Abandoned Daughter's Beautiful Pastoral

Chapter 44 Being Targeted
The ingredients are all from Lin Fu, but only they have Chengfen, which is also the key to making glutinous rice cakes. It is absolutely impossible to make them fresh, so I brought some from home.

"Boss Lin, this is what I use to make glutinous rice cakes at home. I can't make them fresh, so I had to bring some. Look..."

Zhang Xiaocao opened the powder bag for her to see.

When Steward Lin heard this, he knew what he was doing. He opened the white cloth bag, took some and put it in his mouth. Feeling nothing, he smiled and said, "You can use it. You can allocate these girls yourself. There are many guests today, and I have something else to do. Just leave first, let the girl call me if you have anything to do!"

Seeing the other party nodding, he gave instructions to the girls and left.

The time was a bit tight, and the grandparents and grandchildren didn't dare to delay, so they got busy. The kitchen was spacious and clean. After washing their hands, they started making glutinous rice cakes.

When Zhang Xiaocao was making red bean stuffing, she suddenly remembered the plum blossom forest, so she asked the girls, "This stuffing needs plum petals, can you pick some for me?"

The girls looked at each other, and one of them said: "Young servant, please ask Steward Lin before you can reply to the girl!"

Zhang Xiaocao nodded. From the chatting of these girls, she knew that Steward Lin was served by the old lady of the Lin family, so she had some dignity.

The girl went and came back not long after, and said, "Boss Lin said yes! I wonder how much the girl wants?"

Zhang Xiaocao thought for a while, picked up the three bamboo baskets in the kitchen and said, "Three bamboo baskets are enough!"

When the plum petals came back, Zhang Xiaocao carefully ran through a few passes of water, washed them clean, found honey, and mixed them together according to the ratio.

Honey is a precious thing, but rich families still have it. It is much better than brown sugar to make stuffing!
When the honey and petals are completely fused into a paste, they are mixed with the red bean paste. The red bean paste reveals the fragrance of plum blossoms, and it smells like a mouthful.

The four girls looked at it in amazement, and also wondered if the glutinous rice cake made by doing this would be as delicious as it smelled.

A few people have been busy for a long time, and finally all the glutinous rice cakes are ready, and they have been put on the steamer. It only needs to be steamed for half an hour, and it will be ready!

When Steward Lin came over, the whole kitchen was filled with the smell of glutinous rice cakes, which attracted her who had eaten a lot of good things.

"Ms. Zhang, you've worked hard! I smell it, and it's even more fragrant than the ones I bought in the past." Steward Lin sniffed it, and said in surprise, "Is this the fragrance of plum blossoms?"

The closer you get, the stronger the fragrance will be. It's no wonder that Zhang's glutinous rice cake business is doing well. Just smelling this smell is enough to make people salivate.

Seeing that the heat was enough, Zhang Xiaocao quickly opened the steamer, took a glutinous rice cake and handed it to Steward Lin: "It tastes the best just now, try it, and please correct me if there is anything wrong!"

Steward Lin was not polite, he reached out to take it, put it in his mouth and blew it, and bit it lightly, immediately, a fragrance mixed with plum blossoms spread in his mouth, the taste is really delicious!

"Not bad! The taste is very good, I think the guests will like it too!"

Zhang Xiaocao breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words. Although he had confidence in his craft, he was only relieved when he was recognized.

Soon, the birthday banquet was held outside, and glutinous rice cakes, as a staple food, were served on the table.

The girls all went to help, and only the grandfather and grandson were left in the kitchen waiting quietly. This is not Zhangjia Village, and they can't wander around. It's just that they wait for more than an hour.

Just when Zhang Xiaocao was falling asleep, Steward Lin finally came.

Seeing her smiling, Zhang Xiaocao seemed in a good mood, thinking that this glutinous rice cake should be liked by the guests.

Sure enough, Manager Lin smiled and said to Grandma Zhang: "Thanks to you today, even I have been praised by the old lady! Here, the old lady is happy, this is the tip I was ordered to give you, this is your wages! "

After finishing speaking, he took out a brocade pouch with the word "longevity" embroidered on it from the armhole, presumably the old lady has big hands today, and it was specially used for rewarding.

Looking at the bulging purse, Grandma Zhang was a little afraid to take it, because there might be a lot of money in it!
Seeing this, Zhang Xiaocao stepped forward to take it with both hands, without looking at it, and directly took out a silver ingot, which weighed about five taels, and handed it to Manager Lin with both hands: "It should be our manager Xie Lin. It's my grandma's wish, if it wasn't for Guanshi Lin to think highly of it, how could we get in? And get the old lady's reward?"

Zhang Xiaocao was not flattering Manager Lin, from the sporadic conversations of the girls before, she knew that the Lin family had a lot of background!
The elder of the Lin family was a high-ranking official in the capital, while the second elder took care of the family affairs, but he was a good businessman, and gradually brought his business to the capital. Originally, the old lady lived in the capital, but she returned to her original place when she was old and nostalgic for her homeland. In the ancestral house, the two sons were afraid that the old lady would be lonely, so they left a grandson and a granddaughter Cheng Huan under their knees to let the old lady take care of her for the rest of her life.

If Manager Lin hadn't brought up this matter in front of the old lady today, where would they have gotten in, and they would have been rewarded generously?It's not a bad thing to have friendship with Steward Lin!
Steward Lin nodded secretly, this girl is so young, but she has such a wink, it really doesn't look like she came from a farmer's family!
These five taels of silver are nothing to her, but in the eyes of the farmers, she can marry a daughter-in-law, and this girl gave it to her without blinking. She earned face by approaching her, so she accepted it without refusing, and turned to Grandma Zhang and said, "Ms. Zhang is blessed, your granddaughter is amazing!"

Hearing others praise her granddaughter, Grandma Zhang is happy not to praise herself, she is modest on her lips, but proud of herself in her heart!
Under the arrangement of Manager Lin, the grandfather and grandson came out after eating. When they got home, it was already dark.

Under the dim oil lamp, Grandma Zhang stared dumbfounded at the six gleaming silver ingots on the table, and murmured: "My dear, this old lady is so generous, she gave so much silver as a reward, it must be 30 taels!"

Zhang Xiaocao was also very surprised. Although she felt a little heavy when she took the purse, she didn't expect there to be so much. Thinking about the old lady's birthday today, the children, grandchildren and daughters are all back, so she is in a good mood!

But this also shows the wealth of the Lin family!
The grandparents and grandchildren sighed for a while, moved the old wardrobe together, took out the money box from the hollowed out wall, put the 30 taels of silver in it, looked at the large and small silver pieces and scattered copper coins inside, Zhang Xiaocao was extremely satisfied!
The 20 taels they saved from selling garlic and rabbit skins before, these days they also got more than 20 taels from selling glutinous rice cakes, plus today’s 30 taels of silver, they now have 70 taels!

There is still a month before the Chinese New Year, and this glutinous rice cake can still be sold for at least 20 taels of silver. In this way, there will be enough money to buy land and farm tools and seeds in the spring of next year.

(End of this chapter)