Chapter 14 Making Strawberry Ice Jelly
The two children were about to finish school, and Cheng Shuyi didn't have time to cook any complicated dishes.
I simply made some scrambled eggs with tomatoes and a shrimp and tofu soup.
It's enough for two kids to eat.
To make scrambled eggs with tomatoes, Cheng Shuyi scalded the skin of the tomatoes and boiled them into a thick soup.
Add sugar to taste.
The two children put the scrambled eggs with tomatoes on the rice and scooped up a few shrimps.
He ran out with the bowl in his hand.
Even when Pei Yanli came, the two kids didn't even look back, saying they were going to play at their brother Huaichang's house in Pingxi Lane.
Pei Yanli looked at the two children running away with their bowls in their hands and giggling.
He thought he would be angry because the two children had no manners when eating.
But the unexpected thing is.
Not only was he not angry, he felt that this was how life should be.
Pei Yanli shook his head and laughed at himself.
It's crazy.
Pei Yanli walked into the yard and saw that there was no one there, so he went to the kitchen.
Cheng Shuyi was making jelly and desserts in the kitchen.
The kitchen has two large stoves connected to each other, similar to the kitchens of ordinary families.
The only difference is that other people's stoves are empty except for a can of oil and a can of salt.
Cheng Shuyi's kitchen stove is filled with bottles and jars.
There are many things on the can, such as sugar, salt, MSG, pepper, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves, etc.
Pei Yanli had never seen half of them.
But he didn't pay much attention to it, thinking that he just didn't understand because he didn't cook.
He just wanted to eat a meal, so he asked, "Is there any food left?"
Cheng Shuyi was startled when she heard his voice and almost dropped the clay pot of boiling milk in her hand.
Why is he here again!
Cheng Shuyi could only criticize in his heart.
In the morning, she thought that Pei Yanli had no one to take care of him, and that he couldn't get used to living in this small house and had left.
It turns out that he comes at mealtime.
Cheng Shuyi pouted and said deliberately, "There are still some dishes left on the table outside. Your Highness, you probably can't get used to it. The Regent's Palace..."
Before she finished speaking, Pei Yanli turned and walked to the dining table.
There was a dish of scrambled eggs with red soup on the table. Although he didn't know what the red thing was, it looked good.
There was not much rice left at the bottom of the plate, so Pei Yanli directly poured the remaining rice in the clay bowl into the plate.
Sat down and started eating.
After court today, he had a big argument in the imperial study about the flood problem in Lingnan during the flood season.
During the Dasheng period, floods occurred in the upper and lower Lingnan areas every year during the flood season.
The imperial court allocated funds and grain for disaster relief every year.
Just last autumn, a locust plague caused a significant reduction in grain production in Shengbei region.
The emperor and he had different opinions on whether to send grain to the south to solve the current disaster or to support the northern border to consolidate the country and ensure national security.
Pei Yanli argued with the emperor for the whole morning and left the palace full of anger.
Pei Yanli ate in silence.
Instead, Cheng Shuyi was confused.
Pei Yanli, who comes from a centuries-old clan, is also the current leading regent.
Education and rules have constrained his words and actions since he was a child.
How could such a proud person condescend to sit in this small courtyard and eat leftovers?
Cheng Shuyi cooked the tapioca pearls, and the jelly and milk jelly were ready.
The watermelon is soaked in the water tank.
You can take the two children with you when they wake up from their nap and go to the academy.
Cheng Shuyi walked to the gate of the yard, looked around, and wanted to call the two children back to tell them something.
But she didn't know which house the two children had gone to visit, and she couldn't find them.
At this moment, a loud thunder sounded overhead.
But there were no dark clouds and the sun was still scorching hot.
Cheng Shuyi turned around and turned his attention to Pei Yanli. "Your Highness, do you have anything else to do later?"
Pei Yanli had his own time after court.
"Nothing."
“That’s great!”
Cheng Shuyi said bluntly, "Then please help me supervise the two children's naps. There are some desserts and iced watermelon in the kitchen. I'll go to the academy this afternoon. Could you please help deliver them?"
She soaked two big watermelons in the water tank.
One weighs ten kilograms.
I can't hold two children.
Pei Yanli frowned: "Where are you going?"
Cheng Shuyi said bluntly: "I have something to do in the shop. Sorry to bother you."
