Plane Mall: I became a group favorite by hoarding goods

Chapter 272. 272. Snow Skin Mooncake
Butler Du is a man in his 40s, with sincere words and gentle eyes, and he doesn't seem to have any pretensions at all.

But after a few glances at Cheng Xi, he knew that he was a master of eloquence. If he was kind, everyone would praise him, but once he dealt with people, it was difficult for anyone to stand up to him.

Shen Xingluo's black eyes drooped slightly, "There is Housekeeper Laodu."

"It should be. Mr. Shen is often mentioned in the old master's letters. The old master has been looking forward to your coming a few days ago."

Passing through a wooden corridor, Butler Du led him into the living room, and the two of them saw a refined man sitting in the front seat, next to a beautiful lady who also had an outstanding temperament.

In addition, there is a servant behind each of them, and nothing else.

"Shen Xingluo, a student from Lin'an Prefecture, and his wife have met Mrs. Du, Mrs. Du."

"Xing Luo? It's been a few years since I haven't seen you, and you've grown up so much. You're all from my own family, so you can avoid these vain gifts."

Du Yunshan stood up and helped him up himself, staring at Shen Xingluo with sighs, then turned his gaze to his side.

"This is your newly married wife? Sure enough, her temperament is outstanding!"

"." Sure enough, where did this word come from?

She didn't believe that Lord Du didn't know that Shen Xingluo married the daughter of a bodyguard in Lin'an Prefecture.

Cheng Xi was speechless in his heart, but on the surface he smiled, "Your Excellency is ridiculous."

Four words, actually received this compliment.

If Du Yunshan's words just now were a compliment for the self-confidence exuding from her body, then he is really surprised now.

He never expected that there would be such a reaction from a woman. After a while, he chuckled lightly, looking elegant and handsome.

"Xing Luo is so lucky."

As Xie Yuan of Lin'an Prefecture, he married the daughter of a bodyguard, but this wife is also decent and generous in dealing with others, isn't it a blessing?

At the beginning, Du Yunshan and Father Shen were good friends in the academy, and he watched Shen Xingluo grow up. At that time, he regretted for a long time when he knew that Shen and Cheng's family were engaged. He never thought that the daughter of the Cheng family had such a temperament.

As expected, it was Brother Shen, who had already taken a fancy to his daughter-in-law!
On one side, Mrs. Du chuckled, "Siblings and sisters have praised Mrs. Shen many times in their letters, and today we can see that what we said is true."

She took a few steps forward, "I heard from my younger siblings that she called you Sister Xi'er. I am a few years older than my younger siblings. You should call me older sister too."

"What? That won't work."

Du Yunshan really didn't know this happened, "Your father and I have been bosom friends for many years. Back then you still called me uncle, how could Xing Luo's daughter-in-law call your sister?"

These siblings are really messing around.

"Why not? Let me ask you, is Xing Luo a student of my father?"

"Of course it is."

"Since he's father's student, he's your junior brother. So what if you call your elder sister?"

Mrs. Du leaned closer to Cheng Xi, "Don't talk to him, he has become a pedant after working in the etiquette department for several years, talking about the rules of etiquette all day long, causing the two children to have trouble with him."

Du Yunshan was depressed, but he had nothing to do with his wife, so he could only sigh.

Cheng Xi said openly, "Then I'll call Sister Lin."

When she was in Lin'an Mansion, Mrs. Du wanted to mention her, and introduced in detail the family members of Mr. Du, who was an official in Beijing. The Du family became relatives by marriage.

Facts have proved that Lin Jijiu's foresight is correct. Ten years after Du Yunshan entered the court, he was promoted to Minister of Rites, a higher official position than his father-in-law.

Du Lin responded with a smile, and liked Cheng Xi even more in his heart.

Du Yunshan was able to be the servant of the Ministry of Rites, and his literary talent was not bad, so he quickly dragged Shen Xingluo to the study, leaving his wife to entertain the female guests.

"Husband, this is an old problem again. He likes to discuss those poems and articles when he grabs people. Let's leave him alone."

Du Lin shook his head helplessly, "Speaking of which, I've already smelled the sweetness, what's in this box?"

The two altars of wine in Shen Xingluo's hands were originally sealed, without any smell, thanks to their too common packaging, the Du family and his wife knew it was wine at a glance.

But the wooden box in Chengxi's hand is much more mysterious. There is an exquisite picture scroll carved on the square red wooden box, which looks like a fairy flying to the moon. Even if it is tightly covered, you can smell the sweetness. Is closer the more attractive tight.

Cheng Xi handed it to the maid beside Mrs. Du, "I made some mooncakes today, and the next day will be the Mid-Autumn Festival for auspiciousness. Please don't blame the small gifts."

