Started as a poor little girl

An Yi had just picked up the tea and was about to put it to his mouth when suddenly a little head popped out from behind the screen. An Yi was so scared that he spit out the tea. Luckily, Xiao Jinnian was sitting next to An Yi, otherwise he would have been sprayed in the face if he was sitting opposite him.

Li Lulu shrank her head and almost vomited on herself. Before Li Lulu could complain about him, Xiao Jinnian spoke.

"Lulu is being naughty again. Look how scared you are of An Yi." Xiao Jinnian's tone was still very gentle, without a trace of blame.

"Brother Jinnian, that An Yi almost vomited all over me, really."

Li Lulu complained about An Yi, sat down opposite them, looked at the table with only a pot of tea, and asked in confusion, "You only drink tea, not eat anything? By the way, Brother Jinnian, are you feeling better?"

"Much better, I'm fine now. I came all the way here to see you."

Xiao Jinnian recovered from his illness and heard that she had opened a food shop, so he wanted to come and take a look. He would be returning to the capital soon and wanted to see her before leaving.

"It's good. Can you eat chili? It's my treat today. You guys sit down and I'll go pick out the dishes."

Li Lulu's way of entertaining guests is to make sure they are well fed and well drunk. She stood up, waited for their answer, and then went to get something.

"It's edible, it's okay."

"Lulu, you'd better put less pepper in the food. Your pepper is a bit spicy." An Yi said a few more words. He was afraid that if he put too much pepper in the food, his son would get hurt.

"Okay, wait a moment, I'll be back soon."

Li Lulu went downstairs again and quickly took two baskets, one of fried skewers and the other of spicy hot pot. She went to the kitchen and fried some potatoes herself and added a spoonful of secret chili sauce. The smell was so delicious.

Li Lulu carried the potatoes and made three servings of jelly, then went upstairs with the tray. After a while, she came back downstairs to get the rest. A Da wanted to help, but she wanted to do it herself.

At Li Lulu's invitation, there was a full plate of spicy hot pot, yes, it was served in a bowl, and two plates of fried skewers, mostly meat.

"Come on, come on, Brother Jinnian, don't be polite, try it."

Xiao Jinnian picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of food and put it in his mouth. His eyes lit up, and he took another string of fried pork tenderloin. It was so delicious, a taste he had never eaten before, and the taste was very novel.

Xiao Jinnian didn't care about his image at all. He ate with chopsticks one after another and couldn't stop at all. Beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, but he couldn't stop eating.

"Lulu, did you really make these? You're amazing. I thought your food was delicious on the road before, but now it's so delicious with some chili peppers."

Xiao Jinnian's eyes were wide open and his mouth was slightly open, which shocked him greatly.

"Brother Jinnian, what do you think! Who am I? I am the omnipotent Li Lulu." Li Lulu raised the corners of her mouth, extremely proud.

"Yes! Sir, you don't know that I was even more shocked than you when I ate it for the first time! I ate a lot at once, and then I took a long walk with Boss Tian before I felt better." An Yi had a relaxed and happy smile on his face, and he was in a very happy mood.

"Yes! Brother An ate a lot that day and went downstairs holding his stomach. Those aunts and uncles thought Brother An was pregnant." Li Lulu found it funny just thinking about it and couldn't help laughing out loud. Her laughter was hearty.

"Hahaha...that's right, I'm so embarrassed, it's all your fault! Lulu, you made such delicious food because you wanted to fill me to death!" An Yi laughed while holding his stomach when he thought about it.

At this time, bursts of hearty laughter came from upstairs. Li Lulu and An Yi had no image at all and both fell down laughing.

Xiao Jinnian watched them playing and joking. He was gentle and elegant, with a smile on his face, as pure and flawless as a lotus flower in the mud. In contrast, Li Lulu and An Yi were the mud, in sharp contrast to the lotus.

"Lulu, don't learn from your brother An. He is just a rough man. As a girl, you should be gentle and dignified." Xiao Jinnian's tone was as gentle as water.

"Sir, how can you say that to me?" An Yi frowned slightly and sat up straight.

"That's right, Brother An, look at you, you are not dignified at all." Li Lulu stuck out her tongue and deliberately teased An Yi.

An Yi was not to be outdone and stuck out his tongue at her. The two of them stuck out their tongues at each other. The scene was a bit funny, and Xiao Jinnian, who was sandwiched in the middle, had his face covered in saliva.

