Chapter 40 "Graceful lady!"

When Jiang Yanyi learned that it was the soldiers from the palace next door who drove Hu Baiwan away first, she thought of Feng Shuo, and her heart suddenly became a little complicated.

She still didn't understand what happened that day.

Her status was so different from Feng Shuo's, so it was impossible to have a good talk with him.

Jiang Yanyi still didn't believe that Feng Shuo really liked her.

After all, apart from her face, she only had decent cooking skills, and her real identity was still a big problem. What did Feng Shuo like about her?

In terms of beauty, she was a descendant of a royal family, and she had seen all kinds of beauties?

In terms of cooking skills, she was indeed a good cook, but she couldn't be called a master, and the palace had chefs.

In terms of love, Jiang Yanyi never considered her cooking skills as a bargaining chip. She had devoted her whole life to running her family's hot pot restaurant. She had never had time to talk about love. She was only forced by her family to go on a blind date once.

During the blind date, the other party said that he was very satisfied with her because she could cook.

This disgusted Jiang Yanyi. Was the other party going on a blind date just to find a free chef?

That blind date naturally did not result in a result. No matter how the gossips at home persuaded her, Jiang Yanyi never went on another blind date again. She put all her thoughts on the hot pot restaurant.

She was reluctant to recall the things of her previous life. Now that she was in another world, thinking about these things would only increase her sadness.

Coming to this strange world, if Feng Shuo hadn't suddenly done that a few days ago, she would have never thought about marriage. Her heart was indeed confused for a moment, but she soon calmed down.

She knew very well that she and Feng Shuo were not the same kind of people.

After that day, Feng Shuo never appeared again, maybe he didn't take what happened that day seriously at all.

Taking a deep breath, Jiang Yanyi put away all her thoughts and didn't want to think about these things.

She waited for the carpenter who was going to deliver the plaque to knock on the door and deliver the plaque, and then she opened the shop again.

Mrs. Chen from the clothing store next door saw the commotion Hu Baiwan had in the morning and warned her, "Sister, you'd better be careful in the future. Hu Baiwan is a scoundrel. He relies on his family's money to abuse girls."

"But the tigress in his family is quite unreasonable. Previously, there was a singing girl in Lai Fu Inn who was harassed by him several times. Without saying a word, the tigress in his family brought a group of evil servants to drag the girl to the street and beat her, saying that the girl seduced her man!"

Jiang Yanyi was confused and said, "Is there any law?"

Madam Chen looked quite cautious, "Before the change in Xizhou, the government was all managed by the Hu family. The officials and businessmen colluded with each other. , they are in cahoots with each other, how can ordinary people like us fight against these people? It is only now that Xizhou has changed its generals that the Hu family has restrained their behavior."

Seeing that Jiang Yanyi seemed to be frightened, she felt a little pity for him and said, "Don't be too scared. When the restaurant opens in the future, just open later and close earlier every day. No matter how powerful the Hu family is, can they really rebel in front of everyone?"

Jiang Yanyi thanked him, turned around and closed the door of his shop tightly.

Qiu Kui was a little scared: "Hua Hua, what if the group of people who came this morning come again next time?"

Jiang Yanyi said calmly: "Maybe they think we are easy to bully because we are the only two women in the store."

She gently stroked the custom-made "Jiang's Hotpot" plaque with her hand, and had an idea in her mind: "Let's hire two waiters, preferably with some martial arts skills, so that even if someone comes to make trouble in the future, we won't be afraid."

Some physical work can also be given to them to do.

Jiang Yanyi thought that the store was not big anyway, and she and Qiu Kui could handle it, but today's incident made her realize the safety issue.

Qiu Kui said with a bitter face: "Where can we find such people?"

Jiang Yanyi thought for a while and said: "We don't have any connections, but Zhao Tou'er and Master Li have been in Huotouying for many years and have a wide network of contacts. When Master Li and his friends come over when we open the store in two days, I will talk to Master Li about this."

Qiu Kui nodded vigorously: "Yes!"