"You did it yourself?"

Mrs. Du was surprised, "Then I have to taste it, the fragrance is really tempting."

The servant girl of Du's family was also a very perceptive person, and wanted to open the wooden box, but the bowknot woven with red silk on the top was too beautiful, and she stood there at a loss for a moment.

How to solve this thing?
What if the solution is wrong and such a beautiful butterfly is hurt?
"Madam Shen, this"

Cheng Xi stretched out his hand to grab the side of the bow and exerted a little force, and the silk untied automatically.

The maid's eyes lit up and she cast admiring glances at her, and then opened the square wooden box lid, revealing the moon cakes neatly placed inside.

The wooden box has two layers, and each layer holds eight mooncakes.

The four corners of the diagonal line are orange-yellow baked mooncakes that are common nowadays. The styles are mainly colored. The four mooncakes have two flavors.

There are four snowy mooncakes in the inner circle, and the styles are completely different. There are chubby and cute little rabbits eating radishes, or running under the moon. They look soft, cute and very attractive.

A small delicate wooden knife is placed in the four square slots in the south, east, west and north of the wooden box, and a small round tray is in the middle.

The Du family's master and servant actually looked at it, and they didn't know how to describe it for a long time.

"This"

This is a moon cake?

The four in the corner are very familiar, but your filling is not Wuren, let alone the inner circle, I have never seen it before.

And what are those delicate wooden knives and trays for?

Confused.

Du Lin felt that he was well-informed when he was born in the capital, but he didn't expect that one day he would be dazzled by looking at moon cakes.

Seeing this, Cheng Xi picked up the tray and a wooden knife, "The tray can be used to put mooncakes. If you don't eat much, use the wooden knife to divide the mooncakes into small pieces."

"It turns out that it is like this, but it is a bit more elegant."

When the ancients ate moon cakes, they used the other hand to prevent the debris from falling. If there were trays and wooden knives to assist them, this trouble would indeed be reduced.

The sweet scent lingered at the tip of Du Lin's nose, and he suddenly felt hungry.

Strange, obviously just had breakfast, are you hungry now?

Seeing her staring at the mooncakes, Cheng Xi didn't intend to put down the tray in her hand, "Madam, choose one and try it, does it still suit your taste?"

"Just this one, stuffed with jujube paste and bean paste."

The mooncakes are placed in a small tray, and the fillings can be seen after the first cut. The yellow outer skin is wrapped with a layer of red date paste that has been ground into a muddy shape, and the round green bean paste is in the middle.

Since the mooncakes have not been baked for a long time, the fragrance in the air is even stronger.

Du Linshi picked up a quarter of the mooncake and put it in his mouth. The aroma of jujube paste mixed with the sweetness of bean paste was surprisingly delicious.

"The taste is soft, the sweetness is just right, and there is a bit of heat, so delicious."

Du Linshi is more interested in the ice skin mooncakes in the inner circle.

Since the four in the middle are smaller than the baked ones, they can be eaten directly without cutting with a wooden knife, so she picked up one of the white and almost transparent mooncakes, and was surprised by its Q-bomb before eating.

Can mooncakes be so soft?

She put it in her mouth and bit it down. After the ice skin was shredded, the custard liquid inside flowed out, and the taste was richer than before.

"It turned out to be salty? It tastes like egg yolk."

"It is indeed made from salted egg yolk and added to milk."

Although the layout of the mooncakes on the second layer of the wooden box is the same, the tastes are different. There are sweet and salty ones. There are several kinds of Liuxin alone. The snowy mooncakes are not limited to white, and there are also yellow, purple and green.

"I didn't expect mooncakes to have so many changes. Sister Xi'er is really ingenious."

Du Linshi tried four mooncakes in a row, feeling regretful and annoyed as she rubbed her gradually swollen stomach. She really didn't expect that one day she would be addicted to eating mooncakes.

"In previous years, the moon cakes were either ordered to the kitchen to make by myself or bought from restaurants outside. They were just for occasions when admiring the moon. This year, it will be more lively with a gift from my sister."

Interpersonal communication comes and goes, and gifts naturally pay attention to this.

Du Linshi has already started thinking about when to take the gift to Shen's house.

Seeing her mentioning the Mid-Autumn Festival, Cheng Xi changed the subject, "This year is the first time my husband and I celebrate the festival in the capital. I wonder what's going on in the streets that day?"

"Then you're asking the right person. There are lanterns and lantern riddles on Mid-Autumn Festival."

Eating can shorten the distance between people. Cheng Xi and Du Linshi intend to befriend each other, and a topic has changed from being unfamiliar at first to sympathy.

When the Shen family and his wife left the Du mansion, she stood beside Du Yunshan and sighed.

