Food for the people

Although Zhao Kang lived in the palace, he seemed to have taken root in Qiao Yu's house for several days after he came here. He left the palace early every day, and at night he waited until the moon was up before leaving Qiao Yu's house.

Zhao Kang originally thought that Qiao Yu hired him to be the cook of his unopened restaurant, but when he came, he realized that he was not the chef, but Qiao Yu himself. At first he thought that Qiao Yu was just joking, But when Qiao Yu rolled up his sleeves and showed his knife skills in front of him, he realized that not only was Qiao Yu not joking with him, but his skills were even better than his.

Although he learned art from a teacher at the beginning because he had to do it for life, but later he really liked it, so he was willing to study it, and he always improved the taste of his own hand in private very seriously.

Although Qiao Yu is the master and he is the servant, Zhao Kang and Qiao Yu felt as if they met a bosom friend after a few days together.

He knew everything about Qiao Yu, and he even brought up some things he didn't understand that he couldn't think of.

Both of them are very obsessed with the taste, whether a dish is good or not, you can taste it with your fingers.

So they all worked hard and tried to experiment with the dishes, preparing to make and taste the dishes after the restaurant opened.

Zhao Kang is bold and careful, and Qiao Yu also likes it very much. No matter what request he puts forward, Zhao Kang will try it first according to his request, and never refute just because he doesn't understand.

As a result, Qiao Yu's small yard has been full of aromas all day recently, and Aunt Qiufeng and Grandma Song's family are almost becoming Qiao Yu's professional food tasters, eating from morning to night to make their stomachs round.

In addition to many original dishes, Qiao Yu is also committed to getting some fresh things that are not available in this place, such as ovens.

It is definitely impossible to get an original oven in a place without electricity, but if the goal is to be able to store heat and cook things, it is actually not impossible.

It's not that this place doesn't have baked goods at all. For example, many of the pastries bought in pastry shops on the street are baked.

However, the baking utensils used in the pastry room are different from the oven, which uses the principle of heating up and down. Put the pastry in an iron baking pan, bake it with hot charcoal underneath, put a lid on it, and spread a layer of hot charcoal on it. roasting.

Although this can be regarded as a simple oven, but because it is afraid of burnt, the amount of carbon on the top and bottom must be controlled just right, and the distance is relatively far, so it is no problem to bake some small pastries. If you want to roast a whole chicken and duck like Qiao Yu described, you can Definitely not.

It's not that Yipinlou doesn't have grilled dishes, like the charcoal-grilled rabbit legs that Qiao Yu ate, they were grilled.

However, this kind of grilling is direct grilling over charcoal fire, and someone needs to keep watching and turning it over, not to mention time-consuming and labor-intensive. Even if several people watch, you can't roast a few at a time.

What Qiao Yu wants to do is a hollow "oven" that doesn't come into contact with open flames, can store heat and evenly heat without requiring people to watch it all the time.

After hearing his description, Zhao Kang found it very interesting.

At the same time, he also said that he has never heard of such a thing as he said, and if he wants to do it, I'm afraid it will be difficult.

Qiao Yu smiled and said, "Actually, I have some ideas, but I'm not sure if I can make them."

Metal has strong heat absorption and good thermal conductivity, but its heat storage is not strong. If you want it to store heat for a long time, you have to build an insulation wall with mud, and it is best to make a hollow layer in the middle, which will reduce the heat dissipation to a minimum. lowest.

This is simple in theory, but it will definitely be very difficult in practice, so Qiao Yu said that he is not sure if he can make it, but he still wants to try it. Does the place roast duck?

He told Zhao Kang about his idea, and Zhao Kang also felt that it seemed feasible. He didn't understand heat conduction, heat storage and heat absorption, but he dealt with fire all day long. He must understand what Qiao Yu wanted to express. Understandable.

Since it's feasible, let's give it a try. Zhao Kang and Qiao Yu hit it off immediately, and decided to find someone who knows how to do it.

It's not hard to find such a knowledgeable person, Qiao Yu has a ready-made one here, and he is renovating his house, so he can find someone at any time.

The two of them did what they said, and made an appointment to ask Song Li early the next morning. If it was possible, they could install the oven directly in the yard, and save another trouble.

Sanqi was far away, and when she smelled a burst of fragrance from Qiao Yu's yard, her jealousy was beyond recognition.

No wonder Mr. Qiao didn't go out to set up a stall anymore. Chen Cong insisted on reporting every day, so that's why he came here.

He turned his head to look at Lu Jincheng, but he didn't dare to say that he wanted to change with Chen Cong, he was so uncomfortable, he only hoped that when he went in, Chen Cong and the others hadn't finished eating, so they could save some for him.

There were a lot of people in the yard, the door was not closed at this moment, Xu Xu covered it, Sanqi pushed it open, and sure enough, he saw Chen Huan's stomach was rolling, and he was spreading it by the table to help digest with his thoughts.

Sitting in front of him were Grandma Song and Aunt Qiufeng. Although they ate a lot, they were more restrained than Chen Cong, and their condition was much better than Chen Cong. They were chatting with each other while drinking tea , Yue Yue and Wen Sheng held a piece of crispy meat in their hands, squatting together while eating and playing.

