self-improvement as a cook

Chapter 74

Goldfish dumpling is a snack in Hubei. Because it looks like a goldfish and has auspicious meaning, it is often used as a snack for banquets. Considering that An Jiamu likes to eat shrimp, An Ran still uses fresh shrimp as filling, and mixes it with cornstarch flour to roll out the skin. , the goldfish dumplings made in this way are crystal clear and more beautiful.

Moreover, An Ran changed the method a bit. After steaming, put it in a celadon soup pot, carved a lotus flower out of a radish in the middle, and poured it into the clear topping soup, and saw vivid goldfish swimming around the lotus in the middle. Swinging away, it looks like a fish playing with a lotus flower, so vivid that even An Jiamu couldn't help but praise it, and was a little bit reluctant to speak.

He didn't give up, some people did. As soon as the goldfish dumplings were served, Yue Jintang came, and his eyes lit up when he saw this: "What kind of dish is this? It's so delicious. You two are becoming more and more unkind. As he spoke, he went down with a spoon and scooped one up and stuffed it into his mouth." Regardless of An Jiamu's cold stare at him, once he ate it, it was his own.

An Ran looked at An Jiamu amusedly: "It's just that the dumplings have changed."

dumpling?Yue Jintang's eyes widened: "Come on, besides your family, who else can make such dumplings." Then he looked at the table with his head tilted, his saliva was almost drooling, and he gave An Ran a rather indignant look. : "It's a good thing that the king is here today, otherwise I wouldn't have missed such delicious food."

Said, even more impolite, directly pick up the food, and even called the maid to get the wine: "Such a good dish can't do without wine." Picked up a slice of husband and wife's lungs with chopsticks, put them in his mouth, nodded: "You red The oil is boiled authentically, even more authentic than what the king ate in Sichuan, your craftsmanship has improved again, but why did you think of cooking Sichuan cuisine today, I remember that you, a girl, don't like cooking Sichuan cuisine the least."

An Ran glanced at An Jiamu, and was very moved. This man didn't say anything, but remembered every word he said, and then used his strength to do it silently.

Just because when I was in Qizhou, I said that there was a lack of ingredients and spices from Shu, so that it was difficult to make Sichuan dishes up to the authentic level. No, I saw a lot of spices and ingredients from Shu in the kitchen just now.

Liu Xi'er said that it was delivered from the shop today, and that An Ji opened two grocery stores in Chengdu, specializing in buying ingredients and spices, so you don't have to worry about what you want to eat in the future.

The spices are quite complete, especially there are more than a dozen kinds of chili peppers, which allows An Ran to fry the authentic red oil and make this couple's lung slices and pepper chicken.

I wanted An Jiamu to eat something fresh, but I didn't want to make it cheaper for Yue Jintang. Moreover, Yue Jintang's face became thicker and thicker. The rattan pepper fish is even better, after I ate it once in Chengdu, I still think about it till now."

An Jiamu glared at him, and said angrily: "His Royal Highness the Prince thinks this is a restaurant, and you can order whatever you want."

Yue Jintang chuckled: "That's not true. If there is a restaurant with a chef like a wife, it won't be too crowded. It's rare to have such authentic Sichuan cuisine. I have to eat a big meal today to be worthy of myself." .”

Just as he was talking, An Jiayan also came over, Yue Jintang was even happier, and he knew in his heart that he was eating and drinking at An Jiamu's place every day, which was not kind, and if the two of them didn't talk about it, they might have already annoyed themselves , Therefore, it is not easy to catch up with the good times now.

An Jiayan was different. An Jiayan was An Jiamu's brother and An Ran's brother-in-law. Now that he was here, he had to treat him well. Therefore, as long as he could hold An Jiayan, today's dishes would be even richer.

Thinking of this, he greeted An Jiayan with great enthusiasm: "Master Shi Lang is here just in time, come and sit down, we just happen to have dinner together."

