Chapter 609: Reencountering Cai Ping (2)_1
"Mom, I’m not hungry. You eat," said Xi Niu.
The woman replied softly, "Silly girl, mom’s not hungry. I ate at the employer’s house yesterday. This porridge is specially bought for you. You eat and mom can go to work in peace."
Upon hearing her mother’s words, Xi Niu blinked her big eyes, lowered her head, and slowly started eating her porridge...
Cai Wei’s steamed buns, pickled vegetables, and porridge were served, and she withdrew her gaze and started eating her breakfast.
The old couple’s breakfast was delicious. The soup was slowly simmered under low heat, sticky and thick. The dough for the steamed buns was kneaded with effort, making them soft and fluffy when eaten. Unfortunately, the pickled vegetables were average, just some mustard bumps marinated in a large sauce jar, then chopped into fine shreds, mixed with chili oil, green onions, and cilantro minces inside. If these mustard bumps could be marinated in soy sauce and drizzled with sesame oil, sesame on top, they would taste even better.
Just then, Brother Ying brought back a message.
"Master, there’s been a big incident at Shen Mansion!"
"What happened?"
Cai Wei, intrigued by the gossip, held up a piece of steamed bun and forgot to put it into her mouth.
Brother Ying chattered, "Master, Old Master Shen is sick, he was upset by his second concubine. It’s said that the children she gave birth to, are not from Old Master Shen, and Old Master Shen has fallen ill due to his wimpiness..."