Li Qingzhi and his friends set out right after breakfast. They spent the whole morning shopping and took a look at the shops in the busy area of the city.
At noon, they returned to Fang Xiu Niang.
Before entering the house, Li Qingzhi smelled the tempting aroma of pickled mustard greens and suddenly felt a little hungry.
He walked quickly into the kitchen and saw the aunt frying pancakes: "Aunt, the pancakes you made are so delicious. I have never smelled such a delicious smell in my life!"
The auntie's eyes narrowed with laughter. She picked up a freshly made pickled mustard greens cake with a pair of chopsticks and put it into the bowl. Then she handed it to Li Qingzhi along with the chopsticks: "I don't know how cooked this cake is. You try it for me."
"Thank you, Auntie." Li Qingzhi was standing by and eating a pancake. After taking a bite, he praised, "Auntie, this pancake is fried just right!"
"This pickled mustard greens are soaked in lard. They smell really good!"
"It took Auntie a long time to make this cake, didn't it? I am really sorry to trouble you."
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"Isn't it just cooking? It's not a big deal!" The aunt was so happy!
She likes chatting with people. When she first came to the provincial capital with Fang Xiu Niang, she always tried to talk to Fang Xiu Niang.
As a result, on the first day, Fang Xiu Niang burned her face in front of her.
She had lived for almost fifty years and had never seen such a scene. She was terrified and after that she dared not talk to Fang Xiu Niang.
This time when Li Qingzhi and his friends came over, she became happy when she met Li Qingzhi, who shared the same ideals as her.
It is quite troublesome to make pickled mustard greens cakes, but because the auntie wanted to give Li Qingzhi something good to eat, she made a lot of them, and also stir-fried some vegetables and made a tofu soup.
At noon, everyone had a lively meal.
After dinner, Li Qingzhi asked Jin Xiaoshu to find an agent in the city to rent a house, while he took out a pen and paper and started writing on the table where he had just finished his meal.
Before he came to the city, he told Jin Xiaoye that he might stay in the city for a few days... He planned to go back tomorrow afternoon.
Tomorrow morning, he will visit President Zhou of Chongwen College.
If you go to visit Mr. Zhou, it is obviously inappropriate to send him braised food.
When Li Qingzhi arrived, he had already prepared some tea. He planned to write two more articles and go to see Master Zhou for advice tomorrow.
After the provincial examination results came out, he has been very busy and has not had the time to sit down and write for a long time.
As for what he wrote this time... Li Qingzhi didn't know whether it was because he was in a good mood or for some other reason, but the article he wrote was pretty good. Anyway, he felt good about himself.
When Li Qingzhi was writing the article, the aunt was watching him.
She did not disturb him, and even made some steamed cakes for Li Qingzhi to eat. When Li Qingzhi stopped writing and ate the steamed cakes, she said, "Mr. Li, you write so fast and your handwriting is so neat!"
Li Qingzhi laughed and immediately started to brag to the aunt about her business, praising her for making delicious steamed cakes.
Fang Xiu Niang: “…” She had lived with this aunt for a month, but they were not so familiar with each other!
While Li Qingzhi was writing an article and chatting with his aunt, Jin Xiaoshu went to look for a suitable shop. As for Chang Zhan, he went to see Magistrate Zhang.
Before, Magistrate Zhang thought he was going to die, so he wanted the people around him to leave, but the family who had been responsible for taking care of him refused to leave.