the seventh day of the first lunar month
The young man in armor rode on a steed, leading a large army, and set off from the main road of Kyoto. Also leaving with them was Xiao Huaiwu, who had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time.
Her husband was killed by Uta five years ago. She had been training hard all these years just for this day, so naturally she had to keep up.
She was a female general and had an official position, but it was not high, and she was directly under Xiao Huaiting, so she could go with him without the consent of others.
As soon as these two people left, the Xiao Mansion, which had just been bustling, seemed empty again.
It's obvious that these two people were not often at home before, but that's how it is.
The four children were also depressed for two days.
Until Xie Qingyun came over and said, "The fried chicken shop at home has opened. The prices are a bit higher than those in the braised food shop. Many people are waiting to see what's going on. Why don't you go and try some and be a customer in front of others?"
Four children: “???”
Among them, Zhou Zhaoheng reacted the most strongly. He had lived in two places as far as he could remember.
One is the place where I was imprisoned. I could be taken to the Imperial College during the day, but there were only classes there and there was nothing to play at all.
The second one is the Xiao Mansion.
But now he lives in the Xiao Mansion and is protected by the Xiao family, which is already very disturbing. He is well-behaved and never makes any requests. The last time he made a request was coaxed by Yan Qiushu, and he wanted to go back to see his parents.
Now, after hearing Xie Qingyun's words, he remained silent, but everyone could see the expectation and eagerness in his eyes.
Want to go!
I really want to go!
He wanted to see what it looked like outside. Would others see him eating in a restaurant outside?
Just thinking about it made his face turn red.
Dongdong was not in the mood. He preferred the food cooked by Sister Shu. He would not be interested in eating the same food cooked by outsiders.
But when he saw Ah Heng like this, he immediately raised his hand: "Go! I want to go!"
Seeing this, Wan'er immediately nodded: "Yes! Wan'er will go too!"
Then everyone looked at Xiao Pingsong, full of anticipation.
Xiao Pingsong naturally nodded: "Yes! I'll go too."
Then the four children all looked at Yan Qiushu: "Sister Shu~~~~"
Yan Qiushu smiled and said, "Let's go and clean up."
“Okay!”
The children were happily preparing to set off. Dongdong and Ah Heng were the easiest to set off, while Xiao Pingsong and Wan'er needed to tell their mothers, so they had to wait a while.
Xie Qingyun watched the commotion, and the smile on her face softened. "Thank you for your hard work, Ah Shu, taking care of these annoying kids. I'll have Jingming's (Xiao Huaiqi's pen name) men follow you later. Don't worry about your safety, just have fun."
"It's okay, it's okay. I like them very much." Yan Qiushu shook her head quickly.
In fact, she can only play with these few children.
As for other people, such as Xie Qingyun, who was from a famous family, although she liked them very much, they really had nothing in common. Her goal was to live a good life and have enough food and drink, while Xie Qingyun had to worry about the whole family, including but not limited to socializing with various powerful families.
This was a completely unfamiliar area for her, and she didn't like it.
As they couldn't wait to go out, the children were very excited and moved very quickly. After saying goodbye and packing up, the five of them were sitting in the carriage in just fifteen minutes.
The big carriage didn't feel crowded with five children, except...
The children were chattering, and Yan Qiushu found it a bit noisy.
It's fun to play with them, but this is the only thing that's not so good.
But as for friends, how can they be perfect?
Yan Qiushu found it funny, so she hugged Wan'er and held her little hand. The little girl smiled shyly and leaned towards her affectionately, which made her feel so cute.
Dongdong and Ah Heng were playing around when they accidentally saw this. They were stunned for a moment and quickly squeezed over: "Sister Ah Shu, I want to lean on you too!"
Yan Qiushu: "..."
Hugging left and right, a sweet burden!
This time, the fried chicken shop is next to the braised food shop.
When they went there, it was just after 3:00 in the afternoon.
The decoration is in ancient style, but due to the size, scale and business model of the store, it looks quite like a modern store overall. There are double tables on both sides of the wall, four-person tables in the middle, and the kitchen at the back, which is blocked by a wall with a curtain on the upper half, so you can see what the people inside are doing.
When they went over, the food for a table of guests was just ready, and the kitchen staff was putting the food on a tray which was placed on the cabinet separating the kitchen and the living room. After it was loaded, the kitchen staff rang a bell and a staff member brought it to the table.
The hot fried chicken exudes an enticing aroma.
Dongdong's nose twitched, and he held Yan Qiushu's hand impatiently: "Sister Shu, let's sit down quickly! I want to eat fried chicken!"
Yan Qiushu couldn't hold back her laughter. This child changes so quickly. Just a moment ago, she had no interest in it, all for her good friend, but now she is drooling.
