It’s true that there was no meal at the Jiang Nian Banquet. There was originally a social gathering in the evening.
It was true that Yu Nian's stomach was empty, but she still knew what was in her refrigerator. As the saying goes, "It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice." If you need ingredients, there won't be enough ingredients. Let alone someone like Jiang Nianyan who doesn't even know how to cut vegetables, even a Michelin chef might not be able to show off his skills.
Seeing him rummaging through boxes and cabinets, Yu Nian decided to give rational suggestions. "If you don't want takeout, why don't you go to a restaurant? There is a shopping mall near my home that has opened a new Yunnan restaurant. I heard people in the community say that the sour bamboo shoot chicken there is very authentic and delicious. Want to try it?"
"Sour bamboo shoot chicken?" Jiang Nianyan raised his eyebrows slightly.
Yu Nian scratched the door frame and nodded vigorously.
Jiang Nianyan placed the ingredients he took out of the refrigerator one by one and glanced at her, "Yu Nian, I'll let you die if you want, but don't worry, I won't let you go even if you die. "
Yu Nian thought his words were really unpleasant and couldn't help but retort, "Then why are you keeping my body?"
"Stuff the corpse with ancient antiseptic herbs, and order a glass cover as tall as a person to frame you as a decoration. If it doesn't matter, I will make things difficult for you, Yu Juanzhou, so that you will die in peace. I can even rape a corpse if you are interested. I can do it There are so many things going on.”
Yu Nian swallowed hard. These words were not just unpleasant, but they were really perverted.
"I want you to face the reality. This is the only thing in the refrigerator, and it doesn't taste good when made. Aren't I afraid of deceiving you, Mr. Yan?"
Jiang Nianyan said calmly, "I asked you to do it?"
One sentence made Yu Nian speechless.
"I'm not going out anyway. Let's change into comfortable clothes and wait for dinner." Jiang Nianyan said calmly.
I’m not going out anyway…
Why does this sound a little wrong? If she is not allowed to go out, then he...won't have to stay overnight tonight, right?
Yu Nian has two big ones, but he doesn’t want them.
After that, Yu Nian did not go to the kitchen to join in the fun, but simply washed up and changed into comfortable home clothes. It’s getting colder outside the window. After the sun sets, there is a little frost on the window glass. The leaves of the locust trees in the community fell to the ground, and the wind blows them golden.
This is not the first time Yu Nian has spent winter in Beishi. Compared with the cold and humid areas in the south of the Yangtze River, the winter in Beishi is dry and warm. The heating in the house is sufficient. Even though it is an old community, the heating is still quite good. The first time she came to Bei City for the winter, she spent her days eating ice cream with her sleeves half-sleeved indoors when it was freezing outside. So overall, except for the dry air, the warm interior was still very comfortable.
She also bought a small fireplace, which she would light at night for lighting. There used to be a fireplace in the Yu family's old house. It was located in the living room on the first floor. It was quite big. Once it got cold in winter, pine wood would be burned, and the house would have a faint smell of pine and cypress, making it warm and clean.
My mother is afraid of the cold, so a fireplace is indispensable.
Later, the reason why Yu Nian liked to go to the Jiang family was because the Jiang family had a fireplace. As an old house, the Jiang family was older than the Yu family. The fireplace in the Jiang family was older than Mrs. Jiang by who knows how many years. .
Every night, Yu Nian stared at the small fireplace lamp he bought, looking at the swaying flame effect created inside. Although it was not as good as a real flame, it was still somewhat soothing.
The weather has been heavy all day, and I don't know if it's going to snow.
The biggest snowfall was seen by Yu Nian in the palace courtyard. She was still in school that year, and her father came to Beishi to discuss business and took the opportunity to get together with the Jiang family. She happened to be on vacation and followed him to Beishi. The Jiang family hosted a family banquet in a palace courtyard.
That year, white snow covered the red wall. Under the verandah, the service staff wearing palace cloaks were in an orderly manner, holding exquisite palace trays. An ancient tree with red plum blossoms grew proudly against the wall, which always makes people feel like they are dreaming back. A sense of antiquity.
That year, the Yu family and the Jiang family were on good terms, and the elders in the family were also there, chatting happily. There were several younger members of the Jiang family who were similar to her, including Jiang Ze. Jiang Ze would follow her wherever she went, always trying to find ways to talk to her and make her happy.
Mr. Jiang smiled and said to his father, "The two children are very suitable."
Ayan didn't come to Beishi that year.
Yu Nian was thinking, if Ayan also came to Beishi at that time, how would he feel when facing the Jiang family? At that time, did Ayan know about his relationship with the Jiang family? Or did he actually know who he was from the beginning?
Things in this world are like a big dream.
In the same Beishi City, things are changing now.
