At this moment, Nan Nan suddenly felt a little lucky. Fortunately, their family was wealthy and powerful, so it was easy to protect Fang Xiaoxi.
Beibei snorted: "I know, I don't know if I am your sister or she is your sister. You are so protective of her, isn't it just because you dislike the hard work of cooking?"
Fang Xiaoxi smiled: "Cooking is not hard, it's enjoyable, but you may not understand. If you want to eat something delicious in the future, tell me and I will cook it for you."
Nan Nan was thinking about something else: "Will the taste of the hot sauce you make be improved?"
Fang Xiaoxi thought for a moment: "I don't know. I'll know after trying it. How about trying it now?"
All the elders in the dining room had left, leaving only Beibei and a group of younger people. They got to work immediately and all of them went to the kitchen. Fang Xiaoxi started making chili sauce.
Nan Nan looked at her busy figure and remembered something. She walked to Fang Xiaoxi and said, "Xiao Xi, we will go to school and go home together from now on. Also, when you get to the college, it's best not to separate from Bei Bei, okay?"
Fang Xiaoxi was a little confused: "Why?"
Nan Nan frowned and shook her head: "I don't know, I'm just worried that if your cooking skills were discovered by others, they would kidnap you and make you a cook."
Fang Xiaoxi laughed: "That's what you're worried about. Who would break the law just to eat?"
Nan Nan looked at Fang Xiaoxi very formally: "Yes, it's okay to let you be a cook, but if he has bad intentions, you will be in danger. For example, he may take you away and make you a concubine, and you may cook for his family for the rest of your life."
Fang Xiaoxi was shocked: "No way, are you serious?"
Come to think of it, the era she lives in now is not a peaceful era. It is the era of imperial power. If a powerful person comes, her master is just a county magistrate, and it may bring trouble to her.
"Okay then, I'll listen to you, and I won't cook outside anymore."
She had originally planned to open a small restaurant on the edge of the village, but now she felt that this was inappropriate. Her cooking was delicious because of the recipe, and maybe people would come to grab the recipe.
Nan Nan saw that Fang Xiaoxi was a little scared, but she also laughed: "Okay, don't be scared, as long as I'm here, don't run around alone, I won't let anything happen to you."
Fang Xiaoxi heard this and glanced at Nan Nan. For the first time, she felt that Nan Nan was pretty good. "Thank you. I won't charge you for the chili sauce."
Nan Nan was a little speechless. Was his protection worth just a jar of chili sauce? Looking at Fang Xiaoxi, he didn't know what to say.
Fortunately, at this time, Beibei came over and said, "Brother, don't disturb Xiaoxi from making chili sauce. It smells so good and must be delicious. Xiaoxi, let's open a store and sell chili sauce."
Nan Nan knocked on Bei Bei's head again and said, "You wish. The chili sauce she made has been contracted by our herbal medicine pavilion. You can eat it if you want, but we don't have it if you want to sell it."
Beibei covered his chest with a look of pity: "You actually got there first, brother, you are so shameless. Xiaoxi, do you want to consider finding someone else to cooperate with?"
Fang Xiaoxi was wondering, if the chili sauce tasted good, would it attract people's attention? But seeing Nan Nan's confident look, it seemed that she didn't need to worry about this matter.
The chili sauce was made very quickly, and it was ready in half an hour. The spicy flavor rushed straight to the taste buds. Beibei touched his stomach: "What should I do? I feel hungry again."
Nan Nan was somewhat helpless: "You are not hungry at all, you are just greedy. But you ate a lot at noon, so you are not allowed to eat anymore."
Beibei snorted: "I'll just try it, just one bite."
What else could Nan Nan say? She took a spoon, scooped a little and put it into Bei Bei's mouth. Bei Bei was instantly satisfied: "Ah, it's fragrant, spicy, and a little numb. It's really delicious. I like it this way. Xiao Xi, make some more and keep them at home. I can eat it whenever I want."
Fang Xiaoxi had made quite a lot: "Okay, put all of these here. Next time when I send something to the Herbal Medicine Pavilion, how about sending this kind of chili sauce?"
Nan Nan nodded: "Okay, then my herbal medicine shop's business will probably be more popular again."
Now that we have this unique flavor, we can actually open the herbal medicine pavilion in other places, but Nan Nan doesn't want to leave here.
After thinking about it, he decided to ask the people around him to do this. Just for this hot sauce, his business would not be bad, and it was time to take action.
After all, winter is coming soon, and winter and hot sauce go together better: "Do you have any more chili?"
Fang Xiaoxi thought for a moment and said, "If it's only for one store, it should be enough. After all, we asked the villagers to grow a lot of chili sauce last time. Now we can recycle it."
