Chapter 97 The Boss Lady

To be honest, the moment I redeemed the recipe and saw the instructional video, I regretted it. The ingredients and process required to prepare this snack are extremely complicated. After reading it for a long time, I started to feel dizzy and wanted to return it.

But since she had already bought it, she couldn't use it. Si Li sighed and regarded it as a way to show her sincerity in thanking him.

After a good night's sleep, I prepared ice jelly and sweet potato in the morning. Si Li asked Wang Ting to go out early to buy tenderloin that the store didn't have, stewed it, cut it into strips, and added various seasoning powders to mix well. After boiling five pounds of pork, there was still enough for a small pot. After Si Li mixed the seasoning powder, he began to feel sore in his hands. He was cursing himself in his heart for the brain attack yesterday, when he heard the door in the courtyard ring. Jiang Shizhi looked up, wearing a light fur coat and a slow belt, looking like a leisurely young man.

It really attracts a lot of hatred.

"But are you dazzled by what you see?" Jiang Hengyun tensed his face and asked in a deep voice, standing still. There was a hint of smile on his lips, but there was no smile in his eyes. He still remembered clearly the surprise in Si Li's eyes when she saw him without a mask. The more they spent time together, the more it felt like a thorn in his heart.

He saw that Si Li treated him differently from others. The stars in the young Mu Ai's eyes and the blush on his face were particularly attractive. But who was he facing? Was it Jiang Shizhi, the prince of Yue, or the crown prince of Ning Dynasty?

Si Li, who was pointed out to be a beauty lover, did not blush or feel nervous. She did not notice the dark tide in Jiang Shizhi's heart at all. She walked up to Princess Jinhe and said hello. She hooked her hand around Jiang Shizhi's sleeve and waved, pleading with her face. She said softly, "We are friends, right? Shizhi, can you do me a favor?"

"..." The frost in Jiang Hengyun's eyes melted away instantly, and he turned away. "Talk properly, what's the matter?"

Labor force +1.

He didn't push her away, so Si Li didn't let go, and she took Jiang Shizhi's sleeve and led him into the kitchen. The last time Jiang Hengyun entered the kitchen was when he was drunk. Now that he stepped into Si Li's territory, he could see the girl's small white earlobe under her hair that was inadvertently exposed, and his mind was confused for a moment.

Si Li stuffed the shovel into Jiang Shizhi's hand, and seeing that he was still in a daze, she tiptoed forward and tied an apron for him.

The girl's gentle and passionate breath was so close, it was almost a hug. Jiang Hengyun's hands and feet froze, wanting to push her away, but also craving this moment of closeness.

When is the nearest auspicious date? Should the marriage proposal be sent to the clan office, the Si family, or the Jian family?

Countless questions emerged from the tangled thoughts in his mind that he had not considered for many years, but had slowly begun to surface in his mind a dozen days ago.

Jiang Hengyun slowly raised his hand and pressed Si Li's shoulder, his throat rolling, and said in a deep voice, "You can't do this."

?

What's wrong? Why didn't you help me earlier? You're not talking until you've put on your apron. Really.

Si Li's mind was full of questions. "If you don't help, I'll go find your bodyguard Hulu? My friends and I have never practiced martial arts. It's really too long to hold a wok and a spatula to stir-fry for three quarters of an hour."

Jiang Hengyun suddenly came to his senses from thinking about how to write the most auspicious words in the marriage certificate, and coughed lightly, "I'll do it."

"Why are your ears red?" Si Li looked Jiang Shizhi up and down suspiciously, and suddenly smiled slyly, "You don't think I'm a pervert and you want to do something bad to a beautiful woman like you, do you?"

She knew that what she said was out of line, but she still said it. After all, it was hard to say whether they would be together in the future, so she might as well take advantage of it. If she could make the usually calm and indifferent prince show some unusual expression, it would be enough for her to miss the time they spent together when they went their separate ways one day.

"Cough cough!" Jiang Hengyun coughed twice, pushed Si Li out of the door, and only after closing the door could he hear his own chaotic heartbeat.

It’s really… embarrassing.

Before he could recover from his shock, Si Li poked her head out of the window again, "Shizhi, let me in so you can see the fire. You've never cooked before, so don't mess it up!"

The door of the kitchen at the back was finally opened to Si Li, but no matter how Jiang Shizhi teased her, she would not say a word, with a stiff face like a robot. Si Li found it boring after he said a few words, and sat obediently on the small stool watching the fire.

Stir-frying meat floss is a completely boring and laborious job. The weak flame in the stove flickers from time to time, proving its existence. Si Li is always worried that it will go out, so she has to stare at it without blinking, and ignores Jiang Shizhi who she thinks is concentrating on helping with the work.

Jiang Hengyun rolled up his sleeves, holding the pot with one hand and wielding the spatula with the other. The heat from the iron pot caused beads of sweat to appear under the mask, sticking between the mask and his face, making him very uncomfortable. However, he remained silent and repeated Si Li's instructions. From time to time, he lowered his eyes to look at Si Li, who was sitting next to him and was drowsy, with a faint smile on his lips.

The two of them, one sitting and one standing, were like a beautiful painting, which caught the eyes of the few people in the courtyard. Wang Ting looked at them once and then lowered his head, not daring to look again. He was worried about the marriage of his own shopkeeper, and he didn't know what the prince of Yue was planning. Jiang Rufei, who was playing chess with herself, stopped and looked at the small window of the kitchen with her chin in her hand.

Wang Xiaochong leaned against Jiang Rufei's legs and asked in a low voice, "So, has the boss found the boss lady?"

