The blessing of the splendid farm family is married to the world

Chapter 99
After looking at the face of her nephew and granddaughter, Mrs. Shen smiled kindly, and asked meaningfully: "Is your health better?"

Ming Su'er was regarded as unnatural. She had heard from her mother that this aunt was a very shrewd person. Their Ming family was just an ordinary family of literati at the beginning. It was the aunt who married the Duke of Zhen In the mansion, after having the opportunity to contact the upper class, they were appreciated by the empress dowager at the time, and the Ming family has the reputation of the national scholars today.

My great-aunt doesn't like anyone cheating on her.

Don't be smart either.

Before coming to Shen's mansion, her mother's exhortations were still in her ears, Ming Su'er lowered her head slowly, and said aggrievedly: "I saw my cousin went to pick up a woman and took good care of her. Auntie, I really feel bad. hold back."

The girl raised her face as she spoke, her eyes were red and filled with crystal tears.

Mrs. Shen patted her on the shoulder, her face full of love, "Silly boy, my aunt is not blaming you. It's just that your behavior today is really not smart. Although Xiao'er hasn't seen you for several years, she still Listen to what I said, your illness is almost cured, he knows."

Ming Su'er blushed, her expression was full of embarrassment.

However, Mrs. Shen continued as if she didn't see it, "What good can you gain by pretending to be sick? For one thing, it will make Xiao'er think that you are a lamp of beauty and cannot be touched. My grandson, don't you like it?" A vulgar man who acts like a weak woman. Second, if you act too seriously, his stepmother will just use a trick to prevent my daughter from the Ming family from entering the house."

"In the future, do you know what to do?"

Ming Su'er nodded first, then shook her head, and said aggrievedly: "Grandmother, I've never seen my cousin treat someone so kindly."

"What's so scary?" Mrs. Shen touched the little girl's head, "You will stay at home for a while in the future, don't be as self-restrained as before. Of course, your aunt didn't teach you to get too close, just like ordinary cousins. Get along with each other. When Xiao'er sees your excellence, there will naturally be things in the future."

Ming Su'er was still not confident, but she had no choice but to nod because of her aunt's teaching.

"What should that woman do?"

Old Mrs. Shen smiled and said, "What can we do with a girl who is not suitable for our family? Tell her to find a good relationship again."

"But cousin," Ming Su'er remembered his cousin's expression when he saw that woman, and felt that if his aunt did not resolutely object, he would not be separated from that woman.

The smile on Mrs. Shen's face became more relaxed, "You are still a child. How can the fish raised in shallow puddles in the countryside jump into the sea to chase cetaceans? If you can't see the current situation clearly, she will chase after some distance. You know it's exhausting."

Besides, it doesn't matter if she doesn't know that it's hard work, and it's the same for her grandson who finds it inappropriate.

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At dusk, An Xu asked someone to light the lamps on the road from the first entrance to the second entrance of Zhuangyuan Mansion, and the living room was also brightly lit.

Zong Che came back in the dark, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw the lighted path and smiled unconsciously.

When he came to the second courtyard, he saw a patch of light from the living room spilling out, so he went straight there without going back to the room.

On the round table was a copper pot that was already smoky, and next to it was a square wooden tray containing various dishes. I heard she said that this is a nine-square grid, and it is the most convenient to eat hot pot.

"I'm back." An Xu looked up, put some mutton slices into the pot, and said with a smile, "I didn't expect you to look handsome in an official uniform."

Zong Che came over and sat down, and said, "Do you want to eat shabu-shabu?"

Before he came to the capital, there were basketfuls of chili peppers at home, but she insisted on taking out the seeds even though her nose was red, and then went to the county to buy butter, and cooked a pot of butter base with a lot of spices.

It was the first time he tasted spicy shabu-shabu, and also the first time he came into contact with the pure and strong spicy that could make the skin red and hot.

At that time, half of the butter hot pot was sent to the capital, which was shared equally with Gu Jiarong's family.

For the remaining half, they ate many spicy dishes with different flavors.

An Xu said: "Didn't you say in your last letter that you want to eat butter hot pot, but it's night, I didn't make it too spicy. There is also tripe in it, I brought it from home, and I can eat it."

"Yeah," Zong Che picked up the chopsticks and dipped into the red soup to pick it out, and it turned out to be beef tripe with thousands of layers. She had someone give it to her before, but it was not as delicious as tonight.

