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"There's no need to find these silver taels. Take them back to your grandma to help her treat her illness."

In the end, Shen Zhu couldn't bear to see a little kid like him suffer so much, let alone how filial she was to him.

"That won't do. Grandmother has said, if you don't accomplish anything, you won't receive anything. I can't take your money."

Xiao Chong firmly shook his head.

"Alright then. I'll buy them from you as a bundle for five cents each. In the future, you will send me some of these wild vegetables every day, and send me as many as you can. This one tael of silver can be used as a deposit, what do you say?"

Shen Zhu thought for a moment, then said.

"Then... "Fine." Xiao Chong nodded and accepted the silver from Shen Zhu.

"From now on, you will send these things to a restaurant called Hundred Fragrance House. Tell their shop assistant that it was a gift from someone called Shen Zhu, and they will naturally understand."

Shen Zhu pointed in the direction of the Hundred Fragrance House, and then asked. "Hundred Fragrance House, do you know where it is?"

"I know, that place is currently the most famous restaurant in the Clear Water Town!" Xiao Chong said excitedly.

"Then alright, help me deliver the things on your stall to the Hundred Fragrance House later as well."

Shen Zhu nodded and stood up.

The taste was not too different from what she cooked. This dessert was also extremely popular in Hundred Fragrance House and it was still being sold, so Xiao Chong, a pure natural vegetable, was perfectly suited to making this Clear Light Fruit.

By doing so, she could be considered to have helped him. In the future, he wouldn't have to set up his stall in this cold wind.

"Thank you, Big Sister Shen. Big Sister Shen is such a good person."

Xiao Chong immediately expressed his thanks, then quickly picked up the wild vegetables on the ground, and bowed to Shen Zhu a few times. Then, he walked towards the Hundred Fragrance House.

On the other side, Aunt Liu who had finished buying her food was just about to return when she saw Shen Zhu after walking a few steps forward. She immediately walked over and saw's figure that was bowing towards Shen Zhu before she left.

"Yue Niang, you bought dishes from the child just now?

Aunt Liu said as he walked towards her.

"Mn, I told him to send the dishes to Hundred Fragrance House in the future."

Shen Zhu nodded, and then asked somewhat curiously: "Aunt Liu, you know him?"

The Aunt Liu nodded his head slightly, and started talking about Xiao Chong, he could not help but sigh, "This child is too pitiful. He was raised without a parent, and was eventually adopted by Grandma Zhang who lives by herself in the area, and they lived a life of mutual dependence and hardship, and luckily Grandma Zhang knows some skills, can weave grass shoes, and can barely live on. Before, this child was always selling grass shoes, but in the summer he could earn a few copper coins, but who would buy these in winter?"

The Aunt Liu shook his head and continued, "Two days ago, I saw him stop selling grass shoes and started to sell wild vegetables. He was pitiful and would occasionally buy some food for him.

However, the wild vegetables were not that tasty. It was a waste for her to buy them, so she did not go and buy them.

"So that's how it is."

Shen Zhu nodded, thinking of Xiao Chong's dark and thin body, he could not help but feel sad.

Aunt Liu and Shen Zhu briefly explained the situation to her, and when she saw the basket in Shen Zhu's hands was filled to the brim, she asked, "Yue Niang, are you going back now?"

Shen Zhu nodded and the two of them returned to the manor together.

Along the way, Shen Zhu remembered that he had to go to the Hundred Fragrance House to cook dinner, so he conveniently asked Aunt Liu about it. He wanted to see if Ah Qiu was free in the afternoon, so he could help her take a look at the three children.

When Aunt Liu heard it, he immediately agreed, "That girl doesn't have much to do and the big kitchen can't help. When we go back, I'll tell her to help you look after the three children in the afternoon."

The Aunt Liu and her daughter had also received a lot from Shen Zhu, so taking care of the children was not a big deal. Naturally, she agreed without hesitation.

"Alright, then I'll be troubling Ah Qiu."

Shen Zhu smiled as he thanked her.

Aunt Liu waved his hand disapprovingly, smiled and said: "She can only help you look after the child, she can't do anything else well."

"Aunt Liu is smart, just that she is not the right place to be. A girl like her has great potential."

Shen Zhu hurriedly said. His own daughter, who had watched him for too long, would inevitably be disgusted by him, but in the end, Aunt Liu still doted on him a lot.

"You're the only one who thinks she's smart. In my opinion, she's even less intelligent than your Yi'er, who only knows how to read and write and only knows how to play all day." The Aunt Liu laughed and scolded him.

The two of them chatted as they walked to the courtyard. Aunt Liu carried his basket and entered the house, smiling as he bid farewell to Shen Zhu.

"You can go back and busy yourself in the afternoon. I'll go back and get Ah Qiu to go over early." Aunt Liu stood at the door and said to Shen Zhu.

"Sorry for the trouble." Shen Zhu nodded.

"We are family, there is no need to be polite." The Aunt Liu smiled and turned to enter the house.

Shen Zhu then took her things and went back home, her heart feeling a little relieved, as she had almost forgotten about going to the Hundred Fragrance House today. Luckily, Ah Qiu was fine today, otherwise, would she have to bring the three children to cook?

In the afternoon, Shen Zhu took a few kids to rest, and the Ah Qiu just happened to be coming over. With her helping to look after the child, Shen Zhu could go to the Hundred Fragrance House without worrying.

Because she had eaten a meal called Flower Chicken last night, Shen Zhu suddenly remembered that there was another famous dish in her previous life, called Flat Duck. Today, she planned to use this dish as her main dish.

Reaching the Hundred Fragrance House, Shen Zhu went into the kitchen as usual. After cooking so many dishes in the kitchen, she was already familiar with the place as if it was her own kitchen. The ingredients that she asked for, Manager Song had already prepared them long ago.

The flaky duck first had to wash its feathers and blow them between its skin and skin, so that the gas would evenly fill up the duck's entire body. Because there were no cylinders in this era, Shen Zhu used a bamboo tube to blow the fur, and the things that were blown were naturally done by the chefs in the kitchen.

Shen Zhu removed the internal organs of the duck and used a sorghum pole to support the duck body between the spine and the three-pronged chest bone. He filled the wound with water, released it from the anus, and repeatedly washed it until it was clean.

After that, use boiling water to heat the skin, make the skin of the duck smooth and tight, then sprinkle the sugar water over the duck's body, then blow the duck dry, then plug the duck anus, pour 80% of the boiling water into the oven, hang it in the oven, bake the top color mature out of the furnace.

Although had modified the grill a little, it could still be used. Although it was not the proper style, it did not have much of an impact on the taste of the sliced duck. The grilled duck was a deep red color, bright red, its skin crispy and tender.

Cut the duck into pieces, eat with a small amount of onion white, sweet sauce, into the duck cake, eat the endless aftertaste.

After that, Shen Zhu made a few more dishes that were suitable for this season, and then served two pastries.

Shen Zhu took the profits from today from the Manager Song's hands as per usual, thanked him, and then returned to the manor.

Just as she entered the courtyard, she saw from afar, Ah Qiu carrying Ruanruan, with her two tails running towards her.

"Mother." Seeing Shen Zhu, the two children shouted at the same time, which Shen Zhu responded to with a smile.

When the two children had finished talking, Ah Qiu also anxiously opened his mouth, "Sister-in-law, just now, Uncle Chen came to the courtyard to look for you. He said that he had something he wanted to discuss with you, but you haven't come back yet, so I told him to come back later."