Food for the people

Qiao Yu finally came to Deyulou, and did not leave in a hurry.

The weather has been getting hotter these two days, Zhao Kang followed his advice, and added a lot of cold dishes to the daily menu, some sweet and some salty, just in time for him to come, so he can try to see if there is anything that needs improvement.

Qiao Yu had no appetite because of the heat at noon. Hearing what he said now, he also became interested, so he went to the private room on the second floor with Lu Jincheng, and someone brought the food after a while.

Sweet glutinous rice with sweet-scented osmanthus and lotus root, lotus root steamed with glutinous flour, glutinous rice sticky and soft, absorbing the sweetness of sugar water, with a fresh scent of osmanthus.

Hot and sour cold beef, the beef is stewed just right, mixed with crisp cucumber, topped with red chili oil, sour and appetizing balsamic vinegar, a handful of crushed peanuts, a pinch of sesame seeds, a pinch of green onion, red and green Mixed together, smelling it makes people move their index fingers.

The table was full, and knowing that Qiao Yu and the others hadn't eaten, Zhao Kang specially made a plate of chicken shredded cold noodles that Qiao Yu taught. The noodles were made by Qiao Yu's noodle making machine. The mixed shredded chicken, a plate with a moderate portion, perfectly fits Qiao Yu's goal of focusing on essence but not excess.

Qiao Yu tasted each dish one by one with Lu Jincheng, and had to sigh, Zhao Kang is really talented in this, and everything can be understood at a glance. Qiao Yu only taught him once. You can draw inferences from one instance and draw inferences by analogy. It was really the right decision to bring him to Deyulou in the first place.

Qiao Yu sighed, and Lu Jincheng immediately looked up at him and said, "In addition to thanking him, Qiao Er also needs to thank me."

If it weren't for Lu Jincheng, Zhao Kangyuan would be thousands of miles away, and he would really have nowhere to look for him. Seeing his half-truth and half-fake jealousy, he immediately said, "Of course I have to thank you."

Lu Jincheng smiled, "Since you are thanking me, you must be sincere. Qiao Er can't just say a word."

Hearing this beginning, Qiao Yu thought he was going to start playing hooligans again, but Lu Jincheng looked at him thoughtfully, and said, "The emperor will hold a banquet for the officials in the future, if Qiao Er is fine, would you like to go with me? "

Qiao Yu was taken aback for a moment, and immediately understood what Lu Jincheng meant.

This is not asking him to help, it is clearly Lu Jincheng who wants to tell the world that he will not only appear in the topic of entertainment after dinner, but also stand in front of everyone.

And this banquet, I am afraid that he specially invited the emperor to set it up.

Qiao Yu looked at Lu Jincheng with a sour nose, and his eyes were slightly red.

Lu Jincheng looked at him with a smile in his eyes, stretched out his hand to touch his face, and said, "I just ask Qiaoer for a favor. If Qiaoer doesn't want to, don't cry."

Qiao Yu tilted her head and bit his finger: "I didn't cry, go, I have to go, I will go if you don't let me go."

Lu Jincheng narrowed his eyes, stretched out his arms to wrap around the back of Qiao Yu's neck, pressed half of his body into his arms, and kissed him with a sigh.

"Why is Qiao Er so obedient and likable?"

After agreeing to enter the palace with Lu Jincheng the next day, Qiao Yu seemed in a very good mood all afternoon. Before leaving, he remembered that the milk shaved ice he was going to make in the palace hadn't been made yet, so he simply asked someone to bring a piece of clean and edible ice. I plan to make it here, and I can take it out for guests to try together. If someone likes it, it can be used as a cold drink and written in the daily menu.

Lu Jincheng followed him to experiment, and immediately asked someone to bring ice cubes to him.

After the time when there were the most people eating, Zhao Kang managed to get some free time, and when he heard that Qiao Yu was going to make something new, he got together excitedly and started researching with Qiao Yu.

