Chapter 27 Mother Gu teaches her son!
A few people went out for a walk and came back.
Seeing Qin Zhizhi busy in the kitchen, Gu Jinghuai left Ning Xuan to the care of Qin Qingyuan and Qin Qingyun, and went to the kitchen to help Qin Zhizhi.
"Husband, you're back. Go keep Young Master Ning company. I've almost finished preparing everything. I'll just ask Jingyao to help me light the fire."
Seeing Gu Jinghuai coming in, Qin Zhizhi smiled and wanted to chase him out, but was rejected by Gu Jinghuai.
"I'll just light the fire. Thank you for your hard work these past two days."
Gu Jinghuai sat down in front of the stove and started the fire. Qin Zhizhi was very happy to see that her husband did not have the airs of a scholar.
"Then I'll trouble you, my husband."
"Sister-in-law, what can I do?"
Ning Xuan stuck his head in from the kitchen door and asked, followed by the two Qin brothers, also with expectant looks on their faces.
Qin Zhizhi saw the expectant looks in their eyes and realized that they really wanted to participate. She smiled and asked, "Master Ning, do you mind having lunch in the courtyard?"
"I don't mind, I don't mind. As long as it's made by my sister-in-law, I can eat it anywhere."
Ning Xuan waved his hands repeatedly. As long as it was made by Qin Zhizhi, he looked forward to it, and he was not picky about where to eat it.
"In that case, let's have lunch in the yard today. I'll make clay pot chicken for everyone."
Seeing that Ning Xuan was very humble and didn't really mind, Qin Zhizhi decided to eat clay pot chicken in the yard.
"What do you need us to do?" the three people at the door asked in unison.
"Just follow your husband's arrangements." Qin Zhizhi decided to let Gu Jinghuai lead them to work.
Gu Jinghuai was still a little confused, but when he saw Qin Zhizhi coming out of the kitchen, he quickly followed her.
"Husband, I remember we have a pot that can be placed outside to burn. Please move it out and chop some small firewood. It will be useful later."
Qin Zhizhi assigned tasks to a few people and returned to the kitchen.
Qin Qingyuan felt that the three of them were enough to do the work, so he turned around and followed Qin Zhizhi into the kitchen.
"Sister, let me help you light the fire."
"Thank you, brother!"
All the side dishes were prepared. After Qin Qingyuan heated the pot, Qin Zhizhi added some oil, and after the oil was hot, added green onions, ginger, and peppercorns.
After the aroma comes out, add the chicken, stir-fry quickly, then add salt, rice wine and sugar and continue to stir-fry.
The fragrance came out all of a sudden, and the people working in the yard moved faster.
After cooking for a while, Qin Zhizhi put the tea tree mushrooms that had been soaked in advance into the pot and continued to stir-fry, then added water and simmered it over low heat.
"Brother, you burn it first, I'll go to the yard to take a look."
After finishing the work in the kitchen, Qin Zhizhi asked Qin Qingyuan to continue to light the fire while she went to the yard.
"Sister-in-law, come and see if this works?"
Ning Xuan ran over as soon as he saw Qin Zhizhi. The smell from the kitchen was so fragrant that Ning Xuan couldn't wait any longer.
Qin Zhizhi walked over and saw that everything was ready. The small stove used outside was made of mud and could just be used to place a pot on it.
"Does my husband have any extra pots at home?" Qin Zhizhi was not sure if there were any at home.
"I remember there is one in the utility room. I'll go get it." Gu Jinghuai turned and went into the utility room to look for the pot.
"Zhizhi, is it okay to chop the firewood like this?" Qin Qingyun asked his sister, pointing to the chopped firewood in the basket.
"Sure, thank you for your hard work, second brother."
"Sister-in-law, is there anything else we need to do?" Ning Xuan had just helped chop firewood, but he had never done these things before and was not very familiar with them.
"Just call me when you've washed the pot." Qin Zhizhi gave the instructions and went into the kitchen again.
Several people in the yard worked together and quickly cleaned the pot. Ning Xuan couldn't wait to run and call Qin Zhizhi.
