The Daily Life of the Daughter of a Minor Official Chapter 258

Chapter 258 258 Don't take it in vain and put it down

On the second day, Su Ruojin started making snacks, from pastries to pasta, and from jam to fried foods. She was busy for three days and made nearly ten snacks that were easy to store and convenient to eat.

Ning Ning's favorites are red date cakes and wild jam. One is soft and the other is sour and sweet, and she can't stop eating them.

Fan Yanjia's favorite is mini instant noodles - crispy noodles. They are crunchy and crunchy. You can eat three bags in a row without stopping. "Ah Jin, give me the recipe."

Su Ruojin rolled her eyes and said, "You also made it yourself. You know the whole process. What more recipes are there?"

"Hehe." Fan Yanjia said with a smile, "Even if I participated in the whole process, I don't remember the exact ratio of the ingredients. Just write it down for me, sister Ajin." The tone of his words was like a younger brother acting coquettishly with his elder sister.

Zhao Lan looked over.

Fan Yanjia smiled flatteringly and said, "We grew up with Ah Jin together. You marry her as your mother-in-law, and I can recognize you as your sister." From now on, he will have his share of delicious food.

Zhao Lan didn't say anything more, and Ning Ning refused, "Are you thick-skinned? Can you give food recipes casually? Besides, even if you take someone else's food recipes, you have to express your gratitude, so just leave it empty-handed. Take it, are you embarrassed?"

"My sister Ah Jin didn't say anything, what are you doing here chattering?"

Within a few words, the two were at odds again.

"You are thick-skinned. My sister Ajin is embarrassed to tell you. I, a bystander, can't see clearly. When the road is uneven, can't I help you with my knife?"

Su Ruojin: ...a small snack can be elevated to the level of heroism? Oh, sister, it's okay to do anything wrong...

Seeing that the two were about to fight, Su Ruojin quickly pulled the young lady away, "Miss Ning, let's not be impatient. I'll give you the recipe for the red date cake. Let you go back and make it for your grandmother. This is best for the elderly and those with bad teeth. Keep it and eat it with joy.”

There was a similar steamed cake in the Dayin Dynasty, but Su Ruojin used a down-to-earth method, steaming it in a drawer with reed leaves. The fragrance and sweetness are combined, sweet but not greasy, and very delicious.

Ning Ning: ...She is either asking for prescriptions in disguise, or she just can't stand the way Fan takes them for free.

Su Ruojin smiled and said, "Have a rest and quickly choose what you like to eat, otherwise the little prince will finish the selection."

Ning Ning: ...Who dares to challenge the little prince?

Ning Qilang likes fried rice dumplings. Whether they are eaten dry or boiled in broth, they are always delicious.

Su Ruojin reminded, "Seventh Young Master, it's easy to get angry when you eat this. Every time you eat it, drink it with chrysanthemum or honeysuckle tea. Otherwise, your face will break out. Don't run away from the marriage. The young ladies should stay away from it if they see it."

Ning Qilang, who was enjoying his meal, suddenly felt that the steamed buns were no longer tasty. Although he was also handsome and handsome, he couldn't stand the beauty of the young Prince Zhao standing next to him. Fortunately, his heart belonged to someone else, otherwise he would have been in the capital. I have to pick up what Zhao Lan missed.

"Oh...oh..." He said and asked his servant to make him honeysuckle tea to dispel the fire.

Su Ruojin: ...Brother, you can't do anything wrong.

Zhao Lan likes spicy food as always, so Su Ruojin made some spicy sticks for him as a snack and grinded his teeth when he had nothing to do.

Spicy strips are a popular snack that can be made at home. Just use tofu skin, and then prepare chili powder, pepper, cinnamon, star anise, ginger, sugar, cooking wine, soy sauce, etc.

Production process: Cut the tofu skin into strips and blanch them in boiling water to remove the fishy smell. Put oil in the pot, saute star anise peppercorns and pepper until fragrant and discard. Add chili powder, soy sauce, sugar, dried red chili pepper, and salt to taste.

Finally, add a bowl of water, put in the bean skins and cook until the soup thickens and dries up.

From the beginning of making the tofu skin to finally making it into spicy strips, it took quite a lot of effort. It took two or three days to make two kilograms. However, this thing cannot be weighed, and two kilograms seems to be quite a lot.

