When Chen Xing heard about the arrest of Lai's family, he nodded in surprise, showing a happy expression, "I see, I'll go and see tomorrow."
Looking at Chen Xing's bright smile, Gu Lang moved his fingers slightly, and suddenly wanted to touch his head with his hands, but finally restrained his urge, and coughed in disguise.
Hearing Gu Lang's cough, Chen Xing immediately recovered from his excitement, looked at Gu Lang nervously and asked, "What's the matter, are you feeling unwell?"
Chen Xing knew that Gu Lang didn't usually go out because of his poor health, and even if he needed something, he would tell Qiu Jiu to do it, but today he went out specially for his own business. If something happened to Gu Lang because of this, he would be very disturbed.
After Gu Lang coughed, seeing Chen Xing staring at him nervously, he waved his hand lightly, with a comforting smile on his pale face, "I'm fine, this is just an old disease, just get used to it."
Seeing that after he finished speaking, Chen Xing was still staring at him worriedly, Gu Lang suddenly changed the subject and said, "By the way, what were you doing in the kitchen just now?"
Hearing this, Chen Xing suddenly remembered, the pumpkin cake he had just steamed on the fire! He hurried to the stove, put out the fire in the stove, and then opened the lid of the steamer.
Looking at the yellow and orange desserts that looked like miniature pumpkins, Chen Xing breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Gu Lang and asked for credit: "I'm making this this morning, do you want to try it? It's used outside Pumpkin, I use bean paste in it."
After Gu Lang nodded, Chen Xing took two small plates, picked three for Gu Lang and Qiu Jiu, and handed them in front of them.
Qiu Jiu took the pastry and was curious about its shape. He held it and looked around for a while, then exclaimed, "You are really good at making this thing. I have never seen such an exquisite pastry before."
Chen Xing smiled and did not respond. He used to specialize in cooking, and he was not very familiar with pastry, which was one of the few times he knew.
After taking a few glances, Gu Lang directly took it and ate it, biting down, the fragrance of glutinous rice mixed with pumpkin wafted out, and then biting down, it was sweet bean paste, the two combined together, Mixed into a strange delicious.
After taking the first bite, Gu Lang's eyes lit up, and then the speed became faster and faster. He finished eating what was on the plate in two or three strokes, and then looked at the steamer, looking like he wanted to eat a few more. .
Chen Xing noticed his eyes, covered the lid and didn't open it, looked at Gu Lang and said, "This food has glutinous rice and bean paste, both of which are not easy to digest. You will have to eat later, you can't eat more. "
Seeing the disappointment in Gu Lang's eyes, Chen Xing pursed his lips and coaxed, "This dessert can be kept for a little longer. If you want to eat it, you can eat it tomorrow."
The look on Gu Lang's face got better when he heard this, he put down the plate as if nothing had happened, looked at Chen Xing and said, "In that case, I'll go to rest first, and call me when I eat." After speaking, he turned around and left slowly.
Chen Xing looked at the back of Gu Lang leaving, and he didn't know if it was his illusion. When Gu Lang left just now, he seemed to look at the steamer with regret.
Thinking of Gu Lang's obsession with sweets that he tried his best to hide, Chen Xing suddenly felt that he was cute~
After breakfast the next day, the worried Chen Xing decided to go to the street to find out about Lai Jiu himself.
When Chen Xing arrived on the street, he found that it was as lively as usual, without any changes.
Chen Xing walked to the wonton stall of Granny Sun and the others. When he got closer, he saw that there was only one table at the wonton stall. At this time, two tables were added, and all three tables were full of people. Waiting for Grandma Sun to serve wontons.
Seeing Grandma Sun staggering down and scooping up wontons, and her little grandson helping at the side, but still looking a bit overwhelmed, Chen Xing walked over and said softly to Grandma Sun, "Shall I help you?"
Seeing that it was Chen Xing, Grandma Sun immediately gave up her seat, and told her how many bowls and how many wontons each bowl needed beside Chen Xing, and then watched him use twice as fast as herself, Helped her finish the wontons requested by the guests.
When all the wontons requested by the guests were on the table, Granny Sun breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Chen Xing and said gratefully: "Thank you, if you hadn't given me the recipe to improve the wontons, I'm afraid my wontons wouldn't be like this popular."
Chen Xing smiled brightly, "I didn't do much to help, I just told you how to cook the soup and how to mix the stuffing. The business is so prosperous, it is all thanks to you."
Grandma Sun looked at Chen Xing, who didn't take any credit, and loved him a little more. Then she seemed to think of something, and asked Chen Xing hesitantly, "Xiao Xing, do you know about the Lai family?"
Hearing her question, Chen Xing suddenly remembered the purpose of his coming here, patted his head, looked at Grandma Sun and said: "By the way, Grandma, I just came to ask about the Lai family. Since you know, can you tell me Tell me?"
