Unexpectedly, Su Qingluan suddenly changed her usual calm demeanor, raised the jam in the air like a madman, and screamed: "You bastard, how dare you slander my hard work for so many days? If you are going to be framed like this anyway, why not just prove the crime and let this jam be fed to the dogs!"
"No, no—no!"
"Madam Su, please calm down!"
"Go catch the box!"
No one expected Su Qingluan to suddenly go crazy and do such a thing. Including Xie Zian, everyone present in the Xie Mansion was scared out of their wits.
Are you kidding! Xie Zian has already boasted and sent the letter back. By now, the old lady's reply will probably arrive in a few days!
If the jam was dropped at this time, Xie Zian, as a descendant of the Xie family, would only be "exiled" for a while longer, no matter how much he displeased the old lady, and would have to go back to be a rich and idle person sooner or later; but the same cannot be said for the servants below!
Therefore, Xie Zian was afraid that his plan to go home early would be shattered, and the people below were afraid of being implicated. They all stared at Su Qingluan in horror at the same time: Don't, don't drop the box in your hand!
Su Qingluan naturally didn't really want to ruin the party, but she was not afraid that the box in her hand would be bumped or broken - how could she only make one copy of such an important thing?
From the very beginning, whether it was the wooden box needed for the outer packaging, the porcelain jar, or the jam itself, Su Qingluan made at least three times the backup, for fear of any accidents or mistakes - after all, apart from the unstable factor of Xie Zian, the material of the porcelain jar itself is fragile and must be prevented.
So she has no pressure at all holding the box now.
Seeing that Xie Zian opposite her no longer had the complacency he had just now, but was staring at her hand with a pale face, and didn't even have the time to care about Su Qingluan's "rude words", she knew that Xie Zian was really afraid that something might go wrong with the fruit jam.
In that case, she is even less afraid.
So she continued to rage: "I finally understand. You don't want this jam at all. You're just torturing a commoner like me for your own amusement! Even if this jam pleases the noble today, so what? Aren't these things everywhere in the prosperous streets of the capital?!"
Su Qingluan's words made Xie Zian suddenly understand one thing: why he was so nervous about the jam made by Su Qingluan - it was because among the many jam-making shops in the capital, he had never eaten such delicious jam.
The jam made by Su Qingluan is not just sweet, but also sweet and sour. Even apart from the taste of tea, it still has an indescribable unique flavor.
If Su Qingluan knew what this middle school boy was thinking, she would know that the "unique flavor" that Xie Zian tasted but could not clearly identify was the aroma of the little salt and spice water she added.
The salty taste of salt can adjust the sweetness and sourness and enhance the taste. Even many modern candied fruit snacks add salt in addition to sugar to adjust the flavor.
Spices that are not too spicy can enhance the taste of the rich jam and make the taste of the jam more varied.
However, the wild fruits that Su Qingluan chose were relatively sour in nature, and a large amount of sugar was added, so the taste of salt and spices was masked. Although it would become the background of the taste, it was difficult to be detected alone.
While Su Qingluan was "going crazy," she kept an eye on Xie Zian's expression. Seeing his face turn even uglier after her words, but still staring at her hands, she was certain that her jam was innovative and unique in taste, even in the capital.
In this way, it is not easy to be replaced, so it is more precious!
Su Qingluan felt reassured, and her nervousness relaxed. Her fake tears turned into real tears of fear. She wanted to cry even more when she thought about how deceiving her father was in this era and how there were more than one person who could easily kill her entire family with just one finger.
"Madam Su... Madam Su, please don't be so sad. I... I don't mean to blame you..." This was probably the first time Xie Zian saw Su Qingluan being such a "crazy woman" who didn't play by the rules. He was also afraid that she would really drop the jam, so he stopped being a childish person and stopped making things difficult for her. His words were full of caution.
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