Chapter 21 - 11: The Inescapable Past Life
"Alright, I'll be back soon. Keep an eye on things for me!" Sang Wan sighed silently, turned around and hurried back to Ningyuan.
After handing the key to Shi Fengju, Sang Wan hurried back to the kitchen. Fengju knew she would be cooking for Mrs. Wang tonight and didn't waste words on her, letting her go.
While walking, Sang Wan's footsteps gradually slowed down.
The cooking time for steamed wax gourd and steamed Chinese perch is different. Her stove was far away from Liu Ya's. Moreover, since Xingzhi already promised to help her watch the dish, she could not ask Liu Ya for help as well – wouldn't that embarrass Xingzhi right in front of her? And with the wax gourd dish out of her sight for so long, Xingzhi, who didn't have any intention to guard against, would have enough time to tamper with it if someone wanted to.
No matter if it was tampered with or not, she couldn't take the risk!
If Mrs. Wang ended up with a face full of rashes like in her past life, Sang Wan couldn't even bear to think about the consequences!
The wax gourd dish definitely could not be served to Mrs. Wang.
What to do?
Sang Wan looked up at the empty sky; the sun was gradually setting, the afterglow was splendid, the scenery was dreamily beautiful, but Sang Wan could feel the nightmare that was about to come.
Her gaze fell on a lush tree, her eyes lit up. This was a toon tree, and she remembered her mother-in-law loving toon tofu apart from wax gourd. Unfortunately, the toon tree had already grown extensively, and the season for eating toon tofu had passed!
However, the light in Sang Wan's eyes gradually focused and became firm. She decided to make toon tofu tonight!
It's true that the tender buds of toon could no longer be used, but boiling the old toon tree bark in water and filtering out the impurities, then soaking the finely chopped young greens in the filtered toon water for a short while, would look very similar to toon buds. After swishing the tofu in the toon water and mixing it with the chopped greens, the taste of toon would be quite strong and almost genuine.
