Chapter 102 Going Out

The intention to eat for free was real, but the intention to learn from him was fake. When Cheng Yingzhen finished her work in the kitchen, Fan Yanjia had already come out of Su Yanli's study. The two young masters bowed to each other and said goodbye.

The Su family saw the guests off. Su Yanli saw that his daughter was not there, so he pushed open the door of the small room and said, "Ajin——"

In a daze, Su Ruojin heard her father calling her, and turned towards the voice, "Dad..."

"See the two young masters off."

"Oh." Su Ruojin agreed, but she was still in a daze and didn't move.

Under the dim light, the girl was fair and tender, and looked charming and adorable like a clay doll, making one want to pinch her.

Fan Yanjia thought, why not let his sister-in-law give birth to a little niece like this for him to play with.

Su Ruojin: ...Thank you!

Zhao Lan took a glance and turned his gaze to the dim courtyard. His mother probably couldn't give birth to a sister like this.

Seeing his daughter in a daze for a long time, Su Yanli laughed and said to the two students apologetically, "I am sleepy." Then he went into the house, picked up his daughter and went out of the room. He was afraid it would be cold outside, so he stood in the corridor and did not go down the stairs. He just said, "It's dark and windy, be careful on the road."

"Thank you for your hospitality, Doctor. I will leave first."

The two young masters left the Su family together.

Shu Tong and Su Dalang followed behind and escorted them to the entrance of the alley.

Su Yanli saw his daughter fell asleep on his shoulder again, and said to his wife, "Ah Zhen, let her go to sleep after washing her."

Cheng Yingzhen nodded.

Su Sanlang was also feeling sleepy, so he hugged Cheng Yingzhen and tried to sleep, "I want to sleep too... I want to sleep too..."

The couple seemed to have long been accustomed to the noise of their two children. Su Yanli sent his daughter back to the room, turned around and took San'er to wash up, leaving his wife to clean up their daughter.

At the entrance of the alley, Fan Yanjia got on Zhao Lan's carriage, and the carriage disappeared into the night. Only then did Su Dalang and Shu Tong turn around and go back.

In the carriage, Fan Yanjia was also sleepy. He leaned against the wall, resting his mind while chatting with Zhao Lan: "Actually, I can still eat another bowl. Zijin, how about you?"

Zhao Lan glanced at him, as if to say, "What do you think?" He now gets up early to practice martial arts and studies in the school during the day. At the end of the day, although there are meals and snacks, they always feel that they are not to his taste. He is full. He came to the master's house as a guest, and the master didn't prepare much, so of course he didn't feel comfortable eating.

"How about we go get some more barbecue?"

There was no need to go. Zhao Lan asked the servant to go to Su Ji BBQ and buy some. The two of them ate on the carriage while going home.

Su Ruojin didn't know that the two young masters were still enjoying their meal. She had already snuggled into the warm bed and had a sweet dream.

As October approached, the northwest wind became stronger and stronger, and people were too cold to go out. Cheng Yingzhen was weak and could not stand the cold, and she coughed from time to time. Su Ruojin often stewed pears for her in the afternoon.

The big autumn pears that Old Man Feng brought from the mountains were wrapped in oil paper and placed in the cellar. If preserved well, they would not lose moisture throughout the winter. When you want to eat them, take out a few, cut off the stems, and use a spoon to scoop out the flesh inside. Then add red dates, wolfberries, lilies, Fritillaria cirrhosa, and old rock sugar, and then put some of the scooped pear flesh in. Put it in a pot and steam it, and a tonic dessert that can relieve coughs, moisten the lungs and remove dryness is ready.

Every time Cheng Yingzhen ate all the food, Su Ruojin and her siblings would often join in. The food was sweet and nutritious, and they never got tired of it.

In addition to afternoon desserts, the Su family's meals have also changed from stir-frying and braising to mainly stewing, such as cabbage and tofu stew, radish and squid stew, and chicken stewed with mushrooms, which are basically all made with casseroles.

The higher the usage rate, the higher the frequency of damage.

The day before the two young masters notified in advance that they would come over for dinner, another one was broken. Su Ruojin asked her uncle Shu Tong to drive the mule cart, and she personally went to the pottery bowl market to pick out a few. She didn't believe that they would not be enough for the winter.

The weather was really cold. Su Ruojin armed herself from head to toe, wearing a cashmere hat and a big cotton-padded jacket. The cotton here was not the cotton known in later generations, but kapok, which was just as warm to wear. She wore waterproof and windproof deerskin shoes on her feet. She had to thank the young Prince Pingyang for the deerskin shoes. Although he came here to eat, his hands were never empty. Even if he didn't have time to bring a gift, he would make up for it afterwards. This deerskin was a return gift from a certain time. Su Ruojin found a special shoemaker to add a layer of cashmere under the deerskin, just like the cashmere leather shoes in later generations in winter. It was very warm and not afraid of the severe cold at all.

Each member of the Su family has a pair of them. Just based on this, the little prince can eat as many meals as he wants, and Su Ruojin will never say no. Speaking of which, isn't this too much... Haha... I don't care... I should find some good casseroles as soon as possible.

Shu Tong led Su Ruojin to the Taowan Market and immediately attracted many people's attention. Everyone looked at the young lady wearing the strange red hat. Although it was strange, when she wore it on her head, her fair and tender face looked even more lovely against the background of the red hat, with her red lips and white teeth, just like the little fairy in the New Year pictures.

"This hat looks like something from the Liaoxia Kingdom in the west."

"Hmm, somewhat similar?"

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The onlookers pointed and talked, but Su Ruojin pretended not to hear them. What Liaoxia country thing? This was clearly a knitted woolen hat that came from foreign countries in later generations.

Su Ruojin went straight to the casserole, stretched out her little hand and knocked on it, choosing a casserole that was both beautiful and durable.

A picturesque young lady was choosing a clay pot like an experienced person, which attracted the curiosity of the shopkeeper and the waiter. Someone couldn't help teasing her, "Young lady, you have to pay for it if you break it."

Su Ruojin smiled at the middle-aged man who had no ill intentions, "Don't worry, I will definitely compensate you."

Hey, the young lady is quite arrogant. Whose young lady is this? She is so popular. I can't help but wonder. If a young lady from a prestigious family would never come to this kind of market, could she be the child of a steward? But this child clearly doesn't look like someone the steward can raise. Could she be a young lady from a high-ranking family who occasionally comes out?

Su Ruojin tapped along the way with her little finger and selected two of the best quality casseroles. However, in order to go out less in winter, she decided to buy two more from other stores. Four at a time should be enough.

Shu Tong hurried over to pay the money.

While waiting for Shutong's chance to pay the money, Su Ruojin looked at the various beautiful bowls and plates. As everyone knows, women have no resistance to beautiful bowls and plates and they can't move their feet once they see them.

Just when she was eyeing a set of elegant sky-blue tableware, a sweaty man suddenly came to the door and called out, "Su Er Niang... Su Er Niang..."

Everyone's eyes were already on the lovely Su Ruojin, and when they heard someone calling them, they stared over even more.

"Uncle Zhang?" Su Ruojin didn't expect to meet Carpenter Zhang here. Since the baby walker, they have seen each other once or twice a month, but she didn't expect to run into him in the pottery bowl market: "Are you selling baby walkers here?"

Carpenter Zhang ran so hard that he couldn't catch his breath. He swallowed several times before he could breathe smoothly. "Su Erniang...you...come here..."

Su Ruojin thought he was in trouble, so she quickly walked up to him and asked, "Uncle Zhang, what's wrong?"

(End of this chapter)