The female supporting role turns over: the prince regent's favorite

Chapter 238 Modern Drinks

After Lin Qingqian got Gu Changgeng's consent, she didn't go to Xinyue Bank to get it immediately, but didn't go anywhere, and stayed in the small kitchen in Liuyuan.

Chun Xia Qiu Dong watched Lin Qingqian busy in the small kitchen in a daze.

Qiu Dong couldn't help asking: "Miss, what are you going to do? Do you want your servant to help?"

Lin Qingqian had been busy for a while, her forehead was covered with sweat, she put down the spoon in her hand, and nodded heavily, "Yes, in spring and summer, dig out the flesh of watermelon with a spoon like me, and in autumn and winter you Help me peel the mango and cut out the meat, I will be useful later."

The two of them didn't know what Lin Qingqian wanted to do, they looked at each other, and said, "Yes, miss, this servant knows."

With Chunxiaqiudong's help, Lin Qingqian took advantage of her spare time to boil the prepared milk and the black tea that had been prepared earlier.

Staring at the gradually boiling milk, Lin Qingqian's eyes sparkled.

That's right, she is studying how to make modern drinks today!
Of course, she can't make complicated ones, but simple freshly squeezed juices and milk tea, I believe it's not a big problem.

Sure enough, after half an hour, she made mango juice, watermelon juice, and milk tea.

Both mango and watermelon are made by mashing the pulp, then filtering it with gauze, and adding boiled water that has been properly cooled. Although the taste is not as good as modern ones, Lin Qingqian feels that the original flavor, without added juice, still tastes good.

Lin Qingqian put in an appropriate amount of sugar and took a sip of the brewed milk tea. The milky aroma was rich and perfectly combined with the taste of the tea.

She sighed in satisfaction, and muttered to herself in a low voice: "It's no different from the current milk tea. Next time, I should prepare some tapioca flour and use it to make the pearls of the pearl milk tea. This will be perfect..."

Chun Xia also tasted it, and her eyes lit up: "Miss, what kind of soup are you making, it tastes so good!"

Qiudong nodded and agreed: "Chunxia is right, miss, what you make tastes really good, especially the combination of milk and tea, which I have never tasted before."

Lin Qingqian smiled, "These two are called fruit juice, and this one is called milk tea, which is the best way to cool off in summer."

It's a pity that there was no ice in ancient times, otherwise the taste would be better.

Lin Qingqian brought out a few copies, "Qiudong, you send a copy to Liyuan to Uncle Gu, and come with me to Jinglanyuan in Chunxia, ​​and I'll bring some to grandma."

"Yes, miss, this servant will send it to Uncle Gu."

Chun Xia carried the food box and followed Lin Qingqian to Jinglan Garden, saying on the way that the things made by the young lady are so delicious, the old lady will definitely like them.

In Jinglanyuan, when the old lady heard that Lin Qingqian had come, a smile appeared on her face.

"Let Qingqian come in."

"Yes, old lady."

Nanny Zhang invited Lin Qingqian in. When she saw the old lady, her eyes were bright. She sat down without the old lady opening her mouth, hugged the old lady's arm, and said softly and coquettishly, "Grandmother, I haven't come to greet you for a long time, Qing." Miss you a little."

"You girl...you go out of the house to look for Miss Su every two or three days. Grandma almost thinks you have forgotten grandma."

"How come, I didn't come here on purpose today to say hello to grandma, and I even made delicious food for grandma."

"Really?"

Lin Qingqian asked Chunxia to put down the food box, and let the old lady taste the watermelon juice and milk tea. She brought some extra, and asked Nanny Zhang to taste it too.

"Grandma, how does it taste? Do you still like it?"

The old lady raised her eyebrows slightly, and said unexpectedly: "What is this? I am so old, I have never tasted it, it tastes very good."

"Grandmother, this is milk tea. It is made by boiling milk and black tea and adding a little sugar. It is watermelon juice. The juice obtained by mashing the pulp of watermelon is most suitable for summer and can cool off the heat."

"That's true, it's just such a weird way, how did you come up with it, girl?"

Lin Qingqian thought for a while, but did not tell the truth.

"There are people selling it on the streets of the capital city. Miss Su took me to eat it last time. I just thought about making it today. I never thought that the texture and taste are almost the same as those sold by others."

The old lady believed it, and murmured: "It's really strange, why have I never seen anyone selling it on the street?"

Lin Qing smiled and said nothing.

After a while, there must be someone selling this kind of drink in Jingdong City!

After chatting for a while, Lin Qingqian saw some portraits of women in front of the old lady, and asked in puzzlement, "Grandmother, these portraits are..."

The old lady said: "This is the concubine chosen for your second brother. Your second brother is not young, and there should be several people around him to wait on him. As for the main wife, we can talk about it in two years."

Lin Qingqian suddenly remembered that Lin Qingyuan was seventeen years old, one year older than Gu Changgeng, and he had indeed reached the age to take a concubine. He hadn't seen him often recently. He heard that Lin Langtian had found an official position for him in the court. .

Looking at the portrait, Lin Qingqian thought of what Lin Qingyuan had done to the original body. He was no better than a beast to a person who could kill a five-year-old child. She couldn't help but sympathize with these women.

Come back from Jinglanyuan.

Lin Qingqian asked Chun Xia to prepare paper, ink, pens and inkstones, and wrote down the drinks she planned to make, as well as the modern dishes, which taste good and are suitable for this hot summer. Try to make it in a small kitchen.

After studying in the Prime Minister's Mansion for two days, with the experience of working in the back kitchen of restaurants in modern times, Lin Qingqian is good at cooking, and she can cook ordinary dishes, and they all taste good.

"The dishes and drinks have been settled. Tomorrow, I will go to the Xinyue Bank to get the silver taels, and then I can go to Rongjing and talk about the transformation of Yanyu Pavilion into a restaurant..."

……

Early the next morning.

Crescent Bank.

Lin Qingqian was wearing men's attire, a snow-white robe, holding a paper fan, and entered the Xinyue Bank. She walked to the counter and said with a faint smile, "Master Zhang."

The thin middle-aged man raised his head and said with a smile on his face, "Young master, do you want to deposit or withdraw the money?"

Lin Qingqian said according to Chang Geng's account: "Neither, it was Duan Fei and General Duan who asked me to come."

Shopkeeper Zhang's expression changed suddenly, he looked at Lin Qingqian in surprise, and immediately said respectfully: "My lord, please follow me to the inner hall."

Lin Qingqian nodded and followed shopkeeper Zhang into the inner hall.

Shopkeeper Zhang looked at Lin Qingqian excitedly. Lin Qingqian saw through what he was thinking at a glance. When he was about to kneel down to salute, she hurriedly supported him and said, "Treasurer Zhang, don't misunderstand me. It's not Brother Chang Geng."

"Aren't you a little general?"

Lin Qingqian smiled embarrassedly, "I'm not him, but Brother Chang Geng indeed asked me to come."

Shopkeeper Zhang asked nervously after hearing the words: "The little general asked you to come? But what happened to the little general?"

(End of this chapter)