Wang Yan rested quite late at the manor today. They were coming back soon, so she was busy packing her luggage.
We need to leave early tomorrow morning at 9:00 AM, and we won't arrive at the first inn until 5:00 PM.
In order not to delay tomorrow's itinerary, I must pack all my luggage tonight and go back to rest at 11 PM.
The next morning, amidst Xiao Deng's bouncing and waving, Wang Yan and Fu Ling boarded their six-person horse-drawn carriage. The caravan gradually moved away from the mountain lodge where they had stayed for several months.
It was hot, and it was very uncomfortable to be crammed into a small carriage with several other girls.
It was hot on the way there, and Wang Yan and Fu Ling suffered a lot. They often couldn't eat.
This time it was much better; Aunt Xia in the kitchen made a lot of mint balls.
Let them carry it with them; when they feel dizzy, they can put it under their nose to smell it, or they can put one under their tongue.
Wang Yan took out a small purse containing mint balls and distributed a few to each person in the carriage.
Lady Hou and Miss Yun are afraid of the heat and suffered a lot during the journey, but the others feel fine now, as there has been a breeze along the way these past two days, making it much cooler.
Even so, the two of them couldn't eat. The next day, as soon as they arrived at the inn, Aunt Sun went to borrow a kitchen stove from the innkeeper.
The reason was simple: when Wang Yan and her group came down, they found a vegetable garden in the backyard of the inn, and next to it, a small patch of land was planted with mint.
Pick a handful of tender mint, wash and dry them, then fry them until crispy. Pick some more tender mint, add water, and grind them into mint juice.
Cut the soft tofu into thick cubes. Prepare plum sauce, salt, cornstarch, and mint juice. Add a little water to make the plum sauce.
Pan-fry the tofu until both sides are set, then simmer it in plum sauce until the sauce is reduced and the tofu is crispy. Arrange the tofu on a plate and place a fried mint leaf on each piece of tofu.
Crispy and translucent, cool and refreshing, delicious and refreshing, served with a bowl of rice and water, the two ladies finally had a good meal.
Miss Yun was so happy that she took out two gold hairpins and gave them to Wang Yan and Aunt Sun.
After a three-day journey, Steward Rong stood at the door waiting for Madam Ying to return.
After returning to the courtyard, the group washed up first, and Chunye jumped for joy when she saw her return.
They busied themselves helping them fetch hot water, then mixed it with cold water to wash up. Chunlan even grumbled when they used too much water.
He slammed his basin against the water tank and said, "What's going on here? You few people used up all the water, what about the others?"
Wang Yan had just finished washing up when she came out, stamped her foot, pointed at her with a handkerchief, and said, "Didn't Granny Sun say she'd come over and help with the beating later?"
"This is Madam's request. We've come back covered in dust, so we need to wash up! I just got back, so don't cause me any trouble!"
Chunlan pouted and stormed off. It wasn't actually time to wash up yet, but she couldn't just watch them use up all the water!
Turning his head, he saw Wang Yan and Granny Sun adding water to the water vat. After looking at them for a while, he had nothing to say and shut his mouth again.
The next day, since she had just returned, Lady Hou still couldn't eat much.
Aunt Sun then opened her small kitchen to make Duanmu Fried Dough Sticks for the lady.
We don't have any fresh gardenias left for this dish, but the kitchen has a lot of dried gardenias in stock.
Wang Yan took this opportunity to meet Fatty Wang. When she arrived at the main kitchen, Fatty Wang was overjoyed to see his daughter.
They packed a large bag of dried flowers for her and piled a tall plate of grapes for Wang Yan to take and eat.
They gave her too much. Even though there were only two items, Wang Yan couldn't carry them all, so Fatty Wang sent a servant to help her carry the things back.
Only one-third of the dried flowers in that bag were used, but they were soaked to make two full pots of flowers.
Grandma Sun went back to rest while she was brewing the flowers. When she came back a little while later and saw how many flowers they had brewed, she couldn't help but shake her head and laugh.
There's nothing we can do about it; it's already soaked, so we have to do it all.
Blanch the ingredients in licorice water, remove them, coat them with flour, and deep-fry them. Serve with Duanmu decoction and gardenia porridge.
Place the prepared glutinous rice into a clay pot, simmer it to extract the rice oil, and then add some blanched gardenia flowers.
It has a fragrant aroma and a delicious taste. The Duanmu fried dish is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, making a satisfying crunch with every bite, and carrying the fragrance of flowers. Delicious!
Wang Yan took out a food box, filled two large plates, and delivered them to Mo Yuan Courtyard.
She remembered that her sister Manjing liked this dish, so she sent some to her. Anyway, she made so much that everyone in the main courtyard couldn't finish it.
Upon arriving at Moyuan Academy, Panxia came out to greet them, but Manjing was unavailable. Wang Yan sensed something was amiss; there was a familiar oppressive atmosphere!
What's wrong now? A pair of bright, curious eyes stared at Panxia.
Pan Xia said softly, "The Third Young Master and Madam's wet nurse had a fight. We don't know the specifics, alright, alright, don't ask anymore, let's go."
On her way back, Wang Yan couldn't help but shake her head and click her tongue. "How could this Third Young Master be so pretentious! Absolutely unbelievable!"
What else could it be about arguing with the wet nurse who was in charge of the trunks?
Wang Yan was wrong; the person wasn't after those boxes of jewelry.
Gu Xiao is shameless and greedy. He has his eye on Xu Shaoqing's dowry money and that rouge shop.
In this era, whether before or after marriage, or even after divorce, the dowry belonged to the woman herself and could not be directly seized for her use.
However, it wouldn't sound good to directly trick Xu Shaoqing into handing over the money and spending his wife's dowry!
The second master then came up with a wicked plan to his son. He somehow found a formula for a perfume balm and gave it to Gu Ting to show to Xu Shaoqing so that she could buy it at a high price!
Later, I felt that just taking one prescription wouldn't work; what if the other party didn't accept it? Besides, a prescription isn't worth much money, so I had to proceed gradually.
They spent a lot of money to buy the newly developed floral essential oil from a famous powder shop in Jiangnan.
It is said that this product is good for women's skin when used on the face, and it will soon become popular in the capital.
After discussing it, the two decided that it was feasible, changed their plans, and decided to make a big profit.
So Gu Ting gave the perfume formula to Xu Shaoqing first, without asking for a single penny.
Xu Shaoqing tried this prescription, and although the results weren't great, she was still very moved.
He couldn't help but feel a little resentful that Gui Xiang was overthinking things. If she really wanted to scheme against him, Gu Ting would definitely come directly to ask for the money for the shop.
But now Gu Ting not only doesn't want money, he's even spending his own money to deliver things, all in an effort to boost her shop's business.
Feeling indignant on Gu Ting's behalf, she found fault with Gui Xiang and made her hand over all the affairs of the estate and shops to her own wet nurse.
Originally, Gui Xiang and Granny Lin were to each manage half of the household affairs, but this was a special instruction given by Jiang Shiyi before Xu Shaoqing's marriage.
But now Xu Shaoqing told Guixiang to calm down first and stop worrying and being suspicious all the time.
We'll come back and take over half of the tasks once everything is adjusted.
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