Qiao Jingjing marinated the ingredients with seasonings and set them aside.
The heat from the charcoal fire had risen, making her face glow red.
She also called Yu Mei and Zhen Zhu over, and she told them to wash their hands properly before skewering the meat with bamboo sticks.
Pearl saw that she was going to be made to do this dirty work again.
She refused, washed her hands, and just stood aside watching Yu Mei thread the bamboo skewers, doing so crookedly.
They're picky and say strange things.
"Hey, Yumei, look at you, you've got something stuck in your skin! What is this? Can you eat it? It won't kill you, will it?"
Qiao Jingjing held a freshly skewered piece of meat in her hand and grilled it over the fire.
She tried a piece.
He didn't die.
She smiled and gently waved to Pearl:
"You try it, and see if you die?"
Pearl was so amused by Qiao Jingjing's laughter that she was practically numb.
She took the first skewer of scalding hot grilled meat, but dared not eat it.
“Pearl, I know you are an experienced elder in this household.”
Qiao Jingjing took the skewered chicken wings, ribs, and grilled fish from Yu Mei and arranged them in a row on the barbecue grill.
"You deliberately let me know about the affair between Madam Gu and Madam Gu! You need to understand first, whose dog are you now?"
A breeze was blowing under the eaves, making the charcoal fire burn brightly.
Qiao Jingjing skillfully grilled the meat skewers over the fire.
The pearl stem is on the ground.
"Why do you say such things, Madam? Pearl is completely sincere and doesn't know where she has offended you."
The aroma of roasted meat wafted from Qiao Jingjing's hands.
"Yu Mei, can you smell it? The meat smells so good! In this world, everyone has their own role to play! I am a lady, and you personally made roasted meat for Marquis Wu and the Princess as a late-night snack. So, what should your maids do? Stand by and watch the show, picking and nitpicking?"
Qiao Jingjing flipped the bamboo skewer in her hand over and still looked at the pearl with a smile.
The meat skewers sizzled and bubbled on the fire.
Sun Shangxiang couldn't wait any longer, so she ran over to the barbecue grill.
Stay here!
"Oh dear, it's warm next to this charcoal fire."
Sister-in-law, is this how you bake it?
How did you come up with the idea of skewering them with bamboo sticks?
You're sweating profusely, and Pearl hasn't even wiped your sweat, just standing here watching.
Qiao Jingjing picked up a skewer of freshly grilled ribs and handed it to Sun Shangxiang's small hand.
"Pearl, the maid, thought it was dirty and refused to help me, but I thought better of it. Pearl was the head maid who served Madam Gu and took care of Young Master Shao. It's understandable that she's a little proud!"
"Try it, see if it's delicious? Do you need me to adjust the flavor a bit more?"
Sun Shangxiang took a bite of a rib and, without even saying hello, devoured the whole skewer in one go.
"Oh my, it's delicious! It's so delicious! Sister-in-law, give me another one."
Pearl belongs to Sister Gu's courtyard; return her to her.
Sister-in-law Gu, the meat is ready. Do you want to come and eat?
never mind!
"You can sit inside by yourself! There's no food for you outside. Your head maid doesn't do any work; only Yu Mei cooks meat, and that's not even enough for me."
Sun Shangxiang ate five skewers of pork ribs in a row.
I ate another ten handfuls of chicken wings.
Pearl, still holding the cold skewer in her hands, obediently knelt on the ground.
Qiao Jingjing took the kebab back and gave it to Yulan to eat.
Qiao Jingjing ate a crucian carp by herself.
Later, Madam Gu still occupied the magpie's nest. In Qiao Jingjing's room, smelling the aroma of meat, she was so hungry that her mouth watered.
Madam Gu looked out the window at the corridor below:
“Pearl is disobedient? Sister, you can hit and scold her all you want, don’t give me any face. I know her well, she’s senior, she served Madam Gu and then Young Master Shao. Sister, you’re not allowed to give her back to me…”
Qiao Jingjing focused intently on grilling the meat in her hands.
Just listen to what Hou Gu said and forget about it.
"Oh, it's delicious, delicious...so delicious. I want more, but it's already down to the back of my neck."
Sun Shangxiang touched her belly, but felt something was missing, though she couldn't quite put her finger on it.
Qiao Jingjing called to Zhenzhu: "Go to the kitchen again and get a pot, a jar of fermented rice, a few oranges, and if there is any sugarcane, pick up a couple of stalks as well."
This time, Pearl dared not succumb.
She was her master's dog, and her master was offering her a way to redeem herself. In front of the young princess, she had to seize the opportunity.
She had to convince her master that she was one of her people.
Even in late autumn, the Wu Marquis's residence has oranges and sugarcane available.
Pearl only required a little effort.
When she returned, Qiao Jingjing was eating fragrant chicken wings on the veranda, while Madam Gu was still sitting in Qiao Jingjing's new room, maintaining her airs.
Qiao Jingjing asked Pearl to pour the fermented rice into the pot, squeeze out the orange juice, and cook them together.
"Go back and peel the sugarcane and squeeze out the juice."
Thus, Sun Shangxiang enjoyed the sweet and mellow sugarcane juice.
Qiao Jingjing drank a cup of fermented rice wine made with oranges.
I also treated Pearl to a cup of tea:
"If you work for me, you'll eat whatever I have. But if you have any disloyal thoughts..."
"Let my older brother hang you!"
Sun Shangxiang delivered the most sassy blow to Qiao Jingjing.
She touched her round little belly.
Ah, how beautiful.
Sister-in-law Qiao is so beautiful, the roast meat she makes is so delicious, and this sugarcane juice is so wonderful.
The news that the bride and her sister-in-law were having a late-night barbecue in Sun Ce's courtyard first reached the ears of Madam Wu. Madam Wu initially thought it was inappropriate, but with her youngest daughter present, it didn't seem inappropriate at all.
Later, the news spread to the outer residence.
In front of Sun Ce.
Upon hearing this, Sun Yi was even more restless than his elder brother.
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