Cute Wife Gourmet

Chapter 102 Be honest
The next day was the deadline given by Boss Sun, but he didn't come the whole day. Everyone was finally able to relax after being tense for several days.

When it was dinner time, Xiao Lu ran into the kitchen happily.

"Brother Yao, I'm going to be busy today."

"Are there guests on the third floor?" Ye Jiayao asked casually.

"The private rooms on the third floor are all full, including the young prince, the third young master Xia, the son of the Yong'an Marquis, and many, many more." Xiao Lu said.

Ye Jiayao was stunned for a moment: "Who's treating?"

Xiao Lu said, "It seems that the young prince has his own group of guests, the third son of Xia has another group of guests, the son of Yong'an Marquis has another group of guests, and there are others."

Ye Jiayao was confused. What was going on?
"Which room is the young prince in? I'll go check it out."

"Fuqiu Pavilion is occupied by the Third Young Master Xia, and the young prince is in Hengwu Pavilion."

Ye Jiayao went straight to Hengwu Pavilion. Ah Xing was serving tea, and Ye Jiayao asked him to call the young prince out.

After a while, Helian Jing came out, smiling: "Yaoyao, I was just about to go find you!"

"Chunfeng and Zhao Qixuan are here too, did you know?" Ye Jiayao asked.

Helian Jing smiled and said, "I know. I bumped into him when I came in. Today is my first day on duty, so I invited a few colleagues to come over for dinner."

"What about them?"

"Chunfeng was invited to dinner by his colleagues, Zhao Qixuan is here to discuss business, and the others, ahem... you met them yesterday. They probably admire you so they come to show their support." Helian Jingchao nodded towards the bakery. He actually saw Young Master Liu was here as well. After Liuli teased that guy and made him sick, he became like a recluse and never left the house.

Ye Jiayao was frowning. Seeing such a big scene, she thought there was some emergency again. It was good that it wasn't the case.

"Okay, I'll go cook." Ye Jiayao turned and was about to leave.

"Yaoyao." Helian Jing called him, "Let's go boating on the lake together tonight! I've booked a pleasure boat, Chunfeng and Qixuan will also go.

Ye Jiayao smiled wryly: "I don't think I will have the energy to swim in the lake tonight."

There were seven private rooms and seven tables of food. Zhong Xiang had asked for leave again. It was unclear whether she would have the strength to walk home after she was done with the work, let alone swim in the lake.

Helian Jing said: "Riding a boat in the lake is not swimming. What kind of energy is needed? Everyone is going, it would be a big disappointment if you don't go. Go ahead!"

"We'll talk about it when the time comes. If I'm not in the mood, I won't go." Ye Jiayao said perfunctorily.

Back in the kitchen, there were seven menus in front of her, all filled with food and all featuring big dishes, which was both tiring and stressful.

Ye Jiayao cheered up, rolled up her sleeves, and worked at full speed.

"Deng Haichuan, kill the eels, Wang Mingde, slice the black fish, Cui Dongpeng, chop the meat, Jiang Youli, arrange the cold dishes..."

Ye Jiayao assigned the work to others. They cut the eggplant into segments by themselves, scooped out the eggplant flesh with a special tool, chopped it up, mixed it with minced meat, chopped mushrooms, minced garlic, etc., adjusted the ingredients, sprinkled a little cornstarch, kneaded it, and stuffed it back into the hollowed-out eggplant segments, then arranged the segments and steamed them.

The softened shark fins are stewed in the pot with the prepared broth.

The roast duck was skinned, topped with cucumber shreds, green onion shreds, and thin dough that Zhongxiang had already baked, and a small dish of her homemade dipping sauce. The way to eat Beijing roast duck is still quite new in this era.

The oil in the pan is already boiling, add the carrot slices, magnolia slices and green pepper slices cut into diamond shapes and fry until they are half cooked, put them on a plate, then add the black flower and stir-fry, control the heat well, mix in the already fried carrots and stir-fry twice, and then serve. Sauté the chopped green onion, ginger and garlic in oil until fragrant, thicken with starch and pour over the black flower. The black flower cooked in this way is tender, smooth and refreshing.

When the black fungus was finished, Ye Jiayao changed the stove to stir-fry the eel slices, and someone immediately went to clean the pot.

She changed the pots without stopping, making overall arrangements without wasting a moment, adding ingredients based on experience without tasting them, and the assistants who helped her had a tacit understanding and did not need her to tell them what to do. They knew what they should do by looking at what she was doing. One delicious dish after another, with good color, aroma and taste, was presented to the table continuously.

After finishing the last dish, Ye Jiayao threw away the spatula and the job was done.

I have been working non-stop for more than half an hour. At that time, I was fully focused and didn't feel tired. Now that I relax, I feel dizzy.

Being a chef is definitely a tiring job. I just can’t understand why those chefs all have greasy faces, round waists and big bellies.

"The rest of the work is up to you." Ye Jiayao gave an order and found a chair to sit down and rest. Her waist was particularly sore today. Was it because the relatives were coming? It seemed that it was not time yet. Ye Jiayao thought about it and finally found the culprit. It was all caused by that stupid donkey. It was too cruel, like a beast.

Ye Jiayao was complaining in her heart when Ah Fu came and told her that the guest from Narcissus Pavilion upstairs wanted to meet her.

"Guests from Narcissus Pavilion? Who?"

Ah Fu said, "That man calls himself General Chu."

Ye Jiayao remembered the general whose eye was blinded by Liuli.

Damn, I'm so low-key now that I want to hide in the ground. Can you former victims stop bothering me? I don't want to be a hero.