Su Ruojin packed it up and said, "Brother Jin likes to eat it. I will make it next time you come over."

Being such a busy person, Zhao Lan couldn't bear to let the little girl cook it, so he also asked her for a recipe. Next time he likes to eat, he can let the chef in the restaurant make it.

Ning Qilang:…

It seems like he didn't ask for any prescription.

"Um...Ah...Sister Jin, can you bring the wine..."

"no."

Zhao Lan and Fan Yanjia both disagreed.

"Why?" Ning Ning refused.

Wine is different from other snacks. Although snacks will also enter the commercial circulation link, they are just ordinary meals, but wine is different. Sake is an important source of tax revenue for the court and is monopolized by the state. Other fruit wines have also been used by aristocratic families. The aristocratic monopoly may become the symbol of a certain aristocrat or the main business of a certain aristocratic family.

After finishing speaking, Ning Ning realized belatedly and glanced at his brother in embarrassment.

Ning Qilang smiled and said: "There is a luminous cup of grape wine in the ancient poem. If you want to drink, you will be reminded immediately by playing the pipa. Jun Mo laughs when he is lying drunk on the battlefield. How many people have fought in ancient times? Wine has always been a tribute from the Western Regions. This time I will eat it at Sister Ajin's place. I suddenly feel that he is a good match for our Ning family, so... of course, I, the Ning family, will not take it for free. "

After saying that, he looked at Su Ruojin expectantly.

Zhao Lan and Fan Yanjia also looked at Su Ruojin. They grew up with her and knew that she was a little obsessed with money, but they also understood her and knew when she was obsessed with money and when she was not obsessed with money.

Sure enough, Su Ruojin smiled and said, "I can give the wine recipe to Mr. Ning Qi for free, but I have one request."

The first sentence shocked Ning Qilang that the young lady was given to her for free, but the next sentence... He raised his eyebrows with an inquiring smile on his face, waiting for her to say something.

Su Ruojin said, "When the Ning family chooses villages or mountains to grow grapes, they give enough benefits to the people who grow grapes, so that they can support their families and don't have to worry about their livelihood."

That's it? Which of the tenant farmers on their farm has nothing to eat? If they don't have anything to eat, wouldn't they starve to death? How can they farm and grow vegetables if they starve to death? Ning Baniang wondered what kind of condition this was. Is it the same as not saying it?

What is this condition? If it is stated, it is the same as if it is not stated. Could it be that the young lady's father is a county magistrate, so she also has the mindset of a county magistrate? It's funny to think about a young lady imitating an adult.

Smiling and nodding, "Okay. I agree."

Seeing this, he didn't understand what she meant, but Su Ruojin didn't mind. It doesn't matter whether she understands or not. It's just a personal relationship anyway, so she smiled and said, "Okay, I'll write to you later."

Finally sending the young master and the young lady away, Su Ruojin began to raise pepper seedlings.

At the end of February, the pepper seedlings will be two to three inches long and ready for transplanting.

On the day of the transplantation, people from the surrounding villages came to watch the excitement. Since last winter, more than 100 acres of land have been planted with various vegetables. The one that people see most is water spinach. According to people who came to help with the work, , these seemingly worthless cabbage were transported to the capital to be sold, and each cart cost several taels of silver, making the villagers want to grow vegetables.

In particular, Li Zheng, who had been helping workers in Xigouzi Village, came over shamelessly and asked, "Little lady, what are you growing? Why haven't we seen it before?"

Su Ruojin smiled proudly, "I've never seen you before."

"What is it?" Li Zheng was anxious.

He said he didn't understand, so Su Ruojin asked Huaping to take out one of the spicy sticks from his pocket and handed it to Lao Lizheng, "Try it."

Li Zheng had long seen Hua Ping pinching one out of his pocket to eat. He was already greedy for it. He took it and put it in his mouth. He was instantly coughed by the spicy food: "Cough cough...cough cough...cough" It was not easy. He stopped, his face flushed, and he tightened in discomfort, "Little lady, does Dogwood look like this?"

He hasn't seen it before, don't lie to him!

Su Ruojin laughed and shook her head, "Uncle, it's not called dogwood, it's called pepper."

