ALL NOVEL Chapter 8 Potato Chips
"Give me a soy milk set meal too!" Luda appeared at the stall.
Mu Zhiyuan recognized Lu Da, and before closing the stall, he went to Osmanthus Liquor Shop alone.
"Luda, do you have any latest news?"
Lu Da just came back from Beidu and went straight to Lihua Town. "I have found out that the account book is now in the hands of King Liang, and the general judge will arrive in Kaitang County soon."
"The corrupt official grain from Kaitang may have been transferred to Lihua Town. Go and monitor the porters in the town and see where they hide the official grain."
Mu Zhiyuan had just received information from the porter. Recently, almost all the coolies in the town were traveling between Kaitang County and Lihua Town. It was said that a good man wanted to return to his hometown to pay homage to his ancestors, so he could only leave the goods before the fifth watch. .
"My lord, is it safe for you to be alone in Liujia Village? I... want to go too." After Luda finished speaking, he glanced at the roasted sweet potatoes he just bought.
Mu Zhiyuan took the roasted sweet potato, broke it in half, and ate it alone: "I told you to call me Muyuan outside, but you forgot again?"
"Aren't there no outsiders here? Brother Mu, you also know that I am a wild man in the mountains, and I only like these mountain delicacies." After saying this, he snatched the remaining half of the sweet potato and sweet potato from Mu Zhiyuan's hand.
"No one here recognizes me for the time being. I am temporarily staying at a farmhouse under the false identity of brother-in-law. When the official grain case is over, I will buy you a garden in the countryside. You can plant ten or twenty acres of sweet potatoes if you want. "
Lu Da was overjoyed. He had long since wanted to avoid participating in the battle between Jianghu and officialdom: "After handling the case this time, are you going back to Beidu?"
"With the key evidence of Prince Liang's corruption, Beidu probably no longer needs me."
"Brother Mu, come to Lihua Town. Here we have Sister Ah Shu's roasted sweet potatoes~ It's so delicious."
"You go investigate first, and I'll think about it after it's over."
After coming out of Osmanthus Liquor Store, Mu Zhiyuan bought an umbrella at the grocery store.
Mao Xi and Xiaodouzi were organizing the stall. The breakfast set was a good seller and was sold out early in the morning.
Seeing Mu Zhiyuan holding an umbrella, Mao Xi was confused: "Brother Mu, the weather is fine today and there is no rain. Why did you buy an umbrella?"
Mu Zhiyuan placed the umbrella on the cart: "When you get home later, I'll help you load this umbrella into the cart, so you won't have to worry about the sun or rain when you go out to the stall."
Mao Xi took Xiaodouzi and followed Mu Zhiyuan.
She had thought that he was at best a ranger or a roughneck, but she never expected him to be so considerate and warm-hearted.
"Brother Mu, where did you learn carpentry?" Shui Xi asked.
Mu Zhiyuan was startled. He didn't know much about carpentry. He only knew how to wield a sword and chop bamboo.
Mrs. Chen came back from the fields and had lunch ready at home.
As soon as Mu Zhiyuan put down the breakfast cart, Mrs. Chen patted his back and dusted him off.
"Thank you for your hard work along the way. Come and have dinner with Ah Shu."
Everyone was sitting around the dinner table and enjoying the meal, when the stepmother Ke Shi came to the door.
She stood outside the threshold, trembling her index finger, pointing at Mrs. Chen at the dinner table and scolding her.
"You lose money, even my uncle's cattle have to be taken away. The acres of fertile land are left uncultivated and you are too lazy to work. All you want to do is lie down at home!"
After scolding Mrs. Chen, she pointed at Shu Xi: "And you are a lowly brat. You go to town every day to show off and sell goods. You don't even know how to sew and thread. It's better to get married early. Don't ruin your reputation and affect you in the future." My sister married into a good family..."
Chen is usually kind-hearted and does not want to have quarrels with others.
Mao Xi wanted to stand up and scold her stepmother away, but Mrs. Chen suddenly put down the bowl and chopsticks.
