Ye Jiayao thought it was Zhao Qixuan who was treating him again today. After the dishes were ready, he went up to offer a toast. Unexpectedly, Mu Qinchu and Wei Liujiang were also there.
"Li Yao, I was just looking for you. I've got the ice ticket you talked about yesterday." Mu Qinchu said positively, as if he was very familiar with Ye Jiayao.
Ye Jiayao's mouth twitched, half-smiling: "So fast?"
Mu Qinchu poked Wei Liujiang, and Wei Liujiang hurriedly took out a stack of ice tickets and gave them to Ye Jiayao.
This man, who had always been gentle and elegant in the original owner's mind, as elegant as the Lanzhi Yushu, was now in front of her, with a flattering smile on his face, hunched over and presented the ice ticket with both hands.
I don’t know what the original owner would think when he saw him like this.
Ye Jiayao Shi Shiran took it and counted it: "Why is it only five hundred catties?"
Mu Qinchu said: "It's hard to handle a thousand kilograms at a time. I'll get you another five hundred kilograms in a few days."
"No need!"
He Lianjing and Xia Chunfeng actually said the same thing.
Xia Chunfeng coughed twice and signaled He Lianjing to speak.
He Lianjing refused to give in and said: "Li Yao, tell me how much you need and I will get it for you."
For such a trivial matter, why do you need to ask this guy "I don't know"
Xia Chunfeng took the opportunity to tease Mu Qinchu: "What a big deal, isn't it just a thousand catties of ice? You can't even handle this."
Mu Qinchu's face was full of blood, and his teeth were itching with hatred: "You guys who just eat food and don't care about anything, it's easy to say. If you have the ability, go and get it done. I've been beaten for just these five hundred kilograms of ice cubes." It took some training to get it.
Ye Jiayao smiled, of course she believed that Xiao Jing could get the ice cubes, but this was blackmailed from Mu Qinchu, so she couldn't get the guy any advantage, so she said: "Then it will take a few days, but this ice cube is I don’t dare to delay it in order to make it for the birthday of the old princess of Prince Helian.”
Mu Qinchu's heart trembled. It turned out that this was the purpose, so he had to get the remaining five hundred kilograms life or death.
"It's been hot lately, so ice cubes are in short supply. However, I will get it as soon as possible and it will not delay the old princess's birthday party." Mu Qinchu quickly promised.
Zhao Qixuan motioned to the noble gentleman sitting next to him to give up his seat and called to Ye Jiayao: "Li Yao, sit down and have a drink together."
The young masters who don’t know Li Yao very well are all smacking their lips. Usually it seems casual that everyone drinks and has fun together, but the seating arrangement is always very particular and they don’t dare to overstep casually. Today, the main seat is given to Prince Jing. It's Xia Chunfeng and Zhao Qixuan. No one has any objection to this ranking. After all, they have noble status, but Zhao Qixuan actually let this cook sit next to him. Isn't it too strange
The most shocked among them was Wei Liujiang. This Li Yao was undoubtedly the best cook. He had such a close relationship with a group of princes and princes. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would have thought it was a fantasy.
However, something even more eye-popping is yet to come.
He Lianjing kicked Zhao Qixuan: "Give way, Li Yao, sit over here."
But Zhao Qixuan was not annoyed at all and gave up his seat happily: "Okay, Li Yao, you sit down."
What's happening here? Everyone is in a mess in the wind.
Seeing everyone's stunned expressions, Ye Jiayao walked over but did not sit down. The position was too dazzling and she was afraid that her butt would get sores if she sat on it. He just picked up the jug and poured a glass of wine for everyone, then filled a glass for himself, raised the glass and said: "Thank you all for coming and supporting me. I would like to propose a toast to everyone. I wish you all a happy drink and a happy meal."
After saying that, he drank it all in one gulp.
Helian Jing said: "Come on, let's all drink up the wine in our glasses."