Grandma Song's impression of Lu Jincheng has changed a lot since she had a chat with Lu Jincheng about her "sweetheart".I feel that although this young master looks imposing, he is actually like an ordinary person, and he is also a "wife-loving slave" who can't hide his liking when he mentions someone he likes.

She fell in love with such a son-in-law when she saw it. Every time she came these days, she had to chat with him for a while. Now that she saw him, she immediately said hello to him.

Lu Jincheng also smiled at her, and greeted her and Aunt Qiufeng.

Only then did Chen Cong see Lu Jincheng and Sanqi coming in, he quickly stood up from the stool, and saluted Lu Jincheng.

Sanqi saw that he was almost unable to bend his waist, and was even more jealous. Seeing Lu Jincheng entered the kitchen, she immediately pulled Chen Huan aside to question him.

When Lu Jincheng entered the door, Qiao Yu was talking to Zhao Kang with his head down. When he looked up and saw him coming in, his eyes immediately bent into crescents, making Lu Jincheng's heart itch.

Zhao Kang was listening carefully to what he said, when he suddenly shut his mouth and looked up, Qiao Yu looked past him and looked behind him, he immediately realized who was coming, turned around and bowed to Lu Jincheng, Exit the kitchen and leave this space to Lu Jincheng and Qiao Yu.

"What is Joe talking about?"

Lu Jincheng asked.

Qiao Yugang and Zhao Kang came up with a result of the discussion. He was quite excited and said, "I thought of something new again. I'll go to Song Li tomorrow to see how it goes. Quickly ask me what it is?"

In Lu Jincheng's eyes, Lu Jincheng's serious and energetic look was so bright and seductive. He looked at Qiao Yu's bright red lips with gloomy eyes, the corners of his lips curled up, and he said with a smile, "I don't really want to." ask."

Qiao Yu's puzzled expression has not yet fully surfaced on his face.

Lu Jincheng had already pulled him into his arms and kissed his lips.

"I just want to do this, I thought about it all the way when I came here."

Qiao Yu has been extremely busy these past few days, Lu Jincheng seemed to know that he was busy, and there were fewer visitors during the day, but he often came to harass him at night.

But when Lu Jincheng came at night, he just hugged him to sleep, hugged him in a proper way, and didn't do anything out of the ordinary.

Qiao Yuchu also felt that Prince Yan had been more serious recently, and he stopped teasing him. The quality of his sleep had risen sharply, but in the past two days, he was strangely unable to sleep.

Qiao Yu resolutely refused to admit that she was addicted to Lu Jincheng's intimacy, and kept her doubts in her heart, feeling faintly that Lu Jincheng seemed to be holding back a big move.

At this moment, he kissed Lu Jincheng with lips and tongue interlaced, and his premonition became stronger in his heart.

As soon as Lu Jincheng touched his lips, he seemed anxious and fierce as if he was going to swallow someone into his stomach. He obviously held back for a long time, and it was not a big move.

Qiao Yu's breath was short of breath and he was thinking in a chaotic way, but Lu Jincheng pinched his ears unexpectedly.

"Did Qiaoer forget to answer me?"

Qiao Yu was in a state of confusion at the moment, how could he remember what he said.

Lu Jincheng saw that his eyes were foggy, and his lips were wet and glistening. He just wanted to hold him in his arms and bully him harder. His throat rolled, his voice was hoarse and scary, and he whispered.

"Sure enough, I forgot, Qiao Er's birthday will be in three days."

Lu Jincheng reached out and rubbed Qiao Yu's lips twice. Seeing that the lips were turning red, he lowered his head and kissed again, and said, "Are you scared? I've been waiting for this day for a long time."

Qiao Yu wasn't scared, he promised that he had been making mental preparations since that day, but he was really busy and forgot these two days, and he didn't expect it to arrive so soon.

He shrank back into Lu Jincheng's arms, not daring to look directly at him, but said very honestly: "I haven't forgotten, I remember it."

Lu Jincheng hugged him tightly, leaning his head on his neck, "It's a big gift for Qiaoer's birthday, and I can also give it to Qiaoer."

Qiao Yu pretended not to understand what the big gift he was talking about, her ears were flushed, but her expression was not shy, and said: "I have been preparing for a long time, I have been busy these days and I have no time to come to see me during the day, so I only dare to sneak in at night." Climb over the wall and come in, the prince will have a bright future."

Lu Jincheng smiled, and a malicious light flashed in his eyes: "Yes, there is a sweetheart in my family who is a perfect match. He is a bit jealous. I only dare to come to see you secretly at night."

The "jealous" Qiao Yu couldn't play with him, so he simply pushed him away and said, "Then go find your sweetheart, I'm still busy."

Lu Jincheng persisted, rubbing Qiao Yu's ears casually, and said, "I want a sweetheart, and I want Qiao Er. One is a wife and the other is a concubine, what does Qiao Er think?"

Playing is still a prince, you know how to play, Qiao Yu laughed out loud because of his teasing, so he nodded.

Lu Jincheng's eyes were full of doting smiles: "I prepared a big gift for Qiao Er, won't Qiao Er ask what it is?"

Qiao Yu turned his face away and didn't even look at him.

"Since you said you are ready, let's talk about it when the time comes, don't talk about it now."

Although he wasn't scared, he was nervous.

Lu Jincheng readily agreed, and was finally willing to let go.

Said: "Then this big gift, I will wait for Qiaoer to come and unwrap it in person in three days."