Chapter 20: Reward
"Red dates, sugar, golden osmanthus, oil." Ning Xue'er said a few ingredients. Granny Cai took it out very quickly, and then asked expectantly, "Miss Ning, what's next?" ”
Ning Xue'er said indifferently: "Wash the dates, and then steam them in the pot." ”
"Haole," Granny Cai rolled up her sleeves and began to wash dates.
Ning Xue'er looked at Granny Cai quietly, her slightly fat figure, dressed in dark blue satin clothes, her hair was neatly coiled into a bun, two silver hairpins were inserted on it, and further down, two gold earrings were worn on her ears. Ning Xue'er secretly sighed: This big family is really rich, and the clothes of a subordinate are so extraordinary.
Ning Xue'er silently lowered her head and looked at herself, blue coarse cloth clothes, light gray hemp skirt, although the shoes on her feet were not straw sandals, but because they had been worn for too long, they had long been worn out of shape. Suddenly, Ning Xue'er remembered her home again, two dilapidated thatched houses, tables and chairs were missing arms and legs, and they were all used to cushion stones on weekdays. Although there is rice in the meal, the rice jar at home is almost bottoming out, and the silver has also spent five taels, which is really not optimistic.
Just when Ning Xue'er secretly sighed, Granny Cai had already put the red dates in and steamed them, stuffed a handful of firewood into the stove, and Granny Cai had time to talk to Ning Xue'er.
"Miss Ning, you are really ingenious, how did you think of this yam and jujube cake?"
Ning Xue'er smiled, "Cough, I just had to think about it at home, but I didn't think about it in the eyes of my wife, what an honor." ”
"Hmm," Granny Cai nodded thoughtfully, and then continued to ask, "Then where did this yam come from?" I'm not afraid of your jokes, my wife has lived for decades, and I've seen a lot of rare things, but I've never seen your yam. ”
"Well, I was lucky enough to find it on the hill behind the village." Ning Xue'er was fooled with a casual word.
After a while, the jujube was ready, Ning Xue'er steamed the processed yam in the pot again, and then took Granny Cai to core the jujube one by one, mash it, and then put oil to boil the jujube paste with sugar, after preparing the filling, Ning Xue'er took Granny Cai to deal with the yam, peeled the steamed yam, mashed it, put it on a damp and clean white cloth, kneaded it like dough, and after kneading it was almost done, he wrapped the jujube paste with the yam, and finally put it into the mold for making snacks, and the pastry was completed.
In the process of making pastries, Ning Xueer carefully taught Granny Cai step by step, explaining every matter and attention point clearly, Granny Cai has been cooking for decades, and the things in the kitchen are very cooked, so naturally it is thorough. So, this time, the pastry was finished in a very relaxed atmosphere.
As soon as the yam and jujube mud cake was completed, Granny Cai served it to Lin Xue while it was hot, Lin Xue was overjoyed, and called Ning Xue'er over.
Ning Xue'er walked through a small courtyard and came to Lin Xue's residence. From a distance, it is an antique house. After entering, Ning Xue'er only dared to lower her head and look at the ground, but suddenly found that the ground was covered with bright and shiny gold bricks, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart, it was really Zhumen's wine and meat stinky road with frozen bones!
Lin Xue was sitting on a chair in the middle of the room at the moment, looking at the peasant girl condescendingly, with only two buns on her head and no jewelry. The clothes were made of coarse cloth, and they looked very unsightly.
Lin Xue frowned, and Granny Cai hurriedly said, "Miss Ning, raise your head and let our master take a look." ”
Ning Xue'er's heart was pounding, but she still had to keep her composure on her face, she slowly raised her chin and looked at Lin Xue.
What catches your eye is an incomparably delicate face, with a pair of almond eyes on the goose egg face, two curved thin eyebrows hanging on it, and a cherry mouth below. The impeccable facial features are matched with the classical goose egg face, and the little jasper is alive.
Looking up, the lady combed a flying bun, with two tassel hairpins inserted on it, and a pale pink plum blossom in the middle of her forehead made the beauty more delicate.
At the same time that Ning Xue'er was looking at Lin Xue, Lin Xue was also looking at her, with a pair of big eyes on her round little face, eyelashes like a doll, and her cheeks were slightly red, like an apple that was white and red, which made people want to take a bite.
Looking at each other, Lin Xue couldn't help but cover her face slightly with the fan in her hand, Ning Xue'er knew that she was rude, so she hurriedly lowered her head, and said in fear: "Damn it, Madame, Madame is so beautiful, I was stupid for a while." ”
Lin Xue laughed with a "flutter", "You girl, you can speak, your mouth is so sweet, Mama Cai, reward." ”
Mrs. Cai hurriedly presented a red lacquer box, which was full of silver, and Ning Xue'er glanced over it and found that there were as many as fifty taels.
"Thank you, ma'am, thank you, ma'am." Ning Xue'er was so excited that she hurriedly kowtowed to thank her.
"Let's go down," Lin Xue waved her hand and sent Ning Xue'er away.
