Chapter 116: The beggar complains that the food is rotten

Chapter 116: The beggar complains that the food is rotten

"Humph."

Shen Zhi turned around, only to see Lord Sun looking at him unhappily. Shen Zhi was puzzled. What had he done to offend him that he snorted as soon as he came.

Lord Sun didn't want to stay in the yard and suffer the torture of the fragrance. The scene of a gluttonous feast popped up in his mind, so he went out for a walk alone to breathe the air outside. Unexpectedly, he came to the sandy land by the river. Who would have thought that he could meet this girl here. She was leisurely, brewing tea around the stove and enjoying the night view.

"Why is Lord Sun here?" Shen Zhi asked with a frown, thinking of the scene of them peeling potatoes that night.

Lord Sun knew that she had misunderstood his purpose, and replied unhappily, "It's all your fault. The whole yard is filled with fragrance, but you didn't show your filial piety to the elders by sending us some to taste. I didn't come here to cause trouble, but to take a walk and breathe some fresh air. Also, we didn't do anything intentional last time, we just wanted to pull them out to see what potatoes were and how to plant them. Originally, we thought we would plant them back intact after seeing them, but who knew you were so vigilant and even tied up your dogs to guard them. You guys even rushed over in the middle of the night and thought we were thieves. Humph, are we that boring?"

Shen Zhi said: "The meals for you are all carefully prepared by the cooks. We treat you with the highest standards. As for what I made, it's just folk snacks. If I don't give them to you, isn't it because I'm worried that you won't like them? You are guests from afar, so you must be treated with the most exquisite food."

Lord Sun snorted coldly, "The dish she made is all the same. What's so delicious about it? Folk snacks, each city has its own flavor, and that's what's classic and authentic."

Shen Zhi understood. It seemed that this Lord Sun was also a glutton.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Shen Zhi dug up the fire on the ground, dug up the soil with a shovel, took out the dried mud, smashed it hard, exposed the lotus leaves, and opened them. Suddenly, a burst of fragrance came to his nose.

Lord Sun was about to leave when he suddenly smelled an alluring aroma. He stopped immediately and asked, "What is this?"

Without even looking up, Shen Zhi said, "Beggar's chicken."

"Then give me some."

Shen Zhi blushed and raised his head and said, "Don't you think it's not worthy of being displayed in a formal place?"

Lord Sun rolled his eyes at her and said, "There is no distinction between expensive and cheap food."

Shen Zhi placed the beggar's chicken on the table, tore off a wing and handed it to Lord Sun. He thought to himself, "You know that food is not divided into noble and humble types, but do people have noble and humble types? You keep calling her "peasant girl" all the time."

Lord Sun took the chicken wing and said anxiously, "You are too stingy, I have been waiting for a long time with such a thick face, and you only give me a chicken wing. Treat me like a beggar, at least give me a chicken leg."

Shen Zhi really opened the door for Wu Yu, Wu Yu was home. This beggar complained that the food was rotten, and he was lucky not to be given a chicken butt. "If you don't want to eat, forget it." Shen Zhi said unhappily.

Mr. Sun ignored her, sat down on the chair, put the chicken wing in his hand into his mouth, then grabbed the chicken with both hands, tore off a big chicken leg and started eating.

It was the first time Shen Zhi had seen such a shameless person, and she was so angry that she laughed. Forget it, let's eat quickly, otherwise they will be snatched up later. She tore off another chicken wing and secretly observed Lord Sun while eating. Although he ate very quickly, it could be said that he ate like a storm, but his movements were extremely cultured.

Before she finished eating, Lord Sun tore the remaining pheasant into two halves and handed the half with the drumstick to Shen Zhi, "Half for each of you, don't say I'm taking advantage of you."

Shen Zhi rolled his eyes again and said, "You've taken advantage of half of my chicken and you're still acting like a slut."

Shen Zhi poured a cup of fruit tea, pushed it in front of Lord Sun, and said, "It will help relieve the greasiness." After that, he poured himself a cup and tasted it slowly.

Lord Sun also picked up the water cup and took a sip of the fruit tea. It was indeed refreshing and refreshing. He thought that this girl was not as rude as he imagined. After drinking the tea, Lord Sun took half a chicken and left, saying that he wanted to give it to the other four adults to taste.

After daybreak, Shen Zhi explained the affairs of Baiyun Villa to Mr. Liu, and then drove the carriage back to Shitou Village.

Meng Ting was left at home by Shen Zhi to take care of her younger brother Meng Zirui. Meng Zirui had been taking Shen Zhi's special medicine for a while. He had been vomiting blood every day for the past few days, all of which were black poisonous blood. The symptoms have only eased a little in the past two days. Shen Zhi had explained in advance that this was all normal.

After Shen Zhi came back, he gave him another thorough examination and then used spiritual spring water to prepare the antidote for him.

When Shen saw her daughter coming back, she felt so distressed that she found she had lost weight. She busied herself preparing a large table of food for her.

Eunuch Cao came back very late. These days, he had been following Song Shijie with his guards to search the Huainan Palace. The Huainan Palace was now surrounded by the government. Seeing Shen Zhi coming back, he had dinner with him. Eunuch Cao said that the matter of the Huainan Palace had come to an end, and he would follow Shen Zhi to Baiyun Villa tomorrow.

Shen Zhi came back this time to transport some sweet potatoes to start growing seedlings.

Shen Zhi had cooked many sweet potato dishes for Eunuch Cao before, and Eunuch Cao praised the taste of sweet potatoes. When he learned that the yield of sweet potatoes was the same as that of potatoes, he strongly agreed to try planting some sweet potatoes in Baiyun Villa. Then Shen Zhi mentioned hybrid rice to him, which could produce more than 2,000 kilograms per mu, and in some southern cities it could even be planted twice a year. At that time, the yield of rice in the Great Xiao Dynasty was only 200 to 300 kilograms per mu. Eunuch Cao's expression now could not be described as surprised, but shocked inside and out.

Eunuch Cao sent a pigeon letter to the emperor overnight about the sweet potatoes and hybrid rice. If there was hybrid rice back then, the output of his family's few acres of thin land would not be enough to feed them, and he would not have to enter the palace as a child and be a lowly slave for the rest of his life.

The next day, when the two drove away, they first went to a shop in the town. The renovation of the photo studio was nearing completion. The workers hired by Song Che were indeed good, and the effects they produced were what Shen Zhi wanted. An antique house was built behind the bamboo forest in the yard. From the outside, the house and the bamboo forest formed a beautiful picture. When I walked into the house, I found that this was a toilet divided into men's and women's. The inside was paved with tiles provided by Shen Zhi, and Shen Zhi announced to the outside that these were purchased from foreign merchants. There are many small compartments in the toilet, and there is a washbasin outside. A large mirror is installed on the wall above the washbasin. There are several faucets installed on the washbasin, connected to the well water, and water flows out when it is turned on.

Two of the houses in the row behind the yard were turned into photo retouching studios, and the others were turned into staff dormitories. A wall was added in the middle to form two separate small courtyards, one for female employees and one for male employees, so they do not disturb each other.

Shen Zhi was very satisfied with the decoration effect and gave each craftsman a reward of one or two taels of silver in advance, which made the craftsmen more motivated.