Chapter 20: Donating the Ice Jelly Recipe to the Clan

Chapter 20: Donating the Ice Jelly Recipe to the Clan

As soon as the sun rose, someone banged on the door of the hut with a deafening bang.

Qin Zhi suppressed the anger rising in his heart. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Qin Dahai and his wife standing at the door, making a knocking gesture with their hands.

A sneer flashed across Qin Zhi's lips: "Manager Qin is really well-educated. He came to report the death so early in the morning."

Since ancient times, there have been etiquette for knocking on doors. Continuous and rapid knocking on the door is an announcement of death. One light knock and two heavy knocks, then stepping back and waiting for a response is the normal way of knocking on the door. It is really unlucky to knock like Qin Dahai early in the morning and not stop until the door is opened.

Qin Dahai suddenly reacted, a trace of guilt flashed in his eyes, and he glared at his wife Mei. Mei was a woman who stayed at home every day and didn't understand anything. She just thought Qin Zhi was making excuses not to hand over the prescription.

"You little bitch, how dare you talk to your uncle like that? You were born by a mother but not taught by her. You deserve your father to divorce your mother." Mei babble, totally unaware of the cold light that flashed in Qin Zhi's eyes.

"Pa" Qin Zhi slapped Mei with his backhand. The sound scared Qin Dahai.

Mei's face quickly became red and swollen, and even the mark of the slap was faintly visible, which showed how much force was used in that slap.

Mei was stunned. This little bitch actually dared to slap her.

"You beast, you dare to hit me, I will beat you to death." Mei said as she rushed towards Qin Zhi. She was about to knock him down, but Qin Zhi dodged to the side. Mei couldn't hold back her strength and fell to the ground like a dog eating shit. The pain made her eyes sparkle.

"Enough, Erya, she is your elder after all." Qin Dahai helped Mei up, his eyes full of hostility.

Qin Zhi sneered: "What kind of elder is she?"

"Erya, you said before that you would return the recipe of ice jelly to the Qin family. I came to get it today." Qin Dahai finally got to the point.

"Don't worry, I said that if it is the Qin family's ancestral recipe, I will return it to the Qin family. I have already informed the eldest uncle, the second uncle and the old patriarch, and they will all go to the Qin family ancestral hall to sort things out later." Qin Zhi said with a smile.

There are three brothers in the Qin family, and Qin Lao Han is the third oldest. Uncle Qin and Uncle Qin were soldiers when they were young, and they are full of righteousness. Qin Lao Han looks honest on the outside, but he is actually the most insidious and cunning. Many times, Liu's pranks outside are tacitly approved by Qin Lao Han. The old patriarch is the most prestigious leader of the Qin family now, and he is also a man full of righteousness.

Of course, most of the Qin family members have good character, except for the old Qin family. This is the case of good bamboos producing bad bamboos.

When Qin Dahai heard that he had informed his uncle, second uncle and the clan leader, his expression twisted instantly: "Why are you looking for your uncle and second uncle for anything? Just hand it over to me."

"Didn't you say that the recipe was passed down from the Qin family? Of course I have to ask my uncles and uncles for clarification." Qin Zhi blinked innocently.

Qin Dahai's expression turned cold. This little bitch actually dared to do something to him. The eldest uncle and the second uncle were old-fashioned people. They were very serious about everything. The old clan leader couldn't stand the clan members deceiving their superiors and subordinates and having bad character. If they knew about this, they would definitely scold him.

Ding, the village bell rang, the clan was calling everyone to the meeting. Every household had to go to the clan ancestral hall for the meeting.

In the Great Xiao Dynasty, regardless of gender, as long as they were descendants or daughters-in-law, they could enter the ancestral hall.

Qin Zhi locked the door and walked towards the ancestral hall. Before leaving, he gave Qin Dahai a mocking look.

Qin Dahai knew that the opening of the ancestral hall today must be related to him, and he could not escape, so he had to follow Qin Zhi.

Shen knew that the ancestral hall would be opened today, and Qin Zhi had told her in advance. As an abandoned woman of the Qin family, she could not go to such an occasion, so she only left Qin Zhi as a representative, and she and Qin Zhen went to the town to sell ice jelly as usual.

When we arrived at the ancestral hall, it was already full of people. The Qin family was a big family. There were 82 families in Shitou Village alone.

The old patriarch and Uncle Qin and Uncle Qin were all present. Even the old man Qin and his family came in full force. Among the family, Qin Erzhu was the most eye-catching. He was much thinner than before, and his eyes were not as clear as before. He had obviously gotten up early to work in the fields. The old Qin family was so ruthless that they took advantage of one person.

The old patriarch rang the bell, signaling everyone to be quiet.

"I called everyone here today because I want to announce something to you." The old patriarch paused, then continued, "Everyone, I believe everyone knows that Daya and Erya's family are building a house at the foot of the mountain. This piece of land was bought by their family. The beams of the new house will be put up tomorrow. The three of them, mother and daughter, invite all of us in the village to a buffet tomorrow. The buffet will be arranged on the open space outside the small hut. Everyone, please lend a hand and help if you can. If anyone has extra tables and chairs, please lend them to them."

"Then I'll help pick the vegetables tomorrow, and I'll help serve the food?"

Everyone started talking about it.

"Bah, a bunch of snobs." Qin Lian curled her lips viciously.

"They built a house as soon as they were kicked out. I wonder what shameful business they did to have the money to build it." Liu curled her lips and cursed.

"You said I did something shameful. I just stole your Qin family's ancestral secret recipe. Don't you know what was stolen from you?" As soon as Qin Zhi came in, he heard the old witch throwing dirty water on his family of three.

