The second aunt's family was arrested and being held at the law enforcement department.

Second Aunt Su and Second Uncle Su were both punished by being beaten with the board by Shi Ding's guards.

The officers in the law enforcement department heard what they had done, and could only feel disdain for these people. There were such shameless relatives in this world.

If it wasn't for their Captain Shi, that little girl would have been bullied.

It's a pity that all the things they stole were kitchen utensils, some tables, and chairs that didn't cost that much. Otherwise, it's not as simple as being punished with the board and being fined some money.

Now they could only let the family go.

Second Aunt Su and her family returned home. They felt the resentment in their hearts grow stronger when they saw that Su Tang had divided the soft cakes and left some for the offices and patrol guards who punished them.

She was just trying to disturb Su Tang's business so she won't get money, but Su Tang insulted her elders so she will definitely not let her have an easy time in the future.

Second uncle Su has always been quiet, but the resentment in his eyes was naturally visible.

For just a few things there needed to be such a big commotion, and it made their family lose money!

Neither of the couples was a good person. They looked at each other and had their children steam the buns and bread.

Now the buns are already wrapped, they just need to steam them up.

They felt that Su Tang's dead father was very stingy. He only taught them how to make steamed buns and bread. If he would have taught them some cooking recipes, they wouldn't need to rely on this steamed bun shop to survive.

Second Aunt Su said hatefully: "It seems that we will have to buy the kitchen stuff ourselves if we want to open a restaurant."

Although the kitchen utensils of Su Tang's house were worn out, it was still a complete set. All of it was selected by Su Tang's father himself, so they were still useful.

It could be said that their punishment today was earned since this second aunt Su stole other people's things to use them.

Su Tang watched the smoke rising from the kitchen next door. Apparently, they were steaming buns and bread.

She was also mixing the dough and the filling.

Su Jin Hang was a bit confused and looked at his sister with a tilted head: "Sister, why did you buy a lot of pigskins?"

This pigskin was very difficult to deal with. It will taste funny if they do not process it properly, and rich people have hardly touched these things.

Su Tang pointed to the pigskin being cleaned and mysteriously said: "This is the key to the delicious buns."

This is what Su Tang bought when she went out to go shopping today with her brother. She checked the pork by smelling it.

She made sure that the pork is steered (a male domestic animal that has been castrated and is raised for meat), so the meat was delicious.

Su Tang was afraid that people in this era wouldn't know how to butcher pigs properly, but it turns out that the livestock industry in this era had actually begun to take shape.

Pigs need to get sterilized because neutered pigs get meatier quicker than regular pigs.

According to the meat vendors today, there was a village in the suburbs of the capital that specializes in raising pigs. They standardized the method of breeding pigs there.

Only in a stable environment could there be such a prosperous breeding industry. If that was the case, could she expect to see more modern ingredients?

Her hands worked faster with her happy thoughts.

Blanch the cleaned pigskin first with water, and then clean the fat and pig hair again after blanching.

Then add rice wine, star anise cinnamon, and salt to a pot with cold water to cook.

The role of rice wine here was to replace modern cooking wine. This can get rid of the fishy smell from the pigskin.

The cooking wine was made of rice wine and yellow wine, so it was very suitable to use rice wine instead.

Wait until the pork skin is cooked before fishing it up. Then add water before mashing it into a liquid.

This was also how jelly was made.

Finally, mash the cooked liquid-like pigskin a few more times to make a crystal clear jelly.

This skin jelly will harden after cooling. Adding a small piece of the jelly to steamed dumplings before cooking will make a delicious soup dumpling.

This was a complicated process and by the time the jelly was made, it was already late in the afternoon.

It was almost dusk when the soup dumplings were finished steaming. However, Su Tang was very satisfied with the results of her work.

His sister's smooth progress shocked her younger brother, and he thought his sister was really amazing.

Su Tang didn't notice that her brother worshiped her more and more since she was focused on the feeling of satisfaction from her dumplings. Fortunately, everything in their kitchen had been returned, so she didn't have to go out to buy kitchen utensils to make the dumplings today.

It saved a lot of money!

Su Tang was not idle while the dumplings were being steamed. Instead, she worked with her brother to arrange all the tables, chairs, and benches that they got back to prepare for their shop opening tomorrow.

In the afternoon, she also asked Uncle Song from the grain store to deliver ten catties of millet and ten catties of rice.

After Su Tang finished her purchases, she realized she spent all of her money again.

However, it was still worth it. The kitchen was half full of ingredients, making it look like a proper small restaurant.

The ingredients they brought back were also prepared for tomorrow's breakfast.

Su Tang could hardly write out the breakfast menu since her Chinese calligraphy was poor.

Sweet porridge: Millet pumpkin porridge.

Salty porridge: preserved egg and lean meat porridge.

Pastry: soup dumplings, chicken buns, leek egg buns, cabbage vermicelli buns, steamed egg sponge cakes.

Other: tea eggs.

Everything smells delicious even though there were very few items.

Su Tang made a portion of everything as a dinner for her and her little brother.

Su Jin Hang was already swallowing his saliva.

Father's steamed buns were also delicious, but they have never been so fragrant.

