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Chapter 102: Aunt Yue

Chapter 102 Aunt Yue

The owner of the Yingkelai Restaurant is named Zhang, with a rather vulgar name, Zhang Dafu. As his name suggests, he is really rich. Although he lives in the town, he also has businesses in the county. However, he made his fortune in the town, so he has always lived in the house in the town, and even asked his wife and children to live there with him. Instead, the house in the county has become a place where he stays when he goes out for fun.

Zhang Dafu lives in the town. His house is very grand and is located at the westernmost part of the town, covering a large area. There are two stone lions in front of the gate, as well as a horse stake and a gatekeeper guarding the gate. When someone comes, they just have to report inside. If they are idle people, they cannot enter. People of lower status have to go through the side door or the back door. It can be said that this is the most prestigious family in the town.

Shopkeeper Zhang was notified and smoothly entered the gate and met Zhang Dafu.

Zhang Dafu was sitting in the greenhouse talking to his son. When he heard Manager Zhang coming, he let him into the greenhouse.

"Boss, Young Boss."

Shopkeeper Zhang bowed to Zhang Dafu and the young man sitting nearby in a sky-blue silk cotton robe.

"Zhang Shun is here, please sit down."

Zhang Dafu looked at Zhang the shopkeeper sitting on a chair nearby and asked, "What can I do for you? The business in the restaurant has just been busy for a while, right?"

Shopkeeper Zhang smiled and said, "Yes, I was busy for a while, but now I am not so busy. I have something else to do, so I came to see you. This is what I saw today: two new dishes and a staple food. I have been a restaurant owner for so many years, but I have never seen these kinds of food. The person who sold the recipe asked forty-five taels of silver for three dishes, and I thought it was not a loss. I was also worried that she would sell it to another restaurant, so I took the initiative and bought it. The recipe is here, please take a look. If you like it, I will have someone make it and send it to you today, so that you can taste the freshness."

The young master at the side heard this and asked, "Apart from the vegetables, are there any staple foods?"

Shopkeeper Zhang said immediately, "Yes. The staple food is a kind of food called dumplings, which are made of small dough skins, stuffed with stuffing, and boiled in water. The steam is very fresh and fragrant. Even people who don't like rice can eat a lot of it."

The young master showed delight when he heard this.

Shopkeeper Zhang didn't even look at Zhang Dafu's face, but just looked at the face of the young master, and he felt that he had done the right thing. You know, although the old master is the head of the Zhang family, the old master agrees to whatever the young master wants to do. Who made him have only such a son?

It turned out that Zhang Dafu had married one wife and two concubines, and had seven sons, but only one survived, and he didn't even have a concubine. In the end, Qianqingdi was left with only this one child. Moreover, this son was the youngest one, and he was born when he was over 30 years old, so he loved him very much. In addition, this son was very smart and good-looking, so he loved him even more.

The son's name is Zhang Baozhu, which is also a vulgar name, but this is Zhang Dafu's greatest wish, which is to keep this last son. To leave the roots of his old Zhang family. He was poor before, but later he became rich. He thought that it was because of his name, which means rich, rich, rich, that he became rich and noble in the end. The son named Baozhu will definitely be saved. He will also be as strong as a pillar.

The name worked. Now the son was 28 years old. Although he was not strong enough to kill a cow, he was very healthy. He was not sickly like his six brothers. He would live as long as Zhang Dafu. Zhang Dafu was relieved, but the other half was still worried.

It turned out that Zhang Dafu was afraid that his son would die early, so he married him off early, hoping that he could give birth to a grandson as soon as possible, so that the Zhang family's roots would be more secure. But things did not go as planned, and Zhang Baozhu's wife, Madam Zhang Shao, could not get pregnant. Zhang Dafu was anxious, and after half a year, he took concubines for his son, and then two at a time. As a result, another half a year passed, and there was still no sign of a grandson. Then he continued to take concubines, taking one every year and half a year, and finally he had thirteen concubines. Not to mention grandsons, there was not even a sign of granddaughters.

Zhang Dafu also asked a doctor to see Zhang Baozhu, and the doctor said there was nothing wrong with him. But this was not the case. He had a wife and thirteen concubines, a total of fourteen women, but none of them gave birth to a child, not even one was pregnant. This was strange.

Zhang Dafu also invited monks and Taoists to perform rituals and set up altars, but it was all of no use and he wasted a lot of money.

Zhang Baozhu got married at the age of fifteen and is now twenty-eight. Thirteen years have passed, and he has not seen a single child. As a man, he is also anxious. Seeing that people of his age have several sons, and the eldest son can even take the examination for a tongsheng, how can he not be anxious? Looking at the beautiful concubines at home, he almost lost interest in them.

