self-improvement as a cook

Chapter 37

An Ran ran out in a hurry, didn't know where to go, and didn't know where to go, just saw that man with one thought, and couldn't stay there, she didn't want to see that man.

It wasn't until the sky was getting dark, there were fewer and fewer people around, and I felt the water falling on my body, only to realize that it was raining. The rain was not heavy but very dense, and it wet my clothes after a while. , cold to the bone.

An Ran couldn't help shivering, stood still, looked left and right, suddenly gave a wry smile, the world is big, but she didn't know where to go, she is not the modern independent successor of An Ji's private kitchen, although she is also An Ran, but They don't even have the most basic freedom, and their humble status is not as good as peddlers on the street. At least they can go wherever they want, and they have the mark of Anfu on their bodies. As long as they don't let themselves redeem themselves, they will be Anfu's for the rest of their lives. servant.

And An Zihe, no, he's not An Zihe, he's An Jiamu, the grand lord of the An Mansion, now that I think about it, I'm so stupid to think of him as An Zihe, and I finally understand why Ding Shoucai should treat himself well that day. After redeeming himself, something happened in the blink of an eye. I thought it was An Zihe who was deliberately embarrassing himself, but I didn't know it was the elder.

He is the master of Anfu, the local emperor of Jizhou Prefecture, and even the Jizhou prefect treats him very courteously. He has good hands and eyes, can protect his master, and has friendship with Xiaoyao County King.

There are four aunts in the Guang Mansion, and two girls who are connected to the house. There are not many good friends in the brothel outside. This is only in Jizhou Mansion, and there are probably countless people outside.

This man has never been short of women, and he doesn't need to bother to coax women. As long as he is the master of Anfu, countless women will try their best to climb into his bed, and he has long been accustomed to all of this.

Now that I think about it, when he saw him for the first time, he didn't recognize who he was at all. An Ran always believed that the intimacy between a man and a woman can only happen if their hearts match and they like each other, but An Jiamu can't even remember The appearance of the woman under him, but because he is different from his women, he aroused his interest.

Later, he realized that he was the girl who had climbed on his bed, so he looked down on him so much, but he was unwilling to give up the fun of teasing him. Perhaps, he thought that he was just pretending at that time, and everything he did was a means to seduce him. It was only when she realized that she was really avoiding him that she became so annoyed.

Now that I think about it carefully, it is full of flaws. Suddenly, the time when Mrs. Su celebrated her birthday, when I entered the private room, it was him who greeted Su Tong, and his identity was quite clear, so I foolishly thought that the old man was next to him , thought he was the big steward An Zihe.

As for An Zhi from the east of the city and An Yuan from the other courtyard, I'm afraid they all know who he is, every time they go to the east of the city to look for him, they just happen to stop, and An Zhi enthusiastically helps him find someone.It's not enthusiasm at all, it's knowing the truth.

There is also Zhuzi, on the day in Qingzhu Lane, no wonder he was so scared, because he recognized him as the elder.It is also because he knows that he is the elder, that An Yuan arranged such a small courtyard for himself, far away from the servants, so that no one will come over at night, and the elder, as the master, can naturally come in and out at will, so he always bumps into him. on him.

Those coincidences in the lotus pond, those encounters at night, now that I think about it, they were all designed. I am afraid that he knows exactly what he does, what he does and what he eats every day.

If I hadn't known about An Zihe's marriage and came to the east of the city to question him, I'm afraid he would still be in the dark, and then I would be completely trapped in his day-to-day calculations, let him succeed, and then become his mansion. Yifang aunt, maybe she can't be an aunt yet, just like Yuegui Hongmian, she's just his liaison girl.

This whole life will be lived in the inner house of An Mansion, that kind of life of intrigue for a man, now when she thinks that she has almost fallen into such a situation, An Ran can't help but feel cold all over her body, colder than the autumn rain that hit her body.

Suddenly feeling that the rain was no longer falling, she propped up an oil-paper umbrella on her head, and An Ran turned her head: "Mother..." She plunged into Aunt Liu's arms, and all the grievances burst out immediately, and she couldn't hold back her tears.

Aunt Liu was so distressed, she patted her back and waited for her to stop crying before holding her hand: "Let's go home with mother."

