Adorable Food Goddess

After returning home, Xia Chunfeng went straight to the second brother's study.

Xia Chunyu was lying on the couch thinking about something, today the emperor summoned all the ministers of the military department to discuss in the imperial study, the emperor intends to send troops to Simon to help Simon put down the rebellion. If nothing unexpected happened, He Lianxuan would lead the troops. What He Lianxuan meant was to let him go to Simon together.

Shall we go?

He would have never hesitated before, but now, he seems to be unable to let go of some things.

"Second brother." Xia Chun hurried in.

Xia Chunyu played with the jade wrench on his thumb, and glanced at him lightly: "Where did you go to play? I didn't see you at dinner."

Xia Chunfeng laughed and said: "Xiaojing invited me to dinner, second brother, guess who I saw today?"

When Xiaojing invites him to dinner, he must go to live in heaven, and Xiaojing will definitely introduce Yaoyao to Chunfeng.

Xia Chunyu knew it well, but asked leisurely, "Who is it?"

"Second brother, you also know this person, that is Li Yao, the head chef of Tianshangju. I heard from Xiaojing that you admire him very much." Xia Chunfeng laughed.

Xia Chunyu hummed: "So what?"

"I also think he is very interesting." Xia Chunfeng said, picked up the orchid beans in the plate and threw them high, opened his mouth, caught them firmly, and bit them with a crunching sound.

Xia Chunyu raised his eyebrows and said with a light smile, "How interesting?"

"I can't say it, but I think it's very interesting, and he's quite nice to me. Xiaojing thinks highly of him. Since he's Xiaojing's friend, he's also my friend." Xia Chunfeng said.

Xia Chun said in his heart: Yaoyao is really cute! If everyone knows that she is a woman, I don't know how they will feel.

"Hey, second brother, Li Yao's dishes are really delicious! How about we invite him to cook at home during the autumn festival?" Xia Chunfeng suggested.

"No." Xia cChun didn't even want to deny it.

"Why?" Xia Chunfeng wondered.

"It's not that our family doesn't have a cook. For the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, we can just cook something for our family. Why bother?" Xia Chunyu said.

Yaoyao wants to work in the sky, he has no way to object, Yaoyao accepts the birthday banquet of He Lian's family, he has no way to object, but he will never let Yaoyao come to Jing'an Hou's mansion to be a cook, let the family take She is at her beck and call.

Xia Chunfeng thought about it too, skipped the matter and said, "I also met someone today, that is the Wei Liujiang you mentioned last night, Mu Qinchu's cousin."

Xia Chunyu's expression froze: "They also went to live in the sky?"

"Yeah, there's also Zhao Qixuan, everyone gathered together for dinner. However, I didn't give that Wei Liujiang a good look, and teased him. Hey, second brother, are you trying to blame him? I also see this People are not pleasing to the eye."

Xia Chunyu answered irrelevantly: "Are they just going to eat?"

"No, Mu Qinchu claimed to be looking for Li Yao specifically."

Xia Chunyu straightened up: "What is he looking for with Li Yao?"

"Giving ice tickets, it was said that Li Yao asked him to do it, which made Xiaojing unhappy, but Li Yao said that he was cheating him, I laughed so hard."

Only then did Xia Chunyu heave a sigh of relief, as Mu Qinchu is wise, if he dares to trouble Yaoyao, he will tear his bones apart tomorrow, no, tonight.

"Okay, the Martial Arts Examination is about to start, you should take care of yourself, don't lose face to the Jing'an Hou Mansion, and be careful when Dad comes back to take care of you." Xia Chunyu scolded.

Xia Chunfeng pouted and said, "Second brother, you are more talkative than your mother, you know how to scold me all day long."

"It's all for your own good. Practice hard these few days. After three days, I will come to check. If you can't pass 20 moves under my hands, you don't want to participate in the assessment." Xia cChunyu waved away people.

Xia Chunfeng wrinkled his nose resentfully, and said to himself, it is too small to look down on people, let alone 20 moves, 200 moves are fine, young master, I was practiced by my father at the border.

As soon as the second brother left, Xia Chunyu's mind fluttered, and he really wanted to see Yaoyao, but he couldn't go too diligently, that little girl was very tugging, so bear with it!

Tonight, in Yushu Palace.

"Princess, I have found out that Li Yao just came to Jinling recently. He applied for Tianshangju. He was originally a first-class assistant cook, but he was promoted to head chef within a few days. Birthday banquet, Li Yao, it is said that he once saved Prince Jing Xiao, and he has a deep friendship with Prince Jing Xiao."

A guard reported back.

Liu Lixiu frowned, no wonder Chunyu and He Lianxuan rushed over that day, so it was like this. It's fine for others to protect him, but it's not easy for Chunyuhe and He Lianxuan to get involved.

However, if she can't do it clearly, she will come secretly. In short, this tone must be won back.

"What about the situation at Shangju that day?"

"The shopkeeper of Tianshangju is called Li Xudong. He used to run a small restaurant. He opened Tianshangju seven years ago. He is quite famous in the catering industry in Jinling. However, Tianshangju is not his property, but also rented."

Liuli thought about it: "Go and find out the owner of the property, as well as Li Xudong's family situation."

"Yes! This subordinate will investigate now." The guard bowed and retreated.

There was a sneer in Liuli's big almond eyes, do you want to play? Then the princess will have fun with you.

