After returning home, Lady Hou still didn't want to eat anything too greasy for several days in a row.
Grandma Sun felt that the dishes prepared by the main kitchen did not suit the lady's taste.
So for the past few days, Aunt Sun has been cooking all the meals herself in her small kitchen.
I took a small basket of tofu skin from the main kitchen and used it to wrap the buns.
Fresh lotus root, tofu, shrimp, pork, and minced bamboo shoots are chopped into minced meat and seasoned with pepper, salt, sesame oil, cornstarch, cooking wine, and other seasonings to make the filling.
Soak the bean curd sheets in water for 15 minutes, then drain and cut them into small square pieces. Put the filling into the bean curd sheets, peel the water celery into long strips, blanch them, tie them with string to make bean curd sheet buns, and steam them.
The bean curd buns are translucent and delicate, with a fresh and fragrant taste that is not greasy. They are served with green rice porridge cooked by Aunt Sun.
Cook the green rice in a clay pot to make porridge. Meanwhile, cut a piece of ham, cover it with ginger slices, add cooking wine, and steam for 15 minutes.
Fifteen minutes later, strain out the clear broth from the steamed ham. Take the egg whites from two eggs, beat them, and then pour the ham broth and beaten eggs into the porridge, stirring well.
Dice the ham and add it to the porridge, then simmer for 15 minutes.
Both dishes contained meat, but they tasted light and refreshing, with a delicious and mellow flavor. Lady Hou drank a bowl of porridge and ate half a plate of steamed buns.
Grandma Sun was pleased with herself. "See? It must be because the food from the main kitchen is too greasy that the lady of the house only eats plain porridge and side dishes every day."
Those idiots in the big kitchen!
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Wang Yan made a special trip to the main kitchen during her vacation. Fatty Wang asked her to pass on a message to the family: whether Wang Yan should redeem herself before or after the old lady's birthday banquet.
Wang Pangzi's idea was that before the birthday banquet, since Wang Yan was just a third-class maid, the sooner she could leave, the better.
Should I ask her to go back and ask the rest of her family what they think? Wang Yan nodded, then packed another large bag of grapes and went home.
When Wang Yan got home, she didn't have her house key. Since Aunt Wang had gone out, Wang Yan had no choice but to sit at the entrance of the alley and wait for a while.
Unable to contain her impatience, she carried her bundle and grapes to Lan Yi Fang to find her sister.
I heard from the neighbors that my sister went to hand in her embroidery work. When I arrived, Wang Ying was still in line; there were a lot of people there today.
Yingjie saw her beckon and pulled Wang Yan to her side.
"When did you get back? Haven't had dinner yet? Are you hungry right now? I'll take you to the night market later."
Wang Yan shook her head to indicate that she wasn't hungry, and then obediently waited with her sister to pay the bill.
After Yingjie took the money, she took Wang Yan to buy her the newly launched Bazhen Cake from the street next door.
Wang Yan was curious about the name and wanted to try it. So she bought a pack and then came back to go home.
As luck would have it, I ran into Sister Guixiang again. However, this time Sister Guixiang seemed to be in a bad mood, arguing with the owner of the rouge shop.
Seeing this, Wang Yan didn't go up to tug at Ying's sleeve, and the two of them walked around.
Gui Xiang didn't argue, but she was definitely scolding, "So, you're saying that merchant ran away? What a despicable scoundrel!"
The shopkeeper was also aggrieved. He had told her that no new goods were allowed to be delivered during this period, but a day later he sent another message saying that they could receive the goods. As a result, only one batch was received, and the rest were not delivered.
It's clear that the two merchants are swindling money from customers, and it seems the money has already been given away. The owner is going to suffer a huge loss this time!
"Girl, look! I really didn't expect this either. I even sent one of our men to check on her yesterday. She's perfectly fine at the inn, and we even treated him to a meal."
