Chapter 339 Early Holiday
Wei Yu looked at the departing figures of the Minister of Personnel and the Doctor of Personnel, and a smile appeared in his eyes.
It was just a little food, but he was so moved.
He saw it clearly just now. When the two people left, their eyes were red.
But speaking of it, the New Year gift boxes in this food court are really good.
Moreover, the styles of each gift box are different. Fortunately, he had someone order a batch of New Year gift boxes from Chen Huazheng early on, otherwise he would not be able to get them now.
Chen Huazheng and her two partners are indeed good at business. It is said that because of the newly launched New Year gift boxes and New Year gift packs, the food street has started to limit the flow of customers again.
But even so, there are still many people queuing up early every day just to buy festive snacks.
By the way, I heard that the food court will also launch a series of gift packages.
It seems to be some kind of prosperity gift package, good luck gift package and wish-fulfilling gift package.
I don't know what the difference is between the gift bag and the gift box.
No matter what's inside, at least it sounds like it has a very good meaning.
Moreover, it seems that there are some limited edition gift packs that can only be won through lotteries.
Wei Yu picked up the teacup and took another sip of tea.
Maybe when he has a holiday, he can go to the food street.
Just by hearing the names of these New Year gift packages, you can tell that they have great meanings. It would be nice if you could get a limited edition.
Just as Wei Yu was planning to have people go grab the New Year gift packages at the food court, everyone in the Ministry of Personnel was gathered together, talking about the snack gift boxes that Wei Yu brought.
"Lord Wei is so kind to bring us some snacks at this time. They are new from the food court."
"Yeah, I heard that you have to go grab this gift box early in the morning. You have to make an appointment and queue up. It's very troublesome."
“These snacks look delicious.”
"The names are nice too, like reunion cake, spring cake, and peony cake."
"I used to be a little afraid of Lord Wei, but now looking at these gift boxes, I feel a little touched."
"In fact, I think he is quite nice to us subordinates, but he looks a little serious on weekdays."
Wei Yu gave them a total of four gift boxes of snacks, each of which has now been opened.
The first gift box contained some familiar pastries, such as mung bean cake, mint cake, yam cake, ice skin cake and the like.
But in order to celebrate the festival, they are all made into the shape of flowers.
Different from the "hundred flowers blooming" of the first gift box, the second gift box is made into Ruyi cakes, thousand-layer cakes, and cloud cakes in the shape of Ruyi.
The other two gift boxes, one contains red reunion pastry and green spring pastry, and the other contains peony-shaped peony cake.
I don’t know why, but just looking at these snacks makes me feel a lot better.
Everyone in the Ministry of Personnel felt that the resentment they carried was instantly reduced, and their bodies and minds, which had been devastated in recent days, seemed to feel better.
The Minister of Personnel looked at the exquisite snacks in the box and said, "Let's not let Lord Wei down. Let's all have a taste."
The others were waiting for him to say this, so they readily agreed and began to taste the various snacks.
Originally, everyone thought that these snacks were probably similar to those sold in the food court in the past, but just to celebrate the festival, the cakes were given festive patterns and names.
But when they actually put them in their mouths, they found that these festival snacks are different from those sold on other days.
In addition to some cakes without fillings, there are many cakes with rich fillings in the gift box.
There are hawthorn filling, jujube paste and walnut filling, jujube paste and pine nut filling, sesame filling, red bean paste filling, tea-flavored mochi filling, and egg yolk mochi filling...
There is really everything, with a wide variety of options.
What surprised people the most were the Reunion Pastry and Spring Festival Pastry, which had great meanings. The crust of the Reunion Pastry looked extremely smooth.
But when you take a bite, your teeth can feel the layers of crispness.
As you continue biting, you will taste the dense and delicate red bean paste, followed by the mochi filling.
Soft, sweet, and stringy.
The various fillings are distinct, yet progressive.
Chew it, it’s crispy, soft, and sweet...
Various tastes appear one after another, rich in layers but not at all abrupt.
The crust of Yingchun Pastry is the same as that of Tuanyuan Pastry, but the filling is different.
Take a bite and you can taste the runny matcha mochi filling in the Yingchun Pastry.