He also said to An Ran: "Your uncle is here, these few dishes are not enough, I have to add some more, just the rattan pepper fish I mentioned just now will be good."

There was nothing he could do about this ruffian-like Yue Jintang.

An Jiayan hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law, don't bother, just eat whatever you want."

An Ran: "What's the trouble, sister-in-law is a cook, she has no other skills except cooking, as long as you like to eat, sister-in-law is more than happy. You sit first, and sister-in-law goes to the kitchen to weigh a few dishes."

An Jiayan wanted to stop him, but Yue Jintang grabbed him: "I said, Mr. Minister, it is not easy for your sister-in-law to cook so willingly. Besides, you must have seen your sister-in-law's cooking skills. It would be hard to miss this village." Looking for such a good opportunity, come, sit down."

He missed his master even more than An Jiamu, and asked the two brothers to sit down. The two brothers glanced at each other. With such a serious temper, An Jiayan showed a dumbfounded expression.

He didn't come here today to eat, of course, his sister-in-law's craftsmanship is fine, but he really can't eat it today. He knows the elder brother's temperament best. Needless to say, for the brothers and the An family, without the elder brother, there would be no present The family settled down, let alone their bright future.

It is said that Mr. An, the servant, was a young man, a celebrity in front of the emperor. He held a high position at a young age.

But how did this reputation come about?Others don't know, but he is not confused. The reason why he has gone so smoothly all the way to the present is because of the strong backing of his elder brother.

Because the eldest brother is capable, the business of An's family is enlarged. The current wealth of the An family is all earned by the eldest brother.

Eldest brother is the big tree propped up by An's family. Under the shade of elder brother, Jiashu and I can live such a decent and comfortable life. I can study and become an official according to my own ideals. Enemy knight.

Even though he married his wife, the eldest brother never thought of letting them split up, and he has been living like this, which has given him a lot of advantages.

Even though the internal affairs of the mansion are all managed by his wife, An Jiayan is very clear in his heart that it is absolutely impossible for him to rely on his little salary for all kinds of money in his mansion. , I'm afraid it's not enough.

Yi Niang is also a respectable person of the family, with human relations, food and drink expenses, she has become more and more extravagant in the past two years, and the money is like running water, and I have mentioned it to her several times.

It was a little better when I mentioned it, but what to do afterward, even though his wife had a reputation as a virtuous woman in her boudoir, she was worthy of this reputation after she got married, but her temperament was not the same.

Husband and wife have been married for so many years, what else can they hide, the mother looks virtuous and kind on the surface, but she is the one who loves top-notch ones.

From her treatment of Xie's family, it can be seen that whenever her parents celebrate their birthdays, the presents must be precious items that they can search for, hoping to stand out among the sisters.

An Jiayan was quite displeased with this competitive mentality. Since he thought it was meaningless to fight like this, so what if he won the first place, they might as well live their own quiet days.

Moreover, the emperor has repeatedly said that it should not be too wasteful, so the divisions of the inner palace have been streamlined again and again, and more attention has been paid to the cleanliness of officials. Otherwise, at my age and qualifications, how could I be in such a high position? Evaluating officials and punishing corrupt officials, but my wife was given a birthday gift worth a thousand dollars by the father-in-law. What kind of rumors spread.

What's more, no matter how rich the An family is, no matter how much property they have, it belongs to the eldest brother. When the parents left, they left a house in Anfu, Jizhou, and two shops. If the brothers separated, the eldest brother would not give him a cent Jiashu should.

Just because the eldest brother is kind to their brothers and doesn't care about gold and silver, they can't just squander it recklessly.

These are all trivial things, and what's more important is that the elder sister-in-law entered the door, and the elder brother has finally found a woman he really likes after all these years. With such a person, he and Jiashu are too late to be happy, but his own What did the wife do.

An Jiayan always wanted to save some face for his wife. After all, they have been married for many years, and they still have Haosi Haoyu.