When An Ran followed Aunt Liu back to Lingdang Alley, it was late at night, and An Ran's lips were white from the cold, Aunt Liu hurriedly asked the old man to boil water, so An Ran soaked the hot water in the wooden barrel, and came out to eat a bowl of ginger Silk noodles, a lot of ginger silk, ordered some old Shanxi vinegar, saw her sweating, and then put her to sleep, sat on the edge of the Kang to accompany her for a while, saw that An Ran's eyes had fallen asleep, and then turned off the light go out.

Seeing her entering the room, Zhou Laoshi hurriedly said: "What's the matter? Why did the steward from the east of the city suddenly come to pick you up to find your daughter? Didn't he say that your daughter showed her face a few days ago and won the first prize in the Jizhou Prefecture Cooking Competition?" , I heard that the magistrate is going to submit the name of his daughter to the capital to compete with the imperial chef. Now people in the mansion congratulate me when they see me. Besides, my daughter was fine when she went out in the morning. It's raining, just now when you two came in, I saw the face of my daughter, it was so pale that it turned pale, but I was really bluffing."

Aunt Liu: "I think this matter is caused by the chief steward. The chief steward and my daughter have always been close. Although the two of them were estranged in the past few months, when I went to another courtyard and looked at my daughter's expression, I am afraid there will be another When my daughter came back this morning, I thought, just wanted to tell me about it, I didn't want Zhou He, this damn boy, to talk about the engagement of the chief steward. People are angry, since the chief steward has no intention of doing anything to our daughter, why do you spend two or three days in the same place, hang our daughter on one end, but want to be engaged to the niece of the Tongpan Mansion on the other end, you men really have no good things. "

Zhou Laoshi couldn't help muttering: "You old woman, you are talking about my daughter, why did you even scold me."

Aunt Liu sighed: "My daughter's matter is really troublesome. I saw what she meant, and I must have something in my heart, which is why I am so sad."

Zhou Laoshi: "Actually, this matter is easy, but my daughter may suffer some grievances."

Aunt Liu's face changed when she heard this: "If you want your daughter to be a concubine for the chief steward, shut up your bad mouth as soon as possible, and say that you are an honest man, and you are thinking that you will not be able to trade your daughter for a lifetime."

Zhou Laoshi scolded his wife a few words, and said embarrassingly: "You don't look at it, who doesn't know how to live like this, but a man who can have a little bit of money, who doesn't carry it home in threes and fours, let me tell you, It's just that he is sincere to our daughter, what does his name matter, if you don't like to hear it, as for our small family, it's not that the big manager takes a fancy to An Ran, even if he is a concubine, he won't be able to win our daughter ..."

"Don't shut up yet..." Aunt Liu was so angry that she threw a broom over the lump.

Zhou Laoshi hurriedly dodged, seeing his mother-in-law with her brows upside down, like a yaksha with her hips akimbo, got scared in her heart, and ran away with the curtain lifted.

An Ran didn't fall asleep, what a heart she had, she was able to sleep peacefully after such a thing happened, her mood was like the pattering autumn rain outside the window, it was indescribably desolate.

Although the voice of the godmother and godfather bickering is not loud, the small courtyard is so small, how can the thin wooden boards not hear it, it seems that the godmother and godfather don't know what happened today, An Jiamu deliberately concealed it, he did this What is the purpose?Do you still expect yourself to be involved with him?

If you don't want to be involved, there is only one way to go, which is to redeem your body, get freedom, and go out from Jizhou Mansion. The sky and the earth are big outside, why is there no place to eat and stay? It's better than being under his control here, but he Will you let yourself go?

An Ran thought of his words and deeds, even though he deliberately restrained himself in front of her, the domineering gestures he showed still made people fearful, no wonder she always felt that he was dangerous, this man completely regarded himself as a prey, first teased him, waited for interest When it was exhausted, it swallowed it in one gulp, maybe even lost the interest in swallowing it, and threw it aside to let the prey fend for itself.

This is the inferiority of powerful men, it is the same in ancient and modern times, but it is a pity that he found the wrong person, she is not a woman he can play with, let alone be a canary in his cage, she is An Ran, an independent person.

