One hundred and eighty fifth chapters do their own thing(2/2)
This time it was Ada who led the way. The road in Qindu was very wide and the roads were crisscrossed. Fortunately, Ada remembered the general location of Xiangsufang, so he did not lead the wrong way. However, the road was not wrong, but the people who had to wait lined up from outside the store on both sides. There were three servants who were welcome to command the order at the entrance of Xiangsufang.
Shi Wu looked at the exaggerated crowd, and felt relieved and said, "Grandpa, there are too many people here, why don't we go shopping in other places."
Ada only asked: "Do you want to eat?"
Shi Wudao: "I really want it, but..."
"Then there is nothing more. You go to the left and I go to the right. There are many people inside. It should be our turn soon. Anyway, buy the fastest one, which side is the first one." Ada decided.
Shi Wu really wanted to eat, so he obediently listened to Ada's words and lined up with him. After about a while, there were more than twenty people in front of them. Shi Wu's stomach was already roaring, and he just felt that he should have breakfast first at Zuixianju before leaving.
At this moment, a group of officials' families rode horses outside the door of Xiangsufang. One of the middle-aged men dressed in eunuchs said sharply to the servant outside Xiangsufang, "Your Highness the Prince wants to eat your chestnut cake and radish pastry, and bring me ten boxes each."
The servant in front of him said diligently with eyesight: "I'll get it for you now." After that, he ran into the Xiangshufang.
The middle-aged man dressed in eunuch saw that there were many people outside Xiangshufang, took out a brocade plaster from his pocket, covered his nose and said, "There are many good pastry masters in the palace. Why does His Royal Highness like to eat these things that civilians can eat?" After saying that, he looked at the people queuing on both sides with disgust.
The guard who came with him said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is having fun with the people, and thanks to General Zhang, the man who has personally traveled this trip."
The eunuch surnamed Zhang smiled and said, "It's better for Guard Tan to say that. Your Highness the Crown Prince is now carrying the burden of governing the country, so he naturally needs to contact the people more."
Shi Wu was listening to them blowing around, and his ears were almost blocked by himself. He was no longer in the left line, and went to Ada and whispered: "Grandpa, they don't line up."
A Dadao: "Didn't you listen to them? The prince is the governor of the country. When the master is rich and noble, they will have more privileges."
Shi Wu said dissatisfiedly: "Then Xiao Wu is not standing up."
A Da laughed and said, "Okay, I'll take you in from elsewhere and try every pastry."
Shi Wu said happily: "Okay!"
As Ada said that, he took Shi Wu to the side. The man behind them thought they thought there were too many people in front of them and they were still lucky enough to wait for another place. At this moment, the shopkeeper of Xiangshufang had personally brought people to deliver twenty boxes of pastries.
The shopkeeper of Xiangsufang bowed and said, "Mr. Hu was thinking before that the celebrity around His Royal Highness could get this job. It turned out to be Manager Zhang."
The eunuch surnamed Zhang was handed over by Manager Hu and said proudly: "That's not what the Crown Prince wants to eat when I didn't buy it from me, Zhang Xian. If someone else goes, the Crown Prince is not relieved."
Manager Hu smiled and said, "Manager Zhang is talking about it. Hu wants to congratulate Manager Zhang here."
The eunuch surnamed Zhang asked in surprise: "Where does the joy come from?"
Manager Hu quietly leaned over and said, "Mr. Zhou had a chat with me here for a while before. Speaking of the important task of supervising the country, Manager Zhang is also a celebrity around His Highness. Then I don't have to congratulate you."
The eunuch surnamed Zhang laughed and said, "It's the most informative thing about you, the shopkeeper Hu. Take it, this is five hundred taels of silver notes for pastry."
After taking it, Manager Hu handed it back to the eunuch surnamed Zhang and said, "I have taken this money, and then I will take it out and invite Manager Zhang to have tea with these guards."
The eunuch surnamed Zhang wanted to refuse, but Manager Hu said again: "If you have any problems in the future, you have to ask Manager Zhang to take care of him more."
When the eunuch surnamed Zhang heard this, he laughed a few times and asked his subordinates to put the twenty boxes of pastries, took the silver notes and put them in his arms and said, "In this way, I will thank Manager Hu first."
Manager Hu said: "Where is Manager Zhang? Hu wants to thank Manager Zhang for his favor."
The eunuch surnamed Zhang laughed and said, "Shopkeeper Hu, come out to have tea together when you have time. Zhang will bring the pastry back to the prince's mansion first."
Manager Hu also reminded: "Manager Zhang must move quickly. The chestnut cake and radish crisps are the best to eat while it is hot."
The eunuch named Zhang nodded and said, "Okay! That Zhang is going to say goodbye first."
"Mr. Zhang can leave." Manager Hu respectfully sent away everyone in the Prince's Mansion, and then returned to Xiangshufang.
Ada and Shi Wu jumped past the wall that was not noticed by anyone, and did not go to the front counter at all. Instead, they walked directly to the steaming room at the innermost part of Xiangshufang.
On the way, some helpers also met Ada and Shiwu. Someone stepped forward and asked, "What are you two doing?"
Ada said without blushing and said, "Empress Shufei wants to eat the glutinous rice cake from your crispy shop recently, so she sent me to buy it. But the prince's people outside were waiting again. The shopkeeper just came over and found out, so we asked us to go to the steaming room to choose from."
When the man heard about the Crown Prince and Concubine Shu, he didn't dare to ask anything more. He hurriedly said to Ada and Shiwu respectfully: "Go, sirs, go quickly, it's cold outside, and the steaming room is warmer than outside."
Ada took Shi Wu over. As soon as he entered the steaming room, Shi Wu felt a heat wave coming towards him. It was not warmer, it was just as warm as some in summer. Shi Wu felt it was too hot, so he rolled up his sleeves. However, as the heat wave came, there was also the fragrance of various pastries.
There were separated stoves in the steaming room, but the places where the fire was made were set outside the room, and no one was there in the steaming room. Shi Wu looked at the golden and beautiful pastry on the oven with light in his eyes. He was not afraid of burning and lifted a steamer next to him. He saw all kinds of pastries steaming in it. Shi Wu swallowed and said, "Grandpa, there are so many delicious foods."
A Dadao: "Then take it and eat it. When we go out, we will give you as much money as we eat."
When Shi Wu heard this, he took a glutinous rice cake and a piece of radish crispy in the west. He only tasted one piece of each. There were too many pastries here, so he didn't want to eat just one or two of them to be full.
Ada also took a piece of hot radish crisp from the side and ate it. As the saying goes, eat radish in winter and ginger in summer. The radish crispy crust is golden and soft, and melts in the mouth. The radish filling inside is white, and it is also good to have a soft, smooth and fragrant salty and fresh. I think it is the best recipe that Xiangqianfang has tried many filling recipes.
While Shi Wu was eating with relish and wanted Ada to come over and taste the pastry placed next to him with reed leaves, a gray-haired old man walked to Shi Wu, picked up the pastry and tasted it, "This Yeerba was not used to steam it, and it was a pity that it was less refreshing."
When Shi Wu heard that the old man could eat the heat of steamed cakes, he raised his thumb and exclaimed: "Yes, old man, an expert."
The old man looked at Shi Wu with a haha and said, "How can you compare to you? You dare to come to my Xiangshufang to cheat you for food and drinks, you are the first two."
Shi Wu smiled and said, "Chengrang, Cheng..." When he talked about the word Cheng behind, Shi Wu felt something was wrong. Then he saw the old man's hand on his left shoulder. He immediately felt like a heavy mountain was pressing on his shoulder, and he couldn't even lift it up.
Chapter completed!