Chapter 271: Pomegranate (Three Watches)
Qiao Zhen's first feeling about Lord Ning was good, because she felt that Ning Ziyan was right, the time when Zhen Guogong and Chen Xuanyu were fighting in Huabei, because of the defeat in the war, they did lack money and food for a while, Qiao Zhen asked, it was indeed Lord Ning who came forward to help with the preparations, and urged many times, and finally made these preparations, and sent them to Huabei urgently, which led to the later victory, if the money and food were not in place, they would not win so quickly, so Lord Ning could be regarded as helping.
When the person was closer, Qiao Zhen got rid of all kinds of thoughts in her mind, straightened her body, and then she took the lead, Ning Ziyan followed, and the two stepped forward to salute.
"Quick, hurry up, your body is inconvenient, and you still have so many courtesies, don't stretch it." Zhenguo Gong hurriedly asked Sun Juhua to hold Qiaozhen, although he is a military general, but he has a soft side to his family, he likes Qiaozhen, so he usually doesn't let Qiaozhen and him formalize.
"Thank you, Father, for your kindness." Qiaozhen smiled and stood up.
Ning Ziyan also saluted at this time, and was standing next to Lord Ning with red eyes, telling her feelings of longing.
Lord Ning looked at his daughter with pity, her daughter had lost weight, and she should have suffered a lot.
"This is your Uncle Ning, you can see it too." Zhen Guogong introduces his old friend to Qiaozhen.
"My nephew and daughter-in-law have seen Uncle Ning, Uncle Ning is healthy, and he has worked hard all the way." Qiao Zhen saluted Lord Ning.
"Nephew and daughter-in-law, please get up quickly, they are all your own family, you are inconvenient, you don't have to be so formal. The little girl has been bothering you for many days, and my uncle hasn't thanked you properly. Master Ning gave a handful of help and let Qiaozhen get up. Speaking of which, Lord Ning didn't particularly like Qiao Zhen, but he didn't resent Qiao Zhen either. The attitude towards Qiaozhen is very peaceful.
His daughter and Chen Xuanyu didn't succeed, because they didn't have that fate. Although he is very optimistic about Chen Xuanyu, people have their own choices, he will not force them, at most he feels sorry for his daughter. For Qiaozhen, he is regarded as the daughter-in-law of an old friend, that's all.
"Uncle is polite, sister is very sensible. It's very distressing, with her here, I also have many people to accompany me. Life is much better. Qiao Zhen said politely, she would say such things, but she usually didn't like to say it, and she felt too hypocritical.
"Haha. Good. As long as you can get along well. Zhen Guogong laughed, he was still worried that Qiao Zhen had an idea, it seems to be good now, Qiao Zhen is not that kind of petty family.
"Father, uncle, it's been hard all the way, this is not the place to talk, please come inside." Qiaozhen leaned sideways and gave in. Sent a few people to the flower hall.
The guests and hosts sat down in the flower hall, and the first one was Zhen Guogong. The side position is Lord Ning, Chen Xuanyu sits first on the left, Qiao Zhen sits on the first place on the right, and Ning Ziyan sits on Qiao Zhen's hand.
The maid stepped back after the tea, and the individual began to gossip. The main thing is to ask each other about the situation.
Qiaozhen sat for a while and got up, she had to arrange a meal for her father-in-law and Lord Ning to pick up the wind.
"Qiaozhen, although my father misses your craftsmanship, but you are a month old, it is inevitable to bump into the kitchen, just let the cook do it, don't stretch out your hand, you know?" Zhenguo Bus took his daughter-in-law on behalf of him, showing his care, and he didn't want his daughter-in-law to get anything wrong with her body because she cooked for him.
"Yes, daughter-in-law obeys." Qiaozhen nodded, although she felt that it was okay, but what her father-in-law said was not unreasonable, in case there was a bump, or she was anxious, it was not good, she had to pay attention, and it was not at this time to be filial, and she could also make it for her father-in-law to eat when her father-in-law came again next time.
"Oh? Does my niece still have good cooking skills? Lord Ning's eyes are full of interest, he knows his old friend, old friends like to eat is famous, although not picky, but when you meet the food you like, you will definitely be happy, you will eat more, you will eat happily, I remember that my old friend told me that he doesn't like to eat in the house the most, restrained, and the food is not tasteful. But now he praises his daughter-in-law like this, which shows that his daughter-in-law has an appetite for him.
"Haha, you don't know, my daughter-in-law's cooking skills are quite good, I don't know how long her brain is, she can think of anything to eat, I came here last time, but I enjoyed eating. Not only can she make it, but she can also eat it. Watching her eat, you will feel that you have an appetite, this is really not a family that does not enter the door. Zhen Guogong smiled, he didn't speak as exquisitely as in the capital, although he used the local language, he could give people a feeling of closeness and heroism.
Qiao Zhen glanced at her father-in-law, is this a compliment to her? Or is she also a foodie?
Ning Ziyan secretly pursed her lips, what is there to praise about those vulgar eating. She felt ashamed when she said it, and she didn't know what Uncle Chen and Brother Xuanyu thought.
"Father Liao praised, I don't know if my uncle has a taboo? If there is, the nephew will tell the cook to pay attention. Qiaozhen asked.
"No, the old man eats everything, and he has a nephew and daughter-in-law." Lord Ning said politely.
