The book begins with the waste of all the members

Bai Shuyang and Yinsheng were responsible for building the kiln, Wei Yu was responsible for marinating the chicken, Yinlan was responsible for washing potatoes, sweet potatoes and wrapping eggs, and Loulan was on duty outside waiting for food.

The division of labor is very clear.

Bai Shuyang and Yinsheng dug four full buckets of mud.

"Dilute one bucket of mud with water, and keep the other three buckets dry."

"Wrap the silver orchid eggs in wet paper, wrap them in multiple layers, otherwise the eggs will explode."

After Wei Yu finished giving his instructions, he began to process the whole chicken.

She first gave the chicken a massage with ginger, garlic, soy sauce and homemade thirteen spices, then stuffed onions and mushrooms into the chicken's belly, sealed it with bamboo sticks and set it aside to marinate.

After his hands and feet were free, he helped Yinlan wrap eggs.

In the middle, she always felt that she seemed to have missed something crucial, until the kiln was built and she was about to coat the chicken with mud.

Wei Yu finally realized what he had missed. "It's over. We promised beggar's chicken in lotus leaves, but we don't have any lotus leaves."

Bai Shuyang volunteered, "Let the brave Xiaobai take care of this little thing. I'll go to the lotus pond in the Imperial Garden and pick some. The lotus flowers haven't all withered yet."

"Thank you for your dedication and contribution to the organization. Go ahead, hero."

Bai Shuyang responded very cooperatively, "I guarantee that I'll complete the task."

Although Chengming Palace is the queen's palace, it is located in a remote area and far from the imperial garden. It took Bai Shuyang 30 minutes to go there and back.

When Bai Shuyang came back, his face looked very bad, and he was holding a few lotus leaves and two baskets of pork in his hands.

Wei Yu seemed to have guessed where the two cartons of pork came from.

Bai Shuyang angrily threw the pork into the basin, "That blind old man Wan in the imperial kitchen, he he he he... he actually believed the rumor that I love raw pork and forced two cartons of pork on me. Ahhhh, I'm dying."

Bai Shuyang made himself look like a mess.

Apart from anything else, these two baskets of pork are of alternating fat and lean meat and are of very good quality.

"Don't be angry, we got two cartons of pork for free, so we didn't lose out."

Bai Shuyang glanced at Wei Yu and was not comforted at all.

Seeing this, Wei Yu opened his mouth and said, "There is a famous dish called Dongpo Pork, which is soft but not mushy, fatty but not greasy..."

Bai Shuyang pretended to be very reluctant and picked up the pork and handed it to Wei Yu, "Take it away, take it away. It makes me upset to see it."

"I'll make it for you tomorrow."

Bai Shuyang almost couldn't suppress the corner of his mouth.

Wei Yu wrapped the chicken in lotus leaves and then covered it with mud.

At this time, the kiln was already burning red.

Wei Yu put the chicken in, and then threw in potatoes, sweet potatoes and eggs one after another.

Wei Yu clapped his hands and said, "Smash the kiln."

Others: “Huh?”

"It will be easier to cook if you smash it. After smashing it, cover it with the remaining soil. It will be ready to eat in half an hour." Wei Yu patted his chest and said, "I guarantee it will be very delicious, tender and juicy."

When Bai Shuyang and Yinsheng heard this, they smashed the kiln without showing any mercy.

Wei Yu made some smashed cucumber while waiting.

"Why don't you call Loulan in and let you try something new." Wei Yu said mysteriously.

Bai Shuyang couldn't wait to ask, "What is it?"

"You'll find out later."

Bai Shuyang immediately climbed over the wall to find Loulan.

Wei Yu took Yin Sheng back to the small kitchen yard. They wanted to lift up the small clay jar that had been soaked in the well the day before.

"Wow, it's so cold." Yinsheng held the small clay jar as if it were a piece of ice.

Wei Yu opened the sealed lid and found that the water inside had indeed frozen.

"Wow, I saw you pour boiling water in there, so why is it frozen when it comes out?" Yinsheng was curious.

"I've seen this method of making ice in a book. I just wanted to try it out, but I didn't expect it to be so successful."

Wei Yu once watched a video about ice making in ancient times. It was to boil water, put it into a sealed container, and then put it into a deep well, and the boiling water would turn into ice.

I thought it would be good if I could just form some ice chips, but I actually succeeded in making ice. I’m so happy that I can have ice drinks in the summer.

