Chapter 50 (Fried Chicken Fillet)

Shen Family

Grandpa and grandmother of the Shen family are about the same age as Mrs. Xiao, but they are much more energetic and spirited than Mrs. Xiao.

Their heads were already covered with silver, but their faces had few wrinkles. They might have been married for many years, as their faces had some similarities. Their eyes were full of kindness as they looked at the young boy who was slowly walking towards them.

"Grandfather, grandmother." Shen Pingyu performed the etiquette of the younger generation respectfully.

Grandma Shen smiled and waved, "Come and sit down. Why are you a little late? Is it because your second grandfather gave you too much homework?"

Shen Pingyu's second grandfather is Grandpa Shen's half-brother. He is the only son of a legitimate wife and the tacit head of the Shen family. As the head of the family, Grandpa Shen still has less energy in studying. On the contrary, his half-brother, who focuses on his studies, has been getting better and better in studies over the years.

Until now, he is still concentrating on studying and rarely accepts disciples. Apart from a few disciples who have already graduated, the only one he needs to pay attention to is the child in front of him.

However, in addition to learning from the Second Grandpa, Shen Pingyu also had to learn from Grandpa Shen how to be the head of the family. As the only direct descendant, the best resources of the Shen family were concentrated on him.

But he did not disappoint others' expectations. He was so outstanding at such a young age.

Shen Pingyu said shyly: "It's my own fault."

He waved his hand and a maid brought up a food box. The meals in the main courtyard were prepared according to the number of people. There were only three people having lunch at this time, so there were only five dishes and one soup. There was still a lot of room on the table. The maid opened the food box and took out the fried chicken fillet and placed it on the table.

It immediately formed a sharp contrast with these dishes.

The Shen family pays attention to the season when eating. Just after the Spring Festival, the main dishes are still Chinese cabbage, celery fried meat, and white radish stewed fish. They are all the type with clear soup, and just the smell of the fragrance is the taste of the food itself.

Until this fried chicken fillet is put on.

They are golden in color, and are placed one by one in a staggered manner, forming a small pile on the jade-white plate. When they fall on the table, they look like a crane standing out among a flock of chickens.

The key is that it smells so good!

The aroma, which was thoroughly stimulated by deep frying after adding a lot of spices, directly overshadowed the other dishes and also attracted the attention of the other two people at the table.

Grandma Shen sniffed it curiously and found that the dish smelled a little pungent, but after the initial discomfort, it smelled more and more fragrant, so she asked, "What is this dish?"

Shen Pingyu suppressed his embarrassment and uneasiness and explained, "This is fried chicken fillet. Aunt Yan, a guest at my grandparents' house, taught the Xiao family's chef to make it. My grandma was afraid that I wouldn't be able to eat it when I returned to the Shen family, so she sent me a chef. I never had the chance to do so before, but today I really wanted to eat this, so I specially asked the chef to make it and bring it over."

Grandma Shen nodded suddenly and looked at her husband.

Grandpa Shen remained silent until he finished listening to his grandson's explanation. His brows began to furrow slightly, and he noticed that the boy next to him seemed to be breathing a little more nervously.

His eyebrows jumped, and before he could say anything, his arm was pinched.

Grandpa Shen shuddered, coughed lightly, stroked his beard, and said with a smile: "It looks good. You must try it, Pingyu, it's rare for you to like something so much."

Shen Pingyu's tense face instantly broke into a smile upon hearing this, and his voice became lighter: "Actually, there's more than just this, there are many other foods, but some of them taste a bit strong, so I chose this one. Try it, it tastes pretty good."

He used serving chopsticks to serve food to each of them and looked at them expectantly.

That rare childish look softened Grandpa Shen's heart, and he also picked up the chopsticks to eat.

Because the tastes of each household are slightly different, the snack made by Chef Zou uses less pepper and salt, and after being fried twice, the skin is crispy.

Even for an old man, it is not difficult to eat. With a "crunch", the shell breaks open easily, revealing the tender chicken inside. The shell is crispy, without other seasonings, only a light salty taste and an excellent taste, but the marinated chicken inside is tender and smooth with the numbing taste of Sichuan pepper and the slight spiciness of Japanese cornel.

It was light and just enough for their tongues to taste, but not overly stimulating. Instead, the two old men's eyes widened slightly as they ate, and they kept nodding as they chewed: "It tastes good."

Grandma Shen followed suit and nodded, "This is delicious!"

Shen Pingyu smiled with relief: "Then Grandpa and Grandma, you have to eat more."

After tasting the chicken fillet, Master Shen drank a cup of tea to relieve the greasiness in his mouth, and then said, "It's a bit greasy, which is not good for your health. Don't eat too much."

As an old man who eats a light diet all year round, he seldom eats such fried food. The taste is good, but he is not that adaptable to it.

Shen Pingyu's smile froze for a moment, but he quickly adjusted himself and said apologetically, "It's my fault, Sun'er..."

