"It's just a piece of cream. Look how much I like you. Did you forget that your arms are tired?" Su Nuannuan smiled slightly. People like to hear nice words and she is no exception. At this moment, she felt comfortable with the flattery from the young marquis. She immediately liked him much more and even showed a little concern for his arms, which made the young marquis flattered.
Just when he was about to take advantage of his wife's joy to sneak a little more food, he heard Su Nuannuan say, "Okay, everyone just try a little, and don't eat the rest. I'm going to make ice cream out of these, which is best eaten cool in the summer." In fact, she was planning to make ice cream, but the name would sound strange, so she used ice cream instead.
Duan Tingxuan swallowed his saliva. After hearing what Su Nuannuan said, he had to suppress his greed and comforted himself with tomorrow's ice cream. He still reminded himself: "I have to go to the government office tomorrow, please save some for me."
"Don't worry, considering the effort you put in today, I won't take it all for myself." Su Nuannuan agreed with a smile. In this era, there are no time-saving and labor-saving tools like those of modern times. It is not easy to find a laborer like the young marquis. If you find one, you must cherish it and use it next time.
There is a small ice cellar behind the kitchen. Su Nuannuan asked Honglian to take the cream to the ice cellar and store it overnight so that it would be useful the next day. Seeing that it was getting late, she started to prepare dinner again. Because she was tired in the palace today, she only made a pot of eight-treasure porridge with a few side dishes: smashed cucumber and peanuts, pickled pig ears, spiced duck eggs, and preserved eggs and tofu. When they put it on the table and were about to eat, Qiu Ling came and said with a smile: "The old lady is thinking about the queen. She originally said that grandpa and grandma would let us go to her place when they come back. Later, she said that you might be tired, so she asked me to come over later. Since the eldest grandma has prepared the meal, then after dinner, you should go to the old lady and sit with her and tell her about the queen's situation."
Su Nuannuan saw Qiu Ling talking but staring at the eight-treasure porridge in her bowl, and she understood: How could the old lady be considerate of her tiredness? It was obvious that she had deliberately chosen this time of dinner to launch a surprise attack. So she stood up and said with a smile: "Okay, sister, go back and tell the old lady that I will come over after dinner. I am tired today, so I only made eight-treasure porridge tonight. Do you want to serve some to the old lady?"
"That's great. The old lady was still complaining in the afternoon that she had no appetite in the evening and wanted to drink two bowls of sweet and soft eight-treasure porridge."
Qiu Ling smiled so much that her eyes curved, but she heard the young marquis sitting upright sneer, "Enough, Qiu Ling. You're still trying to act like this in front of me. You're clearly following grandma's orders to launch a sneak attack. Now it's eight-treasure porridge, so you can say grandma wants to eat eight-treasure porridge. If it's steamed buns and flower rolls, then what grandma wants to eat will definitely become steamed buns and flower rolls, right?"
Qiu Ling smiled and said, "I don't know what to say to you, Master. You should go to the old lady and tell her after dinner. But since you have been accused of a sneak attack, you can just bring some side dishes to me. Our old lady especially likes your pickled duck eggs, saying that they have a special aroma."
Su Nuannuan almost stumbled. She glared at Duan Tingxuan and gritted her teeth, "What do you think of asking you to talk too much? It's useless. You should pay for a few side dishes. There were only a few duck eggs left. In this case, don't eat your share. Honor the old lady instead."
Duan Tingxuan was startled, and quickly stuffed the two duck eggs in front of him into his sleeves, shaking his head like a rattle: "No, no, there aren't many left, right? Give them to the old lady first, and I'll ask the kitchen to send you another 100 duck eggs tomorrow."
Su Nuannuan snorted, and she and Honglian served porridge and side dishes, packed a lunch box herself, and took it to Qiu Ling. She turned back to eat, but saw Duan Tingxuan had already wolfed down a duck egg. Seeing her sit down again, he said vaguely: "The old lady's birthday is in five days. Can you see if you can steam a few unique birthday peaches for her? The old lady liked your milk buns last time. This time, you still use milk, but change the shape and turn the buns into birthday peaches. How about it? It won't be too difficult, right?"
"Is it the old lady's birthday?" Su Nuannuan stroked the gold and jade bracelet on her hand, thinking of how the old lady had been very kind to her. Although this kindness was mostly due to food, it was also the old lady's love and care, and she should repay it. So she nodded and said, "Okay, I know what to do. I have my own arrangements for that day, so you don't need to say anything. By the way, have someone send more milk in three days, and you can come over to help me make some cream."
"Okay, as long as you are willing to do it, I can ask you to do anything." Duan Tingxuan smiled and said, "Now you are really filial to the old lady, but I don't know when I can be treated like this by you? If it is my birthday in five days, will you do these for me?"
"If you want it, I'll do it for you. It's not a big deal, but it's not worth it for you to compete. If friends don't even have this kind of intention, are they still friends? I'm afraid they'll be enemies." Su Nuannuan smiled, but saw Duan Tingxuan sighed and said softly: "You know what I'm talking about? Forget it, I'm too greedy. For a scumbag like me, it's good enough that I can still be friends with you, right?"
Su Nuannuan smiled and said, "My master has made a lot of progress recently."
"Where have you improved?" Duan Tingxuan was surprised. He didn't expect that he would hear words of praise from his wife during his lifetime.
"You are becoming more and more self-aware." Su Nuannuan's smile deepened. Sure enough, she saw Duan Tingxuan's expression stiffen. He suddenly turned his head and said loudly to Siping: "Eat, can't you stop eating?"
Siping's face turned into an "囧" shape. He thought to himself, "Master, I know you are actually talking to Grandma, but you don't dare to get angry at Grandma directly, so you have to get angry at me. I understand that you are taking your anger out on me, but... but you should at least be reasonable, right? I am standing behind you and serving you, and I haven't moved my hands at all, how can I be asked to eat? It doesn't matter if I am wronged, but such a low-level anger is really contrary to your wise image. Look at Honglian and Xiangyun, they are both looking down and smiling.
"This is the new ice cream I made today, please try it, sister."
In the small hall outside the bedroom, Su Nuannuan and Aunt Jing sat opposite each other on the kang table. After Cong Erhuaer brought up the snacks, Honglian personally brought up a white porcelain plate. Aunt Jing was just wondering when she heard Su Nuannuan smiling and asking her to taste it. Yin also smiled and said, "Ice cream? This name is novel, but in this hot summer, it makes people feel cool."
As he spoke, he took it, opened the lid and looked at the two or three small balls. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath before nodding, "Old ladies will definitely like to eat something sweet like this. The most exquisite thing is the color, which is white duck egg green and light yellow. It looks refreshing."
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