Chapter 154: The Secret Recipe
Hearing Yuedi say the word 'sell stolen goods', An Yixin suddenly blushed, and hurriedly defended: "Sister Yuedi, you misunderstood, I didn't steal anything, I just deducted a little bit of ingredients." ”
Seeing An Yixin's frightened expression, but her eyes were still as clear as water, Yuedi suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. An Yixin told her before that she didn't want to get married in this life, and she had to support not only herself, but also her widowed mother, so she had to find a way to make money. Yuedi thought that she was anxious and shallow-eyed, and when she saw what jewelry Lu Fugui had stolen, she heard that she had just deducted a little bit of ingredients, so she was relieved.
Stealing is a character problem, and plucking geese is also a character problem, but it is much lighter than stealing.
Yuedi is the chief steward of Qingjiang Garden, and it has always been severely punished when the maid and servant steal things, but the cook steals the ingredients and sells them for money, which is basically impossible to detect, so as long as the quality of the three meals a day is not reduced, the Yuedi will turn a blind eye.
"What did you withhold?" Yuedi asked.
An Yixin didn't answer, walked quickly to the door and looked, and saw that no one had picked up the deadbolt and bolted the door tightly, then fumbled in the cabinet for a while, and took out a long paper bag.
The paper bag was opened, and Yuedi gasped, this ginseng was too good. Withholding such a ginseng is really worth more than stealing jewelry beads.
Yuedi picked up the ginseng and looked at it carefully, and the more she looked at it, the more frightened she became. "This ginseng has a head and tail and a beard, how did you deduct it?" She kept a straight face, her eyes flashed, and she stared at An Yixin's eyes.
It's not a big deal to pluck the goose, but the price of such a ginseng is too high, and it's not a little bit of an ingredient. If this is discovered, it is enough to tie up the little girl and send it to the official.
Since the ginseng, An Yixin has been worried, and at this moment, seeing Yuedi's serious face, staring at him like a great enemy, he couldn't help but be even more frightened, his heart was beating suddenly, and his legs were so weak that he couldn't stand still.
Yuedi hurriedly stretched out her hand to support An Yixin, knowing that it was her expression that scared her, and immediately calmed down, "Don't be afraid, I just saw that this ginseng was too intact, and I couldn't understand how you deducted it." Tell me the truth, no matter what happens, I'll help you. ”
As she spoke, she looked at An Yixin with a pair of eyes, gentle, shrewd, judgmental and responsible.
An Yixin made up her mind, she quietly went to the pharmacy to inquire, and such a good ginseng pharmacy would sell for five or six hundred taels of silver. But when she took out the ginseng and said that she wanted to sell it, the shopkeeper of the pharmacy immediately changed his face, first insisting that it was a thief, and scaring her to report to the official. She denied it alive or dead, and the shopkeeper of the pharmacy saw that he couldn't scare her, so he offered twenty taels of silver. She felt that the price was too low and was reluctant to sell it. Selling and reluctant to sell, hiding and afraid of being discovered, An Yixin has worked hard for this bit of ginseng these days, and today when she saw Yuedi coming to Crouching Tiger Xuan, she opened her face and asked her for help.
"The eldest lady gave Lu Yunshen four ginseng, and Lu Yunshen said that he was strong and didn't need to eat this, so I told the eldest lady that he could use ginseng to make wine. I really didn't steal this ginseng, it was really left over from brewing. An Yixin knew that Yuedi was suspicious when she saw that the ginseng was intact, and suspected that the ginseng was stolen by herself, so she said it honestly when she asked.
Hearing An Yixin say this, Yuedi put her mind at ease, didn't care about anything else, and asked curiously, "Can ginseng still be soaked in wine?" ”
In the previous life, medicinal wine was prevalent, and ginseng was found in many medicinal wines. But the last time An Yixin proposed to use ginseng to make wine, the eldest lady was also surprised, obviously people in this life have not thought of using ginseng to make wine. "Ginseng wine is a good tonic, drink a small cup every night to calm the nerves and replenish qi and blood, and it is said that drinking it all the time can also prolong life."
