Rise From the Humble

"I didn't ask you to donate all your family money. I just don't want you to have the reputation of being rich and unkind. It would be a bit extravagant and wasteful for the five of us to eat such a large table of delicacies..."

If the demon girl lacks the confidence of a man, her momentum will also be greatly weakened. If she was in the fighting chicken mode at the beginning, she is now in the little quail mode.

Before Li Shu said anything, the girls in the room couldn't stand listening anymore and couldn't help but reply.

"If you are a boy or a girl, I advise you to go take a look at the doctor. What look in his eyes, how he is rich and unkind, has nothing to do with our young lady and uncle. Our young lady and uncle are living Bodhisattvas and great benevolent people."

"There are more than 100 girls, old ladies, and stewards in the front yard of our house. They are all supported by the young lady and uncle. Moreover, our monthly income is more than double that of other noble families in the capital."

"The various industries in our house support hundreds of shopkeepers and clerks, and the salary is more than half higher than that of other shops. It indirectly supports thousands of them to join, so that their whole family does not have to worry about food and drink, and leads an enviable life. Live a prosperous life.”

"Also, my lady has opened many drug stores called 'People's Medicine Halls' in many places. They provide free consultations to poor people who cannot afford medical treatment, and also deliver free medicine to them. I don't know how many people benefit from it every year. Countless lives.”

"My aunt-in-law served as an official for one term and brought benefits to the whole country. He saved floods and fought against Japanese pirates. I don't know how many millions of people benefited from my aunt-in-law."

"The common people's medicine hall is opened by the young lady?" The demon girl Ruonan couldn't help being surprised after hearing what the girls said.

At the beginning, there was a common people's medicine hall in Jingnan. Although it opened not long ago, it became very famous because it provided free consultations and free medicines to ordinary people who could not afford medical treatment. It saved many poor people and was famous in Jingnan. Dashan Tang.

There is also a common medicine hall in Yingtian.

A few days ago, she also discovered that a new medicine hall for ordinary people had opened in Taohuaji Town, which also provided free consultations to ordinary people who could not afford medical treatment.

It turned out to be driven by Li Shu.

"Also, is this table of food a waste? Haha, if boys and girls have been to other wealthy officials' homes, they will know how frugal my lady and uncle are."

"That's right, you are just ignorant. If you had seen the lives of other officials and wealthy families, you wouldn't say this. You can never tire of fine food and fine food. That's the most basic thing. What about eggplant (xiǎng) and stuffed bean sprouts? Not to mention boiled water and white rice, any meal would be many times richer than this. Not to mention, this is the reunion banquet of my young lady and uncle, and the whole family."

"These are ordinary meals, and they only cost a few taels of silver in total. My uncle lives in the fourth rank of the official residence, and has a monthly salary of twenty dan; my daughter is good at business, and her farm, shop and other properties make a monthly profit of more than a thousand taels; this is also This does not include the dividends that our master gives to the young lady from time to time every year. Given the conditions of my young lady and uncle, it is normal for every meal to be filled with gold and gold. If we eat such a meal at the reunion banquet, if other people know about it, they will not know it. Why are you secretly laughing at my sister-in-law for being stingy?"

"If my master knew that my young lady is so frugal, he would be so distressed that he would not be able to eat. He would definitely send someone to send money to the young lady."

All the girls said in various directions.

"Ahem." The demon girl Ruonan was attacked by the girls, her momentum became weaker and her confidence was even less.

However, she still said harshly, "It's not as exaggerated as what you said. Eggplant, stuffed bean sprouts, boiled water and white rice. Do other officials and wealthy people also live very frugally? They just eat eggplant, bean sprouts and white rice."

As soon as the witch Ruonan finished speaking, she found that the whole room was quiet. When she looked up, she found a group of girls and women looking at her like aliens.

"Did I make a mistake? Isn't it just eggplant, bean sprouts and white rice?" The demon girl Ruonan raised her eyebrows.

"Haha, if it's a boy or a girl, do you know how to do it?" A girl rolled her eyes and asked with a sneer.

"It's just an eggplant, how can it be complicated and wasted? At most, you can eat the eggplant without the skin, or just eat the young eggplants, right?"

