Blessed Daughter

Madam Zhang looked disbelieving, but saw that Xiumei who got out of the car to buy something had already handed over two taels of silver to the seafood seller.

Then, without waiting for the accompanying guards to help, Xiumei moved the basket of seafood to the carriage by herself.

After being dazed for a while, Zhang Momo guessed in her heart that Wei Ruo's money probably came from the gifts that the old man in the capital gave Wei Ruo two days ago.

I muttered in my heart, even if I got my own money from the old man, I can't spend it like this, I really don't know how to manage a house.

After returning to Tingsongyuan, Xiumei moved the basketful of seafood into Tingsongyuan.

"Meimei, how about..." Wei Ruo stared at the basket of seafood.

"Miss, you want to eat hot pot, don't you?" Xiumei immediately saw through Wei Ruo's thoughts.

"Yeah, Meimei, you really understand me!" She hadn't even opened her mouth yet! Meimei guessed everything right!

"Miss, I really can't guess what you are thinking about other things, but in this matter, as long as you take a look at me, I will immediately know what you want to do."

"Well, pick out some of them to make seafood hot pot, and we'll dry the rest to make dry goods after processing."

Spicy pot bottom, seafood ingredients, just thinking about this pot makes Wei Ruo twitch his index finger.

"But miss, have you forgotten that we don't have a kitchen or a pot now, so we can't make hot pot."

"Isn't there a small kitchen in Yingzhuyuan next door? Maybe I can borrow it." Wei Ruo said.

"That's right! There's a small kitchen next door!" Xiumei suddenly realized something after she finished speaking, "Miss, it's not because of this that you are so eager to send soy sauce to the second young master, so you can build a good relationship?"

"Ah? Is there? How can I? Am I such a person?" Wei Ruo felt guilty.

Xiumei nodded.

Miss, you are definitely such a person!

"Ahem, that's not important. What's important is that there is a place to cook hot pot and turn on a small stove. Meimei, you prepare, get all the ingredients, and we will go to the next door to cook hot pot."

"Then I'll go look in the room and see how much of the spices you made before, Miss."

Xiumei turned around and went into the ear room that Wei Ruo used as a warehouse.

When he came back, he had a white cloth bag in his hand.

There is no chili pepper in this era, and there are not many spices. Wei Ruona's taste buds nourished by spices occasionally miss those stimulating tastes, so he collected all kinds of spices that can be collected in this era.

Zanthoxylum bungeanum, Cornus officinalis, Fuliu vine, cinnamon, and mustard. Mix these spices together, experiment with the ratio repeatedly, and then get the spice seasoning package that best suits Wei Ruo.

After Wei Ruo mixed them, they were packed in cloth bags, and when needed, just take out a bag.

"There is the last one left in the spice bag. I used it this time. Next time, miss, if you want to eat it again, you have to find a way to get those spices together again."

When Xiumei brought back the spice package, she also brought back a piece of bad news.

Those spices are not so easy to get, and Wei Ruo spent a lot of effort to get them together before.

Wei Ruo nodded: "Wait to be more stable, I not only need to get spices, but also some medicinal materials."

Then Wei Ruo asked Xiumei to stay in Tingsong Garden to process the ingredients, and went to knock on the door of Yingzhu Garden by himself.

The courtyard door opened, and Xiao Bei asked in surprise, "Miss, what's the matter?"

"I want to borrow your small kitchen. As a reward, I will treat you to a seafood hot pot! My Meimei's cooking skills are very good, I guarantee you will not lose money!"

"Miss... I can't make up my mind about this, I have to ask the young master."

"Then go ask your young master."

"Okay, miss, wait a moment, I'll go ask."

Xiaobei turned around and went to the courtyard.

Wei Ruo poked his head to look in. Like the last time he came, Wei Jin was still sitting in the octagonal pavilion reading. He seemed to like sitting in the courtyard and reading.

Some distance away, Wei Ruo couldn't hear the conversation between him and Xiao Bei, but he could see his face darken after Xiao Bei said something, and then he raised his head and looked in the direction of the door, his eyes matched Wei Ruo's. Right on.

Wei Ruo grinned back, and reached out to greet Wei Jinyi.

When she smiled, Wei Jinyi's complexion darkened a bit.

What's the matter, is she not smiling kindly enough? She thinks she looks good when she smiles, Meimei said she looks good when she smiles!

I don't know what Wei Jinyi said to Xiaobei, Xiaobei walked over with a look of embarrassment and said: "Miss, the young master said, if you have anything you want to eat, just ask the big kitchen to make it. The child is small, and there are no good ingredients, so it is really not suitable."

"I bring my own ingredients and seasonings. I don't need yours. You just need to provide me with a place to cook. The big kitchen is inconvenient. It will take a long time for me to cook."

Xiao Bei looked embarrassed: "But Miss..."

"Please please."

"But the young master..." Xiaobei turned his head and looked in Wei Jinyi's direction. How could he make the decision? The young master asked him to refuse, but he didn't dare to offend the eldest lady.

"I'll talk to your young master myself!"

Seeing the problem, Wei Ruo bypassed Xiaobei and went straight to the Bajiao Pavilion.

"Second brother!"

Wei Jinyi immediately frowned at the sound of "Second Brother".

"Second brother, let me borrow your small kitchen. We cook seafood hot pot, and you eat it together. I promise it will be delicious!"

Wei Jin also looked at Wei Ruo, her eyes fluttered with anticipation.

After a while, Wei Jin also compromised and said, "It's up to you."

"Thank you!" Wei Ruo thanked happily, and then ran back to Tingsongyuan.

Xiaobei walked back to Wei Jinyi, and said in a low voice, "Master, Missy is really different from other people in the house..."

Everyone else in the house was afraid of their young master, but the eldest lady was fine, last time she gave soy sauce, this time it was even more strange, she said she would come to their small kitchen to cook hot pot...

"Let her go, she looks like this, you can't explain it to her."

Wei Jin also doesn't like wasting words with others, and when Wei Ruogang came to Wei's house, he didn't understand many things, and he didn't act in a way that was common sense, and he couldn't explain many things to her for a while.

Not long after, Wei Jin also saw Wei Ruo entering his yard with his maid.

The master and the servant carried a bunch of things into the small kitchen with big bags and small bags.

In the small kitchen, Xiumei is in charge of cooking, and Wei Ruo is helping to light the fire.

When the pot is hot, add lard, and when the milky white lard melts, pour in the spice packets prepared by Wei Ruo.

The smell of spices is very overbearing. After being stimulated by hot oil, it immediately filled the entire small kitchen and drifted into the yard.

"Master, what is this smell? Why does it smell so good?" Xiaobei sniffed and sniffed, making sure that it was something he had never smelled before.

"Study ink."

Wei Jin was also expressionless.

Xiaobei quickly regained his senses and continued to grind Wei Jinyi.

Wei Ruo ran out of the small kitchen, ran up to Wei Jinyi, and asked, "Second brother, I see that the bamboo shoots in your yard are growing quite well, why don't you let me break off a few and cut one?" Let’s cook it in a hot pot, shall we?”