Chapter 490 Worry
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After returning from the backyard, everyone sat in the front hall and talked. Naturally, the topic turned to Goro and Xiaoqi's studies.
Knowing that Wulang had passed the county examination and was going to take the prefecture examination next, Shen Liu nodded.
"What questions are the county exams?... Read your articles and listen to them." Shen Liu wanted to take the test of Wulang's knowledge.
Lian Man'er quietly stood up and walked out of the front hall.
Shen Liu is a busy man. If he had been sitting here for a while, there would have been people who would have been constantly talking about it or were planning to set off today. But today, it would be completely different. Look at the time, and he would have to keep food here. Lian Man'er hurried to the kitchen.
The kitchen was steaming hot, Zhang, Lian Zhier, Zhao, and Ye Er and Daliangzi's wife who helped the servant were busy.
"Mom, how are the food cooked?" Lian Man'er went into the kitchen and asked Zhang.
"You told you to prepare those dishes for Master Liu, and they were almost done." Zhang asked Lian Man'er to see the dishes being prepared, "Just these few, are you going to have less?"
"How much can they eat? This dish is not too much," Lian Man'er said.
After seeing the dishes prepared for Shen Liu and Shen Xiaopang, Lian Man'er nodded secretly.
"Mom, let's use the set of bowls and chopsticks from the official kiln that Brother Youheng's last time sent," Lian Man'er said to Zhang.
"Okay." Zhang nodded and asked Lian Man'er to look at the big basin of food prepared by Zhao and others next to him. "There was a big pot of rice in the kitchen at the shop and steamed buns. There were four other dishes made there. The rest were all here. Man'er, look, is this enough to enter the people who follow? Do you need to go to the restaurant in the town to order a few more boxes?"
"Enough." Lian Man'er looked at it one by one and said.
Shen Liu came to Sanshiliyingzi this time and brought a lot of people. However, when he came to Lian Man'er's house, he didn't bring many people, most of whom were close friends and served him. Lian Man'er's house wanted to keep Shen Liu at home for dinner. At the same time, he also prepared a table for those who followed him.
This time, because I received the letter in advance and had sufficient preparations, the food and staff at home were enough, so all the tables were prepared by myself.
Seeing that everything in the kitchen was appropriate, Lian Man'er returned to the front hall.
"...The food has been prepared. There are no delicacies in the mountains and seas, but it is the ordinary meals of ordinary farmers. If Master Liu and Master Jiu don't dislike it, please try it." It was already noon. It was time to have lunch, so Lian Man'er met Shen Liudao.
"Come on." Shen Liu was not very polite and nodded.
Shen Xiaopang nodded. Although he didn't say anything, looking at Lian Man'er's shiny eyes, he was clearly asking, "Man'er, what delicious food have you prepared?"
On this side, Wulang and Xiaoqi brought the water up and asked Shen Liu and Shen Qian to wash up. Lian Shouxin, while Lian Man'er hurried out, arranged the table and served the dishes.
There are not many meal styles for Shen Liu and Shen Jiu, and it is a menu that has been discussed long ago.
A steamed chicken with lotus leaves and a steamed mandarin fish. These two dishes are made according to the recipe in a citrus. The citrus was compiled by a famous scholar known as a glutton in the previous dynasty. Lian Man'er found out from the book that Lian Jizu didn't want. He read it in his spare time and tried some dishes.
The chicken, fish, lotus leaves and other ingredients used in these two dishes are produced by Lianman'er's farm.
There is also a dish of fried mushrooms with rapeseed hearts, fried eggs with tender lettuce, lettuce leaves, and pork ribs and cabbage soup.
Vegetarian dishes account for the majority.
And this is exactly the rare thing.
At this time, most farmers have no fresh vegetables in their vegetable gardens, and even if they still have vegetables stored in the cellar last year, it is rare. Lian Man'er's family can prepare such a table of vegetables because Lian Man'er chose rapeseed early in spring and germinated in the house. Later, when the weather was a little warmer, she dug a vegetable bed for seedlings in the vegetable garden, planted some cabbage, lettuce, rapeseed, peas, etc., and took care of them carefully every day.
Lettuce and rapeseed are new to Lian Man'er this year.
When the temperature drops, the vegetable bed must be covered with thick grass curtains to keep warm and keep warm. During the day, when the sun comes out and the temperature rises, the grass curtains will be lifted.
The two rows of fresh vegetables cultivated in this way are the tenderest time, and even Man'er's own family is reluctant to eat them.
In addition to these dishes, a few staple foods were prepared. In addition to rice, there were also noodles made by Lian Shuoxin Eggs and noodles rolled by Zhang. Because of the time of kneading and kneading, the noodles were served with wheat fragrance. The soup color of the noodles was clear, with tender green green green onions floating on it, and some fresh pea tips were burnt inside, which made people feel very appetizing at first glance.
With rice and noodles, as staple food, two steamed dumplings were prepared. One was made of shepherd's purse pork, and the other was made of wild celery beef.
In addition, Lian Man'er cut a plate of melon seeds and mixed them with sesame oil. A plate of fine kelp shreds were covered with garlic paste, sesame seeds and red oil.
