The Daily Life of the Daughter of a Minor Official

Chapter 54 Little Living Treasure

It’s all gone so soon?

Su Ruojin looked at the food shelf in surprise. After a while, the pork, mutton, chicken and other meat she bought for a few taels of silver were all wiped out.

A few days ago, Mrs. Yang heard from her daughter that the Su family would have a barbecue during their spring outing. Every spring outing, no matter whether it was the Duke of Zheng’s mansion or now her own house, barbecue was always indispensable, so she didn’t take it seriously.

Mrs. Yang took advantage of her younger daughter and also ate the Su family's barbecue. Fortunately, the sauce was prepared by Mrs. Su, who is good at gourmet food. The taste was really amazing. Seeing that the Su family's meat was gone, she quickly sent someone I brought mutton and pork belly.

She joked: "Ah Jin, you don't mind if I come over and rub a few skewers!"

 “As long as Madam doesn’t mind, you are welcome to come!”

There was meat to grill, so Su Ruojin quickly came over and taught Xianggui and Maoya how to make the sauce and marinate it. It was just a short time, so it definitely wouldn’t get much flavor, but it was better than not eating it at all! She asked her eldest brother, Xue Wulang, Yang Dalang and others to come over and help, "You use a small skewer to poke the meat to make it easier to taste."

　　A group of children from the neighbors came over to poke meat to savor the flavor. Mrs. Yang came over to join in the fun. Cheng Yingzhen and his wife came out of the tent to greet their neighbors. They stood in front of the barbecue and watched the children marinating the meat and chatting about their families.

 Suddenly, both adults and children were laughing and laughing, and seemed to be much closer. This is also the charm of barbecue, which can always quickly shorten the distance between people.

Mr. Xue teased his wife and said, "You should come over and have a chat."

Mrs. Xue glanced at the Su and Yang families. One had no foundation and the other was a concubine’s concubine. What was there to fawn over? She looked away with disdain and said, “I want you to go.”

Xue Liuniang hadn't played with Su Erniang and Yang Siniang for a long time since the last time they had a conflict while playing with stones. Seeing the bustle in front of the Su family's barbecue stall, she felt very itchy. She stretched out her hand and pulled off the corner of Mrs. Xue's clothes, " Mom, Fifth Brother is over there, I want to go too.”

When Boss Xue saw that his wife didn't listen to him, he was very angry and whispered in her ear, "My boss doesn't want to see me. Just now I shamelessly went with him to give a gift to Mr. Fan. I finally had the opportunity to show off in front of Mr. Fan. Since my last name is Su is favored by Lord Fan, and if he takes advantage of him, he may meet with Lord Fan a few more times, and maybe he will get a chance to be promoted."

Mrs. Xue didn't leave any room behind when she spoke, "If someone named Su has such ability, why don't you raise your official position first?" She looked down upon the poor who wanted to borrow their daughter's dowry to run a stall to support the family.

Mr. Xue works as an errand in the Ministry of Industry and spends most of the year on business trips. Therefore, the relationship between him and his wife is estranged, and they always start to quarrel after saying less than three sentences. Today, there are people outside, so it is not easy for him to get angry. He had to adjust his expression, hold his daughter Xue Liu Niang's hand and stand beside Su Yanli, smiling, "It's so lively!"

"Yes!" Su Yanli turned his head and raised his hand towards him, "When it is baked, Mr. Xue will try it too. It tastes pretty good."

"Okay, then I'm not polite!" While talking to him, Chief Xue glanced around and didn't see Yang Yushi. He thought to himself, anyway, he is a small official, and he is not the target of the supervisory officials for the time being. The target did not ask where Yang Yushi had gone.

At noon, the boys who were playing around were all tired, and they all hid in the shade to rest. Fan Chengcan gave the skewers he grabbed to his uncle as a treasure, and stuffed them into Fan Yanjia's mouth with a flattering look on his face. "Uncle, is it delicious?"