Niang thought she was smart, but she didn't want to think about it. Could she not see such an obvious thing?What is the temperament of the eldest brother, for no reason, will he call someone from Jizhou to change the housekeeper?
What's more, no one in An's family knows about Liu Xi'er's background. If it wasn't for his sister-in-law, how could he, a kid doing odd jobs in the kitchen outside, be valued by his elder brother and arrange to be trained by An Yuan.

Since then, the eldest brother has paved the way for his sister-in-law to be the housekeeper, and he also took his sister-in-law to live in another courtyard in the suburbs temporarily.

It is absolutely impossible to say that this series of things had nothing to do with his mother, but when he asked her, he blindly pretended that he didn't know, which made him feel a little cold.

An Jiayan thought for a long time, but decided to come over and talk to his eldest brother about this matter. They are brothers, there is nothing to hide from their hearts, but they don't want to catch up with Yue Jintang, so they can't open their mouths.Originally, Jiayan's capacity for drinking was not very good, plus he had something on his mind, so after a few drinks, he became a little drunk.

Yue Jintang won't wink anymore, and now he can see that he has some housework to talk about, and he is full of wine and food anyway, and most of a dish of rattan pepper fish has gone into his stomach, he is satisfied, and tells An Jia Mu Minger Don't forget the cooking competition, and went back to the house in a flash.

An Ran made hangover soup with her own hands and brought it up, watching An Jiayan eat it, she asked the maid to remove the table.

After serving the fragrant tea, he was about to avoid it and let the brothers talk, but he heard An Jia say: "Sister-in-law, don't go, Jiayan came here today to talk about something serious, and sister-in-law should know."

As he said that, he looked at An Jiamu: "Brother, I've thought about it carefully. Now that I've started a family and started a business, it's really not a big deal to live together. Why don't we separate? Jiashu hasn't married a wife yet. Let's stay with Big Brother for now. As far as our second house was separated, the elder brother earned the An family business alone. For so many years, Jia Shujing and I have followed each other. If you are in a high position, if you rely on your family to live again, it will make people laugh."

As soon as An Jiayan finished speaking, she saw her mother stepping in, her face changed drastically, she thought she had heard Jiayan's words, she walked over quickly, without paying attention to salute, and came to help her husband: "Master, this is If you eat too much wine, you talk nonsense, what kind of family do you want to share, if it spreads, it will make people laugh."

No, but An Jiayan pushed her away as if determined, and sneered: "Who's kidding me? That's not the case, it's your Xie family. Didn't your parents separate the room? A big family like your Xie family is not afraid of being laughed at, what are we afraid of in the An family?
What's more, parents died early, so they should have separated long ago. We didn't separate before because of the kindness of the elder brother. Now that we both have a family and start a business, we should separate the family to save future troubles. "

Xie Niang was anxious, she didn't think about it, but she was just a woman, how could there be so many things, she couldn't help but glance at An Ran, and said in a low voice: "If sister-in-law wants to separate, then we can only separate. .”

An Ran was stunned for a moment, this Xie Yi Niang was determined to make things difficult for her, and the blow came to her. Seeing An Jiamu's brows furrowed, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, no matter how capable a person is, when it comes to housework, he can't help it. I can't figure it out, isn't there a saying since ancient times that housework is difficult for an upright official? It can be seen that this housework is the most difficult to manage.

What's more, Xie Yiniang is still a younger brother and sister, and it's really difficult for An Jiamu, a big uncle, to say anything. At this time, it is most appropriate for him to come forward.

An Ran laughed: "How did you say that? What kind of family do you want to divide? Jiayan really drank too much wine, what did I think of..."

Before An Ran finished speaking, she heard An Jiamu say: "Since Jia Yan mentioned it, let's separate."

Xie Niang's face turned pale, she couldn't care less about face at this time, she gritted her teeth and said, "Then Niang wants to ask Uncle how the family is divided?"

