Chapter 35 Roast Duck
Watching Jia Zhu leave, Shen Ning remained silent for a long time.
She actually wanted to have a deep conversation with Jia Zhu about the future of the Jia family and told him that Yuanchun's presence in the palace did more harm than good.
But the words came to her lips several times, but she couldn't say them.
People who live too clearly are the most pitiful! Many children today are powerless to resist their parents, let alone children today.
Just like Jia Jing back then, Jia Zhu has already carried the Jia family on his back.
But when Jia Jing took it on, everything in the Jia family was still thriving, and he only needed to be excellent.
But now...
He has to bear the responsibilities of his stubborn and self-righteous grandmother, his incompetent, stupid, selfish and ignorant parents, his sister who is pushed into the abyss and struggles hard, and his huge but rotten family.
He studied hard and tried to memorize it, but it was obvious that he was about to be overwhelmed.
Tell him that he cannot resist his grandmother and parents, and will only fall into greater pain.
Shen Ning didn't want to be the straw that broke the camel's back.
She sighed softly.
"grandmother!"
Jia Rong finally finished today's training. When he came to see his grandmother, he didn't expect her to be so sad. "What are you looking at?"
"Uh, nothing."
Shen Ning turned to her grandson. After a period of exercise, Jia Rong had become much darker, and the lines on his face looked stronger, and he was further away from the appearance of a pretty boy.
She couldn't help but smile, "Are you here to have dinner with grandma?"
"yes!"
Jia Rong smiled and said, "Today I want to eat Dongpo pork, squirrel fish, four-happiness meatballs and fried quail."
There are still many things he wants to eat, but his grandmother said that people should be grateful for what they have, so now at home, each person can only order four dishes at most.
My grandmother set an example, and my father's food supplies had to be reduced as well.
In order to have two more dishes, he often went to his stepmother's house, and the two of them could have eight dishes together.
Jia Rong thought this method was great, and whenever he was at home, he would run to his grandmother.
"Okay!"
Shen Ning pretended not to know his little tricks.
The little brat has eaten his father out of house and bankrupt, and coupled with the high energy consumption from practicing martial arts, Jia Rong's appetite has increased visibly.
If we eat together, she can eat half a bowl more.
Shen Ning smiled and ordered Qing Ping, "Tell the kitchen to make all my portions vegetarian today."
"grandmother……"
Jia Rong thought he could get two more delicious dishes today, and he couldn't help but shake his sleeves when he heard that.
"Mix meat and vegetables, mix meat and vegetables."
Shen Ning pointed a finger at his forehead and said, "How many times have I told you? Even if you don't like vegetarian food, you have to order one vegetarian dish out of the four."
"Grandma, don't I have you?" Jia Rong said pitifully, "and tomorrow I will go back to the school to eat the meal of remembering the bitterness and thinking of the sweetness."
"It sounds so pitiful."
Shen Ning laughed, "I thought I didn't know that your so-called "recalling the bitter past and thinking of the sweet past" is nothing compared to what Grandpa used to eat. It's just the home-cooked meal of some poor families today, a steamed bun made of half wheat bran and half coarse flour."
And people there don’t necessarily guarantee that you’re full, but in school, you can eat as much as you can as long as you don’t waste food.
Inspired by the school, Shen Ning specifically instructed Mantou Temple to add a certain proportion of corn flour or buckwheat flour to the steamed buns donated in the future.
In this way, the cost is reduced, the daily amount of money remains the same, and the steamed buns will naturally become bigger.
For ordinary people, it is more filling and chewy, so it is naturally more popular.
"Grandma, you haven't mentioned wild vegetables yet."
Jia Rong hated those black, sour, bitter and astringent wild vegetables.
If he wasn't forced to eat it, he would really like to just chew the steamed bun.
"Well, I would have forgotten if you hadn't told me."
Shen Ning smiled, "I think I have a plate of dandelions today."
Huh? Jia Rong's face turned green.
This caused Shen Ning to burst into laughter.
However, his greenness changed when he saw the turquoise and green dandelions.
“Is this the wild vegetable called dandelion?”
It’s completely different from what they eat in school!
If it weren't for his grandmother taking several bites, Jia Rong would never have taken a single bite. "Grandmother, did Aunt Chen in the kitchen deceive you?"
"Pfft!" Shen Ning was amused by him, "Haven't you seen dandelions?"
Now that spring has arrived and flowers are blooming, the dandelions in the wild are fresh and tender.
"Take a look and see if it looks similar."
Jia Rong: “…”
Very similar.
Today, while standing in the meditation posture, he also saw a dandelion in the corner.
"It is very similar, but what we eat in school..."
"First of all, the family eats refined salt."
Shen Ning said: "When you ate the meal of remembering the bitterness and thinking of the sweetness, the school gave you the worst coarse salt. Because of the different salt fields, some of the salt not only contained sand, but also had a slightly bitter and astringent taste."
This depends on luck.
She had also tasted the school's "Recalling the Bitterness and Thinking of the Sweetness" rice twice.
At that time, I didn’t understand why it tasted so bad.
Later she found out that the main problem was salt, so she asked the kitchen to buy several types of salt and checked each one.
The salt used in the palace is the refined salt produced by the best salt fields. It goes through several processes. Although it cannot fully meet the standards of later generations, it is not much different.
There are many types of coarse salt that ordinary people can eat, and the prices vary depending on the salt field and quality.
The school bought the worst ones on purpose because of a bitter past.
This results in the dishes that recall the bitter past and think of the sweet past being extremely unpalatable.
"Don't worry, I've already told your father that after the salt we bought this time is finished, we'll use the salt you normally eat."
That's about right.
Jia Rong picked up another piece of dandelion with his chopsticks, and it felt not only refreshing but also very fragrant.
It has a unique flavor when paired with braised pork.
No wonder my grandma likes to eat it.
"I have to rinse the food in school with water before I can eat it."
He rewarded himself with another Four Joys Meatball, "There's really sand in it."
"Hmm~"
Shen Ning wasn't too moved by what she heard.
These children of the Jia family, regardless of whether they are rich or poor, are spoiled and should taste the hardships their ancestors endured.
"Didn't you hear Jiao Da say how miserable they were when they had no salt to eat and their bodies were swollen?"
She did have some ideas on how to turn inferior salt into better-tasting refined salt, but if she wanted to use it, she had to find a reasonable reason.
"You only do it once every seven days, so stop complaining."
"Not complaining, I'm just saying."
Jia Rong ate heartily. "No one in school dared to complain, but they must have told everyone when they got home."
“…”
Shen Ning picked up a fried quail for him and said, "Finally they have learned their lesson. No one has come to look for your father yet."
"Haha, they don't dare!"
His father is becoming more and more powerful now.
Jia Rong smiled and said, "Grandma, I think the schools nowadays are much better than before."
In addition to the two gentlemen who take turns to manage them, there are also guards on duty.
Among the thirty guards, there is one in the school every day, so no one dares to act recklessly.
"No one dares to bully others. Everyone is working hard and wants to be in the top ten in the monthly exam."
There will be rewards for the top ten, and Jia Rong is also working hard for that reward.
"If I get a good grade in this monthly exam, Grandma, I will go to the newly opened Tianxianghe in the West Market to buy you a roast duck. I heard that their roast duck is especially delicious, and people line up to buy it every day."
OK!
Shen Ning smiled so hard that her teeth were visible.
She and Youshi opened a new store together, called Tianxianghe.
Thanks to my book friends Favorite Manbao, Butterfly Hudie, and I Am Sister for their repeated rewards. Thank you! Thank you!!! Thank you all for your constant company. I love you ε(><)з (End of this chapter)
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