Grandma Sun told Chen Xing about everything she knew, "I heard that the newly appointed county magistrate has been looking for evidence of Mr. Lai's crimes since a long time ago, and recently he has finally collected all the evidence. He was arrested. In a few days, Master Lai will be dealt with in front of everyone. "
When Grandma Sun said this, the deep wrinkles on her face broke into a smile. She patted Chen Xing's hand and said happily: "As long as the county magistrate handles Mr. Lai, we will be much more at ease in the future. You are a Lucky little guy, that's great!"
Grandma Sun didn't say the whole thing behind, but Chen Xing understood what she meant by luck. Lai Jiu made trouble for him one day, and had an accident at home the next day. Isn't he lucky
Just when Chen Xing was about to say a few more words to Grandma Sun, help her make some wontons, and buy some good food to go back to celebrate the celebration, two officials came to the street.
As soon as the official entered the street, he looked around, as if he was looking for something. After he had finished looking at the street, he seemed to have not found what he was looking for. After whispering to each other for a while, he walked towards the shops on both sides. Go, talk to the shopkeeper inside, and the shopkeeper happens to be Boss Joe.
Boss Qiao looked at the official servant in the government, and showed him a charming smile, "I don't know what the official is doing here, is there anything you want to eat?"
The official servant looked at the beautiful proprietress in front of him, his mind fluttered for a while, and then he remembered what he was here for, so he quickly restrained his expression, looked at the woman in front of him and said seriously: "We are here to find someone, do you know There used to be a guy selling mapo tofu on this street, where is he now?"
Hearing the official's question about the little brother, Boss Qiao's eyes flickered, as if he had thought of something good, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he pointed lightly, pointing to Grandma Sun's wonton stand accurately. The red lips parted slightly, and said lightly: "Here, that brother, at that wonton stand, making wontons with that old lady~"
After thanking Boss Qiao, the official and his colleagues walked towards the small wonton stand.
Boss Qiao looked at their backs, and then at Chen Xing, who was unconsciously wrapping wontons in the distance, with a vicious smile on his lips.
Chen Xing, who was going to help Grandma Sun wrap the remaining wonton wrappers and go back, suddenly had the illusion that something was staring at him. When he looked up and looked around, he saw two officials walking towards him.
When the two officials approached, Chen Xing immediately became alert, so that Grandma Sun beside him also became nervous.
"Are you Chen Xing?" One of the officials looked at the only brother here and asked in a rough voice.
Chen Xing looked at the two tall and burly officials in front of him, hesitated for a while, and then nodded and admitted, "Yes, I am."
"Please come with us."
Hearing this, Chen Xing's heart skipped a beat, and his heart beat faster involuntarily. Didn't you say Master Lai has been arrested? Why are there still officials coming to trouble him now
Grandma Sun next to her suddenly interjected, and asked cautiously: "You two officials, I wonder why you are looking for Chen Xing?"
Hearing Grandma Sun's cautious inquiry, the official who spoke seemed to realize something, and the expression on his face slowed down a bit. Looking at his mother-in-law and brother who were nervously staring at him, he managed to show a soft smile.
"Don't be nervous, old man. It's all my fault that I didn't make it clear. That's right. Recently, the magistrate of the county has collected all the evidence of Mr. Lai's crime, and he has been brought to justice in the past few days. The people's fat and anointing that Mr. Lai collected will be handled by the government. There is a booth that is not very eye-catching, but can shelter from the wind and rain.
The magistrate of the county heard that this little brother was insulted by Lai Jiu, and felt sorry for him that it was not easy for him to do business, so he sent us to ask if you want to rent that stall. If you're going to rent, we're not looking for anyone anymore. If he doesn't rent it, we'll let someone else do it. Because it is stolen goods, the rent of that stall is only half of that of other stalls. "
Hearing what the officer said, Chen Xing's eyes lit up all of a sudden, but he soon hesitated again. After all, he didn't know the magistrate, so such a good thing suddenly happened to him
The talking official is also a person who will come. Seeing Chen Xing hesitated, he smiled and said: "If you are worried, you can go with us and take a look at the booth first. In two days, a corresponding notice will be posted at the gate of the official office to explain. , so you can rest easy."
Hearing what the official said was so thorough, Chen Xing felt a little embarrassed, and nodded in agreement, "Then I will trouble you."
Grandma Sun next to her also wanted to go with her when she saw this. Chen Xing knew that she was worried about him, so she felt a little embarrassed while being grateful.
The two left together with the two officials. The peddlers around couldn't hear their conversation, and they all guessed that they had made a mistake and wanted the officials to come and pick them up in person.
And Boss Qiao, who was guiding the officials just now, was leaning against the door at this time, staring at Chen Xing and his back gloatingly, hoping to hear news of his misfortune in a few days.