"Mrs. Su doesn't have to be so polite, you are a person with real skills, even if you take my reward now, it's okay, you don't have to call me Mrs. like this in the future, just call me Aunt Lu."

Lu Nianyou took Su Xiaomu's hand affectionately, and at this moment she had to feel that Su Xiaomu was her great benefactor.

After all, if this face can be good, she will be able to raise her eyebrows in the Hou Mansion and make all the people who watched her lively before pay the price.

"Then I'm not welcome, Aunt Lu, this blister on your face, you have to apply ointment for fifteen days in a row, and eat medicinal food for fifteen days, this must be a gradual and unabandonable process, and we will all have to do it again one day less, so I'm afraid that I will continue to bother Aunt Lu for the next fifteen days."

Su Xiaomu said yes to Lu Nianyou, and then told her some precautions for facial blister treatment.

The two of them gossiped for a long time, and the more Lu Nianyou talked to Su Xiaomu, the more she felt that she was a down-to-earth and generous person, and she was a good girl worth getting along with.

I appreciated her more and more, and began to care about Su Xiaomu's affairs in the capital.

"Xiaomu, I saw a man next to you yesterday, are you already a wife or have you just been married?"

Lu Nianyou thought that there were still a few offspring in her family, although Su Xiaomu was from a lower background and had no foundation in Beijing, but it was rare that she was a good girl, if she could really marry into the family, it would definitely be a big help for her husband.

In this way, to some extent, it is better than ordinary noblewomen.

Of the offspring in her family, a few of them may be good.

Su Xiaomu listened to Lu Nianyou's meaning, but wanted to draw the red line for her?

"Don't hide it from Aunt Lu, yesterday it was my husband, this time I came to the capital on the one hand to see the world, and on the other hand, I also want to accompany him in the imperial examination, is it only a few days before the time for the exam?"

Lu Nianyou is a matchmaker for himself, which can be regarded as a glorious thing to honor his ancestors.

However, Su Xiaomu didn't want to be involved with other men again, especially in marriage.

Gu Jingcheng, no matter how you say it, he can already be regarded as an excellent person.

"That's a bit of a pity." Lu Nianyou sighed, with a look of regret on his face, "I also said that if you don't have a marriage match, you will find a way to tie you up with those descendants of my family, although they don't have a reputation now, but this time they are also going to participate in the imperial examination, and I can't tell if I can still be a jinshi." ”

Although Lu Nianyou felt that it was a pity, Su Xiaomu already had a husband, and looking at the intimacy between the two of them last night, it didn't seem like they had a bad relationship, so it was inconvenient for her to continue to talk about these things.

Then he changed the topic: "Then you have been in the capital for so long, what new things can you see?" ”

"The food in Fanlou is good, and the roses in the Western Regions are also very fragrant."

Su Xiaomu heard Lu Nianyou's question, and for a while he realized that he really hadn't seen anything in the capital.

Although I had some free time before, I didn't go anywhere to play, and I spent most of my time in the yard.

It's a pity to think about it like this, after all, Gu Jingcheng is going to take the exam next, no matter what she does, she has to worry about him, it seems that she really doesn't have much free time to do her own thing for a while.

However, when it came to Gu Jingcheng's exam, Su Xiaomu suddenly remembered that she was going to see him off on the day of his exam, and she was afraid that she would come to the Hou Mansion late.

I talked to Lu Nianyou in advance: "On the first day of the imperial examination, I will send my husband to the exam, so I am afraid that I will not be able to come to Aunt Lu in time, and I will trouble you to wait for me that day." ”

"It's nothing, I have kids at home who have exams, so maybe we'll be able to meet there."

Lu Nianyou didn't take this matter to heart, as long as she didn't delay her fifteen-day specific treatment time.

So Lu Nianyou stayed with Su Xiaomu to have lunch in the mansion, and when she went back, Gu Jingcheng had not returned from Shangguan Mansion.

I think it's because the imperial examination is imminent, and Shangguan Rui wants to stay with Jingcheng to discuss articles in the mansion.

I don't know if someone as good as Gu Jingcheng will have pre-exam anxiety?

Su Xiaomu bought vegetables and went home, she rested for a while after she went back, and then estimated the time, seeing that it was getting dark, and determined that Gu Jingcheng should be back soon before going to the kitchen to cook.

I am happy today, and it is the first time that the two of them have eaten at home these days, so Su Xiaomu made a sumptuous table of dishes.

When she was visiting the market today, she saw clams and shrimp for sale, so she bought some and came back to make clams and shrimp slippery.

Speaking of which, Su Xiaomu has been here for so long, and it is the first time he has eaten seafood.

In the past, although you could occasionally see some seafood in the market in Fucheng, because Fucheng was not near the sea, there was only a small river around, and there were many seafood that were not fresh and the price was still expensive.

Su Xiaomu wanted to buy it and try it before, but after shopping a few times, he didn't see what he wanted to eat, so he gave up.

Put the clams in an iron basin and add water, and put a few drops of oil in it, so that the clams can spit out the sand.

After the shrimp is made into shrimp slippery, add the chopped carrots and mix well, then put the clams that have been spit out of the sand into the pot and stir-fry, and then add the green onion and ginger to remove the smell.

When all the clams in the pot are opened, take them all into a separate container and put them away, then slip the shrimp mixed with the carrots into the open clams, and then put them in the pot and steam them for a quarter of an hour.

Of course, the more important thing is the sauce poured over the clam stuffed shrimp slippery.

Add a spoonful of starch to two spoonfuls of soy sauce, then add half a spoonful of sugar and a small half bowl of water, stir in a pot until sticky, then pour over the clam stuffed shrimp slide, and finally sprinkle a little chopped green onion, and the dish is ready.

The second dish is shredded pork in Beijing sauce, Su Xiaomu wants to make this dish because he is greedy.

Shred cucumbers, carrots, green onions and tenderloin for later use, add the spices to remove the smell after the shredded meat is ready, then add salt, light soy sauce and an egg white starch to grasp well and set aside.

Add the special sauce to a clean bowl, then heat the pan and add the oil, then pour the marinated shredded meat into the pan and stir-fry.

The sauce is poured onto the shredded meat, constantly stir-fried and colored, and in about three or four minutes, a plate of shredded pork with Beijing sauce is out of the pot.

After Su Xiaomu finished cooking, he thought that Gu Jingcheng was about to take the exam and still had to eat something light, so he cooked a pot of green vegetable soup non-stop.

The last two dishes and one soup were served on the table, and Gu Jingcheng just pushed the door in.

Gu Jingcheng has given many definitions for a better life.

He originally thought that becoming a jinshi after the imperial examination was a happy life.

I also thought that the family was well fed and clothed, and no longer had to live the same poor life as before, which was a happy life.

I even thought that he was happy alone.