Although the news of the war came from the capital, thousands of miles away from Xizhou, people in restaurants and teahouses were discussing the matter.
In Jiang Yanyi's restaurant, the old scholar stopped talking about "Dream of the Red Chamber" and told the diners how Fan Wei fought his way to Yingdu after his rebellion. What obstacles he passed and what generals he killed, after being passed on by countless mouths, it was a far cry from the real battle situation, but as long as the ending was correct, people would listen to what happened in the middle no matter how outrageous it was.
At the same time, Feng Shuo's staff often came to the mansion early in the morning and discussed things until dark before leaving.
Because of the frequent delays in meetings, the kitchen of the Feng Mansion could not figure out the time for the masters to eat. Most of the time, the meals were prepared early, and by the time the staff had finished their meetings, the meals had already gone cold. Later, the housekeeper of the Wang Mansion went directly to Jiang Yanyi's store to buy pots for the staff to eat, which solved this problem.
Jiang Yanyi still prepared medicinal food for Feng Shuo every day, but he was busy in the study all day long, so Jiang Yanyi had no chance to see him, so Xing Yao basically helped to deliver the medicinal food.
Chu Changping also discussed matters with Feng Shuo's staff. When he occasionally came to see Jiang Yanyi, he would leave in a hurry before finishing his meal.
When he came to eat lunch that day, it was already 3 p.m., and the shop had been busy and had been idle. Jiang Yanyi wanted to make him a soup pot, but Chu Changping said that there was no time and that he could just eat something to fill his stomach.
It just so happened that the medicinal food she made for Feng Shuo today was steamed lamb. From a pharmaceutical point of view, this dish can strengthen the spleen and grow muscles, and is very beneficial for those with weak constitution and fear of cold.
Jiang Yanyi wanted to add a health-preserving feature to his mutton soup pot, so he specially cooked a big pot. Rich families often attach the most importance to health, and this medicinal meal sold better than Jiang Yanyi had imagined. It was originally planned to sell out in one day, but there was not much left in the pot now. Jiang Yanyi gave all the remaining steamed mutton to Chu Changping.
When Chu Changping saw the steamed mutton on the table, he remembered the smell of medicinal food in Feng Shuo's study. He paused holding the wooden chopsticks, thinking of the news Yang Xiu had reported to him before. He glanced at Jiang Yanyi and said hesitantly: "Ayi, this mutton..."
Jiang Yanyi poured him a bowl of soup and placed it in front of him. "What's wrong?"
Chu Changping swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue and just said, "This mutton is steamed well."
He wanted to ask her what was going on between her and the King of Liaonan.
But as an uncle, he didn't know where to start asking about matters between men and women. After thinking it over, he thought it would be better to wait for Madam Jiang to come to Xizhou and let her ask.
As an uncle, the only thing he can do is to expand his power as quickly as possible so that if something really happens, he can support Jiang Yanyi.
He had been very busy in the past few days, and he had done a few good things for Feng Shuo, and proved to Feng Shuo's generals that he was not just a name. Only when he showed his ability, Feng Shuo would assign him troops and horses, and then he could convince the others.
Chu Changping was worried and ate in a hurry. Jiang Yanyi barely saw him chew before swallowing. She said worriedly, "Why did you make this trip when time is tight? If you have anything to say, just send someone to tell me."
Chu Changping finished the rice in his bowl, took the cloak handed to him by Yang Xiu and put it on, then took out a bunch of silver notes and deeds from his arms and handed them to Jiang Yanyi: "Here are 10,000 taels of silver notes and the deeds of the Hu family, you should keep them well. After the Hu family was raided, I bought the house. Yi, if you have time, take people to clean up the house. You can use these silver notes as you see fit. If you need to add anything to the house, just buy it yourself."
Xie Zhizhou was guilty of treason and let a Turkic prince into Xizhou City. It was the Hu family's caravan that protected the Turkic prince. After Xie Zhizhou was thrown into prison, the Hu family was also involved, and now all their properties have been seized by the government.
The Hu family's house has three courtyards and is in a good location, but the price is not cheap.
