Chapter 140: Jiang Yu's Gift
Su Mu laughed and took a big mouthful of rice. The taste was very much to his liking.
"Mom and Dad, Uncle and Aunt, please try it, it's really good."
Several elders started to pick up their chopsticks one after another. It was the first time they had eaten such a fresh dish, and the color was different from the dishes they usually cooked.
The ones who were most surprised had to be my uncle and aunt, because the dish tasted so good, with such a rich flavor that their bland mouths suddenly found that indescribable feeling. In short, it was delicious.
Seeing that everyone was fine, Su Yun started eating as well. After taking a bite, his eyes lit up again.
It has changed, it has really changed, it tastes so much better.
"What do you think, Fourth Brother? I didn't lie to you, did I?" Su Wan looked at him proudly and asked.
Su Yun picked up a few more chopsticks of stir-fried pork with chili peppers, put them in the bowl and mixed them. He followed Su Wan's example and ate a few bites, as if he had discovered a new world.
Indeed, if you use this pepper to stir-fry dishes, it will be a unique classic and can create a brand new cuisine.
This is the unique cuisine he has always longed for.
"Su Wan, can this really be grown?"
"Of course, you can use the seeds inside the chili peppers. As long as you can process them, you can grow them. You can also make chili powder, chopped peppers, and stir-fried. The taste of each one is different. I'll teach you when the time comes."
Su Wan uses the knowledge he learned in modern times to help his brothers at home as much as possible.
"Okay, let's try growing some and see. When I come back from Yue Man Xi Lou, we'll open the restaurant."
Su Yun is now full of fighting spirit.
The Yang family members listened and felt strange. Why did the Su family want to open a restaurant?
Is your family so rich?
"Uncle, when the time comes, you can come and work for me, and I will give you a monthly salary." Su Yun directly painted a big rosy picture for his uncle.
They are just one family, so we must help them. Su Yun is kind-hearted and also considers his uncle's family.
Yang Ming was a little flattered, but what was wrong with his nephew giving him work?
It is always better to do things for your family than to face other people's contempt.
He didn't want his sister to help him more, he just wanted them to become rich and give him something to eat, just like Su Yun said.
"Okay, uncle will do his best when the time comes."
Su's mother and father looked at each other and smiled with relief.
In the evening, Su Wan selected half of the camellia petals and soaked them all in the fifty kilograms of almond oil she had bought earlier, making them into camellia-infused oil.
Soak for seven days, then replace the petals with fresh ones and continue soaking them. Repeat this three times and you will get a batch of almond oil full of camellia scent.
Now is the time when wild camellias are blooming all over the mountains. If you make more, this floral-scented goat milk soap can be sold at a high price.
After the peach blossoms bloom, they are dried and ground into powder, which is the most natural dye. The flower dew can then be extracted to make hair soap, which is perfect.
But there are no soapberries at this time of year, so we have to find a way to get them outside. Apart from getting them in pharmacies, I'm afraid there is no other way to sell them.
When the time comes, ask my second brother to go to the pharmacy and ask if they can take out some of the stockpiled soapberries.
I didn’t think of harvesting more last year, so they all rotted in the mountains and couldn’t be used. I have to stock up more this autumn.
Early the next morning, the kitchen team arrived at the Su family, bringing with them the ingredients they had prepared, including chicken, duck, fish, meat, etc. Su's father also bought two sheep from a wealthy shepherd in the village.
The meat was slaughtered early in the morning, and the kitchen team killed and chopped the chickens, ducks and fish.
All the neighbors in the village came to join in the fun. Su Wan made shaqi ma to treat them. Su's mother bought a lot of melon seeds. Everyone sat in the yard eating melon seeds and having fun. It was very lively.
Since we hired a special kitchen team, there wasn't much work for us to help with. We just had to set the table, put out the dishes, and serve the food.
Su Mu was in charge of keeping track of favors. When others came to drink, they would give them favors, sometimes tens or even dozens of cents, and he would record them one by one in a book so that they would be repaid in the future.
Everyone in the village came, except the He family.
The banquet was large and mostly consisted of meat. The Su family's housewarming party was a very grand one. It had been a long time since anyone in the surrounding area had been so generous.
After the banquet, the kitchen team was paid, and some of the village ladies helped to clean the tables, dishes, and sweep the floor, while the brothers in the family went from house to house to return the borrowed tables, chairs, and benches.
At this time, Fengying came over and brought gifts.
Except Su Chen, no one else in the Su family knew him.
When they saw him coming, they all stared at each other in amazement.
"Young man, who are you looking for?" Su's mother was the first to find him in the yard, so she asked him.
"Madam Su, I'm here to deliver a gift on behalf of my son. I wish Madam Su a happy housewarming and a happy new home."
Fengying held a large box and bowed slightly to Su's mother.
Su Chen recognized Feng Ying, but chose to remain silent and pretend not to know him.
"Who is your young master?" Su Wan felt a pang of fear when she heard the word "young master".
These two young men recently are not good people.
"Miss Su, my son's surname is Jiang. He heard that your new house was completed, so he asked me to come and give you a gift."
Fengying explained as he opened the wooden box.
Inside was actually a very fine and transparent white jade statue of Guanyin, which looked lifelike and was obviously worth a lot of money.
The surname is Jiang, so it must be Jiang Yu!
I only know this guy named Jiang, and he's quite wealthy.
"How did he know that my new house was completed?"
Su Wan asked a question that came from the depths of his soul, which made Feng Ying's mouth twitch, and he didn't know how to answer.
"Uh... although my master is not in Qinghe County, he has always been thinking about you all. I happened to be here on business under his orders, and I learned about this matter. I sent a letter to him by carrier pigeon, and he asked me to select a suitable gift and send it to your residence to express his congratulations and show his heart."
Fengying was quite smart and found an excuse immediately.
Su Wan said "oh" meaningfully, then nodded.
Since it's a gift, there's nothing wrong with accepting it, so just accept it.
"That's thoughtful of you, mother. Please invite Goddess Guanyin in quickly."
Su Wan winked at her mother, and she still used honorifics when facing the statue of Guanyin.
This object can be used to protect the house. It is a symbol of good luck and should be well worshipped for the benefit of the family and descendants.
Seeing that her daughter had accepted it, Su's mother had no reason to refuse. She also liked the statue of Guanyin very much and was already thinking about asking a carpenter to make a cabinet for it to be enshrined.
She placed the Jade Guanyin on the incense table in the main hall and bowed devoutly:
"Goddess Guanyin, please forgive me. My humble abode is so simple, and I'm sorry to have to ask you to stay here for a few days."
In the yard, Su Wan was complaining in his heart, this man kept calling this yard a luxury house, but he didn't know what was so luxury about it, and how did it look like a house?
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