"It's delicious," he said. "Is this our own cow?"

An Xu started the breeding business two years ago after her family's sugar industry entered a stable development period. She bought the big mountain in front of her house and built seven or eight chicken sheds on it. More than half of the women in the neighboring villages go to work.

At the beginning, she tried artificial hatching of chubby chickens. At that time, only two came out. But when she started breeding, she had sufficient funds and all conditions were perfected. If artificial hatching was adopted again, the hatching rate would naturally be greatly improved.

Because there are enough chickens and eggs, two secondary lines, eggs and fried chicken, have also been developed.

The fried chicken restaurant was first opened in Huaiyang Mansion. A piece of fried chicken cost six to seven yuan, and the most expensive one was only fifteen yuan, which turned out to be very easy to sell.

In order for her business to develop rapidly, so that people around her can also earn money, and then have money to spend in their store, she shared with people the recipes of marinated eggs, preserved eggs, and preserved eggs for free.

Up to now, in Huaiyang Mansion and Linhe Village, the reputation of these three egg products has spread to the economically developed metropolises in the south.

Every month, businessmen from all over the world go to the two places to buy preserved eggs and preserved eggs.

It is obvious to the naked eye that they are richer than a few years ago. County Magistrate Lu was impeached by Mr. Gu before, and because his daughter plotted against King Jin and County Lord Zhangyan, he was demoted to the southwest mountainous area three years ago.Later, the county magistrate of Chipu County was a Jinshi who had been in Beijing for two years.He is very honest and flexible, and the growing prosperity of Jipu County has a lot to do with his not suppressing business.

In fact, business in Ming Dynasty cannot be suppressed by anyone who can suppress it, but there are always some officials who look down on businessmen with dignity, and exploit them unceremoniously if they can.

If the magistrate of a county can be a little more tolerant, it will develop very quickly under the circumstances led by the An family in Zhipu County.

In order to be able to eat fresh beef anytime and anywhere, An Xu put in a lot of effort. Seeing her little-knowledgeable chickens grow up, she wanted to raise cattle.Elder Yue also recommended to her a few expert cattle breeders hidden deep in the countryside. Who would have thought that the cattle would be raised, but she had no right to slaughter them at will.

It turns out that cattle are a very important material at this time. If you want to kill cattle and eat beef, you can, you have to go to the court to obtain a permit.

This license is very difficult to obtain, even if the cattle you raise are beef cattle at first glance, and you don't have much ability to pull the plow.

In the final analysis, the mechanical power is still underdeveloped. After thinking about it, An Xu and Yue Lao worked together for two or three months to come up with a set of labor-saving tools, mechanical plows, seeders, and harvesters.

Of course, this still requires manpower, but it is much easier than the traditional one.

As for the further step, using electric energy to replace manpower, An Xu still can't do it.

She only knows about electricity, fire, wind, and solar, and nothing else.

However, the set of machinery they made can also meet the current production needs.

After making things with Yue Lao, An Xu presented it to the court through Mr. Song, the county magistrate of Jipu County. The main sender was Yue Lao, and she was just an assistant.

For this reason, Yue Lao almost disagreed. There is no such thing as craftsmanship, but there is such a thing in Yue Lao.

After getting the title of a man from the imperial court last time, Elder Yue set a rule for the entire Yue family. In the future, whenever An Xu in Linhe Village asks, the Yue family will do their best to fulfill it.

But An Xu was also very satisfied with what she got from that sacrifice, because she finally got the right to slaughter her family's cattle freely.

When she came to the capital this time, she brought a lot of sauced beef, which was made before going out, as well as a lot of fresh beef and tripe.

Although it was only March, it was cold in the morning and evening, but a lot of ice was wasted along the way.

After scooping up two beef balls and putting them in Zongche's bowl, An Xu smiled and said, "Of course they are raised at home. This one was made by me. It's very hard. Let's taste it. I also brought a lot of beef brisket. It will be eaten tomorrow at noon." Eat tomato and sirloin rice."

Zong Che held the beef ball, paused, and asked, "Aren't you going out tomorrow?"

After asking this sentence, he was too nervous to breathe.

An Xu said: "Before you go out after cooking, I have never been to the capital, so naturally I have to look around."

Zong Che hummed, and continued to eat with a calm expression.

"Tomorrow I still want to eat braised pork." He said suddenly.

