Chapter 145 Bought for Second Master (Part 3)
Mother Liu was so happy to see Su Yujin and the others come back that her face turned into a golden chrysanthemum.
"The girl is finally back."
The most important thing is that the second master will come back and stay here for a few days.
Sure enough, after the girl had been traveling with the second master for so long, the friendship between the two had grown deeper.
The most important thing is that she has been alone in this empty house for more than half a year. Although she is busy every day and is occasionally accompanied by Frost Leaf and the others, she is a slave without a master at home, and she doesn't feel it is right after all.
Fortunately, now that the girl is back, the house can become lively again and feel a bit like home.
"Mother Liu has been busy these past six months." Su Yujin said with a smile, "These are the things that the wife of the governor sent to me when I was in Hedong Prefecture. I think the fabrics are very good. Mother Liu, take them and make two new sets of clothes. There is also this facial cream. It is also very delicate when I use it. Mother Liu, try it."
"Young lady, you are really embarrassing me by saying this. This is my job. It is not hard work. It is what I should do." Madam Liu looked at the things Su Yujin gave her and pushed the facial cream back. "The material looks rich and the color is suitable. I will take it and make a dress for the New Year. Young lady, you can keep the facial cream."
The gift from the prefect's wife must be a good thing. With her old face, there is no need to be delicate. She can just apply some lard ointment on her face on weekdays to prevent it from getting chapped in autumn and winter.
"Just take it." Ai Cao stuffed the porcelain bottle into Mama Liu's hands, "Miss, you still have a lot. And you made a lot of business on your trip to Hedong Prefecture. You will make more money in the future. Do you still need these?"
"Big business?" Mother Liu took the facial cream that Ai Cao forced upon her and her eyes widened.
"Yes, it's a bigger business than our Huibinlou." Ai Cao told Mother Liu about the Kang family and Chuan Chuan Xiang with great excitement.
"The girl is really amazing. She was able to find such a capable manager like Kang." Mother Liu expressed her feelings and praise.
If everything goes according to Manager Kang's plan, there will be no shortage of money in the future. The girl will be more confident and her life will be better after she moves to the He family.
Mother Liu narrowed her eyes in a smile, but suddenly patted her head, "Look, I am only too busy making you happy. You have worked hard on the journey, go and rest with the Second Master, and let me cook dinner tonight."
"In the past six months, I have often visited our Su's shop and Huibinlou, especially Huibinlou, and learned a lot of dishes from Chef Zheng. Miss and Second Master also wanted to taste my cooking skills."
"Okay, let's try the food made by Mother Liu." Su Yujin did not refuse. She asked Ai Cao to help Mother Liu, while she went to make tea for He Yanxiu and brought two plates of snacks to fill his stomach first.
As it got dark, the dishes made by Mother Liu were served on the table one by one.
Braised pork slices with bamboo shoots, steamed pork elbow with sauce, half a crispy duck, stir-fried mixed vegetables, stir-fried lotus root slices, stir-fried celery and lily, yam and tofu soup, and leavened lasagna.
The eight items filled the table, a dazzling array of things, colorful, fragrant and delicious.
Su Yujin nodded repeatedly as she ate, "Mother Liu's cooking skills are really much better than before."
"Yeah." He Yanxiu also nodded in agreement.
Although not as good as Su Yujin, his level is also around 60% to 70%, comparable to the chefs in ordinary small restaurants and hotels.
Mother Liu was so delighted to receive recognition and praise from her two masters that she was overjoyed. She was happy when she cleaned up the dishes in the evening, especially when she saw Ai Cao still chewing on the leavened lasagna and even added a bowl of yam and tofu soup. She was even happier.
It seems that I will have to ask Chef Zheng for cooking advice more often in the future.
He Yanxiu stayed here for another two days.
Su Yujin carefully checked He Yanxiu's physical condition over the past two days.
Everything recovered very smoothly, but He Yanxiu could not do any overly strenuous movements for the next month, especially martial arts training, so he needed to slow down for a while.
As for He Yanxiu's sense of taste recovery, it has basically improved by 80% to 90%.
Su Yujin also made pills for He Yanxiu while in Hedong Prefecture. He took the pills back and took them on time. After about a month, both illnesses were almost cured.
He Yanxiu wrote down everything, and after asking Xing'an to pack up, he prepared to return to Beijing.
As usual, Su Yujin packed some things for He Yanxiu.
Seeing Su Yujin piling up the brocade boxes one by one on the carriage into a small mountain, He Yanxiu raised his eyebrows, "What are these?"
How come there were so many? He remembered that Su Yujin would usually prepare some things for him when he left, but they were just cakes for the journey, or pickled vegetables or dried meat that he could take to the capital to eat for a while, and usually it was just a box.
"I bought these for you when we were in Hedong Prefecture."
Su Yujin said, "Those fabrics are not as exquisite as the ones brought from Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the capital, but this Lu silk is unique to Shanxi. It is soft and fine in texture, and the colors are very rich. If it is embroidered, it will be very beautiful to make clothes. I will pick out a few colors that are easy to match. It will be very suitable for you to give them to the female elders in your family when you go back."
"This is Zhuyeqing, a re-made liquor based on Fenjiu with twelve kinds of herbs added. It is golden in color and slightly green, with a unique medicinal aroma and a mellow and sweet taste. It would be a great gift for you to take back and give to others."
"And these are the red dates, walnuts, dried tofu, old vinegar and other things that are unique to Hedong Prefecture. Although they are not considered precious, they are brought back from a long distance and are edible on a daily basis. It also shows that the Second Master is thoughtful and considerate."
"The Second Master gave me some silver earlier, saying that I should buy some things to honor my elders. I picked and chose but still didn't know what to buy. I was too embarrassed to ask the Second Master, so I just bought these. The Second Master, please see if I can use them when I go back."
Since he first arrived in Hedong Prefecture and gave He Yanxiu a shopping fund, he never mentioned this matter again.
But the less it was mentioned, the more Su Yujin took this matter seriously.
She was worried that He Yanxiu was just too busy with official duties and had forgotten about this matter for a moment. If she also overlooked it, when He Yanxiu remembered it one day, she would be at a loss.
Therefore, Su Yujin had been thinking about this matter from the very beginning. She picked and chose for a long time, and finally bought these things and loaded them on the carriage before leaving Hedong Prefecture.
He Yanxiu nodded slightly after hearing this.
I see.
No wonder when leaving Hedong Mansion, Su Yujin asked Ai Cao and Qing Kui to move so many things into the carriage.
At first I thought they were just some women's items bought by Su Yujin herself, but I never thought they were bought for him.
Speaking of which…
Still writing, still writing...
(End of this chapter)
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