Chapter 27: Drawing Another One Over

The dish was so good. Zheng Peiqi and the other two cooks had never had something as good as that. Was it even real? Why had they never had potatoes with flavor before? So tasteless potatoes could turn into something so delicious? Sure enough, they had had little experience. As expected, this young man didn’t become their young lady for nothing. He was so good that his cooking was better than those famous cooks. Hmm... they were so fortunate to work as cooks for Jiang Family, witnessing the birth of new styles of cooking. This life was worth it! “Is it good?” Since all three men were quiet, Yu Jinli felt a bit uneasy and couldn’t help asking. “Good, so good. Young Lady, you are great. How do you come up with this style of cooking? It is ten times more delicious than it was boiled. No, ten thousand times more delicious!” Zheng Peiqi was too excited to even make his words coherent. Getting the answer he wanted, Yu Jinli finally set his heart at ease. It turned out people in this world had similar preference as those on earth. They were only restrained by their limited skills of cooking. Confident in what he was doing, he kept on with the next dish while Zheng Peiqi and the other two cooks stared at him unblinkingly, afraid that they would miss the whole world if they did. Tiny white dots flew from their bodies into Yu Jinli’s constantly. However, since the three men were behind him, he didn’t notice that. Right now, Qiao Mulan and Jiang Zhentao were sitting outside. On the surface, one of them was watching TV, the other reading documents. However, if one watched closely, one would find both of them would turn to the kitchen from time to time. A rich sweet smell came from there continuously which made them unable to sit still, curious about what was going on in there, where did that smell come from and why it was stronger than ever? “I’ll go and see if Li-er needs any help.” Finally, Qiao Mulan couldn’t help it, finding an excuse and heading to the kitchen. Her strides became bigger as she walked quicker as a result the smell became stronger and she felt... hungrier. “Li-er, what are you cooking?” Appearing at the door to the kitchen, Qiao Mulan looked around, wanting to find the source of that sweet aroma and finally turned to the pan in Yu Jinli’s hand and several dishes next to him which looked and smelled good. As the wife of one of the three marshals in the Federation, Qiao Mulan was a woman of wide experience, in terms of which a cook would never match. Zheng Peiqi and the guys hadn’t seen anything near what Yu Jinli had made, but Qiao Mulan did, only that the dishes she had seen weren’t as pleasing to the eye as what Yu Jinli made. Even so, those dishes were popular among the powerful of the Federation, something that couldn’t be bought with money sometimes. The last time she saw something like this was at the state banquet, made by the leader of a family who had been bringing up cooks for generations. However, that time, she only saw an end product whose process and ingredients were kept secret except from the family’s disciples. How come Li-er knew about it? However, right now, Qiao Mulan didn’t think over that question. All her attention was drawn by the dishes and she was eager to have a try.