Cowardly Stepmother Dressed As the Hero

Zhang Zigui was so frightened that he jumped back into Cao Mi's arms.

Cao Mi was stunned for a while, then laughed.

After passing a dissatisfied look to Qi Ran, indicating that he was not allowed to scare people, she took advantage of the situation and returned Zhang Zigui to Zhang's arms.

It's actually quite fun to watch a few children "jealous", but it is more important to properly satisfy the children's possessiveness and give them a sense of security.

Sure enough, after the little girl left Cao Mi's embrace, the three little ones' expressions softened.

Cao Mi touched Qi Ran's head, and then asked Mrs. Zhang, "Why did you come here? Come to buy something?"

Zhang Shi nodded.

She briefly talked about the fact that she opened an "inn" in the Ale tribe, and then said: "After those Rong people live in, they will inevitably have to solve the problem of food and drink.

"The common food in the clan is not attractive to them, and the women just wandered around the market just looking for something new to eat.

"I came here to ask when I saw these unprecedented things on the stall."

Cao Mi smiled: "Well, these are indeed novel foods."

She called the servants around to get some dried chili peppers, and introduced to Mrs. Zhang: "This is the fruit of 'honglongguo', which is also a chili pepper. It has a pure spicy taste and is now the signature of my restaurant."

She thought about it for a while, and then asked: "Do the Rong people often eat barbecue and other foods? If you make chili powder into chili powder and sprinkle it on the barbecue with salt, it will taste very good."

Zhang's eyes lit up.

She knew Cao Mi's ability, so naturally she would not doubt her words.

After knowing that chili was really what she wanted, she asked excitedly, "Then... Princess, what is the price of this chili?"

Cao Mi frowned in embarrassment.

"This batch of peppers was just received two months ago, and I don't have much in my hands. Now it's very expensive!" Cao Mi explained: "I originally brought these to the prince and two children to try. I heard that the market was deserted before, so I asked them to come out and join in the fun to help the Changling market grow stronger.

"However, after discovering its magical effect, I asked the people in the villa to replant another batch, and the harvest will probably be ready next month. However, until the price comes down... I'm afraid it will take two or three years."

Chili peppers, which can be seen everywhere in modern times, are definitely a rare luxury in today's prosperous dynasty.

Before the output comes up, its supply targets can only be senior officials and giants who can enter and exit Fengdeng Building at will.

Mrs. Zhang immediately understood: "It turns out that this is the case, but the women are beyond their own power."

Cao Mi shook his head: "It's okay, it's my stall that didn't make it clear."

She paused, suddenly thought of something, and said, "Actually, if you want to add flavor to barbecue, you don't necessarily need pepper."

She recalls the various types of barbecue sauces and kebabs in modern times.

The world-famous cumin powder, its main material "benzoin" Cao Mi has not yet been found. This kind of thing is not in the Sheng Dynasty, and she has no seeds in her space, so she can't make it for the time being. But simpler, such as five-spice powder, or even thirteen-spice powder, most of the materials are easy to obtain.

Thinking of this, Cao Mi said again: "Well... so, it just so happens that the restaurant should serve new dishes, don't you want to send a batch of wool to Rongguang Villa next month?

"If I... the chef of the palace can match the spices for the barbecue, I will let them send some to the villa, you can buy it from the North Temple. The barbecue powder without peppers, in terms of price, should not be too expensive."

Hearing this, Mrs Zhang nodded happily: "Thank you, Princess!"

Cao Mi waved his hand, indicating that she should not be too polite.

Mrs. Zhang had other things to do. The two chatted for a while, and then she left with her daughter.

After Mrs Zhang left, Cao Mi had time to turn around and teach his three children a lesson.

She feigned anger and asked, "How can you show such an attitude when you treat Xiaozigui just now?"

Qi Ran pouted aggrievedly.

He didn't speak. He probably knew that he had done something wrong, but he didn't want to admit it, so he plunged into Cao Mi's arms with his head covered, and hummed to express his thoughts.

Qi Rui and Qi An are a little more stable.

The boss even reminded: "Mother, that's a Rong girl."

Cao Mi smiled: "Have you forgotten? Their mother and daughter are the two people your father brought back to the mansion before. The girl's father is a soldier under your father's command who died in battle."

The three children nodded when they heard the words.

Cao Mi then added: "My mother is indeed at fault in this matter, and you shouldn't be close to her without any scruples in front of you.

"But no matter what, the three handsome young sons of our palace should not show such an expression to a girl who is younger than yourself and who has done nothing wrong, understand?"

The three little ones nodded obediently.

Qi Ran, who was lying in Cao Mi's arms, suddenly raised her head and asked with emotion, "Mother, do you want to raise a girl more, don't you?"

