self-improvement as a cook

Chapter 92

An Ran originally wanted to come here by herself, but she knew in her heart that only An Jiamu was around, and the godmother's family would not be at ease, not to mention, with Jiayan Jiashu, wouldn't it be more restrained.Jiayan Jiashu only arrived in Jizhou on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, and it was also on the 29th that Anfu stopped.

This year is An Ran's first year in An's house. Originally, she, the mistress of the An's family, should be very busy. She does not need to take care of An's business, but she has many relatives and friends. The exchange of New Year's ceremony can really make people busy.

What's more, there are Yashe in Suzhou and Fuchunju in Qizhou, which have to be settled at the end of the year, the shopkeeper's accountant, the cook, everyone's wages, year-end dividends, etc., are very complicated.

Fortunately, there is Anzhi in Suzhou, who has taken care of Yashe's cooking in the past, and Gao Bingyi in Qizhou, who can withstand things, and Yue Jintang, who is still quite capable, will be here in Anran. Just pass the eye.

Originally, An Ran wanted to let Yue Jintang watch the cooking, but Yue Jintang shouldn't. An Jiamu knew best about Yue Jintang's careful thinking. Although his daughter-in-law didn't like doing business, she was born with a strong business mind, so she came up with any idea , is better than others racking their brains to figure it out, that's why Yue Jintang asked An Zhi to come back and tell An Ran about the business situation of Yashe.

However, An Jiamu loved his daughter-in-law dearly and didn't want her to work hard. Even though he had no shoes on his busy feet, he still took An Ran's affairs into his hands.

It's okay if you don't look at it, but when you look at Yashe's account book, even Mr. An, who has a lot of money, is a little jealous. Ten thousand taels of silver, this is the net profit after manual fee collection, which is comparable to the profits of all the restaurants in An's family. It has to be said that now that Anji restaurants are becoming more and more prosperous, it would be useless if it was before.

An Zhi is full of ambition now. When he was in charge of An Ji Restaurant, he envied An Zihe, who was able to manage several restaurants. Now that he went to Yashe, he realized that An Ji Restaurant was really nothing, let alone Jizhou Mansion Even the entire Dayan’s houses are not as good as Yashe’s.

Speaking of which, when he first went there, he really couldn't get used to it. This restaurant also sells other things, how strange it looks, and all the things in Yashe can be sold, as big as the ones hanging on the wall. Huge scrolls, as small as the chopsticks on the table, tea cups, are all clearly marked with prices, even the chairs made under the customer's buttocks are the same, as long as the customer likes it, pay the money, go home, and someone will deliver it within three days It is exactly the same as the one in the past, and it is guaranteed to be made by the same person as Yasheli's.

And those who can enter the Yashe must be rare and rare things on the market. No matter the workmanship or the material, they must be of the top level to be eligible to be placed in the Yashe. As a restaurant, many people come to Yashe to hunt for treasures, or to give gifts, to keep them alive, or to have this elegant hobby.

Of course, Yashe's dishes are also top-notch. In order to stay in Yashe, the two master chefs did not even become imperial cooks. This has long been a well-known story in Jiangnan.

Speaking of this matter, An Ran didn't expect that before the two senior brothers mentioned the imperial dining room from time to time, An Ran thought they wanted to go back to be the imperial chefs. Later, after the imperial chef competition, Han Zizhang was convicted, and many imperial chefs were also implicated. He couldn't work in the palace, so the head of the palace came to look for An Ran.

Even though An Ran knew that it was impossible for An Ran to enter the palace, I hoped that she, the number one cook in the world, could recommend a few, so that they could fill the vacancy in the Imperial Dining Room.

An Ran wanted to recommend her two senior brothers, and wrote to ask, but she didn't think the two senior brothers wanted to go back to the imperial dining room.