An Ran couldn't help but secretly thought that Xie Niang was stupid, seeing her tricks at first, she thought she was a smart person, but now it looks like she is a real idiot.

Just now Jiayan kept saying that the An family's business property was earned by the eldest brother alone, just to make it clear that he didn't want anything. Although Jiayan didn't necessarily have any purpose, but the more it was like this, with An Jiamu's temperament, the more Will take care of my brother.

But when Xie Niang said these words, it was really chilling. However, before An Jiamu could say anything, An Jiayan suddenly looked at his wife viciously, and uttered a word: "Get out."

Xie Niang was scolded by her husband, she suddenly felt disgraced, covered her face and ran out.

An Jiayan stood up, plopped and knelt on the ground, hugged An Jiamu's leg and cried bitterly: "Big brother, big brother, it's Jiayan who is sorry for marrying such an unworthy wife, Jiayan knows what she has done, She indulged her servants to treat her sister-in-law poorly, because she wanted to run on her sister-in-law and covet the family property earned by her elder brother. For such an unvirtuous wife, her younger brother should have divorced her immediately, but Haosi Haoyu is still young, so she needs a mother. , Jiayan is already sorry for Eldest Brother, if she is still whole, this woman's greed will only become more and more uncontrollable, Eldest Brother, Jiayan begs you, let younger brother be separated."

An Jiamu looked down at his brother, no matter how hard-hearted he was, he couldn't harden himself when faced with this face that was very similar to his own.

He knew a little about Xie Niang's greed before, but he always felt that she was a smart person and would never tear her face apart. Besides, tearing her face up did not do her any good, and for Hao Sihaoyu's sake, He also tried his best to tolerate this brother and sister.

But I didn't expect that such a greedy woman would be tolerated. When Xie Niang asked that sentence just now, in An Jiamu's heart, she was no longer a family member, which was too chilling.

But she is Jiayan's wife, and she agreed to the marriage back then, to help her younger brother's career, plus, Xie Yiniang's virtuous reputation in her boudoir, she thought she helped her brother marry a virtuous wife, Now I know that I was very wrong.

Seeing that their brothers were silent, An Ran felt a little guilty, no matter whether it was her fault or not, this incident was caused by herself, if the family was really divided, she would become a sinner of the An family, and her reputation would be ruined if she spread it out. Not nice.

Even if she doesn't care about her reputation, what will she think when she has a child? She wants to give her child a good and harmonious family, and it's really not worth it for a family to be torn apart because of money.

As Jiayan said, no matter how wrong Xie Niang was, she gave birth to two boys for An's family. This is her greatest contribution and the reason why she dared to make such a fuss.

Divorce is impossible, and separation is even more impossible, so what should I do?Is there any other way to achieve both?

When An Ran was thinking about it, An Jiamu had already supported Jia Yan: "It's not impossible to separate the family, and your wife's question also makes sense."

Seeing what Jiayan was going to say, An Jiamu raised his hand to stop him: "Listen to me first, the An family's current property is said to be earned by me. If there are no two shops left by my parents, no matter how big my elder brother is Even if you are capable, you can't make such a big deal. Youdao is a clever woman who can't cook without rice. What your wife said is, how to divide it? How to divide it? There must be a charter.

Don't speak hard words, if you are alone, elder brother won't bother to care about you, but with Haosi Haoyu, elder brother has to be more considerate. Now that things are happening urgently, elder brother doesn't think too much about it, you Brother Rong, let's wait until we think about it. "

Speaking of this, her eyes darkened: "However, your daughter-in-law is not suitable for a housekeeper. In this way, your house is still the same as in the past, belonging to Kilometer."

An Jiayan hurriedly said: "Isn't this still the same as before, I'm afraid..."

An Jiamu interrupted him: "Stop arguing with elder brother. Speaking of which, if it wasn't for your wife, elder brother really didn't take money seriously. I don't think too much about this family property and money.

