Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 169 The prize for the pot-tossing game is 4 chickens? Why give it to me?

Zhou Dalang paused, then continued, "When my mother saw that her relatives no longer cared about her and had all left, her face became extremely unhappy."

"She forced me to go to the county magistrate and get the house deed back."

"I said I don't dare. If you want it, go and get it yourself."

"When my mother saw me say this, she knew that I would never get the shop back. Her wish failed, so she got anxious and picked up the medicine bowl beside the bed and threw it at me. I was caught off guard and this is what happened."

Zhou Dalang touched his head wrapped in cloth and said with a smile: "No matter how powerful my mother is, she would not dare to go to the county magistrate to ask for the shop."

"Don't worry, in a few days, my parents will be better and they will be ready to move back to their old house. Then you can close the shop."

Both Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Li sighed.

Zhou Dalang, on the other hand, had a look of relief on his face: "It's nothing. When I think about how I won't have to worry about my parents' faces in a few days, and my wife and Xiaobao will be able to live a more relaxed life, I feel that this little injury is really nothing."

After saying this, he stood up, bowed, said goodbye and left.

Jiang looked outside the door, shook her head and sighed, "Mrs. Hu was so ruthless. After all, Zhou Dalang had called her his mother for more than ten years, but she just smashed it without hesitation. I have to be careful of her when I open a restaurant in the future."

Shen Yu and Li were also a little worried about this person, wondering if he would cause trouble in the store in the future.

The family was sitting there discussing this matter when there was another knock on the gate.

Li said curiously, "Hey, why is there another person here? I'll go open the door."

After a while, Li came in with a strange expression on her face, followed by Qixi with a smile on her face.

Qi Xi stepped forward and bowed to Shen Yu: "Miss Shen, how are you? My master asked me to return the food box and stew pot."

Shen Yu smiled and nodded, muttering to himself, "Qi Xi is just here to return the utensils, why does my mother look so strange?"

Qixi put the food box and other things in his hand on the table, and called out to the outside: "Bring it in."

Then two boys dressed as servants came in from outside the courtyard gate. One of them was carrying a large food box that was three feet high, and the other was grunting as he carried in a large bamboo cage.

The two men put the things in their hands in the yard, bowed, and turned away quietly.

Shen Yu and others stood in the yard in astonishment, looking at the tall and big food box and the big bamboo cage that kept making "chicken cluck" sounds.

Qi Xi had a flattering smile on her face, her eyes almost narrowed into slits: "Miss Shen, there are... four chickens in this bamboo cage, two roosters and two hens. Yes, these are the prizes that the fourth young master won today when he and his friends played pot-to-pot."

Shen Yu was completely confused by Lu Lang's actions.

Pitch-pot? Lottery? Four chickens?

Shen Yu couldn't speak clearly: "You, you guys, why did you send the prize that Master Lu won to me? Do you want me to raise it for him?"

Qi Xi looked at the children who had gathered around the bamboo cage, looking out and giggling, hesitated for a moment, and whispered, "Miss Shen, can you please have a word with me?"

Shen Yu looked at Li, who nodded and said, "Don't look at them. What's so good about a few chickens? It's not like you haven't seen them before. Come with me to the house."

Having said that, he went back into the house with Jiang Shidun Dun and the others and closed the door.

Shen Yu stood beside the bamboo cage, listening to the occasional "fluttering" sound of wings flapping in the cage, and said with a headache: "Now you can tell me."

Qi Xi glanced towards the house, smiled and came over to whisper, "In fact, the prize my young master won from the pot-tossing game was an inkstone."

"We have several good inkstones in our study. This inkstone is not in very good condition and it takes up space."

Qi Xi scratched his head in embarrassment: "The young master asked me to pawn this inkstone, buy some chicken, duck, fish and meat and send them to the young lady, and ask the young lady to cook some dishes and send them to the county government office when she is free, so that he can have a meat meal."

Shen Yu was confused.

Lu Lang, Lu Lang, are you bringing your own ingredients to be processed here?

We also offer take-out and door-to-door delivery!

Shen Yu was completely speechless.

My Lord County Magistrate, look at what you have done to your son. He can think of any method.

Seeing that Shen Yu didn't say anything, didn't laugh, and didn't get angry, he just stared at the bamboo cage with his almond-shaped eyes in a daze.

Qi Xi was a little nervous. If Miss Shen got angry and spread the matter out, the Fourth Young Master would definitely be beaten by the master.

Qi Xi quickly put on a pitiful look and pleaded miserably, "Miss Shen, please don't be angry with my young master. He, he was also forced into a corner by the master, and he had no choice."

Qi Xi's voice was filled with indignation: "Let me be frank. When my master didn't believe in Buddhism before, he wasn't like this now."

"Although I was strict with the fourth young master's studies, I never treated him badly when it came to food. Every meal was not the most delicious, but there was always chicken, duck, fish and meat."

"The Fourth Young Master was not as thin as he is now before. He has only been a vegetarian for two months and he is almost as thin as a bamboo pole.

"Ever since the master converted to Buddhism, there has been no meat in the small kitchen at home. My wife did not follow the master to take up the post, and the only one who eats with the master is the fourth young master."

"This is terrible. The master is a vegetarian, but he doesn't allow the young master to eat meat!"

"The small kitchen in the back office is separate from the kitchen in the county office. The meals we eat every day are not as good as those of the servants in the county office. At least they can eat meat and eggs. But our master does not allow these meats to enter the small kitchen."

"Don't you know Miss Shen? That's why the Fourth Young Master came up with this idea. Can you secretly make some meat dishes for him every now and then? Otherwise, he will not be able to read if he eats vegetarian food every day."

Qixi complained so much that he was almost crying. His round face was wrinkled like a bun with many wrinkles.

After complaining, Qixi changed the subject and flattered Shen Yu with a smile on her face: "Miss Shen's cooking skills are really good. The chestnut stewed chicken last time was really delicious. The chicken was tender and the chestnuts were soft and glutinous."

"When we were at home, the dishes cooked by Mama Tian, ​​who was the best cook in front of the old lady, were not as delicious as yours."

Shen Yu couldn't help but burst out laughing, but when he thought about Lu Lang's skinny appearance, he felt sympathy for the master and servant.

Shen Yu asked, "Qi Xi, does Master Lu do this every morning, reading on an empty stomach?"

Qi Xi said with a face full of bitterness and hatred: "That's right, our master is very strict. He gets up late and eats breakfast late. But he makes the young master get up early to study, and then eats breakfast with him after he wakes up."

"The master always says that if God wants to give you a great mission, you must first suffer and starve. Well, he means you must suffer and starve first. I don't understand why you have to suffer and starve to achieve a great mission."