"Help me wash the tomatoes." Yan Lin nodded and gestured for Li Niannian to wash the tomatoes beside him.
Li Niannian squatted down and took the tomatoes from the basket. "What is this? Why have I never seen it before?”Li Niannian looked at Yan Lin curiously.
She had a feeling that the person in front of her was full of secrets.
Just like the spicy chicken she had eaten before, it made people want to eat it again. "Tomato, a vegetable that can be eaten raw. It tastes good. You can try it.”Yan Lin said with a smile.
He still felt that Li Niannian was more reliable than Zhang Chuchen.
That old woman was simply too much. She would shout at him to kill at any time.
If the Empress had not put in a lot of good words for her, how could Yan Lin have agreed to let her come along?
Tomato?
Li Niannian looked at Yan Lin curiously.
This was the first time she had heard this name.
It was red and looked like a persimmon, but it was much bigger than a persimmon.
Curious, he did not wash his clothes and simply wiped them on his clothes.
He didn't avoid Yan Lin and took a bite.
"Hey-"
Unexpectedly, the tomato juice exploded and splattered on Yan Lin's clothes.
There was a red line on her clothes and some tomato seeds.
" Young Master Yan, this…" Li Niannian stood up, feeling embarrassed.
As if he wanted to make up for his mistake, he wiped away the traces on Yan Lin's clothes with one hand.
"Um, I just came to ask, how long will the food take?”Li Shimin's voice suddenly came from the door.
Without waiting for the two to speak, Li Shiming walked out of the door with a strange expression.
"Um, Miss Niannian, you can take your hand off now.”Yan Lin said softly.
" Ah!" Li Niannian was like a startled rabbit. He hurriedly retracted his hand.
Under the candlelight, one could see Li Niannian's shocked expression.
She avoided his gaze and did not dare to look at Yan Lin.
However, she did not dare to run out of the kitchen now.
Who knew if His Majesty would think too much when he saw her touching Yan Lin's body.
"It's okay, Miss Niannian. Foreman Li won't talk nonsense.”Yan Chen consoled her, but he didn't stop working.
Foreman Li?
Li Niannian was stunned.
Who in the world would dare to call the Tang Emperor Li Shimin Foreman Li?
Was this Yan Lin crazy, or did he misspeak?
However, Li Niannian suddenly realized something.
Before he came, he was warned not to expose the identity of Li Shiming and the Empress.
He couldn't even reveal the identity of his mother, Zhang Chuchen. Yan Lin only knew her identity as Li Niannian.
Li Niannian didn't say anything. He bit the tomato in his mouth and looked at Yan Lin. No one knew what he was thinking.
"Miss Niannian, is the person who came with you your mother?”Yan Lin asked without raising his head.
"Ah?" Li Niannian was stunned.
Yan Lin thought Li Niannian had answered him.
"You should spend less time with this kind of old woman who draws her sword at every turn. It's easy to learn from her.”
"If possible, ask your mother to chase her out of the residence.”Yan Lin said slowly.
He had always been dissatisfied with Zhang Chuchen interrogating him with his sword.
Li Niannian had already eaten his tomatoes, so it was not too much for him to make such a request.
Li Niannian almost choked on the tomato.
How could she dare to say that the woman who was more valiant than her outside was her mother?
"That Young Master Yan, actually, she was just a little anxious because of what happened to me that day. She's a very good person and has no ill intentions towards you.”
"In the car, she even told me that your paintings are excellent, far surpassing the artist Yan Liben.”Li Niannian defended Zhang Chuchen.
"At least she has good taste." Yan Lin smiled and stood up.
The vegetables were almost done washing, and the pot could be boiled.
However, there would definitely be the smell of oil smoke when cooking. Yan Lin felt that breathing today was a little uncomfortable. He also knew that he must not breathe in the oil smoke again.
"Miss Niannian, how about I teach you how to cook today?”Yan Lin looked at Li Niannian and said.
" This…I usually only know how to wield knives and guns. I can go to the battlefield without a problem, but cooking…" Li Niannian was a little hesitant.
She never thought that she would be in the kitchen one day.
She would never have expected that a man of her age would lecture her about cooking.
"It's fine. Just do as I say.”Yan Lin said with a smile.
Li Niannian frowned. He wanted to ask Yan Lin why he didn't do it.
However, she held back her words.
She had only met Yan Lin for the second time. It was not good for her to ask too many questions.
"Heat up the pot first and pour the oil in.”Yan Lin stood a little further away and instructed Li Niannian.
"Oh…Alright!" Li Niannian picked up a spoon and scooped up a full spoonful of oil.
"Too much. Go back a little." Yan Lin said again.
"Ah…"
Li Niannian felt that the spoon in his hand was extremely heavy.
When he picked up the spatula, it was as if he was holding a snake in his hand. This was much more uncomfortable than holding a sword.
After cooking, a faint burnt smell filled the entire kitchen.
"How did I end up like this?" A hint of unhappiness flashed across Li Niannian's face when he saw the slightly blackened duck eggs on the plate.
"It's pretty good. The first time I cooked, it was completely charred.”Yan Lin smiled and comforted her.
Although there were a few times when he was so angry that he wanted to curse, Yan Lin still felt that it was not bad for a person who had never cooked before to be able to cook like this.
Li Niannian pursed his lips and suddenly felt relieved.
"I don't believe it. I'll try again!”Li Niannian gritted his teeth. He was unwilling to admit defeat.
"Sure." Yan Lin said with a smile.
……
"Cough cough-cough cough-"
A series of violent coughs came from the kitchen.
"Yan Lin!" The Empress, who was talking to Li Shimin, stood up abruptly.
"Sit down, I'll go." Li Shi Min's expression changed. He told the Empress not to move and rushed in.
"Ahem…"
Yan Lin staggered out of the kitchen. Li Shimin supported him on the left and Li Niannian supported him on the right.
Both of them were worried.
"Yan Lin, how are you?" The Empress trotted over, her face anxious.
" Cough cough cough-I'm fine." Yan Lin waved his hand.
"I…I'm sorry, I was too impatient.”Li Niannian held Yan Lin's arm, his face full of guilt.
She was cooking with a spatula just now.
He thought that if he used this spatula as a long sword, it would be much easier.
Li Niannian waved the spatula around quickly.
The spicy chicken in the pot was filled with thick smoke, and Yan Lin, who was licking the firewood behind her, almost choked to death.
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