To tell you the truth, Yashe in Suzhou was jointly opened by your sister-in-law and Prince Xiaoyao, and now it has an income of 10,000+ in a month, as well as Fuchunju in Qizhou. The money earned from these two transactions is the top In the end, we settled down in the south of the Yangtze River and made all the income.

The eldest brother said these things for no other reason than to let you know that the eldest brother and sister-in-law have never taken the family property money seriously, so at this moment a fire fell from the sky and burned our Anjia to the ground. Only you and my sister-in-law are here, In less than a year, our family will still be rich.

But you can't make it, you are going to be an official. Since ancient times, there have been only two results of being an official. One is an honest official and the other is a corrupt official. It is much harder to be an honest official than a corrupt official. Your sister-in-law and I don't want to go to the prison to see you someday. Therefore, your house still has to be attributed to kilometers.

Moreover, Haosi Haoyu is a child of our An family, and as an uncle, I can't let them be wronged. "

An Jiayan's tears were streaming down, he could only talk about big brother, and he couldn't say anything.

An Jiamu sighed: "Since you are in the kilometer, you can say that you don't need your wife to be the housekeeper. Anyuan and his wife are capable and steady, and they are the elderly of our Anjia. Let them help you with housekeeping. All the dispatches in the mansion are entrusted to them, so your daughter-in-law can take care of her husband and children with peace of mind, and her reputation of virtuousness will not be in vain."

He called An Pingshun to come in and helped An Jiayan back to the servant's mansion.

After Jiayan left, An Ran sat next to him and handed him the tea in his hand. An Jiamu took it, but put it on the kang table, hugged An Ran tightly into his arms, and said after a long while, "I'll let you suffer." I'm wronged, in fact, I also know that Jiayan's daughter-in-law is a little bit wrong, but she's been doing well all along, plus, after all, she gave birth to Haosi Haoyu, so that's all.

I don't think she has a big heart, she is thinking about An's family property, Jiayan is my brother, so I gave it to him, it's nothing, it's just that he is a daughter-in-law..."

As he spoke, he sighed: "This silver is so good..."

An Ran couldn't help laughing: "This is what I said, there is a saying that the prosperity of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. Who can escape the vulgarity, let me tell you a joke, now I naturally don't regard money as good. , when I was in Anfu, in order to save the few taels of money that was redeemed, I did not miss those women like you, what is the name of your liaison girl, by the way, Miss Yue..."

Before An Ran finished speaking, she pointed at An Jiamu: "Ma'am, today I plan to settle the debt with my husband. You said last time that the past is over."

An Ran pulled his hand away and laughed: "What are you guilty of, I'm not paying back the debt, I'm just talking about the facts, this person is poor and short-sighted, with money in his waist, he has the confidence to speak, Jiayan daughter-in-law, don't look at it Coming from an aristocratic family, it is estimated that the life in her natal family is not well-off.

If I lose weight, I'm her, taking good care of the house, and suddenly a sister-in-law who was born as a girl pops up, let me be respectful, respectful, and I'm afraid that the sister-in-law will blow the pillow wind in the uncle's ear or something, Instigate the feelings between your brothers, and then directly affect the quality of life in the future, and some means will be used out of self-protection. "

"What is the quality of life?" An Jiamu asked curiously.

"Uh, that's not the point. The point is that I haven't suffered any grievances. Her rank is too low, so she is not my opponent at all."

An Jiamu couldn't help laughing, and pinched her little face: "It turns out my wife is so powerful."

"That's right." An Ran patted him away, puffed out her chest, but found that An Jiamu didn't respond, looked down, her little face turned red, didn't she respond, right now she was staring at her chest Before that, the color of his eyes gradually darkened, and two clusters of flames suddenly jumped out of his eyes. After a long time as a couple, they still don't know what he wants to do.