"But it's okay to eat it occasionally." Grandpa Shen added, and took the initiative to pick up two dishes for his grandson, and said with a smile: "When eating this, don't forget to eat vegetables, it's good for your body."

Shen Pingyu was completely relieved, and a cute smile appeared on his handsome face: "Yeah!"

He first took two bites of vegetables, then a bite of chicken fillet. The crispy crust and the spicy, salty and extremely tender chicken stimulated his tongue, which had not tasted such flavors for many days. He felt so comfortable that his appetite increased a lot. He took another big mouthful of rice. His delicate little mouth kept eating, and his expression showed a little more satisfaction.

Seeing their grandson enjoying the food so much, the two elders of the Shen family couldn't help but increase their eating speed a lot.

Actually, apart from the fact that it’s a bit oily, it tastes pretty good.

The key is that the chicken inside does not have any excess oil, which just neutralizes the oil in the shell. Overall, it is not greasy.

The person who made this delicacy has some ingenuity!

The Shen family is very particular about not talking while eating. You can say a few words before eating, but once you start eating, everyone eats in silence. So no one talked during this meal, and they just ate one bite at a time.

In the end, everyone had finished their meals one after another. There was still a little bit of food left in some other dishes, but the chicken fillet was all gone.

Shen Pingyu realized this and became even happier. After sharing, he received recognition from others. That kind of satisfaction made him happier than eating a lot himself.

The two old people were also smiling happily. Although the Shen family did not encourage eating too much, it was not good to eat too moderately.

So the three of them put down their chopsticks, and Grandma Shen smiled and said, "Ping Yu, what else can your cook do?"

Shen Pingyu's eyes lit up, and he said very sensibly: "Aunt Yan taught him a lot, I will let him do a little each time in the future."

Master Shen nodded modestly, and stood up to relieve his stomach, which was rarely so full: "Okay."

Shen Pingyu took note of this matter carefully, and talked with Grandpa Shen for a while, reporting on his academic progress with Second Grandpa, and then talked about what he heard in the teahouse today. He listened to Grandpa Shen's analysis and took classes anytime and anywhere.

He didn't stand up and say goodbye until all the conversation was over.

Brisk steps.

It’s actually a little different, and not as serious as you think!

In this case, from today on, he can also give his grandparents more other good things to eat. If they eat more, they will definitely like it!

Thinking of this, he asked the chef to make crispy chicken wings that night, and had hot and sour soup the next day. On the third day...

The fourth day was a letter.

The word "Dong Dong" was written on the cover of the letter.

It’s a thick stack, probably containing several sheets of letter paper.

When the usually calm boy received a letter from his younger brother for the first time, he was filled with joy.

He couldn't wait to put down everything he was doing and wanted to read what was written in the letter. When he opened the envelope, he was still thinking about sending something in reply. Since he didn't like learning, he might as well send some delicious and fun things from Leping.

However, when he opened it, he fell silent.

Apart from the routine greetings at the beginning, the rest of the conversation was actually...what have you eaten recently???

The longest part of the painting is about the barbecue they had at the farm during an outing. I was afraid that he didn't know what barbecue was, so I described it with my childish brushstrokes!

After reading it, Shen Pingyu silently discarded all the delicious and fun things he had chosen, took a bunch of articles he had studied, and asked someone to deliver them, with a note that he would check them when he went to the Xiao family again at the end of the year!

After all, even the military generals in the Xiao family were all famous for their talents and were truly all-rounders of both civil and military talents.

As a future general, Pingzhou naturally cannot lag behind in this regard!

After doing all this, Shen Pingyu still took out the letter in his hand and looked at it again. He stared at the ugly handwriting and painting style on it. He looked at it again and again. Finally, his throat moved slightly and he called Chef Zou: "Can you make barbecue?"

The other party looked confused: "Master, Miss Yan didn't teach us this..."

Shen Pingyu thought of the skewers, grilling oven, and seasoning techniques mentioned in the letter, and said decisively: "Then I'll tell you, you do it!"

Not to mention that Shen Pingyu has already been tempted by Dongdong, his unlucky brother, to start thinking about barbecue.

Time goes back to the day of the outing.

After a delicious outdoor barbecue, the people who originally thought they needed to have lunch said they couldn't eat anymore after being overwhelmed by the barbecue. Manager Yao regretfully gave up the idea of ​​making another delicious meal for them.

After eating and drinking, everyone found something to do.

When you go out for an outing, you can't just eat and go back. There are good things on this farm, it's good to take a look at more.

So everyone went out in batches.

Several children went to see the various animals raised on the farm, while Mrs. Xiao went to look at the farmland. Yan Qiushu also wanted to go see the animals. She had originally suggested raising some chickens and fish, but after thinking about Xiao Huaiqi's idea, she felt that there were too many things in the farm.

I don't know how much land it occupies, and whether it can afford all these things?

But before she could move, Xie Qingyun called her. She took two steps forward, took Yan Qiushu's hand, and said with a smile, "Ah Shu, will you accompany me for a walk?"

Yan Qiushu looked at Xiao Huaiqi hesitantly. Isn’t this a bad idea?