And if he wants to be free, there is only one way, and that is to face him. It is precisely because he knows this that he is not in a hurry at all. Perhaps it is not interesting for him to struggle like this.

A man who is in control of everything, if he wants to catch a humble and weak woman like himself, he can easily catch it. Even so, he does not have nothing in his hands. Even if the chips are too small, it may be useless at all, but at least he has to try.

An Ran figured it out, and returned to the other courtyard early in the morning. Even if the godmother really treated her as her own daughter, she had to go. The more so, the less she could implicate them. Life is not easy to come by, and she doesn't want to destroy this stability because of herself.In the final analysis, it was my own fault, and I had to bear it myself.

As soon as An Ran stepped into the other courtyard, An Yuan hurriedly greeted her: "The girl is back, I also said to send two women to pick her up."

An Ran didn't have the heart to tell him these things, and said directly: "Where's the elder?"

An Yuan didn't want her to ask the old man when she came back, but hurriedly said: "The old man is waiting for the girl at Dicuixuan."

Di Cuixuan Anran knew that when he came to the other courtyard on the first day, the janitor told him all over the place, what was there for, who came to live, etc. Very detailed.

And Dicuixuan is the main courtyard of this other courtyard, and it is also the residence of the Grand Master. It is a courtyard built against the mountain wall, and it is also the best view of this other courtyard.

When An Ran was strolling, he passed by outside a few times and vaguely heard the sound of water. According to An Shou, the water in the lotus pond was diverted from the spring water from the back mountain to pass through Dicuixuan and flow into the lotus pond. The water in this lotus pond is cool to the bone, and the fish raised in it are also particularly plump.

Although An Ran hadn't seen what was going on inside, she could guess a thing or two from the guest house where Madam Su lived, so she didn't want to, but she had a chance to come in today.

Judging from An Yuan's attitude towards himself, he knew that the man didn't intend to pretend anymore, the matter had already been exposed, and there was no need to pretend anymore. It's humble, he is the elder, and he is just an inconspicuous little girl in his house.

Seeing her in a daze, An Yuan took a peek at her, and said in a low voice, "Miss An is walking on the porch here, it's raining."

An Yuan didn't know what was going on with this girl. To be honest, since the Elder Master was willing to pretend to be An Zihe and coax her these days, it showed that the Elder Master really cared about her. Otherwise, he would just accept her in the room. Even thinking about it, I feel that it is a bit redundant to expend all these efforts, but the elder is not tired of it, so I can only cooperate.

I knew in my heart that the Elder Master cared more about this than all the aunts in the mansion combined, and this one did have real skills, and with the Elder Master's rarity, he must be the five in the mansion tomorrow. My aunt didn't run away, and I guess she will be the one who loves me the most in the future.

Ordinarily this one should be happy, after all, it is not easy for a girl to be able to be with my aunt, if it is not that the old man likes it and can't let it go, it is estimated that at most she will accept a girl in the room, but look at this face, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like it He looked happy, but he was bitter and bitter, his face was icy cold, it didn't look like he was going to meet his lover, but rather like going to find the old man desperately.

An Ran was like this, so An Yuan wanted to say congratulations, but he didn't dare to open his mouth, and only led An Ran into Dicuixuan all the way.

As soon as she entered Dicuixuan, Anran saw An Zihe in the octagonal pavilion on the side, no, it should be An Jiamu, but don't stop looking at him at first, but the scenery of Dicuixuan was all in her eyes.

Even though he was in a bad mood, An Ran was amazed by the scenery of Dicuixuan. It is the octagonal gazebo where An Jiamu is located. The spring water passes under the pavilion, enters the small lotus pond, and then passes through the Dicui Pavilion next to it, converging to the lotus pond outside.

Therefore, as soon as you come in, you can hear the gurgling sound of the water, and the greenery in the yard is worthy of being called Dicuixuan. If you lived here during the hot summer months, it must be very cool. Now it’s autumn and it’s raining , I felt a little cold, but the autumn rain fell into the water, and a layer of faint water vapor was formed, like smoke and mist, but it was also quite ingenious.

If before, An Ran would definitely appreciate it, but now she just feels bored, even if it is such a beautiful scenery, if she can, she would like to leave immediately, go far away, and never come back in this life.

