Chapter Fifty-Six: A Virtuous Wife

The master chewed the delicious dishes in his mouth, and looked at Zhao Qingzao's eyes slightly kinder, and when he put the last piece of pig intestine on the plate into his mouth, chewed it a few times and swallowed it, pointing to the empty plate and looking at her gently: "I don't know what ingredients this dish is made of? The chewiness in the mouth is very good, and it doesn't look like meat." ”

Zhao Qingzao stepped forward with a smile to solve his doubts: "Master, the ingredient of this dish is made of pig intestines, and there are no special ingredients." ”

After hearing this, the master's face turned pale, and he turned his back to cover his mouth and retched a few times.

Zhao Qingzao was a little confused by his sudden reaction, she looked at Shen Changting who was sitting next to her in confusion, and just wanted to speak, but the latter shook his head at her slightly.

Zhao Qingzao swallowed the words in his mouth again.

When the master had retched enough, he took out a cyan cloth towel from his sleeve and wiped his mouth before turning to look at Zhao Qingzao, looking annoyed: "You woman, how can you use this...... How about making this kind of thing into a dish and bringing it to the table?"

When Zhao Qingzao heard him say this, the little temper came up, and she looked at the master with a slightly cold face: "I don't know what the master means by this?"

The master was so angry that his face turned red, and he stretched out his finger and pointed at her: "What do you mean? I mean that you don't take me and the county magistrate too seriously, what kind of identity is the county magistrate, you actually use such a filthy thing to entertain, you are very disrespectful." ”

The smile on Zhao Qingzao's face was completely gone: "Dirty things? But, I just watched Master, you eat this dirty thing, but it's the happiest thing to eat!"

The master got up from the chair abruptly and said angrily: "You...... You...... That's because I didn't know it, and I was deceived by you, a little woman. ”

"Huh...... I don't dare to take Master's words, the little woman is just a country woman, and she doesn't have that much ability to dare to deceive you, and I also believe that with your wisdom and intelligence, Master, you will not be deceived by me, an illiterate countryman, what do you say?" Zhao Qingzao looked at him with a sneer.

The master's face was angry with her from red to white, from white to love, and the fingers pointing at her began to tremble non-stop: "You...... You...... You are so bold, not to mention that you use pig manure to cook for us, with your attitude, I can sue you in the lobby and punish you for a great charge of disrespect. ”

After Shen Changting heard this, he glanced up at the master with a calm face, and reminded in a cold voice: "Master, the county magistrate is still sitting here! What crime should be convicted, it seems that it is not up to us to have the final say." ”

After the master heard Shen Changting's words, he calmed down, and when he thought of what he said, he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, he immediately turned around and knelt down, and kept kowtowing to the county magistrate sitting on the seat: "My lord's forgiveness, the villain is just worried about your face, so he said these things that shouldn't be said, please forgive me." ”

The county magistrate who was sitting down looked down at the master who was kneeling on the ground, and said with interest: "Oh, for my face? ”

The master stretched out his hand to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead before he spoke: "My lord, what do you think, if you eat such a filthy thing, once this news spreads, it will damage your majesty, and what will the people think of you at that time?"

"What do you think? Naturally, I think on the bright side. Zhao Qingzao snorted coldly at the master who was kneeling on the ground.

The county magistrate raised his head and smiled at Zhao Qingzao, who was standing in front of him neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Then tell me, why don't you lose it?"

Zhao Qingzao bowed slightly to the county magistrate, and then said with a smile: "My lord, you know, I am a girl in the countryside, so I know best what kind of life the people in the countryside live, they can not be satisfied with meat during the year, except for the New Year, at other times, you don't say it is meat, even the rice may not be enough." ”

The prefectural magistrate nodded again and again when he heard her stop, and then looked at her again and motioned for her to continue.

Zhao Qingzao secretly glanced at Shen Changting, and saw that there was no displeased expression on his face, so he was relieved and continued: "This meat is very expensive, and ordinary farmers can't afford it at all, but this pig's intestine is cheap!" A pound is only a penny, the children are really tight, they will spend a penny to buy a pound of pig intestines, although they don't make it delicious, but it's meat, the children are happy to eat, adults, think about it, if the people know, your dignified county magistrate, and they eat the same, then they will definitely think that the county magistrate is a person who can experience the suffering of the people, is it the master of the blue sky!

Listening to the praise in and out of her words, the county magistrate's face was already full of joy, he stretched out his hand to caress his beard, and looked at Zhao Qingzao with satisfaction: "I didn't expect Mrs. Shen to think that she was such a clear-hearted person!"

Zhao Qingzao bent his knees slightly, and said with a modest smile: "Don't dare, don't dare, the county magistrate is really a winner." ”

At this time, the master who was kneeling on the ground looked up at the county magistrate, and said eagerly: "My lord, don't be fascinated by this little woman's words, she just doesn't mean it, my lord......"

The smile on the county commander's face was slightly cold, and he looked down at the master: "Master, do you mean that I can't see people clearly, and my eyesight is not good?"

The cold sweat that the master had just wiped off flowed out again, and he raised his hand again to wipe it: "Adult, the villain doesn't mean that, the villain is just ......"

