Scholar's Sweetheart

After Manager Soong and the others left, Grandma Qiu wanted to give the writing board to Soong Xintong, but she refused, "This is all Brother Dayi's credit, so there's no need to give me any points."

"How can this be? "That Manager Soong gave a good price because of you. People in the village can sell it for six or seven coins at most." Grandma Qiu said.

"This is our fish too, look at it, it's the wild fish we just fished out." Soong Xintong rejected it again, "Just give the money to Brother Dayi and the tycoon, they earned it themselves."

Grandma Qiu glanced at her purse reluctantly before handing it to her two grandchildren. "Don't spend it recklessly."

Xie Yi and Xie Hao were very happy, "grandma, don't worry, I won't let them go carelessly."

Soong Xintong looked at the remaining four fish in the bucket, "I still need to trouble Brother Dayi to clean up the fish."

"No problem." Xie Yi carried the water bucket and left.

Aunt Xie and Uncle Xie had come back to chop firewood. Soong Xintong divided the money before the fish were ready, "Aunt, Uncle, you guys dug a total of 2000 pounds. Here's 8 taels of silver. You keep it well."

Everyone's eyes lit up as they carefully received the money, "This money is too easy to earn."

"Auntie, I have to tell you guys one more piece of bad news." Although Soong Xintong couldn't bear to interrupt their good mood, she still had to say, "Manager Soong told me that he might come back the next day and not come back again."

"This... "So fast?" Aunt Xie's expression changed. "Are they not going to do this business anymore?"

"Maybe they're tired of eating. Maybe they found out that Broken Ear Root was about to be dug up by themselves." Soong Xintong made a few wild guesses, "But we still have a chance to make money, so Aunt, you don't have to worry too much."

Aunt Xie thought for a while. "Then, how about we dig a few more tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. We can save four to five thousand pounds and make a large profit?"

"He said two thousand pounds at most." Soong Xintong interrupted Aunt Xie's delusions.

Aunt Xie pursed her lips unhappily. "Although I've already prepared in my heart, it's only been a few days, so why would I be so worried?"

"You're really something, woman. Didn't you say it was fine before, why are you reciting it here now!" Xie Daniu angrily looked at her, then looked at Soong Xintong. "These few days, Xintong brought us to earn close to twenty silver taels. These few days, we didn't even dare to think about it before."

"Yes, yes, yes." Aunt Xie was afraid that it would make Soong Xintong unhappy. "Xintong, don't take Aunt seriously. Aunt's heart is beating so fast that it's almost impossible to calm down."

"Aunt, I know. I'm also very disappointed, but it doesn't matter. I can use other ways to earn money in the future." Soong Xintong understood what she was feeling and did not say much. She got up and walked towards kitchen, "Then I'll go make some fish."

After she left, Xie Daniu stared at Aunt Xie'er and cursed in a low voice, "How can you, a woman, not know what's good for you? Xintong had the good intentions to make money for you, but she only earned twenty silver taels in two days. It's purely because I'm full. "

"I didn't mean that. I just said that." Aunt Xie hurriedly explained. She really didn't blame anyone or show any dissatisfaction.

Soong Xintong had long prepared an iron rack and placed it on top of the charcoal fire. Normally, one could use a frying pan or an oven to make grilled fish at home, but since there were no conditions here, they could only use this method. Furthermore, the method of using charcoal to roast fish should be similar to the methods used in the modern night market.

Soong Xintong smeared the two fishes with lard before sprinkling them with fresh pepper and dogwood juice. Since there was no seasoning such as cumin powder, she could only add some spices to the fish.

After the preparations were done, Soong Xintong placed the two fish on the metal shelf, making a sizzling sound when oil and water fell on the charcoal.

"That's it?" Xie Yi couldn't help but ask.

As Soong Xintong listened to the sizzling sounds, she knew what was going on. "Yes, you have to keep an eye on it. You have to keep an eye on it, and you have to oil it."