There were not only An Jiamu in the pavilion, but also two strangers who looked at him with complicated eyes. He couldn't tell whether it was shock or something else. Moreover, he was no stranger, so he had seen him before. Maybe he had seen him before. Enron before.

An Ran guessed that it was An Jiamu's servant in front of him, who was not in front of him in order to pretend to be An Zihe, but now there is no need to pretend, so naturally he should do what he wants.

An Ran has long felt An Jiamu's gaze. No matter how nervous she is, it is impossible to ignore the gaze that fell on her as soon as she entered Dicuixuan. What's more, after taking off An Zihe's coat, those gentle, gentle, It has long since disappeared, and all that remains is naked, naked, naked aggression.

This man was looking at her with a certain look, no need to guess, An Ran also knew what he was thinking, that woman Lin Xinger really understood men, putting aside all the useless processes, men only have one purpose for women, on the bed.

Feeling that the atmosphere was not right, An Yuan did not go in but stood outside the pavilion and bowed: "Master, Miss An is here."

An Jiamu's gaze has been on this girl, and he can't take it back at all. Uncovering the truth in this situation is not in his plan. He originally thought about living a few days longer, making himself closer to this girl, and waiting She fell in love with him, and he even thought, if not enough, take her out of the mansion as An Zihe, find a small town with beautiful mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River, leave Jizhou, leave Anfu, and wait until the relationship between the two is established. return.

At that time, this girl will know her identity, and at most she will be awkward with herself, and she will never think about leaving again. It is indeed a bit troublesome to expose her identity at this moment. This girl has a stubborn temper, and she really wants to confront herself In fact, it can't be said that some tough measures are needed to subdue her, so it is easy to hurt her feelings.

He really wanted her, wanted to love her, and even more wanted to protect her, otherwise, why bother to make such detours, but this girl probably wouldn't appreciate it.

Thinking about it, he waved his hands: "Go down." An Yuan retreated, and the two servants only retreated to the gate of Dicuixuan's courtyard, but did not go out.

An Jiamu came out of the pavilion, stood in front of An Ran, looked at her for a long time, then sighed and said softly: "Don't be angry with me, I will do whatever you want, why make such a fuss, what happened yesterday? I ran out like that, I was worried all night, your body is already weak, and if you get caught in the autumn rain, you might be sick."

As he spoke, he came to hold An Ran's hand, but was avoided by An Ran, and took two steps back: "My lord, please respect yourself. Although this servant is a girl from the An family, she has no intention of clinging to the lord. This time I came to the other courtyard to Redemption."

Redemption?Seeing that she was avoiding him like a snake, An Jiamu couldn't help being a little annoyed, and snorted coldly: "Redemption, I might as well tell you today, don't even think about redeeming yourself."

An Ran raised her head and looked at him coldly: "If I insist on redeeming myself, even you, the elder, can't stop me."

Seeing her determination, and thinking of her temper, An Jiamu's face darkened, he leaned over to her ear, and said word by word: "If you want to die, I will just take care of Mrs. Liu's family, and you That little apprentice, by the way, and your master and two senior brothers, if you don't believe me, why don't I try it for you first."

As he said that, he raised his voice: "An Pingan is going to inform Ding Shoucai that the people in the big kitchen are not allowed to be borrowed from other places. The people who borrowed before should go back wherever they want." I couldn't help but feel soft-hearted, but seeing her gritted her teeth and said nothing, I couldn't help being a little really angry. This girl really didn't give up until the Yellow River,
Then he called Anping to stop: "Wait a minute, I heard that the outside kitchen cooked food for the inner courtyard in private, you ask Ding Shoucai to check it out carefully for the Lord, where did the food come from, and if you find out, you will be severely punished by the Lord."

Seeing that the little girl's face was even uglier, but she still bit her lips and said nothing, she couldn't help but think in her heart that this girl really got on with her, and her eyes became darker: "Anshun, Chuanye's words, life is hard these days, the entire government There are only a few people in the house, if so many cooks are required to do something, we will leave Chef Zheng Yu to cook, and the others will let them go out of the house to find another way out, my Anfu cannot afford to support so many idlers."

An Ran's face turned paler, and she looked at him in disbelief. She still underestimated the despicableness of this man. He took the most useful bargaining chip. He knew who he cared about. Meaner, and more useful, than dealing directly with oneself.

