After becoming a widow, I raised my traitor brother

Chapter 123 Why Are You Breaking Into My Room Again?

The next day.

When Wei Zi had breakfast, Qingju mentioned that Xiao Fengxian had left early in the morning.

Wei Zi nodded and continued to eat breakfast quietly.

The breakfast was very rich, and the cooks were afraid that Wei Zi would not get used to the food in Shangjing, so they specially prepared a few dishes of southern dim sum.

After finishing her breakfast, she said: "Let's go out too, I want to see Hualing."

Zuo Hualing arrived in Shangjing a few days earlier than her, her son must have already settled down in the inn, and the restaurant she had been thinking about, she didn't know how the house was being prepared.

Qingju hesitated: "This...Young Madam, is it not good for us to go out without telling the young master? You don't mind if you don't say anything, and there are all kinds of people in the capital, if you encounter bad people..."

"With green pomelo, why are you afraid of bad people?" Wei Zi didn't care, "Besides, I'm not a prisoner, so I'm going to be locked up here for the rest of my life? He's busy with his business, and I'm busy with mine, so there's nothing to worry about." of?"

Qingju couldn't hold her back, so she had no choice but to go out with her.

The carriages in the mansion are all ready-made, and the driver is a native of Shangjing who is familiar with all the streets here.

According to the address sent by Mr. Zuo, Wei Zi quickly found Zuo Hualing and others.

Zuo Hualing was melancholy: "Boss, I bought the house. It's just that every inch of land in the capital is expensive, and it's not as cheap as our Shanyin County. We went down with 3000 taels of silver flowers, and only bought this old house."

It is a small courtyard house located in a remote alley. The streets in the alley are paved with old bluestone bricks. The pavilions and shops on both sides are old. It is not a bustling market, but it gathers here Most of the places are bookstores and private schools. There are no vendors hawking and no tourists shopping in groups. Occasionally, scholars pass by in a hurry, talking in low voices about next year's exam, making this alley quiet and deep.

The old man Zuo said: "The shops in Haoshikou are too expensive, my master, this is already the best house we can buy. I was thinking, the kind of big restaurant in Shanyin County can't be opened, it's better to open a private house In a restaurant, as long as the dishes are delicious, the scholars nearby are willing to spend money."

Wei Zi nodded: "Everything is difficult at the beginning, and it is good to have a place to stay."

She stepped into a small courtyard with black tiles and white walls. There was a well in the courtyard. The Zuo family's father and daughter had already tidied up the house, and the wing rooms and halls were cleaned very clean.

She smiled and said, "We planted a few green pines and cypresses in the yard. Those scholars like such a quiet environment. The layout of the wing rooms should also be in an elegant and interesting style."

In order to understand the food preferences of Shangjing, Wei Zi took Zuo Hualing to several restaurants with good business to taste their signature dishes.

In the evening, when the two returned to the small courtyard, Zuo Hualing wrinkled her face and went straight into the kitchen.

Grandpa Zuo was puzzled: "Go out happily, why come back like this?"

Wei Zi said embarrassingly: "Hua Ling said that Shangjing is worthy of being Shangjing, and the famous chef is worthy of being a famous chef. The signature dishes in the restaurants outside are far better than her skills. Thinking about it, she was hit."

The old man Zuo stroked his beard and said with emotion: "You are a young man after all, you can't hold your breath."

Wei Zi nodded in agreement.

Hua Ling is only 17 years old. Compared with those famous chefs who have traveled all over the country in their decades, it is normal.

Suddenly there was the sound of "bang bang bang bang" chopping vegetables in the kitchen.

Soon, the sound of "Zi la" from the hot oil in the pan was also heard. It was obvious that Zuo Hualing was determined to practice a ruthless dish.

But for a while, the kitchen died down.

Immediately, the sound of food being poured out came out.

Obviously, Zuo Hualing was very dissatisfied with the dishes she cooked.

Wei Zi knocked on the kitchen door, and said softly, "I made some hot tea, Hua Ling, shall we sit in the courtyard and have some tea?"

Zuo Hualing walked out of the kitchen sullenly.

The two sat in the patio having tea, and Wei Zi comforted him: "There are mountains beyond the mountains, and there are people beyond the people. No matter how delicious your dishes are, there is always a cook who can cook better than you. It's like the imperial dining room in the palace." Chefs, don’t they cook the most delicious dishes in the world? I don’t think so.”

The sky is getting late, and the twilight is all together.

The returning birds slowly flew across the dim sky, and the bells of the students leaving class came from outside the wall, which was melodious and long, making it even more quiet.

Zuo Hualing's heart calmed down quite a bit, and she said sadly: "Boss, I'm not good at anything except cooking. But I only know now that the ability that I depend on for survival is in the Those experts are nothing in front of them. How can I not be sad? What's more, the owner has invested all his savings in this private restaurant. If I can't show my real skills, how can we make money? I can't make you lose money ! Boss, I want to become the best cook in the world, and I will fight for you!"

Girls are naive and hardworking.

Wei Zi said seriously: "Everyone has different tastes in food, so there is no such thing as someone whose cooking skills are 'best in the world'. I think, as long as most people think that your cooking is good Eat it, and that would be great."

Zuo Hualing fell into deep thought.

Wei Zi untied the small handkerchief, took out a pastry and handed it to her: "The plum blossom cake I made before I came here, you can fill your stomach."

Because it is made for myself, the plum blossom cake does not pursue an extremely delicate shape. It uses glutinous rice to make a simple plum blossom shape, mixed with washed plum petals, and puts acacia honey. Take a bite, it is sweet and delicate , The sweet fragrance of plum blossoms gradually fills the lips and teeth, it is a homely taste.

Wei Zi picked up a piece himself, watching the twilight in the courtyard while eating.

"Auntie's taste..."

Zuo Hualing suddenly whispered.

Wei Zi didn't hear clearly: "What?"

"Auntie's taste."

Zuo Hualing shook the plum blossom cake in his hand, "When my mother was still alive, I liked to make this kind of seasonal cakes the most. They were made according to the four seasons of vegetables, fruits and flowers. When I was young, I played outside all day and ran all over the mud When I got home, I could smell the smell of food and pastries coming from the house from afar. I couldn’t wait to eat it, but my mother always told me to wash my hands before eating.”

The smile on her face faded, and her voice lowered: "When I was a child, I always hated my mother and it was very annoying, but after my mother left, no one told me to wash my hands before eating..."

Wei Zi stared at Zuo Hualing, and couldn't help but feel his heart tremble.

"If you say," Zuo Hualing wiped his wet eyes, "if there is a kind of food in this world that can make most people feel delicious, then it must be the food made by mother. Master, I know our private house Restaurant, what kind of food are you going to cook in the future!"

……

Wei Zi returned to Xiao Fengxian's private house from the small courtyard house, and it was already the climax of the moon.

As soon as she stepped into the yard, she saw the servant girl kneeling all over the ground.

The lamp was on in the boudoir, Xiao Fengxian was sitting at the table, flipping through the calligraphy she was practicing.

Wei Zi was not very happy, and took his handwriting away: "Why did you break into my room again and go through my things?"

(End of this chapter)