She left after saying that.
Making money is urgent, and if possible, Cheng Shuyi would like to work non-stop for twelve hours.
shop?
Pei Yanli remembered.
I heard that Cheng Shuyi bought a small shop at the entrance of the alley and wanted to do some small business.
She was sober.
Knowing that one is of low status and has no power or influence, it is understandable that one wants to earn some capital for oneself.
However, her efforts were doomed to be in vain.
There are countless families in Shengjing City who own mansions and shops, and his Regent Palace owns more than a hundred mansions and shops.
It is simply a fantasy for Cheng Shuyi to want to make a living by just running a shop.
“Boom—”
The thunder was low and near.
Pei Yanli glanced at the sky which had suddenly darkened, and was still weighing in his mind whether to choose the people of Lingnan or the soldiers of the northern border.
The people were displaced and living in misery, with bones exposed in the wild, and were defeated without a fight.
Choose one side and the other will lose.
If you balance the two sides, either both win or both lose.
This question is too difficult.
"Dad, it's raining..."
The two children went home with their empty bowls, and a downpour of rain as big as beans passed by in a flash.
In the yellow mud yard, there were only a few rain marks.
Under the scorching sun, it dried in a short while.
"Dad, where's Shuyi?"
My brother put the dishes and chopsticks in the basin to soak.
Pei Yanli came back to his senses and put the dishes on the table into the basin. "Your mother has gone to the shop."
"Hurry up and wash your hands and face and go to bed for a nap. Dad will take you to the academy in the afternoon."
The two kids were having so much fun playing just during the time it took to eat.
His face was covered in sweat.
The two children obeyed and changed their clothes and fell into bed.
After a nap.
The rain at noon did not bring any coolness to the capital, but it became hotter and hotter.
The air was so stuffy that it was hard to breathe, and the children in the academy looked listless and lifeless.
Until that bowl of strawberry jelly and watermelon appeared.
In the teaching building outside the building.
A group of eight or nine-year-old children were lying on the desks, drowsy.
In the trees outside the window, the cicadas were chirping loudly and shrilly, and the grass was steaming from the scorching sun.
The wind blows into the church and makes people sweat.
Qiqi and Xuxu, the two little ones, were carrying bowls and spoons, while Pei Yanli, carrying ice-cold jelly and watermelon, appeared at the door of the school building.
"Brothers and sisters, my mother has prepared delicious food for everyone, let's eat together." The younger sister called sweetly.
Compared with other people in the dormitory, the little girl is full of energy.
She forgot about the heat and only knew that Shuyi had made her delicious strawberry jelly.
She wants to share it with other classmates.
No delicious food can withstand such hot weather and it makes people lose their appetite.
So everyone seemed to be lacking interest.
Until Pei Ruqi opened the porcelain basin in the basket, revealing the cool ice jelly inside.
Everyone gathered around.
"Wow, Pei Ruxu, what delicious food is this? It looks so good."
“It’s ice cold!”
"It looks delicious. Your mother is so kind that she even made snacks for you."
They are all young children, and they get excited when they see food.
What's more, this thing is not an ordinary thing. Just looking at it can make you feel cool and comfortable.
When my sister heard everyone praising Cheng Shuyi, she was very happy.
"This is called strawberry jelly, and it's made by my mother."
My sister couldn't help but introduce it, "It contains strawberries, watermelon jelly, and sago, and the sweet water is coconut juice."
Cheng Shuyi uses milk, watermelon juice and gelatin sheets to make pink jelly.
Cut the panna cotta into small pieces and add strawberry pulp and sago.
The sugar water is pure coconut water.
She added ice cubes to the water tank and kept the watermelon and ice jelly in the fridge for the whole afternoon, and they are still cold now.
"What is a strawberry?"
No one else had heard of what Pei Ruxu said.
My sister didn’t quite understand what was and wasn’t in ancient times, so she just said, “It’s just strawberries.”
My brother was cutting watermelon with Pei Yanli.
After taking a bite of iced watermelon, the children put all their doubts behind them.
The afternoon heat was dispelled by a bowl of jelly and a slice of watermelon.
Even the teachers applauded the meal.
"As expected, the food at your house is really delicious. Can I come to your house after school?"
"sure."
The two children welcome their friends to come and play at home.
This play actually brought Cheng Shuyi many opportunities.
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