Chapter 310 The Mysterious Man
“Three taels of silver.”
Shen Yi muttered: “I’ll give you a little more.”
The brother and sister were startled. He shook his head repeatedly, "You can't do it, you can't do it. Sister Su Tai has already given us a salary increase, and she has also helped our family a lot. Without you, our family would still be in ruins, and it would be impossible to have such a good life."
Shen Ergou nodded in agreement, "Sister Su Tai also helped us by collecting so much strawberry jam. When Mr. Tang was here, she asked us to take the time to listen. We brothers and sisters all recognized a lot of words. We just Just doing some work, nothing.”
When Shen Yi saw that the brother and sister were sincere, he stopped insisting.
It was already bright when Su Tai woke up.
The Han couple and four children were all awake and making trouble in the side room.
In the kitchen room, there was breakfast left for her by Han, a bowl of fresh goat milk and three vegetable and meat dumplings.
She finished her food quickly, tidied up the kitchen, and then went to the wing.
When Mrs. Han saw her waking up, she immediately said: "Now that my son-in-law is back, your father and I should go back too. In two days we have to go to the market to buy new year's goods. When you and your family go back on the second day of the Lunar New Year, I will ask your father I’ll get you a roasted whole lamb!”
Su Tai’s eyes lit up instantly, “Okay!”
Ke Dasong and his son also drove a bunch of cattle and sheep here this year, but this year Many villagers raise sheep, but not many actually buy them.
Su Tai took care of everything as much as possible, and Dongmen Village took care of half of it, especially Su Chunlin and Su Chunsen.
The most indispensable thing in the Su family now is mutton.
So many sheep need to eat a lot of food and grass.
Su Chunlin had a terrible headache, and the best way was to eliminate it quickly.
Su Tai gave him an idea and asked him to bake a whole lamb.
Roasting a whole lamb is time-consuming and laborious.
Su Tai didn’t like making it herself, but she didn’t expect Su Chunlin to make it. It tasted so good that its reputation spread far and wide.
Nowadays, people often come here to ask for his customized roasted whole lamb.
On average, one or two can be sold a day.
Especially since the Chinese New Year, there are more people ordering roasted whole sheep, so Su Chunlin must go back to work.
After sending Su Chunlin and his wife away, Su Tai was not idle either. She had not made the sticky cake she had promised the villagers before. The raw material for sticky cake is glutinous rice. Langya country does not produce glutinous rice. She made it in the country. After Shikong planted rice, he planted glutinous rice twice. The family didn't eat much, so it was all stored in the cellar.
There are many flavors of sticky cakes, and the methods are different in different places.
Their family's conditions are limited, so Su Tai plans to make the most original sticky cake.
Soak the glutinous rice overnight, steam it in a pot the next day, and then make it into a sticky cake. Prepare red bean filling, mung bean filling, peanut sesame filling, brown syrup filling, and a strawberry jam and original flavor. .
Exactly six flavors.
The stuffed sticky cake is coated with a layer of powdered sugar. It is sweet but not sticky, soft and chewy, and it is tempting to look at it.
After the things are ready, Su Tai packs them in oil paper. There are twelve pieces in a pack, two of each flavor, and they are delivered door to door.
The villagers were all amazed after tasting it, and some people came to ask for Su Tai and asked to spend money to buy it.
Su Tai didn't want to start this business, but Xu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were very free, so they encouraged her to take over the job and come over to help.
Su Tai agreed to let them pass the time. So Shen Yi had one more thing to do every day, which was to keep beating glutinous rice.
Su Tai never expected that the snacks she made to kill time would be so popular. On the afternoon of New Year's Eve, Mrs. Xu came to settle the bill with her, and she realized that she had made seventy or eighty taels.
This is the money I got after giving half of it to Xu.
Shen Yi praised: "Daughter-in-law, I find that you are a walking God of Wealth."
Su Tai laughed.
The couple closed the door and planned to have a reunion dinner tonight.
The same is true for other families, with only a few exceptions.
In the huge Bai Mansion, Mr. Bai and his concubines all dragged their families over. Mrs. Zhu sat beside her with the children who were adopted under her name.
Although she lost her husband, the Zhu family was prospering day by day. None of the concubine children of the Bai family dared to look down on the Zhu family, and they even respected her more than Master Bai.
Zhu felt proud, looked around, and looked at Ru Lan slowly, "Go to the main courtyard to see when mother will come."
Ru Lan went out immediately, Walk quickly with small steps, crossing the eaves of the corridor.
Arrived at the main courtyard, she asked for instructions three times outside but no one in the house responded. Just when she could no longer hold her breath, the door opened and Nanny Li came out like a ghost, "Madam is not feeling well." I'm comfortable, I won't join in the fun."
"Yes." Ru Lan saluted respectfully. As soon as she stepped back to the corner of the arch, she heard Mrs. Bai's angry rebuke from inside the room, "My son is gone. I still want to have a reunion dinner with those bastards! If it weren’t for them, my son would not be dead!”
Ru Lan shook her head, feeling more and more that Mrs. Liu was crazy and started talking nonsense.
Mama Li became Mr. Liu’s punching bag and was scolded and kicked out.
After Grandma Li left, a figure sneaked into Liu's room quietly.
Liu, who was lying on the bed, thought it was Grandma Li who had left and returned, and shouted angrily: "Get out! Get out of here! Useless things!"
" Do you want to know how your son died?”
Ms. Liu turned over suddenly and looked at the person in front of her who was shrouded in a black cloak and hood with horror, "Who are you? How did you get in?"
The man in black remained motionless, speaking in a low and hoarse voice. She said in a slow voice: "I know how your son died. If you want to know the truth, don't say anything."
When Mrs. Liu thought of her precious son, her heart ached, and her pale face was full of pain and resentment. , "Didn't my son die in battle?"
The man in black laughed coldly, "He did die in battle, but he could have survived."
< br>"Who? Who did it!" Ms. Liu rolled off the bed excitedly.
The man in black stepped back and said, "It's Zhu Yixuan. Bai Feng and Zhu Yixuan are inseparable. It's hard to prevent hidden arrows on the battlefield. Originally, the arrow was aimed at Zhu Yixuan. Zhu Yixuan couldn't avoid it and used Bai Feng beside him to block the arrow. Bai Feng died on the spot. Zhu Yixuan was promoted through meritorious service. What a wonderful fork in life! Look, do they have two completely different lives?"
Liu's eyes were split, and she stared at the man in the dark with hatred. "Who are you? Why should I believe you!"
The man in black said to himself: "Do you want to know how Bai Feng died at that time? That arrow flew so fast, and he hadn't come yet I remember that I was caught in front of Zhu Yixuan when I reacted, and the arrow hit him in the chest, and he died with his eyes open. Don't you love your son very much?
It doesn't matter if you don't believe me, Anyway, I have said what I need to say, and I have a clear conscience!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the man in black opened the door and got out.
The cold wind howled in through the crack in the door and entered the room.
From the main courtyard, Mrs. Liu's heart-wrenching cries were heard.
Zhu and others who were having the reunion dinner all heard it, and everyone's expressions changed in unison.
Mr. Bai frowned in displeasure, "Madam, why are you making trouble again?"