The county commander interrupted him unhappily: "Okay, master, since you have eaten enough, then you can go back first! ”

The master bowed his head and said yes, by the way to cover up the reluctance on his face, when he retreated to Zhao Qingzao's side, he snorted coldly, and then turned around and left with his sleeves brushed away.

Watching his back go farther and farther, Zhao Qingzao took another step forward and saluted the county commander again: "It was the little woman who was abrupt just now, and I hope that the lord will forgive her sins." ”

At this time, Shen Changting, who was still sitting next to him, also got up, stood next to Zhao Qingzao, and bowed to the county magistrate who was seated: "It's the lower officials who have no way to discipline them, which makes the insiders so presumptuous, and I hope that the adults will forgive their sins." ”

The county magistrate looked at the two people standing below with a smile: "You two don't have to be like this, it's the master who is too much, and what Mrs. Shen said just now is not bad, it is very alarming!"

Zhao Qingzao and Shen Changting replied in unison: "Don't dare, don't dare." ”

Now the county magistrate smiled even more happily: "Sure enough, it's a pair of beautiful people, please sit down." ”

Listening to the banter in the tone of the county order, Zhao Qingzao's face turned rare red, and she quietly observed Shen Changting beside her with the corner of her eye, but found that there was still no reaction on the person's face, and she couldn't help but feel a little abdominal in her heart: Why is everything with that expression!

Shen Changting bent down slightly and said yes, and by the way, he reached out and pulled Zhao Qingzao, who was distracted.

"Why are you pulling me?" Zhao Qingzao glared at Shen Changting angrily.

Shen Changting's expression was still calm: "Lord County Order, please sit down." ”

"Oh, sit down. Zhao Qingzao's old face was slightly red and he lowered his head and sat next to Shen Changting, but as soon as his butt touched the stool, he stood up violently as if there were thorns on it, "It's over, my peach pulp ......"

As soon as he finished speaking, he walked towards the kitchen in a hurry.

Shen Changting's face twitched slightly, he gave up his hand again, and looked at the county magistrate apologetically: "Don't be surprised, my lord has always been like this...... Free and uninhibited, adults will get used to it after watching it a few more times. ”

Only then did the county magistrate put away the surprise on his face, and said with a smile: "Mrs. Shen's character is really ...... It's unique!"

As soon as the words fell, Zhao Qingzao walked over with a small basin, and as soon as she approached, the air was filled with the fragrance of picking flowers, and there was a faint hint of sweetness.

Zhao Qingzao took the clean small bowl on the table, filled a bowl for the county magistrate, and then filled a bowl for his husband, before he said with a smile: "This is the peach pulp I just made, please taste it." ”

The county magistrate curiously picked up the bowl and brought it to his mouth, took a small sip, and felt that the fragrance of peach blossoms was all between his mouths, and there was a hint of sweetness.

The county commander's eyes lit up for a moment, and then he drank the soup in the bowl in one go, and looked at Zhao Qingzao with unfinished eyes: "Can I still drink another bowl?" This soup is really delicious. ”

Hearing that her skills were affirmed, Zhao Qingzao was naturally very happy, she hurriedly took the bowl in the hands of the county magistrate, and said with a smile: "Of course you can, this is specially prepared by me for adults, you can drink as much as you want." ”

The county magistrate laughed again at her words, took the bowl she handed over, drank it all in one gulp, put the bowl down, took out a silk handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped his mouth, and then looked at Zhao Qingzao curiously and asked, "I don't know what Mrs. Shen just gave the official to drink?" The texture and taste are very nostalgic." ”

Zhao Qingzao glanced at the bowl that was empty again, and replied with a smile: "If you go back to your lordship, this hot soup is called peach pulp." ”

"Oh, peach pulp?" the county magistrate looked at her curiously.

Zhao Qingzao nodded: "That's right, it's peach pulp, peach pulp, as the name suggests, is related to peaches, but my peach pulp is not a pulp made from peaches, but a peach blossom with a lot of dew was picked in the early morning, put it directly in a pot, and boiled it over low heat." ”

At this time, the county magistrate was even more curious: "The peach blossoms with dew are boiled directly? That means that there is no water at all?"

"Yes, there is no water, it is full of the most aura dew in the morning, and the juice of peach blossoms, this sweet soup can beautify the skin and resist the aging speed of the skin, it is the best tonic. ”

Lord Prefectural frowned and thought about her words: "Skin? is it ......"

Zhao Qingzao stuck out his tongue lightly and muttered in a low voice: "It's over, spit out the current words." ”

"What are you talking about?" asked Shen Changting, who was sitting next to her, in a cold voice.

Zhao Qingzao hurriedly shook his head: "It's nothing." Then he looked at the county magistrate: "It's the skin, to put it bluntly, it can make you age slower." ”

The county magistrate asked in amazement: "Is there still such a miraculous effect?"

Zhao Qingzao nodded affirmatively: "That's right!"

The county magistrate felt that he was really eye-opening today, he got up with satisfaction and patted Shen Changting on the shoulder: "Master Shen, you are really blessed, you have such a clever daughter-in-law." ”

Shen Changting arched his hand: "It's still an adult." ”

The county magistrate chuckled: "Okay, don't be modest, I'm full of food and drink today, it's time to go back, don't send it." ”

Shen Changting and Zhao Qingzao still insisted on sending the county magistrate to the door and watched his sedan chair go away.