Chapter 9: Favoring a concubine and destroying a wife, ah tui~

Xie Yanyan woke up before dawn the next day.

When I was collecting firewood last night, I found several locust trees on the hillside, covered with snow-white locust flowers.

This place is not far from the capital city, and most of the nearby farms belong to the powerful and wealthy in Kyoto. They have no shortage of food or money, so no one picks such beautiful locust flowers.

She got up early and picked all the locust flowers on the tree.

There was a huge pile of locust flowers in the space. To avoid the bailiff's suspicion, she grabbed the branches and broke off a few.

When I was carrying the locust branches back, the escorts were shouting at everyone to get up and hurry on.

"Everyone, get up. It's best if we can get to Caowa Town before dark. If not, you'll still be sleeping in the wild tonight." Liu Mingjie hit the ground with a whip and roared as they set off.

Except for Xie Yanyan's family who were sleeping very warmly in their sleeping bags, the other prisoners were sneezing continuously, obviously having caught a cold.

Xie Anfeng looked after his father and son, silently rolled up the sleeping bag into a tight roll, tied it tightly with a rope, and let Xie Yong carry it on his back.

After walking for most of the day yesterday, the pampered ladies, young ladies and gentlemen all had blisters on their feet. After a night's rest, everyone felt sore all over, especially their legs. Not to mention walking, they would tremble with pain at the touch.

Don’t want to go? The escort whipped them with a whip, and they cried and screamed, then struggled to get up and continue on their way.

Now that Xie Jinrong had a carriage to ride in, Xie Anfeng's hands were free, and he and Xie Ning took turns taking care of little Tuanzi.

The sun was already high in the sky, and they had walked more than 20 miles. They stopped by the roadside, and the cook Zhu Ba started to set up the stove and cook.

"Men, go collect firewood, and the rest of you, rest here. You can move within 100 steps." Li Rong shouted.

The escort dismounted to rest and have lunch.

Xie Yanyan called Xie Lingyu to pick wild vegetables together by the field.

There are many varieties of wild vegetables in Yichuan area, and the fields are full of shepherd's purse, which is tender and dense. Xie Yanyan is a leading figure in agricultural science and technology and is very familiar with various plants. He took Xie Lingyu to pick a lot of shepherd's purse and noodles.

While everyone was not paying attention, Xie Yanyan found a roujiamo shop in the space, which served hot, crispy and fragrant white cakes, cured meat and lettuce.

She took out two hot steamed buns, ate one for herself and stuffed the other for Xie Lingyu, and whispered, "Eat quickly, don't let anyone see you."

"Sister, what is this?"

"Roujiamo."

Roujiamo is a specialty snack in the northwest. It is not popular in the Central Plains yet and is not as delicious as it used to be.

The Baiji steamed bun with a thin and crispy skin and soft inside, paired with large pieces of fatty but not greasy cured meat, made Xie Lingyu almost swallow his tongue while eating it.

After finishing the meal, Xie Lingyu was still not satisfied. She licked her fingers and asked in a low voice: "Sister, where did you get the roujiamo?"

"Don't ask, it wasn't stolen anyway."

"Then, what about Dad, brother, sister-in-law, and A Sheng?" Xie Lingyu suddenly felt ashamed of eating alone.

"Let's discuss with Zhu Ba and make some wild vegetable porridge." Xie Yanyan continued to dig wild vegetables and asked him, "Will you tell others?"

Xie Lingyu immediately shook his head: "No."

We can’t let my grandmother and the others know about this.

The two of them picked shepherd's purse for a while. Xie Lingyu saw that there were a lot of wild flowers on the roadside. She became childish and picked a bunch of them and handed them to Xie Yanyan: "Sister, this is for you."

Xie Yanyan saw that these flowers were all purple cauliflowers, which were very beautiful with a faint fragrance. She suddenly had some ideas in her mind.

The brother and sister returned to the team with a handful of shepherd's purse and dandelions. Song Lingling's face was pale and she was chewing the pancake with difficulty. Xie Ning soaked half of the hard pancake in water, softened it and gave it to the little Tuanzi.

Xie Yanyan said to them: "I'll make you some porridge."

He found Zhu Ba and discussed with him: "Master Zhu, I want to cook a bowl of vegetable porridge for my sister-in-law and nephew. I will pay you 1 tael of silver. Can you give me a handful of rice and lend me the stove?"

In Kyoto, one tael of silver can buy 18 kilograms of rice. For Zhu Ba, it was equivalent to picking up one tael of silver for free. How could he refuse?

