Chapter 73: Resentment Caused by Carrot Cake
As soon as Chu Mingyu left, Su couldn't wait to ask, "Tangtang, who was that young lady just now?"
Jiang Tangtang did not hide the fact that she was collaborating with Chu Mingyu, and said frankly, "I negotiated a deal with the owner of a silver shop. I helped her with the business of running the shop, and she gave me half of the profits."
"Just for giving me some advice, I'll give you half the profits? This... is such a big deal, can that girl make the decision? Is she lying to you?"
Although Su was the wife of Marquis Dingbei, she was not good at business and thought what Jiang Tangtang said was like a fairy tale.
"Mom, it's not so easy for her to share her profits with me. Her shop has been robbed of business by the shop across the street and is on the verge of bankruptcy. Besides giving her advice on how to run the business, I also have to help her identify the jewelry in the shop. She will only share her profits with me if the shop's profits exceed those of previous years. Don't worry, we signed a contract and had it notarized by the government. She can't cheat me."
"I see!" Mrs. Su was becoming more and more satisfied with her daughter-in-law. "Tangtang is becoming more and more capable. If Shili finds a wife in the future who is half as good as you, I will be satisfied."
As she spoke, she glanced at Lu Shili, and the smile on her face fell, replaced by a hint of sadness.
Lu Shili, who was innocently forced to get married, only regretted that his leg did not heal fast enough so that he could escape.
Su Shi still didn't think so and continued to sigh: "Ah! Li will be 19 years old at the beginning of the year. In this rural area... I don't know if there are any good and virtuous girls."
Jiang Tangtang was embarrassed. "Mom, don't worry. My second brother is so outstanding, he will definitely find a good marriage." She stood up and said, "I'll go see what we have for lunch today."
He Qiuniang and Hu Dangui took on the work of clearing the land, and it would not be good to ask them to go home and cook.
Mrs. Su and Madam Lu had difficulty even lighting a fire, let alone cooking.
Lu Shiyan had already cleaned up the few turtledoves.
Jiang Tangtang put the turtledove into a casserole, added some nourishing herbs such as wolfberry, red dates, and codonopsis, and simmered it slowly. Then he took out the meat and flour and began to mix the dough and chop the meat filling.
"Tangtang, do you want me to help you?"
While Jiang Tangtang was busy, Su came into the kitchen carrying a basket of washed radishes and said, "These are the radishes sent by Manager Xia's wife."
Jiang Tangtang said, "Mom, just put it on the stove. No need for help."
"Really?" Mrs. Su felt a little embarrassed to let her daughter-in-law do everything.
Jiang Tangtang could have used the grater in the space to shred the carrots, but thinking that Su was no longer the wife of the Marquis, she couldn't always be clueless, so she tentatively asked, "How about you shred the carrots?"
"Okay, I'll cut it."
Su thought about how her daughter-in-law used to cut vegetables. She took the knife and cut the radish for a while, then she cried "Ouch" and the knife fell to the ground. Su's left hand tightly covered her right hand, and there were spots of blood on the ground.
Jiang Tangtang was startled and quickly helped her to find Doctor Xue.
Su said with a sad face: "I am really useless. I can't do anything. I am a burden to you all the time."
"How could that be? Mother is such a great embroiderer, but I can't do it. The children's clothes still depend on you!"
Jiang Tangtang's comfort made Su feel much better. She nodded and said, "I'll make you and the others some clothes later. The ones you buy outside are not as fine as the ones you make yourself."
"Mom, don't worry, wait until your hand is healed!" Jiang Tangtang said.
The cut on Su's hand was not deep, so Xue Banxian sprinkled some medicinal powder on the wound and stopped the bleeding.
However, Jiang Tangtang didn't dare ask her to help with kitchen work anymore, for fear that she would cut her hand again.
I had originally planned to close the door and shred the radish with a grater, but I didn't expect Lu Shiyan to come to the kitchen after seeing Su's injuries. Without Jiang Tangtang's advice, he just grabbed a knife and started cutting.
Jiang Tangtang glanced at it inadvertently. Wow, the shredded radish he cut was so thin and even, just like it was cut with a ruler.
The most important thing is that he can chop radishes very quickly. He can finish chopping a basket of radishes in no time. He looks like a New Oriental graduate.
