9. Chapter 8

"My sister doesn't like these treats?" Sun Miaoxue saw Sun Miaoxi looking at her fixedly, and felt a little empty.

Sun Miaoxi retracted her thoughts at this time, and nodded casually: "I like to eat kidney bean rolls." ”

After speaking, he walked straight to the courtyard, and didn't open his mouth to invite Sun Miaoxue, but Sun Miaoxue followed in by herself, and praised Sun Miaoxi familiarly: "Third sister, I heard that the soothing incense you made is very effective, and my grandmother and Aunt Chu are full of praise after using it, I want to ask you for a recipe for soothing incense, I don't know if you are willing to cut your love?" ”

"What recipe?" Sun Miaoxi stuffed a kidney bean roll into her mouth, pretending to be stupid indistinctly.

"It's the way to calm the gods," Sun Miaoxue suppressed the excitement in her heart and explained euphemistically: "How does Sister An Shenxiang do it, can you teach me, I also want to do it." ”

Sun Miaoxi bit the pastry, tilted her head to look at Sun Miaoxue, still smiling on her face, but she was quite surprised in her heartβ€”β€”β€” she had just won Mrs. Chu's praise, Sun Miaoxue came to ask her for a prescription, it seems that Sun Miaoxue is also like other girls in the house, wanting to please Mrs. Chu.

Mrs. Chu is the Duchess of Dingguo, only Chu Peiyan has a son under her knees, Chu Peiyan has already asked for the title of prince, this year is sixteen, just at the age suitable for marriage, Mrs. Chu has been looking for a suitable family for him, attracting many girls who admire him and are ready to move.

Who made Chu Peiyan a young man who was ambitious and famous in the capital?

Several sisters in the family worked hard to be courteous in front of Mrs. Chu, but didn't it just to make her treat her differently and include them in the consideration of her daughter-in-law?

Sun Miaoxi knew that Chu Peiyan was very popular in both the capital and Jeju, but she didn't expect that Sun Miaoxue, who had never followed the trend, would also be moved by him and wanted to fight for it.

Sun Miaoxi thought for a moment and decided to help Sun Miaoxue, and she just took this opportunity to cut off the only intersection between her and Mrs. Zhao!

"I tell the second sister what to do, will the second sister make me something to eat again?" Alas, it's not easy to be a fool, even if you agree to someone else's request, you have to be stupid to agree.

Sun Miaoxue nodded hurriedly, and Sun Miaoxi pointed to the Lantern Festival: "You tell the second sister." ”

Lantern Xiao had to sell stupidity with her own girl, and she had to help make the words round: "Second girl, on weekdays, when our girls make incense, the slaves and maids are waiting on the side, but they also write down the steps and methods, if the second girl doesn't dislike it, the slave will recite it to you, right?" You know our girl, she ...... I'm afraid I can't say it all. ”

Sun Miaoxue said: "Okay, you take the pen and ink, you say I remember." ”

Lantern Xiao quickly took the pen and ink and began to recite aloud: "Take one or two agarwood, one penny of sandalwood, and ten fragrant pears; Carve the fragrant pear to the scoop core, dig it into an urn shape, put it into the incense powder, and still cover the top of the pear back; Steaming three times on the fire, removing the pear skin, grinding and making it even, making cakes and pills, and soothing the fragrance after a long time. ”

Sun Miaoxue kept it in mind, and carefully sorted it out, and couldn't help admiring: "This method is very wonderful, I know that the master is really a master of incense, and the people make incense to remove sandalwood, agarwood and other original spices, supplemented by a variety of incense flowers and incense......"

"Master Zhizhi abandons the fragrant flowers, and chooses the fragrant pear and fragrant β€”β€”β€” the fruit fragrance is refreshing, and the smell is refreshing, and the fragrance alone is unique and better, no wonder the grandmother and Mrs. Chu are full of praise after using it."

Sun Miaoxi won't tell Sun Miaoxue that this soothing incense was developed by her alone, and it has nothing to do with Master Zhi, and in the face of Sun Miaoxue's praise, she only replied hehe, "The jam and gold cake are delicious, I still want to eat it."

