Chapter 6

After finishing the beef noodles, Lin Yan went back with Hai Bei.

Hai Shell pulled one of his two little hands, bubbling with happiness.

It has to be said that their luck today was too good. They saw the bullock cart they were riding in when they came out of the town.

It's just that this time the driver was replaced by Uncle Yuan.

Aunt Yuan waved to them enthusiastically, "Brother Yan, get in the car quickly."

Lin Yan was stunned for a moment. He remembered that the original owner was quite introverted. Apart from talking more with a few acquaintances on weekdays, he had little contact with these uncles and aunts.

It was because of Zhang Moyuan that picked him up just now, but Zhang Moyuan is not here now, how could...

Seeing his hesitation, Aunt Yuan simply jumped out of the car and came to pull him, "What are you doing in a daze, get in the car quickly, and I will return to the village before lunch."

"Aunt Yuan, to tell you the truth, I spent all my money in the town just now, and I can't pay for the taxi anymore."

Aunt Yuan couldn't help laughing, "Oh, you child, how can Auntie ask for your money, get in the car."

Lin Yan was half pulled and half dragged into the car by her.

Hai Bei and Haike all looked at him with confused eyes.

Aunt Yuan patted Lin Yan on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "They all belong to the folks in the village. You also brought two little dolls with you. How polite are you?"

Lin Yan hurriedly thanked him, and will send money to Uncle Yuan and Aunt Yuan after returning to the village, and send some hot and sour sauce by the way.

After making a decision, Lin Yan began to talk with Aunt Yuan frankly.

"Brother Yan, what did you buy here?"

Lin Yan lifted the basket to show her, "I bought some fruit, medicine, and a piece of candy."

Although the spices are expensive, they are rarely purchased, but the sugar is different. This big piece almost consumed more than half of Lin Yan's money.

Aunt Yuan also showed a surprised expression when she saw the piece of candy, "Did your second brother say that he has a wife, why did he buy so much candy?"

Lin Yan smiled, "No, I want to make something by myself and sell it in the town. It will take a lot of sugar."

"Then what you sell must not be cheap."

Lin Yan smiled and didn't answer this sentence.In fact, he hasn't thought about the price yet, and will wait until he makes it to see the effect.

Moreover, the sauce has to be packed in a box, and it has to be made into different models for customers to choose from.

The cost of the box is naturally also factored into the price.

There are still many things to come, and Lin Yan has to think about them one by one.

Doing business is not a simple matter.

Aunt Yuan thought about it for a while, and then suddenly showed a very delicate smile, "Brother Yan, what's going on between you and the scholar?"

Lin Yan was fine at first, but he blushed abruptly from her smile.

Aunt Yuan probably knew what happened that night, right?

Thinking about it, think it's impossible. Zhang Moyuan, a scholar, cares most about fame, so he probably wouldn't talk about it.

Thinking of this, Lin Yan stiffened his waist, "Where is Auntie thinking, my father is just joking, it can't be real."

Aunt Yuan blurted out, "Scholar..."

Uncle Yuan quickly coughed twice, and coughed back what she said later.

Aunt Yuan could only smile embarrassingly.

Lin Yan didn't think too much about it, just thought she was just gossiping casually when she had nothing to do.

Half an hour later, Lin Yan got out of the car with Hai Bei Haike.

Father Lin and Mrs. Lin were already busy at the stove for lunch, and the three elder brothers of the Lin family didn't come back to eat, so there were only three adults and two children at the dining table.

Hearing that Lin Yan had spent all the money, Father Lin and Sister Lin both showed distressed expressions.

Father Lin scolded, "Why did you spend so much?"

More than a hundred cash, the family only saves this money throughout the year, and life is very tight.

Sister-in-law Lin also thought so, but as a sister-in-law, it was difficult for him to speak, so he could only look at Lin Yan with distressed eyes.

Hai Bei said sensiblely: "Grandfather, Father, uncle bought us sesame seed cakes and beef noodles, which are delicious."

When Hai Ke heard about the biscuits and beef noodles, he immediately nodded excitedly, "That's a good time."

Sister Lin's expression softened a bit, but her eyes were still full of regret.

Lin Yan smiled, "Father, sister-in-law, don't worry, I'll make hot and sour sauce for you to try, I'm sure you haven't seen it before."

Aunt Lin sighed, he didn't take Lin Yan's words to heart at all, after all, Lin Yan never touched the spring water with his fingers in the past, let alone the stove, he rarely went to the seaside.

I don't know what the chutney tastes like.

Sister Lin's thoughts are actually similar.

Lin Yan could understand what they were thinking at a glance, and he didn't explain too much, anyway, they would feel at ease after eating them.

Lin Yan is really confident in his cooking skills.

After lunch, Lin Yan immediately got busy.

He grabbed a small basket of garlic cloves and handed it to Hai Bei, "Haibei, help uncle to pick out these garlic."

Hai Bei can be said to be obedient to him now, nodding without thinking about it, "Okay, uncle."

Hishell moved a small stool and squeezed between them, trying to give himself a sense of presence.

Mrs. Lin wanted to come over and take him away, but Lin Yan had already fetched a small basin of water and said with a smile, "Hike, come and wash the coriander and cornel for my uncle."

Hai Ke immediately stretched out two small hands, waiting for Lin Yan to put the coriander and cornel in his hands.

