I was forced into a straight man by the system

Chapter 125 I'm going to cut a watermelon
"My brother is called a sought-after man, how can he just find one casually! Are you afraid no one will want it?"

Lin Ling's voice was crisp and unforgiving.

"Hey! Don't talk nonsense, why do you just find a girlfriend casually?" Aunt Wu was in a hurry. Isn't this talking about Wu Ming?
"I said my brother, what are you in a hurry for?"

Aunt Wu silenced the flags and drums.

With Lin Ling's mouth, the Wu family is no match for her.

The key is that people who can speak without profanity faint.

Lin Yu and the others walked into the courtyard, and Lin Ling was helping to pack the ingredients.

"elder brother!"

Lin Ling stood up happily, and looked at the others shyly.

Mainly looking at Xue Wan and the other girls, their eyes kept going back and forth between Xue Wan and Wei Qing, like a falcon.

Xue Wan couldn't help laughing immediately, just now she heard her arguing fiercely, and in an instant she looked like a harmless and innocent little girl, but what's the matter with her eyes like examining a spy?
Uncle Zhang came over to smoke Huang Xia and the others. People who didn t know him would think that he was Lin Yu s father when they saw his thick eyebrows and big eyes.

But they all remembered that Lin Yu's father was disabled, so he didn't scream.

"This is Uncle Zhang."

Huang Xia took the cigarette and immediately lit it, and also lit it for Gu Haicheng.

Only then did Lin Qing come out. Although he walked with a limp, it did not affect his demeanor as a chef.

"It's good to be a guest, what else do you bring!"

Seeing Huang Xia and the others bring a bunch of things in, they felt a little embarrassed.

"It's all kitchen utensils that everyone pooled together to buy, and some things that my sister can use."

Lin Yu hurriedly comforted his father, his father was just so lofty in his temperament, and he was unwilling to take anything from others.

"Hello, uncle!"

There was a hint of shyness in Xue Wan's eyes, which was caught by Lin Ling instantly.

So, there was only one spy left, Xue Wan.

"Let me help!" Xue Wan couldn't stand Lin Ling's eyes, so she quickly coaxed Lin Ling.

Lin Qing greeted everyone and went to sit down in the room.

Aunt Wu grabbed the hollowed-out courtyard wall again and smiled there: "Lin Yu is back! Did you bring your girlfriend back? Look at my Xiaoming who brought all his girlfriends home this time..."

Huang Xia threw a cigarette in the past, Wu Ming took another look, it was a golden leaf, and put his palms together to express his thanks.

His girlfriend Jiao Hongyan stood up against the courtyard wall and looked at Xue Wan and the others curiously.

But seeing Xue Wan stuff the book into Lin Yu's hands, she smiled and said to Aunt Wu: "Hello, Auntie, I'm Xue Wan."

Aunt Wu was stunned for a while, then she suddenly smiled and said, "Hey, she looks so pretty. I'll go cut a watermelon!"

Jiao Hongyan watched Aunt Wu hurry back to the house, a little confused.

"Are you my brother's girlfriend?"

Lin Ling took Xue Wan's hand with a smile, her eyes no longer inspected, but admired.

However, her hand had already touched Xue Wan's palm.

Lin Yu naturally noticed the younger sister's small movements. This guy was touching Xue Wan's palms and fingers for crustiness.

Xue Wan's palms are soft, and one can tell that she is someone who rarely does housework.

However, she is still very serious in her studies, and she has practiced calligraphy all the year round, and her fingers still have some honorary medals.

Lin Ling secretly admired Xue Wan's behavior of standing out just now, but after touching her hand and confirming that she is a good student who is studying hard, Lin Ling's eyebrows and eyes are even more curved, talking to Xue Wan as if she has known her for a long time.

Lin Yu was secretly funny, Xue Wan had a simple mind, how could she know that Lin Ling was a scheming black-bellied woman.

Lin Qing looked at Xue Wan chatting and laughing with Lin Ling, feeling happy in his heart, and asked Xue Wan repeatedly if he had any taboos.

"Sit down and drink tea and eat melon seeds first, there is still a while before dinner!"

Seeing his father and Uncle Zhang happily continuing to work, Lin Yu and Xue Wan looked at each other and smiled.

A chivalrous woman is a chivalrous woman, even if she is shy, she will stand up when she should.