"Okay," An Xu boiled some green vegetables and added some noodles. When it was cooked, he mixed it with a dish of sesame soy sauce and stirred it. After eating a bowl, he was full.

"Eat slowly, I'll go to rest first."

Zong Che was taken aback, and asked, "Have you finished eating?"

An Xu stood up: "Eat."

After the people left, Zong Che looked at the dishes in the bowl, and found that they were a bit dull.

The pot was gurgling, and the fragrance was diffused. The servants outside could smell their stomachs rumbling. Then the young lady finished eating quickly and went back to the room to rest. After a while, the master, no, the young master also ate well gone.

Aunt Xi came in to clean up the pot, and seeing that the grid was still full of vegetables, she swallowed, and was about to hold back her greed to clean up.

The magpie came in, holding a glass bottle in her hand, which contained a ruby-like liquid.

"Where's the young master?" She asked in a daze, seeing no one.

The sparrow hurriedly said: "I just went back."

Magpie said: "This is the red wine brought by the young lady. I forgot to open it. You can send it to the young master later."

The sparrow agreed, and stepped forward to take the pretty bottle with her arms in her arms.

The magpie was about to leave, looked back at the food left in the pot, and said, "Eat the rest, don't waste it."

Aunt Xi was taken aback for a moment, not knowing whether she should respond or not.

This is the young lady's maid, don't you know?The young master has a certain amount of food, and there is never any leftovers. If there are leftovers, he will save them for the second meal.

To be honest, she had worked as a cook in Chi Jielang's house before, and that family was poor enough and not as frugal as the young master.

But if you want to tell people that the young master may still keep it for food, will it reveal the young master's shortcoming?

They already knew that Miss and Eldest Young Master are not siblings.

Seeing her hesitation, Magpie thought she didn't dare, and said: "Miss has always told us this, you can eat, it's okay."

After returning to the house, Magpie went over and said these words to the young lady with a smile, "I don't know how strict the young master is. Those servants don't even dare to eat so much food left."

An Xu is applying a mask. This is a prescription given to her by Mrs. Rong. It is said that all the concubines are using it. Strictly speaking, they don't call this mask, it is called snow skin mud. After she got this prescription, she ground the particles More finely, use it once every seven days.

But I didn't stick to it when I was busy.

However, it may be that she has traveled through a journey, and her cooking skills have indeed been blessed. Just eating every day is enough for her to recuperate both internally and externally.

So even though she didn't insist on using snow skin mud, her skin is still getting smoother and more tender after four years.

Whenever I look at the clear glass mirror and look at the people inside, I feel like I have a beauty filter on.

It is reasonable to say that one white covers all ugliness.

An Xu feels that she is not considered a beauty now, but she can also be called delicate and lovely.

It's a pity that she is not the chosen daughter, and she doesn't have a face carved by God.She felt emotional in her heart, and when she heard what the magpie said, she couldn't help laughing and said: "Our family is a very frugal person, so he must not be willing to ask him to throw away so much soup left. Warm it up, and eat it in the second meal."

The magpie and the partridge over there who were making their beds were all surprised.

Is the young master really such a thrifty person?
"Miss, we don't believe it. The young master is an official now. If he's so economical, aren't he afraid that the servants in the mansion will talk about it outside and make people laugh?"

An Xu said: "When we had no money, we often ate leftovers. Isn't he just a small official with a monthly salary of only 30 taels? What's there to be afraid of being laughed at?"

"But our family is rich," said Magpie.

An Xu smiled, "No matter how much money you have, you shouldn't waste it. Che'er has a relatively independent temper, and the leftovers he eats are absolutely untouchable. You eat what I can't finish. That's me. There is no such problem. When there were not so many of you in the family, I would eat the leftovers."

The magpies and partridges were filled with emotion and amused at the same time, how the young lady talked about the young master was like talking about her own child.

Magpie couldn't hold back his words, so he asked.

An Xu thought about the past, when he pointed out those unconscious likings for Zong Che, he quickly cut them off, but after all, they are people under the same roof, and it is impossible to have malicious resemblance without liking.

From there, Zong Che and An Chong are the same, brother, isn't he his own child?
"Isn't his temperament just like a child's?" An Xu said.

Magpie: "But I see, the eldest young master is quite mature and steady, not like a child at all."

An Xu is funny, you'll know it after you've been with him for a long time.

(End of this chapter)