Chapter 14 What is a Tongfang Yatou
"It smells so good, is Wanqing skilled enough? This fragrance is so overbearing."
"I really want to eat dinner soon. No wonder Wanqing said pig offal is delicious. I'm drooling just from the smell."
"Sister Wanqing, you are amazing and your cooking skills are great. You can even make pig offal so fragrant."
In the evening, the whole family was preparing for tomorrow's wedding, while waiting for Li Wanqing to cook the braised pig offal herself.
No one had any hope at first, after all, everyone had eaten pig offal before, and it didn't taste very good.
What they didn't expect was that the usually smelly pig offal tasted so delicious after being cooked by Li Wanqing's skillful hands. Even though they hadn't put it in their mouths yet, they were drooling just by smelling it.
"It's almost done, everyone wait a little longer. Gu Xiang, pick out the steamed bread from the pot.
"Big girl, watch the fire while I cook." Li Wanqing was busy in the kitchen.
Stir-fried vegetables were just wild vegetables. Luckily, there was meat today, so Li Wanqing cooked a large pot of stir-fried wild vegetables and pork slices. She also stir-fried a plate of pig intestines.
Then cut the braised meat in half.
"It's delicious, really delicious. If I had known that pig offal was so delicious, I wouldn't have thrown away the ones I had before. How much good stuff have we wasted?" Gu Nian ate the stir-fried pork intestines with big mouthfuls.
"It's delicious. Sister Wanqing's cooking skills are really good." Gu Xiang ate every bite with great relish.
"Wanqing's cooking skills are pretty good, and the food tastes just as good as the ones in restaurants. I think Wanqing can be a chef in a restaurant. If we sell it to a restaurant, people will definitely rush to buy it." Gu Xiaogu also praised.
The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously. Li Yingdi heard this and took it to heart.
"The taste of this braised pig offal is okay, but cousin, is it really better than the braised meat in the restaurant? Can it really make money if it is sold outside?" Li Yingdi asked with a roll of his eyes.
If this could really be sold, she would get the recipe and then let her parents sell it. Then her parents would definitely praise her.
Dabao will have to respect her as his elder sister in the future. Thinking about returning to her parents' home and having the whole family surround her, Li Yingdi suddenly felt happy.
Li Wanqing looked up at her, then lowered her head and continued eating.
It was clear at first glance what Li Yingdi was planning. Li Wanqing hadn't really thought that much about it.
After hearing what Gu Xiaogu said, maybe she could really make a fortune from this braised pork offal.
However, Aunt Gu had no idea of Li Yingdi's plan. She was still eating and praising him, "Of course it's true. Your uncle-in-law took me there once, and the food there is really delicious.
Especially the sweet and sour pork, which goes really well with rice.
But the food Wanqing cooked tasted pretty good, especially the pig offal, which was absolutely amazing."
Li Yingdi wisely didn't ask any further questions, but she had already made up her mind to find a private time next time when no one was around to ask for the recipe of braised pork offal.
Now that the whole family is here, it would be bad if someone else had the same idea.
Li Wanqing didn't care who of them was coveting the braised meat recipe in her hand. It was hers, and she couldn't give it to anyone she didn't want.
After finishing the meal and seeing the Gu family off, Gu Yan went to sleep in the small cave nearby.
Only Li Wanqing and Gu Xiang were left in the room.
Gu Xiang has been sleeping here with Li Wanqing these days.
"Sister Wanqing, are wealthy families really as good as my second sister-in-law says? They all say that wealthy families eat meat every day and have exquisite snacks to eat.
Also, do those ladies really have a lot of jewelry? Do they change it every day?
"Sister Wanqing, can you tell me something?" Gu Xiang asked as they lay on the kang.
How could Li Wanqing know what wealthy families in ancient times looked like? However, she had seen a lot of them in books and on television.
The most important thing is that she had seen the original owner's experience when she was unconscious, and she understood something about it.
It’s not much, but it’s enough to fool the little girl Gu Xiang.
"You are a wealthy family, so of course you have no shortage of meat and snacks.
As for the jewelry you mentioned, those girls have no shortage of them either. They have jewelry shop staff come to their homes every month with new designs to choose from. They also buy them when they go shopping.
It's just jewelry, but I also make two new sets of clothes every month, otherwise I would be laughed at if I went out to visit friends in old clothes," said Li Wanqing.
"That's great! Those ladies are so happy." Gu Xiang said enviously.
"Oh, you only see their good points. In fact, they are not as good as you in some aspects." Li Wanqing said.
"How wonderful it is to be a lady? You have endless amounts of meat and snacks to eat every day.
There are endless new clothes to wear and endless jewelry to wear. How can you be inferior to me? "Gu Xiang found it incredible. How could a lady from a wealthy family be inferior to her, a wild girl from the mountains?
“You only see their enjoyable side, but they also have their own hardships.
For example, they had to learn etiquette, such as eating and walking. If they didn't learn well, the nanny would hit them on the palm with a ruler.
"Also, they're not allowed to go out freely. Even if they want to have a party with their sisters, they have to ask their mother if they can go. They're not as free as you are," Li Wanqing explained.
"It's okay not to be able to go out casually, right? And learning rules is good, isn't that good?" Gu Xiang said.
There is a generation gap in the two people's thinking. Gu Xiang envies the young ladies who have no worries about food and drink and have nice clothes and jewelry.
She didn't care about the rules that young ladies from wealthy families had to learn and couldn't go out casually, and she even envied them.
But Li Wanqing is different. She has a modern soul. If she were like the ancient ladies from Northeast China, she could suffocate herself to death.
"Sister Wanqing, what is a Tongfang maid? My second sister-in-law said that there is a Tongfang maid in their village, and she is dressed in gold and silver and looks very impressive." Gu Xiang remembered what she overheard her second sister-in-law said to her second brother that day, and asked.
Li Wanqing didn't expect her to ask this, and it was difficult for her to explain it to a little girl like her.
It was hard to explain, so I had to ask, "Why would Second Sister-in-law talk about a concubine?"
"My second sister-in-law said that the person who was sold in their village has returned, dressed in gold and silver and looking very elegant. She also said that person was a maid in the landlord's house.
Sister Wanqing, don’t tell anyone. I just overheard it when I went to the bathroom.
The second sister-in-law said that she wanted to send her younger sister to the landlord's house. Maybe her younger sister could become a concubine, and then her family would have money.
Her younger brother Dabao was able to go to school, and she and her second brother also benefited from it.
"Then ask her sister to speak well of the landlord and find a good job for her second brother." Gu Xiang said in a low voice.
Li Wanqing didn't expect that the second brother and his wife had such a beautiful idea.
She disliked Li Yingdi at first sight.
Although she didn't spend much time with Li Yingdi, from the few times they spent together, she knew that Li Yingdi was a cunning and calculating person.
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