0p0 Chapter 157 She Comes to the Rescue
Chapter 157 She Comes to the Rescue
The six cold dishes prepared by Su Jixiang were beautifully presented, and everyone was attracted by these six exquisite cold dishes as soon as they sat down.
Although there are big restaurants in the North, the cooking in the North is relatively rough. In other words, the big restaurants still pay attention to the decoration of the dishes, but it is not as delicate and exquisite as Su Jixiang's.
Each cold dish was decorated with something on the edge. The plate of cold jellyfish had freshly picked red plums placed on the edge of the plate, and the jellyfish were piled up like tree stumps, which looked like a painting.
Su Jixiang arranged the cold cuts of lamb into the shape of a peony flower, with a small dish filled with red oil placed at the stamen position. It looked both beautiful and exquisite, and each slice of lamb was cut as thin as a cicada's wing by Su Jixiang. When picked up with chopsticks and dipped in the red oil, the meat melted in the mouth and was indescribably fresh, spicy and tender.
Everyone immediately praised Su Jixiang in front of Wei Ling.
"Madam likes to think about these things every day." Wei Ling smiled modestly, "I'm sorry to have made a fool of myself." Although two of the five people present were his targets today, seeing them sincerely praising Su Jixiang really touched Wei Ling's heart.
Han Weiping raised his glass and toasted Wei Ling first. "I am happy today. The general does not look down on old people like us. It really makes me feel happy. I will drink first as a token of my respect!"
After he finished speaking, he raised his head and drank all the wine in the cup. Wei Ling also drank a glass.
His alcohol tolerance was not bad. After so many years in the military camp, he had practiced it. As long as it was one-on-one, he was not afraid of anyone. But today, five people came. If these five people took turns to fight, Wei Ling was afraid that he would not be able to handle it.
Among the five people today, one is Han Weiping and the other is Liu Xiangdong, and he must keep them.
That's why he wanted Su Jixiang to put the knockout drug in their soup.
Wei Ling originally thought that Su Jixiang would agree immediately, but he didn't expect that she would solve it in another way.
Wei Ling was very smart. He guessed Su Jixiang's thoughts from the moment Su Jixiang hesitated. However, he did not expose Su Jixiang, nor did he feel angry at Su Jixiang's distrust.
On the contrary, he felt a little relieved in his heart. After all, Su Jixiang was not a person who was easily carried away. It was normal for her not to trust him. After all, he had been cold to Su Jixiang before and had placed many people around her. It would be unrealistic to expect Su Jixiang to be devoted to him all of a sudden.
Moreover, he had expressed his feelings twice. Su Jixiang did not object, but he did not accept it completely either. He knew that Su Jixiang still had some grudges in his heart.
But it doesn't matter, he has plenty of time to wait.
When it comes to patience, Wei Ling is excellent.
After a round of toasts, Wei Ling asked everyone to eat more and he also took a break. He was outnumbered five at a time and it was really a bit overwhelming. In fact, he could have just drunk a little, but in the eyes of these people, if he didn't drink all the wine when they toasted him, they would think he was not sincere. It was better to be honest when he was with these grown men.
Lushui came with the Eight Treasure Osmanthus Duck. She first demonstrated the dish, and then followed Su Jixiang's instructions by using a knife to cut open the duck's belly, saying Professor Su Jixiang's auspicious words while cutting.
The rich soup wrapped with various diced meats and barley rice slowly flowed out, and immediately the whole room was filled with the rich aroma of meat.
Lushui distributed some duck meat and soup to everyone. Except for Wei Ling, no one present had ever seen such a dish with so much hidden substance inside.
Everyone was amazed.
Then everyone took a bite, and after taking a bite, everyone's eyebrows were so delicious that they almost dropped.
The diced meat, barley rice and gorgon seeds are cooked until soft and glutinous, just like the best bacon porridge, but it is different from ordinary bacon porridge, after all, it also adds senbei and ham, and a strong fresh fragrance fills the whole mouth. The duck skin is fried in a frying pan and then stewed in the soup, and the duck meat has a strong meaty aroma, and it is not greasy at all. One bite is a feeling of wanting more.
"Is this your cooking skill, madam?" Liu Xiangdong asked in surprise.
"That's right." Wei Ling nodded with a smile.
"Now we understand why the general dotes on his wife so much." Han Weiping said with a smile, "With a wife like this, what else could a husband ask for? Madam's cooking skills are probably unmatched in the capital!"
Wei Ling felt happy when others praised Su Jixiang, and his smile became even brighter.
The second hot dish served was steamed fish.
I have to say that Su Jixiang's steamed fish looks ordinary, but the heat is well controlled. The fish meat is white and tender. You only need to poke it lightly with chopsticks and the meat will fall on the chopsticks. It is easy to fall off the bones, but the meat still remains tender and not dry at all.
The deliciousness of this fish is different from the deliciousness of the Eight Treasure Gourd Duck, which is a mixture of various ingredients.
This kind of deliciousness is pure and simple, but not monotonous at all. It complements the wine in their hands even better.
When Lu Shui came back to the kitchen after serving the dishes, Su Jixiang asked, "How was their drinking?"
"I'm afraid the prince won't be able to bear it." Lu Shui said worriedly, "They toast one by one, they want to get the prince drunk!"
"I understand." Su Jixiang knew what was going on.
She went to the room, opened her big bag, and took out a small bamboo tube, which contained the Hundred Flowers Calming Incense.
Su Jixiang pinched one and gave it to Lu Shui, asking her to quietly add it to the charcoal basin in the house. This fragrance was very light, with the scent of flowers, very pleasant, and would not make people feel uncomfortable.
"What if our prince also wants to sleep?" Lu Shui asked.
"I have a way to free him." Su Jixiang said with a smile, "Don't worry. Just go and release him."
Only then did Lushui feel at ease and added the incense into the charcoal basin when she went to serve the dish for the third time.
After a few more rounds of drinking, Wei Ling felt exhausted. If it were in the past, he could use his true Qi to force the excess alcohol out of his body, but now he couldn't use his true Qi recklessly.
If he keeps drinking like this, I’m afraid he really won’t be able to hold on any longer.
Just when Wei Ling couldn't think of any good way to get these people to drink a few more glasses, Su Jixiang came in with a jar of wine, smiling.
"Is my general going to be drunk by you guys?" Su Jixiang saw Wei Ling's blushing face as soon as he came in.
"Madam!" Everyone stood up and saluted, "We dare not do that."
"Don't dare? I think you are very brave!" Su Jixiang put the jar of wine on the table, "Toast him one by one, each of you drink a glass, but he will drink five times as much as you, and you still say you don't dare!"