Chapter 19 Thank you, little angels, for the nutrient solution (Third update!) City...
The market isn't far, but some of the children walk really... too slowly and are unsteady.
An Fusheng moved Wen Xingrui, who was on his back, to the front, squatted down, and said, "Get on, I'll carry you."
Wen Xingmou stumbled and climbed onto An Fusheng's back.
So, with Wen Xingrui strapped to his back in front and Wen Xingmou behind him with his hands, An Fusheng carried a heavy load. Except for Wen Xingrui having some trouble seeing where he was going, An Fusheng didn't feel that it was too strenuous!
An Fusheng wants to retract his morning comment that he only inherited the original owner's age, but he also gained the original owner's super tall stature and enormous strength!
The market not only sells vegetables, but also various snacks. When a group of people arrive at the market, they are attracted by the various snacks before they even see the vegetables.
Wen Xingmou, perched on her older brother's back, pointed down at a steaming stall and asked, "Big brother, what's that?"
The woman at the stall saw a group of children and her eyes lit up – big business opportunity!
Before An Fusheng could answer, the eldest sister said enthusiastically to Wen Xingmou, "This is corn cake, it's delicious, would you like one?"
Wen Xingmou rested her chin on her older brother's neck. "Big brother, this corn cake is delicious. Would you like one?"
An Fusheng silently walked to the stall: "How much is one?"
"One yuan each, made with fresh corn, fragrant and sweet, especially suitable for children." The woman said, her hand already pulling at the bag.
"Want some?" An Fusheng asked the others.
The children nodded, wanting to eat all the delicious food.
"One for each person, and four more to pack up, so we can take them back to our families."
"Okay!" The eldest sister smiled broadly.
Before long, a group of people, young and old, stood not far from the woman's stall, each holding a corn cake and eating it with relish. Passersby couldn't resist buying one to try.
Three or four years old is a time of great curiosity.
An Shisi pulled at the leaves of the corn cake and asked, "Brother, the leaves of the other cake are different from this one."
An Fusheng: "That is a tung tree leaf, which is used to wrap mugwort cakes. This is a corn husk, which is used specifically to wrap corn cakes."
An Shisi: "Why?"
An Fusheng: "It's better to put similar things together, similar to the idea of using the same soup to digest the original food."
An Shisi: "Do the leaves of the tung tree grow outside the wormwood?"
An Fusheng: "No, they are two different plants, one grows on trees and the other grows on the ground."
An Shisi: "Then why are those two together? Is it necessary?"
An Fusheng: "No, it's just something passed down from the older generation."
An Shisi: "Why did people put them together in the past?"
An Fusheng: "This... I don't know either..."
"Come and see! End-of-term clearance sale, everything for only 9.9 yuan!"
"Everything is now 9.9 yuan!"
"Come and see, come and choose! Last day! Everything's only 9.9 yuan!"
An Fusheng was a little overwhelmed by An Shisi's barrage of questions. Hearing the broadcast, he quickly pulled the children along, "Come on, let's go take a look over there?"
The group followed the broadcast and stopped in front of a clothing store. The store was covered with red paper with various prices of 9.9 yuan written on it.
“Big brother, it’s a clothing store,” Bai Mangmang said.
An Fusheng was short of a change of clothes. Now that he had a stable job and the money Grandma Ao had given him, he thought for a moment and said, "Let's go in and take a look."
The shop had a lot of clothes. An Fusheng patiently looked through them, compared them, chose a set, and went to pay.
The cashier took the clothes and smacked them twice: "Two pieces of clothing for a total of forty-nine yuan and eighty cents."
An Fusheng was taken aback: "Isn't it nine yuan and ninety cents a piece?"
“The ones outside are only 9.9 yuan. The others are priced differently. The prices are all on the tags.” The cashier flipped open the clothing tags to show An Fusheng: “Look, these pants are 29.9 yuan, and the shirt is 19.9 yuan.”
When An Fusheng was choosing clothes, he secretly marveled at how cheap clothes were in the city, but now he felt cheated.
An Fusheng frowned and remained silent.
The cashier, probably used to this kind of situation, became somewhat impatient: "Why don't you think it over first and let the people behind you pay first?"
Putting aside the fact that there was no price tag, the clothes weren't very expensive, and An Fusheng did need a change of clothes, so he gritted his teeth and said, "I'll buy them."
An Fusheng gave the cashier fifty yuan.
The cashier packed the clothes for him and then gave him two fruit candies, leaving him no room to refuse: "Here's your change."
An Fusheng took the clothes and candy and led the children out of the clothing store.
Just as I was pondering how to divide two candies among four children, two middle-aged women walked by.
One person said, "This store is having a huge clearance sale! Everything is 9.9 yuan, and it's the last day. Shall we go in and take a look?"
Another person said, "It's a lie. For a whole month, they've been saying it's the last day every day. And only the ones at the front that are obviously the kind that will pill after one wear are 9.9 yuan. The slightly better ones at the back are not priced at all, but they deliberately don't write that down. They lure people in, and only tell them the real price after they've taken the clothes and gone to pay. Some people feel embarrassed and have no choice but to buy them. Only a fool would fall for their trick."
An Fusheng stared blankly at the clothes in his hands…
Was he scammed?
He's not stupid!
An Fusheng turned around and walked back to the clothing store, put the clothes on the cashier, and said, "I'm not buying it!"
