Chapter 517: Kumquats Worth a Thousand Gold
"How is it? Have you found the person?"
The servant shook his head and said through his teeth, "This damn girl is really good at running. I don't know how she tricked a nobleman into taking her away. Go to the back door immediately and see if they left through the back door."
The servants immediately chased after him through the back door.
Here, Fubao was led onto the carriage by the woman, and Heituan was also carried onto the carriage by Yuanbao.
The woman seemed to like Black Ball very much, but her face was now ulcerated and she couldn't get too close to the small animal. Even if she wanted to touch Black Ball, she couldn't.
As soon as they got on the carriage, the woman couldn't wait to pull Fu Bao and ask, "Little girl, can you really cure my face?"
Since Fubao got on the carriage, her eyes have been fixed on the fruit plate on the small table in the middle of the carriage. There were golden fruits on the plate, as well as two or three exquisite snacks, none of which she had ever seen before. She couldn't help swallowing her saliva.
The woman had already taken off her veil, and when she saw Fubao's appearance, she couldn't help laughing.
"Are you hungry?"
Fubao reacted, but she didn't feel embarrassed. Her master said that people should be honest. If you are hungry, you are hungry. There is no need to tell lies, otherwise you will be the only one who suffers. She nodded obediently, and then said in a soft voice: "Auntie, I haven't had a hot meal since this morning. I was going to eat Dongpo pork just now, but I met the Seventh Master who wanted to rob the black group. I fled with the black group. The people in the capital are so arrogant and unreasonable. They will fight as soon as they disagree with each other. They are more rampant than the bandits in our border. The bandits in our side know to wear masks when robbing, but the people in the capital have to announce their identities when they rob openly. Are they afraid that people don’t know who robbed their things?"
The woman burst out laughing at Fubao's words, and Yuanbao and Zhenzhu, who were serving her, couldn't help but chuckle as well.
Only then did Fubao realize that the old woman who had pulled her just now seemed not to have caught up with her, and she breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't like that old woman, she liked these two beautiful sisters.
Fubao couldn't help but giggle at Zhenzhu and Yuanbao, revealing his two rows of tiny teeth. His smile was pure and full of childish innocence, which made Yuanbao and Zhenzhu feel sympathetic.
Yuanbao glanced at the woman and saw her nod imperceptibly. Yuanbao quickly pushed the plate of pastries and a plate of kumquats in front of Fubao.
"Come, eat something first. I'll make you something delicious when we get home."
Fu Bao did not immediately reach for the cakes, but remembered the etiquette her master had taught her, and immediately bowed to the woman sweetly, "Thank you, auntie, thank you, sister."
Seeing that Fubao was so cute, well-behaved and sensible, the woman liked him even more. Even Yuanbao and Zhenzhu couldn't help but cover their mouths and laugh. The little girl's etiquette was a bit weird, but her appearance was really endearing.
"Hurry up and eat. Our house is a long way from here. You have to stay with me for a while."
In order to conceal her tracks, the woman came from the inner city to the outer city to meet someone, just to avoid people finding out the news.
Fubao smelled nice-smelling incense on the woman. It was probably to cover up the fishy smell from the pus on her face, so the smell of the incense was a bit strong, but it was really nice.
Fubao stood up, and Yuanbao quickly took out a handkerchief from a box beside him and wiped Fubao's hands, then let her start eating.
Fubao picked up a piece of plum blossom cake on the table, put it under his nose and smelled it, and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Wow, this cake smells so good!"
Yuan Bao smiled and explained, "This cake is called plum blossom cake. It is made by crushing the plum blossom petals from the top of Lingshan Mountain outside the city and mixing them with glutinous rice flour. The flour is mixed with plum blossom stamens soaked in water and blended with osmanthus honey. Try it. Does it have a sweet osmanthus flavor?"
Fubao ate the plum cake in his hand with big mouthfuls while listening to Yuanbao's words curiously. His big eyes were shining brightly, and his black hair made his little face look even whiter, like a porcelain doll.
The woman picked up a handkerchief and wiped the residue from the corner of Fubao's mouth, with a smile in her eyes, as if she had forgotten the pain on her face.
Fubao quickly finished a piece of plum blossom cake, and Yuanbao gave her a piece of peach blossom cake.
"This is peach blossom cake. There are no fresh peach blossoms in this weather, so this is made by soaking the dried peach petals that were dried in the spring. However, because a special method was used when drying the peach petals, the fragrance of the peach blossoms was retained, so this peach blossom cake still tastes fresh and fragrant. Would you like to try it?"
Fubao thought that these rich people were really particular, but the food tasted really good. She ate five or six pieces of cakes in one go before she felt full.
The woman peeled an orange for Fubao herself.
"Here, have a kumquat. This thing was shipped from Lingnan to the capital, and there are only a few left. Try it, it's still very sweet."
It takes two months for kumquats to travel from Lingnan to the capital, so it is amazing that we can preserve so many of them.
This small plate of kumquats is worth dozens of taels of silver, and even if you have money you may not be able to eat it.
It can be seen that the woman's family background is extraordinary.
Fubao took the peeled kumquat from the woman and curiously put the whole thing into his mouth. Her little mouth was filled with the kumquat, which made Yuanbao and Zhenzhu laugh again.
The woman couldn't help but chuckle, and she quickly corrected Fubao.
"You can't eat it like this. You can break it apart and eat it one petal at a time." The woman patiently taught Fubao, and peeled another kumquat, breaking it into petals. They were crystal clear in the sunlight and looked particularly beautiful.
At this time, Fubao was too embarrassed to spit out the orange in his mouth and break it open to eat again, so he could only take a bite. The sweet and sour juice immediately captured Fubao's heart.
The delicious taste made her squint her eyes. It turned out that there were such delicious things in the world. She liked it very much, but it was too little. When she returned, she would ask her father to buy her a carriage so that she could sit in the pile of kumquats and eat as much as she wanted.
Wan Laoer couldn't help but sneeze, thinking he had caught a cold.
After eating kumquats, Fubao felt a little drowsy.
But she suddenly remembered something and opened her eyes abruptly.
"Aunt, could you please send someone to pass a message to my father? Just tell him that I am leaving with you, otherwise my father will worry about me."
The woman smiled, thinking it was not a difficult task, and nodded in agreement, "Of course, tell me where your father lives, and I'll ask Yuanbao to go there later."
Fubao quickly told the woman the name of the inn they were staying in. The woman glanced at Yuanbao, and Yuanbao nodded to indicate that he had noted it down.
Fubao's sleepiness also disappeared. She looked at the woman's face. Combined with the colored gas around the woman, she felt that the woman should be poisoned. She would need to feel her pulse to know the details.
Fubao learned some basic skills from the old doctor, but she often practiced on Jia Yanbing and Wan Laoer on the road these days. Moreover, once she settled in a town or county, she would go to other doctors' clinics and shamelessly follow the doctors to learn how to feel pulses. Sometimes when they chased her away, she would ask her father to pay the tuition, and usually they would compromise in the end. In addition, Fubao was smart, cute, and had a great talent for medicine, so the doctors finally felt a desire to recruit her. Not only did they not accept Wan Laoer's money, they also wanted to take Fubao as their apprentice.
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