At this time, Zhang Baozhu met a girl. He fell in love with her immediately. He felt that this woman was different from the previous women. The previous women were found by his father, but this one was chosen by him and had feelings for him. He thought that only such a woman could give birth to a child for him. So after he brought this woman home, he doted on her and hoped that she could give him a child.

This woman became Zhang Baozhu's fourteenth concubine. Her surname was Jia and her name was Jia Yue'er. She didn't like others calling her Aunt Jia, so everyone called her Aunt Yue.

This month, the concubine is not feeling well and nothing tastes good. Manager Zhang knows that she is very favored by the young master, so when he heard that Su Zhi had delicious food, the first thing he thought of was not that his own restaurant had new dishes, but that he could get them for the concubine, and the eldest young master would definitely be happy.

"Go back quickly and prepare these two dishes and the dumplings. No, let the chef come here to make them, otherwise they will get cold by the time they get here from your place."

Shopkeeper Zhang agreed and looked at Zhang Dafu. Seeing him looking at those pieces of paper, he thought that his old boss must be very happy too.

Zhang Dafu put away the prescriptions, looked up and said, "Zhang Shun, you did a good job. If this person comes to sell prescriptions again next time, you should buy them, even if the price is higher. By the way, who is this person who sells the prescriptions? Do you know him?"

Shopkeeper Zhang said with a smile, "Yes, you know me, too. Didn't someone kill two tigers in Hebian Village not long ago? The wife of one of the villagers made this dish. I heard she still has the recipe and said she will come to sell it next time. It seems that the dish needs to be cooked with chestnuts, and she has some at home, so I'll bring it over next time."

Zhang Dafu said, "I remember one was surnamed Shen and the other was surnamed Li, right?"

Shopkeeper Zhang said immediately, "It's the one with the surname Shen, the one who is a little more handsome and taller, his name is Shen Zi'an. His wife is new, she is very dignified and she is also a good cook."

Zhang Dafu nodded and asked Zhang to go back and ask the chef to come and make these two dishes and dumplings. He saw that his son wanted to cook for his concubine Yue, so he didn't care much about it. It was a good thing for his son to be close to a woman, and maybe this would really give him a grandson. When he thought of his grandson, he supported his son in everything he wanted to do, and he got whatever the woman wanted to eat!

Soon the chefs came. Although they learned to cook separately from Su Zhi, they could still cook after seeing it from the side. After they came, they quickly prepared the two dishes and dumplings. They still made two portions, one for Zhang Baozhu to take to Aunt Yue and one for Zhang Dafu.

After eating, Zhang Dafu was full of praise. He thought that with these dishes, the restaurant business would be more prosperous. He wanted to let the restaurants in the county also do this, and then they would make more money. Thinking of this, he became interested in the woman who sold the dishes. He thought that the man in this family could fight tigers, and the woman could cook such delicious dishes. Although they were a farmer's family, they were not ordinary farmers.

Not only Zhang Dafu but also Aunt Yue was interested in Shen Zian and his wife.

Aunt Yue has had a poor appetite these days. At first she thought she was pregnant, but after seeing a doctor, she found out that it wasn't her. She was disappointed and her appetite became even worse.

She liked the dishes Zhang Baozhu brought as soon as she smelled them. Although she didn't eat many bites of the spicy boiled fish, she felt her appetite was whetted. She ate several pieces of the shiny Dongpo pork. She ate the most of the hot dumplings, about fifteen or sixteen of them, and her stomach was bloated.

"Grandpa, where did you get such delicious food? Thank you for your trouble."

Aunt Yue looked at Zhang Baozhu with her bright eyes, her eyes were full of affection and she looked very moved. She was a delicate beauty, with a small face, a pair of eyes, a small nose and a small mouth, fair skin with a hint of red, black and shiny hair, and she was wearing a rose-red dress, which made her look delicate and charming. When she looked at Zhang Baozhu like this, Zhang Baozhu felt his heart soften.

"You are lucky to have such a good appetite. To be honest, you are also the lucky star of my family. Today, Shopkeeper Zhang heard from his waiter that two country kids who were eating praised their aunt for her delicious cooking. Shopkeeper Zhang then remembered that I mentioned that you couldn't eat. He asked about it, and ended up with these few dishes. Now, not only can you eat, but our business will also be prosperous. Don't you think you are my lucky star?"

"I am willing to be your lucky star."

Aunt Yue lay tenderly and softly in Zhang Baozhu's arms, which made Zhang Baozhu love her even more. He thought that he must protect such a woman well and not let her suffer.

"I see that you like the dishes cooked by this woman so much. She will sell her dishes to the restaurant in the future. When she starts selling, I will have someone come to my house to cook for you. But I see that she only sells big fish and meat. If you like light food, I will go find her and ask her to teach the cook at home. The woman seems to live in the nearby riverside village."

"Riverside Village?"

When Aunt Yue heard the question, she stood up from Zhang Baozhu's arms, as if she was interested.