Chapter 100 Beat someone up!

Wen Zhenyi put all the herbs she bought today in the room. She was going back to her room to make something. "Xiaoman, you play in the yard for a while. I'll go back to my room and rest for a while."

"Okay." Wen Yongman nodded and ran to find Wen Yongnan.

Wen Zhenyi returned to the room and took out the medicinal herbs she had bought. She even asked the medicine boy to grind some of them into powder for her.

She found some bamboo sticks, mixed the herbs into a dough, and then made it into very thin incense sticks, which she placed in a place where the sun could shine to dry.

Bake it over the stove later to dry.

Wen Zhenyi made the incense, then used some other medicinal herbs to make pills, and found a small bottle to put them away.

"Dong Dong Dong"

"all."

Wen Zhenyi had just put away all his things and cleaned up all the details when he heard a knock on the door: "Wait a moment."

She straightened her clothes, opened the door, and saw Zhu Tao standing at the door: "Xiao Taozi, what's wrong?"

"The beef is stewed to pieces. Now that you're back, I want you to go take a look."

"Let's go." Wen Zhenyi closed the door.

"Why is there such a strong smell of Chinese medicine in your room?" Zhu Tao looked at her puzzled.

"My grandma and I went to buy some medicinal herbs that can be used in cooking. I'll keep them in my room for now and use them when needed."

"So that's how it is. I thought you were feeling unwell."

Wen Zhenyi came to the kitchen and saw Wen Yongnan looking at the fire on the stove: "Brother."

"Yi Yi, I've cleared all the fire from the stove."

"Okay, let me take a look." Wen Zhenyi lifted the lid of the pot and saw that the beef in the two pots was bubbling, but not boiling.

She took a pair of chopsticks and inserted them into the beef. She could feel that it was easy to insert the chopsticks into the beef.

Sprinkle some white pepper on the tomato brisket.

"Brother, boil it on high heat for a while."

"Okay, I'll add some firewood in now." Wen Yongnan said as he added a few pieces of firewood into the stove and fanned it with a fan. Soon the fire in the stove became strong again.

Wen Zhenyi watched the soup in the pot begin to boil. When the soup was almost reduced, he asked Xiao Taozi to use a basin to scoop out the tomato beef brisket and put it on the small stove nearby to keep warm.

The braised beef is going to be prepared for tomorrow's meal, and the quantity will be much larger.

After serving all the beef, she started preparing dinner for today.

Wen Zhenyi has basically taught Zhu Tao the knife skills. He demonstrated it once and let her do the rest by herself.

Zhu Tao thought the vegetables she cut looked very nice, but the ones she cut herself could only be described as just okay.

Wen Zhenyi looked at her with sweat on his nose: "Xiao Taozi, take your time. Knife skills are the most challenging test of patience and time."

Zhu Tao nodded, calmed herself down, and began to cut the vegetables seriously.

Wen Zhenyi planned to make some fried water spinach, stir-fried vegetables, vegetarian tofu balls, and beef bone soup.

Tear open the stems of the water spinach, wash them clean, blanch them in hot water with a few drops of oil, pick them out with a colander, rinse them in cold water and place them in a bowl.

Put the chopped ginger, garlic, and chili on top, add soy sauce, salt, vinegar and other seasonings, heat a spoonful of hot oil and pour it on top, stir well.

For the vegetarian tofu, crush the firm tofu, mix with diced carrots, diced mushrooms, and eggs, and add salt to taste.

Shape the mixed tofu into balls and set aside. Add sesame oil to the pan, put the kneaded tofu balls into the pan and fry until golden brown. Use a colander to remove them and drain the oil.

In another pot, start boiling beef bones, and fill two large pots with beef bone soup.

By the time Wen Zhenyi finished cooking, the guests had already arrived.

Mayor Meng came with his whole family this time, including two sons, a daughter, and his wife.

Mr. Cheng brought his son and housekeeper, and the three of them were invited to be guests.

Wen Zhenyi felt a headache when he looked at Cheng Lesheng, Meng Yongchun and Meng Caidie.

Meng Caidie stood behind Mrs. Meng and winked at her.

Meng Yongchun stood with Shen Hanxing. Next to them was a man who was a few years older than them. He should be Meng Yongchun's elder brother Meng Yongyuan.

Old Lady Wen brought her family to greet them. “Our shop is simple, and I hope you will not mind.”

"Thank you for your courtesy, Madam Wen. We are really looking forward to visiting your home. We hope you can accept this small token of our appreciation." As she spoke, the maid behind her handed them a few boxes.

Old Lady Wen quickly refused: "Mrs. Meng, today we are here to express our gratitude, but we cannot accept your things."

Madam Meng looked at her master and said, "Master."

Mayor Meng smiled and said, "Since Madam Wen doesn't want to accept it, you can take the gift back."

"Okay." Mrs. Meng could only ask the maid to put away all the gifts.

Old Mrs. Wen took them to sit in the hall, where food was already placed on the table.

Wen Zhenyi brought the last dish of beef bone soup to the table.

Madam Meng looked at the food on the table. Just looking at it made her appetite whet. "I thought Miss Wen was a good banquet preparer, but I didn't expect the home cooking to be equally excellent."

"Mrs. Meng Liao praised it, but I don't know if it suits your taste."

Old Lady Wen smiled and said, "Everyone, hurry up."

Three tables of food were set up today, one for men and one for women, and one table for the younger generation.

Meng Caidie was sitting next to Wen Zhenyi: "I heard you were punished?"

Meng Caidie looked up at her mother's position before whispering, "That's right. If it weren't for your candied cherries, my second brother and I would have been punished to kneel in the ancestral hall. Thanks to you for treating us to dinner today, otherwise my second brother and I would have to stay at home and not go out."

Meng Yongyuan looked at his two younger siblings and said, "Thank you, Master Wen and Miss Wen, for taking care of us last time. I'm sorry for causing you so much trouble."

"Brother Meng, you are too polite. They didn't cause me any trouble and did a lot of work for me." Wen Zhen looked at him with a smile.

Meng Yongchun nodded quickly: "That's right, that's right, my shoulders are stiff just thinking about it now."

Meng Yongyuan looked at him and said, "Looks like when I get back, I should talk to my father and ask him to find something for you to do."

"No, no, no, brother, I was wrong."

Cheng Lesheng was enjoying watching the show, and nudged Shen Hanxing next to him with his crutch: "I heard something happened to the Wen family today?"

Shen Hanxing just hummed lightly and didn't continue.

"Why are you so silent? You only poke and say one sentence at a time. Can't you finish it all at once?"

Chen Hanxing: .....

"Han Xing, why don't you come to see me?"

Shen Hanxing turned her head and glanced at him: "What do I want to see you for?"

"Go beat them up! These people are so bold that they even dare to touch my friends."

Shen Hanxing was speechless and simply ignored him.

Wen Yongnan looked at his indignant expression and didn't understand why Mr. Cheng, such a shrewd man, would have such a quirky son.