I have become popular in modern times with food

Chapter 96
Tang Jingling got the news from Tang Yuan and convened a group meeting urgently.

"Xicun Xiaohezi went to the Yujia restaurant, and the little boss has agreed to compete with her. Xiao Li, please send a manuscript quickly, with subtler words, don't name names, but let people see at a glance." She assigned Task, "Xiao Zhang, you are ready to record and video, go to the warehouse and ask for something that can be carried with you. When that time comes, we won't allow public interviews, so we will hide the video. And Xiao Wang, you go to the Lanhai Street side in advance to reveal the rumors. , spread the gossip, remember, be sure not to show any traces."

"Okay, Sister Tang, promise to complete the task!" Several people got the order and went to work separately.Tang Jingling sat on the boss chair, turned around, and kept touching the table with the pen in her hand.She has long wanted to issue a press release condemning the restaurant's slaughtering and deceiving people, and now this opportunity is definitely a rare opportunity.

In addition, what Xiaohezi Nishimura had done at Le Cordon Bleu Academy made Tang Jingling even more contemptuous.

She dialed Tang Yuan's phone, and it rang several times before being picked up. Tang Yuan said in a hoarse voice, "What's the matter?"

Last night, I followed Li Hanzhi to a party at the villa. I had a hangover until dawn, and finally fell asleep under the hypnosis of alcohol for a while, and was woken up again. .

Tang Jingling turned on the phone, and took a few steps away from her. Then she raised the volume to Tang Yuan: "I have everything arranged, just wait and watch the show!" Without waiting for Tang Yuan's reply, she was decisive. Press the hang up key.

I'm afraid it's a second late, and the other side is going to yell again.She could guess what Tang Yuan said—

"It's just such a little thing, and it's deliberately disturbing people's dreams?" Tang Yuan rubbed his suddenly swollen temple, wishing he could beat Tang Jingling.Why does this person always like to disturb him when he is sleeping.

……

It is rare for Yu Jian not to go to the restaurant.

I was entangled in my thoughts all night last night, and the sky turned white before I gradually felt sleepy. I never thought that the dream would be chaotic again.

Thinking about Tang Yuan's words over and over again, she saw that there were not a few so-called interests that came first, and the dirty affairs of the court nobles were far more complicated.But food should not be used as something harmful.

The Nishimura Kowako incident reminded her of some bad experiences.The relatives in the harem, which one is not to win each other for power and personal gain, even the Guanglu Temple is no exception.

I also planned that when I can stand above everyone else, will I be able to change my destiny.

Just as Tang Yuan said, standing at the highest point can get out of the quagmire.

"Meimei, you can play at my house for a while, and my sister will be back later." The voice of Yu Yuan came from outside the door.

Then, another timid little girl said, "Will it be too troublesome?"

Yu Yuan patted her little chest, like a man: "No trouble, no trouble, my sister is amazing, what lotus seeds you said, she can definitely make it."

"Yeah!" The little girl responded with a hint of sadness in her tone. "My father said that grandma might not live long. I want to let her eat the sugar lotus seeds in her memory again before she leaves."

Yu Jian listened to a few words scatteredly, and couldn't help but smile.This guy, Yu Yuan, was bragging outside again, and he even brought people home.

She sorted it out, opened the door, and called softly, "Little Yuanzi."

Yu Yuan's whole body twitched, and she smiled instantly, turned her head and rushed towards her, hugging her thigh, like a little pug, she almost didn't stick her tongue out.

"Sister! You are at home!"

Yu Jian scratched his nose: "I can't be at home?"

"No, no, I'm not particularly surprised!" He loosened Yu Jian's thigh, ran to the little girl again, took her hand and introduced, "Sister, this is my kindergarten classmate Meimei."

The little girl was very cautious and called out timidly, "Hello, sister!"

Zhang Meimei and Yu Yuan grew up together. Before they went to kindergarten, they played in the alley. When they reached school age, they were packaged and sent to kindergarten. When they got to the class, they were in the same class again.

