Adorable Food Goddess

Although Xia Chunyu put forward several conditions that were quite troublesome for him, he would agree to any condition as long as he could repair the relationship. As he said, the future is long.

In the Marquis of Jingan's Mansion, although Ye Jiayao handed over the responsibility of the New Year's Eve dinner to Jiang Yue, and Jiang Yue herself was quite confident, Ye Jiayao was still a little uneasy and watched in the kitchen in person. She started making various braised dishes yesterday. The Marquis likes to eat beef with soy sauce, and the wife likes to eat smoked fish, pork ribs with soy sauce, etc. This morning, chickens and sheep were slaughtered, and the kitchen became the busiest place in the entire Marquis residence.

However, Ye Jiayao was busy and happy, and she really liked the strong flavor of the New Year. Whether she was a rich or a poor family, they all regarded the New Year as a top priority and treated it grandly, posting door gods, Spring couplets, hanging red lanterns, and cutting rice cakes. Wearing new clothes, eating New Year's dinner, and staying up late... These traditional customs that have been gradually forgotten by modern people reflect the Chinese nation's emphasis on family culture for thousands of years and the cohesion of the family. What happiness it is to have a family together. . Being able to cook a sumptuous meal for my family and watching everyone enjoy it makes me extremely satisfied.

Therefore, Ye Jiayao couldn't help but do it herself. Others couldn't resist seeing something delicious, but she couldn't resist seeing something delicious.

Jiang Yue complained: "Second Young Madam, I agreed to leave all the work to me, and you come here to steal the work again."

Ye Jiayao smiled and said: "I will only make a few dishes, but you will still play the leading role."

"Hey... is the sweet and sour lotus root steamed?" Ye Jiayao asked.

A cook replied: "It's almost ready, it's time to serve."

"Well, after it cools down, chill it with ice, and then pour it with osmanthus honey." Ye Jiayao ordered, kneading dough made from glutinous rice flour in her hands, and stuffing it into the red dates with pits one by one.

When Zhou Xing's family saw it, they laughed and said, "Second Young Mistress is very clever. She can even make so many tricks with red dates."

Ye Jiayao smiled, this glutinous rice and red dates dish is a common cold dish in modern times, and it is also very popular in Tianshang Juli, suitable for all ages.

"Yao Yao." Ye Jiayao heard Chunyu's voice and thought she heard it wrong. Why did Chunyu come to the kitchen? Looking up, it turned out that Chunyu was here.

Ye Jiayao handed over the work at hand to the cook: "Just stuff it in like this."

He wiped his hands and walked forward: "What are you doing here? It's a mess here."

Chunyu's face was solemn: "Come out with me for a moment."

Ye Jiayao was confused, what happened? Who is so ignorant during this Chinese New Year?

Following Chunyu out of the kitchen, Chunyu said: "Someone came from the palace just now."

"Looking for me?" Ye Jiayao said jokingly.

Unexpectedly, Chunyu nodded: "It's New Year's Eve dinner today. The Queen Mother wants to eat the Buddha Jumping Over the Wall you made. Yaoyao... look..."

Ye Jiayao's smile froze, and she couldn't explain how she felt. Today was New Year's Eve, and the Queen Mother announced that she would come to the palace to cook, just because of her greed?

"Can you still not go when the Queen Mother announces the call? I'll go back and change my clothes." Ye Jiayao smiled helplessly, having a hunch in her heart that she wouldn't be able to eat the reunion dinner tonight.

Xia Chunyu said: "I will accompany you into the palace."

He was also extremely unhappy. After Yaoyao married into the Hou Mansion, the Emperor mentioned several times that he wanted to eat Yaoyao's cooking, but he never made Yaoyao cook it. After all, Yaoyao's status was different now. She was from the Hou Mansion. How can you summon the Second Young Mistress casually? But the Queen Mother is so ignorant today. The timing is really good. The first reunion dinner after entering the house was not delicious, and people had to doubt the Queen Mother. There are ulterior motives.

But the Queen Mother summoned her and had to go. All he could do was go with her.

Ye Jiayao smiled and said: "Why are you going? Help me, you don't know how, so you should stay at home. If I can't come back in time, my mother will give out a New Year's package, and you have to collect it for me."

Xia Chunyu still persisted, not wanting Yaoyao to suffer alone: ​​"How can the New Year's package be missing ours? Without you, the reunion dinner will be boring."

"Don't be ridiculous. It's not a big deal if I'm not here. If you're not here, it will affect everyone's mood. If you feel sorry for me and do it for my own good, just stay at home and spend time with your parents." Ye Jiayao persuaded her nicely. .

She understood Chunyu's thoughts, but if Chunyu didn't even have the reunion dinner at home to accompany her, Youshi would definitely feel unhappy. It's okay for a son to love his wife, but if he neglects his family because of his wife, no matter which family's parents Everyone will be unhappy.

Ye Jiayao changed her clothes and was about to go out when Sun's mother came over and told her to come back as soon as possible for the New Year's Eve dinner. If she couldn't come back, don't worry and have a supper together in the evening.

Ye Jiayao was moved. It was already good that Youshi could consider her mood.

"Well, Mother Sun, please tell Madam that you don't have to wait for me for the New Year's Eve dinner. Everyone should be happy." Ye Jiayao said with a smile.

Mother Sun went to reply, but Youshi was silent after hearing the words. The second daughter-in-law was very knowledgeable, but the empress dowager's behavior was a bit unkind. Did she really think that the second young lady of the Hou family was the cook? Coming at any time?