When Yuedi heard the words 'prolong life', she was even more interested, "Then do you have any good ginseng wine, bring it to me to taste." ”
Seeing that the moon flute was about to be tasted, An Yixin hurriedly picked up a small porcelain jar from the shelf and opened it to show the moon flute, "There are ginseng and wolfberries in it, but the days of soaking are still short, and it should have no effect." She said as she poured out a small glass of ginseng wine and handed it to the moon flute.
Yuedi took a sip, the wine was very strong, a little bitter of ginseng, and a little sweet.
"The taste is not bad. I think it tastes like ginseng, haven't you tasted it yet? Yuedi said, handing the cup to An Yixin.
An Yixin took it and took a sip, "The taste is too light, and the days of ginseng soaking are too short." ”
Seeing An Yixin repeatedly emphasizing that the days are too short, Yuedi couldn't help but sigh, "I don't think it's that the days are too short, it's that you put too little ginseng in the wine in order to deduct more ginseng." ”
An Yixin was stunned, uh...... There is also this possibility.
"You said that the eldest lady gave four ginseng trees, and how many did you put in them?" Yuedi asked with a smile.
"Half a tree." An Yi Xinsi Ai said.
"Just half a tree, you're really ruthless." Yuedi gave a thumbs up and said admiringly.
"Although I only used half of it, my sister doesn't have to worry, no one will find out." An Yixin said anxiously, "I told the eldest lady that in order to make the ginseng wine brew as soon as possible, the ginseng needs to be chopped and chopped into minced pieces. ”
The moon flute knelt.
Such a good ginseng, cut into minced ......
The little maid is not very old, and she has a lot of eyes, and she has paved the way for herself.
Seeing that Yuedi looked admiring and funny, An Yixin smiled blushingly and sheepishly.
Sure that An Yixin wouldn't get into any trouble for stealing ginseng, Yuedi coughed lightly, "Aren't you looking for me to sell the stolen goods?" What about the other two and a half, why don't you take them out quickly? ”
Listening to the moon flute to help him sell the stolen goods, An Yixin suddenly felt overjoyed, these ginseng trees were hidden in the kitchen, and she was really worried.
One by one, the paper bags were opened, and the three and a half ginseng trees were placed side by side on the long table, and the eyes of the moon flute lit up. Such a good old mountain ginseng, if it was stewed and eaten according to the general method, Lu Yunshen would have to make up for the nosebleeds and die.
There was still a sip of ginseng wine left, and the moon flute took another sip.
"My sister is young and in good health, even if the weather in the capital is cold, but it is too dry, my sister had better not drink more of this." Seeing that Yuedi seemed to like ginseng wine very much, An Yixin hurriedly said.
"It's not that I'm going to drink." Yue Di smiled, very happy that An Yixin cared about herself so much. "I suddenly remembered that the Emperor Taishang was not in good health and needed to eat ginseng all year round to replenish the ointment. The last time I went with the prince to meet him, he complained that he was tired of eating. If you drink this ginseng wine......"
"Drinking ginseng wine is good for the body, but it's hard to say whether it can replace ginseng tonic ointment, sister, don't be reckless." When An Yixin heard Yuedi say this, she was so frightened that she hurriedly interrupted her and hurriedly said.
Medicinal wine is at most a tonic, and tonic cannot replace medicine. An Yixin didn't want to hurt an old man because of his words.
Yuedi nodded, "I know the severity, the Emperor's diet is taken care of by the imperial doctor, but I will write a letter and tell the imperial doctor about this method of soaking ginseng wine......" Yuedi paused when she said this, and waited for An Yixin to stretch out her fingers and shake it in front of her eyes as if she was selling pineapple rice just now, and then shouted, I can't sell it at a loss this time, I want four hundred taels.
However, An Yixin only breathed a sigh of relief, but did not speak.
Well, it seems that the little girl only sells recipes to Yiyuan, this medicine and wine or something, she didn't think that she could also sell secret recipes. (To be continued.) )