Although he usually looks very simple, his reaction and intelligence are not comparable to the two brothers above, but he is very sensitive to the capture of emotions.

He could feel that when Cao Mi first saw Zhang Zigui and Zhang Shi, he was happy, but also had some hidden envy.

Cao Mi coughed awkwardly.

She does have this idea.

Speaking of which, Cao Mi was single in his last life. Her fantasy of having children in the future is fixed on the warm scene of braiding her lovely daughter. So in fact, when she saw Zhang Zigui with the face of an exotic little beauty, she was really "hearted".

However, at this time, Princess Bei'an's careful thought was directly said by the third child, and Cao Mi felt the embarrassment of being "caught raped in bed".

After thinking about it, she answered: "Mother, ahem, I did want a little girl, but I didn't want it more."

After clarifying this point, she comforted: "My mother is very happy and satisfied to meet the three of you. There is no child I like and look forward to more than you!"

Even if there is, it is only of the same weight as you.

She wisely did not say the last sentence.

Sure enough, after the three children listened to her explanation, the tense shoulder and neck lines relaxed again.

A small crisis was resolved, and Cao Mi was secretly relieved.

The mother and son stayed at the market for a while. Cao Mi saw that it was too lively outside, and was afraid that he might get separated from the child accidentally, so he simply rested his mind to continue shopping, and brought the child back to the courtyard.

Halfway through, Qi An suddenly proposed to go to the tent responsible for the market.

He clenched his fists excitedly: "On June 15th, Uncle Lei Li asked me to go over there to help, but that day was too deserted, and the profit share was not much, everyone was disappointed.

"This time, so many people came, they must be very happy!"

Just before Cao Mi arrived, Qi Rui and Qi An were still "on duty" in the city.

That is to say, the arrival of the princess of Bei'an made the king of Bei'an wake up like a dream and urgently removed the two of them from their "posts".

When Cao Mi heard the words, he naturally nodded and encouraged: "We Qi An is a good boy who is responsible, so let's go over and have a look together."

Several people changed their path and came to a tent next to the market.

When he got to the door, Qi An went straight in. Cao Mi followed behind him with the other two children, only to find that Qi You was there as soon as he entered the door.

King Bei'an was standing in front of the book desk in the house, listening to Lei Li's report on the market situation.

General Lei, who only knew about wars, held the account book presented by the person below, and his mouth was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth: "My mother, it's less than half a day now, and the income here in Changling has steadily exceeded 300 taels. After this day...hehe! It's like lying down and making money.

"Tsk tsk, these are the people who have no money, many of them used live sheep or materials to pay off their debts... This is a bit troublesome."

Qi An stood at his feet and pulled the corner of his shirt: "Uncle Lei, I want to see it too!"

Lei Li freed one hand, took him into his arms, pointed at the document and showed him: "Second Young Master, why are you here? Hey, come and see, did you make a lot of money this time?"

Qi An also knew many common words. After being picked up by him, he read the document carefully, and then nodded excitedly: "Yes! There are a lot of people here!"

Lei Li found Cao Mi and the other two children who came in behind, and greeted Cao Mi.

He confirmed with hindsight: "The princess took the three young sons to the market to see it?"

"En." Cao Mi nodded.

She took her child to salutation to Qi You-, and then responded: "I had a fun in the past, there were too many people, and I thought it was not complete, so I was ready to go back."

"How can it be unsafe?" Lei Li patted his chest proudly: "Don't worry, Princess, everyone who can enter the market has been strictly checked, and there is nothing unsafe!"

He thought that Cao Mi was afraid of malicious Rong people, but Cao Mi was even more afraid of public safety accidents such as stampede.

So she shook her head: "There are too many people, the children are scattered accidentally, and they have to recruit teachers and move the crowd, it is better to be careful."

When Lei Li heard this, he nodded angrily.

Qi You glanced at her and asked casually, "You... didn't send someone to set up a stall there before, what's up?"

Cao Mi smiled and answered truthfully: "Those things are expensive, and they are not necessary things. Basically no one cares. But I just went to join in the fun, and I didn't plan to sell them."

She didn't care what she said, but Qi Ran next to her was a little sad.

Xiao Pangdun ran to his father's side, hugged King Bei'an's thigh, and began to complain: "Father, my mother's food is delicious, those Rong people don't know the goods, and no one buys them at all."

After explaining, he stamped his feet indignantly: "I'm so **** off."

"Is it the new thing you brought from Cannes?" Qi Ran asked with raised eyebrows.

Qi Ran nodded: "Yes, it's delicious!"

Qi An, who was still held by Lei Li, glanced down at his younger brother, and couldn't help sneering: "Is there something you don't think is delicious?"

Qi Ran didn't hear his teasing, but thought about it seriously, and then shook his head honestly.

In the eyes of the third son of the palace, there are only two grades of "delicious" and "delicious".

