Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 170: Exquisite and Practical Double-Layer Food Box

After Qi Xi said this, he lowered his head and scratched it with a confused look on his face.

Seeing the big food box in the yard, he hurriedly said, "Miss Shen, the young master specially asked me to bring that food box. It is very useful. It can hold soup without spilling it, and it can also keep it warm in winter. You will know its benefits after you use it."

"After the chickens are finished, I'll buy some ducks and send them over. I still have a lot of money from the pawning of the inkstone, so I can buy a lot of delicious food."

"It's getting late. I sneaked out here. I have to go back quickly."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qi Xi bowed, turned around and ran away.

For fear that Shen Yu would say something to refuse, he returned the cage of chickens to him.

Shen Yu looked at the open door and shook his head helplessly. He had to close the courtyard gate and push open the door of the house with the big food box.

After entering the house, Yu Cheng couldn't help but ask, "Sister, why did Master Lu send us a cage of chickens?"

Shen Yu smiled and said, "Mr. Lu said that the chestnut stewed chicken he made last time was delicious, so he sent a few chickens over and asked him to make something delicious next time and share some with him."

Yu Cheng looked proud and said, "I told you, my eldest sister's cooking is the best. I also told Master Lu the same thing."

Li suppressed her laughter and said, "No wonder Master Lu sent a few chickens. It's because you praised your elder sister in front of Master Lu. Look, now even the ingredients have been delivered."

Yu Tao blinked her big eyes and asked in confusion, "Isn't Mr. Lu the son of the county magistrate? The head of the criminal police's family has Aunt Xu who is in charge of cooking. Doesn't his family have one? He also wants to send a few chickens over for my sister to cook?"

Shen Yu didn't know how to explain to the children. Should he just tell them that the county magistrate's family was not allowed to eat meat and that the county magistrate's son could eat at home?

Shen Yu thought of Lu Lang's stern face and quickly gave up the idea. It was better to give him some face.

Jiang smiled and tried to smooth things over, "Well, what's so strange about this? No matter how delicious the food you cook at home is, you'll get tired of it."

"Besides, Miss Yuzhi's cooking is really delicious. You see, as long as the meal is cooked by Miss Yuzhi, you all rush to eat it and say it tastes better than what I cook."

After Jiang finished speaking, she sighed in pretended disappointment.

Yu Tao quickly smiled and said, "Aunt Jiang's cooking is also delicious, but it's just a little bit worse than my sister's. Just a little bit."

After saying that, he raised his hand and used his little finger to measure a tiny amount the size of a fingernail.

Jiang happily held Yutao in her arms, her eyes full of love as she said, "Our Yutao is the most considerate. Aunt Jiang's cooking is not as good as Miss Yuzhi's. If she can only be a little bit inferior, Aunt Jiang will be satisfied."

Everyone in the room burst into laughter.

Just like that, several children thought that it was because Shen Yu’s cooking was so delicious that Master Lu sent the ingredients over, hoping to have delicious meals again.

After laughing for a while, Shen Yu opened the food box sent by 7-Up and was surprised to find that the food box was very finely made.

It has two layers, upper and lower, and each layer of the food box has two layers inside and outside.

The outer layer of the food box is made of wood and is carved with patterns, while the inner layer is made of copper. There is a certain gap between it and the outer layer of the food box. It is movable and connected to the four sides of the outer layer with thin copper chains. In this way, even if the food box shakes slightly, the inner layer of the food box will still be level, and soup will not spill out.

Moreover, the bottom of the upper food box is hollow.

The whole food box looks like a fine work of art.

It looks like it's worth a lot of money.

Shen Yu studied it for a while, but still couldn't figure out why the bottom of the upper food box was hollow.

Jiang pointed out: "In winter, you can put a copper charcoal box on the bottom layer and put vegetables on the top layer. This way, when you pack the vegetables in the kitchen and send them to the dining table, the vegetables will not spill or get cold on the way."

Li said, "Wow, rich people really know how to enjoy life. How did they come up with this idea? It's such a precious item."

Shen Yu also thought that this meal delivery tool was very practical, and said with a smile: "This food box is so exquisitely made. Only wealthy families with large houses and a far distance between the kitchen and the dining room can use this kind of food box. It is really good to use in winter."

But in his heart he thought, "Lu Lang, Lu Lang, you are so thoughtful. You are afraid that the food will get cold when it is delivered to the county government office, or it will spill due to the long journey, so you specially sent all the insulation tools."

Yu Cheng asked curiously, "Aunt Jiang, have you used this kind of lunch box before? Can it really hold soup without spilling it, and keep food from getting cold in winter?"

Jiang's movements paused for a moment, and she smiled to cover up her mistake, saying, "I've never used such an exquisite food box before. I've heard people mention it before, but this is the first time I've seen it today."

Li said, "Let's fill a bowl of soup tomorrow and try it out, and we'll know."

Everyone gathered around the table, fiddling with this fully functional food box for a while before washing up and going to bed.

After closing the stall the next day, Shen Yu took Dun Dun, Yu Cheng and Yu Tao to the bookstore on the street.

The bookstores at that time were like modern bookstores and stationery stores combined into one, selling not only printed books but also pens, ink, paper and inkstones.

On the way, Yu Tao asked Shen Yu in confusion: "Sister, you can just take them two with you. I don't need to study, so I don't need these."

Shen Yu reached out and tapped Yu Tao's nose lightly: "You have a good idea. Although there are no girls going to school, and the family can't afford to hire a teacher to teach at home, as a girl, you can't be blind."

"When Dun Dun and Yu Cheng go to school, they come back from school every day and tell us what they have learned. If they have learned to write something, we ask them to teach us how to write it."

"By learning from them, I can also learn to write and read. In the future, when I need to keep accounts or read a book, I can remember them clearly and understand them without having to ask others."

When Yutao heard that she could understand the storybook, she immediately became interested.

Ever since she and everyone went to Yangjiawazi on the Mid-Autumn Festival, she had been fascinated by the beautiful appearance of the prostitutes on the stage, and she could not forget the story she had not finished watching that day.

Although Li had seen this play before and told Yutao the following plot, Yutao would talk about it every time she thought of it, saying that the play was really interesting.

Shen Yu mentioned unintentionally that the operas performed on these stages are all in the storybooks in bookstores, including all kinds of storybooks, legendary novels, and stories, which are much more interesting than this one.

Yutao remembered it immediately and kept asking Shen Yu whether the storybooks were expensive. A storybook contained several stories. Was it more interesting than the story of Chang'e chasing the moon?

At that time, Li said that it was useless to buy the storybook because it was full of words and she couldn't recognize them. It would be more interesting to just listen to the opera.

Shen Yu said today that now that he knows how to read, he can understand the storybook.

Yutao's enthusiasm for learning to read was unprecedentedly high, and she kept urging Shen Yu to hurry up.