Xie Hao said, "This is more or less the same as roasting it on open fire."

Goudan also came over, "I've eaten grilled by Big Bro, it's delicious."

"My sister made it even better." Little Treasure raised his voice as if he was afraid that others wouldn't know.

Goudan felt that his brother was the best, but when he thought about the dishes that Xintong's sister cooked two days ago, he became a little uncertain. He looked at the silent Big Treasure beside him and asked, "Big Treasure, what do you think?"

Dabao naturally protected his elder sister, "It was cooked well by elder sister."

The three youngsters began arguing on the side.

Soon, the smell of fish wafted through the air. Soong Xintong estimated that it was almost 15 minutes. She turned the fish over with her chopsticks and spatula. The side she turned over looked golden and crispy.

"Smells so good, smells so good." Little Treasure couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

"It does smell good." Xie Yi couldn't help but swallow his saliva, "How do you know if we should flip it?"

Soong Xintong thought for a moment and calculated the time. "About an incense stick's worth of time would suffice. However, half an incense stick's worth of time would be more or less sufficient."

"So that's how it is. It was rather quick, so there's no need to care about what happens next, right?" Xie Yi asked.

"I still have so much seasoning here, I'll need it later." Soong Xintong poured all the vegetables, including vegetables, mushrooms, wooden ears, cucumbers, and potatoes into the boiling water in a small stove nearby. After boiling the water, she quickly scooped it up and drained it dry.

He then boiled the pot again and poured oil to stir-fry the seasoning.

Soong Xintong found a large pot and placed all the vegetables, including the vegetables, mushrooms, fungus, cucumbers, potatoes, and other ingredients that had been boiled and overflowed with water. She then placed the fish that was already roasted on the plate, and then poured all the seasonings she had prepared onto the pot.

The surrounding crowd couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

Aunt Xie was even more exaggerated as she shouted, "Aiyo, it's really fragrant!"

After Soong Xintong had them bring the pot out, she put the big iron pot back and started boiling the water to cook the fish. She originally wanted to cook the Red Braised Fish, but she felt that it was almost the same as cooking the fish, so she started cooking the fish instead.

After quickly cooking a pot of delicious boiled fish, Yuan Zhou sprinkled the prepared onion and celery leaves onto it and carried it out. "Alright, it's time to eat."

"Wow …" Da Bao, Xiao Bao and Goudan's eyes lit up.

"Xintong, come sit down and eat." Grandma Qiu set up the dishes and then took the rice out, "It smells so good. After eating the food made by Xintong, I feel like my previous meal was made for nothing."

"That's right." Aunt Xie also chimed in, "Aiyo, this fish is so fragrant, it doesn't have any smell of paste at all."

"It's tender from the outside! Delicious!" Xie Daniu couldn't help but say, "What's with the fishy smell? His cooking skills are even comparable to a restaurant's chef."

Seeing that everyone liked to eat, Soong Xintong was also very happy. "I was just trying to make it. I haven't prepared a lot of seasonings yet." For a normal chef like her, encountering a genuine Taotie gourmet simply didn't catch her eye.

"It's already very delicious." Grandma Qiu ate the side dishes underneath the grilled fish. "I never thought that I would be able to cook like this. Even these leaves taste so good."

"If only there were bean sprouts, powder sticks, and lotus root slices." Soong Xintong preferred to eat shredded rice.

Aunt Xie said, "If Xintong wants to eat bean sprouts, I'll be back tonight to grow my bean sprouts."

"No need, no need, I was just speaking casually." Soong Xintong put the fish meat with the shaved fish bone into the twin's bowl. "Aunt, do you know where there are powders for sale?"

"What's a powder stick?" Grandma Qiu and Xie Daniu were puzzled, "Can they eat it?"

"It's thin and long, made from sweet potatoes." Soong Xintong explained.

"We all grow sweet potatoes, but this is the first time I've heard of this." Grandma Qiu said.