Lin Yu also drove Lin Ling away, and helped to process the ingredients himself.

With Lin Ling coaxing Xue Wan and the others, he might not be needed.

Although most of the ingredients are bought in the morning, they are still quite busy in the afternoon.

Before, Huang Xia and the others heard Lin Yu say that it took a family of three to cook two or three tables of dishes in a day, or even only table dishes. If there is a process, I can't help but get excited.

This is a bit of a high-end private kitchen.

"Is your private kitchen really like the kind that Grandma Liu saw when she entered the Grand View Garden? You are so particular about eating an eggplant?"

Gu Haicheng blinked, a little excited.

He was talking about eggplant (xiǎng), and Sister Feng said in Dream of Red Mansions that the eggplant that just came down was marked with skin, only the meat should be cleaned, cut into small nails, fried in chicken oil, and then chicken breast meat and fragrant mushrooms were used. Bamboo shoots, mushrooms, dried five-spice rot, dried fruits of various colors, all cut into cubes, simmered in chicken broth to dry, collected the sesame oil, mixed with bad oil, put them in a porcelain jar and sealed tightly, took them out when you want to eat, and fried them with fried rice. Just mix the chicken and melon.

Court cuisine is so particular about extravagance.

It is very difficult to completely replicate it now.

"Don't think too much, I didn't invite you to eat sea cucumber and shark's fin, otherwise my family will go bankrupt for this meal."

"That's right, the private dishes my family ate in Shanghai used to cost more than 1000 per person."

Everyone else went in to sit and drink tea, and Huang Xia revealed that he had eaten high-end private dishes in Shanghai.

"Boss, take me to taste it next time!" Gu Haicheng scratched Huang Xia's shoulder with his finger flatteringly.

With Lin Yu joining, the whole process was much faster.

In the evening, start the banquet on time.

Two Eight Immortals tables were set up, and Uncle Zhang's lover brought his little daughter over to have dinner together.

Uncle Zhang's son, Zhang Lifan, was two years older than Lin Yu and went to school in the imperial capital.

Although there are good people among the neighbors, the Lin family is only friendly with the Zhang family.

Hearing that Xue Wan was the girlfriend brought back by Lin Yu, Uncle Zhang's lover Qin Yumei was as happy as if her son had brought his girlfriend back.

Xue Wan's performance has always been generous, without stage fright at all, and even exceeded Lin Yu's expectations.

The opening banquet is a few side dishes.

Private cooking also pays attention to the formation of troops, and usually comes with a few small dishes, such as pickled cucumber, shrimp and celery, wede claws, white chicken, sweet lotus root and sweet fruit.

Then comes the big dish.

Although no expensive ingredients were prepared, a lot of thought was spent on it.

Braised crab, half-clam clams mixed with blanched cockles, razor clams in sour soup, white-grilled abalone, soft-fried fresh shellfish, live fish in sauce, roast duck, duck feet in abalone sauce, etc.

Serve soup and sweets when finished.

"These half-raw clams are delicious!"

"This is hot cockles, and there are crabs, like our Hangzhou cuisine."

Lin Qing served the dishes, and after listening to Wei Qing's words, she immediately smiled and said, "That's right! This was invented by Su Dongpo in Hangzhou. Many official dishes in later generations refer to Su Dongpo's recipes."

"Thank you uncle, it's really delicious."

A group of people are full of praise.

This craftsmanship alone is indeed at the level of high-end private cooking.

Today's meal is indeed a blessing.

"This is rice wine that Uncle Zhang brought from Jiyang. It's sweet and easy to get drunk. Be careful."

Seeing several girls drinking rice wine, Lin Yu reminded repeatedly.

Gu Haicheng waved his hand and said, "It's okay, with this amount of alcohol, I can drink ten catties by myself."

As a result, not long after Lin Qing and Uncle Zhang were seated, Gu Haicheng couldn't hold on anymore and fell headfirst on the table, and everyone jumped with a bang.

Just as he was laughing, someone opened the door and came in.

"Hi, excuse me." The voice was crisp and clear, it was a woman.

Lin Yu looked up, and it was the young lady driving the sports car who met again in Baiyuan.

Huang Xia's eyes were sharp, and he recognized it, and suddenly asked in surprise, "It's you?"

(End of this chapter)