An Ran suddenly realized that her previous thinking was too simple, she subconsciously felt that this man still had some affection for her, and she might let her go, but now she finally knew that this man would not let her go, or you could say, no would easily let her go.

How can I escape from such a man? It is absolutely impossible to escape. This man has all-hands and eyes, and he is as good as the government. He has connections in the Jianghu. , will also be caught back in the fastest time.

In other words, what he wants, only by giving him what he wants, perhaps, can he be free in exchange.

It's not difficult to guess what he wants, but it's just this body, this body is not his own in the first place, if he wants it, give it to him.

Thinking of this, An Ran smiled, but the smile was a little sad: "Why bother, this body is what you want, and it's for you." As she spoke, she suddenly pulled off the shirt on her upper body, only to hear hissing With a sound, the weak shirt that had been washed earlier was torn into two pieces by her and fell to the ground.

An Pingshun was stunned for a moment, turned around hastily, but heard the old man growl: "Get out, if you take another step, I will kill you."

The legs of the two of them were so frightened that they ran out. They didn't dare to stay here again this time. They walked out of Dicuixuan as if they were chasing after ghosts. When they got outside, their legs softened and they sat on the ground panting: "My God, this life was almost lost here."

It took Anping a long time to calm down, and he looked at Anshun next to him: "I said, what do you mean by this? Do you understand? He also said that the master is not in the house for a while, and he will not let us two brothers follow him. It is a busy matter. Now I know it's because of this girl. It's strange to say that this girl seems to be a different person. I heard the rumors from people in the house before. What a ghost upper body, there are really some shadows."

Anshun glared at him: "I was just talking nonsense when I just saved my life. I wondered at the beginning why the good-natured aunt colluded with Taoist Hua in the aunt's temple to spread such invisible things. Now I understand. It is to deal with this girl, for fear that this girl will get her way and settle the old score with her."

Anping said: "This is even more strange. When this girl was in Orchid Courtyard, she wanted to climb the old man's bed, and it finally happened. See why this meaning is so weird."

Anshun whispered: "You don't understand this, don't all men have the same thoughts, they are eager to send something that is not rare, they are awkward, maybe it fell into my eyes, I admire this girl now, The stupid one before made people angry when they saw it, and they were so focused on getting close to the old man that they didn't even know that they were stumbling in secret, but now that she's smart, she's become a genius, you didn't look at the old man's intentions, this girl The more awkward the whole body is, the more the old man can't let go, he has to hold it tightly in his hands, not to mention, this girl is more attractive to me now than before, don't look like she doesn't have that vixen charm, but The more she looks like this, the more she seduces men, just wait and see, if she doesn't manage well this time, she will become the fifth aunt in our house, but this girl can really do it, you She really dared to tear her clothes while I was still in front of her, you said, if we don’t avoid it, won’t we all be watching.”

An Ping gave him a blank look: "Put away your lust, no matter what, this girl belongs to the Elder Master, and you dare to think about her account. Be careful, the Elder Master has cramped your brat."

Anshun chuckled: "That's all I said, how dare you think about the master's people, you can't do it if you're tired of work."

Not to mention that An Ping and Shun are chewing their tongues here, let's talk about An Ran, this really aroused An Jiamu's temper. I never thought that this girl would dare to tear her clothes in front of An Ping and Shun. But they all looked at it.

Even though she was annoyed and angry, her eyes fell on her body, but she couldn't take her eyes off. The peach red bellyband lined up more and more, and her body was porcelain white. The green lotus is very fresh.

Although I knew that she had followed me when I was in Orchid Courtyard, but because I drank a few more glasses of wine that day, I was a little drunk, and this girl had put love medicine in his hangover soup at that time, which made things happen. Afterwards, she was annoyed that she was plotting against her, so she ignored the matter of her aunt.

Besides, for a girl like her to think like this, it is a great grace for her not to commit the crime, so she forgot about it, who would have thought that she would meet this girl again in a few months.

At first, he was attracted by her cooking skills, then her temper, and then he realized that this girl hooked him from the inside out, no matter her temper or her personality, and he couldn't let him go. He even tried his best to get close to her by pretending to be An Zihe. She tried to eliminate her vigilance and misunderstanding, so far, how can she let go.

