After lunch, Xiao Qian and his servants put away the bowls and chopsticks, and asked: "What tea do you want in the afternoon, I'll make it for you."
Grand Palace Lady: ... I just finished lunch.
Mingda was very full at this time, but he still cheered up and said, "I want something sweet."
Xiaoqian said: "Then shall I make rice cakes for you?"
Before Mingda could speak, Zhou Man had already nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay."
She turned her head and said to Mingda: "The rice cakes made by my sister-in-law are delicious, and they are the best in the whole village."
Isn't it just a pastry made of rice
Mingda also ate it in the palace. She wanted to eat something sweet, but she didn't want to eat sweet rice cake either.
However, Mrs. Zhou's cooking is always different from other people's, so she nodded, "Okay, just eat rice cakes."
Mingda turned his head and said to her: "You will know when you eat it, the rice cake made by my sister-in-law is the best, it is refreshing and sweet, not greasy at all."
She has no chance to get tired of it.
Rice cakes are more labor-intensive and time-consuming, and consume glutinous rice.
The Zhou family has a lot of land, but the yield of glutinous rice is lower than that of rice. Every year, the Zhou family only grows one mu of glutinous rice.
In addition to the usual use, Xiaoqian steamed glutinous rice and pounded it into rice cakes only during Chinese New Year and solar terms.
But Lao Zhou has a lot of family members, no matter how much he cooks, it is still not enough to eat, especially such delicious food.
Even now that Zhou's family is not short of money and glutinous rice, but because making rice cakes takes too much effort and time, Little Qian's rarely knows how to make rice cakes.
In the past few years, Zhou Man is often not at home, and it is even more difficult to eat.
So counting, she hasn't eaten rice cakes made by Xiaoqian for a long time.
She said: "Do you know which dim sum from Bai Shan's family I like the most?"
Mingda: "Isn't the one in Bai Shan's house the one in yours?"
"Oh, I'm talking about a long time ago, not now. Alas, the glutinous rice cakes made by Mrs. He are not as delicious as those made by Aunt Rong."
Mingda: "You like to eat glutinous rice cakes."
"Yeah, it's just glutinous rice cakes," Zhou Man said, "Nuomi glutinous rice cakes are fried rice cakes. Both snacks are delicious, but the rice cakes made by my sister-in-law are never tired of eating. When I was in the village, my classmates and My friends are very envious of me."
"It's a pity that I can only eat three yuan, and I will lose any more, so I can only share it with Bai Shan and Bai Erlang, and the others can only watch."
It was enough for Zhou Man to get three yuan, and it was old Zhou Tou and Qian who gave her their share.
Mingda was excited by what she said, so he pulled her and said, "Anyway, you are taking a rest today, Bai Shan and the others have gone to the countryside, why don't you just keep me here, and let my sister-in-law do it at my house. List what you need Lists for them to prepare and for people in the kitchen to help."
Her reason was very considerate, "It's better not to make my sister-in-law too tired."
Zhou Man giggled, "You want the people in the kitchen to steal your lessons?"
Mingda bumped her shoulder and said: "I asked the people in the kitchen to teach my sister-in-law some dishes, and their cooking skills are also very good. The two who came with me came from the Shangshi Bureau."
Zhou Man's eyes lit up slightly, and he nodded immediately, "Okay, I'll let my sister-in-law do it here."
Xiaoqian naturally has no objection. In fact, rice cakes are just a waste of effort and time. She doesn't think there is much technical content. Everyone must know how to make them.
She is just doing it here again, and she can learn dishes that she has never heard of, so that is an advantage.
Since Mrs. Zhou stayed here, Zhou Man naturally did not leave. She went to the study to continue writing letters.
Mingda followed her to look, and saw that she had drawn out the letter, with the words "Dear and dear Majesty" on her head, and she was stunned.
"You, you, you still want to write a letter to Father?"
Zhou Man nodded, still with the same reason, "The messenger can't escape in vain."
Mingda: "...why don't you submit the paper?"
Zhou Man said: "The effect of the medicine has not yet been fully determined, how can it disturb His Majesty?"
She said, "I'll just write in private."
"But I see that what you wrote to Xiao Yuanzheng just now was an official document."
"What's the difference? Xiaoyuan is my Shangguan, I may have made a new medicine, and I have to report to Shangguan for everything."
Mingda: "Anyway, you have a reason, you might as well call it Chang You Li."
Zhou Man asked her with a smile, "I want to send a letter to His Majesty, would you like to also write a letter to Your Majesty and Your Majesty?"
Mingda thought about it seriously, and then asked her seriously, "Is it someone from your family delivering the letter, or my guard going back to deliver the letter?"
The letters to the capital a few times before were all written by the guards who became wise and went back to write letters.
Although she didn't mind, Mingda wanted to take advantage of Zhou Man at this moment.
Zhou Man was also very generous, and said dotingly to her: "My people will deliver, my people will deliver, you just have to bring the letter."
When Mingda heard this, he immediately found a table nearby and sat down, and let the maids serve the pen and ink, "I also want to write letters to Changyu's elder sister, third brother, sister-in-law and third sister-in-law."
Zhou Man waved his hand proudly, "Write! I'll give you all!"
Just a few letters, how much space can it take up? When the time comes, put them in a box, pack a bag, and carry it on your back. How many cars can you pack with a few letters
Mingda was moved by her arrogance, so he picked up a pen and thought about what letter she wanted to write to her parents and relatives.
Zhou Man had already written a large sheet of words to the emperor, but he still felt that it was not enough, so he took out a blank sheet of paper to continue.
The letters arrived in the capital and south of the Yangtze River without delay, and when they were delivered to everyone, Liu Dalang's illness had already recovered.
Not only Liu Dalang's family, but also Zhou Man and Wen Tiandong were extremely excited, which showed that the medicine they made was effective.
Zhou Man said: "It's a pity that similar patients are hard to find in Qingzhou City, otherwise more medication data can be collected."
Wen Tiandong also regretted, "It would be great if we were in the capital."
Zhou Man lowered his eyes and thought, "Actually, it's not impossible," she said, "We can send the finished medicine back to the capital, or to the border. Last time, the official document sent by the Imperial Medical Office said which ones?" The students went to the border?"
Wen Tiandong was stunned for a moment, then immediately said: "Su Mu was taken to the army by General Qi Bi."
Zhou Man immediately said: "Send some medicine to Su Mu, tell him what to use, and ask him to record the data of the medicine. Who else but him?"
Zhou Man didn't quite remember, but Wen Tiandong did, because these were classmates, and they were in frequent contact with each other, often exchanging letters.
Wen Tiandong glanced at Zhou Man quietly. After all, he has Mr. Zhou here. He defeated so many talents to grab this position. What have you learned around you.
And he also wanted to know their employment status, so they communicated more when they came and went.
Wen Tiandong patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, sir, this matter can be left to me."