Transmigrated into Substitute Bride ‘Fu Lang’

Chapter 35.3: 識字

Literacy

Chen Xing looked in the direction of the voice and saw that it was Fu Gongzi, whom he had not seen for days. He originally thought that Fu Gongzi didn’t like the jelly so he was disappointed then in a fit of anger, he stopped coming to his stall but who knew it would be like this when he saw him again.

 

Chen Xing looked at Fu Gongzi who was wailing with his fat face. He was somehow puzzled, “Fu Gongzi, what’s wrong with you?”

 

Hearing he questioned him like this, Chen Xing immediately cried out, “Little boss ah~ you don’t know that dessert you gave me, I didn’t get a single bite of it.”

 

Chen Xing’s face appeared a bit stunned and he asked, “What’s going on?”

 

Fu Gongzi told Chen Xing what had happened after he returned and bought the jelly back that day, and at the end he said, “I sneaked into the master’s room to have a taste of the desert, but instead of finding the box, I was blocked by the teacher who had returned. I was not only beaten ten times, but I was also punished by the teacher and asked to copy the Four Books and Five Classics twenty times, which I just finished today.”

 

[Four Books (the four major Confucian classics, namely, The Great Learning (《大学》), The Doctrine of the Mean (《中庸》), The Analects of Confucius (《论语》), and The Mencius (《孟子》))]

 

[The Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs Shījīng [诗经], the Book of History Shūjīng [书经], the Classic of Rites Lǐjì [礼记], the Book of Changes Yìjīng [易经], and the Spring and Autumn Annals Chūnqiū [春秋]]

 

Chen Xing looked at Fu Gongzi with a complicated expression, not knowing whether to sympathize with him for being punished so many times or to admire him for his perseverance in order to get a bite to eat.

 

When Fu Gongzi had finished talking, he looked at Chen Xing and said expectantly, “Little boss, do you still have these desserts?”

 

Chen Xing’s face showed some awkwardness, because that jelly can not be put for a long time, so after a long time waiting for the feedback from Fu Gongzi’s side, the rest of it, they directly ate it all.

 

Looking at Chen Xing’s expression, Fu Gongzi also guessed a few points, his face immediately showed a disappointed expression. He felt and guessed that he was not destined to eat that food.

 

Looking at this little pitiful look on Fu Gongzi’s face, Chen Xing suddenly thought of what he was planning this period of time ago, and immediately said, “It’s not available right now, but in a few days there will be.”

 

Fu Gongzi’s eyes sparked a few points of hope, his eyes brightly staring at Chen Xing, as he excitedly said: “Really?”

 

Chen Xing looked at his expectant look, nodded without hesitation, said his thoughts, “I plan to sell that dessert in a few days, only the quantity will be a little less and the price will be a little higher.”

 

Hearing that he would have a chance to eat that dessert again, Fu Gongzi immediately said without hesitation, “I will definitely come to the place, I don’t believe that I won’t be able to eat that thing.”

 

Chen Xing looked at his excited look and also smiled, “I hope that when Fu Gongzi comes over, you can help me bring some guests over. As a reward, I will give you two desserts as a token of appreciation.”

 

Fu Gongzi just wanted to say no need, he didn’t lack that little bit of money anyway, but then he turned around after he thought about the small quantity of that thing that Chen Xing had mentioned, so he kept an eye out for it. Just in case it sells out very fast and he can’t get it, at least he can get the two portions Chen Xing gives him ah!

 

Thinking of this, Fu Gongzi with a straight face said to Chen Xing, “Little boss, you can rest assured, I will definitely bring more people here to support you!”

 

Chen Xing smiled towards Fu Gongzi. He agreed to sell the time, looking at him joyfully carrying a bowl of liangpi and leaving.

 

Staring at the back of Fu Gongzi, Chen Xing could not help but laugh, he felt that this Fu Gongzi is quite cute. This thought only passed through his mind for a moment, soon afterwards his attention was attracted by the new customers.

 

Before returning to the Gu Mansion on that day, Chen Xing first went to the vegetable market to buy a large number of bones and pig skins to prepare for the next sale of jelly. Although the jelly can only be eaten on the same day at room temperature, and can only be kept in the ice cellar for two or three days, its raw material gelatin can be kept for a longer period of time, and when it is necessary, he only need to get the gelatin out and use it to make jelly when needed.

 

Chen Xing had everything planned out. He even went to the old carpenter’s place and asked him to help him build a chic cabinet for storing the jelly when the time’s come. His current condition is a bit simple, so he can only place it like this for the time being.

 

After Chen Xing bought the raw materials to make jelly and go back, he saw an old man on the roadside selling chickens. Thinking of the money earned in these few days is considered quite a lot, also not so miserably stingy, choose a lean chicken and buy it back.

 

On the road, Qiu Jiu looked at that chicken, his mind kept recalling the scenes of eating chicken a few times before, and asked somehow greedily: “What flavor are we going to eat this time? Are we going to eat shredded chicken or spicy chicken?”

 

Hearing him asking like this, Chen Xing hooked his lips, smiled, and softly said, “None of those, we are eating the Beggar chicken this time!”

 

Qiu Jiu heard this name, and a few moments of confusion surfaced in his eyes, completely not understanding what Chen Xing was talking about.

 

Chen Xing, however, save the key and for the time being did not tell him the way to cook the chicken, only said that he would know when he cooked it tonight.

 

Qiu Jiu, although curious but also obedient, hearing this, he no longer asks more questions, only waiting for the dinner.

 

Therefore, on this day, in order to eat new and delicious food earlier, Qiu Jiu behaved more and more diligently.

 

After dinner, Qiu Jiu and Gu Lang looked at Chen Xing, who was squatting on the ground, and saw that he was fiddling with a lump of mud, somewhat curious.

 

Qiu Jiu couldn’t help but ask directly, “Is this that the beggar’s chicken (literally flower Chicken) you were talking about?” He was watching Chen Xing make it with lllhis own eyes but now he’s not too sure if lit’s delicious or not, after all, the outer appearance doesn’t look that good.l

 

Chen Xing nodded his head, using the small hammer in his hand to gently knock it a few times along the edge of the soil, and replied unhurriedly : “That’s right ah, this is the beggar’s chicken (a whole chicken roasted in caked mud) that I mention before.”

 

After Chen Xing said this, something in his hand that was wrapped in the soil was knocked and broken into pieces, and then revealed the inside was wrapped in the bundle shaped lotus leaves.

 

Looking at that thing, the look of curiosity in Qiu Jiu and Gu Lang eyes was even more deeper, in their hesitation whether they should ask or not, only to see Chen Xing put that thing on the table, then in front of them, he gently open the outer layer of lotus leaves, immediately there is a mixture of lotus leaves fragrance with the roasted chicken flavor, let a person can not help but start to secrete saliva.

 

Chen Xing smelled the flavor, seemed to feel quite satisfied, from the side took the knife, cut a few slices of meat down, respectively gave Gu Lang and Qiu Jiu as he warmly said: “You guys quickly try it, see if it suits your taste.”

 

Qiu Jiu who couldn’t stand it anymore, busily used his chopsticks to pick up a piece and put it into his mouth, while Gu Lang, who was beside him, was much more refined and gentle. He was not slow in his movements at all.

 

“Delicious!” Qiu Jiu finished the first piece and quickly ate the second and third piece.

 

Just when the three of them were eating extremely happily, there was a sudden sound of ‘he he he’ and rustling sound from the side, as if something was running around in the middle of it.