Chapter 147 Chapter 147 "Madam Su...

"Madam Su."

"I'm his friend, Gu Sheng." Li Heng didn't want to reveal his identity, so he made up a name.

Su Li noticed the man next to Song Ling from the very beginning. At one glance, Su Li knew that the person in front of her was extraordinary, just like when she first saw Song Ling. The reason was very simple. Both of them had an innate nobility. No matter what the environment or background was, they always gave people a feeling of standing out from the crowd.

In addition, not long ago, Su Li learned from his father and two brothers that Mr. Song was not an ordinary merchant traveling between the north and the south, but someone close to Prince Ji. This made Su Li even more certain that the people around him were not ordinary people.

But since the other party didn't say anything, Su Li just pretended not to know, "Mr. Gu."

Li Heng glanced at Song Ling with a wicked smile, then looked at Su Li and suddenly said, "Madam Su, hearing about you is worse than meeting you in person. I've long heard of your great name."

Su Li was a little puzzled by this, but he quickly put away his smile and said, "I've always heard Uncle Meng say that your cooking is delicious."

Su Li finally realized what was going on. But she thought to herself, "Didn't I expect Young Master Song would like her cooking so much? He'd even mentioned it to others."

After a moment's thought, she had figured out how to thank him, but now Su Li still said modestly, "It's just an ordinary meal. I don't deserve such praise from you, young master."

Then Su Li told the other party about how she had grown the seeds he had brought her, and expressed her gratitude. She also invited him to the restaurant in a few days so that she could cook a meal for him personally to thank him.

As soon as these words came out, before Song Ling could speak, Li Heng beside him said, "That's great. I'll accept it on his behalf."

Song Ling could only say, "Okay."

Seeing that the other party agreed, Su Li stopped disturbing him and turned away.

After Su Li left, Li Heng immediately returned to his usual nonchalant attitude, "Is this the Madam Su?"

Song Ling sat calmly, not saying a word.

But Li Heng seemed to know some huge secret, and the smile on his face never disappeared.

But he couldn't understand why this Lady Su didn't look particularly beautiful. At best, she was pretty, but compared to the beauties he'd seen before, she certainly wasn't the most beautiful. So why did Uncle Meng fall for her? Puzzled, Li Heng decided to find out for himself.

"I'm going there tomorrow too."

He said that he had just heard from Shu Jiu that the food cooked by Madam Su was extremely delicious, and he wanted to see just how delicious it was.

Song Ling remained silent. Li Heng found it extremely boring and could not help but miss the Song family's Erlang who used to go around Chang'an with him, getting into trouble with fine clothes and riding a horse, and was fearless.

How boring.

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The Su family was holding a wedding, and the guests did not leave until late at night. After seeing off the last table of people, everyone in the Su family was almost exhausted. According to the old custom, they should have made a fuss in the bridal chamber, but no one had the energy to do so. Moreover, they did not want to delay the wedding night of the bride and groom, so everyone went back to the house tacitly.

In the bridal chamber, Fangcao, who was originally very nervous, breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Su Qinghe say that everyone had dispersed. The bride was shy and was most afraid of a group of people making a fuss in the bridal chamber, and also eavesdropping. Fangcao didn't know what was going on before, but she heard about it from her good sisters before she got married. When she thought about what she and Brother Qinghe were doing in the room and being overheard, Fangcao felt embarrassed to death.

Not bad, not bad.

"Put out the candle..."

"good…"

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The next day, when Fangcao got up, there was no one beside her. She woke up instantly and quickly sat up. Ignoring the aches and pains all over her body, she forced herself to put on her clothes and went out.

It was already bright outside, but no one was there. She felt a little uneasy. After all, she was marrying into someone else's family. How could she get up so late? It would be bad if her mother-in-law disliked her.

Thinking of what her mother said, although Fangcao didn't want to listen, she had to admit that her mother was doing it for her own good. She put away her nervousness and anxiety and wanted to find out where her husband was. After searching around, she only saw Amei who had just woken up and was still sleepy.

"Second Young Madam, are you awake?"

Fangcao looked at the other person and wanted to correct herself, saying that she was not a young lady, but she was more worried about other things at the moment, so she just asked, "Why don't you see mother and the others?"

"Oh, you mean Madam, she should not be up yet!"

ah?

Now Fangcao was confused. He hasn’t gotten up yet?

"What about Dad?"

"He probably hasn't gotten up yet."

"The fourth and fifth young ladies haven't gotten up yet..." Actually, Amei was not used to getting up so late at first. After all, she had to get up before dawn to work at the master's house. But after coming here, she gradually got used to it. The reason was that the master and the young ladies were too kind. They deliberately let them sleep a little longer, and said that only after a good sleep can one have the strength to work. Amei had never heard of the term "sleep enough". She only knew about eating enough. Speaking of eating enough, Amei has never been hungry since she came to the Su family. She is so happy. Every day when she gets up, Amei feels that she is so happy.

Fangcao was stunned when she heard this. Hasn't he gotten up yet?

How was this... different from what she'd imagined? And different from what her mother had said? Didn't they say the mother-in-law would set rules for the new bride on her first day? Just like her grandmother did with her mother?

how…

However, what surprised Fangcao even more was that after Chen got up, she didn't seem to want to do anything. Instead, she gave her a big jade bracelet very affectionately when she was serving tea. After dinner, she even took her out to buy her clothes and shoes. Moreover, her father-in-law didn't stop her from doing this, and even said with a smile,

"Go ahead and buy a few more sets for Sanlang's wife."

So Fangcao was taken away by Chen. Then she started to refuse things that Chen wanted to buy for her, which made Fangcao feel embarrassed.

On the day of returning home, Chen prepared a lot of things and pulled a whole mule cart. When she returned, the villagers saw it and were envious and amazed.