"Yes, you don't have to worry about him, don't look at him, he has a good appetite, no less than me. Go ahead and prepare more meat. "Zhenguo Gong asked Qiaozhen to arrange it.
Lord Ning smiled slightly, it seemed that the old friend was very satisfied with this daughter-in-law, and he could feel it from his demeanor and speech. My daughter is out of play, hey, I hope my daughter can have a good marriage in the future, so I don't have to worry about her.
Lord Ning sighed in his heart, and talked to Zhen Guogong and Chen Xuanyu, of course, his eyes always looked at Ning Ziyan, his daughter, he was distressed.
Lunch was prepared very richly, although Qiaozhen didn't do it herself, but the cook was watching when she was cooking, and she guided again, and the cook could also make eight points of taste.
Zhenguo Gong was very satisfied with the meal, and Lord Ning also felt quite appetizing, so he became interested for a while, and asked for wine, and the three of them ate wine. Talking about sex, drinking is quite strong.
Ning Ziyan frowned here, this table is basically full of meat dishes, how can she eat it? Seeing which woman kept eating with chopsticks and chopsticks, she felt that it was difficult to swallow.
She was unhappy, she felt that Qiao Zhen must have done it on purpose, she knew that she liked vegetarian dishes, and when she first came, she didn't prepare vegetarian dishes for herself, but today she prepared all the meat, didn't she want to embarrass her in public.
"Why, sister, isn't this to your liking? Why don't you ask your sister-in-law to reorganize for you? Qiaozhen said that she cared, her father was here, and she had to do face-saving work. In fact, she knew that Miss Ning didn't eat meat, and her eating habits had already been reported, and Qiaozhen was also deliberate. She can eat anything herself, so she deliberately didn't have a whole vegetarian dish. Let Ning Ziyan starve.
"I don't need my sister-in-law, these are very good, but now it's hot, and when it's hot, my sister's appetite is small, and she will be full if she eats a little. I'm tired of my sister-in-law. "How dare Ning Ziyan let Qiaozhen give her a separate treatment, everyone else eats well, as long as she doesn't like it, then she won't be excluded.
"Oh, that's it, it's my sister-in-law who has a big heart and didn't pay attention to these, so when my sister-in-law tells someone to bring some melons and fruits, it's best to eat more melons and fruits this day." Qiao Zhen had a faint smile on his face, a caring look.
Zhen Guogong and Lord Ning both nodded with satisfaction, feeling that Qiao Zhen was very thoughtful.
Eat and drink enough, the banquet is withdrawn, Qiaozhen makes people serve tea and melons and fruits, there are a lot of melons and fruits in this season, in addition to normal melons and fruits, there are several different colors and round things on a plate. It doesn't look pretty, but it's a novelty.
"What is this?" Zhenguo Gong and Lord Ning were very surprised, they hadn't eaten it before, maybe they had bought it in the house, but they hadn't paid attention to it.
Miss Ning is also unusual, she hasn't eaten it either, Qiao Zhen hasn't prepared this for her before, so she doesn't know it, is this a special show today?
For their surprise, Qiao Zhen is not surprised, this plate contains pomegranates, which have not yet been cultivated on a large scale, only in very few places.
She asked people to bring this pomegranate is Linxian County, called Lingwu County, the pomegranate of Lingwu County is very famous in later generations, but it has not spread here, the pomegranate production is small, and the people who grow it are few, no one treats them as a rare thing, except for the people who grow it themselves, the rest are sold in the town, and there is no circulation to other provinces at all.
Qiaozhen inquired clearly, and moved her mind, about the pomegranate was almost on the market, so she sent someone to Lingwu to look for the pomegranate to buy back, who made herself a foodie, she liked all the delicious food.
The time she sent was just right, this was the first batch of ripe, there were not many in total, her people bought fifty, and sent some to the Wang family and Mrs. Qin, and the rest Qiaozhen kept it by herself, ready to greet the guests, but what she didn't expect was that the pomegranate was bought yesterday and divided, and it was here today, which was just right.
And this pomegranate is not the kind of red that is common in later generations, it has several colors, there are apricot yellow and bright copper pomegranates, there are rusty iron pomegranates, as well as snow-white jade white pomegranates and red, yellow, black flower pomegranates.
Among them, copper and iron pomegranates taste the best, but the white and flower skin skins are more beautiful, so people's evaluation of these pomegranates is similar.
"This is a pomegranate that has just been put on the market, it is produced here, because the output is small and it is not easy to preserve, so it has not been circulated to other places, it is not a rare thing, and it is fresh for my father and uncle." Qiao Zhen smiled and said, with an attitude of neither humbling nor humility, without the slightest hint of showmanship.
"How do you eat this?" Zhenguo asked openly, and he never refused his daughter-in-law's new tricks.
Qiao Zhen picked up a pomegranate and peeled the skin open. The crystal clear seeds inside are revealed, the seeds are red, and they are plump, and they look like people very much.
Several people were surprised, they didn't expect the pomegranate that was not very conspicuous on the outside to be so beautiful inside. This is still the true sentence that cannot be seen. It's unexpected! (To be continued......)
PS: Three more arrived. There is a fourth watch in the evening. Recommend this book, the title of the book is "The Rich Woman", author: Mu Mu Gezi. Introduction: Travel to the Qing Dynasty and start a business to get rich.