Ye Panjiu was half asleep when Ye Taohua woke her up.
"Mother, we've been waiting for you. Grandmother said she's going to pay respects to our ancestors."
Ye Panjiu was so sleepy that she could barely keep her eyes open. Ye Taohua pulled her out of bed, and the cold woke her up.
"Mom, it's snowing outside! It's so beautiful! Get up quickly, we're going to have a snowball fight later!" Ye Taohua was full of energy.
Ye Panjiu yawned and numbly put on her clothes. "I can watch you fight, but don't hit me."
It's so cold, she doesn't want to touch the snow.
Ye Taohua raised an eyebrow. "I definitely won't hit my mother."
Ye Panjiu glanced at her, "Fine, I'll walk further away to watch, just in case I accidentally hurt someone, okay?"
Ye Taohua burst out laughing, "Mother, why do you seem so timid?"
Ye Panjiu pinched her cheek, "I'm not that timid. If I send a representative to fight you, I definitely won't win."
Ye Taohua clasped her hands together, cracked her knuckles, and said, "I welcome all comers!"
What a joke! Looking across the entire Ye Family Village, she's been practicing martial arts for two months now, and she's incredibly agile!
Ye Panjiu smiled broadly, thinking it would be a good day to see Heng Tong's skills.
He looks much, much better than Peach Blossom, a complete novice.
When she finished getting ready and came to the front yard, the air was already filled with the scent of sandalwood.
Grandma Ye devoutly laid out various offerings, including pork, a plate of dumplings, and snacks.
As soon as she saw Ye Panjiu, she pointed and said, "Here she is. Everyone, stand in line."
Grandma Ye picked up the dumplings, poured some soup on the ground, lit some yellow paper, held three incense sticks in her hand, bowed respectfully three times, and after inserting the incense, knelt down and kowtowed three times, while muttering to herself.
Ye Panjiu did not believe in gods or Buddhas; she was a staunch materialist. However, she did not say anything and instead joined the Ye family in worshipping their ancestors.
She was grateful to the ancestors of the Ye family for allowing her to live on in Daliang.
After the ancestral worship ceremony, the Ye family began to eat.
I only made a few dumplings and cooked just the plate for the ancestral offering, so breakfast was the usual meal: pumpkin porridge, meat buns, pickled radish, and scrambled eggs with chives.
As Ye Panjiu ate, she started to crave chive dumplings. She looked at Liu Shi and said, "Sister-in-law, let me tell you a way to cook chives. You can make dumplings by wrapping chives and scrambled eggs inside, making them a little bigger than dumplings. Then fry them in oil until golden brown. It'll taste delicious that way too."
Liu's eyes lit up. "Okay, I'll try making a little less next time."
Heng Tong and Yan Yu were also eating at the table. Yan Yu was already quite familiar with the Ye family and was very relaxed.
Heng Tong was still a little reserved, but she was pleasantly surprised to find that Liu's cooking was particularly to her liking.
After finishing her meal, Ye Panjiu went back to her room to look at the winter solstice gift that Su Yan had given her.
She was so busy writing yesterday that she didn't have time to look at it.
A huanghuali wood box contains a gilded, openwork silver cage with a flying goose and ball pattern.
Ye Panjiu raised an eyebrow and picked up the cage, releasing a rich aroma of tea.
This was truly the most exquisite teaware she had ever seen.
She leaned closer and smelled it; it had a refreshing, cool fragrance.
There was a piece of paper written by Su Yan on it, which read, "Imperial gift: Dragon Ball Tea, Snow-white."
This name is truly elegant.
Ye Panjiu opened the silver cage. The tea leaves looked like silver threads, shimmering like snow. Upon closer inspection, a small dragon was even carved on the surface, spiraling along the tea leaves.
Even though Ye Panjiu was worth over 100 million in modern times and had tasted many teas, she was still stunned by this tea.
This is too extravagant; it truly deserves to be a royal gift.
She carefully placed the silver cage down and opened the square box beside it.
