Chapter 215 Reward
Eunuch Mo pinched the purse she handed over. Although there wasn't much in it, he was very satisfied with their understanding and smiled more often.
"Miss Wen, please come with me. I have something to tell you."
Wen Zhenyi handed the imperial edict to Ah Xiang and followed Eunuch Mo to a corner: "I wonder what instructions the eunuch has."
"I dare not give you any orders. My master asked me to tell you that since you have resolved the crisis between the two countries, he will not publicly reward you, so as not to bring disaster upon himself."
Wen Zhenyi thanked him and said, "Please, Eunuch Mo, help me convey a message. Today's reward is enough."
Eunuch Mo looked at her with satisfaction: "I heard that Miss Wen is an excellent cook. I wonder if our family will be lucky enough to have a meal with Miss Wen."
"Of course you can. If you don't mind, please come to the store for a quick meal this afternoon."
"Okay, we will be there on time."
Wen Zhenyi saw off County Magistrate Lei and his men. The people in the market congratulated Wen Zhenyi one by one. They didn't expect that someone from their town would be commended by the emperor.
Mayor Meng then presented a plaque, silver, and a land deed: "Miss Wen, your house is no longer worthy of this plaque."
Wen Zhenyi looked at the plaque of the House of Benevolence and Kindness and said, "It's really not worthy of the place. It seems I need to buy some land and build a house."
"There's still a lot of vacant land in your village for building houses. Come to the government office when you have time to choose one."
"Okay, I'll trouble you, mayor, when the time comes."
Mayor Meng handed him the deeds to a hundred acres of fertile land: "These deeds were left behind by those whose homes were confiscated before. I will send someone to notify those who are currently renting them. They are all now in your name."
"Thank you, mayor."
"But the previous rent was 37. If you need to change it, you'll need to wait until after the autumn harvest."
"Okay, I understand."
"The plaque and the imperial edict must be kept safe and not damaged."
Wen Zhenyi took note of it carefully, saw Mayor Meng off, and stared at the plaque in a daze.
Shen Hanxing saw her standing there in a daze: "Shouldn't this be a happy occasion? Why are you still frowning?"
"I'm worried about how to place these two things."
"The plaque can be sent back home and hung in the center of the main hall. When you build a new house, you can hang it in the new house. Just put the imperial edict in the box and keep it."
"That's all we have to do for now. I'll ask Axiang to run a trip."
"Do you have to treat someone to dinner this afternoon?"
"That's right."
"There's no one in the store right now, I'll stay and help you."
"Your hands, which were used to write, have finally been reduced to helping me wash my hands and cook soup."
Shen Hanxing laughed out loud: "What needs to be done."
Cheng Lesheng came to eat at noon, but he didn't get any food and was forced to do hard labor. He looked complaining: "Who did I offend?"
Chen Hanxing picked the vegetables in his hand and said, "You came here on your own initiative, but no one pulled you."
"I'm here to eat, not to do hard labor."
"You didn't get any food?"
Cheng Lesheng got angry when he heard him talk about this: "Free meal, free meal, are you really just giving me a bowl of rice?"
Wen Zhenyi raised an eyebrow and looked at him: "Soy sauce rice, I see you are eating it very happily, I don't see you leaving any, and you even ate two bowls."
Cheng Lesheng instantly wilted: "Alright, alright, I can't argue with you two." Then he muttered quietly: "I haven't even gotten married yet, and you're already protecting me like this. Why is it so heartbreaking?"
Shen Hanxing raised an eyebrow and looked at him: "What are you mumbling about?"
"Nothing, I just want to know what to do this afternoon?"
Wen Zhenyi took a look at the ingredients they had now. When their family sold pork before, the Cheng family also bought a lot and put it in the ice cellar. Now they took it out and gave it to her.
"Danaigao, braised pork, Wensi tofu, spicy chicken, candied golden dates, and Longjing shrimp." Speaking of Longjing shrimp, Wen Zhenyi turned his head and looked at Cheng Lesheng.
Cheng Lesheng's hair stood on end when she looked at him: "What are you going to do?"
"Don't be so nervous. I can't eat you. I'm short of some Longjing tea. I remember Master Cheng has some at home."
Cheng Lesheng breathed a sigh of relief, then startled himself: "I'll have someone get it for you."
Wen Zhenyi prepared to make Danai cake first. She peeled all the plums she bought today, cut open the top, and used a spoon to take out the cores.
She carefully trimmed the round hole so as not to penetrate the bottom.
Shen Hanxing and Cheng Lesheng didn't have the skill, so they could only watch from the side.
Put licorice slices and white plums in a pot, add water and bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for less than two cups of tea. After boiling, add the plums and blanch them for a few seconds before removing them from the pot.
Peel the pine nuts and rub off the brown outer layer.
Take out an equal portion of terminalia, grind the pine nuts and terminalia into a fine powder, add honey, and knead into a small ball slightly larger than the round shape of the plum.
Stuff the filling into the round holes of the plums, place a piece of olive nut on top as decoration, and steam it in a steamer for a while later.
Cheng Lesheng looked at the plums she made and said, "Now these fruits have turned into flowers in your hands. Is there anything you can't do?"
"There are so many things I don't know how to do. If you're free, just help me peel the shrimp."
"Well, you just can't stand me being idle." He looked at Shen Hanxing beside him and said, "Isn't this guy also idle?"
"You can come together."
Cheng Lesheng grabbed Shen Hanxing without hesitation and went to peel the shrimp: "I'm not idle, so don't be idle either."
Shen Hanxing raised an eyebrow and looked at him: “When did you see me being idle.”
"I'll fight for a bite of food." Cheng Lesheng peeled shrimp with gritted teeth.
Wen Zhenyi took a look at the pork that was delivered. It had been thawed and was a piece of top-quality pork belly.
She washed the pork belly, cut it into small pieces, put it into the pot and blanched it, then took it out and put it on a plate.
Wash the red bell pepper, remove the seeds and cut into small pieces.
Wash the cardamom and ginger and flatten them.
Add clean water and an appropriate amount of sugar to a pot and simmer until the sugar becomes a paste. Add the pork belly and stir-fry evenly. Then add the ginger, star anise, cinnamon, mushrooms, tsaoko, and garlic and stir-fry together.
Then add some water, cover and simmer until the pork belly is cooked through.
After stewing, add soy sauce and other seasonings, and add starch to thicken.
Finally, add onion segments and red pepper into the pot and stir-fry evenly.
When serving the dish, she also blanched the bok choy in hot water and placed it at the bottom of the plate.
Cheng Lesheng smelled the fragrance from the kitchen: "This smell, I can eat three bowls of rice."
"If you keep going like this, I think you'll be close to being a fat man."
Cheng Lesheng rolled his eyes at him and said, "By the way, Brother Meng's wedding should be approaching soon."
"Well, the two brothers' wedding dates are not far apart. Brother Meng's is this autumn, and Yongchun's is this winter."
"And Song Yi and Lei Jiayang, their wedding day is approaching."
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Tips:
Danai Cake is recorded in "Shan Jia Qing Gong" - Southern Song Dynasty by Lin Hong.
Danai Cake is a private dessert of Xiang Yunhang Mansion, which is inspired by the story of his ancestor Xiang Minzhong's "Da Nai official position".
The so-called "Da Nai Guan Zhi" refers specifically to a model official with reliable character and strong ability to handle political affairs. There are only a handful of people who enjoy this honorary title.
The above knowledge comes from "Song Yan".
Braised pork: The braised pork written here by Momo is the first of the eight famous dishes at the Chairman’s Banquet, and is also part of the Hunan cuisine series, also known as Mao’s braised pork.
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