Seeing that several important people had drank, the other minions couldn't help but drink from their glasses.
Ye Jiayao served again, and this time she greeted Xiao Jing: "Little prince, thank you for your trust in letting me organize the old princess's birthday party. I cannot thank you enough for your kindness. I respect you."
He Lianjing frowned and said, "Which one of us is following whom? If you say that, it's a mistake."
Ye Jiayao drank the wine to the bottom, turned the cup upside down, and looked at Xiao Jing with a smile.
He Lianjing had no choice but to do it.
For this third cup, Ye Jiayao wanted to pay tribute to Zhao Qixuan: "Brother Zhao, I have something to ask you."
Zhao Qixuan said: "Please or not, just tell me if you need anything."
Ye Jiayao smiled and said, "Then I'll take it as your promise and I'll tell you later."
After three glasses of wine, Ye Jiayao said, "Everyone is welcome, I still have work to do in the kitchen, so I'll excuse you now. I'll be hosting another day and everyone will come!"
He Lianjing said disappointedly: "You are so busy, aren't there other cooks in the kitchen?"
Ye Jiayao smiled and said: "But I am the chef, okay, you drink, I will leave first."
As soon as she went out, the sincere and enthusiastic smile on Ye Jiayao's face turned into a sneer.
Wei Liujiang, Wei Liujiang, if you knew who I was, would you vomit blood
After the banquet, He Lianjing and Xia Chunfeng accompanied Zhao Qixuan to find Ye Jiayao.
They wanted to hear what Yaoyao wanted to ask Zhao Qixuan for.
"What are you talking about?" Zhao Qixuan asked.
"Oh, I heard that you have business in the south, and I would like to ask you to help me get some coconut fruits from the south." Ye Jiayao said.
"Coconut fruit? That thing doesn't taste good? It tastes bland." Zhao Qixuan was puzzled.
"I have my own uses."
"Okay, how much do you want?"
"This thing is not easy to break. If it is convenient, the more the better. Can I get a few hundred of them?"
Zhao Qixuan fully agreed: "If it's any inconvenience, you can take as much as you want. There happens to be a fleet heading south tomorrow. I'll give you instructions."
Ye Jiayao was overjoyed, cupped her hands and said, "Thank you in advance."
He Lianjing said: "Yao Yao, if you need anything from now on, just come to us. There's no need to look for that person who doesn't know."
Not sure? Ye Jiayao thought about it for a moment and realized that he was talking about Mu Qinchu. He smiled and said, "I was trying to rip him off, just to trouble him."
Xia Chunfeng laughed loudly, interesting, this Li Yao is really interesting.
He Lianjing was relieved and said to Zhao Qixuan: "I don't like that kid no matter what. I won't come if he comes in the future."
Zhao Qixuan said sarcastically: "I also met him on the way."
After the three of them left, Ye Jiayao also got off work and carried a large bag of things back to Aunt Jiang's house. She was going to make a very important condiment tonight... chicken essence.
Chicken essence is a very common and commonly used condiment in modern times, but it has not yet appeared in this era.
It was Jiang Li who opened the door. Seeing that she was carrying something in her hand, he quickly took it and shouted loudly inside.
"Mom, the third lady is back."
Aunt Jiang came out of the kitchen: "Third Madam, have you had dinner? I made dumplings."
Ye Jiayao smiled and said: "I've eaten in the restaurant, you guys eat, Ali, help me carry the things to the kitchen!"
"Hey!" Jiang Li responded and left.
Jiang Yue ate the last dumpling in two mouthfuls and ran out: "Third Madam, do you want to make something to eat?"
Ye Jiayao said: "Yes, if you have nothing to do, come and help."
"It's okay, it's okay. Mom, I'm going to help the third lady." Jiang Yue said happily.
Aunt Jiang chuckled: "Go, girl, and learn from the Third Madam."
Jiang Li consciously went to chop wood to light the fire.