Jiang Yanyi was stunned and asked, "Why did my uncle suddenly buy a house?"
Chu Changping said: "I have been planning to buy it since a long time ago. Now Fan Wei has rebelled, the capital is in chaos, and the Prince of Xinyang in Yuzhou has also raised his flag..."
Chu Changping paused for a moment, thinking that Jiang Yanyi didn't understand the court affairs, so he stopped talking and said, "The wealthy families in the capital are now fleeing with their families. I can take this opportunity to go back and bring your mother and your grandmother to Xizhou."
If all the Chu family members, young and old, come here, they really need to buy a big house to accommodate them.
Jiang Yanyi asked hurriedly: "When will you leave, uncle?"
Chu Changping said: "I have sent a message back to the Chu family in the capital. Once everything in Xizhou is arranged, we will set off. It will only take two days."
The confidant outside the door was urging him, and Chu Changping reminded him again, "Just run this shop for fun and to kill time. Don't spend too much time on it and make yourself suffer."
Jiang Yanyi knew that he had probably heard about her previous dispute with Lai Fu Restaurant, and he was reluctant to let her work so hard, so she said, "I won't worry about you. You don't have to worry about me. I'll go over to clean up the house when I have time, and we can move in as soon as mother and the others come."
After seeing Chu Changping off, seeing that there were few customers in the store at this time, Jiang Yanyi asked Aunt Guo and Qiu Kui to look after the store, while he took Yang Xiu and Bing Shao to the street, intending to buy some meat to make dried meat and other snacks for Chu Changping to eat on the road.
Yang Xiu and Bing Shao had both followed Chu Changping through life and death for many years, and they knew that as long as they were on the road, they would have to eat only dry food every day. They were afraid of accidents when they were away from home, so they rarely ate the food in the inn as long as the dry food on them was not finished.
Ma the butcher's shop had good business, and the good meat was often sold out by the afternoon. Jiang Yanyi wanted to make jerky, and didn't like the remaining scraps of meat, so he had to go to other butcher shops.
Passing by a shop specializing in dried meat along the way, Jiang Yanyi asked about the price.
"Oh, Shopkeeper Jiang, you won't find any meat jerky in the entire Xizhou City that tastes better than the one in my shop. It's all made from lamb hind legs. Since you're a rare guest, I'll sell it to you for one coin and two catties. I usually sell it for one coin and a half!"
Ten coins were worth one tael of silver. By this calculation, he could sell one pound of dried mutton for fifty coins.
Jiang Yanyi had to buy several sheep every day for his store, so he knew the price of fresh mutton very well. The best quality mutton from Ma the butcher was only 20 cents per pound, and the price was more than doubled when it was made into jerky. So this boss was not cheating him.
Jiang Yanyi said, "I want to try it before buying it."
"Please try it! I guarantee you won't find any fault with my mutton!" The boss said confidently, and then he used a knife to cut a small piece from the one-foot-long piece of meat and handed it to Jiang Yanyi.
Because the meat is naturally dried and the only seasoning is salt, it tastes dry and hard, which is very demanding on the teeth. However, it preserves the original flavor of the mutton and has a unique flavor.
The boss was very enthusiastic. Jiang Yanyi didn't want to leave empty-handed after trying the food in the store, so he thought for a moment and said, "Give me two kilograms."
"Okay!" The boss quickly weighed the dried meat and put an extra piece of dried meat the size of his index finger into the oil paper. He smiled and said, "This is a gift for you."
"Thank you." Jiang Yanyi gave the money.
As soon as the boss finished packing, Yang Xiu behind her stepped forward and took it.
Suddenly, a dispute was heard from the dry goods store not far away.
"This sea cucumber is rotten and smells like dirt. Who would eat it if I took it home to cook? How can I buy it?"
"The sea cucumbers we bought in the past were also like this. Master Yao, if you are angry, go back and vent it to the boss, don't be angry at me. The money the boss gave is only enough to buy inferior sea cucumbers. If you want to buy high-quality sea cucumbers, you have to pay for it yourself!"
