Chapter 52 Strawberries Are Ready to Eat

Shen Dong and Shen Xue didn’t go to the county to sell pancakes today because of the milk cakes. As soon as Wan Baocai left, they packed up and, together with the second and third families, pushed a large cart of milk cake jars to the town, selling pancakes while distributing the milk cakes to the old customers who had paid a deposit, and telling them how to store and eat the milk cakes.

Upon hearing that the milk cakes needed to be stored for about a month before they could be eaten, the customers who received the milk cakes looked a little unhappy. But in order to be able to eat the most authentic milk cakes, they still patiently took the milk cakes home to store.

When the milk cakes were delivered to the Wang family, the steward of the Wang residence was not so easy to talk to. He accepted the milk cakes but only paid half of the balance.

The steward said matter-of-factly: “Although you delivered the milk cakes to our doorstep, the food is not edible yet. Who knows if the taste is the same as the last batch you gave us. If we wait for the full time and the taste is not as good as the last batch, wouldn’t that be a loss! When the milk cakes are edible and the taste is good, I will pay the rest of the copper coins. Don’t worry, I won’t shortchange you. But if there is a problem with the milk cakes, you can forget about getting that money.”

After saying that, he closed the door on Shen Dong and Shen Duo, who had come to deliver the milk cakes.

Shen Duo was so angry that he trembled, pointing at the gate of the Wang family: “What kind of people are these, they are rich!”

Shen Dong patted him on the shoulder and said earnestly: “Don’t be angry, the richer people are, the more stingy they are, the more they will calculate. Our milk cake business has just started, our reputation hasn’t been fully established yet, we have to endure some things we don’t want to endure. Just wait, when the milk cakes are edible, the Wang family will personally deliver the money. Let’s go to the academy first.”

After delivering the forty-two jin of milk cakes ordered by the academy, Shen Dong and the two returned to their pancake stall. After selling the pancakes, they all went home together.

Some of the strawberries had ripened, the bright red strawberries were beautiful and fragrant with a sweet aroma.

Shen Nian brought Shen Feng and her brothers to the strawberry field.

Looking at the bright red fruits, the brothers were all stunned.

“This thing looks so good, it’s much bigger than raspberries!”

“Can we eat it? Will it kill us?”

While they were talking, Shen Nian picked a strawberry, wiped it casually, and put it in her mouth.

The brothers were scared and their faces changed.

“Nian Nian, you can’t just eat anything!”

Shen Cai hugged Shen Nian and wanted to pry the strawberry out of her mouth.

Shen Nian was scared and broke free from his grasp: “I won’t spit it out, it’s so sweet, it’s delicious, Fourth Brother, strawberries are not poisonous, you don’t believe me, try it.”

The brothers didn’t believe her, but Shen Feng, taking advantage of his brothers’ inattention, also picked a strawberry and threw it in his mouth, biting it until the juice burst out: “It’s sweet and sour, it’s delicious.”

The brothers’ faces changed again.

Shen Feng took a step back, opened his mouth wide and showed them: “I’ve finished eating it, you can’t pry it out!”

Shen Cai pointed at Shen Feng and Shen Nian: “You two, you’re going to make me die! If something really happens, I’ll beat you two to death!”

Shen Nian giggled: “Fourth Brother, we won’t be in pain, strawberries are really delicious, you don’t believe me, try them.”

The brothers wouldn’t try, no matter how delicious this unfamiliar thing was, they wouldn’t eat it randomly.

The brothers took Shen Nian and Shen Feng to sit under a tree, Shen Xuan said: “You two sit here, we’ll observe you two carefully, if you really feel uncomfortable, we can rescue you in time.”

Shen Xuan asked: “How to rescue? We don’t know medicine.”

Shen Ang, honest and simple, said: “Give them some croton, to pull the strawberries out.”

Shen Nian and Shen Feng: “…”

Shen Cai said to Shen Qi: “Fifth Brother, go back and tell the adults about Nian Nian and Shen Feng eating things randomly, we’ll watch them here.”