Beibei watched the two people talking animatedly, and since her mind was on the hot sauce, she ran away with a jar of hot sauce.
Mo Yunyao quickly chased after him. Nan Nan was a little helpless when she saw him, but she didn't stop him. After all, Bei Bei was so old, and he was quite sensible when doing things.
Fang Xiaoxi was amused by Beibei's behavior: "It seems that Beibei really likes it. And the peppers, I'll make more. By the way, the purchase of the peppers is left to you, I'll just be responsible for it."
Nan Nan thought about it and decided that this was a good idea: "Okay, I'll handle the acquisition. Once the acquisition is done, you can just work on it. If you need any help, just let me know in advance."
As he spoke, Nan Nan also started to help Fang Xiaoxi process the peppers. Fang Xiaoxi was startled: "Don't move, you won't be able to bear the spiciness. Let me do it."
Nan Nan didn't care: "It's okay, I can prepare some medicine and apply it. I don't know how to do anything else, but I can wash the peppers."
When other people saw this scene, they wanted to help, but they were stopped and could only stand behind and wait. However, watching the two busying around, it felt particularly harmonious.
Nan Nan not only helped to wash the peppers, but also helped to prepare dinner. Because the Fang family was at the foot of the mountain and the distance was close, there was still enough time to go back after dinner.
By the evening, there was another table full of delicious food. When the old lady learned that Fang Xiaoxi had made a lot of chili sauce, she also made some sweet sauce for her. She immediately liked this girl. She was really well-behaved.
After dinner, when Fang Xiaoxi and her family returned home, it was already very late. After returning home, they washed up and went back to their rooms to rest.
Especially Master Fang, he must have a good rest, because tomorrow he will take Liu Yifang and some yamen runners to Tongjia Village to collect taxes.
In the middle of the night, Fang Xiaoxi opened her eyes and walked out of the room. Two secret guards were kneeling beside her. Seeing the two secret guards, Fang Xiaoxi remembered what Qian Jiujiu had said.
Looking at the two of them, "Today my master said that he can give me a chance to choose, so I will give you the chance. Do you want to protect me secretly or follow me openly? If you follow me openly, I will give you a name. After all, you are a girl, and it is hard to live outside every day."
When the two secret guards heard this, they looked at each other and immediately looked at Fang Xiaoxi and said, "Master, you don't know that being able to be transferred from a secret guard to a public guard and become your maid in public is a great favor. Are you sure you want to give us this opportunity?"
Because such an opportunity was rare, the two people's voices trembled when they spoke.
Fang Xiaoxi nodded in confirmation: "I'm not kidding, isn't this giving you a chance to choose? I'm still a peasant girl, and you follow me so loyally, so why not give you a chance. But if you're a secret guard, you probably still have a chance to return to my master!"
The two looked at each other, then at Fang Xiaoxi, and said at the same time: "Master, please give me a name."
The secret guards sent by the princess had no chance to go back. If they were really called back, they would definitely die.
Now that they have this opportunity to become an open maid, it is definitely a chance not to be missed. Fang Xiaoxi respected their choices: "Since you are sure you want to follow me, just one thing, respect my family and never betray me, can you do it?"
The two nodded: "This servant will never betray the master. If you do, you will not have a good death."
Fang Xiaoxi looked at the two of them and thought about what she liked to eat. But if she couldn't give them names, she would just name them after the food.
After thinking for a while, he looked at the two of them and said, "Do you have any names you want to be called? If so, you can tell me so I can take it as a reference."
The two looked at each other, a little worried, maybe the master wanted to return: "It's up to the master to decide."
Fang Xiaoxi was a bit troubled because she was not very good at naming. She suddenly thought, "If that's the case, then I'll name them. You can call yourself Xiaomi and you can call yourself Xiaomai."
Xiaomi and Xiaomai thought it was not a weird name: "Xiaomi, thank you for the name."
"Xiaomi thanks the master for the name."
In fact, the two of them were a little nervous, and their expressions were a little worried. Fang Xiaoxi was a little surprised: "Don't you like this name? If you don't like it, you can change it."
The two of them quickly shook their heads: "It's not that we don't like it, but our names, the characters for small characters, are too similar to our master's. This would be taboo in other families."
So it was because of this. Fang Xiaoxi thought about it and decided that her family couldn't be too out of line: "Then your name is Qiumi, and your name is Dongmai. Well, it's decided. It sounds better! Let's go. I still have to continue practicing."
You can understand Qiumi and Dongmai as soon as you hear them. They are named after the crops in the fields. The masters like to eat them, and millet and wheat are the most basic and indispensable crops. Doesn’t this prove that they are very important to the masters
Thinking of this, the two of them instantly became happy and happily followed him up the mountain.