Although Lao Lizheng coughed a lot, it was obvious that Huaping was like drinking boiled water. He couldn't help it, so he took another bite cautiously. This time, he ate carefully so as not to choke his throat, and the more he chewed, the more delicious it became, hey , Needless to say, it is really delicious. When I go home today, I will probably be able to eat two **** buns.

After eating happily, he asked again, "Little madam, can you...can you give me a few?"

"Okay." Su Ruojin was very generous, "Everyone who comes to help will be given three pepper plants in addition to wages. Let me tell you, uncle, if all three pepper plants grow, the seeds will be able to grow on an acre of land. , when you sell it to me, I will take it all.”

Li Zheng's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked excitedly, "Then... how much does it cost per pound?"

"This..." Su Ruojin stood up. This thing is fresh and the price cannot be low. "The fresh one is at least five cents, and the dried one is at least fifteen cents."

Just when Lao Li felt that this thing was more profitable than growing grain, his heart beat faster and he stared at the little lady: "How much fresh food can be harvested from one acre of land?"

Su Ruojin thought for a while, "At least five hundred catties, right?" In modern times, one acre of land would cost at least one thousand catties, and usually it could reach four or five thousand catties. But this was ancient times, and she didn't dare to say so much. Let's be conservative and estimate that 800 to 1,000 pounds should be fine.

Five cents...five hundred catties...isn't it more than two taels of silver? God, it is indeed more valuable than growing food. His hands were shaking with excitement, "Little lady, can the seeds of three pepper plants really plant an acre of land next year?"

Su Ruojin nodded, "If you can't plant one acre, come to me and buy seeds, as long as you want to plant them."

"I want it, I want it so much." Lao Li was so happy that he ran away quickly to tell the villagers the good news. The villagers jumped for joy when they heard it. Since last winter, they have started to work one after another, and their hands are gradually full. It has made their lives better, and they did not expect that they would be able to make more money by growing peppers next year. For a while, they regarded Su Ruojin as a little **** of wealth.

It took three days to plant more than one hundred acres. When the water was sufficient and the roots were stable, Su Ruojin remembered that her uncle's wedding would be in ten days, so she left a grandmother who knew farming brought over by Zhao Lan. Mom, let her lead the people of Shangouzi Village to manage the more than 100 acres of pepper land.

In March, when spring comes and flowers bloom, leeks are on the market. Su Ruojin's several acres of leeks pick up the slack and begin to be transported to the capital. As long as leeks are properly fertilized, they can be sold one crop after another.

She took a few bundles back to her home in the county town and made leek dumplings, leek boxes, and leek pancakes for her family. The first batch was fresh, tender and juicy, and you could lick your fingers.

Su Silang felt his belly while eating, "Sister, why do you make the same thing so delicious?"

Su Ruojin didn't know either, so she smiled and said, "Maybe my sister's hands can turn food into gold."

"Haha..." Su Sanlang was amused and overjoyed.

Mr. Pei also ate so much that his mouth was full of oil. He ate three large boxes of leeks. "It's delicious."

Su Yanli also nodded, "Ajin, have all the vegetable fields in the west been planted?"

"They are all planted. As long as they are taken care of well, there will be a good harvest." She had to go and check on them every now and then, but she couldn't afford to be careless.

Cheng Yingzhen asked, "Ajin, your brother-in-law is getting married to the princess. In addition to the general etiquette, what else can we give as a gift."

This was really troublesome. Su Ruojin subconsciously looked at Shangguanyu and looked around, only to realize that he was not here.

"Hey, Sanlang, didn't I ask you to call Mr. Shangguan? Why didn't you come?"

Su Sanlang called, but when he came back he was so dizzy from playing that he forgot to say anything and scratched his head, "Master Shangguan said that he was preparing school books and was a little busy, so he didn't come over."

Su Ruojin and his father looked at each other. The father and daughter knew very well that they were afraid of touching the scene and hurting their feelings!

She stood up and said, "Dad, I'm going to see Mr. Shangguan."

Su Yanli nodded, "Go ahead. If he needs anything else, just ask him to come to me at the county government office, and I will allocate money for what should be allocated." When he said this, Su Ruojin noticed that Mr. Pei looked at him with a look of embarrassment on his face. look.

Su Ruojin asked directly, "The finances of the county government..."

"Last year, the famine didn't stop, and now it's the time of spring, so..." we can only wait for the summer harvest.