An Ran also asked Gao Bingyi in private, Gao Bingyi shook his head as soon as he heard it, and An Ran couldn't laugh or cry because he was not an imperial cook. This job of imperial cook was unattainable before, but now, no one is willing to do it.

Gao Bingyi is not stupid. After seeing the culinary competition, he was really afraid of the complicated battles in the palace. Although the name of the imperial chef is nice, this fate is his own. It's not worth it.

What's more, he feels that being a chef in Fuchunju is no worse than an imperial chef. glance.

Moreover, Ms. An didn't treat her badly, even though she was a cook, she took the dry shares of Fuchunju as a dividend. This year, she could have one or two thousand silver. Before that, I didn't even dare to think about it, let alone a Years, I can't earn so much money in my whole life.

What's more, as long as I live in Fuchun for one day, I can learn from An Ran for a day. Although An Ran has returned to Jizhou now, but Gouzi Shunzi is in Qizhou. After a few days, Jizhou will send a brochure. It contains An Ran's experience in cooking, as well as homework for Gouzi Shunzi, and she asks Gouzi Shunzi to write down the things she doesn't understand and send them to Jizhou, and she will answer them one by one.

Even though he couldn’t learn from An Ran’s side, he also benefited a lot from doing so. Now Gao Bingyi feels more and more that An Ran’s words are the truth, and cooking skills are endless. Only by constantly learning, comprehending, and innovating can he become A real top chef is far from qualified, so he doesn't want to be a royal chef, and he plans to stay in Fuchunju in this life.

Maybe when the elegant house in Beijing opens, I will discuss it with the girl and stay in the elegant house for a while. I heard from Gouzi Shunzi and the two boys that the elegant house in the capital is different from the one in Suzhou. The vegetables they sell are almost never. Gao Bingyi was itching to talk about the innovative dishes he had seen before, how could he be willing to enter the palace as an imperial chef.

Gao Bingyi didn't go, but recommended Fuchunju's second fire Yu Dafeng, An Ran couldn't help nodding, when Yu Dafeng entered Fuchunju, his cooking skills were already quite good, and he has improved by leaps and bounds by following Gao Bingyi for more than half a year, especially his first-hand cooking skills. Southern cuisine is quite brilliant.

From An Ran's point of view, the emperor's taste is also more focused on the light and original taste of southern cuisine, so it is perfect for Yu Dafeng to enter the imperial dining room. Besides, it is Zhou Mingde from Jizhou. The two people complement each other. It will definitely be very ironic to the emperor's service.

The two are naturally happy. The imperial chef is almost the highest honor and affirmation of a cook. Naturally, if you can get this opportunity, you will not miss it. Therefore, it is difficult to say whether it is good or bad. is a good thing.

It's getting too far, and let's say that although An Zhi thought this kind of business was really weird when he first went to Yashe, he later found out that it was simply wonderful, making money every day.

It looks like a restaurant, but it actually includes all the most high-end businesses, and you don't have to pay a penny yourself, you can get all the things in Yashe, and any one of them is worth a thousand gold, but such good things come for nothing.

I can't help but come in vain, if I want to enter Yashe, I have to go through a few hurdles. Let's start first. When Anzhi left, he saw that Yashe still had two old priests from the pawnshop. It was the first round of checks. If it passed the eyes of the two of them, it would not work, and Mr. Mingyue had to nod to make it. And Mr. Mingyue, Quan Dayan is famous for his high-sightedness.

Therefore, Yashe integrates all high-end businesses, and the people who come every day are top rich people. Anzhi can deal with such people like a fish in water. In addition, he didn't know until he went, that although the salary of Yashe's chief minister is not the same as his own Jizhou is generally the same, and the dividends are the same, but Jizhou and Yashe are in the same place every day, and the dividends are taken according to the net profit. The net profit of Yashe is only a million taels of silver for the past six months. Two, it took only half a year to get rich.