The clay pot chicken in the pot was almost done. Qin Zhizhi asked her eldest brother to turn off the fire, and then put most of the chicken in the pot into the pot that the others had cleaned.
Qin Zhizhi placed the remaining chicken in the pot in a large bowl, covered it, and took a basket from the wall of the kitchen.
He put the big bowl in the basket and called Qin Qinghui to take it home for his family to taste.
Ning Xuan smelled the aroma of chicken and his stomach growled. Gu Jinghuai laughed out loud.
"What are you laughing at? Aren't you greedy?" Ning Xuan said unconvinced.
"Think about it, my wife worked hard to prepare it, so it must be delicious." Gu Jinghuai's eyes were full of tenderness when he talked about Qin Zhizhi.
"How could you have married my sister-in-law, who cooks such delicious food?" Ning Xuan muttered.
"Maybe I'm just prettier!"
Gu Jinghuai recalled what happened when he got up in the morning and said with a smile.
"Haha, why didn't I realize you were this kind of Gu Jinghuai before."
Seeing Gu Jinghuai's narcissistic look, Ning Xuan wanted to throw the firewood in his hand at his face. What he meant by liking his face was simply nonsense.
"Didn't we discover it today?" Several people were used to teasing each other, and the yard was very lively for a while.
While they were playing, the clay pot chicken in the pot boiled again.
Qin Zhizhi pressed the dough sheets she had prepared earlier and placed them on the edge of the pot, put the lid back on, and continued cooking.
During this time, Qin Zhizhi prepared some side dishes. After about fifteen minutes, the pancakes were cooked and they could eat.
The pancakes were soaked in the broth of the clay pot chicken. Everyone had never eaten it like this before and thought it was delicious.
When the clay pot chicken was almost finished, Qin Zhizhi poured some hot water into the pot and continued to blanch the meat slices, mushrooms, shrimps, cabbage, bok choy, etc.
Everyone gathered around the pot, cooking and eating. The courtyard was filled with laughter. Ning Xuan felt that it was the right decision to come to his classmate's house this time.
Before leaving Gu's house, she was already planning how to trick Gu Jinghuai into bringing her here again next time.
After lunch, the kitchen work was handed over to a few people, except Ning Xuan of course, after all, he was a guest.
Gu Jinghuai arranged for Ning Xuan to take a nap, but Ning Xuan's carriage had not arrived yet.
The two Qin brothers returned to the Qin family, and Li and Zhang gave them new clothes that they had made for them.
The Qin family now had a fixed income from delivering fish to the restaurant every day, and Mrs. Qin generously gave each of them thirty coins so that they could eat well in the academy.
At the Gu family, Gu's mother called her son into the room alone, told him about Qin Zhizhi's business, and showed her son the ten taels of silver given by Qin Zhizhi.
"Mom, since Zhizhi gave it to you, just keep it. I'll give the money I earned from copying the book to Zhizhi later."
Gu Jinghuai didn't expect that his wife had done so many things while he was away from home, and was a little surprised for a moment.
Seeing her son's surprise, Gu's mother thought that he was unhappy about his daughter-in-law doing business, so she immediately scolded him with a dark face.
"Zhizhi, you do all this for this family. Don't learn those arrogant and worldly things when you study."
Gu Jinghuai was dumbfounded. He was just surprised that his mother had imagined so much and actually thought that he disliked his wife doing business.
"Mom, you misunderstood. I don't care. I just feel sorry for Zhizhi."
Gu Jinghuai hurried to explain, fearing that if he was a second late, his mother would turn against him.
After hearing her son's explanation, Gu's mother's expression improved and she spoke to Gu Jinghuai earnestly.
"No matter now or in the future, you must be good to Zhizhi. It's not easy for her to do this for you and for this family."
"Mom, I understand. Don't worry, your son will definitely treat Zhizhi well."
Only after getting Gu Jinghuai's assurance did Gu's mother feel relieved and took out the new clothes she had made for Gu Jinghuai.
Gu Jinghuai realized that if he said something wrong today, he would not be able to see the new clothes.
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