The Imperial Concubine Chef - C89

Su Xinyu went from door to door, knocking on the door to invite them to dinner. After all, they were all strangers. They wouldn’t be picky if they didn’t invite others, because there was no reason. However, Su Xinyu did so not only because she wanted to advertise once for free. One more thing was that she needed to integrate into her surroundings more quickly.

The crowd was xenophobic. No matter how passionate a group of people was, once a completely unfamiliar person appeared, they would definitely isolate the other party within a short period of time. Although this isolation was not intentional, it was merely due to the fact that he was a stranger. But no matter what, it was a good thing to be able to get close to her quickly. Her family was different, after all. To be honest, they only had four women and three children in their courtyard. If there really were any vicious people who didn’t have the help of their neighbors, they wouldn’t even know how they died.

Thus, she did so because she wanted a sense of security that was accepted by others. Moreover, there was another crucial point. They had bought the house of the Feng family, and had even bought the original owner of the house. For a street full of ordinary people, their behavior seemed to imply that they were about to invade. So Su Xinyu also planned to use this meal to resolve this “conflict”, to let everyone know that they had saved Mei, and not to enslave her.

Evidently, Su Xinyu’s Three Eagles had succeeded. Including Zhang Ziyi and the Fang man’s family, thirty people came today and sat at four tables.

Fortunately, Su Xinyu was much taller now, and had trained her body after travelling for such a long time. It would not be a problem for him to cook four tables of food by herself. It was just that it had been a bit hard on the staple food.

However, the chicken pastry received unanimous praise from everyone. Zhang Ziyi knew that there were some spices that the young mistress wanted him to enter. She had already known that Su Xinyu had a clever mind. Now that he had eaten, he was even more confident. Otherwise, how could she be someone that her master had her eyes on? Even if she wouldn’t be their mistress in the future, she would definitely be their best partner.

There were two tables of men and two tables of women. Zhang Ziyi appeared as Su Xinyu’s uncle, so he was present to entertain the male guests at the two tables outside. The men all knew about the Manager Zhang s of the Four Seas Grocery Shop, so they were more curious about the origins of the Su Family. In short, they knew that although the Su Family were orphans and widows, they were not people they could casually bully. After all, Four Seas Grocery Shop had the authority to sell salt. They couldn’t afford to offend an official with his family’s background.

The two tables of women in the room were much more lively than the men outside. If it wasn’t a young daughter-in-law that’s about the same age as Su Wenlan, it would be an aunt that’s older than her sister-in-law. Some of these women had children, so Su Xinyu had expected this a long time ago. So I prepared a lot of milk sugar for these kids to eat. And these sugars were all under Su Mei’s control.

The women’s chitchat was like the difference between a child and a child. Of course, it also included the East Family’s West Family’s short and short. They couldn’t say anything about the people present, but not all the people on the street had come. And the person who was most familiar with these families was none other than the wife of the tooth Qiao San’er, the Xiao family.

“Lanzi, most of our street is filled with old neighbors who have lived for decades. There was no point in talking about character. Even if they had a little disagreement, it wouldn’t hurt their feelings too much. However, there are three families that you must think of. The Zheng family across from mine is a butcher. The man did look a bit fierce, but he was a good man. But his wife was a shrew. Furthermore, they loved to ignore Sly the most, and they even brought people to fight. So we didn’t want to talk to her. That woman would even dare to use her blade to greet her man when she’s fighting with him. ”

“Aunt Liu, the Yang couple next door to the east side of the house are not good people. The men ate, drank and gambled, while the women were not clean either. The two of them weren’t home today. Otherwise, if your Yu went to invite people, that shameless person would definitely come. Besides, you only have orphans and widows, and since Arguing and Tiger are still young, Yang will be able to cause trouble if he’s free. However, they didn’t have this meal today, so they might come looking for trouble later on. But don’t worry, we won’t dare to be rash protecting him. ”

“And the family across from yours. She was the lover of an outsider son of Esteemed Master Lin, but this woman was also dirty. Although she never went out, the door was always open in the middle of the night. It wasn’t the same man. Just pretend you didn’t see it, and don’t worry about it. In case you hurt your eyes. ”

Actually, out of the dozens of families on the street, not even half of them came today. But those who were willing to come were all people who had a good relationship with old lady Feng. With Su Mei around, maintaining such a friendly relationship was simple. Especially when she saw that Su Wenlan really didn’t treat Su Mei as a servant and asked him to eat with her, she said that she took care of Su Mei everywhere because she was a person in her filial days. This kind of main house was really hard to find.