This time when he came back, he stuffed the money into his mother-in-law's arms, scaring his mother-in-law, and kept asking him where he got so much money. An Zhi himself didn't expect that such a gold ingot would be dropped in a flicker, sometimes Think about it, I was really lucky to help the old man hide it back then, otherwise, if the old lady had punctured it at that time, they would not have such a big lady who is a god of wealth when they come to Anfu, where will I make this windfall, happy I can't even close my mouth.

An Jiamu couldn't see it, so he glanced at him: "An Zhi, you are really happy staying in the south."

An Zhi's heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself, the old man's tone was not very good, and hurriedly said: "Although the young one is in the south of the Yangtze River, he still misses Jizhou Mansion every day."

An Jiamu raised his eyebrows: "If that's the case, then I'll transfer you back."

An Zhi was startled, and hurriedly said: "Well, what did the old man do wrong?"

But An Jiamu shook his head: "You've done a good job, but seeing you as happy as if a weasel stole a chicken, I don't like my master."

An Zhi was stunned: "Elder, my lord, I'm not happy, I'm really not happy." As he spoke, he pretended to have a bitter face, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up, which made An Jiamu laugh, and waved his hand: "Okay, the master will stop teasing you. Yashe's business is good, but you have to be careful. If you have any serious problems, go to Mr. Mingyue. Make a note?"

An Zhi nodded: "Remember it."

An Jiamu took a sip of tea: "If you want to take your mother-in-law and children to the south after the new year, think again. The south seems to be peaceful now. If something happens, you can hide and hide alone. How can the wife and children hide?"

An Zhi was startled suddenly, could it be that King Ning was going to rebel, and knowing that the Elder Master was reminding him, he quickly agreed.

An Jiamu is not a god who can pinch and count. The reason why he thinks something will happen in the south of the Yangtze River is that he knows the emperor's temperament quite well. The emperor has been hiding his power for so many years. impossible.

The emperor wants to be in control of the world, and the power is in his hands. Only by eradicating all the influence of the Queen Mother and King Ning, and only the charge of rebellion can he justifiably kill his half-brother. Therefore, King Ning must Rebellion, Jiangnan will be in chaos sooner or later.

As for the speed with which Yashe collected money, I am afraid that the greedy Shangguanyi has long seen it in his eyes, and with the matter of his daughter Shangguanyao, he is not sure why he hates himself, and it will be sooner or later to take advantage of the chaos to attack Yashe thing.

An Jiamuzhuo wondered whether to ask Jiashu to find a few friends from the world for help after the new year. He guessed that there would be some movement in the beginning of spring. After this chaos was over, it would be completely peaceful in the future.

An Jiamu will never let An Ran know about these things. In his heart, his little daughter-in-law is suitable to stand in the light and do what she wants to do. She shouldn't have anything to do with his daughter-in-law Son.

Although she doesn't like the Zhou family, since An Ran is coming, she can't let her down. An Jiamu originally wanted to accompany her for a walk, but she didn't want Jiayan and Jiashu to follow, and Haosi Haoyu, Although the two little guys are small, they are quite sensible.

When Mrs. Xie left, the two quarreled for a few days. Later, Jiayan called them to him and told them everything Mrs. Xie had done. Jiayan's way of educating children has always been the same. Moreover, he thought that if he didn't tell them everything about Mrs. Xie, it would be troublesome if they heard a sentence from some servants.

Although the two are young, they should be able to distinguish right from wrong, and let them know that Xie's illness is only recuperating in Zhuangzi, it is good luck, otherwise, for her crimes, she should be sent to the Yamen for questioning.

From that day on, the two little guys never mentioned their mother again, and their tempers became more stable, not as naughty as before. This time when they returned to Jizhou, Jiayan also paid special attention to the attitude of the two sons towards An Ran and the elder brother. Seeing that although there are fewer words, it is similar to the past, so I feel relieved.

Because of the two little ones, An's family's New Year's Eve banquet was extraordinarily lively. After all, they were children, and even if they were children, they would forget everything even if they got involved in playing.