Thinking of being tossed about by him for a long time when she came out of the other hospital today, and her waist still hurts at the moment, she was about to push her away, but before she had time, he hugged her in his arms: "My wife is not very powerful, you have to It's up to my husband..."

Although he was not spared, he didn't toss too much, probably for the sake of An Ran's competition tomorrow, he let her go.

But how the couple were intimate, they said An Ping Shun, one by one supported An Jiayan who looked lonely and went back to the servant's mansion.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw the old woman in front of Mrs. Xie, she came up to her and rubbed her hands: "Master is back, please go and see our young lady, she has been crying in the room since she came back, I don't know how much she has suffered." I am wronged, I think Miss is a dignified daughter of the Xie family, but now she has to be pissed at by a girl, really..." Before she could finish her sentence, the woman kicked her in the head.

An Jia was trembling with anger, pointed at her and said: "I only now know how Xie's behavior is like this. It turned out that you foolish slaves taught her. She has a virtuous name, but such a virtuous person is not enough. Girl, girl How? In my eyes, the eldest sister-in-law is much better than your Miss Xie’s family. Don’t you keep repeating about Xie’s mansion, come on, pack her things and send her back to Xie’s mansion. Whoever dares to let her in after stepping into the door of the Minister's Mansion will get out with her."

Originally, no one has touched what the master said before. After all, this woman is in front of the wife and accompanied by her natal family. Although it is the servant's mansion, the master does not care about the housework, it means that she is in Xie's hands Naturally, I dare not do anything to this woman when I am asking for a living.

But after listening to the words later, no, the master is determined to make things difficult for his wife, this lady is on the point of gunpoint, if she doesn't deal with her, who will be dealt with.

What's more, although it's only been two days, the mansions on both sides are so close to each other, and the servants walk back and forth frequently, after leaving the Shilang's mansion, it's An's mansion, and they can't hide anything from either side.

Before that, Mrs. Xie was in charge of the son's mansion there, but suddenly the old man took his new wife to another courtyard in the suburbs, took advantage of this time to take care of the original housekeeper, and Baba transferred a man named Liu Xi'er from Jizhou mansion to promote him. It is also heard that Liu Xi'er is the new wife's confidant.

Don't look at this kid who is not very old, but he is a real and ruthless character. As soon as he came to find a reason, he dealt with a few thorns in the mansion. If you come out, you have to get out.

In this way, whoever dares to pierce the thorn is honest. Although the Elder Master did not say anything like this, it is equivalent to hitting Mrs. Xie on the face with a slap in the face, which is equivalent to telling the servants of the two houses clearly that this It's not Xie's turn to make decisions in An's family, and there is no way to wear small shoes for the eldest lady.

So, if the wind direction above changed, those of them below would naturally have to change accordingly. Without saying a word, when they went up, they gagged the woman and dragged her down.

After taking care of the woman, An Jiayan calmed down a little, looked at Xie's courtyard over there, his eyes turned cold, and turned into the concubine's courtyard.

When Mrs. Xie got the letter over there, she felt her whole body go limp. She slumped on the kang and didn't get up for a long time. No matter what you do to her, you have put yourself in such a situation, and you can't even keep the mother-in-law in front of you.

There is also the husband, although he has two concubines, but the husband seldom goes there, is it bothering him even to look at him now, so that he has no hope in the future.

Thinking about it, she couldn't help crying, the girl Chunqiao hurriedly persuaded: "Ma'am, this is not the time to cry, if you rest your mind from now on, the lady over there will be happy."

Mrs. Xie raised her head and glanced at her: "No matter how humble her background is, she has her uncle backing her up. The master has a deep brotherhood and is not on my side. In this situation, what can I do? I don't think she is such a awesome."

Chunqiao said in a low voice: "Ma'am, why is she so confused? No matter how powerful she is, no matter how rare the Elder Master is for her, he can't compare to you, Ma'am. You are a great hero of the An family. Think about it, although the An family has three brothers, it's not just our second wife." First, ma'am, have you brought incense to An's family? With Master Haosi Haoyu here, who can touch you, ma'am.