Seeing that she was going to take off her skirt, An Jiamu grabbed her hand and held it tightly, not allowing her to take off her skirt.

An Ran looked at him coldly, a little empty, but if you look carefully, you can still see a trace of uglyness, even for a modern person, it is the first time to undress in front of a man, and it is really a challenge to do that. limit.

However, being touched by this man still made her unbearable. She wanted to struggle, but felt that she was ridiculous. She wanted to do that kind of thing with him, so what's the point of letting him hold hands?
Thinking of this, he no longer struggled, but looked straight at him: "Why, the lord is not in the mood right now, or rather, he feels that this place is not right." The tone was quite sarcastic.

An Jiamu's anger, which was so easily suppressed, rushed up after a while. He looked at the girl uncertainly, and after a while, he suddenly laughed: "I don't know that Anran's family is so enthusiastic. Since I can't wait, my master is still hypocritical." What, as you wish." Saying that, he stretched out his arms to pick her up, and walked directly to the house through the pavilion.

When he entered the room, he didn't even have time to go in, so he directly pressed Anran on the arhat couch beside him, and kissed him. As soon as his lips touched Anran's lips, Anran felt extremely disgusted, couldn't help it, and pushed away. He, lying on the edge of the couch, retched.

It was very easy to suppress the nausea, looked up and saw An Jiamu staring at him sullenly, gritted his teeth and said: "You don't want me to touch you, do you? Even if I kiss you, I'll feel nauseous and retch for a long time, Yes or no?"

The voice was close to a low growl, An Ran saw that her face was a little ferocious, she couldn't help being a little scared, she subconsciously shrank back into the couch, always felt that An Jiamu was extremely dangerous at this moment, her own nausea and retching completely angered this man, A man who is extremely angry is irrational, and it is not necessarily possible to strangle himself to death.

As soon as the thought flashed through her mind, the man had already pounced on her, with a vicious and tyrannical aura, and tore her skirt into pieces in two or three strokes, followed by obscenity, pants, belly, pocket...

But in the blink of an eye, An Ran stripped him into a white sheep. An Ran was in extreme embarrassment and tried to avoid him, but he couldn't dodge. He grabbed both ankles and pulled them out...

An Ran's head buzzed, and she realized that she had thought well first, but as long as the soul in this body was herself, she couldn't stand being treated like this by a man.

An Ran was furious, saw the timing, and bit his shoulder hard. This bite was so hard that An Ran's teeth were directly embedded in his flesh, and the sweet blood filled her mouth almost immediately.

An Jiamu felt the pain, loosened his hands, and An Ran broke free with one leg. Without even thinking about it, he kicked his crotch. Although An Jiamu was agile, he sensed something was wrong, and quickly took a step back, but he was still hit. A kick, just relieved a little bit of strength, this kick was not sitting firmly, but it was painful, and he took a deep breath, bent over for a long time before recovering.

Looking up at the little girl on the couch, she saw that her face was even paler than before, as if she was overwhelmed with fright, she circled her body, trembling uncontrollably, her eyes were full of fear.

She suddenly remembered how confident she was before, especially when she was cooking, that kind of aura with ease, and when the two of them were alone, the little girl's playfulness and agility, and when the two were watching the moon in the lotus pond, the pair The beautiful eyes seemed to be full of starlight, so bright and bright that he could never get tired of looking at them all his life.

But at this moment, it was all fear. She was afraid of herself, very afraid. This was not what he wanted. What about your body?Moreover, the reason why she wanted to give herself a body was just to exchange for freedom.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help sighing: "It's not easy to get your body. If I want to, there are countless ways to make you submit obediently, but I don't want to force you. What I want is your willingness. What I want is not your body. I want your heart. I have you in my heart. I will never let you go in this life. You are a smart girl. Instead of making such a meaningless toss, you might as well think of a way to get the best of both worlds. Or think about it. Whatever request you ask, no matter what you ask, I will answer you, I will not force you now, you should think about it carefully."

Putting down his words, he took a deep look at her, turned around and left.

