Chapter 254 Beef and Golden Soup
Before she was officially engaged to someone, her lover had already arrived, and she was from a high-ranking family. Su Ruojin smiled gently and retracted her gaze, "Miss Ning, if you like Prince Zhao, you can tell him directly. If he likes you too, maybe you two will get married."
Ning Ning was initially made to feel guilty by the young lady's gaze, but when she suddenly heard these words, she blurted out happily, "You don't like the young Prince Zhao, you were forced by your parents, right?"
Su Ruojin: ...
The young lady was like she had discovered a new world. "Lord Su is the teacher of the young prince Zhao, so he used his status as a teacher to force the young prince to marry you, right? But in fact, you don't like the arrogant and cocky young prince, right?"
Su Ruojin was speechless after hearing this. Are you telling a story or are you talking in a book? If you have this talent, you would be sorry for your unique train of thought if you don't write a few novels about how a domineering CEO falls in love with me or how I am conquered by a face-paralyzed prince.
The young lady stared at Su Ruojin with her eyes wide open. She smiled and shook her head, "No, you are wrong. The young prince Zhao is handsome and elegant. I fell in love with him at first sight. I was extremely happy. Coincidentally, the young prince likes me, so we are heading towards each other. It's so sweet."
They like each other and run towards each other.
It has nothing to do with her! Ning Ning was heartbroken and burst into tears, "No... No..." She covered her ears with both hands and stomped her feet, "I don't want to listen... I don't want to listen..." The people in the living room heard the young lady crying outside and rushed out.
Ningning saw her brother and threw herself into his arms. "No, no, it's definitely not what she said... Prince Zhao must have been forced by his teacher... He must have come to propose marriage out of necessity..."
Su Yanli: ...If he had this ability, why would he still be here as a seventh-rank official? He would have entered the central government of the Dayin Dynasty long ago. Why is he still worrying about next year's grain production now?
The guest was crying. As the mistress of the house, Cheng Yingzhen should express her opinion, but she knew her daughter well and she would definitely not bully the guests. Sure enough, listen to what she said, saying that her husband forced the young prince. Her husband was not that kind of person at all.
So she held it in and didn't move. If you want to cry, just let you cry.
Ning Qilang: ...Looking up at the sky in silence, how could he have such a naive and silly sister, really...
Su Ruojin's gaze fell on Ning Qilang and Ning Banniang, and she secretly sighed that only the little white flowers in the greenhouse would dare to be so naive.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the yard was awkwardly quiet.
"Well..." As the mistress of the house, Cheng Yingzhen eased the awkwardness, "It's almost noon. If the Seventh Young Master doesn't mind the simple food and tea, why don't you stay here and have a meal before leaving?"
The Ning and Su families had no connection at all, and the only connection they had now was to snatch Zhao Lan. Normally, they would not keep the meal, but...
Master Ning Qi smiled and helped Ah Mei stand up. He bowed and said, "Then Yi, you're welcome. Sorry for bothering me."
The three members of the Su family: ...
They all smiled awkwardly.
Ning Ning was probably also shocked by his brother's actions and stopped sobbing, "Seventh Brother, you..."
"I heard from Jinzhi that Jinniang's cooking skills are amazing. Since I have the chance, of course I have to stay and try her."
Su Ruojin: ...Isn't it said that Ning Qilang is the Jade-faced General? How come he is a foodie?
The young master of the Duke's Mansion is staying for dinner, so the dishes cannot be sloppy. However, the weather this year is not good, with either drought or war. We have finally celebrated the New Year, and now in the first month of the year, there is really nothing good to serve.
Cheng Yingzhen quickly pulled her daughter away and asked in a low voice, "Ajin, we only have some bacon and dried fish at home. What can we cook to entertain the two guests?"
Su Ruojin asked back, "Mom, the Ning brothers and sisters didn't come empty-handed, did they?"
"Definitely not."
How could a young man or a girl from a wealthy and noble family be so rude?
Su Ruojin took a look at the things they brought, half of the food, two pieces of satin and four treasures of the study.
There was a piece of frozen beef in the food. It was probably just taken out of the ice cellar and was a little thawed. Su Ruojin smiled happily, "It's here!"
Seeing her daughter had an idea, Cheng Yingzhen breathed a sigh of relief, "Ajin, what delicious food are you going to make?"
"Be a golden beef."
The name sounded like a dish, so Cheng Yingzhen asked, "What other dishes are you going to prepare?"
Su Ruojin chuckled, "This is enough."
Cheng Yingzhen: ... Just one? That's outrageous!
But her daughter always knew her limits, so Cheng Yingzhen immediately felt relieved. "I'll go to the front to entertain the two guests and prepare lunch. You can ask Maoya to come over and call her."
"good."
Golden soup with fat beef is a delicious dish with good color, aroma and taste. Its preparation process is very simple. It mainly requires ingredients such as fat beef and enoki mushrooms. The main thing is that this soup has a good meaning, golden soup, so the soup must be as golden as gold.
The ingredient that can make the soup as golden in color is the pumpkin, which is so common in later generations. There is no pumpkin in the Dayin Dynasty, but last autumn when Su Ruojin went to the foot of the West Mountain to buy land to grow vegetables, she found that the villagers grew yin melons that were a bit like pumpkins. They had green skin when they were not ripe, and yellow skin and flesh when they were ripe, and the taste was not much different from pumpkin.
