GBP Chapter 234 Grandma 2 is still thoughtful
Chapter 234 Grandma 2 is still thoughtful
The northern border is now in chaos. The noble families, merchants and aristocrats in the city who had received the news in advance had already moved their families and valuables to other places to live with relatives before the governor of Zhongzhou ordered the city gates to be closed.
Only some heavy objects that were difficult to move were left in these mansions, and only a small number of servants were left to guard the houses.
Merchants from other places would naturally not risk coming here during the war, and some shops here had already closed down after hearing the news, and transported all the items they could take away to a safe place.
Now in Zhongzhou City, only a few ordinary people and small vendors who are still waiting and watching are hoping for a lucky break.
Due to the tense situation, the inn had stopped operating a few days ago. The families of the shopkeepers and the waiters in the inn also left in advance before the city gates were closed. In Dongzhou Prefecture, except for Jin Yu Man Tang, there was only one shopkeeper and one waiter left in the other shops to wait for the arrival of the master.
If the master had not been considerate and sent someone to deliver a message, telling the other shop assistants and their families to pack light and leave with only their own belongings, they would not have dared to abandon the supplies of several shops and leave on their own even if it was difficult.
Jinkelai has two floors, so even with the few families that came later, it’s not too crowded.
Although Cheng Yuheng allowed them to use the kitchen at will, there was nothing else available in the kitchen except the stoves that had not been removed and the little firewood left.
Other usable items have been packed and are waiting for someone to transport them.
Second Grandma looked at the little firewood left in the kitchen and asked her two daughters-in-law to put the three pots in the house on the stove, and use the little firewood left to make a pot of cold tea for everyone to drink. She then boiled two large pots of pickled meat porridge and gave one bowl to each of her family members and relatives living in the inn, who were to eat with the dry food they had prepared.
Because it was just a simple matter of boiling water and cooking porridge, Zhou took out the amount of rice and meat for today and gave them to Chu Xiaoli. Chu Xiaoli asked her sister-in-law, younger sister-in-law, and the nanny from the Cheng family who came to help to go about their own business.
She only brought Fangcao and her daughter into the kitchen. Dazhu's wife had been taking pregnancy-preserving medicine for a few days. She ate well at the Yun family and her health had improved a lot. She couldn't sit still and helped with cooking and lighting the fire every day.
Fangcao lit up the three stoves, Dazhu's wife was cutting meat on the chopping board, Chu Xiaoli washed the rice and put it in the pot, and then put the pickled meat cut by Dazhu's wife into the pot.
Dazhu's wife cut the pickled meat and went to help her daughter light the fire.
Zhou was also in the kitchen, making herbal tea in another pot. She had just put the tea bag into the pot when Yun Duo came in.
Under the cover of Cheng Yuheng, Yun Duo took out a basket of eggs from the space, and Han Lai helped to deliver it to the kitchen.
Yun Duo asked Han Lai to put the basket of eggs on the ground. She saw Second Grandma was there too, and pointed at the basket and said, "Second Grandma, we just went out and bought a basket of eggs from a family. Their family is going to visit relatives tomorrow, and it's hard to carry them on the road, so they sold me this basket of eggs at a low price.
There are too many eggs and it's hot, so they won't keep for too long. Please have someone send 30 eggs to the Fifth Grandpa, the Sixth Grandpa, and each family. Also send 30 eggs to Grandma Chu and Grandma Liu's families. Oh, and Master Lin is having dinner with Aunt Qingcao's family now, so don't forget to send 30 eggs there too."
Chu Xiaoli, who was busy cooking in the kitchen, looked at Yun Duo gratefully, "Duo'er, you are such a generous child. Everyone is thinking of good things. I want to thank you on behalf of your grandma Chu!"
"Second Aunt, we are all family, don't be polite to me. In the past, when Grandma Chu sent good things over, she never left out my share, right?"
Second Grandma smiled and said, "Your cousins love you well."
