Lingquan after kitchen

Chapter 2 Secret
Ding was originally the first wife, but became a concubine.

After Princess Murong Xi died of illness, the majesty of the royal family suppressed Ouyang Linhai and failed to restore Ding's family.

Ding gave birth to two sons and a daughter. It was not until the eldest son passed the Jinshi examination that the late emperor allowed Ouyang Linhai to raise Ding as a noble concubine.

When Ding was 40 years old, Ouyang Linhai was washed away by the flood when he was dealing with the flood, and his bones did not survive.

Another ten years later, when Ding was 50 years old, her second daughter, Ouyang Ying, fell to her death while riding a horse.

Four tragedies in life: loss of mother in early life, loss of father in youth, loss of wife in middle age, loss of son in old age.Ding experienced three tragedies, and she was originally a regular wife, but became a humble concubine.

Yu's personality is optimistic and tenacious, and his sorrows are buried in his heart. He doesn't complain to others, but in order to persuade Ouyang Jinhua to open up his heart and live a good life, he speaks out everything from his heart.

Ouyang Jinhua thought of the meticulous care and persuasion he had received from Ding in the past two months, and he was very grateful, "You taught me well."

Ding smiled.

After Xiaoqin came in to salute, she spread the food in the food box on the table, and reported the situation in Ouyang Jinhua's kitchen, intending to talk about seeing Mrs. He's legs and feet after the meal.

The grandparents and grandchildren began to enjoy a simple but refined lunch.

Deep-fried mountain fish with plum wine, minced garlic shrimp and cucumber, shredded chicken and sesame cold noodles, spring onion noodle soup, two dishes and one soup.

Ouyang Jinhua let the servants of the village into Lishan yesterday, and caught small fish in the mountain stream in the middle of the night.

This kind of fish grows very slowly, usually for a few years, and only has long fingers. It is more nutritious than fish in rivers and rivers, and its taste is more tender, but it has more spines.

"When I was young, when I went to the countryside with my mother-in-law for free clinics, I ate fish from the stream." Mrs. Ding heard Ouyang Jinhua talk about fried mountain fish with plum wine yesterday. Today, she tasted it, and it was really crispy, tender, and sour. It is sweet and has a faint aroma of wine. Even people who have no appetite will eat it again and again.

Ouyang Jinhua asked softly: "How is it better than the fish I taught the kitchen to cook?"

"Different taste." Ding picked up another fish and said, "They are all delicious in the world."

Ouyang Jinhua picked up a small bowl of shredded chicken and sesame cold noodles with his serving chopsticks, blinked his eyes, and said with a smile, "Grandma, try the cold noodles, it's guaranteed to be more delicious than any noodles you've eaten before."

"The noodles are yellow and clear, with cooked black sesame seeds sprinkled on top, they are appetizing just looking at them, and the taste should be the same." Ding was a little curious about what the noodles without soup would taste like.

It is best to eat cold noodles in summer, paired with refreshing cold dishes with garlic and noodle soup.

The two big servants behind Ding, Chun He and Qiu He, nodded repeatedly, saying that this face looks good.

Ouyang Jinhua said proudly: "I asked Mrs. He to put two egg yolks into the flour, and the noodles that came out were a little yellow, and the noodles were boiled in the pot and mixed with a little vegetable oil. It becomes golden yellow."

The two cooks in the kitchen are the sons of Ouyang's family.Aunt Xu is good at cooking rice and cooking.Mrs. He once studied cooking in Chang'an Restaurant, and is good at pasta and soup.

In the Dahua Dynasty north of the Yangtze River, pasta was the main food.People near Chang'an like to eat pancakes and noodles, and drink spicy soup and mutton soup.

There are no cold noodles in the noodles that Mrs. He can make.

In order to please Mrs. Ding, Ouyang Jinhua specially taught Mrs. He how to make chicken shredded cold noodles.

Ding ate a few noodles with chopsticks, his old eyes lit up, and he praised: "Not to mention, this cold noodle is really delicious!" Turning his head and glanced at the two big servants, he said proudly: "You are really blessed to follow me, often Eat delicious food created by my granddaughter."

Chun He hurriedly said: "Miss is born beautiful, and the food she cooks is also delicious. The blessings of the servant girl's previous life are that she can serve beside my aunt."

Ouyang Jinhua's appearance was very ordinary in his previous life. In this life, he was only 15 years old, and he already looked like a fish and a wild goose. In Zhuangzi, he often heard people's praises for his appearance. He felt happy, but he was not proud of it.

Qiu He said: "Miss is filial to my aunt and grandma. It is always a good fortune for servants to be honored by my aunt. Thank you, aunt and miss."

Mrs. Ding ate two small bowls of cold noodles and drank the spring onion noodle soup. Feeling full, she put down her chopsticks and waited for Ouyang Jinhua to finish eating. The pomegranate flowers that have been beaten, go back to the house for a lunch break at three o'clock in the afternoon.

Ouyang Jinhua sent someone to show Mrs. He's legs and feet, and then entered the bedroom, where the first-class servant, Xiao Tong, took the hair accessories, untied the hairpin, and took off the light purple long skirt, revealing the growing body wrapped in the small clothes. Perfect body.

She looked down at Yingying's small waist, which was only found in books, but it grew on her own body, and no matter how much she ate, she would not get thicker. It was a happy thing.

Xiao Tong often saw Ouyang Jinhua's inexplicable silly smile these days, afraid that she would lose her mind again, and asked worriedly: "Miss, what happy things do you think of?"

Ouyang Jinhua raised his eyebrows, his spring-like eyes shone brightly, and said with a smile, "Grandma's 60th birthday will be in a few days, and my parents and brothers will come to Zhuangzi to celebrate the old man's birthday."

"This servant is stupid, I actually forgot this good thing." Xiao Tong beamed with joy, sweeping away the worries just now.

The bedroom lit a few mugwort leaves, which can fume away mosquitoes, and the faint fragrance of green grass filled the air. The servants and servants all retreated outside the room, and the surroundings were silent.

Ouyang Jinhua was lying on a big sandalwood bed carved with auspicious animal patterns, covered with a thin quilt of first-class Suzhou silk that smelled of the sun, squinting his eyes, half dreaming and half awake.

The thin pink silk quilt set off the skin on her face more than snow, and her rose-colored lips were soft and delicate, like a fairy who had fallen into the mortal world.

Pictures that recorded the memories of the two lives flashed in her mind.

Her two lives were named Ouyang Jinhua.

In the previous life, he came from a family of medicine cooks who integrated ancient medical skills and cooking skills. His parents died young, and he had no brothers or sisters. He was raised by his uncle and was trained as the heir. Fall, accidental death.

The later generations also came from big families, but the Ouyang family was based on farming and studying, and belonged to a feudal society where imperial power was supreme and men were superior to women.

Grandfather Ouyang Linhai is the direct son of the Ouyang family, the champion handpicked by the late emperor, and honored by the late emperor's sister, Princess Murongxi.Both he and Murong Xi had died of illness.

(End of this chapter)