The witch Ruonan said disapprovingly.

"Haha, it's not complicated. Just peel the freshly grown eggplants, remove the pulp, and only use the eggplant flesh inside."

The little girl said.

"Right, it's just peeling and removing the flesh." The demon Ruonan shrugged her shoulders and interrupted the little girl.

"Boys and girls, just listen to what I'm saying." The little girl sneered.

"You tell me, I'll listen." The demon Ruonan disagreed.

"After peeling the tender eggplant, cut the eggplant meat into dices, then freshly slaughter three plump old hens over five years old, take the chicken fat from the belly of the chicken and boil it into oil, and add the oil to the diced eggplants. Fry until fragrant and set aside, then freshly slaughter two half-year-old hens, slice and dice the two tenderest chicken breasts, then soak and dice the dried matsutake, add new bamboo shoots, mushrooms, and five-spice tofu. Dried and dried fruits of various colors are all cut into cubes, simmered in chicken soup, poured with sesame oil to reduce the juice, then pour some sesame oil and mix well, and finally put them in a blue and white porcelain jar. When it is time to eat, take them out and mix them with five spices. Once the chicken feet are mixed, you can put it on a plate and enjoy it. Guys and girls, what do you think of this eggplant? Just peel it? Haha."

The little girl explained in detail how to make the eggplant step by step to the demon girl Ruonan.

After hearing this, the witch Ruonan couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth several times.

This cold eggplant actually requires three five-year-old hens, two and a half-year-old pullets, as well as precious dried matsutake mushrooms, new bamboo shoots, mushrooms, spiced dried bean curd, various dried fruits, as well as chicken soup and sesame oil. , pickled oil, spiced chicken feet. The evil dignitaries and the evil rich people really know how to enjoy it!

"Ahem, the stuffed bean sprouts should be simpler, right?" It took a long time for the enchantress Ruonan to recover from the fuss.

"Giggles, brewing bean sprouts doesn't cost money, it just takes effort." Another little girl glanced at the demon Ruonan and giggled.

"How much effort does it take to make a dish?" The enchantress Ruo Nan didn't care. She thought that the most trouble she could take was to choose good white, tender and crystal clear bean sprouts.

"For this dish, we first select the bean sprouts, pinch off the heads and tails, leaving only the white, tender and crystal-clear sprouts," the little girl said.

Well, we still have to cut off the beginning and the end. Although it’s troublesome, it doesn’t take much effort.

When the demon Ruonan heard this, she still felt disapproving.

"Then use shrimp water, that is, when the water has bubbled at the bottom of the pot but has not yet boiled, quickly add the bean sprouts and blanch them. If the temperature is too high, the blanched bean sprouts will not be crispy; Drain the water from the bean sprouts, pass a toothpick through the middle of the bean sprouts, and then embed a ham shred as thin as a hair. The toothpick used to pierce the bean sprouts must be soaked in salt water. You need to change the toothpick after each piercing. It is necessary to add flavor to the bean sprouts without tampering with them. Each bean sprout is unique; ham is even more particular. It must be made from fat pigs that grew up eating distiller's grains. The ham must be smoked with fruit wood branches and pine branches. The most precious ham among hams is the top ham, and it must be steamed with top-quality honey. The stuffed bean sprouts are quickly stir-fried over high heat, and the stuffed bean sprouts are ready."

The little girl clapped her fingers and lectured the demon Ruonan step by step.

This doesn’t even cost money. The pigs have to eat distiller’s grains to grow up. How much distiller’s grains do they need to eat? After the pigs are raised, they can smoke the ham. The bean sprouts also need to be threaded with toothpicks and embedded with ham shreds one by one. This dish is not only labor-intensive, What a waste of life!

"Where's the boiled cabbage?" The little girl also wanted to teach Ruo Nan how to boil the cabbage.

"No need, it must be a waste of money and effort." The demon Ruonan waved her hand to stop the little girl from telling her story.

If the demon girl Ruonan doubts that she continues to listen, her mentality will explode.

It seems that compared with other dignitaries and wealthy families, Zhu Ping'an and the others have indeed saved a lot.