It is unbearable to see a mother-in-law using foul language towards her own daughter!
She stepped over the threshold and scolded Ke.
"You stole my family's cows. It's good that I didn't settle the score with you, but you came to our house to make a fuss? Don't think that my mother and I are easy to bully. Even if there are no strong men in the family, my mother's family still has someone."
Mu Zhiyuan cooperated with Mrs. Chen and walked to the door: "I am her brother. We have people to cultivate the fields of my sister's family."
The evil rural woman stopped acting miserably when she saw an adult man at home. She even scolded him as she walked: "I shouldn't have given you those few acres of paddy fields in the first place."
After scolding the stepmother, everyone returned to the dining table to eat.
Mrs. Chen was a little embarrassed: "Muyuan, I'm sorry for letting you see our family's joke."
Mao Xi smiled and put some food for Chen: "Auntie, you scolded me well today. I don't want to bear it anymore."
What Ma Xi is even more happy about is that Chen's illness has been mostly cured.
After the meal, Mrs. Chen called Ma Xi aside: "Ah Ma, I saw that you planted a lot of sweet potatoes and potatoes in the field today, and you also put some at home. Where did you dig them all?"
Auntie, these were dug deep in the mountains when Brother Muyuan and I went to dig wild vegetables in the mountains.
"You've taken a lot these past two days, and it seems like you can't finish it all."
Mao Xi remained silent. Only when the planting was successful, there would be endless food to eat. Recently, he bought a small amount in the mall to avoid being discovered.
She had to rent a small shop in the town as soon as possible. Then she would have a fixed stall and everything would be easy to do.
There were some potatoes left in the warehouse, so Mao Xi took out a few and experimented with them. She was preparing new snacks for the stall tomorrow: potato chips and fries.
Since he unlocked his talent for cooking, he has been able to make various snacks at his fingertips, and the potato chips cut under his knife are as thin as paper.
She found an iron basin and brushed it with some rapeseed oil, put the cut potato chips and French fries on the charcoal fire and baked them, and finally sprinkled some salt.
Before it was ready, Xiaodouzi couldn't wait to take a potato chip into his mouth.
“Sister, it’s so delicious, I’ve never eaten it before!”
Mao Xi was so proud that she wanted to use modern food to conquer the stomachs of the ancients.
"It would be more delicious if there was pepper or ketchup. Hehe~!" Mao Xi was secretly proud and couldn't help laughing.
Mu Zhiyuan stared at the potato chips. He had been to several famous restaurants in Beidu. What kind of delicacies from all over the world had he not tried?
Take a bite, and the crispy potato chips explode in your mouth. This is a taste you have never experienced before.
The light saltiness makes the potato chips extremely delicious.
He took another French fries and tried it. They were crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.
"Ah Shu, are you planning to set up a stall at the night market in the future?"
Mao Xi filled another small pot: "How does it taste? I'll give it to Brother Chunsheng and Aunt Shen to try."
After a while, Mao Xi came back with an empty basin.
After receiving good comments from Brother Chunsheng and Aunt Shen, Mao Xi was very motivated. She returned to the back room and bought 10 kilograms of potatoes in the mall to store in the space.
Tomorrow morning I will sell potato chips and soy milk set meals, and then buy some seasonings for the night market.
"Brother Muyuan, can you help me make some bamboo sticks?" Shu Xi said gently. She could only rely on Muyuan for this kind of technical work for the time being.
Mu Zhiyuan nodded, took the sickle from the woodshed, stuck it behind his waist, and went to the back mountain.
All night, the whole family helped make bamboo sticks.
On the fourth watch day, it was still dark, so Mao Xi took some potatoes and sweet potatoes from the space while everyone was still asleep.
She soaked the potatoes in water and peeled them.
Xiaodouzi heard the sound and ran over to help bake the sweet potatoes: "Sister, let me help you!"
"Little Douzi is so good!"
"Sister, why did you take so many potatoes and sweet potatoes again?"
"This is sister's secret!"