Silly Zhu's Moving: The Old Neighbor's Nightmare

Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper quickly replied, "These aren't expensive. Many of them can't grow in the north. Take maple trees in Beijing, for example. If you don't choose fertile soil, they still won't grow, right? Look, there are hundreds of tree species here, and seventy or eighty of them can be planted in the north, including these tree species that can't be found in the north. Give me 50 yuan."

I thought to myself, these good seeds were just something I kept for a while, but now they've become a burden. What's the point of keeping them? I've finally found a sucker, so I might as well sell them all at once.

Sha Zhu was secretly pleased, but he didn't show it on his face. Too lazy to haggle, he said, "Okay. I'll take them all. Wrap them up for me. Here's fifty yuan."

Actually, there weren't many, just over 100 small oil paper packets, each containing one or two hundred seeds.

I estimate that each oil paper packet contains a little over one or two ounces of seeds, which is just enough to fit them all in my backpack.

Sha Zhu left the seed shop with his bag on his back. There were flowers and plants all around, and since he already had the seeds, there was no need to buy any more flowers.

Sha Zhu left the flower market and headed towards the warehouse. When he arrived at the rented warehouse, he checked the time and saw that there was still more than half an hour before the agreed time. Sha Zhu was not in a hurry.

The warehouse door was opened, left ajar. Sha Zhu entered the warehouse and retrieved a reclining chair from his spatial storage.

I placed it two meters inside the gate, lay down on it, and my mind was immersed in the space.

Sha Zhu used his mind to scatter the seeds of flowers and plants haphazardly across ten acres of land, then swished some lake water onto the ground and left the plants unattended.

The grains and vegetables planted in the distance have already sprouted tender shoots.

The lush greenery is quite beautiful; these are all grains and vegetables, ensuring our future livelihood.

Then, Sha Zhu took out the seeds from the trees, using his mind to take half of each type of seed, and then repackaged the other half and put it back in the warehouse.

Then, using his mind, he planted one tree seed every 20 meters with the extracted tree seeds. Nearly 8000 tree seeds were planted using less than one-tenth of the black soil.

Then I sprinkled water on the lake, and that was it. After thinking about it, I realized there's nothing else to do right now.

I took out a book from my spatial storage, a children's comic book of Journey to the West, and slowly started reading it. The book was mostly illustrated and quite beautiful.

Sha Zhu flipped through the pages, clicking his tongue in amazement.

After watching for only a short while, the sound of cart tracks and shouts of drivers came from outside the warehouse gate, growing louder as they approached.

Sha Zhu quickly got up and went outside the warehouse. He saw that the pork and beef deliverymen were coming in a donkey cart.

Sha Zhu quickly opened the warehouse door, casually pulled a pack of Daqianmen cigarettes from his pocket, opened it, and handed one to each person.

"You two have worked hard. Have a cigarette and take a break."

"No, no, the shop is busy right now. The boss sent us here to deliver goods, so we have to hurry back. Could you please show us the receipt so we can take a look?"

One of the waiters said, taking the cigarette but not lighting it, and tucking it behind his ear. "Okay, no problem, it can't be wrong." Sha Zhu quickly handed the prepared receipts to the waiter for reconciliation.

After checking the invoices, the worker unloaded the goods with another worker. After they carried the goods into the warehouse and settled the final payment, they said goodbye and hurriedly drove off on their donkey cart.

After watching them drive the donkey cart away and seeing that no one around was paying attention to them, Sha Zhu returned to the warehouse and stored the meat in his spatial storage.

Just as they finished collecting these, several more horse-drawn carriages arrived outside, led by the owner of the container shop.

Sha Zhu quickly went up to offer him a cigarette, saying, "I was just saying I'd have to wait a bit longer."

Seeing this, the boss took the cigarette, lit it, and said, "There's not much stuff in the shop. I packed it all up and brought it over. I'll have them move it to the warehouse for you first."

"Okay, no problem, no rush." ​​He then took out some money and a warehouse key from his pocket and handed them to the container shop owner, saying...

"Here, this is what we agreed on, half of the payment. Please check it. This is the warehouse key. I'll have someone haul away these that were just unloaded today. You can have the rest delivered whenever you like."