"Damn it, why don't I just stop working in your restaurant? You're using such low-quality food to cook and ruining my reputation!"
The people arguing were Chef Yao and an unfamiliar servant.
Jiang Yanyi frowned: "Is that Master Yao?"
There are only a few famous chefs in Xizhou City. The owner of the dried meat shop also recognized Chef Yao. When he heard what Jiang Yanyi said, he said, "He is the chef Yao who used to cook at Laifu Restaurant. I don't know why he is no longer working at Laifu Restaurant. He just went to Taihe Restaurant not long ago. Originally, many people who liked Chef Yao's cooking skills went to Taihe Restaurant to try it, but after eating, they all said that Chef Yao's cooking level is not as good as before."
Chef Yao has never agreed to come to Jiang Yanyi's restaurant. In order not to be annoying, Jiang Yanyi hasn't asked anyone to go to Chef Yao's place for a while. He has been busy recently and didn't know that Chef Yao has gone to work at Taihe Restaurant.
Yao the chef was so angry at the waiter of Taihe Building that he left with a wave of his sleeves. When he turned around and saw Jiang Yanyi standing across the street, he greeted him with an unnatural look, "Shopkeeper Jiang."
***
The two of them randomly found a teahouse on the street and sat down to drink a cup of tea.
Jiang Yanyi noticed that Chef Yao was reserved and said first, "I heard that Master Yao is now in a high position in Taihe Building."
Chef Yao sighed and said, "He stepped into the manure pit with his eyes open."
Previously, in order to invite him to the restaurant, Jiang Yanyi not only asked Chef Li to act as a lobbyist, but also sent many gifts to his home. Chef Yao refused to accept the invitation because he was afraid that Lai Fu Restaurant would make trouble.
He now works in another restaurant, and when he ran into Jiang Yanyi on the street, he couldn't help feeling embarrassed and guilty.
Jiang Yanyi acted calm and composed, and didn't seem to have any grudges against him for not going to the antique soup shop. He asked, "What do you mean?"
Chef Yao said, "The owner of Taihe Tower wants to use my specialty dishes as his signature dish, but none of the ingredients purchased in the building are good enough. The dishes made with inferior ingredients are so picky that the nobles are picky. Do you think they can't taste the difference? Don't worry if you think I am boasting. Since I came to Taihe Tower, many regular customers have come to support me. But I feel ashamed of the dishes I cook with the ingredients in his restaurant! I don't want this job. I have been cooking for so many years, I can't lose my reputation at this age."
Not cutting corners is the principle of being a cook.
After hearing his story, Jiang Yanyi said, "Master Yao, I still say the same thing. If you are willing to come to my shop to help out, I will give you double the salary you received at Lai Fu Restaurant."
After Chef Yao left Lai Fu Restaurant, many people came to invite him to work. After careful consideration, he decided to go to Taihe Restaurant, which was second only to Lai Fu Restaurant in fame. However, although this place looked glamorous from the outside, the kitchen was in a mess.
Other restaurants don’t even have a shiny exterior, let alone what the kitchen is like.
Jiang Yanyi is also a chef herself, so she doesn't have the same opportunistic ideas as businessmen when it comes to cooking. The dishes in her restaurant must be made with real ingredients, so she won't encounter such bad things.
This was not the first time she had said this. Her sincerity was obvious. Chef Yao was grateful, but was afraid of giving Lai Fu Restaurant a chance to criticize her. He hesitated and said, "Thank you very much for your kindness, Manager Jiang. I will think about it carefully when I get home and give you a reply later."
He had said he had rejected it directly the last few times. When Jiang Yanyi heard that, she knew there was a chance. She smiled and said, "I'll wait for your news."
***
As soon as Chef Yao returned home, he heard the heart-wrenching cries of a child inside the courtyard through the gate.
He pushed the door open and saw the manager of Lai Fu Restaurant sitting in the main room. His wife was sitting stiffly on the side. The manager of Lai Fu Restaurant crossed his legs and looked around the shabby house with contempt in his eyes.
