Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 270 There is a dish of mushroom dumplings. Can the girl make it?

There are much fewer guests today than usual, so even if there are only Shen Yu and Zheng Sanniang, they can still handle it.

After everyone had discussed it, Li and Jiang packed their belongings and set off with their three children.

Shen Yu is usually busy, so today is a rare day for him to have some free time.

She and Zheng Sanniang slowly began to fry meat skewers, stir-fry dishes to be sold at noon, and roll out pancakes and sauce-flavored pancakes.

Shen Yu had just finished his work and was about to sit down and have a cup of hot tea with Zheng Sanniang and take a break, but he heard footsteps at the shop door.

Turning around, I saw a young man in his twenties, dressed in a short shirt and long pants, coming in.

As soon as the customer entered the store, he said with a look of relief: "What delicious skewers! Freshly fried skewers taste the best."

Zheng Sanniang took two steps forward and greeted him: "Please take a seat, sir. What would you like to eat?"

When Shen Yu heard the guest speaking, he felt that his voice sounded familiar. He always felt that this person looked familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before. The decorations on his clothes were also very familiar.

The man saw Shen Yu looking at him, smiled shyly, and bowed, saying, "Miss Shen, you don't recognize me, but I've known you for a long time. If I'm right, you are Shen Yucheng's eldest sister, right?"

When Shen Yu heard him say this, he suddenly understood why the man's clothes looked familiar.

His outfit is exactly the same as the school uniform that Yucheng and Dundun wear every day.

Shen Yu hurriedly stood up, squatted and bowed, then asked hesitantly, "Are you Mr. Yang?"

Yang Tao, the teacher of Baihe Academy, smiled and nodded when he heard this: "Young lady, you have good eyesight, which is exactly what I am good at."

"There are no classes at the academy today, so I came to visit my uncle. But he and my aunt were not at home. I had nowhere to go, so I had to walk around the streets and have lunch."

Yang Tao spoke lightly, but his brows were furrowed, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

Shen Yu smiled and said, "Mr. Yang always walks along the street after breakfast every day to help digest his food. I guess he hasn't come back yet. Today is the Cold Clothes Festival. Did Mr. Yang and Mrs. Yang go to the temple?"

"Sir, please take a seat and wait here for a while. Maybe he will be back soon."

Zheng Sanniang had already brought a cup of hot tea on a tray and placed it on the table next to her: "Sir, please have some tea."

When a teacher comes to a student's home, he or she should naturally be treated as a guest of honor.

At this time, Li was not there, so Shen Yu had to accompany him and asked politely, "Sir, have you had breakfast? This is a restaurant, and the tea is crude, but the various meals are still edible."

Yang Tao hurriedly said, "Miss Shen, you are too modest. The dishes you cook are all delicious, especially the pork belly skewers, which are especially delicious."

"Speaking of this, your mother was too polite. It's only natural that you should pay for meals. I had a meal here, and the next day she sent me a large basket of meat skewers. I felt really bad about it."

Shen Yu smiled slightly: "Sir, you have honored me with a meal at my house. My family is very happy about it. How can I earn more money from you?"

"Besides, my family doesn't refuse money. We charge according to the cost. It's not a courtesy. Sir, don't take it to heart."

After a pause, Shen Yu said, "Sir, what would you like to eat today? Don't worry, I will pay for it."

Yang Tao has always been generous and not a bookworm. After hearing what Shen Yu said, he couldn't help but smile: "I've had breakfast and I'm not hungry yet. Why are there no customers in the store today? I heard from Yu Cheng that the restaurant business is very good."

Shen Yu smiled and explained: "Today is the Cold Clothes Festival, many people will go to the temple."

Yang Tao thought about what had just happened at his father's place, sighed helplessly, and said "Oh".

Although this Mr. Yang had eaten in the store and often heard Yucheng and Dundun talking about "Mr. Yang" at the dinner table, Shen Yu was not familiar with him after all. Seeing that he looked unhappy, he didn't know what to say and could only sit beside him in silence.

Zheng Sanniang sat at the next table, and the shop was silent for a while.

After a while, Yang Tao realized something was wrong. Seeing that Shen Yu and Zheng Sanniang were looking at him with inquiring eyes, he quickly smiled to cover up.

He looked at the menu on the wall, browsed it carefully, and asked, "Miss Shen, when I was a child, my grandmother would always make mushroom dumplings on this day. Although they were vegetarian, they tasted very fragrant. Do you know how to make them?"

Shen Yu has eaten this dish before. It is actually a big bowl of mushroom soup. The vegetarian dumplings are fried until crispy and then poured into the mushroom soup. It tastes crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Although it is a vegetarian dish, it tastes extremely delicious because of the aroma of the mushroom soup.

Shen Yu nodded and said, "I've eaten it before. I wonder what the fillings were of the dumplings you ate."

When Yang Tao was asked by Shen Yu, he seemed to have returned to the carefree days when he was a child living with his grandmother.

Thinking of the happiness of his childhood, he couldn't help but curl up his lips and said with a smile: "When I was a child, I didn't like to eat and was always picky about food, but when this bowl of dumplings was served, I would always eat more."

"I remember the fillings were also common, with diced tofu, small green vegetables, fungus, and diced bamboo shoots. I think that's it."

Shen Yu smiled and said, "Sir, do you want to eat this dumpling? It just so happens that these ingredients are available in the store."

Yang Tao was overjoyed when he heard this and said, "Can the girl deliver the food if she makes it?"

Shen Yu was a little confused: "Sir, don't you want to eat it yourself?"

Yang Tao was a little embarrassed: "My father and uncle also like this dish. I want to send some to them. Since my grandmother passed away, my father and uncle have never eaten this mushroom dumpling again."

Shen Yu was a little embarrassed. After thinking for a while, he said, "It's not difficult to make, but after frying the dumplings, you have to pour them into the mushroom soup while they're still hot. The key is to make them crispy on the outside and fresh on the inside, and the soup thick and hot."

"If the food is delivered, the dumplings will have been soaked in the soup for too long and won't taste good."

After a pause, he continued, "I know where Uncle Yang lives. It's not far from here. I wonder where your father lives and whether it's far from here."

Yang Tao said: "Today, my father will come to my uncle's place for lunch."

Shen Yu thought for a moment and said, "If we send it to Uncle Yang's house, I have an idea. I will prepare the mushroom soup and dumplings separately and put them in the food box."

“Wait until we get to Uncle Yang’s house, and when the soup and dumplings are on the table, pour the dumplings into the soup. That should keep them crispy.”

After hearing this, Yang Tao thought this method was feasible, so he said, "This is a good idea. When the girl is done, I will take it over myself, and she won't have to send it over here. After she's done eating, I will return the food boxes and soup bowls to her."

Shen Yu looked at the sky and stood up and said, "Sir, do you want lunch delivered?"

Seeing Yang Tao nod, Shen Yu said, "Sir, please sit down for a moment. The ingredients are all ready and can be prepared very quickly. It will be ready before lunch time."