Chapter 92 - Candied hawthorn (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

At the dining table, Lu Yuxi, who had been persuading Sun Zhi to eat an hour ago, was snatching the food from his hands. “That’s enough. You’ve already eaten a lot. If you continue like this, you’ll ruin your body.”

Sun Zhi dug into his rice until the last grain of braised pork trotter with rice was sucked into his mouth. Then, he reached out for the Mapo Tofu in Lu Yuxi’s hand and said, “There’s still half left. It’s a pity not to finish it… Burp!”

He burped loudly.

Xu Le couldn’t stand it anymore and said, “Stop right there. Get up and walk around. You can only eat if you have space left in your stomach.”

It took a lot of effort to persuade Sun Zhi. He was holding onto his stomach and could barely stand up. His stomach was even bulging.

“I haven’t eaten so much in a long time! I’m so full.” He exclaimed.

“Go, Auntie Liu. Buy some digestive tablets or probiotics.” Lu Yuxi frowned and said worriedly, “This won’t do. Eating so much at once will spoil your stomach.”

Auntie Liu had yet to buy any digestive tablets and Sun Zhi was already complaining that he was about to throw up. Lu Yuxi coaxed him to drink water and walk slowly.

After a long time, Sun Zhi, who had taken the digestive tablets, calmed down and found a remote corner of the sofa to sleep.

Lu Yuxi tried her best to persuade Auntie Liu not to be too innovative and cook normally. Otherwise, it would really be her fault if the child did not eat.

Auntie Liu nodded repeatedly, blaming herself.

The roaster that Xu Le had ordered was delivered in the afternoon. After examining it, he turned it on according to the instructions. The process was very troublesome.

Hence, he said, “I’ll make that crispy pork belly tomorrow. Let’s change it to something else today.”

Lu Yuxi noticed that he was looking at Sun Zhi when he said this. She was afraid that it would harm the child if he overate during dinner again, so she nodded and said, “Okay.”

She went to the nearby supermarket and bought a few pounds of fresh hawthorn, strawberries, walnuts, melon seeds, oranges, and dark chocolate.

After six in the evening, the number of customers in the store gradually decreased.

Xu Le finally had the time to make an appetizing candied hawthorn. Lu Yuxi used a tool to cut off the hawthorns from one side. After cutting off the hawthorns from the other side, she used a pair of pliers to pull them out.

This process was boring and repetitive. She could not stop talking and casually found a topic to talk about. “Have you noticed that recently, Li Qing has been coming to the restaurant for meals every day. He even sits there playing games for two to three hours.”

“Oh?”

“I have a feeling that he wants to get to know you. He’s been watching you quietly every time.”

“What’s there to know about me?” Xu Le recalled the minor conflict between him and Li Qing and said, “You must have guessed wrongly.”

“Alright, what flavor are you making today?”

Xu Le reminded her, “Remove the seeds for half the batch and cut the other half in a circular shape. Take out the seeds and put both sides together. We’ll stuff walnuts in later.”

“Okay.”

Lu Yuxi responded and continued to deal with the hawthorn.

Xu Le began to place them through the skewers. The first method was to follow the standard method and line it up according to the size.

The second type was to form place them at 45 degrees above and then 45 degrees below the previous hawthorn.

He stuffed the bean paste inside and inserted the walnut.

After preparing more than 30 skewers, there were still a lot of hawthorns that had gone bad or had defects.

Lu Yuxi asked, “What do we do with these? Do we eat them raw?”

“Don’t worry about it. You can just place them through the skewers. Who cares what shape they are in? Just place them through the skewers and flatten it when you’re done.”

“Oh, sure.”