Cousin, that is Mrs. Gu's maiden niece, Mrs. Gu was born in the An family, one of the seven great families, but it is just a side branch, and her niece is naturally also the daughter of the seven great families, so she asked how they met.

Coincidentally, they met in Hanshan Temple, listening to Yuanbao's words, the girl was still very kind, took a soft sedan chair up the mountain, met the village woman who broke her foot, took the initiative to give her the sedan chair, and walked up the mountain.

Hanshan Temple, just a quick glance, I didn't expect to meet the lake again, she stroked the piano on the lake, Su Ang with the sound of the flute, quite a silk piano and harmony meaning.

Later, it was Su Ang who asked Su Yi for a gift, and from beginning to end, the two did not say a word......

Obviously, gift-giving is for pick-ups.

Hearing this, Zhiwan is face full of black lines, obviously love at first sight, love at second sight, Mrs. Su and Mrs. Su are very satisfied, affectionate and polite, kind-hearted and talented, but a good choice, I just don't know if Xu Ren?

Mrs. Su worried, "There are hundreds of women in the family, and that girl is not only Miss Gu's sister, but she is also at least fifteen years old, with excellent appearance and extraordinary talent, can she still stay in the boudoir?" ”

Yuan Bao stood there, distressed for his young master, if this is the case, wouldn't it be a love to be put down the water, "It shouldn't be, the young master seems to like her very much." ”

What's the use of liking, you can only do it if you don't have a marriage contract, Mrs. Su was worried, so she asked Yuanbao to go out and inquire quickly.

Yuanbao went out to inquire, and Mrs. Su and Mrs. Su were thinking that if Miss Na'an looked good, they would set up their family affairs, so that they could give birth to a treasured great-grandson like Chen'er Si'er as soon as possible.

After laughing for a while, Mrs. Su looked at Zhiwan, touched the bun on her head with some embarrassment, and said with a smile, "Mrs. Liu came to visit me this morning, and talked about the fact that in Yizhou, you made the young master of the West turn his white hair into green silk overnight." Is it hearsay or is it true? ”

The old lady was taking a sip of tea, and when she heard the words, she suddenly raised her eyes to look at Zhiwan, and Zhiwan's cheeks were crimson. got up and walked to the old lady's side and sat down next to her, and said softly, "There are still some potions in that potion, which won't hurt your body, do you want to give it a try?" ”

Su Yi covered his mouth and said, "Put on your grandmother's makeup again, and when your grandfather and father come back in a while, you will definitely be frightened." ”

The old lady was a little moved, even though she was no longer many years younger, but at first glance she could turn her gray hair into green silk. My mind couldn't help jumping again, I wanted to see if it was true, but I was embarrassed to be pretty in front of the juniors, "Mrs. Liu was born early, and she rarely goes out. It's rare to come to the door today, I must want to ask for the potion, my wife's hair has been gray for seven or eight years, so I don't need it. ”

Zhiwan studied medicine and perfumery, and had a thorough understanding of women's beauty psychology, shaking the old lady's arm and saying, "Grandmother, let's give it a try." I'll make it again when I'm done with that potion. ”

Su Fu is only thirty-five or sixteen years old, and his green silk is very well maintained, and he doesn't need to be dyed, but he also wants to see the miraculous potion with his own eyes, so he didn't say much, and directly ordered the maid to prepare the utensils. The old lady was so happy to be driven to the shelves.

Outside, the little maid came in and said, "Princess Jun, the cold guards asked the slave maid to ask, have all the ten cows been killed today?" ”

Zhiwan blinked lightly. She had such a broken memory, laughed, and forgot about such a big thing, thought about it and ordered, "After killing all ten cows, I will use the tendon extracted, and the beef will be cut first." ”

The maid was ordered to withdraw, and Bai Shao went to the Peony Garden to get the potion, and helped the old lady wash her hair and care for it at night.

After more than half an hour, the old lady's gray hair took on a new look, and Zhiwan helped her put on makeup, and even the old lady's crow's feet disappeared several times, and she suddenly became more than ten years younger.

