I have been farming since I crossed over.

Yang Mingxi remembered that Lu Jintang seemed to have told him that he had ten secret guards and ten guards. All the guards were detained when he was under house arrest in the Lu family. From what Lu Er said, it seemed that they had all been brought out again.

After thinking about it, I realized that Lu Jintang had been away for so many days, and I was afraid that he had gone to the capital to deal with this matter. I felt a little sorry for him running so far back and forth, so I decided to cook him a good meal.

Yang Mingxi smiled and said, "Lu Er, go catch some fish from the river and I'll make a fresh meal for your master. Just bring back as much fish as you can eat! It tastes very good."

Lu Er's eyes lit up. Miss Yang's cooking must be delicious. He quickly smiled and said, "Yes, I'll be right back. Thank you for your hard work, Miss Yang."

Yang Mingxi waved her hand and continued to deal with the things in Lu Er’s pot.

I looked at the rice first and found it was a little too dry, so I quickly scooped it into a basin and gave it a cold water bath.

The chicken in the pot had been cooked to a soft state, and it was too late to make anything else. She remembered that when she and Lu Jintang took her two younger brothers to play in the mountains, they saw some mushrooms and threw them into the space. Now it was a good time to take them out and make some chicken stewed with mushrooms.

Take out the mushrooms and wash them, take out the chicken from the pot, drain off some of the water, and scoop the remaining soup in the pot into a bowl for later use.

Put a little oil in the pot, add the onion, ginger and garlic and stir-fry, pour in the chicken, stir-fry evenly, add appropriate amount of shochu, stir-fry again, pour the chicken soup into the pot, add mushrooms, add appropriate amount of cold water, add a little space spring water, and cook it.

Just like before, place the rice steamer in the pot where the chicken is cooked, continue steaming, and then process the braised pork in the second pot.

The braised pork in the second pot had also become somewhat soft and mushy. Yang Mingxi followed the same procedure, separating the meat from the broth. Then, she added a little oil to the pot and stir-fried the meat. When the oil started to sizzle, she added onions, ginger, garlic, Sichuan peppercorns, and star anise. She then added a little shochu and continued to stir-fry. Finally, she added sugar and stir-fried until the meat turned reddish-black. Then, she added the broth and continued to cook until the meat was soft and mushy.

I tasted the roe deer meat and it tasted okay, so I didn’t make any major changes. I just took out the meat, added some seasonings, stir-fried it, and continued to cook it in the soup.

The portions of these three dishes are quite large, and they are all meat. I will add some boiled fish later, and they will be enough hot dishes.

It’s mid-to-late April now, and the weather in Changshan Village is already a bit hot. Let’s make two more cold dishes!

I looked in the kitchen and saw a large piece of pork belly. I thought of making some cold pork belly and some cold pea flour, and the cold dish would be done.

Looking at the small stove next to it, there were still two stove holes. He quickly took two pieces of firewood from the big stove, moved them to the small stove, lit the fire, put water, green onions, ginger, garlic and liquor into the pot, put the large piece of pork belly in, and cooked it first, while heating water in another pot.

Yang Mingxi went home to get some pickled cabbage and pea flour. When she returned to the kitchen, Lu Er had already returned, carrying two large baskets full of fish, which he was washing by the well.

Yang Mingxi put the pea powder into the water and stirred it evenly, then heated it in a pot until it became a crystal clear paste. She scooped it into a basin several times and placed it in iced water to speed up the solidification.

Yang Mingxi looked at the fish Lu Er had prepared. Wow, it was just as clean as hers! She smiled and said, "Wash it and bring it in for me to prepare! Can you slice it?"

Lu Er glanced at Yang Mingxi and said in disbelief, "Slicing the fish? No way?"

Yang Mingxi took a fish and, after thinking about how she had seen others slice it, she began to try. Lu Er, watching from the side, opened his eyes wide in amazement. Miss Yang's knife skills were also very impressive!

Lu Er watched for a while, then took the knife and started to work on it. Yang Mingxi could go and see what other vegetarian dishes to make, and then give the whole thing a snack to go with the wine.

After thinking about it, I realized that they were all big fish and meat, so I used the pot I used to boil water to cook some boiled cabbage. It was light and sweet, and not bad.

Yang Mingxi was a bit troubled about what to eat with the wine? The main reason was that he hadn't prepared anything. He probably had some leftover peanuts at home, but this was a bit too boring!

After Lu Er finished preparing the fish, he saw Yang Mingxi standing in front of the stove, thinking about something. He asked, "Miss Yang, what's wrong? Are you missing any other dishes?"

Yang Mingxi said, "I want to make some snacks to go with the wine, but I can't think of what to make. Mainly because I don't have the ingredients."

Lu Er took a look at the prepared dishes and said, "It's not that complicated. Whatever you cook is delicious. We have plenty of tofu here. Just make some Mapo Tofu. With so many dishes, which one can't go well with wine?"

Yang Mingxi thought for a moment and said, "Alright, then let's make the whole Mapo Tofu!"

Wash the tofu, cut it into pieces, sprinkle some salt on it and marinate it, then go to see the three dishes in the stove.

The rice is ready, just place it on top of the chicken to keep it warm. Place a few steaming trays on top of the steamer, place the braised pork and roe deer meat in bowls and keep them warm. Prepare one pot for cooking pickled fish, and blanch the tofu in another pot for making mapo tofu.

These two dishes are relatively simple, and there’s still time to make them when everyone arrives.

Just as Yang Mingxi was thinking, Lu Da's voice came from outside, "Lu Er, what delicious food have you made? It smells so good."

Tang Jiahang appeared out of nowhere and said, "This wasn't done by Lu Er, it was done by Miss Yang. Is your master back?"

The figure of Lu Da who was running forward suddenly stopped and said, "Hello, Lord Tang. In reply to Lord Tang, our master will be here soon. I came back to see if Lu Er needs any help."

Tang Jiahang bowed and said, "Go and get busy! Don't worry about me. Just send a table for us to the guest house later."

Lu Da quickly nodded to show that he understood.

Yang Mingxi listened to the conversation outside, thinking that she should come back soon, and quickly started to make pickled fish.

After frying the sauerkraut fish soup and putting some fish meat in to cook, Yang Mingxi started to make Mapo Tofu. There was a big pot full of Mapo Tofu, and she felt that even the next fifty people would not be able to finish it!

After the dish is done, heat it in the pot on low heat, take out the pork belly that has just been cooked, slice it, and put it directly on the plate. Dip it in water and it's all done.

At this moment, Lu Jintang seemed to have heard that Yang Mingxi was here, and he came straight to the kitchen and said, "Axi, thank you for helping to make so many delicious dishes, you've worked so hard!"

Yang Mingxi smiled and said, "I'm glad you like it. You've been out for so many days and you're tired. Hurry up and wash up so you can eat."

Lu Jintang looked at himself, all dirty, and resisted the urge to hug Yang Mingxi, and walked out with a smile. He felt very happy, and all the fatigue of so many days disappeared at once, and he was even more determined to get Yang Mingxi back as soon as possible, so that he could be aboveboard.