An Ran was stunned for a while, couldn't help but smiled wryly, looked down at herself, lived two lifetimes, counting today is the most miserable and embarrassing, her dress has long since turned into rags, her stomach is barely in her pocket, her trousers are put on, and she just listens to someone outside. A woman's voice: "Miss An's hot soup is ready, please move to the wing to take a bath."

An Ran was taken aback, looked left and right, saw the blue gauze curtain hanging over there, and couldn't control it too much, walked over and pulled it off, wrapped it around her body several times, and made sure that everything that should be covered was covered. After the cover was tightly closed, the door was opened.

The woman outside the door is the wife of An Yuan, the chief manager of the other courtyard. She is in charge of the servants of the other courtyard. Because her maiden name is Qin, she always calls her Aunt Qin, and her husband, An Yuan, is also a very respectable lady. , and An Ran are considered familiar.

Seeing her, An Ran was even more embarrassed, but she didn't want to, as if she didn't see her distress, she led her directly to the side room, and at some point, she prepared hot water, and an oversized bathtub was placed behind the screen , with a layer of red petals floating on it.

An Ran couldn't help being a little hesitant. Could it be that what An Jiamu said just now was fooling herself, why does it look like a prelude to serving the bed, as if she knew what she was thinking, Aunt Qin said in a low voice: "The Elder Master has left the other courtyard, I went back to Anfu in the city, and told my old slave to serve the girl well."

Only then did An Ran breathe a sigh of relief: "Well, Aunt Qin, go out, I will do it myself."

Aunt Qin didn't force her, she put her clothes aside, and went to wait outside the door, An Ran took off the gauze curtain on her body, sank into the hot water, let out a comfortable breath, closed her eyes and pondered what to do about this matter manage?
She didn't believe a word of An Jiamu's nonsense. It's ridiculous that he wants her own heart. He's not a husband and wife. It's the elder An Jiamu, and I have nothing to do with him at all.

Now that I think about it, An Ran regrets that his intestines are green. If he hadn't made that alfalfa cake in the big kitchen that day, maybe he wouldn't have any troubles later.

Moreover, An Ran found that he was not An Jiamu's opponent at all. He could act both hard and soft. He will let himself go, unless he is tired of it first, he will never let himself redeem himself, hold his own contract of sale, it is tantamount to being his own master, and he can do whatever he wants.

Then, would it be a good idea to seek help from the magistrate? After all, the magistrate has seen his own cooking skills, and he also intends to recommend him to Beijing to participate in the cooking competition of the entire Dayan.

But how can I meet the magistrate? Now that she and An Jiamu have broken their faces, since the man has put down his words and said that he will never let him go, he will definitely block any possible way to redeem himself.

If I had known earlier, I should have gone directly to the magistrate, but now it is a bit difficult.But I suddenly thought of a person, perhaps through this person.

The person An Ran thought of was Chen Ergou, the cook in the magistrate's mansion, and she wanted to indirectly express to the magistrate through him that she wanted to enter Beijing for the competition.

Although going to Beijing is bound to confront Han Zizhang, at least it is much stronger than An Jiamu's confinement in Jizhou, and if he wins by luck, he can enter the imperial dining room and become the imperial cook. In this way, won't he be completely out of An Jiamu's control? If you don't believe him, a white commoner dares to embarrass the imperial chef.

Thinking of this, An Ran felt that this method was very feasible, and said to Aunt Qin after taking a bath: "When I just took a bath, I suddenly remembered the boiled dried shredded rice dish made by Chef Chen at the magistrate's house in the culinary competition that day, which was quite authentic. It is said that Chef Chen is an apprentice who studied in the south. Although I know how to cook southern cuisine, I have never been to the south. I am eager to learn. Can I invite Chef Chen to come to the other courtyard so that I can learn some southern cuisine from him? .”

As he said that, he glanced at Aunt Qin, seeing that Aunt Qin had no other indications, she just said: "This old slave will ask someone to invite Chef Chen, but it took a long time to come and go, now It's already noon, it's time to pass the noon lunch, what do you want to eat, Miss?"

How could An Ran have the appetite to eat, but she was afraid that she would ask again, so she remembered An Jiamu's ridiculous remark just now, and said, "Couple's lung slices, I eat couple's lung slices for lunch..."

(End of this chapter)