Yu Nanqing opened her mouth as if to say something, but then closed it again, finally uttering only three words: "I can eat?"
"Sure!" Su Wanyan immediately smiled. "These candies are so small, even if you finish one, it won't amount to much. Eating them now is better than not eating them at all. You don't need to abstain from them. Sugar is a kind of nutrition, you know?"
"But that's all you have, the rest are mine." Su Wanyan said as she squatted down and rummaged through the ground.
The remaining items in the bag were also revealed: two strangely shaped vases, a quirky wooden doll, and a wind chime that jingled when lifted.
Yu Nanqing looked at these strangely shaped things, then at Su Wanyan: "You... like these things?"
In Yu Nanqing's eyes, these things were not particularly beautiful, and even lacked any aesthetic appeal.
"Hehe." Su Wanyan picked up the quirky wooden doll and pressed it against her face: "Isn't it cute?"
The puppet was made with a red face, baring its teeth and grinning, its mouth was crooked, and its eyes were not drawn properly. At first glance, it looked like a person whose facial features had been injured by a stroke.
The only redeeming quality is that the puppet's clothes are fairly well-made.
Yu Nanqing frowned, unable to associate it with the word "cute".
Su Wanyan stroked the wooden doll in her hand with great delight: "But the vendor said it was a defective product. He said the color on the face was mixed wrong, and the mouth and eyes were painted on to test the feel. I think it's pretty good, so unique and distinctive!"
Su Wanyan picked up the pair of vases with great interest: "And this one, do you see how it looks like a tornado?"
Yu Nanqing frowned in confusion: "A tornado?"
The two vases had long, slender, and curved necks, and the proportions between the mouths and bodies of the vases were quite strange.
But Su Wanyan just liked them: "I said I wanted these two vases, and the shopkeeper just gave them to me for free, saying he didn't want them. What a pity! So I took them back. I'll put some things in them as decorations later, and they'll definitely look beautiful."
"Sigh, I can't talk to you anymore, I have a lot of things to do." Su Wanyan put down the vase and searched through two or three packages in turn before finally finding the missing packet of Chinese medicine in one of them.
"Found it, found it." Su Wanyan said as she got up and walked out.
After leaving the main house, Su Wanyan went to the storeroom. Among the boxes bestowed by Emperor Yuanhe, one was filled with precious medicinal herbs selected from the palace.
First was ginseng, the king of herbs, and the one sent from the palace was a wild ginseng that was over a hundred years old, a long one carefully sealed in a sandalwood box.
Ginseng has the effects of greatly replenishing vital energy, restoring pulse and preventing collapse, tonifying the spleen and lungs, and promoting body fluid and nourishing blood. It is the first choice for both replenishing qi and blood, and its life-saving effect is even more outstanding.
It can be said that ginseng can be used as medicine for almost all diseases, with remarkable effects.
Wild ginseng that has been around for over a hundred years is hard to find, and Su Wanyan knew its value well. After opening the box and confirming its authenticity, she gently put it aside.
Then, he took out a century-old Ganoderma lucidum from the large box. This Ganoderma lucidum was also carefully placed in a sandalwood box. Ganoderma lucidum is considered a divine herb.
It has remarkable effects on palpitations, insomnia, restlessness, and cough and asthma due to lung deficiency.
Su Wanyan couldn't help but marvel at how worthy it was of the items sent from the palace; the medicinal herbs they brought out were all over a hundred years old.
Given Emperor Yuanhe's hatred for Yu Nanqing, Su Wanyan was certain that there were even better ones in the palace, perhaps some that were hundreds or even thousands of years old.
If only she could trick Emperor Yuanhe into giving her one someday.
Su Wanyan closed the box, then carried the wild ginseng and lingzhi mushroom out of the storeroom.
There was a small kitchen in the main courtyard, which was covered in dust before, but was later cleaned by a maid sent by Emperor Yuanhe.
This small kitchen has never been used until now. When Su Wanyan walked in, it was fully equipped with pots, pans and utensils.
It was clean, but unfortunately there was no firewood to start a fire.
She walked to the kitchen door and instructed the four maids who were always by her side: "You girls, go to the kitchen and fetch some firewood. Also, the water vat inside is empty; go and refill it."
Upon hearing this, the four maids looked at each other, and ultimately two of them left.
Su Wanyan got angry just looking at them, rolled her eyes, and turned to go into the kitchen.
She took a medicine pot off the shelf, poured all the herbs from the medicine packet into it, and set it aside for later use.
She took the kitchen cutting board and knife and began to carefully process the century-old wild ginseng.
The ginseng flesh of the ginseng head is round and plump. She needs to plan this part reasonably, dividing the ginseng head into three parts. One part is made into ginseng slices, which can be held in the mouth to keep the ginseng alive when life hangs by a thread.
The other part will be added to Yu Nanqing's subsequent meals. The amount here does not need to be large, as too much at once will cause the body to be unable to absorb the nutrients, and all previous efforts will be wasted. Therefore, a small portion can last for a long time.
Su Wanyan secretly kept the last part for herself, thinking that if she ran out of money in the future, or if she encountered something that required her to save her life, this third of the ginseng might just be the life-saving ingredient.
What Su Wanyan wanted to use as a medicinal ingredient for Yu Nanqing was the remaining ginseng tail, and even the whiskers on the tail.
She cut off the tendrils and put them into the medicine pot, mixing them with the Chinese herbs.
After processing the wild ginseng, she carefully took the lingzhi mushroom out of the sandalwood box.
Just then, the maid who had gone to fetch firewood returned. Su Wanyan, focused on her work, didn't even look up before giving the order: "Start a fire."
The maid frowned, clearly somewhat displeased, but ultimately said nothing. Holding her anger, she squatted down in front of the stove and began to start a fire.
There was a thin layer of white frost on the crown of the Ganoderma lucidum. When Su Wanyan saw it, she clicked her tongue and forgot to bring a brush.
She should have brushed this layer of white frost onto the medicine pot first; this frost is considered the essence of the Ganoderma lucidum, but now…
She glanced discreetly at the maid who was starting the fire. What if the maid tampered with her medicine pot after she left?
So she had to deal with the white frost next time. She carefully cut off a small piece with a knife, put it into the medicine pot, and then put the rest of the Ganoderma lucidum back into the sandalwood box.
When she picked up the medicine pot and looked inside, she clicked her tongue again; the herbs hadn't been washed.
Now the wild ginseng and lingzhi have been added, especially the lingzhi; after washing it, the little white frost on its crown is gone, hmm...
She stared at the medicine jar for a long time.
Forget it, I won't wash it. A little dirt won't hurt.
Just then, the maid who was fetching water returned. As soon as she poured a bucket of water into the water vat, Su Wanyan scooped out two ladles and poured them into the medicine pot.
Just then, the fire was lit, and she placed the medicine pot on the stove.
Seeing that she was almost done, she sent the maid who had started the fire aside: "Go and fetch water, and fill the water vat as soon as possible."
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