When he shook his head, he made everyone in the room laugh.

Qi You then realized that after realizing it, he was a little embarrassed and buried his head in Qi You's thigh.

King Bei'an couldn't see his son like this, so he reached out and lifted him up.

Lei Li said something from the side: "Since it was brought by the princess, it must be a good thing!"

He still remembered the woolen sweater from the previous winter, and he said: "Where is your booth, princess, I will let my subordinates go directly to wrap it up!

"Tonight, let these big soldiers in the camp also taste the delicious food that the third son is full of praise!"

When Cao Mi heard what he said, he shook his head and smiled.

She put on the attitude of a princess and said, "It's right to let the soldiers have a taste, but you don't need to let General Lei spend money.

"If General Lei doesn't dislike it, I will let them close the stall and use those things to get a fresh meal for the generals and soldiers tonight?"

Lei Li was not polite, nodded and said, "I want what I want!"

Aware of Qi You's bad eyes after coming to him, Lei Li reacted again and said, "Thank you, Princess, for the reward!"

Cao Mi covered his mouth to hold back his smile: "It's settled over there."

Qi You carried Qi Ran over Lei Li and came to Cao Mi's side, returning the third child who was in his arms to Cao Mi.

When the two of them were closest to each other, he stopped, approached Cao Mi and asked in a low voice, "Didn't you bring me something?"

The things that Cao Mi brought were nominally for him and the two children who were not in the house.

But everyone knows that in a few days, Princess Bei'an will take her child home, and Qi Rui and Qi An will not be able to enjoy much at all.

The King of Bei'an had already regarded the large carts of things as "properties" sent to him by the princess.

When Cao Mi told Yun some to set up a stall in the past, he had no objection. This time, Princess Bei'an was going to give something away, and King Bei'an felt a little uncomfortable.

"Ah?" Cao Mi didn't react for a while.

It is really the image of Qi You in her heart. In addition to the cold noodle prince, another label is "the rich man who can give five thousand taels of real money at once".

After she extracted the information of "I'm stingy and I don't want to give it" from Qi You's words just now, she was directly blinded.

At this time, the King of Bei'an, who was very close to her, pouted slightly, and the baby fat on his cheeks was tightly closed, which was clearly the same as the expression of the three children after being wronged.

But soon, Qi You shoved Qi Ran back into her arms, and turned around with a light cough: "Cough, I'm bothering the princess, go down and prepare."

Then, he turned around and returned to the front of the desk, still with that cold face and selfless appearance, as if the grievances and stinginess just now were just Cao Mi's wishful thinking.

Cao Mi suddenly laughed.

She didn't know why, but she felt that the King of Bei'an was more real. Like a few children, Qi You, who pouted to express her dissatisfaction with her, made her feel more real and close than the King of Bei'an, whom she had always feared.

She quickly sorted out her expression, ignored King Bei'an's slightly red ears, and saluted the children before exiting the room.

After taking care of the three children and having lunch and taking a lunch break, Cao Mi called for the accompanying cook.

She was about to prepare dinner and said, "This time, we brought a lot of peppers, so let's make dinner mainly with peppers."

The cook nodded.

She is an old man next to Cao Mi, so she doesn't think it is difficult to cook, she only asks: "Princess, to make meals for so many people, we don't have enough manpower here!

"Can I go to the city and find the original kitchen staff to help?"

Cao Mi nodded.

She said: "Well, if you need anything, just go to Qi Liu to manage it.

"Qi Liu is more familiar with this place, let him help you do it."

The cook rubbed her hands together: "Well, the villain knows."

As soon as she thought of what she was going to prepare this afternoon, she became impatient and took the initiative to say, "The little man will go down and prepare now."

The cook was about to salute and leave, but was stopped by Cao Mi, "Wait."

Thinking of what the cook said about the shortage of manpower, Cao Mi suddenly had a new idea.

Indeed, it is not an easy task to feed hundreds of adult soldiers. It's just past noon now, and although there are still two hours before dinner, the kitchen is probably too busy.

Moreover, chili is a new thing after all, and not everyone is used to eating it.

If you follow the usual big pot rice method, the effect is not too bad, but it is not too surprising.

So, Cao Mi suddenly came up with an idea.

"Today, General Lei Li received a lot of mutton sheep, and I have heard him worrying before." Cao Mi ordered: "You simply ask Qi Liu to help you get some sheep and slaughter pieces of meat, we will eat hot pot tonight. All right."

"Hot pot?" The cook was a little puzzled.

It was a new term, she had never heard of it.

The more Cao Mi thought about it, the more feasible it became.

Recalling the deliciousness of this food in her previous life, she swallowed and said excitedly, "Yes, hot pot.

"If we make hot pot, we just need to hurry up and cook two kinds of pot bases."