When Su Ruojin left, the villagers saw that she liked eating them and gave her several.
She treated it as pumpkin, making pumpkin cakes or steaming it. If she hadn't been saving it, she would have eaten it all long ago. Today, she just happened to use it to make golden soup beef.
In the first month of the lunar year, the weather is still freezing cold. A bowl of golden beef soup can make you sweat, and it feels so good.
The frozen beef was sliced into thin rolls, one slice at a time. In a short while, three large plates were filled, which was enough to satisfy my appetite.
As everyone knows, cattle are powerful farming animals and should not be slaughtered easily. If it weren't for Ning Qillang, the Su family would not be able to eat beef.
Even though Taohua is annoying, I won't bother with her for the sake of the beef.
Haha, if Zhao Lan knew that someone didn't even try to have sex just to eat beef, I wonder what he would think.
The golden needle mushrooms in the golden soup beef were not available in Dayin Dynasty, but there were various kinds of mushrooms among the mountain products given by Father Feng. They were soaked and added to the golden soup beef, which was equally delicious.
Frying, stir-frying, and boiling, there are many cooking methods for this small dish of golden beef soup. With Su Ruojin's skillful cooking, the golden golden beef soup is ready to serve.
When the food is served, if the table is large, each person will have a bowl of golden beef soup in front of them.
Ning Qilang was stunned.
Is this how the Su family treats guests? A poor county magistrate, crying poor in front of him? Afraid that he would go to Beijing and say bad things about him? To show that they are honest?
Ningning showed disgust on her face and almost lost her temper. Suddenly, she remembered that her brother had said that the young prince liked the food cooked by Su Er Niang. It seemed that she had hooked the young prince with the food.
Holding back my disgust, I picked up my chopsticks and saw the golden soup. I couldn't help but ask, "How is this yellow soup made?"
Su Ruojin replied with a smile, "Mash the yin melon until the soup turns golden yellow, then filter out the melon flesh and only use the soup. This soup is sweet and slightly spicy, which is very suitable for eating in the cold weather now."
Golden soup, green and white cabbage, paper-thin cow paper...
Ningning asked, "What is this red thing?"
"chili."
“What is chili?”
Su Ruojin: ...
Are you going to let people eat it?
She held back her eye roll and smirked, "You two, if you don't eat, the noodles will become clumpy."
The Ning family siblings looked at each other. Su Erniang didn't look like she was going to chase them away, but the dishes she was serving...
Maybe the conditions in Weizhou County are really poor.
Ning Qillang and Ning Yi gritted their teeth and lowered their heads to eat.
Why is it so spicy when you take the first bite?
The second bite was fresh, sweet and spicy, a magical taste that instantly awakened his taste buds. The hotter it was, the more he wanted to eat, and he simply couldn't stop.
After a while, he looked up and smiled, handsome and bright, "Anything else?"
The guests love the food and the host is happy.
"Yes, yes, yes..." Cheng Yingzhen happily asked someone to serve Ning Qilang another bowl.
After three bowls, Ning Qilang finally put down his chopsticks with a lingering taste, "No wonder Jin Zhi likes it, it's really delicious."
Ningning, who was enjoying his meal, suddenly felt that the delicious food in his mouth no longer tasted good when he heard his brother's words. "Brother, you are still my brother, why do you say such hurtful things?"
Su Yanli also ate until he felt full and satisfied. He smiled and said, "I have to go to the government office in front to take up my duties. If you are free, please sit here. Ask Ajin to make you something to eat. If there is nothing else, we still have some simple meals."
Simple meals?
Ning Qilang savored the delicious golden beef soup and couldn't help asking, "Second Madam, how did you make this golden beef soup so delicious?"
When Su Ruojin heard this, she knew he wanted the recipe, and she was not stingy. She took him and his sister to the study, wrote down the recipe and gave it to him.
Ning Ning snorted sourly, "Aren't you afraid that I will learn it, do better than you, and snatch your little prince away?"
Su Ruojin: ...
I couldn't help but look at Ning Qilang, "Is your sister really one year older than me?" Why is she like a three-year-old child?
Ning Qilang: ...was about to glare at her.
Su Ruojin giggled, "Sister, go ahead and grab it with confidence." If you succeed, it will be considered your ability.
No matter how dumb Ningning was, she could hear that the other person was not afraid of her snatching things away at all. Hmm, what did this girl eat to grow up? She is better at fighting than her, better at cooking than her, and there are other things that she is better at than her that she doesn't know.
The word "sister" made her burst into tears, "You bullied me?"
Su Ruojin: ...
Ning Qilang:......
Ning Qillang shouted to Su Ruojin, "You made her cry, you go comfort her." After saying that, he walked away with the recipe.
Su Ruojin: ...You don’t want your sister anymore?
Ning Qilang walked to the gate and looked behind him cautiously, "Didn't my sister come out with me?"
"Reply Sir, no."
"Haha." Ning Qilang danced with joy, "Let's go, I'm going to race horses." He finally got rid of his spoiled and crybaby sister, and he was free!
Ning Ning pouted and said, "I want to stay here until I beat you and cook better food than you."
Su Ruojin: ...
What? She was being relied on?
"No, dear sister, you have beaten me now, I admit defeat, really, I am your defeated opponent."
(End of this chapter)
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