Xiyan stomped her feet, feeling wronged, "You're just like Third Young Master, thinking that our grandmother is too young, kind, and easy to bully!"

With that, Xiyan ran off angrily.

Lai Yue watched the little lass run off and felt helpless. How could he not know that Third Young Master's actions were a bit inappropriate, but he couldn't stop him!

Xiyan quickly returned to Chu Lian. Chu Lian put down the notebook in her hands, a look of shock on her face. She hadn't expected this to really be the case!

Chu Lian was speechless. She asked Xiyan to tell her the whole story in detail.

"What did you say? The front courtyard even sent food over?" Chu Lian's eyes lit up when she heard this.

Xiyan was feeling sad for her mistress and didn't expect Chu Lian to ask about this. She paused for a moment before nodding, "Yes!

I heard that Eldest Grandmother was afraid that the maidservants would be busy tomorrow morning, so she sent some food to each courtyard overnight. "

Heh!

Things would be easier if there were food!

Just one meal from Duke Jing 'an's estate was enough for her. Since He Sanlang wanted to hog it all, she would just give it all to him. She didn't want it at all.

Chu Lian crawled up from the bed and tossed the notebook in her hands to the side. She was about to go to the small kitchen in the courtyard.

Xiyan couldn't be bothered to complain about the injustice and hurriedly stopped Chu Lian, "Third Young Mistress, you can't go out like this!"

Chu Lian looked down at her cool sleeping clothes and realized that it was indeed inappropriate. "Then hurry and find me a normal set of clothes."

Ming Yan, who was outside, also came in to serve her.

Chu Lian quickly changed into a light yellow dress. Her hair, which hadn't dried yet, was casually tied up with a white jade hairpin. It was simple and elegant like a magnolia.

However, her urgency was not like the refined magnolia at all.

Seeing how anxious she was, Xiyan didn't help her wear the jade ornaments and said softly, "I'm done."

Chu Lian stood up and walked out of the bedroom like the wind.

Xiyan and Ming Yan chased after her and shouted, "Third Young Mistress, slow down!"

Xiyan's heart ached. Third Young Mistress was so anxious, she must be starving.

Gui Momo, who was in the outer room, saw Chu Lian walking out quickly and did not know what was going on but she quickly followed up.

Chu Lian had visited the courtyard where she was going to live in the future, so she naturally remembered where the small kitchen was. After a while, she arrived at the small kitchen.

A woman in her thirties who was guarding the small kitchen saw that it was Third Young Madam and hurriedly welcomed her in. She was afraid that the kitchen was too dark, so she took out a few candles and lit them.

The woman said respectfully, "Third Young Madam, what brings you to the small kitchen?"

Chu Lian's eyes swept across the small kitchen. "Where are the ingredients for the evening delivery?"

The woman was startled. She hadn't expected Third Young Madam to ask this, but she quickly reacted and answered honestly. She led Chu Lian to the chopping board and said, "Third Young Madam, it's all here!"

At this time, Xiyan and the others also entered the kitchen. As soon as they came in, they saw their grandmother squatting in front of two large water tanks and looking around. Xiyan hurriedly went over, and she saw a big white goose with its legs tied beside the water tanks.

The goose knew how to peck people. Xiyan moved away from Chu Lian, afraid that the goose would peck her.

However, Chu Lian didn't care about this. She looked at the ingredients on the chopping board, as well as the water tanks and buckets beside them. She couldn't be more excited.

Wow!

This is incredible!

Not only were there all kinds of vegetables and eggs, but there were also all kinds of fish. Just in the water tanks alone, there were two Qingjiang fish and a black fish, as well as processed chicken and pork. There were also two pieces of raw venison. However, she hadn't eaten venison in the modern world, so she naturally didn't know how to cook it. She just put it aside for now.

It was getting late. Even though she craved pickled vegetables and fish, it was troublesome to cook, and it took a lot of time to process the fish.

Chu Lian looked around and already had an idea in her heart.

Xiyan stood beside her. When she saw that Third Young Madam was actually reaching out to do it herself, she hurriedly stopped her. "Third Young Madam, how can you do it yourself? Tell this servant what you want to eat, and this servant will make it for you."

When Xiyan said this, she couldn't help but feel sad. Although their Sixth Young Madam wasn't favored in the Ying household, she was still a delicate young lady who had been raised since she was young. She had never done such menial work in the kitchen before, and now, she had to do it herself just to eat a meal.

Although First Young Madam Zou had sent someone to deliver the ingredients, she hadn't had time to send the kitchen maids over. Thus, Chu Lian's servants still had to do what they wanted to eat.

Chu Lian saw that Xiyan was really stopping her. She also understood that with her current status, it wasn't suitable for her to do this. If she did it herself, she wouldn't think much of it, but if word got out, she didn't know what people would say. Thus, she let Xiyan do it while she stood to the side and gave pointers.

Xiyan couldn't do it alone, so Ming Yan went up to help.

Chu Lian looked at the stove and saw that most of the ingredients were present. Only vegetable oil, chili, and sauces were missing. However, it was enough to cook a good meal in Chu Lian's heart.

When she saw that Xiyan was about to pour the sliced spinach (similar to cabbage) into the water and cook it, Chu Lian hurriedly stopped her.

Xiyan was puzzled. "Third Young Madam, if you don't cook spinach like this, how do you cook it?

Whether it's the British Duke's Estate or ours, spinach is always cooked this way, right? "

Chu Lian was helpless. She finally understood that in the Great Wu Dynasty, all food was either boiled, roasted, or steamed.

Apart from these three things, there was nothing else. There weren't even many seasonings here.

The sweet and sour Szechuan style spinach should have used vegetable oil, but here, they didn't even have the habit of storing vegetable oil, let alone vegetable oil.

Chu Lian pointed at the fresh strip of pork on the chopping board. "Ming Yan, cut this into a palm-sized piece, then cut it into chopstick-thin strips."

This was to be kept as shredded meat for extracting oil.

When Gui Momo saw that Third Young Madam seemed to be talking about a secret recipe again, she hurriedly chased out the woman who had stuck her head out of the small kitchen.

Chu Lian was now completely used to their behavior. She stood to the side and watched Ming Yan cut the meat, pretending not to see anything.

It was just a few home-made stir-frying dishes. Other than the red braised pork that took some time, even if the rice was added, it would only take less than an hour.

They didn't let Chu Lian do it. Although Xiyan was skilled in cooking, she didn't often come into contact with it. In addition, it was her first time cooking the red braised pork, so the color of the red braised pork wasn't very ideal.

However, although the red braised pork's appearance was average, it tasted pretty good.

For Xiyan to be able to make such a dish on her first try, she could already be considered to be relatively talented in cooking.

Xiyan and Gui Momo's faces were still filled with surprise when they came out of the kitchen with the food boxes. They never knew that cooking could be done like this. Not only could it be boiled, roasted, and steamed, but it could also be stir-fried like that. Furthermore, it was so delicious!

Chu Lian didn't care about this. She was very hungry!

"Let's go quickly. I'm hungry. Bring it to the reception pavilion and set up the meal."

"Yes," the few people responded from behind.

The small kitchen wasn't too far from the study. On this summer night, there was a cool east wind blowing, and the small kitchen happened to be upwind of the study.

Ever since there was movement in the small kitchen, Lai Yue knew. He even stood on his tiptoes to look over curiously. Who knew that after looking for a while, a very tempting fragrance floated in the air.