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In fact, she was relying on her status as his savior and knew that this guy would not do anything to her, so she was fearless.
After being criticized, Xiang Yunjin touched his nose awkwardly, but he was not angry in his heart.
The fact that she could get angry with him showed that Gulan was still the Gulan on the road to escape famine. Not only was she not angry, but it also made him feel relaxed naturally.
"Sorry," Xiang Yunjin apologized again dryly. Looking at the black marks on the copybook, and the pain on Gulan's face, and thinking of this guy's love of money, Xiang Yunjin suddenly had an idea.
He thought he understood, and was probably not just scared, but more of a heartache.
Thinking of this, Xiang Yunjin suddenly laughed, a truly hearty laugh with teeth showing.
"You're still laughing. Believe it or not, I will make you stop laughing." Gulan raised his fist and said fiercely.
Now I don't think this guy's smile is evil at all, I just think he deserves a beating and my palms are itching.
"Believe me, calm down. Getting angry is harmful to your health and it's not worth it." Xiang Yunjin also knew that he shouldn't laugh, so he quickly comforted Gulan.
"How about this, I'll destroy one of your calligraphy works, and I'll return it to you later." Xiang Yunjin acted as if he was trying his best to make amends.
As soon as he finished speaking, Gulan's complexion improved at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if the person who was angry just now was not him.
"I don't feel comfortable with that." He said with a smile, being a little modest, but the smile seemed a little fake.
"No, it's my responsibility."
"Okay, since you want to compensate me, just do it. I can't let you feel bad, right?"
Gulan agreed with such reluctance that Xiang Yunjin almost laughed out loud again.
"Yes, yes," Xiang Yunjin agreed, holding back a smile.
Why didn't I realize that Gulan is so interesting before?
This guy is not short of money! Apart from the one thousand taels he paid for the land, he doesn't have much money to spend. He acts like he is short of money.
Gulan's mood successfully turned from gloomy to cheerful, and he no longer bothered with Xiang Yunjin about scaring him.
However, she couldn't continue practicing calligraphy, and it was getting late, so she simply closed the copybook and put the brush into the brush washer.
"Don't you want to practice anymore?" Xiang Yunjin still wanted to give Gulan some free guidance.
"You're not going to have lunch."
Gulan asked back in annoyance, successfully blocking Xiang Yunjin from saying the next word.
Compared to instructing Gulan on words, eating is more important, which is one of the purposes of his coming here today.
Then he saw Gu Lai staring at him for unknown reasons.
Xiang Yunjin: "..."
"What's wrong?" How had he offended Gulan again?
"Get out! You haven't stayed here long enough!" Gulan took a deep breath.
"Oh" Xiang Yunjin finally reacted and quickly retreated, with embarrassment on his face again. It was indeed not a gentleman's behavior to enter without knocking.
Then Gulan closed the door of her bedroom tightly, and did not forget to glance at Xiang Yunjin when she left.
Gulan knew that she was taking her anger out on others. After all, she was a man now and didn't need to be so particular.
But she is a woman at heart, still a little narrow-minded. Even though she has repeatedly paid attention not to leave women's things in the room, who knows if there will be any omissions.
So no one except Daya and Erya can enter her room.
She also knew that Xiang Yunjin could not be blamed entirely for this matter. After all, it was he who did not close the door first, and Xiang Yunjin only went in after seeing her.
But it would be wrong not to knock on the door.
This guy should have been educated enough to understand this, so how could he make such a low-level mistake?
In fact, Xiang Yunjin was also puzzled. If it were in the past, he would never do such a thing as entering someone else's room without permission.
I don't know how I saw Gulan practicing calligraphy just now, and I walked in as if possessed. Then, when I saw that one of Gulan's strokes was not strong enough, I couldn't help but speak up to remind him, but ended up scaring him.
Looking at Gulan walking towards the kitchen outside the door, Xiang Yunjin knew that he was going to cook himself, and walked towards An An's study with satisfaction.
By now, the homework he assigned just now should be almost completed, so it's a good time to check it.