Coincidentally, just after putting on makeup, the second lady came in, entered the door and looked directly at the first seat, did not see the old lady, but saw the old lady sitting below, for a while a little uncertain, I only felt that this person and the old lady had seven or eight points of imagination, but much younger than the old lady, immediately smiled, "The little aunt is here, why no one notified me, the little aunt looks good, she looks younger than a few years ago, why didn't you see the old lady?" ”

A room of maids and women blushed, wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh, the old lady was rarely interested, put on a face and said, "My old sister has a big shelf, she has been here for a long time, and I can't see her face, I think I'd better go back first." ”

As she spoke, she stood up, Su Xue hurriedly helped her, a little aunt and grandmother, and really helped her out of the house, Mrs. Su rubbed her forehead and smiled helplessly.

Half a quarter of an hour later, Su Xiangxing frowned and entered the door, and when he came in, he asked Mrs. Su, "My mother has always had a good relationship with my little aunt, why can't I even see me today, and my mother is unwell?" ”

Mrs. Su couldn't hold it back at all, she covered her stomach and laughed, wiping her tears with laughter, "It's a shame that you've seen the potion of Zhiwan earlier, why can't you even think of this?" ”

Su Xiangxing was stunned for two seconds, and then he suddenly realized, his resolute face was flushed, and he was a little embarrassed, he didn't even recognize his mother as a son, and it was embarrassing to spread it, but he really didn't expect that Zhiwan's makeup technique could make a person more than ten years younger.

In fact, it's no wonder that Su Xiangxing is not blamed, the old lady not only has her hair changed, her crow's feet are less, and even her usual hair and clothes have been changed, after all, she is more than ten years younger, and it is a little inappropriate to wear that dress again, otherwise why would she cover Su Xiangxing all of a sudden, and besides, the old lady scolded all the way away, and did not give Su Xiangxing a good look, how could Su Xiangxing think that the mother who has always been kind would pretend to be an aunt to scold him, and ask him to spend more time with his mother, even if it is to visit the garden?

The old lady is in a good mood today, supported by Su Xue to walk around the garden, along the way the maid and the lady are looking at her with wide eyes, some are wondering, some are puzzled, the aunt is similar to the old lady, but not so young, and when she came to the house, the old lady was unhappy to let the house prepare to welcome her, this time it was too quiet, is it because the princess of the county is in the house?

Yes, when the princess of the county came, the house only let the ladies and ladies go to the city gate to greet them, but there was no atmosphere in the house, I really didn't know how to prepare, my aunt and grandmother were gone, the old lady was heartbroken, who dared to laugh?

But something is wrong, Mrs. Aunt is here, why didn't I see Mrs. Aunt's baby granddaughter, the old lady didn't accompany her, why did she accompany the three girls? And how they laughed like that, as if they had picked up silver. The flowers in this garden are blooming well, but they are not as beautiful as that, are they?

Su Xue, Su Yi and Su Rou didn't break it, pointing to the flowers in the garden and calling their aunts. Who would suspect that this was the old lady, but the old lady deceived everyone, not the old lady, and the old lady recognized it as the old lady at a glance.

The old lady felt very frustrated, turned her head and scolded Su Xiangxing, who didn't recognize her, Su Xiangxing was very aggrieved, didn't dare to say anything, and looked at Zhiwan sadly, Zhiwan was busy with excuses and ran away.

Return to the Peony Garden. Zhiwan drank a cup of tea first, and Bai Xiang stepped forward and said, "Princess Jun, the seasonings you want are all ready." ”

Zhiwan nodded lightly, "Command the kitchen." They will be busy until late tonight, and tomorrow they will have a day off and go to Yongzhou City to play, and the other one will be rewarded with a tael of silver. ”

Bai Xiang responded crisply, and happily went to the kitchen to tell them, they don't have much to do, and it is the duty of the maid to stay up late at night. The princess of the county also has a holiday to reward silver, is there a better master in the world than the princess of the county?

For dinner, Zhiwan didn't go to Shou'an Yuan to eat, and after dinner, Zhiwan changed into light clothes and went headlong into the kitchen.

First, the tendon was washed. Bring to a boil in a pot.

The next thing is to deal with beef, ten cows, the kitchen of the Peony Garden can't be stacked, so I borrowed a pot to deal with it in the open space outside the kitchen, and lit incense. Blasted the insects away, and then lit a candle.