You see, the master is so annoyed, so he just vented his anger on the woman in front of you. In addition, the master has always liked the two young masters, so it will not do anything for the sake of the two young masters. "

That's right, Mrs. Xie suddenly recalled the memory, caught that cheap girl by surprise, and forgot about this, what was she afraid of, Haosi Haoyu was protecting her.

Thinking of this, she suddenly regained her energy and looked at Chunqiao. This girl was not brought by her natal family. The girls from her natal family were too outstanding, so she was always worried about putting her in front of her. Although her husband is a decent person, how could this man not Lustful, otherwise, how did the two concubines in the mansion get here.

Because they were worried that they would seduce their husbands, they found a chance to marry a boy and transferred to another place.

Chunqiao just bought it from outside last year. She is not very pretty, but she is clever and safe in doing things, so she has become the girl she needs.

Mrs. Xie knew that without her confidant woman, this girl would be her confidant in the future, and she wanted to win over her, so she took off the gold silk bracelet on her wrist: "Thanks to you, girl, for reminding me a little bit, I just realized this. The bracelet is not a rare thing, you can play with it." He said and put it on her hand.

Chunqiao hurriedly thanked Madam, looking at the table on her wrist, she was very happy.

Although Mrs. Xie understood it, she had no idea at the moment. She grabbed Chunqiao, a piece of driftwood, and didn't let go: "Then it's up to you, what should I do at this time?"

Chunqiao got the benefit, so naturally she put in more effort and hurriedly said: "As a servant, I still have to attack the eldest lady. You are a younger sister-in-law, so you made a mistake, bow your head and admit your mistake, it's not a big deal. If you make a mistake, if she is still acting like a sister-in-law, the reason will be transferred to you. Don't complain about your grievances in front of the master, just go ahead and admit your mistake to the eldest lady. Seeing that the elder is still In the eyes of our lord, we will naturally feel that Da Furen is not generous enough, and if you come and go again and again, Madam, your virtuous name will come back, and Da Madam's notoriety will spread."

Mrs. Xie: "Even so, what's the use? Didn't you see that my uncle didn't know what ecstasy drug he had taken from her, but he was able to marry a girl like her back and make her his wife? It's gone, I'm afraid no matter how hard I try, it will be useless."

Chunqiao: "Ma'am, why are you confused? You don't know what kind of temperament our elder is. There were so many women in the mansion before, and how many good friends outside. But when it comes to heat, this man is not the same. One day or two, one month or two months, at most half a year will pass, and he will be thrown away. By then, who will think of her as a big lady? .”

"But she has excellent culinary skills. If she really wins against the imperial chef, then her position in An's family will be stable."

Chunqiao sneered and laughed: "Ma'am, really, how can you believe the rumors that spread outside? Just think about how old the lady is, and she has learned how to cook for a few days, or she is considered good in a mansion like ours. Right now it is a competition with famous chefs in the world, you have to win the competition with those famous chefs before you can compare with the imperial chefs, no matter how powerful the lady is, if you win one competition, you can still win ten."

Mrs. Xie thought, why not, she was frightened by that girl, for a girl who is only so old, she dares to compare her cooking skills with the imperial chef, isn't she in a hurry to lose face.

What's more, it doesn't matter if she wins. She's just a cook. Where does her background come from? As long as she can't give birth to a child, this Anjia will be her own world in the future. She should think about how to turn around the bad situation. Yes, I also secretly prayed in my heart to the gods and Buddhas in the sky, that it would be better for that bitch to lose in the culinary competition tomorrow.

It's a pity that the gods and Buddhas in the sky didn't hear Xie's blessing. An Ran won the first round quite dramatically, without even moving a hand, and won the first round easily.