Although Xie deserved what he deserved, An Ran still felt a little guilty towards these two children, after all, if it wasn't for her, their mother would still be in front of them well.

Out of this kind of mentality, he asked people to make many toys and bought firecrackers. When the two little guys came, Liu Xier sent a few proper servants to play wildly with them, and he often accompanied them. Only got closer.

However, after all, I am not a child anymore, Haosi Haoyu is at the age when she likes to play with her peers, so when Jiayan brought them here, An Ran quite agreed, knowing that there are many children on Ganniang's side, The children in the common people's homes have no one to stay in the house during the Chinese New Year. An Ran hopes that Haosi Haoyu can play with these children. The world where children have children is not something that adults can understand and participate in. This is healthy for children. Personality formation is good.

Sure enough, when I got out of the car, Haosi Haoyu's eyes lit up when I saw the boys surrounded by Hulala. The boys looked at them curiously when they saw Haosi Haoyu's clean clothes, and wanted to go forward. But he was grabbed by his parents who came to watch the excitement, and yelled at him in a low voice: "Be honest, this is a noble person, it will be a big deal if you collide."

An Ran didn't come here to show off, but just wanted to see her godmother and godfather, she got out of the car and saluted the people around with a smile: "An Ran is busy with work, so I can't come here often to fulfill my filial piety, thanks to the care of all the neighbors, It's the Chinese New Year, An Ran has prepared some small things, which is also a little bit of An Ran's heart."

As he spoke, he asked Liu Xi'er to move out the things in the car: "These snacks and candies are made by An Ran himself or by chefs. Let's satisfy the children's hunger. There are some grains and vegetables in the car behind. I don’t know what to prepare, so I just prepared this, neighbors, don’t dislike it.”

Seeing a group of boys coming up, they were drooling at the snacks and patted Hao Si on the head.

Hao Si glanced at her, went over and took the small basket containing candy in his hand, and handed it over: "Well, you guys eat candy."

Those boys saw the candies, so they didn't care about anything, and each of them grabbed a handful, but in the blink of an eye, the basket of candies was gone.

He probably felt a little embarrassed after eating Haosi's candy, the boy who was obviously the leader of the child handed over the spinning top in his hand reluctantly: "This is for you to play with."

Hao Si was stunned for a moment, but before he could react, Hao Yu rushed to take it: "This is fun, I saw it in the street last time." He held it in his hand and was reluctant to let go, dragging his brother's hand straight Shake: "Brother, let's go play, shall we?"

Hao Si glanced at An Ran, and An Ran patted his head: "Go, don't fight, watch your younger brother." Hao Si nodded hurriedly, pulled his younger brother, and ran away with those boys. An Jiayan couldn't help being stunned by the unprecedented splendor.

An Ran glanced at him: "Second brother, don't worry, it's better for children to run around more, it's not okay to be bored in the room and study all the time."

Jiayan bowed slightly: "Sister-in-law is right."

Aunt Liu and his wife rushed out when they heard Xin'er, and when they saw the three brothers Anjia and Mu coming, they rushed to salute, An Ran grabbed Aunt Liu's hand, straightened their clothes, and saluted: "Daughter Happy New Year to godmother and godfather." An Jiamu also bowed slightly, and Jiayan Jiashu behind him followed suit.

But Aunt Liu was terrified, she didn't know where to put her hands and feet: "I can't bear it, I can't bear it."

An Ran laughed and said, "Godmother, don't be an outsider, you are an elder, you can afford any gift."

Zhou Tai's daughter-in-law hurriedly said: "Mother, it's really cold outside, my sister is heavy now, I can't bear the cold, let's go inside quickly."

Only then did Aunt Liu come to her senses: "Yes, yes, look at me, I forgot about your body, hurry up and get warm in the house." The group of people entered the courtyard.