Jiang Yanyi pinched her face, which had become much rounder recently, and smiled: "What are you afraid of? There is always a way out than a problem. There are many difficulties. This is just the beginning. When the store opens, there will be more people looking for trouble! "

Qiu Kui was a little worried when she heard her say that there might be more things like today in the future, but when she saw Jiang Yanyi's calm and relaxed look, she didn't know why she felt relieved. She said, "With Huahua here, I'm not afraid!"

Feeling better, Jiang Yanyi prepared to go to the kitchen to try out the new oven that she had hired a few days ago.

There was a small dam half a meter wide outside the back door of the kitchen. The previous owner of the house piled a lot of debris here. After Jiang Yanyi cleared the debris, he built a barbecue against the wall and also built a small stove for sand pots and earthenware pots.

Occasionally, when making soup or something, the taste will be better with a clay pot, and it is also easier to

save firewood with a small stove. They live on the street, and they have to spend money to buy firewood and charcoal, so they naturally save as much as possible.

Jiang Yanyi plans to make egg pie to test the effect of this oven.

Xizhou is a border town of the Daxuan Dynasty. Because there are nomadic peoples outside the pass, dairy products are not particularly rare here. Jiang Yanyi found that there is even butter on the market.

In the past two days, she has heard that Yudaifang, diagonally opposite the main street of the Protectorate, specializes in selling cow and sheep milk, but she has to go there early every day to get it, because the fresh milk is supplied to the dignitaries nearby.

When Jiang Yanyi went to buy groceries this morning, she bought a clay pot of fresh milk, which she estimated to be about one kilogram. She also bought some butter.

In Jiang Yanyi's opinion, making egg puffs is simpler than making traditional snacks.

She took flour, added butter and sugar, and kneaded the dough with water to make egg puff skin.

When the dough was kneaded, she took a ball of butter and flattened it with a rolling pin. After rolling it flat, she used the same method to flatten the dough, spread butter on it, folded the dough like a quilt, and rolled it flat again. After

repeatedly folding the dough and butter and rolling it flat three or four times, the thousand-layer egg puff skin was ready.

Jiang Yanyi rolled the dough into a cylinder like a flower roll, and cut it into finger-thick slices with a knife.

Because there was no tin foil, she directly put the agent into the pear-shaped porcelain bowl that she had ordered before, and rolled the agent to make it smooth, and a egg pie skin was formed.

Just add a few eggs to the fresh milk and mix well. If you like sweet food, you can add some white sugar when mixing the liquid.

Jiang Yanyi cracked fewer eggs, not because she was reluctant to use them, but because she added too many eggs, the egg pie didn't taste that tender.

Afraid that the temperature of the oven she built would not be high enough and the ingredients would be wasted if they were not cooked through, Jiang Yanyi only put six egg buns in the oven when she first used it. Jiang Yanyi

was afraid that she could not control the temperature when making egg buns with such primitive equipment, so she stayed in front of the oven.

Qiu Kui moved a small stool to sit next to her to accompany her. While eating pumpkin seeds, Jiang Yanyi told Qiu Kui about the plays and novels he had watched before.

Qiu Kui was so absorbed in listening that she held pumpkin seeds in her hand, but she didn't eat them for a long time. Occasionally, Jiang Yanyi drank some water to moisten her throat. She couldn't wait and asked eagerly,

"What happened to the female general of the Yang family?"

A sweet and burnt aroma came from the oven. Jiang Yanyi didn't have time to answer Qiu Kui's question and quickly turned off the fire. "I'll tell you another day when I have time. I'll take out the egg tarts first, otherwise they will all be burnt!"

This wood-fired oven is not like the ovens of later generations. Once the power is cut off, the oven will automatically cool down. The residual heat of the firewood can bake a few more sweet potatoes.

Jiang Yanyi protected her hands with a wet cloth towel and then brought out a few egg tarts.

The ones on the edge were a little burnt, but fortunately they were not burnt badly.

