novelhk Chapter 137 Lin Ci apologizes
Chapter 137 Lin Ci apologizes
"The Third Prince has gone to war, and we're here to keep you company, fearing you'd be bored."
Lin Qingtang had already come to Jiang Li with a smile, raised his hand to hold her arm, and then waved to the two men at the door.
But when he saw Lin Ci's depressed and lifeless face, he couldn't help but frown.
She couldn't bear to see him worrying about Ji Qingwan's marriage, so she kindly brought him out to relax. He better not spoil her mood here.
Jiang Li didn't notice the subtle expression on Lin Qingtang's face, but excitedly shared with her the hot pot they were going to eat tonight.
The girl loved to join in the fun. She had been thinking about the barbecue she had at Wujiang B&B last time. When she heard there was a new twist, she couldn't wait to try it.
"Okay, okay, we'll help you prepare the dishes!"
Lin Qingtang shook her arm excitedly, and even took the time to turn around and look at Lin Ci, frowning and roaring.
"Lin Ci! Come over here and get ready to wash the vegetables!"
Lin Qingtang's roar startled the young man sitting on the bamboo chair for a moment.
Lin Ci sighed helplessly, raised his hand to rub his forehead, and finally stood up resignedly. When would his sister change her frightened temper?
He knew that she wanted him to go out and relax, but he was not unhappy, just a little depressed.
After all, if anyone knew that the goddess they had loved for so long was actually a sinister and scheming person, it would definitely take a long time to digest it...
"coming……"
The vegetables planted in the backyard of Yuchun Palace have grown up. Jiang Li instructed Li Youchuan to pull the vegetables from the soil. The pulled vegetables were fresh and still had soil on them, which made Lin Ci feel a little disgusted when he went to wash the vegetables.
On the other side, Chu Changxun built a square stove according to Jiang Li's idea, which can be used to heat food and eat at the same time.
There is a clean table board on it, and there are two hollow circles in the middle, which are just big enough to hold two pots.
As for why there were two pots, Jiang Li hadn't told him yet.
Jiang Li and Lin Qingtang went to the small kitchen and asked the servants to cut the beef, pork and mutton into thin slices. Thinking that the three men might eat a lot, they asked them to cut more.
"Very good, the dishes are almost ready."
Next, the most important step, is to make the hot pot soup base! It's her turn.
Thinking that Lin Ci and Chu Changxun might not be able to eat spicy food, she immediately came up with an idea. Since there were no conditions for a double-flavored hotpot here, she would set up two pots, one spicy and one tomato, so that everyone could eat.
Both soup bases are not difficult to make. Jiang Li tried hard to recall the taste of the hot pot she ate in modern times and worked hard to recreate it.
However, without technology and hard work, the original soup base will ultimately lack in flavor.
Jiang Li tried it first and it was not bad, quite authentic.
"Lin Ci! Come over here and take the pot!"
The boy tried hard to cover his red, water-frozen hands. He had never done such a job before...
But when he heard his sister's order, even though he was reluctant, he still stood up obediently.
"coming……"
After hearing the sound, Chu Changxu and Li Youchuan also got up and went to the kitchen to see if there was anything they could do to help.
As soon as they entered the door, they saw Jiang Li pointing at several condiments on the table and telling them how to make the dipping sauce.
They had no idea what dipping sauce was. They just picked up whatever Jiang Li put in it.
In the courtyard, the sun hung obliquely in the sky, and the warm yellow light was no longer as hot as it was at noon.
Several people sat around the table, and the steam coming out of the two pots didn't make them feel cold at all.
Lin Qingtang's mouth turned red from eating so much spicy food, but he still loved the spicy hot pot.
Jiang Li couldn't help laughing, and quickly asked Liusu to get some goat milk to help the girl relieve the spiciness.
"Wow, it's spicy and fragrant. I'm sweating while eating it..."
Jiang Li smiled and wiped the sweat off his face, so it is said that hot pot is suitable for eating in winter, as it can help to ward off the cold.
The three men opposite also ate a lot, but Li Youchuan could tolerate a little spicy food and continued to eat the mutton without changing his expression.
But Chu Changxuan and Lin Ci were not so calm. Their fair faces were flushed red, and they didn't know how many cups of goat milk they had been refilled with.
Jiang Li kept reminding them that they could have some tomato hotpot, but they loved spicy hotpot as if they were being tortured.
Lin Ci pursed his lips, which were red from the spiciness, and put more potato chips into the pot.
"Sister Jiang Li, did you come up with all this? It's even better than barbecue!"
Jiang Li paused while eating meat and looked at Lin Qingtang in disbelief.
Did she hear it right? This guy actually called her "sister"! ?
The latter raised his eyebrows slightly and nodded at her, probably because he was stimulated and suddenly got the idea.
"It's not something I discovered. I've seen other people eat it this way before..."
Jiang Li used the same excuse she had used during the barbecue incident, which did not arouse anyone's suspicion.
……
The time they spent eating became longer and longer, and before they knew it, the moon was already hanging in the sky.
"It's getting late, so we'll leave first."
"Okay, please go slower on the road."
Jiang Li sent them to the gate of the palace. Lin Qingtang and Chu Changxun had already walked towards the carriage, but Lin Ci was still lingering at the gate of the palace.
Seeing his hesitation, Jiang Li raised her eyebrows. What? Does he have something to say?
"what happened?"
Jiang Li was the first to break his hesitation, and her pair of water-washed eyes looked at him calmly, making the boy's already unnatural expression even more flushed.
"I...I have something to tell you."
Jiang Li's lips suddenly blossomed into a smile, and the corners of her eyes turned up.
"You said."
The girl's already fair skin looked as if coated with a layer of fluorescence under the moonlight, with bright eyes and white teeth, she was so beautiful that she didn't look like an ordinary person.
Lin Ci quickly looked away, not daring to meet her gaze.
"I want to apologize to you. I shouldn't have made such assumptions about you and treated you so badly just because of Ji Qingwan's one-sided words..."
The more the boy spoke, the more he lowered his head.
Jiang Li couldn't help but chuckle at his dejected look.
"That's it?"
"Um……"
Lin Ci quietly raised his eyes and looked at her for a moment, his voice muffled, not understanding why she was laughing.
"Okay, I forgive you, you can go back."
Jiang Li spoke in a cheerful voice and waved at him, signaling him to get on the carriage quickly.
Lin Ci left with a somewhat stiff movement. Did she forgive him so easily?
Or does she simply not care about what I do to her?
The boy walked and thought, and there was no joy of being forgiven in his depressed mind, but rather a bit of irritability.
Why doesn't she care? Or does she really think of herself as an ignorant little brat!?
Lin Ci's imagination became more and more exaggerated, and finally he completely angered himself.
Humph, he doesn't really care about her, and he doesn't really want her forgiveness.