Yu Nian came out of his old thoughts and listened carefully. There was not much movement in the kitchen. When he listened carefully, there was only the sound of chopping vegetables.
Um?
Misheard?
Shouldn't it be the clattering of pots and pans?
What's more, he is such a grown man, and he is tolerant even if he doesn't blow up the kitchen.
Yu Nian couldn't sit still, thinking that although his kitchen was not big, the household appliances in it were pretty good. If he really messed with it, he would still have to spend money to buy it.
She got up and went to the kitchen.
The kitchen is exceptionally harmonious.
The gas hood was steaming hot, and Jiang Nianyan was chopping vegetables on the workbench, as if he was chopping potatoes, with a very skillful technique.
Yu Nian was extremely surprised.
"Want to help?" Jiang Nianyan heard the noise and didn't even raise his head.
Yu Nian glanced around the work surface. The dishes were neatly arranged, the dishes were washed and prepared, and eggs were already beaten in the glass bowl in front of him.
"Do you need my help?" Yu Nian asked him.
Jiang Nianyan said, "Just wait and eat, it will be ready soon."
When Yu Nian heard this, he felt unsure again. What could he do if he got better so soon? Boil cabbage in water? I regret it a lot when I think about it. I just ordered something delicious when I was in the restaurant, at least it wouldn't be a lie.
Seeing that she showed no sign of going out, Jiang Nianyan put the shredded potatoes into a glass bowl filled with cold water. The starch in the potatoes was being released, and the water soon became turbid.
He asked, "Come in and stay with me?"
No.
strange.
Yu Nian quickly withdrew.
After resting for a while, she felt more comfortable in her stomach, which was also because the medicine had taken effect. After another ten minutes or so, the meal was ready.
Yu Nian helped carry the plates.
Jiang Nianyan made noodles.
It was the noodles she picked up when she went to the supermarket to buy ingredients for hot pot last time. She originally wanted to cook the noodles, but after the last meal of hotpot, she lost all appetite.
It was cooked by Jiang Nian Banquet.
A small bowl of fried meat sauce, stir-fried shredded potatoes, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and a plate of cold spinach. In the spinach was... fried peanuts.
Yu Nian looked at Jiang Nianyan in shock, "Are you sure the peanuts were found in my refrigerator?"
She had no memory of buying peanuts.
"No." Jiang Nianyan said, "You have a bag of snacks with peanuts in it."
Yu Nian took a breath and looked at him with wide eyes. Is this okay?
snack……
She was just about to go to the kitchen when she heard Jiang Nianyan say slowly, "Save some peanuts for cooking and throw away the rest."
"ah?"
"Eat less snacks. I looked at the ingredients and they are all additives." Jiang Nianyan took the empty bowl and spoke lightly.
Yu Nian stared at Jiang Nianyan and almost lost his temper.
"What's the problem?" Jiang Nianyan glanced at her.
"I'm eating the snacks."
Jiang Nianyan hummed, "So?"
"So... why did you throw it away?" Yu Nian couldn't help it and asked.
Jiang Nianyan's tone was always calm and unhurried, "I just said it, there are a lot of additives in it, which will affect your health."
"I don't eat it every day."
Jiang Nianyan couldn't help laughing, "But you have a lot of snacks."
"I, I..." Yu Nian felt angry and couldn't go away, and finally gritted his teeth, "I'm young, can I have a good metabolism?"
Jiang Nianyan made a decisive move, "You are mine, so I have the right to speak and make decisions."
Yu Nian:......
It really blocked all her words.
Although there are many dissatisfactions and faint...
That familiar feeling of being dominated was back.
A long time ago, Ayan had to control her because of her greedy things. He would turn a blind eye when she was really greedy. When her parents asked, he would kindly help her cover it up, most of the time. All the time, he followed her. He would take a look at everything she took, and most of them would be rejected by him.
Now, it feels like this again.
It's just that Ayan back then wouldn't say, you are all mine, so I have the right to speak and make decisions.
He would only say that the lady is not in good health and cannot eat it.
But she was no stranger to doing this.
"Zhajiang noodles." She said.
Jiang Nianyan hummed, put the side dishes and meat sauce in a bowl, pushed it in front of her, and pushed a bowl of noodle soup to one side. Yu Nian looked at the meat sauce and noodle soup and was filled with emotion for a moment.
She is not averse to fried noodles, but she also has a habit of eating these noodles. She remembers that the Yu family's chef could never make fried noodles that she was satisfied with, and often did not satisfy her taste.
She likes fried bolognese noodles. The meat must be pork, not too fat or too lean, and there must be a layer of oil on the meat sauce. The oil should not be too thin or too thick. She doesn't like too many side dishes in fried noodles, such as beans, shredded carrots, etc. She doesn't like noodles, but she has high requirements for the texture of the noodles, which should be moderately soft and hard.
