking cake shop is getting bigger and bigger, not only the restaurant business is becoming more and more prosperous, but also to cater to the needs of the people in Beijing, and a breakfast stall has been set up outside, and breakfast will be served every morning.

When Li Youran arrived, there were already many people eating breakfast.

"Second sister-in-law, your belly is so big now, you can't be so tired anymore."

When Li Youran arrived, he happened to see Zhao Lanzhi greeting, two thirteen or fourteen-year-old boys, cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks left over from the guests.

"Little sister, I'm not tired at all, it's not that I'm used to work, and it's boring to stop suddenly."

Zhao Lanzhi said as she walked towards Li Youran with her waist propped up.

I haven't seen it for a few days, and Zhao Lanzhi's belly has grown a lot bigger, as if she has a big watermelon in her stomach, and the whole person is a lot bloated.

"My father and mother are old, let them come to the shop a little later, I will help watch it here in the morning, and when my father and mother come, I will go back to rest."

Zhao Lanzhi sat down with Li Youran's support, and as she spoke, she hurriedly ordered the young man who helped with the chores to serve a bowl of top-of-the-line fried liver, as well as the new steamed buns in the store.

Stir-fried liver is a local breakfast in Beijing and is very popular.

Although it is called fried liver, it is actually mainly pork fat sausage, and pork liver only accounts for a part.

The production method is to soak and knead the pig intestines with alkali and salt, wash them with water and vinegar before cooking. After boiling, switch to a simmer and cover the pot so that the intestines are cooked thoroughly without running oil.

After it is ripe, it is cut into small sections, commonly known as "thimble sections", and then the fresh pork liver is washed and sliced obliquely into willow leaf-shaped strips with a knife.

The condiment is to put the big ingredients in the boiling oil, put in the raw garlic after frying thoroughly, put in the appropriate amount of yellow sauce immediately when the garlic turns yellow, fry it and put it in the jar for later use.

In addition, make some good mushroom soup. After the ingredients and condiments are ready, start making fried liver. First, put the cooked intestines into the boiling soup, then add the garlic paste, chopped green onions, the same "ginger" and mushroom soup, then put the raw liver strips into the pot, thicken them with starch, and finally sprinkle a layer of smashed garlic paste.

With a bite of fried liver, Li Youran's taste buds seemed to be opened, and then he picked up a bun with chopsticks.

The bun is small and exquisite, and it is enough for a man to swallow it in one bite.

Li Youran took a bite of half of it directly, and the tender soup was left along the gap, and the fragrance was incomparably fragrant.

"I didn't expect my second brother to have such a craft."

Li Youran This is the first time to eat the steamed buns made by Li Tairan, and I only think it is more delicious than the steamed buns made by Goubuli.

"Your second brother seems to be a careless person, but he is a very delicate person in cooking. He did a lot of research for the filling of this bun. Just talking about the soup in the bun, I changed three or four ways to finally develop such a method. ”

The pregnant person was very hungry, and Zhao Lanzhi couldn't help but pick up a bun and eat it when she saw Li Youran's sweet food.

She continued as she ate.

"It is said that the apprentices of the church starved to death of the master, and the stuffing of the buns that he finally researched, but he gave it to the apprentices who came to learn the art without reservation."

Li Youran knew that the ancestors of the Li family made a living by selling steamed buns, and it is self-evident how important the formula is, especially this kind of improved and refined formula, which is even more expensive.

Li Tairan can understand why he did this, after all, the Li family does not make a living from early now, and the main livelihood is cooking cakes, and buns are just a side business.

Besides, Li Tairan was able to research one or two, and the reason why he did this must be to carry forward the fruits of his labor and let more people know the formula he developed.

However, for Zhao Lanzhi's complaints, Li Youran just smiled and did not speak. After all, if outsiders intervene in the affairs between the husband and wife, it will change its taste.

Just when Li Youran was about to pick up another bun, she felt a burning gaze staring at her tightly, and Li Youran was very uncomfortable.

