The next morning, Tian An personally prepared the ingredients and cooked a large table of delicious dishes.
What about Maoxuewang, chopped pepper fish head, spicy hot pot, steamed pork with rice flour, crispy pork belly, fried chicken, taro braised pork, tofu and mushroom, braised eggplant, three fresh meatball soup, etc.
Snacks also include fish skin peanuts, potato chips, three flavors of melon seeds, pork jerky, etc.
Seeing that everything was almost ready, he asked Chen Feng to drive a carriage to pick up Qin Yalan.
Qin Yalan looked at the table full of delicious dishes, her eyes almost bursting with laughter, "An An, we are so familiar with each other, why did you prepare such a sumptuous meal!"
Xiao Kang, who was standing by, said, "Sister knew that Sister Ya Lan waited for her all day yesterday, and she felt really bad about it, so she got up early in the morning to prepare!"
Xiaoqi also said, "Sister Yalan, Sister An'an's cooking is delicious! We haven't tried many of the dishes she made today! There will be snacks later, and there are three flavors of melon seeds!"
Tian An clearly saw Qin Yalan's eyes light up. Seeing her happy, he was even happier and hurriedly asked her to pick up her chopsticks.
Granny Qin also warmly invited her to eat. "Yalan, you have to eat more. It's been so long since we last met! You've lost a lot of weight!"
Qin Yalan heard this and asked hurriedly: "Really? Have I really lost weight?"
Granny Qin laughed and said, "Of course it's fake, your chin is even pointed."
Qin Yalan touched her chin and nodded, "It seems so! Oh! It's all because of worrying about An An."
After saying that, he looked at Tian An with a resentful face, as if Tian An was a heartless man.
Tian An saw this and quickly picked up a fried chicken leg for her. "Sister Yalan, this is all my fault. Come on and have a chicken leg. I just invented this one. It's delicious. I'm sure you've never had it before."
"Really?" Qin Yalan looked at the golden and crispy fried chicken leg and swallowed lightly. "Then I'd like to try it and see how delicious it is." After saying that, she picked up the chicken leg and took a bite...
After a long while, he excitedly said, "An An, how did you make this fried chicken? It's so delicious. The skin is crispy and the meat is firm and tender. One bite is fragrant, the second bite is tender, and the third bite is full of juice. I have never eaten such delicious chicken!"
"It tastes good, right? If it tastes good, eat more. Mother-in-law said you've lost weight, so you need to eat more." Tian An said as he picked up some food for Qin Yalan.
After the meal, Qin Yalan couldn't help but feel full. The two of them lay on the recliner in Tian An's room and talked about what had happened to them during this period.
Tian An told Qin Yalan how they escaped the earthquake and flood, what they experienced along the way, and how they bought a house and a farm in the capital. He concealed the identities of Yaoyao and the third princess and prince Xiao, and only said that they saved the young master and young lady of a rich and powerful family.
Qin Yalan also told Tian An that the earthquake occurred when they were only halfway there, and the bodyguards who were hired to escort them to Beijing were worried about their families' safety, so they refused to take the money and insisted on going back.
Finally, they had to set out on their journey alone with two servants and a maid. As a result, they encountered a group of thieves in disguise and were almost deceived.
Hearing this, Tian An asked nervously: "Then how did you escape?"
"Although my father hasn't been to the capital for a long time, he still knows the basic route. The gang of thieves led us off the route to the capital, and my father noticed it.
There were so many of them that we didn't dare to tell anyone. I pretended to be carsick to slow down the journey, and at dinner time I told Shaoyao to help cook to apologize. While they weren't paying attention, I asked Shaoyao to put the drug you gave me in my food."
Although Tian An was not there, he could imagine how serious the situation was at the time. "Fortunately, you managed to escape."
Qin Yalan was also frightened. "You don't know, there was a person who was very alert at the time and hadn't eaten anything. I saw that someone had already been knocked unconscious. That person realized that it was us who did it, so he came towards us. I was so scared that my mind was confused.
Fortunately, two of my servants later entangled him. After I reacted, I sprinkled the powder you gave me all over him, and as a result, the servants were knocked unconscious as well.
We didn't dare to linger. Shaoyao, my father, and I worked together to lift the servant onto the carriage. We drove for three days straight before we dared to stop for a rest. The whole way, I tightly grasped the last remaining packet of medicine.
Qin Yalan took out the packet of medicine from her sleeve pocket as she spoke. "I still keep it close to me until now! If it weren't for the medicine you gave me, my family might have been killed a long time ago, and we wouldn't be able to meet each other now."
Tian An noticed that her body was trembling slightly as she spoke, so he quickly stood up and hugged her, "It's okay, it's okay, it's safe now."
Listening to Tian An's gentle voice and feeling her warm embrace, Qin Yalan slowly calmed down. "An An, you are our family's savior. If you have anything to say in the future, just tell me. I will go through fire and water for you."
"Haha, you've read too many storybooks!" Tian An said jokingly. "But I do have a small favor to ask of you right now."
Qin Yalan was stunned for a moment, then reacted. "Have you been planning to trick me for a long time?"
Tian An smiled without saying anything. He walked to the dressing table, took out the two velvet flowers that Mangzhong and the others had hurriedly made, and handed them to her. "Take a look. Do they look familiar?"
Qin Yalan took the velvet flower, looked at it carefully, and said in surprise: "Is this made from the pattern I drew yesterday?"
"How beautiful it is!" Tian An said.
Qin Yalan nodded, "So the little favor you mentioned is related to this?"
Tian An nodded. "I'd like to ask Sister Yalan to be my design supervisor, specifically to help me draw patterns for velvet flowers. Of course, I won't let you do it for free. I'll give you some money. How about that? Can you do me this little favor?"
Qin Yalan was a little stunned. "Design director?"
"Well, I'm specifically responsible for designing the patterns. Mangzhong and the others will also check their work for you. It will only be done after you agree with it." Tian An explained.
Qin Yalan hesitated: "I've never done this before, is this okay?"
"Great!" Tian An took the blueprint she had drawn yesterday and said, "These patterns you drew! The colors are bold, the patterns are beautiful, and they're very creative. I'm sure a lot of people will like them when we make them into finished products and sell them."
"Is it really that good?" Qin Yalan asked uncertainly.
"Oh! Sister Yalan, be more confident and remove the word 'ma'. It's really that good."
Qin Yalan looked blankly at the velvet flower in her hand, then at Tian An's trusting eyes, and gradually her gaze became firm. "Okay, I'll be the design director you mentioned. But you don't have to give me any money. I'm free anyway, so I'll just use this as a way to kill time."
Tian An shook his head in disapproval. "Sister Yalan, design isn't just a way to pass the time. It's an art form, and it can also be a skill you rely on to survive. You should develop it well, make it your foundation, your backing, and use it to earn a fortune for yourself."
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