Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 159 Mr. Lu, you are such an honest person

Shen Yu couldn't help but chuckle when he thought of Lu Lang complaining.

Li was completely confused. She didn't know what funny thing Shen Yu had encountered that made him laugh so hard that he was bent over with his belly full.

Shen Yu laughed for a long time before stopping and saying, "Mom, you don't know how miserable Mr. Lu is and what kind of life he leads on a daily basis."

Then he recounted in detail what Lu Lang had said on the way about taking over the store for him, and also told him about Lu Lang's complaints about not having enough meat and snacks to eat.

Li was pleasantly surprised at first, but she was so surprised when she heard the rest of the story that she couldn't close her mouth. She was stunned for a while before she let out two "tsk tsk" sounds and couldn't help laughing.

After laughing for a while, Li wiped the tears from her eyes and said, "If you hadn't said it yourself, I would never believe it. The son of the county magistrate can't even eat meat. What parent wouldn't let their children eat well?"

Shen Yu laughed enough and quickly told Li: "I also think it's rare, but the rich have many rules, and we ordinary people don't know them. It's okay for Aunt Jiang to know about this, but don't tell Dun Dun and the others. They are young, and if they laugh at Master Lu when he comes, it will be bad."

Li nodded and said, "Mr. Lu is a son of an official family, but he is willing to help us like this. He is really kind-hearted. But I didn't expect that behind the scenes, he is so pitiful that he can't even eat meat."

Li shook her head disapprovingly. "I was just wondering how to thank him. How about when the store is established, let him come to our store often to eat some meat and snacks? No matter how much a person eats, how much can he eat? Studying is very exhausting. How can he not eat well? His father and grandfather are too strict."

The two were chatting when Jiang and his team came back with the meal.

After lunch, no one wanted to rest and gathered around Li to listen to her talk about how she bought a shop in the county government.

Li was just talking happily when she heard the door knock and someone outside called out, "Is Miss Shen home?"

Dun Dun ran to open the door, and saw a young man in green standing outside with a bamboo basket half a person's height at his feet.

The young man in blue was about fifteen or sixteen years old, neat and tidy, with a round face, medium height, small eyes, and a smile that formed a pair of small crescents. He was waiting outside the door with a smile on his face.

Dun Dun looked outside and saw a carriage parked at the entrance of the alley. There was only the young man in blue at the door. He felt relieved and asked, "Who are you and what do you want to see Sister Shen for?"

The young boy grinned and said, "I am Qixi, Mr. Lu's servant. I am here on the orders of my young master to bring chestnuts to Miss Shen."

Dun Dun said, "Then you can move in first."

Shen Yu also came out at this time and was shocked when he saw the big bamboo basket that was half a person's height.

After asking what was inside, Shen Yu was speechless.

It's just making some chestnut cakes, do I need so many chestnuts?

The son of an official family is a big spender.

Shen Yu smiled and said, "Go back and tell your young master that I received the chestnuts. How many chestnut cakes do you need to make? Chestnuts also cost money to buy."

Qi Xi laughed and said, "My young master said that Miss Shen only needs to make a box for me."

"The chestnuts were not bought. My young master loves to eat chestnuts. Madam sent someone to deliver them specially. It was free of charge. The young master said that he couldn't finish them anyway, so he might as well give them to Miss Shen, and she could make some food out of them."

Qixi repeated Lu Lang's original words truthfully

The smile on Shen Yu's face was almost gone.

Mr. Lu, you are such an honest person.

Seeing Shen Yu didn't say anything, Qi Xi touched the back of his head and said, "Miss Shen, I'll go first. Our young master said that you don't have to go to close the shop these days. Make him some chestnut cake tomorrow. He's waiting to eat it."

After saying this, Chang Xi saw that Shen Yu's face was not very good, so he bowed smartly, and without waiting for Shen Yu to answer, he turned around and ran away.

Shen Yu could only follow him to close the gate, feeling both amused and helpless.

After coming back, I picked up a few chestnuts from the basket and took a look. They were all shiny and round, and it was obvious that they had been carefully picked.

Shen Yu pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "Mom, let's split half of these chestnuts and make some sugar-roasted chestnuts for tomorrow. With such a big basket, we can't use up all of it just to make chestnut cakes."

When the children heard that they would have sugar-roasted chestnuts to eat, they cheered happily.

Li was a little embarrassed: "To make sugar-roasted chestnuts, you need small stones, which are hard to find."

Shen Yu waved his hand and said, "That's how the snack shop does it. We don't have a pan that big, and the whole family won't be able to finish it. I'll use another method."

Mrs. Li smiled and said, "You kids can do it yourselves. Sister Jiang and I will go mix the dough and stuffing. We have to open the stall tomorrow morning."

After saying this, Li and Jiang got up and left.

Shen Yu found a knife and taught Dun Dun and the others how to make a cross cut on the back of the chestnut. After seeing how many people could do it, he warned them, "Be careful, don't cut your hands."

He left the three children who were working hard and walked out of the house.

Shen Yu took a backpack and came out to Li, saying, "Mom, I'm going to the market to buy two chickens. We'll have chicken stewed with chestnuts tonight.

Shen Yu arrived at Dongshi Street, picked up two fat chickens, asked the stall owner to slaughter and prepare them, chopped them into large pieces, divided them into two bags, and wrapped them tightly with lotus leaves. He picked up a fat fish and went to buy some osmanthus honey before returning with the backpack.

Dun Dun and the others had already cut all the chestnuts into cross shapes, cleaned them, and placed them in bamboo baskets to drain.

Shen Yu added some alkaline noodles to the chopped chicken and rubbed it, then rinsed it with clean water, took it out and drained it and set it aside for later use.

She took out half of the cut chestnuts, put them in a large pot, and boiled them over high heat. After boiling them for two rounds, she quickly took them out and rinsed them with cold water. Then she grinned at the three children and said, "Come on, let's continue peeling chestnuts."

The chestnuts that had been boiled and then rinsed with cold water were easy to peel. Four people worked together and soon peeled out a pile of round, golden chestnut meat.

Shen Yu picked it up, broke it open and tasted one. This chestnut was good. Although it was still half-cooked, it tasted very sweet and the inside was golden yellow.

These chestnuts have yellow cores and are soft, sweet and fragrant when ripe.

Shen Yu was very satisfied.

The peeled chestnuts are divided into two parts, one for making chestnut stewed chicken and the other for making chestnut cake.

Shen Yu cleaned the iron pot and started to make chestnut stewed chicken.

Dun Dun is responsible for lighting the fire. After the pot is hot, pour in a small amount of oil, pour the chestnuts into the pot, and fry on low heat until the surface of the chestnut meat is slightly browned. Then take them out and set aside. Frying in this way will fry out the moisture in the chestnut meat, and it will be sweeter and more glutinous after stewing.

Add a small amount of oil to the pot, put in rock sugar, and stir quickly with bamboo chopsticks until the rock sugar melts into thick sugar liquid and the color turns into a shiny date red.

Add a small amount of hot water, cook the fried sugar color and water until thick and set aside.

Heat the pan again and add a proper amount of oil. Put the chicken into the pan and stir with a spatula until the skin is tightened and fried until fragrant.

Add chopped ginger and garlic, stir-fry until fragrant, then pour in fresh soy sauce, add fried sugar color, add appropriate amount of water, and then add the fried chestnuts.

Two fat chickens and chestnuts filled half the pot.

Shen Jing took out a clay pot for stewing soup and poured half of the chestnut stewed chicken into it.

Yu Cheng asked curiously, "Sister, why do you use a clay pot to stew half of it? Doesn't it taste different from stewing it in an iron pot?"