When Chu Weilen used to be a guard in the palace, he also brought friends home for dinner, and everyone discussed it.
However, Wang Qingjue is a very particular person, and there are many rules in the family.
The moment Chu Weilen agreed, he asked his entourage to go to Chu's house to speak.
After the nap, Boss Chu was working on an oven in the yard when he heard a knock on the door.
When he opened the door, he saw an old acquaintance, Mo Feng.
There were two men who looked like servants behind him, carrying slow meat, eggs and vegetables in their hands and polite.
As soon as he entered the door, Mo Feng expressed his intention, and then asked people to put meat, eggs, vegetables and gifts at Chu's house.
Boss Chu and Mrs Zhao are both honest people, how could they accept the gift and quickly rejected it.
Even if they are ordinary friends of their son, they will treat them well, not to mention the prince who gave them a lot of money before.
They cannot accept gifts.
But the three people in front of them were like three walls, expressionless and unsmiling, no matter what Boss Chu and Mrs Zhao said, they were indifferent.
In the end, Mo Feng left a sentence: "This is the matter that the master explained, and please don't embarrass us."
After speaking, the three of them left in a hurry as they came.
Luo Jinjia woke up when she heard the movement, and as soon as she walked into the yard, she saw Boss Chu and Mrs Zhao coming back from outside.
Zhao Shi quickly told his daughter-in-law what had just happened.
After Luo Jianjia heard it, he looked at the things that the prince had brought, most of them were meat dishes, and some tea cakes.
It's not something particularly expensive.
This prince deserves to be from a family in the capital, and the gifts are very measured.
It is neither very shabby nor too expensive, and it is especially in line with the identity of the recipient.
These meat dishes are just right for the evening.
"Mother, accept it, let's entertain Lord Wang properly at night." Luo Jianjia said.
People from a good background, I am afraid that ordinary meals can't be seen.
Zhao said, "Oh, good."
Afterwards, Luo Jianjia boiled the bone broth first.
After the boil, she went on to work on the oven together with Boss Chu and the Zhao family.
This time the oven was made a bit bigger than the one at home.
I have done two before, everyone knows the steps, and the three of them did it relatively quickly, and it didn't take long to do it.
It was less than an hour before Chu Weileng would be back, so Luo Jianjia and Zhao Shi went to the kitchen.
It's cold now, and it will be cold if you do it too early.
Luo Jianjia went to deal with the meat that Mo Feng brought over.
She asked about Wang Qingjue's taste. He didn't seem to be very taboo, and he could eat all kinds of sweet and sour tastes.
But I am more picky about food and only eat delicious food.
Therefore, Luo Jianjia roughly divided the meat into four categories.
Some are cut into fat and thin blocks, which she intends to make braised pork.
There are also thinly sliced, all lean meat, which is boiled meat slices.
The other part is cut into filaments and used for stir-frying.
The last part of the lean meat is cut into cubes to make four hi balls.
After they are all cut, they are processed into different categories, some are pickled, some continue to be minced, and so on.
After processing the pork, start processing the ribs and chicken wings.
While Luo Jianjia was handling the meat dishes, Mr. Zhao was cleaning the vegetables.
I don't know where Wang Gongzi got so many dishes, she has never seen so many dishes at the market.
After cleaning, start processing the ingredients.
Some are cut into cubes, some are cut into strips, etc.
And the most important onion, ginger and garlic are also cut into cubes for later use.
After a while, Boss Chu came to help after finishing his work on the oven outside.
After dealing with this, Luo Jianjia planned to start cooking after counting the time.
Mr. Zhao and Mr. Chu each burned a pot, and Luo Jianjia did it.
The ingredients have basically been processed, and the next step will be soon.
One pot stew, one pot stir fry.
Not long after, four or five dishes came out.
Luo Jianjia took out the space and started making crystal steamed dumplings and radish cakes.
The skin of the crystal steamed dumplings is naturally the potato starch she and Zhao made together before.
Seeing his daughter-in-law's intention, Mrs. Zhao asked suspiciously, "Jianjia, are you planning to make dumplings? Will it be too much trouble, too late?"