If you savor it carefully, you can still smell the fragrance of flowers between your lips and teeth.
Every part of your mouth is stained with this gentle and lingering fragrance.
Delicate and elegant, quiet but not vulgar.
I don’t know if the filling of this Yingchun Pastry is designed to match its name, but I can definitely feel the strong flavor of spring when I eat it.
Everyone in the Ministry of Personnel drank tea and enjoyed snacks.
"It's worthy of being a dim sum in the food court. Even someone like me who doesn't usually like dim sum thinks it's delicious."
"It's really delicious. I have to ask my family to grab some quickly. Otherwise, they won't be available during the Spring Festival."
"I've been so tired lately that I don't have any energy for anything. But after eating these snacks, I feel alive again."
"It's okay. Once you get through this period, you can have a holiday. Then you can rest as much as you want."
"These days, whenever I have time, I just want to sleep, and even eat in a hurry. I thought I was no longer interested in these material things. Now I am back to normal. I have to ask people to go to the food court to grab a few gift boxes."
"I now understand why some people say they want to eat sweets when they are particularly tired or in a bad mood."
"When the holiday comes, let's go to the food street together. The food street and Yipinlou are not closed for holidays anyway."
"Just us? How about inviting Lord Wei to join us?"
"Yes, Lord Wei usually takes care of us so much, and now he has given us a New Year gift box. How about we treat Lord Wei to a meal together?"
"I think it's OK!"
"I agree."
"I agree."
"But Lord Wei doesn't seem to be someone who cares about food. Will he go with us?"
"You don't have to worry about that. It's his business whether he agrees to go to the food court or not. We just invite him."
"Yeah, that makes sense."
Everyone expressed their opinions at the same time and looked at the Vice Minister and Doctor of Personnel who had not spoken yet.
The Minister of Personnel and the Doctor of Personnel both smiled and said in unison:
"That's a good idea."
"That's settled then."
*
Finally, the day arrived when the officials from the Sinong Temple began their assessment.
Early in the morning, Shen Huazheng struggled to get out of bed.
After she had a simple breakfast with the Shen father and son, they all got in their respective carriages and left.
A few days ago, Mr. Huang specifically found Shen Huazheng and told her to take the exam without worry, no matter what the result was.
It will definitely not affect the final assessment results.
Of course, Shen Huazheng heard the hidden meaning in Mr. Huang's words. The annual examination for officials is divided into two parts.
It is the evaluation from the superior and the examination paper issued by the Ministry of Personnel.
But generally speaking, the evaluation of the superior is much more important to the final assessment results than the test scores issued by the Ministry of Personnel.
Shen Huazheng’s assessment was naturally given by Lord Huang.
The fact that Mr. Huang could say this proves that he thinks very highly of Shen Huazheng.
As long as Shen Huazheng's answer sheet is not blank, her test results will not be too bad.
Despite this, Shen Huazheng will still try her best.
The exam content was not difficult and I finished it in a short while.
After leaving the Ministry of Personnel, Shen Huazheng went to Shanglin Office again. It was almost noon when she came out.
Shen Huazheng looked at the white ground and felt relieved.
Although it will take another two days before all officials in the court will have a unified holiday.
But for Shen Huazheng, the mascot of the marginal department, there is nothing left to do.
In other words, she had her holiday early!!
Colleagues at Sinong Temple usually ate a lot of good food from Chen Huazheng. Knowing that she could have a holiday early, they were not jealous at all. Instead, they forced her to take a lot of vegetables, fruits and fresh meat home.
As soon as Shen Huazheng returned to the Shen Mansion, Zhou came to greet her.
She opened her mouth to say something when she suddenly caught a glimpse of what Qingzhi Qingtang and Xuanxing were holding behind her.
"Zheng'er, what did you bring back?"
With a smile on her face, Shen Huazheng quickly walked over and took Zhou's hand.
"Mom, these are some vegetables, fruits and fresh meat given by my colleagues. There are all kinds of meat. We can have hot pot tonight."
Zhou smiled and said, "Okay, I'll listen to Zheng'er about what to eat."
Chen Huazheng took her mother's arm and walked towards the house. Thinking of the upcoming vacation, she suddenly felt that the weather was not so cold.
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