The Marquis' Wife
Make chocolate

A resident looked at each other and smiled grimacingly. "Chief of Miao village. Actually Lu Xiang also gave meat to Grandma Lan but grandma Lan wanted to ask for more, we think it's not good because Lu Xiang will also sell this meat to renovate the roof of her house" He said it seemed to be impartial to anyone because the village chief was still the one who was more powerful among them but all those people if grandmother Lan was the one who was wrong.

"Yes the village chief Miao. If now Grandma Lan did her best. In the future there will be someone who imitates the act. Isn't our village fucked up?" Overwrite the others.

"Yes. Everyone will say that grandma Lan alone can do that the others can't. That's not good" the residents one by one expressed their opinions.

The village chief Miao was stunned, his countenance became gloomy but he knew that if he still defended Grandma Lan then the villagers would look strangely and be wary of her, he took a deep breath and said seriously. "Grandmother Lan, this time Lu Xiang wanted to use the meat sale money to fix the roof of the house. Another if you ask for more"

Lu Xiang's gaze grew colder, he just smirked softly then without a word and started to stuff the boar into the basket, he said, leaving only the non-soft flesh parts as well as some bones for the Miao family.

He knew that the village chief Miao was defending Lan's grandmother because Miao Sheng was about to take the state examination. For a moment he was fed up with his current state, if he were still a scholar then the village chief Miao would not be unfair. His determination to learn is burning, he does not know when he will be able to go to school again but he will continue to study and pursue other scholars when he is able to continue his academic.

"Hey. I want the soft part!" A moment Grandma Lan was stunned and immediately shouted for her best share but was ignored by Lu Xiang.

"Basar son-in-law stingy. I don't want to have a daughter-in-law like you" Grandma Lan spat and swore Lu Xiang and her family over.

The citizens shook their heads. Grandma Lan was completely shameless and assumed that all other people's belongings were hers, they also stayed away from Grandma Lan and went home to each other.

Adelia breathed a tired sigh. Today he opened his eyes and saw a new experience he had never experienced before. Given how unhappily the Miao family was, Adelia squinted thinking that the way to deal with the thick-face family was by way of a thick-face as well. He looked at Lu Xiang who was busy wrapping the meat with lotus leaves to hold on tomorrow and whispered. "I'm sorry for my family"

Lu Xiang's eyebrows shot up, he stared interestedly. "Your family?"

Adelia laughed. They also restart activity that was delayed due to the incident.

Adelia began to split the chocolate fruit, took out the seeds of the chocolate fruit and put them in a container to ferment for a week before it dried then in the roast before finally being mashed finely into a sweet chocolate powder.

Lu Cheng pulled her brother's arm and whispered while watching Adelia. "The Miao family is very embarrassing sis. Are we going to continue to serve them?"

Lu Xiang gently stroked his sister's head. "People like them just need to be ignored. We don't have to serve them"

Lu Cheng was silent for a moment then nodded in agreement. Lu Shan who was very small felt afraid of the dispute that had just happened, but when he remembered the chocolate milk his attention was diverted. "Sister Adel. Where's the chocolate milk you promised me?"

Adelia laughed funnyly then went into the kitchen to pick up a glass and pour chocolate milk. "Well, drink it"

Lu Shan let out a cheerful laugh and began to sit quietly enjoying the chocolate milk he had never tasted before.

Lu Cheng glanced at his sister and mumbled subtly that his sister was useless just to eat and drink but his eyes that focused on chocolate milk showed the true contents of the heart.

Adelia only shook with a smile and also gave Lu Cheng chocolate milk.

A few days passed quietly, after Lu Xiang sold the boar meat and bones, he started buying bamboo roofs and began to fix the roofs of his own house. He wants to save money in order to be able to go back to school even if somehow, he does not want to experience humiliation again from people who look down on him.

Adelia smiled gently, finished roast she separated the seed skin one by one. Lu Cheng and Lu Shan helped make Adelia's work faster, pounding cocoa beans into powder.

Lu Shan stared curiously then silently poked the brown powder with his hand and stuffed it into his mouth but his forehead wrinkled due to the taste of the chocolate powder that was not as sweet as he had imagined.

Adelia laughed at the funny look on her sister. "This is not yet Lu Shan. You can't eat it yet". He took the white sugar and oil on the plate shelf, put in a few spoons of sugar and a little oil and stirred the chocolate powder until it became liquid.

Lu Shan and Lu Cheng's attention was turned to the snow-white sugar as well as the extremely clear golden yellow oil.

"This is what, brother?" Lu Shan asked still with a focused look towards sugar.

"It's sugar. Try it" Adelia scooped up a little sugar and fed Lu Shan.

Lu Shan's eyes opened wide and held both of his cheeks so. "It's so sweet brother. I want more"

Adelia smiled resignedly and went back to feed Lu Shan a little sugar, she also fed Lu Cheng who was just silent.

"You want Lu Cheng?" Adelia smiled seductively.

Lu Cheng cleared his throat like an adult but the sweet temptation of the snow-white sugar he could not resist, she opened her mouth shyly and accepted a bribe from Adelia without knowing that her sister-in-law's eyes were glistening with satisfaction and held her lips back from smiling.

A little while later the liquid chocolate was so, Adelia distributed the liquid chocolate to her sisters and began pounding the roasted chocolate seeds, adding the sugar and oil to the liquid then storing it in the container that Lu Xiang bought.

Nearly 300 pieces that he picked and process produced 8 small containers of liquid chocolate. He would take her to a restaurant to sell.

In the evening Lu Xiang enjoyed the hot chocolate with great interest, the fragrant and sweet and warm aroma of chocolate made his body relax.

"Tomorrow I'll sell this liquid chocolate to a restaurant. Do you know which restaurant I should go to?"

"You can take it to Fuyuan, the restaurant has a good reputation and with many branches, they will give you a good price"

Adelia thought while nodding. "Do you know who owns the restaurant?"

"I heard the owner of the restaurant surnamed Cheng, they're one of the most influential families in the capital"

Adelia's stunned. His eyes moved to and fro thinking about the novel he had read and his experiences and knowing that he could work with Fuyuan's restaurant.

If he succeeds in getting Cheng's family partner then.... Adelia's mind moved quickly thinking about the benefits and risks of partnering with a wealthy family.