Ye Panjiu opened a white-glazed, brown-painted Shoushanfu wine jar with a red cloth stopper, and a whiff of chrysanthemum mixed with the aroma of wine wafted out.
"Imperial gift of white chrysanthemums".
Ye Panjiu clicked her tongue; this gift was truly substantial.
There was also a square box containing a celadon gourd-shaped ewer with carved lotus petals and ten white jade covered bowls.
Ye Panjiu calmly picked up Su Yan's paper from the box: "On the Winter Solstice, I cannot often be by your side, so I specially send you a pot of wine, to share a cup of mountains and rivers. The New Year is approaching, and I am all alone. Shuzhou is so prosperous, I dare to invite you to enjoy it together."
Ye Panjiu's eye twitched. A prime minister all alone?
How is that possible?
But she did feel a little sorry for him, after all, she had been all alone in her previous life, despite having a fortune of over 100 million.
It must have been the gentle snowfall that softened her heart.
Ye Panjiu first went to the kitchen to get a teapot and brewed a pot of tea.
At this moment, she began to regret it. She had never learned how to brew tea, and brewing tea so carelessly made her heart bleed with regret.
I just felt like I had wasted this tea.
Seeing that she looked unwell, Ye Guihua glanced at the teapot and said, "Auntie, let me make some tea."
Ye Panjiu quickly handed it to her, saying, "This is wonderful, Osmanthus tea. This tea is exceptionally precious."
Ye Guihua opened the lid, looked at it carefully, paused, and asked in disbelief in a low voice, "Auntie, is this Dragon Ball Snow Tea?"
Ye Panjiu nodded.
Ye Guihua was somewhat dazed. She had a great love for tea and had been learning about tea, tasting tea, and brewing tea from her teacher. She had only seen descriptions of this tea in books and never thought she would get to drink it again.
Ye Panjiu watched as Ye Guihua solemnly washed her hands and carefully examined the water boiling in the earthenware pot, her whole demeanor exuding a sense of readiness.
Ye Guihua's heart was bleeding. She vowed to replace all the tea utensils in her home as soon as possible!
Sun pulled Ye Panjiu toward the kitchen, saying, "Little sister, come on, your sister-in-law is preparing the fillings. She asked me to take you there to see what kind of fillings you want and to make a variety of them."
Ye Panjiu immediately rolled up her sleeves, "I'll help make dumplings too."
Several ceramic bowls were placed in front of Liu. As she watched Ye Panjiu enter, she introduced them one by one: "Mutton filling, chive filling, pork and cabbage filling, shepherd's purse filling, and pure pork filling."
The kitchen was warm. Ye Panjiu took off her gray squirrel fur coat. "Wow, there's so much! I'd like to eat celery and pork filling too."
She especially loved this kind of dish, and she also really liked the seaweed and pork filling, but Qingshui County is not on the coast, and her family didn't buy any seaweed to store.
Liu readily agreed, "Okay, sister-in-law, please go and ask around and get some celery."
Mrs. Sun grabbed a handful of melon seeds. "No problem."
He walked while stumbling.
Grandma Ye was rolling out the dough on the side, rolling it out very quickly.
Ye Panjiu picked up the leather and started wrapping, but she was neither as fast nor as good at it as Liu Shi.
My sister-in-law's cooking skills are truly unmatched.
"Is Cuihua coming back today?" Old Mrs. Ye asked.
Upon hearing this, Madam Liu smiled somewhat reluctantly, "I should go back."
Ye Panjiu was a little curious, as she hadn't met her eldest niece since she transmigrated.
Ye Cuihua married into the neighboring Liu family village. The two families were not far apart, but without an oxcart, it would take a long time to get there. Ye Cuihua would only come back during festivals.
"It's good that you're back. My two great-grandchildren can finally see you," Grandma Ye said with a smile.
Liu did not respond further, her face still showing lingering worry.
Ye Panjiu had only wrapped ten when Sun returned, followed by Tian and San Tian's wife.
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