There was only one meaning in his words: There was no need for him, Elder Li, to meddle in other people's business.
Of course, Li Chengyuan understood.
At this moment, anger had already climbed onto his debtor-like face.
Lin Mengya's expression was relaxed as she raised her eyebrows.
She would never be courteous to these kinds of people who needed to be rebuked.
Seeing that the atmosphere had suddenly become tense, Jiang Yishui suddenly stood up and walked to her side.
"Niece, I heard that you carefully prepared a lot of vegetarian food this time. Sure, I, Old Jiang, don't have many hobbies in this life, but I love to eat. Let's go take a look? "
As he spoke, he pulled her out of the room without any explanation.
Lin Mengya took a deep breath when they were out of the door.
While there was no one around, she used her own voice to thank him.
Who knew that Jiang Yishui would smile and stroke his beard, mimicking her and whispering to her.
"From the moment we met, I felt that something was wrong. Now it seems that I guessed correctly. Your throat is broken, so you borrowed someone else's mouth, right?"
Lin Mengya was shocked.
Although her voice was different from Cai Ru's, Cai Ru purposely pretended to be hoarse, and she only said three words, so ordinary people probably wouldn't be able to tell.
Seeing this, Jiang Yishui smiled at her and said, "Relax, your Uncle Jiang has lived for most of my life and has seen many things. But it's only my ears that are a little sensitive. If it was someone else, they definitely wouldn't be able to hear the subtle difference. "
To prevent being exposed, she always used her poor health as a reason to stay close to Cai Ru.
Cai Ru also knew how to disguise herself and often lowered her head. In addition, when Cai Ru spoke for her, her voice was different from her own.
Even so, she was still very careful and usually wouldn't be too close to people when she spoke.
Now that Jiang Yishui saw through her, Lin Mengya was a little worried.
It seemed that she had to be more careful in the future.
Lowering her eyes, she didn't admit nor deny it.
On the other hand, Jiang Yishui laughed and changed the topic.
"But you were amazing today. Hehe, actually, I didn't like Li Chengyuan for a long time! Aren't you just relying on your friendship with Brother Zhao? You can control the heavens, the earth, and the people's homes. "
Although these words were on her side, they also pointed out the relationship between the two of them.
Lin Mengya knew that Uncle Jiang meant well. She didn't have to fight with Li Chengyuan to decide who was right or wrong.
It was just that she was dissatisfied with his despicable behavior of gossiping behind his back.
"I understand. Thank you for your guidance, Uncle Jiang."
Jiang Yishui waved his hand. His attitude was still friendly.
"Silly girl, I just hope that you won't suffer. That Li Chengyuan is really not a good person. When sister-in-law was still alive, I heard that he wanted to force his own clan sister to be your uncle's concubine. He even said that he felt that your aunt lacked the virtue of a wife. Tsk tsk, a man like him actually meddled in the affairs of other people's backyard. I don't like his pettiness. Ignore him and go eat with Uncle Jiang! "
Li Chengyuan and Elder Zhao actually had such a past?
Lin Mengya didn't expect that at all.
However, this slightly solved some of her doubts. It was no wonder that Li Chengyuan would belittle Aunt Fang in such a way.
She was dragged to the dining room by Uncle Jiang. Before they entered, Uncle Jiang sniffed hard.
"Girl, what's that smell?
Ah, why is it so fragrant? It doesn't smell like meat, but it doesn't smell like vegetables either. Quick, quick, quick, let me take a look! "
Looking at Uncle Jiang who couldn't wait, Lin Mengya felt that it was a little funny.
Today's vegetarian meal was personally prepared by her.
Other than the traditional ingredients, she also used spices to make vegetarian meat dishes that were fragrant but not greasy, oily but not fatty.
In fact, traditional spices, be it star anise, fennel, cinnamon, or ginkgo, were actually Chinese herbs.
On this point, she was also inspired by her teacher.
In her teacher's opinion, there were medical skills everywhere in life that they could study.
Be it medicine or poison, they were all taken from people's daily lives.
Back then, Shennong tasted hundreds of herbs. Not only did he discover herbs, but he also determined the five grains that people relied on to survive.
Therefore, she had never limited herself to medicine and poisons.
In fact, people's food, clothing, housing, and transportation were closely related to her professional knowledge.
For example, in this food, she used all kinds of spices and some special processing methods to turn the ingredients into vegetarian dishes that didn't taste as good as meat dishes, but in fact, had higher and healthier nutritional value.
On the other side, when Uncle Jiang saw the delicious food on the table, his eyes almost popped out.
He hurriedly asked someone to bring him chopsticks and picked up a piece of vegetarian meat that looked like fish.
"Hmm? Why is this thing softer and more tender than real fish? "
Before he finished marveling, the chopsticks had picked up the next plate of braised vegetarian meat.