When Mrs. Yao saw her husband coming back, she stood up and said, "I'll go and help my mother take the medicine. Dalang, you can sit down and talk to the restaurant manager."
Chef Yao nodded.
As soon as Miss Yao walked out of the house, the restaurant manager said, "Master Yao, the boss has heard about your experience at Taihe Restaurant. Do you really think that any restaurant can do what Lai Fu did? Now that there is a war in the south, every household is struggling to make ends meet, and restaurant business is not as good as before. But the boss is a nostalgic person, so he asked me to invite you back."
His tone sounded respectful, but his eyes were full of contempt, and his attitude was quite condescending: "You have a family to support, with an eighty-year-old mother and a few-year-old child. If you don't go back to work in the restaurant, how are you going to support this big family?"
He patted Chef Yao on the shoulder, smiled and stood up: "I have brought your words, Chef Yao, please think about it carefully."
As soon as the restaurant manager left, Chef Yao slammed the table in anger.
Mrs. Yao came out of the main room, holding her youngest son who had just been coaxed. Seeing him slamming the table angrily, she said coldly, "Today is the last dose of medicine prescribed by the doctor, and the rice jar is almost empty. I have been doing embroidery all day, and I have squeezed ten fingers to pieces, but I can't make much money!"
Most of the money Chef Yao earned from working at Lai Fu Restaurant over the years was spent on his mother's medicine and medical treatment, and the rest was enough to support the family if he saved a little.
Now, to make matters worse, his mother was seriously ill and the cost of paying doctors and prescribing medicine had almost emptied the family's savings.
Facing his wife's harsh criticism, Chef Yao felt guilty. Thinking of the steward's words, he became even more annoyed. He just said, "You should concentrate on taking care of the children and stop embroidering. I will find a way to pay for the money."
***
When Jiang Yanyi returned, he also bought more than ten kilograms of fresh pork.
She felt that the dried meat sold outside was too dry and hard. It was good as a special snack, but relying on it to fill her stomach was a bit of a test on her teeth.
After the pots were sold out that night, Jiang Yanyi started making dried meat in the kitchen.
She washed the pork she bought and the fresh mutton left over from the store, and asked Qiukui to cook in the largest pot. After the water in the pot boiled, she added ginger, peppercorns and fennel, and put all the washed meat into the pot to blanch it to remove the fishy smell.
Aunt Guo has strong hands and she helps her use a stone ladle to pound the spices for the marinade, such as peppercorns, star anise and fennel.
Jiang Yanyi scooped up the blanched meat and put it into a colander. After it cooled down, he used a knife to cut the meat into slightly thick slices along the grain of the meat.
When making jerky, if you don’t cut along the texture of the meat, it will easily fall apart later and be inconvenient to carry.
Pork is not as firm as beef. As she was cutting it, she sighed, "What a pity there is no beef on the market."
Otherwise, you can use beef jerky as dry food, which will make you feel fuller.
Qiu Kui held his face in his hands behind the fire pit and asked, "Is beef more delicious?"
In the Daxuan Dynasty, killing cattle was illegal. Except for some powerful people who could enjoy it, the poor people did not have the blessing to do so.
Jiang Yanyi recalled the taste of beef in his memory and smacked his lips, "It smells so good! The tripe in the red soup pot is even more delicious!"
The pepper seedlings she cultivated in the greenhouse of Feng Mansion have now bloomed. In the near future, she may be able to make a red soup hotpot to satisfy her craving.
"What is tripe?" asked Qiu Kui.
"It's beef tripe and cow offal." Jiang Yanyi replied, but his hands did not slow down at all.
In this era, even wealthy families disdain to eat offal. When Aunt Guo first heard Jiang Yanyi mention beef, she thought she had eaten it at the Jiang family before. Now, when she heard her mention beef offal again, she couldn't help feeling a little confused, but she didn't say anything.
Qiu Kugui was like a questioning baby: "Hua Hua once said that there are three types of soups: hairy soup, milk soup, and clear soup. What is red soup?"
