Eat in Song Dynasty

Chapter 43

After a while, Wen Shu came out of the room, holding two fruits with bumpy appearance in his hand.

"Crack, creak." The sound of sawing wood came from the front shop, she smiled, went to the well to fetch a basin of water, washed the fruit briefly, and carried it to the front.

"Father, you are tired, let's take a rest and eat some fruit."

Looking at the bright red fruit stretched out in front of him, Wen Tai was startled, then his heart sank, he straightened up and said, "Where did it come from?"

"Master Lu gave it."

"Lord Lu?"

"Well, it's the one who owes him fifty pennies, the one you said would repay you."

Wen Tai glanced at her: "Why did he give you fruit, have you met him?"

Wen Shu nodded, thinking that she couldn't hide the fact that she was going to Cangzhou after the next year, so she truthfully told the cause and effect of this matter, but she concealed the matter of the protection contract, and only said that the eldest daughter of the Lu family had taken a fancy to it. Her cooking skills, I want her to go to Cangzhou with her, so as to solve the food problem on the way.

"Cangzhou belongs to the Hejian Mansion, and it is leaving Fengyuan. How could you agree to such a big matter without discussing it with me." Wen Tai was a little angry.

Wen Shu suddenly said awkwardly: "Well, I heard Mrs. Lu said at the time that as long as I serve Miss Lu well and let her eat and drink well all the way, I don't have to pay back the fifty guan that I owe. I forget it when I am happy."

Wen Tai sighed again and again, but after thinking about it for a while, he felt that something was wrong, and looked at her suspiciously: "The Hou family has a great business, so naturally there is no shortage of cooks, so why does Miss Lu want you to follow?"

After all, it is an elderly person who sees the problem more deeply.

Fortunately, Wen Shu thought of an excuse early on, and said calmly at this time: "It's because my cooking skills are different, Dad, you don't know, that Miss Lu has a very strange taste, she actually likes to eat Do you think it’s strange that I created my own curd soup?”

Despite the elegance of the name 'Yiaoyiao Geng', it is actually a failed dish that ten people eat and nine people would say a word about it. It was created by Wen Shu on a whim. The main ingredients are red dates and eggs.

It is said that these two ingredients together would not be unpalatable, but Piansheng Wenshu didn't know what to think at that time, and even added garlic to it, saying to see if he could create a different taste, and finally a different one. The taste does exist, just.
"Really?" Wen Tai squinted at her.

"Really." Wen Shu nodded, "I didn't understand it at first, but I found out after I inquired about it. It turned out that the girl from Lu had a bad temper since she was a child, and she was very picky about food. I don’t like it, on the contrary, it’s something that other people don’t like, and she eats it with gusto.”

Seeing that her expression was fluent, without the slightest slap in the face, Wen Tai put away his doubts but was still a little worried: "But it's been too long, it will take half a month to go, so I'd better go to another place."

"Dad, don't worry, there is absolutely no problem in terms of safety. Think about it, it will be easier for the daughter of the Hou's mansion to travel far away. I heard that there are 80 to [-] people in the light guard team. There are many maids and women serving along the way. I will take care of it." Cooking is a very easy job, and along the way, you may be able to enjoy the honor of the girls from the Lu family and eat some good food."

Wen Tai looked at her quietly for a moment, then turned his gaze back to the fruit in his hand, and asked, "What's the name of this fruit, why haven't I seen it before?"

"Oh, I heard it's from Tubo. It seems to be called Huaiguo." Wen Shu rolled his eyes and gave Guozi an identity.

Wen Tai didn't struggle with the name, nodded and picked up the fruit and took a bite, only feeling crunchy, tender and sweet.

Wen Shu saw that his father had tasted it and knew that the test was over. He felt relieved and started to eat the fruit. The taste of this fruit is similar to that of pears, sweet and crisp, the surface is bright red like vermilion, but the inside is light pink. The juice is also quite sufficient, but it is a bit cold to eat in winter.

In the afternoon, after lunch, Wen Tai was still busy in the shop. Wen Shu thought about it, went back to the room and took a piece of cloth to wrap the tin box, and quietly went to the blacksmith shop.

After hearing the intention, the shopkeeper of the blacksmith shop looked at the iron box and said that it could be made, but because of the complicated carving patterns on it, it would take some time, and it would be better to put the samples in their shop so that they could observe them from time to time and Can be more realistic.

Wen Shu refused the proposal of the shopkeeper of the blacksmith shop. She was worried about putting the box here. What if she accidentally lost it, she still had to rely on this to make a fortune!
After thinking about it, she told the shopkeeper that they should print out the rough outline of the iron box first. As for the carvings on the top, she would bring her things and stay there for an hour every afternoon, and then they would compare them again. carved.

Customers first, Wen Shu said so, what else could the shopkeeper of the blacksmith shop say, he nodded immediately and asked her to pay some deposit first.

Wen Shu knew the rules, so he asked how much was the full price?
However, the price quoted by the shopkeeper shocked her.

"What! Two pennies! It costs two pennies to open this iron box!"

The shopkeeper of the blacksmith quickly explained: "If it is an ordinary iron box, you don't need so many, but the pattern on the iron box of my lady is complicated, which is a test for the sculptor, and you are in a hurry to ask for it, so there are always five dollars in the two coins." It is for the hard work of the carver, and I will earn the hard work of blacksmithing."

Wen Shu didn't believe this nonsense, but she was anxious to make a fake one to go back and stabilize her father, so she didn't want to waste time asking around, and it was a fact that the pattern of the iron box was complicated, and the shopkeeper's words were not completely coaxing her.

It's just that the two pennies are too much for her!
After thinking about it, she bargained with the shopkeeper, trying to lower the price to the usual [-] Wen, but the shopkeeper is also a shrewd person, the two of them came and went, and finally each took a step back, paying the usual [-] Wen. make a deal.

Wen Shu paid 190% of the full price and [-] Wen as a deposit, and left the blacksmith shop with the box.

It's just these two extra money out of thin air, and the huaimu fruit has to be sold, because if she doesn't sell it, she will have no money to pay the bill, and she can't tell her father, otherwise, what's the point of her tin box.

On the next day, Wen Shu met Lu Xi at the alley in front of Xiaocha Lane as scheduled, knowing that she wanted to learn martial arts, so she specially wore a coarse cotton coat today, and her hair was also made into a manly shape. The light blue cloth towel is tied.

When Lu Xi saw her for the first time, he was a little taken aback. He obviously didn't expect her to be so alert. At first, he thought that he would pass by a tailor shop to buy men's clothes for her later, but he didn't expect that before they said anything, she would have already done it on her own. Prepare.

It really makes sense for Master Weidao to send her to protect the eldest girl.

(End of this chapter)