The Empress Dowager was even happier, as she hoped the child would resemble her somewhat.
Han Luoxue glanced at Mengmeng, then at the Empress Dowager. Perhaps her eyesight wasn't quite right, because she couldn't see any resemblance. However, since the old lady was unusually happy, Han Luoxue just smiled and echoed her sentiments.
The Empress Dowager seems to be relatively easy to get along with; at the very least, she is a reasonable person.
The Empress Dowager came in and played with the two little ones. Children's energy is limited, and they soon became sleepy again, so the Empress Dowager watched them sleep.
He even personally put the gold locks on the two of them. Seeing that they had received gold locks again, Han Luoxue was a little envious. They were so young, yet each of them already had three gold locks.
The old lady, in particular, was very generous and even gifted each person a nice shop.
This is the advantage of being born into the right family. You're born at the pinnacle of life. Many people can't even get a shop in Beijing in their entire lives, but her baby is already one month old.
Seeing that the Empress Dowager showed no intention of leaving, Han Luoxue and Yunniang went out to cook.
Since it was the Empress Dowager's first time visiting, Han Luoxue couldn't be too casual. Fortunately, she had plenty of ingredients in her space, and she prepared a large table full of food for dinner.
When Han Mingyuan returned and heard that the Empress Dowager had arrived, he didn't even want to go inside. Han Luoxue stopped him, saying, "Father, you'll have to deal with these people sooner or later. Actually, the Empress Dowager is quite easy to talk to. She's just here to see the children, so don't be too reserved!"
Han Mingyuan felt that making him a county magistrate was already excessive enough, but now he was being asked to dine with the Empress Dowager? He was afraid he wouldn't be able to swallow it!
The son-in-law is too amazing; the father-in-law is under a lot of pressure.
Seeing her father's aggrieved expression, Han Luoxue laughed rather unkindly.
Compared to my parents, I feel like I'm the calmest one!
Han Luoxue also prepared two fruit platters, which contained various kinds of fruit.
The Empress Dowager's eyes lit up when she saw the beautiful fruit platter.
"Little Xue, your skills are quite good!"
They became familiar with each other over the afternoon, and the Empress Dowager would affectionately call Han Luoxue "Xue Yatou," which Han Luoxue was naturally happy to see.
"Xue'er loves cooking the most. She's usually a very good cook, and she cooks at home whenever she has time. You can try some!"
Yunniang spoke cautiously. Although Han Luoxue told her to calm down, she just couldn't sit still with the Empress Dowager.
"The taste is alright, even better than the ones in the palace!"
The Empress Dowager praised it sincerely. There weren't many rules here. Granny Qin was also sitting on the side, serving the Empress Dowager her meal first.
Seeing that the Empress Dowager enjoyed eating fruit, Han Luoxue thought of the various canned fruits in modern times. She had quite a lot of fruit in her spatial storage, and she didn't usually consume much of it, using most of it to make wine.
Actually, she could make some canned fruit; I believe the market would be better.
Alcoholic beverages are generally only consumed by adults, but canned fruit is different; children love the sweet and sour taste of canned fruit.
She remembered a joke circulating online back in modern times: when a child has a cold or fever, there's nothing that a can of yellow peaches can't fix.
The vendor who produced the canned yellow peaches even specifically stated that their canned peaches didn't cure any diseases! I remember the comments below were incredibly varied back then.
However, this is enough to show that children's enthusiasm for canned food is the same at all times.
She refused to believe that her canned goods wouldn't win over these little children from ancient times.
Thinking about this, Han Luoxue suddenly realized that there were really many ways to make money in ancient times.
If you're still worried about money here, then you really need to ask yourself a question.
It must be said that her personal space was of great help to her.
Seeing that the Empress Dowager did not look well, Han Luoxue took out fruit wine and invited the Empress Dowager to taste it.
The Empress Dowager was initially just curious, but after drinking two cups, she found the taste excellent and wanted to drink more.
"Grandmother, this fruit wine tastes good, but it's quite potent. Since this is your first time drinking it, Xue'er suggests you drink only a little."
Han Luoxue quickly advised against it. She didn't want the Empress Dowager to be drunk on her first visit.
"I feel fine! I drank quite a lot of wine when I was in the palace, but none of it tasted as good as yours!"
The Empress Dowager has a sharp tongue; the wine she brought out today is quite potent. This kind of wine is very beneficial to the body, and I believe the Empress Dowager will feel the effects very clearly tomorrow.
"Grandmother, if you like them, Xue'er will give you a few jars another day!"
Han Luoxue was just like that; if someone was kind to her, she would repay them tenfold. The Empress Dowager was very happy to hear that she could take it back, and she valued Han Luoxue even more.
She took off the bracelet from her wrist and, without saying a word, slipped it onto Han Luoxue's wrist: "Little Xue, this was given to me by my mother when I got married, and it's been with me for many years."
Hearing how precious the item was, Han Luoxue dared not accept it. She hurriedly took the bracelet off, but the Empress Dowager pressed her hand down: "One should not refuse a gift from an elder! Xue'er, this is a fine piece of warm jade; it is extremely beneficial to a woman's health to wear it!"
Is it warm jade? Such a large piece, and of such good quality, is truly rare. I doubt you can find another piece like it in the world.
But this thing is too precious. Seeing that the Empress Dowager was determined and kept pressing down on her arm, not letting her back down, Han Luoxue decided to send the Empress Dowager a few more jars of wine.
If the Empress Dowager knew, she would probably be overjoyed!
After finishing their meal, everyone chatted for a while before going to rest.
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"Oh my, you have no idea how amazing Xue is these days!"
After Aunt Xu returned home, she saw that several of her former close friends had come looking for her.
The group was quite curious about why they had suddenly left for so long, especially since they had followed Han Luoxue.
They had always wanted to know where these people had gone, and now that Aunt Xu was back, several women came over to inquire about the situation.
Gossip is a woman's nature. Although they were grateful to Han Luoxue for taking them in, they also gossiped about where Han Luoxue had been recently.
"Amazing, how amazing?" an auntie immediately asked curiously.
"We went to Yancheng a while ago. Do you know Yancheng? It's a city that produces salt. I heard that their salt supplies the whole country. Xue'er looked at two shops there, but she didn't mainly go there to open shops!"
"Oh, she didn't run a shop, so what did she do in the past? By the way, when did she give birth?"
Someone couldn't wait to speak. Aunt Xu smiled and said, "The baby is already a month old, very cute, even more delicate than Xue'er. She must have gone there for the baby. I heard her husband is very capable too!"
Upon hearing this, an auntie curled her lip in disdain: "Isn't Han Yuchen just a poor boy from our village? What's so great about him? We've all watched him grow up since he was a child. He's just a peasant!"
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