The yard where Aunt Liu and the old couple lived was their old house, hardly moved, even the cottage where An Ran lived in was still there, An Ran couldn't help but walked over to have a look.

As soon as he opened the door and saw the furnishings inside, he couldn't help being stunned, it was exactly the same as in his memory, even the mattresses and pillows on the kang were covered by himself.

Zhou Tai's daughter-in-law said in a low voice: "My mother-in-law usually doesn't ask us to come in, she cleans it up herself, she said that my sister lived here, and when you come to clean it up, you will think of her."

An Ran's eyes were a little wet, and only then did she know in her heart that the godmother deliberately alienated her, but in fact, she was also thinking about herself.

An Jiamu was also slightly taken aback, and glanced at the hut. Naturally, it couldn't have been cleaned up temporarily. The Zhou family never expected that they would come here today, but Mrs. Liu really treated An Ran sincerely.

Look at the yard again, it is quite simple, when entering the main room, you can see that half of the carpentry work has been done in the corner, which looks like a bench, and the house is no different from ordinary people's houses, it can be seen that the old couple is content with poverty.

Glancing at Zhou Tai, An'an was honest and honest, his eyes swept over Zhou He, and he frowned when he remembered something.

An Ran took Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Liu into the house to talk, leaving the An family brother three and the Zhou family father and son in the main room, and Zhou Tai's daughter-in-law came in with a teapot to pour tea.

Seeing that it was the broken tea that his parents usually drank, Zhou He couldn't help saying: "Sister-in-law is confused, how can I bring out this kind of tea to entertain distinguished guests, I'll buy it from a tea shop." Said: "It's okay, An Ran always eats this kind of tea on weekdays, and I'm used to it too."

Zhou He was taken aback: "Brother-in-law is joking, but my sister is the most famous chef in the world, how can I eat such tea."

An Jiamu glanced at him: "An Ran always said that no matter rich or poor, people should have a sense of normalcy. As long as they like it, they can eat ordinary food, and it is also top-notch. This tea is already very good."

Zhou He couldn't help being embarrassed, and An Ran in the room couldn't help pursing his lips and laughing when he heard this.

Aunt Liu looked at her carefully, and although her belly grew a lot, her complexion was quite good, her gestures and gestures showed a comfortable and happy look, she couldn't help nodding secretly.

Then he glanced sideways at Mrs. Chen, it's only been a few days, he's not the same as when he was in Anfu, the tiredness on his face can't be concealed.

Aunt Liu couldn't help sighing, knowing her son's virtues, even though he came home, he was still too lazy to do it, and even though his daughter-in-law was about to give birth, every day he ordered his daughter-in-law to do what she did here, and she counted on herself a few times It didn't work either.After all, the son has already married, so it's not good for her mother-in-law to keep meddling in the young couple's affairs.

An Ran also felt that Chen's complexion was not good, and took her hand: "Sister-in-law is not used to living at home, why don't you go back with me."

Mrs. Chen shook her head hurriedly: "I'm about to give birth, it's not appropriate to be in Anfu." She lowered her head and remained silent.

An Ran knew that she was soft-tempered, but she was also kind-hearted. Her daughter-in-law was already so pregnant, so she didn't feel sorry for her, but she frowned when she remembered what he had done. But I didn't expect it to be such a person.

Just as I was thinking about it, I suddenly heard An Jiamu's voice from outside: "After the new year, the Culinary Academy will break ground. I have a lot of things on me, and I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of them. Zhou Tai, why don't you go over and help me, I have my own People can rest assured."

Zhou Tai's daughter-in-law was bringing tea in. When she heard this, her eyes lit up. No matter how stupid she was, she knew that this was a good job. It was much better than her man's current management. Husband can do something.

Zhou Tailue thought for a while and said, "I can't read, so I'm afraid I'll delay the important work."

