Chapter 173 Close Friend
Afternoon.
Jiang Miaomiao woke up from a short nap.
Sit under the big tree in the yard to enjoy the cool air.
My elder and second brothers are on vacation today, and mother rarely stays at home to accompany them.
The whole family gathered together and it was very lively.
While Lu Qingyao was accompanying them, she also did not forget to look at the accounts and handle the affairs of the various counties in Jiangzhou.
Today's Lu's Trading Company is no longer what it used to be.
Many workshops, large and small, have been built in counties, villages and towns, just like in Qingshi Town.
Harvesting bamboo shoots, bamboo fungus, and mushrooms...
A baking workshop was established, and all fresh goods that could not be transported to Jiangzhou City were baked into dry goods.
Large quantities were shipped to Yipinju in the north.
Pastures were also built in the open grassland areas to breed high-quality Hu sheep.
Yipinju in Beijing has opened a new branch of mutton banquet.
There are more than 30 or 40 kinds of mutton dishes alone, steamed, boiled, fried, roasted...
It's dazzling.
There are tens of thousands of sheep.
What followed was countless goat milk and wool.
Fresh milk is supplied to major restaurants and pastry shops to make dairy products and cheese.
The wool is supplied to weaving workshops and clothing shops to make wool blankets and wool clothing.
Jiang Miaomiao was surprised to find that this sheep was full of treasures.
It's a good business with huge profits.
As the Lu family's business expanded, they naturally lacked manpower, so my mother recruited several young men and women from Taoxi Village who were literate, smart, capable, down-to-earth and motivated.
Jiang Miaomiao discovered that everyone has been very busy recently.
They all hold multiple positions.
With her parents' consent, Sister Qiao'er stayed in Jiangzhou and worked with her mother, becoming her mother's right-hand man.
Aunt Xiuxiu is even busier.
Her mother had already released her from slavery a long time ago and made her one of the owners of the Lu's Trading Company.
Not only did her aunt want to take her with her, she also helped Yipinju develop new dishes.
Fortunately, this is also her interest.
Although the dishes were made by Aunt Xiuxiu, the contribution of Miaomiao is also indispensable.
Especially the wild mushroom stew that is popular in Jiangzhou...
The two specially selected several common mushrooms that are well-known among the people and stewed them with chicken.
The taste is extremely delicious.
Originally, Jiang Miaomiao wanted to add more types of mushrooms so that the little people would not be seen once they were cooked.
But my mother won’t allow it.
After all, no one dares to be the first to try something new.
I had to take it step by step.
Lu Qingyao and Jiang Qiaoer were busy in the study, and from time to time they would take a look at Xiao Miaomiao.
Seeing that she didn't leave his sight, he felt relieved and focused on his business.
Jiang Miaomiao felt that she was too idle, so she became Aunt Xiuxiu's food reviewer.
I am currently tasting her new cherry pancake, which is just the right softness, hardness and sweetness.
But she likes sweets, so her cherry pancakes were coated with honey.
Xiuxiu had no idea that the little girl was enjoying her meal so much.
She was currently leading the maids in pitting cherries, finishing one basin after another...
I don’t know why King Jing planted so many red fruits.
In short, I sent basket after basket of them to my sister's house.
She led the cooks and maids to make several jars of cherry fried dumplings and cherry jam.
Still haven't finished the cherries.
People are exhausted.
The brothers Jiang Ziyan and Jiang Zifeng dragged two small stools and sat under a tree to enjoy the cool air.
The eldest brother held the book and read aloud while shaking his head.
Because the children's exam would be held in two months, he finally started to get anxious.
The second brother looked calm and composed, and even had time to fan her and peel the fruit.
He held a palm-leaf fan in his hand, nodding his head along with his elder brother and occasionally echoing a few words.
I also need to explain it to my elder brother.
Then Jiang Miaomiao saw her second brother hesitate to speak several times.
Keep pinching the eyebrows.