"Come here, kid."

Li Youran smiled and waved to a child squatting on the corner of the street.

The ragged, dirty, and only a pair of incomparably clear eyes of the child, after hearing Li Youran's words, his first reaction was to find a place to hide.

But when he saw the plate of white and chubby buns on Li Youran's table, he couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, and finally walked cautiously towards Li Youran with the courage to move his steps.

"Are you hungry, my sister invited you to eat steamed buns."

Li Youran said as he took out a handkerchief from his arms, wiped the dirty little hands of the skinny child, and then took out a bun and put it in his hand.

The little boy was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly put the bun into his mouth.

It is naturally no problem for an adult man to swallow this bun in one bite, but the child is too young, and there is no place to chew the bun directly into his mouth, plus the bun has just come out of the pot, it is very hot, and the little boy spit it out of his mouth again.

"Eat slowly, don't worry, these buns are yours."

Li Youran said as he pulled over a bench and asked the little boy to sit down and eat the buns slowly.

Seeing this, Zhao Lanzhi on the side asked the young man who was doing chores to bring a bowl of millet porridge.

Looking at the poor child, Li Youran was really reluctant in his heart, so after the child was full of food and drink, he took the child to take a bath and changed into clean clothes.

Somehow, Li Youran felt that this child was very familiar, and for a while he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

Just when Li Youran was about to give up, a figure of a person suddenly flashed in his mind, Li Youran patted his head and looked at the child with an incredible expression.

"Daddy, I still have something to do, I'll come to see you in a few days."

Li Youran said as he hurriedly left with the child.

"Slow down on the road."

Li Mu shouted loudly at the carriage that Li was leisurely away, and then couldn't help but shake her head and sigh.

"I'm about to get married, and I'm still so flustered, how can I rest assured that my mother can rest assured?"

"She's still the same as usual, and that's what makes us happy, which shows that she's having a good time these days and isn't being constrained."

Father Li patted Mother Li's shoulder and comforted.

Speaking of which, Li's father and mother are most worried about Li Youran.

Although it is not biological, it is raised single-handedly. Now the two sons are by his side, the business is getting bigger and bigger, and they both have children, but Li Youran is alone and has not yet started a family.

"When you marry into your uncle's mansion in the future, can you still be as comfortable as this?"

Mother Li is a mother in the end, and she is more worried than Li Fu.

Thinking of Li Youran's future life, Li's mother was very worried.

Although Li Youran's status is noble, but the identity of her in-laws is also very noble, Li's mother heard that there are many rules in large families, and her Youran is an uninhibited and busy child, I am really worried that Li Youran will not be used to that kind of life.

Li Youran didn't know that as soon as she left on the front foot, Liu Zhiyuan came to visit Li's father and mother on the back foot.

"Leisurely, why haven't you rested yet?"

When His Royal Highness the Second Prince and the Second Princess returned home, it was already late at night, and Li Youran greeted them as soon as possible.

Seeing this, the second princess couldn't help but feel nervous, you must know that this girl gets up late and goes to bed early, and she usually rests long ago when she has nothing to do, but today she hasn't rested at this time.

"Sister, today I saw a little boy who looks exactly like His Royal Highness the Third Prince, and is simply carved out of a mold."

Li Youran said in a low voice.

"I heard you mention that His Royal Highness the Third Prince has an illegitimate child before, but you omitted the people, and I suspect that this child is very likely to be the illegitimate son of His Royal Highness the Third Prince."

The crown princess, who had been tossed all day, suddenly sobered up a lot after hearing Li Youran's words.

"Where is the child now?"

As the crown princess spoke, she hurriedly sent someone to find His Royal Highness the crown prince, after all, this is not a trivial matter.

The little boy was already asleep, and the people were reluctant to wake him up, but ordered someone to light a candle.

"During the day today, I asked the child about his background."

Li Youran said as he glanced at the sleeping child and said with a sigh.

"The boy was so poor that his mother died when he was six years old."