Cao Mi thought for a while: "One is a spicy soup, and the other... let's use mushrooms to boil beef bones or pork bones to make a non-spicy mushroom soup."

The cook came back to her senses and asked subconsciously, "Uh...Princess, what should I do with this?"

Cao Mi beckoned, let her approach, and explained: "There is still time, you ask the people below to prepare to kill the sheep and wash the vegetables. Those things only need to be cleaned and disposed of.

"As for the soup base, listen to me..."

Soon, the logistics of the entire Changling began to move, and began to prepare the new things that Princess Bei'an wanted.

Sheep and vegetables are readily available, and cattle are more important, but after Qi Liu reported it, Lei Li immediately sent two old cattle that could be slaughtered.

According to Changling's existing materials and the various things she brought over, Cao Mi cut and deleted them, and directly came up with two abbreviated versions of "hot pot bases", one spicy and one clear.

Probably because fresh butter and beef bones were used for the cooking, when Cao Mi went to check it out, he was drooling over the aroma of the full kitchen, and felt that the smell was more fragrant than what she had smelled in the hot pot restaurant before.

As the sun went down, the vendors and soldiers who had gathered had all left the city under the arrangement of the soldiers.

After the servants cleaned the square, the cooks in the city took out the cauldron that was only used for marching in the past, and set it up on the vacated square.

The soldier who was still on duty came over, and while helping him, he asked the familiar cooking soldier, "What is this for?"

The cooking soldiers kept their hands and responded, "Have you not heard of it yet? The princess said that she will reward the soldiers tonight."

The soldier nodded: "I know."

He swallowed uncontrollably: "Brothers have been waiting for dinner all afternoon... But how did you take this out?"

He knocked on the cauldron in front of him.

In the minds of these simple soldiers, "delicious" means that they can sit at a serious dining table and enjoy exquisite dishes. And these big pots in front of them can only be used for stewing. It was because they had nothing to do during the march, and only a team of people sent one tool, so they could only cook something casually.

The cook looked at him.

In fact, he was a little confused in his heart, but after all, he knew more, so he said, "I don't know either. But... the kitchen is cooking soup and killing sheep!"

He smacked his lips: "You didn't smell that soup! Oh my God, it's so greedy."

Hearing the words, the soldiers also looked forward to it: "I heard that the general sent a lot of sheep, and cattle, right? Ah... Forget it, if you can eat beef, even if you use a large kettle, I will recognize it!"

"It's not beef..." The cooking soldier was a little tangled: "I mean, um... Beef is of course important, but the soup base... I can't tell, the ingredients are prepared by the princess, I have never, never smelled it. that taste!"

"Really!" The soldiers became excited after being infected by him.

He couldn't wait to ask again: "By the way, besides soup, what else did you do?"

The cooking soldier was stunned for a moment: "No, no more... I just boiled soup all afternoon..."

"What? Cooked soup all afternoon?" The soldier was stunned.

Covering his empty stomach, he wailed, "What are you kidding me, how delicious is the soup, can you still be full? What else? Where's the rice? What about the vegetables?"

The cooking soldier was only doing some chores in the kitchen and couldn't answer the soldiers' questions.

He could only answer truthfully according to what he saw: "I have prepared a lot of mutton and vegetables, but... but I don't seem to have done it."

He guessed: "Maybe we have to wait. When the cooks have cooked the soup, they will have time to cook those dishes."

"Hey, how long will it take!" The soldier sighed, "The brothers are starving to death!"

While the two chatted, they set up the big kettles in charge.

When the soldiers saw that they were busy, they returned to their guard positions.

After a short while, the cook brought someone and used several large wooden barrels to bring the soup base that had been boiled all afternoon.

After the lid was lifted, the smell wafted out far away.

Mushroom beef bone soup doesn't have much smell - its aroma is not obvious, but the taste is firmly locked in the soup.

But butter and spicy soup is different!

Not only does it taste spicy and straight to the forehead, but even the diffused aroma makes people salivate before giving up!

For a time, the entire market square was filled with a strong aroma.

The soldier who was still complaining to the cook just now had his eyes fixed on the barrel uncontrollably.

He regretted it a little, and he felt that he was willing to take back what he just said-if it was a soup of this flavor, even if they just let them drink the soup to satiate their stomachs, he would be very willing!

The cook instructed the people to pour the two soup bases into each large pot, and set the fire under the pot.

With the assistance of the flame, the fragrance wafted out more wanton, and rushed directly to the face of the person next to him.

There was a noise from the ranks of soldiers who had already lined up outside the square. It's a pity that things are not ready, they can't enter.

Then, the cook took the people back.

Soon, they reappeared in the market, but what they brought left everyone puzzled.

The plate contained clearly piles of lettuce and raw meat!

How to eat this?

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