Xiao Yunying was unaware that her return by carriage had caused excessive speculation among the villagers. When the carriage stopped in front of her house, she stepped off the carriage using a footstool.
He patted the door: "Is everyone home? Open the door for me."
Mu Lianrong opened the door: "Daughter, you're back."
"Mother, what are you doing here?"
"I was worried, so I came to wait for you to come back."
Xiao Yunying smiled and said, "What's there to worry about? I'm a grown woman, how could I possibly get lost?"
She stepped aside and let the driver help her carry the half-basket of water chestnuts and two black-boned chickens inside.
Xiao Yunying said to the coachman, "Wait for me a moment."
She went to the well-ventilated, shaded rafters, untied a string of dried sausages, put them in a new cloth bag, and handed it to the coachman: "Please take this to your young master for me."
I told the driver how to store and eat the sausages, and then thanked him.
The coachman said hurriedly, "You're too kind, young lady. I'll give it to the young master."
After the driver had gone far away, Xiao Yunying bent down and picked up Luo Xin, who had been waiting nearby: "How was it? Were you good today? Did you listen to your brother and grandma?"
“Xin’er is the best girl. Grandma even fried eggs for Xin’er for lunch.”
Mu Lianrong suddenly remembered: "Oh dear, I forgot to ask the coachman to take the food box back with him."
Xiao Yunying put Luo Xin down: "It's alright, I'll bring it over the day after tomorrow."
Mu Lianrong asked, "Are you going again the day after tomorrow? Girl, what are you and that young master Chen busy with?"
Xiao Yunying happily took out the deed of investment in Huiweilou from her bosom and placed it in Mu Lianrong's hand: "Mother, take a look for yourself."
Mu Lianrong, who could read some characters and could roughly understand the text, exclaimed in shock, "You used your recipes and vegetables to acquire a 50% stake in Huiweilou?!"
She knew about Huiweilou. Her father had said it was the biggest restaurant in the city, and that young master Chen was the owner of Huiweilou. The dishes she ate today were delivered by Huiweilou.
"How about that? Your daughter is capable, isn't she? From now on, not only will we not have to worry about selling our vegetables, but with the profits from the restaurant, your daughter is finally settled."
She didn't plan to tell her family about the sugar and liquor workshop for the time being; in their minds, Xiao Yunying couldn't possibly understand these things.
I'll find an opportunity to tell them gradually later; telling them too much at once might arouse suspicion.
Well, she needs to remind Chen Yuancheng not to let her let it slip.
After the initial shock, Mu Lianrong was overjoyed. She grinned, unsure of what to say, repeatedly muttering, "Great! Excellent! My daughter is capable. She truly is my daughter. This is wonderful!"
He read the contents of the contract several times from beginning to end, carefully folded the paper, and returned it to Xiao Yunying: "Put it away carefully."
Xiao Yunying put the contract into her bosom: "Mother, starting the day after tomorrow, I'll be going to Huiweilou to teach the chefs how to cook. Can the children have lunch at your house?"
"No problem, just bring it. Mom can afford to feed you a few meals."
Xiao Yunying knew her mother wouldn't disagree, so she walked to the bamboo basket and said, "Mother, it's almost time for dinner. Yuancheng gave me two black-boned chickens. Take them back and have my older brother kill them for me. I want to cook them for dinner tonight."
Several children were curiously examining the tied-up black-boned chicken around the bamboo basket, trying to reach out and touch it, but quickly withdrew their hands when the chicken turned its head.
Mu Lianrong walked over and said, "What kind of chicken is this? Why is it so black? Even its comb is black. Did it fall into a pile of charcoal?"
"Its name is Black Chicken, how could it not be black?"
"Is this chicken edible?"
"Don't worry, Mom, it's delicious and not poisonous."
Xiao Yunying understood why Mu Lianrong questioned whether black-boned chicken was edible. People who had never seen black-boned chicken before would find it a bit creepy at first sight, especially those who were used to brightly colored domestic chickens. They would find the appearance of a completely black chicken strange and hard to accept.
Mu Lianrong believed in her daughter; if her daughter said she could eat it, she definitely could.
"Then have your older brother kill it for you."
Xiao Yunying suddenly shoved Luo Li, who was reaching out to touch the black chicken, startling him so much that he let out a howl.
Xiao Yunying laughed out loud: "It's just an ordinary chicken, what's there to be afraid of? I'll cook it for you when I get back."
Mu Lianrong picked up a chicken, revealing the water chestnuts underneath. Xiao Yunying grabbed two and said, "Mother, these are water chestnuts from the south, also called water caltrops. Do you know how to eat them? Do you want to take some back with you?"
"Mother has never seen this before and doesn't know how to make it."
"Then I'll make it and send it to my mother."
Xiao Yunying put down the horse's hoof, picked up another chicken, and said to the children, "You wait at home. Luo Chen, help me boil a pot of water, grab some dried mushrooms...soak some dried bamboo shoots, and I'll stew black-boned chicken for you when I get back."
Because of what happened at Huiweilou, she doesn't want to eat mushrooms today.
"knew."
Xiao Yunying and her mother carried the black-boned chickens back to her parents' home. Luckily, it was cooking time and there weren't many people on the road, otherwise these two black chickens would have caused quite a stir.
When she returned to her parents' home, she handed the two black-boned chickens to her two older brothers, but neither of them dared to accept them. Xiao Yunying could only explain again that black-boned chickens are edible, that this is their natural color, and that they are not poisoned.
While her second brother was sharpening his knife, Xiao Yunying thought to herself that she couldn't keep bothering her brothers to kill chickens and rabbits for her; she had to learn how to do it herself.
"Second brother, how about you teach me how to kill a chicken?"
Are you sure you can do it?
"Let me give it a try. You have to learn everything, right?"
Xiao Yunbo handed her the knife: "Be careful, don't hurt yourself."
What should I do?
Xiao Yunbo pointed to the chicken's neck: "Cut here, but not too hard, or you'll cut the chicken's neck off completely. If it dies too quickly, the blood won't drain properly. Don't cut too lightly either, or it won't work. You'll have to cut it again, and the chicken will suffer."
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