“What is it that smells so good?” Qiuyue asked subconsciously.

After a moment, she realized that she had said something wrong, so she quickly covered his mouth and looked at Chen Shi cautiously.

Chen Shi was in no mood to ask for accusation at this moment. She only found Su Yujin busy in the mist and said, “Why did Miss Su come to the kitchen in person? If you think the food is not to your taste, I will ask for two new cooks for Miss Su.”

Su Yujin was taking something out of the pot. When she realized it was Chen Shi, she smiled and said, “Madam, don’t worry. I just like cooking and feel bored, so I want to make some fresh food.”

“Madam, you have come at the right time. I have almost finished making these things. Madam, you can taste them later and see how they taste.”

Chen Shi: “…”

Su Yujin, do you like cooking?

But wasn’t she a concubine? Wasn’t she an oiran before?

Logically speaking, he should be someone who has never touched water…

Chen Shi was somewhat confused and was persuaded out of the kitchen by Su Yujin. After pacing back and forth outside for a while, Su Yujin finally came out.

Holding a large porcelain basin.

The porcelain basin was filled with bright red oil with a layer of white sesame seeds sprinkled on it, and soaked in the red oil were bamboo sticks.

“This is…” Chen had never seen anything like this before and was even more surprised.

“Cold pot skewers, madam, please try some.” Su Yujin took a string of lotus root slices and handed a string of bean curd skin to Chen Shi.

“Thank you, Miss Su.” Chen Shi took it and looked at it for a while.

The tofu skin was cooked, covered with a layer of red oil, a few sesame seeds, and some chopped green onions and coriander. It looked very tempting.

Smelt…

Very fragrant?

She just didn’t know what it tasted like.

Seeing Su Yujin eating the lotus root slices with relish, Chen Shi also put the bean curd skin into her mouth.

The spicy and fresh flavor, mixed with the mellow taste of the bean curd itself, immediately spread from the mouth…

The spiciness was just right, probably because it was mixed with white sugar, which had a slight sweetness, which further neutralized the spicy taste. So when you ate it, you would feel a little spicy, but it didn’t feel abrupt. Instead, it felt spicy and fragrant. The appropriate numbness also stimulated people’s taste buds…

All in all, it was delicious!

Chen Shi swallowed the bean curd skin and even couldn’t help licking her lips.

Seeing Chen Shi liked this, Su Yujin smiled and said, “Madam, you don’t have to be polite. There are still many more.”

“Then I won’t be polite.” Chen Shi took a string of lotus root slices to eat.

Next came a bunch of potato chips.

Next came a string of hand-beaten gluten.

Next up was a skewer of tenderloin…

Quail eggs, hand-made fish balls, mushrooms, black fungus, dried tofu, spinach, tofu…

Qiuyue, who was watching from the side, was terrified.

Didn’t Madam have breakfast just before she came?

And when she was having breakfast, she said she didn’t have much appetite and didn’t want to eat much, but now she had an appetite again?

After eating more than a dozen skewers, Chen Shi felt that her stomach was a little bloated, so she stopped eating and took a sip of tea. She couldn’t help but praise, “Miss Su’s cooking skills are really good. Compared with Miss Su, the cooking skills of the cooks at home and here are really inferior.”

No wonder she just said she just wanted to make some new dishes.

No wonder He Yanxiu, who had never been interested in women, had a mistress like Su Yujin and even brought her with him when he came here on business.

It seemed that to capture a man’s heart, it was not wrong to capture his stomach first.

“Madam, you are too kind. I just like it and have nothing else to do, so I just want to kill time.” Su Yujin said with a smile, “If you think it suits your taste and you like it, you may come often in the future.”

“How can I do this…” Chen Shi waved her hands repeatedly.

It was inappropriate in any way to ask Su Yujin to cook for her.

“Madam, you don’t have to be so polite. I am grateful for your care. I will inevitably have many things to bother you with in the future. It is only right that we should reciprocate.”

Su Yujin smiled and said, “Besides, even if Madam doesn’t come, I still have to cook every day. If Madam comes, it will be good for me to have someone to talk to more, which is exactly what I want.”

Otherwise, she would have to stay here for several months, and Su Yujin was really afraid that she would get bored.

Chen Shi thought about it and nodded, “Then I’ll bother you, Miss Su.”

If it didn’t work, just bring her more things every time she came.

For example, cloth, clothing materials, rouge, and powder, which were used by girls, then she was not eating for free, right?

Chen Shi made up her mind and felt a little relieved. She just chatted with Su Yujin.

Talk about the customs and culture of Hedong Prefecture, local specialties, etc.

As they were talking, a maid came to report, “Madam, Kang Yímǔ is here and is waiting in the flower hall.”

“Just tell them that I will be back later. Also, ask them to prepare meals and remember to make a baked pumpkin with egg yolk,” Chen Shi replied.

“Yes.” The maid took the order and left.

“Madam, since you have guests at home, please go back early.” Su Yujin said.

“No problem, she’s not a stranger, she’s my yímǔ.” Chen Shi smiled, “My yímǔ travels a lot, she settled in Hedong Prefecture a few years ago, our two families are close, and she’s the only one at home, so she often comes home to talk to me.”

“But she said she wanted to talk to me, but in fact, she just wanted to eat for free. Just wait for me until I get back.”

“Since the elders are here for dinner, it’s just right for Madam to take some of these cold pot skewers back home, just to try something new.”

She had just made a lot of side dishes, and these cold pot skewers were also very simple to make. She just needed to cook these vegetable and meat skewers and soak them in the fried red oil soup.

“Then I won’t be polite.”

After chatting with Su Yujin for a while, the relationship between the two became much closer. Chen Shi also felt that Su Yujin was a cheerful and approachable person, so she did not hesitate to ask the maid to find a food box to pack many vegetable and meat skewers to take back.

After seeing Chen Shi off, Su Yujin asked Ai Cao and Qing Kui to cook some vegetable and meat skewers, and a bowl of stewed noodles to eat with them, which was considered a proper lunch.

Ai Cao and Qing Kui were the types who always ate while helping with the work. They were no longer hungry at this time, but they could not resist the delicious vegetarian noodle soup prepared by Su Yujin, and could not help but eat two big bowls each.

When Chen Shi arrived home, Kang Shi was drinking tea in the flower hall.

“Yímǔ.”

“Finally you’re back.” Kang Shi joked with a smile, “I probably thought you were tired of me coming here all day for free meals and didn’t want to come back.”

“No, I just knew that my yímǔ was coming, so I shamelessly brought back some fresh food for my yímǔ to try.” Chen Shi asked Qiuyue and others to take out the cold pot skewers that Su Yujin brought.

“This is an appetizer. Yímǔ, eat it first. I think the kitchen is almost ready. Let’s serve the meal right away.”

“The style is fresh, but I don’t know how it tastes…”

(End of this chapter)

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