All the meat has been cut. Jiang Yanyi put the minced marinade ingredients Aunt Guo had into the pot to make the marinade, then poured the cut meat in and simmered it over low heat. This step was to allow the meat to absorb the flavor.
After ordinary dried meat is braised, it can be eaten after being air-dried. It is very durable. It would be too late to wait for the meat to dry naturally before Chu Changping left Xizhou, but Jiang Yanyi has an oven, which can be used to bake out some of the moisture in the meat so that it can be stored for a longer time.
As she worked on the soup, she said, "The noodles in the red soup are bright red, and they taste spicy and burn your tongue. When I make it later, you'll know what it tastes like."
The meat was braised. Jiang Yanyi cut the skin, removed the fat, removed the tendons, and chopped the pork hind leg that she had reserved. She wanted to use this piece of meat to make pork jerky.
The production process of pork jerky is much more complicated and labor-intensive than that of dried meat, so Jiang Yanyi only kept a small portion of the meat for trial production, and most of the meat was made into dried meat.
The spices used to make the marinade just now were not used up, so I mixed ginger into the meat filling, added salt and a little ginger and garlic water, and stirred it clockwise. The purpose of adding ginger and garlic water is to remove the fishy smell.
The most important seasoning for pork jerky is fish sauce. In the world where she originally lived, people had used it as early as the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in history, but it was called fish sauce at that time and was mostly used in coastal areas.
But Jiang Yanyi didn't see anyone selling fish sauce in the market today. It might be that no one in this world uses this seasoning yet, or it might be that Xizhou is too far away from the sea, and in this dynasty with inconvenient transportation and underdeveloped freight, it could not be introduced from the coastal areas.
Jiang Yanyi didn't know whether not adding fish sauce would have a big impact on the taste of the pork jerky, so she planned to make some to try first.
If the taste is okay, all the meat filling can be made into pork jerky. If the taste is just bad, it won’t be a waste to stuff the remaining meat into sausages.
The store needs to bake egg tarts, cakes and the like, so Jiang Yanyi went to a blacksmith to get several iron trays made.
She spread a layer of oil paper on the chopping board, scooped a ball of meat filling and put it on it, then covered it with another layer of oil paper. After flattening the meat filling, she rolled it thin with a rolling pin, tore off the top layer of oil paper and sprinkled a layer of white sesame seeds on it.
Aunt Guo had never seen such a strange way of cooking meat, and asked in confusion: "Boss, are you trying to make a new dish?"
This is meat jerky that has been improved by later generations. In ancient times, no one had ever made it like this.
Jiang Yanyi nodded in agreement with Aunt Guo and said, "Let's see how it turns out. If it's okay, we'll have one more specialty dish in our restaurant."
"Are you planning on grilling or smoking it?"
Aunt Guo thinks that this meat pie might taste similar to grilled sausage slices.
"Baking."
Jiang Yanyi lit a fire in the oven outside, and waited until the stove above was hot before putting the tray in.
The wood-fired oven is not like the electric oven of later generations. The temperature inside rises slowly. If you put the jerky in too early, the temperature will be insufficient and the meat will become soft and difficult to chew. The temperature must be controlled well when putting it in.
The common method of making pork jerky is to brush it with honey water. If you don’t have honey water, you can dip it in sugar water. The main purpose is to make the pork jerky have a salty and sweet taste.
Anyway, it was for her own consumption, and Jiang Yanyi was not short of money now, so she generously scooped a spoonful of honey and mixed it into honey water, and then took out the tray after baking it for a quarter of an hour.
The previous meat filling has turned into a whole brown-red piece, and the air is filled with the rich aroma of meat mixed with the aroma of sesame, leaving an endless aftertaste.
Okra exclaimed, "It smells so good."
It looks delicious too!
Aunt Guo hadn't expected that the taste of the meat filling after it was spread out and baked would be very different from what she imagined. She couldn't help but admire Jiang Yanyi even more: "The shopkeeper still has a lot of ideas."
"Previous generations plant trees and future generations enjoy the shade." Jiang Yanyi was embarrassed to take credit for it. This was a practice that had been passed down from generation to generation through continuous improvement of the recipe, and it was not something she created herself.