An Jiamu laughed: "It doesn't matter if you can't read or write, you do everything carefully, just watch them from the sidelines, don't tell them to cut corners, this culinary art academy is An Ran's painstaking effort, and it was nominated by the emperor's imperial pen, so it can't do anything error."

Only then did Zhou Tai nod: "Then I'll go after the new year."

Only then did Zhou Tai's wife secretly heave a sigh of relief.

Zhou He looked hot-eyed at the side, and hurriedly said: "Brother-in-law, you see that I have no reason to stay at home at this young age, and it's not shameful, why not..." Zhou He didn't finish speaking, and Chen suddenly covered his mouth. My stomach groaned: "Mother, it looks like I'm about to give birth, sister, I'm really sorry, you see I won't give birth sooner or later, I have to give birth when you come..."

Seeing that her face turned pale, An Ran couldn't help saying: "It's been a while, what are you talking about, Liu Xi'er, Liu Xi'er, go and call the midwife."

Seeing that the underside of Chen's skirt was wet, as if the water had broken, she suddenly had a bad premonition, and said, "Anping, hurry up and find the doctor."

Aunt Liu hurriedly called Zhou He to come over and carry Mrs. Chen to the prepared delivery room. She didn't want Zhou He to say, "I can't hold her with such a big belly. What's more, she has broken water now. If a man gets wet like this It's a bad luck, and it's impossible to turn over in a lifetime."

An Ran's face darkened: "Your own wife and children, what's the bad luck? Why don't you feel bad luck when you hold the Panxiangyuan fan head?"

Zhou He turned pale: "You, how do you know?"

An Ran snorted.

Suddenly, Mrs. Chen saw the packing box in the hands of the servant woman behind her. She didn't know what was going on, and hurriedly said, "I, I can go by myself."

An Ran knew that she was not well enough to go to help her, so she asked two maids to help her to the delivery room. An Ran wanted to follow her, but Aunt Liu stopped her: "Your child is not born yet, so you can't go to the delivery room. auspicious."

Glancing at Zhou He, he gritted his teeth and said, "If something happens to your wife, just look at me."

Zhou He was stunned and muttered: "What's the matter with me, why are you looking for my bad luck?" Seeing her mother glaring at him, she hurriedly ran away, not caring about Chen's life or death.

This week's house was in chaos, so it was not easy to entertain guests, so An Jiamu asked Jiayan Jiashu to go back first, and accompanied Anran by himself, and all the doctors and midwives came.

Aunt Liu came out halfway to tell An Ran to go back to An Mansion, how could An Ran leave, and asked her what happened to Mrs. Chen, Aunt Liu shook her head: "The midwife is not very good."

Seeing the doctor come out, An Jiamu said, "How is it?"

The old doctor shook his head straightly: "The fetal position is not correct, and the pregnancy was not properly maintained. The mother is too weak, and has suffered from the cold these days. This child is afraid that it will be difficult to give birth. Otherwise, it will kill two dead."

Aunt Liu swayed a few times, and Zhou Tai's wife hurriedly supported her: "Mother, don't worry too much."

Aunt Liu raised her head: "Where's your uncle?"

Zhou Tai's daughter-in-law shook her head: "Just now, I ran away without a trace while taking advantage of the chaos."

Aunt Liu sighed: "Nie Zong, Nie Zong, why did I raise such an unpopular Nie Zong?"

Several midwives came, coming in and out of the delivery room, pouring out pots of blood, watching An Ran's body go limp, leaning into An Jiamu's arms, tightly grasping his hand, whispering for a long time : "Her, will she be all right?"

An Jiamu held her in his arms and didn't say a word. This situation is likely to be bad.

An Ran suddenly said: "By the way, Lin Xinger, why did I forget her?" She was about to ask Liu Xier to go to the capital to find someone, but An Jiamu stopped her: "Don't be reckless, no matter how good Lin Xinger's medical skills are, This capital city is not close every time you come and go, and it will take a day and a night to hurry up. What's more, you have forgotten her identity. She is from the palace, and it is not easy to leave the palace. If you leave the capital without authorization , it is a serious crime of beheading.”

