Chapter 251: Pampering Jiang Wanwan, even selling him is not enough

The alleys are crisscrossed with people playing with birds and humming songs. In the same 1970s, during the decade of severe crackdowns, time seemed to slow down here, retaining many flavors that cannot be smelled outside.

The group took a bus and then walked, and arrived at Mr. Su Jiu's residence after noon.

Master Su Jiu lives in an alley. The house is spacious, with high walls on both sides of the yard. The yard is not very wide, and there are half-meter-wide ponds squeezed on both sides. The yard where the two grown men live does not grow vegetables, but trumpet creepers.

In winter, the trumpet creeper is dormant, with its dry branches crawling on the wall. In summer, it will sprout and grow lush green leaves, with large orange flowers dotted among the leaves.

When Jiang Wanwan was a child, she liked to come to Jiu Ye’s house to play.

"Come in, girl. The pot is ready. There is mutton rolls. Go to the restaurant to buy them and ask the chef to shave them for you."

Walking along the path paved with old bricks and lifting the thick door curtain in front of the house, Jiang Wanwan looked up at the eaves in front of the door: "Oh, look at that swallow's nest."

Seeing the swallow's nest, Jiang Wanwan thought of her childhood and subconsciously pulled Shen Xingjiang and said, "The swallows have nested here for many years. One year, the eaves leaked and the nest collapsed, killing a nest of swallows. Brother Pingshan repaired the eaves, and they came here to build a nest again the next year. I didn't expect it to still be here."

Master Su Jiu opened the curtain and coughed softly: "It's cold outside, let's talk inside."

Jiang Wanwan let go of Shen Xingjiang and went into the house.

Shen Xingjiang looked at his empty wrist and said nothing. Just as he was about to go in, Master Su Jiu lowered the curtain.

Su Pingshan immediately pulled up the curtain and said, "I'm sorry, my father treated Wanwan as his own daughter. When we were little, whenever there was something delicious at home, he would send it to Wanwan overnight, and it would never reach me."

Jiang Juan was afraid that Shen Xingjiang would be angry because Master Su Jiu had embarrassed him: "That's right, especially since my father died, he treated my sister as his eyeball."

Shen Xingjiang tightened the bag in his hand, his expression normal: “It’s okay, I won’t argue with the old man.”

The Su family's house was divided into several rooms. There was a large cabinet in the room, a stove in the middle, honeycomb coal next to the stove, a dining table in the main room, and pots placed on the table.

After entering the house, Su Pingshan placed the luggage in the next room and came back to get water for them to wash.

Several people were in limited conditions on the train and had long been unable to bear it. Even washing their faces and hands with soap would make them feel refreshed.

Su Pingshan put the charcoal bars into the copper pot and went outside to get the mutton rolls. There were no vegetables, so he prepared fish fillets and soaked dried mushrooms.

Young Master Qin was a very outgoing man. His family was rich, but they kept a close watch on him. He had never been to Beijing and was very curious about the real copper pot hot pot meat. He sat down and waited for everyone to gather, then picked up his chopsticks and started eating.

"Delicious, the meat is so fresh!"

The meat was ready, and Shen Xingjiang picked some for Jiang Wanwan.

Jiang Wanwan tasted the familiar flavor and her taste buds were aroused.

Every time when she had almost finished eating, Shen Xingjiang would refill her drink.

Through the mist of the pot, Master Su Jiu picked up the wine cup and took a sip. It tasted spicy in his throat, and he swallowed it and suddenly smiled.

He picked up the bottle and filled Shen Xingjiang's glass.

"Boy, you're a man."

Shen Xingjiang picked up the wine cup: "Thank you, Master Jiu, for taking care of Wanwan."

He tilted his head back and drank it in one gulp.

Master Su Jiu thought of something and smiled.

Starting from the train station, he seemed to be taking care of Wan Wan, but he was more focused on the boy from the Shen family.

He was not angry about being ignored, nor did he take his anger out on Jiang Yatou because of his attitude. Instead, he put Jiang Yatou first in everything, and his care for even the smallest details didn't seem like he was pretending. He could pretend, but he couldn't pretend Jiang Yatou's reaction.

