Chapter 679: Second princess
Though Magistrate Li thought that Qiao Sha was too much of a fool in her head, she too was a bit interested in seeing how different this oil was when compared to the one that Qiao Lu and her family were selling.
" Someone come," she called one of her servants. " Take this oil and ask the cook to make some stir-fried noodles for me and Marquis Qiao."
One of the servants who was standing outside the office of the magistrate immediately entered the door with a bow as she greeted the two women only then did she walk inside the room and picked up the vat before bringing it out with her.
It did not take long for the chef to send two plates of piping hot stir-fried noodles to the office since it was already lunchtime, the chef was preparing to cook something and because it was getting colder, she planned on making some hot noodles with soup.
Thus, when the female servant came with the order of the magistrate asking him to cook stir-fried noodles it did not take much time.
" Ah, this smells nice," Qiao Sha praised as she looked at the noodles that smelled heavenly, they were coated thickly with oil and the shine of the oil that was coating the noodles was something that she has never seen before.
What was more there was no extra smell, she could only smell the scent of sauces, spice and vegetables as for the scent of the oil in which it was cooked —— there was none.
" It does smell nice," Li Meng agreed but she did not comment any further, after all the oil that was sold by the Qiao family did not smell either but the thing that bothered her a little was that the oil tasted a bit bitter.
In fact, it could be said that Qiao Lu and her family were doing a great job after all the oil that was sold by the others tasted even bitter than the one that Qiao Lu and her family sold.
There was nothing they could do, it was the essence of the seeds even if they were to take care of everything, there will be a slight bitterness left behind.
In fact, the others wouldn't even notice this little problem but Li Meng who was born with a picky tongue could always pick the slightest thing.
This was one of the reasons why she suffered from malnutrition. Even though she had enough money to eat all kinds of delicacies, Li Meng who did not like the bitterness left in the food after being cooked in oil would only eat a little bit of her food and leave the rest.
Most of the time she relied on boiled vegetables and meat, which did not taste good either. But compared to the bitter oil-covered meat, she thought that it was a bit better.
"Mhmm, this tastes good," Qiao Sha who already started eating commented as she covered her mouth that was covered with oil. " This is really wonderful, I can taste the vegetables, sauce and noodles but I cannot taste bitter after taste of the oil. Meng, why don't you try?"
Li Meng looked at her good friend and sighed, she did not take Qiao Sha's words seriously after all she said the same thing when they were at the banquet of the imperial family, telling her that the chefs have done a good job but when she took a bite ——
It was ….simply too bitter.
However, the food was already in front of her and for some reason unknown the chef has piled the noodles on her plate even when she knew that she could not eat properly and the food will be wasted.
Li Meng thought that it would be too disrespectful to the people who worked hard to cook this meal for her and thus decided to eat it even if her picky tongue was already ready to pick faults.
She picked up the chopsticks that were on the table and then hooked up a mouthful of noodles with them before bringing it to her mouth.
' Hmm, this indeed tastes better.' Li Meng thought in her head but she was already prepared for the bitter aftertaste but to her surprise even after she finished chewing and swallowing the bite that she took, the bitter taste that she was prepared to face did not appear.
In fact, all she could taste was the juicy pork that she just ate together with the noodles.
" Eh?" Li Meng was stunned as she looked at the plate of noodles and blinked her eyes in shock. This oil…. It did not have any bitter aftertaste.
" Shocked, aren't you?" Qiao Sha was already on her second helping as she looked at her good friend who was looking at the meal in front of her with eyes that were full of disbelief.
She however was not shocked at all, in fact, she expected as much from Yu Dong. In fact, if the oil had a bit of bitterness in it that would have shocked her.
After all, Yu Dong was someone who did things perfectly and never left any strings unattached.
Li Meng stared at the noodles in front of her and then said in a daze, " Qiao Sha, I have to bring this woman to my side, no matter what!"
She has to get Yu Dong on her side, if Yu Dong's skills were to fall into the hands of someone sinister then she will die with tons of regret!
"I know what you are thinking," Qiao Sha's expression turned solemn as the smile dropped from her face, after what happened in the capital, they really needed someone like Yu Dong to protect themselves for the time being or at least the second princess returns.
As she thought about the second princess, she looked at Li Meng and asked, " Did you hear anything from the second princess? Was there any letter sent to you?"
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