An Ran's face darkened, yes, she forgot that this is not the modern age, and, even if Lin Xing'er came, what would happen, would she have a child by caesarean section? Even if Lin Xing'er was sure, the Zhou family would not accept it.

Until nightfall, suddenly heard the cry of a baby, piercing the night sky outside the window, it was very loud, An Ran was relieved, and finally gave birth, but saw the midwife ran out in a panic: "It's not good. , the blood collapsed, the blood collapsed..."

An Ran felt a chill in her heart, giving birth to a child in ancient times would mean death without a doubt.

Soon the doctor went in and out again, shaking his head: "No, let's prepare for the funeral."

Aunt Liu saw that Zhou He hadn't come back so far, she gritted her teeth angrily and said to Zhou Tai: "Go and get your brother back, his wife can't do this anymore, but he doesn't even have a shadow, what are you talking about?" .”

Zhou Tai was busy going.

Zhou Tai's daughter-in-law came out and said, "Sister, my brother and sister said they want to see you."

An Ran was stunned.

Aunt Liu hurriedly said: "She is confused, how can An Ran enter the delivery room with her big belly, look at the young master who bumped into her stomach."

An Ran shook her head: "It's okay, I don't care so much about the price." She followed Zhou Tai's wife into the delivery room.

After cleaning up neatly, Mrs. Chen was lying on the kang, covered with a quilt, with a pale face without a trace of blood, but still trying to support her body, but looked at the baby in the swaddle beside her.

Seeing An Ran come in, she said in a low voice: "It's a girl, although my belly is not up to snuff, but I finally gave birth, it's a pity, I can't see her grow up."

An Ran felt sour in her heart: "Sister-in-law, don't think about it, take good care of your body, and you will have a long life in the future."

Mrs. Chen shook her head: "I know I'm not going to make it. I was blessed by the Bodhisattva to give birth to this child. Although my life is bad and I didn't find a good man, maybe my sister will call me sister-in-law. This life is nothing Baihuo, speaking of it, the month I lived with my sister was the happiest time in my life. Watching you teach Xiaotao how to cook, I thought, if only I was a cook, I don’t expect to be like Girls are just as capable, but they can support themselves with their own skills, sometimes when I look at girls, I always wish I could be like girls.”

As he said that, he paused and looked at An Ran: "Sister, my life is about to die, so I begged my sister with a shy face, can she accept me as an apprentice, just like Xiaotao, and in the future my sister will teach her how to cook?" Yi, I know that anyone outside who wants to be a girl's apprentice can break his head. I don't know if this girl who has just been born is a material for learning to be a cook, but whether a girl can be a girl depends on the fact that she has no mother when she is born. For the sake of agreeing to my request, I know it's embarrassing for the girl, but I really don't want her to live like me in the future, I hope she can live well by herself instead of relying on men."

An Ran burst into tears and nodded: "I promise you, from today on, she will not only be my An Ran's niece, but also my apprentice, don't worry, sister-in-law, I will definitely teach her to be a top chef, and let her live a better life." Everyone is fine."

"Thank you, sister, thank you, sister is a good person, I went to the underworld, praying for my sister every day, praying for my sister to live a long life, free from disease and disaster."

Suddenly Zhou He's voice came from outside: "I won't go in. There is no reason for men to go in this delivery room. It's unlucky."

An Ran hurriedly went to see Mrs. Chen, but she saw Mrs. Chen suddenly smiled and closed her eyes. An Ran felt that although she smiled at the end, it was more bitter than Huang Lian.

An Ran came out with the child in her arms and bumped into Zhou He head-on. Zhou He glanced at the child and asked, "Is it a boy or a girl?"

The midwife next to her hurriedly said, "Congratulations to the second master for his daughter."

