vrcanaries Chapter 273 This is today's new dish. I left one bowl for you.
Chapter 273 This is today's new dish. I left one bowl for you.
After Shen Ruolan finished speaking, Shen Qi said to his granddaughter without thinking: "They need medicinal herbs for their studies, so they go up the mountain to collect them themselves. These are all given to you by grandpa."
Shen Qi paused and added: "I was planning to give you more, but the countries have been in turmoil recently. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, I will keep the rest for you when there is a chance. Grandpa will send it to you."
Shen Ruolan quickly refused her grandfather, "Grandpa, these are enough, please don't send any more."
Although her grandfather loved her very much, she didn't want anything from the Shen family. If possible, she didn't want to be too deeply involved with the Shen family.
After all, the original mother is no longer around, and all that’s left is the affection that my grandpa and my eldest and second uncles have for my mother. It won’t be long before it’s all consumed, and by then, I’m afraid it will be difficult for them to even be relatives.
"Let's eat first and talk about this later." Shen Qi said.
"Okay," Shen Ruolan said. She asked He Gu and the others to serve the rice. She carried the two children to sit beside her and prepared meals for them.
Her two children basically ate the same food as them. Today's dishes contained chili peppers, so she specially fried eggs for them.
At the dinner table, after He Gu and the others had prepared the food, Shen Qi took the lead in eating. After tasting a piece of stir-fried pumpkin shreds with peppers, he looked at his granddaughter with surprise and said, "Lan'er, your stir-fried pumpkin is really delicious."
Shen Ruolan, who was feeding the child, listened to her grandfather's words. She looked at him and smiled, "If Grandpa likes it, you can eat more."
Apart from the fish, her table was mostly filled with vegetarian dishes, but fortunately the portions were sufficient.
"Hey, these green beans taste very good." One of the young disciples of the Shen family at the dinner table said with surprise.
Shen Hui, who hadn't had time to pick up his chopsticks yet, turned his gaze to the fish in the middle of the table after hearing what everyone said. He picked up the fish and started eating without thinking. The moment the crispy and tender fish meat entered his mouth, the fragrant, spicy and numbing taste directly stimulated his taste buds. Just one bite made Shen Hui unable to stop.
After he took a bite, he looked at Shen Ruolan with sparkling eyes and asked, "Sister Lan, is this green and red thing the chili we ate last time?"
Shen Ruolan nodded to him and said, "Yes."
Shen Huiting thought it was the chili pepper he had eaten last time. He looked at Shen Ruolan and said excitedly, "Sister Lan, this chili pepper is so delicious. I will live here forever and never go anywhere else."
Shen Ruolan was very happy to see that someone liked her peppers. As long as someone liked them, it shouldn't be difficult for her to make money with them in the future. But when she heard her cousin say that he would stay here in the future, she looked at him and said, "Cousins, you can stay here as long as you want. However, I don't have many peppers, so I have to focus on saving them for seeds. I can only satisfy my cravings occasionally."
Shen Ruolan still doesn't know how many seedlings have sprouted from her pepper seeds, and how many Miao Wei and his team have transplanted.
But no matter how much, she now has to focus on preserving offspring, and can't eat like this every day, otherwise, her dream of earning money will be a distant dream.
Shen Huiting could only satisfy his cravings occasionally. His face was full of regret. While eating, he replied to Shen Ruolan, "Okay."
After he finished speaking, he paused and added: "But Sister Lan, if there are any spicy dishes in the future, if I'm not here, don't forget to save some for me."
Shen Ruolan looked at her cousin who was like a greedy cat, and replied with some amusement: "Okay"
When Shen Qi heard his grandson being so greedy, he glared at him and scolded him, "What a loser."
Shen Hui smiled at his grandfather and said, "Grandpa, I am doing this so that I can be more filial to you."
Shen Qi said: "Come on, with your useless appearance, it's already good enough that you don't cause trouble for me."
Duan Ye, who had not picked up his chopsticks, saw that the Shen family was eating with relish. He hesitated for a moment, picked up a piece of the fish that Shen Hui had praised so highly and tasted it. However, the moment the fish entered his mouth, his mouth suddenly felt uncomfortable. He frowned, not knowing whether to eat it or not.
The Shen family's disciples who were entering the mountain for the first time saw Duan Ye like this. They looked at him curiously and asked, "Master Duan, what's wrong with you? Is this dish so bad?"
After hearing the question from the Shen family disciple, everyone looked at Duan Ye.
Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Duan Ye forced himself to swallow the fish in his mouth, smiled at everyone and said, "The fish is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, salty, spicy and fragrant, but the taste of the pepper is a bit special, which makes people unable to accept it for a while."
After Duan Ye finished speaking, he couldn't help but let out a hiss and took a breath of cold air because of the spiciness.
After hearing what he said, the disciples of the Shen family all picked up a little bit of fish meat and tasted it. Some of them adapted quickly and liked the chili after one bite, while those who adapted slowly were like Duan Ye. After taking one bite, they didn't dare to take a second bite.
However, it was only at the beginning. After everyone gradually got used to it, all the fish and vegetables made by Shen Ruolan were eaten up by everyone.
After dinner, Shen Ruolan asked Ji Han to take everyone downstairs to rest, while she and Ji Ning counted the goods sent by her grandfather.
"Master, the red peppers have been delivered." Shen Jing suddenly shouted outside the yard gate.
Shen Ruolan came out of the house and responded, "Carry it in."
"Yes." After getting permission, Shen Jing asked the villagers to carry all the peppers in.
Shen Ruolan looked at the two people carrying peppers and didn't pay much attention at first. Until she saw the sixth person coming in, she stopped what she was doing and asked Shen Jing, "How many red peppers are left?"
Shen Jing looked back and said to Shen Ruolan, "There are three more backpacks."
When Shen Ruolan heard that there were three more baskets, she quickly ran to the gate to take a look. She saw that there were indeed three baskets full of red peppers. She was surprised and said, "The peppers have become much redder."
Shen Jing said: "The weather has been very good in the past half month, and the peppers suddenly turned red, so I picked so many."
Before, only one turned red occasionally, but they didn't pick it.
Shen Ruolan thought for a moment and asked Shen Jing, "How much land have you planted for pepper seedlings this year?"
Shen Jing estimated in his mind and said, "It should be about four acres of land."
When Shen Ruolan heard that the peppers were transplanted to nearly four acres of land, her eyebrows could not help but jump. There were only two reasons why she could plant so many acres with one pound of pepper seeds. One was that the pepper seeds had a good germination rate, or that Miao Wei and his team transplanted them too far apart. But these didn't matter, as long as the peppers were planted well, she was silent for a while, and said to Shen Jing: "Go and help me cut some palm leaves, I can use them."
"Yes," Shen Jing said, and he turned and left.
Shen Ruolan thought of something. She looked at his back and shouted, "Shen Jing, wait."
After saying that, she went to the kitchen, brought back a bowl of rice, handed it to him and said, "Hey, this is today's new dish. I left one bowl for you."