"I don't know how talented this Shen Jieyuan is, but sister Xi'er is the best virtuous housekeeper, and it's a blessing in life to have a wife like this."

"Oh? Madame has such a high opinion of Mrs. Shen Cheng?"

"Sister Xi'er is naturally good, no wonder the siblings like her so much."

Du Yunshan shook his head and laughed, but he didn't know that Shen Xingluo's views on today's political affairs were not inferior to him at all, and no one in the younger generation could be rivaled.

***
The Shen family's homemade mooncake gift box was delivered to the neighbor the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival.

That day, Qin Zheng pulled Shen Xingluo out of the door early, and did not return to the small courtyard in the alley until the sun went down. However, he found him within a quarter of an hour after entering the door.

"Sister-in-law, that mooncake gift box is too delicious!"

At that time, Cheng Xi was watering the yard with a watering can. After a few days, the vegetable seeds sprouted and broke out of the ground one by one, and they could be picked for cooking in a short time.

The water is sprinkled into the soil along the watering can, and after soaking, it leaks from the bottom of the wooden trough, and flows into the ground along the grooves on both sides, so there is no need to worry about stagnant water.

Qin Zheng looked at it for a long time and wondered, "If the water in the fields can also flow out smoothly, the people will no longer have to worry about floods."

"What's so difficult about that? It's nothing more than digging a few more ditches."

Cheng Xi turned around and put the empty watering can aside, "I didn't expect you to be good for the country and the people. If you enter the court and become an official, you will definitely benefit the people of one side."

"The Qin family is already flamboyant enough."

Qin Zheng smiled wryly, the Qin family is the richest man in Dayan, there is an aunt in the palace who is a noble concubine, the next fifth prince can fight, and there is also a princess who is about to marry Ji, it can be said that the scenery is infinite.

But behind the scenery is the coveted by the royal family and all the families.

Cheng Xi paused when he heard this, and stared at him thoughtfully for a long while.

"correct!"

Qin Zheng finally remembered, "Sister-in-law, can you give me a few more boxes of mooncakes?"

"Finished?"

No, she just sent it over.

"I ate a few, and it was really delicious. I just want to ask for a few boxes to honor my grandparents."

Qin Zheng handed over the small wooden box in his arms, "These things are my usual collection, please let my sister-in-law play with them."

"Is this a thank-you gift for the mooncake?"

"Yes, I don't know if my sister-in-law likes it or not. If there is anything you want, I will find it for you."

"Need not."

Cheng Xi held a piece of imperial green jadeite in the wooden box and sighed, "You are willing."

"My grandparents treated me well, and I should honor them."

"Take the things back, but a few boxes of mooncakes are worthless, how much do you want?"

"Six boxes."

"I'll send it to you tomorrow morning."

"Thank you, sister-in-law!"

Qin Zheng can't really take back the collections he gave away, but Cheng Xi is not a person who steals people's favor, one will give it away and the other will not accept it, Shen Xingluo was speechless when he heard the news.

"Take it back as a collection, and send some high-quality fabrics tomorrow."

"." Why didn't he think of that?
"." Do you dislike me for not looking good?

Because the yellow clay oven is so easy to use, it doesn't take much effort to make mooncakes.

Early the next morning, Cheng Xi sent Su Zhan to deliver six boxes of mooncakes from the Qin family to the next door, and then dragged Shen Xingqi out.

"Everyone in the world knows that the capital is prosperous, let's see it today."

When I went to Beijing a few days ago, I just had a quick glimpse. How can it be more enjoyable than experiencing it yourself?
Not only Shen Xingqi was interested in this place, but even Cheng Xi was a little more interested. This is pure ancient times, a scenery that she could not see in her era.

The three women turned out of the alley and walked through two intersections to the main street of the capital.

Most of the shops on both sides of the main street have three floors, and even two-story buildings are extremely rare, which is enough to show its prosperity.Teahouses, restaurants, inns and pawnshops are one after another, and there is an endless stream of small vendors and pedestrians. There are also rouge jewelry shops, embroidery shops, pastry shops and cloth shops patronized by women.

Cheng Xi took the two of them home to visit, just in time to learn about the preferences of women in the capital.

It has been an hour since I visited the rouge shop, pastry shop and embroidery shop, and Wang Shu also has a few more packages in his hand.

Fortunately, after the snowstorm, Shen Xingluo would bring back some money for her when she went out for a few days, so she didn't have to worry about running out of money someday.

As for where did the money come from?

Cheng Xi really didn't know.

Just achieve financial freedom.

"Hey, there are jugglers here?"

A few people walked through the pedestrians to a space, and saw a few people come out in a circle to play high-altitude bowl throwing.

(End of this chapter)