This night, the smell of beef wafted over Sufu, how many maids smelled and couldn't sleep at night, swallowed their saliva, and went to the Peony Garden to see the excitement outside the lamp.

The next morning, the old lady also slept half an hour later than usual, and when she woke up, she yawned for a long time, and Zhou's mother smiled when she saw it, "The old lady also smelled the smell of beef at night?" ”

The old lady shook her head helplessly, and said with a smile, "In the past, the night was enough to toss, but it was just a peony garden, and I knew that the evening could be more than the late one. ”

Helping the old lady sit on the dresser and helping the old lady comb her hair in a bun, Mother Zhou was in trouble, "Old lady, the slave doesn't have the skills of the princess of the county, she can't make up and can't stand this green silk ......." ”

The old lady looked at the mirror carefully, touched the green silk, and the corners of her eyes were smiling, "First, I was busy all night yesterday, and I must be tired, so I will let the maid learn from her tomorrow." ”

Mother Zhou responded happily, her daughter was on an errand beside the old lady, with this kind of craftsmanship, are you afraid that the old lady will not like it?

I went to bed in the early morning, and I woke up in about two hours, not because she wanted to wake up, but because of the fragrance from the open window, the temptation to wake up, the more I wanted to sleep, the more I couldn't sleep, so I simply got up.

After rinsing his mouth, he went out of the room at night, only to see that in the yard, under the shade of the trees, the bamboo basket was full of pieces of diced beef. ”

Zhiwan walked over and looked at the beef jerky in the bamboo basket, it was already half dry, the weather was hot, even the wind blowing on the cheeks was hot, and the beef jerky that used to take two or three days to dry was almost the same in half a day.

Poria cocos stood beside Zhiwan, smiling at the teeth and not seeing the eyes, beef jerky is the most delicious snack she has ever eaten in her life, what candied fruit has to be lined up in the back, this candied can't stop at all, one night, she doesn't know how much she eats, the maid in the yard is not eating a bulging belly, I'm afraid that Zhiwan thinks they eat too much, busy saying more than that, afraid that the maid is careless, so she separates the beef jerky with different flavors.

Bai Shao came over with an umbrella, glanced at Poria with disgust, and asked casually, "Although this beef jerky is good, but the weather is too hot, it won't be stored for long, although there are many people in Su Mansion, but they can't eat the beef jerky of ten cows, is the princess of the county planning to sell it?" ”

Zhiwan hooked his lips and smiled lightly, twisted a piece of beef jerky and put it in his mouth, chewed it lightly, and Zhuxiang couldn't help but ask, "The imperial court prohibits the killing of cows, beef is already expensive, and it is made of the secret recipe of the princess of the county, and it is dried, this must be in Kyoto, it can be sold at a sky-high price, in Yongzhou, at least one or two silver pounds, right?" ”

A tael of silver for a catty, or the least, Poria covered her mouth, she ate a tael of silver last night?

At the gate of the courtyard, there were bursts of exclamations, and when I glanced over, I saw Mrs. Su and several girls walking in, with amazement and appreciation in their eyes.

Before Su Rou swallowed her saliva, she saw that a little maid secretly stuffed beef jerky into her mouth, she couldn't help it, she came to her side, took one and threw it in her mouth, and chewed it. That feeling, "It's delicious!" ”

Su Xue couldn't help but knock on her head when she saw it, and scolded, "What a gluttonous cat." ”

Su Rou was not angry. took the beef cubes and handed them to Su Xue's mouth, "Second sister, I promise that you will become hungry if you eat it, I don't believe you can try it." ”

Su Xue opened her lips lightly, and as a result, Su Rou threw the beef cubes into her mouth, and said with a smile, "If you want to eat yourself, ask your cousin for it, but I stole it, so I won't give it to you." ”

Su Xue's face was embarrassed. Angrily chasing Su Rou to fight, Su Rou hurriedly hid behind Zhiwan, stuck out her tongue playfully, and with an expression of what can you do with me, Su Xue stomped her feet angrily.

Mrs. Su shook her head helplessly. Poria put beef jerky on a plate for Mrs. Su to taste, and when Mrs. Su ate it, her eyes lit up, and she praised it again and again, "It's really good, this taste, the old lady must like it." ”

A maid came forward to tell you. said that the old lady got up, and Mrs. Su smiled and said that she went to greet the old lady, smelled the fragrance and came in, and it happened that she had just gotten up in the evening, and went to the old lady's place for breakfast together.