The air was filled with a sweet and milky aroma. Jiang Yanyi waited for the egg tarts to cool down a bit, picked up one and tasted it. The outer shell was crispy, and the inner layer was soft, tender and sweet. It was the taste of the egg tarts in his memory.

Desserts can really make people happy. Jiang Yanyi squinted his eyes in enjoyment.

Qiu Kui was eating egg pie while wanting to listen to a story. While eating, her heart was like a cat's claw. She mumbled with a mouthful of egg pie in her mouth: "This cake is the best, it's delicious, and it's good for you. What about the female generals of the Yang family?"

Jiang Yanyi didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I think I'll just tell stories in the store when the store opens."

Qiu Kui finally finished an egg pie and nodded heavily: "I think it's okay!"

In the Duhufu, separated by a wall, Feng Shuo was handling official business in the pavilion in the west wing.

The sweet aroma wafting from the kitchen in the next yard made Xing Yao, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but sniff: "What a nice smell."

Feng Shuo raised his eyes and glanced at him lightly. Xing Yao quickly looked at his nose and mouth, pretending to be a wooden man.

Feng Shuo moved his nose slightly, smelling the strong fragrance that could not be ignored. His hand holding the pen paused slightly, and he asked in a concealing way: "Where is Chu Changping now?"

Xing Yao hurriedly said: "The emperor has issued a ban, and now all major prefectures have become strict in checking people entering and leaving the city. Mr. Chu San and his followers are mixed in the caravan and are still in Yuzhou. I'm afraid it will take some time to reach Xizhou."

The housekeeper Fu Xi is a shrewd person. That day, the girl from the Jiang family next door returned a carriage of things to the mansion, and Feng Shuo's face was gloomy for several days. What else could he not guess.

Originally, he thought that the girl's status was a little low, but now that he knew that she was born in a noble family, Fu Xi hoped that the two of them could get together.

As he added more tea, he said, "I noticed that Her Majesty has not had a good appetite recently. The young lady from the Jiang family next door seems to be good at cooking. I'd like to ask her to come over and make some snacks for Her Majesty."

Feng Shuo's eyes brightened for a moment, but he replied with a stern face, "You take care of the trivial matters in the mansion."

Fu Xi responded and with a smile on his face he retreated.

Feng Shuo saw the smile on the corner of his mouth and felt inexplicably annoyed, but he didn't know how to express it. Even Xing Yao who was standing beside him felt annoyed and said, "You leave too."

Xing Yao thought that it was his words "smells so good" that made his master unhappy, and secretly cursed himself for bringing up something that was not relevant. Knowing that his master couldn't bring himself to go there, and yet he brought up this matter, he was afraid of being used as a punching bag again, so he quickly left in shame.

When there was no one in the west courtyard, Feng Shuo put down his brush and walked to the osmanthus tree outside the pavilion where the bird cage was hung. He frowned and looked at the beautiful green parrot in the cage, and taught it: "Fair lady."

The parrot tilted its head, its pupils were round and cute, and it seemed that it didn't understand what Feng Shuo was saying at all.

Feng Shuo patiently taught it again: "Fair lady."

This time the parrot tilted its head in a different direction and continued to stare at Feng Shuo with its silly eyes.

Feng Shuo was so angry that he lost his temper. Chi Qing said that this parrot was smart, but how could it be smart?

He threw a grain of Job's tears into the trough and cursed, "Silly bird."

This time the parrot was not dumb, it flapped its wings and jumped up and down in the cage: "Silly bird! Stupid bird!"

Feng Shuo raised his eyebrows and directly opened the door of the bird cage. At the moment when the parrot was about to fly out, he grabbed it in his palm.

The parrot seemed to know that its life was in someone's hands, and it spoke very tactfully: "Graceful lady!"

Fu Xi, who had returned, heard the parrot's loud voice as soon as he stepped into the courtyard. When Feng Shuo looked at him with murderous intent, he quickly retreated, but the smile on his face could not be stopped.

Feng Shuo: "..."

He looked at the parrot in his hand with a solemn look, and the parrot quickly called out even louder: "Fair lady!"