Being a light bulb is terrible!

Xie Qingyun said angrily, "Don't worry about him. He doesn't like all this hustle and bustle. I don't even have anyone to talk to. Just let him follow behind."

Xiao Huaiqi, who was mentioned, spread his hands helplessly and said, "Ah Shu, you can follow me. With my body, I can't stay in the wind for long. I guess I have to go back soon."

Yan Qiushu was too embarrassed to refuse, so she had to nod.

Manager Yao led the way in front, followed by a middle-aged man of about the same age who looked very gentle and polite. Yan Qiushu was walking behind the two of them, holding hands with Xie Qingyun. Xiao Huaiqi was at the back, pushed by a servant. They went all the way to the left, close to the city, and stopped at a manor several hundred meters away.

The woman next to him pointed at a somewhat desolate and untended lawn in front of him, and a manor that seemed to have just been taken care of and inhabited, and asked, "Ah Shu, what do you think of this place?"

It looked familiar; it was the same manor that Yan Qiushu had visited with Ren Yazi before.

But it’s too expensive, because the surrounding land together costs two thousand taels!

Yan Qiushu couldn't afford it, so she gave up after a quick glance. She didn't expect that he would ask her about it now. She seemed to have sensed something in her mind, so she asked tentatively, "Could this be the Xiao family's manor?"

Xie Qingyun nodded with a smile, confirming her guess, and apologized: "I just bought it, Ah Shu, don't blame me for asking about these things, it's just that you often go out in the past few days, so I asked casually. Besides, we have such a relationship, if you want to buy something, just tell me directly, why do you need to go to see the house in person? Besides, the location here is good, and it is close to our manor. If there is anything, we can take care of each other. I bought it and gave it to you."

Yan Qiushu took a deep breath and froze.

Directly give it to the banker?!

While she was in a daze, Manager Yao took out a stack of documents and handed them to her with a friendly smile: "Miss Yan, these are the deeds of the manor and the indentures of some servants. This is not Kyoto after all, so it will be safer if we have more people."

Then he pointed at the middle-aged man next to him and said, "This is Manager Gu."

Steward Gu bowed and spoke slowly, "I have met Miss Yan. I used to be a steward in a wealthy family. Later, the master of that family committed a crime, so I entered the Xiao family and have been working as an accountant there. If Miss Yan doesn't mind, I would like to be your steward. I promise to manage this manor in an orderly manner. All you ask is to give me something to eat."

Yan Qiushu: “!!!”

She looked at Zhuangzi, then at Manager Gu, and then at Xie Qingyun who was looking at her with gentle features, and her heart trembled.

Is this what it feels like to be with a rich woman?!

Has everything been arranged for her?

The beauty is a little panic.

Yan Qiushu was not a person who liked to take advantage of others. Normally, she would just take small gifts, such as jewelry, and give back some delicious food and recipes. But she thought this kind of thing was too expensive!

With a guilty conscience.

Yan Qiushu opened her mouth with difficulty and reluctantly refused: "Thank you for your kindness, Madam, but this is too expensive, I can't accept it!"

"Ah Shu, don't feel guilty. I have a request." Xiao Huaiqi made a gesture, and the servant pushed him to the side of the two men. He sat back in the wheelchair, looking up at them, but he was relaxed and calm, and his voice was gentle and soft: "Ah Shu has made a lot of food. Since this halal shop opened, I have been thinking about the food court that Miss Ah Shu mentioned."

Yan Qiushu's eyelids jumped. She didn't expect that the food street was on the agenda.

She accidentally mentioned the name of the food street when Xiao Huaiqi asked her about it frantically last time. She thought that if the whole street was filled with all kinds of food, then when the people of Kyoto mentioned food, they would think of this street first. As long as the taste of the food was stable, the customer flow would definitely be considerable.

But she only mentioned it once and didn't say anything further. I didn't expect that this person still remembered it!

Xiao Huaiqi smiled and said, "Popcorn, pork jerky, boneless chicken feet... and today's barbecue, I think this food street is very feasible, but these are all made by you, Ah Shu, so we can't use them directly. Why don't we use this manor in exchange for a bigger cooperation opportunity and build a food street thoroughly, how about it?"

Yan Qiushu made a rough judgment using her not-so-good business thinking. It seemed that this transaction was calculated, but every time she made it, she said that these recipes could be used at will.

She shook her head: "No, just use these prescriptions if you want, there are so many of them."

Xiao Huaiqi helplessly threw up his hands: "But I still want to continue to cooperate in the future. You have mentioned so many prescriptions, there must be better ones in the future, so can I get priority? If Ah Shu doesn't accept it, I can't use these prescriptions with peace of mind."

That makes sense.

Under the attack of these two people, Yan Qiushu nodded dazedly: "Then...thank you, Master and Madam."

Wuwuwu, as expected, follow the thigh and there is meat to eat!

Manager Yao immediately stuffed the title deed and other things into her hands and said, "I wish that the food court of the young master and Miss Yan will open soon and have a booming business!"