The millet pumpkin porridge looked golden and attractive and the preserved egg and lean meat porridge were meaty and really delicious.

The most interesting thing was the bun. There were four kinds of fillings placed inside and they bounced back when poked.

Su Jin Hang couldn't decide which one to eat first.

Su Tang saw his struggles and said: "It's all yours, eat slowly."

He nodded immediately. All of this was for him!

At the same time, three uninvited guests arrived at the door of the small restaurant. Qi Tian Yun, Shi Ding, and an imperial guard.

The imperial guard couldn't wait to enter the door, but his two masters were at the door, so he had to swallow his saliva and pretend that nothing happened. It smells fantastic!

Shi Ding was dazed: "Why does it smell so good? Are we just in time for dinner?"

After a busy day today, Shi Ding remembered that the fine money from next door hadn't been delivered yet, so he decided to just stop by.

He didn't expect that the Marquis would tag along as well since he usually acts nonchalant about such things.

This is how they ended up in this situation.

Both Shi Ding and the imperial guard were swallowing their saliva. Even though Qi Tian Yun restrained himself, his adam's apple still bobbed, and he faintly said: "good smell."

As expected of the Marquis Weiyuan! Not even such a delicacy was enough to tempt him. How awesome!

However, those words were clearly heard by the two siblings in the house.

Su Tang came out to see what they wanted. However, she was momentarily stunned by Qi Tian Yun's gaze when she raised her head to speak.

She thought he was very handsome after getting a good look at him.

Su Tang blinked: "What's the matter?"

Shi Ding came over: "Well, we are here to give you money."

That was what Shi Ding said, but his eyes were obviously on the food in the house. The smell became even more prominent after she opened the door!

That's the smell! So Fragrant!

Qi Tian Yun looked down on Su Tang and saw her palm-sized face with clear eyes. His eyes flickered for a second, but he soon corrected his expression. He did a slight nod to agree with Shi Ding.

Su Tang felt curious. What money? Where did they suddenly get money from?

Shi Ding took some time to explain the ins and outs of the matter, so she finally understood what happened.

It turns out that they didn't just receive punishment from the board, but they also needed to pay a fine. Although there were only eight silver taels, it was still money!

Qi Tian Yun thought she was a little funny and childish when he saw her happily putting away the money.

But he also immediately noticed something amiss: "You are not curious how I know the captain of the patrol team?"

From Su Tang's perspective, he and the imperial guard were just guests who came to dine yesterday.

Shi Ding was the captain of the patrol team, but it did not surprise her that he came along with him.

Su Tang noticed something off about this man when she saw him earlier.

When aunt Su came over to make trouble this morning, she saw the handsome man in the crowd at a glance. A few patrol guards were standing next to him on full alert.

That was why there was so much drama this morning. Thus, she knew these two people had known each other since a while ago.

She immediately pretended to be stupid: "Aa? Yes, how do you two know each other?"

Su Tang looks young. While she is pretending to be puzzled, it will make people feel like she is cute.

Shi Ding didn't wait for Qi Tian Yun to speak, and immediately replied: "The two of us have been friends since childhood, so it's not strange to come together."

Qi Tian Yun didn't deny it but looked at Su Tang with a smile. This was interesting.

She didn't care, so she pretended as nothing happened! She was just a poor little girl who was bullied today!

That was also the whole truth!

Seeing that Qi Tian Yun was not pursuing the question, Su Tang immediately said, "All of you have not eaten dinner yet, right? Why don't you stay and have some dinner?"

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As soon as she said that, Shi Ding and the imperial guard immediately agreed.

They both looked to Qi Tian Yun and saw that he agreed as soon as Su Tang finished speaking.

Qi Tian Yun took a seat with the bearings of a young master.

Fortunately, Su Tang made enough buns and porridge for everyone. The imperial guard helped to serve everyone.

Su Tang and Qi Tian Yun just so happened to sit next to each other.

Su Tang thought this man looked beautiful, but he was also very scary.

Those eyes seemed to see through everything.

She smiled kindly and her eyes formed crescent moons. She then spoke softly: "Try the sauce I made. It is good to dip the buns in."

Although Su Tang covered it up well, she was actually nervous around Qi Tian Yun.

Nonsense, why should you be nervous around a handsome guy? The handsome guy also noticed her slight movements!

Qi Tian Yun saw that although she was nervous, her eyes were sparkling like a cute little rabbit. She was obviously terrified, but she still leaned forward to give her carrots to others.

The two of them were just looking at each other.

Just then Shi Ding shouted, so the awkward atmosphere disappeared. Qi Tian Yun frowned and looked at Shi Ding who took a deep breath.

"Oh my God! I have never eaten such a delicious bun in my life!"

Shi Ding was intoxicated. He knew he was eating steamed buns, but he didn't know what happened to him!

The smile on her face became much more sincere when Su Tang saw the guest enjoy her food.

The greatest compliment a chef could receive is when people cherish and love their food.

Qi Tian Yun furrowed his eyebrows tightly when he saw this little girl smiling beautifully at Shi Ding. She smiled so indifferently at him. What caused this difference in their treatment?

He was a little upset by this.