Sun Miaoxue smiled dumbly when she saw this, and at the same time secretly felt glad that thanks to Sun Miaoxiβ€”β€”β€” she was a fool, her plan was able to successfully achieve the first step, and it also saved her a lot of twists and turns.

Although Sun Miaoxi gave the recipe to Sun Miaoxue, she still couldn't restore her peace in her heart, she couldn't calm down all day long, she was looking forward to Chu Peiyan coming back quickly, and she didn't want him to really appear in front of her for a while, and she was very worried about Sun Miaoxue's progress, and frequently sent Lantern Festival to inquire about the news.

Lantern Xiao soon found out the newsβ€”β€”β€” Chu Peiyan had never returned to Sun's mansion, but Sun Miaoxue had really worked hard to make incense, and had successfully concocted a calming incense and won the favor of Mrs. Chu.

Sun Miaoxi breathed a long sigh of relief when she learned about it, and finally avoided a catastrophe, and she didn't have to deal with Mrs. Chu for the time being.

Sun Miaoxi just breathed a sigh of relief, and devoted herself to finding a good in-law for her, and came over with a bunch of clothes and jewelry: "Jiaojiaoer, Ming'er Lu family has a flower appreciation banquet, my mother will take you to open your eyes!" If you want your mother to live for a few more years, don't pretend to be stupid for me this time, and behave well in front of all the ladies! ”

Sun Miaoxi remembered that at this time in her previous life, the Lu family did hold a flower-viewing banquet and invited many celebrities with heads and faces in Jeju, including Mrs. Huang, who was interested in marrying Sun Miaoling and promised to come to see each other first.

Sun Miaoxi wanted to accompany Sun Miaoling to see if there was anything that could help her, so she responded to Gu's instructions and only made one request: "I don't want to wear this golden peony that weighs ten taels!" ”

Sun Miaoling began to prepare for the banquet early, but she was not to deal with Mrs. Huang's looks, but she learned that Mrs. Su and Su Yu, who she was thinking about, would also go.

Yuan also put all his thoughts on the banquet, moved out all the boxes and cages for the dowry, and went to the silver building and the ready-to-wear store to buy a few sets of fashionable jewelry and clothes, eager to give all the good things to Sun Miaoling.

Yuan's approach made Sun Miaoling's sister and eldest sister Sun Miaoqing quite dissatisfied.

Sun Miaoqing looked down on her sister in her heart, and she was always dissatisfied with her mother's attention to her sister, so she deliberately stabbed Sun Miaoling with words: "What do you have to dress up?" No matter how delicate and gorgeous the clothes are, they won't look good on you, so it's better to wear them for me, so as not to spoil these good clothes! ”

Yuan's eyebrows tightened, and he reprimanded his daughter with a straight face: "You are the eldest sister, how can you say that about your sister?" Want to be punished by your mother? After speaking, he lowered his eyes and glanced at Sun Miaoling distressedly.

Sun Miaoling and Sun Miaoqing were at odds, and when she saw Sun Miaoqing disliking her, she immediately drove her away: "You go away, I don't need you to help me with hypocrisy!" ”

Sun Miaoqing pursed her lips and stepped aside, watching coldly: "Since my mother knows that I am the eldest sister, then I should choose a suitable husband for me first, how can I only worry about her and ignore me?" I'm sixteen this year, so what's the best thing to do if I drag it out any longer?! ”

Girls in this dynasty generally begin to marry at the age of fourteen or fifteen, and then marry after one or two years; Sun Miaoqing is now sixteen years old, but the family affairs have not been decided for a long time, as soon as there is a good family, the Yuan family will also think about Sun Miaoling, who is difficult to marry, which makes Sun Miaoqing feel very uncomfortable all the time.

It's not that the Yuan family is biasedβ€”β€”β€” Sun Miaoqing, as the eldest daughter of Shou Ningbo, doesn't have to worry about getting married even if it is delayed for a few years, and if Master Sun has not been able to get a son, Sun Miaoqing, as the eldest daughter, is very likely to recruit a son-in-law.

Sun Miaoqing was reluctant to recruit a husband, so she naturally wanted to marry Lu as soon as possible.