Chapter 242 Canned Apricots (Update 1)
Although Liu Ting'an didn't know why Cui Hejin wanted to know the latest information about the Pei family.
But he knew he couldn't ask that.
Liu Ting'an thought about when Brother Cui found him two days ago during Mu Xiu. Brother Cui looked very unhappy when he picked it up.
Liu Ting'an seems to be careless, but he is careful when he needs to be careful.
Because of his personality, he also made a lot of friends.
Of course, he has a cousin who married well, and his brother-in-law knows a lot of information, so he was able to get this information for Brother Cui.
Cui Hejin bowed and said, "Thank you very much."
"Brother Cui, why are you being so polite to me? Just take a look first. If you need any help, please tell me."
Brother Cui also helped him a lot. Take his knowledge for example. Because of Brother Cui's teaching and guidance, his knowledge improved. The articles he wrote were meaningful and he made great progress. Even the teacher praised him.
I feel like when I was studying, I didn’t really understand anything I learned.
But after Brother Cui guided him, many of the knowledge and principles in the books seemed to become clear to him all of a sudden.
I felt like I suddenly got it.
Liu Ting'an admires Brother Cui from the bottom of his heart, and he is also grateful to Brother Cui.
Of course, he also admired Brother Cui in his heart and always felt that Brother Cui was a very capable person.
All along, it was Brother Cui who helped him, but he had never really done anything for Brother Cui.
Brother Cui asked him to help investigate the information, so he decided to complete the task well.
Cui Hejin nodded and said, "Excuse me, please sit down first."
Liu Ting'an nodded and sat down quietly beside him.
When he looked at Brother Cui's expression, he always felt it was very serious. He could even sense a strong pressure.
Cui Hejin looked at the information in his hand.
Although there is nothing special about this information, you can still tell something from the details.
"Pei Nanchen of the Pei family has been studying at the Imperial College for the past two years?"
Liu Ting'an nodded and said, "Yes, I heard that he is very knowledgeable. We are just waiting for the next exam next year. I heard that with his knowledge, he will have no problem passing the imperial examination and entering the Hanlin Academy."
"My brother-in-law is from the same branch of the aristocratic Lan family, so he knows some news in the capital."
"But I heard that this Mr. Pei is handsome, well-educated, and polite, so he is highly regarded by the princess."
Cui Hejin's fingers, which were holding the documents, turned white, and the veins on his finger joints began to throb.
But he remained expressionless, "As far as I know, Pei Nanchen got married back then."
How long has it been? Have people already forgotten about his sister?
He forgot that Pei Nanchen had once married his sister in a formal ceremony.
Liu Ting'an showed a puzzled look. "Is he married yet? I don't know, but my brother-in-law said that Pei Nanchen was the designated prince consort. The information shows that his previous wife was in poor health and died of illness."
Cui Hejin's eyes were filled with coldness. "Princess Cha Min?"
"Yes, that's her. I even did some research. Princess Cha Min is the eldest prince's biological sister. The eldest prince is a concubine's eldest son, but the second prince is the legitimate prince. I heard that the two of them fight fiercely behind the scenes."
"But once Mr. Pei becomes the prince consort, the Pei family will be on the eldest prince's side."
Cui Hejin's lips curled up in a cold arc, "Have the princes started fighting now?"
The emperor's position may not be stable, so Prince Duan sent troops, even though the emperor sent troops to quell the rebellion.
However, wars broke out frequently in various places, the borders were unstable, and if the princes continued to fight, everything would be self-evident.
I still remember that the eldest prince wanted to win over the Cui family, but the Cui family remained neutral, and the eldest prince may have held a grudge against them.
Cui Hejin carefully looked at the Pei family's information, then lit a candle and burned all the information.
Liu Ting'an was stunned. "Are they all burned?"
"Well, it's useless now. It's burned."
Cui Hejin remembered all the information in his mind.
"You should never have known about this."
Liu Ting'an nodded seriously.
Cui Hejin instructed Liu Ting'an on some more matters before returning home.
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Jiang Zhiluo made delicious food with apricots at home in the afternoon.
She first washed a plate of apricots and gave them to Mrs. Cui and Cui Qingci.
There were too many apricots to eat all at once, so she planned to make some canned apricots.
She went to the back of the house in the afternoon and saw that the apricots on the apricot trees there were not ripe yet.
When they are ripe, if you can’t finish them, you can make apricot preserves or apricot jam.
Now, she is canning apricots.
Cui Qingci and Old Madam Cui had helped Jiang Zhiluo wash the apricots, cut them open and remove the cores.
Jiang Zhiluo didn't originally need Cui Qingci to do these things, but Cui Qingci couldn't sit still, so she wanted to help out.
Anyway, I can just sit down and do this easy work, so I won’t feel tired.
After everything is done, it’s time to light the fire.
Cui Qingci said, "Sister-in-law, I'll help you light the fire."
"No, that's not necessary."
Seeing how thin Cui Qingci was, Jiang Zhiluo really didn't want to let her help with the fire.
"Just take a rest."
“Sister-in-law, I can’t be tired. I want to do something.”
Cui Qingci kept calling her sister-in-law and looking at her with such beautiful eyes that she was a little overwhelmed.
"Okay, go slowly and don't hurt your hand."
In fact, Jiang Zhiluo wondered whether Cui Qingci could make a fire.
Cui Qingci naturally knows how to make a fire.
The maids and servants of the Pei family did not treat her as their mistress, and the food they sent her was only leftovers.
Fortunately, she had a separate small kitchen in her yard, and she learned how to make a fire and heat up her meals by herself.
So she would burn wood.
Mrs. Cui was worried that she didn't know how to make a fire. Just as she was about to say something, she saw Qingci had already lit the firewood.
Mrs. Cui looked at her familiar movements and felt a pang of pain in her heart.
Although Qingci didn't say it, she knew that being able to learn how to make a fire meant that he had suffered a lot in the Pei family.
Otherwise, how could a large family let the young lady of the family cook by herself?
Jiang Zhiluo watched her actions and couldn't help but think of the old lady of the Pei family. She was such a cruel and vicious old woman.
Jiang Zhiluo saw that the pot was hot and put some sugar into it.
Then stir with a spoon to dissolve the sugar.
Add apricots and cook for a while.
After the apricots are fully coated with sugar juice, take them out and put them in a jar.
"I'll get a basin of well water later, put the jar in the well water and refrigerate it, and you can eat it the next day."
"When the weather gets warmer and the peach trees on the hill behind us are ripe, we can use the peaches to make canned food."
It's very comfortable to eat a canned food that is sweet and refreshing.
It was the first time Cui Qingci heard of canned food.
So that's how it's done.
Madam Cui asked, "Zhiluo, those apricot trees behind our house, are we also going to can the ripe apricots?"
You definitely can’t finish it.
Jiang Zhiluo said, "We can make preserved fruits and dried fruits, and we can also make jam."
"Dried fruits can be eaten as snacks, and jam can be dipped in them when we eat steamed buns or make cakes."
Cui Qingci was stunned. Can apricot jam be made?
This was the first time she heard of it.
It turns out that one kind of food can be made into many kinds of delicious food.
She smelled the sweet aroma emanating from the pot, and her heart felt gently healed.
She couldn't describe in words the sense of physical and mental relaxation and security she felt.
No more tenseness.
It feels so good to feel relaxed.
When Cui Hejin returned home and saw the warm and harmonious scene of the family in the kitchen, his heart was slightly touched.
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