It is true that we can only do it step by step. Su Ruojin wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, she didn't say it and went to find Shangguanyu.

The house of the private school was the confiscated residence of the convicted petty officials. It was a quiet courtyard suitable for a private school. When Su Ruojin arrived, Shangguanyu was copying books.

"Is this all you're busy with?"

Shangguanyu was much thinner and looked weak, as if he had lost the strength to even smile.

Su Ruojin couldn't bear to look at it, "Master Shangguan, he is my brother-in-law..."

When Su Yanzu was mentioned, Shangguanyu waved his hands quickly, "Second Lady, it has nothing to do with Shaobai."

"But he failed you." Su Ruojin felt sad for him.

Shangguanyu waved his hand again, "Ajin..." He hesitated.

Su Ruojin looked at Mao Ya and others beside her and motioned them to go outside. Mao Ya looked at the surrounding environment and left the study with Ye Huaizhen.

Shangguanyu asked Su Ruojin to sit down and sighed.

Su Ruojin poured him a cup of hot water, and he quickly said, "Thank you."

She quietly became a listener.

After drinking hot tea, Shangguanyu's blue lips improved. He said, "Actually, when I escaped from my hometown, I once said to myself that I would not actively seek death, but I would die of hunger, freezing, or illness. , I just let nature take its course. Whenever I get sick, I always feel that I won't survive tomorrow. But because of Shaobai, I have escaped from the hands of black and white again and again. Now even more because of Shaobai, the root cause of my old disease has actually Okay, so... Er Niang, you don't have to feel sorry for me. He has his current destination, which is what I have been praying for. God heard it, so I am grateful to God and wish Shaobai all the best for the rest of his life. "

Su Ruojin: ...She has already given up on her, so is she worried about it in vain?

"Then you are now..." How do you describe being haggard?

Shangguanyu shook his head and laughed, "I'm worried about money."

Su Ruojin's eyes widened, "What?"

"The Salesian Bureau needs money, and running a private school also needs money, but now the market is sluggish, and there is no market for either my paintings or Sichuan brocade."

In a word, he didn't make any money.

The Dayin Dynasty has been in turmoil for the past two years, and coupled with natural disasters, it is really difficult to make money. In the past two years, she has not made much money.

"After this year, everything will be fine." The new emperor is not as mediocre as he once saw. This is an emperor with ideas who will definitely change the status quo and make the world stable and prosperous again.

Shangguanyu nodded, "I believe it."

Shangguanyu had no knot in her heart. For some reason, Su Ruojin seemed to have opened her heart for her uncle, and her mood instantly improved.

"You copied every book in the school by hand!" She was really convinced.

"What should I do?" The worse the times, the more expensive the books. An ordinary book on learning calligraphy and writing costs almost half a tael. If you buy dozens of books, the larger ones will be discarded.

Su Ruojin:…

"Stop copying. I will go to the capital in a few days. Then I will find a printing shop and wholesale a batch of teaching materials."

"This..." Shangguanyu was obviously embarrassed.

Su Ruojin said, "Master Shangguan, my father has said that education is not a matter of one person, it is a matter of Weizhou County. Isn't it right for the county government to provide money?"

Shangguanyu sighed, "The mess left by taking office will not be easy for adults either."

"Master Shangguan, your words are worth it."

After finishing the book, Su Ruojin suggested that Shangguanyu take her to see the school.

The two of them went to school together, and the desks and chairs for the three classes were all packed up. Shangguanyu spent a lot of effort to get so many sets of desks and chairs in Weizhou County, which is short of material resources.

"There are three classes: junior, intermediate, and advanced." Shangguanyu said, "During the first month of the year, I contacted several scholars, and two or three of them were willing to come and take classes after the spring planting is over."

"Have you found all the handymen and janitors?"

Shangguanyu nodded, "There are many people who want to work. It's easy to find this one. It mainly depends on their character. I picked a few honest and capable people."

Shangguanyu was born into wealth, so these things were not difficult for him.

Su Ruojin looked at the thin man again and took out a jiaozi from his purse, "Buy some delicious food. How can you realize your ambitions without good health?"

Shangguanyu didn't want to accept it at first, but after she said that, he couldn't accept it anymore.

Servant Qiu Shan collected fifty taels of jiaozi for him, "Thank you, Second Lady."