Listening to Qiao San’er’s family talk about this. When Su Wenlan thought about how there was such a person in front of her, she immediately became more vigilant. “There is nothing we can do about it. After all, they are all women.” Thank you, sister-in-law Qiao. I’ll have to learn more from my sister-in-law and aunts in the future. My family has only this little brat. He is used to being naughty, so if he has anything wrong with us in the future, we can just call him. It is his good fortune that he was taught. ”

With that said, the women naturally felt that Su Wenlan was closer. As such, they chatted while eating. Naturally, this table of delicacies was the focus of their discussion.

Speaking of the dishes on the table, they were all personally cooked by the Su Family Young Master. These women were all very surprised. However, after Su Wenlan heard her daughter’s words, she told the outside world that her family’s ancestor used to be a chef. After all, there were some dishes that they thought were especially delicious. The ‘meat’ was actually not meat, but made from various vegetables and tofu. The dishes on the meat weren’t oily or greasy. The meat juice overflowed in all directions, neither dry nor firewood. What was there to not believe in?

Aunt Zhao, who was next door, clicked her tongue and lamented, “Aiyo, how could I have known it was made of chicken? It tastes just like beef. Lan Zi, in the future when your Yu sets up a stall, I will definitely visit every day! ”

Su Wenlan laughed, “Sister-in-law, quickly, stop praising me this much. If she hears you, she must be raising her tail to the sky. ”

“Eh? This Yu wants to set up a stall and sell this biscuit? ” Sister-in-law Qiao was a little surprised. She knew that her Su Family was not lacking in silver. A family that didn’t even bargain on the price of three hundred taels of silver needed to set up a stall?

Su Wenlan nodded: “Mn. My family didn’t buy the house, and there wasn’t much left. She couldn’t just sit there and do nothing. There were four people in the house. Xin Yu was not willing to read books because he was very interested in the workmanship of his ancestors. We don’t have the money to do big business, so we might as well set up a stall in front of our house and sell some snacks. “We have to live together.”

Actually, there were quite a few families here that set up stalls to sell food. There were also a few cakes on the street. However, it just so happened that none of them came today. Even though there was one person who felt that another person had come to steal business. However, in the end, what came today were all real people. They were thinking in their hearts, how could they not let the orphans and widows live their lives?

The meal that day lasted from noon until the sun began to set. Not always eating and drinking. After eating and drinking to their heart’s content, the women had a way of talking to the women, while the men had their own way of speaking. Su Xinyu even made two types of tea. The men outside the courtyard were the good larks that Zhang Ziyi had brought with him. Su Xinyu had even specially brewed fruit and vegetables tea for the ladies in the house.

After everyone had gone back to their own homes, some of them even borrowed tables and chairs to move their things back. The old house in Su Family finally became quiet again.

Su Mei tied the door shut, turned around and let out a long sigh of relief.

When Su Xinyu saw sher frown, he thought that something had happened. She had spent most of her day outside chatting with her uncles. She knew very little about what was said in the house. ” Mei, what’s wrong? ”

Su Mei sighed: “There are those who like to take advantage of me. Not only did she eat a lot, she even brought a child with him. Forget it. When my sugar was placed on the shelf, they also put it away. What kind of people are these? The madam and you are treating them to a meal with good intentions, and you even treat them to food and drinks. “I should have told you that there are a few houses that you shouldn’t invite.”

“Su Xinyu was wondering what it was, but hearing this she smiled. It’s not worth it. I made the sugar earlier. We can just cook if we want to eat. ”

Su Mei blushed: “Young Master! I don’t want to eat it myself. I mean this business of eating and taking everything! ”

Hu Ya moved the bowls and plates to the sides of the well and laughed: “Mei, do you think young master doesn’t know what you’re talking about? He means we don’t have to be angry about it. There are too many people who like to take advantage of people. ”

Su Xinyu said: “You have to think like this. If we don’t hire those who like to take advantage of us, they’ll talk all day. That’s not something you can get for a meal or a few candies. It would save them a lot of trouble to get some food. Even if they wanted to say something unpleasant, the people who knew that they came to eat today would still offend them. It’s always because we didn’t do anything wrong. ”

Su Mei thought that it would make sense too. Sigh. That’s true. However, there are some people on this street that shouldn’t be provoked.

Su Xinyu nodded her head: “This is an important matter, but there is no rush. We need to tidy up the yard and the house first. Change the broken furniture, and we will all change our clothes. I want to fix up the backyard and see if I can dig a vegetable cellar. This will take a while. ”

Su Mei hurriedly said, “I don’t need to make new clothes.”

Su Xinyu waved her hand: “Our family only has four people. There’s no reason to save you. Don’t worry, we won’t do any fancy colors. That’s right, I heard from Third Uncle Qiao that your needlework is pretty good, so why don’t you help my mother with these tasks? As for the other things, Hu Zi and I will handle them. ”

Su Mei was so moved that she could not speak out. Young Master, I… “I …”

Su Xinyu laughed: “Enough. You can stay with my mother in the living room. I’ll go out before it gets dark. “