Blissful Days After Widowhood - Chapter 242

Wu Qingyi opened the door again, and a young man dressed in black came in. After offering a box, he immediately walked away.

“Why are they delivering a box in the middle of the night?” Mrs. Wang’s eyes stabbed him just when she saw that he was not pleasing to the eye.

“For her,” Wu Qingyi said softly.

“Hey!” Only then did Mrs. Wang smile, then tapped him on the shoulder and said,  “As expected of my son, you’re not too stupid after all!”

She reached out and weighed the wooden box, but found that it was very heavy, and became more  satisfied.

Her daughter-in-law was as pragmatic as herself and liked real things. If that was a box of jewelry or gold ingots, it would definitely make her smile.

She pushed Wu Qingyi into the main courtyard, and Gu Yin had already changed into her home clothes.

Mrs. Wang knocked on the door and went in, then said with a smile, “This kid just doesn’t know how to talk. He has prepared a gift for you.”

As she spoke, she put the wooden box on the table and opened it.

Inside the wooden box lay a piece of black lacquer, which was not the gold and silver jewelry she thought at all, and the style looked familiar.

“What is this?” Mrs. Wang asked Wu Qingyi.

Before he could speak, Gu Yin had already reached out and took it out, and replied with bright eyes, “It’s a kitchen knife!”

Wu Qingyi nodded, and then explained, “I asked people to make it before I set off from the capital. At that time, I didn’t know that we would go to Beijing together, so I sent them to the town.”

After speaking, he took out a rounded short wooden stick, lowered his eyes and said, “I polished the handle of the knife myself, so you can use it directly after I put it on.”

After Gu Yin handed it to him, Wu Qingyi fixed the handle without much effort.

Mrs. Wang couldn’t smile at the side. She thought that she had given birth to a fool. If it wasn’t for Gu Yin’s presence, she would have reached out to knock him out.

“I don’t know if you like it or not,” Wu Qingyi said uneasily.

Gu Yin had already tried the kitchen knife, and the handle of the knife was completely polished to the size of her palm. Not to mention the blade, although it was not very beautiful, and it was a bit heavy, but the size and weight were within her acceptable range, and the most rare thing was of course sharpness.

She put a piece of hair on the blade lightly, and the hair was immediately cut in two.

“I like it very much, thank you!” Gu Yin held the kitchen knife in her hands with special care.

Wu Qingyi exhaled lightly and said, “Anyway, since we are going to Beijing, if there is something that doesn’t fit, we can change it later.”

Gu Yin nodded hurriedly, and carefully touched the knife. The material of the knife was something she had never seen before. She wondered if it was an illusion. The knife felt a little sharp to the touch.

If it weren’t for the fact that it was already too late, and the family had no ingredients, she couldn’t help going straight to the kitchen to try the knife.

“Can you engrave my name on it?”

“Naturally, it is possible. I specially let the craftsman leave room for modification.”

In the middle of the night, the two really chatted about the kitchen knife.

Mrs. Wang looked at them with a sullen face.

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In the early morning of the next day, the group dressed up and went to the Wen family’s mansion to meet Old Master Wen and others, and set off in a mighty manner.

Chef Xu and his two young apprentices wanted to stay at the base camp to guard it. Before they parted, they cried to tears, and instructed thousands of times, “Masters, don’t forget me, Cai Dao and Zhen Ban.”

In half a month, in fact, everything had already been arranged.

But seeing Chef Xu’s sadness, Gu Yin still said to him, “Manager Zhou and I will go to see the situation first, then open a restaurant, and then find someone to pick you up. We will see you in the capital. And don’t forget that the Ge family, Uncle Ge and Aunt Ge helped me when I was in need, and the buns that were put on consignment at her stall must be delivered to them on time every day.”

Chef Xu nodded hurriedly and said, “I know, I know. Master, be careful on the road!”

Gu Yin waved her hand and sat back in the carriage.

The carriage moved, and in less than half an hour, it left Hanshan Town.

There were quite a lot of people in the group, especially Old Master Wen, who had taken medicine that made his body weak, and it took a few months for him to get better.

However, it was not boring for everyone. Wu Qingyi took Gu Ye on horseback every day, and Eldest Master Wen took Wu’an to study. Every time Second Master Wen went out, he inquired about local specialties.

As for Gu Yin and Manager Zhou, the two chefs must taste local delicacies when they went out.

They werel smart people who knew a little about the cooking process. After tasting it, they would simply ask a few questions. After thinking about it, they would be able to figure out the general method. It was not convenient to experiment immediately on the road.

Mrs. Wang also made a new friend, Second Madam Wen.

The marriage of Second Master Wen was decided when the second elder of the Wen family was alive. Unlike Second Master Wen, who came from a scholarly family, Second Madam Wen was the daughter of an ordinary wealthy businessman. She had never traveled such a distant place in her life.

And she was also a little fat. When she was in Hanshan Town, she heard that all the ladies and wives in the capital regarded thinness as their beauty. She didn’t know if people would laugh at her if she went there.

She was unhappy all the way, and because of the diet, she almost fainted when she got off the carriage.