Aunt Guo thought she was saying that her cooking skills were taught by Chef Li, and didn't think much about what Jiang Yanyi said.
Qiu Kui thought the pork jerky was ready to eat, but saw Jiang Yanyi pick up a homemade small brush, dip it in honey water, brush a layer of honey on both sides of the golden roasted pork jerky, and put it into the oven.
Jiang Yanyi turned around and saw her eager look, and said with a smile: "It will take a while longer to bake."
Qiu Kui nodded. She glanced at the sky and said to Aunt Guo with some concern, "Aunt, it's getting late. If you don't go back now, you won't be able to get home before curfew."
The aroma of meat is wafting from the oven.
Aunt Guo found a stool and sat down: "I am very agile and my home is nearby, so I am not in a hurry."
When Jiang Yanyi smelled the rich meaty aroma when it came out of the oven, he knew that the pork jerky was made very successfully.
She took out the tray with a wet towel to protect her hands, cut the jerky into pieces with a knife, gave one piece to Qiu Kui and Aunt Guo respectively, and picked up a piece for herself to taste.
Because it is made of meat paste, the meat is very firm and the seasonings are rich. The more you chew it, the more fragrant it becomes. The salty and spicy taste is accompanied by the light sweetness of honey.
It’s the taste of pork jerky in my memory!
That night, after Aunt Guo tasted the meat jerky and went back before curfew, Jiang Yanyi and Qiu Kui worked for a while before they prepared all the dried meat and meat jerky.
Jiang Yanyi still needed to feed Qiu Kui, who couldn't bear it, so Jiang Yanyi asked her to go back to her room and sleep first.
Jiang Yanyi sat behind the stove, hugged his knees and stared at the flickering flames in a daze.
After preparing these dry food for Chu Changping and his group, she felt more at ease.
Although the war was still far away from Xizhou, she was still very uneasy these days. She was isolated from the news in Xizhou, and she had no idea what was happening in the capital. In the original book, Xizhou was the first to be in chaos, but now it has become the capital. Many things are different from the book, but will the final ending also change
According to the plot development of the original book, after the heroine leaves the palace, she will first have a fight with the second male lead Lu Linyuan when she arrives in Xizhou, and then be taken to the grassland by the Turkic prince to be a princess. The emperor is furious, and the two countries go to war. On the way to retrieve the heroine, they are ambushed and their entire army is wiped out. Only the emperor and the heroine survived. Their relationship progresses rapidly while they are recuperating in a village outside the Shanhai Pass.
The most ridiculous part is that the village where the hero and heroine are recuperating is full of people loyal to the royal family of the previous dynasty. They are dormant outside the Great Wall to recuperate and wait for the opportunity to restore the country. In the early stage, the hero and heroine concealed their identities and did not let the people in the village know. It was not until the heroine was pregnant and unwell that the village doctor took her pulse and saw the birthmark on her hand and recognized that the heroine was the princess of the previous dynasty.
At this time, everyone in the Daxuan Dynasty thought that the emperor had died on the battlefield, and the princes raised their flags to fight for the throne. Taking advantage of this wave of internal friction, the Minghan Kingdom in the south invaded again, and the Turkic royal court in the north was also at peace.
In order to preserve their military strength, none of the princes were willing to resist foreign enemies. Even if they formed an alliance to resist the enemy, they all had their own ulterior motives.
When the country was about to collapse, the emperor brought the heroine back to the capital to stabilize the situation. The heroine knew her true identity in the village outside the pass, but she couldn't believe it. After confirming it from Minister Jiang, she learned that her parents were killed by the previous emperor and her family's throne was also taken away by the previous emperor. She collapsed immediately.
On the night of the Queen's coronation ceremony, the heroine smeared a deadly poison on her lip balm. After the poison took effect on the emperor, she told him everything in tears, saying cruel words. She left the capital under the cover of righteous men from the previous dynasty, but was still surrounded and killed by the imperial guards. At the critical moment, Minister Jiang brought people to help and died to protect the heroine.
