Forced by Chu Mo's obscenity, even the arrogant Tang Jing could only swallow his anger for the time being and entered the small kitchen.

Looking at the smoky place in front of him, he suddenly cried out bitterly: "His Royal Highness the Prince, I really can't cook, I really don't know how to do it for you!"

The corners of Chu Mo's mouth showed a hint of disgust, and he said disdainfully: "A girl's family can't even cook, so if you get married in the future, how can you serve your husband?"

Tang Jing immediately folded his hands, and said with disdain on his face: "Naturally, there are people to do the cooking, how can I say that I am also the lord of Changming County, who is enshrined by His Majesty." The person who can let me marry, if not a prince or noble, at least have to be a minister of civil and military affairs, right? So you don't have to worry about the lord of this county, and the husband of the lord of this county doesn't need me to cook for him. ”

When Chu Mo heard this, he had no choice but to shake his head helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "The food that this wife makes for her husband is still different from the food made by her subordinates. You'd better learn it, maybe in the future, if your husband and wife have a disagreement, you cook a meal for him yourself, and your relationship will be reconciled as before. ”

Tang Jing sighed, but there was some surprise in her heart, not only is this Chu Mo not stupid, but he also understands his daughter's thoughts?

Seeing her staring at herself suspiciously, Chu Mo smiled at her again: "Have you ever heard of a saying that if you want to capture a man's heart, you must first grab a man's stomach." ”

"But I really can't get into the kitchen, I can't stand the fireworks. As he spoke, Tang Jing subconsciously reached out and covered his nose, as if he was afraid that the smoke would choke him.

Chu Mo naturally knew her situation, so he smiled at her: "You can rest assured about this, the dish you are going to make today is guaranteed to make you not smell the slightest bit of fireworks." You come here first and learn how to wash vegetables, you will always wash vegetables, right?"

Tang Jing shook his head, looking a little embarrassed.

She suffers from mild asthma and is a dignified canonized county lord of Changming, where can she do these rough and tiring work?

"If you don't work hard, you don't divide the grains!"

Chu Mo sighed helplessly, but he had to show her how to wash and choose vegetables first, Tang Jing saw that he was so skilled, and immediately became interested, and he also raised his sleeves and followed suit.

In this way, the two of them were washing vegetables and meat in the small kitchen, while Li Jin was silently squatting outside to guard.

While Tang Jing was washing the dishes, she told Chu Mo everything she had seen and heard in Qingzhou, and Chu Mo pricked up his ears and listened very seriously.

Although he has raised more than 3 million taels of disaster relief funds for the people of Qingling and Qingling Prefectures, for some reason, he always feels that this disaster situation, I am afraid that this disaster relief fund alone will not be able to completely solve it.

That's why he thought that while Tang Jing was coming from Qingzhou, he would ask her about the situation in advance.

In this way, he has accurate information, so that he can make more preparations in advance for the disaster situation in Qingling and Qingling Prefectures.

And hearing the key place, Chu Mo couldn't help but stop and ask: "You said that Qingzhou is now ten villages and nine wildernesses, but is it true? This matter is very important, you can't deceive the orphans?"

"What am I lying to you for? Actually, it's not much worse, if it's not the Nine Desolations, there must be seven or eight Desolations. Tang Jing pursed her lips and said with an oath.

"What's going on with these deserted villages, are the people starving to death, or have they all fled?" Chu Mo continued to ask.

"The young and strong have fled. The rest of the old, weak, sick and disabled have either starved to death in the village, or have starved to death on the way to escape the famine, and on our way to Beijing, there are people fleeing the famine everywhere, all of them are gray and dirty, and their clothes are ragged.

As she spoke, Tang Jing suddenly felt sad for these victims, and even the vegetables in her hands were put back into the vegetable pot.