Ye Jiayao washed her hands, took out two stone mortars, and gave one to Jiang Yue: "Crush that bag of rock sugar into powder."
"Hey!" Jiang Yue happily accepted the job.
Ye Jiayao processed the chicken by herself, tearing the chicken breast that had been boiled and drained at noon into thin strips with her hands, removing the tendons, and pounded it in a stone mortar until it was fine.
While Jiang Li was lighting the fire, he was thinking about when to show the mold to the third lady.
Ye Jiayao put the pounded fine mushrooms into a plate, fluffed them up with chopsticks, and added a little finely ground salt in batches until the saltiness was moderate. Then take out the onions, ginger and mushrooms, chop them into fine pieces and put them into the crock pot.
"Is the pot hot?"
Jiang Li came to his senses, nodded and said, "It's already hot."
"Put salt in the bottom of the pot and put more." Ye Jiayao ordered.
There were no ovens in this era, so we had to use this homespun method. Put salt on the bottom of the pot and then put an earthen pot on it for baking.
After roasting for a while, stir-fry, and continue roasting until the water is completely evaporated, and the finely chopped onions, ginger, moss and shiitake mushrooms are dehydrated and turned into crispy particles.
Then bake the shredded chicken until it becomes soft and fluffy, then mix all the ingredients together and continue pounding until it becomes powder. Finally, add a little powdered sugar and mix well.
Ye Jiayao dipped some chicken essence on her fingertips and tasted it. Well... it tasted extremely delicious. The first homemade chicken essence is done.
"Third Madam, what is this?" Jiang Yue asked curiously.
Ye Jiayao smiled mysteriously: "This is my mysterious seasoning. You are not allowed to spread it."
If this thing spreads, it will definitely cause shock in the food industry.
The brother and sister nodded solemnly: "We won't tell anyone."
Ye Jiayao put the prepared chicken essence into a dry jar and sealed it, and gave the remaining part to Jiang Yue: "Take it for your mother. When cooking and making soup, add a pinch. Remember, only A handful, and add it when it’s almost out of the pan, it will taste particularly delicious.”
"Really? That's really good stuff." Jiang Yue held it carefully, for fear of spilling it.
"Well, find a jar and put it in it. Don't let it get damp, otherwise it won't be useful." Ye Jiayao reminded.
Jiang Yue nodded repeatedly: "I'll go find the jar right now."
Ye Jiayao looked at the jar of chicken essence on the stove and felt delighted. This was her secret weapon. Whether the old princess's birthday banquet would be a blockbuster depends not only on the ice cream mooncakes and crystal mooncakes, but also on the chicken essence.
"Third...Third Madam, I've made that mold." Jiang Li said.
Ye Jiayao was stunned for a moment: "So fast?"
Jiang Li nodded: "It's done."
Ye Jiayao was overjoyed: "Bring it to me quickly and take a look."
Jiang Li kept the mold in his arms and hurriedly took it out and handed it to the third lady.
Ye Jiayao saw that the mold was very delicately made. It was small and could be opened and closed. When she opened it, she saw that the carvings inside were exactly the effect she wanted.
"My mother is making dumplings tonight, and I took a group interview to try them. Does the Third Madam want to see the results?" Jiang Li was not sure whether the Third Madam liked it. The Third Madam kept saying that it should be delicate, so he made it smaller and more delicate. , when it was done, he felt it was a little too small.
"Hmm, if you want to see it, go and get it." Ye Jiayao was looking for something to try.
After a while, Jiang Li came back with the dough.
Oh my god, she’s so delicate and cute, that’s what she wants! The big mooncakes make people feel full just by looking at them. Only the small and exquisite mooncakes can arouse people's appetite.
"A Li, your hands are so skillful. I like this mold very much. I have four more pictures. Just make the remaining four according to this size." Ye Jiayao played with the mold and couldn't put it down.
Jiang Li smiled naively and scratched his head. As long as the third lady is satisfied.
(End of chapter)