Shen Qi quickly went, and soon came back with the elders, Wei Shi, Liu Shi, and Jiang Shi, and they wanted to take Shen Nian and the two home, but Shen Nian refused, she wanted to stay with the strawberries.

The adults had no choice but to stay with her and Shen Feng.

After a long time, the two children didn’t feel any discomfort, their faces were rosy, as healthy as ever.

Shen Nian tilted her little head and said: “I told you, strawberries are edible, they are delicious!”

Old Man Shen touched her forehead: “She really is fine.”

He turned his head and looked at the strawberries with a puzzled expression. To be honest, these strawberries looked really good after they ripened, they made people’s mouths water.

Thinking of his granddaughter’s luck and abilities, Old Man Shen walked to the strawberry field and picked a strawberry to taste.

One bite, sweet and sour, with a lingering aftertaste, it was delicious!

This is simply a heavenly fruit!

He waved to everyone present: “Come on, you all come and try it.”

“Coming, coming!” Old Lady Shen was the first to run over, followed by Wei Shi, Liu Shi, and others.

After tasting the strawberries, Wei Shi and the others were all amazed.

Seeing that the adults were all eating, Shen Cai and the other children couldn’t help themselves and went into the strawberry field to eat strawberries.

“Wow, wow, wow! So sweet!!”

“This is the first time I’ve eaten such delicious fruit!”

“It’s so delicious!”

Exclamations came one after another.

Seeing that their family members were eating more and more enthusiastically, and had eaten a lot of strawberries in a short time, Shen Nian quickly stopped them: “Stop eating, stop eating! I have to save some for Dad and the others! I also have to save some to sell in the county tomorrow!”

Shen Feng echoed: “Such delicious things are indeed suitable for selling, people in the county will definitely like them.”

As soon as these words came out, Old Man Shen and the others were stunned.

Sell strawberries?

What a good idea!

Shen Dong and his group returned home, and as soon as they entered the gate, they saw everyone sitting in the courtyard, with a small wooden table in the middle, on which there was a small basin, filled with bright red fruits, emitting a sweet aroma.

Shen Nian jumped off the stool and ran to greet them: “Dad, Second Uncle, Third Uncle, Second Brother, Third Brother, Third Aunt, you’re back, come and taste the strawberries, the heavenly fruit I planted!”

Shen Dong and the others: “…”

Heavenly fruit? Isn’t it just a wild grass that bears fruit?

The Shen family never dreamed that the wild grass that Shen Nian had brought them to find on the mountain, just planted casually, would grow such a treasure.

After dinner, they finished all the strawberries they had picked, and the Shen family worked while anxiously waiting for the strawberries to poison them.

If they didn’t get poisoned, they could sell the strawberries tomorrow.

Wan Baocai personally escorted the milk cakes to the restaurant, watching the people in the restaurant move the milk cakes to the small storeroom and store them, then he went home in a hurry. It was dark and he didn’t see his father come home, so he went to his father’s room to sleep.

Master Wan returned home exhausted, asked a few questions about the milk cakes, and learned that his prodigal son had been working hard on the milk cakes, even personally supervising the team to deliver the milk cakes to the restaurant, he couldn’t help but laugh.

“You little rascal, you finally started doing something right!”

His youngest son had been running to Lanhua Village all the time, the county was much quieter, and he heard a lot less complaints.

This feeling of not having to solve his son’s messes every day was really great!

It’s just that his wife was too much, during this time, his youngest son didn’t go to her to ask for her well-being, and she didn’t even ask a word, she didn’t even know that her son was running to the countryside and mountains every day.

What a big heart!

But it’s better not to know, if she knew, she didn’t know how she would make a fuss!

His wife looked down on country people.

Suppressing his dissatisfaction with his wife, Master Wan went back to his room to rest, took off his clothes and lay down on the bed.

Master Wan was pressing on something, that thing let out a shrill scream: “Ah!!! I’m being pressed by a ghost!!”