This is to send gifts to her in-laws and also to give face to her son, so the second grandmother is also grateful.
"Second Aunt, there must be hundreds of eggs in this basket. Eggs are fragile and hard to carry on the road, so boil them all. Use the seasoning packet I gave you earlier to add salt and cook them. They can be kept for two days. There are many people in the family and they can be eaten in two days.
Everyone in the family will get two tonight. Oh, and don’t forget about Xiao Sibao and Xige’er’s friends. Each of them will get two as well.”
The Cheng family now eats together with her family, so there is no need to send it separately.
The eggs came from the kitchen of the governor of Zhongzhou. There were several baskets of them. Yun Duo roughly counted them and found that there were about three or four hundred eggs in the baskets.
I was walking on the road a few days ago and had no chance to take it out. Today I entered the city, and Yun Duo just went out for a while, and the egg now had its origin.
Fortunately, the family has gotten used to it now. As long as it is given by Yun Duo, they will not ask for so many details. After all, Yun Duo is accompanied by Cheng Yuheng, who looks very powerful.
If you can't figure it out, you will automatically imagine that Mr. Cheng got it.
Someone can take the blame, so Yun Duo will save herself a lot of trouble.
Second Grandma touched Yun Duo's forehead with her finger distressed, "You little girl, what kind of family are we? We ate hundreds of eggs in two days."
Yun Duo, laughing, hugged Zhou's arm and said sweetly, "Second Madam, that family raised chickens and took the chickens away. The eggs were hard to carry, so they sold them to me cheaply. The eggs should have been one penny each, but they sold them to me for one penny for three. Don't you think it's cheap? These three hundred eggs cost less than a hundred pennies."
Zhou was also happy, "You girl didn't bully me, did you? Really, that's a really good bargain?"
"How can I afford it? It's really cheap." Yun Duo thought, I didn't spend a penny, so you tell me whether it's cheap or not.
Chu Xiaoli had already covered the porridge pot and asked Fangcao to continue to burn. She found a leaky old wooden barrel in the kitchen, put the eggs that Yunduo had asked to be sent away into the barrel, and handed it to Second Grandma, "Mother, I'll make some tea. You'll have to take care of delivering these eggs to each family later."
She counted them again. After removing the 150 eggs that were given away, there were still more than eggs in the basket. She looked at Zhou and said, "I'll use this pot to boil eggs after the tea is ready. I'll also steam a bowl of egg custard for the two elders of the Cheng family, my uncle, my father, and you, the elders. They'll be good to eat."
"Just make it for the Cheng family's elders and your uncle. Your father and I are used to eating coarse grains, so there's no need to be so delicate."
She looked at Yun Duo and continued, "Leave a hundred for the elderly on the way to replenish their bodies. What do you think of the remaining hundred or so to cook with Yun Duo?"
"Second Aunt, you only need to keep fifty. If there are too many, it would be a shame if they are accidentally broken. Even if we store them carefully, they might turn into rotten eggs after a long time. We might as well eat them."
"Xiao Li, just listen to Duo'er. Set aside fifty and cook the rest to satisfy the children's cravings. Although we have had meat at home during this period, eggs taste different from meat after all."
Zhou brought back fifty eggs in a wooden barrel. "Since we have so many eggs to cook, fifty eggs won't hurt. Let's cook them in one pot. Send twenty raw eggs to each family first. When the eggs are cooked, send ten cooked eggs to each family. This way, the smell of the braised eggs won't make the little kids cry."
"Second Madam is the most thoughtful one," Yun Duo said coquettishly.
Zhou had her reasons for doing this. She sent raw eggs, but she couldn't make a fire and cook them now. By the time they were cooked, they would be given to her family by relatives who were all staying in the inn. The children would be looking at them eagerly. Do you think you should give them or not?
It would be better to take out ten eggs from the portion given to them and cook them in one pot. The pot is big enough and it won’t make any difference if you cook a few more eggs.
"Okay, mother, I'll do as you say."