Chapter 139 Snacks

Zhou Shuren leaned to one side, "I'm going to give Brother Zhao the money he paid for me today, and I'm going to visit the academy with him. I won't be back for lunch."

Zhulan took the shoes and said, "If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten to tell Li that we need three meals at home. If we make one more meal, we have to pay extra money."

Zhou Shuren, "Then add a hundred coins."

Zhulan added, "Mingqing and Shumo live in the front yard. Tell them to eat separately. The back yard is where the women live. They can eat in the front yard. They can eat whatever we eat. They can also light the fire themselves. We can buy a truckload of firewood and put it in the front yard later."

Zhou Shuren pulled up the quilt and prepared to lie down for a while, "Okay."

As soon as Zhulan left the main room, Li came knocking on the door. Fortunately, Zhulan estimated that Li would be here soon and went to the front yard, otherwise she would not be able to hear it. She would talk to Zhou Shuren later and ask Mingqing and Shumo to pay attention to the door so that no one would know who was coming.

Li first cleaned up the table in the front yard. There were not many left from the ten dishes, and it would be a pity to throw them away, so Li asked Zhulan, and Zhulan gave them all to Li. Li picked up the meat with chopsticks and put it in a bowl to take home later.

Breakfast was rice porridge with salted vegetables and vegetarian buns, and steamed egg cake for the children.

The pickled vegetables were a small pot of radish pickles that Li brought from home to thank Zhulan for the meat, vegetables and rice she gave him yesterday.

Eat pickled radish with rice porridge. The crispy pickled vegetable goes well with rice.

After dinner, Zhulan told Li about the three meals. "Make one more meal, and add 100 coins a month."

Li had only worked as a cook for wealthy families, and she had never expected that this family also had three meals a day. However, she did not ask much, and was naturally happy to earn more money with one more meal.

After dinner, Zhou Shuren took the silver and left.

Zhulan was not prepared to stay at home either. She asked about the shops nearby and planned to take the children around. When Li came home, Zhulan locked the door of the main house and then locked the door to the backyard. The advantage of having two courtyards is that the front yard and the back yard are separated, and if the door is locked, one cannot enter the back yard.

The house we bought is in a good location. No one dares to cause trouble in this area and there are very few beggars. I went to the grocery store first. The price of food was the same as in the county, but the price of some condiments was a little higher, but the difference was not big.

There are many cloth shops and dim sum shops nearby, and there is a long queue at one of the dim sum shops.

You can smell the aroma of snacks as you walk past.

Ming Teng held his aunt's hand, his eyes were fixed on the snack shop, and he licked it with his little mouth. Zhulan and Zhou Shuren had given him a good education, so Ming Teng didn't ask for anything.

Xue Han touched her purse with her free hand. She had brought all the money she had saved, which amounted to more than one or two taels. Seeing Ming Teng looking so pitiful, she felt sorry for him. "Mom, there's a long line at the snack shop in front. There must be a reason for the fire. I want to buy some snacks to try."

Zhulan saw Mingteng's excited face and took out a few coins from her purse, "Go buy it, mother. You take Yushuang and Mingteng and follow me."

Xue Han felt embarrassed. In fact, Ming Teng was not the only one who wanted to eat it. She also wanted to try it. "Mom, I have money."

Zhulan smiled and said, "You don't have much money, keep it for yourself. I also plan to buy some for your father to try."

Xue Han opened her purse. If she paid the money, her father would not think she was filial. She had no doubt at all, but her father would think she was meddling.

The fewer people there were in front of Zhulan, the stronger the smell of cream became. The name of the snack shop didn't have much meaning, Ruyi Pastry, but the snacks were interesting. She also knew why Wang Ru came to Pingzhou, because this was the recipe for the pastries.

When it was Zhulan's turn to line up and enter the snack shop, there were rows of all kinds of pastries that she was familiar with, including small cookies, cream puffs, egg tarts, small cakes, breads and so on. There were so many kinds that if it wasn't in ancient times, she would have thought she had returned to the modern era. The decoration in the shop was very modern. She selected the pastries by herself, and the waiter beside her introduced the prices. After making her choice, she went to the counter to pay.

Zhulan selected six egg tarts, five cakes, and half a pound of small cookies, spending a total of two hundred cents. These were very expensive pastries, but the actual cost was less than sixty cents.

If she were Master Shi, she would not let Wang Ru go. However, Wang Ru was really courting death. The more things she took, the less she had. Once Wang Ru had no value, there was no point in keeping her.

Ming Teng saw his grandmother carrying several paper bags. It was the first time he saw that. As a kid, he was the first to rush over and said, "Grandma, what snacks did you buy? I miss them so much!"

Zhulan didn't take it out for her grandson, "It's windy today. I have a stomachache from eating outside. I'll eat it when I get home."

Ming Teng stretched out his chubby little hands, "Grandma, you hold the frozen hands. I have more flesh and can resist freezing. I'll help you hold the snacks."

Zhulan squeezed the boy's hand and said, "We'll be home soon. Grandma can carry you."

Ming Teng secretly felt regretful that he couldn't help with the work and couldn't ask for credit from his grandfather and get more snacks, but he was soon happy again. It was really nice to come to Pingzhou with his grandparents. He could go shopping and have delicious snacks. He would make his brother very angry when he returned!

As soon as I got home, Li came and brought me the cabbage and meat soup with corn cakes and fried eggs that I made for lunch. Li didn't stay for lunch, so she took her portion home to eat.

After dinner, Ming Teng stayed in the main room and refused to leave, because it would be dinner time when he returned. Zhulan only gave each of them one cookie, but the little guy was not satisfied with the sweet cookie and was reluctant to leave.

Zhulan touched her grandson's bulging belly and said, "Wait until you wake up and digest it before eating."

Ming Teng rolled his eyes and said, "I sleep with grandma. My body is warm. Dad likes to hold me while sleeping. He says I am like a little stove."

Zhulan narrowed her eyes and said, "Okay, Mingteng will take a nap with grandma."

Zhulan has three grandsons in her heart. The eldest grandson is the eldest and not very smart, so Zhou Shuren has to teach Mingyun for half a year. Mingyun is like a little adult, and Zhulan doesn't know what to say when she wants to get close to him.

Ming Teng is not particularly smart but not stupid either. She has some of Li's lively personality. She is small and lively, and she is a bit of a jerk to her parents. She is also chubby, which is really rare.

As for the youngest grandson, he is too young to express himself, so among the three grandsons, Zhulan and Zhou Shuren like Mingteng who looks like a pistachio the most.

As for the granddaughters, the eldest granddaughter is so beautiful that she is naturally popular. The younger granddaughter is not very old and speaks childishly but is also cute, but she is not as good as the eldest granddaughter.

When Zhulan woke up, Mingteng was still sleeping, his fat belly floating up and down with his breathing, and he was sleeping like a little pig.

Zhou Shuren came back at some point and sat on the kang. "Are you awake?"

Zhulan looked up, "When did you come back without making a sound?"