Jiang Tangtang was so amazed that she even forgot she was kneading dough and just stared in amazement.
"What else is there to do?"
Lu Shiyan put down the knife, looked up at her and said.
Jiang Tangtang realized that she had been staring at him infatuatedly, and her cheeks suddenly felt hot. She stammered, "No...you don't have to do anything...just go and rest!"
Seeing her blushing face and nervousness, Lu Shiyan raised the corners of his mouth in a happy arc, "Let me help you knead the dough!"
He was born with a good appearance, and even with a cold face he was still so handsome that people couldn't take their eyes off him. When he looked gentle and smiling like this, it was even more tempting to look at him.
Jiang Tangtang took several deep breaths before he could control himself and suppress the urge to tease him.
"Then you do it!" She handed him the dough and went to work on the shredded radish. She was planning to make radish cakes for lunch today, and the shredded radish needed to be blanched to remove the spiciness before adding seasoning to make the filling delicious.
Jiang Tangtang didn't prepare any other dishes for lunch, so she just made pancakes. Some of them were meat pancakes, while others were spicy radish pancakes.
Manager Xia's family was polite and took the initiative to send radishes over. Jiang Tangtang was also polite and took more than ten freshly fried pancakes and sent them to Manager Xia's family.
Wang Lachun refused to accept it. "You are too polite, kid. We can't finish all the radishes at home. They will get old if we keep them in the fields. Why are you sending us cakes?"
Jiang Tangtang said with a smile, "Aunt, try my cooking. My family doesn't have any land right now, and I was thinking of asking you for some radishes when I get hungry. If you don't accept them, I'll be embarrassed to ask for them."
Wang Lachun scolded him, "It's just a radish, not a good thing. Look, that whole piece of land belongs to my family. Next time you want to eat it, just go to the land and pick it."
She pointed out a piece of land to Jiang Tangtang and finally accepted the cake that Jiang Tangtang gave her.
The pancakes Jiang Tangtang fried were as big as a bowl, fried until both sides were golden brown, and served to her right after they came out of the pan. They were still steaming and smelled delicious.
Wang Lachun couldn't help slurping his saliva when he held it in his hand.
Jiang Tangtang said goodbye very tactfully, and Wang Lachun didn't hesitate to be polite. He walked quickly into the main room with the cake.
The Xia family was planning to have lunch at this time.
As the manager in charge of Zhounanzhuang, Manager Xia not only received a salary from the court, but also the harvest from the fields. He lived a pretty good life.
Although we don't eat meat every meal, we have enough food and drink at home. We are also willing to use oil when cooking. My daughter-in-law even fried some bacon as a dish for lunch today.
But the pancakes that Wang Lachun brought in made everyone so greedy that the meat on the table no longer tasted good.
"Mom, what are you holding here? Why does it smell so good?" The third daughter-in-law, Gu, looked eagerly at the cake in her mother-in-law's hand.
"Jiang sent some cakes, saying they were thanking me for the carrots I sent over today!"
Wang Lachun smiled and distributed the cakes to everyone, praising them, "If you ask me, this Jiang is really a good person. It's just a few radishes, but she quickly sent the cakes over."
Jiang Tangtang took a total of sixteen cakes. After everyone got one, there were still four left. The few who finished eating first all looked at the remaining cakes with burning eyes.
"Mom, Chihuahua will have to go to school soon to study and use his brain. Give him another one of the remaining cakes!" The eldest daughter-in-law, Zhao, swallowed her saliva and said while looking at the remaining cakes.
Wang Lachun glared at her and said, "I think you want to eat it!"
Despite saying that, he still gave a cake to his eldest grandson Xia Ji. Seeing his second wife looking over, he gave another to his second grandson Xia Xiang.
There were two cakes left, but she couldn't bear to share them, so she gave one to her husband and ate the other one herself.
When Gu saw that she didn't get any share, she was very angry.
The first and second wives each got an extra piece of cake, so why did the third wife get one less? Although the third wife has no grandchildren, she is pregnant. Shouldn't a pregnant woman get an extra piece?
Thinking about it, he complained to Jiang Tangtang, "Why didn't you send a few more cakes? My father-in-law is the manager of the village. He wants to curry favor with me, but he's so stingy..."
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