Chapter 13: Living off the old man
The officers were very satisfied with the meal Jiang Tangtang prepared today. When they left, Liang Jiamin scooped a large bowl of bacon fried rice for her.
Jiang Tangtang thanked him and left a small dish of yam cake for the official. "This is some yam I dug on the road. I made this yam cake for the children. It's not much, but you should try it."
After Jiang Tangtang left, Ge Daquan distributed the yam cake to everyone.
Although it was cut into small pieces and each person got a little, it tasted really good.
Ge Daquan couldn't help but nag Liang Jiamin, "Boss, how come Jiang Shi has suddenly become a different person? Not only is he a good cook, but he's also a considerate person."
Liang Jiamin looked thoughtfully at the yam cake in her hand and said, "After all, she is a noble lady from an aristocratic family. With such a dignified appearance, she can marry into the Dingbei Marquis Mansion. How can she really be a fool who only cares about eating?"
Ge Daquan asked doubtfully, "Then what she did before, could it be that she was just biding her time?"
Liang Jiamin said, "Don't worry about what she does. Go and make the arrangements. Starting tomorrow, Madam Lu and the other members of the Lu family's main house will switch their dry rations to coarse grains. Also, let her cook all the meals for the rest of the trip. Have everyone pay more attention to her and the children."
"Don't worry, we are all sensible people." When Ge Daquan heard that Jiang would cook for him from now on, he was happy and walked much more briskly.
Jiang Tangtang carried the yam cake and rice out of the kitchen, found an empty place, and entered the space first.
After entering the space, Jiang Tangtang first opened the steamer and took out the steamed buns. While eating the buns in big mouthfuls, he went to the yard and picked a Beibei pumpkin.
Back in the kitchen, I washed and sliced the pumpkin, added 1 tablespoon of oil, a pinch of shichimi powder, salt, and pepper, mixed well, and spread it in the frying basket. I set the air fryer to the desired time and temperature. I stuffed a few more steamed buns into my arms and hurriedly carried my things out of the room.
I didn't want to walk a few steps with my things when I ran into Jiang Caiwei. She was pulling at her clothes as she walked.
Seeing Jiang Tangtang, Jiang Caiwei looked away guiltily, then glared at her fiercely, turned around and walked away quickly.
Jiang Tangtang looked at her back thoughtfully.
What is she feeling guilty about?
But Jiang Tangtang didn't think much about it. No matter what she did, it had nothing to do with her. She quickly returned to the room with the yam cake.
In the room, most people couldn't stand the fatigue of the journey, so they ate some dry food and went to sleep.
Lu Shiyan was sitting next to the children but was not asleep. When Jiang Tangtang pushed the door open, he was using his hands to test the temperature of the children's foreheads, with a rare gentleness on his face.
However, this gentleness disappeared instantly after seeing Jiang Tangtang, and he turned back into a big ice cube again.
Jiang Tangtang: “…”
Although I know she is fat and ugly, there is no need to be like this!
Jiang Tangtang snorted, sat down next to Lu Tiantian, put the yam cake in front of her, and was about to reach out to pinch her nose when Lu Shiyan reached out to stop her.
"The children are too tired, let them sleep first!"
Thinking that she, an adult, could hardly handle it, let alone a few children, Jiang Tangtang felt sad and gave up the idea of waking the children.
She took out the small bowl from her bag, took a small bowl of rice from the big bowl and left it for herself, then handed the rest to Lu Shiyan and said, "Eat quickly, and I'll return the bowl to you after you finish."
Lu Shiyan looked up at her but did not take the bowl she handed over.
Although Jiang Tangtang tried her best to change her image in everyone's mind in the past two days, it was obvious that Lu Shiyan still didn't believe that she would be generous enough to share her rice with him.
After all, she had done a lot of weird and vicious things for a bite of food in the past.
Jiang Tangtang deliberately asked, "What for? Is it shameful for the prince to live off his wife?"
"I'm not ashamed. I'm no longer a prince." Lu Shiyan finally reached out and took the bowl. However, he didn't eat. Instead, he watched Jiang Tangtang eat, obviously worried that she wouldn't have enough.
"Eat quickly, don't worry about me. I thought about it and felt that being fat would make everything inconvenient, so I decided to lose weight and eat less in the future."
Jiang Tangtang decided to give him a heads-up in advance, so that he wouldn't be too surprised if she suddenly lost weight one day.
Seeing that he still hadn't eaten, Jiang Tangtang took out a few steamed buns hidden in her arms, stuffed them into her bag, and said, "I also left some food for Grandma and Mom, so you don't have to save it for them."
This time, Lu Shiyan finally picked up the chopsticks and started eating. After taking only one bite, he unexpectedly put down the chopsticks.
He could probably understand why the officials had such a big change of heart towards Jiang after just cooking a few meals.
This skill is really good. It is comparable to the imperial chefs in the palace.
"Thanks a lot!"
"We're all family, so why bother talking about hard work!"
Jiang Tangtang waved her hand nonchalantly and finished the bacon fried rice in the bowl in no time.
A small bowl of rice is indeed not enough to fill her big stomach.
But I thought that I had just eaten a steamed bun, and steamed buns and rice are foods that make you gain weight easily, so just eating a little will be enough.
If you feel really hungry soon, you might as well secretly drink some milk and eat some fruit!
Just as she was struggling, Lu Shiyan stretched out his big hand and said, "I haven't eaten this yet!" As he said that, he was about to pour the rice in the big bowl into her small bowl.
Jiang Tangtang quickly stopped him, "No need! I'm full!"
"Are you really full?" Lu Shiyan stared at her with his ink-black eyes and asked in a low voice.
Jiang Tangtang nodded vigorously and said, "When you're full, you eat and I'll go wash the dishes." After that, she ran out of the room like a flash.
After leaving the room, Jiang Tangtang pounded his chest twice with his fists and sighed deeply: It's not good for a man to be too good-looking, it's too easy to distract people.
Thinking that she had already gone out, Jiang Tangtang went to the toilet and planned to close the door and sneak into the space, wash up and then go back to the room to sleep. Unexpectedly, she met Jiang Caiwei again.
Jiang Caiwei was hunched over, rinsing her mouth with a willow branch. Seeing Jiang Tangtang, she glared at her fiercely again, then dropped the branch and walked away.
Jiang Tangtang rolled her eyes at her back, went into the toilet, locked the door, and quickly entered the space.
Feeling the fresh air in the space, Jiang Tangtang sighed comfortably, thinking that it would be nice if she could sleep here at night.
But considering that she is a prisoner now, if she doesn't go back for too long, someone might suspect that she has escaped and cause a big fuss again.
She could only sigh regretfully, quickly washed the dishes, brushed her teeth and washed her face, applied skin care products on her face, and then reluctantly left the space.
As soon as I returned to the room, I heard Lu Shiyan say, "I've already returned the bowl, come and rest!"
After walking so much today and cooking two meals, Jiang Tangtang is really tired and sleepy now. Since he has returned the bowl, she should just go to sleep!
Jiang Tangtang lay down next to Lu Tiantian and soon fell asleep.
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