In the afternoon, Xiaoguo had just put down her needlework and was stretching her neck.

At this time, Jiang Shanhe came in from outside, and Xiaoguo quickly covered the quilt over his boots.

"What's wrong?"

Xiaoguo looked at Jiang Shanhe nervously, not sure whether he had seen what happened just now.

"Nothing, someone is coming over tonight, can you cook some dishes for him?"

The first thing Jiang Shanhe did when he came back was to ask Xiaoguo if he could cook. At first Jiang Shanhe disagreed, but someone heard from somewhere that Xiaoguo was a good cook, so he asked to taste her food. Jiang Shanhe could not refuse and had to agree.

"Or let the kitchen prepare it."

Jiang Shanhe felt that Xiaoguo was a little tired, so after thinking for a moment, he decided to ask the kitchen to prepare the meal.

"No, it's okay. I like cooking too. I can come in the evening."

Xiao Guo stopped Jiang Shanhe who was about to leave, wondering what was going on. It turned out to be this. Looking at his expression just now, she thought he saw the boots he made.

"Is there anything you don't eat or avoid?"

Hearing Xiaoguo's question, Jiang Danhezi thought about it carefully and found that he didn't have any, so he shook his head and said, "There is nothing he doesn't eat, but he especially likes fish."

Jiang Shanhe recalled that when he ate with him, there would usually be fish on the table, and there would basically be no leftovers, so he guessed that he might prefer fish.

After Xiaoguo wrote it down, she immediately thought about the dinner menu. Jiang Danhe would not bother her. This time, the person coming must be more important, otherwise Jiang Danhe would not let herself work hard.

Just when Xiaoguo was thinking about the menu, Jiang Shanhe suddenly became hesitant again.

“Will it be too hard?”

Jiang Shanhe still said it hesitantly.

"It's okay. If you think it will be hard, then you can help me."

Xiaoguo said jokingly.

Jiang Shanhe answered without hesitation, "Okay!"

Xiaoguo smiled and obviously didn't take it seriously. In ancient times, men all advocated that gentlemen stay away from the kitchen, so Xiaoguo didn't take Jiang Shanhe's words seriously.

Just when Xiaoguo went to the kitchen to prepare ingredients, Jiang Shanhe actually followed her.

Xiaoguo looked at the serious-looking man and didn't expect that what he said was actually true. He said they would do it together, and so they did.

"What should I do?"

Xiaoguo came to her senses and looked at Jiang Shanhe who was also wearing an apron.

"You really want to do this?"

Jiang Shanhe heard the doubt in Xiaoguo's voice, so he nodded seriously, showing Xiaoguo how serious he was.

Xiaoguo knew Jiang Shanhe's determination, but then she had a new doubt: Can he cook?

"I can't cook, but I can prepare the ingredients for you."

Jiang Shanhe said this with full confidence, but under Xiaoguo's doubtful gaze, he seemed a little unsure, "...It should be possible."

Xiaoguo smiled and said it didn't matter whether he knew it or not, as long as he didn't cause any trouble.

But will things really turn out as Xiaoguo imagines?

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"Hey, you can't pick it like this."

"Excuse me..."

"Hey, you can't cut it like this..."

"......"

"You throw away what you should eat and leave what you should throw away..."

"I picked it up..."

"You haven't shaved your fish scales yet."

"I'll take it out..."

"This dish can't be made... The meat is too thick... You haven't washed it yet... The meat is not minced enough..."

"I'm sorry...I'm sorry...I'm sorry..."

From the kitchen, one could hear Xiaoguo's voice of dissuading them and Jiang Danhe's endless apologies from time to time.

Fortunately, when the two men came over, the two cooks had gone out on their own accord. Otherwise, if they saw the usually majestic general being criticized like a pedant, their eyes would probably shed tears.

"This piece of pork should be shredded."

At this moment, Jiang Shanhe was standing in front of the chopping board holding a knife, looking at the meat that he had cut into thick pieces and feeling a little at a loss.

Xiaoguo put down the knife helplessly, then took the knife from his hand and demonstrated to him.

"First, cut it like this, then cut it into thinner slices, then arrange them in a row, and then cut it into thinner strips."

Xiaoguo took a small piece of meat, cut it into strips, put it on the plate, and left the rest to him.

Although Jiang Shanhe can't cook, he has a strong learning ability, and as long as Xiaoguo shows him, he can make it exactly the same. Although it is a bit clumsy, Xiaoguo thinks it is not easy and it is great that Jiang Shanhe can do it.

"Yes, that's it, great!"

Jiang Shanhe was clumsily cutting the shredded meat. To be honest, this was his first time cooking, so his knife skills were very unsteady. But when he thought of all the boasting he had just made to Xiaoguo, he decided to stay steady and he could do it.

"That's great, that's it, it's amazing."

After Xiaoguo saw that he was able to cut it, he turned around and prepared what he had in his hand.

When Jiang Shanhe saw Xiaoguo leave, he felt relieved. It was not that he didn't like Xiaoguo being around him. On the contrary, he liked Xiaoguo being around him very much. The only thing he was not used to was Xiaoguo's compliments. He was a little shy.

Xiaoguo was chopping carrots noisily, and had no idea what Jiang Shanhe was thinking. The praise for him was simply because he had done a really good job, and it immediately put him into Zhuangzhuang's mode. Normally, Zhuangzhuang's education was encouragement-based.

At this moment, Xiaoguo also took the initiative to start encouraging education for Jiang Shanhe.

Jiang Danhe was already clumsily cutting the vegetables, and had to accept Xiaoguo's 'loving' encouragement from time to time. He felt a little uncomfortable and a little shy, but also a little happy.

Because Jiang Shanhe said that the visitor likes to eat fish, Xiaoguo prepared to cook the fish in three ways. The fish head was used to make chopped pepper fish head, the middle part of the fish was used to make West Lake vinegar fish, and the lower half of the fish was cut into thick slices to make crispy fish with sauce.

Xiaoguo guessed that the visitor must be of noble status, so she listed a menu of ten dishes, one soup and one dessert.

One fish in three ways counts as three dishes, and the fish is very big, so it is enough to divide it into three plates.

Next came shredded pork with green peppers, spicy and sour shredded potatoes, assorted dishes, mouth-watering chicken, spicy blood pork, fried lotus root boxes, and four-happiness meatballs.

For soup, make chicken and radish soup, and for dessert, have a dish of brown sugar rice cake.

After preparing all the side dishes, the next step is to wait for frying. Since it is still early, Xiaoguo is not in a hurry.

Jiang Danhe wiped the sweat off his face and put down the knife. Who could have thought that cutting vegetables would be so troublesome? To him, pieces were also called strips and strips were also called shreds. How could he divide them so clearly like small fruits?

Xiaoguo found it a little funny to see him like this. Even though he didn't cut very well, he was thoughtful enough not to clean up the mess by himself. With his participation, Xiaoguo didn't have to spend much effort.

"Okay, we're done."

Xiaoguo puts all the cut ingredients in a bowl and puts them together in the order they will be cooked later, so that it won't be too messy later.

"By the way, when will that person come?"

Xiaoguo asked for clarification so that she could estimate the time for cooking the next dish.

"He comes on time for dinner."

Jiang Shanhe blurted out the answer without thinking. In fact, he wanted to come along at noon, but he turned it down.

Xiaoguo nodded to show that she understood.