"If you don't want to go, just say I'm busy." Ye Jiayao refused.

"I told you, General Chu said to come over when you are done with your work."

"You might as well just say I'm done with work and going home." Ye Jiayao felt that she really should slip away, otherwise Xiao Jing would force her to go boating in the lake later. She was already so tired, so why would she go boating in the lake?

Ye Jiayao left as soon as she said she would. Unexpectedly, as soon as she left the kitchen, she saw the one-eyed general blocking the door. When he saw her coming out, he bowed and said, "Brother Li Yao, Chu is here to invite you personally."

Uh...it's blocked.

Ye Jiayao returned the greeting with a bow, pretending to be confused: "General Chu, do you have something to ask me? Are you dissatisfied with the dishes?"

"No, no, the dishes you cook are the best I have ever eaten. I am very satisfied, extremely satisfied." General Chu praised without reservation.

"No, no, General, your praise is too great. I, Li, am not worthy of it. You are welcome to visit us often."

"That's for sure. You have the right temper for me, and the food you cook suits my taste. I will definitely come often in the future. Brother Li Yao, the brothers upstairs all want to see you. What do you think? Give me, Chu, a favor?" General Chu said.

Ye Jiayao said awkwardly: "Um... Li has been busy all night, can you let me go to the toilet first?"

She wants to escape by pretending to have to pee, so she can just find an excuse to turn it down when the time comes.

General Chu was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "After hearing what you said, I am also anxious. Let's go together."

Three drops of cold sweat dripped down Ye Jiayao's forehead. Damn, who wants to go to the toilet with you?

"Yaoyao." Just when Ye Jiayao was in trouble, Helian Jing came downstairs, followed by Chunfeng and Zhao Qixuan.

General Chu hurriedly saluted Helian Jing.

Helian Jingzhi nodded as a return gesture and asked Ye Jiayao, "Have you finished your work?"

Ye Jiayao was just worrying about how to get rid of General Chu, so she hurriedly said, "I'm done. What, have you guys finished eating?"

"It's almost time. They want to sit for a while longer. Let's go boating on the lake first. Let's go together!" Helian Jing said.

Ye Jiayao thought, you can't escape the fifteenth if you don't escape the first day, instead of going with General Chu and being watched by others, it would be better to go boating on the lake with Xiaojing.

"Okay! I've just worked up a sweat, let's go get some fresh air." Ye Jiayao readily agreed.

Seeing Li Yao and the young prince leave, General Chu could only sigh secretly. After hearing about what happened yesterday, his brothers all wanted to meet this clever and courageous cook, so he specially hosted a party today to satisfy his brothers' curiosity. However, he still didn't get to meet him.

After leaving Tianshangju, walk about a hundred steps to the left and you will find a pier. The pleasure boat has already stopped at the pier and is waiting. Ye Jiayao hesitated and said, "Xiao Jing, I won't go. I'm too tired."

Xia Chunfeng said, "Didn't you just say you wanted to go out and get some fresh air? The wind on the river at night is very comfortable."

Ye Jiayao said angrily, "I just wanted to get rid of that General Chu. He insisted on inviting me to his private room, wasn't it to publicize what happened yesterday? It took a lot of effort to suppress this matter, and I don't want to cause any more trouble."

Helian Jing was also warned by his elder brother yesterday to keep a low profile, so he said: "Zhao Qixuan, you are familiar with Chu Youxu, talk to him in private. Even if the incident is over and you feel relieved, don't spread it everywhere, otherwise you will lose your other eye."

Zhao Qixuan said: "No problem, I will go find him tomorrow."

"Yaoyao, go and sit for a while. There's no one else here, so just take a rest." Helian Jing looked at her expectantly.

Xia Chunfeng half pushed and half pulled: "Go ahead!"

Unable to refuse the kind invitation, Ye Jiayao had no choice but to get on the pleasure boat, without noticing the sly smiles of the three people behind her.

The pleasure boat drifts quietly in the reflected starry sky, the guqin sounds melodious, the singing is gentle, and I lean back in a comfortable rattan chair, holding a cup of tea in my hand, feeling quite leisurely and comfortable.

Zhao Qixuan changed the subject first: "Yesterday I was worried that you would be punished, but it turned out to be a false alarm and you were let off so easily."

Xia Chunfeng sneered, "Why are you so scared? Xiao Jing and I were the ones who were so scared that we broke out in cold sweats. You don't know how dangerous it was last night."

Ye Jiayao couldn't help but prick up her ears. She also wanted to know the details.

"Really? Tell me, how did you get through it?"

Helian Jing took a sip of tea and sighed: "Ah, it's been a lot of twists and turns."

Ye Jiayao glared at him and said, "Why are you keeping me in suspense? Just tell me now."

Helian Jing said: "First, tell me where you and Chunyu went?"

That's right, today I invited Yaoyao to the boat to interrogate him and Chunyu Ge about what happened. After returning home last night, he thought more and more that something was wrong.

Xia Chunfeng said: "Yes, I saw my brother taking you away."

Ye Jiayao was embarrassed, her ears were burning, and she stammered, "I didn't go anywhere, I just found a place where no one was. Ask me what's going on."

"Hey, I'm a very loyal person. I didn't say it was your idea, but it was originally my idea." Ye Jiayao pouted.

The three of them looked at her with disbelief.

Ye Jiayao felt guilty when they looked at her, and said in a bluffing tone: "What do you mean by that expression? Would I lie to you?"

Zhao Qixuan is always more observant than others: "Li Yao, your ears are red."

(End of this chapter)