Qiao Xuan agreed to his offer and then spoke to the farmer lady regarding the ingredients. After the discussion, she laughed and gave 3 qian to the lady.
The lady gave 30 wen to the neighbors and told them to do something, so two children around the age of 12 went out.
The farmer lady killed one rooster after she returned, and according to the instruction of Qiao Xuan, she pulled out garlic sprouts, shallots, picked cabbages, as well as eggplants.
By the time the chicken was de-haired, cut into pieces, boiled, and all kinds of vegetables and seasonings were getting ready, the two neighboring children came back.
They had three eels with them.
Under this weather, the water in the ditch was rising, and the loaches and eels were seen everywhere, easy for them to catch.
The two children had gone to the ditch to catch eels.
Apart from eels, they had a dozen loaches and offered them as a present.
Those things were not worth any money. They only used them to feed chickens and ducks.
But Qiao Xuan loved them. She had many ways of making loaches, but due to the lack of seasonings at the lady’s home, all she could do was to wrap them with egg porridge and pan-fried them.
With the help of the lady and Shao Yunduan, the lunch was ready within no time.
The dishes included roasted chicken with eels, pan-fried loaches, eggplant with garlic, shredded cabbages, fried egg with shallots, plus a big bowl of light cabbage soup.
The lady was very concerned about the way Qiao Xuan cooked, and was dumbfounded too. But thinking of the 300 wen in her pocket, she said nothing e.
The lunch, plus the chicken, cost around 100 won. She had made a great deal of money from this lunch, so the guests could do whatever they wanted with the ingredients.
What amazed her was that Young Master Shao was doing the dishes, washing vegetables, starting a fire and doing all kinds of dirty and filthy work. All Mrs. Shao did was stir and fry the ingredients in the pan which wasn’t a very difficult task.
The lady could not help but feel jealous. “Mrs. Shao, you are so lucky to have such a diligent husband!”
Young Master Shao looked quiet, but he was so willing to do all these tasks, whilst her own husband never even wanted to step into the kitchen for anything.
Qiao Xuan threw a look at Shao Yunduan who looked embarrassed, then she smiled at the lady and nodded.
Shao Yunduan threw a sneaky glance at her and pretended to be calm. But actually, he felt excited inwardly, and even felt happiness striking his heartstrings.
Qiao Xuan asked for clean bowls and gave some portions to the lady’s family, before the dishes were served.
The lady’s family was out for work, only she and her youngest daughter and son were at home, who were already drooling but had made no sound.
They knew that it was something their guests bought, not something that belonged to their family.
Qiao Xuan did not like that.
“Lady, try these dishes with your children!”
“Oh, thank you so much!” The woman was surprised and happy, but also felt a little embarrassed. But seeing how her children were greedy for the dishes, she did not turn her down and accepted the dishes after saying a few polite words.
When the dishes were served, both Yuezheng Xiao and Xie Jingrong were startled.
Yuezheng Xiao looked at the dishes and then at Qiao Xuan suspiciously.
He was really confused. Did she really make all the dishes?
Even Xie Jingrong was taken aback. He could not think of how Yuezheng Xiao said that she was different from all the concubine daughters they had met till date.
Concubine daughters were often those who got spoiled by the madame of the family and behaved like a dumbass.