Because of her childhood sweetheart relationship, Yu Yuan protects her very much on weekdays. If anyone dares to bully Zhang Meimei, they will beat her with a fist.

Yu Yuan pulled Yu Jian's sleeve, made her lower her head, and leaned into her ear and said, "Meimei wants you to cook a dish for her great-grandmother, so don't refuse."

Yu Jian asked him in the same low voice, "Why do I have to agree?"

"Oh...sister, my good sister, I've already told Meimei, you can't make me lose face!" Yu Yuan hugged her arm and begged.

Yu Jian glanced at the little girl's worried look, then met Yu Chengcheng's expectation, pursed her lips, curled her eyes, and took the opportunity to scrape the little guy's nose again, and then said, "Okay, I reluctantly agreed."

Zhang Meimei's great-grandmother wanted to eat sugar lotus seeds.Coincidentally, in order to meet the challenge of Kazuko Nishimura, she prepared some lotus flowers and lotus pods at home.The lotus pod was sent by Tang Yuan, saying that it was picked from the fifth, and the rhizomes were still dripping with wet lake water.

Yu Jian arranged for two little guys to peel the lotus seeds together. Yu Yuan finally peeled two of the lotus seeds, so she frowned and cried out that her hands hurt. Instead, it was the little girl Zhang Meimei, whose fingertips were all red, and she continued to take one with her teeth gritted. , silently get the lotus seeds out and put them on a plate.

After all the lotus seeds were peeled off, Yu Jian peeled them off one by one.The lotus heart is bitter, and the core needs to be removed.Wash the cleaned lotus seeds and put them in a cool place to drain and dry.

Yarn sugar lotus seeds should be slowly fried in a casserole, first put a thick layer of sugar, add a bowl of cool boiled, stir and boil over medium heat, wait for the boiled sugar water to bubble to small bubbles, and then turn off the heat when it turns to large bubbles Stir quickly until creamy white.At this time, put the lotus seeds in and stir, so that each lotus seed is evenly coated with a layer of syrup.

"Meimei, do you need my sister to make you a pot of tea?" Shatang lotus seeds are a tea, and you can taste the powdery sweetness of lotus seeds by making a pot of slightly bitter green tea.

Zhang Meimei raised her face in surprise: "Is it okay?"

The yard of Zhang's house is five or six meters away from Yu Jian's house.Yu Jian wrapped the fried lotus seeds in fresh lotus leaves and went home with her with an old-fashioned teapot.

When the concierge opened, Zhang Meimei couldn't wait to run into a room in the corner, murmuring, "Grandma, I brought back the sugar lotus seeds for you!"

The old man's turbid pupils turned and moved out of focus to the place where she was speaking, struggling to sit up from the bed.Zhang Meimei skillfully took a pillow for her, and helped her to lean up slowly. Then she ran back to the yard and smiled apologetically at Yu Jian: "My grandma is not in good health..." I'm afraid, she can't live. By this winter,
The lotus leaf bag was slowly opened, the tip of the old man's nose twitched slightly, and a deep sweet fragrance penetrated the tip of her nose.She stretched out her hand tremblingly, and under Zhang Meimei's guidance, she touched the edge of the lotus leaf, and slowly touched the green and delicate leaves with her fingertips.

"Lotus leaf...?" She asked softly, there seemed to be a glimmer of light in her eyes, and she touched the lotus seed inside, pinched one, and put it into her mouth with shaking hands.

The glutinous fragrance of fresh lotus seeds poured into the mouth along with the sweetness of sugar, and the old man used his saliva to sip the smell of lotus seeds little by little.

After a long while, he finally swallowed slowly.Zhang Meimei immediately brought a cup of warm tea, and the old man took another sip.

The bitterness of tea, the fragrance of lotus seeds, and the sweetness of sugar, this seems to be her whole life. She was originally a young lady from a big family, but she lost her lover in the war and raised several children by herself.In her hard life, she had already smoothed all the edges and corners, but when she was dying, she wanted to be a charming lady in her boudoir again.

Another taste of my once-favorite sugar lotus seeds…

(End of this chapter)