Chapter 200: Roast Chicken with Potatoes

Xu Qingmeng smiled and said: "······You said that as if you are very pitiful."

"No, I am showing my loyalty to you, Madam." Gu Yunyi said flatteringly.

Xu Qingmeng chuckled and said, "Okay, I understand your loyalty, but please don't do this in front of others, or they will think I'm abusing you."

He was aware of the money box at home, but he just didn't want to carry money with him.

Of course, this advantage also allowed me to decline many unnecessary dinner parties in the future, but that’s a story for later.

The next morning, Gu Yunyi got up before Xu Qingmeng woke up.

"Are you going to study?"

"No, I plan to go to Shiqing Village."

Xu Qing woke up from her dream. He had told her before that she wanted to find a servant for Gu Yunyi.

Although Gu Yunyi's body has recovered a lot, after all, it takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone. Xu Qingmeng was still a little worried and asked, "Can your body handle it?"

Gu Yunyi actually wanted to invite Xu Qingmeng to go with him, but with her current health, it was obviously impossible. He said, "I talked to Zhou Yuanjia yesterday, and he said he would go with me. Don't worry."

"Well, be careful."

"Well, after we go there today, we have to discuss the restaurant and the trip to the capital city when we come back. We don't have much time left."

Indeed, if it weren't for Xu Qingmeng's pregnancy, there would be no need to be too anxious. But it is not possible now. We should go earlier so that we can make plans early.

Before Gu Yunyi left, Xu Qingmeng was still a little worried, so she reminded him again, asking him to take care of his wound, take the carriage, and not be in a hurry, before sending him out.

When Zhou Yuanjia arrived, Xinting was busy in front. Seeing that Gu Yunyi didn't come out, he went to help in the restaurant. When the diners saw him, they joked,

"Mr. Zhou, you are so considerate!"

"That's right! It seems like he still cares about his wife."

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Gu Yunyi just came out and hurriedly urged him to leave quickly.

Zhou Yuanjia also carefully reminded her not to get too tired, which made Xinting even more embarrassed. She went into the kitchen and refused to come out no matter what.

Here, Gu Yunyi brought Zhou Yuanjia to Shiqing Village, and the clan leader was very happy.

After hearing Gu Yunyi's purpose, the smile on his face deepened, and the look he gave Gu Yunyi became even softer.

"This is a good thing. If you can think of someone from the clan, I will definitely choose the right person for you. You can tell me what you think and what kind of child you want."

The clan leader thought of something and said, "If you want to find someone of your age, I'm afraid it won't work. After all, children of your age in the village have already started families. I'm afraid younger ones won't work either. They can't read, so I guess they won't work either."

Gu Yunyi shook his head. He was not looking blindly. After all, he knew something. Shiqing Village had been isolated from the outside world for so many years, so there must be only a few people who could read.

"Those with good temperament and intelligence are fine, even if they are younger. It doesn't matter if they can read or not. If I have free time in the future, I can teach them."

"Okay, okay, that's good!"

Gu Yunyi said that he was expected to leave in October, so she didn't need to be too anxious and just needed to choose someone before then.

"Okay, don't worry, I'll send someone to deliver it to you, so you don't have to run back and forth."

Gu Yunyi thanked with a smile.

Afterwards, the two of them talked for a long time. Zhou Yuanjia listened from the side and said a few words from time to time. When the clan leader heard Gu Yunyi say that Zhou Yuanjia was also a scholar, he naturally treated him kindly.

There were also many little girls who ran to the clan leader's house and secretly watched. Although they knew that Gu Yunyi had no hope, wasn't there another chance this time? Maybe there was hope.

Later I heard that she was engaged, and I felt disappointed.

Gu Yunyi chatted with the clan leader for the entire morning, and finally Zhou Yuanjia let the two go because he said he had to visit his master in the afternoon.

It was almost noon when the two of them arrived home.

It was already lunch time, so of course he wouldn't let Zhou Yuanjia go back. Gu Yunyi asked him to go in and eat before going back.

Xinting had just finished cooking. She thought it was just the few of them, but she didn't expect Gu Yunyi and the others to come back, so she hurried to cook two more dishes. Because Xu Qingmeng was pregnant, she didn't teach her well.

So Xinting didn't know much, so she just made some stir-fried meat and roasted chicken with potatoes.

The chicken was already prepared and was intended to be cooked in the evening, so Xinting cooked it now.

The chicken has been cleaned in advance. Chop it into pieces, put it in a pot with cold water, add rice wine, ginger slices, and green onions to remove the fishy smell, skim off the floating foam and take it out for later use.

Cut the peeled potatoes into pieces of similar size, add oil to a pan, put the potato pieces in and cook until the potatoes are slightly browned and emit a fragrant aroma, then serve.

Heat oil in a pan again, add rock sugar, stir-fry over low heat. After the rock sugar is completely melted, add the blanched chicken pieces, quickly stir-fry to color them with sugar, then add appropriate amount of seasoning, add boiling water and bring to a boil over high heat, then add the potato pieces and simmer.

When the potatoes are soft and tasty, add some green peppers and serve after they are cooked.

The chicken is tender and delicious, and the potatoes are soft. The chicken is ready.

When Xinting brought it to the table, Zhou Yuanjia hurried to take it, as if he was afraid that he would tire her out.

Everyone just stared at the two of them, and Xinting felt embarrassed.

"Aunt~"

"Hey, what's wrong! This chicken doesn't seem to be made for us. Let me try it and see if it tastes good."

When Zhou Yuanjia heard this, he leaned close to Xinting's ear and whispered, "Is this made for me?"

Xinting glared at him and whispered, "You wish!"

He laughed out loud.

Yun Sheng said with a bitter face: "Sister, you are too partial. I can't even eat it."

Xinting's face didn't blush at first, but after hearing this, it suddenly turned red. Xu Qingmeng said, "Okay, okay, it's time to eat. Everyone is hungry."

He smiled and said, "Yuanjia, you eat too. Although we haven't gotten married yet, we are already engaged. We are a family. Be casual and don't be polite."

Zhou Yuanjia picked up a piece of chicken and put it in Xinting's bowl, saying, "Aunt, I know."

Gu Yunyi looked at him and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, isn't it time to change your words? Call me uncle and let me hear it."

Zhou Yuanjia glanced at him with a look of disdain, as if he didn't know him.

“Puchi…hahaha…”

Yun Sheng was laughing so happily, and so was Yun Mo, but he still had to be reserved.

"Okay, you, just talk about your own things and stop teasing Yuanjia." He waved her hand and said.

After dinner, everyone started chatting again. Xu Qingmeng said that she would wait for Xun Ge'er to come back in the evening and talk about her plan to go to the provincial capital.

"I don't think there's any rush to open the shop now. I have to wait until I give birth to the baby. But this yard can't be delayed, and we need to see it in advance. Otherwise, it will be inconvenient for the whole family to live in an inn when we go to the capital."

"I have discussed this with Brother Zhou before. We will go to the Huang residence this afternoon and ask Huang Boyang about it."

(End of this chapter)