Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 283 This method sounds good

"My restaurant is in the east of the city, far from your house. Even if the carriage is fast, it will take an hour to go back and forth."

"Wait until I am brought over and cooked carefully. The old lady will have to wait at least half a day from the time she wants to eat a bowl of fish balls to the time they are served to her. How can Yuzhi feel comfortable with that?"

Shen Yu had a look of innocence and sincerity on his face, as if he felt bad that the old lady couldn't eat the fish balls right away. He smiled slightly at Old Madam Song.

Old Madam Song is over fifty years old and has already become a very experienced person.

Thinking about what Mrs. Feng saw when she went to the small kitchen as she had said just now, she knew what Shen Yu was thinking.

She nodded and smiled gently, "That sounds like a good idea."

"How about this, Miss Shen, please come again tomorrow and teach Chef Xin how to make fish balls and Chef Liu how to make candied date cakes."

"It will also save me, an old lady, from having to trouble a little girl like you to come all the way when I want to eat fish balls. What do you think?"

After hearing this, Shen Yu knew that Old Madam Song was a kind person and would not force anyone to do anything, so she understood the implication of his words.

I think after teaching the two chefs, they will no longer ask me to come to their house to cook for them.

She knelt down and bowed gratefully: "Thank you for your understanding, Madam Song. I will do my best to teach the two chefs tomorrow. I wonder if the old lady has any fish dishes she wants to eat. I will teach the two chefs at the same time."

Old Madam Song smiled happily and said, "What a thoughtful and good child. There is no more for now. If there is another one, I will let Ah Zhen go and ask you."

Shen Yu felt relieved and said with a smile: "It's getting late, and it's time for the old lady to have lunch. We will go back first."

Old Madam Song nodded and said, "Ah Zhen, please send them back safely."

Mother Feng nodded, told the little maid to bring over the Shen family's food box containing the candied date cakes, and followed them carrying it. She still led Shen Yu and the others to the back door of the mansion.

When we got to the back door, there was already a carriage waiting there.

Shen Yu stopped Mother Feng and said, "Mother Feng, I think the old lady can't leave anyone alone, you don't have to follow the carriage to send us off, we can take the carriage back by ourselves."

"Mom doesn't have to come pick us up in person tomorrow. Just let this uncle come."

Seeing that Shen Yu was truly caring about her, Mother Feng smiled and thanked him.

She took the food box from the little girl, handed it to Shen Yu and said with a smile: "There are two taels of silver in it, which is the reward from the old lady. In addition, the old lady asked you to pack two kinds of snacks that the chef made this morning. Take them back and let everyone taste them."

Shen Yu did not refuse but accepted it generously, and thanked the old lady for the reward together with Li.

Mother Feng also told the driver to drive carefully and take Miss Shen and her wife back to the restaurant.

There was the sound of horse hooves all the way, but the mother and daughter didn't say anything because the driver was sitting in the front seat.

Shen Yu lifted the curtain from time to time to see where the car was passing. After walking for a while, he found that the Song Mansion was at the westernmost end of the county.

When they arrived at the store, Shen Yu and the other person got off the carriage and thanked the driver. The carriage turned around and left in a flash.

It was midday and the shop was busy.

Shen Yu and Li quickly put away the food boxes, washed their hands, tied their aprons, and went back to the shop to greet customers and take care of their own small business.

We were busy until the market closed and the shops were cleaned, then everyone sat down to rest.

Shen Yu opened the food box he brought back, put away the silver, and took out the snacks sent by Old Madam Song.

There was a plate of each item, one was chestnut cake and the other was yam cake. They were small in size and neatly arranged on the plates. Both were nourishing cakes commonly eaten by older people.

Shen Yu left two pieces of each for Yucheng and Dundun and let everyone share them.

Shen Yu ate a piece of both cakes and felt that they were both too sweet for his taste. It seemed that the production method was different from the chestnut cake he had made, with much more oil and sugar added.

While eating snacks, Li recounted what happened in the Song Mansion today.

She said with some worry, "Old Madam Song and the Second Madam seem quite kind. When Yuzhi asked the chef in the mansion to make fish balls, the old lady didn't get angry. She agreed directly and even gave her a reward."

"I just wonder if the eldest lady and the second lady will bear a grudge against us because they were scolded by the old lady in front of us."

Shen Yu was also a little worried about this.

Jiang listened, thought for a moment and said, "After Miss Yuzhi teaches the chef at the mansion these two dishes, she won't have to go to the Song Mansion anymore."

"I guess the ladies don't come to the west of the city on weekdays. After a while, they probably won't take such trivial matters to heart."

Zheng Sanniang said worriedly, "I wonder what Miss Song, who bought the pickled fish that day, is doing in the west of the city. If she can come here, will her sister come too?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the room was stunned. Yes, what if the second young lady also came to the market, saw the restaurant and thought of this matter, and hated Shen Yu in her heart? What should we do then?

Li sighed, "There's nothing we can do about it. We've offended the Second Young Lady for no reason. We'll just have to be careful in the future. If we really run into her, we'll just listen to what she says."

For a moment, no one could figure out what was going on.

Shen Yu smiled and consoled, "Don't worry, there's no point in worrying. Our restaurant is right here. Just try not to go to the Song Mansion in the future."

"She is a rich lady. From what she said, the girls she is close to are all ladies from big business houses. They shouldn't come to the market, which is full of branches and merchants."

After thinking for a while, he said, "Besides, after I teach the chef how to make fish balls, I won't go to the Song Mansion again. Usually, the second young lady should go out in a carriage, so why would she pay attention to the outside? I guess we won't run into her."

Li and her friends also felt that this was the only way. The restaurant had been open for almost a month and had a good reputation among customers. They just needed to do a good job here at the market and not go to the west of the city unless necessary.

After the discussion was completed, the food boxes and snack plates were packed up, the guy who delivered the ingredients also came over, and everyone went back to work.

In the evening, after dinner, Shen Yu went to Yucheng's room on purpose.

He first wrote a draft with charcoal, then cut a piece of paper and asked Dun Dun to copy it carefully.

After carefully writing down every step of the method for making fish balls and candied date cakes and making a menu, Shen Yu went to sleep peacefully.

Early the next morning, Shen Yu took a small ceramic jar and filled it with a jar of customized candied dates, preparing to take it to Old Madam Song when he went to the Song Mansion.

Li and Shen Yu had agreed that they would go together today. The two chefs were quite hostile to Shen Yu, so it was better to be careful.

At about the same time that Mother Feng came yesterday, the Song Mansion's carriage stopped in front of the restaurant on time.