Finally, you must have a bowl of noodle soup. This noodle soup must be the original soup. The original soup becomes the original food.
So every time she wanted to eat fried noodles, the chef would have a headache.
Now that she has come to Beishi, Yu Juanzhou has asked her to eat fried noodles with noodles several times, saying that she can eat authentic noodles with fried noodles in Beishi, but she has never tried it once.
She doesn't like it because it's too authentic. No one can make what she likes.
Even the food she made herself didn't taste good.
There was a time when Yu Nian didn't think he was being picky, and he did what he wanted a few times. But she couldn't do things that were obviously very simple, and the steps that weren't obviously difficult, on her own, and the taste wasn't what she wanted.
Just don't eat it.
Yu Nian looked at the bowl of noodles in front of him and thought to himself, could this be delicious?
When Jiang Nianyan saw that she couldn't move her chopsticks, he simply did it for her. Using chopsticks and the bowl in front of her, she mixed the meat sauce and simple side dishes with the noodles.
"Myself……"
Just come, I didn’t say it out loud.
Jiang Nianyan just raised his eyes to glance at her, and she stopped.
Just sitting there, arms folded against the table, looking at the bowl in his hand.
Talk to...the one who prepares the meal.
Jiang Nianyan thought of this for some reason and couldn't help but smile.
Yu Nian stared at him alertly, not understanding why he was laughing. Looking at the noodles in the bowl again, it couldn't be dark cuisine, right? Or is it poisoned inside?
Jiang Nian Yan's movements of mixing the noodles were slow and slow, and he used his strength very well. Moreover, he was picking up the noodles and mixing them, so that the meat sauce could be fully integrated with the noodles.
Gradually, the bowl of white noodles became oily and the color was quite attractive.
And even if Yu Nian is sitting across from him, he can smell the aroma of meat sauce, wrapped in noodles and side dishes, and just looking at it makes you greedy. She couldn't help but lean forward. The bowl was full of color, aroma and flavor, but she didn't know how it tasted.
"Sit tight." Jiang Nianyan said quietly.
Yu Nian sat down, stretched his head and waited.
Look, it looks like Erha again.
After the noodles were mixed and handed to her, the chopsticks were still stained with the smell of the man's fingers. They were cold and clean. He had obviously washed his hands, so why was there still his own smell.
Yu Nian didn't care so much and started eating with chopsticks.
It's really delicious after one bite.
The noodles are cooked to a great texture, with a degree of softness and hardness that she likes. The key is that the meat sauce is so fragrant and oily but not greasy. The side dishes are actually sweet and delicious even with the meat sauce, no matter how shallow they are. Taking a sip of the noodle soup, it immediately feels comfortable from the esophagus to the stomach, making me feel so satisfied.
The stir-fried shredded potatoes look bland, but there is something wonderful in the mouth. It has the aroma of chili but is not spicy and does not irritate the stomach. The shredded potatoes are stir-fried at a very good heat, crispy but not raw. The cold spinach is blended with peanuts, which is sweet and crispy at the same time. The best thing is undoubtedly the fried tomatoes with eggs.
What an ordinary dish. It was so ordinary that she didn't like to eat it. But when she ate the tomato scrambled eggs made by Jiang Nianyan today, she realized that it wasn't that she didn't like it, but that the ones she had eaten before didn't taste good to her. Including the former cook of the Yu family.
The eggs are completely blended with the aroma of tomatoes, slightly sour and sweet, and the chicken flowers are smooth. The skin of the tomatoes is removed so it does not affect the taste. It is delicious even if you scoop a small spoon into the noodles.
Yu Nian remained silent while eating. He had no words to speak.
One bowl was finished quickly, and Jiang Nianyan served her another half of the bowl. She was a little unsatisfied. Jiang Nianyan said, "That's all I made. I can't eat more at night. One and a half bowls of noodles are enough."
That's the thing, but it's delicious.
Only then did he realize that Jiang Nianyan didn't use his chopsticks at all. Yu Nian let out a sigh and suddenly felt quite embarrassed, "You haven't eaten yet."
or……
It wouldn't be appropriate for him to give the half bowl in front of her.
But I heard Jiang Nianyan say, "Today is the Winter Clothes Festival, I only drink water and don't eat anything."
Yu Nian was stunned for a moment. Don’t you want to eat during the Cold Clothes Festival?
But he just said he was hungry.
He didn't have this habit when he was in the Yu family, and he didn't seem to care about any holidays. He probably became like this because of something that happened after leaving the Yu family.
With this thought in mind, she hesitated a little while eating the noodles. She looked up at the Jiangnian Banquet and bravely asked, "Is it related to your friend who had the accident?"
