Seeing him furrow his brows, Qi Yize became even more curious about the contents of the letter.
"Yu Zhizhi is still standing outside the mansion gate waiting for your reply! She said that whether you agree or refuse, you must send someone outside to inform her."
Qi Yize blinked. "Can I see the contents of the letter?"
Without even thinking, Zhao Yunjin immediately refused: "No!"
"Can you tell me roughly what she said?"
Seeing his gossipy nature, Zhao Yunjin picked up her teacup, took a small sip of hot tea, and then replied unhurriedly:
"To express her apology, she invited me to have lunch at the Fuju Restaurant tomorrow at noon."
So, are you planning to go or not?
Zhao Yunjin's lips curled slightly. "Agree to her first. Do you think I'll go?"
Qi Yize understood.
Yun Jin is planning to give Yu Zhizhi a little something sweet first, and then slap her in the face!
Fifteen minutes passed in the blink of an eye. Yu Zhizhi was still waiting outside, while Zhao Yunjin returned to the study and leisurely read a book.
Seeing that he didn't make any move, Qi Yize couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you going to send someone to the door to inform Yu Zhizhi?"
"No rush, let her wait another 15 minutes!"
Qi Yize gave him a thumbs up, "That was a really cunning move!"
He understood that his friend wanted to teach Yu Zhizhi a lesson and let her know that she was not someone to be bullied.
Yu Zhizhi is still too inexperienced to compete with Zhao Yunjin.
Yu Zhizhi waited outside the door for a full half hour before the people sent by the Sixth Prince finally arrived.
Zhao Yi, with a stern face and expressionless, said to her, "Master has agreed."
Yu Zhizhi knew in her heart that the Sixth Prince was deliberately stalling for time, trying to give her a hard time.
Based on the Sixth Prince's usual style, he is not the kind of person who would procrastinate or be indecisive.
“Go back and tell your master that his work efficiency needs improvement!” Yu Zhizhi said bluntly.
Zhao Yi glared at her, seemingly very dissatisfied with what she said, but unable to lash out.
"you……"
"What do you mean, 'you'? I know you don't like me, then I'll just leave."
Yu Zhizhi ran to her younger brother and put all the apricots she had picked up from the ground into her sleeve pockets.
In the past two days, she has made these apricots into dried apricots. She believes that Xiaochen and his parents will love these delicious and healthy dried fruits.
Zhao Yi frowned as he looked at the apricot tree, which had become quite bare. "What happened?"
One of the gatekeepers then told him everything that had just happened.
"She only kicked it once at first, but then she got a little impatient and kicked the apricot tree several more times."
After a while, Zhao Yunjin listened to Zhao Yi's report and simply replied, "It's alright!"
It seems the master doesn't intend to pursue the matter further.
At this moment, Zhao Yunjin was curious to see her expression and movements when she kicked the tree trunk, whether it was as vulgar and ridiculous as Yi Ze had described.
I also want to see her expression when she complains about her inefficiency.
However, he was more interested in seeing how furious she would be after he stood her up the next day at noon.
I suspect she'll do something even more unexpected.
After Yu Zhizhi returned to the Yun residence with her younger brother, she went out to the blacksmith shop again.
I had a blacksmith expedite the production of a copper hot pot.
Three taels of silver were gone in an instant.
Next, she went to the Yun family's grocery store in the Haixi District.
Fang Lanzhu was checking the accounts in the shop when Yu Zhizhi saw her and immediately explained her purpose.
"Girl, take whatever you want."
Yu Zhizhi smiled sweetly, "Thank you, Mother!"
Although the general store was small, it had everything you needed. After browsing around, Yu Zhizhi quickly found dried chili peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, dried shiitake mushrooms, and other seasonings used to make hot pot broth among the many items.
She plans to first prepare the hot pot broth, and then prepare two flavors of broth for the Sixth Prince tomorrow: spicy and non-spicy.
Unfortunately, there was no fermented soybean paste in ancient times, so Yu Zhizhi had to use a type of soybean paste sold in shops as a substitute.
In addition, the spices needed to make hot pot base, such as star anise, bay leaves, cinnamon, and cardamom, could only be bought at pharmacies, according to my mother.
However, one of the key ingredients for making hot pot broth—beef tallow—cannot be replaced here.
Although soybean oil or lard could be used as substitutes, the taste would certainly not be as authentic as beef tallow. Left with no other option, Yu Zhizhi decided to try her luck at the only place in the capital city officially permitted to sell beef.
Unexpectedly, she actually managed to buy a piece of beef fat.
However, this piece of beef fat was quite expensive, costing her a full one hundred coins.
She also plans to come here tomorrow to buy some fresh beef and fatty beef as ingredients for hot pot.
With beef and fatty beef, these high-end ingredients are enough to show her sincerity!
She guarantees that the Sixth Prince will eat so much that he'll call her "Grandma" three times.
Forget the drunken ramblings the original owner said to him.
After buying these ingredients, when we returned to the Yun residence, the sun was already setting in the west, and a faint blush of red had appeared on the horizon as night gradually fell.
After having dinner with her parents and younger brother, Yu Zhizhi couldn't wait to go to the kitchen to start making the hot pot broth.
The Yun family had a small population; besides their own family members, the only servants were Uncle He and his family of three.
Normally, Aunt He is in charge of cooking. At this moment, when she saw Yu Zhizhi walk into the kitchen, a look of surprise appeared on her face.
After all, she had heard some rumors about Yu Zhizhi. This young lady had lived a life of luxury in the Prime Minister's mansion for so many years, how could she possibly cook!
Isn't this just messing around?
Seeing that Yu Zhizhi was carrying a heavy basket in each hand, Aunt He hurriedly stepped forward and took the baskets from her.
"Miss, if there's anything I can help you with, just let me know. You don't need to do it yourself."
Yu Zhizhi replied with a smile, "Don't worry, Aunt He, I know what I'm doing. But I still need you to help me clean this piece of beef fat and then render it into beef tallow."
"No problem, miss."
Aunt He nodded repeatedly in agreement.
Next, Yu Zhizhi began soaking the spices and processing the dried chilies and Sichuan peppercorns.
Only after all the ingredients were prepared did she begin to stir-fry the hot pot base.
After heating the butter in the pot and adding the spices, Yu Zhizhi instructed Aunt He, who was in charge of tending the fire, "Remember to keep the heat low the whole time."
"I see."
Yu Zhizhi stared intently at the pot until the spices were fried until they were dry, hard, and crispy, and the flavors of the spices and butter were blended together. Only then did she begin to scoop out the spices.
Making hot pot broth requires patience and cannot be done carelessly.
Otherwise, if it's burnt, the taste will be greatly diminished.
At this moment, Aunt He smelled a faint fragrance and couldn't help but sniff. Only then did she begin to believe that Yu Zhizhi could cook.
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