In layman's terms, this milk shaved ice is actually the milk tea that Qiao Yu had drunk before.

However, the milk tea powder is not artificially made, and there is no creamer. It is all genuine milk, and the ingredients are 100% fresh. Qiao Yu made it once and thought it was quite delicious. This is the second time. , and I'm not sure if the talisman meets everyone's appetite. It just so happens that Zhao Kang is also there, and the two of them can think about it together.

Add Maojian tea to milk to make light brown milk tea, add some syrup in an appropriate amount, chill it with ice, and scrape the ice pieces from the edible ice with a squeegee, spread the pieces on the bottom of the bowl, add glutinous rice flour to cook The dumplings are topped with milk tea at the end, it tastes like a faint milky aroma, with a tea aftertaste, cold to quench your thirst, Qiao Yu himself likes it very much.

The glutinous rice balls are actually not the most suitable for milk tea. Brown sugar pearls are the most suitable. However, he has not found tapioca flour yet. If he finds it, he can make it and try it.

Zhao Kang took a sip of the milk shaved ice that Qiao Yu said, and felt that it was very suitable as something cool and refreshing in summer. He also heard from Qiao Yu that the glutinous rice balls can be made into colorful balls by adding other things like purple sweet potato and pumpkin. , I was quite interested. Before Qiao Yu could say anything, I steamed a few of them in a steamer, kneaded glutinous rice flour with great interest, made a few balls of different colors, boiled them, and tasted them. I felt that adding color not only It looks better and tastes better, so I immediately decided to give the extra bowls to the guests who haven't left to taste.

At this moment, there are still a few unfinished guests in Deyulou, and they are all regular customers. I heard that they have made a new gadget, and they are very happy to try it. Zhao Kang brought the food for them to taste. Everyone They all like it very much, and one of them who doesn't like milk tasted a few sips, saying that it doesn't have much of the fishy smell of milk, but it can still drink a little bit of tea, and they all say it's quite delicious.

The milk shaved ice received unanimous praise from everyone. Zhao Kang decided to write it on the daily menu tomorrow. Qiao Yu did not participate in the subsequent affairs. Time to give Qiao Ling a taste.

Qiao Yu didn't come to Yulou for two days, and she stayed longer until the sun went down, and then went to Le Songyu Academy with Lu Jincheng to pick Qiao Ling home.

Qiao Ling now has a horse-drawn carriage to pick him up and drop him off every day, and Qiao Yu personally takes him to and from school much less often. Recently, Qiao Yu is also busy with many things, and he has not picked up Qiao Ling from school for two days.

Today he was waiting outside Songyu Academy with Lu Jincheng. When Qiao Ling came out, he saw that his eyes were obviously lit up. After a long distance, he jumped up to Qiao Yu and hugged him. one time.

The milk shaved ice that Qiao Yu left him was no longer cold, but Qiao Ling still liked it very much after tasting it. Qiao Yu was busy these two days, and Qiao Ling couldn't see him a few times a day. Now he finally met Qiao Yu. On the way He told Qiao Yu a lot of interesting things in Songyu Academy, and even Lu Jincheng smiled a little when he said it.

Qiao Yu felt distressed as he listened. He was in such a hurry these two days due to the upcoming marriage that he somewhat ignored Qiao Ling's feelings. Qiao Ling was very well-behaved and never asked a question. Seeing him, he happily went up to talk to Qiao Yu, and if Qiao Yu didn't have time to see him, he would never pester Qiao Yu.

He has seen so many children, and he has never seen a child as obedient as Qiao Ling.

Thinking of this, Qiao Yu stroked Qiao Ling's head vigorously, and hugged him vigorously before getting out of the car.

At night, Qiao Yu didn't go back to her room, nor did she go to Lu Jincheng's Temporary Pavilion, but talked with Qiao Ling in his room.