Just as the cashier was about to put the received banknotes into the drawer, An Fusheng snatched back the fifty yuan he had just given her, turned around and walked out, but turned back at the door, saying, "Here's your candy back!"
The cashier was completely bewildered by An Fusheng's series of actions. By the time she realized that the clothes she had bought could not be returned, he had already walked away.
"Let's go buy groceries!" Anfu said angrily.
The children didn't dare ask any questions and silently followed their older brother to buy groceries.
The group finally arrived at the vegetable selling area.
"What would you like to eat?" An Fusheng asked.
Everyone quickly came up with what they wanted to eat.
Bai Mangmang said, "How about we buy the same vegetables as at lunch?"
An Fusheng said, "There are many delicious dishes; we don't have to eat the same thing every time."
City people are too cunning. To ensure they wouldn't be scammed again, An Fusheng took the children for a walk around the market and decided to buy groceries with the older women.
So, while the older women bargained with the vendor at the vegetable stall, An Fusheng waited quietly by their side. Once the women had agreed on a price and left, An Fusheng would go and buy the same thing.
An hour later, An Fusheng returned carrying a large pile of bags containing fish heads, soft tofu, potatoes, carrots, lettuce, wood ear mushrooms, pork, chicken wings, quail eggs, and various other ingredients.
An Fusheng: "That should be enough."
Bai Mangmang: "I don't know."
Wen Xinglin: "Big brother, you didn't buy any vegetables. Aunt Lou said we have to eat vegetables every day."
An Fusheng: "Isn't lettuce just a leafy green vegetable?"
Wen Xinglin: "Aunt Lou said that green vegetables are green leaves."
An Fusheng raised his hand: "The leaves on these are green."
Wen Xinglin: "But it only has a few leaves."
An Fusheng thought for a moment: "Then that counts, right?"
Wen Xinglin was caught in a dilemma: should lettuce be considered a leafy green vegetable?
"How about we buy some more of the greens we had for lunch?" Bai Mangmang said. "They have lots of leaves and taste the best. All the other greens are bitter."
Wen Xinglin nodded in agreement.
"Actually, it's a matter of cooking method. If you stir-fry the vegetables with meat, they won't be bitter and will taste better, just like stir-fried vegetables with chili peppers. The chili peppers are even tastier than the meat." An Fusheng finally remembered that he hadn't bought chili peppers today and asked, "Can you eat spicy food?"
Bai Mangmang: "My sister and I can, but they can't. Last time Uncle Du stir-fried cabbage with chili peppers, Xinglin had a stomachache all night."
An Fusheng said with regret, "That's such a pity, chili peppers are delicious in cooking."
Wen Xinglin: "It's fine if it's not too spicy."
Last time it was because Uncle Du put in too spicy chili peppers.
An Fusheng: "It's okay, you can eat them when you grow up. Eating chili peppers is super fun. Some chili peppers aren't spicy at all. I'll make them for you to try next time."
For some reason, Wen Xinglin felt a sense of anticipation.
After some discussion, the question of vegetables was successfully forgotten. Although they were unsure whether they had bought any vegetables, the group returned home with a full load.
When they got home, Wen Min was already up. An Fusheng handed Wen Xingrui over to Wen Min and went to the kitchen to cook.
As he cooked the rice in the rice cooker, An Fusheng stared at the pile of vegetables on the counter, lost in thought. He had only followed the older woman to buy groceries and hadn't even considered how to combine them...
However, when it comes to coming up with recipes from a market full of vegetables, An Fusheng felt that it wasn't difficult to make combinations with limited ingredients. Soon, An Fusheng had figured out how to combine them.
Fish head and tofu can be cooked together in soup; lean meat, carrots, and wood ear mushrooms can be stir-fried as a three-shredded dish; braised chicken wings with tiger-skin quail eggs are sure to be a hit with kids; and fresh lettuce, simply shredded and stir-fried, is quite delicious.
An Fusheng likes to prepare all the ingredients he needs in advance when cooking, so that he won't be flustered when cooking, and he can also shorten the cooking time and prevent the dishes from getting cold.
After finalizing the food combination, An Fusheng washed and chopped each of the vegetables he was going to cook that day.
Thinking that Lou's mother was still in the hospital, An Fusheng ran out again to ask Wen Min if Lou's mother was coming back for dinner, and whether they should wait for her to come back before cooking.
Wenmin was sharing corn cakes with the children and had to painstakingly explain to An Shisi that corn and corn kernels are actually the same food.
An Fusheng found children's curiosity terrifying and quickly hid back in the kitchen to cook.
It was still early, so An Fusheng planned to make some wolf tooth potatoes for everyone to eat first, and then use the oil from frying the potatoes to make the later dishes. It was perfect.
With the ingredients ready, An Fusheng found a small pot to fry the potatoes.
Wen Min was left dizzy and confused by An Shisi's series of "why" questions.
Suddenly smelling a delicious aroma wafting from the kitchen, Wen Min quickly said, "It smells so good! Let's go see what your eldest brother is doing."
The children playing in the open space were also attracted by the aroma.
"I'll go check!" Bai Mangmang disappeared in a flash from the kitchen doorway.
"I'll go take a look too." Wen Xingmou ran over as well.
"Aren't you going to take a look at the Fourteenth?" Wen Min asked.
An Shisi hesitated for a moment, then said, "I'll go take a look too."
A short while later, a conversation could be heard coming from the kitchen.
"Big brother, what are you doing?"
"I'm making wolf tooth potatoes."
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Author's note: Goodnight~
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