But she could understand.
She thought her fried chicken tasted better. When she heard about this shop's fried chicken, she wasn't really interested. But when she really came here, the aroma of frying, meat, and seasoning...
I feel hungry all of a sudden!
She and her children sat at the four-person table in the middle. The waiter immediately brought over a stool and had the three children squeeze into a row. He enthusiastically asked, "What would you like to eat, my guests? The dishes are all hung on the wall. Please take a look."
So they all looked up at the wall.
There were a lot of wooden signs hanging on the wall, with words like: Honey Roasted Whole Chicken, Crispy Fried Chicken, Honey Chicken Legs, Honey Chicken Wings...
The price of a whole chicken ranges from 40 to 30 cents, and is divided into different price levels according to the cooking time. Chicken legs and chicken fillets are both 10 cents, which is indeed much more expensive than braised food.
Therefore, there may not be many customers in this store at the moment.
However, it is quite good to have two tables of customers at this time in the afternoon. It’s just not as popular as the place next door. As long as the new braised food is released, it will basically be sold out in a short time. There are especially many people in the morning and afternoon every day.
However, the customers of braised food shops are basically from poor families. Unless the offal or other braised foods launched later expand the customer base, more diners will come here.
However, now, in this street where the flow of customers is originally small, there are people sitting here to eat even during non-meal times. In fact, it is only a matter of time before the business becomes booming.
Xie Qingyun specially asked them to come over just to let them go out and play. Otherwise, if they were kept at home all the time, their parents would be worried.
The five of us ended up ordering a bunch of food, including crispy fried chicken.
Things came up quickly in batches.
The first things to arrive were snacks like fried chicken legs and popcorn chicken.
As usual, Ah Heng's palace maid Nan Qi would taste each item first, and only after confirming it would he let them eat it.
The cooking skills were taught by Yan Qiushu. This kind of thing has a fixed procedure and the time is well controlled. The taste is basically the same, so when she eats it, it tastes good.
For example, this fried chicken leg has a thick outer shell that is fried until golden and crispy. When you break it open, you first get a burst of hot air, and then the tender and juicy chicken leg meat is revealed.
After the crispy shell, there is tender meat. The tastes alternate. When eating it this way, I always feel that the meat is more tender and smooth than usual!
While eating, suddenly a slightly strong smell of braised food wafted over.
Yan Qiushu was stunned for a moment, and then she saw a little boy holding an oil-paper bag and leading a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old in. There was a seal of the braised food shop next door on the oil-paper bag.
After walking two steps, the little boy seemed to see someone and asked in surprise, "Xiao Pingzhou, you're here to eat too?"
Dongdong, who was eating with his mouth full, raised his head, chewed quickly a few times, and swallowed the meat in his mouth. He was slightly surprised: "Xue Guangxiu? You are eating too?"
The little boy named Xue Guangxiu nodded, his cute little face slightly serious, and said in a clear voice: "My uncle just came back, I brought him here to eat." Then he smiled broadly at Yan Qiushu: "Hello, sister A Shu, little uncle, this is the sister A Shu I was talking about. She is especially good at making delicious food. The egg tarts and egg rolls are so delicious!"
The young man nodded politely upon hearing this, and looked in the direction his nephew was pointing, and then he saw the girl who happened to be looking up at that moment.
When their eyes met, Yan Qiushu subconsciously smiled and nodded slightly.
"Hello, Miss Xiao." The young man's handsome face flushed and he spoke in a gentle voice.
After saying hello, he took his nephew to find a seat.
After all, we knew each other, so we sat next to each other.
Dongdong's eyes rolled around as he asked curiously, "Xue Guangxiu, have you eaten at this restaurant before? Did you think it was delicious?"
Xue Guangxiu sat down, thought for a moment, and then answered seriously, "It's delicious. I like it very much!"
Dongdong shook his head happily, took a bite of the chicken fillet, and smiled secretly in his heart.
But soon after Xue Guangxiu finished ordering and took out a chicken wing from the oil-paper bag, his smile disappeared. He had smelled the smell just now but didn't pay attention. Once the food was taken out and the two of them were not far away, he could naturally smell it more clearly.
That braised food is so delicious!
The key point is that it smells good, but this thing is actually chicken feet?
The skin of the chicken feet was wrinkled and soft, and the chicken bones seemed to be rotten. They were still shaking when they were picked out. Several children were attracted by the fragrance and looked closely. They saw that the chicken feet were still shaking under the chopsticks.
It was even more convenient to eat it. Xue Guangxiu hardly even chewed it and the bones came out.
"Wow! What is this?" Dongdong looked surprised.
