Chapter 58: What Happened in The Mountain?
Translator: Fan Translation Studio
Proofread by Claire.KK
“It was so stormy yesterday and I was not able to get out of the house, so I didn’t open my stand. How is Miss? Did she not eat anything?” asked Ye Xiaoxian caringly.
“You’re right. She only eats what you cook and doesn’t care for anything else. She only drank a little bit of rice soup yesterday!” said Housekeeper Liu sadly.
“Then maybe take a couple of pieces of shortbread for her to have a bite first. I’ll go to her immediately once my mother-in-law and my sister-in-law come!” Ye Xiaoxian said.
Housekeeper Liu took the shortbread and handed Ye Xiaoxian a tael of silver. “Young Mrs. Xiao, just get any ingredients you want by yourself and take them with you later.”
“That much?” asked Ye Xiaoxian.
“Just give me the rest if there is any left!” HL said generously.
Ye Xiaoxian carried the money to the market.
There was a street in the west of the town full of chicken, duck, fish and various of meats.
She went first to a stand which sold chicken. They sold either whole or cut chicken, but they never separated chicken feet or wings to sell in this era.
Ye Xiaoxian told the owner that she was willing to buy their chicken feet at a higher price and asked him to save some for her.
She then went to purchase other ingredients. She bought a fish, some bean sprouts, cucumber, zanthoxylum, lemon and a tiny bit of dried pepper which took a lot of effort to find in that era.
After she bought these ingredients, she went back to the chicken stall and the owner had already collected more than ten chicken’s feet for her.
Chicken feet had less flesh on them, so few people were willing to eat them. Everyone was here to buy the meaty parts of a chicken and some of the chicken feet were free while the others were sold. It was rare for someone like Ye Xiaoxian to come and buy chicken feet specially, even with a higher price. The owner could not have been happier.
Ye Xiaoxian also asked the owner to save as many chicken feet as possible for her tomorrow.
After she was done shopping she went to Lord Liu’s with these ingredients.
There were two dishes that she would like to cook, one was fish fillets in hot chili oil and the other was lemon chicken feet.
Both fish fillets in hot chili oil and lemon chicken feet were appetizing. The first one was spicy, teasing taste buds, and the other was appetizing. If they suited Liu Qianqian’s taste then maybe she would eat a whole bowl of them.
It took Ye Xiaoxian some time to finally cook the two dishes.
As she had chatted with LQ last time, Ye Xiaoxian did not stand on ceremony this time. She took the dishes inside with Nanny Wong once they were ready.
Ye Xiaoxian had not come yesterday, so after LQ saw her she looked rather unhappy. “It wasn’t raining yesterday, was it? Why did you not come? You can still come to my home to cook, even if you don’t open up shop. It’s not like we’re not going to pay you.”
Ye Xiaoxian knew that LQ was still upset so she did not argue with her but just smiled. “My uncaring husband asked me to go up to the mountain yesterday. It was a rare opportunity so I had to take it, right?”
Upon hearing this LQ was at once cheered up. She sat up and asked, “Your husband and you? Only two of you?”
“Yes!”
“Did anything happen?” asked LQ.
“What could happen?” Ye Xiaoxian acted dumb.
LQ then took out all the books at the head of her bed. “As someone who has read so many romantic novels, I reckon that something must happen when a man and a woman go up a mountain, like cuddling in a bush.”
Ye Xiaoxian just noticed that what LQ read were all romantic novels which were similar to the modern ones.
She could not help but smile. “Do you really want to know?”
“I do!” said LQ.
“Then have your meal first. I cooked them with utmost care!”