How can we even talk about repaying others when we can barely afford to eat and wear clothes?
Thinking of her mother who might have died due to a conspiracy, and her father who was still crazy, Qin Shu's eyes became hot and she almost cried, but she adjusted herself well.
Soon, she remembered something and took something out of her arms.
It was a package wrapped bulgingly in oil paper. As she opened it bit by bit, the fragrance spread all at once.
Zhao Chuchu was attracted by the familiar fragrance and looked over.
There were about twenty small, delicate and fragrant cakes wrapped in the oil paper.
One sniff and it'll whet your taste buds.
What surprised Zhao Chuchu was that these pastries were almost identical to the specialty pastries sold at Baiweizhai, except that Baiweizhai's pastries were not as good as these.
"I don't have anything to repay you now. This is the pastry I made myself. If you don't mind, I'll give it to you." Qin Shu handed the pastry to the two of them.
Zhao Chuchu swallowed her words of refusal, picked up two pieces of cake, gave one to Zhang Xiuyuan, and took the other into her own mouth, taking a light bite.
Qin Shu was very happy to see that Zhao Chuchu and Zhang Xiuyuan were willing to eat better, as she was afraid that they would dislike it.
After finishing a piece of cake, Zhao Chuchu asked Zhang Xiuyuan beside her: "What do you think?"
The two of them had a natural understanding. As soon as Zhao Chuchu asked, Zhang Xiuyuan knew what she was going to ask.
He said, "This pastry is very similar to Baiweizhai's pastry. It probably uses a lot of the same ingredients, but it's even better than Baiweizhai's pastry."
The Zhao family's pastry making is done by Zhang Xiuyuan, who has good cooking skills and a good taste.
What Zhang Xiuyuan said was exactly what Zhao Chuchu wanted to say.
Zhao Chuchu turned her head and asked the little girl in front of her, saying meaningfully: "Your pastries are very similar to those at Baiweizhai."
After she finished speaking, she did not see any surprise in the little girl's eyes.
She hesitated for a moment, then smiled bitterly. "I believe you all know the history of Baiweizhai and that its owner is the Qin family." She paused and said, "I am also a Qin family member."
Not sure if it was because he felt the person in front of him was well-intentioned, or because he had been keeping his thoughts to himself for too long without expressing them, but Qin Shu couldn't hold back and told everyone about the first and second branches of the Qin family.
People always have a stronger desire to talk to strangers.
"Those thugs tonight were probably hired by my biological sister Qin Chun. In fact, I've been harassed by them more than once."
"Daddy and I are already having such a hard time, and yet she's still pushing us." Qin Shu couldn't hold back her tears, her expression hinting at a breakdown and pain. "I just want to sell cakes to earn money for Daddy's medicine. I just want to have enough food and clothing, and yet they're still pushing me like this. I'm really afraid that one day I won't be able to hold on and will compromise..."
Qin Shu tightly grasped the pastry wrapped in the oil paper, squatted down in despair, and cried with trembling shoulders.
The imperial chef in the palace, the ancestor of the Qin family who founded Baiweizhai, said so.
The most important thing about pastries is cleanliness. Whether it is the raw materials or the people who make the pastries, only when they are not utilitarian and make with love for pastries, will the pastries be delicious.
It is precisely because of this kind of care that Baiweizhai’s pastries were loved by the people of Tangzhou Prefecture and became a special sentiment in their hearts.
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