CHAPTER XXXIV
Thinking that Xu Yirou had always been good to their Gu family, Jiang Xuehe walked around the flower room, and finally reluctantly picked a lot of jasmine flowers.
Jasmine is a good thing, you can make tea, you can make wine, you can also cook, she didn't know before, she only knew that the pot of jasmine planted by her mother was very fragrant, and now she knows that there are many flowers in the world that can be eaten.
She didn't plant much jasmine, and the pot left by Pei's was untouchable, and the flowers she picked in the end were only enough to make one person's pastries and two small bottles of flower brew.
After Jiang Xuehe made it, she let her sisters taste it first, and their sisters liked it very much, so she picked some flowers and made a new pastry, and then took the remaining vase of flower brew and sent it to Xu Yirou.
Xu Yirou was very surprised to see Jiang Xuehe coming: "I was worried about what I was going to entertain at that time, and you came, but it was really my timely rain." ”
Jiang Xuehe said with a smile: "The Shi family in Fucheng has never seen anything, and my little thing may not be able to enter the eyes of Shi Qigongzi." ”
Xu Yirou said with a smile: "It's some fresh food, our Xu family can't come up with something more valuable than the Shi family, so let's take something they haven't seen before." Speaking of which, before I met you, I didn't know that there were so many flowers in the world that could be made and eaten. ”
"You can taste it first and see if you like it or not."
"You don't have to taste it to know that there's never anything I don't like about the pastries you make." Xu Yirou smiled and picked up a piece and took a bite and said in surprise, "This pastry is different from the previous ones, not only has the fragrance of jasmine, but also a little bit of tea." ”
Jiang Xuehe smiled: "Yes, I added some tea into it." ”
Jiang Ershan had dug up a few wild tea trees from the mountains and planted them on the edge of the flower garden outside, he just thought they were ordinary flowers, thinking that they could please the Pei family. Pei Shi really likes it, and she once thought about picking tea leaves to make tea cakes by herself, but unfortunately she didn't have that technology, so she could only appreciate it as an ordinary flower in the end.
Jiang Xuehe saw in a book about tea in the fantasy world that tea may not necessarily be made into tea cakes, and it can be fried and drunk directly. She thought the writing was very interesting, so she asked Diao Laosan to secretly dig up the tea trees and plant them on the barren mountain. There is a circle of trees planted outside the Jiang family's flower garden, whether they bloom or not, those who don't know the flowers in the big house can't see it at all.
After the tea trees were planted in the barren mountains, Jiang Xuehe tried to fry the tea a few times according to the steps written in the book, and now it is quite successful, at least there is already a tea fragrance and it is not jerky. It may not be enough to serve guests directly, but it is still possible to add some flavor to the pastry.
Xu Yirou smiled: "I don't like tea, but this pastry has some tea flavor in it and it's actually quite delicious, I know that Xuehe will always surprise me." ”
"What kind of surprise is this? It's just a little tea with some fragrance. Jiang Xuehe smiled, "By the way, I don't have many jasmine flowers in my house, can you help me prepare more?" ”
Xu Yirou said with a smile: "Since I want to use it to entertain guests, I will naturally do my best to find it for you, don't worry, the flowers are definitely enough." But I've got the materials for you, so you'll have to make me cheaper. ”
"This is nature, you and I are so familiar, will I still trick you?" Jiang Xuehe smiled, "By the way, Ah Xian, they have also prepared a gift for you, you should be able to see it in a few days." ”
Xu Yirou was even happier after hearing this: "Ah Xian too, she has never disappointed me." Are you going to make me any new silk flowers? ”
Jiang Xuehe smiled: "You'll know when the time comes." ”
The more Xu Yirou thought about it, the more he looked forward to it: "You shouldn't have told me now, you told me now, I always think in my heart, it's really difficult." ”
"What's so hard about this, it's only a few days anyway." Jiang Xuehe smiled, "But I was wrong, I thought they should also give you a surprise, but I revealed it in advance, and they were afraid that they would annoy me." ”
"Them?" Xu Yirou was stunned, "Are your two younger sisters also busy?" ”
Jiang Xuehe said with a smile: "That's natural, my second sister is very compatible with Ah Xian in this regard, and now the two of them are teaming up to make silk tweed, and the third sister is helping to help." ”
Xu Yirou hurriedly asked, "Then how is your second sister's craftsmanship?" ”
Jiang Xuehe pointed to the headband on her head and smiled: "This jasmine headband was made for me by herself." ”
Xu Yirou was surprised: "I also said that this style is not the same as what Ah Xian did before, it turned out that your sister did it." It seems that your sister, like you and Ah Xian, is a good girl with a clever mind. By the way, I haven't seen your two sisters yet, so let's bring them together during the feast. ”
Jiang Xuehe thought for a while and said: "I also have a cousin, who is fourteen this year, and said that she was going to give me a hand, and she helped me a lot before, can you bring it together?" ”
Xu Yirou smiled: "Since I am doing you a favor, I must have a good relationship with you, just bring it over, our family has no opinion." ”
In fact, it is not completely nothing, although the Gu family is down, but Gu Sixian is well-educated and beautiful, and she is not worse than the daughters of large families, so the Gu family can accept it. As for the other daughters of the Jiang family, it's nothing to come over to play, anyway, they didn't come on a blind date, so they don't need to be seen.
