Chapter 85 Braised Lamb

Wen Zhenyi looked at the two of them with a smile. They were both busy people. The reason why they were not allowed to come to the store was that the roads were slippery due to rainy days and the other was that he did not want them to work too hard. But as a result, they had work to do for themselves and arranged it clearly.

In the afternoon, Wen Chengwen went to the private school to deliver lunch and took back the lunch box that he had delivered in the morning. He also told Shen Xiucai that they were now living in the shop and that he could deliver them a meal every morning, noon and evening.

Shen Xiucai was so happy that he took out three taels of silver from his pocket and handed it to him: "This is the food allowance for us, grandfather and grandson."

"I don't need so much." Wen Chengwen looked at the money in his hand.

"How can it be useless? Every time you send us something, I can tell it's all good ingredients. Look at this mutton, how can it be cheap?"

"If I collect so much, my family will be very angry when I get home."

"No, no, just say I forced it on you."

Wen Chengwen had no choice but to accept it.

He looked at Wen Yongnan and Wen Yongman beside him and asked, "How are you doing in the private school today?"

Wen Yongnan nodded: "It's pretty good, my classmates are all very kind."

Wen Yongman pouted: "It's just too rigid."

Chen Hanxing laughed out loud: "I heard that you were punished today."

Wen Yongman sighed: "I don't want to either, I just can't sit still."

Wen Chengwen looked at his youngest son with a headache. This brat was just a little too jumpy. "If your sister finds out, I'm afraid your snacks will be in jeopardy."

"No, no, no, Dad, please don't tell my sister. I will change. I will definitely change."

Wen Chengwen rubbed his head: "You said it, otherwise I won't help you hide it next time."

Wen Yongman lowered his head: "I understand."

Wen Chengwen said goodbye to a few people and walked towards the store with the lunch box.

The old man and his wife were about to drive the ox cart back. Wen Zhenyi also filled a lot of braised mutton for them to take back: "Grandma, take this braised mutton back and heat it up for tomorrow."

"You keep it and sell it."

"As you said, few people can afford braised lamb, so we can eat it ourselves."

Old Man Wen looked at his wife and said, "Since Yi Yi has said so, just take it."

"We're leaving. Be sure to close the doors and windows at night."

"Mom, don't worry." Ma Yinghe nodded, sent them out of the backyard, and then closed the backyard door.

Wen Zhenyi served out the braised lamb, and the bone soup in the pot was cooking slowly.

She would get up from time to time in the middle of the night to check on the soup and add some water.

Ma Yinghe and the others got up early, asked Wen Zhenyi what she wanted to do, and then told her to go to sleep for a while, saying they could handle other things.

Wen Zhenyi ran back to his room and took a nap. When he woke up, it was already dawn.

It was a sunny morning this morning. Ma Yinghe placed a high table at the entrance of the hall and sold breakfast to everyone.

The Cheng Mansion’s housekeeper finally arrived early in the morning and was first in line: “I’ve finally gotten what I’ve been waiting for.”

Wen Zhenyi smiled at him and said, "Butler, it's quite early today."

"If I can't buy food for your family anymore, my job as the housekeeper will be over."

Ma Yinghe smiled and said, "Look at what you said."

The butler had a bitter smile on his face. He was not joking. He was delayed yesterday because of something, and it rained heavily when he was about to go out, so he couldn't come to buy it. The master was already very dissatisfied with him.

"What's available today?"

“Braised mutton noodles and mutton offal noodles.”

"Three of each."

Ma Yinghe looked at him: "Six servings is a lot."

"It's okay, it's okay. Our master and young master have good appetites, and there's another portion I want to try."

“The price of braised lamb noodles is not cheap.”

"It's okay, it's okay, just do it."

Ma Yinghe said nothing more and put the six servings of noodles into the lunch box he brought with him: "Here you go."

The butler took out a tael of silver and put it on the table: "No need for change." After saying that, without waiting for Ma Yinghe to say anything, he picked up the food box and quickly walked to the carriage parked nearby.

Ma Yinghe looked at Wen Zhenyi: "Yiyi, look."

"Mom, just consider it a tip."

"Okay." Ma Yinghe smiled and put the silver away. Then she looked at the diners behind her and said, "Guest, what would you like to eat?"

Wen Zhenyi still underestimated these diners. She originally thought that there would be some braised lamb left, but in the end there was nothing left. Even the servants from the wealthy families came to buy it, but it was all sold out.

"Miss Wen, are you sold out?"

Wen Zhenyi looked at the maid in front of him and felt that she looked familiar. After thinking for a long time, he remembered that she was Meng Caidie's personal maid. "They are all sold out. Did your young lady ask you to come?"

The maid smiled and nodded: "Yes, I was delayed today and came late. I heard that the braised lamb noodles were expensive, and I thought there would be some left, but in the end I didn't buy any."

"Is your lady okay?"

Seeing that no one was around, the maid whispered to Wen Zhen, "She was originally going to be punished by the master and the mistress to kneel, but luckily she got the candied cherries you sent, so she was spared the punishment and can't go out for the next few days."

Wen Zhenyi smiled and shook his head: "There are no more today, come early tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll go back and tell the lady."

"Give my regards to your young lady."

"Yes." The maid bowed and left the shop.

The mutton offal soup was all sold out today, and Zhu Tao began to clean up the dishes.

Wen Zhenyi was going to the market to look at the ingredients and think about what to cook tomorrow: "Mom, I'm going to the market."

"Why don't you wait for your father to come back and let him go with you."

"No, if I can't carry it, I'll ask them to send it back to me."

"Xiao Taozi, go shopping with Yi Yi. We don't need you here."

"Aunt, it's okay. I'll pack my things here. You and Yi Yi can go."

"Young man, go out more often." He snatched the rag from her hand and pushed her out of the store.

Wen Zhenyi smiled and put his arm around her shoulders: "Let's go, let's go see what to eat for lunch and what to sell tomorrow."

Zhu Tao felt a little uncomfortable with her arm around his shoulders: "As long as you think it's good, I don't understand."

"Is there anything you want to eat?"

Zhu Tao looked at her in confusion. She used to want to eat rice, but now she has rice every day. Even meat can be eaten every day, and it tastes so good that she has never tasted it before.

"I don't have anything to eat."

Wen Zhenyi looked at her helplessly. There were more people setting up stalls in the market today than yesterday. The seafood stalls were selling clams and some dried fish.

I picked up the dried fish and took a look at it. It was all dried very well and would be a good ingredient for making Hezhi porridge.

She looked at the clams on sale, which were also fresh. "Boss, are these caught today?"

The tanned boss said sincerely, "Yes, the weather was nice this morning, so I went out to sea to salvage something."