The person closest to her and the person she loved most in the world, one died to save her, and the other was killed by her. Her great revenge has been avenged. The heroine has lost all hope and no longer cares about who will take over the world in the end. She finds a Buddhist temple to retire and practice.
The emperor survived thanks to his role as the protagonist, but the entire Daxuan Dynasty was completely destroyed. The Turks were coming in force in the north, and the Minghan Kingdom was invading in the south. Various princes fought and surrendered. Finally, when the Turks and the Minghan Kingdom attacked the capital directly, and the surrounding small countries also surrounded them to share a piece of the pie, the Daxuan Dynasty was in pieces. How could it still fight
The emperor had no choice but to move the capital to avoid war and preserve his strength.
In the original book, the death of King Liaonan was only mentioned when the emperor missed the heroine and reported the news to the emperor through his attendants.
How he died, where he died, not a single unnecessary word was given.
***
When Jiang Yanyi thought about this, he felt a suffocating pain in his heart.
Most of the original book is about the tragic love and hatred between the male and female protagonists. There is too little useful information that can be screened out. As for the direction of these major family and national events, even if she wanted to change their trajectory, she did not have the ability to do so and had no idea where to start.
As she squatted behind the stove and sighed, a cold voice suddenly came from above her head:
"Why are you sighing?"
As soon as Jiang Yanyi looked up, he saw Feng Shuo's delicate and handsome face.
She didn't know when he came over, and she didn't even hear his footsteps. Thinking of the death he mentioned briefly in the original book, her nose felt sour for no reason.
"Nothing, I just don't like fighting."
When she first came here, she felt that she had been given a life for nothing, and she could live freely without any worries. Now that she has more things to worry about, she cherishes her life more. She now understands the preciousness of these two words: long, ...
"The war is a thousand eight hundred miles away from Xizhou, what are you afraid of?" Feng Shuo said this, but when he saw her eyes were red, his brows unconsciously frowned.
Jiang Yanyi couldn't tell him about her worries, so she changed the subject and asked, "How come you have time to come here today?"
Feng Shuo said with a hint of meaning: "If I don't come, I'm afraid someone will cry."
Jiang Yanyi originally felt a little sad, but after hearing what he said, she felt a little annoyed and couldn't help but glare at him.
Seeing that she was in a better mood, Feng Shuo said, "Don't worry, Xizhou will not be in chaos. When your uncle brings your mother and grandfather over, I will ask a matchmaker to come and propose marriage."
This was not the first time he had mentioned something to her, but only this time did Jiang Yanyi not feel flustered.
She asked the question that had puzzled her for a long time: "What do you... like about me?"
Feng Shuo raised his eyebrows: "Why are you asking this suddenly?"
Jiang Yanyi placed his hands on his knees and said, "I have always wanted to ask, but I just asked it now. In terms of appearance, I am not stunning, in terms of talent, I have not read many books of poetry, in terms of family background, I am still a dead person in the Jiang family, and I am just a cousin in the Chu family. I can't help you in your hegemony at all..."
"Why do you think that the king values you because of those people?" Feng Shuo interrupted her. His expression did not change, but one could still hear the displeasure in his tone.
Jiang Yanyi was silent for a while, then raised his eyes in confusion and asked, "Could it be because I can cook?"
Feng Shuo: “…”
He was afraid that he would be pissed off to death by her sooner or later.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Should I marry any cook who can cook in the world?"
Jiang Yanyi thought about it seriously for a while and helped him deny it: "She also has to be good-looking."
For a moment, Feng Shuo didn't know whether to be angry or laugh.
He said: "... Are you bragging about this?"
Jiang Yanyi said sincerely: "No, this is a realistic analysis."
Feng Shuo: “…”
Before he gets angry to death, he should just pinch her to death.
He pinched her cheeks. Jiang Yanyi's face was originally fat, but because of this posture, her cheeks were pinched and bulged, and her light pink lips pouted, like a puffer fish out of water.
"Well, what are you doing?" She widened her eyes and spoke with difficulty.
"Because it's you, I like it. Do you understand?"
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