Chapter 322 I heard that I am the best (9)
Zhou Shichu made two sets of dresses for himself and Zhou Shiwan respectively. When Zhou Shiwan received the clothes, she couldn't believe her eyes. She held the dress and asked carefully, "Is it really for me?"
"It's for you. Otherwise, who in our family can wear such small clothes? Li Ji is a boy and doesn't wear skirts." Zhou Shichu nodded and replied.
Zhou Shiwan's eyes suddenly lit up with joy, and she treated the two new dresses like treasures. The dresses she was wearing now were all made for her when her parents were alive. As she was a year older, the clothes became smaller, and the sleeves and skirts became much shorter, but the original owner didn't care about her before, so she had to wear them like this.
Now Zhou Shichu actually made her a beautiful new dress. She suddenly felt that her sister was not as scary as before, and now she dared to approach her sister and talk to her.
Zhou Shichu took out some silver from her companion space. The household allowance that Li Wei gave to the original owner had long been squandered by the original owner, so she had to use her own money.
She planned to go to the street to buy some ingredients and start making buns to sell tomorrow. Now she is not the original owner and cannot use Li Wei's money with a clear conscience, so she can only be self-reliant, and selling food is the easiest and most convenient way to make money.
Zhou Shichu bought flour, pork, mutton, some cabbage and sauerkraut, almost filling up the already narrow kitchen.
Aunt Qian asked in shock, "Madam, why did you buy so many ingredients? The price of ingredients is going up recently? And you bought so much meat, won't it go bad if you leave it alone?"
Zhou Shichu said: "I bought it to make buns tomorrow."
"Madam, how many buns do you plan to make? Can we finish them?" Aunt Qian looked at the pile of ingredients in disbelief, thinking that Zhou Shichu was going to make trouble again.
"We're not going to eat them ourselves. I plan to sell the buns tomorrow." Zhou Shichu said directly.
"Selling buns? But ma'am, how can you sell buns? The master will not agree if he finds out..." Aunt Qian said confidently. Although the family still didn't have much money, Li Wei had achieved the position of captain. Although he was not a high-ranking official, he would definitely be promoted in the future. If Zhou Shichu, the mistress of the house, sold buns, she would be laughed at.
"Why doesn't he agree? I earn money by selling buns with my own hands, not by stealing or robbing. How can I be shameful about it? Could it be that just because he has become a small official, he has forgotten that he was once a peasant?" Zhou Shichu rolled his eyes.
Aunt Qian wanted to continue persuading him, but Zhou Shichu couldn't change what he had decided. "Aunt Qian, don't say more. How much is your master's salary? It's barely enough to support our family, but I don't just want to live, I want to live a better life. He can't satisfy my request, so can't I go out and earn money on my own?"
"Aunt Qian, what kind of world is this now? We might all die one day, so why bother about so many things? It's not shameful to sell buns. It's shameful to be poor." Zhou Shichu successfully convinced Aunt Qian with a lot of words.
In fact, this is also because it is the end of the dynasty and the beginning of troubled times. The people are living in poverty and have no extra energy to focus on anything other than saving their lives and surviving. They have already tried their best to survive, so the so-called secular etiquette and rules will become more and more loose. So it’s nothing for Zhou Shichu, the wife of the captain, to sell buns on the street. At that time, Zhuo Wenjun could even sell wine on the street.
Of course, in a prosperous and peaceful era, it would not be appropriate for Zhou Shichu to sell buns with her identity, otherwise her family would be drowned in everyone's spit. But now is a time of chaos, so everyone is very tolerant, and Zhou Shichu's some outrageous behavior is nothing.
Zhou Shichu had tasted the buns sold by the indigenous people on the street, and they tasted really good. However, Zhou Shichu had traveled through so many worlds and had eaten countless kinds of buns, so it was easy for him to make better buns than those of the indigenous people.
She carefully prepared various fillings, and kneaded the dough with Aunt Qian to make the bun skins. The two of them got up early and started making buns. After more than an hour, they had finished wrapping all the fillings and made more than 300 buns in total.
When the buns were being steamed, Li Ji and Zhou Shiwan, who were still half asleep, were awakened by the aroma of the buns. Li Ji walked to the kitchen barefoot in a daze and said, "Aunt Qian, what delicious food did you make? I want to eat it!"
"If you want to eat, brush your teeth and wash your face. Otherwise, I won't give you any." Zhou Shichu said with disdain, looking at Li Ji, who still had eye boogers in the corners of his eyes.
When Li Ji heard her voice, he sobered up a lot and wanted to argue with her, but the aroma of the buns kept coming into his nose, making him so anxious that he wanted to eat them with his hands right away.
But he had already been taught a lesson by Zhou Shichu and his father, so he had to compromise and quickly ran out of the yard to wash up.
In less than half a cup of tea, Li Ji came in after washing up. Zhou Shichu did not make things difficult for him. He gave him a few buns with different fillings and asked him to take them out and eat.
At this time, Li Wei also came back from exercise. Seeing the beautifully made, fragrant and tempting buns in his bowl, he immediately said, "Give Dad one."
"This is for me. Dad, if you want to eat it, go to the kitchen and get it." Li Ji guarded his bun like a dog guarding its food.
Li Wei glared at him and said, "I have raised you in vain."
Didn't he want to get it himself? Wouldn't that be embarrassing? When he got up earlier, he heard the noise of Zhou Shichu and Aunt Qian making buns. When he learned that these were the buns Zhou Shichu was making to sell, he suddenly felt embarrassed to take them and eat them.
He didn't want to, but the aroma of the buns was too strong, making his saliva flow uncontrollably. And the unfilial son Li Ji was still eating them in big mouthfuls in front of him. The extremely tempting aroma was like a hook, making his stomach gurgle. He really couldn't stand it!
Li Wei made up his mind! Although he didn't like Zhou Shichu, she was still his legitimate wife. Wasn't it natural for him to eat what she cooked?
So Li Wei, who had thickened his skin, went straight to the kitchen.
"Cough cough." Li Wei coughed a few times at the kitchen door, but no one paid attention to him. Aunt Qian was busy making a fire and didn't notice him. Zhou Shichu did see him, but just glanced at him and ignored him.
"These buns are really delicious." Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Li Wei had to find a way down by himself and walked inside while talking.
"I didn't expect you had this skill." Li Wei said for the sake of conversation, obviously addressing Zhou Shichu.
"I have many more skills, you will know them in the future." Zhou Shichu nodded, without any modesty.
Li Wei was choked by her words. He didn't expect her to play by her own rules. Since he praised her cooking skills, shouldn't she invite him to taste the buns?
(End of this chapter)
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