Crossing the wasteland: Farming and peasant girls can't be provoked

Chapter 82 Excluded
Now that everyone is here, it's time to serve the food.Jing Yi started to fry some hot dishes.

Today Jing Yi showed off her culinary skills and cooked a lot of delicious dishes.Braised pork is of course indispensable, as well as braised carp, Sixi meatballs, boiled chicken, steamed pork ribs, scallion fried lamb, etc.

Knowing that Xiao Yilin loves sweets, Jing Yi made sweet and sour pork tenderloin, steamed glutinous rice cake, and shredded yam.

There are also cold shredded radish, cold spinach, boiled cabbage and so on.

Today is a holiday, originally Jing Yi should have dinner with her mother.But when guests come to the house, Jing Yi must accompany the guests.

Xiao Yilin didn't want the mother and daughter to eat separately during the festival, so he said, "Jingyan, Aunt Liu is the elder, so we don't have to be too formal, let Aunt Liu eat with us. Otherwise, you and Aunt Liu can't eat together on this day." Isn’t the reunion dinner our fault.”

Lin Xiuhan also said: "Yeah, Jing Yan, today is the holiday, and it's only fun when everyone gets together. We are all juniors, it's nothing."

Under the persuasion of Xiao Yilin and Lin Xiuhan, Jing Yi asked her mother to come to the front hall for dinner.

As for Gu Yu and the others, they had dinner with Song Yuancheng and the others, and Jing Yi asked Song Yuancheng to entertain the others.

Xiao Yilin asked Han Qi not to wait around, but to have fun with everyone.But how could Han Qi stay away from his lord for a long time, he quickly ate something and then went to his lord to serve him.

Xiao Yilin had the highest status in the front hall, and he should have been the host, but Xiao Yilin insisted that Mrs. Liu be the host.

Seeing that Prince Jing respected her so much, Mrs. Liu was flattered.

Jing Yi didn't care so much about the distinction between high and low status, so she let her mother take the lead.

Because Xiao Yilin was still taking medicine and couldn't drink alcohol, Jing Yi specially made him fruit tea for digestion and appetizing.

Jing Yi put a teacup in front of Xiao Yilin, then picked up the round-bellied teapot filled with fruit tea and poured some fruit tea into the cup, "Brother Xiao, you can't drink alcohol, I specially made you some fruit tea for digestion and appetite. There are dried hawthorns, dried plums and other dried fruits in it, after cooking, filter out the residue, and finally add honey, the taste is sweet and sour, very appetizing, you have to try it.”

Xiao Yilin was very happy looking at the red tea soup in the teacup in front of him. This was specially prepared by the little girl for him.

"Thank you Jing Yan, you are too thoughtful."

Everyone else, Jing Yi, poured wine. Anyway, the alcohol content is not high at this time, so you can still drink two glasses.

Xiao Yilin was the first to raise the teacup, "Today is the holiday, I'll offer a cup of tea to Aunt Liu first, I will trouble you and Jingyan during this time."

Seeing Prince Jing respecting her, Mrs. Liu quickly picked up the wine glass and said, "Brother Yan is lucky enough to be able to cure Prince Jing's body, so it's not in vain to learn medical skills. Prince Jing doesn't need to be too concerned."

Then Lin Xiuhan also toasted.

The meals are carefully cooked by Jing Yi, needless to say the taste.There are several dishes that even Liu Shi is eating for the first time.

Xiao Yilin and Lin Xiuhan had another chance to experience Jing Yi's cooking skills during this meal.

After all, Mrs. Liu is also a person who has seen the big world, so she didn't have much fear when facing Xiao Yilin and Lin Xiuhan.During the meeting, intentionally or unintentionally, they inquired about Lin Xiuhan's family background and personal situation.

Lin Xiuhan was very humble, almost answering every question he had about Mrs. Liu.Liu Shi and Lin Xiuhan have also met many times, and they are more familiar with each other, and they speak more casually.