Even Father Lin and Sister Lin beside him were amused by him.

Lin Yan directly threw the coriander and cornel fruit into the water, then pressed both hands of Hai Ke into it, and said seriously, "Hi Ke has worked hard."

Hi Shell laughed happily.

Seeing the two children happy, Mrs. Lin's bitter mood finally began to improve.

Father Lin also smiled helplessly.

Forget it, just spend the flowers, and earn money, as long as the family stays happy together.

I don't know if it's because of what Lin Yan said yesterday, Father Lin hasn't come back yet, Father Lin is relieved, but at the same time, he can't help feeling worried.

Lin Yan started to process the lemons, peeled the pulp of the lemons and put them in a bowl, and cut some lemon slices for later use.

The fresh aroma of lemons attracted everyone, and Hai Ke made two ahhs, wanting Lin Yan to feed him a little.

He now thinks that as long as it is in the hands of the uncle, it is delicious.

Lin Yan picked up a small piece of pulp and put it in his mouth. Hai Ke whimpered happily, and immediately frowned.

"Little Su..."

Seeing his aggrieved appearance, Lin Yan couldn't help laughing, "This fruit is called lemon, and it tastes very sour."

After he finished speaking, he gave Hai Bei, Father Lin, and Sister Lin each a small piece, and the expressions of the three became more painful than the other.

Father Lin even made two pee pee.

"Yan'er, this stuff is so sour, is the sauce edible?"

Lin Yan smiled, "Don't worry, it must be delicious."

Father Lin looked suspiciously at the big bowl of lemon pulp, and his doubts about Lin Yan increased a lot.

When squeezing the lemon juice, Lin Yan, Father Lin, and Sister-in-law Lin went to battle together. After working for a long time, they squeezed out two bowls. Their tired arms were sore and swollen.

Lin Yan sighed, and the more troublesome work was yet to come.

After all the materials were prepared, Lin Yan brought a washed stone mortar, which was originally used for pounding rice, but there was no more suitable tool at the moment.

He added the prepared ingredients and began to mash them by hand.

It took a whole hour to finish.

Lin Yan sat slumped on the side tiredly, the days without a blender were too uncomfortable.

No, he has to draw blueprints to make one, and the manual one is better than it is now.

The sauce was poured out into a large bowl, which smelled fragrant and had a faint spicy taste.

Father Lin's eyes lit up immediately, it smelled much better than he had imagined.

Lin Yan had steamed a large pot of seafood when pounding the sauce by hand just now, and now it is steaming hot.

The seafood in it was so mixed that Lin Yan couldn't name many of them. Aunt Lin helped take out all the meat, and Lin Yan poured the sauce on it.

Father Lin and Sister Lin couldn't wait to wash their hands, squeezed a piece each, frowned and carefully put it into their mouths.

Their eyes lit up instantly.

There are four flavors of hot, sour, salty and sweet, but the fusion is perfect. The umami taste of seafood is well wrapped in it, and the sweet and sour taste is very appetizing.

Father Lin and Aunt Lin went to hold each other together at the same time.

"too delicious."

"It's not fishy at all, it's delicious."

Hai Bei hurriedly joined in, took a sip and said excitedly: "Uncle, it's really delicious!"

Then he buried his head in eating hard, and his little mouth was so dirty that he couldn't take care of it.

Hai Ke was in a hurry. He tried his best to tiptoe and reach for it with his short hands, but he couldn't reach it. He could only desperately open his small mouth and let the adults feed him a little.

The sauce was too spicy so he couldn't give it to him. Lin Yan made him a less spicy sauce, which tasted worse, but it was enough to fool Hai Shell.

The big bowl of seafood was drained quickly, and when the three brothers of the Lin family came back, the second pot of seafood had already been steamed.

Brother Lin saw his wife was smiling and her mouth was still red, and asked curiously, "What are you doing?"

Aunt Lin pointed to the half bowl of hot and sour sauce on the table, and said with a smile, "The hot and sour sauce Yan'er made is so delicious."

Brother Lin actually knew that his wife didn't like Lin Yan very much, and it was the first time seeing him calling Lin Yanyan with a smile like today.

"Is it really so delicious?"

Brother Linsan is the fastest, and has already dipped a bit of chopsticks to taste.

"It's so fragrant and spicy."

Brother Lin followed his example and tasted a little bit, with the same amazement, "It's sour and sweet. I've never tasted such a miraculous taste. It's so wonderful."

After the seafood was out of the pan and topped with the sauce, the three of them had no time to talk after eating, so they desperately gave Lin Yan a thumbs up.

"too delicious."

"Little brother, can I take some to work tomorrow, I don't taste good in my mouth if I eat corn bread all day long."

Brother Lin slapped Brother Linsan on the forehead, "What do you bring, it's said that it will be sold in the town."

Brother Linsan let out an aggrieved sigh, staring at the remaining half bowl of chutney.

Lin Yan took two small bowls and put them in, and handed them to Hai Bei to give to Uncle Yuan's family and Zhang Moyuan.

He also put a few pennies in his pocket and asked him to give it to Uncle Yuan and Zhang Moyuan.

In the morning, thanks to Zhang Moyuan's favor, they didn't pay for the ox cart ride. Lin Yan thought about it and made up for Zhang Moyuan.