The venue for the culinary competition is located in the school grounds in the suburbs of Beijing, and the place for military training is vacated for cooking competitions. No matter how you think about it, it feels weird.

However, it is indeed bright enough, the cooking stove and other things have already been prepared, tents have been surrounded, the shed has been set up early, VIP seats, judges' seats, everything is complete.

There were more people watching the excitement, besides the cooks from all over the capital, there were also quite a few ordinary people. Because the Ministry of Rites presided over it, there were two teams of soldiers holding spears and iron shields, standing on both sides to maintain order, so as not to disturb the progress of the competition.

It was only when An Ran arrived at the scene that she discovered that among the twenty famous chefs, there were many acquaintances. First of all, Qian Hong from Qizhou Jufeng Building and Feng Ji from Huiquan Pavilion were there, the most ridiculous, and Gao Bingyi from Fuchunju, Zhou Mingde, the chef in charge of Shunfulou in Jizhou, and even the chef from Songyuelou in Suzhou also came, and there were a few who looked familiar but forgot their names.

Seeing An Ran, everyone came to say hello, very respectful, making the whole competition scene very lively like a gathering of old friends.

When Yue Jintang, Minister of Rites Guo Zishan, Duke Chengen Wang Geng, and a group of officials who were certain that they would not help each other came in, they were all a little surprised to see such an exceptionally warm and harmonious scene.

On the other hand, Yue Jintang, seeing clearly the virtues of these twenty famous chefs, couldn't help shaking the golden fan in his hand and laughing.

Guo Zishan and Wang Geng looked at him strangely, and Wang Geng coughed: "Why are you laughing, His Royal Highness?"

Yue Jintang naturally wouldn't point it out, he raised his hand and pointed at the crowd watching the excitement: "I am very happy, look at these people watching the excitement, you will know that my Dayan's prosperity is coming, there can be so many people in a cooking competition Come on, how can I not make this king happy."

Everyone echoed: "Yes, yes, I, Great Yan Ming Jun, is in the dynasty, and the prosperous world is peaceful. Congratulations, congratulations..."

But Wang Geng snorted: "Old man, I'm afraid His Royal Highness's smile has other meanings."

Yue Jintang raised his eyebrows: "Mr. Cheng En said so, could it be that he thinks that my big Yan is not too prosperous now."

Wang Geng was choked by his words, and it took him a long time to say: "His Royal Highness, don't be too happy, the outcome is still unpredictable." Flicking his sleeves, he took the lead and entered the judges' seat.

Yue Jintang didn't take it seriously either, this old guy was here to stir things up, so naturally he didn't have anything good to say, but it's fun to see what he means today, he really wants to see, how many of these so-called world famous chefs are there? Dare to compete with this girl An Ran.

Guo Zishan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, can see that something is wrong now, the enthusiasm of these few is not rivals, they are clearly friends, chatting and laughing with each other, very harmonious, not to mention, to the little girl among them, There is a sense of respect in every gesture, which is really unpredictable.

Guo Zishan is a clean and honest official, and he is not easy to sweep and listen to things. Whatever errands the emperor entrusts to them, he only focuses on doing them well.

He knew that the famous chefs in the world were invited by the emperor, except for the century-old chefs who were chefs in the top restaurants. In comparison, An Ran was very strange.

It seemed that such a girl popped up all of a sudden, in the name of the direct disciple of the former imperial chef Zheng Chunyang, she came to Beijing to participate in the culinary competition.

For Mr. Zheng's name, Guo Zishan was really curious at first, but he was too surprised to see it. Although he knew that she was a young girl, he didn't expect it to be so young.

He couldn't help but said to Yue Jintang next to him: "His Royal Highness, this is Mr. Zheng's direct disciple? Isn't this age too young?"

Yue Jintang has long been used to this kind of questioning. When he first met this girl, he was not as used to it as Guo Zishan. When he sees this girl's cooking skills, he will know that age has nothing to do with cooking skills. relation……

(End of this chapter)