"In fact, when I entered Beijing this time, on the one hand, I was not suitable for the current weather in Qingzhou. On the other hand, I also came to find out how the imperial court wanted to deal with the disaster in Qingling and Qingling, so that I could reply to my father with a letter. ”

Chu Mo nodded, about the situation of her parents, the memory is very detailed.

Her father, Tang Ning, was a general under the Emperor of Chu, and later after the establishment of the Chu State, he was named the Marquis of Changning and has been stationed in Qingzhou.

Now that Qingzhou is suffering from drought, Tang Ning, the Marquis of Changning, naturally can't sit idly by.

It's just that he asked the imperial court again and again to put down the disaster relief funds, but the imperial court has been prevaricating for various reasons, so Tang Ning took advantage of the time when he sent Tang Jing back to Kyoto to hide from the dust, and asked Tang Jing to inquire about the meaning of the imperial court by the way.

Otherwise, there will be no news about this disaster relief fund for a long time, and there will be no way to provide disaster relief by relying on those officials in Qingzhou alone.

Suddenly, Tang Jing looked at Chu Mo and said gratefully: "I heard that it only took you a few days to raise more than three million taels of disaster relief funds for the victims of the two states of Qingling, which is simply life-saving money!"

"Don't you know, for this matter, Lone was also given a copy of ginseng! Saying that the prince of Chu State is lonely and goes to the street to do business, which is an insult to the face of the royal family of Chu State. Chu Mo spread his hands and laughed self-deprecatingly.

Tang Jing also smiled and said, "Chu Mo, thank you! Thank you for all this you have done for the victims of the Qingling Prefecture. ”

Chu Mo saw that her tears were already rolling in her eyes, and he was afraid that she would really cry, so he changed his words and urged: "Hurry up and choose your dishes, no matter how lazy you are, you won't have anything to eat." ”

As soon as he made such a joke, Tang Jing immediately stopped her tears, and hurriedly got busy, scolding Chu Mo for being inhumane while washing vegetables, and letting her do these things that the county lord did.

Chu Mo didn't bother to pay attention to her, seeing that she was not used to it, he casually added some workload to her.

Let her continue to beep again.

The two of them were busy in the small kitchen, and it was only half an hour later, and they finally made all the preparations.

Chu Mo immediately ordered someone to move the burned charcoal stove, as well as the copper pot, all kinds of washed vegetables, and the meat that had been cut and plated, all of which were moved to the queen Tang Lan's bedroom.

At this moment, in the queen's bedroom, everyone's expressions are a little strange!

I saw a red-hot charcoal stove on top of a table, and a copper pot was placed on top of the stove.

Inside this pot is ready-made chicken broth, and all kinds of fresh vegetables and meats are placed next to it.

This way of eating is really fresh!

Chu Mo pointed to the hot pot in front of him with satisfaction, and said to Tang Lan and Tang Jing next to him: "Queen Mother, stinky Tang Jing, we can start eating now." ”

It's just that Tang Jing pointed to the dishes on the table with a puzzled face, and said, "But, these are all raw! Could it be that these dishes are all decorations, and you only let me and my aunt drink the chicken soup in the middle?"

Although the queen didn't speak, she also had some doubts in her heart.

"Oh, this is called hot pot, you look at Lone, Lone teaches you how to eat. ”

Chu Mo laughed, said, picked up a slice of thinly cut beef, put it in the boiling chicken soup and soaked it a few times, and then immediately took it out, dipped it and put it in his mouth.

"Well, it's delicious!" Chu Mo's eyes blinked, revealing a satisfied expression on his face.

"Is it really that delicious?"

Queen Tang Lan and Tang Jing glanced at each other, and in curiosity, they also raised their chopsticks, and according to Chu Mo's appearance, they picked up a piece of beef and put it in the soup and shook it, and when the beef was cooked, they took it out and tasted it.

As soon as the beef entered their mouths, the eyes of the two people suddenly lit up, and they all showed surprised eyes.

"Wow, it's really delicious!"