"Brother Akiyama, you still have to find a girl or a mother-in-law who can cook. You two alone can't do much even if you have money."

This is true.

Qiu Shan felt aggrieved and said, "I don't want to bother you, Second Master, Second Lady, then you can help me find one."

"Okay." Su Ruojin agreed simply, and was about to ask Mao Ya to bring the hot chive box to the Shangguan Island master and servant. Yu Shuilian ran over from nowhere. As if she heard their conversation, she knelt down with a bang. He came to Su Ruojin and said, "Second Lady, I am willing to cook for Mr. Shangguan. Please give me a chance."

This girl, Su Ruojin remembered, was the one whose younger brother was bullied in the alley. She had been malicious to her several times, but this time it was strange that she actually knelt down in front of her to beg for help.

She never looked down on others, but she insisted on kneeling. Su Ruojin looked at Shangguanyu.

Turn Shangguan Island's head aside.

Qiu Shan was angry, "Miss Yu, our young master has always taken care of your siblings. You are so good, but you actually put your thoughts on our young master. How dare you beg here?"

"I..." Yu Shuilian bit her lip, tears streaming down her face, and she couldn't stop talking. What a little white lotus.

Su Ruojin hated people like this the most, and Shangguanyu probably noticed that, so he would rather sacrifice his own body than let her cook.

Shangguanyu sighed, "Madam, there are differences between men and women. It's not appropriate for you to cook in my place, but it's fine to cook in the Salesian Bureau." After saying that, he turned around and left.

Su Ruojin glanced at her, Shangguanyu was a good-tempered person, and he didn't even pretend to be affectionate, which meant that he had definitely touched his bottom line.

Sure enough, after walking for a while, Qiu Shan said angrily, "If you like it, you like it. You shouldn't climb into our young master's bed and treat our young master like someone else."

Su Ruojin: ...Is it so explosive?

"She's also...too courageous."

"Who says it's not the case?" The young master used to be so compassionate, but now he is so annoying.

Su Ruojin blinked. Shangguanyu is almost thirty years old now. Although he is thin, he has a dignified manner, a handsome face, a straight posture, an elegant temperament, and a romantic temperament. He looks like a noble man, not an ordinary man. It can be imagined.

Su Ruojin sighed, after what my uncle said, I don't know what will happen to Mr. Shangguan in the future? Will he succumb to the world like his brother-in-law and find a woman to get married and have children?

When she got home, Su Ruojin asked Mother Dong to stew an old hen for Shangguanyu. "Mom, find a teacher who is talented in cooking, and then be the kitchen lady for Mr. Shangguan."

Mother Dong agreed, and she asked anxiously, "Er Niang, if you bring me back, won't you be a breakfast shop?"

Su Ruojin asked her to wait.

"When?"

"The food will be available after the summer harvest."

The people don't even have food to eat. As a family member of the county magistrate, Su Ruojin will not open a breakfast shop for the time being.

"Oh." Mother Dong had no choice but to divert her energy, "Then I will find more talented people and train people for the future breakfast shop."

"That's a great idea!"

Having something to do again made Dong's mother suddenly lively and energetic, and she began to work energetically again.

The princess got married and claimed that Master Ma was her younger brother. Su Yanli got a leave of absence and returned to the capital with his family.

As soon as he entered the city gate, someone came to greet him, "Master, I invite you to stay in the mansion."

It turned out to be Su Dekai's chief manager, and they were back again.

Su Yanli had forgotten about his father. Su Yanzu was his biological son, and his marriage to the princess was such a big deal, so how could he not come?

He shook his head and said, "I'll go back to my home first, wait until everything is settled, and then I'll pay my respects to dad tomorrow."

Seeing that he could not move, the chief steward had no choice but to go back.

Su Yanli and his wife looked at each other, and their worries turned into relaxed smiles.

Time flies like water, and they continue to grow. They finally break away from the shackles of their original families and live the way they want.

"Husband..."

"Azhen."

The two embraced each other.

Su Sanlang and Su Shilang were used to it, and the two of them continued to play as if they didn't see it.

Su Ruojin was smiling all over her face. Zhao Lan was greatly influenced by Su Yanli. He changed from a world-weary young man to a gentle and elegant person when he saw her. Think about it, if you marry him, you will be as loving as your parents in the future!

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