Chapter 3055 Chang Youli
After lunch, Xiao Qian and the servants cleared away the dishes and asked, "What snacks would you like this afternoon? I'll make them for you."
Senior Palace Maid: ...We just finished lunch.
Mingda was very full at this time, but still in high spirits, and said, "I want to eat something sweet."
Xiao Qian said, "Then I'll make you some rice cakes?"
Before Mingda could say anything, Zhou Man nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay."
She turned to Mingda and said, "The rice cakes made by my sister-in-law are delicious. They are the best in the whole village."
Isn’t it just a pastry made of rice?
Mingda had also eaten it in the palace. She wanted to eat something sweet, but she didn’t want to eat sweet rice cake.
But what Mrs. Zhou made was always a little different from others, so she nodded and said, "Okay, let's eat rice cakes."
Zhou Man turned around and said to her, "You'll know after you try it. The rice cakes made by my sister-in-law are the best. They're refreshing, sweet, and not greasy at all."
She never had the chance to get tired of it.
Making rice cakes requires more effort and time, and consumes glutinous rice.
The Zhou family has a lot of land, but the yield of glutinous rice is lower than that of rice. Every year, the Zhou family only grows one acre of glutinous rice.
In addition to daily use, Xiao Qian would only steam glutinous rice and pound it into rice cakes during the Chinese New Year and major solar terms.
But Lao Zhou has a big family, so no matter how much he cooks, it will never be enough to eat, especially something so delicious.
Even though the Zhou family is no longer short of money or glutinous rice, Xiao Qian rarely makes rice cakes because it takes too much effort and time.
Zhou Man is often not at home in recent years, making it even harder to eat.
So, it had been a long time since she had eaten the rice cakes made by Xiao Qian.
She said, "Do you know which dessert from Bai Shan's house I like best?"
Mingda: "Isn't Baishan's family your family?"
"Oh, that was a long time ago, not now. Sigh, the glutinous rice balls made by Sister He are not as delicious as those made by Aunt Rong."
Mingda: "You like to eat glutinous rice balls."
"Yes, it's glutinous rice cakes," Zhou Man said. "Glutinous rice cakes are just fried rice cakes. Both are delicious, but I never tire of eating the rice cakes made by my sister-in-law. When I was in the village, my classmates and friends were very envious of me."
"Unfortunately, I can only eat three pieces. There are no more, so I can only share them with Bai Shan and Bai Erlang. The others can only watch."
It was already a lot for Zhou Man to get three pieces, and that was even after Old Zhou and Qian gave her their share.
Mingda was excited by her words, so he pulled her over and said, "Since you have a day off today, and Bai Shan and the others have gone to the countryside, why don't you just stay with me? Let my sister-in-law cook at my house. Make a list of what you need and have them prepare it. Ask the kitchen staff to help too."
Her reason was particularly considerate, "It's not good to let my sister-in-law be too tired."
Zhou Man chuckled, "You want the people in the kitchen to learn from you, right?"
Mingda bumped her shoulder and said, "I asked the people in the kitchen to teach my sister-in-law some dishes. Their cooking skills are also very good. The two who came with me are from the Shangshi Bureau."
Zhou Man's eyes lit up and he nodded immediately, "Okay, I'll let my sister-in-law do it here."
Xiao Qian naturally had no objection. In fact, rice cakes only took effort and time. She felt that there was not much technical content and everyone must know how to make it.
She only needs to cook it here once and can also learn dishes she has never heard of. That's a real advantage.
Since Mrs. Zhou was staying here, Zhou Man naturally didn't leave either. She went to the study to continue writing letters.
Mingda followed her over and was stunned when he saw her take out the letter and see the five words "Dear Majesty" written on it.
"You, you, you still want to write a letter to the emperor?"
Zhou Man nodded, still giving the same reason, "The messenger can't have made this trip in vain."
Mingda: "...Why don't you submit a memorial?"
Zhou Man said, "The efficacy of the medicine has not yet been fully confirmed. How can I disturb Your Majesty by submitting this memorial?"
She said, "I'll just write to you privately."
"But I see that what you just wrote to Dean Xiao was an official document."
"How is that the same? Dean Xiao is my superior. I might have developed a new medicine, so I have to report everything to my superior."
Mingda: "Anyway, you have a reason. You might as well just call him Chang Youli."
Zhou Man asked her with a smile, "I want to send a letter to His Majesty. Would you like to write a letter to His Majesty and His Majesty as well?"
Mingda thought about it seriously, and then asked her seriously, "Was it someone from your family who delivered the letter, or was it my guard who went back to deliver the letter?"
On the previous occasions when letters were sent to the capital, the guards of Mingda would go back to deliver the letters while they were being written.
Although she didn't mind, Mingda wanted to take advantage of Zhou Man at this moment.
Zhou Man was also very generous and said to her lovingly, "My people will deliver it, my people will deliver it, just bring the letter here."
When Mingda heard this, she immediately found a table nearby and sat down, asking the palace maids to serve her writing materials. "I still need to write letters to Sister Changyu, my third brother, my eldest sister-in-law, and my third sister-in-law."
Zhou Man waved his hand proudly, "Write it! I'll send it to you!"
It's just a few letters, how much space can they take up? When the time comes, just put them in a box, pack them in a bag, and carry them on your back. Can a few letters be packed into several cars?
Mingda was moved by her generosity, so she picked up her pen and started thinking about what kind of letter she would write to her parents and relatives.
Zhou Man had already written a whole page of words for the emperor, but he still felt it was not enough, so he took out a piece of white paper to continue.
The letter arrived in the capital and Jiangnan at a very fast pace. By the time it was delivered to everyone, Liu Dalang's illness had already been cured.
Not only Liu Dalang's family, but also Zhou Man and Wen Tiandong were extremely excited, which showed that the medicine they made was effective.
Zhou Man said, "It's a pity that similar patients are hard to find in Qingzhou City, otherwise we could collect more medication data."
Wen Tiandong also lamented, "If only it were in the capital."
Zhou Man lowered her eyes and thought, "It's not impossible," she said, "We can send the finished medicine back to the capital, or to the border. The last document sent by the Imperial Medical Bureau mentioned which students went to the border."
Wen Tiandong was stunned for a moment and then immediately said: "Su Mu was taken away by General Qibi to the army."
Zhou Man immediately said, "Send some medicine to Su Mu, tell him how to use it, and ask him to record the data of the medicine. Who else can I get besides him?"
Zhou Man didn't remember much, but Wen Tiandong did, because they were classmates and they kept in touch quite frequently, often exchanging letters.
Wen Tiandong glanced at Zhou Man secretly. After all, he had Mr. Zhou here. He defeated so many talents to get this position. The other students in the Imperial Medical Bureau were inevitably envious and jealous, so they especially wanted to know what he had learned from Mr. Zhou.
He also wanted to know about their employment situation, so they had more exchanges with each other.
Wen Tiandong patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, sir, you can leave this matter to me."
See you at 10pm
(End of this chapter)
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