They promised to deliver the rest of the goods today, but they didn't show up by the afternoon. When I went to the inn where they were staying, they had all disappeared.
Gui Xiang waved her hand, "It's not your fault! How much silver could their first batch of goods be worth?"
"At the highest price, it's less than 1,000 taels."
Gui Xiang felt a pang of pain in her heart. Although the rouge shop did good business, its monthly profit was only between 300 and 500 taels. This loss wiped out almost two years' worth of profits.
She couldn't even utter the words to instruct the rouge shop owner. She waved her hand, got into the carriage, and headed straight for the Marquis's residence.
He gritted his teeth and stormed to Mo Yuan Academy in a fit of rage.
Upon seeing Xu Shaoqing, he immediately launched into a tirade of words.
"Miss, the two merchants our son-in-law found have run away. All the money has been tied up and can't be recovered. This is no small amount! I've already sent the shop assistants to report it to the authorities!"
Xu Shaoqing's mind went blank for a moment, and her hands trembled slightly with anger. He had actually taken 10,000 taels of her money!
Gu Ting was also sitting at the table drinking tea, while Gui Xiang was filled with resentment! She lowered her head, glared fiercely at the ground, clenched her fists, took a breath to compose herself, and then looked up at Gu Ting, saying...
"Since the person was brought here by the son-in-law, he must have some clues on his side."
"Why don't you, son-in-law, lend a hand and provide the constables with some information so they can catch these two heartless, despicable scoundrels, these frogs in a well and rotten rats, as soon as possible!"
Hearing the insults, Gu Ting chuckled in anger, then composed himself and gritted his teeth, saying...
"Of course I'll go! But I don't know if those fools will believe me! If they do, that would be good for me, don't you think?"
Xu Shaoqing hadn't realized that Gu Ting was scolding Gui Xiang, "Husband, don't be anxious. Once we mention the name of our Marquis's mansion, those constables will take it to heart!"
Before Guixiang could retort, Granny Lin, who was standing to the side, was also enraged and smashed a teacup, startling everyone in the room.
"What a lowly, unfilial brat! A spineless wretch! A worthless beast unworthy of being human!"
"Miss, don't be afraid. This old servant will return to the Marquis's residence immediately to report to the Madam and ask the Marquis to help investigate as well. When the time comes, we will surely chop off that lowly wretch's head!"
Gu Ting's brow twitched, and his attitude softened again as he quickly tried to appease her.
"Why bother Mother? Let's go and help the constables look for it ourselves."
I was worried that if my mother heard this, she might become anxious about the shop and scold Qing'er again.
Xu Shaoqing was quite happy to hear that she would have the opportunity to meet Jiang Shi, but before she could nod in agreement, Gu Ting interrupted her.
Gui Xiangliang added insult to injury, "Son-in-law, you should not call our aunt 'mother,' you are not the son-in-law of the Earl's family."
Gu Ting was speechless for a moment, but remembering that the Anbo Mansion could back them up, he didn't dare to talk back. He made an excuse and left.
After she left, Xu Shaoqing tugged at Guixiang's hand. "Guixiang, don't be angry. We'll definitely find the bad guy who did those evil deeds!"
She then asked with a glee, "I don't want to listen to my husband. My mother certainly won't be scolding me because of the shop's loss of profits."
Let's go back and ask Mother for help. Should I write a note and send it over now?
Gui Xiang stared at her blankly. "Yes, but I don't know why the young master would say that! Where did he get the idea that the madam would scold the young lady? Anyone who didn't know better would think the young master was trying to sow discord!"
Xu Shaoqing felt awkward, thinking that Gu Ting was just being overly protective of her, which was why he had such thoughts.
"Let's not talk about that. I'll write the post now, and you can send it over later, okay?"
Indeed, we should inform Madam. Gui Xiang nodded, and Xu Shaoqing quickly asked Gui Lan to fetch pen, ink, and stationery to write the invitation.
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