The little girl has a difficult temper, and the fact that she relies so much on Shen Xingjiang indirectly proves how excellent Shen Xingjiang is.

Master Su Jiu is happy.

Looking north, you can rest assured.

"Eat more. If her father sees you, he will wake up with joy."

This is how Master Su Jiu is. If he likes you, you are the boss. If he doesn’t like you, you are nothing.

Shen Xingjiang's emotions didn't fluctuate much. He was just like that, regardless of people or things except Jiang Wanwan.

Not easy to be happy, not easy to be sad.

Jiang Wanwan knew Jiu Ye's personality, so she let him test her and watched Shen Xingjiang. She also knew Shen Xingjiang's personality, and he was the type that Jiu Ye liked, so she didn't worry at all along the way.

After sitting down, we started to feast on the food. The thinly sliced ​​mutton rolls were cooked in seconds. Dipped in sesame paste, the taste was indescribably delicious.

Qin Botang ate the food and praised it again and again: "I have never eaten such delicious shabu-shabu mutton."

Shen Xingjiang picked up some raw mutton and put it into the pot: "From the taste, it is the small-tailed sheep from Inner Mongolia. It doesn't have too much mutton smell, and the price is not cheap."

He had just had a drink and his eyes were a little red.

Su Pingshan nodded: "Yes, it is the small-tailed sheep."

He introduced: "When eating lamb hotpot, we usually eat five parts of the lamb: the head, small three forks, large three forks, crotch, and cucumber strips. It is about 15 pounds of meat, all of which are tender and lean with some fat. There are certain rules for slicing lamb. The traditional way of slicing is by hand, and the slices should be as thin as paper, as even as pulp, as neat as threads, and as beautiful as flowers. This dish of meat was sliced ​​by the master chef of the time-honored brand himself."

If it weren’t for Master Su Jiu’s connections, there would be no way I could have eaten it.

The little lamb was eaten until it turned into flowers. Shen Xingjiang weighed his current savings.

If he wanted to pamper Jiang Wanwan in Beijing, even selling him would not be enough.

We must think of more ways to escape.

Frozen tofu is also a must-have for hot pot. The frozen tofu has smaller holes denser than honeycombs. It is put into the pot to absorb the aroma of mutton and mushroom soup. Dip it in sesame sauce and the juice bursts in your mouth. It is a unique delicacy in winter.

The frozen tofu had just been put into the pot when someone lifted the curtain and came in.

"Su Laojiu, where is my son?"

Cheng Du hurried in from outside. The Cheng family also came to Beijing for the Spring Festival.

Cheng Du got the news that Chen Xingjiang had arrived and had been waiting at the train station for a long time. For some reason, he didn't wait for Chen Xingjiang, so he wandered around outside for a few times and came here to look for him.

After the aggressive Cheng Du entered the house, he saw Shen Xingjiang eating shabu-shabu meat, and his movements slowed down, with a flattering smile on his face.

"Son, what's so delicious about shabu-shabu? Su Laojiu is so poor. Come on, let me take you out to eat roast duck."

Master Su Jiu choked on the wine in his hand: "Ahem!"

He asked Shen Xingjiang: "What's going on? How did you become his son?"

Su Pingshan whispered in Su Jiuye's ear: "Some time ago, there was a rumor in the Cheng family that Cheng Du and Gao Shulan had a fight because of the illegitimate child outside. Gao Shulan went back to her parents' home in anger. Seeing that the festival was about to begin, Cheng Shiguan went to pick her up in person and she came back."

The father and son of the Su family gossiped about the illegitimate child.

No one expected that the illegitimate child was their girl Jiang’s husband from Inner Mongolia.

Jiang Yatou’s ex-fiance is Cheng Du’s son, and her current man is her ex-fiance’s brother.

After thinking about it, I found that this matter was so strange and coincidental that I wrote it into a book and told it to others. Everyone who listened to the book would say that they could make up stories.

Before anyone in the room could react, a voice came in, filled with unspeakable anger: "Cheng Du, get out of here! Don't let me embarrass you here!"