Liuli was dressing up carefully. She was wearing the most popular pink satin jacket with gold and butterfly embroidery. The collar and cuffs were rolled with white fox fur. She wore an emerald flowered crepe skirt underneath. Her bright eyes, white teeth and skin were all highlighted. Like snow, the figure is graceful and graceful.

Xiaoya came in, saw the princess's dress, and praised: "The princess looks like a nine-day fairy in this dress."

Liuli chuckled: "Don't I look bad if I don't dress up?"

Xiaoya said hurriedly: "Princess is naturally beautiful, even if she is not dressed up, she still looks good. Why don't you see that the third young master is always looking at you and can't move his eyes away?"

Liuli gave her a shy look: "I see you are getting more courageous."

Xiaoya smiled and whispered: "The second young lady has entered the palace."

Liuli picked up a Bu Yao from the dowry and handed it to Xiaoya: "Plug it in for me."

Xiaoya checked on the princess's bun, chose a suitable position, and inserted it firmly.

Liuli looked at herself in the Linghua mirror with satisfaction, and said in a manly voice: "Finally, I got rid of this annoying person, so I can have a comfortable New Year's Eve dinner."

As soon as Ye Jiayao entered the palace, she was taken to the imperial dining room.

When Lu Yiming saw her, he sheepishly handed over a menu: "These are what the Queen Mother ordered the Second Young Mistress to make."

Ye Jiayao took it and took a look, Damn, there are thirty-six dishes in total, and each dish is a big dish. The process is complicated, isn't it just like making Buddha Jump over the Wall? It seemed that the Queen Mother had made up her mind to keep her here tonight.

This damn old woman does all kinds of disgusting things.

She was depressed. This was a royal banquet. Ye Jiayao still had to work hard to cook. If she did well, there would be no credit. If she didn't, it would be a sin. She couldn't let the old woman catch her at fault.

Lu Yiming called over the two little chefs and said, "The ingredients have been prepared. The two of them will help you. If you need anything, just give me your instructions."

Ye Jiayao smiled: "Okay, I'll trouble Lu Yuchu."

Lu Yiming also went to work on his own. Ye Jiayao later found out that the royal family's reunion dinner tonight had a total of one hundred and eighty-eight dishes, and everyone in the imperial dining room was busy.

At the end of the banquet, a Buddha jumped over the wall and was presented. When the emperor tasted it, he couldn't help but ask: "Who made this?"

Eunuch Wei whispered: "The Queen Mother announced that the second young lady of the Marquis of Jing'an would do it."

The emperor frowned, today is New Year's Eve, how could the Queen Mother ask Ye Jinxuan to cook? Don't you mean to be hostile to others? What would the people in Jing'an Marquis Mansion think?

But everyone had already arrived, and the banquet was almost over now, so the emperor had no choice but to tell Eunuch Wei: "Be prepared to give her a generous reward. You will personally send someone to send her back later."

Ye Jiayao came out of the palace with a lot of rewards and saw Song Qi driving a carriage waiting at the gate of the palace.

"Second Young Mistress, the prince is here to pick up the second young lady. The prince originally wanted to come by himself, but he was dragged and double-buttoned by the Marquis." Song Qi stepped forward and took the things from the young eunuch's hands.

Ye Jiayao couldn't help but laugh: "Master Hou is also playing double dunk?"

"Yes, the eldest young master suggested it. Mr. Hou learned how to do it very quickly. He was just having fun."

Ye Jiayao asked again: "What about Madam and the others?"

"Madam also wants to play double dunk, but the third young lady doesn't know how to play, so we all have to play horse trap. The third madam is good at cards and won a lot of money."

Ye Jiayao seemed to see Mrs. Zhou's small eyes glowing green, and she was holding piles of money in her arms. The mood to go home suddenly became urgent. I haven't played these games for a long time. In modern times, after the New Year's Eve dinner, the family would sit around and play cards and mahjong. The Spring Festival Gala was on the TV. Dad would not play. He would make tea for one person and bring food to another. The whole family was enjoying themselves.

In Youshi's house, four women were sitting around playing horse cranes. Youshi had already asked for six or nine ropes, but Zhou who was on the move kept hitting ten thousand ropes, while Qiao on the opposite side kept hitting five or eight ropes. , just don’t play six-nine ropes, so anxious that You kicked Qiao under the table, Qiao thought about it, thinking that her mother-in-law wanted six-nine ropes, she held three six-nine ropes in her hand, and she was already listening to the cards. But her mother-in-law wanted it, but she refused to give it. She lost miserably tonight, so she gritted her teeth secretly and beat out the six ropes.

Youshi was overjoyed and was about to say nonsense. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Zhou took advantage of it and laughed loudly: "I'm so lucky today. I can fool anyone just by listening to the six strings. Come on, give me money, give me money." Twice..."

Ms. Qiao was depressed. Damn it, she had to double the charge, and the meat hurt from the loss.

Youshi silently closed the cards in her hand and gritted her teeth secretly. This was already the fifth time that Zhou had stopped her Hu, this nemesis.

Liuli paid the money readily and said with a smile: "Third aunt is very lucky and has better card skills. I will win exclusively tonight!"

"No matter what, it's rare for me to play." Zhou even said a few words of humility, and she was already happy.

"The second young lady is back." The maid outside said.

Youshi stood up hurriedly: "Second daughter-in-law, come and fight for me and turn the spotlight."

Ye Jiayao untied the cloak and handed it to the maid: "Mother, you better play, I'm not very good at this."

Mrs. Zhou hated Ye Jiayao and was eager to get more money from Ye Jiayao. When she heard that she didn't know how to play, she said, "My family can just play for fun. If your mother-in-law asks you to come, come and do it!"