Fourth Master's Little Cook

After Fourth Master asked Ye Xue to come to him, he put his hands behind his back, told Ye Xue to close his eyes, and then obeyed his words.Ye Xue's heart beat faster when she closed her eyes, she was puzzled and expected, she didn't know what good things fourth master was going to give her.

"Now open your mouth and say 'ah'—" Si Ye retracted his hand behind his back, ordered Ye Xue to open his mouth, took a piece of ginger with chopsticks and stuffed it into Ye Xue's mouth, and said to her , "I'll give you something delicious, you can chew now."

Ye Xue did not doubt that he closed his eyes and chewed for a while, the spicy ginger immediately filled his mouth.Ye Xue opened her eyes all of a sudden, she didn't expect Fourth Master to tease her seriously!

"Isn't it delicious?" Fourth Master laughed, he rarely played tricks on people like this, and he played tricks on the silly Ye Xue, which doubled his joy.

Ye Xue put away her smile, chewed the ginger slices, and sat down without speaking.Seeing that she ate the ginger slices, the fourth master lost the smile on his face, and was a little panicked. Could it be that his joke was too big and Ye Xue was upset?

Fourth master teased a few words, saw Ye Xue turned her back directly, and covered her face with her hands, thinking that she was crying, so she hurriedly walked up to her to coax her.But when Fourth Master turned to Ye Xue, what he saw was a grimace with his tongue out of the corner of his eyes!

Seeing that Fourth Master was frightened, Ye Xue quickly laughed and stuck out her tongue at him again.Fourth Master really didn't know whether to be annoyed or to laugh, but he was the one who played the prank first, and it was understandable for Ye Xue to tease him back, and in this world... besides her, there would be someone else making funny faces to tease him.

The two of them laughed longer than they ate during a meal. Su Peisheng listened to the sound outside, and really didn't know if it was good or bad.It's just that Fourth Master is obviously happier than before, and he hasn't left any serious business behind. Ye Xue's arrival...should be considered a good thing, right?

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Two days later, the temperature became even colder. Even though she was fully armed, Ye Xue still felt that it was terribly cold outside.She is from the south and has never experienced winter in the north. Seeing that the coldest twelfth lunar month has not yet arrived, Ye Xue already has the feeling that Miss Dong has become a winter stepmother.

Such a cold winter day made Ye Xue think of eating hot pot, but if the hot pot wants to be tasty and delicious, she has to do it herself, especially the hot pot base, which is complicated and time-consuming to make.

Therefore, Ye Xue went to the dining room early the next morning and started to work.Spices such as cinnamon, licorice, nard pine, tangerine peel, star anise, and cumin are first cut into small pieces and poured into warm water to soak.Then Ye Xue added onion, ginger, garlic wine and peanuts to the cauldron to make peanut butter.

The heat is especially important when making the hot pot base. Fortunately, the little eunuch who started the fire has a tacit understanding with Ye Xue. When the peanut butter is added to the soaked spices and fried together, there will be an aroma around the stove.

Chicken soup and fish soup are being boiled in the other two pots. Ye Xue plans to make a mandarin duck pot, and put fish soup on one side and chicken soup on the other. Naturally, it will take a long time for the soup to thicken, so it is obviously prepared for dinner. , but she started preparing from now on.

When it was almost evening, the two pots of soup had turned milky white, and Ye Xue began to prepare the ingredients for the shabu-shabu.Fourth Master is diligent and thrifty, and doesn't like those rare delicacies. Ye Xue also prepares some ordinary dishes, the quantity is not large, and the aim is that Fourth Master likes it and does not waste it.

Beef and mutton were cut into extremely thin slices and rolled up by themselves. Fish and shrimp were also smashed into a muddy shape and squeezed into small balls.Vegetables are either sliced ​​or shredded, filling the plate in no time.When Ye Xue hummed a little song and carved radish flowers as decorations for the plate, Su Peisheng came to the dining room. He didn't come to order the meal for the fourth master, but to announce that he didn't have to cook the dinner, because the fourth master went to Fujin's place today meal.

After Su Peisheng finished speaking with the manager of the dining room, he walked up to Ye Xue and said in a low voice, "Miss Ye, Fourth Master knew that you prepared hot pot, and asked Xiaobao to accompany you back to Nuan Pavilion to eat, and I will send someone to serve it to you later." Go to the Nuan Pavilion, you go back and rest for a while, Xiaobao should have arrived in the Nuan Pavilion."

When the fourth master returned home and learned that Fujin had invited him to have dinner together, he sent someone to find out what kind of dishes Ye Xue was cooking today. A great task was given to Gao Xiaobao: eat with Ye Xue and make Ye Xue happy.

Gao Xiaobao quickly knelt down: "Master, please forgive me, how dare a servant eat the hot pot made by Sister Xue for you."

The last time I was at the same table with Ye Xue and was glared at by the fourth master was still vivid in my memory, Gao Xiaobao was really afraid that the fourth master was looking for an excuse to see his performance, so he dared to agree easily.Seeing him like this, the fourth master kicked him directly on the buttocks: "Don't get cheap and act like a good boy, hurry up, if your elder sister Xue doesn't sleep well at night, the master will ask you tomorrow!"