"Why are chicken feet like this?" Xiao Pingsong asked.
Ah Heng and Wan'er also looked on curiously.
Not many people in the palace eat chicken feet because they have little meat and are difficult to cook well. They don’t like to eat them, but looking at them now, they seem to have a lot of meat and are emitting the aroma of braised food, which is particularly tempting.
Xue Guangxiu said crisply, "This is braised tiger skin chicken feet! From the braised food shop next door, it's my favorite. I bought a lot, I'll give you some."
As he spoke, he was about to stand up and share.
Yan Qiushu said quickly: "No, no, we can go buy it."
Dongdong and the others also nodded quickly: "Yes, we will go by ourselves."
Xue Guangxiu shook his head, frowning: "It's sold out. This is the last bit. I bought them all."
"It doesn't matter. This is my family's store. I'm sure it will be available if I go there." Dongdong patted his chest confidently, slid down from the chair, and trotted out.
The casual attendant quickly followed.
Xue Guangxiu was left staring at his back in astonishment, then looked at Yan Qiushu: "Sister Shu, is this your store?"
The child didn't understand much and thought that Yan Qiushu lived in the Xiao family and was a member of their family. He only knew Dongdong and her here, so he asked.
Yan Qiushu nodded: "Yeah, that's right."
Xue Guangxiu still wanted to ask, can it really be bought?
But before I could even ask, Dongdong had already returned, holding an oil-paper bag in his hand. He looked as proud as a victorious general. After he sat down, he said, "I got it! The waiter gave it to me right away when he saw I wanted it. He must have recognized me!"
The suspicion on his face turned into full envy. The little boy had good family education. Even if he was envious, he could only sigh: "That's great!"
Dongdong smiled shyly: "It's okay, luckily I came out to play during the last opening."
As he spoke, he opened the oil-paper bag, revealing the chicken feet inside. They looked exactly like the ones the kid next door had, with wrinkled skin, but after being marinated, the juice seemed to be hanging on it, making people eager to take a bite.
"Eat quickly!" Dongdong urged.
Xiao Pingsong and others who wanted to eat but were too embarrassed to reach out started eating.
As the chopsticks came over one by one, there were fewer and fewer chicken feet in them. Xiao Pingsong, the eldest brother, was the first to put some in his mouth. He didn't eat much braised food and was tempted, so his movements were particularly quick.
When a chicken claw entered his mouth, the salty, fragrant and slightly spicy taste of the stew filled his mouth. He subconsciously exerted force with his lips and tongue, and the skin and flesh of the chicken claw seemed to break at the touch, revealing the bones!
There is no more need to chew the meat with great effort. With a sip, the meat and bones are separated, the skin is soaked with marinade, and the little meat is full of gelatinous texture due to long cooking. That taste...
Anyway, when Xiao Pingsong came to his senses, the chicken claw in front of him was only bare bones.
The other children at the table also enjoyed their meal very much, one bite of chicken feet, the other of chicken meat, one was juicy, salty and slightly spicy, the other was spicy with a hint of sweetness.
Dongdong took a break while eating and asked, "Hmm! This is the first time I've discovered that chicken feet are so delicious! Sister Shu, did you teach them to do this?"
Yan Qiushu was also eating. She just told Xie Qingyun how to make the chicken feet. It happened a few days ago because Xie Qingyun said that a fried chicken shop had opened. The chicken feet in fried chicken shops are generally not very delicious. So she suggested that the chicken feet could be fried first and then sent to a braised food shop for braising. Unexpectedly, it was done and the taste was really good.
Because she was so satisfied with the meal, she didn't even look up and said casually: "Yes, I forgot!"
Dongdong: “…”
He felt extremely heartbroken for not having eaten chicken feet for such a long time, so he ate even more voraciously, and even licked his greasy fingertips reluctantly after finishing.
Seeing this, the two children, one adult and one child, had a much greater appetite and ate faster.
The door of the fried chicken shop was open, and passers-by could see what was going on inside. Because there was a braised food shop next to it, there was a lot of customer flow in. Many people would come over to take a look when they passed by, and it actually attracted quite a few customers.
When she finished eating, Wan'er looked up with satisfaction and said in surprise, "There are so many people!"
Xue Guangxiu silently gnawed away the last chicken wing, and subconsciously imitated Dongdong by licking his fingertips. When he realized what was happening, his face flushed and he muttered, "Because you guys were eating so deliciously!"
The young man opposite him also nodded, and secretly glanced at the next table. There was a wide variety of snacks on the table for four. Although they had eaten a lot, there were still many left that they had not ordered.
It’s a pity that there are only two of them, and they can’t compare to the four people next door. They can only order this much and can’t eat any more!
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