"An Yi, Lu Lu, shut up." Xiao Jinnian frowned, his face was ashen, and his whole body exuded an unhappy aura.

Li Lulu and An Yi immediately sat up straight and became two good kids.

"Okay, stop making trouble, Lulu. I will be returning to the capital soon. I came here specially to see you. We will leave tomorrow."

Yes, it was a hurry to leave, but he had to go. Now that he saw Li Lulu, he wanted to stay a few more days. What should he do?

"Ah! So urgent! Which inn are you staying at? I'll take you there tomorrow."

This was a bit unexpected. Why did they leave just after arriving? She still had a lot to say to them.

"It's okay, Lulu, you little lazy bug, just go to sleep. We'll leave in the morning." An Yi laughed. This little lazy bug slept until his butt was exposed to the sun and he didn't even get up to see us off.

"It's okay. I'll wait for Lulu to come. We'll stay at the Osmanthus Inn near your store."

"Okay, then it's agreed that you have to wait for me! Come and have dinner with me later! There are a lot of people here, don't be disgusted, I have to cook a big meal for you today."

After saying this, Li Lulu rolled up her sleeves and prepared to get to work.

"Then we'll wait and see. We'll leave first. Young master needs to rest." An Yi helped Xiao Jinnian up and saw that Xiao Jinnian looked a little tired.

Li Lulu nodded sensibly. She sent An Yi and Xiao Jinnian to the door, and only reminded Xiao Jinnian after she saw him get on the carriage, "Don't forget tonight."

"Got it, Lulu, go inside, it's cold outside."

Xiao Jinnian insisted on watching Li Lulu go into the house before he left, and Li Lulu had no choice but to go in obediently.

She stuck her head out, watched the carriage go away, and took Wei Lingheng to the nearby vegetable market.

"Wei Lingheng, what do you want to eat? I'll make it today."

"I haven't eaten fish for a long time. Let's get some fish!" Wei Lingheng pointed to the fish stall in front.

Li Lulu looked in the direction he pointed and spotted a big black carp at first sight. She pulled Wei Lingheng to the fish stall.

"Boss, how much is this fish?" Li Lulu pointed at the big black carp and asked the boss.

"Little girl, fifteen cents a pound, this is black carp, it's delicious." The boss praised.

"Okay, help me weigh it and deal with it!"

"okay"

The boss picked up the fish, weighed it, and turned around and said, "Little girl, this fish is too big, I'll give you a discount and charge you 260 coins."

"Thank you, boss. I'll do business with you again next time." Li Lulu has always followed the principle of not taking advantage of others when there is a bargain. Getting a bargain is a good thing.

"Come here, little girl, clean it." The boss handed over the processed fish, and Wei Lingheng reached out to take it.

Wei Lingheng walked in front, as if he was afraid that Li Lulu would snatch the fish from him, so Li Lulu followed his footsteps and walked behind him.

"Wei Lingheng, why don't we buy a chicken to make soup? Look at those little radishes at home. They are so small and look much smaller than their peers. They should eat something good to replenish themselves." Li Lulu felt a little distressed when she thought of those skinny little radishes.

"You should get some supplements. Look at you. You look smaller than your peers. Go buy it! I'll buy it for you."

Wei Lingheng strode forward and asked the boss for two hens, spending one or two taels of silver.

"Do we need to buy some nourishing herbs to put in there?" Wei Lingheng looked down at Li Lulu beside him.

"No, I have my own." Li Lulu didn't want to waste the money. Buying those tonic medicines would cost her a lot of money, and she had a lot of space.

The two of them went to buy some ribs and then returned to the store satisfied.

The last two tables of guests left, the shop closed, and a group of people gathered in the kitchen to help.

Li Xiaoyang and Li Xiaoguang heard that the young man who came today was the one who had helped their sister before, and he worked very hard.

Li Lulu stews the chicken first. Li Xiaoyang blanchs the chicken in water for three minutes, then takes it out and immediately rinses it with cold water to allow the chicken to cool down quickly.

Add a little oil to the pot, pour in the chicken, stir-fry the chicken until the skin is slightly yellow, pour the chicken into the casserole, add some Codonopsis pilosula, angelica, wolfberry, red dates, ginger and pepper.

Just let Wei Lingheng put it on the small stove and simmer it slowly for half an hour.

After a while, the aroma of chicken wafted over, and a group of little kids started to gather around the casserole, drooling.