As soon as she entered the kitchen, Gulan smelled the fragrant aroma of the stew. It had been more than half an hour, and it would be almost done in another half an hour.
It takes about an hour to stew the beef until it is just right. If it is too short, the beef will not be tender. If it is too long, the beef will lose its toughness and become too soft, affecting the taste.
Just in time, when the rice is cooked, the beef is almost ready to be served.
Next, the kitchen became completely busy under her command.
Some people prepare the side dishes, some people cut the vegetables, and as the chef, Gulan only needs to cook and has no chance to touch the water at all.
Cai Yu had already prepared the staple food in advance and kept it warm on the stove.
The first thing Gulan has to make is sea cucumber and abalone soup, which is the second longest time to prepare after braised beef. It takes about half an hour to make it fully flavorful.
Cai Yu had already prepared the ingredients according to her instructions: a few pieces of blanched pork ribs, the Hericium erinaceus that Gulan had taken out in advance, plus sea cucumber, abalone, and the ingredients astragalus, dendrobium officinale, and a very small ginseng whisker.
This is a very nourishing soup that not only nourishes the liver and replenishes qi, but also has the effect of beautifying the skin and enhancing immunity.
At the signal from his master, Cai Yu, the second-in-command in the kitchen, placed the clay pot on the smaller stove and started making preparations for making soup.
A clay pot is a must for making soup, so that the flavor of the ingredients can be better locked in.
Then Cai Yu and the others saw the master put in spare ribs, sea cucumber, abalone, hericium erinaceus, astragalus, dendrobium officinale, ginseng root and so on in turn.
They watched the whole process carefully and did not find it difficult, but their previous experience told them that although it looked easy, the soup they cooked would always taste a little worse than the original.
They couldn't tell why.
In just a moment, the strong aroma of medicine and seafood blended perfectly together and drifted through the kitchen.
The chefs who always deal with ingredients couldn't help but sniff it. It smelled so good.
After the sea cucumber and abalone soup was ready, there was no need to rush. The fennel or cumin lamb, steamed sturgeon and the remaining two vegetarian dishes did not take much time to prepare. It would not be too late to prepare them when the soup was almost done.
More than half an hour later, the rich and fragrant braised beef, the unique cumin lamb, the unforgettable sea cucumber and abalone soup, the unforgettable steamed sturgeon, and the salted egg yolk baked cabbage and radish were served one by one.
Gulan wanted to try something different with her vegetarian dishes, but unfortunately the only fresh vegetables available here in the winter were cabbage, radish and a few other types.
Gulan had never seen bean sprouts, tofu, bean skin, and various soy products in the market, and later confirmed that they were really not available here.
Xiang Yunjin came at an unfortunate time because the bean sprouts that had been sprouted a few days ago had just been eaten, and the new ones had just sprouted and could not be eaten yet.
At first, Gulan was directing Cai Yu and his team to clean up the vat and make a hole in the bottom, then put the selected and soaked beans on top layer by layer of sand. When they laid them down layer by layer, everyone was confused and didn't understand what the master was going to do.
But then, according to the master's instructions, when they saw the yellow and tender bean sprouts sprouting, and when they finally put them into their mouths, everyone finally understood why the master did this.
In the past, we only knew to grind soybeans into flour and stir-fry them to eat, and no one ever thought that they could be eaten this way.
After experiencing the delicious taste of bean sprouts, everyone admired the master from the bottom of their hearts.
After the food was ready, Gulan didn't even need to call them. Xiang Yunjin pulled An An and they automatically waited by the table.
Goudan held back his saliva and was dragged back home by his brothers.
Uncle Gu had distinguished guests at his house, and they couldn't let me eat and drink for free like I did before, as it was too rude, so they still took me back even though I didn't want to.
Xiang Yunjin felt extremely happy after the meal and knew that the trip was not in vain.
Whether it was the halal sturgeon or the salted egg yolk baked cabbage, the taste was absolutely amazing. He didn't even raise his head while eating.