Jiang Hengyun, who was mistaken for the proprietress, looked over. Wang Ting was startled, and put on a smile and quickly picked up his nephew and ran away. When he ran to the edge of the junction of the front hall and the backyard, and was about to lift the curtain, he turned around inadvertently and saw the Prince of Yue looking down at the pot again, as if he didn't hear the question just now.

The courtyard returned to silence. Jiang Rufei laughed silently, her shoulders shaking. She was speechless for a long time. When Jiang Hengyun stopped after estimating the time, and gently woke up the dazed Si Li, Jiang Rufei wiped the tears from her eyes in the backyard and murmured, "Now, you really don't want to let go, right?"

Si Li slept warmly next to the stove. When she woke up at the right time, she checked the meat floss that Jiang Shizhi had fried. She put two strands in the palm of her hand and twisted them into fine crumbs, which was fragrant and cottony. .

Five pounds of pork floss only takes up a small pot. Si Li contentedly swept the last few pieces of floss in the pot and put them into the pot. "Thank you for your help! I'll treat you to a delicious meal when I come back this afternoon!"

Jiang Hengyun knew where she was going. Guan Ji Si Li would go there every day at noon. They were good partners. He didn't think it was a big deal at first, but now he saw Si Li's cheeks flushed from sleep and her eyes slightly watery. The girl was cute and bright, a rare spring light in this winter.

He curled his fingers and tapped the fabric of his robe unconsciously, unable to hide his annoyance. He wanted to hide her so that only he could see such unguarded beauty.

But reason finally triumphed over his greed. Jiang Hengyun poured a glass of cool water for Si Li, lowered his eyes and made way.

For no reason, Si Li saw a bit of disappointment on Jiang Shizhi's face, which was slightly red from the heat. She frowned and thought for a moment, then took out a handkerchief and handed it to Jiang Shizhi, "Wipe your sweat off. I'll go borrow a kiln and come back when I'm done."

There was no other way. After all, the space in Wanglai Residence was too small and not enough. There was no place to build a stove in the yard. Otherwise, Si Li wouldn't have had to carry an altar and go to check it out.

As a dim sum shop, Guan Ji's equipment is almost comparable to modern household equipment, including kilns, refrigerators, juicers, ovens, etc. Si Li is naturally envious, but many of the tools are passed down from generation to generation. Even if Si Li knew, there is no need for her to copy them at Wanglaiju. After all, Wanglaiju specializes in snacks rather than dim sum.

Before leaving, Si Li turned back and asked one more question, "By the way, do you know whether His Royal Highness the Crown Prince likes sweet, salty, or spicy food? Don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything else. It's just that His Royal Highness spoke for me in the academy last time, and I have nothing else to offer, so I want to ask you to make some snacks and give them to him as a token of my appreciation." There was no need to ask about Jiang Shizhi's taste. He had a dignified face, but in fact he was like a child and loved sweets. Si Li had seen through it long ago.

Jiang Hengyun was originally wondering why Si Li suddenly wanted to make new snacks today, and now he finally found the answer. It turned out that the snacks that Jiang Shizhi ate were just by chance. She made them for the "Crown Prince" who she only met twice, and she only asked others about the taste instead of him.

As soon as she asked, Si Li felt that Jiang Shizhi's pressure was getting lower and lower. But she didn't say anything wrong, so why did he get upset? Si Li was confused and waited for a while but didn't get an answer. She just pretended that she hadn't asked. "It's inconvenient to say, forget it. I will go early and come back early, and I will definitely not delay your dinner!"

Jiang Hengyun pursed his lips and said, "Same as me."

Hmm? Are you sure your cousin likes sweet food as much as you do? Si Li looked at Jiang Shizhi suspiciously, then realized belatedly that he was not jealous...right?

If she is jealous, she is jealous. As long as he doesn't say it out loud, it's none of her business to be nice to whoever she wants to be nice to.

Walking back and forth at both ends of the backyard, one had a gloomy face, the other was in high spirits and even hummed a little tune. Jiang Rufei held back her laughter and waited until Si Li left the house and got on the carriage, then she grabbed her brother's sleeve and laughed until she was shaking all over, "Hahaha!"

Jiang Hengyun pressed his brows and called for help, "Go find Mr. Zhong and ask someone to check the kiln in Qiyun Tower." Although Qiyun Tower has been cleaned from time to time in recent years, it has never been used. No one knows whether there are any hidden dangers in the equipment. He is really worried about letting Si Li use it directly.

After arranging things, Jiang Hengyun calmly sat down and looked at his sister who was laughing with tears in her eyes and much more lively than before. Jiang Rufei stopped smiling. Her soft face when she was not smiling was very similar to the cold expression under Jiang Hengyun's mask. "She will leave, or do you want her to die in the deep palace like mother?"

In front of Si Li, Jiang Rufei still maintained the appearance of learning to speak slowly, but she spoke this paragraph very fluently, and it was obvious that she had come out of her self-isolation. A child who has never spoken and a child who once spoke but lost his speech accidentally, learn to speak at different speeds, but others don't know it.

"I am not him." When Jiang Hengyun mentioned the palace, he could not help showing a look of disgust, but his expression quickly became empty again, "I will not let her die."

Jiang Rufei scoffed, "Father thought he would be rich and idle for the rest of his life. When he sent mother to Qiyun Tower as a token of love, he probably also thought he would never betray her."

"Don't call him, he doesn't deserve it." Jiang Hengyun frowned.

"She doesn't belong to you, nor to Daning, you know that." Jiang Rufei's voice was light and fleeting, "We promised mother."

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Prince adapts well to the boss lady role