"Don't worry, it'll be delivered to you within a week. The main problem is that this large vat is too heavy and takes up too much space, so we need to find a large truck to move it."

That's true, a horse-drawn carriage can't fit two or three of those big vats. "Alright, it's settled then. I'll come over next weekend to settle the remaining half of the payment. I won't be coming over in the meantime. Anyway, I've given you the key to the gate," Sha Zhu said.

Upon hearing Sha Zhu's words, the container shop owner quickly replied, "Okay, no problem. Let's meet here next weekend at this time."

After the group drove away in their carriage, Sha Zhu put all the items into his spatial storage, closed the warehouse door,

He flashed into the space, and Sha Zhu looked at the containers. He first used his mind to summon lake water to wash them inside and out.

Dry these containers with air and then store them in the warehouse. Take out the 100 jin (50 catties) of beef shank from the warehouse.

Rinse it clean, cut it in half, and soak it in spring water for two hours in two large, clean basins. Now it's ready to be made into braised beef.

Then, cut 50 jin of pork from the warehouse, rinsed it clean, and then used his mind to cut the 50 jin of pork into 2-3 cm square pieces.

Next, put the pork chunks into a large iron pot on the stove filled with cold spring water, add some ginger and cooking wine, bring it to a boil over high heat, skim off the foam, and take out the pork for later use.

Wash the large iron pot clean, add plenty of oil and a lot of fine sugar, and stir slowly over low heat until the sugar melts and turns dark red.

Then, put all the blanched pork belly pieces into the pot and stir-fry quickly to coat the meat pieces evenly with the caramel coloring.

Add plenty of soy sauce and continue to stir-fry evenly to color the meat pieces.

Then add enough spring water, and put in spices such as star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves, and scallions.

Slowly bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to a simmer. Test with chopsticks; wait until the meat is tender and the broth is thick.

Add salt to taste, then turn up the heat to reduce the sauce until it thickens and coats the pork pieces evenly. The braised pork is now ready.

Take out two clean ceramic bowls, pour the braised pork directly into the two bowls, and then sprinkle some chopped green onions and cilantro on top as a garnish. Done.

Looking at the bright red and fragrant braised pork, my mouth watered.

Sha Zhu picked up a piece of braised pork and tasted it. It was fatty but not greasy, tender and flavorful, sweet with a hint of salt, and the broth was rich.

He then found two lunchboxes, filled them with braised pork, and prepared to take them back for the two chefs to try.

Secure the lunchbox tightly to prevent any soup from spilling, and carefully place it into your backpack.

Then, two large basins of braised pork were placed in the warehouse to prevent them from spoiling.

Whenever I want to eat, I can take it from the space warehouse. It's always fresh out of the pot. It's so convenient.

I'll make the braised beef when I get back, then I can let it cool and store it in the warehouse. One hot dish and one cold dish, perfect.

Sha Zhu thought happily. He picked up his backpack, which contained two boxes of braised pork, and left the space.

There was no one near the rented warehouse gate, and it didn't attract much attention. Sha Zhu locked the gate and then leisurely left.

When they returned to Master Li Xinggong's house, the two masters were drinking, and several small dishes were laid out on the table.

When Master Wang Yijun saw Sha Zhu come in, he hurriedly said, "Zhu Zi, what have you been doing all day? I haven't seen you anywhere."

As Sha Zhu opened his backpack and took out the braised pork, he said, "Master, I promised my second senior brother I'd drink with you, so I went around the neighborhood and bought a few clothes. I packed two boxes of braised pork for you all."

While the two masters weren't paying attention to the backpacks, Sha Zhu quickly transferred several sets of training clothes and two bottles of lotus white wine from his spatial storage.

Fortunately, the backpack was big enough that even after putting in a few clothes and two bottles of wine, there was no noticeable change.

"Here, Master, these two bottles of Lotus White wine are for you. And Master Li, these two training outfits are for you. I also bought two sets for myself. One is a short-sleeved shirt and the other is a training outfit."

Seeing this, Li Xinggong put down his wine glass and said, "Zhuzi, why are you wasting money? Why buy such expensive wine? We haven't even finished the wine we brought last time, and this training uniform isn't cheap either. I don't usually say anything when you buy your own breakfast. Why spend so much money?" Li Xinggong looked at Sha Zhu with suspicion.