Xiao Yilin listened to the conversation between Liu Shi and Lin Xiuhan, noticed the way Liu Shi looked at Lin Xiuhan, and thought of the identity and age of the girl next to him, he always felt that Liu Shi looked at Lin Xiuhan like a son-in-law.

This made Xiao Yilin gradually feel restless.Could it be that a majestic prince is not as good as Lin Xiuhan who is a county magistrate?

He didn't know that it was precisely his status as a prince that made Liu Shi dare not think about it.

Liu Shi knew very well in her heart that her daughter's current status was definitely not qualified to be a prince's concubine.Liu Shi did not want her daughter to be a concubine.

What's more, she understands her daughter's pride, and her daughter will not share a man with other women.

This is something that Jing Yi has emphasized with her mother many times. After she gets married, she will be a couple for the rest of her life, otherwise she would rather not have it.

In this ancient time, there was no high-ranking official who didn't have three wives and four concubines, let alone Xiao Yilin was still a prince.Therefore, after knowing Xiao Yilin's identity, Mrs. Liu never considered him as her son-in-law, and directly excluded him from the selection of son-in-law.

Mrs. Liu is very satisfied with Lin Xiuhan's current situation. He is handsome and handsome, indifferent to fame and fortune, humble and cautious, honest and fair as an official, and has a good character.The most important thing is that Lin Xiuhan has not married a wife yet, let alone has a concubine, and there is no woman around him. This is what makes Liu Shi most satisfied.

Jing Yi saw his mother chatting with Lin Xiuhan very happily, and asked a lot of personal questions about Lin Xiuhan, and he felt the taste.

Jing Yi picked up a chopstick dish for her mother and said, "Mother, I put a lot of effort into today's dish, please eat more."

Jing Yi didn't want her mother to ask any more questions. After a while, her mother had to say that she was a matchmaker for Lin Xiuhan?

Still matchmaking for his daughter.

Lin Xiuhan was happy today, drank some more wine, and spoke more casually, jokingly said: "Aunt Liu asked me about my personal situation, do you want to be a matchmaker for me? I'm still single and haven't married yet. Can Aunt Liu The woman you fancy must be a good girl."

Mrs. Liu said with a smile: "If Aunt Liu meets a good girl, she will definitely recommend it to you. Even a young talent like you who is handsome, good-natured and talented needs to find a woman of similar appearance to match her."

Listening to the conversation between the two, Xiao Yilin felt very depressed, so he resisted so much that he didn't turn pale.

At this moment, Han Qi, who was waiting on the sidelines, saw that Madam Chu was more enthusiastic about Lin Xiuhan than her prince. It seems that Madam Chu wanted Lin Xiuhan to be her son-in-law, right?What about my prince?
Han Qi saw that his prince had a tendency to make a bad face.It seems that Lin Xiuhan is likely to become a competitor of his prince.He has to be on guard.My prince finally fell in love with a woman, how could he be snatched away by others?
Jing Yi didn't want her mother to talk to Lin Xiuhan anymore, and she added food to her mother.Then he used the serving chopsticks to pick up shredded yam for Xiao Yilin, "Brother Xiao, I dug this from the yam I found in the back mountain. This yam is very nourishing for the body, you should eat more. Brother Lin, you can eat it too."

Mrs. Liu also saw that Xiao Yilin seemed a little unhappy, so she stopped talking.She also felt that she had talked too much today.It's just that today is a rare opportunity, so she took the opportunity to inquire about Lin Xiuhan's situation, also for the future.

Jing Yi said: "Mother, if you are tired, go to rest, I am here to accompany Brother Xiao and Brother Lin."

Liu took advantage of the situation to leave the table and returned to her room.

　small theater:

　　Han Qi: My lord, I think Lin Xiuhan wants to pry your corner.

　　Xiao Yilin: I can tell, this king has to think about how to please his future mother-in-law.

　　Liu Shi: It's useless to please, you are not in my son-in-law's choice.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)