Here, Jiang Yunzhu and Chen packed up their stall and went home.
At 9:00 p.m., they went to town to buy things for the afternoon.
"The meat today is really good." Chen looked at the piece of pork belly and said with satisfaction. She felt that this piece should be enough for Deputy General Zhao and his men to eat tomorrow.
Jiang Yunzhu was staring at another piece of meat on the stall, her mind racing. "Boss, this is beef, right?" she asked.
"Yeah, why, you want it?" The butcher was surprised at first, then asked in delight.
The Xia Dynasty attached great importance to farming and did not allow ordinary people to slaughter cattle privately, so most of the beef on the market was from old cows. Not only was it twice as expensive as pork, it was also difficult to cook, so except for restaurants, ordinary people rarely bought it.
Jiang Yunzhu wanted to buy one, so she asked the price.
The butcher gave a very reasonable price.
Jiang Yunzhu immediately decided to buy two kilograms.
Chen was watching from the side. Although she didn't know what she was going to do, she chose to believe her now.
"What about this piece of pork belly?" she asked.
"How about buying two kilograms?" Jiang Yunzhu said.
"Is two catties enough?" Chen was surprised. This morning, Deputy General Zhao and his two men ate more than a catty of meat. Others also wanted to eat some. According to yesterday's amount, they should have bought three catties. How come it became two catties
"I won't sell meat pancakes tomorrow." Jiang Yunzhu said, "I sold meat pancakes before because I wanted to attract customers with the aroma of stewed meat so that I could sell soup. But there are few rich people in our area, so it's not suitable to sell meat pancakes. You see, apart from the three people this morning, there are only a few people who buy meat pancakes these days.
Now that we have more customers, we don’t have to make stew anymore.”
"What about those three guests this morning..." Chen was anxious. She didn't want to lose those three guests.
"They ate so many meat pies this morning. Will they want to eat them again tomorrow?" Jiang Yunzhu asked.
Chen was stunned. Yes, no matter how delicious something is, you can’t eat it every day.
"What should we do then?" she asked hurriedly.
Jiang Yunzhu shook the beef in her hand and said, "Let's cook it tomorrow."
Seeing that she looked confident, Chen felt relieved for a while, but soon she remembered that something was not right. Since she was not going to make meat pancakes tomorrow, what was the point of buying meat
"Mom, it's time for us to eat some meat." Jiang Yunzhu held Chen's hand and said earnestly.
They stewed meat and bones every day these days, but no one in the family had a bite to eat. Although Jiang Wu and others were sensible and didn't make a fuss, their round eyes stared at Jiang Yunzhu every day, and Jiang Yunzhu really couldn't bear it anymore.
Besides, she wants to eat meat too!
Chen wanted her family to eat meat, but every time she saw the expectant eyes of her children, her heart felt like it was soaked in sour water. But the meat had to be sold, so she could only harden her heart and pretend not to see it.
Jiang Yunzhu had brought it up today, so she hardened her mind and said, "Okay, let's have stewed meat." She quickly convinced herself and added, "We made a lot of extra money today, so it should be enough for us to eat."
Jiang Yunzhu smiled, and she knew that Chen still loved them.
Chen then said, "Why don't we invite the village chief, Old Man Xu, and Aunt Feng over. They have helped a lot in our family settling down here."
In order to register their household registration, the village chief even paid with a bag of good tea; Old Mrs. Feng was willing to rent her house to them at such a low price, and the last time she went to bring her soup, she also gave her several big steamed buns; and there was also Old Man Xu, who helped them all the way with Xu Qingshan, and when they arrived at Changshi Village, he spoke well of this to the village chief for them, so that they were able to stay smoothly.
Chen remembered every single one of them.
"We've moved into a new home, so we should probably invite everyone over for a meal to liven things up," she said.
Jiang Yunzhu had no objection.
"Okay, then let's buy more vegetables." This time, Chen didn't feel bad about spending money.
After returning home with a full load, in the afternoon, in addition to preparing food to be sold the next day, the family also began to prepare dinner.
Their family didn't know many people here, and they rented the house, so Chen didn't want to make a big deal about it, but just wanted to take this opportunity to have some fun.
She took some time off to go to the village chief's house and Old Lady Feng's house to invite people.
Gu Yongde had nothing to say to Old Man Xu, he just said he would be there in the evening.