He poured half a bowl of rice from his cloth bag and gave it to Xie Yanyan. He lent her the pot and stove, and kindly lent her a stack of bowls and a scallion.

There were boxes of minced fresh meat in the Space Supermarket. She marinated half a bowl of minced fresh meat with chopped green onion, minced ginger, water starch, pepper, five-spice powder, soy sauce, and sesame oil, and went to pack the rice.

The brown rice given by Zhu Ba was transferred into the space, and a pound of pearl white rice was transferred out of the space. The water was also replaced with mineral water in the space.

She called Xie Yong to help light the fire. She blocked everyone's sight and put the marinated minced meat into the pot, then put the rice in. While no one was paying attention, she took out two preserved eggs, mashed them into a paste, and put them into the pot.

Of course, she hid mineral water bottles, pine egg shells and the like in the space so that no one else could see them.

Cover the pot and simmer.

Xie Yong's eyes rolled around, and Xie Yanyan gently said "hush", and Xie Yong shut up. However, he felt extremely confused. His sister made two black eggs?

[Can bad guys still be eaten? 】

Xie Yanyan didn't explain. Without any preserved eggs, he couldn't explain it clearly.

The porridge is not ready yet, but the fragrance can no longer be concealed and spreads in the wind.

Just now, when Xie Yanyan said that he wanted to cook wild vegetable porridge, Xie Yun sneered.

Xie Qingmu didn't even bother to say anything: "What do you know about wild vegetables? Don't eat wild grass and you'll be poisoned!"

The old lady also said disdainfully: "You are feeding pigs and sheep, can you just pick some weeds and eat them?"

The fragrance is coming out now. The old lady is knowledgeable and knows that this porridge is definitely edible and it is probably delicious.

"Jiang, what did the third girl cook? Why does it smell so good?"

Jiang Shuang shook her head and said, "I don't know either."

"When it's ready, serve me two bowls." The old lady said shamelessly, "Your father is not in good health, so he should eat something soft to digest it."

Jiang Shuang could only bite the bullet and say, "Yes."

"Give your elder brother and sister-in-law a bowl as well. Xiangxiang should also eat some. She is a noble lady and has never suffered such hardships. And Yun'er..."

You want to take the whole pot away, right? Xie Yanyan glanced at the old lady coldly, ah tui~

Xie Anfeng immediately interrupted the old lady: "No one will give it to anyone except Dad! The eldest brother's wife is pregnant, and Ah Sheng is too young. Yanyan is for them."

Seeing that Xie An was not understanding, the old lady snorted coldly and said, "A person's true character is revealed in times of crisis. When the Marquis's Mansion was prosperous, you all took advantage of it. Now that it is in trouble, loyalty and filial piety have been thrown to the dogs."

"When the Marquis' Mansion was prosperous, I don't know who took advantage of it. I only know that I have been relying on myself since I was a child. Even my mother's dowry was in your hands, wasn't it? Over the years, the food, clothing and other expenses of the Marquis' Mansion have relied on my mother's dowry, right? Some things are better kept in mind. I am not afraid of a real fall-out." Xie Anfeng was blunt.

"You're talking nonsense! The Marquis' Mansion has its own farm and shop." Xie Yun argued. The Marquis' Mansion of Wuyi was supported by Xie Anfeng's mother's dowry? How is that possible!

"Ask your grandmother, who owns the shop and the farm?"

"Grandma, is this true?"

Old Shen didn't answer Xie Yun's question directly. She snorted and said domineeringly, "What do you mean by yours and mine? Everything in the Marquis' Mansion belongs to the master."

Got into the car.

Xie Yanyan heard their conversation, frowned, and asked Xie Yong: "Isn't Shen our biological grandmother?"

"You don't know? She's just my grandfather's second wife."

"Step-wife? How can my uncle be older than my father?"

"Because before grandma came into the family, grandpa secretly had Xie Anhuai and Xie Manman with Shen. Mom also knew about it, so we have always been angry at her for not being able to figure it out."

Damn it, the concubine is so rampant!

In wealthy families, the hierarchy between legitimate and illegitimate children is very important. If a legitimate son is not born, a concubine cannot get pregnant and give birth to a child.

Before getting married, Xie Jinrong had illegitimate sons and daughters, which angered his wife to death, seized her dowry, and passed the title to his illegitimate son!

Ah tui~ scum!

My dears, the contract has been signed today. The speed of Yuewen is really fast. Compared with a few years ago, the efficiency is much higher.

(End of this chapter)