Zhiwan asked the maid to bring a small plate of beef jerky of various flavors, and went to Shou'an Temple.

in the house. The old lady, the old lady, Su Xiangxing and Su Ang were all there, and the maid came in with breakfast.

Zhiwan went in to say goodbye, and Su Ang's eyes fell on the beef jerky. The look in his eyes was very complaining, "Cousin, you show your hand, you are helping people change their faces, and you are a greedy person who can't sleep at night!" ”

Su Xiangxing scolded, "I said why did I come to the old lady so obediently early in the morning to say goodbye, it turned out that I wanted to eat." ”

Su Ang's face was full of black lines, the old lady was very simple, beckoned, and the maid sent various flavors of beef jerky, the old lady tried all kinds of flavors, and nodded again and again, "I want to build two cattle farms!" ”

Su Xiangxing shook his head, "I'm afraid two is not enough, at least ten, but this cattle raising is not an overnight thing." ”

As he spoke, his brows furrowed, for a businessman, knowing that a kind of food is very popular, but it can't be promoted, that kind of pain, that kind of madness, it is indescribable.

The old lady looked at Zhiwan, and knew in her heart that she was making beef jerky in the Su family, and asked the Su family maid to help, and asked the Su family to build a cattle farm before, and she had the intention to give the secret recipe of beef jerky to the Su family, so she tried it, the sales of this beef jerky are absolutely good, and there is absolutely no demand, but the opening of a cattle farm has to be approved by the yamen, and in the past, it only needs to spend some money, but now it is in the face of the princess of Yuejun, and the prefect yamen does not dare not approve it.

It's just that the Su family doesn't do things that consume a lot of cattle and affect the livelihood of the people, but it is difficult.

Zhiwan saw them discuss, and decided to put away the secret recipe of beef, and when she did it again in a year, Zhiwan almost collapsed, and her shop was still waiting to be sold, so she said, "I flipped through the books last night, and I knew that there are barbarians on the border of Nanshun, raising cattle and horses to live a nomadic life, those cattle cannot be cultivated, the price is low, and the taste of making beef jerky is actually no different from that of ploughing cattle." ”

Zhiwan only said these two words, and Su Xiangxing smiled, "If you are not the princess of the county, you were born in the Su family, and the position of the next head of the Su family will definitely be yours." ”

Zhiwan's face was black, she couldn't cry or laugh, waved her hand, and asked the Su family's maid to withdraw, Mrs. Su was surprised when she saw it, afraid that Zhiwan would say something big, so she waved her hand and let Su Xue and the others go out.

When the people were almost gone, Zhiwan opened the door to the point, "Uncle, you also know the intentions of the imperial court, the more the family accumulates wealth, the more it is eye-catching, and the purchase of cattle herding, the Su family had better do it in secret, avoiding people's eyes and ears." ”

Su Xiangxing frowned, fell into deep thought, the old lady took a sip of tea, he had long known that there would be a day when the tree would attract people and wealth would attract jealousy.

Zhiwan didn't say that beef jerky can't be sold by the Su family, it's just that the cattle herding thing is carried out behind the scenes, as long as it is well hidden, even if the Su family falls in the future, there will be a chance to make a comeback, but Zhiwan is not worried, with her, she will do her best to protect the Su family, but she can only protect her life, if the prince also thinks that it is good to eradicate the family, she will definitely not be able to stop it.

The Su family took the beef jerky business to heart, and actively prepared for the purchase of cattle, as for the cattle, they did not give up, as long as there were ploughing cattle that fell to death, the Su family bought them at a high price, except for those who died of illness.

Two days passed in a row, Su Xue saw that Zhiwan didn't do anything, as if she had forgotten about treating Li Sixun's leg, she couldn't sit still, and asked Zhiwan with a red face, "Cousin, can you tell me how to treat Brother Xun's leg, I have been beating the drum in my heart." Zhiwan took a sip of tea, looked at Su Xue with a smile, and was about to speak, when Su Rou ran over with her skirt. poured beans for a while, "I inquired clearly, the girl that my eldest brother likes is called An Qianran, and she is the daughter of the fourth room of the An family." It's just a pity, she has already made a promise, and the eldest brother also knows the news, and her face is dejected. ”

Su Xue originally complained that Su Rou interrupted her questioning, but when she heard that this was the case, she was a little anxious, "Then what kind of family did Miss An promise?" ”

As long as you don't get married, you may be able to achieve a happy marriage with some means, but the premise is that the family affair is not worthy. Miss An was not happy in the first place, if the two people were happy and in love, it would be a crime.

