Chapter 82 Those who remain silent are the most dangerous!
While preparing, Ran Qingxuan couldn't help but complain in his heart that it would be easy if he had seeds. Not only could he sell the tomatoes after growing them, but he could also mix the tomatoes with sugar in the summer...
"Hiss..."
The more he thought about it, the greedier Ran Qingxuan became.
After collecting his thoughts, Ran Qingxuan called several sisters-in-law to the kitchen. After seeing the ingredients distributed everywhere, they immediately smiled happily.
"I didn't expect that the guest rooms in this inn are not good, but the kitchen has a complete set of vegetables, not only eggs, but also meat!"
As they spoke, the women from the Gu and Chen families began to pick and wash vegetables.
The second sister-in-law found a kitchen knife and planned to show off her cooking skills, but when she passed by vermicelli, she stopped and muttered curiously.
"What is this? Why is it so hard?"
After seeing this, Ran Qingxuan quickly said the words he had prepared in advance.
"The innkeeper said this is vermicelli, and it's delicious when stewed with cabbage and pork."
"Vermicelli?"
The second sister-in-law had studied a lot of delicacies, but she had never heard of vermicelli. Seeing the confusion on her face, Ran Qingxuan hurriedly spoke.
"I heard from the boss that you can just cut the pork belly into half-finger-thick slices and fry them to release the oil, add the cabbage in and stir-fry until it's cooked through, then add water, and then add the vermicelli and boil it. After stewing for a while, you can eat it."
Upon hearing Ran Qingxuan's description, the second sister-in-law couldn't help but slurp her saliva.
"This sounds delicious, so I'll start making it now."
Ran Qingxuan had already taken out half a bag of flour from the space. Everyone thought it was from the kitchen and no one was suspicious.
"Sister-in-law, let's mix all the flour and steam it into buns. You can take away the ones you can't finish."
"Will the innkeeper agree to this if he knows about it?" The second sister-in-law was a little worried.
Ran Qingxuan leaned in and whispered, "Don't feel bad, we spent money..."
The second sister-in-law agreed. Without money, the innkeeper would not be so willing to let a group of prisoners like them use the kitchen.
"Okay, I'll cook all the rice and flour in the kitchen. If you can't finish it, save it for lunch. I can't waste money."
When the other women heard this, they washed and cut almost all the vegetables they could see and set them aside.
She felt that the white flour buns were not soft enough when she ate them before. While her second sister-in-law went out to fetch water and prepare the dough, Ran Qingxuan quietly took out a bag of yeast from the space and poured it into the flour.
Before, I could only make do on the road, but now that I’m doing it myself, I can’t just get away with it.
"Second sister-in-law, you can try adding some sugar when kneading the dough. The steamed buns will definitely be whiter and softer."
"Really? Then I'll try."
Ran Qingxuan also took out the white sugar in advance, the purpose of which was to cover up the dough that would rise later.
Seeing everyone working in an orderly manner in the kitchen, Ran Qingxuan felt it was not appropriate to just stand there and watch, so he found the waiter and went to get some firewood.
When passing by the carport in the backyard, a peculiar foul smell of cows and horses rushed straight into my nose.
The carriage shed was quite large, but apart from the thatched roof, the grass on the ground had long been trampled into pieces by horses and carriages.
Fortunately, they were the only prisoners staying in the inn today, so they could use the grass for the horses to feed on the ground.
Judging from the environment, it is better than sleeping in the wild yesterday. However, although it seems to be ventilated on all sides, the stench in the shed cannot even be blown away by the wind. Living in it is simply torture.
Seeing that Li Si was alone, the Shang family had already driven him to the horse trough in the carriage shed, while their own family members sat near the corner.
Li Si didn't dare to provoke Ran Qingxuan and the others, but when facing the Shang family, which had nothing to do with him, he almost never stopped talking.
Mrs. Shang and He Qin were also harsh in their words, and the old man and the young man started arguing in the smelly carport.
Chen Chengping and Chen Zhao hid far away and found a slightly cleaner place to lie down and rest.
After all, they were the third sister-in-law's father and eldest brother. After seeing this scene, Ran Qingxuan caught up with the waiter in front, stuffed seven or eight copper coins into his pocket, and asked him to help ask the boss if he could let the Chen father and son stay in the woodshed for one night.
The waiter took the money and left happily. Ran Qingxuan was walking back with a bunch of firewood. When he passed by the carport, he heard Li Si talking nonsense again.
"If you have the guts, go find that bitch Ran Qingxuan and show off your power. If she hadn't gotten a cart for her disabled husband, it wouldn't be your turn to pull the cart."
"Besides, I didn't ask you to pull the cart like animals. What's the point of you arguing with me?"
It turned out that yesterday Bu Wei wanted to catch up with the progress, and was dissatisfied with the slowness of Li Si and Zhao Chunxiu, so he asked the Shang family father and son to pull the cart.
The Shang family was unhappy, so they wanted to take advantage of Li Si when she was alone.
But all the money was taken away by Li Xinyuan. Li Si couldn't shout anymore, so he brought Ran Qingxuan to make trouble.
The Shang family knew that Ran Qingxuan was rich. When they saw her passing by alone with a bunch of firewood, Shang Zicheng didn't bother to argue with Li Si. He quickly caught up with her and pointed his finger at Ran Qingxuan.
"Stop, if it weren't for Gu Yanchen, my family wouldn't have fallen to this point. Why can your family eat and drink well and live in a room, while we have to lie here and freeze and smell the stench."
"If you don't give us some money today to compensate us, I will skin you alive."
Li Si's method of diverting trouble away worked. Ran Qingxuan was not stupid either. He was always on guard against the Shang family taking action at any time.
Feeling the footsteps behind him getting closer, Ran Qingxuan turned around abruptly when the footsteps were about to touch him, and the pile of firewood in his hand fell to the ground.
A wooden stake as thick as his forearm happened to hit Shang Zicheng's instep. Before he could finish his words, he hugged his foot and leaned back.
Shang Zicheng grimaced in pain instantly, and then he saw Ran Qingxuan squatting down slowly to pick up firewood. He could no longer hold back his anger, so he picked up the wooden stick that rolled to his feet and smashed it on her head.
Ran Qingxuan seemed to have eyes on his head. He dodged quickly and gave him a fierce uppercut the moment he stood up.
Shang Zicheng fell backwards due to inertia and happened to step on the firewood. The situation was completely out of control and he couldn't stop himself, so he fell on his back into the trough where the horses drank water.
Mrs. Shang, He Qin, hugged Shang Zifan, exclaimed and started cursing, completely forgetting that when her youngest son was poisoned, Ran Qingxuan asked Chen Zhao to deliver the medicine.
Amidst the splashing water, Shang Zicheng struggled with his hands to get up. Shang Bin immediately stepped forward to rescue him when he saw that the situation was not right.
Ran Qingxuan looked at all this coldly, pretending to be surprised and said: "You are so old, but you can't even walk. If your father had come later, I'm afraid you would have been drowned!"
Shang Bin had a gloomy face and felt the humiliation in Ran Qingxuan's words, but he still said nothing and did nothing.
Ran Qingxuan narrowed his eyes and instantly decided to give up persuading the Shang family.
It would be fine if the Shang family cried, scolded the Gu family and questioned them, but they were uncharacteristically quiet throughout the whole process. Who knows if they would just accept the explanation superficially after all.
If she couldn't help them untie their knot, then she wouldn't need to waste any more words and kindness.
Because those who remain silent are the most dangerous!
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