Chapter 43 Being Salted Fish, Eating Salted Fish, and Making Salted Fish
Yun Qiao was holding the fish soup and taking a sip when she suddenly heard a cough.
She turned her head and saw that it was the Marquis whom she hadn't seen for several days. He was standing at the door. Lanyuan was a side courtyard where the Marquis was hospitalized. The purpose of letting Yunqiao live in this side courtyard was naturally to make it more convenient for the Marquis Chen Jingyan.
But after she moved to Lanyuan, she hadn't seen the Marquis for several days.
I heard from the maid Qiu Ye that the Marquis rarely sleeps in the main courtyard. He usually rests in the study. If he doesn't come to the main courtyard, he naturally won't come to Lanyuan.
She was still thinking of having a few days of peace and quiet, but today, while she was eating fish soup, the Marquis arrived at this very moment.
"My Lord, have you eaten yet?"
“Fish soup is delicious, but don’t eat too much.”
Chen Jingyan stepped in and looked at the fish soup bubbling on the small stove. There were some fresh vegetables and a handful of hand-rolled noodles on the side of the stove.
"Didn't you have enough dinner?" he asked again.
Yun Qiao didn't dare to speak, and nodded and shook her head.
The food in the marquis's mansion's kitchen is delicious, but you'll get tired of it after eating it for a long time. That's why she wants to change her taste.
"Give me a bowl of fish soup."
Yun Qiao immediately stood up and busied herself with serving fish soup to Chen Jingyan.
"My Lord, please drink."
Chen Jingyan picked up the fish soup, took a sip, and then said, "Do you know that you are eating the fish raised by the old lady..."
Originally, she felt relieved when she saw the Marquis picking up the fish soup and eating it, but now, hearing what the Marquis said, it was like a thunderclap, and Yun Qiao immediately became nervous and uneasy.
"My Lord, I don't know. It looks like an ordinary fish in the pond. I thought it was a grass carp."
She never imagined that the old lady would raise fish in the pond.
"Is that fish valuable?"
Yun Qiao thought about buying the replacement with her own money to avoid being discovered by the old lady.
The old lady was kind, but she would certainly be angry if the fish she raised were eaten.
"It's not expensive, but it's difficult to raise. I've been raising these fish for three to five years now, even longer than you arrived at the Marquis' Mansion..."
Yun Qiao: So, the fish I ate was actually my predecessor.
"My Lord, what should we do now..."
Chen Jingyan saw that she was indeed worried, so he whispered, "I'll stay in this room tonight."
Yun Qiao: ???
What does the Marquis mean?
Chen Jingyan calmly finished the bowl of fish soup, and then told Yun Qiao to eat her own.
She had no time or mood to eat, so she simply ate a few chopsticks of hot pot dishes, and asked Xiaotao to call the maid to bring hot water, and then she did her best to serve the Marquis.
The man of few words endured for a few days. Although the wound on his body healed, it was not smooth, so he could not help but come.
He changed his posture today, so he didn't have to exert much effort, but Yun Qiao was still very tired.
They tossed and turned until midnight before they finally washed up and lay down.
Chen Jingyan looked at the woman sleeping on the inside. His grandmother urged him to get married soon and have more children. Her grandmother always said that he was the legitimate grandson and that this huge marquisate would need his family in the future.
Now my cousin and his wife from the eldest house are pregnant again.
There are also several illegitimate children.
The ancestors were worried about him.
He did not like Chen Jingyan, the eldest daughter of the Wang family, but he did not dislike her either. However, he had no intention of marrying her.
As for the girl in his arms, if she could give birth, he would keep her by his side, at least let her give birth to a child first, so that the ancestors could recognize her and give her an identity.
After falling asleep at night, Yun Qiao felt that someone picked her up again, pinched her waist, and did it twice.
The man asked her some questions in a low voice...
As for what she asked, she seemed to have no recollection.
The next morning, as soon as Yunqiao got up, Xiaotao came in with a bowl of black medicine.
Without waiting for Xiaotao to say anything, Yunqiao took it directly and drank it in one gulp.
"Xiao Tao, hurry up, some preserved fruit..."
Why does this medicine become more bitter each time?
Xiao Tao quickly handed over the preserved fruit, "Young lady, you drank it without even asking. Aren't you afraid it's poison?"
"Isn't this something sent by the Marquis?"
Isn't this baby burping medicine?
Although she had a cold and couldn't have children, she couldn't stop taking the medicine. She had to take it since it was given to her. She couldn't have children in this life anyway. Yun Qiao didn't care that taking too much medicine could cause lifelong infertility.
Xiao Tao nodded, "It was sent from the main courtyard, and they directly said it was for the girl."
"Everyone in the mansion knows that the young lady has a cold and can't have children, so why is she suffering from drinking this dark medicine? The young lady is afraid of bitterness, but she has to drink it anyway."
Yun Qiao had just taken some medicine and swallowed it without tasting anything.
After eating it, she vaguely felt that the soup was a bit bitter, but it contained a lot of herbs that warm the uterus.
There are many prescriptions for contraceptive soup, and each doctor prescribes a different one.
The medical skills that Yun Qiao reluctantly learned mainly focused on external injuries. She had some knowledge of medicines for treating internal diseases, but she was not good at it.
Yun Qiao was optimistic and chuckled as she said, "It's done. I'll go back with the empty bowl."
"By the way, we don't dare eat the fish in the pond anymore."
She was afraid that she would never dare to eat fish from the pond in her life.
Xiao Tao said hurriedly, "Miss, the Marquis just sent a basket of fish, saying that you can eat as much as you like."
Yun Qiao paused, she really didn't expect this.
She ate the old lady's precious fish, but the marquis was not angry at all. Instead, he sent someone to deliver a basket of fish the next night.
Chen Jingyan was really happy with her.
It’s so cold today, I don’t know how long the fish can survive in the basin.
Yun Qiao thought that it would be a good idea to clean the fish and make it into salted fish. That way, she could eat the dried salted fish for a long time.
She really wants to eat steamed salted fish.
They did it right away. In less than half a day, Yun Qiao and her maids, including Xiao Tao, and two other maids who had just joined the team, Qiu Ye and Qiu Chan, cleaned the fresh fish and hung them in a corner of Lan Garden.
In the cold winter of Lan Garden, a novel scene that revealed the wonders of life suddenly appeared. A wall of salted fish was hung in the clean and tidy Lan Garden.
It almost attracted all the cats in the mansion.
The salted fish were hung up to dry, and Yun Qiao was not idle either. She made some grilled fish while there was still some left. The servants in Lan Garden went to the servants' room to eat, and she and Xiao Tao ate inside the house.
Yun Qiao originally wanted to call Fang Jia, but she was worried that the Marquis would suddenly come to Lanyuan, so she didn't call him.
Fortunately, she didn't shout. Sure enough, not long after she ate the grilled fish, the Marquis came over.
Looking at the salted fish she made, Chen Jingyan was a little stunned...
He had seen many women, but none of them had such a rustic air as she did. However, it was also good this way, as it was eye-opening and refreshing.
He rested in this room again at night.
He stayed in Lan Garden for three consecutive days. Every morning after Chen Jingyan left, the dark medicine would be delivered on time.
She ate it quietly, without any objection.
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