"No, mother, just steam some, not too much." Luo Jianjia said.
The stuffing she made this time was leek and egg stuffing.
The leeks have been cut, the eggs have just been fried, the two are mixed together, put in the filling, and wrapped in the skin.
This thing will be very beautiful when it is steamed, and it is transparent.
There will be green leeks and yellow eggs inside, which looks particularly bright.
The reason why she still made shredded carrot cake was because she saw that the prince was not full that day, and Chu Weilen seemed to like it too.
After this side is done, the ribs on the other side are also stewed. After the ribs are put out, Luo Jianjia starts to steam the radish cakes and crystal dumplings.
This time I did more, using a large pot. Luo Jianjia cut the potatoes into thick slices and steamed them.
After a while, the crystal dumplings and shredded radish cakes were steamed.
Looking at the crystal clear crystal dumplings, Mrs. Zhao and Mr. Chu's eyes straightened.
"Why is it so beautiful?" Zhao shi praised.
"Is the skin of this thing very thin, will it be broken with a poke?" Boss Chu asked.
"Father, it won't go bad. It's made of potato starch. Isn't the shredded carrot cake we had before so springy and smooth? There's also flour in it. There's no flour in it, that's why it's like this." Luo Jianjia explained.
Zhao Shi kept staring at the crystal dumplings, and once again said with emotion: "It's really beautiful."
Seeing that the Zhao family liked it so much, Luo Jianjia thought about it and said, "There are carrots at home, and my daughter-in-law can make a carrot stuffing, it will look good too."
She knew that Zhao prefers carrot-stuffed dumplings to leek-egg-stuffed dumplings.
Sure enough, Zhao's eyes lit up.
"It's all done, will it be too much trouble?" Zhao shi asked.
Luo Jianjia poured out some potato starch, heated water in it, and said while kneading the noodles, "No trouble, the steamed buns are not hot yet, and my daughter-in-law has to steam the potatoes, just in time. I just have to trouble my mother to wash the carrots. ."
Hearing this, Mr. Zhao hurriedly went to wash the carrots. After washing, he started dicing.
Luo Jianjia scrambled eggs.
The dumplings were wrapped, and Zhao Shi also mashed the potatoes and mixed potato starch together to make noodles.
Luo Jianjia divided the noodles into many small portions and rolled them into balls one by one.
Afterwards, steamed dumplings, potato balls and steamed buns that were steamed a few days ago.
As soon as it arrived, Wang Qingjue urged Chu Weilen to go home.
Luo Jianjia's craftsmanship will make you want to eat it a second time after eating it once, and want to eat it a third time after eating it, as if it will become addictive.
Thinking that Luo Jinjia had eaten a lot of delicious food, Wang Qingjue felt as uncomfortable as scratching her heart.
If it wasn't for Chu Wei Leng being an old-fashioned man and unwilling to ask for leave easily, he would have gone to Chu's house for dinner long ago.
He didn't eat at noon, and he was really hungry at the moment, and he was very uncomfortable.
Not to mention the pork jerky made by Luo Jianjia at this moment, even if it was the big steamed buns she steamed, he could eat four or five with pickles.
Due to what happened last night, Chu Wei Leng was still a little uncomfortable at the moment, but Wang Qingjue didn't allow him to linger, so he dragged him to the stable and left the barracks on horseback.
When he arrived in the city, as soon as he entered the alley, Chu Wei Leng could smell the familiar aroma of food.
And recently, this dish has a particularly strong aroma, and it must have made a lot of delicious food.
Chu Weilen's troubles disappeared all of a sudden, and only those delicious food remained in his mind.
Wang Qingjue eats Luo Jianjia's rice after all, so she doesn't know as much as Chu Weilen. After smelling the fragrance, she asks, "It's so fragrant. Whose cooking is this?"
Chu Wei said coldly, "If you guessed correctly, it should belong to my family."
It smells so good!
Wang Qingjue's eyes suddenly lit up.
He used to eat everything that was prepared and delivered, and he had never eaten the hottest one.
Thinking that the Chu family should have a lot of delicious food, he hurriedly continued to urge Chu Weilen.
Sure enough, the closer to Chu's house, the stronger the scent.