Looking at the eldest brother, it was as if I was seeing a student cramming for an exam at the last minute.
Don't burn incense at ordinary times, but cram at the last minute.
I'm talking about him.
Jiang Zifeng was also full of admiration for his younger brother.
Fortunately, he has such a younger brother to help him review his lessons, otherwise he would definitely be in the dark.
His mother didn't ask much of him. She just wanted him to pass the imperial examination and come back. She didn't ask for anything else...
Little Jiang Miaomiao was like a monkey, jumping up and down.
Sometimes he ran to watch his mother using the abacus, and sometimes he ran to watch Aunt Xiuxiu picking cherry pits.
After a while, she sat back next to her brothers, shaking her legs and eating fried cherries and walnuts peeled by her brothers.
She needs to eat more walnuts to be as smart as her second brother.
Not only does she want to eat, but her elder brother also wants to eat more.
"Brother, eat walnuts to nourish your brain..."
Jiang Zifeng felt that his sister kept stuffing walnuts into his mouth, and she kept stuffing them even when her mouth was full.
I can't help but sigh, my sister really likes him!
Don’t feed your younger brother, just feed him.
When Jiang Ziyan heard the words about nourishing the brain, he almost laughed to death and pinched her little face.
"You only gave it to the eldest brother and not to the second brother, the second brother is angry!"
Jiang Miaomiao: ...
Uh! Do you need more?
Forget it, we are all brothers, so we should treat them equally.
Then everyone saw that the two brothers stopped reading and were peeling walnuts, putting the peeled walnuts on a plate.
Then the little girl took the plate and took the walnuts from it to feed them.
I started sighing again.
The little cotton-padded jacket is great, it not only warms mom, but also warms brother!
Jiang Miaomiao thought about it.
I will definitely not be able to endure the hardship of studying in the future. Books in ancient times were much more difficult to read.
She made a point of reading her brother's book.
I can only recognize half of the characters, and there are even many that I don’t recognize.
Even the Three Character Classic was memorized by guessing.
If she had not heard her brother recite it when she was young, she would have thought that the Three Character Classic in later generations was a pirated version.
Not to mention the profound and abstruse things like music, chess, calligraphy and painting.
It’s no use learning martial arts from my mother and Aunt Xiuxiu because I don’t have the talent for it.
If you're not careful, you'll break your arms and legs.
She is still suitable to be a smart playboy.
Jiang Ziyan fanned his sister and touched the back of her head.
Sweaty.
The little guy jumps up and down all day long.
Very easy to sweat.
I sneezed several times while eating walnuts, "A-choo... A-choo..."
He quickly stopped fanning himself with the palm-leaf fan and asked, "Is Miaomiao cold?"
"It's not cold, it's not cold. Someone must be thinking of me." Jiang Miaomiao shook her head and laughed.
How can it be cold in such hot weather!
The magpie chirped.
A group of people drove towards Jiang Miaomiao's house and stopped at her door.
The maid went forward and knocked on the door.
Mu Jiangyue asked if this was Lu Qingyao's home. She had two sons and one daughter.
The doorman nodded and leaned over to take a look. "It's Madam Lu's house. Who are you, Madam?"
"I'm her good friend in Beijing, my last name is Mu..."
Then he added, "We are very close, bosom friends."
"Ma'am, please wait a moment." The doorman ran in.
Madam Lu had instructed that if anyone from the capital came looking for her, she should report it immediately and not delay.
Jiang Miaomiao saw the usually steady Haitang trotting into the backyard.
It won’t take long.
My mother walked out with big strides, her face full of joy.
Seeing mother so happy.
The curious little Miaomiao slid down the stool, called Jiang Xiaobai to climb on its back, and disappeared into the yard in a few seconds.
The door opened.
When Mu Jiangyue saw Lu Qingyao, he hugged her and was overjoyed. "Yaoyao, are you okay? I missed you so much!"
When she looked up, she saw the little girl behind her.
And... the little girl riding a white wolf...
"Ah...wolf..."
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