Mrs. Cai led Ning Xue'er all the way out, and on the way, she said as she walked: "The girl is so blessed, she has been rewarded by her wife, what a blessing!" ”
Ning Xue'er silently followed Mrs. Cai, she quietly looked at Mrs. Cai, and saw that her eyes lit up when she looked at the silver, could it be ........
Ning Xue'er had an idea in her heart.
Walking through the winding corridor, he arrived at the gate of the mansion, and Mrs. Cai reluctantly handed the box to Ning Xue'er, "Oh, Miss Xue'er, take it and go." ”
Ning Xue'er gently took the box, opened the box again, took out ten taels of silver from it and quickly stuffed it into Mrs. Cai's arms, "Mother-in-law, thank you for taking care of me today, I hope you don't dislike this idea, just accept it." ”
"Okay, good," Mrs. Cai, who got the silver, smiled, and she said intimately: "Xue'er, you have to go back a lot, so I'll let the family in the house send you in a carriage." ”
Ning Xue'er naturally would not shirk Mrs. Cai's kindness, she smiled and said, "Thank you Granny Cai for that." ”
Then, Ning Xue'er took the carriage and set out on the way home.
On the carriage, Ning Xue'er looked at the forty taels of silver in her arms like a fool, she touched all the silver tattoos, and closed the box again. After a while, I opened the box again and touched it again.
The system looked at the stupid host and was speechless, "Host, isn't it forty taels, as for it?" ”
"Of course, this is the first time I've made money in this world."
System: "You're happy, passing through town, do you want to buy something back?" ”
As soon as the system reminded her, Ning Xue'er remembered that it was time to add things at home. Rice, flour, and oil are all lacking in the house, as well as small items such as cotton, stools, and shovels.
As soon as she thought of this, she opened the curtain and said to the little brother who was driving: "Little brother, I've been on the road for a day, I'm tired, why don't you wait for a while to pass by Tong'an Town, let's have something to eat?" ”
"Okay!" The young man readily agreed, after all, a meal for nothing, not for nothing.
When he arrived in Tong'an Town, the young man driving slowed down and looked at the small restaurant all the way. Finally, stopping in front of a wonton shop and tethering her horse, Ning Xue'er got out of the car, she generously ordered two bowls of wontons, and then asked the store where there was a rice shop.
The shopkeeper pointed to the alley not far away and said, "Little girl, there are rice, noodles, and oil there." ”
Without hesitation, Ning Xue'er entered the alley, she went to a rice shop first, asked about the price, the rice here is twenty wen a catty, Ning Xue'er thought about it and asked for two hundred catties.
Suddenly, a big customer came, the young man smiled from ear to ear, he nodded and said, "This girl, you bought a lot, we will give you another five catties, you see a total of two hundred and five catties." ”
Ning Xue'er glanced at it and said, yes, so she happily took out an ingot of ten taels of silver.
A trace of surprise flashed in the young man's eyes, he was really unseemly, he didn't expect such an inconspicuous little girl to be ten taels of silver as soon as she made a move. So, the man's attitude became more and more respectful, and he quickly found six taels of silver for Ning Xue'er.
After Ning Xue'er accepted it, she said, "Put this grain here first, and I'll pick it up later." ”
Out of the rice shop, Ning Xueer entered the oil shop again, and the most sold in this era was rapeseed oil. Ning Xue'er glanced at it and thought it was okay, so she asked the price. The oil is thirty wen a catty, and Ning Xue'er thought about it and wanted fifty catties.
After paying the money, Ning Xue'er went to the meat seller to take a look and asked the price, lean meat is fifteen wen a catty, fat meat is thirty wen a catty, and bones are ten wen a catty. After thinking about it, Ning Xue'er asked for ten catties of pork belly and ten catties of bones.
After buying things, Ning Xue'er returned the same way, and the guy had two bowls of wontons, and was sitting on a stool to wipe his mouth. Ning Xue'er Mali paid the money, and went to the next door to buy ten meat buns, and then led the men to get the rice, oil, and meat they had just bought.
Sitting in the carriage again, the carriage was already stuffed with food, and Ning Xue'er felt full of heart when she looked at it.
The carriage went faster and faster, and after two quarters of an hour, it entered Caoqiao Village. At this time, it was noon, and the village path was full of villagers who came out for a stroll after eating. When a carriage entered the village, it immediately aroused crowds of onlookers.
Everyone followed the carriage all the way to Ning's house, and after arriving at the destination, the young man helped Ning Xue'er move all the things on the car. When the villagers looked at these things, they all thought that they were rewarded by the county magistrate, and they were very envious.
"Alas, this Ning Laosan is really lucky, he gave birth to a capable girl, and he can actually let the county order reward things,"
"You can't envy this blessing, I heard that Xue'er is clever and can make pastries, so the county order is high."
"Xue'er girl is also bitter and willing to come this time, and I don't know if the Huo family regrets it, and there is no such a good daughter-in-law in vain."
The villagers were gossiping, but Ning Xue'er didn't have time to listen, she was busy moving things and packing things.
Rao is Zhang family, Ding family, and Ning Pozi were also stunned when they saw such a big battle.