At Old Lady Feng’s house, Chen repeatedly stressed, “Everyone must come in the evening. If they don’t come, I will come and invite someone else.”
Old Mrs. Feng has two sons, both of whom are married and have children, so their family has six people in total.
Old Mrs. Feng agreed repeatedly.
After Chen left, she glanced at her two daughters-in-law and asked, "How are they?" At that time, she felt sorry for Chen and her family, so she rented the house to them at a low price. Although her two daughters-in-law and their son didn't say anything, they felt they had lost out in their hearts.
Now what
She knew that the Jiang family looked kind and down-to-earth. Everyone has times when they are in trouble, so if you can help them, you should help them.
The two daughters-in-law looked embarrassed.
"Do we really have to go as a family?" asked the second daughter-in-law. There were too many people and they were embarrassed.
"Go ahead. I think they are sincerely inviting our family. Bring two chickens from home," said Old Mrs. Feng.
Two chickens are not cheap, the two daughters-in-law thought. But when they arrived at Jiang's house and saw the food prepared by Chen and Jiang Yunzhu, they felt that they had taken too little chicken.
Only then did they truly believe in Old Lady Feng's judgment. They believed that the Jiang family was a good family and they had underestimated them.
This family is worth making friends with!
Tonight, Chen and Jiang Yunzhu prepared two tables of food.
The ingredients bought by Chen included chicken and fish. After being cooked by Jiang Yunzhu's skillful hands, the two tables of food were so delicious that even Gu Yongde, who was used to eating such delicious food, was amazed.
How was the chicken cooked? It smelled so good. And the green soup had radishes carved into patterns
The two tables of meals prepared by Jiang Yunzhu were just average. In the dream, in the Anping Marquis Mansion, it was really like never tiring of fine food and never tiring of delicate minced meat.
"Whose craft is this?" Gu Yongde asked in amazement.
"Yunzhu did it, and I helped." Chen said with a smile.
"Sister, you actually have this skill? Where did you learn it?" asked Mrs. Feng's second daughter-in-law.
"We are an ordinary family. We don't need any skills. We just learn as we go along."
What Chen said is true. Who among ordinary people would go out of their way to learn cooking? You will learn it if you just cook it every day.
Of course, Jiang Yunzhu's cooking skills improved a little too quickly, but this was the result of her deliberate suppression.
“Hey, it’s the same meal, some people cook delicious food, a bowl of mixed wild vegetables can be made to taste good, but some people can’t, and waste good things.” Gu Yongde said.
"You mean, I wasted something?" his wife immediately snorted jokingly.
"I did not mean that."
Everyone laughed and the incident passed, but everyone thought that the girl from the Jiang family was really good. She was pretty and had excellent craftsmanship.
"Eat quickly, otherwise it won't taste good when it gets cold." Jiang Cheng said.
"Yes, yes, let's eat quickly." Chen also greeted enthusiastically.
Everyone took their seats. Over there, Gu Yongde, Mr. Chen, Old Man Xu, Jiang Cheng and Old Lady Feng's three sons were toasting each other and drinking to their heart's content. Over here, Old Lady Feng and the others were full of praise for the food.
As everyone ate, drank and chatted, their relationships became much closer.
Life seems to be like this, lively and bustling.
After the meal, Mrs. Feng's two daughters-in-law offered to stay and help clean up. They felt bad for eating such delicious food.
Besides, after talking with Chen just now, they all thought she was a good person and were willing to help her.
"You are guests, how can this be allowed!" Chen said hurriedly.
"Let them help, otherwise we won't feel at ease. You still have to set up the stall tomorrow, so don't delay your work." Old Mrs. Feng made the final decision.
People are all made of flesh and blood. If you are good to me, I will naturally be good to you.
Both of Old Mrs. Feng's daughters-in-law were quick and efficient, and they had cleaned up everything in a short while.
"If you need anything in the future, just give me a call." Mrs. Feng said before leaving.
Her two sons and daughter-in-law also nodded.
Chen agreed with a smile.
Everyone went their separate ways.
At night, Chen was calculating how much money she had spent today. After that, she wanted to make money even more urgently. If she wasn't afraid of tiring Jiang Yunzhu, she would have wanted to get up and cook right away.
By the way, she also remembered something very important. Jiang Yunzhu hasn’t told her yet what she plans to do tomorrow to keep Deputy General Zhao, the God of Wealth!
Jiang Yunzhu naturally knew what was going on.