Early the next morning, Ye Jiayao took Jiang to the Laifu Inn. Now that she has decided to live in Aunt Jiang's house, there is no need to keep the guest room here. Autumn is just around the corner, and scholars from all over the country are rushing to Jinling. Jinling's inns are booming, and every house is full. Make some extra money for someone else.

"Hey, Brother Li is here." Seeing Ye Jiayao, shopkeeper Du hurriedly put down his work and greeted with a smile.

"Brother, how are you doing recently?" Ye Jiayao asked with a smile.

"Okay, good can't be better, you see the inn is overcrowded." Shopkeeper Du laughed.

Ye Jiayao looked around and said, "There are not enough guest rooms, right?"

Shopkeeper Du immediately understood Brother Li's concerns, and said, "This room is not bad. By the way, Brother Li, have all your troubles been resolved? Should you come back and live?"

Ye Jiayao said: "This one is here today for this matter. I have already found a place to live. This is an old acquaintance of mine when I was in Shandong. Their family also came to Jinling. There is a vacant house at home. Let me live there."

Jiang Li cupped his fists at Shopkeeper Du as a salute.

Shopkeeper Du smiled sheepishly, pulled Ye Jiayao aside and said, "Brother Li, don't be polite to me, brother, I'm really not short of the rent."

Ye Jiayao said: "Brother, I'm not being polite to you. Really, Uncle Jiang and Aunt Jiang are very kind to me, just like my relatives. They also hope that I will live there, and everyone will take care of each other."

"Really?" Shopkeeper Du was dubious.

"Of course it's true. What do I prefer to you? Brother and sister-in-law can come to my house when they are free. It's very convenient."

Seeing that Ye Jiayao didn't seem to be lying, shopkeeper Du heaved a sigh of relief, and patted Ye Jiayao on the shoulder: "That's good, anyway, just say anything if you have any difficulties. Although your brother and I have no skills, there are still a few rooms in the house. You can come anytime." All welcome."

Ye Jiayao felt very warm, even though she traveled through a pathetic life, she met good people along the way, and everyone treated her like a relative when they met by chance, how unfortunate Ye Jinxuan was, and how lucky she, Ye Jiayao, was.

Ye Jiayao nodded solemnly: "I will."

She went back to her room and packed her things. There were not many things, just a small bag, and Jiang Li asked Jiang Li to carry it back, and she went directly to Tianshangju to work.

Today is going to start making pastries, Ye Jiayao can't help looking forward to it, her weakest point is pastries, and she hopes to learn some skills from Zhong Xiang.

The peas were soaked last night, and there is no pressure cooker these days, so we can only cook them slowly until the beans are rotten and boiled into a paste, then remove the bean skins with fine gauze, and then add the melted agar and Put the powdered sugar and osmanthus powder into the pot and stir-fry, then spread out, and after condensation, it will become light yellow in color, crystal clear like jelly pea yellow.

During the production process, Ye Jiayao has been using pen and paper to record the weight of various ingredients, cooking time, heat and so on.

"The pea yellow made by adding agar is more lustrous." Zhong Xiang is very satisfied with the pea yellow he made, which looks very good.

"It turns out that this thing has this kind of use." Cui Dongpeng was amazed, the agar that was extracted with great effort turned out to be really a good thing.

Ye Jiayao picked up a piece and tasted it carefully. After savoring it carefully, she said: "The agar is enough, the toughness is just right, and the soybean powder is also very delicate, but it is still too sweet."

"Really, I'll try it." Zhong Xiang also tasted a piece himself.

"It's okay, it's a little sweet." Zhong Xiang said.

"Slightly sweet is not enough. Next time, reduce the amount of sugar by 10%." What Ye Jiayao wants is just right, although it is hard to say, some people like sweet, some like light, so what she wants is just right, and those who like sweet will not feel It's too light, and it won't feel too sweet if you like it light.

Zhong Xiang said: "Okay, let's do it tomorrow, and the powdered sugar will be reduced by 10%."

"I'm going to make walnut cakes tomorrow, remember not to use too much sugar," Ye Jiayao instructed.

Now adjust the taste of each pastry to the most suitable one, and it must be a success at that time.

"Brother Yao..." Deng Haichuan came back, holding a big food box in his hand.

"Hai Chuan, what good things did you bring back?" Cui Dongpeng said and was going to grab the food box.

"Hey...be careful, don't touch it, it's high-quality porcelain." Deng Haichuan hurriedly protected Cui Dongpeng from getting his hands on it.

"Brother Yao, here are three dishes for serving dishes provided by the steward of Prince Helian's Mansion. Let you choose which one is suitable for you at the time." Deng Haichuan opened the food box.

Inside is a set of glazed tableware with the pattern of longevity and boundless, a set of glazed tableware with auspicious and festive patterns, and a set of glazed tableware with blooming prosperity.

The three sets of tableware are all bright in color, moist in glaze color, rich and noble.

Ye Jiayao chose back and forth, and asked for everyone's opinions. In the end, everyone agreed that the pattern of Wanshou Wujiang was the most suitable.

"Then let's do this set. Let the steward of the palace prepare all the dishes and cups."

Deng Haichuan said: "Success, I will run again later."

"It's not good, it's not good." Xiao Lu ran in in a panic.

"What's the matter? Someone is making trouble? This is not a meal!" Deng Haichuan asked.

Xiao Lu said: "The landlord of this building is here. I went in to serve tea just now, and I heard the landlord said that he would take the restaurant back and stop renting it."