However, although she didn't have a door-to-door opinion, thinking of her cousins, Xu Yirou still stuffed an extra invitation to Jiang Xuehe, so as not to embarrass Jiang Xuehe's cousin.
After Jiang Xuehe went back, she called Jiang Hanxiao over and began to prepare the pastries to be prepared at the Xu family's banquet with her. Because it was a small banquet, there weren't many people invited, mainly girls who were good friends with Xu Yirou on weekdays, and some girls who were not close but had considerable financial resources and were still passable.
She didn't think it was much, but in the end, she found that more than thirty people had to be invited to this small banquet, and that had to be when the ladies didn't go. Although they are all little girls' gatherings, occasionally one or two elders accompany them.
In short, she is prepared, and she still does more.
Jiang Hanxiao especially likes the jasmine cake this time, if it weren't for the fact that these had to be sold for money, she would definitely eat it while making it, and when she finished it, she might finish eating it.
Jiang Xuehe saw that she liked it, so she made two more packs and asked her to take them home.
Jiang Han smiled embarrassedly and said, "Fourth sister, isn't this okay?" I remember you always liked jasmine, but you didn't grow many jasmine flowers at home. ”
Jiang Xuehe said with a smile: "Although I don't have many jasmine flowers at home, the Xu family can buy enough jasmine." These are all prepared by Miss Xu San, and it is enough. ”
Jiang Han said with a smile: "The fourth sister is so smart, if you let the Xu family help solve it, it will really save a lot of trouble." ”
"What's so clever about this, I don't have enough money here, so I have to find someone to help. The Xu family has a lot of financial resources, and they also have some rights in the county, and it is much easier for them to come forward than tossing it myself. Jiang Xuehe smiled, "If I have enough time, I can still ask someone to find it slowly, but isn't it urgent?" ”
Jiang Han nodded with a smile and said: "That's right, if it wasn't for the second aunt who planted this, I wouldn't have known that there was such a thing as jasmine in the world, and few people in our county planted it, right?" ”
Jiang Xuehe nodded.
There are no jasmine flowers in Songyue County in the first place, or there may not be many in the entire Hezhou City, but with the ability of the Xu family, they will definitely be able to get it in time. If it was replaced with peach blossoms and pear blossoms, Jiang Xuehe would have hired someone to collect them, after all, they can be seen everywhere in the countryside.
After learning that Jiang Hanxiao was also going to Xu's family's banquet, Gu Sixian and Jiang Yunlan were very happy, and when they finished making Xu Yirou's new clothes, they made another one for Jiang Hanxiao. However, although the clothes made for Jiang Hanxiao are good-looking, they are relatively low-key, after all, they can't steal the limelight from Xu Yirou.
However, in Jiang Hanxiao's opinion, this dress is already the best-looking dress she has ever seen, with a few lifelike smiling flowers embroidered on the green satin, which is very elegant, and it also makes Jiang Hanxiao more beautiful and lovely.
"This dress is so beautiful, but do you really want to give it to me?" Jiang Hanxiao was a little embarrassed, "In the past, the fourth sister just bought me clothes, but now why do the two sisters also send me clothes?" My sister deserves to be too much of a failure. ”
Jiang Yunlan said with a smile: "My good sister, you can accept it with confidence, sister-in-law only asks Ah Xian to make one dress every month, but where does Ah Xian seem to live?" I think that more than silk flowers, Ah Xian prefers to make clothes. Making this dress for you not only satisfies Ah Xian, but also satisfies the fifth sister, isn't it the best of both worlds? ”
Since the accident in the second room, Jiang Hanxiao rarely saw Jiang Yunlan smiling so happily, and couldn't help but be happy. It's just that when she thought that she was going to go to Xu's house with Jiang Xuehe and them, her heart was a little empty.
"Fourth sister, do I really want to go to the Xu family with me?" Jiang Hanxiao hesitated, "I'm a country girl who doesn't have much knowledge, so I won't go to Xu's house, right?" It's not good if there's a joke. ”
Jiang Xuehe smiled: "You are a country girl, am I not a country girl?" Could it be that Lan'er, Xuan'er, and Ah Xian are not country girls? Everyone is a country girl, and they don't really want to blend into that circle, but they just go to see the world, don't you wonder how the rich and noble live? ”
Jiang Hanxiao was naturally curious, she had also told Jiang Hanxiao in the past that she was curious and wanted to take a look, but she didn't expect Jiang Xuehe to really take her to have a look.
But Jiang Hanxiao thinks she is an authentic country girl, because her parents are authentic countrymen. But Jiang Xuehe and the three sisters are different, they look different from ordinary country girls, and their mother Pei is definitely not a countryman, so the daughter who teaches and loves looks no worse than those daughters outside.
As for Gu Sixian, the same is true, not to mention that the Gu family used to be definitely a big family, which everyone affirms. Even if she is down and living in the countryside now, it is different from ordinary country girls, otherwise the Xu family will not agree to continue this marriage.