Xie Zian glanced at Su Qingluan thoughtfully. Naturally, Su Qingluan wouldn't feel guilty. After all, this middle school boy didn't know how to use Legilimency, right? So she looked back with a very calm expression.
Xie Zhonger was quite cautious when he took down his chopsticks for this fish he saw for the first time. Even though the woman surnamed Huang had already taken the first bite to test the poison, he looked at the ugly plaice. skin, and a trace of disgust appeared on his face.
After a moment, he thought about it, chose the relatively "conservative" fish skin with his chopsticks, picked it out and put it into his mouth.
"Cough cough cough cough..." In an instant, the young master, who was very noble and cool just now, let out an earth-shattering cough, which frightened the people waiting nearby. Except for the obviously qualified old housekeeper and the maid named Huang, the remaining servants and maids, including Sasou who was just passing by, also knelt down on the floor.
The maid quickly took a tea set next to the table, poured tea and handed it to Xie Zian, while the old housekeeper looked at Su Qingluan with a serious and tense expression as if she had just entered the house: "This lady doesn't Can you explain something?"
Su Qingluan blinked: "Maybe the black pepper sole is a bit spicy and the young man doesn't like it?"
The old butler supported the young master next to him with some sullenness, and gently comforted him: "This dish is so spicy, why didn't you inform me earlier?"
"But the ingredients I just asked for were spicy ingredients, and you didn't stop me, right? I thought Xiao Langjun didn't have a taboo on spicy food." Su Qingluan was very confident.
In fact, she was a little bit mean-spirited and deliberately didn't ask the middle school students whether they could tolerate spicy food - after all, unlike the usual seasoning where only a small amount of black pepper was added, this black pepper plaice was seasoned with a lot of black pepper. Boil it into a sauce and pour it all over the surface of the plaice. The spiciness is completely different!
But as long as she insists, who can know? This can also be regarded as a lesson for Xie Zian, a naughty kid who always chokes people with his words.
Xie Zian coughed for a long time and finally suppressed it with some tea. The butler lowered his head carefully and asked, "Xiao Langjun, why don't you just remove this fish?"
Unexpectedly, Xie Zian smashed it into his mouth. After savoring the soft texture and spicy taste of the fish skin in his mouth, he picked out another piece of fish skin and said, "I'll try again. If it doesn't work, I'll take it off."
"Cough cough cough cough..." He coughed again and took a big gulp of tea.
"Young Master!" The servant girl named Huang looked very distressed and knelt down with a thump, "Why are you so difficult for yourself? If you are afraid of wasting it, you can just give this fish as a reward--"
"No!" As soon as the word "reward" came out, Xie Zian immediately refused loudly. Seeing everyone looking at him involuntarily, his little face that was already rosy due to violent coughing became even redder.
"I...I..." After holding it in for a long time, he finally thought of a less "nonsense" reason, "By the way, how can I, a man, shrink from this little pepper?! I'll take another bite, It will definitely not happen this time..."
"Cough cough cough..."
In this way, although Xie Zian was coughing a little from the black pepper, sweating all over his body, and kept sucking in cold air, he didn't know why, but he couldn't help but look at the dark-looking plate again. Some ugly "black pepper plaice" stretched out their chopsticks.
In fact, he was already a little dizzy from the pungent impact of black pepper, but he still couldn't bear to put down his chopsticks.
Although Su Qingluan wanted to teach the middle school boy a lesson, she didn't really have any deep grudge against him and wanted to kill him. What's more, if Xie Zian is really guilty of something wrong with his food, the whole family will probably be implicated as well.
Thinking about this, Su Qingluan looked at the housekeeper: "May I ask if there is milk?"
The old housekeeper looked at Su Qingluan very warily: "Yes, yes. May I ask if you have any advice?"
Su Qingluan ignored the yin and yang in the old housekeeper's tone and said, "Boil the milk and add sugar to relieve the spiciness."
In fact, even if there is no milk, as long as it is sweet, the spicy taste can be relieved to a certain extent. However, milk has a stronger ability to bind spicy molecules than ordinary food, so dairy products can be said to be a tried-and-tested weapon for relieving spiciness.
So the servants hurriedly took action, milking the cows, boiling the milk and adding sugar. Finally, a bowl of pure white sugar milk was brought to Xie Zian. He was already a little dizzy from the spicy food, but he still couldn't bear to stop his chopsticks - but now He has already started to attack the "skirts" on both sides of the fish.
Different from the soft, glutinous texture and spicy taste of fish skin, the "skirt" of sole has a very delicate and mellow taste and is easy to break, but it is indeed a rare product with a rare taste.
What's even more rare is that although plaice is a fish, its meat is delicate and its fishy smell is very light. With the help of pepper and other seasonings, the originally not very strong fishy smell is miraculously resolved, but it has a different kind of fishy smell. Fresh and sweet.
Su Qingluan watched Xie Zian's face turn red from the spicy food and couldn't stop using his chopsticks, and secretly snickered: Sure enough, for many young people, this kind of heavy taste is very addictive. Even if I am not particularly good at eating spicy food, the spicy taste itself is very attractive to the senses.
Probably because it was too spicy and the milk hadn't been brought over yet, Xie Zian put the chopsticks down and gasped without leaving any trace.
"Xie Xiaolangjun, are you not used to the spiciness of this pepper?" Su Qingluan deliberately asked in a caring voice with a hint of pity, "It's also my lack of consideration. Children have sensitive tastes and like the sweet and glutinous taste. On the contrary, I can’t stand the spiciness, because I didn’t consider Mr. Lang’s taste.”
"Who...who is a child?!" Xie Zian straightened his back angrily, "I...I can eat this black pepper, I don't like sweets!"
The corner of Su Qingluan's mouth twitched: This kind of character that basically doesn't need to be provoked to get everyone to take the bait... Should I say it is too silly and sweet, or is it an upright character?
But such a personality is good - Su Qingluan lowered his eyes - when negotiating later, with the other party's personality, it is easier for him to find loopholes and negotiate more conditions.
Since you have to work so hard to travel so far to cook for others, the benefits are certainly indispensable!
So, Su Qingluan seized the opportunity, took a step forward and curtsied towards Xie Zian: "May I ask Mr. Xiaolang, are you satisfied with this sole?"
Xie Zian is indeed a straightforward person. Although his words are annoying, he does not hide his intentions: "I like this dish very much." Although he is not good at eating spicy food, it is difficult for him to express the soft texture and spicy taste of this fish. "dislike".
"In this case, can the promise made by Mr. Xiaolang be fulfilled?"