Su Rou inquired carefully and saw that she was curious. Hurriedly sat down, took a sip of tea, and said, "The fourth room of Anfu is also a concubine, but Miss An's situation is a little special, she is from the original match, and her mother died early." married her stepmother again, and the stepmother heard that she had a domineering temperament and didn't like her, so she didn't hear that Master Gu had a birthday, so she instructed her over, but in fact, she was secretly separated. I promised her a family affair.,It seems to be the second grandson of the Kyoto Shinkoku Mansion.,I heard that the eldest is not the ancestor of heaven and earth.,I'm sorry for my parents and brothers.。 ”

Zhiwan couldn't help but laugh out loud when he heard it, and Poria also covered her mouth. "It's not that exaggerated, but I'm really sorry for his ancestors, you don't know that Xinguo is more than fifty years old, standing with him, you can still throw him two streets, his father and mother are good-looking, only he is ugly like that, what can make Young Master Su take a fancy to him must be like a fairy, and marrying him is indeed wronged."

But what's the use of grievances, the family matter has been decided, Su Xue sighed regretfully, "There is no grass at the end of the world, fortunately, the eldest brother and her love are not deep, it should not be difficult to forget her." ”

Su Rou spoke directly, "It's a pity that a flower is inserted in cow dung." ”

While they were talking, a little maid came over there, holding a big red post in her hand, and said, "Miss Prefect held a poetry meeting in Xianhe Lake, and gave a post to a few girls in the house, let you go and play." ”

Su Yi took the post and looked at Zhiwan and said, "My cousin came to Yongzhou, and she didn't go out shopping, so it's better to go to the lake poetry meeting, Xianhe Lake is very beautiful, and white cranes often fly over the lake." ”

Zhiwan looked at the weather, it was rare to have clouds in the sky, and he happened to be in a good mood, so he smiled and said, "The Lake Poetry Meeting is still three days later, and I can't help it now." ”

Hit it off, a few people went to tell the old lady, the old lady was a little worried, a few girls in the house went out, she was relieved, but she knew that she was the princess of the county, if there was anything in case, Su Fu couldn't afford it!

Zhiwan sat down next to the old lady and said, "Grandmother, you just put your heart in your stomach, before Xianggong left, I left more than a dozen secret guards to guard me, and it will be fine." ”

The old lady glanced at Zhiwan with disgust, and then nodded, "Take more maids out." ”

In order to make the old lady feel at ease, Zhiwan responded, but out of Shou'an Hospital, Zhiwan went back and changed the clothes on her body, although she was dressed simply, but the clothes were Yunjin, no matter how rich the Su family was, they couldn't wear Yunjin, this is stipulated by the law, wearing Yunjin out, people with a discerning eye will know who she is, how can she play happily?

Su Xue didn't understand what Zhiwan was doing this, Zhiwan smiled, "I don't want people to either salute or kneel when they see me, and when they see it, they will say that I am my aunt's distant niece." ”

Amused Chen'er and Si'er's eyes, and told Sister-in-law Qian and Chunxiang to take care of them, so they took an umbrella and left the Su Mansion with them.

Yongzhou is rich, even if it is a scorching sun, the streets of Yongzhou are still lively, all kinds of shops are lined up one after another, restaurants, teahouses, rouge shops, jewelry buildings, people are dizzying, there are also tricks, selling pastries and snacks, shouting higher than one another.

A few people got out of the carriage on the street, planning to walk all the way from the street to the end of the street, and then continue on another street......

Delicious food will never be let go, I still want to go to the restaurant for a while to eat, who wants to go shopping for half a street, it can't last, of course, it's not Zhiwan who can't last.

Su Rou clutched her stomach, a little painful and a little entangled, "I never knew that the snacks on the street were so delicious, and I have really been shopping for nothing all these years." ”