Whose family would give so much as a return gift to their daughter-in-law? How much money must they have earned?

Those in the village who once looked down on the Su family for their military origins all regretted not marrying into the Su family earlier. If they had, would this twenty-year-old girl who had not yet married be chosen for marriage?

It's just too late to say anything.

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Sister-in-law went back to her parents' home, and the long-lost maternal love finally came back. Su Li listened to Chen's nagging, followed her fourth sister, said a few perfunctory words and went out to the restaurant. Today was the day Su Li specially invited Mr. Song to a banquet, and she had to cook some delicious dishes herself to thank him. As for what dishes to cook, Su Li had also thought about it, and she would use potatoes. It happened to be a new thing. I think no one else has made it in this era?

Su Li was not quite sure, but it didn’t matter, she would know after trying it.

"Boss, what did you get?" Wen Liu walked over with a kitchen knife and asked curiously as he looked at the strange things that Su Li had carefully placed on the chopping board.

"This is potato." Su Li explained and told the story of its origin.

Wen Liu was confused. He only remembered that it could be used as a staple food and a dish, and it tasted quite good. He didn't understand anything else.

However, he looked at this unassuming thing with a look of doubt on his face. Didn't they say they were treating distinguished guests to a meal today? Would this be okay for them to eat?

Su Li smiled and said nothing. They would know when she was done.

Today we are going to make a potato feast. No one present has made it except Su Li, so Su Li did not ask others to help her, but did it by herself. She planned to make a potato stewed with pork ribs, hot and sour potato shreds, dry pot potatoes, potato pancakes, and wolf tooth potatoes. She is used to preparing and cutting vegetables, but Su Li's hands are still a little clumsy. She has been busy with the front of the restaurant these days and rarely comes to the kitchen. It seems that she still needs to practice more often, Su Li thought to herself.

However, all her thoughts disappeared when she put the shredded potatoes into the pot and a strange and special aroma spread out. Everyone in the kitchen gathered around, including Old Man Qu who was busy making other dishes.

"What is this?" Old Man Qu asked, looking at the green, red and yellow shredded potatoes intertwined on the plate.

"Spicy and sour shredded potatoes."

"Potato?"

Old Man Qu looked at the shredded potatoes with confusion. Why had he never seen this dish before?

Su Li took chopsticks and poured the remaining shredded potatoes in the pot into a plate, and asked Old Man Qu and the others to have a taste. Although the people led by Wen Liu were eager to try it, they did not dare to do so because Old Man Qu, the master, had not picked up his chopsticks yet.

Old Man Qu did not hesitate. He picked up a few shredded potatoes with chopsticks and put them into his mouth. The crispy, sour and spicy taste burst in his mouth, with an indescribable fragrance. It was the first time he had tasted such a flavor, but he had to admit that it tasted delicious.

“Is this called potato?”

Wen Liu was getting anxious when he saw that the master didn't say anything about the taste after eating. Then he became even more anxious when he heard the master asking some irrelevant questions. He didn't care about anything else at this time. Anyway, the master had already eaten, so they all picked up their chopsticks to pick up the shredded potatoes and started eating.

It didn't matter that everyone was stunned after eating it. This tasted so good with rice, sour and spicy, it felt like I could eat several bowls of rice, it was delicious! And the taste was different from other dishes. This earthy bean was very fragrant, very crispy, and had a very strange taste.

But before everyone could figure out what was going on, Su Li's second dish, dry pot potato chips, came out of the pot. The taste of the potato chips surprised everyone again. They were spicy, soft and sticky, and still had a light fragrance.

Only Old Man Qu could taste the special flavor. He looked at Su Li, as if asking but also as if confirming, "These potatoes are very tasty no matter how you cook them."

It has to be said that he is a master chef. He discovered it after just two dishes. Su Li nodded, "Yes, this potato tastes good no matter what you cook it with."

After hearing this, Old Man Qu's eyes lit up instantly. Only Wen Liu listened to what the two said as if it was a mystery. He had no idea what they meant and did not understand the value of potatoes as a universal side dish.

But they understood the next sentence Su Li said,

"Once the potatoes are planted this year, we can cook them in the restaurant in the future."

Wenliu, "That's great."

“This dish is delicious.”

"yes."

Old Man Qu was also very happy. As a veteran chef who had been cooking in the restaurant for so many years, he naturally knew the importance of a signature dish to a restaurant, especially since potatoes were something new and unheard of, so he was not afraid that the guests would not like it.

"Congratulations, Madam Su."

Su Li smiled and said nothing. Only Wen Liu was still confused.

"Okay, if you understand, you are the host. Go and deliver the dishes to the guests."

Wen Liu really wanted to say, he's not a waiter...

But he had to obey the chef's instructions, so he had no choice but to serve the dishes.

In the private room, Li Heng looked at the lake view outside the window, then looked at Song Ling and said, "It's been almost a month, and you're not tired of it yet?"

Song Ling retracted his gaze and asked, "Are you bored, Your Highness?" The implication was that even if he was bored, he would come again.

Li Heng nodded, "I'm a little tired of it indeed." He had been eating the dishes in this restaurant for almost a month and was a little tired of them. If it weren't for his good friend's important event, he would definitely change restaurants to eat. He heard that there was a restaurant called Xiangmanlou in this county town that was not bad. He was thinking of trying it before leaving. After all, the dishes in any restaurant in this county town were so delicious, so he thought the food in that restaurant must taste good too, right?

As he was thinking this, a man with a sweat towel hanging around his neck walked in. "My two lords, your food is here."

Hearing that the dishes today were prepared by Miss Su herself, Li Heng was still somewhat interested. Although his interest was not great, he was still stunned when he looked at the dishes on the table.

What is this?