Farm Girl Turns Everything Around: Sly Husband, Let's Farm

Chapter 1136: Chapter 1136 She Smiled_1 Chapter 1136: Chapter 1136 She Smiled_1 There were ten dishes in total, and Qiao Xiaomai had already decided on the menu. She sorted through the ingredients she had brought and found those for the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, preparing to stew it first.

Out of the ten dishes, there was one soup. Was there a soup more suitable than the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall that could outshine it?

No.

After the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall had started to stew, she began to prepare the cold dishes.

There were two cold dishes, one saliva chicken, and one cold mixed tofu.

The tofu had been prepared beforehand and was simple to make. Saliva chicken was a bit more troublesome. In making it, Qiao Xiaomai primarily wanted to showcase the deliciousness of chili peppers.

While her hands were constantly busy, she still found time to glance over at the stove next to her.

When she saw what was being made on the stove next to her, her peach blossom eyes suddenly widened before she let out a chuckle.

Tong Sanlang, who was scraping fish scales, saw her sudden laughter, twisted his head to look at her, and with his eyes asked what was so funny.

She quickly straightened out the smile on her little face, putting on a serious expression, “It’s nothing, keep busy. After the fish scales are scraped, chop off the head and tail, and slice it into thin pieces.”

Seeing this, Tong Sanlang gave her a few more puzzled looks, but seeing her busily engaged as well, he lowered his head and continued his work.

Yang Wenxiao sat on the high platform, watching Qiao Xiaomai’s expressions, and raised his eyebrows, “What’s this girl laughing at?”

Emperor Yongan was drinking tea. Hearing the comment, he set down his tea bowl and looked towards Wan Chang’s stove, softly exclaiming, “This new chef from the Zuixian Building is indeed making something quite fresh.”

However, fresh as it may be, Qiao Xiaomai was taking her cooking seriously–was there a need for her to laugh?

“We’ll ask her after the competition is over.” Yang Hao couldn’t figure out what was amusing and could only suppress his curiosity.

Yao Xian was also drinking tea and, watching this scene, covered the corner of her mouth with her teacup, a cold sneer appearing on her face. Laugh, laugh as much as you want, once the contest is over, you won’t be laughing anymore.

Now, back to Qiao Xiaomai, after she finished making saliva chicken, she started on the hot dishes.

There were six hot dishes she planned to make: Mao Blood Curd, Boiled Fish, Big Plate Chicken, Chili Stuffed Meat, Rice Noodle Steamed Meat, and Sweet and Sour Ribs.

The Rice Noodle Steamed Meat was rather mild and could counter the heavy flavors of Mao Blood Curd, Boiled Fish, and Big Plate Chicken. And if the Rice Noodle Steamed Meat still wasn’t enough, there were the Sweet and Sour Ribs.

Six hot dishes, four of which used chili peppers, which sufficiently revealed Qiao Xiaomai’s urgent drive to promote chili peppers.

Among the five judges, Yang Wenxiao, Emperor Yongan, Yu Ang, and the Prince of Bai were all able to eat spicy food, so she dared to boldly use that many chili peppers.

She started with the Boiled Fish. Tong Sanlang had already cleaned the fish and sliced it. She prepared green onions, ginger, garlic, and chili peppers. Boiled Fish was best made with dried chilies, but since the chilies had recently been picked and didn’t have time to dry, she would make do.

Pour the oil, add the seasonings, and “sizzle” was heard, followed by the aroma being released.

The scent was strong, spicy, pungent, quickly wafting into the ministers’ noses. Even those who didn’t like spice couldn’t help but salivate at this fragrant and spicy aroma.

Qiao Xiaomai was aiming for this effect. Apart from the rich aroma of sweets, nothing was more attractive than the smell of spicy food. In the past, when she passed by hot pot restaurants, even if she didn’t feel like eating hot pot, she couldn’t resist going in after smelling the aroma.

She glanced at the ministers’ expressions with satisfaction and curled the corner of her mouth.

She knew it would elicit this kind of reaction.

All the seeds from the two hundred catties of chili peppers she had collected were already picked out and planted. Hmm, the silver was flying towards her pocket again!