Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 496: Spicy, sour, cool and satisfying iced cold noodles

At this time, Li was no longer as sad as when she first heard the news.

She sighed and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? How can I not get married?"

"After all, we don't have this blessing. I am just wishful thinking."

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Just pretend that Mrs. Huang has never been here and live our lives well."

"I will go to Madam Lin tomorrow to ask if she has any suitable man to introduce to us."

"If that doesn't work, let's go to the matchmaker and register our name so they can help us keep an eye out."

Shen Yu's scalp went numb after hearing this. It seemed that Li was determined to marry her off. What should she do?

She thought about it and found an excuse: "Mom, can we wait until after the summer? It's too much suffering to dress up and go see him in such hot weather."

"Besides, when I got to the place, I was sweaty, my hair was messy, and my makeup was smudged. It was not good for people to see me at first sight. How could they be impressed by me?"

"Can we meet again after the Mid-Autumn Festival?"

"The weather will be cooler, people will be more energetic, and it will be refreshing and beautiful to dress up."

"Most importantly, I have to make flower cakes in June and start making small reunion cakes at the end of July. I don't have the time to visit you."

"Think carefully about whether you still want to earn this money."

Li still looked listless at this time, and Shen Yu was just teasing her and telling her not to think about it anymore.

After saying this, seeing that Li was still hesitant and didn't seem to want to postpone it for a few more months, he added: "If you make more money, my wealth will be even richer."

"Then we can pick a better one. Isn't this better than marrying me off hastily now?"

Speaking of picking a better one, Li was finally moved and nodded, saying, "Then it's up to you. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, we can talk about the matchmaking. You are not young anymore, so we can't put it off any longer."

Shen Yu readily agreed and dragged Li to find something to do. Only then did Li regain her spirits and no longer mentioned going to look for Madam Lin and the others.

After the rain stopped, the weather gradually became warmer.

Although there may be a heavy rain occasionally, it comes and goes quickly and will not rain continuously.

After the rain stopped, Master Qian sent people to inspect and reinforce the canal embankment. It is very stable now, so occasional flooding is no problem at all, and people in the county can live in peace.

Shen Yu also returned to his daily life of making delicious food and making money leisurely.

Moreover, since the inn opened, he had more money in his hands, and the food in the restaurant had more variety.

Recently she started making some chilled jelly and cold noodles and selling them in the store.

Now that the weather is hot, it is most comfortable to eat ice.

When I think of the cold drinks, popsicles and ice cream that we could take out of the refrigerator at any time in the summer, I really miss the icy taste.

The only thing you can eat at this time is to buy ice from the ice bureau and make ice bowls.

Ice bowls are actually various summer fruits.

Foods such as lotus root, fresh almonds, tender water chestnuts, and fresh lotus seeds can be chilled and placed in a small porcelain bowl. They are then topped with crushed rock sugar powder and sprinkled with a layer of chopped ice flakes and eaten while they are cold.

Shen Yu is not very interested in sweets, and always feels that eating just these is not satisfying enough. Although ice is expensive in summer, it is irresistible to have it, and it tastes cool and comfortable.

Chop the purchased ice into pieces and put it in a basin, then put the prepared cold skin and jelly in it after they have cooled down and keep them cold. When customers come to eat, take them out of the ice basin.

Cut the cold skin into wide strips and rub the jelly into coarse powder with a special grater and put them into a large bowl.

Take out the icy cucumber from the well water and grate it into thin strips, then add the porous gluten cut into small pieces.

Chop the garlic and add a little ice water to make garlic water, then add sweet soy sauce, rice vinegar, salt and a little sugar, half a spoonful of sesame oil and sesame paste to make the sauce.

Also sprinkle a handful of fried white sesame seeds and fresh chopped coriander. If you like spicy food, pour a spoonful of boiled dogwood oil on it. After mixing, you can start eating.

It is chilled and added with dogwood oil, so it tastes icy, cool, sour, spicy and fragrant.

The cold skin is chewy, the jelly is smooth, the cucumber inside is crispy and tender, and the gluten that has absorbed the spicy vinegar soup is even more delicious.

After eating a large bowl of it, it was really satisfying and refreshing. Once the iced hot and sour cold noodles from Fengnian Restaurant were launched, they were in short supply even though a large bowl cost thirty coins.

Moreover, this food cannot be packed for takeout. Even if those sophisticated rich ladies want to eat it, they have to take a car and rush to the restaurant to eat it.

Fortunately, Fengnian Restaurant already had a private room at that time, and with Shen Yu's careful arrangement, a windshield and fine bamboo curtains were added.

There are also thriving mint, jasmine and gardenia placed in the private rooms, which look green and lush, and are not only beautiful but also have a fresh floral scent and can repel mosquitoes.

There was a cool breeze and the fragrance of flowers in the private room. Although the tables and chairs were not finely carved, they were clean and comfortable.

The ladies and young ladies comfortably enjoyed this sour, spicy and satisfying delicacy in a separate private room.

You can also bring ice bowls to eat, and there are even some storybooks for you to read while waiting for the food to be served.

In a short while, it became the favorite restaurant for the young ladies and ladies of Anping County after visiting the market.

In the open space in front of Fengnian Restaurant, there are often seven or eight cars parked, which are used by young ladies and ladies who come to eat ice-cold cold noodles. It is very lively.

It was a hot day and Shen Yu's restaurant was busy as usual. Before lunchtime, an ordinary horse-drawn carriage stopped at the door.

The carriage was very large, with blue cloth curtains and thin bamboo curtains, and its style was ordinary and low-key.

The two horses in front were both fat and strong. They did not look like the common horses in the carriage shop. Instead, they seemed to be horses that were carefully cared for and only owned by wealthy families.

But the strange thing is that this car does not have any surname logo that would be seen on a rich family's private car, and it looks like it has traveled a long way.

The driver was in his forties, not tall but very strong.

He put the sedan chair away, respectfully lifted the bamboo curtain and said to the carriage, "Old Master, Old Madam, we have arrived at the Fengnian Restaurant."

The person inside responded, and then an old man with gray hair and wearing a casual bamboo cloth gown got out of the car. He then reached out to help an old woman who looked about the same age down.

The old man stood at the door of the restaurant, looking at the pile of cars parked at the door, and said in surprise: "For such a small restaurant, I didn't expect the business to be so good."

The old woman was not tall. She also took a look at the restaurant and said with a smile, "Of course, this is well managed by Miss Shen. Look, this restaurant may not look big, but it is clean and fresh everywhere. Yes, it's not bad, really good."