blueteamnovel Chapter 31.1
Chapter 31.1
“Young master, I have always been your servant and have never been in the kitchen,” Li Wu shook his head violently. It was not like he wanted to be lazy, but he really couldn’t make anything to eat.
“I have only done the work of washing vegetables and helping in the kitchen,” Xiao Liu had done odd jobs in the kitchen before but had never tried cooking. “How about I give it a try?”
Li Wu heard that Xiao Liu had done some kitchen works; he hurriedly said, “There is a farmer’s house not far from us on the way here just now. I’m going to see if I can buy some rice and vegetables.”
They were used to eating ready-made food in Li Mansion, and yesterday they only bought a carriage along with some daily utensils; they had forgotten about three meals a day. Seeing that it was almost noon, the pots and stoves were still cold here. It didn’t matter about him and Xiao Liu; but the young master and the young madam must be hungry.
“Well, you go ahead,” Li Tianyan thought for a while and gave Li Wu ten taels of silver. “From now on, you will be responsible for purchasing and keeping accounts. When the money is used up, you can bring the bill to me.”
“Yes, young master.” Li Wu took the silver and quickly harnessed the horse and left. Xiao Liu also went into the kitchen to pack things and prepare to heat the stove.
It didn’t take long for Li Wu’s carriage to come back. When Xiao Liu came out to help get things, he saw that Li Wu had bought a few live chickens, with a happy smile on his face.
Xiao Liu, who was sold into slavery since he was a child, longed most to be able to farm and raise chickens like an ordinary farmer, but now it unexpectedly came true.
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“I seem to hear something,” Cheng Qi heard a cooing sound in the room and ran out curiously to ask.
“Young madam, look, Li Wu bought some chickens.” When Xiao Liu saw Cheng Qi coming out, she immediately pointed to a few hens in the chicken coop and told him.
“It turns out they are chickens, so cute.” Cheng Qi squatted next to the chicken coop and poked the hens with his fingers in novelty.
“Earthy?” Xiao Liu was surprised when he heard this and quickly took a taste himself. “Bah! Bah!”
“How could it taste so bad?” Xiao Liu used to see the chef cook a lot of vegetable while he was in the kitchen.
After being stir-fried in the pot and taken out, the taste had completely changed from what he knew.
“Did you not boil hot water first or add seasonings?” Li Wu hurriedly took a few mouthfuls of white rice. Fortunately, the rice was cooked; otherwise, he would be really hungry today.
“Do you need to boil hot water? I didn’t see the seasoning in the kitchen,” Xiao Liu looked at Li Wu inexplicably.
Li Wu suddenly slapped his forehead. How could he forget this? “Let’s just eat for now. After eating, I will think about what else we need and buy it all at once.”
Xiao Liu listened. Just as he sat down, something suddenly occurred to him, and he exclaimed, “It’s over, the young master and young madam are still eating.”
Cheng Qi observed for a while and found that Li Tianyan only ate white rice after taking the first bite of the dish. He blinked and asked strangely, “Young master, why don’t you eat vegetables?”
Li Tianyan paused with the hand holding the chopsticks, and saw Cheng Qi staring at him with a pair of dark eyes. He said seriously, “I’m a little tired today and want to eat something light.”
“Is that so?” Cheng Qi said, but he felt even more strange in his heart. Were these two green vegetables greasy?
“Yes.” After saying this, Li Tianyan sped up his eating movements, and when the bowl of white rice hit the bottom, he left the table with his feet greased.
Cheng Qi looked at the two plates of almost untouched dishes on the table. After struggling for a while, he still couldn’t bear to waste them all and put them all in his stomach. Then he patted his butt and went to find Li Tianyan.