"What secret recipe passed down from generation to generation? You little bitch, you want to steal things from me? Do you have the ability to do it?" He answered angrily.

"Does your family have a secret recipe for desserts?" Qin Zhi asked again.

"But your eldest son said that I stole the Qin family's secret recipe and asked me to return it to him."

"Uncle, Qin Dahai said that the recipe for my ice jelly was passed down from the Qin family. Does the Qin family really have this recipe?"

"The Qin family doesn't have any prescription. My parents and I fled here to escape famine. We had nothing except the tattered clothes we were wearing." After saying that, the Qin family's uncle turned around and glanced at Qin Dahai.

"Qin Dahai, you even dare to deceive orphans and widows. Shen took her two daughters and left the house with nothing. Erya finally got a recipe to make a living, but you said it was stolen from your family. You deliberately ruined the child's reputation. If your family had the recipe, I'm afraid you would have started making money long ago."

Qin Dahai had a gloomy face and didn't say anything. Are you kidding? This place is full of ancestral tablets. You can't be rude in front of the ancestors.

At this time, the patriarch also began to speak.

“Although Daya and Erya have severed their relationship with the Dahai family and no longer belong to the old Qin family, they still have the surname Qin and are still descendants of our Qin family. Erya told me yesterday that she wanted to donate the ice jelly recipe to the clan. The clan will arrange for someone to sell it, and with the income, we can build a clan school in the village.” After the old clan leader finished speaking, the villagers below began to applaud.

Qin Dahai's face turned pale, and he left with his sleeves swung. Old Qin also left with his whole family.

Qin Zhi explained that he could only make money from making ice jelly for the next month, because when the weather gets cold, there will be no business. So he had to start preparing quickly. Qin Zhi taught everyone how to prepare the ingredients, and the most important thing was ice grass seeds. Ice grass seeds come from a wild plant - lantern grass. This plant is very common, growing in patches everywhere in the wild, even outside the ancestral hall.

Qin Zhi taught them on the spot and picked a few fruits from lantern grass. The seeds inside were ice grass seeds. Qin Zhi taught them how to rub ice grass seeds. Everyone was a skilled person and understood it at a glance. Soon everyone learned the whole production process.

Everyone was very happy and thanked Qin Zhi enthusiastically.

Qin Zhi also taught them to form groups to sell, one group to sell at the gate of the county school, one group to the market, one group to sell in the rich area, and one group to walk the streets. The number of people was allocated according to the flow of people in each place.

Most members of the Qin family are very united. They all think this suggestion is good and are willing to listen to Qin Zhi.

It was almost noon before the work at the ancestral hall was finished.

Qin Zhi went directly to the town to meet up with Shen.

Shen and Qin Zhen have already sold all the ice jelly. Today is the last day to sell it. Since the recipe has been donated to the clan, I don't need to participate anymore.

Shen also told some familiar customers that she would no longer sell ice jelly in the future, and someone in the village would take over the business. Those customers were reluctant to see such a good boss quit, and asked them to donate the recipe to the tribe so that they could build a clan school. They couldn't help but admire their family.

Even the little fat boy Liu Qian praised them highly.

Shen took the two sisters to the market to buy things needed for tomorrow's banquet.

First, I went to the grocery store to buy some maltose, which was to be sprinkled on the ground when the beams were put up. I also bought various seasonings. Although there were many seasonings in the space, they were not suitable to be displayed in the public eye. I also bought a few jars of wine.

Then I went to Zheng the Butcher. I had already ordered a whole pig from him yesterday. I just had to haul it away. Fortunately, I had a small cart. It was convenient and practical, and it could hold a lot of things.

I went to the vegetable street and bought many kinds of vegetables, as well as some chickens, ducks and fish.

After buying the things, everyone returned to the small hut at the foot of the mountain. Qin Zhi put the purchased ingredients into the space, so that they would not be afraid of spoiling due to the hot weather.

After packing up, I carried the basket up the mountain.

The mountain is still as quiet as ever.

Qin Zhi walked and looked, and found a grape forest, which was full of green and purple grapes, which were crystal clear.

Qin Zhi was overjoyed. He planned to put some of it on tomorrow's banquet and save the rest for making wine.

Qin Zhi quickly picked the grapes and dug up a few vines to plant in the yard of the space.

After picking the grapes, continue walking forward.

Qin Zhi had never been to this area before, and there were almost no roads there.

Qin Zhi found a huge beehive on a tree, which actually contained a huge piece of honey.

Qin Zhi lit a torch, smoked away the bees, and took down the hive. Qin Zhi dipped his hand in some honey and put it in his mouth to taste it. It was really sweet, top-quality honey. This big honey was also collected by Qin Zhi into the space.

Later, Qin Zhi shot another deer, which was just enough to make some venison skewers the next day. In addition to deer, he also caught more than a dozen pheasants.

Qin Zhi had a good income today and returned home in a good mood.

Shen and Qin Zhen had already prepared the meal. They cooked two more dishes for today. Perhaps because they were going to put up the beams tomorrow, Shen was in a good mood.

After dinner, Shen and Qin Zhen cleaned up the dishes, while Qin Zhi entered the space to prepare food for tomorrow's buffet.

Qin Zhi and Shen Shi have already agreed that they will be the chef tomorrow, so they were told not to worry about it and to go to bed early.

Qin Zhi first cut a large piece of pork, chopped it up, added seasoning, kneaded it into a ball, and fried it in a pan into meatballs.

Then he slaughtered a dozen pheasants and made chicken soup.

The fish is prepared to be made into squirrel mandarin fish.

For the rest, just cut what needs to be cut.