Zhou He snorted: "So you're a money loser..." An Ran slapped him hard before he finished speaking, which stunned Zhou He.

An Ran looked at him coldly: "You are not worthy of being a husband, let alone a father."

Turning to Aunt Liu, she said: "Her mother entrusted this child to me. From then on, I will be the teacher of this child. I want to take this child back to be raised, so as not to tire the godmother. If the godmother misses the child, Just come and see her where I am."

Aunt Liu glanced at Zhou He, nodded, and understood Chen's painstaking efforts in entrusting the child to An Ran. She didn't want the child to have too much contact with her father, and she wanted the child to live a stable and smooth life with An Ran. It's the last bit of selfishness of a mother, how can I stop it.

An Ran asked Liu Xi'er to leave a few people behind to help the Zhou family with the funeral, and then she carried the child in the car with An Jiamu and went back to An Mansion.

The child had just been born and was afraid of the cold, so An Ran took off her cloak and wrapped her tightly. An Jiamu sighed, took off his cloak and put it on her body: "Don't care about the child, your body can't help it." Come on, give me a hug."

An Ran handed the child into his arms, An Jiamu slightly lifted the quilt from the swaddling baby and took a look at it. It was so red and wrinkled and ugly, she couldn't help frowning.

An Ran knew what he was thinking: "It's like this for a newborn child, it will look better when it grows up."

An Jiamu looked at her sideways: "It's as if you were born."

An Ran couldn't help laughing, but when she thought that Mrs. Chen was gone, her heart sank, she leaned into An Jiamu's arms, and looked at the child: "This child is so pitiful, with such a father, his mother is gone."

However, An Jiamu shook her head: "I think this girl is a blessed one. She became your apprentice right after she was born, but it's a good thing that no one can think of."

Liu Xi'er outside kept nodding her head, isn't she? Don't look at this Chen's soft temper. At the critical moment, he is really a smart person. Even if she is not dead, just Zhou He's virtue, this girl may be sold to her father in the future It's possible, but now that Mrs. Chen died, this girl directly became the apprentice of the eldest lady. Seeing what the eldest lady meant, she wanted to support her like a daughter. Have you reached the sky in one step?

What's more, if she can learn cooking from the eldest lady since she was a child, will she be successful in the future? Therefore, what the elder said is that this girl is born to be blessed.

Today I have been busy with Chen's childbirth, how can I have time to eat, this time I went to An Mansion, put the child in place, An Ran felt very hungry, and saw that it was late at night, probably Xiao Tao's girl She was already asleep, so she didn't call her, stood up and wanted to go to the kitchen to make some food.

Just as he was about to go, he saw Xiaotao coming in with two small white porcelain soup gu, put the soup gu on the kang table and said to An Ran: "This is the plum blossom soup cake that Da Furen told Xiaotao last time, I think It's interesting, I practiced it today, let's see, Da Furen, Xiaotao did it right?"

An Ran couldn't help raising her eyebrows, lifted the lid of the white porcelain soup gu, and saw small plum blossom-shaped wontons floating in the clear chicken soup, at first glance it really looked like plum blossoms floating in the water.

An Ran nodded secretly, and said that this girl is talented, and she memorized all the things she casually mentioned in her heart, and she did it well.

After scooping up a wonton and eating it, Xiao Tao looked at An Ran rather nervously, and felt relieved when she saw that An Ran didn't frown.

An Ran put down the spoon and glanced at her: "Let me ask you, what is a delicacy?"

Xiaotao: "Ma'am said that good food requires color, fragrance, and shape."

An Ran nodded: "Your Plum Blossom Soup Cake has one difference. It is called Plum Blossom Soup Cake, but it needs to be fragrant to be authentic. However, I can't blame you. I just mentioned this dish casually." , I didn’t tell you in detail, but this wonton wrapper is very particular. It needs to soak white plums and sandalwood powder in water, and make the dough with dough. ..."

(End of this chapter)