Fan Yanjia just thought about what was delicious. The mutton he stuffed into his mouth was tender, juicy, spicy and fragrant, and his tongue and teeth were salivating. He couldn't stop, so he simply took the skewers from his nephew's hand and divided it into two by three. It was all gone in no time.

 Eh, it’s even more delicious than Fenglou’s roasted one. How satisfying is a skewer? Fan Yanjia quickly asked, “Where did you get it?”

Fan Chengcan had a look on his face. Seeing that his uncle was still trying to grab it, he quickly ran to his grandparents and gave one bunch to his grandfather and one bunch to his grandmother. "Okay, grandson, I thought about such delicious food before I even ate it." Give it to your grandparents to taste.”

 The little man didn’t know that his words were contradictory, which caused Mr. Fan and his wife to throw their heads up and laugh.

Mr. Fan's eldest son blushed for his son, and quickly stepped forward to hug him, "You kid, it's better not to tell lies."

“Father, how do you know I lied?” Fan Chengcan asked innocently, “Did you see it?”

 Everyone has great joy together. With this living treasure, it is a great pleasure to go out and play. Mrs. Fan put her eldest grandson in her arms, and the baby cried out loudly that he would eat the mutton skewers he gave her, and fed him in turn, "If you like it, eat more."

Fan Chengcan made a little calculation and knew that his grandmother would be reluctant to give it to him. He was killing two birds with one stone, having filial piety and having mutton skewers to eat. How good.

I was tired in spring and autumn, and when the seasons changed, Master Fan's taste was not good. He smelled the spicy aroma from the mutton skewers in his hand and couldn't help but eat a piece. It seemed that some mechanism had been touched, and Master Fan's mouth was opened all of a sudden. The taste buds, like his little son, couldn't stop eating. In the blink of an eye, they finished the skewers.

 “Is there any more?”

Master Fan turned to look at his grandson.

Fan Chengcan looked at the skewer with three pieces of mutton left in his grandmother's hand. He was stunned for a moment, then quickly snatched it from his grandmother's hand. With a swipe, he finished the three pieces in one go, put them in his mouth and chewed them.

 Look how grandpa still robs!

 Master Fan:…

This grandson loves him, but he doesn’t love him much!

Ha ha…

Mrs. Fan was amused by her grandfather and grandson until she burst into tears. It was so funny.

Master Fan said goodbye to his old wife, his eyes full of resentment, "I haven't eaten well for several days, and it's rare for me to have a day off, but it doesn't satisfy me."

"Okay, okay, I'll satisfy you." Mrs. Fan wiped away her tears from laughter and asked Qinqin's eldest grandson, "Can'er, whose family grilled such delicious mutton skewers?"

 “It’s the little lady who always wants her father to hug her.”

Mrs. Fan knew who it was as soon as she heard it.

Master Fan didn’t know: “Which little lady always wants someone to hug her?”

Fan Yanjia snorted coldly and continued: "It's your Su Yuzhi from the south of the Yangtze River."

"What's mine, you brat, your skin is itchy, right?" Master Fan said as he stood up. Fan Yanjia thought his father was going to beat him, so he got up and ran away.

Master Fan, however, acted as if he hadn't seen him, and swayed towards the north with his hands behind his hands. Master Fan's eldest son, Fan Hongjia, quickly followed his father. The two of them walked and chatted: "Father, King Jin came to see you just now..."

 Avoiding the crowd, Fan Hongjia asked about what happened more than half an hour ago.

Master Fan did not hide his eldest son, "The King of Jin wanted to send his son to the Imperial Academy and wanted Yan'er to accompany him to study. He also asked me which master would be better for him."

“Father, my little brother has always been undisciplined and not attentive to his studies. It would not be appropriate for him to be a companion to Prince Pingyang!”

Lord Fan did not reply to the eldest son's words, but asked, "Does Prince Pingyang need to take a scientific examination?"

Fan Hongjia was choked up all of a sudden, "Then...which master does father want to recommend?"

 (End of this chapter)