Chapter 40: Fireworks shock the ancients
Cheng Shuyi prepares the dipping sauce, adds the meat, and peels the shrimp.
It seemed that he was taking care of two children, but in fact he was quietly demonstrating to Zhou and Yu.
After understanding how to eat it, they both understood and picked up their chopsticks with confidence.
The things on the table are rare.
They had never eaten this Basa fish before, and such fresh shrimp and crabs were rare in Shengjing City.
Cheng Shuyi waited until they had tasted the food on the table and filled their stomachs before raising his glass.
"My two sisters, I'll have some sour plum soup instead of wine. Thank you, Sister Zhou, for taking care of the children, and Sister Yu, for transporting the food. I'll drink first as a toast!"
"Shuyi, I want to drink a toast too..."
My sister spoke in a baby voice and acted like an adult as she picked up her cup.
When the other three children saw this, they also clamored to raise their glasses.
The little girl even jumped off her chair and walked around the table, determined to clink glasses with everyone.
The children are so innocent and cute that the atmosphere at the dinner table becomes particularly relaxed.
Shen Zhou murmured softly, "We are sisters, so why are you thanking me? It's so formal."
"That's right." Lin Yu showed her straightforward nature: "We are all family. If you continue to be so polite, I will be angry."
Lin Yu was the daughter of an escort agency and married into a military general's family.
Her daily dress is quite different from Shen Zhoushi and Cheng Shuyi.
The clothes she wears are neutral in both color and style.
There are only one or two pearl hairpins and earrings on her head.
Her angular jaw makes her look heroic and straightforward.
"Don't worry, sisters. I won't be polite."
Cheng Shuyi put down the cup and started peeling shrimps. "I'll just toast with this one, but please don't delay me from eating the shrimps."
The two smiled at each other.
"Yes, yes, this shrimp dish my sister made is so delicious."
Shen Zhou didn't care about any rules or etiquette since there were no outsiders here anyway.
She also started eating crayfish.
"With your cooking skills, it would be a shame if you didn't open a restaurant."
"Mmmmm, Sister Zhou is right."
Lin Yu sipped the soup, expressing her agreement with Shen Zhou's words.
Lin Yanzhi is already nine years old. He can peel shrimps by himself. Even though they are peeled into small pieces, he can still eat them.
Mrs. Lin Yu didn't care about her son at all and was enjoying her meal.
Cheng Shuyi is very skilled at eating crayfish.
With a twist, a press, and a turn, the shrimp meat is pulled out completely from the shell.
She put the shrimp meat into the bowls of her two children in turn, and also ate a few bites herself.
"Sister Zhou is right. I bought a few more shops from the owner of the dental shop these past two days and am planning to open a restaurant like this."
Cheng Shuyi had said before that he would not open a restaurant.
It’s because running a restaurant requires recruiting apprentices and teaching students how to make dishes, which is a waste of time.
But hot pot and crayfish are ok.
For hot pot, she simply buys ready-made base ingredients and semi-finished dishes. No cooking skills are required and they can be eaten right after they are cooked.
It can ensure stable taste without having to cook.
The crayfish have to be cooked fresh.
But there are also semi-finished products for making the base of crayfish, and it is not difficult to teach a chef how to make just this one dish.
So opening a hot pot restaurant was included in Cheng Shuyi's plan.
She can earn a whole summer's worth of money by opening the shop for a whole summer.
Otherwise the shop would be empty anyway.
Might as well make some money from it!
In addition to the hot pot restaurant, Cheng Shuyi also wants to open some other stores.
The shop's business was getting better and better. After adding the sale of ice cubes, the daily turnover reached more than one thousand taels.
With nowhere to save so much money, she could only spend it and let it make money.
"Does your restaurant have air conditioning?" Lin Yu said, "Ever since the academy installed a freezer and air conditioning, Yan'er has become fond of reading."
Military generals' families are afraid that their children will not like to study.
After Cheng Shuyi donated ice to Baima Academy, the children in the entire academy became much more motivated to study.
Some people like to stay in the academy to study in the cool air and stay until night before going home.
"Of course!"
How can we eat hotpot in the hot summer without air conditioning?
Cheng Shuyi not only laid the air, but also made sure that the air conditioning was more powerful than that of RT-Mart.
“That’s great!”
Lin Yu jokingly extended her hand towards Cheng Shuyi, "Sister, then I'm being shameless and asking you for a VIP ticket."
She thought Cheng Shuyi would also set up entry barriers when opening a restaurant.
Cheng Shuyi placed a crayfish in her hand and said, "Okay, I'll give you a permanent 50% discount coupon. Is that enough?"
"Sister, you can't be partial to one and not the other." Shen Zhou also reached out to ask for a VIP ticket: "Give me one too, and I will bring Chang Ge'er to come and support you often."
"Yes, sister, obey your command."
The three of them had a great time chatting over dinner tonight.
After the four children had eaten, they went to the yard to play.
Cheng Shuyi remembered that she also bought fireworks.
"Sisters, now that you've eaten and rested for a while, let's go to the yard and set off fireworks."
"It's getting dark."
Cheng Shuyi went back to her room to get the fireworks she had bought today.
"Fireworks?"
Zhou and Yu looked at each other in bewilderment. "It's not even a festival, why are you thinking of setting off fireworks?"
When the two kids saw Cheng Shuyi take out the fireworks sticks, they immediately ran over.
"It's a fairy wand, I want to play with it, I want to play——"
My sister took a fairy wand from Cheng Shuyi and ran into the kitchen to find a tinderbox.
The little girl was very brave and started right away.
The fairy wand sparkles with beautiful fire.
Shen Huaichang and Lin Yanzhi, who had never seen such fireworks, were attracted by the beautiful fairy wands. They stood there in a daze, unable to take their eyes off them.
"Oh, be so careful..."
Shen Zhou was startled, fearing that the fire would burn the little girl.
"Don't worry, Sister Zhou, she will be careful." Cheng Shuyi stopped Shen Zhou.
In the past, during the Chinese New Year, there were only the three of them at home, mother and son.
Cheng Shuyi was afraid that the two children would feel lonely, so he bought all kinds of fireworks to set off at the B&B.
The two children played like this and were no longer afraid of fireworks.
"Two sisters, let's put this."
Cheng Shuyi took out a set of fireworks and released them into the sky. There were a total of one hundred fireworks.
She moved the fireworks to a bluestone slab near the gate and fixed them there, then asked her sister for a lighter.
Shengjing City.
Get ready for the brilliant fireworks!
Cheng Shuyi ignited the engine and stepped back. In the blink of an eye, he heard a loud bang: "Bang!"
Everyone in the yard was startled and covered their ears.
But the fireworks that exploded in the sky next made them all forget to be frightened, and they were all attracted by the stunning fire.
"Bang—bang—"
Fireworks shot into the night sky one after another.
The loud noise attracted all the people nearby and on the other side of the moat.
At this moment, everyone was looking up at the stunning fireworks in the night sky.
"This firework can also bloom!"
“So beautiful…”
The fireworks exploded twice.
The first time was colorful, and the second time was crackling fireworks.
Beautiful and stunning!
They had never seen fireworks like these.
Cheng Shuyi was also immersed in the fireworks.
It seems that her plan of selling fireworks in ancient times is very promising!
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