When they entered the door, they happened to see Mr. Zhao coming out with crystal dumplings.
Looking at the crystal clear dumplings, Wang Qingjue swallowed, and just as she was about to speak, her stomach rumbled.
Wang Qingjue felt extremely ashamed and wished to find a hole to burrow into.
Zhao Shi is simple, how could he laugh at him, just pretend he didn't hear it, and said, "Brother Leng, this is Lord Wang, right?"
"Yes, mother, this is Lord Wang. Brother Wang, this is my mother."
"I have seen Mrs." Wang Qingjue saluted politely and thoughtfully.
"What do you say, just call me auntie." Zhao said with a smile.
"Hey, good, auntie." Wang Qingjue changed his tune with kindness.
"Are you hungry? The meal is almost ready, let's go in and eat."
"it is good."
Zhao greeted Wang Qingjue to the main room, while Chu Weilen went to the kitchen room as usual.
At this moment, Luo Jianjia is still busy in the kitchen.
She was wearing a dark blue jacket today with a brown apron over it.
Xu is for the convenience of cooking, so she pulled up her hair and fastened it with a wooden hairpin.
The flame at the bottom of the pot was yellow, and there was thick white smoke floating above the kitchen house, and everything was full of smoke.
At this moment, Chu Wei's heart suddenly became unusually calm and content.
Although Luo Jinjia didn't apply any fat powder, but Chu Wei cooled down and thought she was beautiful.
He didn't think she was so beautiful before, but today, for some reason, the more he looked at her, the more beautiful she felt, and she even glowed.
For a moment, he stared blankly.
Luo Jianjia's hair was indeed pulled up for the convenience of cooking, and she held it loosely. With the movement of her cooking, the hairpin slowly loosened, and her hair was about to fall apart.
When it was too late, Chu Wei took two steps behind Luo Jianjia, quickly supported the hairpin, and inserted it back into Luo Jianjia's hair.
When she noticed that someone was pulling her hair behind her, Luo Jianjia was shocked, and then quickly turned her head to look over.
She had been standing by the stove just now, cooking dishes seriously.
The bottom of the pot was still on fire, making crackling noises occasionally, and the pot was simmering.
Therefore, she did not hear Chu Wei Leng coming.
Because the two were very close, when she turned her head, she bumped into Chu Wei Leng's arms.
Chu Wei Leng didn't expect Luo Jinjia to turn his head suddenly, looking at the lady who bumped into his arms, smelling the scent of sweet-scented osmanthus mixed with the incense of vegetables, thinking of what happened in the morning, Chu Wei Leng's heart thumped. jumped up.
The two have been living together for some time, and Luo Jianjia can judge that the person in front of him is Chu Weilen without looking up.
However, when Chu Wei Leng suddenly got so close, holding her head in his hand, she began to feel a little uncomfortable.
Nearby, the soup simmering in the pot on the side was making a thudding sound. Not far away, Wang Qingjue's hearty laughter could be heard vaguely, and these seemed to be completely inaudible. , like a drum-like heartbeat.
Bang bang bang.
dong dong dong.
again and again.
At this time, the firewood at the bottom of the pot suddenly made a "crack" sound, and Luo Jianjia remembered that there were still vegetables in the pot.
She raised her hand and pushed Chu Wei Leng.
Chu Wei Leng also came back to his senses and took back the hand that was placed on Luo Jianjia's head.
At this time, Mrs. Zhao happened to come in from outside, and asked with a smile, "Is it all done? Why don't my mother come to fry it."
Luo Jianjia came back to her senses and said, "No need, mother, I'll fry it right away."
With that said, Luo Jianjia hurriedly turned around to stir fry the vegetables that were about to burn.
"Okay, then come here with Brother Leng, don't let the prince wait for a long time." Zhao Shi said.
"Okay, mother." After speaking, Luo Jianjia continued to stir fry.
Chu Wei looked down at his hand coldly.
Luo Jianjia finished frying a few times and put the dishes on a plate.
When he turned to look at Chu Wei Leng, he remembered what happened just now and whispered, "Thank you."
Afterwards, he quickly left the kitchen.