Shen Zhiyao first prepared to make mooncakes with fresh meat and dried bamboo shoots.
The half fan of pork sent by Aunt Chen was basically eaten by Shen.
After she went to buy some fresh meat, she started cooking.
In the evening, Chen Cuihua came back from Shen's dinner and came to help her.
In addition to fresh meat and dried bamboo shoots mooncakes, she is also planning to make some classic five-nut mooncakes and snowskin mooncakes.
Hurrying slowly, Shen Zhiyao made all the mooncakes that needed to be made on the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival.
She bought the mooncake packaging box directly from outside.
Shen's food was in the light.
Before the evening food was sold out and the restaurant was about to close, Shen Zhiyao drove the donkey cart and took some things to the restaurant.
When the mooncakes were ready, she sent a copy to Lin Suxin's family, Pei Lingxuan's family, and Zhao Juren's family to celebrate the festival.
Shopkeeper Yue and Yue Xiuyu didn't forget it either.
As for Mrs. Wu, Chen Cuihua and Lin Suxin who worked in the restaurant, Shen Zhiyao gave each of them an extra one hundred yuan and a box of mooncakes as holiday benefits.
Their monthly payment for August was also paid in advance to make it easier for everyone to celebrate the holidays.
As for her, in addition to receiving gifts in return from everyone, Wu Miao, a clerk at the dental shop, also gave her a boxing gift.
"Zhiyao, I can't take this money."
At night, Chen Cuihua found Shen Zhiyao and returned a total of 700 silver coins to Shen Zhiyao.
"You taught me how to cook and provided me with shelter. You have already done a lot for me. I am grateful to you before it is too late. Moreover, no amount of money can teach me the food you taught me."
Chen Cuihua already regards Shen Zhiyao as her master.
She has less experience, but she also knows that when many people learn cooking from a chef, they need to work for the chef for several years before the chef can teach them some real skills.
Just like my father said when he was a child, he learned carpentry. He followed the old carpenter for a long time before he really learned something.
There are very few people like Zhiyao who don't hide things and teach others how to cook.
Although, regarding Zhiyao as her master, it was only unilateral to her.
"It's your turn, just take it. Didn't you say you want to make money before?" Shen Zhiyao pushed the money over and revealed a little of her thoughts: "In the future, the restaurant may still have to rely on you to take charge of the dishes. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, I I have to be busy with my business at Zhuangzi."
"As the boss, you get the same monthly salary as Mrs. Wu and others. If you really feel embarrassed to get this money, then you can use the difference as tuition."
After saying that, Shen Zhiyao put the silver into Chen Cuihua's hand.
Chen Cuihua was not allowed to give it to her again.
Chen Cuihua almost burst into tears. With Zhiyao helping her like this, she had to concentrate on practicing her cooking skills to make Shen Shiguang's business better.
Thinking like this, Chen Cuihua dreamed of cooking all night. Until the next morning, when she got on the donkey cart back to Lihua Village, she felt that her brain was still in a relatively excited state.
Lihua Village looks the same as usual, but now that the fields are idle, the fields are almost empty, and there are no villagers busy in the fields at any time.
When Shen Zhiyao drove the donkey cart to the Qingshui River in Lihua Village, she saw Liu Zhaodi washing clothes by the river, with Shen Xiaocao following her.
"It's Zhiyao and the other three sisters who are back."
By the river, the woman who was washing clothes immediately laughed out loud when she saw Shen Zhiyao.
Afterwards, everyone came to greet her enthusiastically, whether they knew her or not.
Shen Zhiyao was a little confused about this. After responding politely one by one, she nodded to Liu Zhaodi and Shen Xiaocao who also called her.
When they arrived at Aunt Chen's house, Aunt Chen said with a smile: "They saw that my family sold the windmill. They knew that you made the windmill, and they thought you were awesome."
Another thing Aunt Chen didn't say is that now that Mrs. Yang is in Lihua Village, she is occasionally disliked by people who say, "If we hadn't separated from Zhiyao and the other three sisters, Gufengche would be making a lot of money now." The money belongs to Mrs. Yang." Such words hurt her.
"My sister is very powerful." Shen Yueya listened to Aunt Chen's words, her eyes were bright, and her little face immediately raised an adoring smile.
Shen Baiqiu nodded.
Shen Zhiyao gave the Mid-Autumn Festival gift to Aunt Chen.
Aunt Chen accepted it with a smile and prepared delicious dishes for the three sisters.
Today is the festival, so you can have an extra meal.
Moreover, she heard from Cuihua when she went to the county seat last time that Zhiyao and the others had three meals a day.
Therefore, she must not let the three Zhiyao sisters go hungry. The Mid-Autumn Festival reunion dinner will be eaten at noon today.
"Zhiyao, you guys just sit down and rest for a while. Auntie has already cooked the rice, and we just have to cook."
Aunt Chen greeted Shen Zhiyao and went to the kitchen to work. Chen Cuihua turned around and helped her together.
After Chen Carpenter and Chen Zhu came out to say hello, they continued to work on the wood.
Chen Huze and Shen Baiqiu were asking questions and talking about Shen Baiqiu's private school.
"Fourth sister, the hen wants to bite me and I can't get the eggs."
Aunt Chen's six-year-old son, Chen Qiang, ran in with seven or eight chicken feathers on his head and a mournful face.
Chen Chunhua, who stayed in the hall to accompany Shen Zhiyao and Shen Yueya, immediately giggled when she saw Chen Qiang like that. Then she stopped laughing under Chen Qiang's sad eyes and agreed to help him get eggs from the chicken shed.
But she also thought about accompanying Shen Zhiyao and Shen Yueya, and her brows instantly became tangled.
Seeing this, Shen Zhiyao stood up and said, "This chicken's fighting power is quite strong. Let's go and see it together."
The four of them walked from the main room to the chicken shed.
Before approaching the chicken shed, Shen Zhiyao saw several people carrying a wedding sedan into Old Man Shen's house next door.
Is today the day when Shen Qizhu leaves the cabinet?
Shen Zhiyao thought about last time, Aunt Chen said that Shen Qizhu was about to marry the son of a county official.
But there were only a few people in the wedding sedan, and there was no matchmaker or groom, which was a bit strange.
But none of this had anything to do with her. Shen Zhiyao was only surprised for a moment before continuing towards the chicken shed.
The Shen family, Old Man Shen and Old Mrs. Yang also had the same doubts as Shen Zhiyao.
"Why don't you see my son-in-law Mr. Qu?"
Old Mrs. Yang looked at the only person arriving in the wedding sedan, a middle-aged man who seemed to be the Qu family's housekeeper, and asked in confusion.
They are all in the same county. According to wedding customs, the groom has to come to pick up the bride in person, right?
After hearing what Mrs. Yang said, the housekeeper said with a smile:
"Mrs. Shen, my master is not feeling well and cannot come. However, he is afraid of delaying the auspicious time, so he specially ordered me to come and greet Miss Shen Qizhu."
"Is Young Master Qu sick?" Old Shen pursed his lips.
After saying this, Old Man Shen suddenly lost his mind and thought that he could not even come to the wedding. Could this young master be seriously ill and about to die? His Qizhu is here to celebrate!
In this way, it seemed to make sense that the son of a member of the Communist Party of China should marry Qizhu, who was just a peasant girl in his family.