Qiao Ling hadn't stayed with his brother so intimately for a long time. Hearing Qiao Yu say that he would stay with him until he fell asleep today, his eyes glowed with excitement, and he sat with Qiao Yu with the lamp on. He didn't feel sleepy after talking for a long time.

"Brother, will he be living in the palace permanently?" Qiao Ling asked while fiddling with the wick.

Qiao Yu reached out and touched his head, "It's not clear yet."

He glanced at Qiao Ling again and said: "However, your home is where your brother lives. If you really don't like the palace, we can change the place. Prince Yan is easy to talk to, and he will definitely agree to live with us."

Qiao Ling shook his head quickly when he heard the words: "No, I don't dislike the palace."

As long as he is with his brother, he can actually go anywhere, besides, Lord Yan is so kind and treats his brother so well, so he has nothing to dissatisfy about.

Qiao Yu knew that there had always been some estrangement between him and Lu Jincheng, which could not be resolved by just saying a few words, and only he could get close to Lu Jincheng. You can't force it, Qiao Yu didn't intend to force it, and Qiao Ling couldn't treat Lu Jincheng the same way he treated him, so there is nothing wrong with maintaining the current relationship between the two, there is no need to force it get close.

The two of them changed the topic and chatted for a while, when there was a sudden knock on the door, Qiao Yu let people in, only to find out that the person who came was Sanqi, Sanqi brought a few pieces of sweet and refreshing watermelon, put them on the In front of Qiao Yu, he smiled at Qiao Ling and said: "My lord said, Young Master and Young Master Ling must talk for a long time before going to sleep, let me send some watermelon, which was given to the mansion by the Empress Dowager yesterday, so sweet, Young Master Quickly try it, Young Master Ling will also try it."

"Is he asleep?" Qiao Yu asked.

Sanqi nodded: "Well, when I came back, I stayed in the study for a while before going back to sleep."

Qiao Yu nodded and didn't say anything else. After handing a piece of watermelon to Qiao Ling, he pinched a piece and took a bite, then unconsciously raised his lips. He didn't know whether it was the watermelon that was delicious, or Lu Jincheng. This person made him sweet to the bottom of his heart.

There were very few watermelons in this dynasty, and it was difficult to grow them. In addition, there was no mature technology, and even if they grew melons, there were not many delicious ones.

He didn't go to Lu Jincheng's Linxiu Pavilion today, and Lu Jincheng knew that he was not in his room, but cut up a watermelon and asked Sanqiduan to come to Qiao Ling, presumably because he saw him in the carriage and was holding back If they didn't express their emotions, they immediately comforted them with watermelons.

This person is as delicate as a hair, and seems to be connected to Qiao Yu's heart, and the expression on Qiao Yu's face cannot be hidden from his eyes.

As long as Qiao Yu was even slightly unhappy, he would be able to detect it quickly, and then use his own unique method to make Qiao Yu happy.

It's amazing, and it's enough to prove that Qiao Yu is lucky enough not only to be with someone who loves him so much, but also to be married to someone who loves him so much.

Qiao Yu thought about it for a while, and his mood couldn't help soaring. When Qiao Ling ate watermelon, rinsed his mouth and fell asleep again, he closed the door softly, and ran towards Linxiu Pavilion without waiting for a moment.

He had a premonition that the man must still be awake, maybe the light was still on waiting for him to come back.

With confidence in her heart, Qiao Yu ran all the way to the outside of Linxiu Pavilion, and then she saw the lights in Lu Jincheng's bedroom. The corners of his mouth curled up, he looked around, and then he probed and kissed the face of the shadow on the window.

Before he could straighten up, the door next to him was pulled open, and someone came out of it like a wind, picked him up and carried him back to the room, and pressed him against the picture he had just seen through the window. On the couch, she kissed his lips tenderly and fiercely.

"I'm right here, if Qiao Er doesn't come to kiss, what are you doing secretly kissing my shadow?"