If it's a side dish, it's fine. What's the point of eating this hot pot alone?The fourth master knows that Gao Xiaobao has a sweet mouth and can make Ye Xue happy, so he doesn't care about other things at this time, there is Fushun watching at the Nuan Pavilion, and he is not worried about what will happen, he just hopes that Ye Xue can enjoy this hot pot meal Be careful.

Gao Xiaobao hurried to the Nuan Pavilion, and Ye Xue came back empty-handed after a while.The little eunuch in the dining room quickly brought over the hot pot and dishes, Gao Xiaobao quickly prepared everything, and when he looked up, Ye Xue was staring at the charcoal stove in a daze.

"Sister Xue, what are you thinking? I'm drooling when I see this hot pot, do you want spicy or not? I'll help you cook it."

What Gao Xiaobao said was not all to change the subject. The soup base of this hot pot looks delicious, and the half pot with chili is even more eye-catching. Putting down this excellent beef and mutton roll, I am afraid it will be fresh. His tongue fell off, but this is the same treatment as fourth master, and fourth master was unwilling to "let" him eat. Gao Xiaobao felt that he had more face in front of the master today.

Ye Xue couldn't be happy, she prepared for a whole day, but she didn't expect that the hot pot didn't even meet Si Ye in the end, but what she prepared were all Si Ye's favorite dishes, and she didn't even get her favorite mushrooms, alas , Chicken soup without mushrooms is boring to think about.

"It's better to eat spicy food. It has a better taste." Ye Xue thought for a while and decided to eat spicy food. Feeling warm in winter, adding some fish balls and shrimp balls, it is good to think about it.Mushrooms will be eaten tomorrow.

Gao Xiaobao quickly added beef and mutton rolls to the spicy pot, and Ye Xue also threw fish balls and shrimp balls into it. The two meat-loving people finished most of the meat, and then began to boil vegetables with their tongues blowing .

"I'm really happy today. I can eat hot pot with Sister Xue, and I can eat it with my belly open. No one will compete with us hahaha."

Gao Xiaobao ate very happily, with a happy smile on his face.Ye Xue was also infected by his emotions. Although she was a little bit disappointed at first, she quickly overwhelmed by the joy of enjoying delicious food with her best friend.

Ye Xue's little face was flushed, but her emotions were very excited. When she picked up the cabbage, she didn't know whether the cabbage was boiled in the chicken soup pot or the fish soup pot: "Xiaobao, there is a question that I don't quite understand, Fujin If you want to have dinner with fourth master, why doesn't she come to the study and ask fourth master to go to her place?"

Ye Xue thinks this is quite strange. During the time when fourth master's fracture was broken, she once heard Fujin say that the dishes cooked in the dining room in the front yard were better than hers. If this is the case, then why didn't she go to the study Eat with fourth master, but let fourth master go to her place to eat?

"This..." Gao Xiaobao felt that this question was not easy to explain. If he explained it clearly, he might not be able to complete the task of making Ye Xue happy. Could it be that he has to speak out of his conscience again?

Gao Xiaobao hesitated for a few seconds, but heard Ye Xue explain himself: "Could it be that Fujin has found a new cook, so he specially invited Fourth Master to have dinner with him?"

The more Ye Xue thought about it, the more she felt that this was the case. She scooped the last fish ball into Xiaobao's bowl, and asked cheerfully, "Xiaobao, have you noticed that I've become smarter recently? Let me tell you, everything It’s because I ate too much fish.”

"Hahaha, so that's the case. I said why Sister Xue has become more and more intelligent recently. It turns out that it is because she eats too much fish."

Gao Xiaobao didn't know whether Ye Xue was stimulated or if she ate too much fish balls today. She didn't play cards according to common sense, so he didn't know how to take it.But Ye Xue didn't seem to be forced to smile, maybe she really didn't think about eating elsewhere?

Gao Xiaobao looked at the uncooked dishes, and decided to put them all in the non-spicy chicken soup pot. He knew Ye Xue liked to drink chicken soup, and if he asked her to eat the spicy fish soup pot, he was afraid that she would say It's not fun to say something that he can't answer.

The two of them ate the hot pot for a long time, until all the ingredients were in their stomachs, Ye Xue and Gao Xiaobao put down the bowls and chopsticks, each touched their stomachs, feeling like they were finally full after being hungry for many years.

"Do you think we should get up and eat some food? But in such a cold day, I really don't want to go out..."

Ye Xue breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that her body was warmed by the hot pot from the inside out. If the cold wind blows outside, wouldn't the hot pot be in vain?But she ate so much, if she couldn't get up to digest, how much meat would she gain...

"Then let's get up and move around the house?"

Xiaobao didn't want to go out either, because fourth master only let him have dinner with Ye Xue, but didn't let him take a walk with Ye Xue, and if he found out tomorrow and kicked him again in the evening, his ass would be unlucky, so he might as well be with Ye Xue Ye Xue was talking in the room and would go back later.

Ye Xue quickly took a walk around the house, but she felt dizzy within two laps, so she came up with a new idea: do radio gymnastics!

When Gao Xiaobao saw Ye Xue doing chest expansion exercise, he felt bad all over.Will this fourth master pick out his eyeballs if he finds out?