"This is much more delicious than meat! Girl, you don't know that my wife is very fierce. I don't know which quack's nonsense she heard, but she doesn't let me eat more meat.
If people don't eat meat, how can they live? I thought that coming here would also be a suffering, but I didn't expect that there was such good food in the world! No, I have to stay here for a few more days! "
Lin Mengya looked at Uncle Jiang, who was touched, and the corners of her mouth curled up.
Uncle Jiang should have high blood pressure and high blood fat, so his family didn't let him eat too greasy food for his health.
However, he could eat more of these vegetarian dishes today.
When Uncle Jiang finished all the dishes on the table, he said to her with some dissatisfaction, "Girl, are these dishes so expensive? Why are there only so little?"
He touched his stomach, and the expression on his face was a little unnatural.
Although he was not afraid of those people laughing at him for being greedy, there were only one or two mouthfuls of each plate, and he hadn't filled his stomach yet!
Lin Mengya smiled and gently clapped her hands.
In the next moment, a servant in uniform pushed a three-story cart into the room.
On the top two layers, there were small white porcelain bowls placed neatly on each of them.
As soon as Uncle Jiang saw the cart, he rushed over and looked eagerly at the servant who was pushing the cart.
Lin Mengya rarely saw such a sensitive fatty, so she signaled the servant to reveal the mystery.
The servant immediately opened the first layer of four small bowls.
The next moment, the vegetarian dishes that Uncle Jiang couldn't stop praising appeared!
Uncle Jiang's eyes lit up, and he actually lifted the bowls on the second layer himself.
Good lord! The red and glossy meat was still steaming!
"These are all prepared by you? Eh, why is it so hot down there? "
Uncle Jiang touched the bottom of the second layer of bowls and suddenly asked in surprise.
Lin Mengya signaled the servant to open the
Third layer of baffles.
Jiang Yishui then saw that there was actually a red small charcoal basin on the third layer.
Although it was a wooden cart, the third layer was added with thick iron plates.
In this way, the hot dishes on the second layer and the cold dishes on the first layer would be maintained at a suitable temperature.
"It just snowed recently, and I thought that I couldn't let everyone eat cold food, so I thought of this idea. This way, no matter if you are in your own room or eating with others, your stomach won't feel uncomfortable because of eating cold food. "
After she knew that the participants were all middle-aged uncles in their forties and fifties, she thought of this idea.
After all, if everything went well, many of these people would become her business partners.
Ensuring everyone's health was what she should do.
When Uncle Jiang heard this, he smiled with relief.
"I knew that you are so obedient and considerate. Aiya, if it wasn't for your uncle who said that you were already engaged, I would have asked the rascals at home to marry you no matter what."
Lin Mengya didn't say anything this time. She just smiled.
Outside the door, Elder Zhao was silently showing off to his old friends with a proud look on his face.
Did you see that?
This was his niece. He had it, but they didn't!
The group of aboriginal bigwigs: Pfft! What's there to be proud about? You are just temporarily borrowing the limelight!
Then, they felt very depressed.
They also wanted a niece like this!
The door was completely opened by the servant.
Lin Mengya then understood that Uncle Jiang was so excited just now. It turned out that he was giving her a chance to perform.
She secretly squinted at Uncle Jiang and smiled. Uncle Jiang quickly blinked his eyes. The old and the young cooperated very well.
As the host, Elder Zhao was naturally the most proud. With a wave of his hand, he invited his old friends to not stand on ceremony and take a seat.
This time, Lin Mengya designed the entire dining room to be circular.
There was a large charcoal stove in the middle, and everyone was at the same distance from the stove.
As for the seat near the door, it was the only empty spot. It was also the entrance and exit for the waiters who pushed the carts to serve the dishes.
In this way, everyone would not feel cold. At the same time, because it was circular, there was no difference in status.
They were quite satisfied with such a small design.
After all, they were here to meet friends, not to talk about seniority.
Moreover, the weather was so cold, and no one was willing to go somewhere far away from the stove.
"Everyone, please take a seat."
Lin Mengya generously helped Elder Zhao entertain the guests.
Jiang Yishui took the lead and directly sat in the middle seat slightly to the side.
On his left was Elder Zhao's seat.
Regardless of the fact that he was the closest to Elder Zhao, everyone was already used to his temper. At that moment, they just smiled and shook their heads, teasing him a little.
On the other hand, when Li Chengyuan saw this nondescript arrangement, he snorted coldly and disdainfully.
A small family, it's really unseemly!
Everyone also wanted to ease the atmosphere, so they arranged for him to sit on the other side of Elder Zhao.
"Eh, why is it so warm under this table?"
Suddenly, someone exclaimed in surprise again.
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