Datang Nongwang

Chapter 15 The Surprise Continues
"Aniang, I just read books for nothing, so I can cook a good meal for Aniang, so that Aniang can taste the cooking skills of the baby." Li Chongyuan responded casually with an excuse.

However, the excuse Li Chongyuan made up was not so easy to be exposed.

There is indeed a cookbook in the study in his house.

It's just that reading that cookbook gave Li Chongyuan a headache. The recipes were from a few dynasties ago, and they were beyond Li Chongyuan's ability to learn.

At least, Li Chongyuan couldn't learn any good dishes from it.

Because the dishes in the recipes are also from this era, and Li Chongyuan learned it for nothing.

"Yuan'er has grown up and knows how to love Auntie. Auntie is really blessed." The old lady looked at Li Chongyuan kindly, with deep affection in her eyes.

Although Li Chongyuan is not her child.

But she never treated Li Chongyuan as a concubine, which was also Li Chongyuan's blessing.

It would be hard to say if Li Chongyuan was placed in someone else's house.

Maybe it's not as good as a servant.

After a long time, when Li Chongyuan was talking with the old lady, the butler and the others bought the ingredients.

"Aniang can't just sit still, Yuaner, what can I do for you?" The old lady got up and said to Li Chongyuan when she saw Li Chongyuan giving instructions to the housekeeper and the others.

"Aniang, please don't, I'm going to the back kitchen to fry dishes. Aniang, you're not in good shape, you'd better sit here and rest." Seeing the old lady get up, Li Chongyuan hurriedly stopped her.

"A Niang is not too old to move. Even though Yuan'er wants to cook dishes for A Niang, even though A Niang has lost her hands and feet, she can still wash the vegetables." The old lady resolutely said.

The old lady Xiang Wan, before marrying Li Gui, said that she was a lady of every family, but she also did some work within her ability.

Later, after marrying Li Gui, she still took care of the housework, and even did a lot of cooking.

Therefore, the old lady is relatively more thrifty and pragmatic than some other wives.

"Since Aunt wants to help the child, then sit on the side and watch the child. There are housekeepers and others doing the laundry." Although Li Chongyuan didn't want to see the old lady do it, he couldn't dissuade him any more, so he could only retreat. Take a step back.

After hearing this, the old lady was happy, she nodded, and under the guidance of Li Chongyuan, she went to the back kitchen.

Although Li Chongyuan cooks dishes as a county man, he really loses his share.

But the old lady didn't stop her, at least, Li Chongyuan was able to cook a meal for her, which made her think that Li Chongyuan was very filial.

"Dodoldol..."

"Crack clap..."

In the back kitchen, the sound of chopping vegetables kept coming.

The old lady was sitting on a chair, quietly watching Li Chongyuan's busy work, she was stunned.

After Li Chongyuan started to work in the back kitchen, he was like a skilled cook, as fast as he wanted, and as good as he wanted.

She who had been wanting to ask questions, saw that Li Chongyuan couldn't stop at all, so she had no choice but to stop.

She really wanted to ask Li Chongyuan, how he practiced this set of movements like flowing clouds and flowing water.

But just when she was amazed, Li Chongyuan started to fry the dishes.

"It's..."

After the meat was lowered into the oil in the pan, the sound was wonderful.

And that fragrance also drifted into the back kitchen.

"Hiss, it smells so good." A maidservant behind the old lady sniffed at the smell of meat.

Not just her.

The other maidservants were also like her, swallowing hard as they smelled the fragrance wafting from the pot, wishing they could replace the old lady.

On the other hand, the old lady at this time is not in the same state as those maidservants.

But he still stared dumbfounded at Li Chongyuan who was turning the spatula.

The old lady wanted to ask Li Chongyuan all kinds of things in her heart, but she didn't know how to open her mouth, and she didn't know what she wanted to ask.

Smelling the aroma of the full back kitchen, she felt like she could eat several bowls of soup cakes for her who didn't have much taste.

"Huiniang, turn to low heat and simmer." Li Chongyuan called out to Huiniang who was burning the fire.

This dish is braised pork.

Naturally, some time is needed, and it must be a big fire first and then a small fire.

"Yuan'er, you..." Seeing that Li Chongyuan had been idle, the old lady opened her mouth to ask a question, but when the words came to her lips, she realized that she really didn't know what to ask.

"Auntie, I made this specially for you, but Auntie is not in good health, so I can only taste a few pieces. I will make some more dishes that suit Auntie's appetite later." Li Chongyuan knew that the old lady wanted Ask what, quickly said.

There are some things that Li Chongyuan really can't explain much.

"Yuan'er has really grown up. A Niang almost doesn't recognize you. Yuan'er is so good at cooking. I don't know whose little lady I will take advantage of in the future." The old lady really didn't like it. He knew what to ask, but he praised Li Chongyuan a lot.

"Aniang, I'm still young." After being told by the old lady, Li Chongyuan blushed and hurried to beat the eggs.

"Hee hee, old lady, Mr. Xiao Lang is blushing." The maid behind the old lady saw Li Chongyuan blushing, and said with a smile.

"You girl, try to imitate Wan'er's unruly behavior, oh yes, why hasn't Wan'er come here yet?" Seeing the maidservant giggling, the old lady remembered her daughter.

"Go back to the old lady, the young lady said that she is going to the West Market to pick out gifts for Mr. Xiao Lang." The maid responded with a straight face when the old lady said it.

In this family, the old lady can be said to be very kind to these servants.

The old lady is kind-hearted, and never beats or scolds these servants, which also makes the servants of my family seem to have no rules from time to time.

However, these rules and regulations will not lose face, only occasionally, and they are all close people, just like the maid behind the old lady.

This maidservant has been with the old lady for several years, and she is also a distant relative of the old lady, so naturally she has a relatively high status. .

Afterwards, Li Chongyuan made another round of cooking, and after more than half an hour, he made five dishes and one soup.

One plate of braised pork, one bowl of steamed eggs, one vegetable stir-fried lotus root, one steamed fish, one vegetable stir-fried vegetables, plus a bean paste soup.

With five dishes and one soup, the aroma made everyone salivate.

Even the old lady was staring at the five dishes and one soup on the wooden tray, swallowing her saliva obsessively, which made Li Chongyuan look at the old lady with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Housekeeper, bring the dishes to the hall, Aunt, I'll support you." Li Chongyuan gave instructions to the housekeeper after cleaning, and approached the old lady.

"Hey, good." The old lady couldn't get her eyes off the dishes on the wooden tray, and she woke up after being supported by Li Chongyuan.

(End of this chapter)