Wei Yu crushed the ice and filled two teapots with it, then poured the green grape wine brewed half a month ago into one of the teapots.

If you can drink a glass of ice fruit wine like this in the summer, you will be as happy as a god.

When they returned to the front yard of the main hall, Bai Shuyang was waiting for them with his head stretched out. He immediately went to greet them as soon as he saw them coming back.

"Where's the delicious food?" Bai Shuyang looked back and forth between Wei Yu's hand and Yin Sheng's hand.

Wei Yu felt like laughing when she saw his impatience. She held up the large teapot in her hand, which was already covered with a lot of steam. "This is it."

"Tea?"

"Green grape wine, iced, would you like to try it?"

Bai Shuyang held the cup with both hands, "Thank you."

Wei Yu put ice cubes in the cup first and then poured the green grape wine into the cup, so that the wine would not taste so sweet.

Wei Yu knew that Loulan didn't like things that were too sweet, so he filled Loulan's cup with ice.

Lou Lan looked at the green grape wine in his hand, a hint of sweetness appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his deep gaze silently followed Wei Yu's figure.

Wei Yu felt his gaze and grinned at him, "You can eat soon."

Loulan smiled and nodded. The green grape wine in her hand gave off a faint aroma, and the taste of green grapes mixed with sake was refreshing.

After an hour, Wei Yu dug out the lotus leaf chicken. He didn't smell the scent of chicken, but the smell of sweet potatoes was very tempting.

Everyone was hungry after waiting for so long, so a few of them started eating the sweet potatoes.

Wei Yu went to the side and knocked the mud off the chicken. She was so burned that she grimaced in the process.

Lou Lan took the small hoe from Wei Yu's hand and put the half-peeled sweet potato in his other hand into Wei Yu's hand, "I'll do it, you eat this first."

Wei Yu was not polite either, she was hungry too.

As soon as Loulan knocked off the mud on the surface, the aroma of lotus leaf chicken wafted out, and the sweet potatoes in the hands of the other people instantly lost their fragrance.

The moment the lotus leaf was opened, the whole chicken seemed to be emitting holy light. It was no exaggeration. Wei Yu saw in Bai Shuyang and Yinsheng's eyes their piety towards the lotus leaf chicken.

"I hate it..." Bai Shuyang was very upset. "I hate why I didn't study hard with the teacher. Now I can't find any other words to describe it except that it smells so good."

"Me too, me too." Yinsheng and Yinlan felt the same way.

Wei Yu: “…”

But the food baked this way is indeed much more fragrant than the one she made in the oven before.

The taste is also very different. The lotus leaf chicken roasted in this way has a strong lotus leaf flavor, and the chicken is tender and juicy, not at all dry.

Wei Yu was concentrating on eating when suddenly she felt something pulling at the hem of her skirt.

Looking down, she saw a pair of clear, big eyes like copper bells staring at her, or to be more precise, staring at the chicken leg in her hand.

When Wei Yu saw the object clearly, he felt a sense of disconnection, because the object with a pair of clear big eyes turned out to be a complete silly dog.

The Husky was wearing a yellow jacket and was wagging its tail vigorously at Wei Yu, with saliva dripping all over the floor.

"That's right, Erha Benha." Wei Yu waved a chicken leg in front of Erha, "Want to eat?"

The Husky seemed to understand, nodded, and turned around excitedly.

"If you want to eat, just call me."

"Woof." Erha really barked.

"Wow, you're not a Border Collie in a Husky's skin, are you?" Wei Yu tore off a piece of meat and let the Husky smell it, "Sit down."

Erha sat very straight,

"shake hands."

Erha put his hand in Wei Yu's palm.

Wei Yu exclaimed, "Good dog."

Wei Yu rinsed the meat in clean water before feeding it to the Husky. After it finished eating, it still looked at Wei Yu eagerly.

Now only the chicken butt and head are left.

Wei Yu tentatively gave the chicken butt to the Husky, who swallowed it in one gulp, wagging its tail happily.

"Who allowed you to feed the chicken butt to Tianci?" Si Muchu jumped down from the wall, and the first thing he did was to pry open Erha's mouth. "It's over, it's over. If my brother knew that his Tianci ate the chicken butt, he would tear me apart."

"Tianci, what's the name of this Husky?" Wei Yu looked doubtful about his life.

"What's wrong with the name Tianci? It was given by my royal brother. It means a gift from heaven."

Wei Yu gave Erha a thumbs up and said, "You are the pride of Erha."