The life of a peasant girl reborn

Chapter 221 The Collision Between Shen Xuan and Feng Mansion (3)
There was still water on the road, and for safety reasons, the carriage had been moving slowly, and their carriage entered the gate of Fengyang City around noon.After entering the city, Shen Xuan and the others went straight back to the Fuyuan Inn.

Seeing the arrival of Shen Xuan and others, the shopkeeper stepped forward in person.Warm hospitality, who made Shen Xuan a distinguished guest of their young master Xie Wuyou?After arranging high-class rooms for Shen Xuan and the others, and seeing them go back to their rooms to rest, the shopkeeper ordered the waiter to report the news to Xie's mansion.

After resting for noon, Shen Xuan went to the hot pot shop in the afternoon, and brought the hawthorn along with her.

"Miss, what is this thing for?" An San and An Si asked as they walked towards the hot pot restaurant carrying the half bag of hawthorns. He wanted to ask when they were in Zhuangzi before.

"Here, I can make some snacks, but you guys don't want to eat it, it's sour." Shen Xuan explained.

After D[-] and D[-] put their things in the kitchen, Shen Xuan sent them away, leaving only Shen Xuan in the kitchen.Lilac and pear fall.The three of them planned to make candied fruit by themselves. Originally, Shen Xuan wanted to give it to Aunt Gao and others to make it, but after thinking about her plan for candied fruit next year, she gave up this idea.

"I'll take out the broken ones later. Pick out the hawthorns that have worms; Dingxiang, you are responsible for washing the hawthorns; Liluo, you go to raise the fire, add water to it, and use it later." Shen Xuan said to each other The tasks are arranged.

After the task of the three of them was completed, they poured the cleaned hawthorn into the pot.Wait for the water to boil.The skin of the hawthorn is slightly cracked, so the hawthorn is taken out; then the fruit stalk and flower pedicle are pulled out.Separate the pulp.Pull out all the hawthorn cores; pour the sugar into the pot and boil.When it is thick, pour the hawthorn pulp into the pot and turn it over, let the sugar juice wrap on the hawthorn, take it out after a stick of incense; put the taken out sugar hawthorn in a bamboo drawer, dry it over low heat, and turn it over at any time.

Except for the difficult step of boiling sugar, the whole process can be completed quickly.After making it once, the three masters and servants worked together, Shen Xuan was in charge of boiling the sugar, and the other two finished it together. The three of them spent the whole afternoon in the kitchen.

Just after You o'clock in the afternoon, the candied hawthorn fruit was finally finished.

"Go and call the shopkeeper." Shen Xuan told Ding Xiang, and after she finished speaking, she found a place to sit and rest, feeling a little tired.

Not long after, the shopkeeper in the shop appeared, hurriedly walked to Shen Xuan, and asked for instructions, "I don't know what your order is, miss?"

"These things have just been made, and you will be responsible for drying them in the next three to five days. After the skin no longer sticks to your hands, you will find a clean jar to seal it up. I will come to pick it up when I pass by here when I return to Beijing." Shen Xuan pointed to the candied hawthorn in the kitchen and gave orders to the shopkeeper.An afternoon of baking alone isn't enough to dissipate the sugar.

"Yes, Miss." The shopkeeper quickly answered Shen Xuan after looking up at the kitchen.I thought in my heart that I must handle this matter myself.

After a few instructions and inquiring about the progress of the shop, Shen Xuan returned to the inn.As soon as he arrived at the inn, he saw An Long, the boy waiting there.

"Miss Shen." Seeing Shen Xuan's figure, An Long hurried forward to greet her.

"Why are you here?" Shen Xuan asked casually.

"The slave was sent by the young master. The young master asked the servant to invite Miss Shen to the banquet at the mansion tonight." An Long explained the reason for standing in the inn.

"Really? Who are there?" Shen Xuan took the invitation from An Long, and asked casually after reading it.

"They are all those who are relatively close to the Xie Mansion. The wives and misses in the mansion there, as well as the Feng Mansion." An Long reminded.

In fact, the so-called night banquet was held by the eldest lady, Feng Shi came up with this method after hearing the news that Shen Xuan had returned to the inn.It was only because she was still grounded that the maid beside her told the eldest lady what she thought. Feng always believed that Shen Xuan, whom she had never met, was a threat to her.Da Furen is also somewhat interested in Shen Xuan, not to mention that Xie Wuyou left the house and did not return there, so there is an invitation for the night banquet now.

As Xie Wuyou's entourage, An Long is naturally very aware of the innocent relationship between the two, but he is a slave, his words are light, and he can only complete the tasks assigned to him by the eldest lady.

"I'm tired, so I won't go tonight. You go back and tell Brother Xie. I will come to the door with the contract at tomorrow's hour, and I will leave Fengyang City after signing it." Shen Xuan threw the post back into An Long's arms , and then went upstairs.

"Miss Shen?" An Long asked Shen Xuan to stay upstairs.

"Is it really your young master's invitation? The handwriting on the post was written by a woman!" Shen Xuan stopped and turned to An Long and asked.As for why it was a woman's handwriting, Shen Xuan didn't want to care about it, anyway, she was leaving tomorrow.

Seeing An Long who had nothing to say, Shen Xuan continued to walk upstairs and quickly closed the door.

With a bang, the sound of the door awakened An Long who was stupefied. Seeing the tightly closed door, An Long turned and went back to Xie's mansion.Back in the mansion, An Long found Xie Wuyou and reported the matter to Xie Wuyou.

After Xie Wuyou heard that it was his mother's idea, he was able to guess who was behind it, and he was sullen.The so-called night banquet, there are other people invited, except for the people from Feng's house, they are still from Feng's house.As a warning, Xie Wuyou, who stayed in the study for several nights in a row, slept in the room of a concubine at night. "Master, Ms. Shen has arrived and is waiting in the living room." An Long replied to Xie Wuyou.

"What time is it?" Xie Wuyou put down the brush in his hand, rubbed his swollen head, and asked with his eyes closed.These days because of his wives and concubines, he has been restless. Although he rested in his concubine's room last night, the anger in his heart still hasn't dissipated.

"Master, it's time, Miss Shen said yesterday." An Long reminded.

When the concierge heard that it was Miss Shen's visit, he hurriedly welcomed him into the living room, and then someone came to tell An Long.Regarding Miss Shen's visit to Xie's mansion, Xie Wuyou had already explained it this morning.It didn't happen that Shen Xuan's visit was blocked outside the door.

"Let's go." Xie Wuyou picked up the drafted contract from the table, and walked out while talking.

In the lobby of the front yard, Shen Xuan was sitting there waiting, and Ding Xiang and Li Luo stood behind Shen Xuan.There was already a corresponding tea maid, who brought the first-class tea, and then stepped back lightly.

This morning, Xie Wuyou specially explained that Miss Shen in front of her is a distinguished guest, so she must treat her well and not be negligent. The maids are the ones who take care of the dishes, and with Xie Wuyou's instructions, they will naturally behave themselves.Even if you don't like Shen Xuan's clothes.I thought in my heart that the conflict between the young master and the young wife these days seemed to be caused by the people in front of me, and they didn't dare to offend them in the slightest.

(End of this chapter)