This table of dishes can be said to be full of thoughts from Lian Man'er's family, light, exquisite and neat.
Shen Liu and Shen Jiu entered the table. When they saw such a table of food, Shen Jiu had a curved eyebrow and even Shen Liu, who was not indifferent to his emotions, nodded.
In this season, if you can prepare such a table of food, you can think about how clever your mind is, how careful you prepare, and it suits his taste. Shen Liu felt very comfortable.
During the meal, Shen Xiaopang ate a bulge of stomach, and Shen Liu ate quite a bit.
Lian Man'er's family was also very happy. This is how hospitality is. The host's thoughts are made. The more guests eat, the more affirmation the host will be, and the host will naturally be happier.
After dinner, Lian Man'er removed the dining table and wanted to make tea, but Shen Liu stopped him.
"I have new tea I bring, just brew two cups of it." Shen Liu said.
A servant who followed Shen Liu brought tea, Lian Man'er brewed tea and brought it up.
"Go and bring the things,... and get two more boxes of this new tea." Shen Liu drank the tea, nodded again, and then ordered the servant around him.
The servant went out and in a while, he brought in two boxes of new tea on a tray. Two other servants also walked in, one holding two gift boxes in his hand, and the other holding a few rulers in his hand.
"...This is the new tea from Longjing this year. It's not bad. You can try it."
Lian Man'er and others hurriedly thanked him. Seeing that it was not early, Shen Liu stood up. He was going to rush back to the city today.
Shen Xiaopang seemed to be a little unwilling to leave, and followed Shen Liu, his pace getting slower and slower. Later, while Shen Liu was not paying attention, he turned around and ran to Lian Man'er's side.
"Man'er, don't you go back with me?" Chen Xiaopang asked Lian Man'er in a low voice, as if he hadn't given up yet.
Lian Man'er shook her head.
"Man'er, I don't know when I will be able to go out this time. I can't see you anymore. Man'er, come to the city, remember to see me." Chen Xiaopang told Lian Man'er in a nagging manner. It was not until Shen Liu turned around and called him that he reluctantly let go of Lian Man'er.
Shen Liu and his party were sent out of the hospital. Because Shen Liu had a lot of followers, Lian Man'er and others stopped for a distance. Chen Xiaopang stood under the car and did not get in the car immediately. He turned around and looked at Lian Man'er, as if he was a little reluctant to speak. Shen Liu turned around in front of Shen Xiaopang, and felt as if he was aware and touched Chen Xiaopang's head.
Chen Xiaopang came up and didn't know what he said to Shen Liu in a low voice.
Shen Liu raised his head and looked in the direction of Lian Man'er.
Lian Man'er's heart was shocked. Xiaopang wasn't making any willful request, right? No, right? Even if Xiaopang made any willful request, Shen Liu wouldn't agree, right?
The reason why she was willing to entertain Shen Liu with her heart was that although Shen Liu was harsh on the surface, she always treated her courtesy and respected her. Xiaopang was not a willful and reckless child. Otherwise, the relationship between them would never have developed to this day.
After Shen Liuchao Lian Man'er glanced at him, he withdrew his gaze and shook his head at Chen Xiaopang.
Chen Xiaopang lowered his head and felt a little wilted.
Then, Shen Liu got into the car, and Xiaopang also got into the car, but he still looked back a few times and looked around Lian Man'er.
After seeing off the guests, the family had lunch, cleaned up, and went back to the backyard.
Lian Man'er took out the account book of the favors and registered the gifts left by Shen Liu today.
In addition to the two boxes of new tea, four satin, the two gift boxes were filled with good pens and ink. Lian Man'er registered one by one, and also registered the four crabapple trees and four persimmon trees.
"It's said that it's a project on the mountain, and it will be almost completed in the spring next year. Then will our breakfast shop be closed?" Zhang said, sitting together.
"There is no need to be closed, it just needs to be changed." Lian Man'er said, "The project is completed, so don't you say it. At that time, the temple will receive incense from all directions. Is this Empress's temple still afraid that there will be fewer pilgrims? At that time, we will change the breakfast shop to a bun shop, so we won't have to get up early and go to bed late."
Lian Man'er thought about this problem as early as when she was planning to open a breakfast shop at the beginning.
"At that time, prepare some good tea and water in the shop, and maybe the business is better than now."
Well-known attractions drive the tourism industry and the development of the surrounding food business and other economic development. You don’t have to worry about your future days.
"In addition to the bun shop, we will open a fish shop at that time, and we will definitely earn more than we have now." Lian Man'er said.
"That's good." Zhang said with relief.
As the saying goes, there is no farming, no business is not rich. If you want to live a better life, it is not enough to have land alone. You also need to have your own local sales channels and try to increase the added value of the product. This way you can be stable and rich.
In a blink of an eye, it was the day when Goro was about to enter the Prefecture City for the exam. Wang Youheng and Goro's other two classmates were accompanying each other. Everyone was not as worried as Goro went to the county exam.
As soon as Goro left, a servant from a restaurant in the town sent a letter.
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